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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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Shougo was in a Duel Arena, surrounded by strange violet and red waves of light.  His opponent was almost notable in his non-notable appearance.
 
"This is the Last 'Yami no Game'," he told Shougo.  "It's true that you're dreaming.  Only in the dream time can this kind of challenge happen, though.  Don't think this the average dream where you're naked in class."
 
"You can't be..." Shougo gasped.
 
"Yes, it's possible that I am lying to you and I am not really 'Darkness'," the figure responded, and then put his finger to his lip appearing to be in thought.  "I guess you'll need a name to call me, then.  I know!  Why don't you call me Ophelia?"
 
Shougo was caught off guard.  "But... you're a guy."
 
"Who says I'm a guy?"  He... she... whoever this person was, laughed.  "Shougo, you haven't been paying attention apparently.  I'm whatever I want to be!  If I choose to be a boy, I'm a boy.  If I choose to be a girl, I'm a girl.  Right now, I choose to be Ophelia, since I can tell you want to name me so badly."
 
Shougo folded the cards up in his hands and put them down on the table in front of him.  "I don't want to take this challenge," he said.  "Get me out of here now."
 
Ophelia laughed.  "I'd love to do that for you," she said.  "But you see, I can't do that.  Because you don't want to wake up."
 
"Yes, I do!" Shougo shouted.
 
"If you did, then you'd be up," she replied.  "Simple as that.  Pay attention, Shougo; this is where it gets good.  You are in complete control, Shougo, and you have been — from the very beginning."
 
"What are you saying?" Shougo demanded, getting frantic.  "That I chose all of the terrible things that have happened to me, all the hurt that I put my friends through?  I chose all of that?!"
 
A sinister smile erupted onto Ophelia's face.  "Bingo."
 
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YU-GI-OH! Negative Zero: Genex Midterms
Turn 34: "The Last Dark Game!  The Unreasonable Dream Duel"
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"You see, we have a problem here," Ophelia went on.  "We were supposed to have a game where both of us were trying to win, but that doesn't seem to be the case."
 
"Excuse me?" Shougo felt hurt.  Was this Ophelia doubting his determination?
 
"You see, if you wanted to win, it would be easy enough to have simply drawn the five pieces of Exodia," Ophelia went on.  "You've seen the cards in your studies, and you know what they look like.  But your hand has no parts of Exodia, right?"
 
Shougo looked at the cards in his hand quickly.  "No..." he said.  "But how do you know?"
 
"Another excellent question," Ophelia said and laughed, her voice purposefully designed to be as androgynous as possible, although the name "Ophelia" continued to cause Shougo to perceive her as female.  "You see... I have the same possibility.  I didn't draw Exodia either.  In other words... I must draw whatever cards you do."
 
"What kind of a game is that?!" Shougo shouted impulsively.  "We'd just be counterattacking each other!"
 
"But this is where our souls part, Shougo-kun," Ophelia said.  "I am 'Darkness', you see, and I chose you for a vessel.  But you've been pitiful!  You only have the drive to win when it suits you, and at all other times you seek to make friends.  I can't accept that.  That's why I've decided to show you that I am the soul suitable to be in this vessel, and not you.  With this duel, I'll seal you away and correct my mistake!  Aoyama Shougo... you must accept this duel, or you will die!"
 
"I'll... what are you saying?" Shougo's eyes widened in horror as he felt a sickness deep inside.
 
"Why do you think your kidneys are failing, Shougo-kun?"  Ophelia smiled a bitter smile.  "You've tried to 'have your cake and eat it too', so to speak.  You want everyone to recognize you as a duelist, but you want everyone to be your friend too.  So you feel their bitterness when you defeat them.  You've taken it all on yourself.  Your body can no longer handle it!"
 
"That's not true!" Shougo shot back.  "It's just a medical condition... once they find the cause, they can start treating it and..."
 
"Someone as smart as you surely understands what that entails."  Ophelia tapped the table impatiently.  "There will be surgeries and implantations.  They will connect machines to your body to keep you alive, and clean out the drive to win from your blood.  You will be an impotent mortal, and in a matter of years, your body will give out and you will perish."
 
Ophelia then pointed to the sky.  "Look here, Shougo-kun," she said.  "If you accept this duel, then the cards will show you the truth.  Whether you're destined to be a winner, or a loser.  If you lose, then you'll be wiped from existence.  But you've been ready for that, haven't you?"
 
Shougo bit his lip.  His strongest impulse, his gut feeling, was to accept the duel, and trust this person, even though he knew Darkness had turned him against his friends.  Why... why am I going along with this?  This person's a liar!  They even said so themselves!  So what's this feeling I have?  Am I evil after all?
 
"Forget your questions," Ophelia said and laughed.  "Won't it be better to resolve them in the middle of a passionate duel?  Let's proceed, then!  You know what you have to say."
 
Shougo looked up and stared his opponent in the eye.  He felt the emotions of his early dueling days return.  The excitement of asserting oneself.  The pressure of the tactics of the ever-evolving game.  A second springtime for his youth.  I won't lose.  I promise... I won't lose!
 
His mouth opened, and Ophelia's did as well, and they spoke the word in unison.
 
"Duel!"
 
  Shougo - 4000 LP
  Ophelia - 4000 LP
 
"How aggressive you are!" Ophelia said.  "I think I'll take the first move, but first, since you are dreaming, I would have you look at the cards in your hand."
 
"Huh?" Shougo said and looked down.
 
"The far left card represents the far-off past that you don't remember.  Being born, your parents, your childhood.  You've chosen to forget that, and so the memories are sealed."
 
The far left card was "Cyberdark Impact!".  This card's no good to me now, he thought.  This is a card that allows me to summon my deck's ace, "Cyber Dark Dragon".  But I need the three parts of it in the cemetery!
 
"The next card is your direct past," Ophelia went on.  "These are the events that shape you as a duelist now.  Those pointless memories and worthless affection that constrain your true power are locked up within that card!"
 
Shougo's eyes moved to the card, and then he gasped.  Impossible... I removed this card...
 
...It's the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!
 
Ophelia chuckled.   "You are beginning to understand," she said.  "Then I'll have you direct your attention to the middle card, of who you really are."
 
Please, don't be Dark King Prometheus, Shougo said in his mind as he scanned his eyes to that card.  I couldn't take it if...
 
Shougo was taken aback by the middle card.  "Fusion".  Memories came flooding in of his witnessing of the Duel King combating Seto Kaiba.  Somewhere out there, a card must exist that represents the Red-Eyes' true potential.  That card was "Fusion", without a doubt.  But why was that card...?
 
"Are we done with dwelling on memories?" Ophelia chuckled.  "Even the present is the past, as the moment you think about it, it is no longer the present!  So I'll focus your attention on the future!  The card to the right will be your destiny in this duel!"
 
Shougo's eyes moved with trepidation.  "Cyber Dark Edge".  One of the pieces of Cyber Dark Dragon, but I need a level 3 monster in the cemetery for it to be of any use to me right now.  As it stands, it's merely one part of a three-piece puzzle.
 
"And finally, the destiny you will create for yourself, in the card to your far right!"
 
"Meteor Dragon".  Shougo's eyes looked up to his opponent.  If what "Ophelia" is saying is true, then I set up my hand so that I could summon "Meteor Black Dragon" on my first turn.
 
"You see, Shougo-kun, this is a dream; therefore, even if you looked at the top card of your deck, it would still change to respond to your subconscious desires," Ophelia said with a laugh.  "That's why I had you look at your hand; so it would imprint into your mind, and you wouldn't give into the temptation to change the cards.  Of course, there is another reason.  I'll take the first move.  Draw!"
 
Shougo felt a sick feeling penetrate his heart as an intuition struck him.  For her to say such things about my cards... that means...
 
"Magic card 'Fusion' activate," Ophelia said, as the card's image appeared on the playing field.  "From my hand, I sacrifice your believed past and your intended future!  Now, rise from the molten ashes of an illusionary destiny!  Come out, 'Meteor Black Dragon'!"
 
The two dragons appeared and saw a vortex form in mid-air.  They leaped towards it, and Shougo, as before, watched awestruck as the product of his imagination was created; a giant dragon made of molten lava and with a power that surpassed the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
 
  Meteor Black Dragon - LV8 Fire Dragon (3500 ATK)
 
"As for the card I just drew, well," Ophelia said with a smile.  "I'll set that card and let you think about that.  Turn end!"
 
Shougo didn't miss a beat.  If she's thinking what I think she's thinking, then she wants me to destroy that dragon, he said as his hand reached for his deck.  That would be easy enough.  I can just summon a Meteor Black Dragon of my own and suicide it.  But it's that facedown...
 
It's possible that I will draw whatever she draws.  But what if she's lying?
 
"My turn, draw!"  Only way out is through, Shougo said, and then looked at the card he drew.  "'Pot of Greed', acti..."  Wait a minute.
 
"It's too late," Ophelia said with a sleazy, crooked grin.  "You have to activate it."
 
Shougo blinked and bit his lip.  She set it last turn... I wasn't thinking.  "'Pot of Greed', activate," Shougo said as the green jar appeared on the field.  "I'll draw two cards by its effect."
 
As the Pot shattered, Shougo stared at the drawn cards, and his eyes now widened in abject terror.
 
"Cyber Dark Horn" and "Cyber Dark Keel"!  Shougo choked.  Impossible!  It's too easy!  I can activate "Cyberdark Impact!" now and get my ace.
 
He then noticed that for it to be effective, he'd have to have a strong monster in the graveyard.  Something like...
 
"'Fusion', activate!"
 
No!  Why am I acting before I think?
 
Ophelia's lopsided Cheshire Cat smile widened.  "Go on."
 
"I... I send 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon' and 'Meteor Dragon' from my hand to the cemetery to fusion summon..."
 
He placed the two cards in the cemetery pile, and then the field rumbled with equilateral power as Shougo's own Meteor Black Dragon appeared on the field in a fiery blaze to match Ophelia's.
 
  Meteor Black Dragon - LV8 Fire Dragon (3500 ATK)
 
"Now Meteor Black Dragon, attack!" Shougo shouted.
 
"Meteor Black Dragon, counterattack!" Ophelia ordered.
 
Both dragons met each other in the air, and the two duelists declared their attack at the same time.
 
"Burning Dark Meteor!"
 
Shougo shielded his face as both monsters were consumed in the hellish fires.  When the smoke cleared, the field was empty save, of course, for Ophelia's set card.
 
Ophelia must have known, or at least suspected, that I'd immediately play "Pot of Greed", Shougo thought.  If she's telling the truth, then she set that just now.  Which means she'll draw "Cyber Dark Horn" the next turn.  I have no choice but to keep up my defenses!
 
"I activate 'Cyberdark Impact!'!" Shougo shouted.
 
"How interesting," Ophelia said.  "So you drew the other two pieces.  You're a legend, just like Yuuki Judai and Mutou Yugi before you."
 
Shougo shook his head.  "Don't even joke!  I just got lucky... but I'm going to use what I've gotten."
 
"'Luck'?  Are you serious?"  Ophelia put her hand on her forehead.  "Do you understand nothing?  In this place, you draw the cards you want to draw.  And what you call the 'real world' is no different!  Face your destiny as the dark Emperor, Aoyama Shougo!"
 
Shougo rolled his eyes.  "I return 'Cyber Dark Edge', 'Cyber Dark Horn' and 'Cyber Dark Keel' from my hand to my deck to fusion summon 'Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon' from my fusion deck!"
 
The images of the pieces of Cyber Dark Dragon appeared on the field, then linked together in great gusts of black wind.  The assembled ace of the Cyber Dark style was now complete, and it roared a painful roar.
 
  Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon - LV8 Dark Machine (1000 ATK)
 
"When this card is fusion summoned, I can also take a dragon monster from my cemetery and equip it to this card, and it will gain attack points equal to the equipped monster!  Return, 'Meteor Black Dragon'!  Live again to feed my monster's power!"
 
Cyber Dark Dragon's tentacle-like pincers thrust themselves into the ground beneath it and pulled out Meteor Black Dragon, who shouted in agonized pain as Cyber Dark Dragon fed off of its great power.
 
  Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon - 1000 ATK + 3500 = 4500 ATK
 
"4500 attack points, eh?" Ophelia whistled.  "That's impressive."
 
"Also, because I have two monster cards in my cemetery, Cyber Dark Dragon gains 200 more attack points," Shougo went on.
 
The images of the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" and "Meteor Dragon" cards floated onto the field in front of Cyber Dark Dragon as its power charge was completed.
 
  Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon - 4500 ATK + 200 = 4700 ATK
 
"I'd like to end this now, but since my Battle Phase is complete, I can't attack," Shougo said.  "Turn end."
 
"Quite impressive, Shougo-kun," Ophelia said.  "But unfortunately, you've fallen into my trap.  My turn... draw!  And I reveal my facedown... wait for it... 'Pot of Greed'!  So I draw two more cards."
 
Ophelia closed her eyes and focused, and drew two additional cards.
 
Shougo gasped.  If she's telling the truth... that means she has one unknown card!
 
"Before I proceed with my turn, let me tell you a story, Shougo-kun," Ophelia chuckled.  "Pay attention, it's something really, really good!  It's about the history of Duel Monsters."
 
"I know about the history of Duel Monsters!" Shougo shouted.  "I studied it in class!"
 
"You think you know, but you don't," Ophelia replied.  "You are a strange dreamer, Shougo-kun... even here, in the realm of the subconscious, your conscious mind remains strong, so you can say such silly things as 'I studied it in class' in the dream world!"
 
Shougo sighed.  "I have no choice anyway, so go on with your story."
 
"Oh, you've got this all wrong, dear.  You can end this at any time.  But since you want to hear the story, I'll tell you.  Before Pegasus J. Crawford created Duel Monsters, spirits existed in a world not unlike yours, except there was no aging or death.  Everyone there existed as spirits, as I've said before.  They were not imprisoned by bodies of flesh."
 
"This is stupid."  Shougo slammed his fists on the table.  "There's no way that I'd believe a story like that!"
 
"However, this was before humans became the dominant species in your world," Ophelia went on like he hadn't spoken.  "Before then, the natural order prevailed and the strong maintained their control over the weak.  It was the manifestation of what one of your movies calls the 'circle of life'."  She laughed haughtily.  "Humans changed everything."
 
"What are you talking about, Darkness?!" Shougo demanded.
 
"Humans introduced the concept of hope, which produced its polar opposite, 'despair'," Ophelia explained.  "Before hope, the natural order of the world was something which could be called 'despair'.  But before hope, the awareness of despair did not exist.  For the animals in the old order of the world, despair was the natural order of things.  But humans brought hope, and so those who remained in the old world felt this despair, and tried to eliminate hope, to return the world to its old order.  Shougo-kun, I am the manifestation of the old world!"
 
"You're still talking nonsense, you monster!"  Shougo clenched his fists.
 
"Then tell me, Shougo-kun," Ophelia closed her eyes and then opened them again.  "If you achieved your dream of being a recognized duelist, what would you do next?"
 
"What would I do next?" Shougo looked confused.  "After achieving your dream, there is nothing left to do!"
 
"It must be good to be a human with such a simplistic belief," Ophelia said, turning her head aside.  "And you are so close to achieving that dream too, now that you have found friends.  But do you think those friends will stay with you for very long?"
 
Shougo blinked.  "What are you saying?"
 
"You know that better than anyone else."
 
Shougo winced painfully as he remembered how people had whispered about him when he entered Duel Academy.
 
"That guy only wins because he gets rare cards."
 
"Without his luck, you know he's weak... just look at how he plays!"
 
"Such a guy has no business being here at Duel Academy!"
 
"I see it in your eyes, just as I did then," Ophelia went on.  "Your hatred to those people who speak of you as if they know you!  That is what dyed the card of your soul black, and allowed me to return to your world!  But then..."
 
"Don't hold back on me just because we're friends, Shougo-kun..."
 
"I'll awaken the tender soul sleeping inside you!"
 
"When the sun goes down, the moon takes its place.  Your determination must become stronger..."
 
"That Judai set the stage for those people and their illogical emotions!  They've corrupted your drive to win, Shougo-kun, and thrust your soul into confusion.  The only people who matter are the ones who win!  You knew that before, but now you've lost sight of your true goal!  You and I are the same.  We are Darkness — evil itself!"
 
"No," Shougo shook his head.  "You're wrong!  You're a dead spirit who's trying to resurrect himself!  As you said, before humans became the dominant species, the law of nature ruled.  But we're here now.  We have understood that we are stronger together than we could ever be apart... that's what my friends have taught me!"
 
"Utter foolishness," Ophelia shook her head.
 
"Oh?"  Shougo raised an eyebrow.  "You said earlier that your potential and mine are the same.  In that case... I should know the card you just drew, right?"
 
Ophelia looked at her extra card and chuckled.
 
"If you'd drawn 'Fusion Cancel', I would've lost for sure," Shougo went on.  "You could have removed 'Cyber Dark Dragon' from the field and attacked me directly with a 4700 attack power monster.  However, since 'Cyberdark Impact!' made me shuffle the deck, you can't rely on drawing the same as me anymore!  Besides...
 
"If you use that 'Cyberdark Impact!' in your hand, I can guarantee you'll lose next turn."
 
Ophelia laughed softly.  "Now you are starting to understand, Shougo-kun.  The power that you hold, the power of the dark Emperor, the same one that the spirits of old wielded.  Ones such as Mutou Yugi and Yuuki Judai, who manipulated the darkness of fate... you are the same."
 
"Don't even compare me to great duelists like Yugi-nii-san!"  Shougo shouted.  "I'm only strong because of luck.  Whatever you want to call it, it's not a power I want to be able to use.  I want to play fairly against my opponents!"
 
"Once again, you've fallen into the illusion that you're a kind-hearted boy," Ophelia sighed.  "We were truly mistaken to believe you would be a worthy vessel for us.  But in any case, this isn't something you have a choice in anymore!  Once you chose to be the human vessel of 'Darkness', you lost any choice you had!"
 
"Then show me the power of the card you drew that made you laugh just now," Shougo replied.
 
Ophelia nodded.  "I will now activate 'Cyberdark Impact', like you," she said.  "By returning the 'Cyberdark' cards in my hand to my deck, I will summon 'Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon'!"
 
  Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon - LV8 Dark Machine (1000 ATK)
 
"I will equip it with Meteor Black Dragon, and have it gain 200 attack points due to the Fusion Material Monsters for that card in my grave," Ophelia went on.
 
  Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon - 1000 ATK + 3700 = 4700 ATK
 
"Battle!  Attack Shougo-kun's Cyber Dark Dragon!"
 
"But it's a tie!" Shougo shouted.  "It will just be like last time!"
 
"Are you so sure about that?"
 
"What?"
 
"Instant magic, 'Cyber Dark Veil', activate!"  Ophelia laughed out loud.
 
"What card is that?!" Shougo shouted, indignation in his voice.
 
"Why... I just made it now," Ophelia laughed.  "Isn't it nice?  Of course, you could have it too, if you wanted!  When a 'Cyber Dark' monster attacks or is attacked, you see, I can destroy one magic or trap card on the field.  And your Meteor Black Dragon counts as one while it's equipped to your Cyber Dark Dragon!"
 
"No!" Shougo shouted as whips of dark light struck his machine Dragon's pincers, which caused Meteor Black Dragon to sink back into the underworld of the duel field.
 
  Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon - 4700 ATK - 3400 = 1300 ATK
 
"Go on, my Cyber Dark Dragon!"  Ophelia said, laughing madly.  "Attack!  Full Darkness Burst!"
 
Three more shocks of dark light pierced Shougo's weakened machine dragon, and went through to hit Shougo's body.  His nerves burned and his vision flashed.  He shouted in sheer pain as the terror of a Dark Duel was revisted on him.
 
  Shougo - 4000 LP - 3400 = 600 LP
 
Ophelia now cacked freely as Shougo struggled to keep his footing.
 
"I guess you think watching me suffer is pretty funny," Shougo mumbled.
 
"Oh, it's the best!" Ophelia said between peals of laughter.  She then calmed down.  "However, you're mistaken if you think your body is the one in pain.  It's your soul, weighed down by the despair of Darkness, that suffers!  Because you can feel the world's judgment on you for taking so much damage.  Every point of damage your life takes, is one more person jeering at you, isn't it?"
 
"I don't care about those people anymore!" Shougo shouted.
 
"Oh?  And what about the people you call your friends?"  Ophelia put the side of her hand to her mouth and laughed some more.  "Won't they become frustrated once you demonstrate your full power as the uncontested Emperor, and stop dueling with you?  After all, you don't understand friendship any other way!"
 
Shougo looked down sadly.
 
"You understand, so you should just surrender," Ophelia cooed almost seductively.  "Or are you going to continue to suffer for their sake?  I admit it would give me pleasure to crush you slowly and painfully, but you should save us both some time."
 
"No, I'm not going to give up," Shougo shook his head, as his eyes widened with the sudden inspiration of knowledge.  "The duelist's true strength comes from believing in the possibility of victory, and having the courage to fight, until the very last moment when the outcome is decided!  I understand that now!  Your hand is empty, Ophelia.  Are you going to end your turn?"
 
"Yes," Ophelia said.
 
Shougo put his hand on his deck and closed his eyes.  If Cyber Dark Dragon gets through one more time, I'm done for.  And if Ophelia can manipulate her deck like she says, then I can't count on a trap working.  There's only one thing that can help me now... a Magic card!  And I know just the one.
 
"My turn... draw!"
 
I'm making my own fate, Darkness... I'll use this power to defeat you, but that will be it!
 
The army without resources is not an army at all!  Chiba's voice suddenly resounded in his head.
 
He looked at the card he drew: "Life Slashing Treasure".
 
"I activate 'Life Slashing Treasure' from my hand," Shougo said.
 
Ophelia glanced upward.  "Oh?  How did you get that card, Shougo-kun?  Doesn't that card belong to a friend of yours?  Wouldn't he be mad that you're stealing from him?"
 
"I draw cards until I have five in my hand," Shougo went on.  "And on my fifth Standby Phase after activation, I have to discard all the cards in my hand.  My hand is empty, so I get five new cards."
 
If I can create the cards in my deck, as she says, then I should be able to end this now!  I can draw the five pieces of Exodia!  This is the dreamspace after all... right?  Focus, Shougo... picture the five pieces.  You know what they look like!
 
"Go on, Shougo-kun," Ophelia said, her face suddenly brightening up.  "Draw your cards!"
 
She's trying to distract my focus, Shougo thought to himself.  Think of nothing but drawing Exodia.  Exodia.  Exodia!
 
Shougo pulled the five cards and put them in his hand.  To his dismay, none of the cards were parts of Exodia.
 
"Not what you were hoping for, right?"  Ophelia smiled.  "Dreams are the world of your subconscious.  Even if you fight to keep your consciousness in control, that is still an act of your subconsciousness.  That is what rules the cards you draw.  You love the fight, Shougo-kun!  You want it to go on.  You only feel alive in a duel!  Why would you want it to end so quickly?"
 
She's got a point, though... Shougo thought to himself.  I can understand myself in a duel.  At any other time, I feel embarrassed and lonely... perhaps I really don't want this duel to end.
 
"So, what have you got in your hand?" Ophelia said.  "Something that can destroy me?  Is that really what you want?"
 
Shougo grit his teeth.
 
"Or maybe I could just leave you here to dream forever," Ophelia went on.  "I could do that for you too, you know.  Leave you in a world where you always get your way, and your friends will all love you.  Of course, it will be a desperate world.  I am Darkness, after all.  You'll know you're dreaming, and even your happiness will be mired in misery."
 
"Each of these cards have possibility," Shougo replied.  "Darkness... you who understand only 'despair'... I'll show you what 'hope' is."
 
He looked at his hand.  Something's here that can get me the victory... I just have to figure out how.
 
His face brightened suddenly as he noted the card on the right... a card he'd never seen before.
 
The blue dragon brings victory, but the red dragon...
 
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Shougo: "Why should I be the strongest?  What waits for me beyond victory?"
Aino: "Shougo-kun struggles to find the answers to those questions in the Last Yami no Game.  The person called Ophelia can only meet those questions with her own logic."
Chiba: "Warriors support the rulers!  Don't think we can't be friends because of this, Shougo-kun."
Isabel: "Shougo-san is a kind-hearted person.  How can such a man be an uncontested Emperor?  This is what he asks himself."
Katsuki: "He's a nice kid, but he doesn't trust us enough.  For all the changes he's brought to us, of course we will support him to fight for his life!  We don't want to lose our precious friend!"
Tenjouin: "We will all unite and stand on the side of our allies.  Even if we can never defeat him again, he is still our friend!  Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh! Negative Zero: 'The Hope of the Dark World, Aoyama Shougo'."
Shougo: "With this new card, I'll change my fate!  Darkness... I'll defeat you with the unmatched strength my allies have given me... the power to believe in myself!  Everyone... thank you.  I couldn't have surpassed my own despair without you."
Toragami: "We'll venture to the unknown destiny together... Shougo."
 
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TODAY'S FEATURED CARD: "Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon"
Level 8 fusion dark machine, attack power 1000, defense power 1000.  Fuse Cyber Dark Horn, Edge and Keel to create the ultimate dark fusion of machine and magic.  Bring out a Dragon from your cemetery and equip it to this monster and gain its power!  It also gains 100 attack points for each monster in your cemetery.  Combine it with "Power Wall" and "Cyberdark Impact!" to overwhelm your opponent!
 
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CARDS USED BY SHOUGO AOYAMA AND OPHELIA:
 
CYBERDARK IMPACT!
Normal Magic
Return 1 "Cyber Dark Edge", "Cyber Dark Keel" and "Cyber Dark Horn" from your side of the field, hand or cemetery to your Deck.  Fusion Summon 1 "Armored Black Dragon - Cyber Dark Dragon" from your Fusion Deck.
 
RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON (TCG name: Red-Eyes B. Dragon)
Normal Monster (LV7 Dark Dragon, 2400/2000)
A black dragon with crimson eyes.  The black flames of anger will consume all who appear before its eyes.
 
FUSION (TCG name: Polymerization)
Normal Magic
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.
 
CYBER DARK EDGE (TCG name: Cyberdark Edge)
Effect Monster (LV3 Dark Machine, 800/800)
When this card is Normal Summoned, select 1 Level 3 or lower Dragon-type Monster in your cemetery and equip it to this card. It gains Attack points equal to the equipped card's Attack points.  This card can attack your opponent directly.  If this effect is used to attack, Battle Damage inflicted is halved. If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead.
 
METEOR DRAGON
Normal Monster (LV6 Earth Dragon, 1800/2000)
A dragon that came from the outer reaches of space; it fell to the earth with meteors.
 
METEOR BLACK DRAGON (OCG-only card; English name given in video games as “Meteor B. Dragon”.)
Fusion Monster (LV8 Fire Dragon, 3500/2000)
"Red-Eyes Black Dragon" + "Meteor Dragon"
 
POT OF GREED
Normal Magic
Draw 2 cards from your Deck.
 
CYBER DARK HORN (TCG name: Cyberdark Horn)
Effect Monster (LV3 Dark Machine, 800/800)
When this card is Normal Summoned, select 1 Level 3 or lower Dragon-type Monster in your cemetery and equip it to this card. It gains Attack points equal to the equipped card's Attack points. This card inflicts penetration damage. If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead.
 
CYBER DARK KEEL (TCG name: Cyberdark Keel)
Effect Monster (LV3 Dark Machine, 800/800)
When this card is Normal Summoned, select 1 Level 3 or lower Dragon-type Monster in your cemetery and equip it to this card. It gains Attack points equal to the equipped card's Attack points. When this card destroys an opponent's monster, inflict 300 points of damage to your opponent. If this card would be destroyed by battle, the equipped monster is destroyed instead.
 
ARMORED BLACK DRAGON - CYBER DARK DRAGON (TCG name: Cyberdark Dragon)
Fusion Effect Monster (LV8 Dark Machine, 1000/1000)
"Cyber Dark Horn" + "Cyber Dark Edge" + "Cyber Dark Keel"
This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon.  When this card is Special Summoned, select 1 Dragon-type Monster in your cemetery and equip it to this card.  This card gains Attack points equal to the equipped card's Attack points.  In addition, this card gains 100 Attack points for every Monster Card in your cemetery.  If this card would be destroyed by battle, destroy the equipped monster instead.
 
CYBER DARK VEIL ("Negative Zero" original card.  Its English name would be "Cyberdark Veil".)
Instant Magic
Activate only when a "Cyber Dark" monster battles. Destroy 1 card in the Magic/Trap Card Zone on the field. If the selected card is Set, it cannot be activated in response to this card.
 
LIFE SLASHING TREASURE (note: anime-only card.  Its English name is "Card of Demise".)
Normal Magic
Draw until your hand contains 5 cards. On your fifth Standby Phase after the activation of this card, discard all cards in your hand into the cemetery.

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