Hey there gang. Not too much new is going on in my life. I went and saw my grandfather Friday, which was fun. His allergies have been bothering him quite a bit, as have my own. Still, his are to the point he's stopped up pretty bad, plus sneezing like crazy, and has red, dry eyes. Other than that, he's doing relatively well, though he cried because my grandmother mowed the yard. He told her he would have done it, but obviously, he can't due that he's still bedridden. Anyways, other than that, things are about normal. My grandmother's birthday is coming up, as is my own, so that's going to be fun since my mom is coming in. Lol, everyone wants to know what I want also. I have nothing I really want at the moment. Well, I have stuff I want, but nothing I desperately want. There are only a few games out that I may want, one for the Wii and another for PS3, but I can live without them also. I kind of feel like a kid when I ask for a game, but my mom doesn't care. At any rate, not much else is going on.

Writing wise, this story is progressing, so hopefully it will be done before the end of May, but I'm optimistic on that one. You never know. We'll see. As for Reunion, it's moving along nicely also. I'm hopeful that I'll begin posting it here in a few weeks. I had planned on next week, but I changed my mind so I could progress this story a bit more first.

Moving along, it's time once again for reviews!

Metal Overlord 2.0: Good, the bat wasn't helping you much. Heh, yeah, I'm sure not many thought of him using The Wicked Gods. Honestly, I didn't know about The Wicked Gods until we finally got to the duels where Gozaburo began dueling. Ardee took the time to point them out to me. I had never heard of them prior to that, but upon seeing them, I knew they were just perfect for his style. Yes, there was a lot of work going into these duels, but it's all worth it. Originally, when I thought of him dueling five on one, I wasn't so sure myself, since his deck didn't seem too terribly powerful, but once the duel between Yubel and himself was done, I had changed my mind. But yeah, thus far, Gozaburo has managed to hold his own and then some with his numerous methods. Yeah, I figured throwing Rainbow Neos in would shake things up. Heh, as for the Knight of Atlantis, we kind of decided to use them in place of the Egyptian God Cards. After all, those four cards have been used a bit much, but bringing out the Knights shakes things up a bit. Glad that you liked this story thus far, and thanks for your review!

The Duelist of Dawn: Yep, Gozaburo has The Wicked Gods. Lol, glad this gave you some motivation to finish up your own story. Yeah, with Critius and Rainbow Neos on the field, things sure look up for the group, though that may change now. Thanks for the review!

The Rainwalker: I'm glad you liked the chapter. Heh, cool about the Blazers. I really don't watch much pro ball anymore. Really, I don't care much for it for some reason or another. Just drifted away from it over time. Lol, I wasn't going to say a word about your age. True, Gozaburo's arrogance is boundless it seems. The group is having their troubles fighting against the Synchro Cards, but throwing in The Wicked Gods and then The Seal of Orichalcos on top of that makes it much harder for the group to stand up to him. So true, the darkness of the Egyptian God Cards that was cast aside seems to have return to harm the others. Lol, yes, the group does have a problem with The Seal coming out. It should make things much harder for them. Yeah, the list thing was a request from a while back to see what had been put into play. Heh, yeah, I'm not really into the 5D's series. I just can't seem to understand the reason to duel on motorcycles. 1) It's dangerous. 2) I can't understand how you could focus on the duel when you're keeping track of where your motorcycle is. Anyways, that's my thoughts on that series. It's kind of a disappointment, much like what happened to GX in the end. 4Kids butchered the series and abandoned it in the end, which saddens me. Good idea on putting more grit into your story for the series. Anyways, as for my grandparents, they're getting along. Hmm, I may try and do something like you suggest, though I doubt I'd get much out of grandpa due that he's not completely with it anymore. He understands what's going on for the most part, but not quite. We'll see though. Cool about the short story for Kumoricon. Heh, yeah, not having funds does suck, though that may change in the near future, I hope, seeing how my mate had an interview this past Friday. She's hopeful on it, and I pray she gets it. She needs a break, that's for sure. Anyways, we're both happy to have jobs at the least. Glad to hear you pride yourself on consistency. I feel the same way. I always try and do the same myself. LOL! Poor Tristan. Better than I'd have done. I'd have cut that hard hat cut down to nothingness. Again, I'm glad you liked the chapter. I do have a computer with Microsoft Word on it. At work, I have 2007, but at home I use 2003 and I tend to run a spell check, but perhaps it misses some, and I possibly miss stuff too when I do my read through. I'm only human! Lol, kidding. Everyone knows I'm the half demon! Alexis and Jaden are kind of already together really. Read back early on and it comments more or less on their relationship. Heh, yeah, they're most definitely together, much like how the show shows that. Yeah, my wife did write. She did post stories at one time, but she hasn't really been at it in a long time. A link to what she has is in my profile. Anyways, thanks for the review! (/Watches Hasselberry walk through and start screaming "Sam hill!"\) Ok… (/Throws Sam Wise from Lord of the Rings at him and knocks him out.\) Much better. Again, thanks for the review!

Supreme-Chaos-Angel: Synchro, Orichalcos, and Wicked Gods indeed. You are correct about the Corona cards having a major weakness. Gozaburo kind of explained it better during his duel with Yubel, I suppose, about it's requirements. They're incremental, but without the previous one, the group collapses. So you can't play the Third Rift without the Second, which requires the First. Eh, as for Bonds, I believe he requires the Rifts to play it, but I'd have to check that one again. True, Twilight Corona is a bit of an oddball, but it works, I suppose. Blitz Renewal only grants life points when effect damage takes place, so every time Power Zone kicked in, it's effect triggered Blitz. The same for whenever Azure Corona kicked in. It's cool about only three questions. You can do as many as you like, and if you think it's too many, just PM me. I'm more than happy to answer questions. Thanks for the review!

Well, that's all the reviews for this go around. Thank you, all four of you, for your reviews once again. I really appreciate them. I know, I say it every week, but I truly do appreciate them. They're helpful in writing this story, trust me. And to anyone who has yet to review, but wish to, I encourage you to do so. No matter what you ask, I'll try to answer you.

At any rate, I need to run. I hope to hear from everyone again in the near future. Until next time, enjoy all!

Duel Stats

Life Points:

Jaden: 3400

Seto: 900

Marie: 6800

Yugi: 7000

Illidan: 3000

Gozaburo: 25400

Monsters on the field:

Jaden: Rainbow Neos (4500 / 2 = 2250/3000 / 2 = 1500)

Seto: Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000 / 2 = 1500/2500 / 2 = 1250), Critius, the Legendary Knight (2800 / 2 = 1400/2800 / 2 = 1400)

Marie: FD (d)

Yugi: None

Illidan: Silent Magician LV4 (3000 / 2 = 1500/1000 / 2 = 500) (5 sc) (d)

Gozaburo: Red Archfiend Dragon (3000 / 2 = 1500/2000 / 2 = 1000), Hyper Psychic Blaster (3000 / 2 = 1500/2500 / 2 = 1250), The Wicked Dreadroot (4000/4000)

Spell/Trap on the field:

Jaden: None

Seto: FD

Marie: FD

Yugi: FD

Illidan: FD x 2

Gozaburo: Tuner Calling (s), FD x 3, The Seal of Orichalcos (fs)

Number of cards in hand:

Jaden: 6

Seto: 6

Marie: 6

Yugi: 6

Illidan: 6

Gozaburo: 1

Number of monsters on the field:

Jaden: 1

Seto: 2

Marie: 1

Yugi: 0

Illidan: 1

Gozaburo: 3

Number of face down spell/trap:

Jaden: 0

Seto: 1

Marie: 1

Yugi: 1

Illidan: 2

Gozaburo: 3

Turns since Seto activated Card of Demise: 1

Chapter 53

With his laughter dying down, the robed duelist looked at his five opponents. Gazing from one to another, he saw that the older duelists seemed to understand what he had played, while the youngest of the group kept glaring at him.

"I suppose I should inform, or at the least remind, all of you of the effects of The Seal of Orichalcos. First of all, we are all now trapped within The Seal, and no one can escape it, nor enter it while the duel continues on. Secondly, there is only one way to leave. You must win the duel, meaning I must defeat all five of you, or I must be defeated. Should you lose, you will not only be drained of your Duel Energy by my Shadow Game, but your soul will be taken and fed to The Great Leviathan!"

Seeing the dread, if not worry, on the faces of his opponents, the robed duelist continued on, saying "Thirdly, all of my monsters gain 500 attack points (1500 + 500 = 2000/1000) (1500 + 500 = 2000/1250) (4000 + 500 = 4500/4000)."

Instantly, small green circles, like the one that appeared on the robed duelist's forehead, appeared on each of the creature's foreheads and changed their eyes into an evil shade of red, with all letting out a low growl as their strength increased.

"Lastly, so long as The Seal of Orichalcos is on the field, I can have up to ten monsters on my field. That is due that my Spell and Trap Card Zones can now be converted into Monster Zones. Of course, this does limit the number of spell and trap cards I can play, but I can live with it, I suppose. Also, should I summon a monster to my Spell and Trap Card Zone, a second row of monsters is created. The front row is the ones on my Monster Card Zones, while the back row is in my Spell and Trap Card Zones. You cannot attack the back row until you defeat my front row."

"Insane…" Jaden mumbled to himself as a drop of sweat slid down his right cheek.

Growling lowly to himself, Seto grunted out "This magic circle couldn't save Dartz, so don't think it'll protect you."

Darkly chuckling, Gozaburo smugly replied "Unlike Dartz, I'm not counting on this card alone, but I have no fear of anything any of you can use against me. None of you can defeat me. It is futile for each of you to continue fighting me."

"We'll see about that one!" Marie hissed.

Shrugging, the robed duelist scanned his opponents' fields for a moment before smirking. "It is time to show you the power of my Wicked God. Wicked Dreadroot, show Rainbow Neos your power. Crush it with Fist of Dread!"

Drawing back it's massive green and white arm, the large green and white creature let out a terrifying roar, causing the ground beneath the group to seemingly quake with fear. Stepping forward, the large creature slammed it's fist into the chest of the large white warrior, causing the warrior to howl in pain before shattering into millions of pixels. A large explosion formed from the loss of the monster, causing the young duelist to scream out in pain while a cloud of smoke covered him.

Slowly, the smoke receded, revealing the young duelist panting weakly while still standing. A moment passed before without warning, he fell forward onto the ground, face first.

"JADEN!" the group of four duelists called out, along with the ones outside of the duel.

Racing forward, the blonde haired young woman slammed her fists into the barrier, crying out loudly with tears flowing down her cheeks "Jaden, Jaden, get up! You have to get up!"

In a mere whimper, she whispered "Please, get up…"

"Alexis…" Zane murmured while watching his long time friend sob her heart out while still pounding her fists on the barrier. She was now barely doing so and more or less crying. Unable to watch any longer, he moved forward and placed his hands on her shoulders and gently pulled her away.

Angered, Alexis began struggling, crying out "Let me go Zane! I need to get to him!"

"Lex, it's pointless. You're not strong enough to break that barrier." the duelist in the black trench coat whispered while holding her tightly.

Refusing to stop struggling, the blonde haired young woman continued attempting to get free, only to finally stop when she saw the young brown haired duelist moving. "Jaden?"

Shaking while moving to his hands and knees, the young duelist heavily panted as sweat dripped down from his face to the ground. Weakly, he managed to push himself back onto one foot, only to falter and fall back to his knees.

"Looks like it's time I put you out of your misery."

Looking up to see it was the robed duelist that had spoke, the young duelist let out a light growl, seemingly his only response. Sneering at this, Gozaburo pointed at Jaden and said "Put him down, Hyper Psychic Blaster. Direct attack."

Taking aim with both blasters in hand, the warrior released a blast from each gun at the heavily panting young duelist. Staring at the oncoming attack, the young duelist held his head up, not allowing any signs of weakness to flash over his face.

"Not happening, Gozaburo!" Marie yelled. "I reveal my spell card, Flute of Summoning Kuriboh! With this, I can special summon Winged Kuriboh (300 / 2 = 150/200 / 2 = 100) in defense mode!"

Materializing onto the field in a series of sparkles was a small brown fur ball creature with purple eyes, small white wings on it's back, and short, stubby green clawed hands and feet.

"And now, I move Winged Kuriboh to defend Jaden, so go protect him!"

Immediately, the small brown creature leapt across the field and moved before the younger duelist. The twin blasts of the white warrior's blasters slammed into it, making it cry out before exploding into millions of pixels.

Irritated, the robed duelist grunted out "You may have saved his life points, but don't forget, my Blaster has a special ability of it's own, which allows me to gain life points equal the difference in my monster's attack points and your monster's defense points. That comes to a total of 1900 points that I now gain. And since you interfered in my business, I'll just take you out! Destroy her monster now Red Dragon Archfiend!"

Roaring loudly, the black and red dragon opened it's maw, revealing a dark red energy pooling together into a large fireball. Releasing the blast, it slammed hard into the face down monster card image, shattering it immediately and sending dust and smoke into the air. Flying out of the smoke and sinking it's teeth into the robed duelist's right leg was a pair shaped pink creature with a mouth full of sharp teeth. Instantly, the robed duelist howled out in pain and slammed a fist into the pink creature's head, only to have it bounce off while the creature harmlessly returned to before it's master.

"You attacked my Marshmallon (300 / 2 = 150/500 / 2 = 250), whose effect went off when you attacked him while face down. He immediately dealt you a 1000 life points of damage, and plus, he can't be destroyed in battle." Marie smugly explained.

Growling lightly, the robed duelist pointed an accusing finger at the female duelist, saying "That may be, but he's not safe yet! Thanks to my dragon's effect, when he attacks a defense position monster, all of your defense position monsters are destroyed during the end of the Damage Step. Say farewell to that annoyance!"

Immediately, the small pink creature shattered, leaving the female duelist alone and with no defense before herself. Frowning at this, she remained quiet while glaring at the robed duelist.

Smirking at his opponents, Gozaburo coolly said "I end my turn." (Jaden = 1150, Seto = 900, Marie = 6800, Yugi = 7000, Illidan = 3000; Gozaburo = 26500)

Standing slowly, the young duelist cast his brown eyes upon the robed man across the field and glared fiercely at him. Seeing this, the robed duelist cackled, saying "Looks like you're going to fail at avenging that thing that you called a friend."

"I will avenge Yubel, and help Illidan and Marie get their daughter back, no matter what! I don't care what happens to me, but I'll make sure I stop you, no matter what!" Jaden fired off with determination in his voice.

Finished, he drew his next card. Eyeing it for a moment, he placed the card into his left hand but selected a different one. Turning it towards his opponent, he called out "I activate the spell Summon Draw! When activated, I have to draw two cards from my deck and then toss them into the Graveyard. Depending on how many monsters I draw is how high a level a monster I can summon. If I pick up one monster, I can summon up a level five or six monster, and with two monsters, I can summon a level seven or higher monster. But if I draw no monsters, I cannot summon any monsters this turn. There is one downside to this card, which is whatever happens, you get to pick any spell card from you deck and set it onto the field, so go ahead and do it."

Sneering, the robed duelist pulled his deck out and sifted through it for a few long moments before selecting a card. Shuffling his deck and replacing it, he placed the chosen card into an empty Spell/Trap Slot silently.

Seeing his opponent was done, the younger duelist reached for his deck and called out "Now let's see what I've got!"

Snapping off two cards, the young duelist eyed them and smirked. Turning them towards the robed duelist, he triumphantly smirked, saying "I drew these two monsters, Elemental Hero Bladedge and Cross Porter. That means I can summon a level seven or higher monster, and I have the perfect one. After all, I think it's only fitting she gets to help me take you down."

"What are you babbling about?" Gozaburo questioned with an uninterested look.

Smirking slightly, Jaden selected a card from his hand and slapped it onto his Duel Disk. "The monster I choose to summon using Summon Draw is this, Yubel (0/0)!"

Forming on the field instantly was the familiar demoness that had battled with the robed duelist before the others had arrived. Fully on the field, she shot a deathly glare at the robed duelist, seemingly challenging him to fight her.

"I will make you pay for what you have done, Gozaburo!" Yubel firmly declared. "You will pay for harming Jaden!"

Seemingly amused by the demoness's threat, the robed duelist replied "This should be fun. I get to not only eliminate my enemies, but I can destroy you once more."

"I wouldn't count on destroying anyone!" Jaden declared. "I now remove from play the spell Summon Draw from my Graveyard in order to special summon Magic Striker (600 / 2 = 300/200 / 2 = 100)."

Materializing onto the field in a flash was a small warrior like creature wearing a set of light blue clothing with pointed brown shoes, bare legs up to his knees, gloved yellow hands, a red cape on his back, a small golden colored sword in it's sheath on it's belt, a crooked stick in it's right hand, and a light blue and blue helmet with two yellow horns sticking out the side of it. The warrior had a cartoon like face with dark black eyes.

"Magic Striker, go direct attack him!"

Racing forward, the small warrior bypassed the larger creatures and struck the robed duelist in the chest with his stick, earning him a grunt for his troubles.

"And now, Yubel, I think it's time you returned the favor to Gozaburo for sending you away. Attack his Dreadroot!"

Smirking evilly, the demoness coolly said "It's time you felt the pain you caused me. Come Dreadroot, let's do battle."

Upon finishing her words, the demoness's eyes glowed with a dark orange glow. The large green and white creature's eyes immediately glowed the same color, forcing it to take a few steps forward while drawing back it's right arm.

"I don't know which of you is more foolish, you or your foolish demon." Gozaburo smartly commented. "I reveal Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! With it, I can negate your attack, meaning you wasted your time."

Reappearing onto the field instantly was the strange looking metal scarecrow, causing the green and white creature to stop moving and step backwards.

Groaning with irritation, Jaden ground out "I'll set two cards face down. Now I'll move to my End Phase, in which Yubel's effect kicks in. During it, I must sacrifice a monster to her to keep her on the field. Unfortunately, I have to sacrifice Magic Striker. Sorry pal."

Vanishing from the field, the small warrior turned into a golden ray of sparkles before fully disappearing. The demoness's body glowed for a moment before she let out a small sigh.

"I end my turn." (Jaden = 1150, Seto = 900, Marie = 6800, Yugi = 7000, Illidan = 3000; Gozaburo = 26200)

Snapping off his top card, Seto eyed it for a moment before smirking. "You're going to regret not getting rid of me last turn, Gozaburo! Instead of turning your full attention to me, you wasted it on Jaden. Now you'll pay for what you've done to my friends! I play the spell Silent Dorm, allowing me to bring back a monster from my Graveyard in defense. The monster I choose shouldn't be a surprise, seeing how it's my favorite! Rise up once more, my mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000 / 2 = 1500/2500 / 2 = 1250)!"

Reappearing onto the field with a mighty roar was an exact copy of the other white dragon on the field, though this one quickly furled it's wings and took up a defensive stance.

"I'm not through yet, for I activate another spell, Monster Reincarnation! With it, I ditch a card from my hand while returning a monster in my Graveyard to my hand. I choose to return my third Blue-Eyes White Dragon to my hand!"

Placing a card into his Graveyard Slot, the duelist in the white trench coat waited as the card was sucked in. Once pulled in, the slot glowed to life and pushed the monster card out into it's owner's awaiting hand.

Smirking, Seto defiantly called out "Now it's time for you to face true terror! I activate Polymerization, fusing the two Blue-Eyes White Dragons on my field with the one in my hand to form my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500 / 2 = 2250/3800 / 2 = 1900)!"

Materializing onto the field beside of it's two comrades, the third white dragon released a mighty roar, which was joined in by the other two before the three began swirling together. The swirling soon stopped, revealing the three-headed dragon that had been in the duel earlier. Each of the three heads released a mighty roar, seemingly trying to prove it's strength.

"My foolish step son, have you learned nothing yet?" Gozaburo lectured. "Your dragon may have been powerful under normal circumstances, but just look at it now. It has only half it's attack and defense, and even that isn't enough to take on Wicked Dreadroot. You could try and attack one of my weaker monsters I suppose, but it would be pointless, seeing how I have a trap on the field to stop your attack. So the question is, why waste your time summoning that pathetic dragon?"

Confidently smirking, Seto thundered back "Because as powerful as this dragon is, I have one even more powerful! I sacrifice Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in order to summon the almighty Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (3000 / 2 = 1500/2500 / 2 = 1250)!"

Roaring loudly, the three-headed dragon suddenly began to glow with a brilliant white light while cracks began forming all over it's body. Light instantly began seeping out from the cracks and was so blindingly bright, everyone but the duelist in the white trench coat, were forced to shield their eyes. Without warning, the three-headed dragon shattered, revealing a blinding white light that engulfed the field. Slowly, the light faded, leaving in it's wake a silver metal looking dragon with blue spheres running along parts of it's body. It had no arms, but mighty metallic wings, powerful legs, a strong tail, and a powerful head. The dragon let out a high pitched roar that was higher than any of the previous dragons had.

"So, that is the legendary Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon that I had heard about." the robed duelist commented. "It is powerful looking, but not quite strong enough to do battle with my Wicked Dreadroot. After all, thanks to Dreadroot, that dragon is only half of what it once was, and even if it wasn't affected by Dreadroot, it would have only had the strength of your original Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

Chuckling, Seto smirked, saying "That may be so, but my dragon has a few hidden abilities that you may want to brace yourself for. The first being my dragon gains 300 extra attack points per a Dragon Type monster in my Graveyard. Right now, there are my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, along with Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Kaiser Glider, Paladin of White Dragon, and then the other I placed in there this turn, being Different Dimension Dragon. With those seven in there, my dragon gains an extra 2100 attack points (1500 + 300 * 7 = 3600/1250)."

Glowing with a brilliant white aura, the metallic dragon let out a high pitched screech as it's strength suddenly more than doubled. The aura soon faded away, leaving the dragon to glare at the large green and white creature across the field.

"You seem to be failing to notice that your dragon is still far too weak to do battle with Dreadroot." Gozaburo smartly remarked.

Still smirking, Seto smugly replied "Not quite. You see, I know my dragon isn't ready yet, that is why I have this card! I activate the spell Dragon's Heart! This card allows me to send three Dragon Type monsters from my deck to my Graveyard. In exchange, my dragon gains 1000 extra attack points for this turn alone (3600 + 1000 = 4600/1250)!"

Eyes widening, the robed duelist watched his step son pull his deck out and select three cards from it. Showing them to his step father, Seto smartly said "I send Cave Dragon, Luster Dragon #2, and Hyozanryu to the Grave. Ah yes, there is one other thing I should remind you of. When I placed more dragons in my Grave, Shining Dragon gained another 900 attack points (4600 + 300 * 3 = 5500/1250)."

Releasing a mighty screech, the metallic dragon's body became surrounded by a brilliant white glowing aura while it's strength increased. With it's aura lowering, the dragon turned it's full furious gaze at the large green and white creature.

"Say goodbye to your freak show of a card! Blast it now, Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, with Shining Neutron Blast!"

Roaring loudly once more, the powerful silver metallic dragon opened it's jaws, revealing rainbow colored energy. The energy began forming into a tightly formed sphere within the dragon's maw, seemingly gathering itself together to be fired. Without the slightest hesitation, the dragon launched it's sphere at the large green and white creature, who stood it's ground, seemingly daring the dragon to hit it.

"Foolish move, Seto." Gozaburo chided. "Have you forgotten my trap, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, already?"

Watching the metallic scarecrow appear before the large green and white creature, Seto smirked, smugly commenting "You underestimate my dragon."

"How so?" the robed duelist questioned.

"When a spell, trap, or monster effect targets my dragon, I decide whether it affects it or not, not you."

Eyes widening, the robed duelist watched in shock as the metal scarecrow shattered, with the duelist in the white trench coat laughing. "I choose to negate your card, so it's gone! Finish off his Dreadroot!"

The sphere of energy continued onwards and slammed hard into the large green and white creature, who released a mighty howl from the strike. A massive explosion sounded off through the air as the green and white creature exploded into millions of pixels and a plume of smoke.

Slowly, the air cleared, revealing the mighty creature was indeed gone, while the silver dragon still hovered in the air, releasing a screech of victory. One by one, the creatures' bodies on the field glowed while their strength returned (3500/2000) (3500/2500) (0/0) (3000 + 1000 + 300 * 10 = 7000/2500) (2800/2800) (3000/1000).

Studying his step father's stony face, the duelist in the white trench coat began laughing madly while pointing an accusing finger at the robed duelist. "I told you step father, you were no match for me! Now look at what happens when you defy me and return from the grave! I'll place one card face down and move to my End Phase, in which my dragon loses it's extra 1000 attack points (6000/2500). I end my move." (Jaden = 1150, Seto = 900, Marie = 6800, Yugi = 7000, Illidan = 3000; Gozaburo = 25200)

Casting a small smile at the duelist in the white trench coat next to herself, the lone female duelist drew her new card and calmly said "Time for me to keep this momentum moving, so it starts with this. I'll summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (1400/1000)."

Forming onto the field instantly was a familiar looking slimy silver creature with thousands and thousands of hands pouring out of it's body.

"Thanks to Manju being summoned, I can transfer one Ritual Spell or Monster to my hand from my deck. I choose the later, so I'll move the monster known as Shinato, King of a Higher Plane!"

Pulling her deck out, the female duelist sifted through it for a few moments before finding her desired card. Placing it in her left hand, she shuffled her deck and returned it to it's slot. Selecting another card, she turned it towards the robed duelist, saying "I activate the spell Shinato's Ark! With this, I much sacrifice a monster or monsters with a total of eight stars in order to summon Shinato. I send Manju on the field, along with Dimensional Alchemist, to my Graveyard. Each has a total of four stars a piece, so that's the necessary eight stars to unlock Shinato's Ark, and summon out Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (3300/3000)!"

Materializing onto the field in a flash was a massive wooden boat. On the front of it were two massive double doors, which suddenly began creaking open, revealing a bright blinding light from within as they did. The blinding light soon died down as a large dark blue skinned angel with long white hair bound in a pony tail, with six massive golden wings appeared at the doors of the boat. The angel wore a long flowing white cape that fell behind itself, a white skirt that came down to it's knees, and blue and gold chest plate. Behind the angel's head was a seven pointed star that looked more like a crown. Fully onto the field, the angel looked at it's opponent with emotionless eyes while the boat behind it vanished.

"Summoning him was pointless!" Gozaburo growled out.

Giggling innocently, Marie replied "Not quite, because I'm equipping Shinato with a spell card called Silver Bow and Arrow! This card raises Shinato's attack and defense by 300 points (3300 + 300 = 3600/3000 + 300 = 3300)!"

Holding out it's arms, the blue skinned angel watched as a silver bow with red tips on the ends of the bow formed.

"Take down his Hyper Psychic Blaster now Shinato, with Silver Arrow Strike!"

Slowly, the angel drew back on the bow, causing a silver energy arrow to form. Pulling the arrow fully back, the angel released it at it's intended target of the white armored warrior, who watched the blast come at it with a bit of nervous shifting.

Growling lightly, Gozaburo roared out "I don't think so, Marie! I reveal the trap Assault Mode Activate! When activated, I can sacrifice one of my Synchro monsters, so I'll sacrifice Hyper Psychic Blaster!"

Vanishing from the field, the white armored warrior disappeared just as the silver energy arrow struck where it had been standing.

"Now I can special summon from my deck Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode (3500 + 500 = 4000/3000)."

Immediately forming on the field was a strange green creature with white and black trim on it's body, a pair of blasters in each hand, with one black and one white, a pair of light blue energy wings on it's back folded out from white prongs that were horizontal, a black and green arch between the wings, and a large green helmet covering the creature's head. Instantly, a small light green circular symbol that was on the field appeared onto the creature's helmet, increasing it's strength.

Staring at the new creature, Marie ground out "You may have summoned that thing, but I can still attack, so I'll do battle with your dragon! Crush it Shinato!"

Taking aim once more, the blue skinned angel released another silver energy arrow, this time launching it in the direction of the black and red dragon. The arrow easily pierced through the dragon, who howled out in pain before exploding and releasing a cloud of smoke onto the field.

The smoke soon settled, revealing a visibly frustrated robed duelist, who shot a glare across the field at the female duelist. Unfazed by it, Marie calmly said "I set one card and end my turn." (Jaden = 1150, Seto = 900, Marie = 6800, Yugi = 7000, Illidan = 3000; Gozaburo = 24300)

"Now it's my turn to do my part." Yugi declared while drawing a card. Eyeing it for a moment, he placed it into his Spell/Trap Slot and said "I activate Quick Summon, allowing me to have an extra Normal Summon this turn. I choose to use this and summon Magician's Valkyria (1600/1800)."

A young female mage with long chestnut colored hair that reached her mid-back that wore a mostly light blue with some light purple like dress and an odd looking light blue mage's hat appeared onto the field. She held a scepter in her right hand that looked like a ram's horn on the end of a stick that had three green jewels on each side. The scepter itself was a light gray.

"Don't blink, because you may miss her. I sacrifice her in order to summon Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700)."

In a flash, the young woman on the field vanished, only to be replaced by another young woman, this one with long blonde hair, bright blue eyes, wearing a skimpy blue and pink mage's dress that showed her cleavage quite well with the dress barely covering her back side, a blue and pink mage's hat, and a staff in her right hand.

Turning another card to the robed duelist, Yugi strongly said "I'm far from done, for I activate another spell, Sage's Stone! When I have Dark Magician Girl on my field, I can special summon from my deck or hand my Duel Spirit, the Dark Magician (2500/2100)!"

Pulling his deck out, the spike haired duelist sifted through his cards till he found the monster he desired. Slapping the card onto his Duel Disk, he watched as a mage with pale skin, purple long hair, and lilac colored eyes, wearing dark purple robes with some battle armor, with a long green staff in his right hand, and a strange mage's hat on his head appeared. Crossing his arms, the mage gave a small nod to the female mage beside of himself, seemingly acknowledging her.

"Both of your weaklings can't do anything against Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode! You creatures have no chance!" Gozaburo roared in defiance.

Cracking a small smirk, Yugi calmly replied "We'll see. Now then, I activate the equip spell Magic Formula! This spell grants Dark Magician an additional 700 attack points (2500 + 700 = 3200/2100), giving him just the boost he needed to help me take you down."

"You must be blind." the robed duelist mocked. "Your creature has 800 less attack points than Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode! Nothing you do can change that!"

Pulling a card from his hand, Yugi smartly remarked "We'll see, now won't we. I activate this spell, Necromancy."

Without warning, the Graveyard Slot of the robed duelist glowed to life and four cards ejected from it and onto his Monster Card Zones, with each being horizontal. First, a blue and yellow armored creature with white and blue gloves on it's hands formed in a kneeling stance; next to it, a black armored warrior riding upon a horse formed, with it's arms crossed and the horse kneeling materialized; appearing next was a sphere of dark cloudy energy; last to form was the black and red dragon.

Seeing the confusion on the robed duelist's face, the spike haired duelist smoothly said "When Necromancy is activated, four random monsters are special summoned from your Graveyard and placed onto your field in defense mode."

"So you're giving me monsters now? That's rather foolish, Yugi."

Chuckling lightly, Yugi shook his head, saying "Not really since I'm about to activate my last spell card, one that will devastate your field. I play Diffusion Wave-Motion, which has me first pay 1000 life points to activate. With those paid, I now select one level seven or higher Spellcaster Type monster on my field, which is obviously my Dark Magician. Dark Magician can now attack all of your monsters on the field."

"What a pointless move." Gozaburo grunted. "Destroying my four weaklings won't help you."

"Actually, it will." Yugi replied in a chipper tone. "Since those four monsters were summoned with the effect of Necromancy, whenever one is destroyed, one of your attack mode monsters loses 400 attack points."

Realization dawning on his face, the robed duelist mumbled "That means you're trying to weaken my monster…"

"That's right, and once I've cut him down far enough, you'll lose your last line of defense and be wide open for Illidan to bash on. And at that, Dark Magician, hit all of his defensive monsters with Dimension Wave-Motion and then wipe out his attack mode monster!"

Holding his staff up over his head, the purple robed mage let out a small battle cry as the tip of his staff began glowing brightly with light blue energy. Without warning, a wave of light blue energy launched itself from the staff, only to be followed by another wave that was diagonal, then another diagonal one on the opposite direction, and finally one last wave that was vertical. One by one, the waves slammed into the defensive monsters, cutting each down upon being struck. At the same time, the powerful white, green, and black colored monster's strength began faltering (4000 – 400 * 4 = 2400/3000). With the warrior being the last on the field, the mage lowered his staff and pointed it straight at the warrior and released a mighty blast of bright green energy. The blast slammed hard into the warrior, making it cry out in pain before exploding.

Growling lightly, the robed duelist suddenly smirked, saying "That was a nice effort, Yugi, but not good enough. You see, when Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode goes to the Graveyard due to battle, I can revive the monster I sacrificed to summon it. So rise up once more, Hyper Psychic Blaster (3000 + 500 = 3500/2500)!"

Reappearing onto the field once more was the silver armored creature with a single teal colored electric eye and pair of blasters in it's hands.

"Damn…" Yugi muttered under his breath. "I have no choice but to end my turn." (Jaden = 1150, Seto = 900, Marie = 6800, Yugi = 6000, Illidan = 3000; Gozaburo = 24300)