The next day, as tradition asked them to, the chosen duelists brought Honda to the UFO for he had to live there from that moment on. The white haired teen had a rucksack on his back in which he kept all of his stuff. Once he set foot in the spaceship, he was amazed by its modern technology and its luxury.

"Wow, this place is totally awesome!" Honda exclaimed.

"I am glad that you like it. From now on this will be your home too." Luna said.

"My home, eh? Alright, people, it's time for you all to listen to something!"

"What is it, Honda?" Tiger asked as the four chosen duelists gathered around him.

"From now on, I, Honda will be in charge of the team! Together we will pwn every loser that tries to take over the world!"

"Wait a minute, Honda, you can't actually tell me that you're going to take charge of the UFO when there are others that have been here for way longer time than you!" Tsugumi protested.

"Actually, I think that's what I'll actually do, blondie!" Honda replied with arrogance. "After all, what better leader for you guys than me?"

"I don't like him one bit!" Tamma whispered to Tsugumi.

"I wish Subaru was back." Tsugumi whispered back to Tamma.

"So… shall you guys take me to my room?" Honda suggested.

"Sure, follow me!" Tiger replied and the two walked off.

As they left, Tamma showed his tongue to Honda's back mockingly. Tsugumi laughed a bit at his behavior but Luna then said:

"I think you should be a little more polite to our new teammate. It's not his fault he likes to be in charge of things. There are people like that out there."

"Hmph, he's nothing like Subaru!" Tamma said and crossed his arms. "He's a meanie who is in all this for power!"

"I know you might think that it's because I miss Subaru, Luna, but in all honesty I don't really like this Honda character either!" Tsugumi added. "To me it seems as if he's not really concerned with the world's fate as he is with bossing around."

"You might be right, Tsugumi-chan, but I suggest we give him time to accommodate to this lifestyle." Luna defended the new chosen duelist.

"Oh well, I guess you're right." Tsugumi sighed in defeat.

Later that night, the chosen duelists had organized a dinner party for the arrival of their newest teammate. The table was filled with all kinds of food varying from soups to delicious cakes. Tamma was eating faster than a pig from everything he could see, Luna was calmly enjoying her chicken soup, Tsugumi and Tiger were eating stakes and Honda had finished eating already, taking only a bite out of each meal.

"So, Honda, care to tell us a little about you?" Tsugumi asked.

"Heh, there's not much to know about me except that I am the best duelist there is!" Honda replied as he put his elbows on the table and joined his palms together while looking at her with his vile eyes. "I've grown up in a rather poor neighborhood and would spend most of my time in the Shadows Club beating the ever loving piss out of those third rate 'duelists' who didn't even know how to properly use darkness."

"But how are you so certain that none of them could properly use the darkness civilization?" Luna curiously asked.

"Easy… all of them had mono civilization decks and all sucked! What more could I say about them?" Honda calmly said. "My deck was darkness/light, probably the only multi civilization deck around there. And seriously, it was becoming rather boring kicking all they butts that I was actually considering running away from home just to find better challenges."

"Hah… what a sucker." Tamma murmured while munching a weenie.

All of a sudden, Honda appeared behind Tamma's chair, his body surrounded by a purple aura, and he spoke to him with a voice that was too calm even for him:

"Is there a problem, little Tamma?"

"Woah!" Tamma shouted and jumped off his chair on the table. "Ever heard of personal space?!"

"Sorry if I scared you. I thought you were bored and would like to hear a story." Honda innocently replied.

"A story? What kind of story?" Tamma asked sweating.

"Hehehe… a ghost story!" Honda said with a diabolic grin and widened eyes on his face.

"Bring it on; I'm afraid of no ghosts!"

Tamma courageously jumped back on his chair as Honda calmly walked to his own seat. Then the new chosen darkness duelist took a match and lit four candles in front of him on the table. Afterwards he spoke to the others with an even calmer, almost somber voice:

"Story has it that once there was this young boy around Tamma's age that loved running and nothing more. He aspired to become an athlete. On a foggy day he was running through the town to prepare himself for the racing contest that would take place the other day. However, as he was crossing a street… a car drove down and hit him. He died instantly and never participated at that contest. Ever since then, whenever someone would go jogging at night they would hear footsteps behind them. When they turned around, they could see two bare feet running and then… the ghost of Datto would slash their feet with his scythe!"

As he finished the tale, Honda blew off one of the four candles and then he turned to the chosen duelists to analyze their faces. Tiger seemed bored, Luna looked fascinated upon hearing the story, Tsugumi gave the impression that she was even more disgusted of him and Tamma was trembling while having a stunned expression on his face.

"Perfect, he will be the one!" Honda thought.

The darkness duelist got up from his chair and then he spoke with his normal voice:

"Tamma, I want you to duel me!"

"M-me? B-but why me?" Tamma asked with a fearful voice.

"What's the matter? Not tough enough to face me?" Honda mocked.

"Fine, I'll face you!" Tamma changed his voice to his usual ambitious one.

The two walked to the dueling table that was in the kitchen and put their decks on in. They set their cards and thus began their match.

"I summon Vorg, Brawler of Hell!" Tamma said and put a rainbow card that depicted a humanoid dressed in a black armor in the battle zone.

"I summon Bloody Shadow, Mystic Light Death Knight." Honda calmly said and placed a rainbow card in the battle zone that depicted a ghostly night riding on a cloud horse and wielding a spear.

"I summon Ikki and Kumasan, Ogre Beasts! Vorg, break his shield!"

A wave came out of Tamma's card which hit a card from Honda's shield zone and bounced it in the air, the white haired duelist grabbing it and putting it in his hand.

"Why didn't Honda block the attack?" Tsugumi asked.

"He is probably in need of cards in hand." Luna hypothesized.

"Alright, it is time to hinder you a bit, little Tamma!" Honda said while tapping three mana cards. "I summon Time Tripper, Shadow of Stagnation, now all the cards that you put in your mana zone are put tapped!"

"Tsh… guess I won't be using this anymore." Tamma said and placed Dolmarks, the Shadow Warrior in his mana zone. "Ikki and Kumasan, attack and we play Hardcore Judge!"

Tamma and Honda revealed the top cards of their deck which were Explodemaru, Careless Ogre and Lost Soul. It was 8 VS 7, so Tamma won.

"Now Ikki and Kumasan's effect destroys Time Tripper!" Tamma said and watched how Honda placed his card in the graveyard. "Ikki and Kumasan, break his shield!"

"Block the attack, Bloody Shadow!" Honda said and both creatures got destroyed.

"Vorg, break his shield!"

Honda calmly took another card from his shield zone to his hand. Then he tapped four mana cards and put a darkness creature into the battle zone while saying:

"I summon Melkomi Tamatama, Shadow of Restraint!"

"Huh? But how could he summon that? It costs 8 mana!" Tsugumi intervened.

"Indeed it does, but its cost is reduced by 1 for each creature he has in the mana zone." Luna explained.

The cards that Honda had in his mana zone were Bega, Vizier of Shadow, Suffocation Cloak, Shadow of Atrophy, Batou Shoulder, Shadow of Fiction and Buchikudaki Food, Shadow of Grinding.

"Hehehe, Melkomi Tamatama costs 8, but I have 4 creatures in my mana zone. 8-4=4, hahaha!" Honda laughed.

"Spare me of your maths! I can do that trick too!" Tamma said and then he tapped four mana cards. "I summon Explodemaru, Careless Ogre!"

Explodemaru had the same summoning effect as Melkomi Tamatama, but the cards in Tamma's mana zone were Terror Pit, No Questions! Ogre Boy, Laurier, Ogre Princess, Dolmarks, the Shadow Warrior and Genji Boy.

"Explodemaru has speed attacker, so go, Explodemaru and Vorg, break two more of his shields!" Tamma said and then he watched how Honda took two more cards from his shield zone to his hand. "Hah, you have one shield left! Soon it will be game over for you, freak!"

"I beg to differ!" Honda replied with a sly smile on his face. "I summon Ganaru Scream, Shadow of Screaming!"

The card shined with a purple light and the top four cards of his deck fell into his graveyard. Those cards were Terror Pit, Snake Tailcoat, Black Demon of Torture, Lost Mind Torture and Filefish Jacket, Shadow of Torture.

"I return Filefish Jacket to my hand!" Honda said and the named card flew from the table and landed into his hand. "And now I attack Explodemaru with Melkomi Tamatama, destroy him!"

"This isn't over yet!" Tamma declared after putting Explodemaru into his graveyard. "I summon Genji Boy! He has speed attacker and must attack each turn if able, so go Genji Boy, break his final shield!"

As Honda took the final shield card into his hand, he gave Tamma a chilling stare and showed it to him while saying:

"Shield trigger activate, I cast DNA Spark! I tap Vorg and get another shield!"

Tamma watched disappointed how his only untapped creature card got tapped and how Honda took the top card of his deck and placed it in his shield zone.

"And now it's my turn, I summon Filefish Jacket, Shadow of Torture. Ganaru Scream, destroy Genji Boy! Then Melkomi Tamatama, suicide with Vorg! I end." Honda concluded with his confident voice.

The situation wasn't too bright for Tamma. He had no more cards in his hand and had lost control over the battle zone. Now he depended on his next draw. The card that he drew was Golden Age Ogremaru "Explosion" which was an evolution creature. Sadly for him, he had no bait to summon it.

"Kasai…" Tamma whispered. "Just wait one more turn, buddy!"

And thus Tamma ended his turn.

"It is time for your demise, chosen fire duelist!" Honda announced. "I summon Bega, Vizier of Shadow! With its effect I put the top card of my deck to my shield zone and you discard a card!"

"Oh no, Kasai!" Honda exclaimed as the card from his hand got darkened and fell into his graveyard.

"Then with Filefish Jacket's effect I may put a Ghost from my graveyard into the battle zone that costs the same as a Ghost I now summoned. In other words… I evolve Bega into Snake Tailcoat, Black Demon of Torture!"

The Snake Tailcoat card that was in Honda's graveyard came out of it and landed upon his rainbow card that represented Bega. All of a sudden, a black mist appeared behind Honda and out of it came a goat skulled ghost dressed in a red tailcoat out of which two snakes were coming.

"Snake Tailcoat…" Tamma murmured with fear.

"That's the creature that he used to defeat Swindle!" Luna noted.

"Be careful, Tamma-chan!" Tsugumi warned him.

"Snake Tailcoat, double break his shields! Filefish Jacket and Ganaru Scream, break his shields!" Honda ordered and three beams came out of his cards that pushed four of Tamma's shield cards into his hand.

Tamma was trembling and beyond mortified. The ghost story that Honda had told them really had effect on him. And now the terrifying Snake Tailcoat was there and he was frozen with fear. However, the moment he saw what he had gotten from his shields, a bit of his courage returned as he showed a fire card to his opponent while saying:

"Shield trigger activate, I cast Reckless Cut Scrapper, destroy Snake Tailcoat!"

A pink chainsaw appeared as a hologram and cut Snake Tailcoat into half, making the creature disappear.

"And now it's my turn, I summon Cougar, Ogre Beast and with its effect I destroy Ganaru Scream!" Tamma said, his confidence rising once again. "I end my turn!"

"Alright, Tamma has regained control over the battle zone!" Tsugumi exclaimed.

"Heh, don't get too happy, for you made a mistake, Tamma!" Honda said.

"And what might that be?" the red haired boy asked.

"You should have destroyed Filefish Jacket with Reckless Cut Scrapper. Now because he is still alive, this game is mine!"

Five mana cards tapped all by themselves as Honda showed a darkness card to his opponent and said:

"I summon Ganaru Scream, Shadow of Screaming!"

The top cards from Honda's deck that went into his graveyard were Bloody Shadow, Mystic Light Death Knight, DNA Spark, Falconer, Lightfang Ninja and Inferno Sign. Then the card that went into Honda's hand was Melkomi Tamatama, Shadow of Restraint.

"Then with Filefish Jacket's effect I evolve Ganaru Scream into Snake Tailcoat, Black Demon of Torture!" Honda said and Tamma got stunned as he saw the ghost reappear once again behind its master. "Go, Snake Tailcoat, attack and I discard Melkomi Tamatama to destroy Cougar! Now break his final shield!"

Tamma watched how his only creature got destroyed by Snake Tailcoat's snakes and then how the same creature used its snakes to also break his last shield. Much towards his disappointment, it wasn't a shield trigger.

"Filefish Jacket, Shadow of Torture, todomeda!" Honda ordered.

Tamma screamed fearfully as the holographic ghost hit him and threw him against the wall. However, when he opened his eyes, he saw that everything was back to normal. He was not hurt, but Honda had won the duel.

"Impressive match, Honda!" Luna complimented him.

"Nice dueling skills, I must say!" Tiger added.

"Hehe, it was a piece of cake! That brat was no match for me, the best duelist ever!" Honda said and stretched his arms.

Tsugumi walked to the defeated Tamma and helped him up. Then the blonde girl whispered to him:

"I don't know how, I don't know when, but this guy has got to go! I can't stand his presence anymore!"

"I know, but what can we do? The Proof has chosen him." Tamma responded.

"Let's hope we'll find a way, Tamma-chan…"

Meanwhile at the hot springs, as Subaru and Blane were spending their night watching TV after a good and relaxing bath, someone knocked at their door.

"Don't worry, I'll get it." Subaru said as he got up from the bed.

The black haired teenager walked to the door and once he opened it, he saw a tall and muscular boy around his age with messy black hair and a large red jacket. He also had an R mark on his forehead.

"Shubham? What are you doing here?" Subaru asked while sweating.

"I am no longer Shubham, Subaru Geki. You may call me Raiden!" the mysterious figure introduced himself.

Back at the UFO, it was bedtime. All of the lights were off and its inhabitants were asleep. However, Tamma was sneaking into the kitchen once again looking for goodies to eat at his midnight snack.

"Stupid Honda and his ghost stories. Just who does he think is going to fall for those fairy tales?" Tamma spoke to himself while taking out of the fridge a bottle of milk and a box of cookies.

All of a sudden, the boy head footsteps coming from the hallway. He slowly approached the opened door of the kitchen and when he took a good look at it, he saw that nobody was there. The corridor was dark and empty.

"Is anybody there?" Tamma asked but received no response. "I guess my mind must be playing tricks."

But then the footsteps returned once again and they became faster and faster. When Tamma took another look at the corridor, he saw two shining pale bare feet running towards him. The boy widened his eyes and when he saw a figure about the same size as his approaching him, he screamed as loud as he could.