1stpart of the 'Yu-Gi-Oh! – Struggle of the Duel Monsters' series.

I do own Konami, so shoot me for making [Insert broken deck here]

Disclaimer: I don't do disclaimers.

Now, this is important:

The story takes time during Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, but most characters here are going to be from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series or original characters. I follow the dub version for names and places, as well as the TCG rules for gaming. I won't use super-broken cards like pot of greed and stuff like that, but I can't follow a ban list since it changes too often. Also, I use syncrho monsters. XYZs haven't been invented… yet. You'll see in the story. Keep in mind I started this in 2010, so a lot of cards hadn't yet been made

This story takes place in Domino City, and I've decided to place Domino city in Florida because I really know nothing about Japanese culture, so just think the characters from Yu-Gi-Oh! speak English as their first language. People in this story know Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, and all these famous duelists, but they go to a normal school; Duel Academy (located in an island near New York) is now only for those who have graduated (is like a three-year college if you will). I don't know if that's how it is in reality, but that's how it is in my story.

Actually, my story has its own theory of how cards are made in the series, why cards are forbidden/limited, etc. Those theories had been made up by me, and any connection it may have to the actual method that the real Yu-Gi-Oh! Series follow is pure coincidence.

I now need to say that, in duels, I usually put the life points and the number of cards in every person's hand and field at the end of each standby phase or when someone gets his/her life points down, and also at the beginning of each duel. I'll also put it if someone does a really big play that makes their hand size and/or field size go up by a lot (Cough LightSworns Cough) It goes like this:

Yugi:6500/3/2/2-Kaiba:4800/1/2/2

Where the first number is the life points and the second number is the amount of cards in hand. The third one is the number of spells and traps, while the last number is the number of monsters. If there is a field spell it will be written on the middle of the two players, and will add 1 to the number of spells and traps to the controller of that field spell.

Yugi:6500/3/2/2-Mystic Plasma Zone-Kaiba:4800/1/2/2

I also put the attack, defense, level, type, and attribute of each monster right when they are summoned, or when one of their stats is changed, like this:

Yugi summoned his ace card, the Dark Magician, and the crowd started cheering his name as his famous monster appeared on the field. (2500/2100/7/Spellcaster/DARK)

What the guys are doing at the end of this chapter may seem kind of trivial, but it will matter in the future. Plus, that way you get to know the characters before the actual plot comes in.

By the way, if you don't like original characters, don't worry, Yugi and company will be here soon, but not in this chapter. Again, this is just to make the plot flow. This ark, the Forbidden Duelists, has original characters as main characters though. The next one will feature more Yugi and company.

Oh, and about the cards, you can go to wiki/Main_Page and there you can check out the monsters people summon and stuff. Again, I use TCG and OCG cards, but I apply TCG ruling. If TCG ruling isn't available for an OCG card, then I'll apply the OCG ruling. For those of you who don't know what TCG and OCG are, TCG is the Yu-Gi-Oh! game in Europe, America, and Australia (TCG = Trading Card Game) while OCG is the Yu-Gi-Oh! game in Japan (OCG = Original Card Game)

First Part: 'The Forbidden Duelists': Done

Second part: 'The Ultimate Championship': In progress

Third part: 'The Rise of Chaos': Not yet started.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the story, and feel free to point out any grammar mistakes or anything, and be as mean as you can when it come to correcting errors. If you don't like the story, please tell me why, I won't eat you. XD

And, now that I'm done with this introduction, on with the story!

Yu-Gi-Oh!

The Forbidden Duelists

Chapter 1 – The Cursed Cards

The Eiffel Tower. Of all places you could go in Paris, this one was definitely the most visited one. Usually, tourists would go and admire its architectural design, but, this time, the visitors weren't just simple foreigners. At this moment there was a hole right next to one of the legs of the mighty construction, in which many archeologists had started an expedition. While many of them were outside, making sure nobody entered, having a cup of coffee, or simply resting, there were two archeologists inside of the leak. While they were underground, light was lacking. They had to hold flashlights in order to see what they were looking for. Suddenly one of them found a part of the wall that was glowing and pointed it out at the other one with enthusiasm:

''Hey, I think I've found it!'' His voice sounded kind of old for him not to be retired

''Do you mean…'' Asked the other with a younger voice

''Yes, this is an entrance to the world of the Duel Monsters Spirits.'' He sounded astonished, as if he didn't believe what he had just said. All his life looking for it and it finally was right in front of his face.

''Oh, wow! We've finally found it!'' The young one sounded very excited. ''What kind of cards do you think will be there?''

''Well, remember that they are not cards yet. People would need to take the data from them and then transform that data into cards, remember?'' pointed out the older one.

''Oh come on, I'm not in elementary school anymore.'' He whined, ''Plus, that's why we duel archeologists exist. We try to find more data from monsters to make cards out of them. The more abundant the data is, the more copies we can make. Then the designers make the drawing based on the data, and the effect, level, attack, defense, attribute, and type will come from that same data we found. Lucky those who find really good cards.''

''Oh yeah, and those archeologists then become rich.'' He then sighed and whispered with gloom. ''I wish I had been the one that found Chaos Emperor Dragon, Envoy of the End.''

The other one laughed. ''But it also sucks that it was so powerful the government had to ban it before it could cause any more damage. Cards that powerful must be used with caution. Remember that monster cards are made from actual monster spirits, reason why holograms can hurt during duels, and reason why some cards are forbidden, as they can cause too much damage.'' Said the other one sharply.

''Yeah, and magic and traps are made from ancient magical spells, actual traps and items, craters or hues of powerful attacks, and stuff like that. A monster has to be the one that made it, of couse''

''Yeah and… wait, why are we talking about this if we just made what probably is the discovery of the century? We can talk about how cards are made later, because now we have a bigger prize to collect. Think of the cards we can get from the world of Duel Monsters Spirits. We'll be rich.''

''Oh yes, it's going to be awesome, and…'' The older archeologist stopped, looked at the floor, and saw some cards. ''What… what are these?''

''They are cards, but…'' The other archeologist picked one up and looked at it ''Evil Hero Dark Gaia? What is this doing here?''

''You know these cards, Marco?'' The one that had found the cards asked, holding the rest of them.

''Yes, they are the evil heroes.'' Marco explained in a tone that sounded like he was pretty interested. ''The wicked version of the Elemental Heroes. If I recall correct, Jaden Yuki, the infamous duelist, explained that he threw them away after he snapped out of the whole 'Supreme King' thing.''

''Oh, so they must have…''

''Yes, they must have found their way to the dimensional gate, and come over to this world. But why…'' He stopped the phrase and saw one of the cards the older one was holding. ''What the…'' He started looking like he was sick

''Hey, are you ok?.'' The older one warned. ''We should be careful here. The lack of air can cause us to pass out.''

''Ok, sorry…'' Marco responded, recovering his posture. ''But this is incredible. We haven't even started and we already have a fortune in our…''

He stopped as a weird noise, like something was cracking, became audible. Then, rocks started to fall.

''Run!'' The other exclaimed.

Marco didn't have to be told twice. They ran as fast as they could, getting outside really quick. The other archeologists were stunned with the vision. When they both looked back, the entrance to the hole was already inaccessible.

''Darn it…'' The other archeologist muttered.

''Hey, at least we found some cards.'' Marco pointed out. ''We could share them, you know?''

''Ok, but tell nobody.'' The other one warned him. ''Hum, I really like this card, and I could take this one too…'' The older archeologist took three cards and examined them closely. ''In the name of Atem…'' He muttered. ''These cards are…''

''You want them, Solomon?'' asked Marco. ''You can take them if you want, and I'll take the evil heroes. Plus, I almost puked before with just the seeing one of them, so I definitely don't want them in my house.'' He laughed. ''And I bet your grandson Yugi will play awesome games with those cards.''

''Sure…'' Solomon responded slowly, still staring at the cards. ''Just be sure to talk about this with nobody, alright?''

''Ok then, see you later!'' Marco said as he walked away with the precious cards he had just found.

Solomon Muto looked once again at the cards in his hand. I think my grandson is going to have to do some work again to save the world.He thought with apprehension.

"Infernal Flame Emperor, attack his life points directly!''

A monster made of flames, having a its lower body like a horse, upper body like a human and faced like a lion busted John's life points in fire. (2700/1600/9/Pyro/FIRE)

John:0000-Sean:2300/2/1/1

"Ugh, you beat me again!'' A kid with dark eyes and a hair even darker said.

"Yeah, Sean is too good!'' exclaimed a cute little girl that seemed to have the same age as the two duelists.

These two kids were both looking at a the boy who had just won, who had a 'chill out' kind of expression and a lazy smile on his face. These features went along perfectly with the soft expression on his bright green eyes. "Nah, you fought a great duel, John!'' He said, and he meant it: His best friend, John, was good, but Sean trusted his cards, specially his Infernal Flame Emperor. John didn't have any special affection for his cards, and, even though he said that didn't have anything to do with the outcome of the duel, Sean knew otherwise.

John then got up and looked at his watch. "Mara, I think it's about time we go home,'' he stated looking at the girl, "Dad is about to come back from that archeology trip to France.''

"Yay!'' Mara sounded happy. "I miss dad!''

John and Mara said good bye to Sean as they walked away from him. Sean looked at his best friend and his sister as they went back to their house. What he didn't know is that the duel he had just won… was the last friendly duel he would have with John. But how could he have known, if he was just a normal 5th grade student at an elementary school located in Domino City?

Days after that, Sean went to John's house to ask him and his sister, Mara, to play some game and then duel him. As John opened the door, Sean knew something was wrong: the usual happy face he had was gone, giving place for a new expression Sean had never seen: His face had darkened, and his eyes seemed colder than usual. Sean could see he was holding a card in his right hand, but he had trouble looking at what kind of card it was. Behind him he could see Mara, who was almost crying right next to what Sean knew was the kitchen's door. Before Sean could wonder what was happening, he heard some yelling behind the door,

"Those cards aren't good, and you know it Marco!'' Shouted a woman's voice from behind the kitchen's door.

"Well, I need John to use them, Cindy!'' Replied Marco.

"I shall not let my son to do so as long as I am in this house!'' She cried

"Fine, then I am out of this house with John!'' Marco exclaimed opening the door, finding his daughter eavesdropping behind it. Without a word, he went straight to where the boy was, and, without even looking at Sean, he took John with him. As he was taken, John extended his arm trying to reach for his sister, crying. But Mara, scared of the card that he was holding in his hand, flinched back. Right then, Sean could see the card John was holding. And the sight of it impacted him. Evil Hero Dark Gaia was definitely going to be one of the cards that would swarm Sean's nightmares from then on

A duel was now going on at the park of Domino City, the same one in which Sean had defeated John not too long ago.

"Evil Hero Dark Gaia, attack his Infernal Flame Emperor with Demonic Earth Strike!''

An evil-looking fiend with an armor made of rocks made rocks fall from the sky as it stroke against the Flaming monster that had just beaten John some days ago. (3600/0/8/Fiend/EARTH)

John:8000/2/0/1-Sean:0000

"Who's the winner now, Sean?'' John seemed to be enjoying himself as Sean's knees hit the ground because of the defeat of its ace monster. His face was muddy because he had fallen a few times now, but he didn't stop looking at John as he continued to speak. "And to think you used to beat me some days ago… But that's over now. I'm leaving to a better place where my dad says I can develop my talent.''

"John… Please don't… think about me… think about your sister…'' Sean pledged.

John looked at the only spectator of the duel, Mara. He then turned around and walked away. Mara then went running where Sean was lying with her face covered in tears and took him where the swings were.

The afternoon was starting to fade away, and the night was coming as the two kids sat on the swings melancholically. Mara was sobbing, while John held a furious expression his face.

Mara was the first one to break the silence, "Do you think I will ever see my brother again? My dad is going to take him to a special school that emphasizes dueling…''

Sean looked at her with a serious expression, on his face.

"Mara… Your brother betrayed us for that Evil Hero. We don't need him… we're better than that.''

Mara looked at him, and a smile came across her face. "We still have each other, right?''

"Exactly.'' Sean stated. "And we'll be friends forever. And we'll let no evil cards break us appart, ok?''

Mara smiled as they both got up and walked away from the park, with the red sky glowing above them like a huge flame incinerating the clouds.

Two years later, it was John's and Mara's first day in Middle School. They both knew that, even though John was at a different school, when he graduated into High School they'd all have to go to the same one not too far from this one, since it was the only one that was decent enough around. As they walked around, they saw a duel going on, which Sean thought probably was the first duel of the year.

"Battle Ox, attack directly!'' A tall guy with spiky blond hair and green eyes said as a two-legged Ox with an axe slashed an Asian looking guy, who fell to his knees. (1700/1000/4/Beast-warrior/EARTH)

Mark:5600/1/1/2-Fujimaru:700/2/0/0

"Next I attack with directly with my Maki-Gire Panda! It's over, Fujimaru!'' A mad-looking panda went running to where the Asian kid was, but it looked like his opponent, Mark, didn't plan on stopping there. (1500/800/4/Beast/EARTH) "I activate the trap card reinforcements, which makes my panda gain 500 attack points!''

A bunch of soldiers appeared behind the panda, making its attack raise. (2000/800/4/Beast/EARTH)

Sean saw how the attack points of the panda raised, which would inflict more physical pain into his opponent. He turned to Mara and said, "Find a fountain near here and fill a bottle of water with it, we'll need it.'' He then turned his head back to where the duel was taking place and yelled, "Leave him alone!''. The effort was useless, as the reinforced panda stroke Fujimaru right on his face, making him fall to the floor.

Mark:5600/1/1/2-Fujimaru:0000

Sean went where Fujimaru was and stood between him and the bully, Mark.

"So, that's how you start the first day of Middle school?'' Sean asked looking at him fiercely. His usual, lazy face was almost gone. "By bullying and inflicting more damage than you should?''

The bully smirked. "Geez kid, I don't care about him. I just needed to see if he was any good, which he obviously isn't.'' He laughed loudly. ''And, as he sucks, he deserved some pain. Plus, you don't even know our names, why do you even care?''

Sean looked at his eyes with determination. "If knowing your name would make me care, then tell me. By hearing you guys duel, I've already figured out your opponent's name is Fujimaru, so what's yours?''

"Just remember it's Mark, even though you won't need to know it when I beat you in a duel!'' He laughed as he turned around and left the hall in which the duel had just taken place.

Sean then turned around to look at Fujimaru. "Are you ok?'' He asked

Fujimaru then tried to stand up, but he fell to the floor again as he didn't have any forces left because of the huge direct attack he had just received. Mara then came running with a bottle of water.

"Sean…'' She said softly. "I'm sorry for being late; I just couldn't find a fountain. This middle school is too big for me…''

Sean smiled at her, saying, "It's ok.'' He then took the bottle of water of her hands and threw the water at Fujimaru's face, waking him up.

"Agh please don't attack anymore!'' He exclaimed as his eyes opened. He had green eyes, just like Sean, and long blond hair that reached his shoulders. He also had a pale face without any kind of acne, something really weird for a guy of that age. He then looked at the two students in front of him and sighed, closing his eyes for a second before looking at them again and asking. "Is it over?''

Sean and Mara looked at each other and smiled back at him. "Yeah, it is.'' Sean answered. "You're now safe. I'm Sean.'' He said tending his hand at him

"And I'm Mara.''

Fujimaru got up. "Oh, I'm Fujimaru, nice to meet you. I'm new here, and it looks like I found a bad person to begin with this year…''

Mara looked where Mark had just been. "He is such a…'' her face got red ''not-so-good person.''

Sean laughed, "Mara is the sweetest person I've ever met; she'll never insult anyone. The worst word she's ever said is the word bad. Or the word worst. Depends on how you look at it''

"Hey, Sean…'' Mara complained.

Then Fujimaru and Sean started laughing, and so did Mara. When they stopped, Sean asked Fujimaru, "So, what kind of deck do you use?''

"I use Light Monsters basically, and having a lot of copies of them on the field and graveyard for swarming.''

Sean started thinking, and then he reached into his pocket to get out a card for Fujimaru. "Hey, you can use this monster. If you like swarming with Light Attribute monsters, then I bet Guardian of Order is the best card for you!''

Fujimaru looked at the card his new friend had just given him.

"Sean…'' He murmured. "This is so cool. And we've just met, don't you want anything in exchange?''

Sean negated with his head while holding a smile. "Nah, just take it.''

Then, the bell rang, and the three of them ran for their next class.

2 Years Later, when Sean, John, and Mara were freshmen in High School.

"AND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT LOOKS LIKE JOHN HAS OUR CHALLENGER IN A PINCH AGAIN! I BET HE DIDN'T SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS MONSTERS COMING IN HIS OWN BATTLE PHASE!''

The crowd cheered on as two young duelists played against each other in a big stage, being filmed by cameras and seen by all kinds of spectators. One of them was athletic looking with brownish hair, and had a smile in his tanned face, looking at his opponent with his brown eyes. His opponent, in exchange, wasn't looking good at all: He had sweat all over his face, and his hair was all messed up. He had lost two of his monster just now, attacking and leading them into the opponent's trap, which had been fatal for them.

There was a huge screen that had their faces, as well as their names and the duel stats they both had at that moment. The following could now be seen there:

John:8000/2/0/2-Christopher:1200/2/0/1

The one sweating and having a bad time, Christopher, placed a card on his Duel Disk saying:

"I remove from play the two insect type monsters that have been destroyed during this turn's battle phase to special summon Doom Dozer from my hand! (2800/2600/8/Insect/EARTH)'' He recovered his posture a little, emboldened by the card he just played. ''Now let's see how you fight against it along with my insect knight (1900/1500/4/Insect/EARTH). I end my turn.'' When John drew, the neon board read:

John:8000/3/0/2-Christopher:1200/1/0/2

"I'll go then." John said imperiously. He looked at his field, which reassured the crowd that he was going to win. He had his Archfiend Soldier, a demonic fiend with a sword in his hand a cloak, possessing 1900 ATK, plus a rock defensive monster called Legendary Jujitsu Master, with 1800 DEF and the ability to make any monster that attacked it retreat back to the top of its owner deck after the attack. But using those two monsters by themselves wasn't what John was planning, as they still couldn't beat Doom Dozer, the most powerful insect-type monster.

"It's time for me to end this duel, my friend." He said in an imperious tone. "I told you, insects will never form part of the Meta, or, in other words, one of the world's greatest decks. And now I'll show you why.'' He took a card from his hand and put it in the duel disk with a smile. "I activate Dark Fusion! This lets me fuse together a Rock-type monster and a Fiend type monster, like my Legendary Jujitsu Master and my Archfiend Soldier.'' A fire started to burn the two mentioned creatures together, making them scream in horror. John closed his eyes and started to chant, "In a corrupted world as the one we live in, only the most powerful between all the evil ones will prevail. Fuse Summon! Show me your power, Evil Hero Dark Gaia!''

A demon made of stone came from the flames that the dark fusion had made, with powerful claws and giant wings that gave it a mighty look. (3200/0/8/Fiend/EARTH)

''Evil Hero Dark Gaia's attack is equal to the combined attack of the monsters used to Fuse Summon it. So now it has the great amount of 3200 Attack Points!''

''Wh-What!'' Asked the challenger stunned. ''So… I lose?''

''Exactly!'' Exclaimed John triumphantly. ''Evil Hero Dark Gaia, attack his Insect Knight with Demonic Earth Strike!''

The fiend slashed the insect with its claws, destroying it and taking away the rest of Christopher's life points.

John:8000/2/0/1-Christopher:0000

''AND THAT'S ANOTHER WIN FOR OUR UNDEFEATED HIGH SCHOOL CHAPION! HE MAY BE JUST A FRESHMAN, BUT HE'S DEFINETELY ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST DUELISTS!''

The crowd cheered as John waved his hand and smiled at everyone, holding Evil Hero Dark Gaia in his other hand, until…

The television was turned off by an accurate-thrown shoe, property of Fujimaru, a 14-year old guy that was just watching the show. He wore glasses in front of his blue-eyes, had long blond hair that reached his shoulders and a face which had an expression that looked at the tv with disgust as Sean, who was right next to him, said:

''I hate that guy. It looks like he shows off more than he duels. And the worst thing is that he now is in our high school. He used to go to another Elementary School, but our High school is the only one near that's fairly good…'' Sean concluded with his arms crossed.

''Oh, come on, you gotta admit he is very good.'' Fujimaru replied. ''But I hate that Evil Hero Dark Gaia. It's too powerful… And John is very skilled as well.''

''Yeah, but he's still full of hot hair.'' said the soft voice of Mara, so Sean turned his head and looked at her. She had grown up a lot since middle school, with brown hair being partially blond in some parts, but natural after all, brown eyes, and a face that had been carefully taken care of.

''Mara, I know he's your brother, but we're talking about him impartially now.'' Sean turned his head again and looked at the black guy who had just replied, who had really short hair and brown eyes. He was taller than everyone else in that room, and his name Robert. He had been friends with them since the beginning of High school. He kept going, ''We're talking about his dueling techniques in an unbiased way. And I think he is kind of monothematic, always about his Evil Hero Dark Gaia and all that.''

''Rob is right on that one.'' A girly voice said. Sean looked at the one who had just agreed with Rob; a beautiful girl named Ashley with green eyes and dark hair, being a year older than everyone else, with the exception of Rob, who was her age. ''He should try using some other kind of deck for once, because one day a guy will come that will beat his deck using an anti-meta deck.''

''Ha, they wouldn't dare.'' Sean said with a smile. ''If they want to beat him fair and square in front of the cameras and a bunch of spectators, they'll have to do it with their own personal decks. People won't like them as much if they just use a deck to counter John's deck.''

Fujimaru coughed and said: ''Guys, if I remember correct, we weren't here to talk about John, weren't we?

''Oh, yeah, the bully, dude!'' Rob Exclaimed. ''We need to do something about him. He's stealing everyone's cards by winning them in duels!''

''Yeah, Mark. He may good at dueling but…'' Sean's expression darkened as he said the following, ''he has no right stealing people's cards when he wins a match. It's totally unfair for beginners who are still learning.''

''Yeah, plus that… that…'' It looked like Ashley was about to explode saying, ''bad woman of Shannon. Gosh, I hate her. She and her harpies… they make me sick.''

Rob laughed while looking at Ashley. ''Wow, it looks like someone here wants revenge for an old match, right?''

''Oh, shut up.'' Replied Ashley punching him softly.

''Guys, cut it out!'' Fujimaru stood up as he ordered them to stop. ''If we are going to end that bully's game, we need to act together as a team. Remember, even if he loses, we still have his two other friends to deal with, Shannon and Peter. Along with the bully, Mark, they are three. We may be five, but they are very good, and they won't duel us in a five-to-three duel.''

''Yeah, and that's why I've come up with a plan.'' Ashley said with smile on her face. ''First, Mara and Rob will lure them to disperse by saying there is something wrong, Mara, you take Shannon and go to the park, where I'll be waiting, and Rob, you go to the back of the school, where Sean will be waiting.''

Fujimaru smiled. ''And then I'll go ahead and duel Mark. We won't be able to duel the three of them in the same place, as they'll know we are trying to take them down.''

''Yeah, but Sean and Ashley need to get people in the park by the time we get their opponents there.''

''I've already worked on that.'' Sean said with that lazy smile of his. ''Me and Mara, we know tons of people, so I think enough will come and watch the duels at the places we talked about''

''Good job Sean.'' Fujimaru complimented him. ''There will obviously be people anyways at the dueling area, where I'll defeat Mark. Our plan is perfect, except for the fact that…'' he looked at Ashley and said: ''Ashley, we've been studying our opponents for weeks now. And you know Shannon uses WIND attribute monsters.''

''Yeah, but…'' Ashley seemed disappointed.

''No 'buts', Ashley. You know we can't afford to lose this one. Your deck revolves around strengthening WIND type monster and getting back row (spell and trap) advantage. Harpies, not only they'll be strengthened by your 'Bladerfly', but they'll also destroy your spells and traps pretty quick as well, leaving you open for your own effects to fire back, since they rely on you having back row advantage.''

''Ok… But then, who'll be the one dueling her?'' Ashley asked.

''We'll switch places.'' Mara told her in her soft, cute voice. ''My Naturia monsters rely on the opponent using spells, traps, and summoning. You know Harpies special summon a lot, right? I'll stop them.'' She ended the phrase with a smile.

''Ok, I think there should be no more talking!'' Rob said.

''Just remember the kind of decks you guys will be facing.'' Fujimaru reminded them as if he was their teacher. ''Sean, do you remember the deck Peter uses?''

''Uh… It was…'' Sean seemed kind of lost, like always ''Iron Chains, right? They use deck and life point destruction.''

''Exactly, and be careful with his ace card, 'Iron Chain Dragon'. It'll come out when you least expect it, and it has 2500 ATK.''

''Ouch, that's heavy.'' Sean said looking at the ceiling.

''Yeah, it is,'' replied Fujimaru, retrieving a card from his pocked ''that's the reason why I'm gonna give you this card: Warrior Elimination. This will destroy all warrior-type monsters on the field, and most cards in Peter's deck are warriors, so…''

''Oh, thanks.'' Sean said lazily as he took the card

Fujimaru turned and looked at Mara, ''Mara, you know how Harpies go, right?''

''Perfectly.'' She assured with a smile

''Ok, then…'' He cleared his throat. His next phrase sounded kind of melancholic "I'm happy I met you all.''

Ashley laughed. "Haha, same here, Fuji. You guys are just freshmen, so you needed some sophomore aid from me and Rob, right?'' She said winking at Rob as she elbowed him.

He blushed and said, "Yeah, she's right, we were lucky to meet you guys too. At least it's good to know that Sean and Mara knew each other from before.''

Fujimaru looked at Sean proudly. "Yeah, Sean has defended me against a lot of racist people who think that the fact that I have Japanese roots gives them a right to insult and bully me since Middle School.''

"Oh, it was cool to meet you guys too.'' Sean said with his lazy smile. He then put his hand in the middle of all the people present there, and everyone else put a hand on top of his. "Ready?'' He asked.

''Let's go!'' They all yelled at the same time.

That night, Sean didn't sleep well. He dreamed of all his monsters being destroyed at the same time. ''Oh well, I'll just protect my life points with this defensive cards that canstop him from attacking.'' He said to himself within his own dream

Then, his opponent started to use card effects that inflicted him burn damage, or, in other words, that took life points off him without having to attack.

''Dang it… There is gotta be something in my deck I can use.'' He said to himself again. ''I bet if I'm lucky I'll draw it.''

He then looked at his deck and discovered with apprehension that he had a few cards left, and the good ones had been sent to the graveyard without him having an opportunity to even play them.

''Oh, no! Now what?''

Then he saw Evil Hero Dark Gaia right in front of him, with the gazillion attack points it always had.

''I hate that monster.''

At that moment, Dark Gaia raised himself up to the skies, covering the moon itself. Then, without farther ado, it fell down at an amazing speed, destroying all of Sean's life points.