Hmm…so I have to do this thing now?
Fine, I guess the author got lazy and needed someone to do this.
You probably already guessed who I am, but if you're that dumb then allow me to introduce myself.
I am Vic Vanhemer the 2nd best duelist on the Pacific Duel Academy, I was given the nickname Dark World Prince for my tactics and for the fact, and my attitude matches the creatures I use.
Since I came to this academy, all I wanted to have was respect from my fellow students. I may have commanded that so far, but people have been always been trying to take that away, even if it isn't intentional.
Not many people know this about me, but I don't have a real family. Moreover, the family I was adopted from was a bunch of rich jerks.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that they chose me from all of those other orphans, but my two older foster siblings treat me with disrespect. I guess that's why I command respect from others.
And what better way to get respect than through dueling to be the best? I've dueled many different opponents. In my career at the academy, I've only lost a total of four times…no more, no less.
It used to just be three losses, but that was before that Vergil guy interfered with my plans to take down another duelist.
I'll let you in on a secret of mine; before I duel, I like to study my opponent's deck and strategy. If I study at least even a fraction of a duelist's deck, I can determine their deck type.
Since that Vergil stopped my plans last time, I've realized my deck's weakness. But, by utilizing some cards I've gotten at my disposal…I have developed a strategy that nearly flawless.
And now…I will use this strategy in an honorable duel…
Who is the unlucky duelist to face this deck you may ask?
Need I say it who it is?
Or are you that absent minded?
…Very well…
His name is Garu Honzou…and his strategy is no match against new and improved tactics.
Time for him to enter a world filled with despair!
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Chapter 9: The True Dark World
A Challenge from the Dark World Prince
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"Nnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo!" The duelist screamed as he fell to his knees. (DLP: 0)
Vic just scoffed at his opponent as the holograms began to shatter. "Test number 17…success. And with this new strategy, I will not lose any more!" (VLP: 3800)
The duelist in front of him fell to the ground, his arms were wrapped around his body and his eyes were filled with fear. "So many…so many demons…"
"Relax, you'll be fine Skylar," Vic chuckled as he deactivated his duel disk. "Nothing that a few nights filled to the brim with nightmares will cure."
"I have to admit Vic, that new deck of yours is pretty impressive."
Vic turned his head to see Kiro walking onto the duel platform. "Is that all you've got to say about my new deck?"
Kiro just eyed the freaked out Skylar on the ground, was this really the same deck that Vic had worked on before? "Now what?"
"What do you think? I'm going to challenge that foolish Slifer Red," Vic replied as he walked past Kiro. "And this time, I'm doing it the honorable way to challenge him…everything else will underhanded."
"I see, but how are you going to get him to duel you?" Kiro asked as the two headed towards the exit of the Obelisk Blue arena.
"You'll see, I have a plan…" Vic stated as he took a piece of paper from his pocket and held it over to Kiro. "Read it and weep…"
Kiro opened the paper and raised an eyebrow at what the paper was saying. "Uh, Vic, this says to pick up your dry cleaning from the Obelisk Blue Laundromat."
"Whoops…" Vic chuckled as he snatched the paper back. "I'll tell you plan later, tonight I need to get some sleep."
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"So…what's a Makyura?" Garu asked staring at the duel booklet at his desk.
Zeff yawned as he opened the curtains to see the sun had barely begun to rise over the ocean. "It's a broken warrior monster, unfortunately it's been allowed back into game play in dueling in the professional league."
"What got it kicked out of the forbidden list?" Garu questioned as Rox yawned loudly.
"Its effect is that when it's sent to the graveyard, the owner can activate trap cards from his hand," Zeff explained before a loud knock at the door caught both of the Slifer Reds' attention, as well as of Rox's. "Dang it…who could knock at this hour of the morning?"
Garu quickly jumped from his seat and ran to the door. As soon as the door opened up, Garu's eyes widened at the sight of the person at the door. "Mustang?"
Opening the door fully, Mustang walked into the room with a smile on his face. "How are you two doing?"
"Uh…well fine," Zeff stuttered with a raised eyebrow. "What in the world are you two doing here anyway?"
Mustang adjusted his scarf and looked at his peers. "Well I thought you two would enjoy a breakfast courtesy of the Obelisk Blue dorm. Interested?"
"You got Ramen Noodles?" Garu asked as Mustang laughed loudly into the air.
"I don't know about that, but our chef was a graduate of the Cordon'bleu," Mustang replied scratching the back of his head.
"Well, then no thanks," Garu replied as he turned towards his book. "Sides, I've got to study for that exam tomorrow."
"Yeah, same here," Zeff added rubbing Rox's head. "So no thanks…"
"I see…well, I wasn't actually going to invite you guys anyway, wouldn't want the others getting mad," Mustang laughed to receive multiple death glares. "Ooh, the evil eyes…I enjoy seeing those looks…"
"Then why the heck did you come here?" Zeff sighed Mustang raised his hand to his chin.
"Why you ask…why I came to duel you both!" Mustang laughed evilly making a cold shiver crawl up Garu, Zeff, and Rox's spines.
"NO!" Garu and Zeff yelled at the same time causing Mustang to laugh loudly.
"Just kidding! Just kidding!" Mustang laughed raising his arms in defense. "What I really came here for was to ask you two if you knew a guy named Skylar."
Garu's eyes widened at the call of Skylar's name. "Yeah, I dueled him a while back…why?"
The look on Mustang's face became more serious before he cleared his throat. "He was found in the Obelisk Blue duel arena this morning. He looked scared out of his wits when we found him."
"What the hell happened to him?" Zeff asked as Mustang shook his head.
"All we could get out from him were the words 'Too many eyes and mouths'." Mustang replied as he looked at his Slifer Red friends. "He should be okay…no physical damage on him."
"What in the world do you think happened to him?" Garu asked as Mustang smiled.
"No clue but the same thing's been happening through out the break to other Slifer reds and Ra Yellows," Mustang replied with a huge smile. "At least sixteen others were found in the exact way! Funny isn't it?"
"Why exactly are you smiling when you say that?" Garu asked as Mustang laughed even loudly.
"Relax, that's what you must do," Mustang snickered as he opened the door. "Now if you excuse me…there's a large stack of pancakes with my name on them written in syrup. So be careful in the day before the exam."
"Yeah, thanks," Garu sighed as he looked at his booklet.
"I know that Vic is behind those duelists' behavior.' Mustang thought as he jumped off of the second floor of the Slifer Red dorm. "More than likely he'll come after Garu…I could stop Vic myself…but then again it is pancake day!'
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"So you're telling me, there have been multiple people who have been acting weird when their found in the morning?" Yae asked before she took a bite from her apple. "Sounds weird and somewhat unbelievable."
"Take it from me," Takashi replied as he placed his glass of orange juice on his desk. "Two members from my T-Team, Iruka and Vector, were two of the people who found that way. Kara wasn't challenged, which is quite good."
Yae sighed and shifted her eyes towards Takashi. "You must like her…"
Turning his head away, Takashi rubbed the back of his head. "I have no idea what you are getting at."
"Getting back to the exam tomorrow, if I succeed I could probably be able to enter this Ra Yellow dorm," Yae replied while reading the booklet in front of her.
"You'll need have luck and a lot of studying to pass," Takashi replied before sipping his orange juice.
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"Vergil Redgrave, I presume?"
Vergil looked up from his book, however, he didn't see anyone over him. "Who's there? Must be my imagination."
"Look down you moron!"
Vergil looked down this time and was taken back to see Cain standing next to the table he was sitting at. "Holy crap! How'd you get there so fast without me seeing you?"
With a large sigh, Cain looked down. "Comes with the size."
"Well, sorry, it's just that small people just creep me out," Vergil admitted as Cain glared at him.
"I'm not that small!" Cain shouted scaring Vergil even more. "Anyway, allow me to introduce myself."
"Cain Sonryu," interrupted Vergil as he comforted himself. "You're one of the top duelists at this school, it's an honor to meet you…however I have to admit…you're shorter than I thought you'd be…"
"Yeah, just keep insulting me," Cain threatened as he sat across Vergil. "Anyway, before I get pissed off even more, I was asked to ask you something."
"If you're wondering if I dueled a guy who played with Dark World cards," Vergil responded as Cain raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, I did. And I defeated him."
"Alright then," Cain commented as he smiled weakly. "I couldn't actually defeat Vic on my first try…and this guy did? Damn it…"
"Ya feel resentment cause I did something that you weren't able to do?" Vergil asked as Cain looked taken back.
"Now who's creeping who out?" Cain questioned as he shook his head. "Anyway, would you mind for a duel? The practice should help us both for tomorrow."
"Ya know what…I'd actually enjoy that," Vergil replied as he stood up. "Just give me a minute to ready my cards."
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"Lunch Time!" Garu announced as he walked into the Slifer Red cafeteria. Sniffing the air, his cheerful mood instantly disappeared. "Aw man, no Ramen Noodles today…"
After getting some riceballs, Garu sat down at one of the tables and began to enjoy his meager lunch. "Not half bad…"
"Excuse me Garu…" Garu looked up to see Professor Fortanu standing in front of the table with a large envelope in his hands. "I hate to interrupt your lunch, but you happened to get a letter from someone."
"You seem to like to enjoy interrupting my lunch time," Garu commented as Fortanu placed the envelope onto the table.
"At least I can remember your name," Fortanu snickered as he headed for the kitchen. "Those riceballs look good, I'll grab some of my own."
With a riceball in his stomach, Garu quickly opened the envelope and pulled out a large piece of paper. "Thank goodness that its not in Kanji."
"Mr. Garu Honzou,
If you remember the time when your room was messed up, I would like to apologize for that. And I would like to meet with you so I could apologize to your face.
"Please meet me at the Bridge that connected to the main island to the Obelisk Blue Dorm at 10 p.m. tonight.
"I suggest that you bring your duel disk and deck with you.
"From,
Dark World Prince,
Vic Vanhemer."
"Vic? Wait, it is that one guy who acted as if he was king on the boat?' Garu thought as he enjoyed more of the riceballs. "Wait a minute, could this be the guy who challenged me before?"
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The afternoon seemed to go fast as Garu was in his room reading over some dueling tactics that included fiends while readying his deck. "What the heck is a Necrofear?"
"Its powerful fiend that can used in two deadly ways," Zeff replied as he looked through his cards. "Yeah, if your opponent uses that card, you better play carefully."
"Maybe I should just skip that duel with that Vic jerk," Garu thought as he put down his book. "I mean, I should probably focus on the exam tomorrow. But then again, I'll defeat this guy for doing what he did to Yae and my room."
"So…you going to that duel with that Vic dude?" Zeff asked as Garu turned towards his roommate.
"How'd you know that?" Garu asked as Zeff lifted the paper from the floor.
"Dude…you dropped this letter," Zeff answered as Garu dropped his head.
"Really? Man I really need to fix that pocket," Garu sighed as Zeff and Rox jumped from their bed.
"Garu if you go, I'll cover and watch your back there!" Zeff announced as Rox barked loudly. "And Rox's in the same boat!"
With a smile, Garu turned towards his roommate. "Right! This guy won't know what hit him!"
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"And now that is victory!" Cain announced as the holograms disappeared. (CLP: 700)
Vergil just sighed as he collected his cards. "Quite amazing, I didn't expect you to use cards like that. They truly are a challenge as are you." (VLP: 0)
"I wasn't a slouch," Cain sighed.
"Bravo! Bravo!"
Cain and Vergil turned their heads to see Mustang standing next to them clapping at their performance.
"I must say that was an excellent duel! And it was one that I never expected," Mustang admitted with a large smile.
"I guess the Kaiser isn't too strong to watch another's duel," Cain chuckled while Vergil looked towards Mustang.
"So this is Mustang…I never could figure out if that's his first or last name," Vergil commented as Mustang smiled with a bright glint in his teeth. "Okay…"
"A first year Obelisk Blue with Clay and Kaiser cards…
"And a first year Slifer Red who uses ninja cards…
"Why you two are considered a threat…is beyond my comprehension. I mean the two of you don't really seem all that special."
Cain slapped his forehead with a sigh escaping his mouth. "Isn't that what you said to me when we first met?"
"No its totally different," Mustang stated as he rubbed his chin. "I hit on your sister and took a swing at your height."
"Thanks Mustang for reminding me," Cain sighed as he lowered his head.
"Anyway, I need you two to come with me tonight," Mustang continued with his smile disappearing into a smirk.
"Why?" Vergil asked as Cain narrowed his eyes.
"Vic's challenging another person to a duel correct?" Cain questioned as Mustang nodded.
"You better believe it," Mustang replied. "If you want to see what happens, then come to the bridge around 9:30 tonight."
Cain and Vergil watched as Mustang began to walk away. Then all of a sudden, Mustang turned on his heel and looked directly at Cain with silly looking eyes. "Oh yeah! Cain! Don't forget to invite your sister to come along!"
Growling in reply, Cain started to charge after the laughing Mustang. "Mustang! Wait till I get my hands on you!"
Vergil just cocked an eyebrow at the two Obelisks. "I hope I don't end up like that when I become a second year."
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The eerie night sky floated above the sky as a dark fog began to sweep across the bridge that connected to the main island and the Obelisk Blue dorm isle. Garu, Zeff and Rox made their way across the bridge.
"Man, where exactly did that Vic guy say to meet you?" Zeff asked as he looked at booth sides of the bridge.
"He wasn't really specific," Garu sighed loudly as a laugh filled the air.
Garu and Zeff looked left and right trying to find the source of the laugh. Rox barked towards the front catching Garu and Zeff's attention.
In front of the two Slifer Reds (and wolf cub) stood Vic and Kiro. Vic had his overcoat opened to reveal a black shirt with the kanji symbol of darkness on written on it. His left arm had his black duel disk activated.
"I see you've come," Vic stated as he held up a deck of cards. "You're the second person who was brave enough to accept my challenge."
"Who was the first?" Garu asked reaching for his duel disk.
"Oh, just a short little guy," Kiro answered before a loud sneezed caused the four duelists look around.
"Did you just hear something?" Garu asked as Vic just shook his head.
"I didn't hear anything," Vic replied.
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"Damn it!" Cain whispered rubbing his nose.
"Brother! You need to keep quiet," Ami whispered to Cain who looked over to the small group that was with him in hiding.
"I can't help it when people insult not to my face," Cain replied turning his attention back to what was happening on the bridge. 'This fog reminds me of when I faced Vic…I hope this turns out better than what happened with me.'
"You can barely see through this fog," Vergil stated trying to see through the fog with his glasses. "Has the duel started?"
"You'll know when it'll start," Mustang stated as he took a handful of popcorn and place it into his mouth. "Needs more salt."
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Vic's duel disk hummed to life as he shuffled his deck. "Now then I hope you're prepared for the fear that is my deck." (VLP: 4000)
"I bet you say that to all the young duelists," Garu commented as Vic clenched his fist tight. "Let's get this duel on the road!" (GLP: 4000)
"You still had time to back out, and you could've gotten out of the academy," Vic offered while a blood vessel appeared on the back of his head. "But since you made that comment you can forget it!"
"Wasn't going to back out! Not after what you did to my room and Yae!" Garu shouted stomping his foot onto the ground.
"DUEL!"
"Man your friend has no chance at defeating Vic right now," Kiro chuckled as he walked over to Zeff.
"Yeah, well, we'll see about that," Zeff replied as he scratched Rox's ears.
"…Nice wolf cub," Kiro stated as Vic drew his sixth card.
"This has to be the perfect hand I've gotten since…well ever!' Vic took another card from his hand and slapped it onto his duel disk. "I'll start this duel off with Scarr, Scout of Dark World (500/500)!"
The fog before Vic formed into a huge orb that blocked Garu's sight of Vic. Then from the orb stepped out a large red monster that looked to be the body structure of a gorilla with the skin of a lizard. In its hand was a jagged dagger. It howled somewhat like King Kong with a little touch of Godzilla.
Garu's eyes widened at the sight of the monster, and his tongue stuck out. "What the heck is that thing?"
"That thing happens to be my move," Vic stated as he crossed his arms. "So show me what you got."
"You're going to regret that!" Garu shouted drawing his card. "Cool! I summon Strike Ninja (1700/1200)!"
From the night's sky dropped the black cloaked ninja wielding his kunai in his hands. "Next, I'll place one card face down. Now then! Strike Ninja, take out that monstrosity!"
In a flash, the ninja struck directly through the Dark World Scout shattering the monster with an ear-blistering cry of death. The pixels left of the monster crashed directly into Vic sending him back a foot. (VLP: 2800)
A card spat out of Vic's deck and into his hand. "Thanks, now I get to activate Scarr's effect, which allows to me add one 'Dark World' monster from my deck into my hand. And I choose Broww, Huntsman of Dark World (1400/800)!"
"Okay…I'll end my turn on that note," Garu announced as Vic drew his next card. "Maybe this guy is just all talk."
"Now then, I'll summon the Broww, Huntsman of Dark World (1400/800) I got in attack mode!" Vic announced as another orb of mist appeared before him. This time however, a human shape demon walked from the mist, its rough silver armor had patches of brown fur on it. In its left had was a small yellow bow.
The wind blew by as Garu awaited for the rest of Vic's turn. "Huh?"
"I'm waiting for you to go," Vic stated as Garu sweat dropped.
"That's all you're going to do?" Garu asked as Vic nodded. "Alright then, I'll summon Ryu – Kitsune Ninja (1400/900)!"
From one of the upper parts of the bridge, Ryu stood over the duel before he leapt into the air and headed straight to aid his master. He landed on the ground without so much a sound, and raised his Kitsune towards Vic. "And since he can't be destroyed as a result of battle, I'll have him attack your Broww!"
Vic just grimaced as his demon was slammed into pixels. Then the Strike Ninja appeared behind him with its Kunai raised into the air.
"And now! Strike Ninja attack him directly!" Garu ordered as the Strike Ninja stabbed his kunai into Vic's back.
"Y-you'll pay for that," Vic coughed as he knelt to one of his knees. "I must…" (VLP: 1100)
"With the way you're dueling, that doesn't seem to be more of a pipe dream," Garu commented as Vic stood up. "I'll end my turn."
"Draw!" Vic shouted doing what he announced. A smile crept on to his face as he selected another card. "I choose to play the continuous spell card, the Dark Door!"
In between Garu and Vic appeared a small door of light, it seemed to be closed and both duelists couldn't see each other thanks to said door. "Now with this card out, both of us can only use one monster for an attack!"
"No problem for me, one more good attack and you're down for the count," Garu commented as Vic took another card and slapped it onto his duel disk.
"Then, I'll play defensively with Sangan (1000/600)!" Vic announced as a small furry demon with three eyes appeared before him with a screech. "And I'll end my turn with two cards face down."
"At last…a good move," Garu commented as he drew his next card. "Strike Ninja! Attack his Sangan!"
The Strike Ninja ran through the door and slashed the Sangan monster in two. Another card shot out of Vic's deck and into his hand. "Since Sangan was sent to the graveyard I can take a monster with 1500 or less attack points."
"This duel's already done! You can't defeat me in the way you're going," Garu stated as Ryu smirked and pointed his Kitsune towards Vic. "And I'll have Ryu take you down!"
"Very well, but this duel is far from over!" Vic announced as he drew his next card. "You've done exactly what I wanted…so prepare yourself to lose!"
"Lose? From where I'm standing, it looks like Vic's down for the count," Zeff stated as Rox barked.
"Don't count Vic down for the count…" Kiro interrupted as a powerful shadow appeared before Vic.
"Thanks to you, I can now removed the three fiends in my graveyard," Vic announced as he pulled the three monsters from his graveyard. "So I can summon my great destructor!"
The shadow in front of Vic began to form into a human shaped monster. From the shadow emerged a blue demon woman in shambled armor that just covered her private parts. In her arms was a broken doll that seemed to look straight at Garu. "Meet Dark Necrofear (2200/2800)! Or as you'll soon be referring her to as your destruction!"
"Holy crap! Is that what he was really planning?" Garu asked as the Necrofear cried in a shrill voice. 'Makes me wish I had read what that card could do.'
"I see that you're somewhat stunned by my move," Vic snickered as he looked at his hand. "I don't feel like attacking right now, so I'll just end my turn."
"Huh?" Garu questioned drawing his next card. "Is he worried about my face down card? Or is it something else?"
"Well? Are you going to do something? Or are you going to stand there all night with that dumb look on your face?" Vic challenged as Garu placed his new card into his deck.
"If that's what you want then fine! I activate my face down card!" Garu announced as his face down card revealed to be a spell card. "Go Fuhma Shuriken! And I'll equip it to Strike Ninja (1700/1200 + 700/0)! And now, Strike Ninja attack his demon with Fuhma Shuriken!"
Throwing multiple shuriken through the Dark Door, the Strike Ninja caused the Dark Necrofear to raise its arms in defense. That left the demon's back defenseless, allowing the Strike Ninja to slash right through the demon with his kunai.
Vic just smiled as his monster just evaporated into a dark mist. "Once again you played right into my hands…" (VLP: 900)
"You know you're starting to sound like a broken record," Garu commented as he waved his hand. "But you can think that if you want."
"I will, cause by negating the original effect of the Dark Necrofear, I'm now able to play a certain card," Vic chuckled as he drew. Instantly his field card zone opened up and he slid a card into it. "I activate the field spell card Dark Sanctuary!"
A dark chill crept up Garu's back as a dark red cloud began to form around the bridge. Garu could seen a dark palace behind Vic, but that was the least creepy thing that Garu saw. From the mist emerged many creepy eyes and fanged mouths that managed creep out anyone who saw the realm of dread.
"Whoa, I've seen some creepy things…but this takes the cake," Garu gulped as Vic took another card from his hand.
"You haven't seen nothing yet, I activate the spell card, Graceful Charity!" Vic announced as a dark light showered over his duel disk.
As he drew his three cards, Vic's face became more sly. He quickly discarded two of his cards, but then two orbs of darkness appeared before him. The orbs quickly formed into two sunken and gaunt demons, and wore clothing that seemed to be made of bone. They both carried a long pike. "Say hello to my little friends, my two Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World (1600/1300 x2)!"
"I don't care what they're called, they're just ugly," Garu stated as one of Vanguards shattered. "Okay, two questions though. One, how in the world did you summon two monsters at once, and two, what the heck happened to one of them?"
Vic just combed back his hair and a smile appeared on his face. "I guess its true that ignorance is bliss. Alright I'll answer your questions.
"First off, I was able to special summon my Beiiges when they are discarded to the graveyard thanks to their special ability. And you'll find that they're not the only monsters in my deck capable of doing so.
"And as for your extra question, during each Main Phase, in order to keep Dark Sanctuary out, I need to sacrifice one monster per turn. And now…Beiige! Attack his Ryu!"
Beiige charged right through the door, and readied his pike to stab the ninja warrior.
At the last second, Ryu lifted up his staff and blocked the attack. However, the force from the attack sent him fly back into Garu knocking them both back a few feet. (GLP: 3800)
"And I think that's enough damage for right now," Vic snickered as Garu drew his next card. "Now then, I'm ready for anything you can throw at me! Come and try to attack me!"
"Hmm, those face down cards are more than likely something that can stop my attack, but I'll need to take a risk.' Garu thought as he switched a card on his duel disk in a horizontal formation, and Ryu crouched down. "I'll switch Ryu to defense mode, and now, Strike Ninja! Attack his vanguard!"
Just as the Strike ninja was about to run through the Dark Door, he stopped and clutched his chest as if he was in pain. As the Strike Ninja raised his hand to the door, a skull like ghost shot out his back and crashed into Garu's chest. Vic laughed loudly at the sight of Garu kneeling to the ground. "Evil Ghost Counter Attack!" (VLP: 2100)
Garu clutched his chest as his ninja walked back over to him. "W-what the hell was that?" (GLP: 2600)
"You see, my Dark Sanctuary has a few special abilities," Vic chuckled to himself as he sniffed the air. "I can posses one of your monsters with the evil spirit of Dark Necrofear, and if you make the mistake of attacking me with the possessed monster, you lose half of the current attack points of the monster from your life points.
"But just to make sure those points aren't wasted, I gain them in return. So I hope you don't mind sharing them with me."
"Dang it, well at least I know better than to attack with Strike Ninja," Garu gasped as he stood up. "So I'll end my turn with a card face down."
"Oh man, that strategy has got Garu back on the defensive," Zeff sighed as Kiro laughed loudly.
"Don't sound so surprised, Vic's been testing this deck for a while, especially recently," Kiro explained as Zeff raised an eyebrow at the Obelisk blue. "Those seventeen tests he did in the last three days."
"Wait…you mean he's the guy who did that?" Zeff questioned as Kiro nodded.
"Yeah man, and not only did he managed to win the duel, he also used psychology to defeat his opponents," Kiro continued as he looked at an eye that was right behind him. "I mean, even this place creeps me out."
"Now then, since it's my turn once more," Vic announced as his Beiige shattered into pixels. "I need to say bye bye to my vanguard. And since I feel like increasing my hand, I'll end my turn."
Garu drew his next card and looked at his options, both in his hand and on the field. 'Okay…I drew Uzamaki this turn. I know that both he and Ryu aren't possessed. But, maybe I should have Uzamaki come out, with his double attack, I can win this!'
"Alright Vic, I'm about to show you how a duelist wins!" Garu announced as he slapped a card onto his duel disk. "I summon Uzamaki – Tech Ninja (1300/600)!"
From the now red sky, the mechanical ninja appeared before Garu lifting his dual kunai. "And with his double attack…he'll win this! Uzamaki attack him once!"
Uzamaki ran towards the dark door, until he suddenly stopped and the same skull like ghost fired out of him and slammed into Garu. "Wh-what the hell?" (GLP: 1950)
Vic just laughed as he looked at his duel disk life point counter increase. "I guess I forgot to mention that my field card allows me to choose a monster on your side of the field before the battle phase. And take a guess at who I decided this time." (VLP: 2750)
"Damn it, I'm not done yet," Garu cursed as he slid another card into his duel disk. "I end my turn with a face down card."
"I guess that's all you can do…" Vic stated as he lifted his next card from his deck. "Now then, I'll need to sacrifice another monster. So I'll summon this guy, come on out Zure, Knight of Dark World (1800/1500)!"
The next monster that appeared was a devilish monster with silver jagged armor, a royal cape and a fancy sword. All of a sudden, multiple dogs erupted from the ground and sank their teeth into the new demon. "What in the world?"
"It's my Ninjitsu Art – Fanged Vengeance! Not only does it lower ugly's attack points (1200/1500) but it makes it so you can't sacrifice your monster!" Garu shouted as his dogs began to pull down Zure. "And since you can't sacrifice, your field card will be destroyed!"
Vic smiled evilly as he reached for another card from his hand. "I have to admit, you almost had me there. But your hounds will just have to keep their teeth out of my demon. And to prove it, I activate the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon!"
A powerful storm blew all of the dogs into the air and off Zure, who immediately shattered into pixels. "Now that he's sacrificed, I'll end my turn."
"Well that's one plan down the drain," Garu sighed as he looked at his newly drawn card. 'Alright…one of my monsters is possessed, and thanks to that dark door card I can only attack with one of them. I could attack with Uzamaki and probably take him down a peg or two.
'…But then again, if he might be expecting that…Strike Ninja wouldn't be the best choice either. My best bet would have to be…'
"I switch Ryu to attack mode!" Garu announced as his warrior stood up. "And now I enter my battle phase!"
'Time to possess a new monster…lets see now, who should be taken, possessed of?' Vic eyed all three of Garu's monsters. 'Not that it matters, with my face down card, I'll be able to make him attack with the monster.'
"I'll attack with…Ryu!" Garu announced as his kitsune warrior charged towards the Dark Door.
'He didn't attack me with the selected monster…but that's no problem!' Vic raised his hand over his face down card and a yellow spirit shot out of it sending Ryu back. "I activate my trap card, Dark Spirit of the Silent! It stops your attack, and allows me to choose an appropriate monster target."
Garu's eyes widened as the Strike Ninja began to run towards the door, all of a sudden the spirit shot out of his back and crashed into Garu once more sending him to the ground. "D-damn it…" (GLP: 750)
"Now then, still think you can win?" Vic asked as his body was engulfed in a dark aura. "Cause you aren't really showing it." (VLP: 3950)
"I'll end my turn then," Garu gasped trying to getting to get a hold of himself. 'I think of an idea on how to fix this predicament. I just need to time this right.'
"Now then, I think its appropriate to defeat you with some monstrosities," Vic stated as he looked at his newly drawn card. "I summon Brron, Mad King of Dark World (1800/400)!"
A loud shrill filled the air as a scaly silver demon dressed in ripped king clothes. All of a sudden, the Strike Ninja appeared behind the demon with his hands clasped together. "And I'll activate my trap card!"
"What?" Vic just opened his eyes as the Strike Ninja sent Brron flying into the air and shattering into pixels. "That was just strange…"
"Well my trap card, Ninjitsu Art – One Thousand Years of Death came into play!" Garu announced as the Strike Ninja disappeared into smoke. "By returning my Strike Ninja back to my hand, I can destroy your newly summoned monster!"
"But that means…" Vic stated before a storm of shuriken slammed into him sending him to the ground. "What the hell happened?" (VLP: 3250)
"The Fuhma shuriken was destroyed, and its effect inflicts seven hundred points of damage!" Garu laughed as the red area began to shatter like glass. "And since you can sacrifice a monster, you lose your Dark Sanctuary!"
"No! My strategy!" Vic shouted as the regular night sky appeared over the two duelists. "And there's nothing I can do for the rest of this turn."
"Then I guess it's my turn!" Garu announced as drew his next card. "First off I'll summon Strike Ninja (1700/1200) back to the field!"
The Strike Ninja reappeared next to his fellow ninjas and raised his weapon into the air. "And now then, I'll have Uzamaki go for a double attack!"
Just as Uzamaki was about to go through the Dark Door, a mirror like barrier appeared before the door and sent Uzamaki flying backwards. The mirror then shattered and crashed into all three ninjas destroying them. "Good thing I had a back up plan, with my Mirror Force, you can't really beat me this turn."
"Yeah, well, I've still got another card to play; I activate the spell card, Ninjitsu Art of Rebirth!" Garu announced as the spell card appeared before him showing the Strike Ninja performing a hand sign with multiple feathers appearing all around him. Then in a bright light appeared Ryu crouching down with his Kitsune protecting him. "I allows me to revive one 'Ninja' however it can't attack or change battle position."
"A temporary fix," Vic stated as he drew his next card. "I've still got many cards to turn this around. Like this one, I activate the spell, Card Destruction! So now we both discard our hands!"
Both duelists discarded their hands, and then all of a sudden, an orb of darkness appeared before Vic. From the orb stepped a powerful golden demon, his armor was scaly as were his golden wings. In his hands was a large golden battleaxe. "And since I discarded him, I now get to summon Goldd, Wu-lord of Dark World (2300/1400)!"
"You should know that Ryu can't be beaten in battle," Garu stated as Vic just smirked.
"Whatever, I'd like to see how the world you're going to win this," Vic challenged as he watched Garu draw his next card. 'I happen to know that those ninjas aren't strong enough to take me down. Next turn I'll have a way to recover my Dark Sanctuary, and I'll win this duel easily!'
"Now then! I'm tired of losing to you Obelisk Blues and I'm going to win right now!" Garu announced as he lifted one card into his duel disk. "I activate the spell card Offerings to the Doomed! So by sacrificing my next draw phase, I can make your Goldd go back to the graveyard for good!"
Vic's eyes widened as multiple bandages pixels crushed his monster into pixels. "Nice try! But you can't even switch your monster to attack mode!"
"True…however, I'll play Soul Release! To remove my Strike Ninja, Uzamaki – Tech Ninja, the Armed Ninja (300/300) you forced me to discard, and why don't I remove two specific cards from your graveyard?" Garu questioned as Vic gasped at the two cards that shot out of his duel disk.
"No! Not my Dark Sanctuary and Dark Necrofear!" Vic cried out as Garu took another card from his hand.
"And if you think that's bad…then watch as I activate the spell card, Conch Shell Horn!" Garu announced as a familiar shell appeared before Ryu.
"What the heck is that?" Vic asked as Ryu was lifted from the ground by a green light.
"You brought out your strongest cards, so its only fair that I do the same!" Garu shouted as loud engine noise filled the air.
Vic looked at the noise, and his jaw dropped at the sight of a large object falling above Garu. "Wh-what the h-heck is that?"
The large metallic skyscraper version of Ryu slammed it metallic feet on both sides of the bridge. Looking down at Vic, Impact just aimed his metallic Kitsune staff towards Vic. "This is Impact Ryu – the Tech Ninja Giant (2500/2200)!"
"I didn't know there was a ninja like that…" Kiro stuttered as Zeff laughed loudly.
"You haven't seen the half of it yet," Zeff commented as Rox barked. "Like Rox said, for each Ninja that's removed from play, Impact gains five hundred attack points!"
"…Oh crap," Kiro sighed as Impact began to glow with a pure light. (2500/2200 + 2000/0)
"This is for the other day! Impact attack Vic with Rapid Fire Impact Punch!" Garu commanded as Impact reeled back his metallic fist.
Vic's eyes widened as the fist charged towards him with a strange speed, just as the fist was about to strike him, it stopped. Vic lowered his arms...just in time for him to receive not five,
Not ten…
Not fifteen…
But twenty punches into Vic slammed into him sending him to the ground and his cards flying into the air. Vic definitely was knocked out, his spinning eyes were sign enough. (VLP: 0)
"And that's how you win!" Garu shouted as Impact posed like him raising a thumb up.
Kiro walked over to the KO'd Vic and waved his hand over Vic's eyes. "No response… 'How'd this back watered duelist defeat Vic?'
"Nice moves Garu!" Zeff congratulated as the two duelists didn't notice that Vic and Kiro managed to disappear into the night. "Though, you really did cut it close there."
"Not that bad," Garu replied.
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"Wow…Garu defeated Vic? I didn't expect that to happen," Ami replied as Cain lowered his head.
Cain sighed loudly as he slapped his forehead. 'Damn it…even that guy managed to defeat Vic…am I the only one unable to do that?'
"That was quite interesting…" Vergil commented while Garu and Zeff walked back from the bridge. "That was quite impressive as to how he managed to defeat that Occult/Dark World hybrid deck."
"I knew he was a good duelist, especially when he managed to get my Life points down a lot," Mustang admitted as he walked onto the bridge. "But now…its almost midnight, so I'll be retiring…however, would you like to be walked back to your dorm?"
Ami just giggled with a slight blush on her face. "I'd be honored."
Cain's eyes widened as he watched Ami and Mustang begin to walk off. "Ami be careful! I don't trust that Mustang especially at night!"
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"Uh…" Vic moaned as he opened his eyes.
"About time you woke up," Kiro stated allowing Vic to stand on his own.
"What the hell happened?" Vic asked rubbing the back of his head. "I feel like I just took a beating from a robot."
Kiro just looked to the side and rubbed the back of his head. "Well…you kind of did. You lost to that Garu kid."
Vic's jaw just dropped, his eyes widened and his arms dropped to his sides. "No…no…no! How could I lose to that punk?"
"How should I know?" Kiro asked as Vic slammed his foot into the ground.
"This wasn't supposed to happen!" Vic roared into the air. "I don't know how he did it!"
"Maybe he's genius, and just wasn't showing it," Kiro suggested.
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"So how exactly did you pull that move off?" Zeff asked as Rox yelped as well. "And Rox wants to know how you'd know that you'd be able to do that."
Garu scratched the back of his head with a plastered look on his face. "Actually, Vic just helped me with that one. I didn't even know I'd get those cards."
Zeff and Rox's face dropped as Garu walked off towards the edge of the bridge. 'How could he be calmed after being in that Dark Sanctuary? Me and Rox were barely able to move.'
"You think there's a possibility that the cafeteria is open?" Garu asked with a growl coming from his stomach. "I'm kind of hungry…maybe they'll have some riceballs leftover…Or maybe some Ramen Noodles!"
"That's Garu for ya," Zeff sighed with a chuckle in his voice.
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Card Specs
Dark Sanctuary / Field Spell / Effect: You can only play this card if one "Dark Necrofear" on your side of the field is destroyed. If you chose to use this card, the effect of "Dark Necrofear" is negated and it is sent to the Graveyard. If you do not sacrifice a Monster during the first Main Phase of each of your turns, this card is destroyed. This card is destroyed if there is no "Dark Necrofear" in your Graveyard. So long as this card is in effect, you can play Magic and Trap cards in Monster Zone spaces as well as your Magic/Trap Zone spaces. Also, one per turn, before your opponent's Battle Phase, you may secretly choose one Monster on your opponent's side of the field. If the chosen Monster attacks, negate the attack and subtract half of the chosen Monster's current ATK from your opponent's Life Points and add them to your own Life Points. This effect is nullified if this card is destroyed.
Image: An evil palace surrounded by hideous eyes and fanged mouths.
Note: "Dark Sanctuary" was used by Bakura in the multi-part anime episode "The Dark Spirit Revealed." All creative credit goes to the writers of that episode.
Ninjitsu Art – One Thousand Years of Death / Trap / Effect: Negate one and destroy normal, flip, or special summon of one monster by returning one monster with "Ninja" in the card's name to your hand.
Image: The Armed Ninja glowing with a black aura.
Ninjitsu Art of Rebirth / Spell / Effect: Special Summon from your grave one monster with Ninja in its title. The special summoned monster may not attack as long as it remains face-up on the field.
Image: the Strike Ninja performing a hand sign with multiple feathers appearing all around him.
Note: This card was submitted by Rex the Emerald Dragon, it belonged to a friend of his. All creative credit belongs to him.