This chapter is a bit more in the past then the present so it shows a lot more about Konami's past and the beginning of when he truly changes.
Chapter 04: The Abandoned Dorm Part 1
~Seven Years Ago~
Konami was sitting in his room at the orphanage as he held his deck, looking through them again.
It's only been a week since he got it and he has been in four duels after Riku, barely winning all of them, showing his inexperience with them and he was giddy at how he would do if he fully masters these cards.
"Maybe someday I can challenge Yugi Moto?" Konami said in excitement before shaking his head as he was getting way ahead of himself at that point.
Yugi was the undefeated King of Games and he only has five wins in his name while about twenty losses.
He had a loooooong way to go before he could even think about being on the same level.
Looking up towards the mirror in his room, Konami blinked as his reflection looked the same, only there were some black horns on the side of his head.
"Who the fuck is Yugi Moto?" Jeff's voice asked surprising Konami as he barely held back a scream, but his face showed how Jeff frightened him causing his carved smirk to widen.
Scaring Konami has become quite the pass time for the Killer as Konami was the only one to be able to see him and he enjoyed every minute of it.
"Um." Konami looked away from him back to the mirror to see it back to normal. "Y-Yugi Moto is the King of Games with Duel Monsters."
"King? So what, he's undefeated?" Jeff asked in a bored tone.
This whole world seemed to run on people dueling instead of wars and famine, it was so boring to the killer.
No one went out for any good old fashioned murders anymore.
Unaware of Jeff's thoughts, Konami gave a nod. "Yeah, he hasn't lost a duel, especially when he obtained the three Egyptian God Cards and won numerous tournaments."
"Tch, sounds like a fat virgin that's possible a pedo." Jeff muttered at the idea of an adult playing a card game like this.
Konami wasn't sure what Jeff was talking about, but he guessed it was an insult of some kind before someone whose spirit he never saw before appeared behind Jeff causing Konami to tense.
"What?" Jeff asked seeing that before he saw how the boy was looking behind him and he turned only to barely put up his knife as a young woman wearing a sleeveless black dress with a white mask on attempted to stab him with her own knife. "Fuck, not you again!"
Jane the Killer glared at Jeff in pure hatred. "I've been waiting for a long time to do this." She said rage in her tone.
Jeff smirked cockily. "Wow, all of that for me? I'm flattered."
"Shut up." Jane hissed.
"W-What's going on?" Konami's voice caused Jane to blink and see him before frowning.
"Going after kids this time Jeff?" Jane asked her glare intensifying.
"I would if I could, I can't even touch the fucker." Jeff snapped surprising Jane. "Seriously? You haven't figured that out yet?"
Jeff then frowned.
Come to think of it, where was she this last week? He knew she was in the deck due to the card and it wasn't just her, BEN was missing as well as Laughing Jack. Then there was this Jay guy that Masky and Hoodie knew.
He doesn't care about the Rake, but why did it take this long for Jane to appear?
His distraction actually cost him as Jane slashed across his chest with the knife but to her surprise, no blood spilled.
"W-What?" Jane asked in shock as that should've injured him.
"Well, what do you know, there are benefits of being a spirit." Jeff mused as his hoodie wasn't even scratched.
"Okay, that's enough." Hoodie came out of nowhere and got between the two. "None of us knows what's going on and hearing you two fight while entertaining can get very annoying."
"Wow, way to be a killjoy." Jeff said as Hoodie ignored him and gave Jane the rundown of what they figured out in this last week while Konami wasn't sure what to make of her.
"We're a part of a childish card game?" Jane deadpanned as Hoodie explained it to her.
"And he's the one that was lucky enough to get our deck." Jeff drawled pointing behind him at Konami who tensed a bit as Jane looked at him, not sure what to think before glaring right at Jeff.
A knocking caused everyone to tense as the door opened to show Riku. "Hey Konami come on, we're heading into Domino."
"We are?" Konami asked in surprise as he saw two other kids, behind Riku.
Bradley was a big guy with blonde hair was giving a polite wave while Tracey, another teen who was a bit on the chubby side wearing a jacket had his hands behind his head.
"You remember Bradley and Tracey, right?" Riku asked as Konami gave a nod.
"Nice to see you again, Konami." Bradley said with a smile.
"Come on, we'll miss the bus if we wait too long." Tracey said urgently.
"What's going on?" Konami asked as Riku told him to bring his deck and one of the duel disks.
"There's a rumor that Yugi Moto is back in Domino." Riku said causing Konami's eyes to widen at hearing that. "We're going to try and get his autograph."
"R-Really?" Konami asked at hearing that as he grabbed his red hat and pulled it over his head, despite it being way too big for it to fit him properly.
"Yes really, now come on we'll miss him if we don't hurry." Riku said as Konami was running to keep up.
"Hey what's with the red hat anyways?" Tracey asked as they ran. "We always see you with it, there's a rumor that you sleep with it as well."
"Yeah, I'm kind of curious myself." Riku said now interested as he never really did ask Konami much about his past this last year due to him going sullen and quiet whenever it was brought up.
"Um, it belonged to my Dad." Konami said grasping it as he didn't want anything to happen to it.
"Oh the one who-." Bradley looked a bit awkward as Konami went silent, remembering the seizures that his 'parents' went through last year.
"No, my biological Dad, I was adopted when I was born." Konami said with a sigh.
The three teens looked at each other in surprise. "How do you figure that?" Tracey asked looking back at him. "Did they tell you?"
"No, I was the only one in that family with black hair and my eyes are silver, it's not really that hard to figure out I was adopted." Konami said a bit bitterly as he often wondered what happened to his real parents.
"Well you're not the only one with strange eye color, remember Yugi Moto's eyes?" Riku said with a grin, pulling Konami out of his thoughts. "They're purple."
"Actually I'm pretty sure they're magenta." Bradley corrected him as Riku sighed and waved a hand not caring.
"Which is purple, same difference." Riku said as Konami was working hard not to chuckle, looking much better. "Hey maybe you'll be the next big duelist, it could be the eyes."
Now Konami was laughing at how ridiculous that sounded as Riku smiled, his work done as the three joined in laughing with him.
~Present Time~
Konami looked a little bored as he was sitting at one of the tables in the Slifer Cafeteria with a candle being their only source of light as it was Syrus turn to tell a scary story as Blair was on one side of him while Jaden was on another with Syrus on Jaden's other side and Chumley next to the bluenette.
Empty snack wrappers and soda cans were around them showing that they've been there for awhile.
The whole night started off with Jaden, Syrus and Chumley cracking some small jokes to fool around as they just talked for a bit, celebrating the results of the Field Test as even Syrus passed, if barely.
It was only an hour later that they got into telling stories. Chumley spoke about a lone wolf in the woods that wasn't scary but it was interesting and Blair surprisingly enough told one about a maiden who was waiting for her true love.
"It was there, under the full moon." Syrus said as Jaden listened on the edge of his seat with Blair looking curious along with Konami wanting to hear what it was... Chumley was edging away as he heard it. "I see a path to a cavern that seems... Abandoned."
"The basis of all horror stories." Jeff drawled in a bored tone as he wasn't having any fun while Konami gave a short nod agreeing with him.
"Oh really?" Jaden asked leaning forward. "Then what?"
"Then at the end of the cavern, I see a mysterious lake." Syrus continued with a serious look. "So I look go to look into it very carefully and in the right angle underneath the light, at the very bottom, beyond my reflection I see a rare and powerful card."
"Ooh." Blair said looking interested.
"Naturally I go to reach for it when." Syrus adopted a look of fear. "An arm shoots out, grabs me and begins to pull me into the lake."
Then he got way into the acting as he pretended to drown.
"Help me, not the water!" Syrus pleaded. "Anything but the water."
"Just stop." Eyeless Jack muttered doing a facepalm. "That doesn't scare anyone."
"Well it would scare BEN if he was here to hear it." Hoodie pointed out as Jeff snickered.
"I want to see that water." Jaden said with a smirk.
"Wait really?" Syrus asked before groaning. "Oh you're right, only a chump would be scared of that."
Konami saw Chumley with a look of fear standing in the background and he decided not to point that out.
"It was a good story." Blair said to Syrus to be nice as Jaden gave a nod.
"Mid-Level Scare for a Mid-Level Card." Jaden grinned. "My turn."
With that he drew a level one monster.
"Ah you lucked out." Syrus said with a groan as Chumley slowly made his way back to the seat. "You barely have to scare us at all with that low level card."
"Well, I may have a story that will do the trick." Jaden said placing the card down. "Well it's more like a memory."
"A memory?" Konami asked his first time speaking since they began this whole thing.
Jaden gave a nod and cupped his face in his hands as his elbow propped up on the table. "Back when I was a little kid, I used to hear sounds." Jaden began being lost in memories. "But I'd only hear them real late at night."
"Spooky." Blair commented.
"Now we're talking." Jeff had a grin.
"I would think I was dreaming, but they sounded like voices." Jaden continued reliving the scene in his head. "Although they were voices that I didn't remember and I would go to check it out, but every time I did there was nothing. Nothing there at all, except for my cards."
"And?" Syrus asked as he, Chumley and Blair leaned in, even Jeff was paying attention wanting to hear what happened.
"And that's the end of the story." Jaden said causing them to groan before he looked thoughtful. "But you want to hear something strange?"
Everyone looked at him curiously.
"Lately, I've started hearing them again." Jaden said surprising them.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" A laugh caused them all to scream as they were so absorbed into the stories that they didn't hear anyone coming in. "Hey, I want to join in on the fright fest."
Chumley was out of his chair and making a valiant attempt to climb the wall in sheer terror, Syrus fell out of his seat while Jaden barely hung on.
Blair hugged the closest person to him who was Konami who looked as if he wasn't affected due to the numerous times Jeff and EJ scared him, but his heart was pounding from the sudden voice.
The one who spoke turned out to be none other than Professor Banner as Jeff was on his back laughing at what just happened, now thoroughly amused.
"You just did." Syrus said with wide eyes as Jaden gave a nod agreeing with him.
"We're kind of on the edge of our seats here."
"Or at least we were." Blair muttered as Banner gave a sweat drop at what he was hearing.
Konami blinked as he realized that Blair was still hugging him. "Uh Blair?" He said gaining his attention as Blair blinked before realizing what he was doing and jumped back, nearly falling out of his chair in embarrassment.
"Sorry." He got out his face red.
"But since you're here why don't you draw a card?" Syrus asked their dorm teacher. "The tougher it is, the scarier your story has to be."
"Oh, that sounds easy enough." Professor Banner said as he drew a Lv. 12 Monster.
"Oh now we're getting to the good ones." EJ said as Jeff gave a nod agreeing with him.
"Whoa, that's a Lv. 12 Monster." Jaden breathed in shock.
Syrus looked nervous before grinning. "Please give us your best."
"Uh I think I'm ready to go to bed." Chumley responded to that.
Prof. Banner gave a dark laugh, getting way into telling a scary story. "What's the matter? Don't you want to hear about the abandoned dorm at the end of the island?"
"Abandoned Dorm?" Jaden asked with curiosity in his eyes.
"Hey, you think it's that building you found with Slenderman?" Jeff asked Masky who gave a shrug.
"Most likely, it's where Slenderman choose to hang out by himself." EJ said to Jeff. "He said it reminded him of home."
"Then we need to visit it." Hoodie replied.
Toby gave a nod. "It does sound *Twitch* interesting."
"Then it's settled." Jeff said looking at Konami. "We're going tomorrow."
Konami gave a sigh, but he had a small smile as Smile Dog gave a bark, agreeing with them.
"Yes, no one talks about it, but there was once a special dorm set at the edge of the forest." Prof. Banner said seeing their faces. "It shut down after some students mysteriously went missing."
"I guess Slenderman has been there before." Jeff joked.
Syrus swallowed nervously. "Where did they all go?" He asked with fear showing.
"Well that's the mystery of it." Prof. Banner said to him. "But the rumor was that it had something to do with shadow games."
"Thanks, you can stop now." Chumley said hiding behind a chair as if it would protect him.
"Aw, but I want to hear more." Blair said his curiosity peaked as his earlier embarrassment was gone.
Prof. Banner gave a shrug. "You see kids, Shadow Games are duels played with powerful mystical items."
"Millennium Items, right?" Jaden asked chuckling. "I've heard about that but it's not true."
Konami winced and looked away at hearing that.
He knew for a fact that the Shadow Games were very real.
Professor Banner gave a laugh. "Yes, that is what most people say." He said pushing his glasses up. "But I feel that with most stories, well they generally have to come from somewhere."
Pharaoh gave a loud meow as Prof. Banner stood up. "Well that is my cue to go back home."
"You know, there is this creepy building I saw in the forest once." Syrus said as their teacher left and Jaden grinned.
"Aw sweet, then you'll lead the way for us tomorrow night." Jaden said causing everyone to look at him like he was insane.
Well, everyone but Konami since he was going anyways.
"What?" Syrus asked in shock.
"Wait a second, what do you mean us?" Chumley asked, fear evident on his face.
"I don't remember volunteering for this." Blair said with wide eyes as while he did find the story interesting, it didn't mean he wanted to go out and look into it.
"It'll be fun." Jaden said before smiling. "And I don't hear Konami complaining, so I'm guessing you were thinking of checking it out too?"
That caused the three to look at Konami in surprise as he gave a nod. "I'm interested in the stories myself." He said giving a slight smile. "It could be fun."
Jaden's grin got wider. "And speaking of stories, it's your turn."
Konami gave a shrug and drew a card to see it was another Lvl. 12.
"Yeah, it must be past my bedtime." Syrus said weakly as Chumley gave a nod.
"Oh come on, aren't you guys going to listen to the story?" Jaden asked wondering what Konami will tell.
Konami gave a dark chuckle to set the mood as Syrus and Chumley backed a little bit away. "Are you sure you want to hear this?" He asked with a smirk, trying to scare them as his smile looked like Jeff's, only not carved and the light flickered as the shadows seemed to react a bit.
"We wouldn't be here if we didn't want to." Blair said a little surprised by his change of personality.
Konami leaned forward, his elbow propped up on the table as he locked his fingers together. "This one isn't for the faint of heart, it's a story about my deck, the stories that were created with them." He said as he pulled out some of his cards, putting them on the table. "The stories behind their transformations into murderers, cannibals and psychopaths."
"Hey!" EJ glared at the last part as Jeff snickered.
"Jack, everyone is a psychopath these days," Jeff said in a mocking tone. "Didn't you get the memo?"
"So which one do you guys want to hear?" Konami asked giving them a choice s Syrus and Chumley backed away, not wanting to pick while Jaden and Blair looked at the card choices.
"Man, I'd like to hear them all." Jaden said as this was interesting before one caught his eye. "What about this one?"
He pointed to Slenderman's card.
"Isn't that the monster you used in the Field Exam?" Jaden asked curiously causing Syrus to shiver as he remembered it while Chumley looked a little lost.
"Ah the Slenderman?" Konami asked as Jeff cursed at his story for not being told. "You want to hear the story of the one of the most infamous Creeps?"
As they gave a nod, Konami leaned back.
"The whole story surrounding Slenderman is a mystery, no one knows where he truly came from or why he does what he does." Konami said looking at them. "But it is said that he lives in large forests and there are times where he mysteriously appears in that background of photographs that pertain children."
"Why children?" Blair asked curiously.
"It is said that the children in the photograph mysteriously disappear shortly after and nothing is found, not even a body." Konami said making Chumley and Syrus shiver in fear as they hugged each other in terror. "But beware because when he chooses a victim, he loves to play with them first."
"How so?" Jaden asked getting into the story.
"He loves feeding on their paranoia and he purposely lets his victims catch glimpses of him to further frighten them before disappearing as they take their eyes off of him for a single second and when he's around you hear nothing but static, not even your heartbeat could be heard through it." Konami said with a grin. "And no matter how much you prepare, or how much you try to hide, in the end he will always get you."
As he finished, thunder boomed causing everyone to scream and Konami blinked.
"That was good timing right there." He commented on the thunder.
Jaden however was laughing as he clapped. "That is an awesome story, how did you come up with it?" He asked as everyone calmed down.
"I didn't." Konami said surprising them. "That is the actual story behind him, just like how all of my cards have stories behind them."
"Can we hear them?" Jaden was psyched to hear more stories while Syrus and Chumley went pale not sure if the others would be worse or not.
"Nope." Konami said popping the P as he picked the cards back up. "But you can get the story when they come out soon, the whole story instead of the rushed one that I gave."
"They're coming out?" Jaden asked in surprise.
Konami gave a nod as he found himself getting along with Jaden a bit better now.
Maybe it was because of how this guy beat Chazz earlier that day or maybe it was because of how the guy wouldn't leave him alone.
… Well more like he tolerates Jaden a bit more.
And not just Jaden, Konami just barely tolerates everyone in this room, hiding behind a mask to avoid any headaches.
As they said goodnight and went to head up to their room, Konami stopped and looked around with narrowed eyes.
He couldn't help the feeling that they were being watched.
"Hey Konami, what's the holdup?" Jaden called breaking Konami out of his paranoia.
"... Nothing." Konami said as he left with the others.
A few seconds after they left, Crowler fell out of the pantry with some pans hitting the ground. "Finally, I thought those slackers would never leave." He said getting up as he brushed himself off before he grinned. "So the Abandoned Dormitory huh? I think it's time for the Shadow Games to make a comeback. Millennium Items and all."
Then he frowned.
"It's too bad that Tribal boy became friends with that Slacker, he had potential."
~Seven Years Ago~
"Come on, where is he?" Riku muttered as the four of them were walking around Domino City. "You'd think a guy with three different hair colors would be easy to spot."
"He's probably used to dodging people." Bradley reminded him. "If anything he's probably hiding in plain sight and we walked past him."
"Don't say that it makes me paranoid." Riku complained.
Konami chuckled as he was still holding his hat before they saw a large crowd. "Hey what's over there?"
Tracey looked over before his eyes widened as he saw two holograms, they were a Dark Magician and a Flame Swordsman. "Guys!"
Both Riku and Bradley looked over, stopping when they saw it. "Come on!" Riku said as they made their way to the crowd, but they were having a hard time getting through as it was a big one.
Konami however slipped through due to his small size and age and made it to the front his eyes widening as he saw two very recognizable people dueling.
The one on the left was a young adult wearing a long sleeved black shirt, sleeveless grey vest and dark blue pants with Amethyst eyes and his hair was was spiky with three different colors being magenta, black and blond at once.
It was Yugi Muto, the King of Games and his opponent was Joey Wheeler a blonde haired young man wearing a blue denim jacket.
"Whoa." Konami muttered as both of them had 2000 LP left and the Flame Swordsman had Salamandra equipped so both monsters had 2500 ATK points.
~Present Time~
For once, Konami was the first one awake as Blair was still asleep.
Stretching, Konami slowly dropped down so he wouldn't make as much noise.
Once he was sure that he didn't wake Blair up, knowing he would be up soon anyways, Konami exited the room after placing the hat on his head.
He felt like getting some fresh air right now.
As he stepped outside, Konami saw the sun beginning to rise in the distance and he smiled as he felt at peace-.
"Nice sunrise." Jeff's voice spoke up with a smirk, knowing that he was annoying Konami who sighed.
"It was nice while it lasted," Konami muttered, glaring at Jeff who shrugged. "What do you want?"
"Just bored, I'm thinking about heading out," Jeff commented earning a wary look from Konami. "What? You know I can't kill anyone like this."
Konami could just hear the disappointment in the killer's tone and knew that given the chance the guy would still kill him despite how they were 'friendly' with each other.
… Just like almost everyone else in his deck.
Growing up, Konami quickly realized just how dangerous these guys were and despite how he did care for them a little he had to always remind himself that they were killers.
"Not like I can stop you." Konami said looking away earning a dark laugh from Jeff.
"Got that right, see you around Konami." Jeff gave a wave as he walked off, Smile Dog behind him, giving his signature grin at Konami.
As he walked off, Jay appeared. "You want me to keep an eye on him?"
"Jay no offense but you can't exactly stop him if he tries anything." Konami deadpanned as Jay usually only dealt with Masky and Hoodie.
"Konami?" Konami stilled when Blair opened the door with a confused look looking like he just woke up. "Who are you talking to?"
"No one, just got off the phone." Konami lied looking away.
The day began to pass by slowly while Konami sat through the classes quietly while watching the teachers. He was bored-not because the class wasn't interesting but because he wanted to explore the abandoned dorm, it's been on his mind ever since Prof. Banner told them about it the other night.
Maybe it was the influence from the Creep's or maybe it's some kind of childish glee from exploring dark places, Konami didn't know but he didn't really care.
Soon enough the class let out and Konami began to walk through the courtyard where various other students were interacting and he could see quite a few of them dueling, some of them for fun and others to settle scores.
Konami just walked by them, thinking about just heading to his next class-.
"Konami!" The teen paused and turned to see Blair running towards him, panting from the run looking a bit worried.
So Konami raised a brow. "What is it?"
"We need to talk, it's about what we discussed with Jaden and the others last night."
Now Konami was interested. "You mean the abandoned dorm-?" He was caught off guard when Blair quickly covered his mouth.
"Ssh," Blair looked around relieved that no one overheard them before he stepped back. "I looked into it a bit more today and I found out if we're caught, there's a risk of expulsion."
"Shit," Konami muttered not expecting that. "Did you tell the others?"
"You're the first person I've found," Blair admitted with a sigh. "I've been looking for the others, but I haven't been able to find them."
Konami went quiet in thought before giving a nod. "I'm still going."
Blair looked at him with wide eyes. "What?!" He asked keeping his voice low. "But I just told you there was a chance of getting expelled."
"I know but you do realize that Jaden would still go right?" Konami asked earning a nod from Blair. "Besides, I'm pretty curious about that place."
"There's no way I can talk you out of this right?" Blair asked, the answer being plain in Konami's smirk. "We better not get caught."
Now Konami gave him a weird look. "I thought you didn't like the idea of going?"
"I don't, but I also don't like leaving my friends to fend for themselves." Blair gave a grin while Konami stilled a bit.
"R-Right." Konami muttered walking off, confusing Blair due to his sudden departure.
Unknown to him, Konami was thinking back to the day that changed him forever.
~Seven Years Ago~
"Man I can't believe it, we were so close and we couldn't even ask for an autograph." Riku complained his hands behind his head.
Tracey shook his head. "We couldn't even get past the crowd," He said with a sigh before looking at Konami. "So how was the duel?"
Konami smiled widely. "It was amazing." He said looking happy while Bradley chuckled.
"Come on, we better get ready to head back," Riku called back with Tracey and Bradley running ahead. "Last one there has to clean the Duel Disks!"
Konami went to follow only to stumble as his shoe became untied. "H-Hang on." He called bending over to tie his shoe, unaware that they didn't hear him so when he finished and looked up, the young boy's eyes widened at seeing his friends gone.
He took off in the direction he knew they ran in, hoping that he would be able to catch up to the three.
After a few minutes of running though, Konami came to a stop, out of breath and scared because he couldn't find them-.
"Boo." Jeff's face appeared when Konami ran around the corner making him scream, causing for people to look towards him, a little annoyed that he screamed for no reason. "Wow, that was way too easy."
Konami glared at him trying not to cry, something that made Jeff laugh harder. "S-Shut up." He muttered, wiping his eyes. "That's not funny."
"You're right, it's hilarious." Jeff chuckled at him. "Look's like your little friends left you behind."
"T-They didn't, they'll come back for me." Konami muttered not knowing the way back to the orphanage.
So he began to walk aimlessly, hoping to get lucky or find a place he would recognize-.
"Hey you're Konami right?" Konami blinked and turned to see a kid that was six years older than him.
"Y-Yes?" Konami recognized the kid from seeing him at the orphanage but he didn't know exactly who this was.
But he didn't care because since he was lost, this kid could lead him back to the orphanage.
"I've been meaning to speak with you, I'm Anthony," The kid introduced himself with a smile, one that didn't reach his eyes. "You're the one who beat Riku right?"
Konami blushed a little from that. "I-I got lucky." He said before looking down. "Hey c-can you help me get back to the Orphanage?"
Anthony smirked. "Don't worry, I'll help."
Jeff who was watching gave a frown, something was off about this, but he gave a shrug not thinking it was his problem.
Besides, this could be a chance for some entertainment.
Riku looked back after a bit, panting. "Look's like I win-." He stopped doing a quick headcount. "Guy's, where's Konami?"
That made Tracey and Bradley look back in surprise as the little red hat that hung out with them did seem to be missing.
"He was right behind us." Tracey muttered, breathing hard. "When do you think we lost him?"
Bradley looked worried. "It could be anywhere between here and where Yugi Muto dueled Joey Wheeler."
"Damn it," Riku muttered now kicking himself for this, he took Konami under his wing because the kid needed a friend and he ended up leaving him behind by mistake. "You guys go in, I'll look for him."
"It's better if we split up to search to cover more ground," Bradley intervened before Riku could run off. "If one of us finds him we call each other."
"Alright so who searches where?" Tracey asked agreeing with that plan.
"I'll head back to where the duel took place and start from there," Riku decided thinking that Konami would most likely be in that area. "Bradley you check near Kaibacorp as it's visible from everywhere in Domino so he might head there. Tracey can you check the Train Station, there's a chance he might've end up there from the route we took."
Konami was slammed against against the wall looking scared out of his mind with a bloody lip and a black eye, his hat on the floor a bit away.
Anthony ended up bringing the young boy to a secluded alley and was now holding him by the scruff of his neck.
"So here's how it's going to go, you give me those cards of yours and I'll let you go," Anthony said with a grin. "Come on, it's not that difficult."
Jeff was now glaring at Anthony, being reminded of a certain part from his past, but he couldn't exactly do anything. Not that this wasn't entertaining but now that he knew what this guy wanted he hated the guy.
"I-I can't." Konami managed to get out giving a cough of pain.
Sure maybe if they were just any other cards he could've but these cards talked to him, they had actual people in them, he couldn't do that.
That was the wrong thing to say as Anthony slammed him into the wall again. "Wrong answer." He said with a smirk. "I wanted to do this nicely, but I learned from my Dad about other ways to get cards."
"W-What?" Konami asked in confusion.
Why would his Dad do something like that?
"Oh right you don't know, my Dad was a member of the Ghouls." Anthony explained making Konami's eyes widened. "So I make it a point to continue his work and what better way to do that than to get your cards, after all no one in the Orphanage has ever heard of them."
"You're shitting me, there's a gang who would do anything for 'Rare cards'?" Jeff asked with slight disbelief. "And they call me insane."
Anthony just frowned as Konami kept shaking his head before looking down to see the red hat. "Hey that's your father's right?" He didn't even wait for Konami to answer before he kicked it right out of the alley earning a gasp from Konami. "Look's like that's another treasure you lost."
So he drew a fist back only to hear a shout.
"Put him down." Anthony just turned to see Riku looking at him with a glare, holding the red hat that was kicked out.
Riku was just running by when the hat came rolling out, letting him know exactly where to look.
"Tch, should've figured you would intervene," Anthony spat out with Riku glaring. "You have a bad habit of interfering with what I do."
"When it comes to you threatening and stealing from the other kids, of course I'll interfere," Riku returned showing that the two had a bit of history. "Now let. Him. Go."
Anthony just shrugged and dropped Konami who landed harshly on his butt, his back against the wall still. "Don't go anywhere." He warned the injured kid before looking at Riku who got in a street brawler stance, ready to charge.
~Present Time~
That night at the Lighthouse, Doctor Crowler was waiting patiently before he heard footsteps and turned to see a man in a dark trench coat wearing a mask that covered his eyes as he carried a suitcase.
"You must be the one that they call Titan the Shadow Duelist." Crowler said before frowning remembering the ridiculous rumors of Konami being one.
"My opponents call me many things." Titan said as fog flowed out of his suitcase. "But most of which are hard to hear through their shrieks of terror, but enough small talk, what's the job?"
"I want you to frighten someone so intensely that he leaves this academy and never comes back." Crowler said not minding the fog as it billowed past his legs. "Up to the challenge?"
"Of course, I never turn my back on a challenge," Titan turned to leave smoke billowing out. "And to ensure I get it done, I won't just scare him away from the Academy."
Crowler turned to ask what he meant, he saw that Titan was gone.
Blinking, Crowler looked around before smirking. "You are good."
Unknown to either of them, another figure watched the whole exchange, a grin on their face.
To Be Continued…
Man it's been awhile since I've updated this, sorry about that and I hope you enjoyed this chapter along with how I'm really starting to shake some things up in Konami's past. In the next chapter you will see exactly why Konami has a 'Mask' so please be patient and I really hope to get it out soon.
So let me answer the reviews and get to it.
Ender the multiverse Detective: Thanks and sorry for the wait.
Coldblue: I'm happy you enjoyed the duel with Konami fighting Gillian, but I never said that Gillian was an Obelisk, no he was a Slifer. And Konami is emotional, he's just better at hiding it these days, not so much in the past. And in the Tag Force games you remain a Slifer, besides I think Konami would grow to like being in Slifer if you think about it. There is a bit of a friendship, more on Blair's side then Konami's but he is starting to actually like her as a friend-even though he still thinks of Blair as a boy.
Now for your Questions. 1) Eventually. 2) You'll see in the next chapter and let's just say that no one will expect it. 3) Maybe. 4) Yes and yes. 5) Overtime he will gain more creeps in his deck. 6) I'm kind of at a loss with those two sorry.
Itharax: Thanks and sorry for the wait.
KuriMaster13: I actually forgot about that thanks for the heads-up and you're right I could get away with tweaking it in this story, just as long as it isn't too much. And I apologize for the wait, I've been thinking about how I really want to do this.
Nightmaster000: Thank you and it's no problem.
PhantomDragon99: Thanks, I figured it would've made things a bit more interesting.
Multipule-Characters1-Acct: Thanks and sorry for the wait.
Mr. R: Sorry, I couldn't think of anything to do for that.
Darkknight421993: Nah, Jaden will get Titan, Konami has something else to deal with at the time. Konami vs Jaden instead of Bastion? That actually sounds like fun.
AngelFaux: Thanks for the info, but I'm pretty sure it was Silent Magician, I was looking right at the card when I did that… I'll look into it a bit more when I have the time to see if I did make a mistake. Konami's cards aren't really that strong yet because this is still the beginning of the story, as time passes he will gain more cards with a lot of strength. But he can still do well in the higher echelons of dueling with strategic planning in his deck if played right. And don't worry about sharing your opinion, I welcome that because it really helps with the story.
Alright, this is Spidey Signing Out!
