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Chapter 1: A wicked shadow

Yusei continued to sort through his deck. It had been a year since he had looked at it and since he had dueled. Yusei picked up his ace and favorite card, Stardust Dragon. It seemed to shine as he held it up. It reminded him off all he had gone through. Being a signer, becoming friends with Jack again, meeting Leo, Luna and Akiza. He missed all of them. His new job as a scientist had basically cut him off from his fellow signers and his urge to duel and jump on a runner was continuing to grow stronger. Yusei placed his deck into a deck pocket and stood up. He gave a slight yawn before deciding to go to bed. He lied down on the soft bed and drifted off.

Yusei was running down a dark corridor. An evil laugh filled the air. "You'll never save her signer!" Cried the evil voice. "No I will make it! Yusei shouted back. He picked up the pace and started to sprint. He turned a corner and came to an old, rickety, wooden bridge. He heard a scream from the other side of the bridge. "I'm coming!" Cried Yusei. He slowly began to walk across the bridge. Every step he took shook it slightly. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Came yet another scream from the other side. "No!" Cried Yusei as he broke into a run. He was half way across when the bridge shook violently. Yusei grabbed onto the side rope as the bridge shook. Suddenly the bridge collapsed and Yusei fell.

Yusei awoke with sweat dripping down his forehead. Yusei looked at his right arm to see his dragonhead mark glowing. "What the, that's impossible! Cried Yusei.

"It's my turn!" Cried Jack as he drew a card. Jack: 2100/Duel Computer: 1000.

"With ten speed counters I can activate the speed spell End of Storm, now you can say good bye to Gear Golem and Dark Magician!" The Magician and fortress like monster exploded leaving the Duel Computers side empty. "In edition you take 300 points of damage for each monster destroyed! Duel Computer: 0400. Now I activate the trap card Betrayal Rebirth! Now I can resurrect one of the monsters just destroyed by reducing its attack to 0. I bring back your Golem and then I summon the tuner monster Dust Lord Ash Gash level four. And now I tune them together! What say we kick this duel into overdrive! Come forth, Red Dragon Archfiend!" A red dragon with big wings and a long neck appeared and gave a fierce roar. Red Dragon Archfiend 3000/2000. "Go Red Archfiend, attack with crimson scorching hellfire flare!" A red ball of fire shot out of the Dragon's mouth and crashed into the Duel Computer. Duel Computer: 0000. Jack's runner came to a slow stop. Jack had been practicing with a duel computer. When suddenly his arm began to glow. Jack pulled down his sleeve and to his shock, there shining on it was a pair of red wings. "But that's impossible!" Cried Jack.

"It's my turn!" Cried Crow as he drew a card. Crow: 2000/Blister: 2000 "I summon the tuner monster, Black-Wing Pinaka the waxing moon in attack mode!" A small bird with arrows on it's back appeared. "Now that I have a Black-Wing on my field I can special summon Black-Wing Kris the Crack of Dawn!" Another bird appeared on the field, this one was wearing a mask. "Now I think I'll tune them together. Soar in, Black-Wing Tamer Hawk Joe!" A half Indian, half bird appeared on the field. Black-Wing Tamer Hawk Joe 2600/2000. "Now I use this guys effect to summon a Black-Wing from the grave!" Fly Black Wing swordsman!" An armored bird with a sword appeared onto the field from a swirling vortex created by Hawk Joe. Black-Wing Gram the Shining Star 2200/1500. "Now I use Gram's effect to summon Black-Wing Sharnga the waning moon. Then, thanks to its effect, I can summon another Kris. I tune them together! Come forth, heroic raptor! I introduce Black-Wing Nothung the Starlight!" A raptor like bird with a sword appeared on the field. "What, three synchro monsters in one turn!" Cried Blister. "That's, right!" Cried Crow. "Now, Hawk Joe attacks Red Eyes Black Dragon! Assault claw!" The black-scaled dragon broke into five pieces and disappeared. "Uh!" Cried Blister as his life points lowered. Blister: 1800. "And the fun doesn't end there," said Crow. "Now Gram, it's your turn to dish out some damage! Attack Panther Warrior with Crescent Slice!" The sword-wielding panther broke into two and exploded. "No!" Cried Blister as his life points dropped yet again. Blister: 1600. "Time to end this duel!" cried Crow. "Nothung attack Blister directly with sky high slash!" The raptors sword smashed into Blister, causing his duel runner to stop. Blister: 0000. Crow brought his runner to stop and helped Blister get up off the ground. Suddenly he noticed his arm was glowing. He looked to see that his crimson dragon tail mark was shining. "But, that's impossible!" cried crow.

"The amazing Leo draws!" Shouted Leo, pretending to be the duel commentator. "Calm down Leo, your name isn't going to impress anyone," said Luna. "Seriously, that was harsh," replied Leo. "Just play the game," sighed Luna. "Okay, okay I'm going," said Leo. Leo 1000/Luna 1500. "I activate the spell quick time tuning! Now I can tune monsters even if I don't have a tuner monster. So I tune my monsters together to synchro summon! Power Tool Dragon!" A machine like dragon appeared on the field. Power Tool Dragon 2300/2500. "Not bad Leo, but you can be so predictable some times," said Luna. "I activate the trap, synchro return mirror!" Now I can summon a synchro monster from the grave that has the same level as yours!" "Oh no, not that card!" Cried Leo. "Oh yes," replied Luna. "Return to me! Ancient Fairy Dragon! Ancient Fairy Dragon 2100/3000. A dragon with beautiful wings appeared on the field. "Now I activate the trap, synchro drain!" cried Luna. "All of your dragons power becomes my dragons power. Power Tool Dragon 0000/0000. Ancient Fairy Dragon 4400/5500. "Uh oh," mumbled Leo. "You dug your own grave," said Luna. "Ancient Fairy Dragon attack with rainbow screech!" A sonic wave erupted from the dragon and smashed into Leo and his dragon. Leo: 0000. "Uh that's the last time I show Luna my latest strategy," mumbled Leo. Suddenly both their arms began to glow. A crimson heart shape mark appeared on Leo's arm while a dragon foot shaped mark appeared on Luna's. "No way!" Cried both of the twins.

Yusei pulled the cover off of the sleek, red duel runner. He pulled on his blue jacket and got on the runner. He placed his helmet on his head and gave the engine a rev. He then began to ride. He could fell the wind pushing against him. It reminded him of his days as a duelist. He swiftly drew a card from his deck and placed it in his duel disk. "Rise from the stars and from the highest heavens!" Cried Yusei. "Come forth, Stardust Dragon!" A dragon with shining scales appeared on the field. It gave a fierce roar. It's been so long, to long, thought Yusei.

Jack sped along the highway. Why has our marks appeared? The Crimson Dragon should have removed our marks forever, yet here right now my mark is glowing, thought Jack.

Crow sped along, making sharp turns and swift movements. I don't understand, why is my tail mark glowing? The last time I saw it, the Crimson Dragon got rid of it, and it was supposed to be forever, thought Crow.

Leo and Luna continued to stare at their marks, not even paying attention to the storm raging on outside. "Leo was awaiting patiently for Luna to come out of her trance. Suddenly Luna's eyes opened and Leo quickly asked, "Well did you find anything?" "Luna gave a small frown, "I couldn't get into the spirit world," replied Luna sadly. "What!" Cried Leo. "But you've always been able to get into the spirit world how could you just suddenly not be able to get in!" "I don't know." Replied Luna. "Hang on, you were in a trance for like ten minutes, what were you doing all that time?" Asked Leo. "Well, it was weird. You see, I couldn't get in the spirit world so instead I was in a kind of limbo, so I wasn't in our world or the spirit world. All that time it felt like something was keeping me in limbo. Trying to stop me from entering the spirit world," replied Luna. "Oh boy," mumbled Leo as he rested his head down on the table.

Crow watched as the garage door opened to reveal Jack and his duel runner. Jack looked down at Crow's arm and held up his own. "So your marks returned too," said Jack. "Yeah," replied Crow. "Got any idea how?" Asked Crow. "Do I look like some kind of super genius to you?" Spat Jack as he took his helmet off and placed it on the table. "We don't understand most things about the Crimson Dragon, why should I suddenly know?" said Jack as he turned to face Crow. "Well sorry mister I'm still mad that I never bet Yusei and that I'm probably never going to get another chance!" Cried Crow. "Oh, you wanna go there bird brain, fine. I challenge you to a duel!" cried Jack as he attached his duel disk to his arm. "Why not, I've always wanted to mop the floor with you," replied Crow as he attached his own duel disk to his arm. "Let's duel!"

Yusei continued to think about his mark and everything he knew about the Crimson Dragon, he still couldn't think of anything that could explain the re-emergence of his mark. Suddenly a black duel runner with a cloaked figure riding it appeared out of nowhere and smashed into Yusei. Yusei was thrown way off course as his duel runner swerved. He was heading for a wall. At the last minute he managed to regain control of the runner and turned it away before stopping. Yusei death starred the cloaked figure. He was laughing and mocking Yusei. "Well that was fun," said the cloaked duelist. "Who are you and what do you want!" demanded Yusei. The duelist lifted his right arm up to reveal a purple glowing bat shaped mark. Yusei gasped as the figure smirked. "Look familiar," said the man. Is this why my mark appeared, the dark signers have returned? Well, it's my job to stop them, thought Yusei. "Your going down!" cried Yusei. "Lets do this!" cried the man. "Duel!"

Leo and Luna sat quietly as the thunder roared. They had no idea that Yusei was about to duel a dark signer, or that Jack and Crow were about to face off. In fact they had no idea that they themselves were in trouble. Suddenly a purple bolt of lightning struck the window, causing it to explode. Both twins screamed as the glass flew everywhere. They both quickly dove behind the couch for protection. After the glass had stopped flying everywhere, they looked up from their hiding place to see a short stubby cloaked figure standing outside behind the pool. "Time to play," said the man as he held up his right arm to reveal a purple glowing mark.