Author's note: Due to the fact that my homework is now getting onto my nerves and that my laptop is dying on me, I can now only update on my mum's computer and can only do so on weekends. So please be patient if I don't update for a long time, I might even update twice in one day, who knows?

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Curiousness: I knew it; I just knew someone would give me a review like this. OK, I'll try to explain. First of all, thanks for pointing out my mistakes, you're obviously a much more careful reader than I am, and like I said before, I'll be more careful next time. Secondly, there's a reason why this story doesn't seem to have anything to do with Yu-Gi-Oh at the moment. This story was originally meant have nothing to do with Yu-Gi-Oh what so ever, but when I pictured the scenes in my head, I can't help but put monsters and characters from the anime into my story, and since any fans of Yu-Gi-Oh would rip my head off if I copied Shoen Jump's characters, I decided to make it a fanfic instead. But then I was faced with the problem as to how the characters would fit into the story. Don't worry, though, I've already got most of it covered. For example, if you type in the word Emes (Atto's last name) into a search engine, you'll see that it's based on a card. Darkness is also based on a card (I'm telling you which yet), and so is good old Angel (Again, I'm not telling which right now). So all I can say is keep reading and all would be revealed. Thanks anyway for reviewing.

Chapter 5: Confrontation

Darkness stared at the two human children in amusement, his personnel strike team has already scanned and destroyed nearly every housing from this small residential area, yet they've missed only one. His Blue Eyes White Dragon hissed and growled at the pair, eager to get another taste of human flesh, that's his problem, Darkness thought, he can never get enough blood.

With one slash of its white claws, the wall separating the hungry dragon and the two teenagers crumpled, spraying the cottage of debris and dust. Both of them covered their eyes as the dust finally settled and the dragon began to creep ever so close towards its prey.

The pair remained silent and still, as if to convince the beast that they're no difference from trees, but while it may be enough to fool the dragon, it was all kid's games to Darkness. But it was clear to him that these kids were more scared of his 'stallion' than himself.

He didn't like that.

"How clever it is of you children to hide in the shadows," He called, catching the two by surprise, "I suppose, it would be much kinder for me to end your pathetic life."

Finally beginning to understand the true threat, the boy began to silently urge his companion to back up into what's left of the house and away from this strange being, his elegant yet threatening armour, his tall and slim figure, but most of all the long and sleek double edged sword on his back and the deadly mace clipped onto his belt.

Sensing that his presence is finally noticed, Darkness climbed off his dragon and drew his sword, for this will be quick, he thought. As he began to advance closer, however, the boy picked up a long piece of support beam scattered near by with a sharp edge where it was broken off and pointed it at Darkness's direction.

"Like I said, pathetic," Darkness whispered, clearly not intimidated at all by this display and continued to close the gap between them.

"Stay back," The boy hissed through clenched teeth and held onto his 'weapon' with a tighter grip.

Darkness ignored him.

"I'm warning you…"

Completely unaffected, the commander took his final step and plunged his sword at the boy's heart, reminding himself once again that this would be quick.

The gleaming blade cut through the air like a deadly missile that's locked onto His heart. Time almost seemed to slow down as Atto struggled to react; it all seemed so hopeless, as if he was nothing more than a human shield in terms of protection for Angel. What was I thinking, he thought as the blade came closer, Angel can protect herself while enough without me getting into her way…

The blade stopped as sudden as it came, Atto opened his eyes and stared right into its edge as it was stopped just short of his chest. The large 'man' seemed just as surprised as he tried to yank his sword out of the wood. Amazingly, Atto had blocked his attack.

"Nice one, Emes!" Angel cheered from behind, "And as for you, big man…" She picked up a near by broken pottery and smashed what was left of it into the man's face before he could react in time. He yelled in pain and agony as she grabbed Atto by the shoulder and urged him to run for it.

Sensing that something was wrong, the white dragon roared and with that came the sizzling white fire ball that arc through the air, impacting the ground just in front of the escaping pair. The explosion caused them to stumble, but this wasn't a time to stop.

As Atto and Angel began to emerge from the ruins of the cottage and onto the open street, more and more dragons patrolling from near by noticed their presence and without warning, they dived straight for them. Now devoid of any weapons, all the pair can do was to duck and dodge the claw of the beasts as they dived again and again in an attempt to pick them up in their talons.

Like vultures attracting to a piece of carcass, dragons from all corners of the block flew towards the survivors of Ascalon as Atto pushed Angel out of the way to dodge a charging dragon who ended up crashing into a near by house.

"This is madness," Angel yelled as she got back to her feet, "they're everywhere!"

"Just head for an exit and get out of the city!" Atto yelled in reply and began to pull Angel towards t an alleyway when the familiar Blue Eyes White Dragon landed directly in front of them, blocking their path. On top of which, sat the large man whose face was now covered in blood from his injury.

Instinctively, Atto searched the surroundings for anything he could use as a weapon like he did before. But the large man had learned his lesson, and before Atto can even begin to pick anything up, he jumped off his dragon and swung his mace at full force into the boy's chest.

A sickening crack of flesh and bone followed the impact as blood erupted from Atto's mouth, for a moment, all of his senses disappeared, all apart from the sound of Angel screaming in terror and the sight of red as he fell onto his back at the feet of the large man. It felt like the end and it felt like drifting away at the same time as he began to slowly let go his field of consciousness, his eyes watched as other men began to gather around him and spoke in hushed whispers.

"There's no way this kid's going to make it through the night." One spoke, looking down at Atto's body.

"What about the girl?" The other asked.

After much consideration, the large man looked at Angel and said: "Take her back to the fortress and no questions asked." Before looking back down to Atto, "Hope you've learned your lesson, kid, no body beats Darkness and gets away with it, no, body."

With that, he disappeared from Atto's field of vision and the others soon followed. He tried to move his neck to see what they were about to do, but he could no longer feel the rest of his body, overwhelming pain began to creep throughout as he tried again, only to fail.

Another scream filled his ears, he tried to recognise it but could not stop his brain from shutting down. His last vision was that of the dragons flying away, one of which held Angel in its claws, and one by one, they disappeared…