Well, here comes another chapter everyone! Hello again, thanks reading the fanfic to those tht are doing so. First of all, this time I want to thank DragonKnight15 for once again spreading word of my fanfic in his own story. I really appreciate his help not only pointing out a few mistakes (like that one of Armory Arm's effect, which I couldn't see back in the previous chapter, sorry for that one readers) , liking the story and helping me with a few details of the story as well, but also doing me that favor and that he likes pretty much this story.

Now, moving to the next matter, by now you may have noticed that Sara and Rafael have some crushes with Yusei and Akiza or Mina. This is just an idea I got for the fanfic, nothing is determined yet, and as I wrote some time ago in the fanfic's summary, I'll make special endings by the time I reach there. For now, just think of them as a humor touch or a serious matter in the story (it also becomes plto wise sometimes, for a few important events). Anywyas, let's get going to the next chapter of the arc, Darkness Rises. Hope you like it guys.

Episode 36: Clashing Forces, Trident Dragion rises to the challenge.

After landing in a thick forest in the island by the other side of the girl's dorm and the lake, Aster told his friends to get their things out of the airplane, for him to check on what was wrong with the wing and possibly start the repairs. Chazz simply took out his car parking it nearby, as Rafael moved his runner along, checking its computer to see if he had received any message from the other paladins, but with nothing new there; he then turned on the hologram system, trying to locate any paladin signals nearby and where the fiends were stationed in the island.

"Let's see, here's the main building of the academy." He said, pointing to the large building "Knowing the fiends, they surely have their leaders in there. These little stations around it are possibly security posts." He added, as Chazz, Syrus and Mana were approaching "This won't be easy at all; we must first locate Alexis and the others."

"My sweet Alexis is surely leading the entire assault group to recover the Academy!" said Chazz, closing his eyes as he began imagining Alexis in the academy's uniform leading more duelists against the fiends, until Rafael snapped him out of his fantasy "Hey, what was that for?"

"Please Chazz, now's not the time." replied Rafael seriously "Alexis told me students began disappearing as the resistance was being assembled. She and Tyranno believe they were kidnapped by the fiends and held as hostages."

"Hey Chazz!" asked Aster, as he jumped from his airplane's wing, cleaning his hands a bit "Do you have by any chance any tools in your car? I need a few wrenches and a screwdriver." He said, approaching the group "As for the battle plan, why don't we draw some attention to ourselves?"

Rafael simply began thinking it, as he recalled a small device in the Berserk Dragon as he fought it with his white dragon "Maybe we've dragged their attention already. That dragon had a small camera, possibly transmitting the signal to the stations." added Rafael, as he was getting his helmet and getting on his runner "I'll survey the area; everyone, stick together until I return." he added as he turned on the engine and rode through the forest, looking around the area they landed, as it was still night. Aster immediately began working once again in the plane, as it was getting darker.

After a few minutes, Rafael returned to the camp, tired and a bit worried "Any success on finding anyone around here?" asked Syrus worried, as Mana was already sleeping in his leap as they lit a small fire for a brief moment; Rafael answered no with his head.

"Even worse. There are a lot of patrols in the area." He added, crossing his arms, as he took seat "The probability that they find us is low, however we need to find Alexis and the duelists that are fighting back, that may be the only chance we have to win a battle here." He added, as he turned to Aster, who was still working in the plane engine "How long has he been checking that? I thought he would fix it in a few hours."

"When your plane is reached by a zombie dragon's flames and the engine of a wing gets hit forcefully by them, then we can talk about this stuff." Said Aster, jumping again from the wing, cleaning his hand from the dirt "Anyways, sorry about that and the plane won't be working for a while." He added, taking a seat too "A day maybe, that's all I need."

"Well, we still have to find the others and push the fiends, so we have time." Replied Rafael, staring at the night sky.

"However, there's something more that happened while you were gone." Added Aster, standing up and guiding Rafael back to the plane. Inside of it, Chazz was trying to communicate throught he planes communicators, but with no success "Chazz, I told you there must be a jammer around here. At least the communicators in the plane won't work." added Aster seriously, at Chazz who was impatient now.

"But we must see if anyone can come for her! She will be in danger if she stays longer, not to add I don't like to be with her that much." Shouted Chazz annoyed, as he kept trying turning the communicator.

"What does she mean with 'she'?" asked Rafael confused.

"You should see who sneaked up." added Aster, as he took him to the back part of the plane, where they had the runner and the car. Rafael simply got surprised to see Blair sitting in the seats, as she was trying to avoid him to see her in there. She was wearing a similar orange shirt like that she used while in duel academy, as well as a similar short and stockings black colored, but a bit bigger; the only difference was that she wore a white jacket in place of her red jacket of the Slifer Red Dorm.

"Blair? What are you doing here?" asked Rafael, as Blair simply smiled back at him, nervous and with a sweat drop behind her.

"Hi Rafael…" she replied nervous, still smiling back "I…just wanted to come back, that's all." she added barely giggling. Rafael kept looking at her, coldly.

"She sneaked up in the 'Thunder's' car." added Aster, with his arms folded and looking serious at him "We found her when you were gone, we don't know if you alowed her to come because she says she had permission. we wanted to know the truth, that's all." he added, as Rafael looked serious, but a bit mad too.

"I thought I was clear in my decision of coming alone Blair I..." He replied, as Blair just stood up immediately.

"Rafael, I want to help Jaden and the others!" she replied, losing her calm "I can't simply standby like that. You all treat me like a burden, but I can do more than just inform or investigate!" she replied, looking serious. Rafael simply remained silent a moment, as she turned to the window a moment "I want you to understand me. I'm also a paladin and it's a real pain to be left in the rear all the time, while everyone risks their lives. I helped you when everybody was kidnapped, remember?" Rafael just closed his eyes a moment, as Blair still was looking at him "Please, give me a chance. I know I can do this."

Rafael simply sighed, as Aster stared at him "It would be foolish to send you back and there's no way to do so even." He replied, as Blair understood he was allowing her to take part of the mission "One thing Blair." Blair simply nodded, as she was happy to see he allowed her to be with them "I'm not sure if Jaden is around here, so I just want you to keep your calm and be focused on what we're doing."

"Of course I will!" replied Blair happily "I won't disappoint you guys, I swear it!" she said hugging Rafael, as she then let him go after a while. Moments later, as the midnight was getting near, those outside entered at the plane to rest, while the men turned for guard, to keep them safe during the night.

The next morning, the first thing they did was pick up things and look for Alexis, as Rafael's runner had finally caught her signal, locating her at the spa that was located not too far from their position. Chazz and Rafael transported the group, as Aster decided to stay behind, to finish fixing the airplane for any moment they would need it.

"Umm, is it my imagination or is this jungle far deeper than I thought?" asked Blair, a bit surprised they had been walking for a few hours and still haven't find anything.

"It's natural to think so. It's been a long time since we were here, remember." Replied Rafael, looking at his surroundings "I'll triangle our position." He added, as he readied his map hologram through his wrist communicator, as he marked another position in it and looked carefully at it "A bit more, we should be reaching the current whereabouts of the duelists at any rate." He added, as he began running, just to be passed pretty fast by Chazz, as he seemed pretty happy.

"My dear Alexis, I'm coming for you!" shouted Chazz with heart shaped eyes "Don't fear, your knight in shining armor has arrived!" he added, as he already was at least 100 meters from the group.

"Come on, I told him to stick with the group!" replied Rafael, as he turned to his friends, who began running towards the direction Chazz took.

Moments later, they heard a loud explosion, quickly followed by shouts and growls. The group immediately realized that a battle was ensuing between the remaining duelists of Duel Academy and the occupying fiends, as more explosions were heard. The group began hurrying the march, as they got outside of the forest right on the other side of the lake, as they saw a rather medium group of fiends attacking duelists. Chazz was already fighting too, guiding his Armed Dragon Lv 10, his Ojama King, and the powerful VWXYZ Catapult Dragon Cannon in battle. The group tried to spot anyone familiar, as they saw their blond friend commanding her Cyber Primas and the Cyber Blader to fend off the fiend group; moments later, two huge tyrannosaurs appeared, one was equipped with mechanical features, as electricity was flowing through it, the other one looked really fierce and armored with tough red grayish scales, roaring as it made the fiends fall back.

"Those are surely Tyranno and Alexis." Said Syrus eager "Man, they really are fighting back a lot! That's the spirit of the GX Generation!" he added, as he was turning his duel disk on.

Rafael simply smiled at Syrus comments, as he inside felt Jaden's teaching sto him were for nothing, as Jaden always treasured friendship and trust, believing he thought those things to Rafael "Well, you can thank that to Jaden Sy. He's the inspiration of our generation." Said Rafael smiling eagerly "I say we should join the party now, what do you guys think?"

"Alexis my love!" shouted Chazz standing by his dragon's shoulder, as it crossed the lake with it, catching Alexis and Tyranno's attention "I've come back for you!"

"Chazz?" replied Alexis quite surprised to see him there, but even more that he still thought of her as his girlfriend. They then turned to the lake, as a powerful roar was heard from that direction. A Blue Eyes White Dragon suddenly appeared, as it was accompanied by Judgment Dragon and a Cyber End Dragon. She then managed to see with the monsters Syrus, Blair and Rafael, heading to their position to face the fiends "Guys…you've come!" she added smiling happily, as she felt things were changing for good.

"That's all we need!" added Tyranno smiling eagerly as he held his right hand with his left one "Let's kick the fiends out now!"

Meanwhile, on the fiends first line, many of them began running back to the place they came from, as they saw the powerful dragons land in front of them and attacking so much the frontline that it got devastated in seconds "Look out! The Paladins have arrived!" was heard a lot as they fell back, trying to escape from the dragons. Mefist simply stared at the group of paladins, as he knew the time to act was upon him. He returned to call his comrades, Ha Des and Prometheus to fulfill their task.

"Rafael, guys, thanks for coming." said Alexis, as soon as the skirmish ended, as the Paladin group began descending and approaching to greet her old friends "I'm really happy to see you guys here."

Tyranno also approached, saluting them the military way "Good to see you Commander." He said smiling at Rafael, who simply let go a laugh.

Chazz immediately got down of his monster standing right in front of Alexis, staring at her eyes romantically "My dear Alexis, not a day has passed that I have not thought of you." He then took her hand, as she looked surprised he really still loved her "I'm here to fight for you, ending this battle myself."

"By the way Alexis," said Rafael as he then saw three shadows approaching them from the hill "guys, sorry, but this battle isn't over yet." He said, pushing a button in his wrist communicator, as his runner began to initiate, heading to his position from the airplane, tracking down the best route outside of the forest.

Hearing Rafael, his friends turned to see the three captains that had been giving troubles, serving the fiends. Mefist immediately galloped with his demonic armored stallion, as it whinnied, stopping right in front of Rafael and lifting its front hooves, as Mefist pointed at Rafael with his axe. Prometheus and Ha Des then joined their comrade, as they teleported in shadows "I suppose you must be Rafael, commander in turn of the Paladins of Light." Said Mefist, putting away his axe; Rafael didn't reply, as Mefist simply chuckled "Excellent, our General wants to meet you, now if you'll come with me." He then took again his axe, laughing as everyone thought he would kill him "Or should I take you by force?"

Rafael simply let go a confidence laugh, as he closed his eyes "You really are a fool believing I would accept so easily."

"Rafael, look out around him!" shouted Tyranno worried "That guys is really fast, he's cards are really powerful!"

"Tyranno is right." Added Alexis with a sweat drop of concern "He's no ordinary duelist, he's a turbo duelist. That's the reason no one has been able to defeat him here."

"Is that so?" replied Rafael eager "Then you've been playing without a proper rival Mefist, why don't you fight me then? In a Turbo Duel." He added, as his runner's engine began to be heard around, as his runners jumped a small hill, landing by Rafael's side as he got above it and readied his Turbo Deck.

Mefist simply laughed frantically; quite surprised of Rafael's courage "Very well, let's fight then you fool!" replied Mefist as he placed his axe in his stallion's seat and it turned into the duel disk for his runner, turning to Prometheus and Ha Des "You two, deal with this scum as the General ordered! Crush this resistance at once!" added Mefist, as his Ha Des began laughing maniacally, while Prometheus remained calmed down. Rafael drove his runner towards his friends, placing on his helmet "Guys, I need you two beat this guys and then head towards Duel Academy. I'll go there when I finish this duel." said Rafael, as he readied his runner.

"Rafael, be careful." Said Alexis, as Chazz and Syrus readied his duel disks "Chaz, Syrus, what are you doing?"

"We'll face these fiends." replied Syrus smiling eagerly "That way, this will end sooner than they expected."

"This will be fast my dear Lexi, I'll deal with Ha Des personally!" shouted Chazz, as he turned on his duel disk, smiling confident that he would defeat his opponent.

"Rafael, so called Paladin, show me what you've got!" shouted Mefist, as his stallion whinnied and began running towards the road, quickly followed by Rafael as he finished readying his runner. Prometheus immediately answered at Syrus duel "Little kid, I expect you to suffer at my hand." He then stared at Mana, who looked angrily at him "Oh, so Dark Magician's student is here, that can give our comrades in the Spirit World an incredible advantage, with you as a hostage."

"Don't you dare involve her in this, I'll show you!" replied Syrus, as he started the duel "Mana, behind me please, I don't want you to get hurt."

"Ha Des, it's time to finish this!" shouted Chazz smiling "I will defeat you and prove I'm the best around here!"

"How can you end something that hasn't even started?" asked Ha Des, making fun of him. At a distance, Rafael and Mefist were already starting up their duel, as a solitary figure stared at them from a safe distance. Alongside him, Yubel appeared, turning to his comrade "It seeme they are starting the fight Jaden." She said as Rafael and Mefist disappeared from their sight "Should we begin helping our friends?"

Jaden simply smiled, as he took off his hood "Why not? It seems therea re many security stations still." He added, turning back to the academy seriously "I want to see my friends after so long, but first we must defeat the fiends in here." He then grabbed three of his cards, being his ace Elemental Heroes, Neos, Flare Wingman, and Tempest, as he harnessed his powers of the Supreme King and Yubel, materializing his heroes "It's hero time!" he shouted, as he jumped back to the road and headed to the main building with his heroes.

Mefist 4000 LP, Hand 5, SC 0; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 5, SC 0

"Since you challenged me, I'll start the duel!" shouted Rafael, getting his card and planning a strategy quickly "For beginners, I'll start up summoning Totem Dragon in defense mode." His brownish long small dragon appeared, covering itself "Next, I play two face downs. That's the end of my turn."

Mefist 4000 LP, Hand 5, SC 1; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 1

"Then let's start the party. I set two cards and call Blizzard Dragon in attack mode!" shouted Mefist, as his blue dragon appeared in the field, roaring a bit "I won't waste time using his skill, for Totem Dragon won't stand a chance! Attack now!" the blue dragon simply harnessed an ice breath and fired it at Totem Dragon, crushing the lesser dragon immediately "I end my turn now."

Mefist 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 2; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 2

"Impressive start, but that's not enough!" said Rafael as he got his card, and his Totem Dragon came back from the graveyard.

"Wait, I destroyed that foolish dragon clean and fair! Why is it back?" replied Mefist angered to see the dragon back.

"You see, when I have no monsters in the field and there are only dragon monsters on my graveyard, I can bring back Totem Dragon, as long as I remove it from play the next time it leaves the field, but that should be your least of worries." He added, as his Totem Dragon turned into a sphere and was absorbed in another one "By releasing Totem Dragon, I can summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 6 to the field!" he said, as his silverfish dragon appeared in the field, roaring fiercely "Now Horus, finish that Blizzard Dragon!" Rafael's dragon began harnessing a powerful fire breath, as it was shot at the water dragon, until Mefist laughed.

"Predictable as a Paladin, you fool! I activate Speed Spell-Shrink by taking my two speed counters, halving the attack force of Horus!" shouted Mefist, as the mirror appeared, but Horus simply passed through it as if it was a ghost "What happened now?" shouted Mefist, surprised at how the silversih dragon was sparred, while Mefist's dragon was weakened further.

"You haven't met Horus right?" replied Rafael smiling "Horus is unaffected by any Spell card that is played. Which means your other dragon takes the toll of your movement." Replied Rafael, as Horus quickly defeated the other dragon, hoping to take out some of Mefist's LP.

"I activate my trap, Enchanted Javelin, increasing my LP by the attack of your dragon." Added Mefist, as the attack reduced his LP to 4400.

"Way to save your LP, but I never aimed at them." Added Rafael, as Horus began glowing intensely, while Mefist looked pretty surprised "You see, when a Lv monster meets a certain requirement, for example Horus defeating a monster in battle, I can Special Summon the next Lv of the monster, in this case, the key to your defeat! Rise now, Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv 8!" shouted Rafael, as a bigger dragon opened its wings and flexed its hands claws "by the way, every time you activate a Spell Card I get a chance to cancel it out, that's when this face down enters in effect too!" added Rafael, as hi activated Royal Decree "No more Trap cards can be activated now. You're playing with half your Deck at the best. Your turn Mefist."

Mefist 4400 LP, Hand 3, SC 1; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 3

"Dang it, this man is good. He locked most of my deck with that move in a single turn." Thought Mefist as he then laughed deviously "Maybe it's time to start playing on my OWN rules." His stallion's eyes then glowed red, as it whinnied once again and rushed forward outrunning Rafael and turning towards him again "Now, let's see if you can take this!" shouted Mefist, as he took his axe and hit Rafael's runner, managing to damage the controller disk, enabling Royal Decree, Rafael simply tried to maintain control on his runner, as that tactic was no surprise from a Fiend of destruction.

"Why am I not surprised of that?" asked Rafael cynically, as he looked seriously at Mefist, who simply began laughing "Well, make your move already, don't you think?"

"I will fool! Hahahahah!" replied Mefist, as he placed his axe back in his stallion's seat "Well now I set a new card, ending my turn."

Mefist 4400 LP, Hand 3, SC 2; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 4

"My turn!" said Rafael, as a number of chains began heading to Horus, sealing it off "Fiendish Chains huh? You really want to stall me."

"Was it too obvious?" asked Mefist laughing "You have no idea of what I plan, I activate my face down Speed Spell-Fires of Doosmday!" shouted Mefist, as his counters took the form of two black flame one-eyed fiends "These serve as a last minute wall, yet I can use them for tributes for Dark monsters too."

"That is if I don't defeat them first." shouted Rafael, as he summoned a monster "Come forth, Twin Headed Behemoth!" he added, as his two headed dragon monster appeared, roaring at Mefist's monster tokens "Now Behemoth, take down one of those tokens!" his dragon then flew towards Mefist, crushing one of the tokens with one of its heads "Next I set a card. I end my turn." Added Rafael, as he began turning to his surroundings, noticing they had left the forest area, heading right to the back side of the island, where there were more rocks and cliffs, they were pretty far from Duel Academy and Mefist was the one controlling where they headed "So this was your plan from the very beginning, lead me far away from my friends to aid them in the next battle."

Mefist began laughing madly, as he faced Rafael now "You have understood. Even if your friends defeat Prometheus and Ha Des, Ha Des has more than one trick into beating them. Just you wait and see, but first, let us finish this duel!"

Back in the road to the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm, a huge explosion occurred there. Prometheus was on the brink of being defeated, as Syrus had his Super Vehicroid Stealth Union and his brother's ace, Cyber End Dragon, as Prometheus LP were depleted completely, losing the duel to Syrus "Heh…heh…I lost…it appears…" said Prometheus, as he kneeled down and began disappearing.

"That's because my resolve is strong enough to see this through." replied Syrus seriously "I will help Alexis and my friends defeat darkness in here, no matter the cost."

Prometheus simply began laughing, as his lower body had disappeared now "Prepare for the darkness that approaches…this nightmare…is just beginning…" he added, as he began laughing, completely disappearing. Just then, Syrus turned around to see Ha Des' dragon, Berserk Dragon, being defeated utterly by Chazz' Armed Dragon Lv 10, as he lost the duel too against the paladin.

"Had enough of Chazz the Thunder?" asked Chazz, smiling as he won "That's my real power, the power I will use to help my love recover Duel Academy!" Ha Des simply laugh, as his skin began turning grey "This is just…the beginning!" he said, as he fell to the floor. That was all Ha Des could do, as his powers were abandoning him "Well guys, with this settle, we must move to the main building." He added, as he turned to the group of Alexis, Blair, Tyranno, Mana and Syrus.

"But shouldn't we wait for Rafael to arrive?" asked Blair worried

Alexis sighed, as he told them of what they had to do "Rafael…said we should move towards the academy to free it. He would meet us there." She added, looking seriously at her friends.

"Then we have no choice then." added Tyranno readying for the next fight "We must get going now!"

"Right!" shouted everyone in unison, as they began running towards the main building of the academy, while Chazz contacted Aster to pick up the remaining students as soon as he finished fixing the airplane. When they were out of sight, Ha Des' body began emitting a strange aura, as his hand moved slowly, trying to close it.

Back in Rafael's duel, his runner and Mefist were now simply rounding the cliffs area, as Mefist tried to stall him some more "You ready to give in fool?" asked Mefist sure that his goal was achieved already "You can always give up, but in your turn, this is my turn!"

Mefist 4400 LP, Hand 3, SC 3; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 5

"My turn!" shouted Mefist, as he began laughing "Time to end this fool. I release my only token to summon Mefist the Infernal General!" he shouted, as a wind current surrounded him, as a new axe appeared in his hand, as he turned around to see Rafael "Now, I activate my set trap card Overflowing Darkness!" he shouted, as he revealed a card with the image of a dark demon entering the body of an Archfiend Soldier, as it was getting stronger "By removing from play any monster in my deck and increase my power by half that monsters power!" he said, as his deck ejected another Mefist from it "I remove myself, in order to increase my power to 2700!" he shouted, as he then charged against the behemoth, destroying it immediately and delivering damage to Rafael, reducing bye one his counters "This is my true power and you won't be able to defeat me yet!" he added, as he ended his move

Mefist 4400 LP, Hand 3, SC 4; Rafael 4000 LP, Hand 3, SC 5

"This is the last turn for you Mefist!" shouted Rafael as he got his card, and smiled at it "This cards I got are just what I need now. But first let's greet my Behemoth back!" he added, as his dragon returned to the field, taking defensive position "Now, I summon Delta Flyer to the field!" he added, as his brownish dragon appeared, flying fast around the field, as it stopped in front of Rafael, facing Mefist "Next I set a card, activating then my face down Level Returner!" he said, as his trap card showing two stars of Sangan being destroyed appeared "This allows me to reduce up to two levels the level of one monster on the field. I choose my Horus level 8 to reduce its level by one, making it 7, for my last tune up!" he added, as his dragon reached sonic speed, leaving behind three energy rings that surrounded Horus "I tune up my level 3 Delta Flyer with my level 7 Horus to Synchro Summon Trident Dragion!" he added, as a huge three headed dragon appeared in the field, roaring fiercely as it stared at Rafael's field "When this monster is Synchro summoned, I'm allowed to destroy up to two cards I own, each of them granting my dragon an additional attack this turn." He said, as one head ate Twin Headed Behemoth and another one ate the face down card "Now, for my last move, I attack with Trident Dragion! Attack one goes against yourself!" the Trident Dragion immediately charged fire power in one of its heads firing it at Mefist, destroying it instantly "Now, for attacks number two and three, this is game!" he added, as his fierce dragon launched two fire balls at Mefist, utterly defeating him at last, as his runner stopped right at the falling Mefist, as his stallion disappeared and he fell, staring at him and laughing at Rafael, as he got off his runner, heading to Mefist "What are you guys scheming here?"

"Nothing you will like…." replied Mefist as he lifted his axe one last time before being taken back to the shadows. Rafael simply moved aside, as the axe simply broke through Rafael's runner, tearing it in two, as Mefist turned back, disappearing in shadows "There's no way…you can save…your friends now!" he added, as he laughed while disappearing in shadows.

Rafael simply looked at Duel Academy's direction, as he was left without transport and pretty far from there, to help his friends. He simply took his duel disk from the destroyed runner, as well as his deck. He then took one card, harnessing his powers yet again "How many times, must they recall I can do this!" he said, as his Felgradn Dragon appeared before him "Head to that building old pal, we must end this at once." He said, while getting on his dragon's back as it roared, fying towards the building.

While Rafael's duel ended, Alexis' group was already reaching the front of the building, noticing a single shadow figure standing in their way. They stopped; walking cautiously to approach it "Who are you?" asked Chazz coldly, as the figure began laughing.

"It's pathetic…you paladins didn't finish me off...moments ago" he added, as he took off his hood, as the group got astonished to see who was standing between the "It can't be…I defeated you!" shouted Chazz, as the one standing in front of them was Dark Ruler Ha Des; however, his robes were torn in some parts, as his skin more of a pale tone, with its head pretty close to its skull, as some parts were visible "Dark Ruler Ha Des, what's the meaning of this?" asked Chazz trembling.

Ha Des simply began laughing, as he stared at his opponents "I'm not Dark Ruler Ha Des anymore…now, after tasting defeat and being close to the gates of the Underworld…my true potential has been released." He said, lifting his hands "Salute the ruler of the dead! The mighty Revived King Ha Des!"

By that time, in the opposite direction, a Sector Security copter flies above the Satellite region, as it was getting a bit close to the ground; a hatchet was opening up, as Yusei Go was barely seen "Mr. Yusei Fudo, we've arrived, Be careful on the way down there." Said a Security officer through a microphone, as Yusei took his helmet and put it on, while Sara got behind Yusei in his runner; she was wearing now a kind of motorcycle red scarlet jacket, of leather, above a white shirt, with a pair of blue jeans and rider boots too.

"You sure you want to do this?" asked Yusei, turning to her.

Sara simply smiled back, while putting on Yusei's spare helmet too "Yeah, I'm sure of it." She said, while thinking of Rafael a moment "Rafael decided to help our friends, I will too. I f I can help you with anything, I want to do so." Yusei simply smiled her back as he turned on his runner's engine, going backwards and landing in the ground, as the copter headed back to New Domino City while they waited a moment there, as Yusei stared up at a someone.

"If it isn't Yusei!" shouted a voice above them, as Sara turned up to a pile of debris and junk to see an orange haired guy with a brown jacket and an orange shirt below it. He simply stared at them, looking a bit devious to Sara's thought. He then jumped, sliding through the debris pile and was approaching them, as he looked like he would attack them.

"Yusei…" said Sara nervous, as Yusei also approached him. Much to her thoughts, Yusei and the strange young man simply greeted each other in a high-five handshake, as Yusei called his name "Crow, it's good to see you again." Sara then calmed down; as it was obvious they knew each other, as they laughed.

"Long time no see pal!" said Crow laughing some more "Good to see you're back home. I came by beause I saw that copter, but never Imagined you would be in it." He then saw Yusei's mark in his face "And you got yourself a mark too."

Yusei simply looked at it "It happens." Crow then changed subjects, as Sara was approaching.

"And who do we have here? That's a face I don't know." He said, approaching her too.

Sara simply bowed a bit, smiling at Crow after it "My name is Sara Alaina, it's nice to make an acquaintance to one of Yusei's friends." She replied smiling.

Crow then smiled back "The pleasure's mine, Sara. The name's Crow "Bullet" Hogan, but just call me Crow." He then turned to Yusei "And she's your girlfriend Yusei pal? She's a bit older than you, I can see that pal." He said bluntly, as Sara got pretty red while Yusei simply got nervous. As to the reaction Crow couldn't help but laugh a bit "I'm just joking pal. Nice to meet a friend of Yuse too." He added, turning to Yusei's runner "It seems you finished your runner too."

"You too Crow." answered back Yusei, seeing Crow's runner.

"Yep, I'm proud of it, the Blackbird. I could beat you and Jack with this easily by a mile!" replied Crow, as he laughed a moment more "But that's enough of pleasantries. Let's hit the road, this is no place to stick around and have a chat, we can do that in my place." Replied Crow, as he put on his helmet, like Yuse and Sara did.

"Maybe my place, I want to check something there first, if you don't mind." Yusei added. Crow then began heading out there, followed by Yusei and Sara. While leaving the area, Sara felt a strange presence nearby, as she turned back to see someone standing in the distance, with a black hood covering him completely, much like Susan wore, but she couldn't see well, thinking she was imagining things. Once they left, the mysterious figure stared at the direction they took, as it began laughing a bit.

"So Yusei, you've come back home after all." He said, while a runner approached him. It was blue colored, with some strange orange symbols and designs around it, with a black fane in the back. The mysterious man simply got in it and kept laughing a bit "Finally, the time for revenge is upon us. I hope you're ready for it, old pal." He said, as he left the area in the opposite direction of Yusei took.

Rafael: Next time in Yugioh 5Ds Paladins of Light…

Ha Des: I've come to bring every of you into the Underworld I command now!
Jaden: Hey, could you stop shouting? It's difficult to beat your goons when you make such a mess like this.
GX Gang: Jaden!
Jaden: Hey guys, nice to see you, especially you two, Lex and Sy.
Alexis: Jaden it's good to see you too but, how did you know of the situation?
Rafael: Because he received the memo, as I thought he would. Good to see you pal, I owe you one since the stadium duel, show this fool what you've got.
Jaden: No problem. The heroes are back to stay here!

Alexis: This and more, next time in Yugioh 5Ds Paladins of Light, Episode 37: Underworld Breaks Loose; Jaden Comes Back!
Blair: I knew my hero would come to save us! Go darling!
Jaden: Heh…I knew something was missing, good to see you Blair.

New Cards of the Day:

Overflowing Darkness, Continuous Trap Card (Image: Shadowy soul of a Skull Lightning Archfiend being absorbed by an Archfiend Soldier, as it gets stronger)
Once during your Main Phase, you can select a Dark Attribute monster you contorl and remove from play a Dark Attribute monster in your Deck. The selected monster's Atk increases by half the removed from play monster attack.

Well, I believe everyone knows what kind of cards Ha Des will have in the next chapter, as well as who the hooded man that peeked into Yusei, Crow and Sara was. Things will get harsh now and I know DeltaFlyer's set in the TCG is not released unitl further, but hey, that's an amazing tuner to have in a dragon deck, I believe most experienced duelists in the world agree with that. Anyways, until next chapter guys! Don't forget to review and thanks for it if you do it.

Almost forgot, for anyone that is into Yugioh fanfiction making, the cards I've been making up (except for the Dragoons and the Paladin cards) are free to use if you want to use them.