The young psychic duellist ran, she ran away from destruction she had created, she ran from her tormentors, she ran towards her only sanctuary.

Aki only slowed down when she was at the abandon dorm there was an over grown garden round the back of the deserted building. It was covered in ivy and brambles, Aki loved it, it was the only place where she could remain in solitude. She came here a lot but less since she had met Yusei, Jack and everyone else and realized that maybe her curse wasn't a curse after all. But she had lost control again she could still hear the echoes and screams from her opponent and the crowd as she ripped apart half of the stadium. She sat in a hollow rose bush her fists clenched tears rolling down her face. Why must she cause so much damage where ever she went? Yusei was wrong it was a curse; he didn't see everyone he cared about getting hurt knowing it was his fault. She started to calm down and the lyrics to her favourite song came to her, Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

I walk a lonely road

The only one that I have ever known

Don't know where it goes

But it's only me and I walk alone

She was alone, always alone, even if she was surrounded by a thousand people. But all those people would probably be running away in fear of her. She needed to get away from duel academy; here she would always be an outcast, no matter how hard she tried to make friends. Aki was even having doubts about the arcadia movement and Divine, the one person she thought she could trust, her saviour, and her family. But now even he seemed to be turning to the shadows a place where she could never follow, no matter how much she wanted to. Nobody understood her powers or the pain that she felt when they hurt others. She was going to get of Duel Academy Island for good.

She rushed over to her empty dorm room, she didn't have a roommate, nobody would dare share with the witch. It was the only good thing about her destructive power. Pulling out a big black rucksack she stuffed in clothes and as much food she could find. The only other things she packed were her deck, duel disk, black rose witch robes and mask. Taking a boat straight of the island she walked and walked through forest, through Neo Domino City, through the satellite still full of the anger and hatred her powers destroying everywhere she went. And on the very edge of the satellite the wondering duellist found an old derelict mansion, in its day it would have been the grandest building for miles around. She kept her powers at bay long enough to go into the old house without wrecking her only shelter first.

Aki lay in the dusty mansion using her rucksack as a pillow; she listened to the relentless rain thundering against the building. She lay there until she fell asleep...

The next morning the young duelist was awoken by the light coming through the curtains. But then she realized that there hadn't been curtains yesterday just a smashed window, but today she found herself in a clean white sitting room instead of an abandoned mansion. It seemed to her that it was the same room except it hadn't fallen into disrepair. What the hell was going on here? It was though she had gone to the past, but that was impossible, how could it be possible. Before Aki had time to think about it anymore a door opened to the left of her to reveal a young boy with long black scruffy hair.

"W-who are you? H-how did you get in?"The boy stammered

Aki remained silent.

"You have a duel disk!" The boy exclaim pointing the disk on her arm. "You must be a duelist then."

Aki nodded tentatively. The boy knelt down beside her and asked who she was again.

"Aki Izayoi." She told him

"Where are you from?"The boy asked her, she wasn't sure what to say to that so she just said,

"Very far away."

There were footsteps coming from the floor above,

"Oh No Seto's awake. Well you don't look like a burglar so I better get you out of here before my brother find you and calls the police. Quick come with me."He helped Aki up, she picked up her rucksack and her rescuer led her out of the big house, they ran down the long drive past several limousines, she even got a glimpse of a helicopter.

"Aki I can't come with you any further so good luck where ever you're going."

"Thank you very much."

The boy went back inside. As aki walked through the big iron gates there was a gold plated sign that read

Kaiba Mansion

Do not enter

All trespassers will be prosecuted

Kaiba mansion was it possible that she had just been in Seto Kaiba's house. The Seto Kaiba, the greatest duelist that ever lived. But if so that would mean she wasn't in her own time and that this must be Domino City before it was destroyed and turned into the satellite. She was almost certain of it. Then a thought dawned on her, if this was the past then, this could be the new life she had been wanting. She could be whoever she wanted people didn't need to know she was the black rose witch. But first of all she needed somewhere to live and food, but she didn't have any money. Her high hopes of living here suddenly crashed back down to earth. She needed money and for that she needed a job, but not knowing the city she wouldn't know where to look.

THUD!!

She hadn't been paying attention and she crashed into someone, she had fallen over. A friendly hand helped her up. It belonged to a boy slightly younger than she was, with crazy black, red and blond hair. As she got to her feet Aki mumbled an apology.

"It's fine." he said cheerily "I haven't seen you around here before are you from outta town or something."

"Yeah, I have travelled a long way from home. My names Aki by the way."

"Mines Yugi. If you need any help just give me a call, you can find me at the game shop just up the street. I see your a duelist just pop in our shop if you want any cards." He said pointing to the device on her arm

"Thanks. And actually can you tell me somewhere I could get a job, it's just that I have no money and I really need find a job so I can actually eat."

"Hey I've got an idea! My grandpa could use some help in our shop so you could work there and we could give you a room and meals."

"Wow! That would be amazing thanks."Aki exclaimed unable to believe her luck, as they walked together, to the game shop.

Maybe living here wouldn't be so bad after all.