A/N: This is the thrid time I've uploaded this, my computer is evil! Anyway. Flashback, a bit more duelling, revenge on Divine, insane Kiryu and a cliffhanger this chapter. And I bet no one feels sorry for what happens to Divine down the bottom.


"Get up and duel, boy," Divine snapped. "Before you end up like him."

Kiryu looked up from where he was sitting next to another boy. He was the other boy from Lidum House. Kiryu shook him quickly but there was no response. Again Divine snarled for him to stand and carry on with the duel.

"If you don't duel, boy, you'll end up like him too," he said coldly.

Kiryu didn't get up but drew a card. Divine smiled as he summoned out a new monster and ordered it to attack without a moment's hesitation. And then it happened. It wasn't a strong monster or a strong attack, but Divine had left himself open for an attack purposely. But he felt it as the ground was torn up by small attack and it slammed into him.

"I've done it," he breathed, drawing Kiryu's gaze. "I've finally done it." He walked over and crouched in front of Kiryu, who back away from him as he caught his chin. "You're mine now, boy."

"Get off me."

"Here look." He pulled Kiryu around to look at the arena. "Look at your power, what you've just done. And that was with a weak monster and the tinest amount of power." Kiryu's eyes widened and he got up, backing away quickly. "Don't be scared. It'll only continue to growing as we continue treatment. And if you continue to grow and if you become powerful enough to please me, you'll have protection from all those who'd call you a monster."

"I- I'm not- I didn't," he cried shaking his head. "I didn't do that. That wasn't me!"

"Don't you get it?" he laughed. "It was you."

"I've never done anything like that! I'm not a monster!"

"No, you're a wonderful power," Divine said softly as Kiryu backed against the wall. "You will be treated like such power deserves. I instilled this power in you, I awoke it, and as long as you're here, you're safe. But if you wish to rebel and try to use my gift to you against me I could always turn up the currents to leave you like him."

Kiryu's fingers went to one of the shockers around his arms. Divine had kept them on him when he wasn't under sedation for added control. Kiryu was the most rebellious of the criminals he'd bought in. The one who'd just died had always been much more compliant to avoid pain. Kiryu didn't really care. A current of electricity ran through him suddenly, drawing a pained cry from Kiryu. Divine frowned. Kiryu had always been resistant though, level that had killed one of his companions had barely drawn a sound from him. This was just a warning jolt.

Divine & Aki 3800

Misty & Kiryu 4000

Aki glanced between Divine and Kiryu. Misty was watching Kiryu. He'd never told her about this sort of thing. She knew he'd suffered at Divine's hands, that was a given, but this explained a lot more. The source of Kiryu's powers and if insanity fuelled his power, then the pain inflicted by Divine would have only escalated his strength and instability.

"See the pain you put us through?" Misty snapped.

"It's all an illusion, Aki," Divine said calmly. "Just focus on the duel. They're trying to distract you."

"I activate Phantom Destruction to destroy Reptiless Servant," she said quietly.

The snake shattered and Misty growled. "When Reptiless Servant is targeted by a spell or trap it's destroyed. I activate my trap Sorrowful Chain, so you can see the final straw."

"Toby!" Misty was crying at his side. "Toby!"

"I was so distraught," Misty said quietly. "I couldn't live without my precious Toby."

Again the scene shifted and there was the screech of tiers. The car Misty was in went flying off the road, through a barrier as Misty screamed. The blare of sirens filled the air and Misty was rushed through on a bed.

"You kill me too," Misty told Aki. "I was already dead. I didn't know why I'd been brought back, but now I do."

Kiryu was screaming and writhing in pain as currents ran through him. Divine sat half watching, half looking at the deck in his hands. He waved his hand and the currents stopped. He stepped up to Kiryu and unstrapped one arm, offering him the deck.

"Show me what you can do. Unleash your true power."

Kiryu took the deck slowly and dark blue energy flowered from the deck. Divine frowned. It seemed he was chosen. A sudden wave burst across the room throwing Divine and his assistants away and breaking the restraints. When the smoke cleared Divine looked up to see Kiryu standing on the table, winds whipping around him and a dark blue flaming aura surrounding him. Just like when Aki lost control. He laughed softly and reached out a hand. A card flew from the deck to his hand. He smiled and gazed down at Divine.

"You've finally got your monster, Divine," he whispered. He threw the card to the ground and a demonic hound rose from the card. "Sic him boy."

Divine laughed as the hound was deflected, but that didn't deter it. It pounced on the assistants, tearing them apart, blood splattering the room as Divine laughed, never taking his eyes off Kiryu's twisted smile.

"And now you truly are mine, boy," he said softly. "You have no choice anymore. If you betray me, I'll have you locked away and executed for your murderess crimes." Kiryu's smile faded and he turned his gaze on him. "You have no choice."

"You knew."

"I knew the deck would do this to you, yes. You are mine."

"As I said," Misty said. "You destroyed us both. Since all three Sad Story spell cards are on the field I can special summon Dragon Queen of Tragic Endings." ATK 1900/DEF 2600 "Now I can attack you directly witch."

"Divine? Is all this true? Is it really all my fault?" Aki whispered. "Did you really do that to Kiryu?"

"No," both he and Kiryu replied. Misty frowned and Kiryu continued. "He did that to me, but you didn't Aki. You were attacking, Misty?"

The dragon let out a blast at Aki slamming directly into her. Kiryu laughed softly as she staggered back. Divine caught her wrist and held her steady. Kiryu stopped laughed and frowned as whispered in her ear. Aki's eyes widened and he reached up, slowly removing her hair pin as the winds tore around them. He smiled. The true power of the witch was released. He was pleased.

Divine & Aki 1900

Misty & Kiryu 4000

"Because of Dragon Queen's effect you're forced to discard a card and I get to draw one and since it's not the draw phase the Sad Story cards won't affect the draw."

"I activate Full Salvo," Kiryu said quietly. "So I can send my whole hand to my Graveyard and inflict 200 points of damage for every one."

He send the cards to the Graveyard and a stream of light slammed into Divine, who stumbled back.

Divine & Aki 1100

Misty & Kiryu 4000

"I end my turn."

Aki closed her eyes and drew quickly, glancing at the card. Violet Witch. She sighed and reshuffled it. "I summon Witch of the Black Rose. And I use her effect to draw another card. And as you just said, this draw isn't affected by your Sad Story. Rose Fairy. When Rose Fairy is drawn by special effect I can summon it. Now I tune Rose Fairy and Witch of the Black Rose to Synchro Summon Black Rose Dragon!" She laughed cruelly as the dragon appeared behind her with a deafening roar, it's vines lashing out around them. "Now, Black Rose Dragon, destroy her Dragon Queen!"

The blast hit both Kiryu and Misty, knocking Misty back while Kiryu stood his ground firmly.

Divine & Aki 1100

Misty & Kiryu 3500

"I activate Damage Gate," he growled. "Since we took damage I can special summon a monster with ATK equal or less than the damage I took. So I summon Infernity Mirage in defence." ATK 0/DEF 0

"I end my turn."

"My move then," Kiryu said and didn't even bother to look at the card before reshuffling. "I activate Infernity Mirage's effect. While I have no hand I can send it to the Graveyard to special summon 2 Infernity monster from my Graveyard. Infernity Avenger-" ATK 0/DEF 0 "-and Infernity Necromancer." ATK 0/Def 2000 "Next I activate Infernity Necromancer's effect to summon Infernity Archfiend from my Graveyard." ATK 1800/DEF 1200. "Then I tune them together. You're not the only one who can play with dragons, Aki, as Divine well knows. I Synchro Summon Infernity Death Dragon!" ATK 3000/DEF 2400.

"No," Divine growled as Kiryu let out a cackle, watching his dragon forming.

"That's thing is certainly ugly," Aki said coldly, with a smirk.

"Ah, the witch isn't scared," Misty sneered. "Don't you remember Infernity Death Dragon's effect?"

"Kiryu, let's talk about this."

"Why?" Kiryu snarled. "We didn't even need our Immortals to defeat you two. Walk away now, Aki, we have nothing against you beyond being a Signer."

"She killed Toby!" Misty cried.

"No, he did," he replied, glaring back at Divine. "Don't you remember, Aki? When I had that terrible nightmare of a young boy named Toby being tortured to improve his powers? And Divine kept me locked up after that to keep me quiet? It didn't click until just now. You killed Toby, Divine. Not Aki. You just covered it up so she'd take the blame."

"Fine, since you know, yes, I killed the snivelling little brat," Divine said, smiling at Misty. "He wasn't anywhere near as strong as Kiryu."

"And you blamed it on me?" Aki snapped.

"Aki..." She turned and glared back at him. "Kiryu..." Kiryu laughed and raised his hand. Infernity Death Dragon lifted its head and focused on Divine. "Now, let's not be hasty. I protect you both. I gave you a home, protected you! Made you feel like you had a place you belonged!"

Aki growled and copied Kiryu, throwing her hand in the air and Black Rose Dragon- just as Kiryu's monster had- turned on Divine.

"You weren't much help, were you?" Kiryu laughed. "Did you think you could just rely on Aki's power?"

"Kiryu-"

"Would you have run away and let her kill me, Divine?"

"Aki-"

"Just finish him," Misty whispered. "Then we can all be free."

Both Aki and Kiryu signalled their dragons and the two tore through the air at Divine. Aki gasped and turned away as the caught him and Misty winced as he screamed turning her gaze to Aki rather than the pair of dragons. Kiryu on the other hand laughed wildly as Divine begged for mercy for another minute or so before he was torn apart. When the girls turned back there was blood on the ground and covering the faces of the dragons and Kiryu. He was still laughing. Misty frowned. Something was wrong. His insanity had suddenly shifted, it was something more sinister now.

"I'm sorry, Aki," Misty whispered. "Divine killed Toby, not you. I have had my revenge for Toby, and Kiryu has had his, we'll surrender the duel."

Kiryu turned to her and caught her wrist with a snarl. "We'll do what?"

"Kiryu, it was all Divine," Misty said quietly. "He was the one who hurt us both, why hurt Aki?"

"She's a Signer, and she knew what he was doing," he replied, glaring into her eyes. "She knew he had tortured me and I begged her for help and she ignored me because Divine was perfect. Just like she probably ignore Toby."

"I thought you were just upset and struggling to come to terms with it, Kiryu," Aki argued. "I'm sorry I didn't realise you needed my help. You're the greatest friend I've ever had, Kiryu, I'm so sorry I didn't understand."

"You will be."