A/N: Sorry for taking so long! Was stuck In Puerto Rico for the last weeks or so. This chapter, you get to see the beginning of Gold. You'll either love him or hate him. Not much of Bastion in this chapter :( Sadness, I know.

Chapter 4: A Dark Threat

"Who's that idiot thinking he's so great?" asked a random member of the Society of Light pointing to the guy claiming to be "The Gold Duelist".

"He is an up-and-coming duelist that just skyrocketed almost out of nowhere into the pro-league. I believe he calls himself Gold. " responded another duelist as the pros came into the island.

"Damn, look at all these niggas!" shouted Gold to another duelist. She had light pink hair, that flowed majestically. She was wearing a gray skirt, with a gray blazer that had white shirt under it.

"Shut up already." She said, sighing heavily. "They are not your 'niggas'. They don't even know what that means. Do they look American to you?"

"A'ight, A'ight, chill." He said to her, sighed as they continued walking.

"The guy looks like a gigantic idiot. Are you sure he's part of the pro-league?" asked Bastion to Jasmine, looking at Gold.

"I will admit…he does seem foolish. Guess we'll just have to see him duel?" asked Jasmine as they watched walk into the school. Meanwhile, Aster just stared.

"If it figures Gold is here. He must have been the one who wiped the Pros in the boat." He said, mostly to himself as he thought about it and smiled. Gold would makes thing very interesting.

"Aster!" shouted Syrus, disturbing him from his thoughts. Aster turned to face Syrus.

"What do you need, Syrus?" asked Aster, a bit annoyed that Syrus had interrupted his thinking.

"I'm on a quest. I'm trying to get a friend of mine some fangirls. He's an author to a story, but he seems to get barely any reviews. So, I was wondering if you could tell me how you get so many fan girls, so I can help him?" He asked. Aster was most intrigued by this request. He had never been asked such a request.

"Trust me Syrus, if I could, I would give them to you. " He said plainly. "For starters, just make sure those who actually read his work leave a review. It encourages the author to continue on, and usually, that's all it takes to get fan girls. The will to go on."

"So you are saying anyone who reads the story should review?" he asked, making sure."Yeah, that way he knows just how many fans he has to start with." Aster said and Syrus nodded.

"Thank you so much! Bye!" said Syrus and he left.

Aster walked through the facilities of the Society of Light, very late a night, nearing midnight. He had wanted to speak with Sartorius about a few certain events. With the new load of pros in the island, it was important to see who should first be eliminated. In Aster's mind, that spot was reserved for Gold. It wasn't that he disliked the duelist; it was that he disliked his personality. Always a show-off and obnoxious. Besides, his attitude wouldn't help any of up-and-coming duelists. As he walked, he heard a scream.

"Hmm?" he said as he ran to the source of the scream. He made it under a minute to a large room, used mostly by the Society to practice duels. It had a large window on a sidewall that led to the outside. As Aster arrived , he noticed a young duelist against a wall. His face was in fear and shock as the dark markings started appearing on his white blazer, slowly turning it black. Aster ran to the duelist, to see If he was okay.

"What happened!?" he asked, checking the kid for wounds. He slowly, and shakily, lifted his arm and pointed the other direction. Aster turned and saw a figure. It looked like another duelist, wearing black leather pants, with a black trench coat that was buttoned. The figure had long black hair, with pale white skin. Aster immediately recognized it. It was the figure on the boat! "What have you done to him!?" The figure merely chuckled.

"Ist es Nacht…mitternacht!" He shouted with his foreign words. He spread each arms to opposite side and, as if on cue, the various lights to the room exploded, turning the room into pure darkness, except for the small light that came from the window. The window was broken as the figure jumped through it. Aster growled as he started chasing the figure. The forest was very quiet, so the only thing that could be heard was their sprinting. Eventually, the figure stopped and jumped, spinning one-hundred-and-eighty degrees to face Aster, as the figure held a duel disk. The duel disk was all black, with strange rune-looking green symbols on it, shining a dull green.

"A duel, eh?" Aster said as he pulled his duel disk. "If I win, you tell me who you are!" The figure nodded as he drew a card.

"Riesiges Orc 1!" shouted the figure, as he placed a card on the duel disk. A large being rose, wearing a black short. His skin was pale, but his being was enourmous. His stomach was fat, but held a lot of muscles. His arms were also very muscular. His whole appearance stroke fear as he growled, with his large pair of teeth that came from each side of his mouth. His weapon of choice appeared to be a large bone, about four feet long. With an ATK of 2200, he was quite deadly, although his 0 DEF wasn't as impressive.

"It's Giant Orc…in german." Aster said, recognizing the monster by the image. The figure set down a magic or trap and seemed to end his turn. Aster drew a card, and looked at the monster. With an attack so high, I won't be able to take it down…for now. Seeing as Giant Orc of going into defense once he attacks, I just need to tempt it into a fighting, and I think this card shall do finely, thought Aster as he threw down a monster in Defense mode. "Your move, and what am I going to call you? I think the author is getting tired of writing 'the figure'" The figure just looked at Aster. "I'll just call you Dark."

Dark drew a card and contemplated his options. He grinned devilishly. "Angriff" He shouted, and his Orc ran and swung its bone against the face-down monster. The card was flipped over, revealing a large stone-based being, with a mask that looked like that of a football player. It was Destiny Hero – Defender, and with its 2700 DEF, Giant Orc could not pierce it, causing Dark's life points to lower to 3500.

Aster: 4000

Dark : 3500

Giant Orc himself fell back, and started snoring, as the side effect kicked in.

"Due to your monster's effect, he's now easy pickings for my monsters." Said Aster as he drew a card and Dark growled. "I summon, Destiny Hero – Diamond Dude!" A strange warrior appeared, wearing a tattered cape, with a visor. Pieces of diamond seemed to be sticking out his body, the biggest near the back, as he came to the field with 1400 ATK. "And with his special ability, I can look at the top card off my deck. If it's a Normal Spell, then I can activate its effect during my next Main Phase."

"Fahren Sie fort." Said Dark, and Aster just stared. He wasn't exactly an expert in the German language.

"Right…and the card is…" said Aster as he looked at his next card, Pot of Greed. "It's Pot of Greed. I shall send it to the grave. Now, I switch my Defender into attack mode and he attacks your Giant Orc!" The Defender stood up and ran towards the Orc. Dark grinned as he his Orc stood up and let out a giant, scary growl so loud, that the Defender seemed to chicken down. "What the-?"

"Bedrohendes Brüllen 2" shouted Dark, as his face-down was revealed. Once Aster saw the card, he understood.

"I guess I'll have to end my turn." Said Aster as, Dark gleamed and drew his card.

"Ich rufe wütenden Hund der Schwärzung zusammen 3!" Dark shouted as he played another card, and an orange canine rose, he seemed to be pretty big, as well as with horns. His eyes glowed red with anger, as foam came from his mouth, signaling his anger. With its 1900 ATK, it was no pushover. "Angriff mein wütender Hund der Schwär zung!" The dog growled ferociously as it ran and tackled Destiny Hero – Diamond Dude and continued by biting his intestines until the card vanished, causing 500 damage to be dealt to Aster's lifepoints.

Aster: 3500

Dark: 3500

Well, I guess Angriff means to attack thought Aster, as he realized he said the word before attacking. Dark wasn't done yet, however. He switched his Giant Orc into attack mode.

"Angriff!" shouted Dark and the Orc nodded as he ran and smacked Destiny Hero – Defender in the face. Due to its weak 100 ATK, it was no match for the Orc's 2200 ATK. The bone smashed through the Defender, causing heavy damage to Aster, in the form of 2100 Damage.

Aster: 1400

Dark : 3500

Aster looked at his field and shook his head. No matter, he had five cards in his hand, and would have eight by the time his turn came due to Pot of Greed's effect as well as his regular draw, however, before he could begin with his turn, a voice disrupted his thoughts.

"Aster?" said the voice and Aster turned around, and it was Sartorius.

"Sartorius, what are you doing here?" Aster asked , but Sartorius seemed to be staring at Dark.

"Sartorius…" Dark said as he started at Sartorius. Sartorius glared at Dark.

"Von Nacht, what a displeasure seeing you again." Sartorius said and Dark growled as he jumped back and started running away. "Come back! You coward!" Sartorius merely watch him run away.

"Who is he?" asked Aster as the duel seemed to end with no winner. Sartorius turned to Aster.

"Don't face him again. I'm not sure how strong he is…" He said, looking at him. "I'll explain later, now, come so we can discuss the Pros."

1. Giant Orc

2. Threatening Roar

3. I summon Mad Dog of Darkness (Hund der Schwärzung zusammen Mad Dog of Darkness)