"Man, this places just screams creepy.", Ice said as he looked around the area around him. It was pure darkness. "Kinda reminds me of..."
"Of when we I used you as a puppet.", a voice said. Ice turned around to see a pitch-black version of himself with the number 96 emblazoned on his chest. "Hello Ice. So good to see you again."
"You're responsible for my troubles, so its only fit I run into you! Let's duel!"
"Oh we'll duel alright. But not with cards...." Dark Mist summoned a scythe modeled after himself. "Only one of us is walking away in one piece!" Dark Mist came out swinging against Ice! Ice drew his sword, and blocked the incoming slash! "Is that all you have?"
"SHUT UP!", Ice screamed as he charged at Dark Mist! Swinging his sword with wild fury! "You can't be here! Ace destroyed you!" Ice kept on swinging as Dark Mist kept blocking! "Because of you, my life was horrible for two long years!" Dark Mist chuckled.
"Oh what a fool you are. I'm a part of you Ice. In fact, its you who are nothing without me!" Dark Mist and Ice locked weapons! "I gave you power. The ability to bring your opponents to their knees!"
"You're also why I lost my family for two years!", Ice shouted as his blade kept striking against Mist's scythe! "I stole Ace's card, and Shadow was sent away because of you!"
"True. And who let me in?", Mist asked with a sinister grin. "Can't you see? All that you blame me for is YOUR fault! YOU let me into your deck!" Dark Mist unleashed a furious series of slashes! Ice, in his rage struggled to block each of them! "But it's no wonder. That hot-blooded personality betrays your name, and you'll rush in without thinking! And today....THAT SPELLS YOUR END!" Dark Mist charged up his scythe with darkness! Unleashing a devastating strike! Destroying Ice's sword and knocking him to the ground! "So rash. If you had kept a cool head like the last half of your name, you'd have seen I was baiting you. Maybe after I finish you, I'll pay that girlfriend of yours a visit. I can't wait to meet her!" Ice's eyes snapped open , and caught the blade of Dark Mist's scythe! Dark Mist sneered "I see you still have some fight in you." Suddenly, a flaming aura exploded around Ice! "WHAT?!"
"RRRRRRAAAAAGGGGHH!", Ice screamed as he threw Dark Mist as far as he could throw him! Ice reached out with his hand! Ice's sword flew into his hand! Ice closed his eyes, and focused. The flames around him died down, and the blade of his sword began to spark embers. Soon, the whole blade was wrapped in flames! "You're right. It was my fault that I let you in. My fault that for two years I was separated from my family. But you know what? I walked out of it stronger. The more you try to hurt me, the brighter my fighting spirit burns!" Ice summoned his dragon wings! The flames around his sword only seemed to grow! "And now I have my family again! So say all the things you want!" Ice then leaped into the air. "KNOW THAT YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME ANYMORE!" Ice charged down in a spiral! "POWERFORCE SPIRAL!" Ice ripped through the phantom of Dark Mist! Leaving a gaping in the shade's form! The phantom of Dark Mist howled in pain as he began to fade away! "All you are....is a dark memory." Dark Mist exploded! Leaving a warp in his place. "Now to move towards a bright future..." Ice stepped onto the warp, and found himself back in the main hall. When he arrived, he saw Burst and that another chain on the door had been broken. "Guess we're waiting for the others now."