"Fine, I'll take you into the void, where your friend Johnny has been hidden..." Laura said with a frankly upset voice. You fool, your arrogance allowed this child access into The Void! If she gains the information to our God's plans, we're toast! If Corvx or, worse yet, Regis gets their hands on us, we're in for some hell! "There's nothing I can do about it, I'm forced to follow the gamble we made with this girl..."

"With this tie... I've found the way to finding Johnny!" Arianna said excitedly with a smile across her face. Yusei, Rose, I'll be back soon... she reassured herself in her thoughts as the portal of darkness suddenly swallowed both Arianna and the Fallen Angel's Host. "W-WHA!" she screamed in surprise as the world around her suddenly became nothing but an eternal darkness.

"Do not fret, girl, this is the void... It is all Darkness. No light can hope to escape, which is why this is the sealing place of souls. A world without light..." Laura answered as a light began to radiate around Arianna as well as Laura.

"W-what? You mean this place is gonna swallow me up like with Johnny?" Arianna panicked, looking at Laura as if she were a traitor.

"No. This light around us a barrier to prevent the lost and damned from touching us..." Laura answered, looking at the dim light at the core of the dimension they now stood upon. "Now, go find your friend Johnny in this perpetual Darkness. The dim light you see will lead you back to where you came. If you cannot find him in the next five or so minutes, you will be locked in this dimension until someone else comes to rescue you as well" she explained, crossing her arms as she then looked at Arianna. "So move, pitiful Earth-dweller..."

"G-Got it!" Arianna began sprinting in a single direction, screaming out "JOHNNY!", but there were no responses to her words. Several souls lying within the darkness began to moan and groan as a single one began to reach out towards Arianna. "EW!" she leaped away, only for another soul to start reaching out to her leg. The soul's hand grabbed the light, but it began to scream in agony as the hand withdrew back into the darkness. "R-right, I forgot... this light around me keeps me safe..." she whispered and then looked at her arm, seeing the hand of the Crimson Dragon in her hand. It suddenly began to glow as her Duel Disk's Extra Deck began to radiate a brown light.

"What's going on?" she questioned, popping the Extra Deck slot open as her Holy Land Dragon ejected itself from her Duel Disk. The light suddenly faded, and the image of the mighty dragon suddenly appeared to her right. "H-Holy Land Dragon!" Arianna called the name of her dragon, and it roared greatly. The roars of the dragon suddenly echoed as light began to radiate off it's body. More roars could be heard from deep within The Void as yet another crimson light began to shine from deeper within the dimension. "Could that be... Johnny?" Arianna began to sprint in the direction of the Crimson glow while her Holy Land Dragon roared loudly. "JOHNNY!" she shouted as she came closer to the light, seeing the faint image of the Dragon's Wings under the overlaying darkness. "How do I get him out...?" she whispered as her dragon roared once again. Roars could be heard from underneath as a bright red light began to glow. Dragon roars could be heard, exceeding the roars of Holy Land Dragon.

"What is that...? Meteo-Rage Dragon?" Arianna muttered in surprise, looking at her birthmark. "I-it's Meteo-Rage Dragon!" she pointed, and suddenly her mark of the Crimson Dragon shone upon the darkness, ripping open a portal of crimson light. "J-Johnny!" she said happily as the boy slowly began to rise from the depths of the darkness, along with his Signer Dragon, Meteo-Rage Dragon. The Signer Dragon roared mightily as it spun and unfolded it's wings, pausing to reveal it's mighty form.

"H-huh...?" Johnny muttered, looking around as his vision remained to be blurry. "Am I... alive again...?" he wondered as his nearly-colorless eyes began to regain their green color. The pools of emerald fully recovered, and his vision became clear to the darkness around them all. "Where... am I...?" he then looked and saw Arianna. "Arianna, what're you doing here?"

"I came here to rescue you, silly, now we have to go, our exit's about to close!" she pointed at the slowly darkening light in the middle of the space they stood upon. "I'll explain when we get out, let's move, move, move!" she shouted as she grabbed Johnny by the forearm, and began running.

"Wait, what!" Johnny didn't understand what was going on. "Dude, what're you talking about?" he looked back at Holy Land Dragon and Meteo-Rage Dragon, watching the two vanish into pixels as the lights returned to their cards. Meteo-Rage Dragon... did you call for them? He looked down to his arm, seeing his Wings of the Dragon birthmark shine.

"We're almost there!" Arianna announced as the two came close to the darkening light, vanishing into the portal of light.

"Dude, if I get sick of this ride... I'm blaming you" Johnny said, sounding almost sick to his stomach as the darkness vanished, becoming light, which then turned into a vortex of colors. Finally, the vortex stopped, revealing them to be standing in the same location as Rose and Yusei were.


"...You're back?" Rose looked at the two. Her eyes turned to Johnny, and then she glared. "Up and dying like that? You're an idiot, you know that?" she spat in annoyance.

"Ugh... ah..." Yusei sat up, rubbing his temples. "Why do I feel like I got hit by a train?" he grumbled to himself, looking to see that Johnny had returned. "J-Johnny! You're back!" he said excitedly.

"Nice job there, Arianna, I knew that you would pull through for that Johnny Alvarez kid..." a voice rang out.

Rose's eyes widened at the familiarity and she looked at Yusei. "Yusei... that voice... that's the man who convinced me to kill you..." she explained in a low whisper before Yusei got up to turn to the direction of the alleyway.

"You!" Yusei pointed at the darkness of the alley. "You were the one that pit Rose and I against each other, which led to Johnny fighting Rose, right!" he yelled accusingly as a dim light suddenly shone at the end of the alley.

"So it seems you aren't as dim as I originally suspected…" a chuckle could be heard at the end of the alley as a blue and orange dim light suddenly shone. "Yusei Fudo, Rose Marie, Arianna Rena… and then… Johnny Alvarez…" the man in the darkness said with pure delight. "Four Signers, gathered here? Joy to the world how am I so lucky?" a small applause echoed through the darkness.

Johnny bit his bottom lip, feeling uneasy as the man was speaking. Something about this guy ain't human… What Rose said about him being able to 'read destiny' is something no regular Joe can do…

Rose stepped forward, fists clenched and anger almost clouding her judgment of character. "You, Levis, have led me to attack those who had absolutely nothing to do with Keith!" she pointed with declaration along with deep anger in her tone of voice. "You misguided me, and played with my heart… Don't forget, Levis, a rose by any other name is just a rose, but I'm no ordinary one… I am one full of thorns, full of spite, and filled with hate…" she clenched her fists tightly.

"R-Rose, calm down… he fed off your anger before, and then had you nearly kill Yusei!" Arianna remarked in quick hesitation to Rose's words.

"No worries, I won't let someone twist my line of sight…" Rose then glared at Johnny. "I've still got someone to beat… but for now" she immediately looked at the darkness of the alley, "you'll satisfy my need to battle!"

"Humph, do you really expect to bring back your lover?" Levis answered as footsteps echoed with dangerous approach.

"I don't expect to revive him anymore… the dead are left to rest in peace in their graves for a reason. However… there is reason to fight in the name of that person! Right here, right now, I fight for Keith!" Rose placed a hand over her chest as she thought carefully about what she was saying. This is… unlike me…

"Foolish girl…" Levis stepped out of the darkness, appearing the same as he did before when Rose first met him. A young, yet mature face with yellow and blue eyes. His hood was off, revealing long white hair that hung lazily and curled. Across his forehead were several cross-shaped markers that looked almost like scars. "Now, Rose, are you serious about fighting me?" the man asked with a coy smile across his face.

"Yes… I won't let you do as you please while manipulating others!" Rose raised her Duel Disk.

"Fine… but it'll be a two-on-one then, Rose."

"Two-on-one? I've no plans to partner up with anyone, not against the likes of you."

"Oh ho, ho, ho, you're quite laughable, woman" Levis answered with a chuckle as his skin slowly turned gray, and his shoulder blades bulged disgustingly. A pair of large, black wings surged forth from his shoulder blades as he continued to chuckle.

"Be careful, Rose." Yusei forewarned.

"Heh, she's got this, right Rose?" Johnny grinned.

"You better watch carefully, Johnny… I want you to be as prepared as possible for when I unleash this army on you once more…" Rose answered chillingly without even turning around.

Johnny shivered a little with a sweat drop. "Ah… I guess you're still mad at me?" he chuckled nervously.

A light enveloped his entire body as he outstretched his forearms towards the sides. He continued to laugh as the light suddenly tore in half and faded away immediately to reveal two figures that appeared to be mirror images of each other. Same face as Levis, and everything physically matched with one another, except for a few details. One had golden-yellow eyes that showed deceptive warmth while the other had night-blue eyes that showed outright coldness to the world. The golden-eyed one had a single white wing while the other had a single black wing. "This is the true form…" the golden-eyed one began with a grin on his face.

"Of Gemini" the other finished with a matching grin on his face.

"This isn't fair; a two-on-one is by no means balanced!" Yusei argued.

"Be quiet, Yusei Fudo. You will have your turn the very moment we are finished with the girl…" the black-winged one said with a striking tone. "You may proceed to call me Gemini Black."

"And I'm Gemini White" the white-winged one smiled as he bowed.

"Then this'll be interesting… I accept to these conditions!"Rose raised her Duel Disk with a look of excitement in her eyes.

The twin angels shot a look at one another with smirks as white and black feathers danced around the field, creating a perfect circle around the three.

"Since this is an irregular Duel… No one can attack until it is my Turn…" Gemini Black spoke.

"And you, Rose, will be going in between the two of us." Gemini White chimed in.

"Fine then, so I'll take the first turn!" Rose answered back as the feathers glowed with a dim light. "Duel!" the three contenders yelled.

Rose: 4000

Gemini White: 4000

Gemini Black: 4000

"Draw!" Rose drew her five cards, and then swiped the sixth one from the top of her Deck. "I'll begin with the effect of The Fabled Chawa! By discarding another Fabled Monster in my hand, I can Special Summon him!" she discarded a card in her hand as the demonic Chihuahua appeared on the field with a bark.

The Fabled Chawa: 100 Attack / 100 Defense | Level 1 | Tuner

"Now, the Monster I discarded was The Fabled Ganashia. Whenever it is discarded, I Special Summon it back onto the Field with a 200 Point boost!" she commanded as an elephant standing on two feet appeared on the field with a toot of its horn.

The Fabled Ganashia: 1800 Attack / 400 Defense | Level 3

"Finally, I'll Normal Summon Fabled Ashenveil!" she commanded as a brutish demon appeared on the field with a single arm appearing to be more muscular than the rest of its body. The demon roared mightily as the light on its body slowly faded. "I'll Tune the Level 3 The Fabled Ganashia, Level 4 Fabled Ashenveil, and Level 1 The Fabled Chawa!"

"Here comes her Ace!" Johnny whooped.

"My flames of hate, arise here before us! Wipe out those who stand before us with your creation-shaking flames!" Rose chanted as four orbs of light danced around four rings of green light.

And so begins Rose's fight on the side of the Signers… Yusei crossed his arms, watching the Duel carefully.

"Humph, humans are so reliant on Synchro Summons… this is why we were created…" Gemini Black muttered.

"We were created to annihilate you pathetic worms…" Gemini White chimed in, grinning.

A hole of darkness opened between Rose and her two opponents. "Escape, Hellfire Dragon!" Rose commanded as her black dragon emerged from the hole, roaring mightily as black flames surrounded its entire body.

Hellfire Dragon: 2700 Attack / 2000 Defense | Level 8

"I'll set one card and end my turn." Rose instructed as a vertically set card appeared in front of her.

Turn 2

"Gemini Black, shall I take the turn?" the white-winged angel looked at his twin brother with a smile.

"I don't care, just go," Gemini Black answered with a smirk.

"Draw!" Gemini White swiped the sixth card off the top of his Deck. "Hm… I'll start off by Summoning Arcana Force III – The Empress!" Gemini White commanded as a mechanical, yet humanly shaped woman appeared on the field with a grunt.

Arcana Force III – The Empress: 1300 Attack / 1300 Defense | Level 4

"Now, when this card is Summoned…" the image of the creature's card appeared over it's head, spinning around.

"What the?" Johnny raised an eyebrow.

"Never heard of a card that spins itself…" Arianna blinked.

"Something has to be behind that kind of effect…" Yusei muttered.

"You may call when it shall stop, Rose" Gemini White said with a smile.

"…" Rose watched carefully as the card spun slowly. Hm… that card is odd to spin like that… I guess I'll see what it does when I make the call… As the card reached a tilt, she declared "Stop!" The card moved several times, finally stopping as it's head appeared in the upward position.

"Oh, I'm sorry… it looks like you've helped me. In the Head position, The Empress will allow me to Special Summon another Arcana Force Monster from the hand when you bother Normal Summoning or Setting a Monster…" Gemini White shrugged.

"Tch, Special Summon all you want, I'll still knock you out of your game…" Rose muttered.

"I'll set one card, and end my turn."

Turn 3

"My turn" Rose swiped the top card of her Deck. "I'll Normal summon Fabled Raven!" a single demon appeared on the field with a smirk on its face as its red eyes glowed.

Fabled Raven: 1300 Attack / 1000 Defense | Level 2 | Tuner

"At this time, the effect of Arcana Force III – The Empress activates! When you Normal Summon a Monster… I can Special Summon an Arcana Force in my hand!" Gemini White revealed a Monster in his hand. "So, I'll Special Summon Arcana Force XVIII – The Moon!" he commanded as a larger machine appeared on the field, beeping as the creature controlling it from within laughed with a grin on its face.

Arcana Force XVIII – The Moon: 2800 Attack / 2800 Defense | Level 7

"Now, time to gamble it all again!" a smaller image of the Monster's Card appeared on the Field, spinning around over it's head. "Please, Rose, call it one more time."

"… Stop right there!" she commanded as the card landed in a head-down position.

"Oh, that's no good…" Gemini White whistled.

"Tch, you idiot. Why'd you bring that one out?" Gemini Black looked at White with a frown.

"That was the only living threat I had left in my hand, okay?" Gemini White retorted.

"Now, I'll use the effect of my Fabled Raven! Once per turn, I discard cards in my hand in order for his Levels to increase, along with his Attack Points!" Rose took the two cards in her hand and threw them into her discard pile.

Fabled Raven: 2100 Attack / 1000 Defense | Level 4 | Tuner

"I activate the effect of my Fabled Lurrie in the graveyard!"

"Graveyard activation?" Gemini White immediately looked at Rose.

"When he's discarded, I Special Summon him from the graveyard!" she instructed as a miniature demon with a grin appeared on the field.

Fabled Lurrie: 200 Attack / 400 Defense | Level 1

"The Effect of my Hellfire Dragon now activates! Whenever a Fiend is Special Summoned, it gains 200 Attack Points!"

Hellfire Dragon: 2900 Attack

"Tch, another Synchro Summon?" Gemini Black questioned with a frown.

"Tuning!" four rings surrounded a single orb of light. "Oh greedy one, arise from the depths of the earth! Synchro Summon!" a golden light shone onto the field. "Reveal yourself, Fabled Ragin!" a golden demon appeared on the field, roaring as its wings unfolded and it crossed its arms.

Fabled Ragin: 2300 Attack / 1800 Defense | Level 5

"I activate the effect of Fabled Ragin! When it is Synchro Summoned, and I have 1 or Less cards in my hand… I draw until I'm holding two in my hand!" she swiped the top two cards from her Deck. "Don't forget, my soul gains more power!" Rose instructed as her dragon roared mightily, black flames dancing around its body.

Hellfire Dragon: 3100 Attack

"Interesting, a Monster that permits extra Draw Power to the player who knows how to use it…" Gemini White rubbed his chin. "The Empress certainly matches you well…"

"I'll set a card facedown. Turn End" Rose spat.

Turn 4

"Draw!" Gemini Black examined his hand and grinned. "I will now activate the Monster Effect of Arcana Force X – Wheel of Fortune in my hand! Through this effect, I can select a single Monster with "Arcana Force" in its name, and add it from the deck to my hand" he swiped a single card from his Deck and revealed it to Rose. "I'll add Arcana Force XIX – The Sun into my hand" he looked at the card with a smile. "Brother, it appears that I'll be borrowing your Monsters. Is that fine with you?"

"Whatever it takes to win" Gemini White shrugged.

"I'll release these two Monsters in order to Advance Summon…" the two mechanical-looking angels vanished as a bright light covered the field with an ominous omnipresence. "I'll Advance Summon my Arcana Force XIX – The Sun!" the light suddenly gathered onto a single portion of Gemini Black's field. The light slowly shedding away from the surface of a machine, Gemini Black smirked with a dark aura around him. Half of the machine remained within the white light, while the rest revealed itself to be large and spherical, almost like the Sun.

Arcana Force XIX – The Sun: 2900 Attack/2900 Defense | Level 7

"Wh-what the?" Rose's eyes shot open in surprise.

"I activate the effect of Arcana Force XIX – The Sun! When this card is Summoned…" a small image of the card appeared, spinning itself around.

"Now, dear Rose, please declare when this card will be stopped" Gemini White requested with a smile across his face.

"Stop right there!" Rose commanded as the card landed itself in a left-side up position. The card then proceeded to straighten itself with its head up.

"Oh I'm sorry, madam… but it seems you've led yourself to your bitter end" Gemini White bowed.

"When this card lands in the up-right position, I can select a single Monster on the opponent's side of the Field. Next, I Special Summon a Token with Attack and Defense equal to the selected Monster" Gemini Black looked at the two creatures on Rose's side of their battlefield.

"Hmph, my Hellfire Dragon cannot be targeted by card effects; otherwise your Monster is destroyed, so the point of selecting between the two is lost. You can only select my Fabled Ragin, unless you're just as stupid as you look." Rose crossed her arms, frowning.

"Oh, I'm aware of that…" Gemini Black smirked as he pointed at Hellfire Dragon. "However, I will still choose your Hellfire Dragon!" a light suddenly surrounded the black dragon. The mighty creature roared as dark flames sprouted from the ground enshrouding Arcana Force XIX – The Sun.

"You fool; your Monster is now destroyed!" Rose barked in command.

"Rose, do you know what happened to The Fool when he met The Sun?" Gemini Black grinned.

"Ooh, this story?" Gemini White smiled delightfully.

"No, and do I care?" Rose spat.

"You should… When The Fool first met The Sun, he had been tried and tired, he had been confused and lost… but all hope returned to his heart when he stared at The Sun. The light radiated a child before him, and the child shone with a smile…" Gemini Black began.

"Then, The Fool asks 'Who are you?' only for the child to answer him with 'I am you. I am the new you'." Gemini White smiled brightly. "Then, The Fool was filled with warmth and happiness, and finds out that The Sun, the garden, the child, everything was all inside him. He had finally seen his inner light… just like this human body has."

"What?" Rose raised an eyebrow at that last sentence Gemini White said.

"Your Monster… will meet the inner light of itself. Your Soul will be shown The Light, Rose" Gemini Black began to chuckle as white flames suddenly ascended from the ground, completely eradicating the black flames that surrounded Arcana Force XIX – The Sun.

"What the?"

"Your Monster effects cannot negate the effect of Arcana Force XIX – The Sun…" Gemini White shook his head with a smile.

"Reveal yourself to us, Hellfire Dragon's Inner Light!" Gemini Black commanded as the white flames faded away, revealing a being that appeared almost exactly like Hellfire Dragon, but it was completely white instead. The dragon's eyes showed kindness, and its warm light made the darkness of Hellfire Dragon seem almost pathetic by comparison!

Inner Light Token: 3100 Attack / 3100 Defense | Level 8 | LIGHT

"Tch!" Rose placed an arm over her eyes, shedding them from the bright light that covered the field. "You think you can just copy my soul, huh?" she yelled and her Signer Mark glowed brightly. "You're not going to get away with that!"

"It does not matter…" Gemini Black shook his head before raising his index finger. "Battle… Hellfire Dragon's Inner Light attacks Hellfire Dragon!"

"Tch, butting heads, eh?" Rose snapped her fingers, and a face-down card flipped up. "I activate the trap called Raigeki Break! I discard one card to destroy your Inner Light Token! So much for a reflection of my soul!" the card was sent into her discard pile as lightning then shot from the heavens, striking the Hellfire Dragon copy.

The dragon roared mightily as the lightning enveloped its entire body. "Rose… what a fool…" Gemini Black grinned as the lightning faded, and the Hellfire Dragon copy roared with intense might.

"What the?" Rose's eyes shot open as the dragon broke free of the lightning, and launched a blast of white flames at Hellfire Dragon while the dragon combated by launching a blast of black flames. The two differently shaded flames clashed together as the two dragons roared.

"Rose, while my Arcana Force XIX – The Sun is still face-up… my Inner Light Token cannot be destroyed in battle, nor by card effects!" Gemini Black began to laugh.

"What?"

"This just means… that dragon of yours is gonna go bye-bye" Gemini White waved with a wide smile across his face.

"Tch, I won't let that happen! Quick-Play Spell, Demon Half! Through this card's effect, I discard a single card in my hand to the graveyard if I control 1 Fiend-Type Monster. Through this card's effect, I lower my Monsters' Attack Power by 1000 in order to prevent them from being destroyed by battle!" Rose instructed as a black aura appeared around both Fabled Ragin and Hellfire Dragon. The white flames swallowed the black flames entirely with an intense hunger as it drew closer to Hellfire Dragon.

"ROSE!" Johnny, Yusei, and Arianna yelled in panic as the white flames completely enshrouded her.

"Brother, are you doing what I think you're going to do?" Gemini White looked at Gemini Black.

"Yes, Gemini White."

"Oh, this'll be fun to watch…" Gemini White's smile became a malicious one after he said that.


Author's Note: BLEH! x.x

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