Thetrueazure: Well guys, I have three more days until Winter Break!
Asuka: *Shiver* Why is it so cold?
Thetrueazure: I don't know.
Ritsu: Come here Asuka *Hugs her*
Asuka: *Blushes* Ritsu! Not in front of the viewers.
Thetrueazure: Agreed. I don't own anything.
"Setesh is coming." Miharu said
"I tune my level 9 Horus with my level 1 Beast of Setesh!" Setesh turned into a synchro gate and surrounded Horus, turning him into nine stars
The sands rage and the storms blow! The burning desert stirs from its slumber! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Setesh the Dragon of the Red Sand (10/3200/2700)!
Lester's signature synchro appeared
"I activate his ability; I give up 1400 life points in order to lower your deity's attack by 1400!" A red aura surrounded Lester indicating the cost
Miharu: 2900
Lester: 200
Violent winds hit the deity, weakening him (4200-2800) "Attack her deity with Sand Storm Destruction!" Setesh fired a crimson red beam at the deity
"I play the trap card Spiritual Fire Art - Kurenai! Sacrificing my deity in order to inflict damage equal to his original attack points which are 2500!" the deity fired a fireball at Lester
"Sorry, I activate the counter trap Barrel Behind the Door, redirecting the damage to you." The fireball turned around and hit Miharu instead.
Miharu: 400
Lester: 200
"Oh man." Miharu looked at Setesh "And I'm wide open too."
"Setesh, end this." Setesh fired a crimson red beam, knocking Miharu's life points down to zero.
Miharu: 0
Lester: 200: Winner
"I-I lost." Miharu fell to her knees as Lester walked over to her.
Lester held out his hand "Need some help."
Miharu blushed slightly as Lester helped her up
"You were really good Miharu, other than your brother, you were able to get me to use Setesh." Lester smiled at her "Also I know."
"Huh?"
"Kazuma told me the situation." Lester scratched the back of his head as Miharu glared at Iris who was apologizing "I-I feel the same way."
"R-Really?" Miharu looked away from Lester
"Yes, you're really good. If you want, we can go out." Lester asked as Miharu wrapped her arms around him.
"I would like that.
Ch. 52 The Nightmares Return
Krad didn't know what was going on, he was in New Domino City. It was snowing but he didn't feel the snow falling. He then saw a small boy with white hair like his running across a bridge like he was running from something. He then saw a white dragon in the are with murder in its eyes, it flew full speed towards the boy.
"Hey! Watch out!" Krad yelled at the boy, but he kept on running. The dragon readied its claws. Krad had enough "STOP!"
Krad shot up from his bed in a cold sweat, he was breathing heavily.
"Whatthehellwasthat?" Krad though as he heard a knock on his door "Yes."
"It's me" Keira's voice could be heard from the other side "I'm coming in." Keira opened the door and sat right next to Krad "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Krad lied to Keira
Keira didn't buy it "Krad, I know when you lie to me. What's wrong?"
"Caught me." Krad chuckled lightly "I've been having these nightmares and I don't know what they mean."
"What are these nightmares about?" Keira asked Krad
"I'm in New Domino City, it's snowing and I see a boy with white hair running from something." Keira's eyes widened "Is something wrong?"
Keira snapped back into reality "N-No, nothings wrong." Keira got up "Try and get some rest, you have your duel with Leo tomorrow."
"Yeah. Good night." Keira left the room
Keira leaned her shoulder against the wall and placed her hand on her back
"I can't tell you the truth Krad. If I do, you may never forgive yourself." Keira walked back to her room.
At the Duel Park
Leo was going over his deck with Luna sitting with him.
"It's almost time." Leo said as he placed his deck in his duel disk
"You look happy for some reason." Luna looked at her brother who gave a huge grin.
"Of course!" Leo said "I'll be facing a strong opponent, why wouldn't I be happy?"
Luna chuckled "You have a point. I can't wait to duel Nami." Luna looked and saw Krad and the others come to where they were
"Hope we're not late?" Ritsu said
"No your fine." Luna said as she and Leo got up "You ready Krad?"
"Of course!" Krad said as he activated his duel disk
"I swear, your like a carbon copy of Leo." Luna sighed as Leo activated his duel disk and Luna went over to the others when both duelists drew their opening hands.
Krad/Leo: Duel!
Krad: 4000
Leo: 4000
"First turn is yours." Leo said
"Thanks, I draw!" Krad drew his sixth card "I summon my Dark Knight Swordmaster Zehaal (4/1800/500) in attack mode!" The sword wielding shadow knight appeared on the field "Now I'm allowed to special summon another Dark Knight from my deck who's level is different from my Zehaal, Come forth Dark Knight Avenger Fryll (6/2100/600)!" A dagger wielding knight appeared next to Zehaal.
"Swarming knights." Leo said with a smile "Nice."
"I set two cards face down and end my turn." Two reverse cards appeared on the field
"I draw!" Leo drew his next card "I activate the spell card Double Summon! Now I'm allowed to summon twice, so I'll summon my Morphtronic Radion (4/1000/900) and my tuner monster Morphtronic Remoten (3/300/1200) in attack mode!" A radio and a white remote appeared on the field and transformed into robots.
"He has the requirements to summon a level 7 synchro monster." Satoshi said
"He always wants to go all out." Luna smiled
"I tune my level 4 Morphtronic Radion with my level 3 Morphtronic Remoten!" The words 'tuning' appeared on Remoten's screen as he turned into three synchro gates and surrounded Radion, turning him into four stars
Docking strength with courage to protect world peace! Synchro Summon! Envoy of love and justice, Power Tool Dragon (7/2300/2500)!
Out of the bright light came a metal dragon that had a screwdriver and a shovel for weapons
"I activate my Power Tool's ability!" Leo's duel disk started to auto shuffle "It searches for a random equip spell and adds it to my hand!" Leo drew the top card and looked at it and smiled "Just what I was hoping for, I activate the equip spell Double Tool C&D and equip it to my dragon!" the screwdriver and shovel disappeared and was replaced with a saw and a drill
"That looks menacing." Krad said
"Your right, this gives my dragon an extra 1000 attack point during my turn, attack his Zehaal! Crafty Break!" Power Tool Dragon swung his saw blade at the dark knight (2300-3300), destroying it instantly
Krad: 2500
Leo: 4000
"I activate the trap card Miracle's Wake, bringing back my Zehaal!" The shadow swordsman appeared back on the field
"Not bad. I end my turn." Power Tool Dragon lost his boost (3300-2300)
"Something isn't right." Nami said "Is it me, or does Krad seem scared?"
"Now that you mention it, he does seem a bit shaken." Akira added
"My turn, I draw!" Krad drew his next card "It's time I countered your move! I summon my tuner monster Dark Knight Apprentice (2/1400/1400) in attack mode!" Krad's signature tuner appeared. "Next I play the spell card Card of Sanctity!" Both duelists drew until they were holding six cards
"He's bringing out Belial." Keira said
"I tune my level 6 Fryll with my level 2 Dark Knight Apprentice!" Dark Knight Apprentice turned into two synchro gates and surrounded Fryll, turning him into six stars
The power of the shadows will aid us in our war against evil; become the power that is stronger than darkness itself! Synchro summon! The dragon of the shadows (Azure) Belial-The Dragon of The Shadows (8/2900/2800)!
Belial appeared on the field with a massive roar.
"I activate Belial's ability! I discard five cards so that Belial gains 2000 attack points!" Krad discarded five cards from his hand as Belial absorbed their energy (2900-4900) "Attack his Power Tool Dragon!"
"I activate Power Tool's effect, his equip spell takes the hit for him!" The saw and drill became a shield for Power Tool, blocking the strike.
"You still take damage!" A shockwave hit Leo.
Krad: 2500
Leo: 1400
"He took out over half of Leo's life points in a single attack!" Luna said in shock
"Yeah, but that's not like him at all." Everyone turned to Ritsu "He normally enjoys the duel, he doesn't end it quickly."
"Are you saying something happened?" Kurogasa asked
"What I'm saying is, Krad is trying to hide something and he's afraid that this duel might reveal it." Ritsu explained as they watched Krad's duel.
"I end my turn!"
"I draw." Leo drew his next card "I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect!" Leo's duel disk searched for a random equip spell "I set one card face down and end my turn." One reverse card appeared
"I-I draw!" Krad drew his card as he heard a voice in his head
"Summon the darkness."
"Huh?"
"Summon the darkness young Kenshin, in order to gain the powers of the shadow, you must have two beings of darkness."
"W-Who are you!" Krad screamed in his thoughts
"Do not be alarmed, I am your friend. Now, summon the darkness."
Krad agreed as he activated his face down "I play the trap card Call of the Haunted, now I can summon a monster from my graveyard in attack mode." A card popped out of Krad's duel disk "I special summon my Doom Knight (10/0/0)" The infamous dark tuner appeared on the field.
"What's going on? Why does Krad have a dark tuner on the field?" Kuraki asked as she moved closer to Kurogasa.
"Doom Knight's ability allows me to special summon a Dark Knight monster from either my deck or graveyard. I special summon Fryll from my graveyard!" The dark avenger appeared on the field
"Krad, what are you doing!" Belial asked
"Forgive me Fryll." Krad thought "Doom Knight! Dark tune with Fryll!" Doom Knight turned into a black fog and entered Fryll who endured the pain as the ten stars destroyed his six stars, leaving only four black ones.
The sword of a Dark Knight cries for blood, take up arms and devour the light of your enemy! Dark Synchro! The dark paladin, Dark Knight Paladin Shinken! (-6/2800/500)
The dragon slaying knight appeared on the field
"A dark synchro!" Yuzuki yelled
"How, Krad's darkness didn't take him over." Terra wondered
"I'm not done yet. I activate the spell card Monster Reborn, return to the field Doom Knight!" The dark tuner reappeared "His effect allows me to bring back Zehaal to the field!" Zehaal reappeared on the field "Dark tune!" Doom Knight repeated the process, leaving six black stars
The reaper of death shall come a take your soul, whoever stands in his way will regret facing him! Dark Synchro! The Dark Reaper, Dark Knight Reaper Skycth! (-4/2200/800)
The shadow reaper appeared next to Shinken
"A second one!" Satoshi said "OK, did I miss something. How is he still in control!"
"I'm still not done yet! I sacrifice these two dark synchros so that I can special summon the tuner monster Dark Knight Necro Lord (2/0/0)!" The two dark synchros disappeared and were replaced with a knight with a blood red robe and a staff with a dragon skull on it. "This card can only be summoned from my hand or graveyard if I sacrifice two dark synchro monsters on my field; however this means all other cards on my field must go to the graveyard." Belial disappeared in black flames. "Next, I'm allowed to use dark monsters in my graveyard as synchro material for a dark attributed synchro monster!"
"What!" Everyone shouted
"This is my ability, Dark Soul! I tune my level 8 Belial with my level 2 Necro Lord!" Necro Lord turned into two black synchro gates and surrounded Belial, turning him into eight stars
The true nightmare has yet to begun. Watch as the shadows truly spread their wings! Synchro Summon! The Great Nightmare, Kage - the Dragon of Nightmares (10/3100/2300)
Belial's evolved form appeared on the field, he stood on two legs, he had pitch black armor and had four wings.
"So that's Kage?" Leo looked at Kage
"Nerco Lord's effect activates upon synchro summon, the monster that was synchro summoned gains the combined attack strength of the dark synchro monster that were used to summon Necro Lord."
"Shinken has 2800 attack points and Skycth had 2200 attack points." Shiko said
"So Kage gains 5000 attack points!" Shinken and Skycth were absorbed by Kage as his power skyrocketed (3100-8100)
"8100 attack points!" Leo said in shock
"This is the end, Kage! Attack with Nightmare Flame!" Leo braced himself for the attack, but it never came, he looked and saw Kage just standing there with his arms crossed. "Kage? What are you doing? Attack!"
Kage didn't even budge "No."
"Why?" Krad asked "I obtained my ability!"
"Yes you did." Kage said "But you did not accept your nightmares."
"What!" Krad asked
"Don't play dumb, your nightmares of the past." Kage turned towards Krad and looked at his with his blood red eyes "Allow me to enlighten you." Krad looked into Kage's eyes and saw the boy in his nightmares running from the dragon again, only this time Krad saw a clear picture of who the boy was, it was him.
Then Krad's memories started to overload his thought process as he passed out from the strain
"Krad!" Everyone ran to him as Leo canceled the duel.
Duel canceled
Krad: 2500
Leo: 1400
Keira shook Krad "Krad! Krad! Wake up! KRAD!"
Ch.52 End
Thetrueazure: So Krad hasn't accepted his nightmares yet.
Ritsu: Oh look the great Azure remembered us.
Thetrueazure: Ritsu, it's been two days since I started my Persona fic, now stop or I will use the Armageddon fusion spell on you.
Ritsu: OK, OK. Stay tuned.
Ritsu: Something has happened to Krad. My mom told use that his darkness is slowly taking him over, and if we take to long, we may lose him.
Next Time: Yugioh 5D's Power of the Six Elements; Accepting the Nightmares
"Keira, tell the truth."