Hello to everyone! I am loving this story! And this was a fun duel to write as well, read below to see what I mean.

Also, the plot thickens as a new character is introduced! Wait to see what happens next to see more about him.

As always, read, enjoy and review! I do not own YGO 5Ds, it belongs to 4Kids and Konami! I do own my OCs.

Chapter 4: The Crimson Dragon Awakens!

Title Song: May It Be (Enya)

"Alright, just a little closer!" Sarah listened to her sister's instructions, bringing the boat closer to dry land.

"How's that?" She asked.

Kione leapt from the boat to shore, before grabbing a large coil of rope and tying it around a nearby tree. "Ok, I think we're good!" She called.

"Ok, we must not forget about this boat, if we need to, it could be our only ticket back to Satellite that doesn't get us another beauty mark," Sarah said, switching off the boat's engine and lowering a small anchor. Then she lifted a large plank of wood, propping it up against the side of the boat, and handing another one to Kione so she could do the same to the shore.

"Right, what now Sarah?" Kione asked.

"Well, my thinking is that we look for an old friend of ours, he made it here to Neo Domino a few months ago, and blended in with the crowd here," Sarah said. "He runs a mechanic not far from Duel Academy."

"You thinking we can crash at his place in exchange for doing some mechanical work in his business?" Kione asked. "If someone finds out he's sheltering Satellites, he'll be off to the Facility, as will we!"

"That's why we'll earn some cash and get some make-up to hide these marks of ours, get some new clothes maybe and disappear into the crowd," Sarah told her.

Kione sighed, "Well, it's better than anything I can come up with, let's go find your friend."

Sarah wheeled her duel runner off the boat, and Kione followed with a detached sidecar. After Sarah tightened the connector, they set off into the city.

"Look at this place," Kione muttered, looking around at the buildings. "It's so different to the Satellite."

"Careful with what you say kid, we can't give away that we're from that place anymore, we're from Kyoto, and we came here to get a fresh start, ok?" Sarah reminded her.

"Oh, yeah! So different to Kyoto," Kione corrected herself, causing Sarah to chuckle. "Who are we going to see anyway?"

"Remember? He taught us everything we know about Duel Monsters," Sarah told her.

"You mean-!"

"That's right kid, we're going to go see the old man," Sarah smirked.

Sarah pulled the Black Spirit to a halt outside a workshop, the garage door was open, and the lights were on inside.

"Yo, Gramps! You in here?!" Sarah called, dismounting and walking inside the garage

"Give me a minute and I'll be with ya," A male voice called back. Sarah pinpointed the source, walking up to see a man in his forties working on a regular motorcycle.

"Have you tried changing the cylinders?" She asked, scrutinizing the engine. "I can see they're cracked from here."

"Roller chains' busted too, look, how'd this thing even get here?" Kione added.

"On the back of a truck," The man said, turning around to face the girls. His eyes widened, "Well, call me the King of Games… Sarah, Kione!" He laughed, putting down his wrench at stand up and greet them with a hug. As he did, he noticed the marks on the two girls' faces.

"Mako Takashi-Sensei! Great to see you again!" Sarah laughed.

"How'd you get here? The Pipeline isn't until tonight," Mako asked.

"Stole the codes for some guy's boathouse, took his boat," Kione said.

"A boat? How'd you evade the Security patrol boats?" Mako asked.

"We almost didn't, one passed by, but somehow they didn't see us," Sarah said.

"We were preparing a story that we were just doing some fishing for Martha's kids, Sarah modified her hair so it hid her mark, I have no idea how we got here without being stopped once," Kione explained. Suddenly, a loud rumbling noise came from her, and she cringed, glancing down at her stomach. "Uh… sorry about that… We've been running light on food since halfway across the sea."

"Well, how about I make some lunch and you can tell me about what's happened since I left," Mako said.

"What about the bike?" Kione asked.

"I think it can wait for this," the older man chuckled.

"I see…" He said, after the siblings told him everything. "Tell you what, if you promise to help me out with my orders here, I'll give you some funding, and let you stay with me."

"Thank you so much," Sarah sighed with relief, bowing low and closing her eyes. Kione did the same.

"Think nothing of it, I owe you for helping me with my old bike, without your help, I never would have made it out of Satellite," Mako smiled. He then gave a small smirk.

"Now, how about a duel with one of you for old time's sake?" He asked.

"You've not duelled me since I made a new deck!" Kione said, raising her hand. "So how about I duel you here."

"Alright. Follow me," Mako smirked, before standing up and heading out behind his garage.

Sarah and Kione gasped with surprise, as Mako switched on a pair of floodlights, revealing a large raised platform with two elevated stands, one red, and one blue.

"No way…" Sarah muttered. "It's an actual, genuine duel arena."

"It's my baby project, I've duelled on it a couple of times with my customers, but I've been waiting for you to catch up," Mako said, walking around to the red side.

Kione nodded, and headed for the blue, pulling out her deck and putting it on the appropriate square. Her pod lifted up, so she was looking over the field, to where Mako was on his side.

"DUEL!"

K: 4000
M: 4000

"Seniority first, I draw!" Mako said, drawing. His smirk made Kione frown slightly. "I'll set one monster face-down, then set two face-downs and pass it to you."

Kione scowled, if Mako had the same deck from the last time they duelled, then this could be bad. "I draw, and summon Cold Enchanter to the field!"

A woman wearing white armour and a flowing cloak appeared, she had snow-white hair under an icy helmet, and she held a staff with a snowflake on it. (Lvl 4 1600/1200). "I activate her ability, I can discard cards from my hand, and put Ice Counters on the field, then Cold Enchanter gains 300 attack points for each counter. I discard two cards and put that many counters on Enchanter!" As she spoke, two snowflakes appeared, floating around her monster. (2200/1200).

"Cold Enchanter, attack his face-down!" She commanded. Cold Enchanter fired an icy blast that struck Mako's card, which flipped up to reveal a card that Kione was really unhappy to see.

"You activated Pyramid Turtle's special power! I can now summon one Zombie type monster with 2000 or less defence points from my deck! And I choose Il Blud!" A large, disfigured humanoid appeared on his field, wearing a prison jumpsuit, but it was zipped open at the front, revealing a grotesque face. (lvl 6 2100/800). Kione shivered at the sight.

"I set a card face-down and end my turn," She said.

Mako drew his card, "I summon the Il Blud on my field, which turns him from a normal monster into an effect monster! Now I summon Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower in defence mode!" A massive tower of bones appeared, several blue spirits fluttered around it. (Lvl 3 400/1500).

"Next, I activate Il Blud's effect! With it, I'm allowed to summon a Zombie Type monster from my hand or either player's graveyard. I summon another Bone Tower!" On the other side of Il Blud, the second tower appeared.

"Now the effect of my first tower activates, when a Zombie type monster is special summoned, you have to send the top two cards from your deck to the grave!" Mako grinned.

That's an evil combo Sensei, but I expect nothing less from our old mentor. Sarah thought, watching from the side. Kione scowled again, taking her two cards and putting them in her grave.

"Alright, I set another face-down and end my turn," Mako said.

His towers have the ability to make a pseudo-zombie lock, as long as he controls another Zombie, I can't attack those towers, which is bad for me, because next turn, he'll special summon another zombie and force me to send the top four cards from my deck to the grave. Kione thought.

"I draw…!" She said. "And activate the spell, Medallion of the Ice Barrier! This card lets me add one Ice Barrier monster from my deck to my hand! So I'm adding Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier! And I'll summon him!"

A human wearing a white robe, a brown hood and some red and blue shorts appeared next to her, he was holding an icy whip that he lashed once. (Lvl 2 1300/0).

Mako's eyes widened. "A tuner monster?" He asked her.

"Yep! Now I tune my level 2 Cryomancer with my level four Cold Enchanter!" Both monster leapt up, the tuner becoming a pair of green rings which Enchanter flew right through, becoming four stars.

"Ice Cold Dragon, emerge from the tundra and freeze the world around you! Synchro Summon! Roar, Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!" Kione chanted.

A green pillar shot down in front of her, before fading, revealing a gleaming blue dragon of ice, with large wings and a long, serpentine body. (Lvl 6 2300/1400).

"Not good…" Mako muttered.

"For you that is," Kione corrected. "I play Brionac's ability! By sending one card from my hand to the grave, I can target one card you control and return it to the hand! I chose one of your Soul towers!" Brionac started to charge up power.

"Hold it kid! I activate my trap! It's called Dark Illusion! Now, because you targeted a DARK attribute monster I control with an effect, I can negate the effect and destroy the card!" Mako smirked.

Kione yelled out with anger as Mako's trap shot forth a spooky phantom shape that went through Brionac, destroying it instantly. She sighed, "I guess I end my turn."

Mako chuckled, "Not bad Kione, I admit, I'm liking the Ice Barrier deck," He said, drawing, "But it's not good enough. I activate the effect of Il Blud, which means I can summon the Tuner monster Plaguespreader Zombie!" A small troll shaped monster appeared on his field. (Lvl 2 400/200).

"Now you know what that means! Both Soul-Absorbing Bone Towers have their effects activated, meaning you send the top four cards from your deck to the grave!" Mako added.

As Kione did so, Mako rubbed his hands together, "Now, I think it's time I showed off a new friend of mine! Level 2 Plaguespreader Zombie tunes with level 6 Il Blud!"

"Dark Dragon of the apocalypse, rise up and destroy the world that fears you! Synchro Summon! Destroy everything! Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons!" He chanted. Before him appeared a two-headed black and purple dragon, with a long lashing tail. At the spot where the two heads meet seemed to be two glowing red eyes, and a set of massive teeth. (Lvl 8 3000/3000).

"That's not good at all…" Sarah hissed.

"Right you are Sarah! Fortunately, Beelze is a dragon type, so the Soul-Absorbing Bone Towers don't activate again! Battle! Beelze! Attack her directly! And it is now that I reveal my two face-down cards! First is Robbin' Zombie! Now, whenever I inflict damage to you by way of battle, you send the top card from your deck to the graveyard! Secondly is Hard-Sellin' Zombie! So then, when I deal battle damage to your lifepoints, I select one card in your grave and return it to the bottom of your deck."

Two deformed ghouls appeared behind his dragon, just as Beelze spat two sickly purple blasts at her.

K: 1000

"Now the effects of my two zombies activate! One from the top of your deck to the graveyard," Kione glanced at her card, as she put it there, then she looked at her field, one card face-down, no cards in the hand… then she gave a small nod. This'll work!

"Before the effect of your Hard-Sellin' Zombie resolves, I'll activate Call of the Haunted! And with it, I'm summoning the monster that was just sent from my deck to the grave!" Kione said. "Come to the field, General Gantala of the Ice Barrier!"

Emerging to the field through the trap was a man wearing a white and green martial arts outfit, a blue six-pointed star was on his forehead, the same shape was on his back, in the form of a strange snowflake with the center cut out. (Lvl 7 2700/2000).

"Clever… Hard-Sellin' Zombie, let's see her graveyard…" Mako smirked, before his eyes widened, seeing what she had.

"Damn, I can't decide, General Grunard, General Raiho and Brionac are all good targets, I'll choose your tuner monster, Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier!" Kione took the card, and placed it at the bottom of her deck.

"I end my turn," He said.

I need a miracle here… come on deck, don't let me down… Kione said, before drawing.

"It's a start… I activate the Spell Swords of Revealing Light! With this, you can't attack me for three of your turns!" Three glowing swords appeared above Kione's field. "I end my turn, it's now that Gantala's ability activates, allowing me to summon one Ice Barrier monster from the graveyard! Come to play in defence mode, Defender of the Ice Barrier!" A yellow furred, four-legged animal with ice crystals on it's tail and mane appeared. (Lvl 3 200/1600).

"Now, while I control another Ice Barrier monster, you can't declare an attack with a monster that has higher attack than Defender's defence!"

"I draw!" Mako said, frowning. "I end my turn." One sword vanished.

Kione drew, praying again. "I set one monster in defence mode, then end my turn, summoning Dance Princess of the Ice Barrier from my graveyard!" A young woman appeared, wearing a red chestplate lined with a white fluffy hem, a white pair of snow pants and a purple scarf appeared, holding a pair of spinning weapons, both in the shape of the Ice Barrier symbol.

Mako drew, and frowned again. "I set a face-down and end my turn." The second sword disappeared.

"I draw! And activate the spell card Surface! This lets me summon one level 3 or lower Fish, Sea-Serpent or Aqua type monster from my graveyard, so I bring back Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier!" Appearing like a submarine surfacing from the depths of the ocean was a white-haired man wearing a blue sleeveless shirt, ice blue baggy pants, a dark blue cloth down over his abdomen, and a low cape from behind his back. In his hands were a pair of icy swords. (Lvl 2 100/1600).

"I now flip up my face-down monster, Penguin Soldier!" An adorable little purple feathered penguin, wearing a pair of red armoured shoulder pads and a sword grasped in his flippered appeared. (Lvl 2 750/500).

"You can't be serious! Not him!" Mako sweatdropped.

"Oh yes him! Penguin Soldier, return the two Soul-Absorbing Bone Towers to Mako's hand!" Kione smirked. Mako groaned as his tower block disappeared.

"Alright, now I tune my Defender of the Ice Barrier with Dance Princess of the Ice Barrier and Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier!" Kione called out, and while her monsters jumped up, she closed her eyes and clasped her hands together.

"Mighty master of the frozen world, your friend is calling for your aid. Become the one to rule in the light!" Her eyes opened, "Synchro Summon! Arise from the tundra, Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"

Trishula was a white and dark blue, three-headed mighty dragon with two huge wings across its back. On the crest of each head was a red gem that lit up briefly. Behind the dragon was a long lashing tail, with several large ice spikes at the tip, which made it look like a large fan. (Lvl 9 2700/2000).

"Now for Trishula's effect, when she's synchro summoned, I can remove from play one random card in your hand, one card on your field and one card in your graveyard!" Kione explained. "So, I target the one card in your hand, your Beelze, and how about Il Blud from your grave?"

Mako scowled, seeing his Dark Armed Dragon being banished from his hand, as well as his other two monsters. "General Gantala! Attack him directly!" Her monster charged forward, letting out a battlecry as he fired a series of blue blasts from his hand.

M: 1300

"And now Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, finish the duel with Absolute Freeze Lancer!" All three of her dragon's heads roared, before they charged up and fired a white blast that removed the last of his lifepoints.

M: 0

As the holograms faded, both duellists returned to Sarah, who was clapping with amazement at the comeback her sister had made.

"You are one lucky kid," Mako chuckled. "If you hadn't sent Gantala, it would have been over next turn." He showed Dark Armed Dragon.

"Yikes, I'm glad my deck has my back," Kione sighed with relief.

"That was an amazing comeback sis!" Sarah smirked. "And Penguin Soldier strikes again! I love that card, such a deadly effect."

"What really surprised me was that you use an Ice Barrier deck, they're extremely rare to come by these days, so good on you for choosing such a decent deck," Mako laughed.

"That was with a bad hand as well, like you said, I got lucky," Kione shrugged off the praise.

That night, the sisters slept together, in a room that Mako put together for them, with a pair of cots to sleep and a small mini-fridge and stove.

Sarah found herself yawning, waking to a stinging feeling on her left hand. It was still dark, so Sarah reached for the light. What time is it? She asked, glancing at her father's old watch. 1:00 AM? I never wake this early unless I'm getting the feeling that something big is going to happen… She glanced down at where the pain was coming from, and she noticed a green light on her hand, in the shape of a star.

Quietly, she got up from bed and glanced out the window. It was then that she gasped.

"Sarah…? What are you doing awake at this time?" Kione mumbled behind her.

"Shut up and come see this!" Sarah hissed, now fully awake.

Kione didn't need to get up, from her bed, she could see it clearly, meanwhile, a blue glow, in the shape of a star, was coming from her hand.

On the other side of Duel Academy, Marcus woke to a stinging feeling on his hand, and at the same time, the window in his and Emma's bedroom lit up with crimson light.

"What the…?" He asked, glancing at his hand. A gold glow, in the shape of a small star, was coming from it, the same colour as the light outside.

"Marcus… turn off the light…" Emma mumbled from next to him. Marcus glanced down when he noticed that there was a red light on her hand, in the same shape as what was on his hand.

"What is this…?" he asked, before he stood, walking to the window. When he opened the shutters, he gasped.

"Marcus? What is it?" Emma asked, noticing her brother's movement. He picked her up, causing her to yelp slightly, before she looked out the window and her eyes widened hugely.

What the two pairs of siblings were seeing was a massive red dragon with yellow swirls coiling up it's body, it flew up out of the Memorial Circuit, expanding it's huge wings to their maximum span.

"What… the… hell?" They all asked.

Meanwhile, from a large skyscraper, with the two letters 'AM' on the side of the building, a blue haired young man, aged around seventeen, glanced out a window, on his way back to his room. He had one eye covered by an eyepatch, and his other eye was slate grey. He was wearing an orange t-shirt under a grey jacket, with a small pendant of the EARTH attribute symbol hanging from his neck. He wore black cargo pants, and black boots. He glanced at his hand, where a white light was glowing.

"Daiki? What are you doing up at this time of night?" He turned, hearing the voice of Arcadia Movement leader Sayer speak.

Without a single word, he turned around, and ran towards the railing. "Daiki! Stop, that's an order!" Sayer called. Without a second thought, Daiki sprang over the edge, before reaching for a grey and orange themed duel disk, drawing a card.

"I summon Naturia White Oak!" Below him, a large tree appeared from thin air. When the man almost hit the ground, the tree suddenly shifted it's branches, clumping them together, allowing the boy to jump off the bark and landing safely on the ground.

"Thank you, my friend," He said, making the tree fade. "Now I summon Naturia Leodrake!" A lion with a green, leafy body, orange paws and a red leafy mane appeared before him. The lion dropped down, allowing Daiki to jump on board.

"Get me out of here my friend, it's time to prepare," He told the monster, which nodded, before taking off at a sprint, bashing through a garage door before taking off into the city.

"It's begun…" He muttered, glancing back to where the large red dragon was vanishing. "The other Star Guardians have been chosen."

Marcus: So, there we go, I think that will do for today!

Emma: That guy at the end was rather cool, he's a psychic duellist isn't he?

Kione: He looked so edgy... but so mysterious too!

Sarah: Huh, he seems to be a smash hit with the sisters, we'll see what happens when he gives me a duel.

Marcus: Watch it, I could make him pop up in here any second.

Sarah: Um... maybe not now eh?

Daiki: ... You are an interesting bunch.

Sarah: WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!

All: Next time: The Twins!