"Look, I don't care what you claim. I plan on saving Yusei." Leo said. "Now I end my turn with one more facedown."

Leo life points 4000 speed counters 2 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 2: "My move, I summon out my Beta the Magnet Warrior, and I attack your Hyper Synchron." Zorc-Yusei said. "Now I end my turn with one facedown card."

Leo life points 3900 speed counters 3 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 3: "My turn, I summon out Speed Warrior in attack mode, and I attack Beta the Magnet Warrior." Leo said.

"Activate trap card, Spellbinding Circle, this negates your attack and reduces your monster's strength by 700 points."Zorc-Yusei said while Speed Warrior was ensnared in the circle.

"Not good, I end my turn." Leo said.

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"Leo, he's in trouble, we need to do something." Luna said.

"Luna, we need to trust Leo, he can handle this." Crow said.

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Leo life points 3900 speed counters 3 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 3: "My turn, and I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior, and now I attack your monster with Beta." Zorc-Yusei said.

"Activate trap card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. Now your attack is negated." Leo said.

"You think that will stop me? I attack with Gamma." Zorc-Yusei said while Leo lost another 100 points.

"The duel is far from over, and I still plan on beating you." Leo said.

"Well, we shall see, I end my turn." Zorc-Yusei said racing past Leo.

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"Leo better think of something fast, otherwise he'll lose all his points before to long." Jack said.

"Guys, look Leo is smiling." Akiza said.

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"You realize that I planned on you destroying my Speed Warrior right?" Leo asked.

"What are you talking about?" Zorc-Yusei asked.

Leo life points 3800 speed counters 4 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 4: "My turn, I summon out Junk Synchron, and now I use his effect to summon Speed Warrior. Now I tune my monsters together in order to summon Junk Warrior." Leo said. "Now Junk Warrior, attack Gamma the Magnet Warrior."

"Not so fast, I play my facedown card, Mirror Force."Zorc-Yusei said. "Now you lose all your monsters."

"What, that isn't good." Leo said as his monster was destroyed. "I end my turn with one facedown."

Leo life points 3800 speed counters 5 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 5: "Time to bring out a more powerful monster, I tribute both of my magnet warriors in order to summon out…"

"Hold on a second, I play a facedown, Synchro Resurrection, this let's me revive a tuner monster and a non-tuner monster from my graveyard, and I choose Junk Synchron and Junk Warrior." Leo said as his monsters returned to the field.

"As I was saying, I tribute my two monsters in order to summon out, the Dark Magician." Zorc-Yusei said as the iconic magician appeared behind him.

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"Wait, he has the Dark Magician?" Crow asked.

"Apparently, and that means the duel is about to get a lot tougher for Leo." Jack said watching for Leo's reaction.

"Leo." Luna said as she grabbed her arm. Please keep my brother safe, she thought to the Crimson Dragon.

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"Now I attack Junk Warrior with Dark Magician." Zorc-Yusei said.

"No, I won't lose, I play Urgent Tuning, now Junk Synchron tunes with Junk Warrior. I synchro summon Stardust Dragon." Leo said. "Now if you want to attack, you'll lose your magician."

"Very well, you bought yourself one turn, but this duel will end soon, I end my turn." Zorc-Yusei said.

Leo life points 3800 speed counters 6 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 6: "My move, and I summon out Turbo Synchron, and next I special summon Turbo Booster, and I tune these two monsters in order to bring out Formula Synchron." Leo said as the synchro tuner appeared on his field. "Now I play Silver Contrails, this boosts Stardust Dragon to 3500 attack points, and now I attack your Dark Magician."

"I play the effect of Kuriboh, now I don't take any damage from your attack." Zorc-Yusei said as he discarded his monster. "Looks like your plan is a waste."

"I end my turn." Leo said.

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"What's going on, why am I imagining myself dueling against Leo?" Yusei asked. "Wait, what's going on, Leo is dueling this guy, and he's playing with my cards, I need to help him in some way. The only question is how." Right as Yusei said that his dragon birthmark began to glow. "Of course, the Crimson dragon. I only hope the others feel Leo's situation and help him."

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"Look at Leo." Jack said as Leo raised his arm to the sky.

"Is that Yusei's mark?" Akiza asked. "How did Leo get it?"

"Yusei, he gave Leo the only power he could in order to help stop Ccapac Apu." Luna said as the signers passed their marks over to Leo.

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Leo life points 3800 speed counters 7 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 7: "My move, and I start by playing one monster in defense mode, and then I play Swords of Revealing Light. That ends my turn." Zorc-Yusei said calmly.

Leo life points 3800 speed counters 7 Zorc-Yusei life points 3900 speed counters 7: "My move, and I set one card, now I play Double Cyclone, this destroys your swords and my facedown, so now Stardust Dragon attack his facedown monster." Leo said as Stardust Dragon blasted Zorc-Yusei's monster.

"Sorry, but my monster was Big Shield Gardna, which means you lose 100 life points." Zorc-Yusei said. "Unfortunately now my Gardna is in attack mode."

"Well, in that case I plan on attacking it with Formula Synchron." Leo said as his monster destroyed Big Shield Gardna. "That ends my turn."

Leo life points 3700 speed counters 8 Zorc-Yusei life points 3800 speed counters 8: "My move, and I play Monster Reborn, now my Dark Magician comes back."Zorc-Yusei said as his monster reappeared opposite Stardust Dragon. "Now I play a spell, Bond Between Teacher and Student. This let's me summon out this monster Dark Magician Girl."

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"This is bad, those two monsters together can cause huge problems, Leo is in way over his head." Akiza said.

"Not so, Leo has one move that can turn the duel around." Crow said as he gestured to the marks that had been on Leo's back. "This guy has no idea what he is getting into."

"Leo, be careful." Luna said.

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"Now, these magicians are nice, but I have something stronger, I sacrifice my two magicians in order to summon, the Sorcerer of Dark Magic." Zorc-Yusei said as his magician appeared on the field.

"No, if you have a stronger monster than I play one too, I use Formula Synchron's effect, now I can synchro summon on your turn, so level two Formua Synchron tune with level eight Stardust Dragon. I hope this works, I accel synchro summon Shooting Star Dragon." Leo said as the accel synchro monster appeared on his field.

"Well, this game just got interesting." Zorc-Yusei said.

(Zorc-Yusei has called on his strongest magician, and Leo has performed the accel synchro through the Crimson Dragon's power. Which duelist will emerge victorious? Next chapter the shadow duel will continue and an unlikely ally will appear before the signers watching this battle. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)