Next chapter is up and it is obvious that due to all of the teams I made I am not going to go through every single last duel because that would take a little too long to do it all. I am going to do the first round duels focusing on the main teams of the tournament. Alright so here we go with the next chapter.

"Alright so this duel will be Team Zero vs. Team Dark Rising. Something tells me that these two teams will make for an interesting duel." MC stated putting emphasis on the interesting.

At Team Zero's pit

"There is something about Team Dark Rising that I don't like. Hey Seven you're going out first. Use these goggles. They will allow you to see any type of energy whether it be energy that the sacred knights give off, duel energy, energy that is given off by the signer dragons or even quite possibly shadow energy." Zero said as he handed Seven a pair of goggles that were bulky.

At the starting area of the track

"Alright let's see what you got goggles." Stated Skull Monger mockingly.

"You're going to regret calling me that skull face." Seven said.

Duel Time

Skull Monger's Turn

Both: 4000 LP 0 SC

"I draw. I summon Crawler in attack mode. Next I place a card face down and end my turn." Skull Monger said in a bored tone. (Crawler: Lvl 3 Atk: 1400 Def: 0)

Seven's Turn

Both: 4000 LP 1 SC

"I draw. I summon Zet Zen Knight in attack mode. Next I place two cards face down. Now Zet Zen Knight attack his Crawler." Seven said as his monster then attack Skull Monger's Crawler. (Zet Zen Knight Lvl 4 Atk: 1800 Def: 500)

"I activate my trap card. Round advancement. Now my monster gains 400 attack and one level for every card I discard. I will discard two cards. So he now gains two levels and 800 attack until the end of the turn." Skull Monger said as he turned Seven's attack against him.

"Very well then I activate the speed spell Zet Zen Ritual of the Ancients. So now I release one speed counter and send Zet Zen Knight #2 in order to ritual summon Zealot Excalibur Knight. Now I use his ability to revive Zet Zen Knight #2. Now I use Zet Zen Knight #2's effect. Since he was special summoned I get to draw 2 cards. Now since Zet Zen Synchron was drawn due to a card effect I can special summon him to the field. Now I discard Zet Zen Accelerator in order to gain four speed counters and draw one card. Now I activate the speed spell Zet Zen Fusion. Now I release four speed counters and banish both of the Zet Zen Knights in order to summon Zealot Guardian. When he is summoned I get to special summon Zet Zen Archer from my deck. Now I tune level 4 Zet Zen Synchron and level 4 Zet Zen Archer. I synchro summon Zealot King. Now I use my king's special ability. You declare a number and I draw cards until I draw a monster. Then if that monster is the level you declared I take 200 damage for every level it is. If it has a different level then you take 200 damage for every level it has." Seven said as he summoned three of his best monsters. (Zet Zen Knight #2 Lvl 4 Atk: 1900 Def: 400)(Zet Zen Synchron Atk: 1200 Def: 1100 Tuner) (Zet Zen Archer Atk: 1200 Def: 800)(Zealot Excalibur Knight Lvl 5 Atk: 2500 Def: 1500)(Zealot Guardian Lvl 8 Atk: 3000 Def: 2500)(Zealot King Lvl 8 Atk: 2900 Def: 2700)

"I declare level 4." Skull Monger said confidently.

"Very well then. And the first card is a monster. And it's level 9. So now you take 1800 points of damage. Next I use Zealot Guardian's other ability to destroy a monster on the field and inflict damage to its controller equal to its attack points. So now you take 2200 points of damage." Seven said as he had won his match on his first turn.

Back at the pits

"Alright Ninety Three your up. Also Zero you were right to be suspicious." Seven said as Ninety Three went out on his duel runner.

Second Match

Shadow Sage's Turn

Both 4000 LP 0 SC

Ninety Three's Field: Zealot Excalibur Knight, Zealot Guardian, and Zealot King

"I draw. Now I summon Skull Summoner. Now his special ability allows me to summon Skull Minion. Now I tune level 1 Skull Minion with level 4 Skull Summoner. I synchro summon The Great Skull Shadow. Now I use his ability to reduce all of your monster's attack to zero and decrease all of their levels to 2. However my monster can't attack this turn. So I end my turn." Shadow Sage said as a monster wearing a cloak with a white skull mask appeared on the field. (Skull Summoner Atk: 1200 Def: 0)(Skull Minion Atk: 0 Def: 0) (Great Skull Shadow Atk: 2500 Def: 0)

Ninety Three's Turn

Both 4000 LP 1 SC

"I draw. I summon The Warrior of Strength – Seor. Now I tune my level 2 Seor with my now level 2 Zealot Guardian, Zealot Excalibur Knight and Zealot King. I synchro summon Master Neutrion. Now I use his special ability to banish one warrior tuner monster from my graveyard to destroy one monster on your field. So I'll destroy your Great Skull Shadow. Also now you take damage equal to your monster's attack points. Now Master Neutrion attack him directly." Ninety Three said as he won his match in his first turn like Seven. (The Warrior of Strength – Seor Atk: 900 Def: 400)(Master Neutrion Lvl 8 Atk: 2700 Def: 1800)

Back at the pits

"Alright time to show you two how it's done." Zero said quite confidently as he got onto his duel runner which looked a little like a tank.

"Idiots I will have to deal with them myself." Said Darkness Deity angrily.

Third Match

Zero's turn

Zero's field: Master Neutrion

Both 4000 LP 1 SC

"Alright I draw. I summon Zero Squad. Now with its special ability I special summon Zero Captain. Now with his special ability I special summon Zero Sergeant. Now I tune level 5 Zero Captain with level 4 Zero Sergeant and level 3 Zero Squad. I synchro summon Zero Army. Now I use its special ability. I can banish all 3 monsters that were used to summon it along with one monster on the field to deal damage to you equal to their combined attack points however at the end of the turn I take damage equal to my monster's attack points. Now you lose." Zero said as he won his match as soon as it started. (Zero Squad Atk: 2300 Def: 200)(Zero Captain Atk: 2000 Def: 2000)(Zero Sergeant Atk: 1900 Def: 1800)(Zero Army Lvl 12 Atk: 3950 Def: 3800)

Duel Over

Winner: Team Zero

At Zero HQ

"Alright Seven what did your goggles record?" Zero asked more to himself than to Seven as he plugged the goggles into the computer. As the video played of all the duels visible energy was coming off of Team Dark Rising that the computer identified as energy related to the Dark Signer's.

"This doesn't seem good." Seven said a little concerned.

"I will further analyze this to see if I can do anything with this shadow energy to help us. It may prove useful to us and a few other people." Zero said looking for an opportunity as always.

"Perhaps we could try to use this to allow us to do that accel synchro thing." Ninety Three said as he had never seen an accel synchro before Gaia Knight did it.

"I can do it just fine. You and Seven just have a hard time clearing your mind." Zero said.

"Ok then. I was not expecting you to be able to do it." Seven said a little surprised.

At Team Dark Rising's base

"You two have failed me. I do not like failure. You two will have to answer for what you have done." Darkness Deity said sternly to his minions.

"Don't forget you also lost to one of them." Skull Monger reminded Darkness.

"I will deal with you later. I am going to summon our friends to help us with this." Darkness said as he quickly brought up a ball of shadows and three more people who looked like him and his minions appeared in it.

"Why did you call us?" Asked Doom Guardian.

"My minions have failed me. I am going to need you three to come here and help us.

"Alright then. You and your minions were always weak. We will deal with this source of weakness when we get there." Proclaimed Eternal Emperor as the ball of shadows vanished.

"I hate him so much. One day I will have his position." Darkness said as he continued to plot Emperor's downfall.

"Perhaps I can help with that. I can give you power. Enough power to destroy your enemies. If you will help me in return." Said a man in the shadows who was holding out 3 cards.

"Alright then. We will help you. As long as you hold up your end of the bargain." Said Darkness grabbing one of the cards.

Dun Dun Dun. Cliffhanger. What is the plan of the man who keeps appearing in the shadows? What are Team Dark Rising's plans? Who is really in control of Team Dark Rising? And what would Zero and his team want with dark energy? You'll have to keep reading to find out. Please review.