A/N: Well, I haven't written a duel in a while. It's hard to make duels interesting with out constant back and forth actions. Fun fact, I have so many cards I actually play out these duels with real cards. I sit there surrounded by them to try and make sure everything is plausible. Anyway, thank you and enjoy lovelies.


Much as Kiryu acted like he wasn't interested in this duel, he watched quietly from the viewing gallery with the other inmates. When Kiryu came in, most of B Wing were already there. It seemed everyone considered stable enough to be allowed out their room was there, all tussling to try and get to the front window for the best view. Tessa and Divine were already there. Kiryu made his way through the crowds to the front to get a decent view himself.

Tessa had her hair down in ringlets and was in a cute pink dress. Apparently she'd only come in to work for this duel. Kiryu was almost honoured. She'd come into work just to stop him being taken away. After all, if Divine won, he'd be free to do whatever he wanted with Kiryu, and they all knew that meant taking him out of the hospital. Although, he wasn't sure if that was a good thing or bad thing yet.

An excited murmur moved through the viewing gallery and Kiryu glanced down at the duelling arena. The duel was starting.

Divine 4000 – Tessa 4000

"Since you're the challenger, you can take the first turn," Tessa said quietly. "So please…"

"How kind," Divine said, putting on that fake polite smile as he drew a card.

Kiryu absently wondered if Tessa knew what she was dealing with. He'd have thought her bosses would have briefed her but perhaps they didn't know. If he knew about Divine's power, he wouldn't give away the first turn. He'd always hated letting his opponent have the first turn anyway. Why give away an advantage when you didn't have to? Especially with an opponent like Divine.

"Since I've called you in on your day off, I'll make this quick," Divine said. "I'm sure you have places to be. I'll begin by activating Psi-Station. We'll get back to that in a moment though. Next I'll summon my Psychic Snail."

Kiryu fought the urge to roll his eyes as the snail creature appeared, winds starting to whip up in the room. ATK 1900/DEF 1200. Psychic monsters for a psychic duellist. He'd thought Divine was a little less cliché than that, but then again he did like to show off what he was.

"Psi-Stations effect, no?" Tessa said, tilting her head slightly and readjusting her hair.

"Ah, smart girl," Divine replied. "You're not as dumb as you look then." Tessa puffed out her cheeks and Kiryu smiled slightly. The insults were uncalled for, he didn't see the need for personal jabs in a duel. He wanted to win on his own merit, not by distracting them with insults. However, Tessa did pull rather a cute face when she was annoyed. Crow and Jack's little arguments came to mind, the stupid looks they got when they knew they weren't getting there way. "Psi-Stations effect means Psychic Snail gains 300 attack points and gains a level at the small cost of 500 life points."

Divine 3500 – Tessa 4000

It didn't do much good. He couldn't attack. Kiryu wasn't entirely sure what the point was. He was all for showing off some power and making sure your opponent didn't try an attack but it just seemed a little pointless to him. All it seemed to have done for now was cost him life points and put him on the back foot already.

"I'll set two face downs and end my turn."

"So much for hurrying this along," Tessa said with a sigh. "This is going to ruin my hair."

"You have more to worry about than your hair, girl," Divine snapped.

"It's Officer Kure to you." She huffed and drew her card, a bright smile spreading across her features. "Slow and painful it is then."

"Does anyone know what kind of deck she uses?" Kiryu muttered. The other inmates glanced at him. "It's her personal deck, right? Not one of those standard pursuit decks."

"The lockdown ones?" another said. He nodded. "Look at her, probably cute and girly things."

Kiryu hated to agree. He liked to think that a deck represented the inner duellist and their personalities, but sometimes it really didn't go any further than 'because it's cute'. Tessa had already shown her propensity for collecting cute things. He was starting to like Tessa as more than just an asset for a plan, it'd be a shame if that was all she was. All cute and sweet but no substance.

"Alright, I'll summon my Wattdragonfly."

She laid the card down and Kiryu couldn't help notice how delicate the movement was. It was rare to see someone placing a card so carefully. Like the proper little lady he'd always thought of her as. The bright little dragonfly buzzed up, electricity crackling around its wings. ATK 900/DEF 100. Kiryu almost sighed. It was cute. He really hoped there was more than just that. And in attack position? Was she baiting Divine? She must have known it didn't stand a chance against his monster.

"And now my Wattdragonfly will attack your Snail."

Divine laughed. "You'll what?"

"You heard," Tessa said, tilting her head. "I'm attacking your Psychic Snail."

The dragonfly shot forwards, electricity crackling and shooting towards the snail. Divine was looking incredibly smug, and Kiryu didn't blame him. What was she thinking? Maybe officers at her level didn't need to know how to duel properly.

The dragonfly was destroyed by a blast of yellow energy which carried on through, slamming into Tessa. Kiryu almost felt sorry for her as she staggered back and waved away a bit of smoke. There was far worse to come.

Divine 3500 – Tessa 2700

"Perhaps I was a bit hasty when I said you were smarter than you looked," Divine said.

It was rather ridiculous how polite he could seem while saying such things. But Tessa was smiling. Hope rose in Kiryu's chest. She wasn't stupid. He wasn't a bad judge of character. He didn't pick her because she was stupid. He picked her because she was strong and intelligent and had a fighter's spirit. She had to have done it on purpose.

"When you destroy Wattdragonfly I can special summon a new Watt monster from my deck," Tessa called. A card glowed and slid out for her to take. "And I choose my Watthopper."

Another brightly coloured creature appeared, this one based on a grasshopper. ATK 0/DEF 0. Honestly, Kiryu was starting to wonder about Tessa's stratergy. Either she really didn't know how to duel or she was up to something. And much as he wanted to get out of the hospital, he'd rather like to see Divine taken down a peg or two. He wasn't sure what she could do with it though. A monster with no attack in attack position? And after taking damage to get it out?

"I'll set a card and let you try to speed things up."

Divine frowned as looked over his cards, apparently just as puzzled by Tessa as Kiryu. Something just didn't sit right. "Alright then, Officer. I'll summon Psychic Commander."

The monster rose up and a murmur went through the viewing gallery. ATK 1400/DEF 800. Kiryu wasn't as impressed as everyone else. They were all thinking the same thing; was he going to synchro summon now? Duels were so rare everyone was getting excited at the thought. Kiryu had already totted it up though. Even a level eight synchro monster would probably be a waste right now. Whatever he decided, it was over though.

Kiryu wandered down from the viewing gallery, waiting by the doors and watching the screen showing the duel inside. It was peaceful waiting there at least. The viewing gallery was full of idiots who hadn't duelled in so long they couldn't even realise the two monsters on the field would do more damage than most synchro monsters.

There was a boom and the walls shook. Kiry glanced up at the monitor once more. Tessa was done and he needed to get ready to leave. The smoke began to clear and Kiryu almost laughed. She was still on her feet, panting heavily, but with her life points untouched despite the blackened walls around her. And the Watthopper was still standing too.

"Waboku…" Tessa panted, straightening up. "I take no damage and my monsters can't be destroyed this turn."

Divine chuckled and nodded. "You're hanging on in there, aren't you? In that case, I'll tune my Psychic Commander and Psychic Snail." Well, even if she'd hung on this long, Kiryu didn't hold out hope for her lasting another turn. "Thought Ruler Archfiend."

The large green dragon-like demon descended, throwing its wings open and letting out a roar as Tessa was thrown against the wall by the winds. ATK 2700/DEF 2300. Tessa slumped against the wall and didn't move. Kiryu pushed off the wall to stand straight. Was this what these powers were capable of? People could get seriously injured. He opened the door and braced against the winds, hurrying over to kneel at Tessa's side.

"Kiryu," Divine said, taking a step forwards. "She accepted the duel. If she can't get up, she forfeits."

"These powers shouldn't be used to hurt people! She's done nothing wrong!" Kiryu called over the winds. "She's just following orders!"

"Just like the man you murdered?" he asked. "He was following orders. He'd done nothing but his job. Besides, she's not all you think she is."

"Divine, hurting people is what got me like this in the first place. If I want my friends back I have to prove I'm not like that. You said you'd help."

"I said we'd make them pay. Besides, do you think they'd accept you back with your powers?"

"I don't-"

"That's enough," Tessa groaned. Kiryu turned his attention to her and helped her back to her feet carefully. "I'm fine, Kiryu, thank you. Go back to the viewing gallery."

"I'm not going anywhere," Kiryu said. He wasn't going to argue over this. He wanted to be free but innocent people didn't need to get hurt. Divine could control his powers, he didn't need to hurt her. "I can help you. I have the same power as him, let me even the playing field for you. It's an unfair advantage."

"What advantage?" she murmured. "Are you done, Divine?"

Divine smirked and waved his hand. "I take it you've finished playing your innocent game then?"

"Quite. So it's my turn."

"Will you start playing properly now?" Kiryu hissed, taking his place at Tessa's side.

"You want him to win," she snapped.

"I'd like to do it without you getting too hurt," he replied. "I always wanted to protect everyone in the Satellite and I made some mistakes but duelling isn't supposed to be done like this. It's supposed to bring people hope, bring them together and stop the need for violence. If he won't control his powers and insists on playing rough like this, at least let me summon for you, I can inflict as much real damage as he can, he's said so himself. It doesn't have to be like this."

She laughed. "You're a kid still, you wouldn't understand." He wasn't that much younger than her. Five years or so. She didn't get to patronize him like that. He was only trying to help "I've been playing properly from the start, Kiryu. Just not how you expect me to. Watch. I activate the spell One for One. So, I send Wattgiraffe from my hand to my graveyard and in return I can summon a level one monster to the field." Another card slid out and she smiled, showing it to Divine. "So I summon a second Watthopper to the field." The grasshopper appeared and she glanced at Kiryu. ATK 0/DEF 0. "Figured it out yet?"

"One useless monster was not enough for you?" Divine said. "Honestly, Kiryu, all you should learn from this is how to hang on by the skin of your teeth."

The air crackled with static energy and Tessa was tossed a hat through the door as her hair began to lift and frizz. She sighed and tucked her hair away under the hat, fastening it with a few pins. The two grasshoppers sparked with electricity and a barrier formed between them.

"I told you this would ruin my hair. So, when Watthopper is on the field, you can't target any other Watt monster. And with two of them out-"

"It's a lock, he can't target either of them," Kiryu said, smoothing down his own hair only to make it worse. That was what she'd been going for all along? He gazed over at Divine, wondering just how he was going to get around this. He assumed, and kind of hoped, he would, but he wasn't sure how. "What's with the static though?"

"Next, I activate Recycling Batteries," Tessa called. "So I can add two Thunder monsters with an attack of less than 1500 from my graveyard to my hand. And there's only my Wattgiraffe and Wattdragonfly in there." She smirked, taking them from the graveyard. "Then I summon my Wattgiraffe to the field." A cute little giraffe appeared, more electricity filling the air, making the lights flicker. ATK 1200/DEF 100. Kiryu was about to point out that she still had nowhere near enough attack points to take on Divine's Archfiend when he noticed her smirk. Another little trick? "Wattgiraffe's effect allows it to attack directly. So, let's call this electroshock therapy, shall we, Divine? I hope you've got a strong heart. Direct attack!"

The giraffe vanished in a crackle of electricity and reappeared behind Thought Ruler Archfiend, shooting electricity at Divine. Kiryu's almost jaw dropped as Divine gave a pained, choked out cry and stumbled back to one knee, panting heavily.

Divine 2300 – Tessa 2700

"Now we're even," Tessa said as her Wattgiraffe returned to her. "I set one card face down and end my turn."

"You're like us?" Kiryu said, gripping her wrist. "Hey, look at me!"

Tessa tilted her head and Kiryu took a step back. Her eyes had taken on an electric blue glaze. He swallowed heavily. This was what his power could become? He glanced between Divine and Tessa. They both had the same power as him. He knew psychic duellists were dangerous, but he'd never seen a psychic duel, he'd never really felt the power. This was something completely different to duelling in the Satellite. This was a whole different type of duelling for your life.

"Lady?"

"She's a psychic, Kiryu," Divine called, drawing a new card. "Seemingly on who connects best with electricity. Except unlike me and my Arcadia Movement followers, she is afraid to show who she is. Psychics are just as oppressed as you were in the Satellite. People don't want to know about us, they ignore us and if you are one of us you're forced to change who you are. We should be accepted, shouldn't we? We should be free, shouldn't we? Isn't that what you wanted? I can help you-"

"Shut up and play!" Tessa cried. She paused and Divine glared at her as she pushed her skirt back down. The static was messing with everything now. It was starting to get uncomfortable and Kiryu wanted to get out the room but wouldn't leave. He had to see this through. "You've made me be unladylike now. Hurry up."

Once again stepping up to Tessa's side, Kiryu watch Divine carefully. He couldn't see how Divine could get around this. If one of his face downs could save him, wouldn't he have used it by now? Tessa had a strong combo on the field and the face down probably protected against non-targeted effects, the only way to break her lock.

Divine smirked and Kiryu realised he must have had an answer. Something nuzzled his hand and he glanced down. Infernity Beast was gazing up at him. Shadows formed a card and Kiryu took it slowly. He couldn't even see it. Just a card made of shadows.

"I activate the trap Battle Teleportation." Kiryu's head snapped back around to Divine. That didn't sound good. "When I only have one Psychic monster on the field, this allows it to attack directly. I have to give you control at the end of the battle but you won't be around that long."

Kiryu took half a step back and Tessa almost backed into him. He caught her hand absently and Tessa glanced back at him. He'd never had to face something like this. Duelling for your life in the Satellite was all very well and good, but there had never been the risk of dying from the duel. It was after the duel you had to worry about. This made his heart race like nothing before.

"You should get out the way, Kiryu," Divine said. "I don't want to damage my investment."

"Do you have something to counter this?" Kiryu hissed. Tessa swallowed heavily and planted her feet. That wasn't a good sign. "Tessa?"

"Fine, Thought Ruler Archfiend." A cruel, sadistic grin spread across his lips despite his voice staying perfectly calm and level. "Direct attack."

The Archfiend vanished and reappeared in front of them, swinging its claw down. Without thinking, Kiryu pulled Tessa close and slammed the shadowy card down on her duel disk in defence. The shadows cleared and a strange shield blocked the attack. The energy from the attack kept coming though, ripping through the room and stirring up gales. Kiryu hung onto Tessa, trying to keep the monster there as long as he could, until the strength of the attack faded but Divine had better control over his powers. Even with Tessa electricity pulsing around the shield and helping to bolster Kiryu's own power, it cracked and Thought Ruler Archfiend's fist came powering through, slamming into the ground in front of them and throwing them across the room in clouds of smoke.

Divine 2300 – Tessa 0

There was chaos in the smoke Divine shut off his duel disk. That had been an unexpected hassle. He hadn't expected Tessa to put up such a fight, or to be so strong. Kiryu's interference wasn't exactly part of the plan either. Things had worked out though. Letting Kiryu fall out of his grasp now was not an option. He strode through the smoke and found Kiryu lying on the ground, almost unconscious, struggling to breathe.

"The fickle loyalties of a child still," Divine muttered, kneeling down to help him up. Kiryu groaned and gripped Divine's shirt. "You should have moved when I told you to." He raised his voice. "I'm taking Kiryu with me. I'll be in contact with instructions."

"Is she ok?" Kiryu said, gazing up at him. "Is she hurt?"

Divine smiled and patted his shoulder, taking his weight and helping him along. "If she survives she'll never be the same."

Kiryu dug in his feet as much as he could. "I need to make sure she's ok!"

"You need to make up your mind, Kiryu," Divine said, pulling Kiryu away. In his injured state he was no hassle. He pushed him against the wall and leant over him. This boy's power was incredible. Even so stopping his attack had taken it out of him, as had the attack itself. Kiryu really was all he'd hoped for and more. "You have to make a choice. Do you want to use your powers to get everything you deserve or do you want to waste your life away here as a nobody, forgotten by your friends and loved ones? Decide, Kiryu."

"Duels aren't supposed to be like that," Kiryu snapped, shaking his head. "Duels are for respect, they're to make sure no one gets hurt. They're supposed to make sure no one gets hurt."

"Then you wish to be forgotten? You can make sure everyone knows your name." He cupped Kiryu's cheeks, tipping his head up to gaze down into his eyes. "You can make sure they remember your name. Show them what they did to you, the pain they put you through."

"I wanted to help people…"

"And sometimes people need to be forced to see what's best, yes? Stick with me. We can show your friends what you could truly be, we can save the Satellite for you and we can make the world better." He smiled as Kiryu relaxed slightly. His pretty lies were no different from Kiryu's. Just nice ideas and dreams to make it seem better. To show the truth a little differently. "You have to trust me, Kiryu. You give me what I need and I will give you everything you desire." The boy nodded slowly and he smiled. "I'm glad you understand. Now, perhaps we should get you to your new home. There's a car waiting outside. Come on."

Kiryu nodded slowly and there were no more arguments from him, but neither moved. Divine was starting to wonder if Kiryu would ever settle down and trust him. Of course, his little stunt yesterday hadn't helped. He didn't regret it though. On the contrary, he had rather enjoyed making Kiryu squirm like that.

After a moment of silence gazing at each other, Kiryu glanced away. "We should… get to…"

He trailed off as Divine leant down, their lips meeting in a slow, sensual kiss. And this time there were no protests or warnings from Kiryu. Perhaps the boy's spirit was slowly breaking. Perhaps his mind was so exhausted by the duel and creating that shield that he just couldn't resist. Whatever the reason, Divine was pleased. Kiryu was his. He needed to own Kiryu completely. This incredible child with incredible power. He needed that power, to possess Kiryu in every way possible. Even if he had to break Kiryu's spirit and destroy his soul, Kiryu would be his and only his. His most valuable weapon. Seeking only to please him and forgetting all about his friends and his previous life, that would be his Kiryu.

"Come now," Divine said, his voice hushed and gentle. "We should pack up what little you've got here before we go. I have great plans for you."