"I said let me go!" Sawatari continued to struggle against the two guards carrying him to the underground facility. "Where do you think you're taking me, huh?!"
"Didn't you hear that Yuto kid in the last match?" One of the guards spoke.
"Losers in the Friendship Cup are sent to the underground." The other guard clarified for Sawatari. "And there is no way you can get out. Well, there is...but that would be giving up everything…"
Sawatari wasn't the brightest person in all of the dimensions, but he knew someone would allude to something with a cryptic message. In this case, the guard was alluding to Sawataring dying in the underground in some way, whether it be by suicide or starving himself or just getting murdered.
"You bastards! You believe that keeping the losers down there will make things better?! Well, news flash, it will do the exact opposite!" Sawatari yelled at the guards.
"Yell all you want, you'll still be going to hell." One guard said as the two carried Sawatari into an elevator.
"There some rules. We'll teach you a thing or two before we get there. Listen up if you want to survive!"
A button was clicked on the elevator as the shaft proceeded to shift downwards, leading to 'hell.' It was about a minutes wait to get to the bottom, but that one minute could have never prepared Sawatari for what he was about to see.
The entire facility was essentially an underground factory, hence the name. There was a lot of machinery at work.
Sawatari could only dread to think of what was being manufactured. He then shifted his attention to another part of the facility, where there was multiple heaps of trash so big that you could play king of the hill on them.
He witnessed multiple people, who had either been thrown in from the facility or because they lost in the Friendship Cup. The people who checking and filling boxes while placing them on conveyor belts, and they all had dirt and grime on their clothes and faces as they worked.
"This...is hell on earth?" Sawatari could only look on in horror at the sight.
"The defeated from the surface, the wearisome, the useless and discarded, all of them fall here. But the entire City is a competitive society." A man known as Gallagher explained to a person who was bowing down to him as the conveyor belts with multiple boxes lead to a pool of magma.
The boxes were dropped in as they burned.
"It's the same in this underground facility. Losers continue to fall for the City, we keep digging, and digging, and digging to no end! One day, the Commons will dwell here. When that day comes, you'll have to keep digging even deeper underground." Gallagher told the bowing man, who revealed his face.
Due to his loss, he had been stripped of his uniform, but he was allowed to keep his shades and his helmet, which made it easy to tell who he was.
It was Duel a Chaser 227.
"N-no way!" 227 exclaimed out of exasperation as Gallagher let out a long sigh in response. "I-I'm going back to the surface! This time I'll defeat that Yuto bastard and take back my job as a duel chaser!"
"You had your chance." Gallagher put emphasis on the word 'had' to make his point more clear. "You could've gone back if you beat these guys."
Duel Chaser 227 ran closer to Gallagher and continued to bow down, pleading out of desperation. "P-please give me another chance to go back to the surface!"
"You only have one chance!" Gallagher interjected as he kicked 227 on the face, successfully knocking him backwards as he let out a cry of pain, his body hitting against the ground with a loud thud.
Gallagher smirked as he signaled 'down' with his finger.
"If you want to go back up, then start winning from the very bottom! I'll warn you though, the bottom has its own share of scuffles. It's gonna be a huge pain just making it back up here. Get lost if you get it!" Gallagher raised his voice as two of his minions helped up 227 and immediately restrained him.
"No! Please, don't!" 227 pleaded as he was being carried away.
Duel Chaser 227 turned his attention to Crow and Shinji, who were walking (in Shinji's case, limping, as even with the medical assistance, he still was injured pretty badly) towards the group with neutral expressions on their face. However, immediately after seeing 227, Shinji shot a look of disgust at the man.
"You two, please! Help me out here!" Duel Chaser 227 begged Crow and Shinji.
Shinji glared at him with contempt, anger flowing through his veins from that very statement, as if a button was switched on inside of him. "Look who's begging now Tops scum! What, are you so desperate that you would ask so called filthy Commons like us for help now? Don't make me laugh! After your kind took everything away from us, do you really expect we should give you anymore? This is how we of the Commons felt our entire lives! If you have a problem with it, deal with it!"
Crow merely stayed silent as he stared at 227 with no emotion present on his face. However, on the inside his anger was boiling for the very same reason Shinji was pissed.
"Well, if it isn't Crow Hogan and Shinji Weber!" Gallagher adjusted his good glasses, a smirk painted on his face. "Oh right, you guys haven't had your welcoming party yet. How 'bout taking up the challenge now?" He stood up and walked towards the two Commons as he said, "As long as you defeat everyone here in a Duel, we'll send you back up there in a jiffy."
Both Crow and Shinji's ears perked up at this.
They could return home?
Relief flooded through them for a moment. If they won, they could see their home again. They wouldn't have to work like slaves for the Tops. They would have a life, and they could see Frank, Amanda, and Tanner again.
"We'll do it."
They both answered in unison with a steeped resolve to get home. Both with their own goals.
Both, for the kids.
And Shinji, for the revolution…
"Stop! Please!" 227 begged as he was about to be carried away, however…
"Hold it right there!" A strong female voice spoke. Everyone turned to the source to see Serena back in her regular clothes walking towards them.
"Serena?!" Crow gasped out of shock, surprised to see the girl in the underground.
"Let that man go." Serena demanded.
"Oh? And who might you be? Oh wait, he just said it was Serena. Actually, you haven't been told the rules down here either. I suppose you heard the challenge already?" Gallagher asked the former Academia Duelist.
"Some rules this place has! Ganging up on only one person who can't defend themselves is low! You don't get to even call yourself a man if you do that!" Serena spoke.
"You…" Shinji growled at Serena due to the fact that she was defending Duel a Chaser 227.
"Not a man? I'm offended. You know, I'm doing you a favor. Usually you get your chance after years of work, but I'm feeling generous this time around. There is no better chance at escape than this." Gallagher turned around and grabbed 227 by his shirt, putting his face close to his own. "This guy gets it too. But it looks like he took the men here too lightly."
Gallagher paused to let what he said sink in, before continuing, "Spouting stuff about how even if the Commons all came at him, they were no match for an ex-Tops." Gallagher let go of his shirt as 227 dropped to the ground out of fear. "This way you'll learn your place."
"Just who the hell are you?!" Serena questioned.
"I am Gallagher. I am a promoter...well, I guess you can call me a trash recycler in this case. And by trash I mean you lot. You're branded as discarded Duelists, useless on the surface world." Gallagher pushed his glasses down to reveal his eyes. "But once in a while, some outstanding folks show up in this heap of trash. My job is to sniff them out. I hand the best over to the authorities."
"The authorities?" Crow repeated. "As in…"
"Yes. As in this guy's ex-boss. Chief of the Security Bureau, Jean-Michel Roget." Gallagher revealed, causing Serena, Crow, and Shinji to beam at the man. "Roget lets me in on when there's a crackdown on the underground arena, so I can escape first."
"That bastard!" Crow cursed Roget under his breath.
"But what for?" Serena inquired.
"Not even I know his reasons." Gallagher shrugged his shoulders with a smile. "But no doubt he wants strong Duelists. By the way, that participant called Sergey in the Friendship Cup was one of my offerings."
Meanwhile-At the Friendship Cup Stadium
Melissa lifted up a hand and winked as he began, "Now, let's introduce the Duelists for today's third match! Gongenzaka Noboru! And Sergey Volkov!" The holograms of the two participants appeared for the audience to see as they cheered.
"Hey, by Sergey, you mean.."
"That Sergey?" A woman finished the sentence of the person next to her.
"Sergey...the Duelist Crusher...is here?" Yugo widened his eyes with a horrified look on his face. Sergey Volkov was a very well known person, and a very strong and scary one at that. It took 20 members of Security to subdue him and throw him into the facility. But the thing is…
"Wasn't he supposed to be dead?"
Meanwhile-In the Underground Area
"Roget is from a different dimension?!" Serena gasped out of shock after hearing something that Gallagher had just told her.
"Well, as I said, it was a rumor. But...it is a possibility, with the sudden appearance of technology that was so advanced the City didn't even have until his sudden arrival."
Ok, so if Roget really is from another dimension, which one is it? Fusion, Standard, or Xyz? He can't be from the Fusion Dimension, I've never seen or heard of Roget once at Academia. Akaba Reiji would probably know if Roget was in Standard, but Xyz...no, it doesn't seem possible. Academia is the place with the advanced technology...could it be? Serena thought to herself.
Nearby, a hidden Tsukikage was secretly listening in on the conversation. With his new found information, he quickly jumped from his hiding spot and cringed to the now rising elevator.
In the council room, O'Brien suddenly realized something. Gongenzaka and Sergey are Dueling now...that means the last preliminary match is...Kurosaki and Dennis.
Reiji adjusted his glasses. "I see. I'm leaving my seat." He Rose his voice for the council to hear. " This should be fine when the Lancers aren't Dueling, right?"
"That is fine." Bordeaux responded.
"Where are you going?" White Taki followed with a question.
"Out for some fresh air." Reiji answered cryptically as he turned around to leave, prompting Reira, Ryoga, and O'Brien to do the same.
As they walked, Reiji whispered quietly to Ryoga and O'Brien, "Go find some more information about Roget. Something doesn't sit well with me, especially with that guy who faced Yuto using Fusion."
"Understood." Ryoga said as they walked out of the room.
"Gongenzaka is Dueling next…" Yuzu murmured to herself, hoping for her friend to win.
"I've got a bad feeling about that Sergey guy." Yuya spoke as both Sergey slowly drove to the startling line, where Gongenzaka was already waiting.
"Now, without further ado, let's get the second to last preliminary match started!" Melissa exclaimed as the Action Field activated with a ju,blue of Action a Cards appearing.
A clock appeared in front of Gongenzaka and Sergey that counted down from 3.
3.
2.
"Riding Duel!"
1.
"Acceleration!"
With that cheer, Gongenzaka immediately took the initiative and took off. Sergey, on the other hand, stayed in place before driving off.
"DUEL!" Gongenzaka shouted all by himself, while Sergey remained silent.
Gongenzaka easily reached the first corner with ease, meaning that he had the first move of the game. Gongenzaka glanced back at his opponent.
He doesn't even seem to pay attention to the fact that I, the man, Gongenzaka is facing him. Unforgivable! He could at least show his opponents some form of respect!
"My turn! From my Hand, I set the Pendulum Scale using the Scale 1 Superheavy General Hisu-E and the Scale 8 Superheavy General San-5!" Gongenzaka swiped the two Cards across his Duel Disk. Both of his Monsters entered blue tubes as they rose up near the top, one tube on either side of Gongenzaka.
"Just like many others in the tournament, Gongenzaka Noboru has just revealed the ability to Pendulum Summon!" Melissa commentated out of surprise that the new mysterious Summoning method seemed to be very popular.
"With this I can simultaneously Summon Monsters whose levels are from 2 to 7! Pendulum Summon! Appear, my Monsters!" A portal opened above a Gongenzaka as two beams of light flew out, revealing two Monsters.
First was Superheavy Samurai Hikya-Q. Following that was the Tuner Monster Superheavy Samurai Tama-C.
Hikya-Q: Level 5, 1200 Atk, 1800 Def
Tama-C: Level 2, 100 Atk, 800 Def
Gongenzaka once again glanced back at Sergey. The Duelist Crusher had lifeless look in his eyes. He seemed like he didn't care on what was happening right now.
"I tune the level 5 Hikya-Q with the level 2 Tuner Monster Tama-C! As fast as the wind! As quiet as the forest! Silent ninja, hit the finishing blow! Synchro Summon! Come! Level 7! Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC!" Tama-C turned into two green rings as Hikya-Q turned into 5 white stars, which traveled inside the rings as a flash of light surged through the rings.
The Synchro Monster thrusted its weapon through the wind as it took a defensive stance while covered in the color blue, showing that it was in Defense Position.
Shinobi-AC: Level 7, 1200 Atk, 2800 Def
"Now, I will Summon Superheavy Samurai Soul Double Horn!" Gongenzaka slammed his new Card onto his Duel Disk as the Monster appeared.
Soul Double Horn: Level 1, 0 Atk, 300 Def
"I activate Soul Double Horn's effect! Once per turn, I am allowed to target and equip this Card to a Superheavy Samurai Monster I control! I equip this a Card to Shinobi-AC!" Gongenzaka explained as the horns of the Monster were removed and placed on the ears of Shinobi-AC.
"With that, I end my turn." Gongenzaka concluded.
"Gongenzaka has just kicked the Duel off with a strong Pendulum Summon into a Synchro Summon! What will Sergey have to counter?" Melissa wondered.
"My turn. Draw." Sergey spoke with a monotone voice, drawing his Card from the top of his Deck. He glanced at it for only a second before playing it onto the Field. "I Summon Thorn Prisoner Van!"
Thorn Prisoner Van: Level 1, 0 Atk, 0 Def
"I end my turn." Sergey stated, shocking Gongenzaka.
"What is Sergey doing? With a start lie that, there is no way he is going to defeat Gongenzaka!" Melissa exclaimed.
In his quarters, Yugo merely narrowed his eyes at the screen. There's something more to this than meets the eye...he wouldn't just put a 0 Attack Monster in Attack Position for being careless.
Only a 0 Attack Monster, and it's in Attack Position? It must have some sort of effect. However, despite the risks, I must take them! Gongenzaka thought to himself as he placed a hand onto his Deck.
"My turn, draw! While in Defense Position, my Shinobi-AC can attack! Go, Shinobi-AC! Attack Thorn Prisoner Van!" Gongenzaka thrusted his hand towards his Monster and formed a fist. The Monster took its weapon and swung at Van.
"If this attack hits, Sergey will take 2800 points of damage!" Melissa realized.
"I activate the effect of Thorn Prisoner Van! When this Card is targeted for an attack, I can pay 400 life points. Then, I reveal a Thorn Prisoner Monster in my Hand, I take no damage from this battle!" Sergey explained calmly as a vine surrounded his body. Sergey then winced as the vines squeezed on his body.
Sergey: 4000-3600 LP
Sergey showed his desired Card, Thorn Prisoner Darli as Van was destroyed, shattering into multiple particles.
"Next, since my Monster was destroyed, I can Special Summon this Card back from the Grave and being the revealed Monster to the Field to join it!" On his command, Van rose from a portal to the Grave while Daril appeared on its right.
Thorn Prisoner Daril: Level 1, 0 Atk, 0 Def
"Huh? Another 0 Attack Monster?" Melissa questioned, much to the confusion of the audience as well, as although they have heard of the Duelists Crusher, they didn't know what kind of Deck he used.
"Just what is he planning?" Yuto asked himself from his room. Yuya meanwhile just stared at the screen, hoping nothing bad would happen to Gongenzaka.
"I activate the Pendulum effect of my Superheavy General San-5! When a Superheavy Monster I control destroys a Monster you control by battle, I can allow that Monster to attack again by destroying this Card." Gongenzaka told Sergey as his Pendulum Monster disappeared from the Field. "Attack, again, this time at Thorn Prisoner Daril!"
Shinobi-AC rose its weapon and proceeded to attack Sergey's Monster.
"I activate Daril's effect! Once per turn, during your Battle Phase, when a Monster you control declares an attack while I control another Thorn Prisoner Monster, I can pay 400 life points to negate the Attack!" Sergey remained emotionless a vines once again surrounded and squeezed him.
Sergey: 3600-3200 LP
Daril dodger the attack effortlessly as Gongenzaka's Monster retreated.
"I'm not done yet! While there are no Magic or Traps in my Graveyard, I am allowed to attack again! Attack Daril!" Gongenzaka declared as his Monster charged.
"Sergey has nothing to protect his Monster with!" Melissa announced, she then spotted an Action Card that Gongenzaka had passed.. "An Action Card! It's Sergey's one and only hope!"
Said man reached down and grabbed the Action Card, activating it. "Action Magic, Miracle. With this Card, the destruction of my Monster is negated and the damage I take is halved." Sergey flinched as the Monster was smacked, causing some particles to rain down on him.
Sergey: 3200-1450 LP
Sergey's suit got torn up slightly due to the particles. Gongenzaka noticed blood starting to drip out from the open parts. Sergey glanced at it and merely muttered, "Beautiful."
Gongenzaka's ears perked up at this. What was 'beautiful about getting hurt and bleeding? Was this guy a masochist?
"Kgh!" Gongenzaka grunted as he ended his turn. Due to the absence of a Pendulum Monster in Gongenzaka's other Pendulum Zone, the Pendulum effect of Hisu-E destroys itself.
"My turn, draw." Sergey drew his Card and batted an eye at it. "I set two Cards, and then, I tune the level 1 Thorn Prisoner Van with the level 1 Thorn Prisoner Daril. Lay bare your twisted and wicked desire and offer your flesh to the thorns! Synchro Summon! Appear now! Level 2! Thorn Observer Zuma!" Sergey chanted as his Fiend-Type vine looking Monster appeared.
Thorn Observer Zuma: Level 2, 0 Atk, 0 Def
"Huh? What the hell is he doing?!" Someone from the audience questioned.
"He put another 0 Attack Monster in Attack Position?!" Another person from the audience soon followed with that statement.
"If Thorn Observer Zuma is Synchro a Summoned, I get to place a Thorn Counter in every Monster on the Field. While this Card remains on the Field, Monsters with Thorn Counters cannot attack!"
Shinobi-AC: 0-1 Counter
Zuma: 0-1 Counter
"I end my turn. The effect of Zuma activates, which inflicts 400 damage to me for every Thorn Counter on my side of the Field." Sergey revealed to Gongenzaka.
"He's decreasing even more of his life?!" Gongenzaka widened his eyes out of surprise.
More vines wrapped around Sergey as they squeezed, as he winced he ushered out "Beautiful."
Sergey: 1450-1050 LP
"That masochist!" Yuya spat out of disgust.
"My turn, draw!" Gongenzaka roared as he ripped the top Card of his Deck.
"Continuous Trap activate, Thorn Growth!" Sergey reacted, opening his facedown. "This Card inflicts 400 damage to the turn player for every Thorn Counter on their Field!"
"Battle! I activate the effect of Shinobi-AC! During the Battle Phase, I can halve the Defense of this Monster in order to attack you directly!"
Shinobi-AC: 2800-1400 Def
"Attack directly, AC!" On his command, Shinobi-AC got its weapon ready to strike as he jumped into the air.
"Trap activate, Thorn Guard! This Card can only be activated by paying 400 life points! When you declare an attack while I control a Thorn Monster, I can Special Summon two Thorn Monsters from my Graveyard with the same level, and end the Battle Phase!" Sergey informed Gongenzaka.
Sergey: 1050-650 LP
"Damn it!" Gongenzaka cursed as Van and Daril returned to the Field with his Shinobo-AC retreating. "I couldn't finish him this turn. I end my turn."
"At this moment, you take 400 points of damage as you have one Thorn Counter on your Field due to Thorn Growth's effect!" Sergey reminded Gongenzaka, who grunted due to vines wrapping around him and squeezing the life out of him.
Gongenzaka: 4000-3600 LP
"Sergey has finally damaged Gongenzaka, but will it be enough in the long run?" Melissa wondered.
"My turn, draw!" Sergey went silent for a while, when suddenly the air around him felt much different to Gongenzaka. There was an intent to hurt Gongenzaka badly. He could feel in the air.
"What is with this feeling in the air?"
"Beautiful!" Sergey cried out in joy, revealing the Card he had just drew. "I activate the Magic a Card Fusion!"
"What?!" Gongenzaka gasped out of shock.
"Another Duelist from the Synchro Dimension with Fusion?!" Yuto gaped at the screen.
"I knew there was something off about him." Yuya glared at the screen.
"Just what Fusion rat is here in this dimension?" Shun questioned quietly to himself in his room. It made no sense that two Duelist of the SYNCHRO Dimension had FUSION. Two completely different Summoning methods from different dimensions.
The only three Monsters on Sergey's Field flew into the Fusion vortex, while Sergey's Trap was destroyed due to the lack of Thorn Counters on Sergey's Field.
"Leave your suffering, pain, and vulgar values to your corpse! Now, cast everything away and embark on the path of thorns! Fusion Summon! Appear now! Thorn Overserver Vandarlizuma!" Sergey chanted as he Fusion Summoned his Monster.
Overserver Vandarlizuma: Level 8, 0 Atk, 0 Def
"A level 8 Fusion Monster with 0 Attack? Just what is going on here?" Gongenzaka glanced back at Sergey, to see him grinning madly.
"How beautiful! I can see it! Your body against the cold road, bleeding madly as you slowly become acquainted with the one called Death! It's beautiful!" Sergey pointed to his Monster. "The Attack of this Monster become double the result of subtracting my current life from 2500! I have 650, which results in 1850! Double that and the Attack of the Monster becomes 3700!"
Vandarlizuma: 0-3700 Atk
"3-3700 Attack!" Gongenzaka gaped.
"I activate Vandarlizuma's effect! By paying 100 life points, I can make the Attack of your Monster 100 until the end of the turn!" Vandarlizuma threw some vines at Gongenzaka's Monster, squeezing it until it was weakened.
Shinobi-AC: 1200-100 Atk
"Huh? What was the point of that?! Gongenzaka's Monster is in Defense Position!" Melissa pointed out the obvious.
"Next, I activate the Magic Card Stop Defense (Bet you weren't expecting that huh)! With this Card, I switch your Monster from Defense to Attack Position!"
"No! I don't have anything to protect myself with! And if I use an Action Card, my Deck is useless!" Gongenzaka grit his teeth.
"No! Gongenzaka!" Yuya blurted out.
"Attack, Vandarlizuma!" Sergey commanded as the Monster threw out multiple vines, smashing right into Shinobi-AC, destroying it immediately. Then, one vine came out of nowhere and whipped Gongenzaka's d-wheel, causing it to tumble over as Gongenzaka cried out in pain, hitting the ground with a loud thud as the glass on the visor of his helmet broke, causing cuts to appear on his face, blood rushing down.
Gongenzaka could not move at all. Every bit of movement he tried to make would just result in even more pain. But even when staying still his body hurt like hell.
"GONGENZAKA!" Yuya and Yuzu unknowingly shouted the name of their friend out of the utmost concern.
Gongenzaka: 3600-0 LP
Everyone in the room went silent as a picture of Sergye appeared, with the word WINNER next to him.
"A-and Sergey Volkov...is the winner…" Melissa whispered into the mic.
Yuya couldn't believe his eyes at what he was seeing right now, his best friend lying down on the ground injured. But he wouldn't believe what he would HEAR next.
"YAHOO!" Someone cheered from the audience. "GREAT MATCH, YOU SURE TAUGHT HIM A LESSON!"
Soon, other members of the audience began to cheer out of joy and satisfaction.
"How horrible…why would they cheer…" Ruri murmured, a horrified expression on her face.
"Gongenzaka…" Yuzu whispered.
Yuya and Yuto were frozen in place, their anger was building up immensely, Yuto's anger was building up because the cheers were reminding him of the laughs of the Obelisk Force soldiers pelting down on the weak in the invasion of Heartland, bringing dread and anger to those close to the Carded victims. However, Yuya's was skyrocketing at a pace where Yuto's anger couldn't even compare to.
Not only did was he reminded of Yuto's memories, but they were cheering over the fact that HIS best friend was injured.
"I'll kill you all…Gongenzaka did nothing to you, yet you treat as just another pawn for your disgusting entertainment! If this was where Entertainment Dueling was getting me for all of this time, then I quit! I won't have me or my friends used as sacrificial pawns for the selfish entertainment of others, not even caring about what happens to the pawns!" Yuya ranted out loud.
Soon, a medical team came out onto the grounds to retrieve a Gongenzaka and to tend to his wounds.
"Good work, Sergey." Roget's voice rang through Sergey's earpiece. "You've quite the impression in the audience. However, a change will be needed with that Deck of yours. That match was too close for comfort."
Sergey remained silent as he got off his abnormal looking d-wheel, trudging off the grounds as if nothing had happened at all, however, his thoughts were filled with nothing but bloodlust.
"Gongenzaka...I'm sorry I wasn't there." Yuya apologized to his best friend. "I swear…"
"I'll make it up to you, and Yuzu..."
Thorn Guard, Trap: You can only activate this Card by paying 400 life points. When your opponent declares an attack while you control a Thorn Monster, Special Summon 2 Thorn Monsters from your Grave with the same level, then, end the Battle Phase.
HOLY FRICKING HELL!
IT'S 3 WEEKS SINCE I'VE LASTED FREAKING UPDATED!
Well, my excuse...I don't think I want to tell you guys that.
So, rejoice, I haven't abandoned this fanfic. Actually, I never even considered abandoning it in the first place.
Anyways, next chapter, Shun vs Dennis. I may or may not reveal the matchups for the next round after that Duel. So, pay attention for that.
Skadi: Thank you for the chants, I'll be sure to put them in as soon as I can get off my lazy ass.
Bridgey: They totally should gave Sawatari the ability to use at least one of main 3 Summoning Methods, if they won't give him a win, at least give something other than Pendulum. Hell, maybe even give him Rituals!
Matrixnis: The mysterious Duelist is not Judai/Jaden, I'll tell you that. I've mentioned a VERY long time ago (so I don't blame you for forgetting, especially since this fanfic was donkey when I said that) that none of the previous protagonists would appear in this fic.
Alright, I'll see you guys next time I update, I'm gonna try to muster up the strength to get off my lazy ass and attempt to update in 4-7 days or so.
Also, sorry if the quality of this chapter was dogshit, I haven't been feeling like myself lately.
That's all for now guys, hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Take care, goodbye.
