"Yusei Fudo, you assumed that by giving your friends your cards I would be unable to battle them, and that their monsters would provide a reasonable defense against me,"Zorc-Yusei said, "unfortunately you underestimate the powers I wield. Now behold as the weapons you hold so dear become the force that will join your realm with mine."
"What do you mean? There isn't any way you can do that, it isn't possible." Yusei said, silently hoping the others could come up with a plan.
"Simple, millennia ago, before I encountered your pathetic Crimson Dragon, I merged the human world with the shadow realm, the place you know as the netherworld, and it was an unfortunate turn of events that caused me to be weakened so severely." Zorc-Yusei said while materializing a card with every word. "Humans are so arrogant, he never considered my warning, as long as darkness exists, I cannot be destroyed." With those words Zorc-Yusei held his completed deck.
"You know that you'll fail again." Yusei said hoping to delay him as long as possible.
"Oh, is that a fact?" Zorc-Yusei asked. "Well since it won't make a difference, I see no harm in telling you, the cards I hold once belonged to the mortal who bested me, it's a simple strategy, don't change what works." He said as he vanished.
"Leo, you know that sounds insane right, what if you get hurt?" Luna asked when Leo mentioned his plan.
"Luna I know the risks, but if it wasn't for Yusei none of us would even have met, we would still be living at home, Akiza would have never made friends, Crow would still be in Satellite, and Jack would have never realized the importance of relying on others. We all owe Yusei, and this may be our only way to help him." Leo said. "Besides, you saw the last move he made, it wasn't just a victory, it was a real plea for help. I know I can help him, but we need to all be on the same page."
"Leo, alright I trust you. Just promise me you'll stay safe, the last time you dueled someone with the Earthbound Immortals you got hurt." Luna said.
"I promise Luna, me and Yusei will both be safe." Leo said while pulling Stardust Dragon out of Yusei's deck.
"Whatever are we going to do? Yusei vanished after winning the WRGP, and now his friends are in seclusion. Something terrible must be going on." Lazar said while panicking.
"Lazar, you need to relax, look I know things look bad, but we never needed to worry about those guys before." Trudge said staring at the abandoned arena. "Besides, even if the world was going to end, all we need to do is let team 5ds handle it, they're the best we have."
Zorc-Yusei suddenly felt a vibration in his left pocket; someone was attempting to call Yusei.
"Hello Yusei, it's me Leo I know you think this is a bad idea, but I want you to know that I plan on saving you, and in order to do that, I challenge you to a duel." Leo said.
"Leo, let me tell you something, Yusei Fudo is my puppet, you have never faced an opponent like me, so I'll make you a deal, if you win I'll free Yusei, however if I win the Crimson Dragon will become my personal messenger of darkness in the human world." Zorc-Yusei said.
"Fine, but I don't plan on losing. You're going down whoever you are." Leo said.
"Leo, before I go tell me, have you ever heard of a shadow game?" Zorc-Yusei said with a grin.
"Yeah, but that doesn't scare me, meet me at the kaibadome at 6:00 tonight, that's when you will lose." Leo said before hanging up.
"Foolish mortal child, I hold the most powerful deck to ever exist, and once I crush him, my power will fully return and I will reign supreme once again." Zorc-Yusei said with a laugh as he disappeared into the shadows.
"Guys, I need you to be there, once Yusei is safe, we need to get him away from whatever is controlling him, and I could tell this guy, he's way stronger than any Earthbound Immortal was." Leo said while grabbing his duel disc and duel board. "Now when I give the signal, I'm going to need your help, it may be our one weapon this guy hasn't seen yet."
"Leo." Luna said while smiling. You've really matured, she thought.
"Hate to break the news, but we should go, 6:00 is in 15 minutes." Jack said.
"Alright, well good luck Leo, you need to win." Akiza said while Crow nodded.
"Well, where are you?" Leo asked while waiting at the starting line for turbo duels.
"Impressive, you actually arrived, and here I thought you were all talk." Zorc-Yusei said while riding towards Leo on a pitch-black version of Yusei's runner. "Well, shall we begin the shadow game?" as soon as the words left Zorc-Yusei's mouth, the entire arena darkened and a cloud of black energy surrounded everyone.
"Look, enough with the dark magic, in this game you win or lose with your cards." Leo said while putting on his helmet.
"Well, then I should be twice as confident, the deck I hold is the strongest to ever exist." Zorc-Yusei said as the two duelists rode off and activated Speed World 2.
"Duel" Leo and Zorc-Yusei said simultaneously. Leo life points 4000 speed counters 0 Zorc-Yusei life points 4000 speed counters 0: "I'll go first, and I play my Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts in attack mode, and set one card facedown, that ends my turn." Zorc-Yusei said.
Leo life points 4000 speed counters 1 Zorc-Yusei life points 4000 speed counters 1: "My turn, I set two cards facedown, and I summon out Hyper Synchron, now I attack your Gazelle." Leo said as Zorc-Yusei lost 100 life points. "100 down, 3900 to go."
"Mortal, the shadow game has just begun, and I assure you I have a card that can destroy every monster you have."Zorc-Yusei said.
(Zorc and Leo have begun their shadow duel, and Zorc is using a deck that he claims is invincible, how will Leo fight back? Next chapter the duel continues, and Zorc-Yusei will unleash a monster everyone will recognize. As always and reviews or critique is appreciated.)