Here we go again. Thanks to the five people who were nice enough to review and subscribe. Don't pay too close attention to what Valon says since I need to tweak what he's saying. You'll get to see Hazel and her opinion to Mai's new appearance. Enjoy and see you at the bottom. Also here's a bit of a shocker, I'm making Hazel up as the story goes along.


"Mai!" I exclaimed as I furiously hugged her, tears threatening to erupt.

I hadn't seen Mai since the Battle City Tournament. She had disappeared shortly after the tournament and I no one could find her anywhere. What were the odds that she would be with those creepy bikers? Mai shoved me off her. I was too surprised to react for a moment as I regained my balance. What the heck just happened?

"What's wrong with you?" I asked her in what was either shock or surprise. Probably shock.

I took a moment to examine her properly, and I didn't like what I saw. Her outfit was made of purple leather, she wore a beautiful green stone around a choker necklace, and on her left arm was a strange-looking, green, duel disk. But what scared me the most were her eyes; they were filled with… what? Anger? Hatred? A shiver crawled up my spine at the very idea.

"You don't belong here. Go home," Mai replied in a hard and rude tone.

"If it was that easy I would have been sleeping in my bed right now," I stated coldly, hating that situation and everything that was going on. What was wrong with my sister? Why was she acting like this? It was all so wrong!

"What do you mean?" Mai asked coolly, as though I was going to respond with something childish. Well wouldn't she be surprised?

"Let's see, I got kidnapped, drugged, and handcuffed to a bed!" I exclaimed angrily, throwing out my arms for better emphasis. Mai immediately bristled with rage and glared death at Dartz. I started feeling better about that.

"Out of everyone in the entire world you took my sister?" Mai shouted at Dartz.

"Great, just what we need, another loudmouth," Alister commented, letting hid head rest in his hand in a bored fashion.

"Shut it Raggedy Ann! What are you? A transvestite?" I snapped.

He wore leather pants, a form fitting grey shirt that showed most of his stomach, and a weird trench coat with multiple straps, buckles, and strange designs. Valon laughed at my comeback.

"She's gotcha t'ere Alistar!" Valon laughed, grinning widely as Alister glared at the brunette.

Before a fight could break out between them, Dartz started to talk.

"It was necessary. She has been chosen."

"I don't believe in destiny," I said, rolling my eyes. I believe we make our own fate with our decisions. Just like how Mai chose to be with these goons. Wait… Wasn't that a really bad thing? I stole a glance at my sister. She was still glaring at Dartz, but she looked like she belonged with them. But that was preposterous. Mai didn't belong with them; she belonged with me, at home, as a family. Not here with these crazy dorks.

"You should," Dartz eyes narrowed seriously, and the threat lurking behind them bothered me. Maybe even scared me… a little…

"Mai, just leave this place. What's wrong with you?" I asked, diverting my attention away from the creepy green haired man. Mai crossed her arms and watched me evenly, little emotion showing on her face.

"I'm not who I used to be. I've changed," Mai replied sharply.

"Yeah, but for the worse! What happened to you that was so bad, you had to turn your back on me and our friends?" I demanded to know.

"I was never a part of your group of 'friends'," Mai sneered, and I flinched. Mai didn't sneer… this was really really bad.

"Come on, let's go. These people are messing with you," I said as I grabbed her right arm.

She pulled out of my grip easily and tried to slap me, which I just barely avoided. I stared at her in shock. She tried to slap me? Didn't she want to get out of here? Away from these creeps?

"Get this into your thick skull: I'm not being controlled by anyone! I'm doing this because I want to!" Mai shouted. Like I was going to accept that.

"So it's come down to this," I sighed mostly to myself, before getting up fully and facing my sister. "I challenge you to a duel Mai. And if I win, you and I leave this place," I stated calmly, without a hint of fear.

"But if I win then you have to leave me alone," Mai quickly replied.

"Yeah 'n' join us," Valon added. I shivered at the thought.

If I lost, then I would have to join them? I couldn't afford to lose and be forced into something like that. But if I refused to duel, then I'd lose Mai. And that was worse that being forced to join them. I made up my mind.

"Fine then, let's duel." I said, refusing to smile, even though I'd gotten what I wanted. A duel.

Valon lent me his creepy duel disk. It was dark and looked like a Demon should be wearing it, and there was no way I wanted to duel with this kind of… I didn't even know what to call it. But it was obviously the only duel disk they had, so I chose to keep my mouth shut and not complain.

"Duel."

Mai: 4000
Hazel: 4000

"I'll go first," Mai said as she drew her first card. She looked over her cards for a few moment before continuing, "I summon Harpie Lady in attack mode," (1300 ATK/1400 DEF), "and I equip her with Cyber Shield to raise her attack by 500, making her new attack 1800. Now I'll end with a facedown. Your move hun." Mai stated with a smirk. A little too early to think she was going to win, if you ask me.

"Nice move, but you haven't seen mine. I summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode," (1000 ATK/800 DEF), "and equip her with Angel Wing." I grinned while Mai watched me work my magic curiously.

Cyber Tutu was a little, fair-skinned girl, who wore a red and light green body suit. She had shoulder-length, pink hair with little headphones. She wore a blue visor over her eyes, a blue tutu around her waist, and pink ballet shoes. Angel Wing created a pair of enormous wings to appear on her back. I smiled at my current masterpiece.

"W'at! That's your big move? A weak little ballerina in attack mode!" Valon laughed

"Don't underestimate a prima ballerina. If my opponent's monsters are stronger than Cyber Tutu, then she can do a pirouette directly into your life-points. Attack Mai directly with Pirouette Pounce!" I commanded, pointing my finger at my sister's form across the room.

Cyber Tutu flew over to Mai, twirled around and kicked her in the shoulder before flying back to me. Mai grimaced and narrowed her eyes at me as her life points started dropping.

Mai: 2700
Hazel: 4000

"Why did she lose 300 extra life points?" Alister asked.

"Angel Wing's effect; when I inflict battle damage with the monster it's equipped, to then you lose an extra 300 life-points," I explained. "Now I'll end with two face downs."

"I see you still use that weak Cyber Girl deck. Why people think you're a better duelist then me, I'll never understand," Mai commented as she drew her next card.

"Who said that?" I asked in surprise. I never knew people thought I was better than her. I mean, I always thought I had a good chance of beating her in duels, but I never thought others would as well.

"After the Battle City tournament, I set out to be the best. I competed in several tournaments and won every single one of them. But instead of feeling that I was improving, I felt worse. The last tournament I won, I heard the guy I beat talking to his friends. They couldn't even remember my name and what's worse they said that I wasn't one of the top duelists, like Yugi, Kaiba, Joey, or even you. Then came the nightmares. Every night I dreamed that I was stuck in the shadow realm. I was close to giving up until I met Valon; he gave me a choice, and that turned out to be the smartest move I ever made," she replied darkly, her words becoming harder and sharper with every letter.

"Why didn't you tell me sis? We're family, I could have helped you!" I exclaimed, starting to feel guilty for this entire mess we were in. If I'd just known where she was or what she was going through, I could've done something to stop this. I could have helped!

"You were never around. You were always busy with your so called friends. Now it's my move! I summon another Harpie Lady in attack mode," (1300 ATK/1400 DEF). "I equip her with Rose Whip to raise her attack by 300, equaling 1600 attack points. Now I'll use her to attack your Cyber Tutu!" Mai commanded.

"I activate Doble Passé," I stated, one of my face downs rising to show the card's true colors.

Her Harpie changed directions and avoided Tutu, but then immediately spun around and hit me with her whip. I gasped in surprise and watched my life points drop significantly.

Mai: 2700
Hazel: 2400

"W'y would ya activate that? Now ya have less life point's tha'n Mai." Valon said in confusion, watching the match carefully. When it came to duels, he looked a lot more in the game than usual. Strange.

"Hey Mai? Why don't you explain to our spectators the effect of my trap?" I said with a smirk.

"Doble Passé turns my monsters attack into a direct attack and in return her monster can do the same," Mai explained.

Cyber Tutu flew through the air and did a twirl in the air before kicking Mai again. Mai flinched as Cyber Tutu returned to me.

Mai: 1400
Hazel: 2400

"But I can still destroy your Cyber Tutu with my other Harpie (1800 attack/1400 defense)."

Her Harpie flew in the air and dove at my Tutu, and the little winged creature screamed as she was destroyed, broken into a thousand pieces of light.

Mai: 1400
Hazel: 1600

"When Angel Wing is sent to the grave I can draw one card," I said, drawing another card and looking it over carefully.

"I'll end my turn with another face-down, and it's back to you," Mai said finally.

"I draw, and now it's time to summon one of my favorite monsters! I activate Polymerization to fuse Blade Skater and Etoile Cyber to summon my Cyber Blader in attack mode," (2100 ATK/800 DEF). "Her effect activates; since you control two monsters, my Blader's attack is doubled, so her new attack is a whopping 4200. Now I'll attack one of your Harpie Ladies with Whirlwind Rage!" I commanded, pointing to the Harpie Lady.

Cyber Blader looked like a woman dressed in gray and red, with a red visor, ice skates, and waist-length, dark blue hair. She glided over to Mai's Harpie Lady and kicked her leg up, just about to hit Harpie Lady.

"If this attack goes through, then she'll win the duel!" Alister exclaimed, surprised at the turn of events.

"You really think I'm going to let you win? Think again! I activate Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation; if I control more than two Harpie Lady's then I can negate your attack and end the battle phase!"

Her two Harpies' flew up together and became a large bird of fire. Cyber Blader tried to kick her leg up but the fire bird pushed her back, sending the Blader back to my side of the field.

"Smart move, looks like you've gotten new cards," I said, moving onto the second half of my turn. "I activate Card of Sanctity, so we both draw until we hold six cards. Now I summon something that symbolizes our sisterhood: Cyber Harpie Lady in attack mode," (1800 ATK/1300 DEF). Mai's eyebrows raised in surprise as Cyber Harpie Lady took the field.

"Now I activate Elegant Egotist to turn my one Harpie into the Harpie Lady Sisters in attack mode," (1950 ATK/2100 DEF). "Remember? You're the one who gave me this card to mark that we were sisters. You were the one who taught me how to duel!" I exclaimed pleadingly. Mai only stared at me blankly.

"Sorry kiddo, but like I said: the person you knew is gone. I activate Nightmare Tri-Mirror. Since you special summoned two more monsters then I can special summon two Harpie Lady Tokens," (1300 ATK/1400 DEF).

"I end with one facedown," I said after watching the tokens appear on Mai's side.

"This duel is over," Mai smiled victoriously. No… It couldn't be over yet! But I continued to watch Mai make her move.

"I activate Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation, and I can destroy the same number of your monsters up to the number of Harpies' I control. You also lose the attack points out of your life-points equal to the monsters destroyed," she smirked.

"I activate Hallowed Life Barrier, so by discarding one card all the damage I would have taken this turn become 0," I said quickly, smirking when I knew I'd saved myself another turn.

The Harpies' turned into a fiery phoenix and destroyed all of my monsters, but a barrier appeared in front of me, protecting me from the damage.

"Lucky move! I end with one facedown." Mai said in what sounded like frustration.

I drew my next card and looked it over carefully, my next strategy forming in my mind.

"I summon Cyber Petit Angel in attack mode," (300 ATK/200 DEF), "and when it's normal summoned I can add Machine Angel Ritual to my hand. Now I activate Machine Angel Ritual and tribute my level 2 Cyber Petit Angel and my level 4 Cyber Gymnast to ritual summon my level 6 Cyber Angel Idaten," (1600 ATK/2000 DEF), "and her effect lets me add any spell card from my graveyard to my hand. I chose Card of Sanctity and activate it so we both draw till we hold six cards. Now I summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode," (1000 ATK/800 DEF), "and I equip her with Mist Body so she can't be destroyed in battle. Now I'll attack you directly with Cyber Tutu, since she has lower attack points."

Cyber Petit Angel was a little pink metal ball with a yellow halo and small white wings. Cyber Angel Idaten had pink skin, a skimpy blue bikini, pink headdress and mechanical feet. Cyber Tutu flew over to Mai, did a twirl and kicked Mai in the jaw. Mai jumped back as her life points dropped once again.

Mai: 400
Hazel: 1600

"Now I'll use my Cyber Angel Idaten to destroy one of your Harpie Ladies," (1300 ATK/1400 DEF).

Idaten ran over to a Harpie Lady and punched her, making her gasp in surprise.

Mai: 100
Hazel: 2400

"Now I'll end my turn," I smiled. Victory was within reach.

"Looks like little Ms. Loudmouth is going to lose next turn," Alister smirked, enjoying the change in dynamics.

"Han' on a sec. Don' count out Mai just yet." Valon replied coolly, seeming to see something Alister didn't.

"Shut up you lackey; I don't need you defending me! I activate Spell Reproduction, so by discarding two magic cards, I can add one magic card from my graveyard to my hand and I chose Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation. Now I activate it!" Mai yelled.

No! This couldn't be happening! I didn't have any cards to counter it this time, and I had enough monsters with enough attack points to take out all of my life points! So much for saving Mai… I couldn't even save myself. I wanted to cry as I watched the Harpie's turn into a huge fiery red bird, which then went on to destroy all my life points.

Mai: 100
Hazel: 0

But on the plus side, at least she didn't activate the Seal of Orichalcos. But when I looked at what I didn't achieve, who I didn't save, I think that it would have been better if I lost my soul. Because then at least I wouldn't have to cope with the fact that Mai had changed for the worst. She only cared about winning. I hung down my head in defeat and a few tears escaped from my eyes. Would I end up just like Mai? Forget my friends? Leave everything behind? Join a bunch of crazy people? Unfortunately, I had no choice about the last two questions. This was over.

"Now do you believe me?" Mai asked, walking over to me as the Duel Monster's field disappeared.

"Unfortunately, I do. That's why this is so sad," I whispered, not looking up to see the person I cared most about, but was no longer my sister.

I failed. But maybe Mai was going to meet the gang again. They did say that they were going after Yugi. Maybe they'll have more luck than me.

"Now for you to uphold your end of the deal," Dartz stated evenly with a slight smirk.

Should I make a break for it? I decided not to; after all, at least if I was here I would be closer to Mai. I walked up to Dartz and he handed me a blank card. What the heck? He could see the look of confusion on my face. "First we have to test if you are worthy before you get the seal."

"Let's just get it over with," I said, having lost my earlier morale.

He held one of his hands out and the room was illuminated with a creepy green light. Right in front of me was a shard of green rock that was floating in mid air. In my experience with Yugi and the gang, this is a classic case of Danger! Danger! But I felt almost nothing as I stared at it blankly.

"Just reach out and take the stone. If you're worthy then you'll have ultimate power at your fingertips, but if you are not, then you'll lose your soul," Dartz explained.

What did I have to lose? Maybe it would be a blessing in disguise to lose my soul. Why would I be worthy? I reached for the stone with one of my hands, but it was difficult. It was like every time I got close to the stone, I was repelled back. Like when the same ends of a magnet meet, they push each other apart. What if I did lose my soul? Then I would definitely lose any chance of saving Mai, and she would be gone from me forever, and vise versa, and I couldn't let that happen! I wanted that stone with all of my being and I couldn't take no for an answer. With one final stretch I clasped the stone in my hand and the green light suddenly disappeared. That was it? Was it really that easy? I looked at the card in my hand and it was no longer blank. I was now holding the Seal of Orichalcos card. I grinned. So this was what power felt like. It felt… good.

"She passed?" Alister sounded bewildered.

"What's the matter? Were you hoping I would fail? And I thought we were such good friends Alister," I smirked, placing my new card in my deck.

"So you actually know my name? Why on earth do you call me Raggedy Ann?" he asked.

"It's fun to tease you, plus you kinda look like a girl. Which reminds me, which one of you losers took my phone?" I asked, eyeing them all suspiciously.

"Show some respect," Raphael, the blond one, said coolly.

"Its fine, I'm alright. But I would really love some new clothes," I said, glaring down at my dirty ones.

"Come with me," Mai gestured.

I followed her out of the room and down the great halls.

"Well sis, looks like I'm a part of your secret society." I said with a slight smile, hoping this might change the way she acted towards me.

"Just don't get in my way when I find Joey Wheeler," Mai replied coldly, and I frowned again. Maybe not…

"You want to take his soul? I'm fine with that, just don't get in my way when I visit a friend." I said, looking straight ahead.

"Such as whom?" Mai asked evenly, but also curiously.

"I thought it would be obvious my dear sister: Mako Tsunami."


People thought that Hazel should use a Cyber Girl deck and this other reviewer thought Harpie since the Harpie's are sisters so I kinda merged them. Hazel's turned evil and what is her beef with Mako? See you next time.