Very well, this chapter took a bit more of a challenge to make, but well, next one you can pretty much see what it will be about. Furthermore, this one can kind of be…foreshadowing, or even easy to read where it will be heading. But I still hope you enjoy the chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! Anyways, onwards with today's chapter! Oh, but before that, special news to any Fire Emblem fans out there, well two notices actually: Firstly, new game coming up this year on the series, the 14th installment! And lastly, for the same fans, if you're interested and have some time to spare, I have another fanfic I've been working on, a rewrite of the last game (Awakening) with some major modifications here and there, that I'd love to hear opinion's on it. Then again, it is only if you're interested, most by now are asking surely why would I be promoting a Fire Emblem fanfic, on a Yu-Gi-Oh! Fanfic huh? Well, that's just me haha, anyways, let's continue and get on with the newest episode of Paladins of Light!


LightLord92: Coming up next, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's – Paladins of Light: Eternal Bonds, Episode 12: A Ghost from the Past, Saving a Friend! Oh and who is Seria? She appeared on the first volume, but I didn't create her, she comes from the 5D's DS games.


A few days barely passed since the incident at Satellite; the building was still under construction and that no one was working on it when it blew up; however, many of the buildings in the surrounding areas had been engulfed in the chaos, some people were moved to the General Hospital in New Domino City to make sure they recovered pretty soon, some other houses and businesses had been reached by the engulfing flames and damaged by the explosion itself. Satellite and New Domino City were calming down a bit, for Lazar had given an excuse that the explosion was caused because of a mistake made by recently hired workers in the area, and blame put on the reports of the supposed vigilante called the Shadow Avenger, based on security camera's recordings; since then, the Crusaders and the main branch of Paladins apparently are in a truce.

Akiza was walking out of her class, talking with some of the other students, but finding that some of them were rather distant from her, muttering among them. She seemed confused and concerned of this, until she arrived at the main grounds to have a chat with her two best friends, the red haired Sakura, and the brunette haired Mei "Oh, hey Akiza." Said Mei smiling as she stood up to hug her friend, Sakura simply smiling as she was happy to see her.

Sakura then stared at Akiza, but was rather worried of the odd expression that their friend had "You seem a bit uneasy Akiza, is something amiss?"

"I don't know." She shrugged a moment, then taking a seat with them and giving it a thought "It wasn't until recently today that some people have started, taking their distance." She then overheard one of the other students talking about the last attack of the duelist in Daimon area, she remembered that place very well, it was where she brought up chaos on other duelists with her psychic skills, but the name of the duelist that was attacking others there was what caught her off-guard. Furthermore, Sakura and Mei looked at each other rather concerned; Akiza sighed and just stayed with them "Did I miss something in the news?"

"Well…"said Sakura, looking at another road, barely able to find an excuse.

Mei sighed deeply, taking from her bag the newspapers of the day and handing it to Akiza "Just promise me you won't freak out ok?" she asked of her before giving to Akiza the newspaper until the latter nodded.

She held it with both her hands, and then, a gasp escaped her mouth at the header of a story in the main page 'The Black Rose Blooms Again'; it was an article on reported isolated attacks on citizens on different areas of Daimon and the Outer Rim of New Domino City "It can't be… 'Witnesses reported that the assailant was a slightly tall person, seemingly a woman by her figure and voice, wearing a white mask…"

"That could harness real shape and strength of her holograms, attacking innocents in diverse areas of the Outer Rim and Daimon areas. Oddly enough, this last one was the spot of the widely known Black Rose Witch, now full-time student Akiza Izinski.'" Said Mei obviously pissed off, but not at Akiza, but rather the story "You shouldn't pay any mind to this, it is completely biased on bringing back to surface the fear of psychic duelists even though Arcadia is gone."

"Mei…the thing is they claim this woman is posing as the Black Rose Witch…" Akiza said shaking her head a moment, obviously distressed "It has been quite some time now since I last heard that name; I had casted it away, hopefully forever."

Sakura helped her friend smiling and cheering her up "Then you have nothing to fear. Furthermore, Mei's father is making an investigation to clean your name from these reports."

"Yeah, if someone is going to find the truth, it would be my dad and Director Rafael." added Mei to comfort her, knowing that she was friends with him. This made her chuckle lightly, but at least it was something much better than having her looking down "Everything will be fine, I know it will."

"Thanks girls." She replied happily, but still concerned of it; it wasn't a very well-known story mostly because both Satellite and New Domino City still demanded for answers and progress on the bomb incident "By the way, do you think you should openly say that your father is investigating this?"

Mei giggled back smiling "Oh, I assure you, he has a many more things to worry about than that." She added with a thumbs up at Akiza, to which she simply shook her head slightly laughing to let her friends calm down "Come on, you know me better than this Akiza. I mean no harm; it's just that indeed Sector Security is very busy now."

"In part, also the reason why these attacks have gone unnoticed without much attention." Added Akiza, still looking at the supposed sketch of the person based on the description of the recent witnesses, the mask she used on the Fortune Cup actually, still making her doubt and wonder "I just worry about…"

"That those culprits are coming for you?" asked Mei referring to the Arcadia Movement. It was obvious she was thinking of it, if the Dark Signers had returned when the Underworld King was defeated, maybe Sayer could have come back, along with any other stragglers or fugitives of Arcadia Movement.

Akiza turned serious and smiled to her friends, this time more confidence in her expression "Don't worry, I won't let them get to me easily, and I will fight whatever they try to attempt." this indeed helped calm down her friends, who simply giggled back at her.

"By the way, how is everything with Yusei going Akiza?" asked Mei trying to tease their friend who blushed a moment and started stuttering trying to explain that they were only friends, to which Mei and Sakura laughed a bit "Oh calm down, but well, you know, he's handsome, the hero of the city and YOUR personal knight in shining armor as I last heard."

"MEI!" shouted Akiza catching the attention of a many other students around them.

"Sorry, maybe overdid it." said Mei giggling still a bit, as Akiza sighed in disappointment, shaking her head.

Akiza didn't reply, still blushing lightly as the girls began heading back to classes, until they were closer to the main building she finally muttered "We're till spending some time together, but it is really odd when it's the three of us." Finally Mei and Sakura laughed a bit at the worries of Akiza, knowing now that he was leaving aside the other topic.

Far from them, at a building in the surroundings of the Academy, a figure was watching Akiza through high-tech visors, fixated on her literally, following her every step and catching her every emotion, besides the figure, was a notebook with many notes written on it, they were Akiza's schedules within the Academy, as well as the route she took to head back home, the places she often visited, even who she went off with; the figure smirked and chuckled, a male tone coming from the sound as he looked down at her "Soon, everything will be as it should be."


Classes continued to go as usual until the end of them, as soon as the bell rang, Akiza and her friends went on a car of Akiza's father that would take them to Martha's place, since Sakura and Mei insisted on visiting them and try and talk with them about the situation, needless to say they wanted to push Akiza a bit more on talking with Yusei. The three of them were quite surprised of the bridge connecting Satellite and New Domino City, as well as how Satellite was evolving so quickly now. The citizens were more comfortable now, as nothing serious resulted from the explosion that Sara and Yusei witnessed, and yet, Akiza had a feeling that there was something more working up still.

It wasn't long until they arrived at Martha's place, Yusei was outside working on with Crow on their Duel Runners, as the children that Martha was taking care of were running around playing and staying by a little games that Yusei and Crow built for them with teeterboards and swing seats as Sara attended to them happily; she turned around and smiled waving her hand at Akiza and her friends.

"Nice of you to come by Akiza." She said smiling a moment, greeting their guests

"Hello Sara. We thought of coming by and make a visit, hope we're not interrupting." She said as Jill was just getting out of the house and calling both Yusei and Crow to join them.

"Akiza, nice to see you around." Said Yusei wiping off some sweat and dirt from working on their runners, he wasn't wearing his usual jacket, just the black shirt he always had underneath; Sara giggled a bit at the reaction of Akiza, it was of the few times she had seen her blush a bit and she knew it immediately.

"We're just passing by Yusei." said Mei very eager "Actually, Akiza and us wanted to talk with you and Sara about something." Yusei was rather caught off-guard, nodding and taking them inside. As it was usual of Martha, she prepared a few snacks for the group as Yusei and Sara were sitting across each other, Akiza by the side of Yusei and to her right both Mei and Sakura, as Mei started explaining about the recent attacks to them.

"So, that's what has the city rather bothered now huh?" asked Yusei thinking a moment.

"Yes, my father thinks he might have a lead, but only the Director seems to support him." She added as Akiza looked serious again "The man that kept Akiza away from her family, he is the only reasonable suspect, but"

"But given that Sayer had been taken by the Earthbound Immortal, it is rather unlikely he is responsible of it." said Yusei trying to figure out what who this person could be "It couldn't be him, could he?"

"I wouldn't be so sure." Sara said thinking for a moment "True, he had been swallowed by the Earthbound Immortal, but, if we look at it from the point of view where those 'killed' by them in the duel, went to the Underworld, it is safe to assume that Sayer could have come back as well." These words were real problems if what Sara was saying proved to be real. Kalin, Misty, Carly, they all came back when the Earthboun Immortals, in which Shadow Duels whoever lost was consumed by the Shadow Realm, by the Underworld, death "I hope I'm making a mistake or an odd assumption, but it is a possibility."

Yusei nodded looking back at Akiza "Keeping that in mind, didn't Rafael mention that there were still remnants of the Arcadia Movement around?" Mei nodded.

"Yes, my father told me that they are no threat, well at least those that registered and opted for a better life." Replied Mei as she recalled her father and several Sector Security members doing so.

"That would mean, perhaps it's a different psychic duelist?" asked Sakura, to which Akiza shook her head answering no; she had been with Sayer in the recruiting phase of Arcadia Movement.

"No, when Sayer had me under his control, I accompanied him to push the limits of a many duelists he believed were psychic duelists. We traveled all over the city but never finding anyone else." She added then gasping as she stood from her chair "But…" they all knew what she was about to say now.

"Satellite!" they all shouted in unison, but Sara still had a strange feeling.

"Guys, I think it would be better we left it there." She said scratching the back of her head a bit doubtful "We're just jumping to conclusions and we have no way to prove them."

"It would be for the best indeed." Added Yusei, Akiza and her friends decided staying a bit more, but Akiza still had some doubts herself. She stood by the entrance to Martha's home, as she was still thoughtful.

"These news bothered you a lot right?" asked Sara as she walked and stayed by her side, leaning over the handrail; Akiza nodded a moment but pulling of a smile.

"It's ok, I supposed that returning to my real self" she said looking up at the sky a moment "wouldn't be that easy at all. My past will be hunting me down until I can finally overcome it."

"But you don't have to do it alone, not anymore." Added Sara smiling at her, trying to cheer her up "You've got the Paladins, and the Signers, your family, friends. We all care for you Akiza." She replied nodding a moment, Sara closed her eyes a moment, as she was trying to use her powers, Akiza looking curiously at her "This trial before you…it's the last step you will have to make, to let go of your past."

"How can you know that?" she asked, then remembering that Yusei told her that some Paladins, namely Rafael and Sara so far, had developed special traits besides dueling skills.

"A ghost from your past is stalking you, it will be your trust in your friends, what will see the day through." Continued Sara, as she let go a sigh and opened her eyes to look at Akiza "That's all I can see for now. I'm sorry if it's vague…the future is always changing, but that's what I could see."

"It can come in handy I imagine, having abilities like that."

"You have them as well Akiza." replied Sara giggling a moment "My perception tells me that, and it will help you." she added as both ladies continued chatting.


Far from there, in New Domino City's Daimon Area, the streets were as crowded as usual. This time however, as the sunset was rolling in, the Shadow Avenger was eavesdropping on a suspect he had on the case of the fake Black Rose Witch. He was jumping from ceiling to ceiling as he kept in a close eye on an orange haired woman, wearing a pink reddish coat above a white matching blouse with mid-thigh length skirt and black heels; she had been taken in by Sector Security after the incident at Arcadia Movement and given amnesty so long as she didn't tried rallying the other members. She had finished her turn in her work at the stadium of New Domino City, having an executive position but coming to the Daimon Area, it wasn't usual for she lived by the Fountain Plaza. The Shadow Avenger turned on a com device on his helmet, some static entering as he established contact with his contractor "She's here as you guessed. Should I pursue?"

"No, keep on tracking her." Replied a distorted voice "Seria's been acting oddly recently; I want you to follow her, and if she meets someone, report back immediately."

"Understood, Avenger out." When he finished reporting he looked around and gasped, Seria was nowhere to be seen. The vigilante got annoyed of course, and began jumping from building to building, trying to track her down, but unfortunately nowhere near him. He jumped down one of the alleys, concealing himself in the shadows as he didn't wanted anyone spotting him just yet, that was until he heard a loud scream. Then a crowd of people running away, scared, as if something had happened "Not now." said the avenger as he stepped out of the alley, not caring if Sector Security would be catching up with him or if the citizens thought him a threat.

And he saw what drove the people to run away, a hooded woman standing a slightly at his same height, hooded completely in a dark rose purplish coat, a white mask with the same markings that Akiza's had, not requiring a disk to summon forth the cards she had with her; it was the Black Rose Witch summoning forth a wall of typhoons with water, rising all the way up above the buildings, three of them, shooting one after the other against the markets and stores at high pressure and causing damages to the structures "Stop at this instant!" demanded the Avenger as the Black Rose Witch didn't followed his orders.

"Who dares to step up against the black Rose Witch?" Replied the woman, as the eyes of the mask glowed red, a sound wave headed straight at the avenger, breaking glass and windows all over as the avenger fell to the ground, a small portion of his helmet's glass broken, revealing a brown eye.

Around him, people were scared and very concerned, furthermore a few of them were whispering and muttering if they had heard the name correctly, indeed they heard her refer to herself as the Black Rose Witch; they were terrified and had almost nowhere to run now, the avenger knew he had to do something quick if he was to put an end to the mess "I'll have to force you stand down!" he said, taking a card himself, a trap card, Shadow Spell. It began glowing, as chain after chain headed straight for the fake witch, imprisoning her and breaking her concentration to subdue her, finishing her psychic manifestation "That should do the trick." He said, as the citizens looked at him, some very grateful for his intervention, others still dubious of his true intentions "Now, tell me, who are you?" he said, kneeling down beside the witch, only muffle groans echoing against her mask.

"Ugggh, where…what…" she said, the avenger immediately sighing. Somehow, he knew it wasn't the woman that everyone thought it was, until she began crying out in pain, the eyes of the mask glowing yet again bright red as the witch broke free of the avengers spell.

"What is going on?!" the avenger backed a bit, as the witch summoned forth another of her cards and she simply vanished in the air, as if she had been taken away. Again, he turned on the comm on his helmet "Did you get the audio recording?"

"Yes." Replied the man "Whoever it is, it definitely isn't her. That will be all for now, report back and wait for more instructions then."

"Have it your way." The avenger replied as the citizens were thanking him around "Damn it, I got to get out of here." He thought to himself as he finally heard the sounds of Sector Security runners around, echoing loud "Perfect." He added, as he then aimed for one of the buildings and shot a grapple from his wrist to escape, the night rolling in as Sector Security now had to deal with the rebuilding and reparations of the damages caused on the Daimon Area, night finally rolling in.


After all the chaos and problems from the day before, New Domino City was quite more hectic the next morning came quickly. Akiza and her friends stayed with Yusei and company for the night without much of a problem; they decided to go with here and do some research on those that had been attacked by the supposed Black Rose Witch, but what they found at the entrance of Duel Academy was something no one had ever thought to see. A wide mob was building up at the gates of the academy, as Yusei and Sara nodded at each other in their runners, knowing something wasn't quite well. Akiza and her friends got off the car and looked puzzled, as they began to move slowly forward when one of the men in the mob reacted to here.

"What is going on?" she asked curious, as her parents arrived rushing, concerned of her as they had received a call "Mom? Dad?"

"Daughter!" said her mother hugging her and keeping her besides her, along with her father "Are you unharmed?"

"We must get out of here before…" said her father when they finally heard someone yelling.

"THE BLACK ROSE WITCH IS THERE!" and the mob turned towards where Akiza was standing with her friends, as the mob was closing in, yelling and shouting at her quite stressful and concerned.

"Don't let her get away!" "Catch her and make her pay!" "She attacked Daimon yesterday!" "She's the only remnant of the psychic duelists!" shouted men and women from all over the mob as they were trying to get Akiza, while Yusei and her parents tried to protect her; Sara was trying to get Akiza out through behind with the help of Mei and Sakura, until finally, sirens of Sector Security began echoing from a distance, as they parked beside the mob and Yusei's group, creating a perimeter around them and trying to calm the mob down; from a van, Mina got down looking at the mob and taking out a hand speaker.

"Everyone calm down! We won't be allowing anyone to put a hand on another citizen of New Domino City, and whoever tries anything funny, will face imprisonment up to 5 months!" she shouted serious as the citizens began calming down, but still shouting that Sector Security took into custody Akiza for the recent attacks. Mina turned around, paying no mind to them and heading to Yusei and his friends "Rafael told me to come here to day and help." She said trying to explain what happened the afternoon "People suspect it was the doing of the Black Rose Witch, Sector Security doesn't support this, but we still have to make sure, where were you yesterday around 4 pm and 6pm Akiza?"

"I was at Yusei's place. We stayed the night there." replied Akiza, staying calm. Her parents confirmed that she had called with the register in their phone, and furthermore Yusei was there himself.

"I can vouch for that, they stayed all night working on their works while visiting and helping us with the children Martha keeps." Said Yusei confident, as the officer took a report, but loud enough so the citizens could listen to them; causing Mina to sigh in relief "She couldn't have been the one attacking the Daimon Area."

Akiza smiled happily, then Mei and Sakura stepped in "We were there ourselves too, Akiza never left." Said Sakura strongly determined "That's right, Akiza couldn't have been the one that attacked! Moreover, have you forgotten she defended the city with the Signers?!" the citizens started mumbling among themselves as Mei chastised them "I thought so, you people seem to forget easily!"

Akiza stepped up then as she pointed for Mei to stop "No, it's ok." She then turned to the citizens, taking in a deep breath "People of New Domino City…I understand your fear. I did…horrible things in the past, but that's not the REAL me anymore!" the mob starting getting quiet, some people walking out, others still remaining "I don't expect immediate forgiveness, but I can promise you that I will not run away from that past anymore."

"I have been working and seen Akiza grow." Said Yusei, as Akiza and her parents looked at the group slowly having a change of heart "Trust me when I tell you that things have changed! If we are to move to a better future, we have to let go of the past!"

"But what about the attacks?!" "Satellite and New Domino City are under attacks like never before!" were the responses of some citizens that still were.

"Sector Security is working on this already, Director Rafael assures that we will be solving the problems soon enough so that the citizens are safe!" said Mina crossing her arms and firmly standing her ground "This is not the way to solve these problems, you have to believe in us that we will do our best to keep the cities safe!" Finally, the citizens were starting to give in, feeling that even if there was indeed a reason, it wasn't exactly the best way to solve them; things started working pretty much in their favor now.

A soft wind was starting to blow through the entrance, then it began growing more and more, turning from a soft wind to a blowing gust and finally, turning into a harder tornado. The citizens immediately were heading into the academy guided by Sector Security officers, while Yusei and his friends also were starting to move in to take cover from the sudden storm, but they knew as well as the citizens most likely, that this was no natural storm. As some of the wind was giving in, a shadow figure stood up, with a white mask "That's the woman that attacked Daimon yesterday!" said a woman in the group as she managed to recognize her. Another figure then walked behind her, a tall figure covered in a hood.

"I had given you all a chance…but you make this difficult for us it seems." Said the man to himself, as he nodded to the psychic woman attacking, as her eyes glowed once again bright red, this time, she activated the card of Kunai with a Chain, shooting it straight at Akiza and wrapping it around her, as then it pulled.

"Akiza!" "No!" "Dear!" was everything that Yusei, her parents, and her friends managed to shout as the attackers were taking her in their grasp. The storm was now just blocking the way out, not affecting he psychic duelists; Sara looked around a moment, concerned on why it wasn't and to put an end to the psychic attack. She then spotted a small controller on the hands of the taller figure; she closed her eyes, and began chanting a summoning of the Paladins, as Breaker the Magical Warrior appeared, harnessing magic in his sword.

"Now Breaker! Aim at the tall figure!" she shouted, the spell caster shooting a magical shock wave that went through the wind wall and hit the controller of the taller figure "Got it!" shouted Sara in admiration as the man grunted, the wind then ceasing as things were turning back to normal, the psychic powers a mere illusion. Akiza however was unconscious on his hands, and the tall figure just gave in to an escape, the fake Black Rose Witch doing the same and then disappearing before Sector Security could do anything.


Afternoon was starting, and Akiza's parents and her friends were growing more and more concerned. The mob had left already, but there was nothing they could do at this moment because the man that took Akiza had disappeared. Mina was doing her best, but it seemed this strange person had the upper hand.

Yusei and Sara walked through one of the alleys, trying to follow Sara's prescience powers as she was trying to connect with Akiza's mind, but to no avail as she still seemed unconscious "Nothing yet Yusei…I'm sorry." She said feeling down, as Yusei put his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't be sad, we will find here, don't worry about it." He added as he was thinking of something, preparing to turn his Duel Runner on to move ahead, until they heard a rustle from the other side of the alley.

"You're looking for the woman, right?" asked a man's voice, distorted, as he was stepping out of the shadows. It was the vigilante himself, the Shadow Avenger "Akiza Izinski."

Yusei put Sara behind him, if things went worse, he couldn't allow more of his friends to disappear "Stay away! What are you doing here?"

"Mr. Fudo, wait!" said a female voice from behind them, as Mina was rushing towards them, sighing a bit as she looked around "Don't…he's with…us." She said, not sure on how to explain the situation.

"What do you mean with us?" asked Sara, as she looked at the avenger, trying to get any feeling or reading of him like she usually did with her mind skills, but nothing came, almost as if she was being pushed away.

"He's working with the Special Division of Sector Security…he's our consultant …" she said hesitant, as the man then coughed a moment, getting their attention "Sorry, did you find any lead Avenger?"

He remained quiet a moment, as he turned to the end of the alley behind him "You can come." From the shadows, Seria, the previous right hand on Sayer's Arcadia Movement development projects appeared, looking down, in her office clothes "I found here not too far away from here, crying and depressed." He then looked at her and put his hand on her shoulder, gently "Tell them what you told me."

"Isn't she…" said Yusei, having the feeling he had seen her before. Sara recognized her from that time when Arcadia Movement had gotten involved with the Fiends, more specifically the Shadow Monarchs.

"My name is Seria…I used to work for Sayer…on the psychic warfare project…" she said, feeling at the edge of her mind as she shut tightly her eyes, fighting the tears from her remorse "When that incident happened…most of us decided to leave that lie behind…look for a better future…but some…"

"Calm down. We won't do anything to you." said the Avenger, as Mina sighed like if she was in a tight spot herself.

Seria tried calming down a moment, and that's when Yusei and Sara noted it, her eyes were red and her ears as well, far more from usual "I was contacted by a man that…was trying to blackmail me if I didn't comply…we met at…the HQs of Arcadia…I had no choice and I didn't wanted to…I-I" she said, leaning on the wall, holding her head, and slowly kneeling. Sara, Yusei, and Mina could only wonder what she had gone through, not wanting too; Sara already had the explanation herself. All she could tell was that she felt pity for the woman. The Avenger stepped up and looked at Mina, or so it seemed "This huts…a lot!" she finally screamed before giving in to tears, she had two small injection marks near her forehead.

He remained quiet a moment "Take her to the General Hospital." He then handed her a serum "This" he said, as Sara noticed the shield of the Paladins on it, thinking it could be the one that Rafael had heard from Aster "they will need it to make a serum to reverse the effects. They are very harsh on advanced psychic duelists. Then follow my signal, and take lots of Sector Security to my location."

Mina didn't asked or anything, she helped the poor Seria into her van and then looked at the Avenger, as well as Yusei and Sara "What will you do?"

"What needs to be done." A cold short reply, she didn't like it at all and neither Yusei or Sara. With that in mind, Mina drove away fast, heading for the hospital. The Avenger then looked at Yusei and Sara "I'm still to determine who is responsible of this. But whoever it is, has connections with Arcadia Movement. I have a lead to where they took Akiza."

"We will go with you." said Yusei as he stepped forward "I won't abandon, ever, a good friend. Akiza needs our help." No reply came back he just turned around.

"…Do whatever you want." He said slightly turning back at them, staring then at Sara "And you?"

Sara didn't reply, not immediately. She was thinking a moment "I will go and give the news to her friends and family, at least it can calm them down." She said turning around and about to leave, but before getting out of the alley she turned once more "Who hired you?"

"Your friend said you all needed a hand."

The answer didn't give her much information, she just stared at the Avenger, at least where his eyes should be, and then closed her eyes, a bit serious in her expression "Please look after Yusei, and take care yourself." She said, to which the Avenger just nodded, then proceeding to dash away with Yusei following him. Sara remained there a moment, she stared at them leaving, and then she felt in her mind as if she indeed could have seen through the helmet, a deep disappointed sigh escaping her as she then headed back to Duel Academy.


At an abandoned warehouse lost in the industrial districts of the Daimon Area, Akiza was strapped to a procedural bed, still unconscious, a shadow posing above her "…They have ruined you, and all the training you had done. But this time" said the figure with a male voice, as he took out a syringe, with the same serum the Shadow Avenger gave to Mina "you will remember your true nature, and your purpose on this world." The man was getting closer to Akiza, as she was starting to react back, her eyes barely opening against the light the man needed for his procedure "Welcome back to our world, Akiza, or should I say, the Black Rose Witch?"

"Who…a-are…y-y-you…?" she replied stuttering a moment as she felt a headache, trying to move but not realizing she was held on bed.

"Only someone that you know, that will bring you back to your old self."

"Don't you even dare put a finger on her!" shouted Yusei, a loud metallic clash sound echoing in the warehouse, as Akiza was finally starting to regain her senses "Let her go now! It is over!" said Yusei, as the hooded figure just sighed in disappointment and annoyance.

"Can't you stay away…of my business…" he said as the light aiming at Akiza shut down "FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE?!" shouted the man at him angrily.

"I imagined it'd be you." Said the Avenger at the other entrance, with two guards with blue and green foot length robes knocked unconscious on the ground "If someone wanted to target her, for her abilities, he had to know of them, and how to exploit them. Isn't that right" The man just chuckled as he took off the hood laughing "Sayer?"

Sayer just smirked at them both, Yusei and the Avenger, grinning wide as if all things were still on his favor "Who would have thought I'd get to fulfill my dream…and the promise I made on the same day?" he asked toying with them, as Akiza tried harder to break free of the restraints.

"Give up Sayer, there is enough proof to connect you to the recent crimes in New Domino City, kidnapping; you will be stuck on jail for a long time."

"Regain Akiza and turn her back into her old self…extracting my revenge on Yusei Fudo…and fulfilling my part on the bargain dealing with you, Shadow Avenger." Said Sayer as he looked at them both, not scared a bit, moreover, he was evidently intending on fighting back "I'll make you two regret this! Discovering me and my scheme! It is time to finish this, once and for all, and decide the future of Akiza Izinski!"

To be continued…


LightLord92: Stay tuned up for more adventure on our next episode of Paladins of Light-Eternal Bonds!
Yusei: I wish it hadn't been you Sayer, you've been nothing but pain and suffering for Akiza since day one!
Sayer: Actually I offered her a hand when no one did, and secondly, it's only natural to want my retribution from her.
Akiza: Please, save me! Yusei, Avenger, he's intending to use the serum!
Shadow Avenger: If you had been interested on her, you would just let her go. On my honor, I will see you imprisoned for life!
Sayer: Come at me then you two! You have nothing to beat me with! I know all of Yusei's moves and the Crusaders have tuned up my deck!
Yusei: This can't be! Even more up on our next episode, ! 5D's Paladins of Light – Eternal Bonds! Episode 13: Showdown for a Soul, the True Power of Darkness and Light!

Shadow Avenger: The pulsating light travels through the universe! Become the shining Light of Hope!
Yusei: Don't miss us, and I hope we can come up with a plan to stop Sayer, once and for all this time! Until next time!