Hello guys, another chapter updated here, I hope I really have the chance to finish this while we're still in 2010, but well, it depends a whole lot on me. Anyways, let' get going and try to get this new chapter!

PS: In this chapter and a few previous ones, there are parts where Aster has knowledge of Misty. This is my own add, I'm not implying in the anime it's real or canon, I just thought it could be interesting to make him care for someone of the 5D's series and she was the one I thought.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, original plot ideas of the anime, or music from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or Yu-Gi-Oh! GX's series or any other I try to use, they belong to Konami and Kazuki Takahashi or their respective owners; I do however own the OC's of the Paladins of Light and some cards I've been creating for the fanfic. All credit goes to their respective owners.


LightLord92: Previously on Yu Gi Oh! 5D's, Jack began his duel against Carly, aiming to save her from the evil presence of an Earthbound Immortal.
Roland: Quickly after that, Dark Valkyria appeared and challenged Emily. I can't believe she was chosen over me.
Emily: If it had been you, you would have simply finished her off, instead of trying to save her.
Dark Valkyria/Dunames Dark Witch: Emily and her Paladin card finally saved me and my friends, punishing the real culprit behind it.
Emily: And Jack managed to defeat the darkness controlling Carly too, but…
Jack: I'll defeat now the Dark Signers for Carly and everyone that has suffered!


LightLord92: Episode 54: Sorrowful Truth, the Last Fight!

A few hours later, a bit far from Old Momentum, Yusei's Duel Runner, Trudge's Security Van, and the car that Alexis drove were moving at high speed, jumping through small hills of rocks and ruins around the downtown of the B.A.D Zone, heading straight to Akiza's position to help the group out, knowing of what Roman told them. Sara's Duel Runner quickly appeared from the right side, reducing a lot her speed as she caught up with Yusei's group, turning to him "I've made contact with Rafael, it seems they are about to arrive at the zone where the Control Unit is located!" She said, as Yusei nodded.

"Very well! We've got to seal them as soon as possible to prevent a disaster later on!" replied Yusei, as Luna and Leo turned on the monitors that Rafael gave them, as well as Akio and Lily to keep the group communicated.

"All that's left is the control unit where big sis Akiza is heading, right?" asked Leo wondering about it, as Yusei nodded through the monitor.

"However, according to what that Dark Signer told us" said Jaden speaking through the monitor of Akio "if we don't make it before the sunset…that reminds me, Sara, did you told them of that?" asked Jaden, to which Sara nodded.

"Sure, that worried him a lot, but he'll take care that their group find it before it's too late." Replied Sara, as Akio smirked eagerly.

"Which means this mess will be over before long." Said Akio smiling while turning to Lily "It means maybe Rein can come back after defeating the Dark Signers!"

"Akio, I'm not sure it works like that." replied Lily serious looking, but then smiling "However if we have faith, it can be possible."

As they still headed to the, the sun was already in sight, the sunset closing by and stepping on their heels "The clouds…they are gone." Said Sara surprised "The dark energies that roamed this land are fading away." She said turning ahead "We've come too far to fail, we must get this through."


Back with Rafael's group, they were still heading to the location of the control unit; almost leaving the ruined downtown of Satellite and approaching the amusement park ruins left "Akiza, something bothering you?" asked Rafael turning behind him while Akiza looked quite serious.

"That time when I met Misty…" she replied, remembering her duel with Misty and how she supposedly was responsible of Misty's little brother's death, that fueling her thirst for revenge against Akiza "She blamed me for that."

"But, was that true Akiza?" asked Mina concerned, Akiza shook her head a bit.

"I met her little brother once, but I don't remember ever being responsible for his death." She replied serious looking.

"Then she must be mistaken, there's no other explanation for that." added Mina while Akiza still looked worried.

"I'm not sure." She added, as her mind brought back Misty's face and her anger "That much anger and search of revenge, it was no act. Even so, to answer to Yusei's and everyone else's wishes," she added with determination "I will settle the score with Misty.

"You don't have to do it on your own." Replied Rafael, as Akiza turned to her, while he smiled back "You're not on your own. We'll back you up and see this through." He then turned forward, noticing the amusement park at a distance "Target dead ahead!" shouted Rafael, as their group readied for the battle ahead "Let's finish this already, shall we?"


Moments later, the sunset hurrying them, the group arrived at the amusement park's ruins, starting to get ready for the hunt down of the last control unit, as well as the Dark Signer "We finally arrived." Said Aster, looking at his watch "Hey Rafael, how much time did Sara told you we had?"

"We've got until sunset." Replied Rafael, starting a timer he had set during the route there "We don't have much time, I calculate about 50 minutes, but that's just me." He then turned to Aster, and Mina and Akiza, ready to enter and start "I'll make it brief, I don't like this idea too much, but we'll have to split up and search all over here." He then turned to Mina and Akiza.

"I can take Misty on my own, don't worry about that, but if a Dark General appears…" she said, a bit concerned, as they started walking in with Aster replying.

"It would be impossible, almost." He said confident "According to the legends, there were only 5 of them, the number that have been defeated."

"Just stay alert in any case, we don't know what we may find." said Rafael turning on his communicator, as they did too "Be careful and stay in contact. Let's get going now." He added, as they broke formation and headed to the park, running to find the unit and finish the war with the Dark Signers once and for all.


Outside of the park, Yusei's group finally arrived, noting Mina's Security Van already there "It seems Mina, Akiza, Rafael and Aster finally arrived." said Trudge, Luna looking above to find a geoglyph.

"It seems they haven't found the Dark Signer yet." Said Luna, turning to Yusei and Sara "They are not dueling yet."

Yusei took off his helmet, looking at his friends "We'll split up and look for them too." He said determined, as Sara was taking off her helmet too and about to leave, until an alarm began sounding in her runner "What's that Sara?"

Sara immediately went to it, taking from her backpack a laptop and connecting it, to find the code she was receiving "It can't be!" she shouted, worrying everyone else.

"What's wrong Sara?" asked Crow, looking confused but anxious too "You keep us in suspense, what happened now?"

Alan then stepped up to her "Come on, say it, it can't be really bad like, maybe a new Dark General Appearing, right?" he asked, as Sara simply turned to him, worried "Crap."

"Another one?" asked Akio surprised "But the legends said…"

"I know Akio, but" replied Sara, trying to understand things better "I don't know, maybe the Fiends decided to look for more Dark Generals this time."

"A reason more to hurry up and help our friends." said Yusei, turning to Blair, Tyranno, Jaden and Alexis "Guys, could you please stay here with the vehicles?"

"Sure, you guys go ahead and defeat the bad guys!" replied Jaden eagerly, with a happy grin in his face. After it, Trudge, Jill, Crow, Luna, Leo, Yusei and Sara headed up too, while Sara turned back "Akio, Lily, stay here and contact Rafael quickly! Inform him the Dark General!" she said, running to the park with the others, as the GX gang along with Akio and Lily stayed behind this time around.


Rafael was lost now, walking close to what seemed to be a damaged roller coaster and by a game similar to whack-a-mole, looking in front of him there was a shady man with a gray coat, walking by a house in a suspect manner, catching Rafael's attention "Be on guard." says Dread, taking Spirit form next to Rafael.

"Dread, what's going on? You feel something?" asked Rafael curious, while Dread nodded.

"This man…I have a feeling we've met him before, somewhere." Said Dread, trying to see his aura, but failing "It's odd, I can't sense his aura to fully identify him."

"That's because he has found a way to hide it." Said Chaos, taking spirit form too "Rafael, that man is someone you two know. What was his name? Sammuel, Sammy, Sayin, Saiyan..?" he said, as Rafael thought of a single name and ran towards him getting serious all of a sudden.

"Hey, wait right there!" he shouted, as the man turned to him a bit startled, as Rafael stopped in front of him "Identify yourself immediately."

"Calm down! We work the both of us for Sector Security!" replied the dark red haired man with black glasses and coat, picking an ID from his pocket "I'm an officer of Sector Security; I was ordered by Director Goodwin to come here to aid you guys."

"Is that so?" asked Rafael, doubtful "Then you wouldn't mind answering me a few questions, right?"

The man got a tad nervous, but hide it perfectly "Sure, but I guess this is not the time for that interrogation sir, we've got to stop the Dark Signers."

"Don't worry, the last one is about to be taken care off." Replied Rafael coldly "Now, one question was answered wrongfully by me; but tell me the code Director Goodwin assigned to this mission."

"Code Omega, Priority 1." replied the man, walking next to Rafael.

"Good one, now, who's the leader of this group?" asked Rafael still serious, trying to test the supposed reinforcement.

"I would say you, sir. But in reality is Yusei Fudo." said the man, as Rafael noted a reaction in the man's speech upon saying that name.

"Fine, you seem to say the truth" replied Rafael as the man walked forward while Rafael stood still behind him "now tell me, which is your true goal, Sayer." the man suddenly stopped his march, turning to Rafael "A foolish attempt to trick me, wouldn't you say Sayer?"

"Hmph, impressive indeed, fool." replied Sayer smirking, as he punched Rafael in his head, throwing off to a wall nearby while Rafael's communicator got a bit damaged by crashing with the wall "It's too late to try something, I can't let you go now, can I?"

Rafael simply swept some dirt in his face, smiling "A hollow threat if you ask me, you couldn't kill me in the past, what makes you think you will now?"

"This!" he said, pulling a card from his coat and activating his disk "Don't mess with me!" he said, as he played a card known as Smoke Grenade of the Thief, as a little bomb appeared and blew up, releasing a smoke cloud "You would do well on finding the control unit, you've no time to deal with me!" said Sayer's voice as he began laughing at Rafael; when the smoke faded away, Sayer had disappeared.

"Great, he got away." Said Rafael a tad disappointed.

"What will you do? Go after him?" asked Dread concerned, to which Rafael shook his head.

"I hate to admit it, but I can't spare time to deal with him." He then turned to the sun, knowing time was running out "We've got to seal that unit immediately. I'll tell the others of-" said Rafael, as he noticed some sparks coming from his communicator, as he made a disappointment anime expression "Come on, you've got to be kidding me! This thing broke so easily!" he said, truning it on as it barely worked "Rafael here, does anyone copy?" he said, as static was heard, but n reply came "Excellent, Sara's going to kill me now."

"Is that so? I doubt it." Said Chaos, as Rafael turned to him.

"Because you don't know this is the communicator her father designed for our organization." Replied Rafael, getting a goose bumps "Plus, she gave it to me on our first date." He said, as Chaos whistled, making fun of him a bit "That will be for later, we've got to move now!" he said running towards the control unit or wherever he could head off "Guys, be careful please." thought Rafael, as he ran past a mirror house right before someone walked nearby.


Akiza finally got a bit farther in the park, finding a mirror house by the area she was scouting, as the doors opened suddenly, with Misty's reflection appearing in the mirrors. Akiza immediately entered, falling into Misty's trap as she was captured inside the mirror house "Black Rose Witch" said Misty's voice, as Akiza immediately identified it "it is time I finish my business with you. Today I'll finally take" she said, as her face's reflection suddenly appeared in front of Akiza "revenge for my brother and me!" then all mirrors reflected her face, as she began laughing deviously "Time to start this duel, I'll tell you exactly what you did to my brother, with all grueling details of course. There's no escaping this duel, if you want to seal Ccarayhua's unit, you'll have to navigate out of this maze. This will be an interesting duel with you."

"Fine, I accept your duel!" replied Akiza, as her Duel Disk turned on "Duel!" said both women, as the final face off of Signers and Dark Signers started.

"I'll start this duel." Said Misty, nabbing the first turn "I'll start by activating the Field Spell, Maze of Mirrors-Mirror Labyrinth from my Hand!" said Misty, as she placed and triggered the field spell, which began covering the entire mirror house with a strange blue light "Time for you to see your crimes, I activate the Continuous Spell card, Sad Story-Sorrowful Memories from my Hand." Added Misty, as the field spell suddenly turned into Misty's apartment, where she lived with her little brother.

"Sister!" shouted a young kid's voice, as Akiza looked confused. Through the door, a boy with brownish hair and New Domino's City Duel Academy uniform for boy's entered, running towards Misty, it was Toby, her little brother "Look, I brought you a birthday present!" said Toby, handing over a locket to her sister, one that when opened, play a beautiful soothing melody.

"Thank you Toby, it's really beautiful." Replied Misty happily "I'll put a picture of you and me inside and treasure it."

"By the way sis, I met someone like me!" said Toby eagerly, referring to his special powers "She's named Akiza Izinski, I'm pretty sure she's the strongest duelist in Arcadia Movement!"

"Arcadia Movement?" asked Misty, feeling worried for Toby.

"Don't think of that sis, it's not that bad." said Toby, calming down his sister "I want my powers to be helpful for people!"

"Is that" said Akiza, looking at the boy "your brother?"

"This Spell card's effect forces us to return any monster cards we get during our Draw Phase to our Deck." Said Misty as the vision ended "That restricts 1/3 of our Deck, but not the ones in our hands already. Come forth now, Reptilianne Servant!" said Misty as she summoned a black colored cobra snake with two arms "With him out, we can't Normal summon any other monsters to the field." said Misty, giggling "Wonderful, right? I end my turn."

"It's my turn now!" said Akiza, drawing her card, but noting it was a monster.

"Unfortunate, you'll have to return it now." Said Misty as her spell card force Akiza to add the card back to her Deck, while it shuffled.

"I set a card and end my turn then." Said Akiza, obviously frustrated by Misty's lockdown first turn; Misty simply giggled again.

"Come deeper to the labyrinth." She said, as her reflect disappeared, with her spell card and her snake monster. Akiza simply walked forward, turning to left while following Misty's reflection to the new location in the labyrinth, until some of Misty's reflections disappeared, with her starting her next turn "My turn, draw." Said Misty, smiling at the card she got "I insist you pick up where you left, Akiza. Activate Continuous Spell card, Sad Story-Unwavering Truth." She added, as the labyrinth again was covered a red energy, with a anew memory appearing, this one taking place in Arcadia Movement insides, with Akiza walking through the hallway of an upper floor.

"Akiza!" said Toby, running behind Akiza as she turned back, staring coldly at the eager boy "My name is Toby, you're Akia Izinski, am I right?"

"Yes." she answered back.

"That's cool! I want to be like you, how can, Mrs. Izinski?" asked Toby eagerly, smiling at her from enthusiasm.

Akiza simply looked coldly at him "Sayer will tell you how, do as he tells you." She answered back seriously, turning her back at Toby

The Akiza that was dueling Misty began remembering meeting with the kid "So it was really your brother, Toby?" she said, while Misty nodded.

"This spell will to return all spell cards we draw during our Draw Phase, restricting now 2/3 of our Decks." She said smiling deviously.

"Now Spell cards are restricted too." Says Akiza worrying a bit "Monsters and Spells are forbidden, I'm cornered but…the good thing is Misty is affected too." thought Akiza, trying to find a way out of Misty's lockdown.

"Now Reptilianne Servant, attack Akiza directly!" shouted Misty as her snake minion jumped from the mirror, shot like a bullet towards Akiza, taking out 100 of her points and breaking a few mirrors around her.


Outside of the labyrinth, Aster still tried to look for Misty, with no luck really, but finding something bigger than that "Well, this is impressive." said Aster, spotting the control unit finally "I thought I got away while looking for Misty, but it's as if, she brought me here." He added, turning on his communicator "Aster here, I'm sending my coordinates; I've found the control unit." He said, as a reply came in.

"Aster? Good to hear you pal!" said Jaden's voice, taking Akio's place as he and Lily were resting up a moment.

"Jaden, good to see you." Replied Aster "Could you call Rafael and the others? I've found the unit, now I need Akiza to arrive."

"I'll do so, but Rafael hasn't answered our calls yet." said Alexis, getting near to the communicator too "Plus, we thought he was with you."

"We split up to cove more ground faster." Added Aster "Try contacting Akiza then."

"I'll try, but Aster, be careful." Replied Jaden "Sara says she received a code that says a new Dark General appeared nearby, Jaden out." Said Jaden, cutting off the communication, as the beetle that Aster saw earlier landed behind him.

"A new Dark General? That can't be true." He said, turning back and seeing the small black insect "You again? I thought I left you behind long time ago." said Aster, getting worried "Now I'm talking with myself and a little puny insect, great."

"Who are you calling a puny little insect, human!" shouted a sinister voice coming from the insect, while its eyes began glowing red, as the insect began showing off a dark aura, as it began growing from a little insect to a kind of humanoid.

"Aster here Jaden" said Aster through its communicator as the beetle had shown four arms and long horns protruding from it "I've found the Dark General."

The humanoid demon with black skin and yellow ends in its horns stood, with two strange-like wings in its back "Pathetic human, I'm the mighty Steelswarm Hercules, leader of the Steelswarm clan!" shouted Hercules angrily, Aster simply looked impressed at him, with no response from the grey haired duelist "Aren't you scared? My clan was born through the infestation of a virus in the Spirit World and we'll dominate the world!"

Aster then smiled a bit "Impressive, so there are parasites and viruses of the kind in your realm." He said "However, I can't let you interfere with my duty; I'll have to defeat you in a duel."

Hercules simply smirked as it jumped backwards, forming a strange looking Duel Disk of its color "Fine then worm, fight me now!"

"Let's duel!" shouted both of them.

Steelswarm Hercules-Hand 6, 4000 LP; Aster-Hand 5, 4000 LP

"I, the great Steelswarm Hercules shall now teach you how we deal with fools!" shouted Hercules, starting the duel.

"Just make it quick, I don't have much time." Replied Aster a bit annoyed by that speech "I can't believe this guy refers to himself in third person and makes speeches like those, pathetic." He thought, as the Steelswarm leader began planning something.

"I'll Special Summon Steelswarm Caller in defense mode!" shouted the insectoid demon, as a strange looking ladybug black colored appeared in the field trying to look evil but with no luck.

"Amazing move, dude. Are you trying to beat me like that? Know your place then." Said Aster in an arrogant tone, as the insectoid demon laughed.

"Just you watch and learn, I'll set a card and summon Steelswarm Gatekeeper to the field!" added Hercules, as an armored demon insect appeared in the field, taking defense stance "I end my turn."

Steelswarm Hercules-Hand 3, 4000 LP; Aster-Hand 6, 4000 LP

"Let's see what fate has prepared for your monsters, draw!" said Aster, smiling at his card "I'll first activate the Field Spell Clock Tower Prison." Said Aster, as the field turned like the insides of the Big Ben's gardens "This card negates Battle Damage while having 4 Clock Counters, which are placed in it by each of your Standby Phases." He then picked another card "Now, Hand Destruction, activate! We discard 2 cards from our Hands" he said as both threw 2 cards "and then draw 2 more. Activate now D-Spirit, allowing me to Special Summon a Destiny Hero monster while I control none, bringing Dread Servant to the field." said Aster as a gray armored warrior appeared, wielding a shield and a lance "When Special Summoned, a Clock Counter is placed on my tower prison." Added Aster, as the clock moved an hour, three left to mark 12 of the night "Now, I set a monster and a face down, your turn."

Steelswarm Hercules-Hand 3, 4000 LP; Aster-Hand 0, 4000 LP

Hercules simply got his card, looking at Aster "I'll set a card and summon forth Steelswarm Moth to the field by tributing my Steelswarm Cell!" shouted the insectoid demon, as the cell began expanding until from it a moth-like insectoid demon appeared elegantly floating in the air.

"A Steelswarm tribute, it seems that's your play-style then." said Aster, as the moth flew towards him, bringing a current to the field "What's going on?"

"Moth will allow me to pay 1000 LP to activate its effect." Said Hercules smiling "But I'll change that with my Continuous Trap card Spoils of Infestation!" he said, as a trap card showing off Steelswarm Moth, Caucastag and Hercules powering up by the spoils of a battlefield "When I should pay LP due to any card regarding Steeslwarms, I can choose whether to pay them or not, I won't. So you're monster and that face down leave the field!"

"Sorry to disappoint you, but my trap activates! Eternal Dread, allowing me to reduce the count of the clock to 0 thanks to your turn!" replied Aster a tad nervous, as the clock marked 12 of the midnight, sounding its bell, but Dread Servant was forced out even so.

"No worries, as I can still summon another time." Replied Hercules happily.

"What did you say?" asked Aster surprised, as his Duel Disk marked Steelswarm Cell's effect.

"My cell grants me that summon, come forth now, Steelswarm Caller!" added Hercules, as a black colored demon insectoid appeared in the field, roaring somewhat fiercely "Now Caller, destroy his face down! Infestation Strike Claw!" shouted Hercules, as the monster hovered at Aster's face down, revealing a Morphing Jar that got destroyed.

"Now due to its effect, we throw our Hands" said Aster as both discarded their hands "and draw 5 new cards." They then got the cards, with Moth launching an attack "Go forth now Moth, attack him!" said Hercules, as Aster got hit by the mid-level Steelswarm, reducing his LP by quite a lot "That should teach you, human." Said Hercules as Aster simply smiled back as his LP marked 1600.


Back to Akiza's duel, Misty smirked a t Akiza "I haven't end my turn yet. Due to Mirror Labyrinth's effect, if there's no level 5 or higher monster in the field, but a level 4 or lower monster, that monster can attack once again in this same Battle Phase." Said Misty as her snake monster went for another attack, wounding Akiza a bit more "This won't end without you giving me a fight; I set a card face-down and end my turn."

"It's my turn, draw!" said Akiza, drawing a trap card known as Illusion Destruction "I set a card and end my turn."

"Lucky you, you got a Trap card." Said Misty smiling deviously "Let's continue deeper." added Misty, as she left with Akiza following her yet again in the maze, until Akiza reached Misty once again.

"It's my turn, draw." Said Misty, smiling even more at the card she got "I'll show you that day, once more. Activate Continuous Spell card, Sad Story-Dreadful Day from my Hand!" said Misty, as her spell appeared and the mirrors got covered by the same red energy, showing off a new memory, as it appeared to be a pacific day in the Daimon Area of New Domino City, until black thorns began coming from the ground, running havoc all around "That day, were you ran havoc in Daimon, fulfilling your destructive impulses." she said as the thorns hit a building, as it began crumbling from the upper part "That day, he got somehow involved…" added Misty, as Toby appeared in the memory and Toby-!" said Misty, closing her eyes sin pain, as the memory showed how Toby was hit by a big piece of rocks falling over him "died." Added Misty calming down, as Akiza looked horrified, trembling from what she saw.

"But…there were" she said, backing down a bit "casualties in that duel." She then shook her head, denying the facts "That's not how it happened!" she shouted in her defense, almost breaking up

"Arcadia Movement covers quite a lot of inconvenient truths. That's just how they are, am I right?" asked Misty, smiling as Akiza began breaking mentally.

"No…that's not …" said Akiza, trying her best to remember if those images were right, but with no luck, as the memory faded from the mirrors.

"Dreadful Day will force us to return any Trap card we get in our Draw Phases." Said Misty smiling deviously again "That way, any card we get is shuffled back to our Decks, leaving you wide open. You will go through the very same pain Toby went." She then began laughing as her reflection appeared all around the mirrors, with Akiza backing down more.

"That's not how it happened!" replied Akiza in sorrow and some fear "Trap Card, activate! Illusion Destruction! It will flip any face up card in the field face down." Said Akiza, choosing the snake monster as the mirror holding it blew up due to its negative effect of targeting, with Misty getting angry from that "Maybe Toby came into contact with me, but I didn't know who he was! Even that he got dragged in that mess!"

"You unwillingly dragged him, Akiza Izinski! Don't even think that excuses you of that!" replied Misty angrily "Activate Trap card, Bad End-Chain of Sorrow!" she added, as three Sad Stories card's began glowing with the new trap card, with a new memory rolling in to the mirrors, this one taking place in one of Sector Securities forensic buildings, as Misty walked slowly and trembling towards a dark room with an officer by her side "You must be ready for anything ma'am." said the officer, allowing a doctor to remove the blanket that kept the body hidden. Misty's eyes simply began getting teary, as she broke down in cries inside the room. The doctor simply put the blanket over again, as he and the officer left "We'll leave you alone for a moment. My deepest condolences." said the officer as Misty stood up slowly and got nearer to the body, kneeling before it and crying even more "Toby!" she simply cried over and over, grasping to the blanket, as it was her little brother the one there.

"No…" said Akiza, shaking her head in despair "I didn't know! I didn't know!"

Misty simply turned serious and cold at Akiza, continuing "Sorrow always chains itself with more sorrow." She added, as another memory rolled in; this one of a spacing Misty driving her car through a hill way at high speed "I couldn't bare…a world without Toby." Said Misty, sorrow in her voice, unknowingly to her in the memory, she continued forward, crashing with an edge lane of the way, falling off a cliff, she didn't notice it, until it was too late. Later on, the memory turned to a hospital were a half dead Misty was taken to an emergency room "You killed me as well!" she added, as the memory faded away, some mirrors now reflecting Misty, as others reflected Akiza, trembling in despair.


Not too far, Rafael found his way to the control unit, turning around to look for everyone else "Odd, no one is in sight…not even that good-for-nothing Sayer." He said, sensing a strange jolt course through his head.

"What happened, Rafael?" asked Dread, as he and his brother Chaos appeared by Rafael's side in spirit form.

"Something terrible is about to happen-!" he turned to the mirror house nearby, sensing a strange aura from it "It comes from that house! I'll check out!"


"I can't keep dueling…Misty has good reasons to blame me!" she said, backing down again "It's my fault she and Toby died!" she shouted, tripping with a little stone as she fell backwards, to a sharp long piece of mirror that got stuck in the ground, directly pointing at her back. Out of nowhere, a red haired man in coat appeared, saving Akiza from a certain death and helping her hang on.

"Pull yourself together Akiza!" he said, Akiza barely recovering her senses from facing the truth directly and blaming herself too "I'm on your side." He then took off his mask, as it was a disguise all along, revealing a pale with a big scar on the right side of his face Sayer.

"Sayer, you're alive!" said Akiza happy of seeing him.

"Now Akiza, finish this duel." said Sayer while Akiza shook her head "You can do it with your true skills. You're real skills were far too strong, I ended up sealing them without you knowing it." He then turned to the Dark Signer "Now's the time to unbound them and release your true power!" he said with a sinister grin, getting nearer to Akiza's ear "The entrance to the underworld is on the witch's island." Said Sayer, Akiza reacting somehow violently to that, as her eyes seemed to show off she was lost now, with a whirlwind forming around.

"Finally revealing your true identity." said Misty, while Akiza still released a lot more of her psychic powers.

"I'm the Black Rose Witch, and you'll be the vanishing from here!" replied Akiza.

"With the three Sad Stories in field and Bad End, I can Special Summon Dragon Queen of Tragic Ends!" she said, summoning forth a mighty reptile-like dragon to the field, noting Akiza's eager and lost look "I'll turn that look from you into twisting pain, attack now! Tragedy Stream!" ordered Misty as her dragon hit Akiza with a wind grey stream, setting her LP to 1900 "Also, when receiving damage from this dragon, you choose and discard a card in your hand." Said Misty, as Akiza threw Hedge Guard "And I draw a new card. This card won't be affected by Sad Stories; I'm not in a Draw Phase. I end my turn."


Steelswarm Hercules-Hand 5, 4000 LP; Aster-Hand 6, 1600 LP

Aster got his card, as his hand looked promising for him "Time to make some noise now! I activate Hand Destruction now, forcing us to throw our Hands away" said Aster throwing off 5 cards as Hercules "and then get the same number of cards. I activate then Destiny Draw, discarding Diamond Dude to draw 2 more cards!" said Aster, getting his cards." Said Aster, staring at his tower, as a giant shadow was seen inside "Now's the time to summon Destiny Hero Diamond Dude and activate Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying my field spell." He said as the tower began crumbling and the green caped with dark blue clothes hero with diamond shards appeared, both of them returning to the side of the control unit "Now, come forth Destiny Hero-Dreadmaster!" said Aster, as the tower was crumbling, with the shadow emerging, as a giant bulky built muscled hero with chains and long black hair, wearing prisoner-like iron helmet "With him, all monsters that are not Destiny Heroes are destroyed, allowing me to bring two of them from my Graveyard! Come forth Double Dude and Doom Lord!" added Aster, as the heroes appeared in the field, strengthening Dreadmaster "By the way, Dreadmaster gains attack equal to the attack f other D-Heroes! Now, Doom Lord removes for this turn your Gatekeeper!" said Aster as his red caped evil-looking hero opened a portal that swallowed the Gatekeeper.

"Insolent, what do you plan to do?" asked Hercules angered.

"Your defeat, Dreadmaster, finish that Moth!" ordered Aster as the Steelswarm leader's moth got crushed by Dreadmaster's fists "Double Dude, attack now! Bring down Caller!"

"Fool, Steelswarm Caller is stronger!" shouted Hercules, until Blade Master's spirit appeared behind Double Dude, as the mysterious hero with a baton hit Caller with the baton, defeating Steelswarm Caller "Now Double Dude declares a second attack, tagged with Diamond Dude!" the slim mysterious hero turned into a giant strong warrior, striking with Diamond Dude's diamond shards, bringing most of Hercules' LP down.

"Had enough?" asked Aster confident while Hercules began standing up with no scratch and smirking "I set card and end my turn".

Steelswarm Hercules-Hand 6, 300 LP; Aster-Hand 2, 1600 LP

"It's your end now!" shouted Hercules as Gatekeeper returned to his side of the field "I'll activate Double Summon, bringing first Steelswarm Genesoid to the field!" shouted Hercules smirking, while a wormlike black monster appeared "Now, the last summon, will bring this duel to an end! I tribute three Steelswarms to Advance Summon Steelswarm Hercules!" shouted Hercules, laughing as he entered the duel field.

"Wait, you need 3 tributes for that summon!" replied Aster, noting that Genesoid divided itself in two "Genesoid counted as 2 tributes, right?"

"Correct, now by 'paying' half my LP, I'll destroy all other cards on the field!" shouted Hercules, as he released a mighty dark wave aura all around the field, crushing every card in sight and range, leaving Aster wide open for an attack "You die now!" shouted Hercules rushing towards Aster "You die now! What?" added Hercules, as a new Destiny Hero appeared on the field, wielding a bow and wearing green dark clothes with brown boots, as well as a green hood of the same color as his clothes, using its shield to take cover.

"You activated the effect of a new Destiny Hero I got." He said, showing off the card "By destroying cards on my Field and leaving me without monsters, I can Special Summon Destiny Hero-Shadow Marksman, a monster with 1700 attack points, in attack position!" said Aster while Hercules crushed the marksman with ease, lowering most of Aster's LP "In the end it saved me, I have one more turn left." said Aster turning to his Deck "Everything lies in the next card."

"Pathetic." said Hercules confident "You wished to save Misty, but you can't even save yourself." He said laughing at Aster, obviously annoying him "And that woman, a complete fool to believe that her brother was killed like that by the Signer."

"What did you say?" asked Aster surprised of Hercules knowledge of the events "What do you know of it?"

Steelswarm Hercules simply smirked "Sayer knows the truth of what happened to the kid, but even he ignores what happened to the human kid." said Steeslwarm Hercules "The Fiends told me that they have kept an eye on certain humans that have 'special skills', that Toby was the first of many. They are kept in a secret facility of the Fiends, studied by other humans serving us."

Aster simply closed forcefully his fist, angered "So it was you and the Fiends after all. I can't let you get away with that!" said Aster, with reasons to win the duel.

Steelswarm Hercules-Hand 3, 300 LP; Aster-Hand 1, 1600 LP

"You made a grave mistake saying so, Steelswarm. I'll finish this duel then." Said Aster, as Marksman's appeared "When Marksman is in my Graveyard; by removing it from play I can add 2 Destiny Heroes from my Deck to my Hand!" said Aster as Marksman shot two arrows at Aster's Deck, handing him Plasma and Dogma "Polymerization! I fuse D-Hero Dogma and Plasma to bring foth the ultimate D-Monster! Destiny End Dragoon!" said Aster looking serious, as a warrior like Plasma, wielding a dragon shield in its left arm and a sword blade attached to its right arm, with two wings coming from its back, with a dragon head in its chest as armor "Time to finish this!" said Aster, as his ultimate monster charged an attack in its dragon armor, which began opening its mouth.

"That monster is weak! You'll die if you attack!" shouted Steelswarm Hercules overconfident.

"Who said it's an attack?" replied Aster, as Steelswarm Hercules looked confused "My Dragoon can target one monster you possess, allowing me to destroy it and inflict damage equal to its attack points, ending the duel!" added Aster, as his Dragoon shot a powerful fire blast at Steelswarm Hercules, destroying it as the Steelswarm leader was getting consumed by flames.

"Long live the Steeelswarms!" shouted Hercules, with the flames fading away. Aster resolved to find Misty, but he got surprised as a crumbling in the house started, with Black Rose Dragon appearing, as the entire house blew up with a huge gale. Aster and everyone at a distance noticed it, as Aster got shocked.

"Wait, how…I was closer there!" shouted Aster, heading again at the unit.


Later on, Luna, Leo, and Sara arrived at the scene, just to witness the summoning of the geoglyph, which started the real duel of darkness "Rafael!" shouted Sara, spotting him as he turned to them quickly "What's going on? What happened to Akiza?"

Rafael turned back, as they knew what happened "Her powers are growing stronger and rampart." He then spotted the same coated man he found, Sayer "Guys, get to that building over there. I have to ask something to someone." He said, heading to Sayer's direction as the twins and Sara got to a safe place.

"You just don't know when to quit, right?" asked Rafael, surprising Sayer as he turned to him "Release Akiza at once, if you know what's good for you."

"Oh, I do know." Replied Sayer smirking "She is the only one that can bring the future I desire, and she will" She's my loyal servant!"

Rafael simply cracked his knuckles, staring at Sayer "You've made two mistakes. Treat Akiza as a tool and threaten her and everyone in this world. Right now, I have only one thing left to do. Force you to comply." He added, as Sayer simply stared at him, readying his Duel Disk.

"My turn!" said Misty, covered in dirt as her dragon was destroyed quickly last turn "By releasing Sad Story-Sorrowful Memories, I'll bring back my dragon!" the reptilian dragon appeared again, roaring at Black Rose Dragon "Next I'll equip it with Reptilianne Rage" said Misty as a mask that seemed like a gecko face was placed on her dragon "increasing its attack by 800, attack Black Rose Dragon now!"

"Activate Rose Blizzard!" said Akiza while her trap sent a gale whirlwind against Misty's dragon, blocking its way and turning it to defense "This card negates an attack against a monster I control, changing the attacker to defense." added Akiza as Misty's dragon returned in defense mode.

"You saved yourself again, but how will you deal with what's still in store?" asked Misty "I end my turn." Not long after it, Yusei caught up with Sara and the twins, joining them at the ladder of the building.

"Yusei, Akiza is dueling!" said Luna, while Yusei turned to the duel field.

"But something's wrong, it seems..:" said Leo, staring at Akiza.

"She seems to be back to her former self." added Sara, while Yusei turned to her direction, noticing Sayer on the other side of the field; while Sara noticed it too "You're going there too, right?" asked Sara, catching Yusei's attention "Rafael is there, be careful Yusei, please." Yusei simply nodded, rushing there.

Akiza then started his turn, removing Rose Fairy from her graveyard "By removing this planttype monster, I activate Black Rose Dragon's effect to change your dragon from defense to attack and reduce its attack to 0!" said Akiza as her dragon captured Misty's with its thorns, weakening it completely.

As Yusei got nearer, walking upwards in the ladder to Sayer's position, a wall of the floor he was in blew up, with Rafael barely hanging with his right arm from the edge, covered in dirt and a bit bruised "Is…that all…you've got? I'm barely…amazed."

"What a real nuisance you turned out to be, almost like Yusei." Said Sayer about to step on Rafael's hand, until Yusei dashed in through the door, forcing it open, distracting Sayer as Rafael pulled his other hand to get up and dash below dropping Sayer to the ground.

"Rafael, you okay?" asked Yusei concerned, as Rafael nodded.

"Thanks pal, I owe you one." He then turned to Sayer, standing up.

"I'll finish my business with you two guys, now!" said Sayer, readying his Duel Disk again.


Back to the duel, Black Rose Dragon once again destroyed Misty's dragon, but began weakening a bit "When Reptilianne Anger is destroyed I select a monster you control and reduce its attack by 800 points." Replied Misty, as Black Rose power dropped to 1600.

"Summon, Dark Verger in defense mode!" added Akiza as her plant monster with two eyes appeared in the field; her LP where 1900, higher than Misty's by 800 "I end my turn!"

The twins turned to the sun, like Sara did, concerned that if the due carried longer, it would be too late to do anything. Back to Sayer, Yusei and Rafael, the evil psychic duelist had told them of the control he had in Akiza, stating it was complete "Nothing lasts forever Sayer." Said Rafael

"Release her at once!" demanded Yusei, while Sayer smiled at them.

"She's my servant and she'll do anything I order to her." Replied Sayer, as Rafael got angrier. Sayer simply summoned a Hinotama strike, blowing up a table between them "I won't let you control her heart or anyone's anymore!" shouted Yusei, as Sayer simply laughed "No matter who you are, if you fall to my grasp you'll do as I say." He then turned to Misty "It is pathetic, Misty holds a grudge against Aki and became a Dark Signer herself, for supposedly killing her brother."

Yusei immediately recalled what Mina told him when Trudge saved them, regarding that Arcadia Movement twisted the report to their liking "So you're behind Misty's transformation to a Dark Signer?" he asked, developing a plan.

"I don't plan ahead that much, Yusei, but it turned perfectly to test the real powers of my Psychic Subjects." replied Sayer to Yusei, who simply smiled, while Rafael saw Yusei's plan.

"You just confessed it Sayer! You are somehow involved in Toby's death, right?" asked Yusei, to which Sayer simply showed a satisfaction grin.

"What if I am?" he replied cynically.


Back to the duel, time was running really short, the sunset approaching faster "My turn!" said Misty "I summon Reptilianne Gardna in defense mode." She said as a turtle appeared in the field, hiding in its shell "Now I bring back my dragon, releasing Sad Story-Unwavering Truth, Dragon Queen, attack Black Rose Dragon!" as soon as her dragon returned, it launched another attack at Akiza's Signer Dragon, defeating it this time "Now you discard a card and I draw one, turn end."

"My turn." said Akiza drawing Fragrance Storm "I activate the Spell card Fragrance Storm, which by releasing a plant-type monster, I can draw one more card" she said getting her card "and if it's a plant-type monster and revealing it, I can draw another one." She then got her new card by showing off her Copy Plant "I summon Copy Plant to the field in defense mode; Dark Verger's effect allows me to bring it back from the Graveyard when a plant-type tuner is in the field!" she added as her two leaf plant with eyes in each leaf appeared in defense mode.

"What do you plan by bringing those low-level monsters? Black Rose Dragon is in your Graveyard." said Misty laughing, while Akiza simply smiled madly. Not too long after that, Trudge and Mina appeared with the twins and Sara, as Akiza readied a last move for her turn.

"I end my turn with these 2 face downs." said Akiza, as Misty readied to get her card.

"My turn, draw!" said Misty, drawing her ultimate card, Ccarayhua "Time to end this, activate Continuous Spell card, Advance Force, which allows me to "With it, Dragon Queen of Tragic Ends counts as two sacrifices for a high-level monster! Oh God which resuscitated my life! Now I offer you my soul! Descend now, Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua!" chanted Misty, as her dragon disappeared, leaving behind the heart of the Earthbound Immortals which began absorbing the leftovers of the black mist, until Ccarayhua appeared from it, staring at Akiza,


Another explosion hit the area where Yusei and Rafael ran to avoid the attacks of Sayer. Yusei got hit by one, as he took that chance to click a button on his Duel Disk "So Sayer, it was you behind all along right?" he said, catching off guard Sayer while approaching his Duel Disk to his face "You killed Misty's brother, am I right? And you blamed Akiza for it!"

Sayer simply smiled at him "Oh well, the cat has come out of the bag. I should say it already, since you found out. Yes, I did it. I killed Misty's brother, Toby! Exactly one year ago!" he said, recalling a failed experiment that tried to surface Toby's real powers through shockwaves, until the kid died from it "The kid could not take the experiment, a worthless piece of trash, in contrast to Akiza's own skills, someone who tried her best to reach my expectations!"

"You filthy scum!" shouted Rafael, as he got hit by a direct Hinotama.

"Damn you!" shouted Yusei, heading for a direct attack but missing, as Sayer dodged it with ease, as he placed Hinotama yet again, this time landing a direct hit that blew up the door, as Yusei barely hung from the ledge's edge, Sayer left the room, readying a new attack.

"This time, it will be your end!" said Sayer, until Yusei began laughing "What's so funny?"

"Because, my Duel Disk is home-made, I added a function Multi-Duel Network switched on, sending our entire conversation to all Duel Disks nearby, for example, Misty's!" said Yusei, trying to get up, as his Duel Disk had a green light on. Sayer turned to see an enraged Misty, staring at him.

"So it was you Sayer…" she said, her Dark Signer marks glowing purple "I won't let you get away!" she said, as Ccarayhua stared too at Sayer, simply launching its tongue and wrapping up Sayer with it, swallowing him, scaring everyone nearby, as Akiza's mind control disappeared for good.


Aster arrived moments later, barely receiving the conversation through his Duel Disk, looking for Misty. Her hatred away, Misty's eyes turned back to normality, as Misty turned to Akiza "I'm sorry Akiza, you were right; you weren't guilty of Toby's death." She said closing her eyes "I have no further reason to continue this duel. I surrender-!" she said, as the lizard mark began glowing, with Ccarayhua fighting to get control over Misty's mind and body, just like Carly and Greiger.

Yusei immediately headed to the duel field, waking up Akiza from the trance and heading to Misty to talk her out "YuseI!" shouted Rafael, barely moving from the hit he received "There's no use talking to her! The Earthbound Immortal is taking her over!"

"I'm sorry!" said Misty, kneeling and pleading to Akiza "Aki, end this duel please! Defeat me!" she shouted, as the Wicked God took control, standing up to finish the duel too on his own "All Signers must die!" said Misty in a possessed voice tone, Misty already gone "Ccarayhua, finish this duel!" the lizard god simply readied to hit the ground with all its might, until Akiza activated a card.

"Trap card, Ground Capture! With this, all battle damage I receive will be halved!" she said, as the impact of Ccarayhua's attack crashed with a hand coming from the ground, but the hand breaking in rock pieces that fell in Akiza, knocking her to the ground "If I received 1000 or more damage, I get a new card." She added, standing up and getting her card.

"Only 200 LP left, whatever you try you won't win." said the Immortal possessing Misty "I set a card and end my turn."

Akiza was beginning her turn, knowing that if she could save Misty, it could be by destroying Ccarayhua and not aiming at Misty's LP directly, she drew her card, a Spell card known as Shinning Rebirth "Copy Plant will mimic Dark Verger's level until the end of this turn." she said, as both monsters were level 2 "Next I summon my level 3 Guard Hedge to the field !" a little hedge monster made of bamboo-like plants and some mud appeared in the field "And I activate Shinning Rebirth from my Hand, allowing me to target a Synchro Monster in my Graveyard and send the materials from my field to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon the target!" she added, as her monsters disappeared, combined levels equal to 7 "Chilling flames engulf the world. Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom!" chanted Akiza, as a ray of light appeared behind her "Synchro Summon! BE resurrected, Black Rose Dragon!" Akiza's dragon reappeared, roaring as soon as hitting the field "When Synchro summoned successfully, I can destroy all other cards in the field. Black Rose cannot be destroyed this turn, however!"

"Do your best, but remember that this human will die along if you defeat me!" said the Wicked God, threatening Akiza.

"I'm not aiming at her, Black Rose Gale!" shouted Akiza, as her dragon released a powerful wind hurricane that aimed at all the field, but specifically, one target "Destroy Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua!"

"You may think that will save this woman, but it won't happen!" replied the Wicked God controlling Misty "Activate Doom Gazer, when an effect that destroys card activates, once resolved this card will inflict 300 damage points to you for each card destroyed!" said the wicked god as the trap card began harnessing the energy of the 9 cards "With 7 cards being destroyed, you'll suffer damage equal to 2100 points! I win!"

As the new strike was about to hit Akiza, she saw Misty's pure spirit in the beam heading at her "Akiza, protect this world as a Signer, you know what to do." She said, Akiza letting go tears "Okay Misty." She said in sorrow "Trap card open! Nature's Reflect!" said Akiza, as the beam collided with Akiza's trap "It reflects all effect damage from an opponent's card" she said, regret in her voice "back to you!" the attack then returned at Misty, finishing the duel and the last Dark Signer, as well as the last Earthbound Immortal for good, with a blast that threw aside Misty, her locket falling off.


Ccarayhua defeated, the Wicked God began crumbling, as the souls it swallowed were released back at New Domino City. Everyone ran towards Akiza, as she was cleaning and arranging her hair with her band after the duel, heading at where Misty's locket was, picking it up, crying for the siblings deaths. The GX gang, Akio and Lily shortly joined them with the vans and runners.

Aster, staring at the sunset ending, looked rather cold, as Jaden and Alexis approached him "Aster, you okay buddy?" asked Jaden, Aster turned back at him, as Akiza was getting nearer, handing down to Aster Misty's memento, her locket.

"I'm sorry, Aster. I couldn't save her." She said, feeling Aster was angry at her. He simply smiled and patted her shoulder.

"It's okay; she wanted you to end her sorrow. I thank you for that." replied Aster, turning to Jaden and Alexis "Misty was a childhood friend, we always played around and talked over for years." Said Aster, explaining his relation to Misty "Eventually, we grew a bit apart, still cherishing our time together, I never knew what happened to her, until now." He said, looking down "The worst part is…her brother is still alive."

"Well, at least this mess is over for good, right?" asked Alan, until a tremor began hitting all of Satellite, startling all of them "I should learn to keep my mouth shut!"

"No, the seal wasn't closed in time!" said Yusei, as the control unit of Ccarayhua was still there "The gates of the Underworld are opening!"

"Am I the only one getting this odd feeling something bad is coming?" asked Sara, as a ray of light yellow colored was shot from New Domino City's direction, as it began taking the form of a condor geoglyph.

"What the hell is that?" asked Alan astonished, as the tremor was stopping barely.

"A new geoglyph?" asked Yusei surprised, remembering Roman's words.

"As he said…" said Sara surprised "the mightiest of the Earthbound Immortals has been awakened."


LightLord92: God, this was a long chapter, but we're almost over! Next time, on Yu Gi Oh! 5D's Paladins of Light, Darkness Awakens!

Yusei: A new geoglyph, a condor, like Roman said.
Jaden: Umm, guys do you know what's big, sticky and is full of evil?
Alexis: Jaden, now's not the time for jokes.
Jaden: It's no joke! Look at that thing!
Crow: What the hell is that?
Rex: That my friends, is the Underworld King.
Jack: Rex, do you know of a way to stop it?
Rex: It's too late, Jack. The end is nigh, the only way is destroying this world and starting all over!
Rafael: You've got to be kidding me, Goodwin has the Condor mark!
Yusei: Goodwin, what's the meaning of this?
Rex: I shall end this dispute! Crimson Dragon and Underworld King, I shall be the new supreme GOD!
Yusei: For our bonds and trust in friendship, we shall overcome this!
Yusei/Crow/Jack: Rex, we'll Turbo Duel you for the world's sake!

Jaden: All this and more in Episode 55: The Man with Two Gods, Gambling our Fates!

Rafael: Paladins, this is our last mission! Protect Yusei and company at all costs!
Sara: Our hopes are in you guys, save this world!


New Cards of the Day:

Destiny Hero-Shadow Marksman, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Effect Warrior type monster; Atk 1700, Def 900 (hero wielding a bow and a shield, wearing green dark clothes with brown boots, as well as a green hood of the same color pattern as his clothes)
When an effect that destroys cards resolves and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your Hand to the Field in attack position. During your Standby Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, you can remove it from play to add 2 'Destiny Hero' monsters from your Deck to your Hand. They cannot be summoned this turn.

Spoils of Infestation, ContinuousTrap card (Steelswarm Moth, Caucastag and Hercules powering up by the spoils of a battlefield)
When an effect of a Steelswarm monster activates that requires you to pay LP, you may not pay any LP. If this card is destroyed, destroy all face-up Steelswarm monsters in the field.


I think this was my worst nightmare to write, two chapters to go guys, and these are the last showdown against the strongest Earthbound Immortal in existence (talking about anime, I prefer Ccpac Apu the most in the OCG/TCG). Until next time, which I expect to be tomorrow! Thanks for another great chapter! As I said earlier, Misty and Aster knowing each other is just part of the fanfic, not canon from the series.