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The card names used are translations of the Official Card Game (OCG) names. For the TCG names, see the "Cards used" at the end of the story. And don't forget to e-mail me your thoughts (vm_postitnotes@yahoo.com). Thank you very much for reading.

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Turn 12: "Shougo's Pinch! Dark Angel Zerato Arrives"

Shougo slapped his ace card onto his duel disk. "I special summon to the field... Dark Armed Dragon."

"Let's get this troublesome creature out of the way," Shougo said. "I remove Newdoria from play to destroy Dragoon D-END. Dark Genocide!"

Horiuchi grasped his face and then reared back and laughed madly. "You say you can read, but you couldn't see that Dragoon cannot be touched by the effects of magic, trap and monster cards?" he shouted. "And he has more attack points than Dark Armed Dragon. So what can you do?"

"This is a problem," Chiba said, adjusting his glasses. "Apparently, Horiuchi has a prototype version of Dragoon D-END. I don't know how a Duel Academia student would be able to acquire such a thing."

"No joke," Mark said. "Immune to magic, trap and monster effects *and* can revive itself? I want Shougo to win but... I'm having a hard time thinking of how he can do it!"

Tenjouin bit her lip as she watched the proceedings. 'That can't be,' she thought. 'That's the prototype card. It was altered to remove the protection effect before it was released to the Pro Duelist world. How did Horiuchi-kun get his hands on something like that? Did he bring it here just to humiliate Aoyama-kun in front of the whole school?'

"You shouldn't be worried," Kiyotaki said with a faint smile. "Whatever that Obelisk Blue student had planned, it's having the opposite effect. Look at the students."

Indeed, the students were whispering to themselves already about the suspicion of foul play.

Shougo's eyes widened and he grit his teeth. "So... that's what you plan to do," he said with a sour look. "You're lower than I imagined you to be, Horiuchi!"

"Don't even think you can consider talking to me that way," Horiuchi said. "I'm going to defeat you here and show you that you can't talk big because you can get rare cards! And I'll avenge my friend, Watanabe-san!"

"Whatever you say," Shougo said. "I'll remove Blood Vors and Red-Eyes Black Dragon from play and destroy your facedown magic cards. Dark Genocide!"

The black energy bolts destroyed Horiuchi's D-Shield and Magic Cylinder.

"Nice job, but it's pointless," Horiuchi said. "Next turn, I'll erase your famous card from the field!"

"Do whatever you have to," Shougo said. "I set one magic/trap and one monster card facedown. Turn end."

"My turn," Horiuchi shouted. "Draw! And I'll activate the magic card 'Doctor-D'. By removing Dogmaguy in my cemetery from play, I'll revive D.HERO Diskguy!"

The bladed warrior appeared on the field. "Diskguy's special effect activates," Horiuchi said. "When he's summoned from the cemetery, I draw two more cards. And now I sacrifice him to summon D.HERO Dashguy in attack mode!"

The hologram of Discguy faded to be replaced by a sleek-looking monster with wheeled feet.

"And if you think I'm going to attack and risk triggering your trap, you're wrong! Dragoon D-END! Erase Aoyama's Dark Armed Dragon! The End of Fate!"

The dragoon's firey bolt destroyed Shougo's dragon and lowered his life points to 1600.

"Oh man," Mark bemoaned. "I thought for sure his facedown would be something that would help him."

"An Osiris is an Osiris, after all," Katsuki said, shrugging. "I'm all for rooting for the underdog, but the outcome here is clear."

"My turn," Shougo said. "Draw. First I'll summon the monster card - Defender of the Temple, in defense mode!"

A strange-looking translucent creature appeared on the field and guarded its body with its oversided hands.

"Next, I flip my hidden monster card - Metamorpot," Shougo announced. "We both discard our hands, and then we draw five new cards. Or at least - I will. Defender of the Temple prohibits the opponent from drawing outside of the draw phase... so you don't get any cards!" He placed his hand into the graveyard and began to draw.

"Awesome, Shougo-kun!" Chiba shouted.

"Not bad," Katsuki acknowledged.

Tenjouin smiled quietly watching the boy play.

Horiuchi grunted angrily as he placed his hand into the graveyard.

Shougo then shouted. "Reverse card open - Dark Dimension's Release! I select a dark-attribute monster that was removed from play, and I summon it! Return to the game, Red-Eyes Black Dragon."

Horiuchi scoffed at the dragon's return. "What's he going to do?"

"Next, I'll play the magic card 'Dragon's Mirror' - by removing from play cards from my field and graveyard, I can fusion summon a monster. I remove the Red-Eyes from my field and Meteor Dragon from my graveyard... to summon Meteor Black Dragon!"

The image of a mirror shone on the duel arena and absorbed the Red-Eyes as the reflection of Meteor Dragon showed within. In a flash of light and fire, the large, shelled molten dragon appeared and gave a deep, rumbling shout.

"3500 attack points!" Walker said. "It can beat the Dragoon!"

"But isn't Shougo-kun forgetting?" Chiba pondered. "Dragoon D-END can revive itself next turn by removing a D.HERO in the grave from play. And then there's nothing he can do to prevent his loss."

"But he has five cards in his hand," Walker replied. "Surely he's got a way to deal with that now!"

"Meteor Black Dragon!" Shougo ordered. "Destroy Dragoon D-END! Meteor Dive!"

The dragon tucked itself into its shell and threw itself at the armored monster. Horiuchi yelled as his prize card was destroyed and his life points fell to 3500.

"I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn," Shougo said. "You're up."

"And you're down in a moment," Horiuchi said. "I draw, and activate Dragoon D-END's effect. By removing D-HERO Diabolicguy in my graveyard from play... revive, Dragoon D-END!"

Just as easily as he was destroyed, the Final D-Card was back on the field.

"And now, we'll end this - Watanabe-kun and I, together. Dragoon D-END! Destroy Aoyama's Meteor Black Dragon!"

"You just can't help yourself, can you?" Shougo muttered. "You take any opportunity to make me look bad. Well, too bad, Horiuchi - you can forget about it! Reverse card open - Dimension-Induced Explosion!"

"Dimension-Induced Explosion?" Horiuchi grumbled.

"By returning Meteor Black Dragon to my fusion deck, we both can summon two cards removed from play to the field. I'll summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and my Meteor Dragon."

"Wow," Chiba said. "That isn't a card he normally uses."

"He must have altered his deck in preparation for this duel," Mark nodded. "Very impressive!"

Horiuchi laughed aloud one more time. "You don't need me to make you look back, you rat! You do that well enough on your own! I'll summon my two Diabolicguys in defense mode. Turn end."

"Alright then," Shougo said. "My turn... draw."

The audience seemed to draw in a breath in unison as Shougo pulled his card.

He glanced at his hand and smiled faintly. "It looks like I win."

"Isn't it a little too early to brag, you little runt?" Horiuchi countered. "None of those monsters can stand up to my Dragoon..."

Shougo just smiled and showed Horiuchi his "Fusion" card.

"I fuse Red-Eyes and Meteor Dragon together to return Meteor Black Dragon to the field," Shougo said, as the two monsters were merged by the magic of the card to re-create the molten beast.

"Hah, so you can beat my Dragoon D-END with that," Horiuchi scoffed. "It'll come back next turn no matter what you do."

"I haven't normal summoned yet," Shougo reminded him. "I tribute my Metamorpot and my Defender of the Temple to summon my newest card to the field."

The two monsters' holograms shimmered away and a deep rumble reverberated throughout the arena.

"This is it!" Chiba said excitedly. "Shougo-kun is going to reveal the new card he received!"

Slowly, from the floor, a winged warrior appeared, with red bat wings and a menacing jagged sword. He slashed a few times with it before entering a battle stance.

"I summon Dark Angel Zerato in attack mode," Shougo said.

"Not bad," Horiuchi said. "But even at 2800 attack points, it's not going to make much of a dent. My Diabolicguys are in defense and my Dashguy has 2100."

"They won't be around for much longer," Shougo said. "I activate Dark Angel Zerato's special ability. By discarding Kuriboh from my hand to the cemetery, I destroy all the monsters on your field."

He placed his Kuriboh card into the graveyard slot and Zerato's sword began to glow with a dark energy.

Shougo pointed at Horiuchi's field. "Dark Angel Zerato... Wicked Light!"

A shimmering light shot out of the sword, and in a moment obliterated Horiuchi's Destiny Heroes. Horiuchi raised his duel disk in front of his face to shield himself.

Dragoon D-END, however, remained unscathed.

"Nice try, but you forgot about D-END's effect again," Horiuchi said. "And even if you destroy him and attack me directly with Zerato I'll still have life points left. And on your next turn it's over!"

"You bastard," Shougo said with a shake of his head.

"What did you say?!" Horiuchi exploded with a sudden rage, having lost his tolerance for the Osiris Red's nerve.

"You say I only win because of rare cards that I stole, and yet look at yourself - using a prototype card that never even was released, just so you can get your revenge. But I'm going to use that against you now, and once you lose to an Osiris dropout boy, you'll never be able to show your face around here again!"

"Is that what you told Watanabe-kun when you crushed his spirit?" Horiuchi demanded. "Huh?!"

"I never dueled that guy," Shougo replied. "But he's a liar just like you. He threatened to accuse me of stealing and tried to take my cards from me. And I almost gave in. I was tired of people like him and you making my life miserable... but not anymore! I see now, you are all nothing but talk!"

"How can he say that after an Obelisk destroyed him?" Katsuki wondered.

"I thought you didn't want Horiuchi-kun to win, Shiho-chan?" Aino asked.

"That doesn't mean this kid should go around saying unnecessary things," Katsuki smirked.

Chancellor Kiyotaki smiled. "Now he is starting to grow," he said.

Tenjouin sighed and crossed her arms tighter.

"I activate... the field magic, Dark Zone," Shougo said, placing the card into his field slot. The arena became covered with purple clouds, lightning bolts circling the space wherein the two dueled. "All dark attribute monsters will gain 500 attack points and lose 400 defense points. That means Dark Angel Zerato's attack power grows to 3300."

The demonic angel glowed with a dark aura as its power rose.

Horiuchi howled madly. "You idiot!" he laughed. "Dragoon D-END is a dark monster too! His power will go up to 3500, and your Meteor Black Dragon will destroy itself fighting him. It's a fire monster, after all! And your silly little angel still can't defeat me. It's still my game! I must thank you for giving me the win! Hahahahaha!"

But the Dragoon's power didn't go up.

"What's going on?" Horiuchi shouted. "Why isn't my D-END's power going up? You must be cheating!"

"The irony," Shougo said. "It makes me sick. Or have you already forgotten? Dragoon D-END isn't affected by magic, trap or monster effects. That doesn't mean only effects that hurt him."

"No!" Horiuchi shouted desperately. "Wait a second!"

"Meteor Black Dragon!" Shougo shouted. "Destroy Dragoon D-END one more time!"

Once again, the dragon crashed its shell-encased body into the dragoon, and Horiuchi yelled in seeming pain as his life dropped to 3000.

"Dark Angel Zerato! Finish this! Wicked Wave!"

Zerato gave a battle cry, raising its sword, and dropped it to the ground, shooting a breaking beam directly at Horiuchi. It knocked him on his back as his life points hit zero.

The crowd erupted in noise, equal parts cheering, booing and gasps of shock. Shougo stared at the ground and then up at the crowd. Many people could be seen giving him support, and others were thumbing him down. He frowned and looked down at the ground again.

Horiuchi helplessly clenched the floor with his fists, eyes wide in shock. Slowly he got up and pointed at his opponent. "This... this only proves my point!" he shouted. "Aoyama won with a surprise tactic and a rare card... another one that's not even easily available to the elite!"

"Haven't you had enough!" Shougo shouted angrily. "You're just making things worse for yourself!"

Silence hit the auditorium.

"You used a prototype card to try to beat me and you're still going on about that?" he went on. "I was in the library today studying the Destiny Hero cards you used. They're really awesome! But you only used them to try to make me look stupid, just like all you Obelisks do. You probably didn't even bother to find out what kind of cards I use."

"Why should I have?" Horiuchi grumbled.

"Well, the result speaks for itself," Shougo said. "And if that weren't enough, you used an illegal card. Think you can just get away with that?"

"And... what are you going to do about it? What are any of you going to do? It's the money of families like mine that *built* this school! Without me you'd still be playing on paper pads pretending that your silly dragon cards are alive!"

Murmurs erupted in the crowd as their opinion became apparent. No matter what anyone thought of Shougo, nobody was on Horiuchi's side.

"Aoyama Shougo is the winner," the announcer shouted over the loudspeakers. Shougo turned around and left the arena.

Horiuchi lost himself in his embarassment and anger. "Don't turn your back on me, dropout boy! This isn't over!"

"No, it isn't. You'll have to answer for your actions soon, I'm sure. As for me, I'm going back to my room to study. I have classes to get to."

"Amazing," Abe observed. "The boy was in a terrible situation because of that card, but he used its abilities against it."

"And to think that boy is so quiet in the dorm," Matsutani added. "You'd never think that kind of fire existed in him."

Tenjouin nodded, but her expression was stern. "In any case, we must call Daisuke Horiuchi to account for his actions. We'll have to find out how he got that card, and possibly organize another exhibition."

"Could you hold off on that until tomorrow morning, Tenjouin-san?" Kiyotaki asked.

"What?! But... why?"

"I must look into the matter myself," Kiyotaki said. "Horiuchi-san and his colleagues will no doubt be upset that their son failed so utterly. I'll have to quell their displeasure before any academic sanctions are taken."

Tenjouin frowned deeply and tried to maintain her professional composure. "Kiyotaki-kouchou, with all due respect, if we coddle the Obelisk elites any further, it will justify the distrust that the Ra and Osiris students already have for them."

"Every society has its elites and its untouchables," Kiyotaki said. "It can't be avoided. Its stability depends on that existence. In the meantime, I must handle the task of keeping this school afloat. Please understand, Tenjouin-san."

"I understand how you feel," Matsutani said, touching Tenjouin's shoulder. "But the Chancellor is right."

"Don't worry, we'll all make sure Horiuchi-kun explains himself," Abe added.

Tenjouin sighed and nodded. "I have to get to my lesson plans for tomorrow," she said. "Please excuse me."

As she walked away, her mind was on the duel she'd just seen, and that side of Shougo that only seemed to come out when he dueled. 'His last words to Horiuchi-kun were a bit foreboding,' she thought. 'Is it possible?'

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Horiuchi bit his lip as he looked at the sea surrounding Duel Academia Island. "How humiliating!" he said to himself. "I'm going to get that rat Aoyama back, though... in spades."

"Why wait?" a voice said. "You've got a chance to get him back now."

"Who's there?" Horiuchi turned, shouting at where the voice came from.

The sound of a duel disk activating was heard. "Duel me," came the reply.

"Aoyama? Why should I? Nobody's watching. Get lost, come back in the morning."

"Duel now," the voice said, approaching closer from the shadows.

"Are you deaf? I told you..."

The voice interrupted him. "You don't have a choice. You will duel now. Or..."

Horiuchi's anger was aroused by this attitude. "Fine! Bring it on!" He turned on his duel disk and stepped forward.

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The next day went much differently than the kind of day Shougo was accustomed to. No longer did he hear whispers of how lucky he was or how he could only win with rare cards. Some people even greeted him in a friendly fashion as he made his way to class.

But Shougo didn't change. He was as sullen as ever.

Chiba met up with his roommate by the Osiris Red dorms after class as the sun went down. "Shougo-kun, it's great," he said. "You got what you wanted... people are respecting you now. That's awesome. ...Isn't it?"

Shougo looked at his friend and mustered a smile. "It's good that I'm getting respect," he nodded. "But did you see the way I acted during that duel?"

"What about it? He was telling lies about you, trying to slander you and embarass you in the whole school. If anything, you were easy on him."

But Shougo shook his head. "That cruelty you saw... it didn't have anything to do with that. I was just angry. My opponent... didn't matter. I just wanted to make him look foolish, too. That's... that's not who I am, Chiba-kun."

Chiba blinked. "Shougo-kun..."

"When I'm not dueling, I don't want to hurt anyone," Shougo sighed. "But when I'm dueling, it seems like hurting people is all I want to do. Until I figure out why that is..."

He glanced at his hand, clenched it, and sighed deeper. "I'm at a school, and I'm supposed to be here to learn. I'm going to focus on that."

"What are you saying?" Chiba asked. "You're not going to quit dueling, are you? Haven't we already gone over this?"

"Maybe if I learn more... I can understand what's going on. What if I have to duel you again, Chiba-kun? I don't want to lose control like I did yesterday. Until then, I really shouldn't duel..."

"That's the biggest crock I've ever heard," a female voice in the distance said.

Shougo and Chiba turned to where the voice came from. A dark-skinned girl wearing a Ra Yellow uniform stood before them, with a duel disk strapped to her arm.

"You can forget about quitting," she said. "I'm here to challenge you, right here, right now."

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TODAY'S FEATURED CARD: The Effect Monster, "Dark Angel Zerato"
By discarding 1 Dark-attribute monster from your hand, this card can destroy all of your opponent's monsters, but if you use this effect, he will be sent to the cemetery at the end of your turn. If you have 4 unique Dark-attribute monsters in your cemetery, you can sacrifice 1 Dark-attribute monster to summon him.

NEXT TIME: "The Unrepentant Pride of a Duelist! Burn, Flame Spirit Ignis!"

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SUPPLEMENTAL SECTION

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CARDS USED BY DAISUKE HORIUCHI:
* DRAGOON D-END (Destiny End Dragoon)
Fusion Monster (L10 Dark Warrior, 3000/3000)
"D.HERO Dogmaguy" + "D.HERO Bloo.D"
A Fusion Summon of this monster can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. Once per turn, you may destroy 1 monster your opponent controls and inflict damage equal to that monster's Attack points. If you activate this effect, you cannot enter your Battle Phase this turn. During your Standby Phase, this card exists in your cemetery, you may remove 1 "D.HERO" Monster in your cemetery from play to Special Summon this card.

* D - SHIELD
Normal Trap
Activate only when an "D.HERO" monster you control in Attack position is selected as an attack target. Change that monster to Defense position and equip it with this card (this card becomes an Equip Card). The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by battle.

* MAGIC CYLINDER
Normal Trap
Negate 1 attack from an opponent's attacking monster and inflict damage to that player equal to the attacking monster's Attack points.

* DOCTOR-D
Normal Magic
Remove from play 1 "D.HERO" in your cemetery to Special Summon 1 "D.HERO" from your cemetery.

* D.HERO DOGMAGUY (Destiny Hero - Dogma)
Effect Monster (L8 Dark Warrior, 3400/2400)
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by sacrificing 3 monsters, including at least 1 "D.HERO". If this card is Special Summoned, halve your opponent's Life Points during their next Standby Phase.

* D.HERO DISKGUY (Destiny Hero - Disk Commander)
Effect Monster (L1 Dark Warrior, 300/300)
If this card if Special Summoned from the cemetery, draw 2 cards.

* D.HERO DASHGUY (Destiny Hero - Dasher)
Effect Monster (L6 Dark Warrior, 2100/1000)
Once per turn, by sacrificing 1 monster, this card gains 1000 Attack points until the end of this turn. If this card attacks, it is changed to Defense position at the end of the Battle Phase. While this card is in the cemetery, one time only during your Draw Phase, when you draw a Monster Card, you can show it to your opponent and Special Summon it.

* D.HERO DIABOLICGUY (Destiny Hero - Malicious)
Effect Monster (L5 Dark Warrior, 800/800)
By removing this card in your cemetery from play, select 1 "D.HERO Diabolicguy" from your Deck and Special Summon it.

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CARDS USED BY SHOUGO AOYAMA:

* DARK ARMED DRAGON
Effect Monster (LV7 Dark Dragon, 2800/1000)
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned when you have exactly 3 Dark-attribute Monsters in your cemetery. By removing 1 Dark-attribute Monster in your cemetery from play, destroy 1 card on the field.

* BLOOD VORSE (Vorse Raider)
Normal Monster (L4 Dark Beast-Warrior, 1900/1200)
This wicked Beast-Warrior does every horrid thing imaginable and loves it! His axe bears the marks of his countless victims.

* RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON (Red-Eyes B. Dragon)
Normal Monster (LV7 Dark Dragon, 2400/2000)
A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack.

* DEFENDER OF THE TEMPLE (Protector of the Sanctary)
Effect Monster (LV4 Earth Demon, 1100/1900)
Your opponent cannot draw cards, except during the Draw Phase.

* METAMORPOT (Morphing Jar)
Effect Monster (Lv2 Earth Rock, 700/600)
FLIP: Both players discard their hands. Then both players draw 5 cards.

* DARK DIMENSION'S RELEASE (Escape from the Dark Dimension)
Continuous Trap
Select 1 Dark-Attribute Monster that is removed from play and Special Summon it. When this card is removed from the field, destroy that monster. When that monster is destroyed, destroy this card.

* DRAGON'S MIRROR
Normal Magic
Remove from play Fusion-Material Monsters listed on a Dragon-Type Fusion Monster Card from your side of the field or your Graveyard, and Special Summon the selected Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck. (This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon.)

* METEOR DRAGON
Normal Monster (L5 Fire Dragon, 1800/2000)
This dragon appeared from the sky and crashed to the earth.

* METEOR BLACK DRAGON (Meteor B. Dragon)
Fusion Monster (L8 Fire Dragon, 3500/2000)
"Red-Eyes Black Dragon" + "Meteor Dragon"

* DIMENSION-INDUCED EXPLOSION (Dimension Explosion)
Instant Magic
Return 1 face-up Fusion Monster you control to the Fusion Deck. Then both players select up to 2 Monster Cards in the Discard pile and Special Summon them.

* FUSION (Polymerization)
Send Fusion-Material Monsters listed on a Fusion Monster card from your hand or side of the field to the cemetery to Fusion Summon that Monster from your Fusion Deck.

* DARK ANGEL ZERATO (Darklord Zerato)
Effect Monster (L8 Dark Angel, 2800/2300)
If there are 4 or more Dark-attribute monsters with different names in your Graveyard, you can Normal Summon this monster by sacrificing 1 Dark-attribute monster. You can send 1 Dark-attribute monster from your hand to the cemetery to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. If you activate this effect, destroy this card during the End Phase of this turn.

* KURIBOH
Effect Monster (L1 Dark Demon, 300/200)
When your opponent attacks you during their Battle Phase, you may discard this card from your hand to make the Battle Damage from that attack 0.

* DARK ZONE (Mystic Plasma Zone)
Field Magic
Raise the ATK of all Dark-attribute monsters by 500 points, and lower their DEF by 400 points.


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