Another chapter!! Yay!!!!

And Quo-ko, I do have the year this takes place in; it's 7006. It says in chapter 3.

RER! Happy New Year everyone!


Chapter 7: Penalty Game!

Chris, I think it's about time your fun ended and I got my cards back, Takashi thought. He was sitting in his exquisite dorm room, at a small one-person table, starring at his PDA. After a few moments of waiting, a white exclamation point began flashing on the screen. Perfect timing, he smirked to himself as he opened the message. "It's Ready," was all the message said, and then Takashi opened the attachment. After he finished watching it, he began to laugh. "Oh, this is going too well! All too well! Chris, you'd better watch out, or else!"


Chris yawned as he turned his alarm clock off. He didn't even bother to check Sam's bed, because he already knew it would be empty. 'Well, since we didn't get to duel any bully or someone yesterday, maybe we'll duel two today to make up for it...' Chris joked.He went to the bathroom and changed his close, and almost as soon as he got out the door to the room flung opened, and a troop of men in black uniforms and sunglasses stepped in. Chris could see some sort of gun in the holsters they had.

"Are you Christopher Gold?" One of them bluntly asked.

"Uh… yeah. Why?"

"Come with us," The same one said as two others grabbed Chris' arms and began to drag him out of the room.

"Hey! What? Let go of me! I know people!" Chris yelled, struggling to get free. "At least let me eat breakfast or tell me who you are, and you can at least tell me why you're doing this," Chris moaned as he stropped struggling, as it was obvious they weren't letting go.

"Chancellor Casatos will explain everything in his office." They led him down to the main room, and through the tube to the HTS room. The leader—the only one who was actually talking—went to a panel in the wall and slid a card through it, causing a hidden door to slide open and reveal another tube, but without a label. They went into that tube, and he entered a 6-digit code onto the number panel in that was in the tube, and then the door closed and they zoomed off. They tube stopped, and Chris stepped into Chancellor Casatos' office. Behind Casatos' desk was Casatos himself, and behind him was a giant window that looked out to the sea. The other three walls were bookcases, filled to the brim with assorted books. Casatos was sitting patiently at his deck, which had several papers, a control panel with assorted buttons, switches, and smaller panels, and a small container where Chris could see several pens resting. There were also four chairs in an arc, facing Casatos.

"Sit," The main uniformed man said as the two men holding Chris released Chris. Chris walked over to the four chairs, and to his surprise found a brown-haired Obelisk sitting in one of them.

"Takashi! What are you doing here?" Chris exclaimed.

"I'm here to reclaim my stolen cards!" Takashi angrily shouted.

"What are you talking abou- Oh! You mean your Silence Swordsman cards?"

"Yes, now give them ba-"

"Takashi, settle down," Casatos interrupted. "Now, Chris, Takashi claims that you came to his dorm and then forced him into a duel where if he lost, he would have to give you his deck. You then beat Takashi and tried to take his deck, but Takashi was able to defend himself and escape. However you were still able to snatch his Silence Swordsman LV3, 5, and 7. Is this true?"

"No!" Chris instantly shouted out. "What really happened was he invited me over to his dorm, and then showed me around. Afterwards, he challenged me to a friendly duel, but then suggested using the ante rule but with out 3 rarest cards instead of just our rarest. So we dueled, and I won so he gave me his Silence Swordsman cards and I left. Besides, do you have any proof?"

"Actually, yes," Casatos replied. "First, do you have the Silence Swordsman cards with you? But before you take them out, Takashi, do those cards have any distinguishing marks that will prove that they are your cards?"

"Yeah," Takashi answered. "Silence Swordsman LV3's bottom-left corner is slightly bent, Silence Swordsman LV5 has a small… 'dent' on its bottom edge, and then Silence Swordsman LV7 has a small scratch on the picture in the bottom-right hand corner."

Chris took out his deck and searched his deck for the three mentioned cards and took them out. He inspected the cards, and sure enough the cards had the listed marks.

"So, it is confirmed that those are you cards," Casatos said. "The second piece of evidence we have is that our computers recorded the duel you two had, as they do with all duels. The last evidence we have is security camera footage."

"Security camera?" Chris asked. "That'll prove everything!"

"If you say so," Casatos sighed, pushing a button on his deck. As the chancellor did this, Chris thought he saw a yellow glint coming from Casatos' covered left eye. A hologram appeared over the desk, and showed a small portion of the Obelisk blue hallway. Chris walked into the picture, and knocked on the door. The door opened to reveal Takashi, whom Chris immediately grabbed.

"Alright, you, listen!" Chris harshly demanded as he began to drag Takashi off screen. "We're gonna duel, and we're gonna duel now! And when you lose, I'm getting your deck!"

"And what if I refuse, or if you lose?"

"In the order you asked, then you'll wish you hadn't, and nothing!" Chris cackled from off screen as the picture faded.

"Wha- how? But I-" Chris couldn't get a sentence out as Casatos silently waiting. "That never happened!" Chris was finally able to blurt out. "He probably edited the security video! Something like that! He's a Kaiba, he probably paid someone to do it for him!"

"Highly unlikely," Chancellor Casatos said. Highly unlikely, but still true. I do not wish to do this, but I must at least test him. "However, you are a first year, and I suppose I should go easy on you, and at least give you a chance." He pressed a button on his control panel, and the window behind him turned into a screen, divided into 4 sections. The first section took up the entire left half of the screen, and was shifting through pictures of students at around 100 per second. The second section took up the top right quarter of the screen, and was constantly shifting between the names of the students. The final 2 sections were in the bottom right quarter of the screen, and one of them changed between "Obelisk", "Slifer", and "Ra" randomly while the last was sifting through what seemed to be random numbers. "As you can see, the computer is scrolling through all the students, and will randomly select one for you to duel. You will be able to see your challenger's name, picture, dorm, and rank number. Anyway, depending on how well you do in your duel, one out of four options will happen. You will either keep Takashi's Silence Swordsmen, give them back to him, give him the Silence Swordsman and your three rarest cards—which I believe are the Mystic Swordsmen—to Takashi, or give the Silence Swordsmen and the Mystic Swordsmen to Takashi and be expelled."

As soon as Casatos finished his small speech, the panel stopped. Chris looked at the screen, and saw his opponent. He had slightly messy dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes. He was smiling at the camera, giving the peace sign. Chris could also see the top of the collar of the Obelisk Blue uniform in the picture. He looked at the name, and all he saw was 'Sachi.' He skipped the dorm panel because he already knew it was Obelisk, but then when he saw the rank his heart sunk.

To stay in the academy, Chris was dueling Sachi, the third best duelist in the school.

"The duel will be today at 12:30. There will be an unlimited amount of time, so if you take too long part of your—and the audiences'—fifth class will be cancelled. The judges will decide on what your punishment will be, and the judges shall be myself and the 42 main dorm headmasters."

"42?" Chris asked.

"Yes, 42," Chancellor Casatos explained. "There are seven sections, with three dorms—one Slifer, one Ra, and one Obelisk—in each section, which is 21 dorms. Then each dorm is split into two more dorms, and has 2 main headmasters; one for the male half and one for the female half.

"Anyway, you are excused from your morning classes to work on your deck. You are dismissed."

The two men who grabbed Chris before grabbed Chris again and led him to the tube. When they turned Chris around, he discovered that the other men had disappeared.

"These men will escort you to your room, and then to the arena when it's time. They will also guard your dorm room to make sure you don't leave your room."

The men did just that. When they reached Chris' dorm, they literally threw him in and locked the door behind him.

"Well, might as well start preparing my deck," Chris sighed as he went to the dining table and took his deck out of the holder. But then Chris realized something.

"AW MAN! I FORGOT TO ASK THEM FOR SOME BREAKFAST!!!"


Chris somehow managed to survive through the hours without food until the duel. He would be dueling in the biggest arena on the academy, called the Dueling Coliseum, for that was what it was shaped after. It could hold all the people on Duel Academy, and then some. And although it only had 1 arena, it was one of the best in the world. The holographic system alone cost more than the cost for an entire average arena; when Marauding Captain was played, you could see every single individual strand of his hair, and when he attacked you could see the sweat gather and glisten on his face. It also boasted the second best neural interface system—the first belonging to the KaibaDome—and allowed not just the participants, but also the audience to join the in action. If Umi was on the field, everyone felt as if they were actually underwater; if Tremendous Fire was activated, everyone could feel the heat; if Rain of Mercy was played, they would actually feel the rain fall on their heads. Chris had heard of this, and had always wanted to witness a duel in this arena. Well, technically he had wanted to witness a duel in the KaibaDome, but this Duel Coliseum was close enough. There was not really a noticeable difference, except for the fact that the KaibaDome was almost twice as big, and its floor could be changed so it featured 4 dueling arenas instead of just 1.

Besides, this time Chris wasn't just witnessing the duel; he was in it.

Everyone except for the main dorm teachers and Chancellor Casatos were in the seats, waiting for the duel to start. On the same level as the duel arena was a special row, where the 43 judges sat. They each had their own panel and stylus, so they could make notes and vote for what they thought Chris' punishment should be.

"I'm sure you're all waiting, so let's get this duel started!" An announcer yelled as everyone became silent. "Now, out first contender, I'm sure you've all heard of his parents, so lets see if they've taught him well! Let's give a warm welcome for the first year Ra, Christopher Gold!" Chris walked out of the shadows and walked towards the 'grounded' (Duelist Kingdom style) dueling field. He went onto his side of the arena, unfolded his duel disk, and pulled out a cord and plugged it into the arena; he always liked duel disks over tabletop. The cheering that was going on was loud, but it wasn't all that enthusiastic. Chris looked up and he saw Sarah and Sam sitting together. And although they were only clapping lightly, Chris could see in their eyes that they strongly supported him. Chris looked around some more, and saw Kengake shouting and clapping wildly for him, making Chris smile. "And our second duelist, I think he needs no introduction, except for that he's the third best duelist in the school—for now! Let's give it up for… Sachi!" Then the cheering got LOUD. Almost immediately, Chris put his hands over the sides of his head to prevent his eardrums from bursting. On the other side of the field a boy who looked almost exactly like the picture form earlier that day walked out. He was smiling and waving, his ears completely ignoring the ear-deafening cheering, and obviously loving the attention. He reached the dueling field, and put his deck on the machine. "Now, I'm sure there's only two words left that are needed to say…"

"LET'S DUEL!" Everyone in the arena shouted in almost perfect unison.

Sachi: 4000; Chris: 4000

Yami started to take over, but Chris stopped him. 'No. This is my battle; I made the mistake earlier of dueling Takashi, and I will handle this myself.'

'As you wish,' Yami said, backing down.

"Oh, and just so you know, this is a test deck that I haven't even used before! I just put it together a few days ago!" Sachi informed.

What! Chris thought to himself. He's so full of himself, he's not even taking me seriously and isn't even using a deck that he's used before and knows is good? Well then, I'll have to show him not to mess with me like that!

"You can go first, shorty," Sachi joked as he drew his opening hand(5), despite the fact that Chris was only slightly shorter than Sachi.

"No, you need an advantage with your old age," Chris responded taking the top 5 cards off his deck(5). "Besides, then it'll be all the sweeter when I beat you; especially with that 'shorty' comment!"

"Don't get too sure of yourself," Sachi warned as he drew a card(6). "Especially with the hand I got! I start off with a card known as Card of Demise(5), letting me draw 5 cards(10), but forcing me to discard my entire hand in 5 turns. I then play Pot of Greed(9), letting me draw 2 cards(11). Now I play Guardian's Gift(10)! And although it forces me to discard 5 cards from my hand(5), it also allows me to draw 2 cards each draw phase instead of one!"

Wow, that is a good combo! Chris thought to himself as Sachi put half of his hand on the graveyard pile. First getting a ton of cards with Card of Demise, and then using those cards to discard for Guardian's Gift so he wouldn't lose his entire hand at the end of the turn because of the hand limit, and also replenishing his hand with 2 cards each turn! Of course, with all those cards he'll be drawing, he'll just lose even more when the five turns are up for Card of Demise!

(A/N: For the duel; all the guardian equip spell cards also have this effect: "When this card is activated, instead of equipping this card to a monster on the field, you can normal summon a (corresponding guardian) from your hand (proper tributes are required if necessary) to your side of the field, and then equip this card to the newly summoned monster.") "Now, I'll play Spike Bone Shield – Ka'ajin(4), and then I'll summon a Guardian Ka'ajin(3;500/1800+500) from my hand in defense mode, and equip him with my Spike Bone Shield!" An animated skeleton in old bronze armor appeared on the field, kneeling in defense. Then a shield made from bone with several spikes sticking out appeared, and the zombie took the shield and held it in front of itself for defense. "Now I'll pass it on to you."

2300 defense? Chris thought to himself as he drew(6). That's pretty good, especially for the first turn! Not even my Mystic Swordsman LV6 can defeat it without a boost. "Although I won't be able to summon a monster that has enough attack to destroy your guardian this turn, I can still get a monster with good attack! I Luster Dragon(5;1900/1600) in attack mode, set a spell/trap(4), and end!"

"Okay, and remember I can draw 2 cards due to my Guardian's Gift!" Sachi yelled as he picked up the top 2 cards of his deck(5). "And although this will cost me a few cards in my hand, I think it'll be worth it! First I discard a card from my hand(4) to play Wicked-Breaking Flamberge – Baou(3), and then I'll summon Guardian Baou(2;800+500/400)!" A long sword with a blue glow appeared on the field, and then a small blue demon who appeared almost out of nowhere wrapped his hands around the hilt of the sword, absorbing its power. "Next I'll play Guardian's Treasure(1), increasing my Guardian Baou's attack by 1000 for this turn only! Now, attack!" A beautiful woman appeared on the field, and blew rose petals at Baou, increasing his attack. The demon then jumped forward and slashed through the sapphire dragon. "I'll end my turn."

Sachi: 4000; Chris: 3600

Chris drew his card(5), but then noticed something strange. "Hey, how come your monster's attack is still 2300? Shouldn't it have lowered back to 1300 at the end of your turn?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Sachi explained. "You see, every time my Baou destroys a monster in battle, his attack increases by 1000. Plus, he negates the effect of monsters he destroys in battle."

"Fine, then I'll activate my set Call of the Haunted, to bring back my Luster Dragon! However, I'll tribute my Luster Dragon to summon Giant Sword Knight(4;2600/100)!" A man with a giant sword appeared on Chris' field. However, he had very thin and weak armor, making his defense very low. "I'll now attack your Guardian Baou with Giant Sword Knight!" The knight jumped forward, but then Guardian Ka'ajin jumped in the way, and took the blow.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I forget to explain his effect too?" Sachi asked. "You see, Guardian Ka'ajin prevents you from attacking any guardian except himself as long as he's face-up on the field. However, I don't think that'll be a problem for you now, considering you've just destroyed him."

"Fine, I'll end my turn."

"And I begin mine," Sachi replied, drawing two cards(2). 3 more turns… He thought to himself. "I play Overgrowth of Thorn(1). This special summons 1 Thorn Token(500/500) to each of our fields in defense mode. Nothing more, nothing less." Two vines started to grow rapidly out of nowhere, forming monsters on both sides of the field. "Now, Guardian Baou, attack Chris' Thorn Token!" The demon jumped forward and easily slashed through the plant. Baou then absorbed the plant's power, increasing its attack to 3300. "I'll end my turn."

Chris narrowed his eyes as he drew(5). His monster has 3300 attack points… only one monster in my deck has enough power to beat him, and I can't even use that monster! I'll just have to try to deal him damage through his other monsters! "I activate Fairy Meteor Crush(4), giving my Giant Sword Knight the pierce ability! Now, attack his Thorn Token!" Despite its heavy sword, Giant Sword Knight leapt high into the air, and brought his sword down on Sachi's Thorn Token as he descended.

Sachi: 1900; Chris: 3600

"Good move!" Sachi laughed. "Now your lifepoints are almost doubled mine! Of course, I still have the more powerful monster!"

"That may be true, but don't worry! I'll still win!" Chris yelled. "I end my turn with a set spell/trap(3)."


"Do you think he'll be able to win?" Sarah asked Sam from the stands.

"Maybe... Guardian Baou is strong, but Chris should be able to come up with something," Sam answered. "But I don't know much about Sachi. This is your second year and you've seen him duel already, so you should have more of an idea than me."

Sarah sighed, "You would think, but Sachi has never used this deck before, remember? We'll just have to see what cards Chris gets..." Good luck Chris... you'll need it... Sarah worriedly thought.


Sachi took the top 2 cards from the top of his deck(3), and then put a spell card onto his field. "I activate Different Dimension Capsule(2), so now I remove 1 card in my deck from play, but in two turns I can add that card to my hand!" A blue, green, and yellow sarcophagus appeared in front of Sachi. A card appeared and descended into the coffin, and then the lid closed shut. "Now Guardian Baou, attack Giant Sword Knight!" The demon charged at the swordsman, but a woman in a blue cloak appeared and protected Giant Sword Knight from the attack.

"I activate Waboku!" Chris yelled. "This card may be old, but it protects my monsters and my lifepoints from battle damage this turn!"

"Then I'll just have to end my turn so your effect wears off."

Chris drew his card and frowned(4). "I set a monster(3) and a spell/trap(2), change my Giant Sword Knight into defense mode, and end my turn."

"Going on the defensive, are we?" Sachi asked, drawing his two cards(4). "I'll start off with a set monster(3) myself, and then two set spell/traps(1). Now, Guardian Baou, attack his set monster!" The demon jumped forward and as the small blue and white sphere was revealed on Chris' field. However, the demon slashed through it and destroyed it before it could do anything.

"Hey! Why didn't my Homing Bomb(600/1500) work?" Chris asked.

"Did you forget already?" Sachi asked as his Baou's attack increased to 4300. "Baou negates the effects of monsters destroyed by him. Anyway, I'll end my turn."

Chris drew a card(3) and frowned. "I'll pass."

"Just better for me," Sachi said as he took his two cards(3).

"Oh really?" Chris asked. "Because if I've been keeping track correctly, that means your five turns are up, and you have to destroy your entire hand!"

"Not much of a problem," Sachi said as he placed his hand on his enormous graveyard pile(0). "You see, now I can add the card I removed from play two turns ago from Different Dimension Capsule to my hand(1). Next, I'll activate my face-down Butterfly Dagger – Elma, allowing me to flip summon my Guardian Elma(1300+300/1200)! And when Guardian Elma is summoned, I'm allowed to add an equip spell card in my graveyard to my field and equip it to her, so I'll choose Gravity Axe – Grarl!" A shimmering, green dagger appeared on the field, and a woman with red hair took hold of it. Then a giant axe appeared which the woman also took hold of, but had a very tough time holding it up. "Now, because he's the only card in my hand, I can normal summon Guardian Grarl(0;2500/1000) without any tributes!"

"Well, at least you're out of cards," Chris sighed as a giant dinosaur appeared on Sachi's field.

"You couldn't be more wrong!" Sachi yelled. "I activate my set spell, Card of Sanctity! Now I gain its full advantage of drawing 6 cards(6)!"

Chris was amazed as he drew his 3 cards(6). Not only did he use Card of Demise in the beginning to gain hand control from Guardian's Gift, but now he used Card of Demise's 'downside' to summon out that giant guardian, and completely refill his hand! This guy is amazing!

"Now I play Tailor of the Fickle(5), equipping my Gravity Axe to Guardian Grarl instead of Guardian Elma!" The axe was lifted out of Elma's hands, and was transferred to Guardian Grarl, where it seemed much more in place. "Now I have way more than enough firepower to win! Guardian Elma, attack and destroy Giant Sword Knight! Butterfly Strike!" The woman jumped forward to destroy the knight, but a vortex appeared and launched out a giant wind, knocking Elma back to Sachi's field.

"Negate Attack is also an old card, but as you can see it is still very useful, like Waboku," Chris smiled.

"Then I'll end my turn," Sachi said. "Oh, and don't forget that as long as Gravity Axe is on the field you can't manually change your monsters' battle positions!" Sachi reminded as Chris drew a card(7).

If only I could change my sword knight back into attack position… Chris angrily thought. Then I'd be able to use Fighter's Soul to crush Elma and win…For now I need more ways to stall…if I use a monster card, it'll just get destroyed and its effect will get negated by Baou… but wait! What if it isn't destroyed? "I set a monster(6) and end my turn!"

"Running out of steam, huh?" Sachi asked as he drew his cards(7). Hmm… I have some good cards here. But I don't want to completely devastate him. Well, more than I am now, Sachi chuckled to himself. "Guardian Elma, attack Giant Sword Knight!" The fairy jumped forward, and used her dagger to easily slash through the thin armor of the warrior. "Now, Guardian Baou, destroy Chris' face-down monster!" The demon launched forward, and slashed his sword at the monster that was revealed that looked similar to Giant Sword Knight, except he had a giant shield instead of a sword. The demon swung his sword, but the only the shield shattered, and not the warrior. "What's going on?" Sachi asked. "My Guardian Baou should have negated your monster's effect!"

"Yes, but that only applies if my monster is destroyed!" Chris explained. "You see, once in the duel when my Armored Knight(500/2000-1500) would be destroyed, he can stay on the field by decreasing his defense by 1500!"

"Fine, then I'll just have my Guardian Grarl destroy your Armored Knight!" Sachi commanded. The dinosaur rushed forward and shattered the warrior into pixels. "I think I'll just end my turn by setting a spell/trap(6).

C'mon… I need something good… Chris thought to himself as he drew a card(7). Yes! Perfect! "I'll start off this turn with Premature Burial(6) to summon back Armored Knight!"

Sachi: 1900; Chris: 2800

"However, he won't be here for long because I'll tribute him to set a monster(5), but my monster won't be hidden for long because I play Book of Taiyou(4) to reveal my Mystic Swordsman LV6(2300/1700)! And because its not a manual change, your Gravity Axe doesn't apply!" A card backing appeared, and then an orange book appeared behind it and opened up. Its letters danced around and shined their light on the card backing to reveal the dual-bladed swordsman. "Next I play Fighter's Soul(3), so for this turn only my swordsman's attack will be increased to 3500, but his defense will lowered to 1200! However, it doesn't really matter because with 3500 attack points, my swordsman has just enough power to smash through your Guardian Elma and destroy the rest of your life points!" Chris smiled. He was about to beat the third best duelist in the school, and with only losing 1200 lifepoints! Only 400 of which were caused by Sachi! People in the bleachers began to clap, and then cheer at this spectacular play, and soon the entire arena was in an uproar. "So now, Mystic Swordsman LV6, attack Guardian Elma and win me the duel!" As soon as Chris yelled this, the uproar almost instantly became quiet, as the crowd wanted to witness their new idol's triumph, instead of missing it and being distracted while cheering.

Suddenly, Sachi began to laugh. "You shouldn't be so overconfident and let your guard down! I activate Earthbound Spirit's Invitation, changing your attack target from Guardian Elma to Guardian Baou!" Two pairs of hands reached up from the ground and grabbed Guardian Baou and Elma, and swapped places as the swordsman began to run forward.

"Then I'll activate my spell card Book of Moon(2) to change your Guardian Baou into face-down defense position!" Chris countered. A green book—similar to Book of Taiyou—appeared and opened, swirling its dark runes around Guardian Baou, turning him into a card backing. At the same time, it destroyed the Wicked-Breaking Flamberge and reduced his attack back to 800. The swordsman was able to slash through the card backing before the card was even revealed. "And now he returns Guardian Baou back to the top of your deck!"

"That may be, but I will still draw a new card next turn because of Guardian's Gift," Sachi sighed.

"Okay, well I'll let you do that as soon as I set a spell/trap(1)," Chris said.

"Thank you," Sachi smiled as he drew(8). "And now its time to end this! I activate Shadow Dagger – Aneiaisha(7), tributing my Guardian Grarl and Guardian Elma to summon Guardian Aneiaisha(6;2800+500/1700)!" The two guardians disappeared, and in their place appeared a slick, black dagger. Then a woman with long, black, curly hair, piercing black eyes, and a tight black spy suit appeared and cackled. "Now, attack! Shadow Strike!" Aneiaisha disappeared for a second, and then reappeared behind Mystic Swordsman LV6 and destroyed him. Chris reached for his face-down for a second, but then refrained himself.

I need to wait for a better time to use it.

Sachi: 1900; Chris: 1800

"I'll end my turn."

"Draw(2)!" Chris yelled. "I'll set a monster(1) and end my turn."

As soon as Sachi drew his cards(8) he commanded, "Guardian Aneiaisha, attack!"

"You should have summoned another monster to attack me!" Chris yelled.

"No need to!" Sachi yelled. The woman disappeared, and reappeared right next to the card backing. A strange layer of armor formed around the card, but Aneiaisha just slashed through it an destroyed the monster.

"Hey! Why wasn't Guardian Aneiaisha destroyed by my Sakuretsu Armor?"

"Because, a monster equipped with Shadow Dagger – Aneiaisha isn't affected by card effects during the battle phase," Sachi explained. "Also, Aneiaisha immediately destroys any set monsters she attack."

Suddenly Aneiaisha disappeared again. Chris suddenly panicked as he felt someone grab him from behind, preventing him from moving. Chris saw Aneiaisha's Shadow Dagger appear in front of him and race towards his neck.

"Stop," Sachi calmly commanded. The dagger stopped, its blade pressing against Chris' flesh. "This duel is over."

Sachi: 1900; Chris: 0

"But... how?" Chris asked.

"It was my Assassinate spell card(7)," Sachi explained.

"Oh," Chris said, rubbing his throat. Man, that's one tough neural interface system.

'You may have lost, but you still dueled great. And remember, he is the third best duelist in the academy,' Yami reminded Chris.

"Well, there we have it!" Chancellor Casatos yelled over everyone's cheering. "Sachi has defeated Chris Gold! Now, judges, what do you think?" All the adults around the front row took their stylus and marked off something on their screens. "And of course, Sachi, you were his opponent. What do you think about him?"

"Well," Sachi began. "I may have won, be he did destroy over half my lifepoints. Plus, I am the third best in the school, and he is only a first year. I say just make Chris give Takashi back the Silence Swordsman cards!"

"Well…" Casatos said as he looked down at the screen in front of him. "Sachi, looks like your wish is going to come true! Chris, you get to stay as long as you give Takashi back his Silence Swordsman!"

"Th-thank you sir! Thank you!" Chris said as he fished the cards out of his deck again and handed them to a black suited man who had walked up.

'I told you you dueled well,' Yami smiled inside their minds.

Takashi was in the second row, and was stunned. He just sat there with his mouth slightly open. He lost! How could those fools let him stay? He thought to himself as the man came up with the Silence Swordsman and Takashi absentmindedly took them. Takashi closed his eyes for a second, and regained his composure. He may have beaten me once, but I am a Kaiba! And not only do we Kaibas have natural dueling skill, but we also have a lot of money. And if you combine the two… nobody will be able to beat me, Takashi vowed as he opened his eyes.


Ooo... cliffie... o.O

Anyhoo, I liked this duel. And I had to add that thing to the guardian equips 'cause they took out back-up guardian's effect in the yugioh dub, and I found out about that after I finished this chapter. Aw well! It was still good!

RER!


Card of the Day

Guardian Aneiaisha (DARK)
Warrior/Effect
Level 8
ATK 2800/DEF 1700
This card cannot be special summoned. This card can only be summoned when there is a face-up "Shadow Dagger – Aneiaisha" on your side of the field. When tribute summoning this card, you can only tribute "Guardian" monsters. If this card destroys a face-down defense position monster, negate that monster's effect and destroy it without applying damage calculation. If this monster destroys a monster in face-down defense mode, this card can attack again in a row.


Original Cards

NOTE: Some of these cards are from the anime (at least I think they're from the anime), but these are the versions I used, and the versions I will use in future chapters (if I use them).

Card of Demise; Spell; Draw 5 cards from your deck. During your 5th standby phase after activating this card, discard your entire hand to the graveyard.

Guardian's Gift; Spell; Discard 5 cards from your hand to the graveyard. For the remainder of the duel, you may draw 2 cards from your deck during each of your draw phases instead of 1.

Spike Bone Shield – Ka'ajin; Equip Spell; Increase the DEF of the equipped monster by 500. If the equipped monster is attacked while in defense mode by a monster with an ATK less than the DEF of the equipped monster, destroy the attacking monster after damage calculation. The monster is treated as if it is destroyed in battle.

Guardian Ka'ajin; level 4; Zombie/Effect/DARK; 500/1800; This card can only be summoned when there is a "Spike Bone Shield – Ka'ajin" on your field. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot attack any "Guardian" monsters except for "Guardian Ka'ajin".

Guardian's Treasure; Spell; Increase the ATK of one "Guardian" monster on the field by 1000 until the end of the turn.

Giant Sword Knight; level 6; Warrior/Earth; 2600/100

Overgrowth of Thorn; Spell; Special summon 1 "Thorn Token" (Plant/EARTH/2/500/500) to both player's side of the field in defense mode. You cannot tribute "Thorn Token".
NOTE: The person who activated this card can't tribute the token; the opponent can tribute the token, though.

Homing Bomb; level 2; Rock/Effect/EARTH; 600/1500; FLIP: Destroy one monster on the field.

Fighter's Soul; Spell; Select one warrior-type monster on the field. Increase the ATK of the selected monster by 1200 and decrease the DEF of that monster by 500 until the end phase of this turn.

Armored Knight; Warrior/Effect/Earth; 4 stars; 500/2000; When this card in defense mode would be destroyed, you can keep this card on the field. If you choose to do this, decrease the original DEF of this card by 1500 for the remainder of the duel. You can only activate this effect once per duel.

Shadow Dagger – Aneiaisha; Equip Spell; Increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 500. The equipped monster is unaffected by card effects during the battle phase (excluding this card's effect).

Guardian Aneiaisha; Warrior/Effect/DARK; 8 stars; 2800/1700; This card cannot be special summoned. This card can only be summoned when there is a face-up "Shadow Dagger – Aneiaisha" on your side of the field. When tribute summoning this card, you can only tribute "Guardian" monsters. If this card destroys a face-down defense position monster, negate that monster's effect and destroy it without applying damage calculation. If this monster destroys a monster in face-down defense mode, this card can attack again in a row.

NOTE: Like Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, the attack must be bad right after she destroys the monster, but unlike BLS, Aneiaisha can attack as many times as she wants to with her effect.

Assassinate; Quick-Play Spell; You can only activate this card when your monster attacks a monster and immediately destroys it. Your monster can attack once again in a row.


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