0713MM: Here we go!

Chapter 17: Heading into the Darkness

Yuma and the rest of the gang began to walk away from the Astralian Hospital, and heading toward the red smoke billowing from the Dark Castle ahead of them. Dumon was still using Rio as support, but not as often. Vector put one hand to his forehead, so he could see better. He pointed toward the red smoke that is rising into the sky.

"There!" he pointed. "Chaoss' Castle is just ahead." Yuma nodded.

"Yeah!" he agreed to Vectors' statement.

"Yuma, are you sure about this?" Astral asked. "This is my World, after all. Perhaps I should duel Chaos. He is a powerful foe indeed, but I think I should duel him." Yuma turned to face Astral.

"And miss out on saving your World, along with mine? No chance!" Yuma retorted. "Me and my friends came here to help."

"Thank you, Yuma." Astral smiled. Dumon and Rio were in the back of group, talking to each other.

"Feeling any better?" Rio asked Dumon. He nodded.

"Yes." Dumon replied.

"Good." Rio said with a smile on her face. Dumon smiled back at her. After the gang walked for a bit, they saw the entrance, into the dark maze where Chaoss' Lair lurked.

"Alright guys! This is it!" Yuma said. Alito nodded.

"Now we just need to make it through this dark maze of a place, and get to Chaos." Quattro smirked. As if on cue, the ground began to rumble.

"What's happening?!" Yuma shouted. Trey shook his head.

"I don't know!" he shot back. "Chaos must be manipulating the format of-" The walls soon appeared, nullifying Treys' sentence. Yuma looked around him. All he saw was darkness.

"Astral, what happened?" he asked. Astral shook his head.

"I don't know Yuma." he admitted. "It seems that Chaos has the manipulated the maze so we would show up here, allowing your friends to find another way to the castle." Yuma looked back over his shoulder.

"Let's hope they get here soon." Yuma said. Astral nodded in agreement. The doors to Chaoss' Castle began to open. Yuma narrowed his eyes.

"Welcome." Chaos hissed. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Yuma Tsukamo." Yuma clenched his fists.

"Stay calm Yuma." Astral warned. "He wants to provoke you."

"Don't worry. I know that something is a lot bigger at stake here." Yuma said reassuringly. Astral nodded.

"Come." Chaos said calmly. "We have a duel to address." Yuma walked toward the door and went through. After walking through the darklit castle for a few moments, Yuma turned to face his friend, Astral.

"Astral." Yuma said. "Do you think that we can beat Chaos?" Astral turned to face Yuma with a smile.

"Yes, I believe we can." Astral said with a smile on his face. Yuma nodded in agreement. Yuma and Astral eventually made it to a dark chamber. Yuma began to look around.

"Hey, where's Chaos?" he asked. Astral shrugged.

"I'm not sure, Yuma." Astral admitted. Then, they heard laughter.

"Chaos." Yuma muttered. Astral nodded.

"Indeed." Astral agreed. They continued to walk down the hallway, toward the laughter. The laughter became louder the further they went down the hallway. They eventually made it to a dark chamber at the end of the hallway. Where Chaos was waiting.

"Ah, so you decided to show up." Chaos mused. Yuma rolled his eyes.

"Duh I showed up!" Yuma retorted. "We agreed to a duel right?" Chaos chuckled.

"Indeed we did, boy." Chaos said. Yuma pulled out his duel disk. Chaos smirked.

"Very well, boy." Chaos smirked wider. "Be prepared to lose!"

"Yeah, right!" Yuma retorted as he threw his duel disk into the air.

"Let's do this!" Yuma shouted. "Duel disk, go!" Chaoss' black duel disk appeared on his left arm.

"D-Gazer, let's roll!" Yuma said as he pulled his D-Gazer over his left eye. Chaoss' black left eye turned a brighter black color.

"Let's duel!"

0713MM: Yuma vs. Chaos! This should be good!