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Chapter 8: Dark World Illumination

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Silent Duelings…

"Duel"

"HA! I PLAY MY FACE DOWN, DARK DEAL!" Brron roared. Ki gasped, horrified. "Dark Deal's effect is, whenever my opponent activate a normal spell card, I had to pay up 1000 Life Points-"Brron's legs were disappearing as well, "-so that spell card's effect will switch to-"

"Your opponent discards 1 random card" Ki finished his line.

"Correct human. Since this was my only card-" Brron raised the only card in his hands and send it into a slot. "-I discard it. Then, the real effect activates!"

"… Reign-Beaux, Overlord of the Dark World…" Ki said under his breath.

"NO WAY, IF KI LOSES THIS DUEL THEN WE'RE ALL MONSTER CHOW!" Vaan gasped in panic.

"NOW, ALLOW ME TO SEND THE FINAL ATTACK!" Brron, the Mad King himself attacks Ki directly as he fires a bolt of black thunder at him.

Ki's eyes shot horribly wide as he is about to brace for his end…

Present

The bolt of black thunder bolted swiftly at Ki's direction. Ki's Life Points were 900 and if he would be hit by that thunder that deals him 1800 damage, he would lose and both Liner and Vaan would be ritual material, along with him. But Ki had a trick to his sleeves.

"Reveal face-down, Iron Resolve!" Ki roared. "I pay half of my Life Points-" Ki's Life Points were decreased to 450, "-and the battle damage that I receive during this turn will be reduced to 0!" A halo force field enveloped Ki and thus the black thunder ceased. Then, his body became entirely disappeared. Only his hands, duel disk and essentially, his head were still solid.

Brron thought that he had won ended up cursing, "Tch, that buys you a turn, putty human!" Brron end his turn. "Go ahead, take your time!" he added. Brron's Life Points were 3000.

Ki wouldn't be too sure that the next card would help him buy some time; he only had a card in his hands-Dark Magician and he needs more card. So he bet on this draw. "DRAW!" he reveals it, "The cards are with me," he murmured under his breath, unsure.

"What?" Before Brron could ask what Ki is up to, several halo swords came glinting and surrounding the entire fiends on Brron's field. "This is…"

Ki raised the card he drew to Brron, "Sword of Revealing Light! As long as this card is on the field, for three turns, my opponent cannot attack!" Ki sighed in relieves. "Safe" he sighed.

Brron was cursing impatiently.

"… I'll end my turn!" announced Ki.

Brron draw his card and ends.

End of first turn… thought Ki, 2 more and we'll all demise-, for a second, Ki swiveled at Liner and Vaan, then to his body and finally (if he is not mistaken with his eyes) at the Silent Magician behind Brron. She was standing rooted there and was staring at him coldly, -perhaps silent is a silent; never mind…

"DRAW!" he growled. Crystal Seer, this flip effect allows me to draw 2 cards but I could only choose one of them… alright then! "I'll set this monster face down and end my turn."

Brron, again draw his next card and ends his turn impatiently.

Again… he's an impatient one, thought Ki, I had the remaining 2 turns to win this duel… furthermore… "DRAW!" Ki flips the face down monster revealing "Crystal Seer (100/100)-" a veiled female fortune teller with a levitating crystal ball came to the field. "-activate. When this monster is flipped, I draw 2 cards-" Ki pulled two cards and he took Pot of Greed, "-take one of them and the other goes back to the bottom of my deck!"

"So what, you can have a thousand of them but that still won't defeat me!" Brron growled.

"…I set Royal Magical Library (0/2000) in defense position!" A library (more accurately a shelf full of books) of some sort appears to the field. "Next, I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw 2 cards! I pulled another 2 from his deck. Drats… Ki cursed under his breath. He just drew Dedication through Light and Darkness and Twister. Ki had no choice but to end his turn.

"How disappointing!" Brron spat at him as he draws. "Perhaps you've taken your time too long; thanks to you, you've wasted my precious time! I shall end this duel during my next turn then!" He crossed his arms. By the time he ends his turn, the light swords vanished.

"…" Ki had a slight tremble in his arm. What if he loses? He got Dark Magician in his hands and Dedication through Light and Darkness ready to summon a stronger monster to deal a painful punch, but if Brron plays a card to destroy his monsters, then he's all but defeat. If Ki lose, not just him but so do Liner, Vaan and last but not least, Silent Magicians' existence will be gone forever.

"KI, c'mon!" Liner bellowed.

"Yeah," Vaan called out to him, "Where's the Ki Liner describe to me?"

Vaan's words struck Ki ominously. That's right, where is the Ki who enjoyed dueling, the fearless Ki who defeated Liner's ace, and the Ki whose always calm and determined? Ki came to his senses and he was grinning.

"Hngh, yeah, why was I afraid? I should be playing my games right, not freaking out!" said Ki. Brron gasped at Ki's recovery. "Alright Double R, you've mentioned about how disappointing this duel is d'ya?" Ki sneered, "Well don't worry, the duel is about to get interesting." He peered slightly to his deck. All he need is one draw, just one draw and he will win this duel so, "I DRAW!" so he did. It's here! He thought as he obtained what he wanted. "Now I activate the spell card A Flash of Forbidden Sealing!" the spell card appeared to the field.

"A Flash of Forbidden Sealing?" Liner, Vaan and Brron blurted at the same time, bewildered.

Silent Magician who's behind Brron couldn't help but to gasped as she saw Ki's determination. Then, she was slightly surprised when Ki played the spell card.

"A Flash of Forbidden Sealing destroys all monsters on my opponent's side of the field when all their Monster Card Zones are occupied with monsters." Ki explained. With this, Brron gasped in horror as a flashing thunder came bolting from the sky down to him. He watched the thunder, landing onto him in horror and BANG. Within a flash, Brron's field which was occupied with fiends became empty. Ki smirks, "How'd ya like that?" Liner and Vaan were cheering and giving applause to Ki, even the Silent Magician watches in surprise at his performance.

"N-NOT YET!" Brron's voice came echoing from nowhere, "I HAVE COME SO FAR, AND SO HARD; I PLAY THE TRAP CARD CALL OF THE HAUNTED, TO BRING BACK MYSELF FROM THE DEAD!" Then the next moment, Brron reappeared to the field. He was standing unstably and was trembling on his feet hard as if he was being struck by lightning and survived (well he was); smokes came from him and it died away soon after. "Darn you! You putty human!"

"…I'm not clay nor am I named clay. My name is Ki, which here means, brilliance." Ki picks a card in his hand and continued, "I sacrifice Royal Magical Library and Crystal Seer to bring forth the Dark Magician!" The great magician with dark robes and a staff came to Ki's field, replacing Ki's monsters. Brron gasped to see one and so do Vaan. "Now, Dark Magician, destroy Double R (Brron), Dark Magic." Ki commanded and the great magician charged forward and fires a dark wave, destroying the fiend, partially. The fiend recoiled and his Life Points were depleted to 2300. Part of his body was disappearing.

"CURSE YOU HUMAN!" grunted Brron.

"The name is Ki!" Now I play my quick spell," he picks another from his hand, "Dedication through Light and Darkness!" he roared. Then a portal of light was visible behind the Dark Magician, Ki continued, "Listen here, Double R, by sacrificing a Dark Magician face-up on my field, I can bring in to the field a much stronger monster, guess who?" he snarled.

Liner had a slight idea on who was it, "Another Dark Magician?"

"Close, Line. The name is Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600)!" bellowed Ki. The light dragged the Dark Magician in and then a while later, a dark magenta robed magician with straight dark black hair appeared to the field. He was holding a staff in both hands which seems like a scepter.

"I-I-IMPOSSIBLE, THE DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS!" blurted Brron as he backs away, trembling.

"Oh, it's possible and here he is, then first thing first, his effect triggers! From my graveyard, I can add one spell card-" for safety purpose, he added Pot of Greed to his hands. But it made no use cause Ki is winning, "-then since this is still Battle Phrase, and my monster was special summoned and haven't battle yet…"

Brron gasped in horror and was like thunderstruck again. He was trembling and about to meet his end.

"Now, Double R… it's time to meet your demise! Dark Magician of Chaos, attack him directly with Scepter Strike!" The magician thrust his scepter at Brron and with this, his life points were drained to 0.

"ALRIGHT, WAY TO GO KI!" Liner and Vaan were very much relief as Ki won the duel. Brron is very much vanishing. Ki on the other hand was recovering. As for Brron, he vanished completely into thin air, his duel disk fall to the ground with a 'thud'. His cards were dissolving along with him… except for 2 cards. This caught Ki's eyes and he advanced to them.

Ki picked the cards up and without any mistakes; both Silent Magician LV 4 and Silent Magician LV 8 are now in his hands. Ki could then see the spirit of Silent Magician LV 8 in front of him.

"…" she remained cool and was giving him a cold look.

Ki sighed. He put away the cards into his deck. "C'mon let's get out of here guys!" they nodded.

Soon after, they left the building and to their surprise, the day is dawning and they haven't notice how long have they spent in the building. They had to run back to their dorms before anyone could find them trespassing into the building. Soon after, Ki got back on time and he panted hardly due to the swift sprinting he just did. Without any concerns left, he striped his jacket off, detached his Academy Disk and left his deck by the bedside table and turn in, as if nothing happens.

Silent Magician's spirit stood rooted next where Ki is sleeping. She stares and sighed at the sleeping Ki. Then, she wheeled around and vanished.

End Chapter 8

That's all for now and don't disturb me for the next 3 weeks. EXAMS! Now it's time for a love scene around the fiction.