"This is a message from the Underworld... become a Dark Signer, if there is some one you must attend unfinished business with..."

Kiryu gazed into space. His body was shredded with cuts and bruises, his eyes dark, his soul destroyed and meaningless. He had suffered through torturous amounts of violence. His whole life was caving in.

"There is... some one... I want to take revenge on..." he whispered. "Will you... give me... new life... for that?"

***

"Carly..." said Jack gently, nudging her. Her eyes opened, small slits. She felt exhausted.

"J-Jack?" Carly looked up, suprised. "Where is... Misty...?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I had... the weirdest dream... Kiryu..." she shut her eyes and tears begun to seep out of them.

"Carly!" cried Jack, stunned. "What's wrong? Kiryu told me that you were waiting for me..."

"I..." her mouth barely made any audible sounds. "Need to see him..."

Jack lifted the girl onto his back. "Can't we go back to your place first? You need to go to bed and rest. I'll take care of every thing else."

"No..." a small beam played on her lips. "Thank you, Jack... I'm remembering... some thing else too..."

"What?" A flickering glimmer of hope... a flickering glimmer of fear... a flickering glimmer of... love?

"I remember it..." The tears were flowing now, so quickly that her vision was blurred. "I remember... every thing... Jack... take me to Kiryu..."

Jack watched her, in wonder, shocked. He couldn't argue. "I will," he said softly.

***

Kiryu stared over the embankment, past the deep, gorgeous sea and onto the sky. Satellite... "Kiryu-kun," Carly's voice made him jump. His laugh was born and it accelerated, driving fear into the young girl's heart.

"You remember, right?" her voice was feeble, and gentle, but Kiryu's cackle stopped immediately.

"How did you...?"

"I remember," Carly whispered.

"Yes..." It felt like a dream.

"The duel... my duel... against Jack..."

"And mine against Yusei," Kiryu closed his eyes, feeling his world turn to darkness. "I never was... satisfied... I never did any thing right... I couldn't help my friends..."

They chatted for a while, unsure of what to do. "You remember that night?" Kiryu chose his words carefully.

"Yes," Carly smiled. "I... do. It was a nice night. You helped me."

"I didn't help you," Kiryu spat spitefully. "Carly, don't you see? I'm the reason... I'm the reason why Jack... why Yusei..." the words were tumbling out now, tripping over each other. "Crow..."

"Yes, you did. You stopped me from sinking into the dark waters of hatred. I believed you... and I got saved, right? I made my choice, not you. I made Jack destroy me."

Kiryu gasped. "Is that... what happened?"

"He confessed," Carly nodded. "And I... knew that I could not go through with it."

***

"I want to save the one I truly love... and that person is YOU!" Jack yelled.

Carly's eyes filled with tears. The one thing she truly wanted was right in front of her...

How ironic that the moment Jack confessed, she was in no place to accept it.

***

"That must have been tough," Kiryu muttered. "You know who I was thinking about when I was about to be defeated?"

"Who?"

"Mainly it was Yusei... and part of it was Misty... but mainly I was worried about you. Some thing just told me that you were going to give in... I didn't want that for you. I wanted you to... finish the duel and bury the signer..."

Carly gasped. "Kiryu..."

"It was me. My desire for you to win was so strong that..." he hesitated. "The barriers of the shadow realm could not contain it..."

"That would explain..." Understanding was spreading itself within Carly. 'I should feel angry...' she thought, confused. 'I should be furious. But I'm not. I'm... sort of relieved. But I can't explain it. It's like I'm reliving my life again.'

"Thanks for telling me the truth."

"Any time."

"By the way, some one else is here as well."

"Who?" Kiryu swung around and was faced with Misty. She only had to mouth three words. 'I remember too.' They all looked at each other with appreciation. Then they burst out laughing.

"It's... not even funny!" Carly giggled.

"Yup, it's... horrible!" Misty agreed, choking in her sunniness.

"It's almost... devlish," Kiryu nodded. "Misty, you know what I said before, about Team Cupid?"

Misty raised an eyebrow and Carly observed.

"You both... are my team," he smiled. "My best friends. My world."

They all embraced. Jack watched on, slightly envious, knowing that there was a part of him that would never understand Carly the way Kiryu did. And part of him was suddenly overcome with fear. Carly knew the truth!

Carly remembers every thing!!

Jack felt his heart tumble. He didn't know what to do. So he threw his jacket onto himself and run towards the sunset.