King of the Copycats

It had been two weeks since Daylen dueled against Harrington. Now Daylen was sitting next to Aedan while Solona was with Alexis and Sereda who were all in Professor Banner's Alchemy class as he was teaching the students, but as usual, Banner's experiment exploded which caused the class to chuckle.
"Well now, class is over." Banner said when he finished. "Now the rest of the day is yours. Oh and before I forget, Chancellor Sheppard wants to speak to two students. And those students are Solona and Daylen Amell."
Aedan looked at Daylen. 
"Did you do anything wrong?" He asked
"No I didn't." Daylen replied. "And Solona didn't either."
...
Later the two Amell siblings were in Chancellor Sheppard's office where the chancellor was sitting behind his desk. "Okay I guess you are wondering why I asked the two of you to come and see me."
"Well we are." Solona replied. "Please don't tell me that we're in trouble."
Sheppard laughed. "No you aren't in trouble, it's not even me who wants to speak to you." Then the phone rang. "Ah that should be them now, look at the screen."
Sheppard activated the phone and screen and then someone appeared on the screen. It was an older boy in his thirties with spiky black hair with a streak of red. The boy wore a blue uniform like clothing but Solona and Daylen widened their eyes at who it was.
"Yugi Moto?" The twins said at the same time
Yugi laughed. 
"It's good to see the two of you again." He said
"Well it's good to hear from you too." Daylen said
Yugi laughed and then he looked at Solona. "Well the Chancellor told me about what has been going on. That you've had these problems with some kind of Shadow Duellist cult."
"Yes I'm afraid so." Solona replied. "These Shadow Duelist Cults are after the Old Gods cards."
"The Old Gods?" Yugi gasped. "Those cards are dangerous in the wrong hands, their power is just as powerful as the Egyptian Gods."
Daylen looked at Yugi. "Well Solona has been able to defeat every opponent so far." He said "But anyway, is there a reason why you wanted to see us?"
"There is actually." Yugi replied. "Since Pegasus knew your father and you know me personally, I trust you two and I was hoping that you would be able to assist in the project. You see, to help raise money for charity, I've agreed to allow my original Dueling deck go on tour."
"Wait your original deck." Daylen gasped. "So it will have the original cards like Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl?"
"That's right?" Yugi laughed. "While the Egyptian gods won't be included, all of the other classics will. It's been over 15 years since I became the King of Games."
"Wow, I'm honored to be able to help you with the tour." Solona said
"And Yugi's deck is not the only deck going on tour." A voice with a Brooklyn accent added and a boy with blond hair joined Yugi.
Daylen knew who this was. "Joey Wheeler, your deck is going on tour as well?"
"That's right." Joey replied. "It will be great Publicity for Duel Monsters, the decks of the top three Duelists going on tour."
"Wait top three?" Solona questioned "You mean...?"
"Yes Kaiba's deck is going on tour as well." Joey replied. "Though sadly he's unable to speak to you as he's in a meeting."
Yugi laughed. "My grandpa is coming here with Mokuba to bring the decks." He said "Since you three are helping out with the displays your tickets to see the deck are reserved. Goodbye for now." Then the screen went blank.
"Well this is a surprise." Solona said to Daylen
"Yeah, not every day you get to help with the King of Games Deck." Daylen added
...
The next morning, Solona and Daylen had woken up early so they could be at the docks where Yugi's grandfather, Solomon Moto and Mokuba Kaiba to arrive with the three decks. Solona was panicking a bit since she was so afraid that she would accidentally damage one of the decks.
"Would you just calm down sister." Daylen said to Solona. "Panicking won't help."
"I'm sorry brother." Solona said. "It's just I'm worried that something is going to happen."
"Don't worry." Daylen said. "Security will be tight here, it won't be easy for a thief to steal the decks."
It was shortly afterwards that a helicopter arrived and it landed on the landing pad near the docks. Solona and Daylen went over to the pad and two people came out of the helicopter which was owned by Kaiba. One of them was an old man with greying hair and the other was a man in his twenties.
"It great to see the two of you again." The old man who was Solomon Moto, Yugi's grandfather said
"My big brother trusts that the two of you will be careful with these decks, they are valuable." The younger man who was Mokuba added
"Don't worry; security will keep an eye on these decks." Daylen said
Solomon handed Solona a large brief case which had the three decks inside "Well as much as I would like to stay, I have to head back as I'm needed to look after the shop."
"But my brother wants me to stay." Mokuba added. "He wants to make sure that no one steals the decks."
"Well we should take the decks to Dorothy at the card shop as that's where the display is located." Daylen said
...
Later at the card shop, Solona, Daylen and Mokuba arrived in order to take the decks and they were not supprised to see a lot of students trying to buy tickets to see the decks. However they were all pushing and shoving which made it hard for Dorothy to concentrate.
"All right, all right." Dorothy tried to shout over everyone "Will you all please just form an ordinary line."
But that did nothing to help. Solona sighed and gave Daylen the brief case and then she activated her Duel disk and then shouted "ALL RIGHT ENOUGH!" her yells were able to catch the crowd's attention. "IF YOU DON'T FORM A LINE THEN I'LL DUEL YOU ALL!" that managed to get the crowd to form a line and one by one they got their tickets.
"Wow." Mokuba exclaimed. "I never thought the Students would be afraid of you."
"Well my sister is now one of the top Duelists in the school." Daylen said
Soon the line was finished and everyone had their tickets. Solona saw her friends nearby and she walked over to them "Hey guys, do you have the tickets?" She asked
"We sure do" Theorn said as he pulled out his ticket and then Neria, Kallian, Alexis, Sereda, Syrus and Aedan did the same.
"Where's your ticket Solona?" Alexis asked
"My ticket has been reserved as has my brothers" Solona replied and then he noticed that someone was missing "Hey guys, where's Jaden."
Syrus then gasped, Jaden didn't know anything about Yugi's deck going on tour and he hadn't got a ticket. "Oh no, Jaden's still asleep, I'll get him his ticket." Then Syrus went back to the counter. "Hey Dorothy, I don't suppose that you have one more ticket for Jaden?"
"Let's see here." Dorothy said and then she smiled "You're in luck, there's one ticket left."
"Hold it, don't close!" A voice called and a Ra Yellow student came in. This duelist was Dimitri and was known as a copycat Duelist as he copied off other people's decks though he could never win as the decks he copied had tricks which his opponents knew.
"Sorry but I just got the last ticket." Syrus apologized
"No this can't be!" Dimitri shouted and then he gasped. "Wait you have two tickets."
"Yeah one is for my friend." Syrus explained
"Well he isn't here is he?" Dimitri claimed and then he activated his Duel disk. "Let's Duel and if I won I get that ticket."
"You're on." Syrus said and he activated his own disk. "I'm not a weak duelist now and I'll prove it."
"Duel"
Syrus: 8000
Dimitri: 8000
Then Dimitri's voice changed. "I'll take the first move slacker."
Kallian watched the Duel. "Did his voice just change?" she asked
"Yes" Solona groaned "Dimitri is a copycat duelist and it looks like he is coping off Crowler's deck."
"I'll start by summoning Ancient Gear Soldier in attack mode." Dimitri said as his monster made from gears appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1300 Defense 1300) "Then I'll throw one card face down and end my turn."
"My move." Syrus said. "And I summon Steamroid in attack mode." Syrus's steam engine monster appeared on the field. "Now Steamroid attack that soldier and when Steamroid attacks, his attack points increase by 500" (SR Attack 1800-2300) The Steam Engine charged and destroyed Dimitri's Soldier
Syrus: 8000
Dimitri: 7000
"Lucky!" Dimitri growled
"Well I end my turn there." Syrus finished
Dimitri drew his card. "I'll start by activate my Ancient Gear Reborn trap card, now once per turn, if I have no monsters on my field, I can special summon 1 Ancient Gear monster from my graveyard so I bring back my Soldier and as a bonus, he gains an extra 200 attack points." (AGS Attack 1300-1500) "Now I summon Ancient Gear Knight in attack mode." A machine soldier that was like the soldier appeared on the field only this one had a spike and a gear like shield (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence: 500) "Now Ancient Gear Soldier, destroy that Steamroid."
"But why?" Kallian questioned. "Steamroid has more attack points."
"I'm afraid that when Steamroid is attacked, he loses 500 attack points." Bastion who had just turned up replied (SR Attack 1800-1300)
Steamroid was destroyed and Syrus lost Life points.
Syrus: 7800
Dimitri: 7000
"Now my knight will attack you directly." Dimitri added and the Knight slashed him with his spike.
Syrus: 6000
Dimitri: 7000
"That's right Slacker." Dimitri mocked. "Not every duelist is as good as a professional."
Syrus glared. "I'm not weak! I'm done with being picked on, my move." Syrus drew a card. "Now I summon my Gyroid in defense mode." The cartoon helicopter appeared in defense mode (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defense 1000) "Then I'll throw two cards face down."
"You slacker, when my ancient gear monsters attack you can't activate face downs during the battle phase." Dmitri sniggered. "Now my Soldier will attack that Gyroid." Soldier fired his cannon but Gyroid wasn't destroyed "WHAT! HOW! That helicopter should have destroyed."
"Once per turn my Gyroid can't be destroyed." Syrus replied
"Well you got lucky with that but not lucky enough because your monster will still be destroyed as now my Knight attacks." Dimitri ordered and the Knight destroyed Gyroid. "Then I'll throw two cards face down."
"My move." Syrus said. "And I'll start by activating my face down card No Entry which switched both your monsters into defense mode though now you can draw a card."Dimitri scowled as his two monsters switched into defense mode. "Now I play my second trap card, Call of the Haunted to bring back my Steamroid, next I play the spell card Vehicroid Connection Zone so now I can sacrifice my Steamroid on my field with my Submarineroid and Drillroid in my hand to summon Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill." A large drill appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2000) "Now Jumbo Drill, destroy that Knight." Jumbo Drill drilled underground and emerged where Ancient Gear Knight was kneeling and the monster shatter. "And even though you monster was in defense mode, you take the damage for the difference between my monster's attack points and your monster's defence points.
Syrus: 6000
Dimitri: 4500
"Now I play the spell card De-Fusion which diffuses my Jumbo drill back into Steamroid, Submarineroid and Drillroid. Now my Drillroid will attack that soldier and guess what, when Drillroid attacks a monster in defense mode, it is automatically destroyed without damage calculation." Syrus said and then Ancient Gear Soldier shattered as Drillroid smashed through it. "Now my two remaining monsters will attack you directly." Submarineroid launched a torpedo while Steamroid charged at Dmitri."
Syrus: 6000
Dimitri: 1900
"Now my Submarineroid switches to Defense mode and then I play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards and end with a face down."
By now a crowd had gathered to watch the Duel and many of the students expected Dimitri to be beating Syrus. Alexis watched the Duel in interest "Syrus has been improving his Dueling since the expulsion duels." She said
"He sure has." Bastion replied
It was then that Jaden arrived after waking up and had gone for a walk and he spotted the crowd that had gathered. 
"Hey what's up? Is it eggwich day?" He shouted and he joined the crowd next to Bastion
"No Jaden" Bastion said "It's just a bit of Lunchtime tussle."
Jaden looked forward and he saw the Duel "A Duel? Who's Dueling?"
"Well on your left is Dimitri." Solona replied as she and her brother came over to see Jaden.
"Never heard of him." Jaden said "And who is his..." Jaden stopped himself as he saw Syrus. "Syrus!"
"Hey there Jay." Syrus replied
"What's going on?" Jaden asked
"A high stakes Duel." Syrus said
"Yeah, the deck of the King of Games Yugi Moto is going on tour and the first stop is Duel Academy." Kallian said
"Isn't that the coolest thing ever?" Syrus added
"Yeah it is." Jaden gasped. "The original King of Games deck."
"And his is not the only deck going on tour." Alexis added
"The decks of Seto Kaiba and Joey Wheeler are also going on tour." Aedan added
"Wow the decks of the best three Duelists." Jaden said
"If Syrus win this then he gets the last..." Daylen started but was stopped by Solona
"Hey Jaden WAKE UP!" she yelled as she noticed that Jaden had just been staring
"Ow don't yell like that Sol" Jaden gasped. "But still it is a piece of Dueling history."
"Yeah it's the deck he took with him to battle city where he defeated Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters." Syrus replied
"And don't forget battle city where he used it to defeat Kaiba and Marik." Jaden added
"Yeah the way he used those Egyptian god cards, those were amazing." Syrus said. "Although the decks won't have the Egyptian God cards but it will have the other classics like Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Buster Blader and Black Luster Soldier."
"And don't forget Kaiba's deck with those Blue eyes White Dragons" Theorn said
"And Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon." Kallian added
"Well what are we waiting for, let's get tickets." Jaden said
Solona laughed. "Jaden that's why Syrus is Dueling, there's only one ticket left and whoever wins this Duel gets it."
"Yeah we already got ours but Syrus noticed that you were missing so he said that he would get it for you." Daylen added
"Oh you're so sweet Sy." Jaden said. "You're Dueling for me."
Then Dimitri coughed. "Excuse me but I thought we were in the middle of a Duel. And in case I forgot it's my move." Dmitri said as he drew a card "First I play the spell card Lightning Vortex to destroy all your monsters by discarding one card." Dmitri discarded one card and then a lightning storm destroyed all of Syrus' monsters. "Now I play the spell card Heavy Storm, now all the spell and trap cards on the field are destroyed."
Jaden then noticed something. "Hold on, this seems familiar."
"It should." Bastion said. "Dr Crowler, he used the same trick on you Jaden."
Then Syrus' face down shattered and Dimitri's face downs shattered and they turned out to be statue of the wicked and two wicked tokens appeared on the field. But Syrus had a trick as well.
"The face down you just destroyed was Wonder Garage and when it is destroyed, I can summon 1 level 4 or lower machine roid monster from my hand, so I summon Jetroid in attack mode." An orange cartoon jetfighter appeared on Syrus' field (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defense 1800)
"That won't matter because now I sacrifice my two wicked tokens to summon Ancient Gear Golem." Dimitri added and then the two tokens vanished and the large machine appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 3000)
"Now my Golem is going to destroy that toy jet, so go Mechanized Melee!" Dimitri shouted and the Golem threw a fist at Jetroid
"Sorry Dmitri but I'm putting your Mechanized Melee is reverse." Syrus shouted. "I may not be able to activate face downs but I can activate a trap card in my hand thanks to the effect of my Jetroid, when he is attacked, I can activate one trap card in my hand, so I choose this card, Magic Cylinder."
"WAIT TIME OUT!" Dimitri shouted just like Crowler would say but then two cylinders appeared and the fist went in one and came out of the other as it headed to Dmitri and hit him which ended the Duel.
Syrus: 6000 (Winner)
Dimitri: 0000
"So since Syrus won the ticket is his." Dorothy said
"Yeah I did it." Syrus shouted. "I won the ticket, I mean Jaden's ticket." Syrus took the ticket and he gave it to Jaden who hugged his best friend
"Oh thanks Sy, you're a great friend." Jaden said
Meanwhile Dimitri fell to his knees as he heard the insults from other students.
"Ha that Ra Yellow should have creamed that Slifer loser."
"It's a wonder that he's still here."
"I won't be surprised if he gets demoted to Slifer."
Dimitri had enough and he ran out of the shop and away from the students.
Solona and Daylen joined her friends.
"Well I guess we will all get to see the decks tomorrow" Jaden said
"Yeah I'm looking forward to it." Alexis said
"Yeah it's not every day that you get to see the decks of the top three Duelists." Kallian muttered
Solona laughed "Well me and Daylen should probably get the display set up." She said as she and Daylen held the brief case "With a little help from Mokuba."
"Wait the decks are in there?" Neria gasped
"I was wondering what was in that case." Theorn added
"And I didn't know that Seto Kabia's little brother was coming here." Aedan added
Mokuba laughed. "My brother sent me to make sure nothing happens to the decks." He said. "These decks contain some of the most valuable cards and a thief would want them for themselves."
Solona and Daylen then left with Mokuba to where the decks were to be displayed.
…
Later that night, Dimitri was in his dorm room sitting at his desk with papers full of equations which would make him like Bastion. Dimitri was furious that he lost another Duel. 
"I don't get it!" He growled. "I watch and I study and still I lose!" Dimitri shoved all of the papers off the desk. "Crowler's deck? It was just a worthless as all the rest, Kabia's or Zane's, it doesn't matter who I copy I always lose, how can I become a great Duelist?" Then the poster of Yugi Moto came onto the desk and he gasped. "Of course it's so obvious, become the Greatest Duelist, but if I steal the deck then I could get expelled."
Then the door opened and a large bearded man entered the room, so you want to become a great Duelist, then you need some help." The man said
"Wait who are you?" Dimitri added
"Oh my apologies, the name is Beraht, you can call me a collector of special cards and I have an offer for you." The man replied
"You want the decks for yourself don't you?" Dimitri said. "Well I'm not stealing anything that would get me expelled."
Beraht laughed and he pulled out a necklace. "Oh but you will help me because I have this." Dimitri looked into the necklace and his eyes widened and then his vision went blank.
…
Over at the Slifer Dorm, Jaden was looking at his winged Kuriboh card as he couldn't get Yugi's deck out of his head.
"And then I said I'm putting your Mechanized Melee in reverse." Syrus said to Chumley as they talked about Syrus' Duel with Dimitri then Syrus looked at Jaden "ER Jaden are you all right?"
"I'm fine Syrus." Jaden said. "I just can't get Yugi's deck out of my head. I can't wait to see it, in fact I don't want to wait till tomorrow I want to see the deck right now."
"Wait you mean while they're setting up?" Chumley questioned. "That's a good idea because then we'll avoid the crowd."
"Wait I just won that ticket now you don't even want to use it." Syrus gasped. "Also Solona would kill us if she finds out what we did."
"Oh don't worry Syrus, Solona is reasonable and we can still see the deck again tomorrow." Jaden replied
…
Later Solona and Daylen were finishing setting up the decks in the display cases in the middle of the room. Yugi's deck was in the middle while Joey's and Kabia's were next to it. Solona smiled at the display. 
"Wow it was such an honor to help arrange the decks." She said to her brother
"It was." Daylen said
Mokuba looked at them. "Don't worry about any thieves." He said. "Crowler had made sure that security was tight here to make sure that no one tries to steal the decks.
But then there was a crash and then Solona clutched her head in pain. "What was that crash?" Mokuba wondered as he went off to see what was going on and then Daylen looked at his sister.
"You okay?" he asked
"I'm fine." Solona replied. "But Urthemiel just said that she could sense Shadow magic, there could be a Shadow Duelist here."
"Oh not another member of the Venatori." Daylen groaned but before anyone could speak, both Daylen and Solona were blinded by a bright light which made their heads feel heavy before they collapsed.
...
Meanwhile, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley and Kallian had arrived at the displays so they could see the deck and they had just been able to avoid Mokuba and two security guards. But then they nearly ran straight into a group of Ra Yellow students.
"Bastion, Theorn, Neria?" Jaden questioned
"Hey there Jaden." Bastion greeted
"Come to have a sneak peak of the decks are you?" Theorn questioned
Jaden laughed "Yeah I sure am. Great minds think alike."
"I'm just here to make sure they don't get caught." Neria muttered. "But since we're here now we might as well take a peak."
"Yeah let's see." Jaden said and he opened the doors to the display room and then everyone gasped. The display case had been smashed and Solona and Daylen were on the floor. 
"Solona, Daylen!" Jaden yelled and they ran up to them where Solona's eyes slowly opened.
"Jaden? Theorn?" Solona muttered and then Daylen woke up.
"Oh what happened?" he wondered
Then Solona's eyes widened when she saw the display case. "The decks they've been stolen!"
"Oh no!" Daylen yelled
Then the door opened and Mokuba entered along with Dr Crowler and Dorian.
Crowler gasped when he saw that the decks were gone and Mokuba turned to the Amells "What happened here?" he demanded
"I don't know." Daylen replied. "All I remember was a bright light and then everything went blank."
Dorian sighed. "Shadow magic, I thought I sensed it."
"Shadow Magic?" Jaden questioned. "Was this the work of the Venatori?"
"I doubt it Jaden." Solona said. "The Venatori are after me and the Old God cards, not these decks."
"The thief must be on the Island." Jaden said
"We must find those decks." Daylen added
Crowler turned to the security guards. "Make sure that no one leaves the Island, we cannot allow the Thief to get away."
"Split up, search the Island" Solona said "We'll find the decks otherwise Kaiba will kill us."
So the gang all decided to split up so they could find the decks and quickly.
...
Out on the Cliffs near the Slifer Red Dorm, Dimitri was holding a set of cards which were the cards used by Yugi Moto. But there was something odd about Dimitri's eyes because they were blank and empty.
"Now that I have the greatest Deck, I'll be the greatest Duelist." He said to himself as he through about the other decks he gave to the man Beraht.
"Hey someone stole the decks of Yugi, Joey and Kaiba, know anything?" A voice called and Dimitri turned to see Syrus coming towards him.
"I might." Dimitri said as his voice deepened to sound like Yugi's and then he threw the spare Duel disk at Syrus, "But if you want answers you'll have to Duel me."
...
Near the Slifer Dorm, Solona, Daylen, Neria and Theorn arrived as they had all searched for the missing decks. Jaden, Syrus, Bastion and Chumley had gone off to look in other areas.
"The Ra dorm is clear." Theorn said
"And the decks weren't in the classrooms." Neria added
"Well the thief must be on the Island as the docks are on lockdown." Daylen muttered
Then a scream was heard and the group of four all went off to find the source of the scream. They came to the cliffs where they saw Syrus kneeling as he had just lost the Duel against Dimitri, everyone looked in shock at Dimitri.
"Dimitri, he stole the decks?" Neria said shocked
Then Daylen noticed that something was wrong with the Dimitri's eyes "No Dorian sensed Shadow Magic before, Dimitri is under some kind of spell."
"All right Dimitri that's enough!" Solona yelled. "Hand over the decks."
Dimitri laughed and he sounded just like Yugi. "I'm Yugi and this is my deck. But if you want it then you'll have to prove that it's not."
"So you want to Duel then?" Solona questioned
"Yes but you won't win because I'm the King of Games." Dimitri laughed
"This Guy is nuts." Neria questioned. "He actually thinks that he is Yugi."
Solona just narrowed her eyes and then she activated her Duel disk.
"Duel"
Solona: 8000
Dimitri: 8000
"Non thieves first." Solona said. "And I'll start by summoning Mirage Dragon in attack mode." A large yellow Dragon with bluish like hair came onto the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 600) "Then I'll throw one card facedown and end my turn."
Dimitri laughed. 
"That's it?" He questioned. "Well I activate Polymerization to fuse Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon in order to summon Gaia the Dragon Champion." The curse of Dragon monster appeared on the field with the Gaia knight on his back (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defense 2100)
"Uh Oh that's a strong monster." Theorn said
"Now my Champion, destroy that Mirage Dragon." The dragon swooped down on Mirage Dragon and the Gaia swung his sword and destroyed the dragon.
Solona: 7000
Dimitri: 8000
"Oh man, it's the first turn and she is already losing." Neria said
Theorn looked at Syrus. "Hey Syrus you've already duel him once, do you think Solona has a chance?" he asked
Syrus looked at his feet. "I tried everything but I couldn't do anything against a deck like Yugi's, I don't think Solona can do this."
"Solona's a skilled Duelist, if anyone can do this it's her." Daylen replied
"Good move." Solona said. "Now it's my move. And you're not the only one who can fusion summon because I activate my own Polymerization to fuse the two Blue Eyes White Dragons in my hand in order to summon Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon." Solona fused two Blue Eyes White Dragons and a two headed dragon appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defense 2500)
"I thought that my old rival Kaiba had the only Blue eyes cards." Dimitri muttered
"Well Pegasus released more copies of the Blue eyes." Solona said. "Anyway, Blue Eyes Twin Burst, attack that Dragon Champion." One of the Blue's eyes twin heads released a jet of blue fire which caused the dragon to screech before exploding.
Solona: 7000
Dimitri: 7600
"But wait because it gets worse." Solona then said. "Because my Twin burst Dragon can attack twice each turn. So go attack him again." The second head let out a blast of blue magic which engulfed Dimitri.
Solona: 7000
Dimitri: 4600
"It's your move." Solona finished
"Wow she is good." Syrus said. "She took out nearly half of Dimitri's life points in just one move."
"I'm Yugi." Dimitri protested. "And I believe in the heart of the cards, my draw." Yugi said. "And now I throw one monster face down and one card face down and end my turn."
"That's it?" Solona questioned. 'That facedown must be a trap as that monster must be important but I have to win this duel and quick' Solona thought. "Now my blue eyes will attack that face down monster" The dragon then let out a burst of blue fire from its mouth but as Solona predicted, the facedown card was a trap.
"Now I activate my facedown card, Negate Attack." Dimitri called. "Now your attack is negated."
Solona growled. "I'll throw one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move." Dimitri said. "And I flip my monster up, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian." The green armored warrior with the pointy ears appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1400 Defense 1200) "But he won't be here for long because I'll now sacrifice him in order to summon my Summoned Skull in attack mode." The guardian was replaced with a like field with a skeleton body (Level 6 Attack 2500 Defense 1200) "Next I play the spell card Ancient Rules which allows me to summon out my Dark Magician without a sacrifice." Everyone gasped as the powerful purple robes Magician appeared on Dimitri's field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2100)
"Wow, it's Yugi's Dark Magician, I may have one but seeing Yugi's is great." Daylen gasped
"Yeah but I don't understand" Neria said "Solona's monster has more attack points than both of Dimitri's monsters?"
"But she won't have her dragon." Dimitri said. "Because I activate the spell card Thousand Knives which destroys her dragon when I have Dark Magician on my field" Solona gasped as her Blue Eyes was destroyed. "Now Dark Magician, attack her directly, Dark Magic Attack."
"Sorry Dimitri but I play my face down card; Call of the Haunted which allows me to bring back my Blue Eyes White Dragon." Solona countered
"Great because that Blue eyes has more attack points that Dimitri's monsters" Neria stated
"But what about her twin burst?" Syrus asked. "That card's more powerful."
"Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon can only be fusion summoned." Daylen replied
Dimitri growled. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Great my draw." Solona said. "Now Blue eyes attack that Dark Magician, Burst Steam of Destruction."
"I activate my facedown card Shift, now you have to attack my summoned Skull instead." Dimitri countered and the Blue eyes fire was diverted to the summoned skull instead which was blown apart by the fire blast.
Solona: 7000
Dimitri: 4100
"I end my turn" Solona finished
"Why did Dimitri save Dark Magician?" Syrus asked
"I don't know but there must be a reason." Theorn stated
"My draw." Dimitri said. "And first off I play the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon which destroys your Call of the Haunted and since that is destroyed, so is your Blue eyes." Solona's Call of the Haunted and her Blue eyes shattered. "And now you're wide open so go, Dark Magician attack her directly, Dark Magic Attack."
Dark Magician raised his staff and he fire a bolt of lightning at Solona which caused her to groan as she took a big hit
Solona: 4500
Dimitri: 4100
"Give up?" Dimitri asked
"Never!" Solona growled
"That it never give up, always believe in the heart of the cards, that's what I say." Dimitri said
"This guy is nuts." Neria stated. "He thinks he really is the King of Games."
"To protect myself I think I'll play this spell card, go Swords of Revealing Light." Dimitri added and then Solona's field was surrounded by swords that were made of light "Now for your next three turns, you can't attack."
"Well I guess that I have to do something." Solona said and then she began her next move. "I think I'll play an old trick of mine. I'll start by summoning my Lord of D in attack mode." The spellcaster wearing the dragon priest came onto the field (Level 4 Attack 1200 Defense 1100) "And then I'll play Flute of Summoning Dragon and now I can summon two Dragons from my hand, so I summon my Luster Dragon and Red Eyes Black Dragon" Two more Dragon monsters appeared on the field, a purple scaled dragon and a large black scaled Dragon with red eyes. (LD Attack 1900 Defense 1600) (REBD Attack 2400 Defense 2000) "I end my turn there."
"Well all those monsters are not as powerful as mine." Dimitri said "Now Dark Magician attack that Lord of D." Dark Magician let out another Dark Magic attack and destroyed Lord of D.
Solona: 3200
Dimitri: 4100
"I place one card facedown and end my turn" Dimitri finished
"Let's see what to do next." Solona said as she drew another card "I'll start by activating the spell card Pot of Greed to draw two more cards, then I summon my Keeper of the Shrine in defense mode." A dragon like monk appeared on the field kneeling down. (Level 4 Attack 0 Defense 2100) "Then I switch Luster and Red Eyes to defense mode and if you think you are safe you are wrong because I activate the spell card Inferno Fire Blast, now you take damage equal to my Red Eye's attack points." Red Eyes let out a roar and then fired a fireball at Dimitri.
Solona: 3200
Dimitri: 1700
"It's your move now." Solona said
Dimitri growled. "I'll start by activating Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we have six cards. Then I activate the spell card Hand Loss, now I get to look at your hand and discard 1 card." Solona drew until she had 6 cards as did Dimitri and then Solona showed her hand to him. Solona has a third Blue eyes in her hand as well as the spell cards Silver's Cry, Dragonic Tatics, Dragon's Mirror and Burst Stream of Destruction as well the monster card Assault Wyvern. Dimitri thought for a moment. "I think I'll make you discard your Blue Eye White Dragon so it will no longer be a threat though now you can draw a new card. Now Dark Magician will attack again and destroy that Red Eyes." Dark Magician attacked again and the Red Eyes Black Dragon was destroyed. "Make your move."
"You got it" Solona hissed and she drew a card. 'I'll still can't attack so I'll save Assault Wyvern for later.' She thought. "I activate Dragonic Tactics, now by sacrificing both my dragons, I can summon 1 Level 8 Dragon Monster from my deck, so I choose my Darkstorm Dragon." A large black dragon with a lower body that looked like a storm appeared on Solona's field (Level 8 Attack 2700 Defense 2500) "I still can't attack thanks to your swords but I can still attack next turn since the spell is now over when I place this card facedown." Solona ended her turn and then the Sword vanished
Dimitri laughed "It's my move now." Dimitri said "And I play the spell card Dark Magic attack which destroys your facedown card. Then I activate a Ritual Card Black Luster Ritual, now I can trade in my Dark Magician on my field as well as Watapon in my hand, this allows me to summon out my great Black Luster Soldier from my hand." Dark Magician vanished and was replaced by a blue armoured Soldier.
"Black Luster Soldier?" Daylen said "That's one of Yugi's most powerful monsters."
"That's right, and now your Darkstorm Dragon no longer has the most attack points anymore, my Luster Soldier does." (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 2500)
"3000 Attack points?" Solona gasped
"Yes now watch them all in action, Luster Strike." Dimitri ordered and Black Luster soldier slashed his sword and destroyed Darkstorm Dragon.
Solona: 2900
Dimitri: 1700
"Oh no, that Black Luster Soldier is not going to be easy to beat." Daylen said. "With her Blue eyes in the graveyard, this is going to be tricky."
Solona drew her card and smiled. "Sorry Dimitri but I still have plans of my own. For now I place one card face down and set one monster face down and end my turn."
Dimitri smirked as he drew his next card. "Black Luster Soldier will now attack that Facedown monster." Black Luster Soldier slashed the face down monster which was Assault Wyvern.
"I activate the effect of my Keeper of the Shrine in the graveyard." Solona said. "When a Dragon Type monster is destroyed, I can special summon him from the graveyard in defence mode." Solona's Keeper of the Shrine returned to the field.
"I end my turn." Dimitri finished
"My turn." Solona said. "I activate Graceful Charity so now I can draw three cards as long as I discard 2" Solona did that "Next I play a facedown and then I sacrifice my Keeper of the Shrine so I can summon my Pandemic Dragon in attack mode." The Keeper vanished and was replaced by a large purple dragon with large spikes which went in circles. (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 1000)
"Wow that is some dragon." Neria gasped. "It's beautiful."
"But that's a level 7 monster so it needs 2 sacrifices." Syrus said
"Keeper of the Shrine count as 2 sacrifices for a Dragon type monster." Theorn stated
"This is quite a rare card" Daylen added
"And now I activate my Pandemic's special ability, now I can sacrifice 600 life points and then all other monsters lose 600 attack points." Pandemic glowed as Solona sacrificed her life points and Black Luster Soldier weakened. (BLS Attack 3000-2400)
Solona: 2300
Dimitri: 1700
"Now Pandemic, destroy that Soldier." Solona ordered and the circles glowed with lightning and then they sent a powerful storm which destroyed Black Luster Soldier. "I end my turn"
Solona: 2300
Dimitri: 1600
"My turn." Dimitri said. "And now I can summon one of my most powerful monsters, I activate Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard two. One of them is Kuriboh and now I can remove him from play as well as Watapon"
"Wait why is he doing that?" Syrus asked. "Is it a summoning?"
"It's not like any I've seen" Theorn stated
Then Daylen gasped. "Wait, can it be?" he wondered and then he gasped. "There are three cards that can be summoned like this, one is a common spellcaster known as Chaos Sorcerer, but the other two are rare cards of such scarcity, Duelists have travelled the world to add them to their collection, the first is 'Chaos Emperor Dragon Envoy of the End' a card so powerful, it has been outlawed in official Duel Monster's tournament, the other has power just like the Chaos Dragon nut has never been banned due to how rare it is, if fact, some say not a single one still exists."
"Well they're wrong because I'm summoning him right now, come forth, 'Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning." A blue armored soldier appeared on the field but unlike the normal Black Luster soldier, this one had his face uncovered.
"So it's true." Theorn gasped. "Yugi really did have that card, I thought it was just a rumour."
"Well I've had this for a while but I only bring him out for special reasons like right now." Dimitri said. "Now attack, Luster Blade attack." The sword that the soldier had formed hundreds of small blades which slammed through Pandemic and destroyed him.
Solona: 1800
Dimitri: 1600
"And now I can activate my Luster's special ability, when he destroys a monster, he can attack again." Dimitri smiled and shouted. "Now Black Luster Soldier, end this."
"It's over!" Theorn said "Solona can't survive another blast."
"Solona!" Neria and Syrus shouted as the blades slashed through Solona and created a cloud of dust.
"You see, I am the King of Games." Dimitri smugly said
"WRONG!" A voice shouted and then the dust cleared to show Solona with Keeper of the Shrine on her field. "Did you forget that my Keeper of the Shrine returns to the field when a dragon monster is destroyed."
"But that should have been destroyed!" Dimitri gasped
Solona chuckled. "When you destroyed my Pandemic, you activated another of his abilities, when he is destroyed, all monsters lose 1000 attack points and that allowed Keeper of the Shrine to survive and you get dealt damage." (BLSEOTB Attack 3000-2000)
Solona: 1800
Dimitri: 1500
Dimitri hissed. "I place three cards face down and end my turn"
"My move." Solona said. "I activate the spell card, Dragon's mirror, now I can remove Keeper of the Shrine from my field as well as my Assault Wyvern, Red Eyes Black Dragon, Luster Dragon and Darkstorm Dragon which allows me to summon my powerful Fiveheaded Dragon." Everyone gasped as the five headed dragon monster appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 5000 Defense 5000) "Now attack that Luster Soldier, five headed blast." Solona ordered and then each head launched a blast of its breath which combined into one and then it blasted towards Black Luster Soldier.
"Sorry but I play my facedown, Emergency Provisions, now I can sacrifice both my remaining face downs to gain 2000 life points."
Solona: 1800
Dimitri: 3500
"The attack still goes through." Solona said and then the blast surrounded Black Luster soldier and destroyed him
Solona: 1800
Dimitri: 500
"All right way to play." Syrus yelled
"Solona just took out that legendary card." Neria gasped
"One more attack and it's over." Theorn added
"It's your move Dimitri." Solona ordered
"I told you before!" Dimitri snarled. "It's Yugi and I have the Heart of the Cards on my side. Now I activate Card of Demise which allows me to draw till I have 5 cards but I have to discard my entire hand in 5 turns. But now I activate Monster Reincarnation to discard 1 card and gain my Dark Magician back to my hand. Now I use Polymerisation to fuse Dark Magician with Buster Blader in my hand to summon Dark Paladin."
"Dark Paladin?" Syrus gasped
"That's not good" Daylen gasped
"Why not?" Neria questioned
"I have that card and it gains 500 attack points for ever dragon on the field and graveyard." Daylen answered
"And Solona uses a dragon deck." Theorn realised
Then the dark green robed Magician appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2900 Defense 2400) "Just like your brother said, my dragon gains 500 attack points for every Dragon card on the field and grave and last I checked there is one of the field and 6 in your graveyard so that means 3500 extra attack points." (DP Attack 2900-6400) "Now attack that Five Headed Dragon my Paladin" Dimitri ordered and the Dark Paladin fired a bolt of lightning which destroyed the dragon.
Solona: 400
Dimitri: 500
"It's your move" Dimitri finished "Make it count."
'I better' Solona thought. 'Because this may be my last draw. But how can I defeat that Paladin, he already took out my best monster and no matter what I summon that monster's attack points will just increase.' 
"My draw." Solona drew her card. "I activate my own Card of Demise which allows me to draw until I have five cards." Solona then looked at the cards and she widened her eyes as she now had a way to win this Duel. "I activate Magical Stone Excavation, now by discarding two cards, I can get one spell card from my graveyard and add it to my hand and I pick my hand and I choose my dragon's mirror, now I activate it to remove my three Blue Eyes White Dragons in my graveyard in order to summon my Neo Blue eyes White Dragon." Solona's crystal three headed dragon appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 4500 Defense 3800) "And since now have less dragons your Dark Paladin's attack points decrease." (DP Attack 6400-5400)
"But because of the remaining Dragon cards it still has 5400 attack points" Neria stated
"That's not enough to defeat that Paladin." Daylen added
"It may not have enough attack points but this card will change that." Solona stated. "Because I have less life points I equip my Blue eyes with the spell card Megamorph which doubles its attack points when I have less life points." (NBEWD Attack 4500-9000)
"9000 attack points?" Dimitri gasped. "My Paladin can't withstand that."
"No it can't." Solona said. "Now Blue eyes, end this duel destroy that Paladin." The heads of blue eyes released a blast of blue lighting each which combined into one which slammed into Dark Paladin who screeched in pain before exploding.
Solona: 400 (Winner)
Dimitri: 0000
"I lost." Dimitri said. "And with my own, I mean Yugi's cards" Dimitri's voice went back to normal and then he shook his head around "What's going on?" he asked as he fell to his knees
"Hey Dimitri, are you all right?" Solona shouted
"I think he will be fine." A voice called and everyone turned to see Syrus' brother Zane as well as Alexis and Sereda walking out from the cliffs.
"Hey you're Zane right?" Dimitri asked
"Big Brother?" Syrus added
"Wait what are you guys doing here?" Solona asked
"We came to see the deck." Alexis answered
"We snuck into the display and saw that the deck was gone." Sereda added. "We believed that the thief couldn't have gotten far and so we looked around which led us here."
"We found you quite a while ago but we didn't want to disturb you." Zane added
"Wait you saw all that?" Solona gasped "The duel between me and Dimitri."
"Not just us" Alexis said "Your duel attracted quite a bit of attention."
Solona turned and gasped when he saw a good amount of the students of Duel Academy all watching the Duel. There were students from Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow and Slifer Red and many on them were cheering and clapping.
Zane walked over to Dimitri who was on his knees looking confused. "Well the rules clearly say that you should be expelled for stealing the deck, but since everyone enjoyed watching the deck in action I doubt anyone would turn you in. Also, the reason you never win is because you're just copying other people's duelling strategies, you need to duel the way you duel and make your own deck."
Dimitri look down. "I don't understand it; the last thing I remember was this weird guy shining a light into my eyes."
"Wait what was that Dimitri?" Solona asked "What happened."
"Well I was in my dorm room when this strange guy came in, he said that he could help me and then he shone a light in my eyes." Dimitri answered
"Do you know who this strange guy was?" Daylen asked
"I don't know him personally but I think he called himself Beraht." Dimitri asked
When Solona gasped, Theorn looked at her. 
"You know that this Beraht gut?" He asked
"Not personally but I've heard of him." Solona replied. "Dorian could give you more information on him but all I do know is that he is involved in Underground Duelling and has been known to steal cards."
"Underground Duelling?" Syrus asked "What's that?"
"An illegal form of Duelling." Daylen answered. "Two Duelists have shock collars which zap you when you lose life points. This is another thing that the Seekers hunts down as some people have died doing it."
"If Beraht is behind this then he must have the other two decks." Solona added and them he remembered Jaden "Oh no. Jaden and the others are still out there, we need to find them."
"We better" Zane said
Solona took Yugi's deck from Dimitri and turned to the Daylen. "I'll take Yugi's deck back to Mokuba and Dorian; you guys go and look for Jaden. We need to find him and the others before someone gets hurt."
"Good Idea." Daylen said and everyone went their separate ways.