The Gate Guardian Chronicles: Rising Darkness Ark

Chapter 2- First Day Clash, Dragon Slayers Vs Goddesses Pt 2

Zane 2800

Reo 2509

Getting up off the ground, Zane drew a card and desperately looked for back up. "Ok then, I summon Soldier of Leon 1500/1200." A Dragon Slayer with a double bladed crimson red sword appeared on the field. "Now I activate Sword of the Slayers which raises my monsters attack by 800." (2300/1200)

"So you do have some fight left in you then. Let me guess, you're going to attack?"

"Guessed right then didn't you. Soldier of Leon, attack his Angel of Guard." The angel drove the sword forward but was stopped when Reo's two face down cards flipped up. "Oh yes, now let me see how cocky you are. Realm of the Angels boosts all angels attack points by 200."

"Two bad that only makes the attack points 300." The Dragon Slayer slashed at through the Angel of Guard only to find it still in perfect form. "What!"

"The second face down was Army of Angels which grants all my Angels immortality until my next go."

Zane raged inside. He's only delaying the inevitable. I'll prove him wrong about me soon enough. "Draw."

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"So, you think that by creating a defence of stupid Angels you can win against my deck. Huh, we'll see." He glanced down at his cards, well, I have one monster on the field also being the strongest in play so I think I'll…he took out the card he just drew. He won't suspect this one. "I sacrifice my Soldier of Leon to summon Arcana, Dragon Slayer of Hope 2100/1900." A female Dragon Slayer with long silver hair appeared on the field holding her crescent shaped battle axe up high above her head.

"Here we go again. You sacrifice one perfectly good monster to bring out another one 200 points weaker." He scratched his head in confusion. "Then again, last time I commented like that I nearly lost the duel."

"Too right you did. Only this time, you're right because until your next turn, your Angels have the immortality you put on them."

"So, are you done yet?" Zane smiled, "take that as a no."

"I activate Ranking Order. This card will allow me to add together the stars of two monsters in my deck allowing me to bring out a monster with their combined number of stars." He deposited of two cards before taking another one from his and special summoning it to the field. "Now, welcome Dragon Slayer of 100 Swords 1900/1900." A Dragon Slayer in a dark trench coat appeared with somewhat like a 100 swords at his side. "This number can raise all Slayers attack by points 200 hundred including itself. And finally, one card faced down."

"Still, I'm not impressed Zane Amari."

"Ahh, whatever you old man." He held his arms out wide. "Look, nothing else to do. Your turn."

Reo almost immediately snatched a card from his deck. "Ok, now it's my turn to bring out some fun. First I activate Loyal Sacrifice. With this, I can sacrifice all my Angels to gain half their attack points onto my life points." One by one, the Angels were covered in a white aura before exploding into blinding white light.

Zane 2800

Reo 5709

Reo had his eyes closed feeling the warmth of his Angels life force. When it died down, he smiled. "Now that was refreshing. Anyway, I will now activate Honour to the Goddess. I believe this one is special for every Angel in my graveyard gives me the power to drain 300 life points for each one." Suddenly, the area Zane was standing blew up and smoke billowed round the whole stadium. Just as I thought, he doesn't have a clue.

Zane 1000

Reo 5709

When the smoke died down, Zane was still standing. "You think that will take me down. Well, I've got a newsflash for you." He smiled his challenging smile. "Try again."

Reo was shocked. Never before had someone come out as cocky as before the attack was done. "You really want me to don't you. Fine, I activate my final two cards; Breath of the Goddess and Project Zero. The first one allows me to take out a magic or trap card previously used in this duel." Reo smiled slightly for the first time in the duel. "And do you know which one I choose?"

"No but I guess I'll find out in a minute."

"Prophet from Birth till Death." Reo's second card activated. "Only this time, the second card I activated prevents me from using any life points." His five Angels reappeared on the field all ready to strike him down.

"Great," sighed Zane glancing down at his cards. "I have just failed by exam."

"I'm glad your done being so cocky. However, I'm not finished by a long shot because now I activate Heaven and Hell. This is my favourite card from my entire deck. It grants my Angels 500 attack points whilst your monsters are decreased by 500 of their points."

If things could get worse than they just did. Although Arcana, Dragon Slayer of Hope could not be destroyed in battle, the damage still counted and because of the constantly rising power Reo's Angels were getting, the duel wouldn't last much longer.

Angel of Death 2200/1900

Angel of Purity 1600/2000

Angel of Hope 2400/2100

Angel of Guard 600/2500

Angel of Justice 2200/2100

Arcana, Dragon Slayer of Hope 1800/1400

Dragon Slayer of 100 Swords 1600/1600

"You see Zane Amari, your deck maybe strong but with you not being able to use it; I have just won this duel."

"Then maybe instead of giving me the lecture you can hurry up and finish me off." Zane was still smiling despite the actual situation he was in.

"You asked for it…" All five of Reo's Angels lashed out towards Zane but when a barrier of blue light surrounded his monsters, the Angels were forced to retreat back to their master's side.

"Survivors Last Stand only activates when you are going to wipe away all of my life points in a turn. It protects me for no cost at all." Zane had regained his constant dueling smile and was ready for another round.

"Very good Zane, you managed to pull back despite what would have happened had you not." He motioned for Zane to take his turn. "Let's see what you can pull out this time.

Zane drew but was disappointed at his draw. Great! I haven't got a chance now. "I…I end my turn."

The whole crowd cried in awe. Reo was shocked more than anyone but he hid his feelings. "So, ran out of lucky moves. It goes without saying that you cannot win a duel on luck alone."

Zane shook his fist in anger, "none of my dueling skills have anything to do with luck. I will win this!"

Reo drew his card and smiled weakly. "You dueled well with a deck with such high power. If only you could use it to its full potential." He sighed as if disappointed at the current stage. "Well, I'll finish this now. Firstly I activate Solemn Wishes which grants me 500 Life points every time a draw a card. Secondly, is; The Lords Prayer." He pointed at his Angels. "For each one on the field, I gain 300 life points every time I enter my battle phase."

Zane couldn't quite understand what was happening. I've never lost before. Why all of a sudden does my one dream come crashing down in front of me? Maybe what Reo said is true. Maybe I'm only winning because I have these cards. He looked up to the crowd, I'm sorry Violet…I let you down.

"…now my battle phase starts." As previously mentioned, I get 1500 life points due to my magic card." A shower of glistening white light surrounded Reo giving him another big boost. "Finally, I attack your monster for the win."

First off, the Angel of Hope obliterated Zane's Dragon Slayer of 100 Swords using constant blasts of energy bombs. After, the rest of the Angels attacked Arcana for she couldn't be destroyed as a result of battle allowing all of Reo's Angels an attack each.

When all was done, Zane watched hopelessly as his life point counter hit zero.

Zane 0

Reo 7209

The holograms disappeared and Reo walked over to Zane and helped him up. "Look Zane, you're a great guy and you nearly beat me at the start of the duel with me using my best deck and all. I mean you surprised me in lasting this long, anybody else would have either surrendered or suffered a humiliating defeat."

Zane looked up. "Yeah but I lost which means I have to wait another year for this. All my life, every day I had trained for this and look where I've ended up…losing."

Reo only smiled. "Look, you may have lost the duel but by my standards, you did well enough to be let in this academy." At this statement, there were cheers and boos amongst the crowd. Zane looked up, relieved.

"But…you…I…I lost. It's against the rules that I'm let into the academy. I'm sorry but I can not accept what you're giving to me."

"Hey, look at you now; you're not so cocky outside the dueling arena. And yes, you can accept it because remember, you were facing a deck that contains monsters of a standard far above your dueling ability."

Zane looked at his deck and then at the crowd, "I don't think there to happy about it. They'd rather see me chucked out of here."

"Look, I maybe new here but I know that they didn't face a real teachers deck. And even if they did, they wouldn't have lasted as long as you did." After explaining in detail the reason Zane was allowed to enter the school, he finally smiled again.

"Thanks Mr…"

Reo scratched the back of his head laughing. "Just call me Reo, you've earned it."

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The woman in the black trench coat looked down at Reo and Zane. Her dark eyes fixed on everything Zane was doing. It was if she was analysing him; every detail there was to know about him. She talked softly and quietly to herself. "The time will come Zane Amari, the time will come." She walked back into the shadows and disappeared.

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After the meal had finished, Zane went to find his dorm. He was placed in Osiris red because he hadn't won his duel though his test results were high. Then again, he couldn't complain because if it were up to most people, he wouldn't even be here.

When he eventually got to his room, he walked in expecting it to be empty. He was wrong. The place was a mess. From right up to the far end wall, clothes, books and even duel monster cards were scattered throughout. Zane scratched his head in confusion, looks like somebody's busy unpacking. Just as he walked in, a loud voice caused him to turn around.

"Watch out!" Too late. A suitcase full of more books crashed into him sending him flying across the room; wind knocked out of him. The person who had thrown the case smiled nervously, "err, sorry."

Zane slowly regained his formal poseur. "I'm guessing your one of my room mates eh?" He quickly looked around half expecting something else to knock him out cold. He turned back to face the boy who had thrown the case at him. He was roughly the same height as Zane had brown hair with blond streaks across it. "So, what's your name?"

The boy smiled nervously again. "My name's Reno Zen." He shifted his eyes like a naughty child would when they've done something wrong. "I'm sorry for hitting you with my case. I was being careless…as always."

Zane acknowledged his apology with another one of his smiles. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure that you weren't meaning for it to happ-"

Suddenly, from the distance, Zane noticed a figure in a dark cloak just stare at him from his window. He turned to get Reno but it was gone by the time he looked back.

"Look…Zane as I've heard. You're tired and need sleep. You've had a long sleep and I can tell from your eyes. How about you go to sleep and then tomorrow, I'll introduce you to some of the other people at this school."

Zane looked at him gone out. "Oh, so this isn't your first year."

"No actually. I've been here three years today and before you ask my dueling is absolutely crap." He rummaged through his bags and took out a card. "This is why I'm here." Zane took the card off him and quickly read through it.

"I'm…sorry for your loss. It seems your sister was close to you. She really wants you to for fill her wish of becoming the best eh?" Reno smiled. "Well, I suppose I'll get some shut eye then."

"Yeah, me to. Oh and Zane, I just remembered, a note came through earlier and I've just thought about it." He handed Zane the note before he opened it up. After reading through carefully twice, he stuffed it in his pockets.

"Thanks." After lights were out, Zane kept thinking about message from the note; your time is here.

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Another short chapter though these two were meant to be one though it was too long so I put it into two. Anyway, have a nice day.

Next Time: Zane get challenged by a mysterious woman who uses a deck of Dark Angels. Afterwards, Zane watches the end of another duel involving somebody in a dark cloak and someone who's duel disk his pure flame. Strange eh?

Wrath of Dark Angels