Battle of the Bronzes

Disclaimer I do not own Yu-gi-oh or Yu-gi-oh 5ds otherwise this sort of duel would have actually happened.

Hi guys guess who's back? That's right it's me The Jagdpanther. Now before you start putting ammo in your guns let me explain my self. You see my beta was very busy and wasn't able to get to my chapter for a while, so that's one of the reason's I've been gone so long. The other reason is because I am a senior in high school and I had a lot of stuff to do to choose a college. The last reason is I found out that I have carpal tunnel syndrome, so that's going to hamper the amount of typing I can do. But enough about me you came here to read story not about my life, so without further ado let's get on with the story.

"Argh." Leo groaned as he opened his eyes wincing at the pain it caused.

"Leo!" He heard someone gasp as he was enveloped in a hug.

"Ow! Luna that hurts!" He yelled in pain.

"Oh sorry." His sister said backing off.

"It's fine. Uh where am I?" He asked looking around the room they were in.

"We're back at the hospital. The paramedics brought you here after they found you." She told him.

"What happened? All I remember is dueling that Aviur guy then nothing." He groaned.

"Well they found you under a metal sheet after they put the fire out. My guess is that you got knocked out and when the warehouse caught on fire a metal sheet must of fell on you and protected you from the flames." Then she looked at the burns he had, "Well mostly."

"Those aren't from the fire from the warehouse. They're from my duel with Aviur the attacks I took were real." He told her.

"We all faced similar shadow magic." Luna told him. Then he remembered about Inus and he began to ask her about it, but then their friends came in.

"Hey Leo good to see you're awake buddy." Crow said clapping him on the shoulder causing him to wince. "Oh sorry dude."

"It's fine." Leo said then he noticed Sherry wasn't there, "Um where's Sherry?"

"Oh um she's still asleep." Crow said sadly.

"What happened? Leo asked worriedly.

"Well yah know that girl she was dueling?" Crow asked. Leo nodded.

"Well from what we could get out of her duel runner she blasted her off the highway. Then I guess Sherry was saved by her or someone and managed to send a distress signal to us." Crow told him.

"I shouldn't have left her." Leo said looking down.

"Don't beat yourself up over kid there's nothing you could have done." Jack told him.

"I guess you're right. Oh that reminds me I found something." Leo said looking up.

"What!?" Crow asked desperate for good news.

"Well before my duel with Aviur I caught him in the archives room at a terminal. It had a map of the city and a bunch of dots on it which showed locations of duel disks, but what was strange was there was a lot of dots in one place and it was at a place dueling doesn't usually take place at." Leo told them.

Akiza thought about this for a second, "It was the hospital wasn't it!?" She exclaimed.

"Yeah it seems they were trying to track us." Leo nodded.

"I hate to say it guys, but I don't know what we can do to stop these guys. I mean all of us have been beaten and barely escaped with our lives. And to top it off Yusei is gone and he's not only the strongest of us, but the leader as well." Crow said sadly.

"You can't give up Crow!" Kalin suddenly said grabbing him by his shirt making him look him in the eyes, "You've all faced impossible odds before, and you've all been knocked down to your lowest peg! Heck even Yusei was after I beat him, but you know what!? It may have taken some convincing, but he got back up and even beat me in our rematch!"

"But what can we do we're not powerful enough!?" Jack yelled.

"So what!" Carly snapped, "That never stopped you before! Like Kalin said you've taken on impossible odds before, you may not have always won the first duel, but you've come out on top in the end!"

"And you have all your friends to! Remember when I wanted to die Jack, Crow!? I felt it was impossible for me to live in this world and longer after what I had did, but you guys showed me that the world still wanted me and so I got back up and I helped Yusei!" Kalin yelled then he sighed, "I know you've all hit rock bottom before Crow when your arm first got busted, Akiza when you lost Sayer, Leo and Luna when you were dueling Emporia, and you Jack after Yusei beat you in the Fortune cup. You've all gone down, but you also got back up."

"This is different though we tried our hardest and we still lost even with our Dragon's." Leo said sadly.

"We still can't give up though!" Luna yelled at him.

"B-but what can we do Luna? You lost to Inus even though he let you live to spy on you." Leo replied surprised his sister had yelled at him.

"He wasn't spying on us he was trying to help us!" Luna yelled back to him.

"Oh I'm sure that waste of feathers was just really good at convincing you!" He yelled back only to get slapped across the face. "L-Luna why?"

"Don't you dare insult Inus!" She screeched, "He was more helpful then you could ever know! He saved our lives more than once and he paid for it with his soul! He made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could even have a chance of beating Sesha and her minions and you sit there insulting him!" She cried as she ran to Akiza who comforted her.

"What happened Luna how did he save you? Akiza asked.

"We were almost done with our journey and we just had to go through the lava fields. We were almost through when suddenly we encountered a Trident Dragon. We tried to escape it, but eventually Inus and Ancient Fairy Dragon had to take it on. At one point Ancient Fairy Dragon got knocked out and Inus had to do in on his own. It was a long battle, but he finally beat it. But then when he came back he was different." She said pulling away slightly.

"Different how?" Misty asked.

"His eyes were red and evil instead of his blue ones. He called himself Sunis and then he tried to take our souls. He almost did, but Inus was still in there somewhere and he held Sunis off long enough for us to get away. Unfortuenly he soon caught up to us, but we were saved by this three headed purple dragon named Hetzer. He drove him off then took us to a cave near our destination." She continued in tears.

"Wow that's rough." Carly said sadly.

"I-I can still hear his scream as his soul was taken." Luna croaked shocking everyone.

"I-I'm sorry Luna." Leo stuttered out.

"I'm sorry too Leo." She said.

"So what did you guys find Luna?" Jack asked.

"Well from what Inus told us the place we're heading to has great power that may be able to help us." Luna told them.

"Does it have a name?" Kalin asked.

"No. Inus and Torunka just called it a place of power." Luna replied shaking her head.

"And what about this dragon Hetzer can he be trusted?" Leo asked.

"Yes the Crimson Dragon sent him." Luna nodded.

"Ok we know where we're going, but how are we getting there especially with Crow's arm and Leo's injuries?" Jack asked.

"That is where I come in." A voice said.

"Who said that?" Jack asked looking around.

"You will not be able to see me, but you can hear me. As for who I am. I am Hetzer the very same one who saved Luna." The voice said.

"Alright then Hetzer what can you do to help?" Leo asked.

"I have spoken with the Crimson Dragon and he has agreed to transport you to the Spirit World body and all." Hetzer said.

"How can you do that!?" Luna exclaimed.

"The Crimson Dragon has lots of magic that you do not know about." Hetzer chuckled.

"Ok, but what about Crow and I's injures?" Leo asked.

"Your injuries will temporarily disappear while you are in the Spirit World, but once you return to this world they will return." Hetzer explained.

"Ok so when do we wanna do this?" Akiza asked.

"Well we need to wait for the one known as Sherry to awaken for she is also needed." Hetzer told them.

"We also have move quickly Sunis has probably gotten back to Sesha by now and they probably already know where we are headed to." Luna told them as well.

"So sometime in the early morning?" Crow asked.

"That seems like a good time. I will return around 05:00, but we must be swift." Hetzer agreed before leaving.

"Well I'll guess we wait for Sherry." Crow said as he began to make for the door.

"Wait what about Yusei!? We can't just leave him here alone." Akiza exclaimed.

"Don't worry Akiza. Misty, Carly and I will watch over him." Kalin assured him, but Akiza looked a little unsure, "And remember we're three former dark signers and I can give Yusei, Jack and Crow a hard time in a duel."

"Ok I trust you Kalin." Akiza sighed.

Jack looked up at the clock seeing what time it was, "Well if we don't wanna be falling asleep during a duel then we should be turning it we got to get up early."

"Your right Jack you need your beauty sleep." Carly laughed.

Everyone else soon agreed and either went home or too either of the three rooms their friends were in. Knowing what would happen the next day all of them were anxious and fearful.

"Crow wake up." Crow heard.

"It's too early." He groaned.

"To early to save the world?" The voice asked causing him to have realization and fly out of the chair he had slept in. He heard a giggle as he looked up to see in girlfriend looking down at him.

"Thanks for the wake up sweetie. What time is it?" He groaned getting up.

"It's about 04:30." She told him.

"Great I only have a half hour till we have to leave. Have you eaten yet?" He asked.

"Yeah. I brought you some as well. I also managed to stop Jack from eating all of the ramen." She nodded gesturing to the bowl of steamed rice and cup of ramen on the counter.

"You're the best sweetie." He said giving her a kiss before making his way to the food.

"We're all meeting in Yusei or Leo's room." She told him as she made her way out the door.

"I'll be there ASAP." He told her before stuffing his face with the rice. He soon was done with eating and his morning routine and made his way down to Yusei's room. He entered to see Akiza, Jack, Carly, Mina, Trudge and Sherry. He guessed Luna, Kalin and Misty were in Leo's room.

"Finally Crow I thought we'd have to drag you out of bed." Jack said.

"Oh you don't you start Jack I had to throw water on you to get you up." Carly told him making him blush.

"So is everyone ready?" Sherry asked glancing up at the clock which read 04:55.

"So you guys are really doing this? I mean you're actually going to the Spirit World?" Trudge said. Inside he shivered remembering his first encounter with magic.

"Yeah it seems so." Akiza said, "I still don't like leaving Yusei though."

"I know Akiza, but for you to get him back you must." Sherry told her.

"Don't worry Akiza with Misty, Carly, Kalin, Trudge and I. I'm sure everything will be fine." Mina told her giving her a smile.

"Right." Akiza nodded. Then the clock struck 05:00.

"Are all of you ready?" Hetzer asked.

"Yes." They all nodded.

"Very well then. Close your eyes. Luna think of the Spirt World and the rest of you please clear your minds of all thoughts.." He told them and all of them complied. They heard a buzzing sound then nothing.

Mina, Trudge, Misty, Carly and Kalin watched as their friends vanished into thin air and gasped in shock.

Crow grabbed his stomach as the buzzing sound stopped. He felt like his breakfast was going to come up and out. Soon though he felt a soothing hand on his back and his insides soon returned to normal. He soon opened his eyes to see they were in a cave with a fire going. "Are you sure we're in the Spirit World cause it doesn't look that different from our world?" Crow asked.

"Yes I'm sure." A voice said behind them.

They all turned around to see a big three headed purple dragon. Crow yelped as he stumbled backward. "I thought the signers were supposed to be braver." The dragon chuckled.

"Your Hetzer right?" Akiza asked.

"Yes. It is an honor to meet you signers." The purple dragon bowed.

"So if this is where our duel monsters live where are our dragons?" Jack asked looking around.

"We are here Jack." A voice said from above. All except Luna looked up to see their dragons descend from the sky.

"Wow so magnificent." Sherry gaped.

"Thank you, but who is this?" Red Dragon Archfiend replied.

"She is my girlfriend. She dueled Tempesta one of Sesha's servants." Crow explained.

"If she is brave enough to do that then I think she's a ok." Life Stream Dragon commented.

"B-brother is that you?" A voice from behind them shakily said.

They turned around to see Ancient Fairy Dragon poking her head out from the darkness of the cave. She looked horrible her face was tear stained her eyes were blood shot and her hair was a mess.

"Sister what has happened to you?" Life Stream Dragon asked worriedly as he made his way over to her.

"Did you not get my message?" She asked confused.

"No what message?" He asked.

Her eyes narrowed, "I sent you a message last night explaining everything that had happened and to inform everyone. Is that not why you are here?" She told him.

"No sister we were informed by the Crimson Dragon when he was informed by Hetzer." Life Stream Dragon told her.

"So you didn't get the message I sent through our bond?" She asked.

"Oh that one I was doing other things at the time. Why what did I miss?" He replied.

Inus would have listened if I contacted him. Ancient Fairy Dragon thought angrily to herself, "Nothing." She growled.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yes! Can we just go please the sooner we leave the sooner we save Inus." She snapped causing everyone to jump.

"Very well then follow me." Hetzer told them as he began to walk away from the cave and Ancient Fairy Dragon was the first to follow.

The others shared glances, but soon followed. They travelled for a bit then came to a large stone wall with carvings on it.

"Is that what we're looking for?" Leo asked.

"Yes." Hetzer told them.

"So what do we do now? Is there like a chant or offering we have to do?" Crow asked.

"Maybe we should read it to find out?" Sherry told him.

"Well unless you can read this we're stuck." Jack said looking at the carvings.

"I have read it before so there I no need." Hetzer told them.

"Well what does it say don't keep us waiting." Red Dragon Archfiend demanded.

"Very well then. The carvings say that this place holds great power with, but it cannot simply be taken you must give a good reason for wanting this power after that you must each face a test to see if you are worthy of this great power. If you cannot pass the test then your soul will be given to the shadow realm." He told them. "Do you still wish to proceed?" He asked noticing some of their uncertain expressions.

"I will. I owe it to Inus." Ancient Fairy Dragon said floating forward along with Luna.

"I most certainly will I promised I would save Yusei and I will." Akiza said stepping forward along with Black Rose and Stardust Dragon.

"I will too I still need to pay back that Zerkoff guy for beating me." Jack said stepping forward with Red Dragon Archfiend.

"Me too I need to pay back that Talia girl." Crow said stepping forward with Black-Winged Dragon.

"I shall come as well Tempesta owes me a rematch." Sherry said stepping forward.

"Guess that leaves us last and if you guys are in we are too." Leo said stepping up with Life Stream Dragon.

"Very good. Now plead your case to the carvings." Hetzer told them.

"Ok then." Akiza said stepping up to the wall with the carvings.

"Why do you wish to gain this power?" A voice boomed.

"We wish to gain this power so that friends may be saved and for evil to be stopped. Please allow us to take the tests so that we may save them." Akiza pleaded.

"Your reason is noble and just and your hearts are pure. Your request is granted, but know this your tests will test much more than you're dueling capabilities, but also yourselves. You each hold something in you that holds you back you must let it go or you will never pass your tests." The voice boomed.

"I wonder what that means." Leo said as they were all surrounded in a blue glow.

"You will never figure that out Signer!" A voice yelled causing them all to look up to see a black dragon flying toward them with killer intent. She was almost upon them when they suddenly vanished.

"Where did they go!?" Sesha roared angrily. She looked over to see Hetzer. "What did you do to them?" She growled.

"I have sent them away from your grasp and that is all you will get." He told her before he vanished in a flash of fire.

Her minions soon landed behind her. "I am sorry Queen Sesha my soreness from my injuries has prevented us from getting to them." Sunis bowed.

"This is not your fault Sunis. I should have had us leave earlier." Sesha told him.

"Now what do we do?" Zerkoff asked.

"Now we wait. Despite his failure in taking the souls of signer known as Leo and his dragon Life Stream he still was able to track their duel disks, so if we will soon find them. As for you my dear Iango and you Shujin you know what must be done." She told them.

"Of course my love." He said as a portal appeared and he flew through it.

"Of course my Queen." She bowed before stepping through the portal.

"The rest of us will return home and wait for information." She told them as the portal closed.

"Yes Queen Sesha." They all replied as she took off and they followed.

"Ahhhhhh!" Crow yelled as the teleportation ended. "Argh where am I?" He asked looking around to see he and Black-Winged Dragon were in the middle of a desert. "What the heck is this!?"

He looked around to see nothing but sand in every direction. Shaking his head he decided to climb to the top of the sand dune in the distance. He slipped down a few times, but he finally made it to the top though he was exhausted. Crow took a few minutes to catch his breath before looking across the field of sand dunes in front of him. "Oh you've got to be kidding me!"

Then suddenly in the distance on another sand dune he saw a black figure. So someone else is out here he thought. Then the figure began to walk away, "Hey wait!" Crow yelled as he ran toward and Black-Winged Dragon flew toward the sand dune the figure was on. He climbed quickly and finally reached the top. "Now where did that guy go?" He said. He looked around and to his surprise he saw a whole town down below him, "How did this get all the way out here?" Then he saw the black figure walking into the town. Not wanting to lose him Crow ran after the figure and Black-Winged Dragon followed.

He reached the town to find it disserted and no trace of the black figure. "Great now we've lost him. Ah were could he have gone?" Then he heard a door to a saloon on his right creak shut. He must have gone in there he thought to himself as he walked over to the door. He quickly told his dragon to remain outside. He stepped into the building and found it disserted as well. Well if no one's here then they probably won't mind if I have some water because I'm parched he thought as he made his way to the bar. He pulled out a bottle of water and took a drink quenching his thirst.

He sighed as he looked around the building tables and chairs were overturned and dust was everywhere. I guess I had better look around and try to find something he thought as he made his way up the stairs to look upstairs. He found nothing upstairs, but as he made his way back to the stairs he saw a shadow flash across the ground outside. Thinking I was the black figure he rushed outside and ran to where the figure had been and, but the figure was long gone. Dang it! He thought.

Not one to give up and knowing the figure had to be in town somewhere Crow began to walk around with Black-Winged Dragon. They did this for hours with only a few glimpses of the dark figure. It almost was like they were buying time, but for what. He looked up to see the sun was high in the sky. Then it hit him this was like that town they had found Kalin in the figure must want to duel him at high noon. At this revelation he ran to the center street of the ghost town with Black-Winged Dragon floating after him.

And just as he thought there on the other side was the black figure. But now that he could get a good look at him he noticed he actually wasn't wearing almost any black. He wore a dark blue jacket with a light blue under shirt with dark blue jeans. He wore a dark brown Stetson with a little bit of his blonde hair sticking out on the right.

"It's about time you got here buddy I almost thought you'd be late." The figure said.

"Well it took me a while to figure it out." Crow said.

"Yeah me too I've been trying to find this street for hours." The figure chuckled.

"You mean you weren't just making me chase you to waste time till high noon?" Crow asked confused.

"No. Wait you were chasing me why?" The figure asked equally confused.

"Well we saw you on that dune earlier and I wanted to ask you knew anything about this test I'm supposed to take." Crow told him.

"Ah I get it. Well look no further for I am your test." The figure said understanding.

"Well then let's duel then." Crow said getting his duel disk out.

"Whoa buddy slow down." The figure told him. "Let's introduce ourselves first."

"Ok umm my I'm Crow Hogan." He told him before gesturing to his dragon, "And this is Black-Winged Dragon."

"That's cool name and it's nice to meet you Mr. Dragon." The figure said.

"And you are?" Crow asked.

"Me? I'm the feared the powerful the totally awesome butt kicking Joey Wheeler!" The figure exclaimed.

"Well it's nice to meet you Joey." Crow said as he extended his hand.

"Nice to meet you too Crow." Joey said as he took Crow's hand and shook it.

"So the voice that sent me here said I had to overcome something that was holding me back to gain this new power. You know anything about that?" Crow asked him.

"No not really. All I know is that I was at my house and suddenly in the middle of the morning a portal opened up and a voice told me to go through it to find a worthy opponent." Joey told him.

"Well there goes that option." Crow said.

"Sorry bud, but if I were you I'd look back through my life and find something that was new or unusual." Joey told him trying to help.

"Well I think I might have something." Crow told him.

"Really what is it?" Joey asked.

"Well I was dueling this girl couple of days ago and she was really flirty with me and I kind of never told her to stop because I actually kind of liked it and I feel really bad about it." Crow explained.

"Wait why would you feel really bad about it? I mean if I was single and a girl who was good at dueling started flirting with me I would enjoy it." Joey asked confused.

"Well I'm kind of in a relationship." Crow told him.

Joey's eyes went wide, "Oh. Well I can see what you mean now dude. But why would it hold you back I mean you've been forgiven right?" Joey said.

"Well the thing is I never told her. There's also the fact that sometime I doubt that I really deserve her." Crow confessed.

"Oh dude you're so in for it. But that's probably what's holding you back. I mean if I wasn't loyal to my girl and I never told her I'd feel might guilty, and that would affect me quite a bit." Joey told him.

"I hear you, but I don't know if I can tell her." Crow told him.

"Well you have to sometime, but that's your choice dude. For now though let's get to that duel." Joey said pulling out his duel disk.

"Ok then let's do this." Crow nodded.

Then Joey pulled something out from behind his back then Frisbee threw it to Crow who caught it. "What's this?" Crow asked.

"That my friend is a Stetson. You see I've always wanted to have a duel in the Wild West and you can't have one of those without a Stetson." Joey told him smirking.

"Ah I get you makes us look cooler right." Crow said.

"Exactly." Joey nodded as Crow put on the black Stetson.

"Alright then you ready?" Crow asked and Joey nodded.

"Let's DUEL!" The both shouted.

Crow 4000- Joey 4000

"I'll go first!" Joey said drawling his card, "I'll start things off by summoning my Panther Warrior in attack mode."

Panther Warrior- Beast Warrior- 2000/1600 Level 4

On Joey's field appeared a bipedal dark purple panther with gold armor, a green cape and a curved sword and shield.

"Then I'll throw two face downs and activate my Dangerous Machine Type-6. That'll end my turn." Joey finished.

"It's my turn then." Crow said as he drew his card, "I summon my Blackwing- Pane the Steel Chain." On Crow's field appeared a bird wearing a mask with two chains coming out from its back.

Blackwing- Pane the Steel Chain- Winged Beast- 500/800 Level 2

"Then because birds of a feather flock together I'll summon my Blackwing- Bora the Spear since I control a Blackwing monster." Crow said as his bird appeared on the field. "Now thanks to my Pane's effect I can attack you directly." Crow said as his the chains on his monster came to life and smashed into Joey sending him backward.

Crow 4000- Joey 3500

"Ah nice move bud." Joey remarked.

"Thanks, but I'm not done yet. Since my Bane successfully attacked you directly I can change your monster to defense mode." Crow told him.

"Ah say what now?" Joey exclaimed as his Panther Warrior changed to defense mode.

"Now I'll attack your monster with my Bora the Spear. Go Black Spiral Bare!" Crow commanded. Bora flew at Panther Warrior and stabbed him with his spear, but he didn't explode. "What!? Why isn't your monster destroyed?" Crow exclaimed.

"Because I activated my facedown Savior's Demise. With this card I can prevent my monster from being destroyed by discarding a monster with a higher level." Joey explained.

Crow 4000- Joey 3400

"Fine then, but you still take the difference between my monster's Atk and your monster's Def. Then I'll end my turn with a face down. Your turn." Crow said.

"Before I take my turn I activate my facedown Stray Lambs. This card gives me two lamb tokens in defense mode." Joey said

Crow 4000- Joey 3400

"My turn now." He said drawling, "Now my Dangerous Machine Type-6 activates and depending on which number it chooses a different effect activates." The numbers on the machine came to life and started to roll. They finally slowed down until they came to a stop with all of them showing 1. "Now because of that I have to discard one card from my hand." Joey explained as he slipped the card into his graveyard. "Next I'll summon my Alligator's Sword!" On his field appeared a bipedal green alligator with a sharp sword.

Alligator's Sword- Beast- 1500/1200 Level 4

"Then I'll switch my Panther Warrior to attack mode. Now I'll attack your Bane with my Panther Warrior by sacrificing one of my lamp tokens." Joey said as one of his lamp token's vanished and his Panther Warrior leapt at the little blackwing.

"I activate my facedown Winged Defense. This card allows me to switch my Blackwing to defense mode and switch your attack to my Bora the Spear." Crow told him as Bane crouched and held his arms in front of himself and Panther Warrior switched targets and slashed Bora.

Crow 3700- Joey 3400

"Good move, but it won't save your birdy. Go Alligator's Sword slice and dice that bird." Joey said as his monster slashed Bane causing it to explode. "I'll end my turn with that."

"That was a good turn, but mine will be better." Crow smirked.

Crow 3700- Joey 3400

"I draw. Then I'll summon my Blackwing-Sirocco the Dawn since you control am monster and I don't." Crow said.

Blackwing- Sirocco the Dawn- Winged-Beast- 2000/900 Level 5

"Next I'll activate the spell card Birds of a Feather. With this card if I have a winged beast monster on my field I can summon another one, but of a lower level. So I'll summon Blackwing- Blizzard the Far North!" On Crow's field appeared a small light blue bird with a yellow beak.

Blackwing- Blizzard the Far North-Winged-Beast – 1300/0000 Level 2

"Then I'll activate her effect which allows me to revive a level 4 or lower Blackwing from my graveyard in face up defense position and in this case I choose Bora the Spear!" Crow said as his monster returned.

"Now I'll tune my two monsters together!" Crow began. On his field Blizzard changed into two stars that changed into two green rings that surrounded Sirocco. "By tuning my level 5 Sirocco and my level 2 Blizzard I can synchro summon a level 7 monster." A blinding light shot through the green rings and Sirocco. "I synchro summon Assault Blackwing- Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Crow yelled. When the light faded on Crow's field appeared a man in a purple bird suit with a blue left wing and a metal right one.

Assault Blackwing- Raikiri the Rain Shower- Winged-Beast- 2600/2000- Level 7

"Now I'll use his effect which allows me to destroy as many of your monsters as I have Blackwings on my field besides himself." Crow said as Raikiri flapped his wings hard and sent a strong gust of wind that destroyed Panther Warrior. "Now Raikiri the Rain Shower attack Alligator's sword with Torrential Gusts!" Crow yelled as his monster flapped its wings even harder and sent an even stronger gust of wind at Joey's gator shattering it.

Crow 3700- Joey 2300

With that I'll end my turn with that." Crow finished.

"Impressive." Black-Winged Dragon remarked.

"Thanks." Crow replied.

Crow 3700- Joey 2300

"Wow you sure showed me bud, but now it's my turn." Joey said drawing his card. "First my Dangerous Machine Type-6 activates." Just as before the balls on the machine began to spin quickly and just as before they began to slow down. Only this time it stopped on the number 3. "Nice now I get to draw another card. Then I play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two cards." He said as he drew two more cards. Joey grinned giddily, "First I summon my Baby Dragon in defense mode." He said as light orange baby dragon appeared on his field.

Baby Dragon- Dragon- 1200/700 Dragon

"Then I play one card facedown and end my turn." Joey said.

Crow 3700- Joey 2300

"My turn then." Crow said drawling his card. That little dragon isn't much of a threat so I won't use Raikiri's effect when I can just crush it with Bora. "I'll switch my Bora the Spear to attack mode. Then I'll attack your Baby Dragon with my Bora the Spear. Go Black Spiral Bare!" Crow ordered as his monster flew at the baby dragon.

"Yah you fell straight into my trap!" Joey exclaimed.

"What trap!?" Crow yelled in fear.

"This one. Go Magical Arm Shield!" Joey said revealing his trap as an arm came out of it and grabbed Raikiri and put him in Bora's path. "You see when you attack one of my monsters while you have two or more monsters I can take one of your monsters and make it the attack target."

"No Bora stop!" Crow yelled as his monster prepared to strike its fellow Blackwing.

"Too late bud. Now Raikiri counter attack!" Joey said as Bora's attack was blocked. Then Raikiri sent a gust of wind at Bora destroying him.

Crow 2800- Joey 2300

"I'll end my turn with a facedown then." Crow sighed.

Crow 2800- Joey 2300

"My move then and my Dangerous Machine Type-6 activates." Joey said as his card activated and the balls began to spin quicker and quicker until they stopped on 6. "Uh oh." Joey said as the machine exploded. "Well their goes that option. Any who back to my turn I now summon one of my most powerful monsters the mighty Time Wizard!" He said as a clock shaped magician with a staff appeared on his field.

Time Wizard- Spellcaster- 500/400 Level 2

"Now it's time to make my baby dragon grow. He may not look powerful now, but in a thousand years he'll be a force to be reckoned with." Joey said.

"Well how are you going to do that?" Crow asked.

"Well he's called Time Wizard for a reason." Joey smirked, "And here's why. Go Time Roulette!" He called as the dial in the staff began to spin. On the top and bottom were jackpots while on the sides were skulls.

"You're going to chance it with only a 2 out of 6 chance of winning?" Crow asked in disbelief.

"This human seems to like to take chances." Black-Winged Dragon remarked.

"Yep that's how I play." Joey answered. Soon the dial began to slow down. It almost stopped on a skull, but it moved to the jackpot. "Yes Jackpot! Now go Time Magic!"

Joey's Time Wizard jumped into the air and cast its spell on the whole field. Joey and Crow watched as the time flew forward. Crow's Raikiri soon turned to dust while Joey's Baby Dragon grew to its adult form.

"Meet Thousand Dragon!" Joey said as his dragon roared.

Thousand Dragon-Fusion- Dragon- 2400/2000 Level 7

"And thanks to my Time Wizard's Time Magic you're birdy is nothing, but a pile of dust. Allowing my Thousand Dragon to attack you directly! Go Noxious Nostril Gust!" He called as his dragon reared up its neck and sent a gust off noxious fumes from its nostrils straight at Crow blasting him backwards.

Crow 400- Joey 2300

"Argh that was something I didn't expect." Crow said.

"Yah no one ever does." Joey chuckled, "It's your turn now, so show me what you got."

Crow 400- Joey 2300

"I draw. Now I play a card called Cards for Black Feathers. This card allows me to banish a Blackwing from my hand and in exchange I get to draw two more cards." Crow said as he banished his monster then drew his two cards. "Now I'll summon this card faced down, then I'll lay a face down." He said as two face down's appeared on Crow's field. "Your move."

Crow 400- Joey 2300

"Ah I see you're planning something, but you don't have the cards yet, so you're stalling." Joey said as he drew his card. "I'll play this card face down. Now Thousand Dragon attack his facedown with Noxious Nostril Gust!" Just as before the powerful dragon shot twin blasts of noxious fumes at Crow's card. However this time when the smoke faded instead of the facedown monster there was an armored bird holding two daggers that was crouched in a defensive posture.

Blackwing- Gladius the Midnight Sun- Winged-Beast- 800/1500 Level 3

"Why isn't he destroyed!?" Joey exclaimed.

"That's because of his effect. Once per turn he can't be destroyed." Crow explained.

"Ah I see. Well I'll end my turn then." Joey said.

Crow 400- Joey 2300

"My move now let's see what I can do." Crow said as he drew his card. "Alright! Now I can dish out some pay back!"

"Uh oh." Joey said.

"I summon my Blackwing- Gale the Whirlwind." Crow said as his blue and green bird appeared on his field next to Gladius.

Blackwing- Gale the Whirlwind- Winged-Beast/Tuner- 1300/400 Level 3

"Now I'll use my Gale's special ability which cuts your monsters attack and defense in half." Crow told him.

Thousand Dragon-Fusion- Dragon- 1200/1000 Level 7

"And that's not all because now I'm going to tune my level 3 Gale with my level 3 Gladius for a level 6 synchro summon!" On Crow's field Gale turned into 3 stars that morphed into 3 rings that surrounded Gladius. "I synchro summon Blackwing-Nothung the Starlight!" A blinding light shot through the three rings and Gladius and when it faded in their place was a large armored black bird.

Blackwing-Nothung the Starlight 2400/1600 Winged Beast Level 6

"Now I activate Nothung's effect. First when he is summoned he deals 800 points of damage to you and your monster loses 800 attack points as well

Crow 400- Joey 1500

Thousand Dragon-Fusion- Dragon- 400/1000 Level 7

"Now Nothung the Starlight attack Thousand Dragon! Blackwing Starlight Slash!" Nothung flew up into the air then came down slashing Thousand Dragon and causing it to explode.

Crow 400- Joey 3500

"What how did your life points go up!?" Crow exclaimed and Black-Winged Dragon was equally surprised.

"That would because of my Nutrient Z. With this card if I would take 2000 or more points of damage I can gain 4000LPs before I take that damage." Joey smirked. Crow then began laughing like he had never laughed before. "Are you ok dude?"

"Oh yeah I'm not just fine I'm great. I've never met a duelist who could duel with me like this going back and forth without any advantage and no magic or shadow games." Crow answered.

"I hear you dude. Just two average joes duking it out." Joey nodded.

"Exactly. I'll end my turn now you move." Crow told him.

Crow 400- Joey 3500

"Ok I draw. Now I play Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we both have six cards in our hands." Joey said as he drew his six cards as did Crow.

"Now I play a spell card known as QUESTION!" Joey said.

"Question?" Crow asked confused.

"Yep you see with this card you have to guess which monster card is at the bottom of my graveyard if you call it right my monster is removed from play, but if you call it wrong I get to summon it to my field." Joey explained.

"Ok I get it." Crow said. Then it hit him oh great what monster is at the bottom of his graveyard. Was it his Panther Warrior? No that was the first monster of his I destroyed. Wait that first card he used that Savior's Demise trap. He had to discard a monster with a higher level to save his Panther Warrior. But that means it could be any monster in his deck and I don't know his deck.

"Times almost up dude." Joey said.

"I don't know I know it has to be whatever monster you discarded for your Savior's Demise, but I don't know which one. So I guess I'll guess Panther Warrior." Crow sighed.

"Nope sorry bud. It's not Panther Warrior. It's something much more powerful." Joey grinned as he took the card from his graveyard. "Let me introduce you two. Introducing the powerful, the terrifying, the undefeatable, then Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Joey yelled as he summoned a large black dragon with large black wings and terrifying red eyes. It roared loudly shaking the town around them.

Red-eyes Black Dragon- Dragon- 2400/2000 Level 7

"Whow the legendary Red-eyes Black Dragon." Crow gaped in awe. He had heard of this beast in his travels, but he never would of guessed it was this majestic.

"He is pretty awesome huh?" Joey said and Crow nodded. Joey smirked, "Well if you think that's awesome try this on for size. Go Dragon Nails." On Red-eyes Black Dragon's claws appeared two gauntlets going over them with shiny metal claws.

Red-eyes Black Dragon- Dragon- 3000/2000 Level 7

"Now Red-eyes attack! Go Inferno Fire Blast!" Joey commanded as his monster let loose a large fireball.

"Not so fast I play my trap card Damage Summoner. I can cut the damage I would take in half and then I can summon a monster from my hand with attack points less than or equal to the damage I took." Crow countered.

Crow 100- Joey 3500

"So now from my hand I'll summon my Blackwing-Mistral the Silver Shield!" Crow said as a dark blue bird appeared with armor on its head and middle section.

Blackwing-Mistral the Silver Shield- Winged-Beast/Tuner- 100/1800 Level 2

"Dang almost had you Crow. I'll end my turn with two face-downs then." Joey said finishing his turn.

Crow 100- Joey 3500

"That was too close." Black-Winged Dragon said.

"You're telling me." Crow replied, "I draw. Now I play three cards facedown then I'll end my turn."

Crow 100- Joey 3500

"That's it?" Joey asked.

"Yep." Crow replied.

"Ok dude. My move then. I draw. Now I'll attack your Mistral. Go Inferno Fire Blast." Joey said.

As the fire balls flew towards Mistral it looked like he was a goner, but then a barrier appear in front of him blocking the attack. "I activate my trap card Negate Attack!"

"Argh I knew you were going have something like that!" Joey said. "Ah well I guess I'll end my turn with a facedown."

Crow 100- Joey 3500

"I draw." Crow smirked at what he had drawn, "It's time for me to make a comeback, and here's how I'll start it. I play the spell card Monster Reborn! With this card I'll bring back my Nothung the Starlight." He said as the black Blackwing returned to his field. "Now I tune my level 2 Mistral with my level 6 Nothung to synchro summon a level 8 synchro monster."

On Crow's field Mistral changed into two stars that changed into two green rings that surrounded Nothung. "I synchro summon Black-Winged Dragon!" A pillar of blinding light shot through the two rings and Nothung. When it faded Crow's dragon now floated where Nothung and Mistral had been.

Black-Winged Dragon- Dragon- 2800/1600 Level 8

"Wow another Red- eyed black dragon." Joey gaped.

"Yep, but the difference is that mine's going to be on the field longer." Crow told him, "Now I summon Blackwing Zephyros the Elite!" On Crow's field appeared a tall bird with two pale armored hands and a large blue head with a big yellow beak. It also sported two black wings that protruded out of its back.

"Then I'll activate my facedown Blackwing Bombardment! With this card I can tribute a Blackwing on my field to add its attack points to a synchro monster I control. So I'll add his attack points to my Black-Winged Dragon." Crow continued.

Black-Winged Dragon- Dragon- 4400/1600 Level 8

"Dang that's a lot of attack points." Joey pointed out.

"Yes it is and now your Red-eyes is going to feel every last point my dragon has. Now Black-Winged Dragon attack! Go Shadow Squall Blast!"

"Finally time to dish out some payback!" Blackwing Dragon roared before he opened his mouth and shot a spiraling blast of red and blast at Red-eyes Black Dragon. It roared in pain then exploded with a boom.

Crow 100- Joey 2100

"Then I'll end my turn with a facedown." Crow said. Whew I managed to destroy his dragon, but I'm still in a bind. He's got 2000 points over me and after my Black-Winged Dragon I don't have anything else Crow thought to himself.

"Don't worry Crow if he has anything else I'm sure we can take it." Black-Winged Dragon told him.

Crow 100- Joey 2100

"I draw now." Joey said. He looked over his cards carefully. Now what can I do to get rid of his dragon? Oh I've got an idea! It's crazy but it just may work. "Ok bud now it's my turn to pay you back."

"Now I play my trap card Red-Eyes Spirit. With this card I get my Red-Eyes Black dragon back." Joey said as his dragon reappeared on his field.

"Now I think it's about time I try out this synchro summoning. First I'll play my other facedown GraveRobber which allows me to take a card from your graveyard and use it for myself. So I'll take your Gale the Whirlwind." Joey said pointing at Crow's graveyard. Out of it shot ghostly figure of Gale that flew at Joey's hand. It vanished and now Joey was holding 4 instead of 3 cards.

"Now I play the Claw of HERMOS!" Joey yelled as he placed a card on his Dueldisk. A light shot out of the card and onto Joey's field. When it faded where the light had hit the ground was now a ruby colored dragon with a large horned nose.

"Hermos?" Crow said then it hit him, "Hey that's one of the names of the three ancient dragons that helped defeat the Seal of Orichalcos priest!"

"You know about that?" Joey asked.

"Yeah it was in a book we found in our city's library." Crow told him.

"Really did it mention me because I was there too?" Joey asked excitedly.

"No it just said three legendary duelists." Crow said and Joy deflated.

"Well at least they called me a legendary duelist." He sighed. "Any who now I'll combine my Claw of Hermos with Gale the Whirlwind!"

On Joey's field next to Hermos appeared Gale the Whirlwind. Then they both began to spin around each other like yin and yang. When they spotted in their place was now a small dragon with a green wing feathered and a ruby wing feathered. It had a large beak, two clawed feet and a crown on its head Hermos, but it had little wings on the side of its head like Gale did. Finally its eyes were slits with a gold eye color. "Say hello too Paroxysm the Crossbreed!"

Paroxysm the Crossbreed- Fusion/Dragon/Tuner 1300/400 Level 3

"A fusion tuner!?" Crow and Black-Winged Dragon yelled in shock. How is there such a thing Crow's mind screamed? This guy must have had this thing planned out from the very beginning.

Wow I can't believe that actually worked! Joey yelled in his mind. "Yep that's right Crow and now it's my turn to synchro summon! I tune my level 3 Paroxysm with my level 7 Red-eyes to synchro summon a level 10 monster!"

"Watch in amazement as my Paroxysm turns into stars that then turn into rings. Then watch as those rings surround my Red-eyes." Joey narrated as Paroxysm did just that only the stars and rings were purple instead of green." Now watch the final part of my act as my two monsters disappear." A blinding light shot through the rings and Red-eyes. "And finally my new monster appears. I fusion synchro summon Red-eyes Twilight Dragon!" A black explosion blinded both duelists for a few seconds.

When it faded where Red-eyes and Paroxysm were now stood a large black dragon that roared loudly making Crow flinch. It had two large black and ruby wings incrusted with rubies and onyxes. It stood on two large ruby clawed feet and it had a long tail incrusted with rubies that ended in a sharp spike. Its body was sleek and graceful, but underneath it had large muscles. Connected to its body were two muscled, but sleek arms that ended in hands with four ruby colored claws. Finally it had a long neck with rubies running along it that ended with a sleek head, a beaked mouth, two ruby red eyes and a ruby and onyx colored crown that went backwards.

Red-eyes Twilight Dragon-Synchro/Dragon-3800/2900 Level 10

"A synchro from a fusion tuner how is that possible?" Crow said in wonder.

"Well Crow if I've learned anything from my travels it's that anything is possible." Joey told him. "Now it's time to test this puppy out. Red-eyes Twilight Dragon attack his Black- Winged Dragon! Go Inferno Twilight Blast!"

Red-eyes Twilight Dragon roared in acceptance then leaned its head back. The rubies and onyxes on its body began to glow with power. Then it snapped its head forward and let loose a ruby and onyx blast that tore across the field at Crow's monster.

"Your monster is tough to bad I'm about to destroy it. Activate trap Sakuretsu Armor! When you declare an attack I can activate this card to destroy your attacking monster." Crow countered.

"That's a nice move, unfortunately for you when Paroxysm is used to synchro summon a dragon monster that monster gains the ability of not being effected by trap cards. And I also forgot to mention one thing my Red-eyes Twilight Dragon gains 300 attack and defense points for every dragon in my graveyard and even though I almost failed my mathematics class in high school I count four dragons, so my Red-eyes Twilight Dragon gains 1200 attack and defense points." Joe told him.

Red-eyes Twilight Dragon-Synchro/Dragon-5000/4100 Level 10

"5000 attack points!" Crow exclaimed in horror as he watched the onyx and ruby colored beam grow larger. It smash through the Sakuretsu Armor like nothing then slammed into Black-Winged Dragon. It roared in pain as it was engulfed in flames before it was blown backwards and slammed into the ground.

Knowing he only had a few seconds Crow quickly sent a card to his graveyard then pushed a button on his Dueldisk hoping he wasn't too late.

"Well bud it was fun, but it looks like I win." Joey said as the smoke from the explosion faded showing Crow still standing, but struggling.

Crow 2100- Joey 2100

"How the heck!? You should have zero life points after that attack!" Joey exclaimed.

Crow chuckled, "That's because of my trap card Fake Feathers. You're not the only guy who can take cards from other people's graveyards. All I had to do was use my discard a Blackwing monster and in return I can take the effect of one of your trap cards and use it as my own. So since I was low on life points I chose your Nutrient Z."

"Wow I did not expect that." Joey said, "Well I can't do anything else this turn so I'll play a facedown and end my turn."

Crow 2100- Joey 2100

"You ok Black-Winged Dragon?" Crow asked worriedly.

His dragon groaned in pain before getting up, "Yeah I'm fine."

"Ok then. My move I draw." Crow said. He looked at the cards in his hand and sighed. I don't have anything that can take down his dragon and Black-Winged Dragon was my best shot. What do I do!? What do I do!? "I-I'll play a monster facedown and end my turn." He sighed.

Crow 2100- Joey 2100

"Ok bud. My move then." Joey said taking his card, "Now I think I'll attack your facedown monster with my Red-eyes Twilight Dragon! Go attack with Inferno Twilight Blast!" The onyx and ruby blast tore across the field vaporizing Crow's facedown card. "And with that I'll end my turn."

Crow 2100- Joey 2100

What can I do!? There's nothing I can to do defeat him! I've got nothing up my sleeve to beat his dragon! Crow thought to himself believing his situation hopeless. Then time seemed to freeze around him.

"Do not give up Crow you can still win this!" A voice roared who Crow recognized as the Crimson Dragon

"But what can I do nothing I have can defeat him?" Crow argued.

"You must let go of your fear and self-doubt. Only then can you unlock this new power and prevail." The Crimson Dragon explained.

Crow sighed, "I don't know if I can."

"You must." The Crimson Dragon said then a scream was heard.

"T-that sounds like Sherry!" Crow yelled, "But where's it coming from!?" He looked around then a mirror appeared showing Sherry dueling a blonde girl. Crow watched the blonde girl ordered her monster to attack. He watched the monster attack Sherry then the mirror disappear. "No! Is she alright!? What happened!?"

"That was a glimpse of what she is going through. Tell me do you fear for her safety do you wish to protect her?" The Crimson Dragon asked.

"Of course I do what kind of a question is that!?" Crow yelled angrily.

"A logical one! If you give up then how are you going to protect her!? Shouldn't your fear for her safety out way your fear of the consequences of your actions!?" The Crimson Dragon boomed.

Crow realized he was right he couldn't protect Sherry if he gave up and was defeated. He had to keep fighting and find a way to win, "You're right I can't just give up Sherry needs me. I promise to tell her as soon as I see her and I won't doubt myself anymore. Unfreeze us and I will finish this duel!"

"Very well good luck to you." The Crimson Dragon told him as time returned to normal.

"You going to make your move Crow?" Joey asked.

"Yah was just thinking." Crow said as he drew his card. "I now play the spell card Draw of Destiny! With this card I get to draw two cards from my deck, but if they are the same type I must discard them. So now I draw two cards from my deck." He pulled the cards from his deck and looked at them in shock he had never had them in his deck, before. These must be from the Crimson Dragon. Time to make a comeback. "First I play the trap card Wicked Rebirth to bring my Black-Winged Dragon back at the cost of 800 life points." Black-Winged Dragon floated forward from behind Crow as he was re-summoned.

Crow 1300- Joey 2100

"Now I play my new spell card Black Fusion! With this card I fuse Blackwing- Breeze the Zephyr in my hand with Gale the Whirlwind in my graveyard!" The two little orange and blue/green birds appeared on Crow's field then began to spin around each other in a vortex.

"Now come forth Blackwing-Typhoon the Priestess!" Where Breeze and Gale had been now stood a black bird with a white head that had black spots on the neck and a large red beak. Its wings were black on top with white on the bottom and it stood on two sturdy legs with four talon's that ended feet with 4 talons. Finally it had a long staff with a dark blue orb on top that it held in its left wing.

Blackwing-Typhoon the Priestess-Fusion/Winged-Beast/Tuner- 1000/1200 Level 4

"Wow you can make a fusion tuner too!" Joey exclaimed.

"Yes I can. Now since my Typhoon was successfully summoned I get to draw one card." Crow said as he drew his card.

"Now I tune my Level 4 Typhoon with my Level 8 Black-Winged Dragon! To synchro summon a level 12 monster!" Typhoon changed into 4 dark purple stars that morphed into 4 rings of the same color. The rings surrounded Black-Winged Dragon, then a blinding light purple light shot through the rings. "I synchro summon Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon!" An explosion of energy occurred sending both duelists skidding backwards.

When they could see again where Typhoon and Black-Winged Dragon had been now floated a dragon similar to the later, but with some key differences. It no longer had four wings, but no had two large wings that were a blood red color and a black color. At the tips of these wings were sharp shiny silver blades that gleamed in the sun light. It now had arms that were adorned with colors similar to its wings, but with a crimson red instead of a blood red. Along the arms were silver blades similar to the ones on its wings, but much smaller. At the end of each of its arms were four sharp red claws. It still had not legs, but its tail had now grown longer so that now it rose above its head slightly and each tail feather now ended in a sharp blade. Finally its head was now much larger the feathers around it now were silver as well as black. It now had a silver beak adorned with scars and a large golden horn. Growing out from the beak and curving backwards was golden cartilage that had split off to either side of its head.

Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon-Synchro/Dragon- 3400/2600 Level 12

"So this is the power of this place." Crow said in awe as he looked at his new dragon, "How you feeling buddy?"

"I feel great!" Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon roared.

"That's some new dragon Crow, but I hate to tell you this, but monster still had 1600 more attack points." Joey told him.

"Not for long. Now I use my Typhoons effect the monster it was used to synchro summon gains 1000 attack points." Crow remarked as purple glow went around his dragon powering it up.

Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon-Synchro/Dragon- 4400/2600 Level 12

"Um sorry to tell you this, but your monster still has 600 less attack points then my Twilight Dragon." Joey pointed out.

"Not for long. Now I set the card I drew with Typhoons effect. Then I activate my Blackwing Zephyros the Elite's effect from the graveyard. By taking a card I have on the field and adding it to my hand I can special summon Zephyros from my graveyard to my field at the cost of 400 life points. But thanks to my Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon's effect I take no damage and he gains the damage as attack points instead." Crow told him.

Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon-Synchro/Dragon- 4800/2600 Level 12

"Then I shall set that card on the field again which causes Zephyros to be destroyed." Crow told him as his monster exploded. "And now I shall return my card to my hand to bring Zephyros back and my monster gains 400 more attack points. Then I shall set my card again destroying Zephyros and once again I shall bring him back."

Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon-Synchro/Dragon- 5200/2600 Level 12

Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon-Synchro/Dragon- 5600/2600 Level 12

This continued until Crow's monster was at 7600 attack points. "Now I have enough attack points to knock you out with one shot. "Now Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon attack his Red-Eyes Midnight Dragon! Go Cataclysmic Shadow Blast!"

"It's payback time now!" Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon roared in agreement wanting to get some payback. Its body began to glow a crimson hue as it built up power. Then it let it all out shooting a massive crimson and black beam at Red-Eyes Midnight Dragon.

"I activate my trap card Roll Gainer. With this card I get to roll a die and depending on what number it lands on my monster gains 100 times that number in attack points." Joey yelled revealing his card.

"You're risking winning this duel on a single roll!?" Crow exclaimed.

"Yep if you don't risk anything you won't gain anything." Joey told him, "Now go dice roll!"

"This human seems to like to take risks." Crow's dragon mused, "It's worked before, but hopefully not this time."

From out of Joey's trap came a red and blue dice that rolled across the field. It roller until it came to a stop on one of its corners with the number 5 on top. Crow sighed in relief. Then to his horror he watched the die roll to the side and the number 6 come on top.

"Ah yeah! Now my Red-eyes Twilight Dragon gains 600 attack points which means I'm still in this duel!" Joey exclaimed.

Red-eyes Twilight Dragon-Synchro/Dragon-5600/4100 Level 10

The crimson and black beam from Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon finally reached Red-eyes Twilight Dragon causing it to screech in pain before exploding.

Crow 1300- Joey 100

"Dang it how did you get so lucky!?" Crow yelled.

"That's what everyone asks." Joey chuckled.

"Well I can't do anything else so it's your move." Crow said ending his turn.

Crow 1300- Joey 100

"I draw." Joey said and smirked when he saw it causing Crow to worry a bit. "It's time to pay you back for destroying my dragon. I play my spell card Level 4 brigade! With this card I can summon 3 level 4 monsters from my graveyard at the cost of half of my life points, but they must all be of a different type and they can't attack this turn."

Crow 1300- Joey 50

"Now I summon from my graveyard Panther Warrior, Alligator's Sword, and finally Rocket Warrior." Joey said as his sword wielding Panther and Alligator reappeared on his field accompanied by a warrior in green armor carrying a similar shield and a short sword.

"Wait how? I never saw that Rocket Warrior card go to your graveyard." Crow said confused.

"I'm not surprised he was sent to the graveyard by my Dangerous Machine Type-6 he was the card I had had to discard." Joey answered him. "Now I sacrifice all three of my monsters. To summon Gilford the Lightning!"

Crow watched as Joey's three monsters turned into three different colored balls that shot into the sky. Then storm clouds appeared and from them came a lighting strike that impacted the ground on Joey's field. When the smoke faded on Joey's field now stood a man with silver armor and a orange cape. The warrior also carried a large sword on his back.

Gilford the Lightning-Warrior- 2800/1400 Level 8

"Impressive monster Joey, but my monster still beats it in attack points." Crow pointed out.

"Well Gilford doesn't have to beat your dragon in attack points his effect will do it for him. You see since I sacrificed my 3 monsters to summon him I can destroy all monsters on your side of the field." Joey told him.

"What!?" Crow exclaimed.

"Go Lightning Sword!" Joey called. Gilford unsheathed his sword and thrust it into the air and it was his by electricity. Then he thrust in downward at Crow's dragon. The electricity traveled at Crows monster and hit it with an explosion.

Hah ha I got him Joey thought to himself. However when the smoke faded Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon was still standing.

"But how!?" Joey cried in shock.

"Well it seems that once per turn my monster can't be destroyed by card effects." Crow told after looking at his monsters effects. Must be like Jack's Red Nova and Yusei's Shooting Star Dragon he thought to himself.

"Wait you're telling me you never checked my effects and we just got extremely lucky!" Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon exclaimed.

"I'm sorry! I thought we had it in the bag!" Crow replied apologetically.

"Humans." Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon sighed shaking his head.

"I'll end my turn now." Joey sighed. Dang it that was my last shot! Well if I'm going out then at least I had an awesome duel while it lasted.

"You ok Joey?" Crow asked worriedly drawing his card.

Joey took a deep breath, "Yeah I'm fine I'm just sad this duel had to end."

"Yeah me too." Crow replied a little sad.

"Crow it's cool finish it." Joey told him.

"Right." Crow nodded, "Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon attack Gilford the Lightning. Cataclysmic Shadow Blast!" Crow's Dragon roared before shooting its crimson and black blast at the sword wielding warrior. It slammed into him and he screamed in pain before exploding.

Crow 1300- Joey 0000

The holograms disappeared and Black-Winged Cataclysmic Dragon returned to normal, then Joey collapsed to his knees. Crow quickly ran towards him "Joey you ok man?" He asked worriedly.

Joey raised his head up to look at him, "Yeah I'm fine. Just exhausted." He told him as he slowly stood up.

"Yeah so am I." Crow agreed. "I almost thought you had me with that last move."

"Yeah so did I. Lucky your dragon had that effect huh?" Joey replied.

"Yeah otherwise I'd never see my friends again." Crow laughed.

"So you passed your test?" Joey asked.

"Yep. As soon as I see Sherry again I'm going to tell her and accept the consequences." Crow nodded.

"Then I guess this is where we part." Joey said extending his hand.

"Yeah I guess so. But just to let you know this is one of the best duels I've ever had." Crow said putting his hand out and shaking Joey's hand.

"Bye Crow." Joey said waving his hand before vanishing.

"Ok that was just creepy." Crow remarked slightly shocked and Black-Winged Dragon nodded.

Then Crow felt the buzzing sensation again as did Black-Winged Dragon. And then before they could even blink they were gone and the town was quite again.

Betcha weren't expecting that were you!? To be honest this duel was very hard to write and it took me forever to finish because I had to make sure everything worked and that there were no errors with the moves. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please tell me how I did in your review.