So far, Takashi, Lucas and Emili have shared the spotlight, but now we turn to another soul crucial to the plot of this tale. One who bears scars both metaphorical, and literal.

As the group of three duelists shared their path in the Genisus Tournament, another young duelist sits at a coffee shop roughly 2.6 miles from the town established at the "Safe Zone."

He had short, straight blue hair in a rather tame style, covering his left eye. This particular eye had a scar over it, though he was lucky the wound didn't claim it. He wore a white shirt with blue accents similar to an Obelisk Blue uniform blazer from the Duel Academy of old. The young man also wore a pair of grey pants, with a duelist belt holding his deck and Duel Disk equipment. Underneath his shirt however were a number of bandages from a burn wound he had suffered in his past.

Currently, he had his Disk in "tablet mode", trying to hook into the internet. "Hmph. No connection...what the hell?" He put the item back on his belt. "Whatever. I need to get moving."

So far, he had not competed in a single duel. He was hoping to save a match with one other young man.

The one who gave him those scars.

"What do I owe?" He asked the waitress, whose name tag read Mary.

"Oh, free of charge~!" She hummed. "You're a tournament competitor so you have privilege to all our services!"

The young man scowled. He didn't care for such tournaments. He preferred them the traditonal way, without all the bloody "travelling".

"Hey, you!" A voice called to him. "Yeah! You!" The young man turned around to see a brown haired fellow, wearing welding overalls and work gloves. The only indication that pointed out that he was anything but a common grease monkey was the Duel Disk strapped to his arm.

"Let's go a round!"

"Hmph. No thanks." The blue-haired boy replied.

"WHAAAA-AAT!? Are you refusing a challenge!? Then you aren't any kind of man!"

'Here we go...' He thought rolling his eyes. 'The common, everyday, third-rate duelist obsessed with being "macho". I don't care for this type.'

He began to walk away, only for a hand to be placed on his back. It was another young man with silvery hair. "I'd accept that challenge if I were you."

"What does it have to do with me?"

The silver-haired guy pulled out a holo-tablet. "Hmm...Your name is...Drew Wallise, isn't it?"

He reluctantly nodded.

"My name is Jaeger Ashbury, and I'm with a liason from the Genisus Board of Directors. I'm afraid if you don't accept mister...Gary Langdon's Duel request...you will be disqualified."

Drew groaned. "Fine."

"Well alright then, Mr. Wallise!" The grease monkey(apparently named Gary) smiled. "Looks like we HAVE to play..."

"Whatever." Drew growled. "Just don't bore me."

Gary frowned as he activated the gray blade of his Duel Disk. "Game."

Gary Langdon: 4000 Lp

Drew Wallise: 4000 Lp

"My move first!" Gary exclaimed, drawing his card. "And I think I'll show'ya my Motor Shell!" A large engine appeared on the field. Level 4/DARK/Machine/Effect/1300atk/1800def.

"Then, I'll toss this face down card and that should do for now."

Drew said nothing as he drew his sixth card and slapped one of them on the disk. With a flash, a muscular four armed beast with canine features appeared with a growl.

"Gene Warped Warwolf!?" Gary asked as Drew waved his hand, causing the larger monster to charge at the small machine piece, destroying it. It's owner's Life Points fell to 3300.

"You could've warned me you were gonna summon a monster that powerful!"

Drew scoffed. 'This guy HAS to be a newbie.'

"No worries though." His opponent began. "Because of my Motor Shell's effect, I can summon a Motor Parts Token!" A small pile of mechanical parts appeared on his field. Level 1/DARK/Machine/0atk/0def

"Fine." Drew began, setting a card. "Your move."

"Draw!" Gary exclaimed. "Now I'll Tribute my Token for another monster by the name of Demolish Mecha!" The small frame disappeared and was replaced by a large blue and red battle robot carrying a battering ram. Level 6/DARK/Machine/Effect/2300atk/2300def.

"Demolish Mecha attack!" The monster flew in at Gene Warped Warwolf and crushed it with it's ram. "When Demolish Mecha destroys a monster in battle, it always deals HALF the destroyed monsters attack points as the battle damage!"

Drew rolled his eyes as his Life fell to 3000.

"Your move."

"I draw." Drew said, unenthused. He raised his hand and his face down flipped up. "Birthright." He declared. Gene Warped Warwolf leaped back onto the field with a snarl. (2000atk)

He set another card on his disk, and a jewel-encrusted dragon appeared with a roar. Level 4/LIGHT/Dragon/2000atk/100def.

"I play one more face down and end my turn."

"Fine by me! You didn't play any defense mode, so my Demolish Mecha has plenty of time to kill and plenty of monsters to kill!" Gary mused, drawing. "Ooh! I'll use the Equip Spell, Engine Tuner!" Several repairmen with wrenches and screw drivers appeared on Demolish Mecha, operating on it.

"This is a special Spell Card that remains on the field and gives the highest attack point Machine-type Monster on the field an attack point boost equal to half their defense points!" The battle mech glowed with power, as it raised it's battering ram. (2300-3450atk)

"Next I'll summon Motor Masher!" A large machine with an engine block for a head, with a large gyroscopic device built into its chest, as well as two enormous clawed arms. Level 4/EARTH/Machine/1200atk/1000def.

"Now wreck that Gene Warped Warwolf again!" Demolish Mecha charged on the modified werewolf, preparing to smash it again. However, Drew swiped a tab on his screen and his new card flipped up.

"What the!? Covering Fire?" Gary shouted as the dragon fired a beam of light energy from it's jaws at the Mecha, as Gene Warped Warwolf caught it in a submission hold, ripping it apart. His Life Points dropped to 2750.

"It allows my Alexandrite Dragon to...do that." Drew said dryly.

Gary growled. "I'll place one card facedown and end my turn..." Motor Masher glowed with light as the engineers transferred to him. (1200-1700atk.)

His opponent drew a new card. Placing it on his disk, his two monsters disappeared and were replaced by a large mutated dragon/rabbit hybrid. Level 8/LIGHT/Dragon/2950atk/2900def.

"Dude, what is with you and the silence!?" His opponent growled.

"Rabidragon...attack." The mutant gave a bloodthirsty shriek, before lunging, and ripping the robot apart.

"Jeez, it isn't kidding when it says 'rabid'." Gary said as his points fell again to 1500. Silence. "That puts me in a hell of a spot..."

"Just start your damn turn already." Drew demanded.

"Jeez, okay!" Gary drew his next card, which caused him to smirk. "I'll use the Lightning Vortex Spell!" A massive thunderbolt struck Rabidragon, shattering it. "It destroys all your monsters! Pretty cool, huh? And all I needed to do was discard this measly little card. Now I think I'll summon Motor Drive!" A new Machine appeared, a slim robot with a pair of bladed windshield wipers for weapons, as well as tires on what could be called it's feet. Level 3/DARK/Machine/Effect/1400atk/1900def. The engineers from Engine Tuner appeared on it, causing it's atk to rise to 2350atk.

"Alright, Motor Drive! Attack his life points directly!" The robot skidded at Drew, swiping at him with the windhshield wipers. His Life Points fell to 650. "Your turn, scarface!"

For the most part, Drew had regarded this grease monkey duelist as a big talking fool, but this time, he'd struck a nerve. He glared at Gary angrily. "My turn...draw." As he looked at the card, he smirked and chuckled. "Get ready to be totally humiliated..."

"Oh, I'm gonna be humilated? How so?"

"Because I'm activating the Spell Card Silver's Cry! Return, Rabidragon!" The mutant returned with an echoing shriek. (2950atk)

"Oh damn!" Gary began. "Not him again!"

Drew looked at his Duel Disk's screen. "Hmm...it says your...Motor Drive loses 500 attack points if it's attacked...gains 500 when it attacks an enemy monster...and allows you to special summon two Motor Tokens when killed in battle...I can work with that...but not yet.

"I summon the Tuner Monster Silver Serpent!" A small feathered snake with silver scales appeared. Level 1/LIGHT/Reptile/Tuner/Effect/0atk/200def.

"Wait, what? A Level 1 and a Level 8!? You're going for a Level 9 Synchro?" Gary panicked as he imagined a familiar three headed ice dragon he had lost to, as well as a hideous purple worm shrouded in mist.

"Wow, so there IS a brain underneath that thick head. Level 1 Silver Serpent tunes Level 8 Rabidragon!" The snake became a ring of green light that encircled the mutated dragon, who became eight motes of light as their master began to chant.

"On plains of thunder, beat your wings and call down the rage of the heavens! Synchro Summon! Be born...AZURE-EYES SILVER DRAGON!" Light filled the area, as a new beast descended and came to a crashing land before Drew. It was an enormous dragon with a heavily muscled chest and legs. A finned spike bordered either side of it's mouth, similar to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Level 9/Light/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2500atk/3000def.

"Wh...what is that thing!"

Drew smirked evilly. "A distant cousin to the legendary Blue-Eyes of old. Azure-Eyes! Destroy Motor Drive!"

The muscled dragon opened it's jaw, pooling a ball of savage electric energy.

"BURST PULSE OF LIGHTNING!" Upon the declaration of it's attack name, Azure-Eyes unleashed a pulsing beam of electricity and reduced Motor Drive to nothing.

Gary wailed as he fell backwards, his Life Points falling to 1350. However, he was not alone, as two more Motor Parts appeared on his field.

"Make your last move." Drew added, setting a card.

Gary growled, drawing his last card. "Oh it'll be my last move alright. 'Cuz I'm ending this! Draw!" As he took his new card, he grinned at it. "I'll activate the Spell Hammer Shot! This destroys the strongest Monster!"

A wall of energy flew across the field at Drew's dragon, but the beast roared, emitting a blue aura. The wall of energy dispersed as if it were nothing.

"What?!"

"Azure-Eyes doesn't allow Dragon-Type Monsters to be targeted or destroyed until the end of the next turn after it's Special Summoned.

"Not good...

Drew drew his next card. "I don't think so...AZURE REBIRTH!" Azure-Eyes gained a glow, and roared, opening a graveyard portal. Radidragon flew out of it again.

"What the hell!?" Gary cursed. "Why is he coming back!?"

"During my Standby Phase, if I control Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon, I can special summon a Normal Monster from my graveyard." He placed another card on his disk. "If I control a Dragon-Type Normal Monster, I can equip it with my Rider of the Storm Winds!" An armored human figure appeared on Rabidragon's back. "And when it's equipped with this monster, it inflicts piercing battle damage!"

"Then that means-!"

"Right. Rabidragon! Attack one of those Motor Parts Tokens and end this duel!" The dragon snorted, stomping the pile of mechanical parts into dust.

Gary-0 Lp.

Drew-WINNER!

"Hmph. That's what you get for being a big talking idiot." Drew walked over to Gary and took him by the collar. He held him close to his face and looked him dead in the eye. "You called me 'Scarface'. Is this funny to you? Because this scar was given to me by a duelist on this island. A duelist that made me feel afraid of these cards. Afraid of myself. But I'm not afraid anymore. All I am is angry. And when I meet him here at Genisus, i'm going to kick his ass! Now hand over your Legend Medal or I'm going to do the same to you!"

Gary trembled before handing him the star crested medal. "Fine, fine! Take it!" Drew dropped him and walked away.

Meanwhile, the one who forced Drew to accept his challenge; Jaeger Ashbury, although this name was a pseudonym he had taken, stood with his arms crossed.

'So this is Drew Wallise. An interesting fellow, certainly. And that Azure-Eyes...I like it.'

He clutched his fist. "I shall make it mine when I crush him...after of course he crushes our enemy.'

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As this duel was wrapping up, another duel came to it's conclusion. Altan Vipa stood across from Bernilli, who was fallen on the floor, apparent as the loser. Vigo watched them with a frown. "Only predictable."

"But of course..." Vipa removed his deck from his Disk. "I understand these cards on a spiritual level. After all, I come from a world similar to their own Spirit World. And this lowly servant clearly didn't know how to duel at all. He tried to put a Fusion Monster in his Main Deck! Ha!"

"But...But Aliss told me-"

"A girl like Aliss was likely deceiving you as a joke." Vigo growled. "How were you ever an asset to me? As the agreement, you Bernilli will be demoted, and Vipa will become my assistant. Now get to the dungeons and start cleaning the cobwebs out of the skeletons!"

Bernilli trembled before walking away. Altan Vipa gave a cheeky wave goodbye.

"Just remember, Vipa...you must uphold your end of the bargain." Vigo continued. "If none of my children can defeat Takashi Enji, YOU will go and face him. And if you fail..." His eyes glowed wickedly. "You will face a horror beyond hell."

"Where is he now?"

Vigo used a bit of his power and spawned a view panel as a solidifcation of his inner sight. It showed Takashi, Emili and Lucas walking through a forest trail. "He's almost to...her territory..."

"Candace?"

"Indeed." Vigo said. "Second to Katou, she is my most loyal child, and due to her element, she carries an incredible bloodlust...she won't show any form of leniency. Mercy is a foreign word to Candace." He clutched his fist. "Takashi Enji will burn!"

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Now that Drew, the duelist Takashi cruelly defeated has been revealed, it's only a matter of time before their long awaited rematch. But who is Jaeger Ashbury, and will he interfere with their fight? (Sorry for all the wierd names, I'm not very creative with them, and if I think one's common or is already taken, I pick another one.) Also forgive me for Vigo's little pun, after all, Candace is the holder of Fire among the Guardians of Radiance.

Okay, I've got some other stuff to do, so until next time! And as always, reviews are appreciated.

Also, no Card Index for this one, sorry.