Chapter 7:

A Duel with the Best! Chimeratech Fortress Dragon!

When we last left off, I had just got done with a practice duel with my brother, Django. Thanks to my Synchro Monster, Red Dragon Archfiend, I was able to pull off a cool victory. Then, I was given a compliment, that being I could hold my own against some guy they called The Kaiser. All I knew is that name meant something like "King" or "Emperor", until some dude came out after hearing his name being called. Out of nowhere, some guy looking as if he was watching my match with Django.
"It's him," said Django. Then, Johnny and Kazuya came to see what was going on, until they started standing as if to give respect for him.

"Huh? Who are you?" I had no idea who this was, but then out of nowhere, Kazuya tried talking some sense into me.

"Shadow! Show some respect. He's the best duelist here in this university!"

"Ah. So this is The Kaiser everyone was talking about."

"That's my name, so don't wear it out. So, you must be the new student, Shadow. I've seen some of your duels. You are pretty good. Hmm."

"Kaiser, what brings you to a place like this?" Johnny said out of curiosity.

"I was just taking a stroll. I then heard a duel going on around this area and just so happened to stop by and watch it. And it was a pretty good show."

"Well I say there's only 1 thing better than watching a show: Being part of it! I challenge you to a duel!"

"WHAT?!" Johnny, Kazuya and Django said out loud as if I was out of my mind.

"I'm sorry Kaiser. He still has some issues he needs to take care of." Django then turned to talk to me. "Shadow! He shouldn't even waste his time with you!"

"Actually Django, I think I'll take your brother's request. I accept your challenge. This duel will show you why I'm the best here. I'll meet you by the ocean at 5:00. Be there."

"Oh, I intend to Kaiser." I was determined to show him what I'm made of. So the gang and I went back to our dome for me to prepare. All the while the guys were trying to talk me out of the duel.

"Shadow, are you crazy?! There's a reason he's called The Kaiser! He hasn't lost a duel!!" Johnny said.

"Yeah dude. You can't win against him!" Kazuya continued.

"I don't really intend to win guys," I replied.

"You don't?"
"No, he doesn't," Django finished. "He really wants to test how much he has to contend with for him to improve. He figures that by dueling here, he can improve his dueling skills. Believe me. He is my little brother you know."

"Thanks Django. And it's about time for us to go. Let's do this." So we headed to the ocean harbor for our duel. When we got there, Sora and Arisusa were there to watch apparently

"So, you came," said the Kaiser.

"You're in way over your head Shadow. Kaiser here has never been beaten," said Arisusa, who apparently wants to see me lose."

"Shadow, have you completely lost it?" asked Sora.

"Whoever said I ever had it? Let's duel!" I replied. As Django said before, I don't really intend to win, but I want to see how I can compare to the best in this school. Besides, my brother and I have our big duel coming up in the next night. "I'll have the first move. And I'll start with my Troop Dragon in def. mode! Then after a facedown card, I'll pass it on to you."

"Hmm. My brother is starting off on the defensive. I hope he knows what he's doing," said Django. Sora was then thinking to herself.

"Shadow is really good, but I doubt he's any match for Kaiser. All I can do is say good luck."

"I'll start off with my Cyber Dragon in attack mode!" He played a cybernetic serpentine dragon with 2100 attack points. "Since you have a monster out and I don't, I'm allowed to automatically special summon him. And with that done, I can summon another monster to the field. So I play my Cyber Phoenix in attack mode!" He then played a cybernetic phoenix with 1200 attack points.

"Heh. Shadow already doesn't have a chance. With his Cyber Phoenix out, as long as it's in attack mode, Shadow can't use his card effects to target a machine type monster," Arisusa said.

"And now I play Double Summon! With this, I can normal summon one more time this turn, so I summon my Proto-Cyber Dragon!" He then played a smaller version of his Cyber Dragon with 1100 attack points. And while he's out, he counts as Cyber Dragon, so he will attack your Troop Dragon!" And his attack was successful, not that it mattered.

"I activate his ability! He allows me to summon another Troop Dragon from my deck in attack mode. So come on out pal!"

"Not like that matters. Cyber Phoenix, attack!"

"Once more, my dragon calls out my last 1."

"Which now my Cyber Dragon will attack him! Strident Blast! And with no more Troop Dragons, your defense is shrinking pretty fast. So now it's your move."

"Well, he saved himself this far, but this isn't going to get him anywhere," said Kazuya.
"Shadow, keep your cool man! You're not out of the game yet!" said Johnny.

"You're right. So now I draw! And now I summon my Dark Blade! And now I use my Double Summon! So now I can summon my Warrior Dai Grepher! Now my Dark Blade attacks Cyber Phoenix and my Dai Grepher attacks Proto-Cyber Dragon! And with that, I end my turn."

Shadow: 4000Kaiser: 2800

"I draw. And now I play Premature Burial to bring back my Proto-Cyber Dragon, in exchange for 800 life points. I also play Monster Reborn to bring back my Phoenix. Now my Cyber Dragon, attack his Grepher! Strident Blast!"

Shadow: 4000Kaiser: 2000

"I activate me trap, Negate Attack! Now with this card, your attack is negated and your battle phase is ended."

"Then I activate my Card of Sanctity. We both have to draw until we have 6 cards in our hand. And with this, I activate my Lighting Vortex. I discard 1 card to destroy both of your monsters."

"Shadow!" Django, Kazuya, and Johnny said in a bit of a worried tone as the lightning destroyed my monsters.

"And with a facedown card, I end my turn."

"I'm not done just yet. I play Polymerization! And with this, I can now fuse Lord of D. with Divine Dragon Ragnarok! With their power, I now summon my King Dragun!" I then summoned a bit of a celestial-like dragon with 2400 attack points. "I now activate his ability! He allows me to summon a dragon-type monster from my hand. So I summon my Luster Dragon 2 in attack mode!" I played an emerald dragon that also has 2400 attack points. "Now I summon my Magna Drago! And with him, I tune him to my Luster Dragon to synchro summon my Red Dragon Archfiend! And now attack his Cyber Dragon!"

"Sorry, but I activate my Hallowed Life Barrier! With this card, I discard 1 card from my hand to negate any damage that me or my monsters take this turn."

"I end my turn here."

"You dueled a good duel Shadow. You know how to both use and play your cards in a duel. But now it all ends."

"If that's the case, bring it!"

"Oh, he's toast." Arisusa said.

"So, this is that Shadow kid." Another student appeared.

"How long were you watching Judas?"

"Enough to see that this kid most likely won his duels by a fluke."

"Judas, keep quiet. Now as I was about to do, I activate my Magical Stone Excavation! By discarding 2 cards from my hand, I can take a spell card back from my graveyard to my hand. So now I'll activate it: Monster Reborn! So now I bring back my Cyber Ogre!" He then played a mechanical ogre with 1900 attack points. "Now I summon my 2nd Proto-Cyber Dragon! And now, I can sacrifice these 5 machines.."

"Oh yeah, this kid is going down hard now!" Judas was apparently admiring the move about to be done.

"Shadow." Sora was apparently concerned for this move, although she only thought of it.

"So I suppose this is your time to bring out your trump card, so bring it!"

"You want it Shadow? Well your wish is his command! So from my extra deck, I can summon this fusion monster! I summon my Chimeratech Fortress Dragon!!" He played a bigger cybernetic dragon with circles for its body and undetermined attack points.

"Its attack points aren't determined! Why?"
"You see Shadow, his attack points are equal to the number of monsters I used to summon him times 1000. So with 5 monsters used for the summoning, he has 5000 attack points. But now I activate my Limiter Removal! With this, all of my machine-type monsters are destroyed, but for this turn, they're attack points are all doubled. So now his attack points increase to 10000!"

"Heh! Now this is a sweet duel, but if I'm going down I'm going down fighting!"

"Let's do this then. Fortress Dragon! Attack his Red Dragon Archfiend with Sonic Screech!!!"

"Hey Red Dragon Archfiend! Let's go down with a bang! Attack with Scorching Crimson Flare!!!" I know I was going to lose, but even so, for an opponent like him, I had to fight back with 1 last attack.

Shadow: 0Kaiser: 2000

"Thanks for a fun duel Kaiser. I'm glad we had it."

"Same here Shadow."

"Heh, well, there goes your winning streak. Maybe you should've put up more of a better fight, but even so, you still wouldn't have won." Judas still was running his mouth.

"Judas, keep quiet, cause if I remember, you hardly ever get more than 500 life points off of me. Let's go." So Sora, Arisusa, Judas, and Kaiser walked off while the gang checked to see how I was doing.

"Shadow, you all right?" asked Johnny.

"I'm just fine. That was a fun duel."

"You looked like you were having a blast out there," said Django.

"Yeah, but I'm getting weirded out, so let's head back to the dome."

"Good idea." Said Kazuya. So with that duel done, we head back to the dome and wait for my brother's and my tag duel to come up.