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WARNING!: SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 52! THE ON SCREEN PARTS!

Note: On Screen means it's in the anime. Off Screen my speculation of what may have happened.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

Episode 52

New Dark Signer

Ruka's Story

On Screen

We continued our drive heading to the new Dark Signer. Lightning streaked the gray skies further illuminating the new geoglyph hanging above. The Killer Whale.

Off Screen

Judging from how far the image of the Dark Signer, this was going to be a long drive. I wonder if Yusei has any idea who this new Dark Signer could be. Or who possibly be dueling against the Dark Signer. It was useless thinking these things on my own. I might as well ask him.

"Yusei!" I called over trying to get his attention.

"Rua! What are you doing?!" Ruka protested as I stretched myself over her side of the car to get Yusei's attention.

"Yusei!" I yelled again this time he turned towards me. His eyes locked into mine asking what it was that I needed. "I was just wondering if you had any ideas on who might be fighting against this new Dark Signer." He was quiet for a few moments thinking about my question. I continued to speculate in my head then shared a new thought that popped up. "I just thought that maybe you know someone who would be clever enough to avoid the black fog." Again Yusei was just quietly thinking but then his eyes flashed with new urgency. It went so fast I wasn't really sure if I even saw it.

"Rua, sit back down." Yusei said simply turning back to the road promptly ignoring my question. "You might fall." I sat back more in surprise than to follow his request.

When I finally recovered from the shock of Yusei's unusual coldness I got up the courage to ask him again. "But Yusei do you know someone who could be fighting the Dark Signer?" Again he was just quiet. I was about to give up on ever getting a reply from him.

"I don't know Rua." Yusei's voice was low just like that time he told us of his lie to Dr. Schmitt. Full of despair and pain. Does this mean that Yusei really had no idea? Or is he wishing that person wasn't anyone he knew.

Ruka must have detected my depression cause then I started hearing her talk about the Spirit Realm. "How about I tell you how I finally freed Ancient Fairy and how I got back here from the Spirit Realm!" She said smiling brightly. With the long drive ahead and since there wasn't much to do in the car (I have thought about having a table duel with Ruka but with the car going so fast I'm afraid we'll loose our cards.) I agreed to it.

"Where were we before again?" she asked tapping her finger on her chin.

"You were saying something to Trunka about feeling someone else's strength." I felt this happiness overflowing in me remembering her telling me that I was the one that inspired her to be strong. And here I thought she was the one that brings that strength to me.

"Right! So after that I asked him where the captured spirits get taken. He explained that they were taken to a castle owned by Demonic Monkey King Zeman." Ruka spoke excitedly of continuing her story.

"W-wait a sec." I spluttered my words in total surprise. "I know that Duel Monster!" My mind immediately came up with the monkey king's image of when I was dueling. "That's Demak's Dark Synchro Monster!"

"I'm not surprised." Ruka said calmly. "Later on when we finally defeat him and free the Duel Spirits the last thing he mentioned was giving his power to Demak."

To think we were fighting the same monster all along. I snapped out of the discovery to listen more to her story. "So how exactly did you guys defeat that Monkey King?"

"Well first we had to find Regulus in the Forest of Pojar…"

Ruka told of how as she got to the forest she immediately shouted for Regulus despite Trunka's warnings that Regulus was not being himself. And how no matter what she or Trunka said all Regulus did was growl and bares his fangs to them.

"Apparently he had a minus needle stuck on his leg that made him think everything we said was the opposite."

"So when you said you were helping to free Ancient Fairy because of the minus curse he thought what you were saying was actually you wanted to take Ancient Fairy's power when really you just wanted to help?" I asked a little unsure if anything I just said made sense.

"Yeah, that's right."

"Couldn't have you guys said the opposite of what you wanted to say then? To get Regulus to be nice?"

"Actually… Trunka did that… And let's just say it didn't work." Ruka said exasperated at the memory. "He just ended up angrier saying flattery won't work on him."

"So how did you get Regulus to cooperate with you guys then?"

"Well we found out a way after the monkey soldiers came attacking Regulus."

While Ruka and Trunka hid the monkey soldiers surrounded Regulus. They were to capture Regulus under the monkey king's orders. One was about to try to minusize Regulus but was stopped by another.

"They said that if two Minus Needles were to come in contact with each other it will become Plus Energy."

"So that would negate the effect of the Minus Curse? Like with multiplication?"

"That's right. So after we found that out we went after the monkey soldiers to get a Cursed Needle."

They tricked a monkey soldier to drop its Cursed Needle by making him go upside down with another. Wow! Ruka sure was clever to figure a plan like that. After getting the Cursed Needle they went looking for Regulus. They found Regulus across a ridge. Ruka tried talking to him again in hopes that he could hear her true intentions past the minus curse. But in the end he still attacked. When he pounced Ruka pointed the Cursed Needle towards the one on his leg. The needles switched from minus to plus. White light burst from the staffs and made an explosion strong enough to send them into the rushing river below.

"I thought we were going to drown. The river was too strong for us to swim through." She spoke looking worriedly on the car floor then she suddenly perked up. "But then I heard you calling for me. Remembering you fighting Demak in my place I was determined to finish my mission in the Spirit Realm."

Ruka called for Regulus again showing her Dragon Birthmark. Regulus swam towards them and carried them but it was too late. They fell to a waterfall.

"It was a good thing I still had the Cursed Needle. I used that to reverse ourselves. So instead of falling we went up the waterfall. After all that we were finally able to talk properly. Regulus was no longer under the minus curse. He really felt bad about attacking us. And then we saw…"

"Saw what Ruka?" I questioned simply.

"Umm… Nothing." Ruka said too quickly. I frowned at that and narrowed my eyes with suspicion. Is she hiding something? What could she possibly hide about her adventure in the Spirit Realm? Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I listened back to her story.

"So we started formulating a plan to free Ancient Fairy what we did was Trunka and I pretended to be powerful magicians that were able to capture Regulus so we were let in his castle without a fight. We tried to trick him into letting Ancient Fairy go but Trunka tripped and activated the minus curse on himself; making him tell the Zeman who we really were."

"Then how did you free Ancient Fairy Dragon?"

"Regulus took the Cursed Needle from me and charged for Zeman in hopes to make Plus Energy with Zeman's Cursed Needle. The explosion caused Trunka to return to his true self."

"So he wasn't really a Miracle Flipper?"

"No." Ruka laughed a bit. "Turned out he was actually a Dark Sage." Wow! Ruka was accompanied by a Duel Monster that powerful?! But hang on a second… How could such a powerful monster be so clumsy, fearful? Better yet why couldn't Trunka have figured out earlier that Regulus was under the minus curse? Wouldn't Trunka been smart enough to figure that out? Dark Sage was one of the greatest spellcaster type monsters. This Trunka is definitely starting sound to be not the most reliable monster Ruka could have gone for help.

"So you found Regulus, beat the monkey King and returned Trunka into a Dark Sage. What happened next?" I asked reluctant to know what Trunka could have done now.

"Trunka being back to normal was able to send me back here just in time to finish the duel with Demak." Okay points for Trunka for returning Ruka to me. Still doesn't explain the other stuff…

I let my mind digest everything that Ruka did to free Ancient Fairy Dragon and to get back here. Truly I was amazed at Ruka's story. I would never have thought she would do something like that ever. But hearing her story. I felt proud and just amazed of her. I would have commented on that but I noticed something new in our surroundings.

"Ruka, look." I pointed to the giant violet flames roaring nearby. "We're almost there." I heard her humming saying that she saw. The geoglyph of the Killer Whale.

We were finally here. Driving right beside the flames of the Earthbound God Killer Whale. Again my mind drifted to my earlier questions. Who could have survived the black fog of Satellite to battle the Dark Signer?

On Screen

Yusei turned his head towards us and started saying something. At first I was confused as the wind muffled his voice but when I finally made sense of his words I just could not believe him. "It's too dangerous up ahead! I'll go on my own!" Why is Yusei saying that? We were just as worried as him about this new Dark Signer.

"What!?" Ushio-san shouted in bewilderment at Yusei's suggestion.

"We'll be okay, Yusei!" Ruka yelled to Yusei. "As long as I'm tagging along, even if we enter the geoglyph, I'll protect Ushio-san and Rua!"

"She's right!" I hollered to him. "We're friends, Yusei!" We help each other out. "Let's go together!" We're all in this together, Yusei!

Yusei was quiet for a moment he seemed hesitant at our suggestion. "Okay, then!" Yusei finally agreed to let us come with him. "I'll go up ahead and head after the group that's dueling!" Looks like Yusei still wants to go at it alone. "You guys can follow afterwards!" Yusei began driving his D-Wheel weirdly steering it to the fenced side of the road. What's he planning? Before I could try to understand what he was doing Yusei made his D-Wheel fly off the road. I shouted in awe as he managed to land safely on the ground surrounded by the flames of the geoglyph. Then he drove off to find the duelists responsible for starting this dangerous duel.

Author's Notes:

The On Screen script was made possible by TnKP and shriekV in youtube. I envy TnKP's ability to sub. Wish I could understand japanese.

Umm... So sorry for late update. Been busy with things. Family is moving so... Busy packing and moving stuff to new house. We're still in the process of moving. SO busy!

I don't like this chapter. There was nothing much I could write about here. And I so hate that one line that is too High School Musical (which I also don't own).

Review Replys:

Blue Hurricane Glad to know the previous chapter was well written. I think you'll be disappointed with this one though. I am anyway.

Isumo 149 No, no. Rua isn't the fifth. Though I hope he becomes the fifth. I guess I should really be careful when joking about Rua possibly being the fifth Signer.

DreamsDragon Thanks!

volcaniclord Haha! I guess I'm not the only one who needs to expand their vocabulary. Heh, heh! I don't think I'm worthy of so much praise but thank you. Especially the dream.

I don't know when I'll next be able to update. I'll try my hardest though, to get caught up with the story again. Thanks for the reviews everyone!

Please feel free to critique this chapter. And also I got a couple of questions for you guys. Which chapter that I've written do you like best so far?

For me it has to be either Big Brother's Promise and Born First to Protect. Even if BFP was a pain to write. I like the many Off Screen Scenes that I came up with for them.

Also which chapter do you like least? A chapter you think I could have worked on more.

For me it's this one and the first chapter Not a Signer. Reading it again makes me sad. Cause without biased thinking I can clearly see it wasn't very good.

I'm asking because I want to edit some chapters a bit to make them better. And to use TnKP's more accurate script. For those too shy to say it in a review I'll be making a poll on my profile. This way I can see which chapters I should prioritize to edit. Feel free to give suggestions on what to add to the chapter.

Thanks again for the reviews guys!

~LMG