Like I've said before, I plan on giving the twins a lot more action, so, I've decided to come up with something that will eventually lead to both becoming much stronger, even giving someone like Yusei or Jack a run for their money.

For now, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 12: Princess of Spirits

Title Song: Ruka's theme

"Good morning to you all Neo Domino City, its time for day two of the Fortune Cup! However, before we get started with the main attractions, Director Goodwin has decided to offer two defeated competitors the chance to duel, and re-join the tournament!"

The screen above him began shuffling the portraits for Kione, Luna, The Professor, Trudge, Ken, Hunter, Ransborg and The Dark Empress. Then, the first portrait lit up.

"The Professor will be facing…" The other portrait lit up. "Miss Luna!" Floodlights shone down upon the two, and Marcus noted it was on the actual Luna, not Leo.

"Goodwin's up to something… he doesn't usually allow second chances…" Trudge grumbled.

"For once, you and I can agree on something…" Sarah nodded.

Luna and The Professor stepped onto the duel field, and the duel began.

Marcus observed how The Professor seemed to always return to one monster, Ido, the Supreme Magical Force, a strange reptilian monster composed of some cosmic energy.

Emma, sat next to him, was frowning, as she looked at Ido, it seemed to have a hypnotic feeling, and Luna's eyes, and movements, seemed to be glazed over, controlled.

A echoing wail came from her left, and she turned to see a brown puffball with heavenly wings. Winged Kuriboh?

"Lady Emma, there is trouble afoot."

She glanced with a start, as she suddenly saw a ghostly apparition of Elemental HERO Burstinatrix.

"Explain," Emma whispered to the red clad woman.

"The spirit world is in danger, and it's all centred around that man," Burstinatrix told her.

"Marcus," Emma poked her brother's side, "I need to go lie down for a little bit."

Marcus glanced down at her, "I see, do you want me to come along?" He asked.

"No, I can manage," Emma shook her head. She gripped her wheels and headed out of the room.

She wheeled to the disabled bathroom, and muscled her way in, locking the door, and then sighed, "Burstinatrix… I'm ready."

"As you wish." Emma closed her eyes, before she felt herself leaving her body.

When she opened them, she saw she was sat in a clearing, in a forest. "Welcome back to the spirit world." She muttered, standing up. She glanced down, and smiled, whenever she was brought here, she could use her own two feet.

A black hound with blue lines on his body burst from the treeline, "Wroughtweiler!" Emma grinned, climbing onto the armoured dog.

As the monster took off, Emma glanced around, "What's the matter Wroughtweiler?" She asked.

"The Spirit world is in danger, an aggressor has entered this world by manipulating another chosen," Wroughtweiler growled.

Luna. Emma thought with worry. Be careful, I'm on my way!

Wroughtweiler kept sprinting, and as they travelled, Emma noticed that the Ancient Forest was starting to wilt and fade, and the scenery was being replaced by a desolate wasteland.

"This is bad, the meddler is creating corruption!" Wroughtweiler snarled.

"Hey, what's that ahead?!" Emma called.

A white horse with a blue mane and tail was ahead, and next to it was a small brown puffball with a tail, and between them was…

"Luna!" Emma called.

The teal haired girl turned, and gasped, as Wroughtweiler screeched to a halt next to her. She then noticed the monster also had a rider. "Emma?! What are you doing here? How did you get here?" She asked.

"I have the same gift as you, I can travel between our world and the spirit world," Emma explained.

Both girls then frowned, as they looked forwards to see a large rock on the other side of a dried-up lake. "Hello?" Luna asked nervously.

"I am here Luna. Trapped in this granite prison, I have been waiting for your return," A disembodied voice replied.

"I don't get it. What do you want from me?" Luna asked. Emma closely examined the rock, seeing what looks like the skeleton of some sort of dragon.

"That dragon…" Luna mumbled. Then something seemed to hit her, "Hang on a sec! That dragon looks familiar!"

Emma glanced at her friend, "What do you mean? Have you seen this dragon before?"

"It's you… it's… Ancient Fairy Dragon!" Luna gasped.

"We meet again, now it is time for you to fulfil your promise, or your brother's spirit will be trapped here forever," The dragon stone said, as a mist passed between them.

"What do you mean? Where's my brother?" Luna asked.

"His spirit is trapped between your world and ours Lady Luna," Wroughtweiler growled behind the two girls.

"Indeed, now, let me take you back to the first time you came here, and made a promise, that will save this world, and your brother's spirit," Ancient Fairy Dragon said. Emma and Luna saw a smaller Luna playing with a Key Mage, a Sunny Pixie, Kuribons, Spore and Petit Angel, with a majestic dragon watching them play.

The dragon had blue scales, with a golden crest on it's chest, with three red gemstones on the middle. It had two long, slender arms and a long tail. It's wings were open, glowing with light. It's head had a golden and red headdress, with a blue gem on it's forehead, and green hair, the same as Luna's, flowed behind her.

Young Luna finished making a flower crown, and put it on Kuribons' head, "All done," she smiled, causing the monsters to cheer. Then, the small girl shivered, "It's cold…" She mumbled.

The flower crown then shrivelled up, falling apart. "Aw… the flowers, they wilted…" Luna frowned.

"The spirit world is in danger, Luna. An evil force has been trying to gain access to this place, to take over, with sinister intent. This force reaches out to squeeze the heart of our beloved land. As this evil grows in strength, the light of the spirit world will begin to fade, and the beauty of this realm will be replaced by sorrow and darkness," Ancient Fairy Dragon said to the small child.

"Can't you stop it?" Little Luna asked.

"No, but you can Luna."

"What can I do?"

"You are one of the bridges that connects your world and ours. Stay with us Luna, protect us, and in return, we can help you," AFD said. "We feel your sadness my child, we know you're lonely. You are lonely, aren't you?"

"Yeah… mom and dad are always away on important business trips and stuff, and I don't go to school like other kids, and my silly egghead brother only cares about himself!" She pumped her arms adorably. "Ok Fairy Dragon, I'll stay here and protect you! I'll stay and protect everyone!"

As Ancient Fairy Dragon wrapped her wings around Luna and the monsters, Emma turned back to the dragon in the rock. "You took advantage of an innocent child with a lonely life, and now the fate of this world, and her brother, rests in her hands?"

"And who are you, friend of Luna?" AFD asked.

"Emma Cersy, friend of the Elemental HEROs," Emma said, folding her arms.

"I didn't take advantage of her. This was what fate, and my master, had planned for her," The dragon in the stone said.

"So, she must face this duel alone?" Asked Emma.

"She must."

At that moment, a roar came from behind, causing both to turn, seeing Ido, the Supreme Magical Force towering over them.

Then, in front of Ido, was the Professor, who chuckled. "I cannot believe that I actually crossed over!" Prof said. "I have left my body behind… I'm in the spirit world!" He grinned.

"What do you want?" Luna asked.

"You are much more important than you realise my dear, now be a good girl and use your signer power and reveal this world's secrets to me," Prof said.

"Ok… someone is getting a little too creepy for my liking," Emma mumbled, she put a hand on Luna's shoulder, "Listen Luna, I think this guy is part of that evil force AFD was talking about, just look at him, darkness is practically oozing out of him."

"But I can't do this!" Luna protested.

"You can Luna!" Emma insisted. "You are one of the few gifted with this ability to speak with spirits and travel to their world. Remember the duel at the penthouse? Kick his butt!"

Luna frowned, but glanced back at the stone monument of Ancient Fairy Dragon. "Alright, I'll fight to protect this world, but more importantly, I'm fighting for my brother's spirit!" She nodded. Hers and the Professor's duel disks reappear on their arms.

P: 3700
L: 1500

On Luna's field were Kuribon (Lvl 1 300/200) and Sunlight Unicorn (Lvl 4 1800/1000), and she had a face-up spell in play, the equip spell Horn of the Unicorn, which is equipped to Sunlight Unicorn, increasing it's attack to 2500, and defence to 1700. She also has two face-downs. Lastly, she has the field spell Ancient Forest in play, which prevents monsters from being summoned in defence mode, and destroys any monster that commences an attack.

Professor's field was his Ido, The Supreme Magical Force (Lvl 6 2200/800), a face-up trap, Gestalt Trap, which is equipped to Kuribon, reducing it's attack to 0, and a face-up equip spell, Immortal Homeostasis, which was also equipped to Kuribon, which prevents it from being destroyed by battle.

"I reveal a face-down! It's called Pixie Ring! Since I control two monsters, and both are in attack position, you can't attack the weaker one, which means Kuribon is safe! You won't harm my friends ever again!"

Frank just laughs, "Well, let's see how you plan to protect them when I play the Wave of Ill Intent! We'll get to it's effect, once Ido attacks Sunlight Unicorn!" His large cosmic beast raised a massive paw of claws, but Sunlight Unicorn struck back, destroying the weaker monster.

P: 3400

"Now my Wave of Ill Intent activates, slamming you with 300 points of damage!" A wave of red energy washed over Luna, causing her to yell out in pain.

L: 1200

"That wasn't that bad…" She gasped, but wobbled on her feet, causing Emma to steady her.

"Well it's about to get worse! I activate Spirit Contamination! Since you destroyed a monster of mine, I can play this and destroy a spell or trap you control, like your Pixie Ring!"

Luna frowned, seeing the card she just played be destroyed, "Sorry Kuribon," She said.

"I end my turn, which means Ido returns to my side once again!" As he said, Ido rematerialized.

"Then it's my move!" Luna said, already bracing herself.

"During your standby phase, since Kuribon's attack points are not it's original, Immortal Homeostasis hits you with another 300 points of damage!" Another wave of energy washed over Luna.

L: 900

"I activate Healing Wind from my hand! Now, for each monster on the field, yours included, I gain 200 lifepoints!"

L: 1500

"I end my turn!" Luna called out.

"Atta girl," Emma mumbled.

"Goodwin was a fool to think I'd share the Spirit realm with him and his Ylliaster allies, I've devoted my entire life to figure out a way to connect to this world, now that I'm standing here, I shall steal its power for myself! The spirit world will be mine! It will crumble before me!" Professor laughed.

More darkness oozed from his body, corrupting more of the land, causing rock and trees alike to shatter and rot.

"You monster! The spirit world is the home of every monster card in your deck! If you destroy this world, your monsters will hate you for eternity!" Emma yelled.

"I don't care, I will have this world, it, and your Kuribon will perish! Ido! Attack!" Prof yelled.

"Luna, you'd better make a play!" Emma called out.

"I know! I play Fairy Wind!" Luna yelled. "Listen up Professor! I'm not going to let you cause anymore damage to the spirit world! Your evil and destructive ways end now! Fairy Wind destroys all face-up spell and traps on the field, and we both take 400 for each of our cards destroyed!"

"What?!" Prof growled.

P: 2200
L: 300

"And since your equip spell was destroyed, Kuribons' attack returns to normal!" Luna finished.

"And you will not stop me from achieving my destiny! Attack now Ido!" Professor yelled.

"Kuribons' special ability activates, when it's targeted for an attack, he can return to my hand! You can't touch him! And although you gain lifepoints equal to your Ido's attack, I was able to keep my Kuribons safe!"

P: 4400

Emma raised an eyebrow, "Hope you have a plan to stop him now."

"Now I will break you, and your promise!" Prof countered. "There is nothing you can do to save this world! I will destroy it, and rebuild it under my rule!"

As he spoke, the ground started to shake, and the rock around Ancient Fairy Dragon's seal shattered, releasing a stone version of the dragon.

"Fairy Dragon! Oh man, she looks super mad right now…" Luna gulped.

"I'll say… what's she doing?" Emma asked. A long arm stretched out, "Look out!" She gasped, pushing Luna to her knees.

The arm, and the hand attached, grabbed the Prof, and lifted him into the air, although he didn't even seem to notice that he was about to be eaten or squished.

"Put him down Fairy Dragon! If you crush him, you're no better than him!" Emma called up.

"Maybe I must end this duel…! I activate Oberon's Prank! This trap reverses Kuribon's effect, and we both take damage equal to the same amount!" Luna called out.

A massive tornado shot down from above, and both Professor and Luna yelled out as they were blown off their feet and into the air.

P: 0
L: 0

"Luna! Whoa!" Emma yelped as she was pulled into the air as well.

"The evil is gone," Ancient Fairy Dragon said, "But you must stop the person who sealed me away!"

Emma squinted her eyes as the tornado seemed to push her out of the spirit realm.

Marcus blinked, seeing that the lifepoints had been updated, "Someone, or something has meddled…" He said, noticing Emma roll back in.

"What'd I miss?" She asked.

"A draw, that's what," Marcus frowned. "How'd it go?"

"That professor guy's a creepy dude, he almost destroyed the spirit world," Emma told him quietly.

"I see…" Marcus muttered.

"There was something interesting actually, as she duelled, I saw a red claw mark on Luna's right arm," Emma whispered.

"Interesting…" Marcus said. He glanced down at his hand, and his eyes narrowed.

Those star marks, these red marks, what does it all mean? And why is Goodwin being so suspicious. He said, pulling out a notebook and writing down Emma's observation.

He sighed, "I think I'm next, and this Koda guy should be interesting to duel," He then said, grabbing his duel disk.

Emma pulled out her phone, hearing it vibrate. She rolled into the corner of the room, and answered it.

"Why'd you come and help me?" Luna asked.

"Because you are more important to the spirit world than even Fairy Dragon can say. Luna, you are the Princess of Spirits, one of my monsters told me, and they also said that I must protect you however I can," Emma said.

"Princess of Spirits? What does that mean?" Luna asked.

"Even I can't say that, because I don't know, don't worry, I'll help you figure this out," Emma told her friend. "We can work together on this."

"Thanks Emma, for being my friend," Luna replied, and Emma could tell that the teal haired girl was smiling.

"You're very welcome, Luna," Emma smiled, and signed off.

Marcus: I always found Luna's backstory to be rather sad, so I plan on fixing that by making her life more exciting.

Emma: Hey, I'm not complaining, friends are fun!

Luna: Neither am I.

Sarah: Ok, what's your plan for Koda?

Marcus: Just wait and see.

All: Next time: Memory Lane!