Chapter 28: Restoring Light P1

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors or Yugioh. I do own Erin. Also Erin's Rival Tatsuya is another OC I own.

It was late at night Sunday, in Blair's house. The Raven haired girl was looking over her deck. Even when Joey was beaten the day before, Blair had one card that could beat Tatsuya. She knew he was going to be a very hard opponent but her greatest strength in her deck was that there was one LIGHT attribute Monster that other decks didn't like facing off against. Right now she is looking at the card thinking I only got one copy of it in my deck. My chance of beating Tatsuya lies in drawing him at the right time. She looks at her XYZ monster Of course my XYZ monster can handle Tatsuya for a while too.

Blair gets up to close the curtains to her room and stripped down so she could get a bath. After bathing she dries off still in deep planning mode. As she has her towel wrapped around her body, her mind was on the day she'd duel Tatsuya. She knew that she was Erin's one last hope to show her that Tatsuya could be beaten. Blair has her Duel Disk next to her bed and puts on her pajamas to sleep for the night. Oh she planned to confront Tatsuya and Duel him. As she is drifting off to sleep, she thought Erin...This upcoming duel shall be for you.

Blair would close her eyes and fell asleep for the night. Morning came eight hours later and the sun woke Blair up. Blair groaned a bit at her rude awakening but sat up to stretch. Once she stretched she gets up to dress in her usual outfit which was buy now her Slifer Red outfit. Once dressed she reached for her Duel Disk and runs out of her room towards the front door to her house. Her own mother and father were awake at this time too and turned to see their daughter "Morning Blair!"

"Morning!" Blair shouted back as she opened the door "Will be home late tonight! I'm going to visit Erin! See you mom and dad!"

"Blair!" her mother shouted as Blair ran out the door, then Blair's mother sighed.

"What's wrong honey?" Blair's father asked her.

"Nothing!" Blair's mother sighed out "But it's just that our Blair's been hanging around her friend Erin and she didn't even bother to have breakfast!"

"Just give our Blair some time honey. You know how she's good friends with Erin."

"Indeed I just wish I could spend some time with our Blair but if she wants to be around her best friend, then I might as well allow it."

Once outside Blair began walking over to Erin's house. The Raven haired girl was careful in her approach to Erin's house. MFWD was still a major threat and much more of one than the Tatsuya situation, Blair knew if she let her guard down again then she most likely would've been kidnapped again and used against Erin. She didn't want that as she walks down she looks to each of her sides then back then finally to her front to make sure she wasn't being stalked. As she's walking she actually meets Yuzu whom was with another boy. Blair could tell the two were just friends. Yuzu waved to Blair "Morning Blair!"

"Morning Yuzu!" Blair said stopping for a second while looking at the boy "Whose this?"

"This is Yuya!" Yuzu said "He's one of my closest friends and an-"

"I'm an Entertainment Duelist!" Yuya said "I duel others to bring smiles to everyone's faces!"

Yuzu looks at Blair "You're one of Erin's friends aren't you?"

"I am" Blair said "I'm Erin's best friend. Why do you ask?"

"I told Yuya about what happened yesterday with Joey and Tatsuya."

"Kaiba's teaching Tatsuya the wrong way to go around dueling others!" Yuya said to Blair "I mean It's great to see Tatsuya being able to Duel now, but duels should be fun and exciting, not about beating down your opponent."

"That's one area where we all can agree on" Blair admitted.

"So where are you heading towards?" Yuzu asked her.

"I'm heading over to Erin's"

"Has she recovered yet?" Yuzu asked Blair.

"Recovered from what?" Yuya asked.

Yuzu pulls out a fan getting ready to smack Yuya with it "Don't you remember, Tatsuya's first ever opponent was Blair's best friend Erin Syaoran in a Duel."
"No need to smack me with a fan today yet Yuzu!" Yuya said panicking "I didn't mean to forget but...How bad was it and how bad has she taken it?"

"She hasn't recovered from her defeat" Blair told the two "And Tatsuya crushed her in the same way Kaiba would crush any other duelist. I feel bad for her because she feels completely crushed."

"Then why don't I lighten up her mood?" Yuya suggested "Allow me to come with you Blair and I'll duel her!"

Blair looks at Yuya "I don't think Erin's in the mood to Duel Yuya."

"She's that crushed?" Yuya asked never hearing such a thing usually a Duelist needed to duel someone like him to feel better.

Blair nodded "I saw it in her eyes two days ago when she suffered her loss to Tatsuya then Joey was beaten and that made it a lot worse."

"The more she stays depressed and scared like that the longer she'll lose her complete spirit to Duel again" Yuya said "We've gotta do something!"

"I know that" Blair said in a confident tone "Which is why I plan to Duel Tatsuya today with Erin watching!"

"Do you really think you can beat him?" Yuzu asked her "If Tatsuya crushes you while Erin watches you'll lose her from being a Duelist for sure."

Blair smiled "Unlike Joey whom thought he could handle Tatsuya, I took the opportunity to study Tatsuya's deck."

"That's starting to make sense" Yuzu said putting a hand underneath her chin "You were watching the duel between Joey and Tatsuya really closely."

Blair nodded "I wanted to see a bit more of Tatsuya's deck to see what cards he has in his deck. I normally don't do that but against Tatsuya it is something I had to do to prepare myself."

She looks at her Duel Disk "Tatsuya's deck is incredible and he has some fearsome extra deck monsters and a Trap Card that really can put you in a bind if you aren't careful. However I have one card in my deck that'll be the key to my victory over him. Kaiba has taught Tatsuya well so far, however he might not've taught Tatsuya one thing."

"And what thing is that?" Yuzu asked her.

Blair smiled "If you two want to join me, you'll find out...Hopefully, if I can draw that one card in time."

"We have nothing else to do" Yuya told her "As a fellow duelist, I want to make Erin smile! Besides if there's one thing I don't want to see it's a duelist that lost their spirit because he or she feels crushed."

"You're sweet Yuya" Blair said "If you two want you can come with me...In fact Erin may need duelist like you two."

Yuzu caught Blair looking over her shoulder "What's wrong Blair?"

"Yeah" Yuya said "You look paranoid about something looking over your shoulder."

Blair decided to take them with her "Sorry you two but it's a habit I have developed over the last few months. Please follow me and make sure no one follows you. At least no one that you haven't seen before."

Yuya was about to say something when Blair spoke out a warning "It's for your own good."

The two join Blair as she makes her way over to Erin's house. As Yuya, and Yuzu were the first to be at the door, Blair looks over her shoulder as Yuya knocks on the door. Sakura Syaoran answers the door "Yes? Who is it?"

"It's me Mrs. Syaoran, Blair, I brought friends along too."

"Friends?" Sakura asked then she opened the door and saw Yuya and Yuzu "New friends of yours Blair?"

"We'll we just met ma'am" Yuya said bowing to Sakura "And we'd like to help Erin out of her mood."

There was something about Yuya that made Sakura smile. She didn't know why but there was something about him that made her know he was there to try to make Erin happy. She giggled "Welcome may I have your names?"

"I'm Yuya" Yuya said introducing himself to Sakura then he turned to Yuzu "and this is Yuzu!"

Sakura turned to let them in "Please come in you three, Erin's in her room with the boys."

Blair, Yuya, and Yuzu walk into Sakura's house and remove their shoes, then head to Erin's room. Erin was with Joey, Phineas and Ferb. Joey's voice was heard from the other side of Erin's door "Oh come on Erin, you have to get over this! People like Jaden's beaten you before."

"Yeah but that was when we were dueling for fun" Erin replied "Plus Mr. Pegasus beaten me but that was only to see where to start me off."

Blair entered the door and Joey turned to her "Hey, Blair, I've been trying to get Erin out of her mood."

"So we've heard" Blair said.

"We?" Joey asked blinking.

Just as Blair entered the room as if on cue Yuya and Yuzu walked to ether side of her. Joey scratched his head in confusion looking at Yuzu "You're that cute chick that Tatsuya has his eyes on!"

Yuzu blushes "Not sure how to take that comment but" She pauses looking at Erin "I'm Yuzu."

Erin turned to her wanting to smile and she eventually does "Hello Yuzu."

Yuya saw how she looked "I'm Yuya and, I now see that Tatsuya really has put you down."

Erin sighed "I couldn't do a thing to beat him!"

"Erin! You had a shot against him!" Phineas told her "You were just unprepared to face Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8!"

"Then he has Magical Android, Black Rose Moonlight Dragon, Metaphus Horus, Stardust Dragon, and...Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon."

As Erin was speaking these monsters Yuya was making his way over to try to make her smile even speaking out "So your opponent has a dangerous Extra Deck, they should be stopped by most spell or trap Card effects" He then paused as he heard that last dragon "WHAT'S THIS THING ABOUT TATSUYA HAVING DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON?"

"You know that card?" Joey asked him.

Yuya nodded retrieving it from his Extra Deck "I have that card too. Just don't use it often because for me it's hard to control." he looks at Yuzu "WHAT'S THIS THING ABOUT TATSUYA HAVING ONE TOO?"

Yuzu pulled out a fan and smacked him with it causing him to fall to the ground "I told you he had Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon, sounds like you weren't listening to me when I did mention it!"

"You alright man?" Joey asked helping Yuya up.

"Yeah I'm fine, and don't worry, Yuzu always hits me with her fan when I do something stupid"

"Back up a moment, you said you can't control Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon...Right?"

"That's correct" Yuya said "Whenever I have summoned it, I felt it's power and Yuzu's even told me I lose control of myself. That's one card that's dangerous that way."

"Yet Tatsuya used it on me and he seemed to be in control of himself."

"Really?" Yuya asked "That's sort of amazing! But I wonder how long he's able to use it."

"Guys..." Blair reminded them"Erin's the one we're supposed to talk to.

Yuzu looks at Erin "Erin, take it from me, I've lost duels myself"

"Did you ever lose any that you felt completely crushed in?"

"I have" Yuzu admitted "But then I get better and even in a rematch!"

Erin was even more confused as Blair agreed with Yuzu "Yuzu's right! Tatsuya might've beaten you that one time but for each defeat you get better!"

"What if he can't be beaten?" Erin asked.

"No duelist is unbeatable!" Yuzu said.

Joey agreed "Yeah, even my pal Yug isn't although at the moment the only loss he has is against Kaiba but that was when Kaiba threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, and technically Yug lost to Pegasus during that video duel due to time expiring."

"However in each other situation that unfolded afterwards" Phineas adds on "Yugi has beaten those duelist that have beaten him."

"True" Joey admitted "Plus Yug has beaten me but I always look to the day that."

Erin just held her head down not sure if Tatsuya can be beaten. Blair kneels down holding her friend's head then looked at Erin's eyes "Tatsuya can be beaten Erin, I promise you!"

Erin looks at her best friend's eyes and they looked serious to prove this to her as Erin asked "Whose going to show me that?"

"I am" Blair answered her "I didn't study Tatsuya's dueling deck for nothing now. Now that I know what to expect to come from him, I can truly duel him and unlike Joey whom thought he could handle him alone-"

"I could've beaten him!" Joey protested "If it wasn't for Starlight Road and Stardust Dragon!"

Blair ignored Joey's protest as she looks directly at Erin's eyes "Trust me Erin."

Erin nodded "Alright."

Yuya looks at Erin "You're friend Blair wants you to be happy. I can tell she'll win for sure."

"Do you know where Tatsuya will be?" Joey asked.

Blair nodded "I do indeed, it's gotta be at the Kaiba dome!"

She gets up ready to leave for the Kaiba Dome.

"That's right" Joey said "Mondays are days when people go to school.

"With that logic" Blair said turning to the door while holding Erin's hand blushing while doing so as she didn't know why she was doing it "It makes sense that Kaiba will teach Tatsuya at the Kaiba Dome, well guys Erin and I are off!"

"Wait!" Yuzu called out to her "You were looking over your shoulder every now and then, Yuya and I want to know why."

"Yeah!" Yuya said.

Blair sweat dropped nodding "Right...My bad! Uh, Phineas, Ferb, mind filling them in?"

Phineas looks at Blair "Before you take Erin out with you to the Kaiba Dome, I believe we should go there together after the explanation."

"We could use more allies against our enemies" Ferb admitted "Plus it would help us out, they seriously want to know what's going on."

"Fine, I'll wait a bit" Blair said.

Phineas turned to Yuya and Yuzu "Well you two are new around here, let's just say there is an evil organization known as Masks for World Domination, or MFWD for short. As of what we know right now their leader is the brother of the man that created a special type of card known as the Clow Cards that Erin's mother Sakura has which are now known as Sakura Cards."

"Why would they want cards that aren't Duel Monsters?" Yuzu asked.

Joey shrugged a bit "We don't exactly know for sure, but Sakura's cards are very powerful, as in if they fall into the wrong hands the entire world could be in danger as in world domination. Whatever the case this organization made several attempts to try to steal the Sakura Cards, Erin's first Duel ever was against one of their members. So Phineas, Ferb, Blair and I decided to team up to help Erin and her mother bring this evil organization down!"

Yuzu blinks "How far has this been going on?"

"A good two or three months from now" Phineas guessed "But the fight has just gotten worse."

"How worse?"

"Oh...Very worse" Joey said "Recently we've discovered MFWD is using these huge Earthbound Immortals against us. One from Demonica a member of MFWD lured us to her cave where she forced Erin and my pal Yugi into a Tag Duel...In the end Demonica summoned her Earthbound Immortal and nearly killed Erin with it even though Yugi and Erin managed to win that Tag Duel."

Yuzu was beginning to feel frightened at this, she was going to say she'd help Erin out in defending the Sakura Cards but she couldn't imagine the horror Erin had to go through when in a near death state against an Earthbound Immortal. Yuya however put all doubts aside and stood up, he had made his decision the moment he heard about MFWD "An evil organization must never be allowed to do what they do! If you need help in taking them down, you have not only my help but Yuzu's help too. Right Yuzu?"

"W-W-W-Why me?" Yuzu asked "Aren't you afraid of these Earthbound Immortals?"

"They sound scary!" Yuya admitted "But a duelist must never be scared of a challenge! Besides, if no one stops MFWD from getting their goal then this world we live in is in so much danger and they'd probably enslave us! As an entertainment Duelist it's something I can't allow!"

"Well alright" Yuzu sighed out she turned to Erin "You have me and Yuya now."

"Thanks" Erin sighed out.

"Come on Erin" Blair told her "Cheer up, let's go to the Kaiba Dome."

"Fine."

The group left Erin's room and were about to leave but Erin speaks to her mother telling her that they were on their way to the Kaiba Dome. Sakura sighed "Erin, you shouldn't go back there is you aren't up to dueling yet."

"Don't worry Mrs. Syaoran!" Blair said "It's me that's dueling against Tatsuya."

Sakura turned to her "You?"

Blair nodded "It's time someone started to cheer Erin up and seeing someone defeat Tatsuya is a good example. Please allow me to help her."

"If she doesn't, I'll do my best to her cheer Erin up" Yuya said which earned a small smile to come from Sakura, no matter what seemed to happen or was said this young boy seemed to always be on the positive side "Alright, have fun Erin."

"Okay mommy"

With Blair holding her hand, Erin left her home. She was followed by Joey, Phineas, Ferb, Yuya and Yuzu.

Phineas turned to the two new members of their team "Keep a good eye around you two. MFWD could be anywhere lurking to capture you."

"Don't get divided from the group" Blair warned "As they caught me that way."

"And that lead to Demonica eating you" Joey said.

Blair glared at him blushing bright red wanting to kick him in the nuts. She even gives Joey one warning "I thought, we agreed never to bring that thing up as a group discussion ever again...Next time you do that...You're going to regret it."

"What's this thing about you getting eaten Blair?" Yuzu asked worried.

Blair glares blushing angrily at Joey "NOW LOOK WHAT YOU DONE!"

"Yeah" Phineas admitted "We agreed as a team to not mention that as it was embarrassing on Blair's part and what's worse she couldn't do a thing to defend herself in that situation."

"My bad" Joey said realizing his mistake "Didn't mean any wrong doing."

"That's a question" Erin told Yuzu "You don't want answered...But know this, MFWD didn't just kidnap my best friend but Demonica ate her and tried to use her form to capture me or make me lower my guard."

"Oh" Yuzu said.

They finally arrived at the Kaiba Dome where Blair walked in first confronting Kaiba whom was with Tatsuya "Oh great...I thought this lesson was going smoothly."

He then sees Joey, Phineas, Ferb, Erin, Yuzu and Yuya. No surprisingly Yuya looks at Kaiba "What you are teaching Tatsuya to crush his opponents is wrong! Duels are supposed to be-"

"Fun?" Kaiba demanded at Yuya "As told Yuzu yesterday, Duels are serious business! If one can't take a duel seriously then you can't call it a duel."

"Says you!" Yuya said he turned to Tatsuya "Tatsuya, I know he's teaching you but there are better teachers that can teach you that you don't always have to humiliate your opponents! Duels are about having fun!"

Tatsuya looks at Yuya not sure how to process this but it was Blair that ran up "Yuya is right! Duels aren't supposed to be used to humiliate or crush your opponents! If you don't have fun while you are dueling someone then you can't call yourself a duelist."

"Oh please, now this friendship stuff has blinded you too Blair?" Kaiba asked her.

"I know what I'm saying is right Mr. I-don't-want-to-be-friends-with-anyone!"

Joey smirked out a reply "Good one Blair!"

Kaiba debated if he should ask security to escort this group out but he saw the firey look in Blair's eyes "You're here to Duel aren't you Blair?"

"I am!" Blair told him "And it's not against you"

She looks at Tatsuya "It's against you!"

Tatsuya looks at her smirking "You want to Duel against me? You lost to Jaden Yuki, and my understanding is you also lost to Erin whom I beat."

"There's no such thing as a Duelist cycle!" Blair told him "Sure you beat Erin, and I lost to both my best friend Erin and then Jaden but at least I had one thing that you didn't."

"Which is?"

"In those duels I lost, I had fun!" Blair told him "Besides I've studied your deck, and you've got an impressive deck yourself, but I feel that I can take you on. I've brought Erin here to see it."

Seto Kaiba glared but smirked "If you want to lose that badly Blair like your two friends did, although I must admit Erin did better than the monkey."

Joey made a fist muttering "Keep on talking and I'll give you a punch to the face!"

Blair turned to Tatsuya "So are you accepting my challenge or not?"

Tatsuya looked at her "I don't back away from a challenge, if you want to Duel me then I'll accept."

The group now heads up the Dome where Blair stood on one end with the support of everyone of her friends while Tatsuya and Seto Kaiba were on the other end. Kaiba spoke to Tatsuya "Pay no attention to what those clowns said about friendship. Crush Blair well."

"I intend to do that" Tatsuya told him.

"Good"

Tatsuya walked over towards Blair as she did the same. He looks at her "Are you ready to lose?"

"The only one losing today is going to be you I'm afraid" Blair said "Because today is the day I won't lose in front of Erin."

"Sadly you'll lose for sure" Tatsuya told her.

The two activated their Duel Disks, drew their top five cards and shouted "DUEL!"

Blair's Life Points: 4000

Tatsuya's Life Points: 4000

"I'll start us off" Tatsuya told her.

"Go ahead" Blair told him.

Tatsuya nods looking at his five cards "I summon, Spear Dragon in attack mode!"

Spear Dragon appears on the field in attack mode ATK: 1900

"Turn end" Tatsuya told Blair.

"It's my move then" Blair said, "I draw!"

She drew her card then smiled "Sweet! I'm sure Joey's going to remember this move! For my first move, I summon Constellar Aldebaran to the field in attack mode!"

Blair's first level three Constellar monster appeared on the field ATK: 1300

"By summoning him" Blair warned Tatsuya "I can activate his special ability, allowing me to Special Summon another Level Three or Below Constellar Monster from my hand so Constellar Leonis, come on out!"

Constellar Leonis appears on the field ATK: 1000

Joey indeed knew what was coming "Good call Blair! Go for it!"

Blair heard him and smiled "I intend to do that, and here it comes Tatsuya, I shall build the Overlay Network overlaying Constellar Abescaller, and Constellar Stella."

The two level 3 Constellar monsters shot out towards the sky as a black storm appeared over her head, Blair began to chant out "Cosmonaut of time. Rise up into the light to reflect back power! Rank 3 XYZ Summon Chronomaly Crystal Chronoaut!"

Once Blair was done chanting her XYZ monster appeared on the field ATK: 2100

"Battle!" Blair announced "Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut attack Spear Dragon! Cosmic Blast!"

Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut took aim with it's gun and fired it at Spear Dragon. The blast hit Spear Dragon and burst it apart causing damage to Tatsuya's Life Points.

Tatsuya's Life Points: 3800

Tatsuya eyed Blair "Impressive, you just got the first blow on me."

Blair smiled "That I did Tatsuya! However this Duel is only beginning"

She held up her next card and plays it "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!"

Kaiba was looking at Blair's XYZ Monster, it's attack was pitiful against Tatsuya's own XYZ Monster plus Tatsuya's Extra Deck Monsters could stop it in it's tracks. Kaiba was sure Tatsuya had this monster beaten.

Tatsuya spoke "It's my move, I draw!"

He drew his card "And here I come Blair, I summon Armored Bee in attack mode!"

Armored Bee appeared on the field ATK 1600

"Next" Tatsuya spoke "I activate Armored Bee's effect, I can target one monster on your side of the field and half it's attack points! So Armored Bee, use Venomous Sting on Blair's XYZ Monster!"

Blair watches calmly as her own XYZ Monster is stung on it's shoulder causing it to lose half of it's attack points. 2100-1050

"And now" Tatsuya told Blair "Battle! Armored Bee, attack her Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut! Armored Sting!"

Blair was waiting for it "Not so fast Tatsuya! I caught you in my own trap! I activate my monster's Special ability! By discarding one of it's overlay units to the Graveyard, my monster can't be destroyed by Battle or by Card effects!"

"Big deal" Tatsuya told her.

Blair just grinned "There's more to my monster's ability Tatsuya! When I activate it not only does it not get destroyed by battle or card effects but it also sends any Battle Damage that I would receive back to you!"

"SAY WHAT?" Tatsuya and Seto Kaiba shouted although Kaiba's shout was louder as he didn't anticipate that sort of effect for that monster.

Blair watches as Armored Bee comes at her own "But before I discard an XYZ unit, I'll activate my Continuous Trap Card: Overlay Return!"

"WAY TO GO BLAIR!" Joey shouted "Play Tatsuya in his own game!"

Blair explained the effect of Overlay Return to Tatsuya "I can only activate Overlay Return when I have a face-up XYZ Monster whose effect is activated by sending one of it's Overlay units! So as I'm discarding an XYZ Material Monster this card allows me to return it back to the monster and increases my Life Points by five hundred!"

She discarded one of her overlay units on her XYZ Monster just as Armored Bee struck it and thanks to Overlay Return the unit returned giving her five hundred more Life Points. Blair's Life Points: 4500

Then Blair's Monster reflected the battle damage back at Tatsuya whom took the blast and it was his own Life Points that had fallen. Tatsuya's Life Points: 2750

"Nice one Blair!" Erin shouted to her friend.

Blair looks at Tatsuya "With Overlay Return activated, no matter how strong your monster is as long as I have Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut out it's you that'll be finished."

Tatsuya looks at his hand "I set one card face-down and end my turn."

Kaiba was shocked that Blair had pulled this off so easily on Tatsuya, well Tatsuya he could believe but Blair pulled this off on even HIM, the great Seto Kaiba. He for once felt like he underestimated Blair's Dueling ability. He calmly studied the field thinking Okay, Tatsuya has Armored Bee, which can and will help him against Blair normally her monster would be limited to two times Blair could activate it's effect...However with Overlay Return...Her XYZ Monster is completely immune to being destroyed in battle or Card Effects. Kaiba just grinned as he thought Well, it appears I underestimated Blair but the Duel is still young. I gotta give her credit for this set up. Still I know my student won't fail under this combo.

"It's my move!" Blair announced "I draw!"

She drew her card "I summon Thunder Nyan-Nyan in attack mode!"

Thunder Nyan-Nyan appeared on the field ATK: 1900

"Battle!" Blair spoke "Thundre Nyan-Nyan attack Armored Bee!"

"I activate my Counter Trap Card!" Tatsuya spoke "Negate Attack!"

His face-down card activated and he explained the effect "Thanks to this card, your attack is negated and it ends your Battle Phase."

"Fine with me, turn end" Blair said checking out her hand at the start of her turn she had drawn her Shinato's Ark Ritual Spell Card. If she could get Shinato, King of a Higher Plane out then things would go smoother.

"It's my move!" Tatsuya said "I draw!"

He drew his card "I activate Armored Bee's effect targeting your Thunder Nyan-Nyan with Venomous Sting!"

Blair watches as her second monster was stung and had it's attack points halved. 1900-950

"Next" Tatsuya began "I tribute my Armored Bee in order to Tribute Summon, Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv6!"

Armored Bee disappeared but in it's place was Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv6 with a mighty roar ATK: 2300

"Here it comes" Erin muttered.

"Next" Tatsuya told Blair "I activate Spell Card: Level Up! It allows me to send one Black Flame Dragon Lv6 in order to Special Summon it's true form!"

Erin grits her teeth knowing this was bad for Blair as Tatsuya began chanting down "Dragon of Black Flames...Sealer of Spells rise up and roar upon your enemies. Special Summon...Horus Black Flame Dragon Lv8!"

Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv8 appears on the field with a mighty roar ATK: 3000

So... Blair thought as the huge dragon appeared over her head There goes summoning my Shinato King of a Higher Plains theory if I get Manju of the Ten-Thousand Hands on my next draw plan. So...It's time I get to face off against Tatsuya's ace!

"Battle!" Tatsuya spoke out "Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8, attack Thunder Nyan-Nyan with Black Flaming Strike!"

Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv8 took aim and fired at Blair's monster. The Flames were too much for Blair's Monster and she was annihilated on the spot. The recoil damage was too much for Blair to handle as it sent her onto her back as her Life Points fell.

"Blair!" Erin shouted seeing her best friend's Life Points fall heavily. Blair's Life Points: 2450

"Had enough?" Tatsuya taunted Blair as she tried to get up "Perhaps you should surrender."

Erin knew that if she were dueling Tatsuya then she would've given up the moment Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8 showed up. She was beginning to leave thinking Blair was indeed going to lose but something stopped her. That thing stopping her was seeing her best friend's legs twitch as she fought to get onto her feet. Blair slowly but surely got up looking at Tatsuya with determined eyes "I gave Erin my word! It's one I intend to keep."

Erin pauses watching as Blair managed to successfully get onto her two feet panting a bit as she looked at Tatsuya "I won't surrender Tatsuya! And I won't certainly lose. As long as I have Life Points left, I will continue the Duel...Even though your Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv8 severely strips me of my Spell Cards, I can still use my Trap Cards. Plus as long as I have Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut and Overlay Return out on the field, you aren't going to easily beat me."

She now is able to focus on the Duel as she puts her Duel Disk back in position in front of a shocked Seto Kaiba whom was surprised Blair wasn't giving up. Blair looks at Erin "I gave Erin my word, even if you do have the upper hand with Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8, I will find a way to beat you and will!"

She focuses as Tatsuya smirked "Very well I end my turn."

"It's my move then" Blair said "I draw!"

With this she drew knowing Erin needed to see Tatsuya get beaten. For once Blair wasn't going to mess around even as she looked up at both Tatsuya and his incredible Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8. Too be continued.

Hey guys! It's Redwallfan2000 again. Yeah I had to cut this chapter a bit short as my word limit was reached. I did want to get a bit more in but...I think cutting off this chapter with Blair staring definitely at Horus Black Flame Dragon Lv8 is a good way to cause a cliff hanger. Anyway next chapter is...Chapter 29: Restoring Light P2: Blair and Tatsuya continue their Duel against each other but can Blair's deck defeat Tatsuya's deck?