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The non-original characters in this fanfiction are copyrighted to Kazuki Takahashi, Studio Gallup and Toei where applicable.  All other characters are considered public domain by the author and may be used freely, but he does request that you ask permission as a courtesy.
 
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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In the Duel Arena being tested for the morning's Genex finals...
 
"I learned a long time ago that this world was doomed," Almaz Wright said; his field consisted of a 3000-ATK "Wight King".  "Heinrich-dono sent me here as an agent to find the one who would lead this world to doom, and to draw out all of his power in a duel, so that there would be no question of who he was.  But I failed in that mission!"
 
"You are not an agent!" Tenjouin shouted.  "You're a child, and you're free to choose your path in life."
 
"You are wrong, Frau Tenjouin," Almaz said, with a shake of his head.  "Children are the slaves of their parents.  We are created by them to achieve their legacies.  And we have a duty to hold the memory of God as a banner to all who would stand against Him!  But I failed in that task."
 
He looked off to the side.  "Aoyama-kun had a friend.  A friend.  He defeated me.  How could the source of all evil in the world have a friend?  I did not understand this.  As I did not understand the impulse that forced me to Aoyama-kun's bedside."
 
"Almaz-kun..."
 
"Still... as a duelist, I can at least do my best here, as you request," Almaz said, finally looking his teacher in the eye.  "And I'll demonstrate that memory by defeating you.  Then perhaps, you can understand that Heinrich-dono was trying to save you all!  I set one card and end my turn."
 
Tenjouin frowned deeply as she prepared to draw her next card.
 
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YU-GI-OH! Negative Zero: Genex Midterms
Turn 33: "The Sins of the Fathers, Even Unto the Seventh Generation…"
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Katsuki wasn't able to sleep.  Instead, she was looking at her card collection.  It was an impressive one, but nevertheless limited, as she'd never had reason to keep cards that didn't assist her "Allure Queen" strategy.
 
Now, she felt forced to come up with something that could win, but kept coming back to "Court" like a crutch.  A crutch, she thought to herself.  That's exactly what it is.  It helped me when I wasn't able to walk on my own, but now that I am able to, I really should cast it aside.  After all, a crutch is pointless when you can walk..
 
...Unless you are simply too lazy to...
 
Katsuki took her "Court of the Allure Queen" and, moved by a strange emotion she didn't understand, kissed it.  "Thank you very much," she said respectfully.  "You've helped me through a hard time, but now I have to put you away."
 
She took a case that she had bought some time ago.  It had looked so beautiful when she first saw it that she bought it with the intent of putting something very valuable in it, but she'd never really encountered anything of more value to her than that box itself.
 
Until now...
 
"Sayonara, Shiho-chan," she said to herself as she reverently placed the card in the case.  She then clapped twice and bowed her head for a few moments, before putting the box in her dresser drawer.
 
Her thoughts were restless again, and she got to work building the rudimentaries for her new deck.
 
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  Tenjouin - 4000 LP
  Almaz - 4000 LP
 
Tenjouin put her hand on her deck.  "My turn... draw!  And I reveal my reverse card, 'Cry of the Living Dead'!"
 
Kiyotaki smiled.  "We're going to see a show now, I'm sure," he said.
 
Matsutani and Abe both nodded.  They had been paying attention to the cemetery, too.
 
"I can revive one monster from my cemetery in attack position!" Tenjouin said.  "And the monster I choose is the unrivaled master of water and ice!"
 
"You mean..." Almaz choked a bit.  There was visible fear in his body.
 
"The monster who secures the future of my students... grace us now with your presence!" Tenjouin shouted, feeling Almaz needed to know how important the monster was to her.  "Appear here, 'Blue Ice White Nights Dragon'!"
 
A powerful energy erupted on the field as, in front of the 'Cry of the Living Dead' card, a puddle of cold water appeared on the ground.  It then rose to the field, mildly resembling a bubble, before droplet started falling away from it.   As if emerging as a sculpture, the White Nights Dragon took shape, and then roared menacingly.
 
  Blue Ice White Nights Dragon - LV8 Water Dragon (3000 ATK)
 
When Almaz recovered from his awe, he was able to grip the situation.  "That is a powerful dragon," he admitted.  "But it will only be able to kill itself in a battle with Wight King.  And I'll be able to revive it with its special ability, Frau Tenjouin."
 
"I understand that," Tenjouin said.  "Characters don't always appear to play the hero.  Sometimes they must sacrifice themselves for a greater cause.  I'll show you what I mean.  For my normal summon, I play 'Cyber Petit Angel' in defense mode."
 
A circular cartoonish creature appeared, holding a bow and arrow.  It was pink and bore a halo and angel wings.
 
  Cyber Petit Angel - LV1 Light Angel (200 DEF)
 
"When Cyber Petit Angel is summoned, I can add one 'Machine Angel Ritual' from my deck to my hand," Tenjouin went on, spreading her deck before her and taking the card out.  "And I will activate it now!"
 
Almaz blinked.  "'Machine Angel Ritual'?"
 
The dragon that Tenjouin had summoned started to melt, and as it did, Tenjouin showed Almaz a card from her hand.  "White Nights Dragon, I now sacrifice you at the altar of the machine goddess!  The master of weapons will appear before us once more!  Show yourself before us... 'Cyber Angel Dakini'!"
 
Another burst of energy signalled the appearance of a new monster.  A blue-skinned woman with four arms, each wielding a different type of weapon; the two upper arms held a scimitar and a sword, the two lower ones both gripped a staff.
 
  Cyber Angel Dakini - LV8 Light Angel (2700 ATK)
 
"Why would you sacrifice a stronger monster for a weaker one?" Almaz asked, nonplussed.
 
"Because Dakini's special effect lets me destroy a monster on your side of the field when it's summoned," Tenjouin explained.  "Normally, you would choose the monster, but since you only have one... Dakini, destroy Wight King!"
 
Dakini threw her swords, which promptly regenerated, at Wight King, who fell apart into shattered bones.
 
"Battle!" Tenjouin shouted, wasting no time.  "Cyber Angel Dakini, attack Almaz-kun directly... Angelic Cut!"
 
Dakini leaped forward to strike Almaz, and he had a brief moment of panic.  He then seemed to remember he had a facedown.
 
"Reverse card open, 'Angel Lift'!" Almaz shouted, flipping the card down hard on the electronic table.  "I can special summon a Level 2 or lower monster in my cemetery in Attack position.  And of course, I choose Wight King!"
 
The bone pile returned, donning its cloak as it reformed.
 
  Wight King (? ATK)
 
"Remember, Frau Tenjouin... Wight King's attack power is based on the number of 'Wight' and 'Wight King' cards in my cemetery.  And since I still have 3 'Wight's, his power is higher than Dakini's!"
 
  Wight King (? ATK = 3000 ATK)
 
Tenjouin bit her lip.  I was hoping to draw out his countermeasure, but I didn't expect this.  Fortunately, I have a plan.
 
"Set two cards," Tenjouin said.  "Turn end."
 
"My turn, then," Almaz said, and pulled his card.  "I activate 'Magic Shard Excavation'.  By discarding two cards from my hand, I can take a magic card in my cemetery and return it to me!  I discard 'Mezuki' and 'Madame Wight' to return 'Reward of Rebirth' to my hand."
 
He put the stated cards in his cemetery pile, while returning the magic card to his hand.  "And since 'Madame Wight' is treated as 'Wight' in the cemetery, my Wight King's power goes up!"
 
  Wight King (3000 ATK + 1000 = 4000 ATK)
 
"Now I'll activate 'Reward of Rebirth' now," Almaz said.  "When a monster is revived from the cemetery, I get to draw one card."
 
If he's planning what I think he's planning, I'm in trouble, Tenjouin thought to herself.
 
"Battle!"
 
"What?" Tenjouin gasped in shock out loud.
 
"Wight King, destroy Cyber Angel Dakini!" Almaz declared as the pile of bones charged against Dakini, who tensed up for a battle.
 
It wasn't necessary.  "Reverse card open... 'Doble Passe'!" Tenjouin shouted, flipping the card open.  "Your attack on my monster becomes a direct attack on me!"
 
"Is she insane?" Abe shouted.  "Or perhaps she is trying to lose on purpose?"
 
"You're forgetting her other facedown," Kiyotaki pointed out.
 
Almaz looked visibly confused as well.  "Frau Tenjouin, are you trying to send me a message?"
 
"Yes, I am," Tenjouin replied.  "I'm trying to tell you that you are not alone!  Reverse card... chain! 'Emissaries of Harmony', activate!"
 
A group of holy maidens appeared on the field and said prayers as Wight King rushed forward with its punch.  It bounced off a magical barrier harmlessly.
 
"All damage to my monsters and to my life points become 0 this turn," Tenjouin said.  "Plus, the monster you attacked, gets to launch a direct attack on you.  Almaz-kun... I'm taking you seriously as a duelist.  Understand my strong feelings!"
 
Cyber Angel Dakini rushed forward, readying her weapons.  Almaz felt awed at the sight of her four arms.
 
"Angelic Cut!"  Tenjouin ordered.
 
But Dakini's attack connected against the shadow of Necro Gardna.
 
"I activate the effect of 'Necro Gardna'," Almaz said.  "By removing it from play, I can negate the attack of an opponent's monster."
 
Tenjouin clicked her tongue.  Almaz-kun... she thought to herself quietly.
 
"But... the damage from 'Doble Passe' is effect damage!" Matsutani shouted.  "Why would she let this go?  It was a great opportunity."
 
Kiyotaki sighed and put his hands in his pockets.  "You can't change the heart of a person that easily," he said.  "Tenjouin-san doesn't want to make Almaz-kun look bad."
 
"Still, I can't let that stand!"  Matsutani went on.  "He's pretty much cheating at this point!"
 
"Just let it go," Abe said, putting a hand on her shoulder.  "It's school policy that if one party overlooks the mistake of the other, it's a valid move.  We can't confirm that he was actively cheating."
 
Matsutani felt indignant.  "A guy who's willing to kill another, and you're giving him the benefit of the doubt?!"
 
Kiyotaki looked at Matsutani with a stern expression.  "Let's just let this go, Matsutani-san.  We're not going to make progress by bickering."
 
"Almaz-kun, I acknowledge you as a duelist," Tenjouin said.  "But you must understand—"
 
"I know what you're trying to do," Almaz interrupted her.  "It won't work!  I am very clear on this!  Are you trying to fight me to create a new future for me?  No future can be created through fighting!  Surely you understand that much?"
 
Tenjouin gripped her cards as his words shook her.  It feels true to me, she thought to herself.  As much as I enjoy dueling, I could feel good about it as long as it was just a game.  But now... we're using this game to decide the fate of this world!  Is this really the way things should be?
 
"My Battle Phase is over," Almaz went on.  "I set one monster facedown to end my turn."
 
Tenjouin drew her card as she puzzled over this new feeling.  I've fought many battles, and I remember every detail of them, she thought.  But have I ever thought about the friends I've left behind?  Junko-san... Momoe-san... I remember their names, but their faces are fading.  Have I ever even e-mailed them?
 
Dakini glanced at her mistress, seemingly concerned.
 
"Why is Tenjouin-san acting like this?" Matsutani asked aloud.
 
"Almaz-san has shaken her beliefs," Kiyotaki lamented.  "He's awoken her to a truth I had hoped she would not realize yet.  It will not help her in this fight."
 
Tenjouin touched the rim of her glasses as she recalled the last turn.  If he'd used "Mezuki" to resurrect "Madame Wight", my plan would have been foiled.  Plus, he set a defense position monster.  Most Undead monsters don't have much defense, and my "Dakini" does piercing damage.  Is he really trying his best?
 
She nodded as she gave voice to her own thoughts.  Yes... this is the attitude a duelist should have.  This is not the time for self-doubt!
 
Tenjouin placed the card she drew on her magic/trap slot.  "Instant magic, 'Cyclone', activate!  I select one magic or trap card on the field and destroy it.  Almaz-kun... I'll destroy your 'Angel Lift' card."
 
The wind from the card blew across the arena and hit "Angel Lift", shattering it.
 
"And, along with it, your 'Wight King' is also destroyed," Tenjouin reminded him as the skeletal once again retreated to a pile of bones.
 
"Next, I'll sacrifice 'Cyber Petit Angel' to summon 'Cyber Prima'," Tenjouin went on as the pink creature faded away.  The figure of Cyber Prima was especially stunning in this larger environment; her rotating rings, long swath of white hair, and red mask stood out as she shot energy out of her body.
 
  Cyber Prima - LV6 Light Warrior (2300 ATK)
 
"When Cyber Prima is summoned with a sacrifice, I destroy all magic cards on the field," Tenjouin said.
 
Almaz grunted as his "Reward of Rebirth" card was destroyed.
 
"Cyber Angel Dakini, attack Almaz-kun's facedown monster with Angelic Cut," Tenjouin went on.
 
"That hesitation is gone," Abe noted.  "What happened in Tenjouin-san's head just now?"
 
"Don't think her doubts are gone that easily," Kiyotaki said dourly.  "He planted a seed that may take root.  Getting rid of it is not a task as simple as merely achieving victory here."
 
Dakini's swords sliced through a pile of bones.
 
  Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower - LV3 Dark Undead (1500 DEF)
 
"When Cyber Angel Dakini attacks a defense position monster, you still take damage equal to the difference between its attack points and your defense points," Tenjouin reminded him.
 
Almaz nodded quietly.
 
  Almaz - 4000 LP - 1200 = 2800 LP
 
No matter what I do, I'm going to take damage this next turn, it looks like, Tenjouin thought to herself.  I can't stop him from reviving "Wight King" with "Mezuki"'s effect.  But he doesn't seem to be thinking clearly.  Perhaps the stress of the battle's overwhelmed him?
 
"Cyber Prima... direct attack on the player with The Ending's Reverence," Tenjouin went on.
 
Cyber Prima obeyed, spinning beautifully and pausing in front of Almaz.  Two well timed slashes and Almaz was shouting with apparent pain, shuddering violently.
 
  Almaz - 2800 LP - 2300 = 500 LP
 
"Are you okay, Almaz-kun?" Tenjouin shouted reflexively.
 
"This is the feeling — this is that feeling I hate!" Almaz spat.  "Trying my best and still losing!  Heinrich-dono was right... I am a loser.  If I don't kill this feeling, then that's all I am.  I can't put aside my feelings for the sake of my mission."
 
"You're not on a mission!" Tenjouin cried.  "You still have a choice!"
 
"Oh, really?" Almaz shot back.  "Did I choose this fate?  I can see it on your face — I've been making mistakes.  But I'm doing the best I can!  That doesn't matter to you, though, does it?  You see me as just a misguided boy."
 
Tenjouin stepped back with shock as she realized that this boy was very similar to Shougo.  They both felt themselves awful at dueling, and perhaps their style reflected that.  It's true that Shougo changed, but didn't that come at a risk to him?  And now he was in the hospital, sick of this disease, perhaps...
 
"You know about Darkness," Tenjouin said, turning her eyes away.  "Then you must know that it inflicted despair and misery on the human race.  The only way out is to fight on.  Not to surrender to that despair."
 
Almaz blinked.
 
That's right, Almaz-kun, Tenjouin thought to herself as she prepared to end her turn.  Times of peace are ideal, but we have to be prepared to fight, no matter what.  For what you believe in, and for what I believe in, we stand alone... but we stand together.
 
--
 
Mizuno woke up, startled.
 
It was that dream again of Toragami-sama, she thought to herself.  I'm going to be wound up tight for the rest of the night unless I do something.
 
She got up out of bed, carefully so as not to wake anyone else up, and opened a drawer that contained several decks.
 
My Plasma Cloud deck served me well for the elimination rounds, but now everyone knows I have the "Ultimate D-Card" and are surely preparing for it.
 
She then closed the drawer and opened one below it.  Along with several leather pieces of equipment was, incongruously, a baseball, which she picked up and threw up and down in her hand several times.
 
"I think the situation calls for a curveball," she mused aloud.
 
Meanwhile, another Obelisk Blue was up late doing bokken training.  His body showed signs of overexertion and he put the practice weapon down.  'In that sleep of death, what dreams may come', he thought to himself.  I shall fall asleep yesterday's Ganryu, but awaken tomorrow's Ganryu.
 
Naomi Aino, in the meantime, was not asleep at all.  She merely stared out the window of her dorm room.
 
I can't pretend to be tired when I'm not... and I can't die when I'm at the prime of my life.
 
She thought about the deck she had used in the elimination rounds, and the deck she had decided to use in the finals.
 
"Hinata-chan, I vow that I'll return your smile to you in the finals," she said to no one in particular.  "Even if I'm destined to lose to you, I can at least get you to remember it..."
 
--
 
"I set one card," Tenjouin said.  "Turn end."
 
"My turn..." Almaz said and drew his card.  "I activate the effect of 'Mezuki', Frau Tenjouin.  By removing it from play in the cemetery, I can revive one Undead-type monster in my cemetery."
 
Here it comes... Tenjouin thought.
 
"Be reborn... 'Madame Wight'!"
 
"What?" Tenjouin was visibly confused as the skeletal creature with a female wig and dress appeared, sitting on a chair and looking idle.
 
  Madame Wight - LV4 Dark Undead (2200 DEF)
 
Why would he revive a monster with no attack power against two monsters that can defeat it.  She then stifled a gasp.  Unless...
 
"And I summon 'Wight King' from my hand in attack position!" Almaz shouted as another pile of bones appeared on the field, with a cloak formed from the darkness.
 
  Wight King (? ATK)
 
"And the attack power of 'Wight King' is equal to the number of 'Wight' and 'Wight King' monsters in my cemetery times 1000," Almaz went on.  "With one 'Wight King' and three 'Wight's, that's 4000!"
 
  Wight King (? ATK = 4000 ATK)
 
Almaz then gave a heavy-hearted sigh, before he returned to his mode of aggression.  "Wight King, destroy Frau Tenjouin's Cyber Angel Dakini!"
 
The skeletal creature rushed Dakini, who dodged the blow and struck back, but only succeeded in cutting off its arm.  Wight King uppercutted Dakini with its free arm, destroying it.
 
Tenjouin shouted as she felt the reverbation of the blow.
 
  Tenjouin - 4000 LP - 1300 = 2700 LP
 
"I don't understand," Abe pondered.  "Why not target the weaker monster?"
 
"You forgot about Dakini's penetration effect," Matsutani reminded her colleague.  "If she'd attacked 'Madame Wight', Tenjouin-san would have won."
 
"I have nothing else to play," Almaz said.  "Turn end."
 
What is this feeling?  Tenjouin was lost in thought as she drew her next card.  It's such a tormented and conflictive feeling I feel inside of me when I look in his eyes.  Have I lost sight of my purpose again?
 
Her eyes then widened briefly as she recalled what she told Toragami during that Dark Duel...
 
"If I forget... remind me."
 
"I understand.  And I will."
 
Forget about my heart that was scorched by the light? Tenjouin said as she looked at her hand.  Like Almaz-kun, I have had my mind manipulated... yes.  I can accept that.  As I have had to accept that Tenjouin Asuka took those actions with the Society of Light, I must also accept that I was not in control.  And remember my heart... and use it to reach this boy!
 
"My turn... draw."  Tenjouin looked at her hand and field and nodded.  "Equip magic, 'Fulfillment of the Contract', activate!  By paying 800 life points, I can Special Summon a Ritual Monster from my cemetery."
 
  Tenjouin - 2700 LP - 800 = 1900 LP
 
"Of course, I choose 'Cyber Angel Dakini'!"
 
The four-armed weapons expert reappeared on the field.
 
  Cyber Angel Dakini (2700 ATK)
 
"Cyber Angel Dakini's special effect activates," Tenjouin went on.  "Almaz-kun, you must select one monster on your side of the field, and that monster is destroyed.  'Madame Wight' protects your 'Wight King' from magic and trap card effects, but not monster effects.  So you must choose."
 
"Of course, I choose 'Madame Wight'!" Almaz shouted as the lady skeleton shattered to pieces.  "And because of its effect, Wight King's strength increases!"
 
  Wight King (4000 ATK + 1000 = 5000 ATK)
 
Tenjouin nodded.  "Turn end."
 
"I see now," Almaz said.  "You're not taking me seriously, Frau Tenjouin?"
 
Tenjouin remained silent.
 
As Almaz drew his card, he frowned.  "I hate fighting," he sulked.  "But I like dueling.  I guess that makes me some kind of hypocrite.  Is that what you're telling me?  Well, I can only play the game by its rules.  Life's the same!  Even if you can't believe in your ideals, the only other choice is death!  So I'm going to do what I can!  'Wight King', attack 'Cyber Angel Dakini'!"
 
Tenjouin sighed.  "The warning I gave you, Almaz-kun... do you remember?"
 
"Warning?"
 
"I said 'Madame Wight' protects your 'Wight King' from magic and trap effects, but not monster effects.  This duel would have ended the same.  Reverse card open... 'Ice Block'!"
 
Almaz' eyes widened as blocks of ice gathered around 'Wight King'.
 
"I negate the attack of 'Wight King' and change it to defense position," Tenjouin explained.  "And it cannot declare an attack until the end phase of the next turn."
 
  Wight King (0 DEF)
 
Almaz sighed.  "I set one card and end my turn," he said.
 
I can tell from the look on his face that his set card is a bluff, Tenjouin said as she drew her next card.  Neither of us want to endure this meaningless battle anymore.  Almaz-kun, I will get you the help you need, so you can recover your life!
 
"Cyber Angel Dakini, attack Wight King!" Tenjouin ordered.  "Angelic Cut!"
 
Dakini twirled her weapons and hacked the ice-encased Wight King to bits.
 
"And due to Dakini's effect, you will take 2700 points of damage, Almaz-kun," Tenjouin went on.
 
Almaz looked down, his hair blowing in the wind as the duel ended
 
  Almaz - 500 LP - 2700 = 0
 
"So, it looks like I lost," Almaz said.  "Frau Tenjouin, I'll submit to the authorities of the country that owns this island."
 
"I never said that if I defeated you, you would go back to Japan," Tenjouin said, smiling gently.  Then her expression became firm again.  "You need help, Almaz-kun.  Your mind's been twisted in terrible directions by your father."
 
"That's exactly why I have to go back to Japan," Almaz replied.
 
Tenjouin's eyes widened and she gasped involuntarily as she realized what he was talking about.
 
"If I stay here, the chances are good I would try to take Aoyama-kun's life again," he went on.  "At least in Japan, I'll be where I can't hurt him."
 
"Almaz-kun..."
 
"You kept telling me that I have a choice," Almaz said finally.  "And I believed that I didn't.  But now... I'm not afraid of this.  This is what I choose.  You know it's for the best."
 
"But—!"
 
Almaz looked down.  "Are you going to try to take away my choice as well?"
 
"No, I wouldn't do that," Tenjouin said, and then looked off to the side.  "It's just that... well, it feels like I've failed if I don't at least try..."
 
"I know my father is wrong," Almaz said, choking back a sob.  "But he's the only father I have.  I cannot turn my back on his teachings just like that."
 
Kiyotaki, Matsutani and Abe had come down from their watchplace and were observing their dialogue.
 
"It's okay, Tenjouin-san," Matsutani said.  "Let him do this.  He knows that this is the right thing to do."
 
Tenjouin clenched her fists.  She felt powerless.  Again.  She'd saved one boy, but she was going to lose another.  And there was nothing she could do about it.
 
In the end, though, there was nothing she could do, but to honor that choice.  After all, it was the first one he could say he'd made on his own, and it showed awareness.  She hit a button on the table which caused her platform to lower itself.
 
"I saw no problems with the Duel Arena system," Tenjouin said to Kiyotaki, looking him square in the eye.  "We should be fine for tomorrow."
 
Kiyotaki nodded quietly as Matsutani approached Almaz, who had lowered his platform as well.
 
I have seen remarkable wisdom and integrity in many of these children, he thought to himself.  Even this boy, who had committed an action many would see as unforgivable, was able to take responsibility for his deeds, and allow justice to be done.
 
He thought about Almaz' father, who was still at large.  So why are so many adults unable to do the same?
 
--
 
Shougo hugged his pillow as sleep eluded him.  His mind was heavy with thoughts.  At the future of his body... he knew kidney disease was not a sickness that could be treated with medicine alone.  He pictured dialysis and shuddered in fright.
 
Don't worry about that now, he told himself.  It's time to get to sleep.  Hopefully Ayukawa-sensei will let me cheer on Chiba-kun tomorrow...
 
Waiting to sleep... waiting for the dream to approach... I see the darkness and I'm so scared...
 
Darkness...
 
'Darkness'...?
 
Shougo was suddenly out of his bed and in his Duel Academy uniform.  He was sitting in something resembling the Duel Arena that Tenjouin and Almaz had just dueled in, but the surroundings were of a rainbow color, resembling...
 
"No," Shougo shouted.  "I'm having a nightmare!"  He then saw that the table in front of him was equipped to play Duel Monsters, and there was a deck there as well.
 
And across from the arena...
 
Shougo could see someone there.  It was human, or at least appeared to be human... but that's all that he could tell.  There were no distinguishing features on that person whatsoever.
 
"So, shall we begin the final ritual of darkness?" he (the voice seemed male enough) said with a laugh.
 
"Who are you?" Shougo demanded.
 
The mysterious figure chuckled.  "Is there anyone you want me to be?" he said.  "And by the way, the fact that you've drawn five cards means you've accepted my challenge."
 
"What?" Shougo looked at his hand and noticed the cards in it.  He hadn't been aware of himself drawing cards...
 
"You see, Shougo, you are dreaming," the figure went on.  "But this dream has real consequences.  That deck you have in front of you represents the 'you' that you want to be.  Does that sound familiar?"
 
"You... you're Trueman!" Shougo shouted.
 
His opponent shook his head.  "Not quite," he corrected him.  "Trueman is an emissary of mine.  He cannot tell lies.  I can, though.  So it's up to you whether or not you believe me.  But this much is true.  Aoyama Shougo... this duel is the ultimate, the final, the last 'yami no game', the deciding Dark Duel."
 
Shougo choked in shock as he put two and two together at last.  "You... you're..."
 
"Almost there."
 
"You're... Darkness!"
 
The figure just smiled.  "Bingo."
 
--
TODAY'S FEATURED CARD: "Cyber Angel Dakini"
Level 8 light angel, attack power 2700, defense power 2400.  This card can only be summoned by activating "Machine Angel Ritual" and sending monsters from the hand or field equal to its level.  It inflicts piercing damage, and when summoned destroys one monster on the opponent's side of the field that they choose.  Tenjouin-sensei's tactics have culminated in this, the ultimate machine goddess!
 
--
Shougo: "Finally, I get an at-bat."
Aino: "Shougo is stuck in a dream world with an unknown opponent who says the only way out is to combat him... in a Dark Duel."
Shougo: "After how badly my last one went, how could I accept this one?"
Chiba: "Don't be afraid, Shougo-kun!"
Aino: "As Shougo-kun draws his cards, he discovers that the cards he draws are tied to his consciousness... or perhaps his subconscious?"
Toragami: "Aoyama Shougo, the true test of your belief begins now in this, the final Yami no Game.  You have bonds, you have friends.  Rely on us to find your reason for victory!"
Shougo: "I try to find that reason, but I can find only pain in victory.  What will I do?  Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh! Negative Zero: 'The Last Dark Game!  The Unreasonable Dream Duel'."
Tenjouin: "Duel... standby."
 
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CARDS USED BY ASUKA TENJOUIN:
 
CRY OF THE LIVING DEAD (TCG name: Call of the Haunted)
Continuous Trap
Special Summon 1 monster from your cemetery in Attack position.  If that monster is destroyed, destroy this card.  If this card is removed from the field, destroy the Special Summoned monster.
 
BLUE ICE WHITE NIGHTS DRAGON (TCG name: White Night Dragon)
Effect Monster (LV8 Water Dragon, 3000/2500)
Negate the activation of a Magic or Trap Card that targets this card and destroy it. When a face-up Monster you control is selected as an attack target, by sending one face-up Magic or Trap card you control to the cemetery, change the attack target to this card.
 
CYBER PETIT ANGEL
Effect Monster (LV2 Light Angel, 300/200)
When this monster is summoned, add 1 "Machine Angel Ritual" from your Deck to your hand.
 
MACHINE ANGEL RITUAL
Ritual Magic
This card is used to Ritual Summon a "Cyber Angel" monster.  You must also offer monsters as sacrifices from your hand or field whose Level stars equal the Level of the monster you are attempting to Ritual Summon.
 
CYBER ANGEL DAKINI
Ritual Monster (LV8 Light Angel, 2700/2400)
This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magic card "Machine Angel Ritual".  When this card is Special Summoned, your opponent selects 1 monster they control and destroys it.  During battle between this attacking card and a Defense position monster whose Defense points are lower than this monster's Attack points, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.
 
DOBLE PASSE
Normal Trap
Activate only when your opponent’s monster declares an attack on a monster you control.  That attack becomes a direct attack on your Life Points.  Then, your opponent takes damage equal to the Attack points of the monster’s original attack target.
 
EMISSARIES OF HARMONY (TCG name: Waboku) Normal Trap You take no Battle Damage this turn, and your Monsters cannot be destroyed as a result of battle.
 
CYCLONE (TCG name: Mystical Space Typhoon)
Instant Magic
Destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on the field.
 
CYBER PRIMA
Effect Monster (LV6 Light Warrior, 2300/1600)
When this monster is Sacrifice Summoned, destroy all face-up Magic cards on the field.
 
FULFILLMENT OF THE CONTRACT
Equip Magic
Pay 800 Life Points.  Special Summon 1 Ritual Monster card from your cemetery and equip it with this card.  If this card is destroyed, destroy the monster it is equipped to.
 
ICE BLOCK (note: manga exclusive card.)
Normal Trap
Negate the attack of a monster and change it to Defense Position.  That monster cannot declare an attack until next turn's End Phase.
 
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CARDS USED BY ALMAZ WRIGHT:
 
WIGHT KING (TCG name: King of the Skull Servants)
Effect Monster (LV1 Dark Undead, ?/0)
The original attack points of this card becomes the number of "Wight"s and "Wight King"s in your cemetery x 1000.  When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the cemetery, by removing in your cemetery 1 "Wight" or "Wight King" other than this card from play, Special Summon this card.
 
ANGEL LIFT (TCG name: Graceful Revival)
Continuous Trap
Select 1 Level 2 or lower monster from your cemetery and Special Summon it in Attack position. When this card is removed from the field, destroy that monster. When that monster is removed from the field, destroy this card.
 
MAGIC SHARD EXCAVATION (TCG name: Magical Stone Excavation)
Normal Magic
Discard 2 cards from your hand to activate. Add 1 Magic card in your cemetery to your hand.
 
MEZUKI
Effect Monster (LV4 Dark Undead, 1700/800)
You can remove this monster in your cemetery from play to Special Summon 1 Undead-type monster in your cemetery.
 
MADAME WIGHT (TCG name: The Lady in Wight)
Effect Monster (LV3 Dark Undead, 0/2200)
Face-up level 3 and lower Undead-type monsters you control, except "Madame Wight", are unaffected by the effects of Magic and Trap cards and cannot be destroyed in battle.  This card's name is treated as "Wight" while in the cemetery.
 
REWARD OF REBIRTH (TCG name: Card of Safe Return)
Continuous Magic
When a monster is Special Summoned to the field from your cemetery, you can draw 1 card.
 
NECRO GARDNA
Effect Monster (LV3 Dark Warrior, 600/1300)
Remove this card in your cemetery from play to negate 1 attack this turn from a monster your opponent controls.
 
SOUL-ABSORBING BONE TOWER
Effect Monster (LV3 Dark Undead, 400/1500)
While there is another Undead-type monster on your side of the field, your opponent cannot select this card as an attack target.  Whenever an Undead-type monster(s) is Special Summoned successfully, send 2 cards from the top of your opponent's Deck to the cemetery.

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