Back in Domino City, within the Muto household were Joey, Tristan and Solomon Muto were all in the lounge room, watching as Yugi and Tea were to face off against a 'great evil' and wondered what kind of evil their friends would have to face, but knew no matter what happened, Yugi and Tea's victory was assured, however, even though they had faith in Yugi and Tea's abilities, none of them had no idea what their new enemy would be capable of.
Yugi and Tea were then taken to another one of the Champion Hunter's Death Zone Stadiums, in which Joey, Tristan and Yugi's grandpa watched in confusion as not only was most of the arena surrounded by darkness, but also an indoor eclipse hovered on the opposite side of their friends.
However, it was then Joey, Tristan and Yugi's grandpa watched as the 'eclipse' began to grow to an immense size, before it began to leak trails of darkness, in which Yugi, Tea and their friends watched as a wicked entity rose from the darkness, an entity which was dressed in gray coloured robes, as a black hood adorned his head.
But when the figure removed his hood, Joey and Tristan freaked out, as the man wasn't a man, but a living skeleton, as shown by the fact he had no flesh on his face, but a cattle-shaped skull, with glowing blue eyes and upon looking closer, they could see the bones of his ribcage just sticking out the front of his cloak, but while Joey and Tristan were stunned at the appearance of Yugi and Tea's new nemesis, 'The King of Games' simply asked, as he activated his Duel Disc. "Nightshroud?"
"Correct." The creature known as Nightshroud replied, before he stated, as dark clouds formed behind his back, in which when the darkness dispersed, took the form of five wings, which thanks to Jaden's information, Yugi and Tea knew was his Duel Disc. "And you are Yugi Muto, the king of games and the one I must remove from my path in order to get to my true enemy, Jaden Yuki."
"You can forget that idea, Nightshroud! Cause we're going to beat you at your own game before you get the chance!" Tea replied in a determined tone, as she activated her Duel Disc.
"Very well. You both shall receive my judgment, and wander in between the light and darkness for all eternity alongside a broken soul, which will be Jaden." Nightshroud as five Cards appeared from the darkness into his hand, in which Yugi and Tea each drew five Cards, before all three Duelists called out in unison. "Let's Duel!"
Starting Scores:
Yugi: 4000
Tea: 4000
Nightshroud: 8000
"Yugi, mind if I make the first move?" Tea asked in a curious tone, in which Yugi responded by giving her a small smile before he nodded his head, in which Tea nodded her head back and drew the top Card from her Deck.
"I Summon Dark Elf in Attack Mode! (2000/800)" Tea announced, as she placed the aforementioned Monster on her Duel Disc, before the brunette then said. "I'll then Set Two Cards face-down."
"My turn." Nightshroud said, as a sixth Card materialized in his hand, before he said. "I Summon Darkness Outsider in Attack Mode! (0/0)
"And then I activate the Field Spell: Darkness." Nightshroud then said, before he then explained, as he placed five Cards in all of his Spell/Trap Card slots on the twisted wings he called a Duel Disc. "By the Effect of Darkness, I can set five Cards from my hand or Deck."
"He Summoned a Monster with no Attack or Defense Points?" Tristan questioned.
"And set five Cards in just one turn." Joey added, before the blond thought out loud. "What's this bone-head up to?"
"Then it's my move." Yugi told Nightshroud, as he drew the sixth Card from his Deck, before he quickly looked at tea, before he announced. "I Set one Card face-down. Then I activate Card Destruction!"
Everyone then discarded every Card they had in their hand, before they each drew the amount they were holding.
"Reveal the face-down Card: Monster Reborn!" Now I can select any Monster from the Graveyard and Summon it to the Field. And the Monster I choose is Summoned Skull!" (2500/1200) Yugi exclaimed, as Summoned Skull emerged from the Graveyard, letting out a low roar as it did, before Yugi then said. "I'll play One Card face-down and end my turn."
"My Turn." Nightshroud as another Card materialized in his hand, before he said. "I activate my Trap Card: Zero!"
"When Zero is activated, I'm allowed to activate another Trap Card on the Field. Show yourself Infinity!" Nightshroud announced, as Infinity rose from the fifth slot, while Zero was face-up in the first
"Zero and Infinity! Oh, no! That means..." Yugi began to say in a worried tone, but was interrupted when Nightshroud finished "Correct. When these two Cards are activated, every Card between are activated too."
It was then all three Cards between Zero and Infinity were activated, revealing Darkness 1, Darkness 3 and Darkness 2, in which Nightshroud then told Yugi and Tea. "Since I can only activate the Effect of one of my Darkness Cards per turn, I choose to activate Darkness 1, now I can Destroy Cards on your side of the Field equal to the number of face up Darkness Traps I have. So I Destroy both your Monsters and Yugi's face-down Card!"
Yugi and Tea groaned out as Yugi's face-down was revealed to be Mirror Force, before it shattered to pieces, along side Summoned Skull and Dark Elf.
"This doesn't look good." Tristan stated.
"Tell me about it." Joey replied, before he said happily. "But lucky for Yug' and Tea this Nightshroud creep has a Monster that can't even Damage their Life Points."
However, it was then Yugi's grandpa told Joey in a serious tone, as he suspected there was more to Darkness Outsider than just an ugly face. "I wouldn't be to sure about that, Joey."
"What do ya mean?" Joey questioned, as he blinked in confusion, and the runner up of Duelist Kingdom got his answer when Nightshroud then announced. "Now, I activate the Effect of Darkness Outsider. By Discarding one Card from my hand, I can take any Monster you own and Summon it to my side of the Field. The one I choose is Dark Magician."
"What!?" Joey questioned in disbelief as Dark Magician appeared in front of Yugi as Darkness Outsider's face opened up, before a trio of tongues emerged and pulled Dark Magician over to Nightshroud's side of the Field, while Darkness Outsider moved behind Yugi, before Nightshroud then commanded. "Dark Magician Attack Yugi!"
Dark Magician let out a groan as Darkness Outsider used one of its tongues to force Dark Magician's right arm upward, in which a shot of black magic was then forcefully fired from his scepter and hit Yugi, causing 'The King of Games' to groan in pain as he lost 2500 Life Points.
But it was then Tea called out. "I activate my Trap Card: Numinous Healer! Since Yugi just took Damage both our Life Points increase by 1000!" (1500→2500) (4000→5000)
"I end my turn." Nightshroud said, before he told Yugi and Tea. "At the End Phase of every turn, every Trap Card on my side of the Field will be randomly Set face-down."
"This is not good, so long as Nightshroud can keep activating those Traps, Yugi and Tea are done for." Joey stated in a worried tone.
"But remember, Nightshroud said his Traps are Set random." Yugi's grandpa replied, which Tristan didn't understand, but Joey did, in which the blond replied. "I get cha. If luck is on Yugi and Tea's side then Nightshroud's Traps will be in all the wrong places."
"Precisely." Solomon replied, before he said in a serious tone. "But they still need to find a way to over come Dark Magician."
Current Scores:
Yugi: 2500
Tea: 5000
Nightshroud: 8000
"I Summon Kelbek in Defense Mode!" (1500/1800) Tea announced, before she said. "And end my Turn."
"My Turn." Nightshroud said as another Card materialized in his hand, before he announced. "I activate my Trap Card."
It was then his first Trap Card was revealed, which caused Nightshroud to groan, as it was Darkness 3, meaning Yugi and Tea were safe.
"I end my turn." Nightshroud then said, before Darkness 3 was Set face-down again and all five Traps were randomly Set, which caused Tristan to question. "Not that I'm glad he didn't, but why didn't Nightshroud Attack?"
"Because Tea would've used Kelbek to protect Yugi from Damage and would then activate Kelbek's special ability, which would return Dark Magician back to Yugi's hand." Yugi's grandpa replied, in which Tristan replied. "I see. But how will Yugi be able to beat Dark Magician?"
It was then Solomon smiled and told Tristan "It looks like he's figured out a way."
"I play the Spell Card: Mystic Box!" Yugi announced, as he placed the Spell Card in the first Spell/Trap Card slot on his Duel Disc, before two black boxes with three yellow question marks materialized around Dark Magician and Darkness Outsider, before swords appeared around the box containing the Dark Magician, in which every sword shot forward and plunged into the box, before both boxes opened up simultaneously, revealing within Yugi's was non other than Dark Magician and in Nightshroud's was Darkness Outsider, which had been impaled by the swords, before the Fiend Type Monster was sent to the Graveyard, however, Yugi wasn't finished yet.
"I now activate the Spell: Bond Between Teacher and Student! Since I have Dark Magician out on the field, I can summon his student, Dark Magician Girl in Defense Mode!" (2000/1700) Yugi announced, as he placed Dark magician Girl on his Duel Disc, who appeared beside her teacher, with a cheerful smile on her face.
"I activate my Trap Card." Nightshroud then said, in which he groaned out again, as Zero was the first Trap activated, though Infinity was right next to it, making the Traps useless, in which the Cards were Set again and were Set randomly.
"Next, I play the Spell card: Dark Magic Twin Burst!" Yugi announced, before he explained the Spell's ability. "With this, Dark Magician's Attack increases by the Attack Point total of Dark Magician Girl!" (2500→4500)
"Now, go Dark Magician and Attack with Twin Dark Magic Attack! " Yugi exclaimed, in which Dark Magician did as his Summoner and friend had ordered and used all the magic he and Dark Magician Girl could muster, before launching a gold coloured wave of energy, which Struck Nightshroud and caused him to groan out as he was dealt 4500 Points of Damage.
"Alright! Way to go Yugi!" Joey cheered, as in turn Yugi had managed to get back his favourite Monster and reduce Nightshroud's Life Points by more than half, however, Yugi and Tea still had the Zero and Infinity Traps to look out for and other creatures of darkness.
"Lastly, I'll place one Card face-down and end my turn." Yugi then said, as he placed a Card within the first Spell/Trap Card slot.
Current Scores:
Yugi: 2500
Tea: 5000
Nightshroud: 3500
"My Turn." Nightshroud said as another Card materialized in his hand, before he announced. "I activate my Trap Card."
Joey, Tristan and Solomon was then shocked to see Zero was the first Trap activated while Infinity was in the forth zone, before the two Traps in between activated, revealing to be Darkness 3 and Darkness 1, before Nightshroud then said. "I activate Darkness 3. Darkness 3 inflicts 1000 Points of Damage and an extra 1000 for all other Darkness Cards face-up. Meaning you both receive 2000 Points of Damage!"
It was then electricity circulated through Darkness 1 and Darkness 3 before the electricity surrounding Darkness 1 transferred to Darkness 3 and was then fired at Yugi and Tea, who both groaned out as they each lost 2000 Life Points. (2500→500) (5000→3000)
"I activate my Trap Card: A second Numinous Healer!" Tea then groaned out, before she told Nightshroud. "Since we just took Damage both our Life Points increase by 1000 and we gain an extra 500 for every Numinous Healer Trap in the Graveyard." (500→2000) (3000→4500)
"Now, thanks to your Card Destruction, I activate the Effect of Darkness Seed in my Graveyard." Nightshroud told Yugi, before he explained. "When Darkness Seed is sent to the Graveyard it can be Special Summoned in my Second Standby Phase." (1000/1000)
It was then when Darkness Seed arose from the ground, everyone was confused when Nightshroud's Life Points increased by 500, before he explained. "At my End Phase, if I have less than 4000 Life Points my Life Points increase until I am at 4000."
"No way!" Joey stated in a shocked tone, before Nightshroud told Yugi and Tea. "No matter how much you struggle, you cannot defeat me."
"We'll see about that." Tea replied, before she placed her hand on the top Card and thought to herself. 'I just have to trust in the Heart of the Cards.'
After Tea drew her Card, she smiled, before the brunette announced. "I Sacrifice Kelbek in order to Summon Dark Magician Girl in Attack Mode!"
It was after Tea's Dark Magician Girl appeared on the Field that she looked over to Yugi's, in which they both smiled at each other; however, the Spellcasters were interrupted when Nightshroud then said. "I activate my Trap Card."
However, even though Zero and Infinity were both revealed, Infinity was revealed first, followed by Zero, so none of Nightshroud's other Traps could activate, as Zero and Infinity had been shown in the wrong order, which caused him to groan out in frustration.
"Now that you're done activating Trap Cards, I think it's only fair I had a turn. I activate the Trap Card: Aqua Chorus!" Tea announced, before she explained the Trap's Effect. "When there are Monsters on the Field with the same name, they all gain 500 Attack and Defence Points. And since Yugi and I both have a Dark Magician Girl their power is raised by 500!" (2000/1700) → (2500/2200)
"Go Dark Magician Girl and Destroy Darkness Seed with Dark Burning Attack!" Tea then commanded, in which Dark Magician Girl's scepter began to charge with dark pink energy, before she unleashed that power in the form of an energy sphere, which struck the Plant Type Monster and dealt 1500 Points of Damage to Nightshroud's Life Points, however, Tea was stunned to see Darkness Seed was still on the Field, in which Nightshroud let out an amused laugh, before he told Tea." It is useless. Darkness Seed's Effect activates the moment it entered the Graveyard, meaning it cannot be Destroyed in battle."
Tea then let out a frustrated groan, before she said. "I end my Turn."
"Because of Darkness Seed's Effect, I recover Life Points." Nightshroud then said, as his Life Points went from 2500 back to 4000, before he said as another Card materialized in his hand. "My Turn."
"I Sacrifice Darkness Seed to Summon Darkness Bramble." (2000/2000) Nightshroud said, as the aforementioned Monster was Summoned to the Field, before Nightshroud then told Yugi and Tea. "Darkness Bramble gains the Effect of Darkness Seed and it also allows me to see the Cards I Set at random."
"Oh, no. Now he can activate Zero and Infinity without screwing it up." Joey pointed out, in which Nightshroud then announced. "I activate Zero and Infinity."
Everyone was then shocked to see Zero was the first Trap activated while Infinity was in the fifth zone, before the three Traps in between activated, revealing to be Darkness 2 and Darkness 3 and Darkness 1, before Nightshroud then said. "I activate Darkness 2. Darkness 2 increases the Attack of Darkness Bramble by 1000 points for every Darkness Card face-up." (2000→5000)
"Darkness Bramble Attack Yugi's Dark Magician Girl!" Nightshroud ordered, however, before Nightshroud's Monster could so much as blink, Yugi exclaimed. "I activate the Trap: Spellbinding Circle!"
"What!?" Nightshroud questioned, in which Yugi replied. "Now your Monster is encircled in a magical prison, which prevents it from Attacking, so our Monsters and Life Points are safe."
"Curse you." Nightshroud groaned out, before all his Trap Cards were Set again and were Set randomly and Darkness Bramble's Attack was returned to 2000, in which he then said. "I end my Turn."
Current Scores:
Yugi: 2000
Tea: 4500
Nightshroud: 4000
"Go Dark magician, Attack Darkness Bramble!" Yugi commanded, but it was then Nightshroud stated in reply. "I activate the Effect of Darkness Raincrow in my hand. The moment the opponent Attacks I can send Darkness Bramble and Darkness Raincrow to the Graveyard so I can Special Summon Darkness Neosphere from my Deck!" (4000/4000)
"Darkness Neosphere gains the Effect of Darkness Bramble. Furthermore, I can rearrange the Cars I set at random at my will." Nightshroud then told Yugi and Tea, before he laughed wickedly and said. "Whatever you do now is useless."
"Not as long as we have faith in ourselves and believe in the Heart of the Cards." Yugi replied in a determined tone, before he announced. "I play the Spell Card: Card of Sancity. Now we all draw until we have six Cards in our hand."
It was then Yugi drew six Cards, Tea drew three and Nightshroud drew two, before Yugi then said. "I'll end my turn by playing two Cards Face-down."
"My Turn." Nightshroud said as another Card materialized in his hand, before he announced. "I activate my Trap Card."
It was then Zero and Infinity were about to reveal themselves, but before they could Yugi called out. "Not so fast, Nightshroud! I play my Trap Card: Dust Tornado! And with its power I Destroy your Darkness Field Spell, meaning you cannot activate your Traps anymore."
"Way to go Yugi." Tristan cheered, before Joey commented. "Yeah, that'll teach that bone bag for underestimating our buddy."
However, it was then Nightshroud began to laugh, which caused Yugi to ask. "What's so funny?"
"You actually think you've stopped me?" Nightshroud questioned in an amused tone, before he said. "You're wrong. For I active a second Darkness Field Spell from my hand."
"No! Now you can activate your Traps again!" Tea said in a shocked tone.
"Correct." Nightshroud replied, before he announced. "Now I activate Zero and Infinity."
Zero was revealed to be the first Trap activated while Infinity was the fifth one, before the three Traps in between activated, revealing to be Darkness 1, Darkness 2 and Darkness 3, before Nightshroud then said "I activate Darkness 1. Now I can Destroy Cards on your side of the Field equal to the number of face up Darkness Traps I have. So I Destroy your face-down Card, Dark Magician and tea's Dark magician Girl!"
Yugi and Tea then groaned out as Yugi's face-down was revealed to be Divine Wind, before it shattered to pieces, along side Dark Magician and Tea's Dark Magician Girl, which lost 500 Attack Points, because the Effect of Aqua Chorus was no longer valid, though she gained 300 Attack since Dark Magician was sent to the Graveyard, though her Attack power seemed inefficient as Nightshroud then commanded. "Darkness Neosphere Attack Dark Magician Girl!"
It was then Darkness Neosphere's head twisted around before her hair parted, revealing a massive and grotesque eyeball growing out of the back of her head, which then fired a dark purple beam of dark energy at Dark Magician Girl, who was engulfed in the darkness and screamed out in pain, before she shattered to pieces, before Yugi was hit with 1700 Points of Damage.
"Yugi!" Tea, Joey, Tristan and Yugi's grandpa all called out in concern as Yugi fell to one knee and started to breathe heavily.
"I end my turn." Nightshroud then said, as his Traps were all Set and Set according to Darkness Neosphere's Effect, before he told Tea. "Give up. If the King of Games cannot defeat me what chance do you have? No matter how much you struggle you cannot win!"
"Never!" Tea snapped back, before she told Nightshroud. "I know we can win because we have faith. Faith from each other, faith from our friends and faith in ourselves!"
Current Scores:
Yugi: 300
Tea: 4500
Nightshroud: 4000
It was then Tea drew the top Card from her Deck, smiled and then said. "And I'll show you the power of faith by revealing my face-down Card: Living Arrow!"
"Living Arrow?" Nightshroud questioned, in which Tea explained the ability of the Living Arrow. "Now with the power of the Living Arrow I can fuse it with the Darkness Field Spell in your Graveyard and fire it right at you!"
It was then the Living Arrow appeared in front of Tea, before it shot through Darkness Neosphere's chest and into Nightshroud's middle Trap Card, before it was engulfed in darkness, before the darkness spread and covered all five Traps, which caused Nightshroud to question and demand. "What the? What have you done!?"
"I used your own power of Darkness against you. Now all your Traps are trapped within the Darkness and cannot be activated." Tea replied, which caused Nightshroud to say in disbelief. "What!?"
"And I'm not done. I activate the Spell Card: Monster Reborn! Now I can select any Monster from the Graveyard and Summon it to the Field." Tea said, before the brunette pointed at Nightshroud and told him. "And I choose the Darkness Outsider in your Graveyard!"
It was then Nightshroud watched in awe as his Darkness Outsider appeared in front of Tea, but not for long, as Tea announced. "I activate the Effect of Darkness Outsider. By Discarding one Card from my hand, I can take any Monster you own and Summon it to my side of the Field. So say goodbye to Darkness Neosphere!"
"What!?" Nightshroud questioned in disbelief, before Darkness Outsider's face opened up, in which the trio of tongues emerged and pulled Darkness Neosphere over to Tea's side of the Field, while Darkness Outsider moved behind Nightshroud.
It was then Tea commanded in a loud and determined tone. "Darkness Neosphere Attack Nightshroud directly!"
"Impossible!" Nightshroud stated, as he couldn't believe he was about to be defeated.
Doing as her new owner had ordered, Darkness Neosphere's head twisted around before her hair parted, revealing the same grotesque eyeball, which then fired a dark purple beam of dark energy at Nightshroud, who was engulfed in the darkness and cried out in pain as he was dealt 4000 Points of Damage, costing him the Duel and his chance for revenge, as Nightshroud exploded in a blast of light, as did his indoor eclipse.
Ending Scores:
Yugi: 300
Tea: 4500
Nightshroud: 0
It was then Joey, Tristan and Solomon began to cheer for Yugi and Tea's valiant efforts and skilful Dueling, but they stopped as the Dueling pair were enveloped by dark red energy and left the arena.