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// Duel 11: Dark Ambitions 
// Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 8: Reunions 
// by Bahamut0 
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	Silver Streak stared coldly at the hooded figure before him. 'So he's the guy responsible for making Uria and Hamon disappear!' "Those cards aren't meant to be handled by anyone! Give them back!"

The figure chuckled. "You misunderstand. I have no interest in using their power. I'm simply trying to complete my collection. So if you wish to avoid a swift defeat, hand over Raviel."

"I'm Raviel's keeper.", Streak said sternly. "I was chosen to guard him from all those that seek his power. And at the moment, that's you!" Streak pulled out his duel disk and activated it! "That means you're going to have to get through me!"

"You are committed to your duty. Most comendable. Sadly, that will only aid you so much." The figure activated his own duel disk! "Come then! Show me just how good of a keeper you are!"

Streak: 8000
????: 8000

"I got the first move!" Streak looked to his cards. 'Not bad! Dark Fusion on my first hand! Just gotta set up some defenses now! "I'll set two cards and end my turn!" 'I don't know what this guy's got planned, but I can't let him get Raviel!'

"I draw!" The figure looked at his hand. 'His resolve to his duty is truly admirable. That doesn't change the fact that he stands in my way. A pity he didn't make this easy on himself. But it can't be helped. I will claim Raviel. Then I can move on to the next stage of my plans.' "I discard a card to activate Twin Twisters! This lets me destroy up to two spell or trap cards on the field! I'll destroy your two face-downs!" Two twisters blew away Streak's face-downs! "Next I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands and activate his effect! I add a ritual spell to my hand!" The figure searched his deck, and picked out the ritual spell he was looking for. He then shuffled his deck once again before putting it back in its slot. "Now it ends. I play the spell card Advanced Ritual Art to send a normal monster whose level equals the level of the monster I want to ritual summon! I'll send Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck to the graveyard!" Streak's eyes widened! "Now I ritual summon Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon! Attack him directly! Chaos Neutron Blast!" Streak cringed as half of his life points were decimated by a blast of chaotic energy! "Now Manju attacks you directly!" Streak braced himself as Manju punched him with his multiple arms! "I end my turn. Be thankful that I'm showing mercy by making this quick."

Streak: 2600
????: 8000

'Not good! REALLY not good!', Streak thought as he drew his next card. 'He wasn't kidding when he said he was making this quick! Almost down to a quarter of my life points! And in ONE turn! Who is this guy? There's only person known for a Blue-Eyes deck besides Seto Kaiba is...!' "Who are you?!"

"Wouldn't you like that answer?", the figure chuckled. "Don't you have a move to make?"

Streak glared at the figure before looking to his hand. "I play Magical Mallet! This lets me shuffle as many cards from my hand into my deck to draw the same amount of new cards!" Streak shuffled three cards into his deck, and drew three new ones! "Now it's time to turn the tables! I summon Alpha The Electromagnet Warrior! His effect lets me add a level 8 'Magna Warrior' from my deck to my hand! Then I play Dark Fusion! I'll fuse Raviel, Lord of Phantasms with Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! I fusion summon Evil HERO Dark Gaia! And since he was fusion summoned, he gains attack equal to the combined attack of his fusion materials! Destroy Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX! Dark Terra Force" Dark Gaia annihilated Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX in a single, devastating punch! "I end my turn." 'Good thing I scored these cards when I did thanks to Magical Mallet! Now I've got a monster that's got Chaos MAX beaten in terms of attack points! He pushed me to the wall. Now it's time for me to push back!'

Streak: 2600
????: 4500

'So he's managed to bring out a monster who outclasses Chaos MAX in terms of raw power. But there's always more than ONE kind of power that one can draw upon. Time to show him the truth of that fact.' "I draw." The figure smiled as he looked at the card he drew. "I play Cards on Consonance. I discard a dragon-type tuner with 1000 or less attack to draw two new cards. And since you destroyed a 'Blue-Eyes' monster on my field and I have a dragon-type monster in my graveyard, I can special summon Deep-Eyes White Dragon from my hand!" A magnificent looking dragon descended onto the figure's field! "Now that she's on the field, I can inflict 600 points of damage for each dragon with different names in my graveyard! There's three dragons, so you take 1800 in damage!" Deep-Eyes fired a ray of blue energy from the ring on her back! Striking Streak directly! "Now I can target one 'Blue-Eyes' monster in my graveyard and have Deep-Eyes gain its attack! I target Chaos MAX! Now I'll attack your monster!"

'Is he crazy?! He'll take damage!', Streak thought. Deep-Eyes crashed into Dark Gaia! "Not the smartest move! You've taken another hit and lost a monster!"

The figure smirked under his hood. "What makes you think I didn't plan on this? Now Deep-Eyes' other effect activates! When she's destroyed, I can destroy all monsters you control!" Deep-Eyes unleashed a wave of energy! Destroying Dark Gaia in the process! "Now I play Return of the Dragon Lords to revive Blue-Eyes White Dragon and end my turn with a face-down!" 'Let's see how strong his resolve is now.' "I'll give you one last out. Surrender Raviel to me and I'll forfeit the duel. And you leave with your pride intact."

Streak: 800
????: 1000

'My PRIDE?!', Streak's mind screamed! 'He obviously doesn't know what my pride lies in!' "You're wrong. If I give in to your offer, then I've lost all my pride! A real duelist duels until the last card is drawn! Go ahead and toss your offer in the trash! I draw!" 'This could be just what I needed!' "I play Reload! I shuffle my whole hand into my deck and draw the same amount of cards I shuffled in!" Streak shuffled his whole hand into his deck, shuffled it, and drew the same amount of cards! "I play Dark Calling! This lets me banish fusion materials from my hand or graveyard who are listed on a fusion monster that can only be fusion summoned by Dark Fusion! I banish Raviel and Valkyrion to summon another Dark Gaia!"

"No you won't!", the figure countered! "I activate my trap! Champion's Vigilance! This can negate the summon of a monster since I control a level 7 or higher normal monster!" Dark Gaia was destroyed as he tried to step onto the field! 'How foolish for him to think he could beat me. And the same fate awaits the one who robbed me of my victories...'

"I...I end my turn.", Streak said as he hung his head in defeat.

"I don't need to tell you what I'm going to do next. Blue-Eyes. Finish it." The figure's Blue-Eyes unleashed a blast of White Lightning! Wiping out the last of Streak's life points! "No need for you to hand me my prize..." The figure's hand leaked darkness, and Raviel faded in a swirl of darkness only to reappear in the figure's hand. "I applaud your valor. But you lack might. Farewell..." The figure vanished in a dark portal and arrived at a new location. The figure removed his hooded robe and hung it in a closet. He soon heard knocking on the room's door. "Come in." A woman walked in.

"I trust you were successful my son?", the woman asked. The figure nodded.

"I have the Sacred Beasts. Now can we make our move?"

"No. There's one last bit of craziness to throw their way. And maybe you can help orchestrate it.", the woman had an evil smile. "Don't worry my son. When this is all over, it's you who'll be recognized as the greater hero!"