For the Crossover Competition! And no, there isn't going to be any romance in this, because that would be weird. After all, Kiryu is about 18/19...yeah. Either way, enjoy!

Kiryu wasn't expecting there to be darkness yet again. Especially since he was supposed to be alive.

Then again, he didn't want to live. He dishonored everything...the way of the duel, his friends...living was practically a crime and he didn't want to commit any more crimes.

So perhaps he didn't get reborn like he assumed the others did. That was good. Unless it was the same as the Dark Signers...dead but alive in some weird way that science would just call bull on.

And Kiryu didn't want that. Because that was terrible...he was terrible then. Everything was destroyed when that happened.

Then again, there was darkness in his heart when that happened. That's what made him a Dark Signer…

And yet, it's still there…

Kiryu shook his head. This wasn't going to get him anywhere. It was just going to amplify what little darkness he had in his heart and that'll spiral out of control. And then Yuusei might have to deal with it...no, he will have to deal with it because he's his friend and Yuusei would never leave a friend to their own, unsolvable troubles. And then that would just evolve into a mess on top of his nice quiet vacation. Or mess on top of another mess…

Either way, Kiryu forced himself to take a step. Two steps. Three steps. Walk until he found something that could notify him if he was alive. Or dead. Or stuck between dead and alive because of the complications of his case.

-0-0-0-

He didn't exactly make it in time to see exactly what the situations was, but he saw an angel. Next to her was a girl who was shorter than the angel.

The angel produced a bow without a stash of arrows and shot. Kiryu didn't understand this at all, mainly because there was nothing to shoot with, but the shot seemed effective. The extra dark monsters scurried into a gray ocean as a light brighter than anything here hit the surrounding ground, and the angel stayed there - her pink ribbons looking out of place in the once again bleak setting.

And so did the girl. She was wearing pink as well. Pink and white, which made her stand out. And plus, she looked happy. at least, what Kiryu could gather from looking at her side.

He came to a conclusion. This was not Hell.

Perhaps it was just the waiting room to see whether or not you were deserving to go to Hell or not. Maybe it was your best card that lead you to Heaven while your worst card lead you to Hell.

But that didn't explain why the angel was shooting at creatures...why the girl looked happy to defeat them. Was it a test to see how well you did? How nice you were? If the latter were the case, Kiryu was pretty sure the girl failed. Unless Heaven needed warriors…

But for what? Why? Was something like the Dark Signers happening again? Only with those truly dead? His stomach lurched. There was nothing more that he wanted than to be dead. And he wanted to be dead with nothing but peace. No war, no fights. Or at least, he didn't want to be a part of them.

He took a step closer. Curiousity was in every reason why he did it. First off, he never saw that card before, and while it probably wouldn't work with his Infernity deck, he kind of did want to know its effect. And second, he wanted to know if he was truly dead. If she was dead as well.

The girl then turned around and faced his direction. She locked onto his eyes. And he froze. What was the reason for it? Kiryu knew his reason for approaching her but he didn't know her reasons for looking at him like that. And Kiryu liked having a reason for why people approached them. It would've helped a lot when he died the first time.

She said something to the angel, something that Kiryu couldn't hear, and then took a step forward. Another step. And then she stopped. Kiryu knew why. Another kid appeared - did he die too? A shame; dying young isn't any fun.

Kiryu assumed he called her name - he still couldn't hear anything that was going on considering he was still far away - and she retreated to where the other kid was. But not before she took one last look at him.

They probably died together. That didn't happen to him. He thought his best friend wanted him to rot in prison for life and therefore he was completely alone when he did just that. And of course it ended up being a lie...of course it did. He never got things right.

He shook away his thoughts. They were getting messy anyways.

He just walked, one step at a time. There was bound to be someone or something - he honestly didn't care if it was a pretty weak card - that could tell him what this place was. Because from the angel and the grey floor and ocean, he was only getting a this is the middle ground place. No one ever answered his question if he was alive or not. Nothing ever did.

The same creatures the girl with the angel hit were at his feet now, but Kiryu didn't mind them. He would've been happier if they had actually spoken, but they just moved in a path. And he followed. They seemed to know where they were going. He didn't.

They lead him through places he vaguely recognized. One looked like Satellite, one like the Detention Facility, another like the prison cell he spent his last few days in. Why, he was unsure, but he saw them...and the creatures at his feet didn't seem to notice.

A couple of more steps lead to a halt in the path they were walking in. Kiryu was surprised to see something like Jack's old hideout in this place - he was sure that it would be secured somehow, by someone else if he really didn't need it. But it was here...and nothing was coming.

Out from the run down theatre appeared a card Kiryu never seen before. Sure, it resembled a card he vaguely remembered seeing the in trash a lot (and stayed there - most Satellite natives couldn't even use it), but the design was all off from what little he remembered.

Either way, he could only describe the creature as ugly.

But it still approached him. It did so in that steady way Kiryu had when he first came here. But minus the uncertainty.

Its hand made its way to his heart. He froze. Was he going to die now? He had wanted to die and he was happy with the fact that it was going to happen now but...with a hand plunged into his heart? That meant he was alive. If he was alive, he much rather die by the way of the duel. Let what he had tarnished the most kill him. Let it take its revenge on him.

It plunged its hand into his heart. It went all the way through, not once stopping.

Well Yuusei, hopefully by some twist of fate we can see each other in Heaven.

But his mind didn't go blank. It still had thoughts running through, trying to get to the front of his mind. And they were different this time...this time being about Team Satisfaction. How they were always there for each other.

He wasn't dead.

So instead he looked up and saw the creature with a smile and the largest ball of shadows he had ever seen.

The creature once again plunged its hand into Kiryu's heart, this time the thoughts changing and death being the first thing on his mind.

Why didn't I die?

But there was something in his head that he didn't know of before...a thought that he never even knew of. And honestly, he didn't know what it meant.

'Get the girl with the Crest of Light.'