Dark clouds surround Domino. Rain,thunder and lightning. Complete and utter silence surrounds the hall that Masami funeral is being held. Takumi and Ashida families mourn the loss of Masami. The other clans, Arata and Fujimoto are also there to show their respect. Among the familiar faces that could be recognized by Karuri and Erika, there were some that couldn't be named. And also that there were guests missing along with the unrecognizable.

Erika gazed at the crowd behind her. She didn't know what she felt, but it felt dark, depressing, and desperate. She closed her eyes to try to concentrate but it was too difficult with a room full of saddened souls. However, she could point it coming from the back of the room.

The funeral continued on with everyone saying their final goodbyes. One by one they left. Each recalling how Masami had brought happiness to their lives by being there or through her art. The line continued with multiple sounds of crying and despair. Soon, stood no one but Erika. She wanted to stay for a while longer and Hirito granted that wish.

"I know you're here. Show yourself!"

She looked around the empty room. The presents was still there in the room with her. Erika started to walk around the room feeling for the presence. It kept circling her from across the room, she kept her eyes on where it is coming from. Erika stopped in her tracks, staring in the direction of it.

"..You are a lost soul, aren't you?"

"How did you know?"

"Souls tend to linger here...but..you are not normal are you?"

"...Would you believe if I said I wasn't dead?"

"Possibly…" She sat down on one of the benches. "Would you like to join me uh..….?"

"Yusuke…"

"Yusuke, huh? Doesn't that mean useful support or the help?"

"I'm aware of the meaning of my name thank you…"

"Well...you want to sit with me?"

"..Alright." He stepped out of the shadows into the light that came from the chandelier above them. Erika looked over at the direction she felt him from. Her eyes widened some when she saw him. He had green golden hair and violet eyes. However, she was surprised at what he was wearing. He came over and sat down next to her. Even if he was just a soul, it was as though he was there..but why would he be wearing an obelisk blue uniform.

"Why are you here?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, for one, you have a obelisk uniform on. And two, you're in Domino."

Yusuke looked over at her slightly. Erika could feel depression, a lot of it. His eyes darkened a little as his hands moved to his lap. His whole poster was uncomfortable. A sinner perhaps? Had he done something wrong? Regret something? "I guess I ended up here because of my childhood."

"And what happened?"

He swallowed as he thought for a moment. "My mom and dad both died when I was young. I can't remember why anymore...but I was alone.."

"I see.."

"I went to Central Duel Academy because I wanted to learn how to duel..but I ended up making friends."

"Is there something wrong with that?"

"No..but I was afraid of losing them. So I did a ritual to forget them but it didn't work...it was something I didn't understand but I am no longer in control of my body. Fubuki..Ryo..I left them behind "

"Wait. Does this have to do with everything going on!?"

Yusuke looked up with his eyes widened by her loud outburst. "What do you mean?"

"People have been disappearing all over the world!"

"Oh no...that means darkness is taking over the world."

Erika looked around her with a worried look on her face. She could feel another presence there. Yusuke looked at her as his eyes also widened. Standing up and looked in the direction she was looking at. Coming from the shadows of the back of the room was Trueman. Erika's eyes darkened as she wasn't very trusting of the person in front of her. "Leave." She told him.

Trueman smirked at Erika. "Can I not grieve for your dead mother? After all, I did cause it."

"What did you say?"

"Erika, be careful! Don't fall for his words!" Yusuke looked as Erika made her way in front of Trueman. She didn't look anything like she did when he met her. Her eyes looked a lot more sharper and darkened, her hair flowing much more as she walked, her whole poster was different.

"Yusuke. I'm not that easily broken." She smiled at him a little.

"So you have met him! Good. He'll be the last person or should I say soul you'll see!"

Erika stared at Trueman, her eyes looked colder now. "A messenger of darkness. Usually rare to see something like that now a days. However, it's a sign of complete weakness. That means darkness cannot fend for himself. You're nothing but a pawn, the first in line of a chess piece, used to start it all and to fail in the next couple of moves."

"Your talking is meaninglessness." Trueman raises his hand in the air as his duel disk appears on his arm. "Now, Miss Takumi, shall we start this battle or would you rather give up right away?"

Erika holds her arm out as a light appears surrounding her arm. She smirks at him, eyes becoming a deep crimson red. Yusuke looked at her as her own duel disk appeared on her arm. Black and dark grey with crimson accents. He didn't know what she was but he hoped she knew what she was doing.

Judai sighed as he looked over the academy grounds from the roof of the school. Jitsuko, Makkusu, and Lenna have all disappeared. It's only a matter of time until more people from the academy disappear. Yubel appeared at his side.

"Judai...How are you keeping a smile on your face around them?"

"Sometimes it's genuine. Sometimes it isn't." He started to walk over to the stairs to go down and meet Neko to continue her training. On the other hand, Yubel didn't really liked his response and followed him.

"What kind of a response is that? Judai, how can you be?"

Judai stopped walking and looked back at his partner. He smiled a little.

"Yubel. It's called faith and hope. You see I can't stay worried forever. I know everyone will return. After everything that happened I know it's true." He continued to walk on as Yubel followed. "I suppose you could call them just...misguided ghosts right now. They are here...but you can't see them. Just like how you were, Yubel."

Yubel pouted not really liking being compared to simple humans. Judai gave a half smile as Yubel. "Do you not remember you were once human?"

"No, I remember. But I gave up my body because I love you, Judai."

"And I love you for doing that. But love can be shared and in different variants. And with that there can form faith and hope. The love we share is different from what Johan shares for Karuri."

"He's in love? How...cute..and with a innocent child as well. Not that it surprises me."

"It is their fate isn't it? Shame they don't remember it.."

Yubel watched as Judai walked on into the Duel arena. Neko was sitting on the steps of the duel field looking through her deck. Judai came over and sat next to Neko on the steps. Neko looked up at Judai a little while continuing to edit her deck.

"How you holding up, Neko?"

"Horrible.."

"...Thought so. You looked saddened."

There was silence for a long period of time. Neither knew what to say to each other. They both looked around the area. Judai started to remember everything that happened in the arena. His battle against Manjoume during the school rivalry duel. His tag battle with Shou vs the Meikyū Brothers. Ryo's graduation duel. Even the first time he and Johan dueled. To him it felt like it all happened in one day.

"So..this is where you duel the infamous, Ryo Marufuji huh?" Neko asked.

"Yeah this very arena. It was one of my most intense duels, so intense I kinda exhausted myself in the middle of it. Though Tome-san brought me some food and I was able to continue the duel."

Neko smiled. "You must of had one hell of a time here, huh?" Judai looked back at her and smiled back. He nodded at her in response. Time passed as Judai told Neko more about his years at the academy. Neko had always been interested by Judai and was still shocked she could ask him all these questions. He started to talk about what had happened in the spirit dimension. His once former home.

"So you went back to that world just to save your best friend only to find out who you really were and reunite with someone who loves and hates you?" Judai nodded. "I guess Johan and Yubel are kinda special."

"Neko, you don't even know the half of it.."

"Wait, there's more to this?"

Judai didn't realized what he just said. "Oh. uh, forget about that Neko. It's nothing."

Neko got closer to him wanting to know what he meant. Judai tried to move away from her, even leaning back. However, Neko could only pull her puppy dog eyes. Judai sighed and threw his hand in the air as a signal he gave up to Neko's demands. Neko smirked in her victory.

"Alright, alright. You win. I'll tell you."

Yubel appeared next to Judai. "Are you sure this is a good idea? Do you think she can keep a secret?"

"Okay. Neko, I'm not the only one who was part of the spirit dimension on point in our past life. Other's were too."

"Yeah? Like who?"

"Well, I remember Lenna and Jitsuko once living beings in that world. Lenna was one of my top guards and Jitsuko was a siren that was part of a kingdom mine had an alliance with."

"Where is Jitsuko anyway?"

"She's...she's gone Neko. Like Lenna..like Makkusu."

"Oh…"

The silence returned for them. Sitting there thinking about their lost friends. Just then the speaker turned on and it was Samejima calling for all students to go to the classroom for an announcement. The two of them got up and started to make their way there. On the way they met up with Kenzan and Shou and walked in together.

All standing as Samejima appeared. He finally announced that today was the beginning of the graduation duels. Cronos appeared to tell them that each senior's goal is to get 100 points from duels. Everyone can only duel each other once, no repeats. If you lose you get 1 point, if you defeat a first year, one point, second year two points, and third year, three points. Once the senior get's the points, they have met the requirement for graduation. Once they reach it, they can continue to get more points. The winner will receive the replica of Yugi Muto's deck.

The time was almost near. It was almost their time to part ways. To say goodbye. But they wanted to go out with a bang. After this entire graduation duel thing and every senior gets 100 points they were all going to celebrate their victory and schooling. Judai looked through the crowd. His friends were excited and so were the other students. But he can only worry about what might happen.

In his van, Austin was looking at a list he had of employees at Kaiba Corp. One by one they started to disappear, he had tried to call the building but no one picked up. He could only watch at they disappeared. Even Seto Kaiba couldn't make it through this hell. He started to look at other places as well. He found duel energy coming from a building, a funeral home. Remembering what Judai had told him, he had to see for himself if it was Karuri. The energy was close to hers but not entirely.

He started to drive to the place as fast as he could. When he got there he got out and ran to the door. He noticed it was open a little bit. Taking a peek inside, he noticed it was Karuri at all, but her sister, Erika. She had her duel disk out and his eyes widened when he noticed she was dueling against Trueman. He opened the door and went inside.

"Erika stop! Do you know what you're doing!?"

She turned her head to look at him. "He's responsible for her death. Don't you think I have a right?" She stared at him with her crimson eyes and so did her monster. Sorciere de Fleur was on her side of the field and so was a Spear Dragon. Trueman had backed away some as he was down to 600 life points and one face down monster card.

"I attack your face down with your own Spear Dragon!" It screeched before it flew up and dived at the card. The face down was Molten Zombie with 400 defense, it never stood a chance. Erika looked at Trueman with her dark eyes. "This duel is over. Sorciere de Fleur! Attack! Dark Petal Storm!"

Fleur swung her staff in the air, twirling it with the tips on her fingers only to slap the tip of it to the ground. The shock sent a mess of flower petals into the air and Fleur commanded them at full speed at Trueman. He could only put his arms up in defense of the attack but it was no use, he was flung back against the wall as his life points fell to 0. Trueman looked at Erika in disgust before he disappeared into cards.

Austin looked at her as she put her arm down with her duel disk. He was impressed with her skill as no one has seen her duel before. He looked over to where Trueman was defeated. "That was dangerous, Miss Takumi."

Erika's eyes returned to normal. "I was prepared. I knew this day would come." She looked in the direction of where Yusuke's spirit was, but he wasn't there anymore. Austin came up to her to make sure she was alright. Erika said she was fine and looked out the window. It was sunset and you couldn't hear anything. No cars, no talking, no crowds of people. The end was closer than they thought.