Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, Yugioh GX, Yugioh 5D's, Yugioh Zexal or Yugioh Arc V or Naruto. Yugioh is owned by Kazuki Takahashi and Naruto is owned by Kishimoto.

Harem: Naruto/Serenity Wheeler/ Alexis/ Ishizu I/ Older Obelisk Blair Flannigan/Fem. Judai Yuki/ Mizuho (Duel Spirit)

Later Additions: Camilla, Kisara (Maiden with Eyes of Blue), Mana (Dark Magician Girl) Ms. Fonda, Jasmine & Mindy

"Normal conversation"

'Inner thoughts'

Monster name and description

"Monster speech"

'Monster inner thought'

Last time….

After winning the duel Naruto was giving a broken pendant and was told by GK's Chief that he would one day met the one with the other half. There was a blinding flash of light and all were lying just outside the ruins. At first everyone thought it was all a dream, but Naruto then felt something hanging from his neck and looked down and saw the broken pendant he was given by GK's Assailant. He then looks over his shoulders and sees Kisara with Winged Kuriboh on her shoulders nodded at him as if saying 'whatever is coming we'll be there for you'. He smiled and joined the others as they left the ruins; little did they know that this was merely the catalyst for what's to come.

Now…

It was the dead of night and moon was full, but with a blood red hue; symbolizing the impending doom that's to come. In a cavern 7 figures shrouded in darkness stood together, while listening to their master's words "Our enemies have been tested, our allies are in place. The hour is upon us. It's time to cover the world in shadow. Now which of you shall lead us into battle?" the leader asked.

"I shall be the first to go master…. After all, the rival to my deck is on that island and it wants to settle an old score" the masked man said as he deck glowed a deep crimson.

"Very well, Night Shroud you shall go" the voice said.

"Thank you for this opportunity master" the one now named Night Shroud said as he bowed to his mysterious master. The man stepped from the shadows he wears a tight-fitting overcoat with raised shoulders and waistline and gold and green trimmings and his dark dragon mask, similar to that worn by his signature monster "Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon", is completely black with the exception of its blue eye-pieces and a red stone in the center of the forehead. In this incarnation, the bangs closest to his face are positioned in front of the mask. Around his neck is a pendant that has been broken in half "I will not fail you… the Academy's prized possessions will be ours" he said as he placed his duel disc and activated it.

Duel Academy

It was a stormy night on duel academy and only the chancellor could tell that this storm was merely a foreshadowing of what's to come. The chancellor stared intensely out into the storm and caught sight of a mysterious flying object, but he knew full well what or who it was and he didn't like it one bit.

"And so it begins… the fight for the Sacred Beasts" the chancellor said to himself.

Duel Academy; Ra Dorm

As the storm rages on, our blonde hero was fast asleep with Judai and Alexis snuggled into his sides and Blair sleeping on his chest. As they slept, the pendant around Naruto's neck started to glow getting the duel spirits attention. They looked to one another and realized that trouble can't be too far from them and with some knowing Naruto and his double-edged luck, he was going to be in the middle of what's to come.

The next day…

Everyone was attending Professor Banner's class, Syrus was updating his PDA, Naruto was updating his deck along with Judai and Alexis while Chumley was busy taking notes.

Judai then put her deck away and pulled out a lunch box "I made us a picnic lunch Naruto-kun, so after class we can go…" but she was cut off by the nutty professor.

"Just a moment Judai-san, you're picnic with your boyfriend will have to wait. It would seem that Chancellor Sheppard has requested you, Naruto Pegasus, Alexis Rhodes, Bastion Misawa, and Chazz Princeton to meet him in his office" the professor announced getting a worried look, but when she heard the list of names, she and Naruto got a serious look.

"Naruto-kun…" Judai said as she turned to her boyfriend.

"I know" was all he said as he got up with her following suit.

"Hey only I can do that!" yelled Chazz who wanted to do the 'walk out of class thing'.

"Give it a rest will you" Alexis said as she got up from her seat to follow her boyfriend and harem sister annoyed at the former Obelisk student.

"Hmmm…whatever is going on somehow involves those that Banner called out and judging from Naruto's expression, something tells me he may know something" Bastion thought to himself as he too got up and followed.

Duel Academy; Chancellor's Office

Professor Banner along with the group from his class along with Professor Crowler and Zane stood in front of the Chancellor.

"Three Sacred what now?" asked a confused Judai as she turned to her boyfriend only to see that he looked absolutely livid.

"The three sacred beast cards Judai…. and they're considered to be the spiritual successors of the Egyptian God cards; Uria, Lord of Searing Flames the the spiritual successor of Slifer The Sky Dragon, Raviel, Lord of Phantasms is the spiritual successor of Obelisk The Tormentor, and Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder is the spiritual successor of The Winged Dragon of Ra. Each of them are powerful in their own rite, but are considered to be the vassals to the god cards" Naruto said shocking everyone especially Sheppard.

"H-how did you…" Sheppard tried to ask.

"Chancellor, my godfather is Seto Kaiba who not only owns Duel Academy, but also gave me some information about those cards, my father is Maximillion Pegasus who created those cards in order to contain their power and I possess the ability to see and summon duel spirits as well as the ability to sense negative emotions and ever since I arrived I felt them stirring as if waiting for the chance to be free" Naruto stated again shocking everyone.

Shepard was the first to recover as he cleared his throat " yes, and these titans are sealed here as Naruto stated, you see one of the reasons why this academy was built was to protect the cards for if those cards ever see the light of day… it can mean the end of the world as we know it" Sheppard said in a grim tone scaring everyone but Naruto.

"So what… if those cards every do come out… I have their Egyptian counterparts and they've been hearing this entire conversation" Naruto said as he summoned the god monster to appear outside of Chancellor Sheppards' window, which of course shocked everyone sane Naruto, Judai and surprisingly Alexis who witnessed Naruto performing such a feat once before and even though Naruto did summon a duel spirit i.e. during the school duel against North Academy, it still shocking to see this young teen call the three most powerful monsters in all of duel monsters.

The monsters let out a mighty roar before fading away and Naruto falls to the ground "Naruto-kun are you ok?" Judai asked in worry with Alexis helping her man off the ground.

"Y-yeah… I forgot that summoning monsters as powerful as the god monsters takes a lot of energy, but I wanted to get my message across… these sacred beast better stay imprisoned or this can get very ugly very fast" Naruto said with a cocky grin.

"And because of that…. I called you here; Naruto Pegasus, Judai Yuki, Chazz Princeton, Zane Truesdale, Alexis Rhodes, Bastion Misawa, and Professor Vermillion Crowler to protect these cards from the 'Wicked Ones'" Sheppard said.

"The 'Wicked Ones'?" asked Zane.

"That's right, 7 duelists called the Shadow Rider's covet these sacred cards and I'm afraid that one of them has made their way here onto duel academy during the storm last night" Sheppard informed the group.

"Naturally" Bastion added.

"Ok, so how do we protect these cards anyway?" Alexis asked as both she and Judai held their boyfriend making Chazz glare at Naruto for stealing his 'Honey bun'.

"By protecting the 7 Spirit gates. You see, in order to get to those cards, one must unlock them, they must acquire the 7 keys to the lock; that is how you will protect the cards, by protecting the keys" Sheppard said as he pulled out a black box.

"Here they are, one for each of you" he stated getting gasps from the group sane Naruto.

"So basically, we hold the keys, won't that make us targets?" asked Bastion.

"That's the point Bastion and with those keys in the possession of the best duelists in duel academy… we'll have a chance in riding out this storm" Naruto said in a serious tone, getting everyone's attention.

"As Naruto said, with these keys in your possession, the Shadow Riders will seek you out" Shepard stated making Naruto's previous statement more apparent.

"Seek us out, you mean take us out" argued Chazz not liking being used as a 'meat shield'.

"Only in a duel" Shepard stated.

"A duel?" asked Bastion shocking everyone sane Naruto who learned this via his duel spirits.

"That's right, fortunately, for our side of the war the keys can't simply be taken, an ancient edic commands that the keys must be won in a duel and so, as Naruto pointed out, I selected you the best duelists on the island to protect the keys and by extension, protect the world" Shepard announced.

"Well 6, but we needed a seventh member, so…" the chancellor mumbled looking at Crowler.

"So, if the…." Shepard said, but was cut off when Naruto stepped forward, opened the box and took one of the keys from the box and hung it around his neck next to the half of the medallion he won from the Gravekeepers.

"I'm not backing down from this fight, so count me in" the heir of Pegasus said with an air of confidence and from the chancellor's point of view, experience. Then like a domino effect, the others not wanting to back down especially not in from of Naruto stepped forward and took a key for themselves.

After everyone took a key, everyone sane Naruto were arguing on who will duel first in a childish manner, but Naruto was deep in thought never removing the serious look to his face 'they take this like some kind of joke…. Judai… Alexis, please take this seriously, or you may be the ones who doesn't come home, because I won't always be there to save you' he thought with worry for those here don't know the horrors of war and this war will be no different from the one he experienced during the 4th Great Shinobi War, the only difference, he and his companions had a chance of saving the world.

Duel Academy; Night

On the roof of the Ra dorm, Naruto along with his duel spirits were stargazing while also staring at the blood red moon which he knew was a sign of impending doom. Naruto then sighed and proceeded to return to bed where Judai was currently, but was stopped when a bright light enveloped himself and unknowingly Judai and Alexis who was on her way to sleep with her boyfriend.

When the light faded Naruto found himself on a platform hovering over the lava pool inside the volcano and to his right he sees Judai and Alexis in a bubble that seemed to be made of the same material as the platform he was currently standing.

"W-What's going on?!" asked a distraught Judai.

"Don't worry girls I'm coming" Naruto yelled as he ran to his lovers, but was stopped then a blast of fire hit him square in the back knocking him to the ground of the platform..

"NARUTO-KUN!" the girls yelled.

Naruto was getting up, when he heard a voice "Oh, so they're important to you, that's good, it means you have something more to fight for rather than the faith of the world" the voice said causing Naruto to growl as his shirt burned away revealing his naked upper body and on his back was the spot where he was hit by the fire ball, but the wound was already healing at an alarming rate, which shocked the girls.

A ball of fire erupted in front of him and out the fire came the first of the Shadow Riders.

"So, you finally decide to show yourself" Naruto growled.

"Very perceptive of you… the name is Night Shroud, and I'll be winning that key from you" he said as he activated his duel disc.

"You put my loved ones in danger, for that…." Naruto then bit him thumb and swiped the bleeding digit on his left wrist, then what seemed like magic, his duel disc appeared from nowhere "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR!" Naruto yelled as his chakra erupted from his body.

Naruto's features started to change like before during the promotion match and behind him was the silhouette of a titanic beast with ten tails and three eyes glaring down at Night Shroud.

The girls have seen Naruto angry before, but this; this was rage, pure unadulterated rage and Night Shroud had somehow managed to bring out Naruto's rage. Naruto in sensing the fear from his lovers drew in his rage, but was still furious at the man before him.

Night Shroud managed to regain his bearings, but he was still wary of the boy no…. the being before him for no human can possess such rage that it would manifest itself in such a manner. So, after a bit more taunting from Night Shroud including the threat of losing his soul, Naruto activated his new duel disc and slipped his deck into the deck holder.

Naruto vs. Nightshroud

"DUEL/ DUEL!!" The two yelled.

Naruto: 4000

Night Shroud: 4000

"I'll start this shadow game if you don't mind. I summon Troop Dragon (Wind Attribute; Level 2; Dragon/Effect; If this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, select and Special Summon 1 "Troop Dragon" from you Deck to your side of the field. Then shuffle your Deck. ATK 700/ DEF 800) in defense mode and I place a face down card and with that my turn ends" Night Shroud said ending his turn.

"Hmm… not a bad first turn, but not good enough draw…. I activate the spell card Pot of Desires (Spell Card; Banish 10 cards from the top of your Deck, facedown; draw two cards. You can only activate 1 "Pot of Desires" per turn.) with this I banish the top 10 cards from my deck, then I draw two cards" Naruto explained the effect as he drew ten cards from his deck and stored the cards in his deck box.

"Why would you purposely cut your own deck?" asked Night Shroud who was confused as to why someone would cut their own deck.

"You may see it as a risk, but I see it as a way to get to my resources faster and with the two cards I drew I'd say it was worth the price because now I reveal a Blue Eyes White Dragon in my hand to special summon Blue Eyes Alternative White Dragon (3000/2500)" Naruto said as he summoned his dragon getting a growl from his opponent in seeing his decks eternal rival.

"Then I normal summon Manju of the Thousand Hands (1400/1000) and use his effect to search either a ritual monster or a ritual spell card" he said as he searched his deck for want he needed.

Now I activate the ritual spell card Advanced Ritual Art and send the Blue Eyes from my hand to the graveyard in order to ritual summon Blue Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon (4000/0)" he said as he summoned one of his decks boss monster. In seeing this behemoth of a monster before him, Night Shroud was beginning to regret his decision on his first opponent. But his opponent wasn't done and that's what scared him even more.

"I activate the spell card Return of the Dragon Lords (Spell Card; Target 1 Level 7 or 8 Dragon-Type monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it. If a Dragon-type monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can banish this card from your Graveyard instead.) to revive an old friend, so say hello to the one the only Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)" Naruto announced as his dragon erupted from the grave with a mighty roar.

Now Night Shroud was in trouble, in one turn his opponent has summoned 4 powerful monsters and what made it worse, he hadn't attacked yet.

"For taking my loved one's hostage Night Shroud… I'm going to end you right here and now. GO BLUE EYES CHAOS MAX DRAGON ATTACK AND END THIS DUEL!" Naruto yelled as his monster began to charge its attack.

"W-what do you mean? My dragon is in defense mode my life points are safe" Night Shroud argued.

"True, but when my dragon attacks a monster in defense mode it inflicts double piercing damage, so after my dragon attacks… You. Are. Done" Naruto said getting a shocked reaction from Night Shroud who at this moment knew he fucked up big time.

The dragon then launched its attack on Night Shrouds monster and destroyed it upon impact and with it his life points as well.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Night Shroud yelled as the attack.

8000 - 800 = 7200

4000 - 7200 = -3200

Naruto: 4000

Night Shroud: 0

Winner: Naruto Pegasus via FTK and OTK

With Naruto being declared the victor the soul of Night Shroud was sealed inside a card. Then all were transported from the lava lake to the base of the volcano. Naruto was about to look for Judai and Alexis, when a sudden jolt of pain surged through his body causing him to collapse and losing consciousness.

Judai and Alexis who weren't far from Naruto saw him collapse ran to him.

"NARUTO-KUN!" they yelled as they ran to their lover. When they got to him, they turned him over and checked to see if he was alright. Alexis checked his pulse and Judai pressed her ear over his heart. The two sighed in relief in knowing that their man was going to be okay.

"I don't understand… why is he like this?" Alexis asked.

"Naruto told me that a shadow game causes actual damage, so maybe that fireball did more damage than what he was capable of healing from… you saw him heal at an alarming rate…. Naruto-kun… maybe be something else" Judai said not wanting to believe that her boyfriend has been keeping secrets from them.

"Judai, I know that everyone is entitled to their own secrets, so he may have a reason for keeping what we saw hidden" Alexis said trying to to reason with her harem sister.

"I know, I just hope he'll trust us enough to tell us" Judai responded.

Alexis then notices a card on the ground and goes to pick up. When she held it up she sees the mask of Night Shroud in the card "at least we're safe from him" she said.

Alexis then walks over to the unconscious form of Night Shroud and what she shocked her to tears.

"I-it can't be…" she stuttered as tears fell from her eyes.

"Naruto-san… Judai-san, hold on we're coming!" yelled Bastion as he, Zane and Chazz ran to the group.

"What happened?" Chazz asked as Judai held Naruto's unconscious form close to her.

"Naruto-kun…. he was challenged by the Shadow Rider to a shadow game…. to save Alexis and I who were taken hostage" Judai explained as tears welled in her eyes.

"Seeing that you're ok I'm guessing he won" Chazz pointed out.

"He did…. but, he took a hit from Night Shroud and now he's like this" Judai said remembering how he was attacked from behind by a fireball.

"So is that him? the shadow rider?" Zane asked when he noticed Alexis with the shadow rider.

As Zane approached, Alexis was hugging the shadow rider, crying.

"Alexis?" Zane asked.

"It's him Zane… it's him… I-I don't know understand how but,... it's him" she said as he cried. When Zane got a look at the shadow rider, he too was shocked.

"I- it can't be..." Zane tried to say.

"I- I thought I lost him, but he's back he's finally back, Atticus, my brother is back" she said as she hugged her unconscious brother.

The sun rose over the horizon revealing a brand new day, but also another day from the shadow riders to strike and with Naruto out of commission, everyone was left to wonder will they make it through the storm unscaved, or be blown away by the storms might.