Okay... new chapter time!! XD

Latoma: Don't worry, no hentai, or anthing like that. Chris' relationship is going to be pretty much the same as Yugi's relationship with Yami. Er... Yugi's onscreen relationship with Yami.

Writer of Fate: Ya, the way Takashi lost was awesome XD

AsukaTenjoin: Well, the plot has started, but we haven't really gotten to what Bakura is trying to do yet. And yeah, it does get kind of dark. Once we get to the mid-20s tho, I think it should lighten up a bit

Sirfunchalot: Meh. Nobody else noticed that mistake, so... Oh, and nice way of spelling Takashi ;)

ForensicDuelist4137: Yeah, I checked the math too XD I was so happy when it worked out lol.

Hmm... Actually, I kind of like funch's spelling... RER!!


CHapter 17

'Hey Yami, your duel with takaslakdkmla was awesome!' Chris exclaimed.

'I know,' Yami agreed, 'Takaslakdkmla is so weak.'


Okay, here's the real chapter XD

Chapter 17: Unknown Warrior of Fiend

'Chris, now you must be more careful than before,' Yami cautioned to Chris, who was in control, as they walked back towards Chris' dorm. 'Bakura has made his first move, and it certainly will not be his last. He will keep trying to achieve his goal until either he succeeds or we destroy him.'

'What exactly is his plan?' Chris asked.

'As of right now, I do not know,' Yami sadly replied. 'I would assume it would involve resurrecting Zorc, but I thought I destroyed him. Of course, I also thought I destroyed Bakura, too…'

They reached the dorm room, and Chris opened the door. He froze when he saw the dark figure standing inside his dorm room. He wore a dark leather shirt and pants, and a brown leather belt. He wore dark gloves and boots, and a black mask covered his face. "W-who are you?" Chris stammered.

"You can all me the Dark Assassin," He replied.

"W-what d-do you want?" Chris asked.

"A simple duel," The Dark Assassin answered. He rolled up his sleeve a small amount, revealing a silver wristband, which unfolded into a normal academy duel disk.

'I think I'll take this duel,' Yami interrupted, taking control of their body. 'Besides, my duel against Takashi wasn't as fun as I expected.'

"Let the duel commence!" The Dark Assassin yelled.

Yami: 4000; Dark Assassin: 4000

"That's an… interesting take on it," said Yami, drawing 6 cards(6).

"Of course, that's only an opinion," DA replied as he drew 5(5).

"I set a monster(5) and end my turn," Yami said.

The Dark Assassin drew(6), and then said, "I'll start with a set monster(5) and a set spell/trap(4). You may take your turn now."

Who is this? Yami thought as he drew(6). I know it's not Bakura… I can't see any white hair, and Bakura would have initiated a shadow game by now. So who is he and why is he doing this? "I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian(5;1400/1200) in attack mode, and then I'll flip summon my Giant Soldier of Stone(1300/2000)!" A warrior appeared on Yami's field. He had blond hair, war paint, and forest green and mud brown armor. A second warrior, completely formed of stone, also appeared. "Now I play my Bypass Attack(4), letting Giant Soldier of Stone attack you directly!" Two strange stone jets came out of the giant stone soldier's back, allowing it to hover over DA's set cards and slash at DA with its short sword. When Giant Solder of Stone returned to Yami's field, he knelt in defense.

Yami: 4000; Dark Assassin: 2700

"Now, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Attack with Elfish Blade!" He drew his sword and charged forward at DA's monster, which was revealed to be a strange, giant floating sphere. Obnoxious Celtic Guardian split the sphere in two with its sword. Yami saw the inside of the sphere was filled with strange purple goo, and had a smaller dark violet sphere inside. Some of the goo turned into a gas and swarmed around Yami, choking him. Then the two halves of the sphere regenerated their missing parts, creating two new spheres.

Yami: 3500; Dark Assassin: 2700

"So, did you like the effect of my Giant Germ(1000/100)?" DA laughed. "Not only does it inflict 500 points of damage to you, but it also summons two more from my deck! Since you have no other monsters to attack with, I'm assuming you're ending your battle phase so I can activate my Battle Replenish! By simply paying 100 lifepoints I can bring back my original Giant Germ!"

Yami: 3500; Dark Assassin: 2600

"You have three weak monsters. What do you plan to do with them?" Yami asked as he ended his turn.

"That's a very good question," DA chuckled as he drew(5). "And you're about to find out the answer! By tributing all three Giant Germs, I can special summon the all-mighty Raviel, King of Phantasms(4;4000/4000)!" The giant blue monster rose up in front of the Dark Assassin. It had black skin, and blue armor all over its body. It had a long blue tail, and giant clawed wings. "Raviel can only be summoned by tributing three fiends, and my Giant Germs were perfect for the job! Now, Raviel, attack Obnoxious Celtic Guardian! Phantasm Punch!" The giant monster brought its fist back, and then brought it forward into the elfish warrior as quickly as it could. The hand blasted through the guardian right into Yami, who placed his hands in front of him to brace himself from the blow.

Yami: 900; Dark Assassin: 2600

"And I thought you'd actually be a challenge!" DA laughed. "It's only the second turn, and you already have less than 1000 lifepoints left! Wait, why hasn't your elf been destroyed?"

"It's his special ability," Yami smirked. "Its effect protects him in battle with strong monsters."

"In that case I'll just end my turn."

"Draw(5)!" Yami yelled. "I activate Graceful Charity(4), letting me draw three cards(7) and then discard 2(5). Now I set three spell/traps(2), a monster(1), switch my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian to defense mode, and end."

"Like I said, I thought you'd be more of a challenge," DA laughed again, drawing(5). "I summon Opticlops(4;1800/1700)!"

"Not so fast!" Yami yelled. "I activate my Dark Magic of the Revival Coffin, tributing both your Opticlops and my set monster to special summon the all-powerful Dark Magician(2500/2100), which I discarded with Graceful Charity!" Yami's card backing disintegrated, as a strange black coffin rose out of the ground around DA's one-eyed monster. The coffin opened, and Yami's signature purple-robed magician stepped out.

"D-dark Magician?" Dark Assassin murmured, in a strange trance. However, he quickly broke out of the daze. "Raviel, attack and destroy Dark Magician and the rest of Chris' lifepoints!"

"Nice try, but I have another trap!" countered Yami. "I use Dark Trick, so now you will take the damage from your attack, and my lifepoints will be replenished!" Dark Magician raised his staff, and the green gem in it glowed. Raviel's fist came closer to the spellcaster, but was repelled by the staff into the Dark Assassin, knocking his mask off. Yami was speechless when he discovered the Dark Assailant's true identity.

"S-Sam?" Yami murmured as their lifepoints changed.

Yami: 1650; Sam: 1850

"Sam, w-why?" Yami asked.

"Because!" Sam yelled. "A friend of mine, Bakura, told me all about how you were going to betray me! You, Sarah, and Kengake!"

"Sam…" Yami said, astounded. "We would never betray you."

"Yes, you will!" Sam continued to shout. "You were going to betray me! Just like everyone else… just like everyone else…."

"Sam, I don't know what Bakura did to you, but you must snap out of it!" Yami urged.

"He didn't do anything! You're just trying to trick me! But I'll make sure you never trick anyone again…" Sam vowed as a dark sphere of mist began to cover the dorm room.

"Sam, no!" Yami shouted, but it was too late; the duelists had entered the Shadow Realm. "Do you have any idea what you've done?"

"I know perfectly well what I've done!" Sam laughed. "When I defeat you, your soul will be lost in these shadows forever!

"Back to the duel, I'll set a trap(3) and end my turn."

"Draw(2)!" Yami yelled again. "I play the spell card Brave Attack(1), allowing my Dark Magician to absorb my other monsters' attacks, increasing his attack to 5200!"

"Not necessarily!" Sam yelled. "I use my Ring of Destruction to destroy your Dark Magician! This duel is over!"

"Not yet!" Yami countered. "I chain Ring of Vitality!"

Vitality? Sam thought to himself, confused. A black ring appeared around Dark Magician while a similar white ring appeared around Raviel. Sam watched in panic as the bombs ignited and simultaneously exploded, knocking both duelists to the ground.

Yami: 450; Sam: 650

"What did your Ring of Vitality do?" Sam asked. When the smoke cleared, the entire field was empty.

"Simple," Yami explained. "It is like your Ring of Destruction in that it destroys one monster, but instead it increases our lifepoints by the defense of that monster! To end my turn I'll set the last monster in my hand(0)."

Sam picked up the top card of his deck(4) and added it to his hand. "I play Pot of Greed(3), letting me draw 2 more cards(5)! I play Cost Down(4), discarding a card from my hand(3) to downgrade the level of all my monsters! Because of that, I can summon Summoned Skull(2;2500/1200) without any sacrifices! However, I'll use Mystik Wok(1) to replenish my lifepoints by my skull's attack!" The giant foreboding skeleton rose in front of Sam, but dissolved into soothing steam and floated around Sam.

Yami: 450; Sam: 3150

'Chris, we have to do something,' Yami said as Sam's lifepoints rose.

'I know! His lifepoints are seven times ours!' Chris exclaimed.

'What do you propose we do?' Yami asked.

'I don't know…'

'I think we need to end this duel,' Yami suggested. 'We can help Sam, but I don't think right now. We need to get out of this duel, but we can't take neither Sam's nor my soul!'

'Wouldn't a tie do that? Of course, Ring of Destruction would have accomplished that, but you used Ring of Vitality,' Chris groaned.

'Don't worry, I'll fine another way,' Yami reassured Chris.

"I set the last card in my hand(0) to end my turn," Sam said.

"Draw(1)!" Yami yelled.

"I immediately chain my Thunder of Ruler trap!" Sam countered. "Now you can't conduct your battle phase this turn!"

"Oh, that's okay," Yami shrugged. "Because I play Card of Sanctity(0), so now we can both draw 6 cards(6)! I activate the spell card Scorn of Power(5), so for every monster I summon we'll both take damage for each level!"

"So now you're trying to get a tie?" Sam questioned. "How fickle."

"Whether it's fickle or not, the result will still be the same!" Yami yelled.

"Well, to create a tie you need to summon a total of 32 to levels to inflict 3200 damage!" Sam pointed out.

"Don't worry, it'll get done," Yami smirked. "I'll flip summon my Royal Magical Library(0/2000) so I can activate Magical Dimension(4), summoning Dark Magician Girl(3;2000/1800)!" A giant brown column appeared in front of Yami, which turned into the blonde blue-clad sorceress after a white flash of light. "Now I activate Sage's Stone(2), summoning back Dark Magician from the grave!" A small red stone appeared beside Dark Magician Girl, which glowed and grew into the signature Dark Magician. "Now I'll summon a more potent spellcaster! As you should know, a combination of light and darkness create chaos, so a Dedication Through Light and Darkness(1) brings out the Dark Magician of Chaos(2800/2600)!" Dark and light surrounded Yami's magician, blackening his clothes and shading his skin blue.

21 levels so far… Sam thought to himself. He's almost there, but he's also almost out of cards!

"Dark Magician of Chaos lets me return a spell from my graveyard to my hand(2), but that doesn't really matter because all I need to do now is tribute my magicians to normal summon Buster Blader(1;2600/2300)! I end my turn."

"That's it?" Sam laughed. "That was only 28 levels! I win!"

"No it wasn't."

"Yes it was!" Sam shouted. "Dark Magician Girl and Dark Magician of Chaos are 6 and 8 stars, which adds up to 14, and both Dark Magician and Buster Blader are 7 stars, meaning their sum is 14. 14 plus 14 is only 28, meaning you're 4 stars short!"

"You forgot my first monster," Yami observed.

"No, I included Dark Magician Girl," Sam defended.

"Actually, if you remember, Dark Magician Girl was my second monster," Yami explained. "Royal Magical Library was my first card, and it has 4 stars, bringing it up to 32."

"What?" Sam yelled as a red glow surrounded both him and Yami, draining their lifepoints.

Yami: 0; Sam: 0

"We shall meet again," Sam growled as he disappeared with the sphere of darkness.

'Wow, you actually did it!' Chris exclaimed.

'Yes, but at what cost? Sam is still under Bakura's influence.'

'Don't worry, I'm sure he'll come to his senses!' Chris said optimistically. 'Eventually...'

'I think we need to tell Sarah and Kengake, so they can protect themselves,' Yami said.

'Nah, I really tired right now,' Chris sighed as he regained control. 'I'm going to bed.'

'I think your friends' safety is more important that you being tired for five minutes.'

Ignoring Yami's comment, Chris went into the bedroom and into his bed without even changing out of his academy uniform. Wait a second… Chris got out of his bed. He slightly folded one of the corners of Sam's bed.

'Why did you do that?' Yami asked.

'Well,' Chris explained, 'Sam might need a place to sleep, right? Since Sam always makes his bed we'll be able to see if he comes back over the night to sleep. If the corner isn't folded in the morning, then it means he's come back over the night.'

'If he comes overnight, then couldn't he just take our puzzle?' Yami pointed out.

'Oh, good point…' Chris realized. 'I could put you in that locked drawer where I kept the puzzle box. Is… is that all right? I mean leaving you for the night?'

'Better to be parted for the night than for me to fall into Sam's hands,' Yami sighed.

'You're right.' Chris got out his key for the drawer. He opened the drawer, replaced the box with the puzzle, and locked the door. Chris then placed the key for the drawer underneath his mattress, so Sam wouldn't be able to find it. Okay, now for bed, Chris sighed as he went back into the bed, and drifted off to sleep...


Sam materialized in the black swirl of dark mist. "Hello," he said. "Welcome to your dream. Or at least it was your dream, until I showed up. Now it's your worst nightmare…"
Whee! More cliffies! And yeah, I know in GX raviel, hamon, and uria are supposed to be one of a kind, but don't worry, I'll explain that later in the fic. Around chapter... 20. lol

So, now that you've read, it's time to review! XD

Oh, and the next chapter has the best chapter name, so get ready:-)


Card of the Day

Dark Magician (DARK)
Spellcaster
Level 7
ATK 2500/DEF 2100


Original Cards

Bypass Attack; Spell; Select 1 face-up level 4 or lower normal monster on your field. During this turn it can attack your opponent directly. After the monster attacks, it is switched to defense mode.

Battle Replenish; Quick-Play Spell; You can only activate this card during the end of a battle phase. Special summon a monster that was destroyed as a result of battle during this battle phase by paying lifepoints equal to its DEF.

Dark Magic of the Revival Coffin; Trap; You can only activate this card when your opponent summons a monster and you control at least 1 face-up monster on your field. Tribute the monster your opponent summoned and one of your monsters to special summon a "Dark Magician" from your hand, deck, or graveyard.

Dark Trick; Trap; You can only activate this card when your opponent attacks a "Dark Magician". Any battle damage you would receive from this attack your opponent receives instead, and is halved. Then increase your lifepoints by the amount of damage your opponent received. "Dark Magician" is not destroyed in this battle.

Brave Attack; Spell; Select 1 face-up attack mode monster on your field. That monster's ATK becomes the combined ATK of all face-up attack mode monsters on your field. During this turn, only the selected monster can attack. During the end of this turn's battle phase, all of your face-up attack mode monsters are destroyed.

Ring of Vitality; Trap; Destroy 1 face-up Monster Card and increase both players' lifepoints by the DEF of the destroyed monster.

Scorn of Power; Spell; During the end phase of this turn, inflict damage to both players lifepoints equal to the total level of all the monsters you summoned this turn x 100.


Next Time: Trial of Nightmare