bopdog111: Well guys Trueman had proved to be much for Mitsuru.

Ulrich362: True, though to be fair Mitsuru and the rest of the Shadow Operatives are really out of practice having not dueled since the battles with Dartz.

bopdog111: Don't forget with Zorc, and the KC Grand Prix too.

Ulrich362: Zorc wasn't dueling Bopdog, and don't forget the Shadow Operatives watched the KC Grand Prix but they didn't actually duel in it. That said, there's more problems than just Mitsuru's defeat. Chazz has his own problem to deal with.

bopdog111: Well we're not to those parts yet so that may change. But yeah Chazz has his own problems with that Gladiator Shadow.

Ulrich362: I have my doubts but either way let's see how Chazz handles himself. Enjoy the chapter.

Disclaimer: We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX or Persona but we own the OCs!


"Take your turn." the Gladiator Shadow told Chazz coldly while glaring at him with his glowing yellow eyes.

Chazz only glared back as they stared on concerned.

"GAME ON!"

Chazz: 4000

Gladiator Shadow: 4000

Chazz 1st Turn:

"You want the Chazz's best? You got it!" Chazz called looking at his hand, "Alright, I'll summon this little dork! Ojama Yellow in Attack Position!"

What rose was Yellow readying dancing, "Oh boss thanks for summoning me!"


(Attack Position)

Ojama Yellow

LIGHT

Level 2

Beast/Normal

ATK: 0

DEF: 1000

He's one of the Ojama Trio. It's said that he butts in by any means necessary. It's also said that when the three are together, something happens.


"That's what you're fighting with? A weakling like him?" the shadow questioned.

"Yeah he's pretty pathetic," Ojama Yellow threw a annoyed look towards him, "but you should know better that he has potential waiting in him, and that thinking little will not get you far!"

"Then prove it." the Gladiator Shadow challenged.

"Not this turn right now." Chazz sets three cards, "Your move, darkspawn."

Chazz's Hand: 1/Field: Ojama Yellow (Attack Position), Three Set Cards

Gladiator Shadow 1st Turn:

"Pathetic, it's my move so I'll start with Unexpected Dai. This spell only works if I control no monsters and it lets me Special Summon a level four normal monster from my deck like my Gladiator Beast Andal!" the Gladiator Shadow called.


Unexpected Dai

Normal Spell Card

If you control no monsters: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from the Deck.


At that a bear wearing gladiator armor appeared growling.


(Attack Position)

Gladiator Beast Andal

EARTH

Level 4

Beast-Warrior/Normal

ATK: 1900

DEF: 1500

This one-eyed warrior bear is an aggressive hunter that strikes down its prey with the powerful swipes of its claws. No one can bear the brunt of his tremendously fast and heavy blows.


"But he won't be fighting alone, since I control a Gladiator Beast I can summon Test Tiger from my hand."


(Attack Position)

Test Tiger

EARTH

Level 3

Beast

ATK: 600

DEF: 300

If you control a face-up "Gladiator Beast" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can Tribute this card to target 1 face-up "Gladiator Beast" monster you control; shuffle that target into the Deck, then Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" from your Deck, and treat it as if it was Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster.


"Gladiator Beast... never seen them before mate." Jim admitted over to the group.

"Me neither." Chumley shrugged from this.

"Well you'll learn soon enough, I activate Test Tiger's ability. I'm allowed to tribute this monster to shuffle one Gladiator Beast from my field back into my deck then I can summon a new Gladiator Beast to take its place." the Shadow Gladiator told them as his tiger vanished. "So now say goodbye to Gladiator Beast Andal, and hello to Gladiator Beast Bestiari in attack mode!"


(Attack Position)

Gladiator Beast Bestiari

WIND

Level 4

Winged-Beast/Effect

ATK: 1500

DEF: 800

If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster: Target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked: You can shuffle it into the Deck; Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Bestiari".


"And when Bestiari is summoned by the effect of a Gladiator Beast I can destroy one of your spell or trap cards and I'll start with the one on the right."

"You must not be good at reading cause that tiger isn't a Gladiator Beast." Chazz said over to him.

"Test Tiger treats the summon as though it were the effect of a Gladiator Beast, so now Bestiari destroy his set card!" the Gladiator Shadow called.

Bestiari cawed firing winds blasting away Chazz's face-down.

"With that done I'll summon Gladiator Beast Murmillo in attack position!" the Gladiator Shadow continued.


(Attack Position)

Gladiator Beast Murmillo

WATER

Level 3

Fish/Effect

ATK: 800

DEF: 400

When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster: Target 1 face-up monster; destroy that target. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked: You can shuffle it into the Deck; Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Murmillo".


"And now, I'll return Bestiari and Murmillo to my deck in order to Fusion Summon Gladiator Beast Gyzarus!"


(Attack Position)

Gladiator Beast Gyzarus

WIND

Level 6

Winged-Beast/Effect/Fusion

ATK: 2400

DEF: 1500

"Gladiator Beast Bestiari" + 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster
Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by shuffling the above cards you control into the Deck. (You do not use "Polymerization".) When this card is Special Summoned: You can target up to 2 cards on the field; destroy those targets. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card battled: You can return it to the Extra Deck; Special Summon 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters from your Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Bestiari".


"This monster destroys two cards when I summon it, so say goodbye to your other two facedown cards."

"What?"

The Fusion Monster charged winds destroying both of Chazz's face-downs as he braced against the winds.

"Now, it's time for battle." the Gladiator Shadow told Chazz. "But before that I play Gladiator Beast United."


Gladiator Beast United

Quick-Play Spell Card

During the Battle Phase: Shuffle into the Deck, from your hand, field, or GY, the Fusion Materials that are listed on a "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monster, then Special Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. You can only activate 1 "Gladiator Beast United" per turn. You cannot declare attacks the turn you activate this card, except with "Gladiator Beast" monsters.


"During battle I can use this spell to Shuffle Gladiator Beasts from my hand, field, or graveyard into my deck to summon a Gladiator Beast Fusion monster, so I'll shuffle Gladiator Beast Augustus, and Gladiator Beast Vespasius into my deck in order to summon Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor in attack position!"


(Attack Position)

Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor

DARK

Level 8

Beast-Warrior/Effect/Fusion

ATK: 2400

DEF: 3000

2 Level 5 or higher "Gladiator Beast" monsters
Must first be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by shuffling the above cards you control into the Deck. (You do not use "Polymerization".) Cannot be used as Fusion Material. Once per turn: You can Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, except "Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor", ignoring its Summoning conditions. At the end of the Battle Phase, if your "Gladiator Beast" monster battled: You can shuffle that monster into the Deck or Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck.


"Now, Tamer Editor destroy his monster!"

The large antelope like monster charged forward as Ojama Yellow screamed easily being destroyed from the attack while Chazz stepped back. (Chazz: 1600/Hand: 1)

"Now Gyzarus finish him off!" the Gladiator Shadow called.

Gyzarus charged in as Chazz watched shocked only to get struck crying out landing hard.

Chazz: 0000

Winner Gladiator Shadow

"Just one turn that's all!?" Yosuke asked shocked.

Chazz slowly gets up glaring at the Gladiator Shadow, "Dumb luck... that's all...!"

He threw Chazz down as the same boy cried out before he threw the card, and raised a hand.

Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon appeared as the Gladiator Shadow raised his hand to it concentrating energy as the dragon roared in agony as energy flown from it into the Gladiator Shadow's hand. Soon it formed into a card that is spinning which revealed itself as the Hanged Man Tarot card above his hand.

"Two down, eleven to go." he whispered before walking off and vanishing.

"Chazz, what were you thinking summoning Ojama Yellow in attack mode with nothing to defend yourself?" Jaden asked him.

"Quiet slacker, I did have the defense... that coward chose to destroy those cards." Chazz stated to him simply brushing himself off.

Jaden glared at him before criticizing. "Chazz this isn't a game! If you acted serious there, then you would avoid that attack but instead you went for a lighter move."

"What you say!?" Chazz asked offended.

"He's right, if you only had Ojama Yellow and three set cards at the very least play him in defense position to try and get another turn." Bastion pointed out. "We can't make mistakes like that."

"But now this means not only do those Shadows now will kill another of the big Shadows if we seal them again, AND they take another of the Arcana!" Yosuke pointed out to a much more important detail. "And we also got that creepy-ass Trueman guy with Nightshroud roaming around somewhere, and we don't know where the real Yusuke went off too."

"That's true and..." Yu started before his Duel Disk started to beep. "Huh?"

"Yu, is everyone with you?" Sheppard's voice asked nervously.

"We're here Chancellor." Zane said to him, "We defeated the next big Shadow but it's destroyed, and we lost another of the Arcanas."

"I'm afraid my news isn't much better. Apparently both Seto Kaiba and Mitsuru Kirijo were attacked by an unknown assailant, Kaiba managed to win his duel however it seems Mitsuru was defeated by a duelist named Trueman." Sheppard told them.

"What?" Chie asked shocked.

"Trueman came to Mit-chan?" Teddie asked shocked hearing that.

Syrus remembering what had happened quickly clung onto Rise protectively. Rise held him close at that.

"I'm afraid so." Sheppard answered. "Which means our situation is much more dangerous than we expected, I think we should all meet in the Investigation Dorm and try to come up with a plan."

"We're heading there now Chancellor." Chumley said to him as Yu hanged up. "What would Trueman want with Kaiba, and Mitsuru? Their both not as involved with Nightshroud like us."

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about this." Jaden frowned.

"And I wager things are only gonna get worse the more this goes on." Atticus said to them with crossed arms. "So we better find Yusuke, and fast to end this before it gets too much for us to handle."

"I agree." Naoto nodded only for Bastion to look at where the Shadow was thoughtfully.

Noticing his expression Tania asked, "Bastion? Is something wrong?"

Blinking he turned to her. "Oh, sorry it was just... I was thinking I should be the one to defeat that particular Shadow."

"Are you sure?" Tania asked him.

"I think so, besides what better deck to face Gladiators than Amazons?" he asked her with a small smile.

Tania gave a interested smirk at that before seeing there alone. She turned over to him, "Well Bastion, since we're alone now can we have a chat?"

"Of course, what's on your mind?" he asked her.

"Well... from my situation since I'm not really from a Amazon village, and that your about to graduate what can we do together?" Tania asked him curiously. "I'm not really all brains since I'm all brawn while your all brains so once we leave the Academy for our life together what can we do?"

Bastion closed his eyes. "First, you're not all brawn you're a very intelligent woman Tania. Though to be honest, I'm not sure what we could do after we leave Duel Academy. Perhaps we could travel the world together?"

"Traveling eh?" she asked interested hearing that. "Well that sounds like a mighty fine idea. Of course, this does mean we will work our tails off to make it possible."

She nodded before they followed the group.


Investigation Dorm...

Everyone was at the Investigation Dorm, and Yuzu with Chie, and Yukiko brought over some appetizers as snacks for everyone while they discuss what to do.

"... There is one reason Trueman might have gone after Mitsuru-san." Yu frowned. "He wants her Persona."

"But why exactly? From what Nightshroud informed over to us the World of Darkness doesn't need Personas at all." Hassleberry said over pretty confused, "And we know Kaiba doesn't really have one."

"Well not really accurate since his Blue-Eyes White Dragon feels like a Persona but he hasn't awakened." Yukiko admitted over.

"I can answer that." Jaden mentioned suddenly. "Or... well Yubel can."

"She can?" Kanji asked surprised.

Jaden stood up as his eyes took the appearance of Yubel's before summoning her as she floated above him.

"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a Persona... but, she's her own Persona." Yubel explained with crossed arms. "She's a very unique case, actually both Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Dark Magician are unique cases... Dark Magician Girl is less unique but still a special case."

"Her own Persona?" Belowski asked blinking, "You mean there just like you?"

"Not exactly, I suppose I should start at the beginning. Ancient Egypt." Yubel told him closing her eyes. "Back then, the inner demons people have, the ones that would become your Shadow... they were actual monsters and the Millennium Items could extract those monsters and seal them in stone tablets. The origins of Duel Monsters. However, like I said Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Dark Magician were both special cases."

"Yes, I'm sure you all learned from class that Duel Monsters went back to Ancient Egypt where the Shadow Games are held in there place where anyone who loses is sent to the Shadow Realm." Yuzu agreed with a nod to them before turning over to Yubel, "Though I never heard of Blue-Eyes, and Dark Magician being unique like that..."

"Are you familiar with the Egyptian terms of Ba and Ka?" Yubel asked.

"Uh... can we say we don't?" Teddie asked her.

"I had a feeling, well in simple terms Ka refers to a spirit that represents the inner nature of an individual. A good natured person will have a good spirit inside them while someone with malevolent thoughts will create a monstrous creature. Ba on the other hand simply refers to an individuals life force and is what gives a Ka its power." Yubel answered. "At least, that's how it normally works."

"Ka that represents the inner nature of an individual..." Naoto trailed off cupping her chin in thought. "Does that inadvertently refer towards Shadows, and Personas?"

"The concept is similar though there are differences. Ka can be taken from people and sealed in stone tablets by those with Millennium Items." Yubel explained. "That's where Pegasus discovered Duel Monsters."

"So... Dark Magician, and Blue-Eyes White Dragon both were Ka, and transformed into monsters within those tablets?" Chie asked starting to get it.

"No, as I said they were both special cases. I suppose the simpler of the two would be the Dark Magician." Yubel clarified. "The Dark Magician, or as it was originally known Illusion Magician was a Ka like any other, however the one who had Illusion Magician as his Ka was named Mahad. A Spirit Sorcerer."

"Mahad was in fact a one of the most loyal priests towards the ancient Pharaoh from back then having been a close friend of him, and is always really loyal. He was the one who used the Millennium Ring against an evil Bandit King from back then." Yuzu said over some history between them, "The stories had said that he had died in the tomb after killing him in combat."

"Unfortunately the Bandit King survived their encounter, and Mahad was killed however as a Spirit Sorcerer he could perform a very unique spell." Yubel nodded. "He was able to fuse his Ba and his Ka together. In simple terms, his spirit the Illusion Magician and his soul became one and the same and the Dark Magician as you know it was born."

"So Mahad BECAME Dark Magician?" Yosuke asked shocked.

"That's right, even today he lives on in that form protecting and serving his close friend the nameless pharaoh in whatever trials he faces." Yubel nodded. "Then, we have the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"So what's the story with him?" Kanji asked interested before correcting, "Oh sorry, 'her'!"

"The Blue-Eyes White Dragon was both the Ka and Ba of an Egyptian girl named Kisara, a young woman with white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Unlike anyone else would could summon their Ka at will she was only able to call upon hers when she was unconscious, however the power of her Ka was so great it rivaled even the Egyptian gods themselves." Yubel explained. "She was however unaware of its nature for reasons I assume you can understand?"

"Well for those of us just in case we don't what kind of reasons?" Sheppard asked her.

"Her Ka only emerged when she was unconscious, so there was no way she could have known about it." Yubel answered. "Though, as her Ka and Ba were one and the same from the start when she died or... gave her life she was able to pass her Ka on to someone else. The High Priest turned Pharaoh, Seto."

"Seto? Like Seto Kaiba?" Syrus asked with widen eyes.

"His Ancient Egyptian counterpart but yes. Just like Jaden is the reincarnation of Haou." Yubel nodded. "However just like Mahad, the spirit of Kisara lives on in the White Dragon. Blue-Eyes and Kisara are one and the same even today."

"Does Kaiba know about her?" Yuzu asked worried.

"Who knows?" Sheppard shrugged from that. "Whatever the case this makes both Kisara, and Mahad Personas from making there Ka, and Ba the same isn't it?"

"Yes, they're both their own Persona." Yubel nodded.

"So Trueman is after Yugi next?" Hassleberry asked worried.

"That's Yugi we're talking about, and he has Slifer with him." Marcel pointed out but also nervous. "Trueman can't defeat a God."

"He also lost to Kaiba." Chie mentioned remembering what Sheppard told them.

"So, what do we do now?" Blair asked nervously.

"Well... there is something to voice over... something that despite the circumstances we can't stop." Yuzu said to them.

Everyone turned to her at that.

"The Pair-Duel Tag-Team Tournament is coming up." Yuzu answered.

"Pair-Duel Tag-Team Tournament?" Nanako asked. "What's that?"

"It's something from the Junior Students of the Academy where they will duel against the Senior Students in Tag-Team matches." Sheppard answered over to them, "It's being held sometime tomorrow where Duelists in Teams of twos duel each other. Me, and Miss. Dorothy are also gonna enter the tournament to show how far you all are coming."

"That actually sounds nice, it could help take our minds off of everything going on." Chie admitted only for Syrus to frown.

"Sy?" Jaden asked seeing his expression.

"It sounds fun, but I don't think I should enter." Syrus admitted.

"Cause for Rise?" Yuzu pretty much guessed the reason why.

"Yeah, it wouldn't be fair for me to duel without her." Syrus answered taking Rise's hand gently with a smile.

"Well there's nothing stopping you from sitting out." Yuzu said over to him with a soft smile, "Though Rise will be fine as long as she sits down cause in this Tournament we don't use Duel Disks."

"You don't? Well, then I guess we could try it." Rise admitted before groaning slightly. "I think that should be ok."

"And with your growing skills Team, it should be no problem for you all to attend, and see how far you all grown." Yuzu smiled to the Investigation Team. "I hope to see how far you all go."

"Then, should we figure out teams?" Yosuke asked.

"Well let's get the obvious ones out of the way first." Naoto noted. "Rise and Syrus, Jaden and Alexis, Blair and Marcel, Jasmine and Teddie, and you and Chie."

They all nodded from this agreeing to this.

"The rest of us should think about our own partners." Naoto noted only for her eyes to widen. "My apologies Kanji-kun, of course we'll be partners during this competition."

"Like we have another choice!" Kanji grinned to this at that.

"I already know who to pick." Belowski smiled turning to Nanako.

"Huh, me?" she asked in surprise. "Ok."

"What bout you Professor, are you gonna enter?" Chie asked Yuzu curiously.

Yuzu smiled sadly, and shook her head. "I'm afraid, I don't have the partner in mind..."

They nodded at that.

"So, we should all get ready for this tournament and try to have fun." Yu mentioned.

"I wish we could use our Duel Disks though, maybe for when Alexis and I make it to the finals?" Jaden suggested.

"Well holograms still happen but you don't use Duel Disks." Dr. Crowler explained over to them.

"Oh, alright." Jaden smiled.

"Well in that case I'll see you tomorrow for this tournament." Aster mentioned before walking off.

"My grizzly?" Jasmine takes Teddie's hand to get his attention.

"Yeah?" he asked turning to her with a smile. "What is it Jazzy-chan?"

"Well graduation is coming up soon... do you want to try again at having a little bear?" Jasmine asked with a blushing smile.

No-one noticed Dr. Crowler's slight frown before he suppressed it.

"Oh... ok." he smiled hugging her.

Jasmine hugged him back with a smile.

"You guys tried? How did it go?" Rise asked curiously.

Jasmine frowned before answering, "No luck the first time. But me, and Ted are not gonna give up anytime soon."

"It'll work out for you two." Syrus smiled. "Trust me on that one."

"We aren't opening a Duel Academy daycare." Dr. Crowler frowned though they could see he wasn't saying it cruelly and he was slightly joking.

They all only chuckled at this a bit.

"Yu do you have any idea who your partner will be?" Bastion curiously asked Yu.

"No, unfortunately I don't have a partner in mind." Yu admitted. "I might pass on this one."

"Are you sure?" Sheppard asked him.

"I am, I don't have a partner anyway." Yu nodded.

"Well if your sure, we can-"

"Actually I think I know who can be your partner." Yuzu brought up suddenly to him.

"Who?" Yu asked hearing that.

"Well she asked me to have you meet her to ask about you being her partner in the tournament." Yuzu said over to him before saying, "If you come with me, I'll take you to meet her."

Yu blinked before nodding. "Alright."

The two walked out together as they watched on before Sheppard stood up saying, "Well I guess if there's nothing else you all should get some rest to be ready for the tournament. And keep your Arcanas safe with you."

They all nodded before splitting up to rest for the next day's tournament.


With Syrus, and Rise...

Syrus, and Rise entered there room as he then sat down sighing slightly.

"Syrus?" she asked. "What's wrong?"

"I'm just worried is all." Syrus assures her. "About our future, our little bean, and about Trueman, and Nightshroud roaming around."

Rise frowned and hugged him. "It'll be ok, I promise."

Syrus softly hugged her back before kissing her. Rise smiled kissing him back. She then felt a strong kick. She groaned feeling that as Syrus frowned only to blush as he gently kissed her belly. He softly gives her belly a rub as she realizes the kick was as if telling Syrus not to worry.

"It'll be ok, our baby feels the same way." Rise reassured him.

He looked up to her hearing that.

"Our baby is telling you it'll be ok and not to worry because we're all together." she smiled softly.

Syrus stared before he gave a smile before he stood back up, "Well now that they said it, I feel better. I can't wait to see what it'll be like. Would it become a beautiful, and kind idol like you?"

"We'll have to wait and see." Rise smiled before groaning. "Can we just lie down for a while?"

He nodded before asking her, "Would you like me to give you the belly snuggles?" They called it that cause Rise loves it when he snuggles her belly.

"Ok." Rise smiled. "That sounds perfect."

With that Syrus helps Rise remove her blazer for her to get comfortable. She sighed lying down in the bed. "Go ahead Syrus."

Syrus smiled before laying his head against her belly snuggling into it. Rise smiled gently rubbing his head.


Meanwhile...

Yuzu guided Yu with her before stopping at the front of the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm before she told him, "Wait here."

Yu nodded. "Alright."

Yuzu walked in as Yu waited outside crossing his arms. After a few minutes he hears footsteps. Hearing them he turned to the door. He sees Yuzu walking over alongside who he recognizes is Mindy who is blushing. Yu blinked seeing her.

"I'm sure you remember Mindy?" Yuzu asked him.

"Yeah, I do." Yu nodded. "You want to partner with me?"

"Y-Yes... I mean if you don't care." Mindy said to him shyly.

"I don't mind, what kind of deck do you use?" Yu asked curiously.

"Well uh... A Machine Deck called Machina." Mindy admitted to him shyly.

Yu blinked before nodding. "Alright, I might have to make some adjustments but I should be able to work with you."

"Well Yu don't think little of Mindy despite her little interaction with you all she's actually a strong duelist." Yuzu said over to him. "Both she, and Jasmine are a strong duo together."

"I believe that." Yu smiled softly.


Ulrich362: So, a pair dueling tournament? That should be interesting.

bopdog111: Yeah it should but tensions will arouse during it cause Jaden, and Alexis won't work together effectively at first.

Ulrich362: I think they'll work together better than you think, especially after everything they've been through already.

bopdog111: Well we will find out soon enough. Also gives us time to see how effective the Team came up too.

Ulrich362: Agreed, see you in the next chapter for the entire tag tournament.

bopdog111: Which will be PRETTY long. Be sure to review!