After walking for a while Sorento found himself standing at large, long and beautiful bridge over a beautiful gorge where he could see some waterfalls and hear rushing water below. Beautiful and Peaceful. Siren to walks to large nearby tree, he jumps into, using the leaves and branches to completely conceal himself. He nestle himself in a branch, relaxing, he rests his back against the trunk of the tree, he once gain begins playing his beautiful melody that carried and echoed through the trees and the gorge.

The melody Sorento is playing: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lFy-1-iDGo

Soonly after getting off the train Kirito arrives to the gorge he was so curious about in the beginning. He arrives, hearing music in the distance it was quite pleasant, shocked by seeing another person in the distance. Kirito squints to see who it could be after a moment he sees a person up in a tree. "What kind of baka would play music during a life and death moment, I should go show him that he's going to die and realize its not all fun and games" (Well it is). This should be a easy win. Kirito starts running to the tree to meet his first opponent....

Getting tired of sitting up in a tree, Johnny went for a large bridge in the distance. As he was almost to the bridge, he noticed someone running away from it toward a field of aromas. Perhaps somebody was there that was worth a challenge? As he stepped onto the bridge, Johnny saw someone standing there with a duel disk. He approached the stranger...

After a well faught battle Kandy just could not over come the evil birds coming from every where. ANDDDDD decides to jump off the bridge cause of a computer lag.

He engaged the stranger in a duel, only to find himself in terror at what he saw as his deck master: Mist Valley Apex Avian. The Avian was a card only used by Johnny's family, as they were the only ones strong enough to handle it. It was all very clear now, this was definitely the ninja he had heard of. His revenge was in range.

The duel struggled on and was a close match all and all. It turns out it was not only the Avian that Kandy had in his deck, but other Mist Valley cards taken from the remains of Mist Valley as well. Dueling Kandy into a corner, Johnny activated his deck master's effect returning his Tempest and his opponents Dark Simorgh back to his hand. It was looking like a sure fire win. Kandy laid one card face-down to end his turn. The time was now to strike for the finishing blow. Removing two Wind monsters from his grave, Johnny summoned back to the field his Tempest the Dragon Ruler. Along with that, he normal summoned his Delta Flyer. Using Delta's effect, he synchro summoned one of his secret weapons: Star Eater. Going right from the summon to his battle phase, Johnny attacked fiercely with his Star Eater and wiped out the rest of Kandy's lifepoints.  

The shockwave blasted Kandy straight off the bridge, but not before Kandy's deck fell out of his duel disk. The deck master of Apex Avian let out a roaring screech, and it looked like it's soul departed it. The bird slowly vanished away until all that was left there was the card itself: Mist Valley Apex Avian. Johnny picked up the card as well as took Kandy's deck and looked through it. Sure enough it was there; Mist Valley cards. He knew that these for sure belonged to his family and were probably salvaged in what was left of the valley before it was burnt. He put the cards in his back pocket for safe keeping. Feeling beaten up a bit from the attacks of the duel, Johnny headed out of the Bridged Gorge and made way back to the meadows. "My instincts were right to come to this bridge, so it wasn't a complete waste. Mist Valley is avenged and I got back stolen property of my family. It's almost sad, to have this task done so quickly. All I can do now is push forward. I'll pave way for Mist Valley's reputation. Maybe someday, I can bring the ruins of my home back to life. First things first though: get some rest. Back to the meadows."

On his way back, Johnny took the Apex card out of his pocket to look at it once more, admiring it in all of it's glory. "Mist Valley's strongest monster. What an honor I can keep this card."

Arrives at the enormous.
"I think i'll stay here and look around for a bit"
Walks deeper into the valley.

Jack walks across the bridged gorge, the sound of his boots hitting the bridge echoing through the air. With a relaxed gaze he looked around, taking in the area. In the distance, he saw some kind of building. "I hope it has a phone in there..... this place is starting to get a bit creepy..." he said, Rib Gardna by his side nodding in agreement.

"Is there a better place to start the hunt, than a valley, much like the majestic Valley of the dead, in which our Pharaos lie, embedded in the glory of eternity! This shall be your first hunting ground. You may only leave, once you brought the first sacrifice before the Pharao!"
Those were the last words the Oracle spoke, before vanishing into thin air. This was it then. Not just surviving, he was forced to fight. The descend was hard, but the claustrophobic feeling that adjusted as he reached the bottom was worse. It was a majestic creation of nature, just as impressove as deadly, and under other circumstances he would have felt more comfortable. Knowing he would not be allowed to leave until he found either death or a first victim. If possible, he wanted to avoid both, yet the choice was not his to make.

After hours of walking I spot a building.
" Maybe that building has foo or supplies i can use. Well I wont know until i go."
Walks toward the building.

"Oracle, how should I hunt if there is no prey?" Anum asked into the blue. His deck master had the tendencie to appear whenever it would please himself, not when he was needed. This time, he seemed to listen. In a flash of light, he appeared before him, his face clearly representing his emotions: Hatred, aggression and disappointment.
"This is a hunt, not a banquet! The prey won't come to you, track it, kill it, devour it! Up till now, you have been nothing but a nuisance and an utter disappointment, to our family's name! I will tear your very soul apart, should you not be able to represent us with decency. No go, before I snap you in half!"

Panic flodded his thoughts. He knew that those threats weren't just empty words, as the Oracle was known for his unforgiving and ruthless actions. It was rumored that more duelists lost their soul to him, then to actual opponents. He had to find his "prey" soon, or he himself, would turn from the hunter to the hunted.

Quickly, he walked deeper into the valley. He needed to find a spot that would attract other people, a place where people would gather. He would be the lion, observing the watering hole at which the Zebras, his prey, gathered.
"Thank Neith!", he exclaimed, thanking the egyptian godess of hunt and war. An abandoned small shack, in the midst of the valley. This was probably a house for miners or other workers. A relict, of a civilized age, when this place was more than just an arena. As he came closer, he spotted what would have to become his first victim.
A young man, in rather unfitting clothes, wandering towards the same shack. In a moments notice Anum sprinted forwards, placing himself between the stranger and the building now behind him. He positioned himself in a fighting stance, activated and rose his duel disk.

"I am sorry, stranger, but I cannot and will not let you pass any further. I need you to duel me, right now!"

Shiroryu looks at the mysterious man who challenged him. He feels a sense of fear and excitement.
"You will be the perfect opponent for me to test my new deck against"
Shiroryu puts the deck in his duel disk and faces his opponent ready to duel.

Jack left the area, heading towards the building he saw in the distance.

Shiroryu surprised at the turn of events catches the card.
" I don't like how i couldn't beat my opponent normally, but at least i got his soul."
* walks inside the building *
" Judging from what happened, i need to be careful around here. And maybe getting a team mate would make things alot easier in the long run"
* goes down the hallway to look for food *

Kai looks around this new area. Its quite vast and wondrous, as he had imagined in his mind. To himself he thinks "Its amazing how wonderful this world is." Kai then looks around for his new partner cause it appears he has wandered off without her.

He screamed at the top of his lungs "NEP! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!"

Chronomaly Atlandis decided to show up again as Kai was in the middle of calling for nep.
" So you lost the girl huh? Good riddance I say. She looked very disturbed to me. I think we do better by ourselves."

He turned to Atlandis with a laugh "You just don't know her yet give her some time and she will be your best friend. Figuratively speaking, cause she cant see or hear you......"

Kai then walks around looking for his partner as Atlandis slowly disappears in the background.

After obtaining food and medical supplies from the house, Shiroryu leaves the house and sudenly hears someone yell "NEP! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!"
" Looks like there's at least one more person in this area, and if i'm lucky i might be able to find this Nep person as well"
Shiroryu runs as fast as he can to where the sound came from until he spots someone walking around.
" There you are, " he said in an excited tone.
Shiroryu then intercepts the man and challenges him to a duel.

Shiroryu dominates the first match with ease.
" I hope he can put up more of a fight this time" he mutters to himself.
As in round 1 he started off with a big play and was sure he was going to win easily.
But then Kai summons his deck master and another xyz and took out shiroryu's field. This shocked shiroryu but also excited him.
Soon after a white aura surrounds shiroryu and he starts laughing.
" I commend you for being able to not only take my Dragon's power but also being able to use it to take out my Thunder end dragon. However, its all over!!!!"
Shiroryu then summons catastor backed up by the other 2 white dragons. And he has catastor attacks the deck master and ends the duel.
Shiroryu then takes the opponents soul and returns to the building he ran away from.

Shiroryu is in a room in the building going through his deck, planning on what do do next, and reflecting on the nature of this game.
"One more soul, just one more soul then I make the finals"
An thought pops into his head
"The loser of the duel loses his/her soul to the winner, the question is what happens to the soul afterward."
Shiroryu sits there trying to think of the answers to the questions in his head.

Jack slowly walked across the bridge, his stomach growling from hunger... "Man.....this is getting serious. I'm really hungry. I should go back to that mansion and check for supplies...."Jack said, his eyes mournfully looking down at his empty stomach.

"What's this?"
Shiroryu grabs the floating soul and reds the note.
"Looks like i made it to the finals. In that case, I should head to the train car and wait for the other finalists."
Shiroryu starts to leave the gorge then has an idea.
"I passed a mansion along the way, maybe it has some of the answers i seek."
Shiroryu leaves the Gorge and heads to the Haunted Mansion