"All this time I thought you were dead," Yusaku said quietly, "But you're the Blue King."

Blue brushed some pink hair out of his eyes "I never meant to leave you alone, it's just…"

Yusaku sighed, "1. It doesn't matter what you meant to do. What you actually did was abandon me. For 10 years. After the Lost Incident."

"If I had known Kogami had taken you-" his father began.

"2. Jin, Takeru, Miyu, even Specter. They were just kids too and you were fine with letting him torture them. It shouldn't have mattered if I was involved or not.

"I-"

"3. Don't try to explain, that'll just make it worse. I'm just starting to get back some memories of you, but right now all I know is that you turned a blind eye. So stop making excuses."

"I'm sorry you feel that way." Blue sighed, "I hope after this is all over things can go back to the way they used to be."

Yusaku turned to look out the window. The rest of the ride passed in tense silence. Eventually they reached the dock.

"We're here."

Upon reaching the hold, they all balked at the sight before them. Yellow King was curled up in a corner crying and Specter was laughing maniacally over him.

"You had one job!" Red squawked.

"He called me a wuss!" Yellow sobbed.

"We left you alone for 15 minutes," Bishop said slowly, "He was locked up when we left…How in Ra's True Name did this even happen!?"

"Don't be too hard on him, yell at the idiot who put speakers…haha…in my cell…I apologize, you're all just so dumb it's hard to keep a straight face," Specter cackled.

"Know your place, knave" Knight bristled, "It is only by the mercy of her majesty that you have not been thrown to the Kraken."

Specter gave him a condescending look. Yusaku unsuccessfully tried to hide his smile.

Red King's face began to live up to his name. "Knight! Take them away now before I lose my temper!"

"A moment," Blue King ordered, "I'd like a word with my son." He bent down to look Yusaku in the eye. "I meant what I said. We're going to be a normal family again. I promise."

Yusaku just turned around and allowed Knight to lead him away.

——

"That freak has to be dealt with!" Red yelled.

"Well we can't kill him." Bishop muttered.

"I have a suggestion," Hayami spoke up. Everyone turned to her.

"We take out his boss. After that he'll be easy to control. Give me some time to make a deck to counter his and Bishop's deck stacking program and I'll be good to go."

"No." Knight's voice came from the doorway.

Hayami raised an eyebrow.

"He should not be defeated using cowardly methods." Knight said, "It is disrespectful to my dear late friend, Dr. Kogami. I shall duel him honorably. And win."

——

"Yusaku…?" Ryoken said groggily as he awoke on Stardust Road.

"Revolver?" Aoi's voice came from behind him.

"Blue Maiden?"

"I don't see Yusaku anywhere. I think-that guy in the car must have taken him."

"Godsdammit," Ryoken hissed.

"It's not polite to swear." A new voice cut through the morning.

"Kusanagi!" Aoi smiled, "You're out of the hospital!"

The hot dog vendor laughed, "Funny place to sleep you two."

"We were attacked." Ryoken replied, "Someone cornered us, and chloroformed us and he took Playmaker."

Kusanagi sunk into a chair. "That's worth swearing about."

Aoi sighed, "I'm sorry. We weren't expecting it and well…"

"No need to apologize."

"They got Miyu and Specter too."

"Slifer…"

A message popped up on Ryoken's duel disk. He almost ignored it, until he saw who it was from.

"Speaking of which, I'm going to look for them."

"We'll help," Aoi offered.

"Don't bother."

"Revolver-"

"I don't need you getting in my way."

Once he was far enough away, he checked the message.

I offer you the chance to duel me for your henchman back. Meet me at the arena in the private district. -Miyamoto

Knight.

——

Knight was waiting for Revolver when he arrived at the

"Hark, Ryoken!"

"You don't get to use my real name," Revolver snapped, "It's Revolver."

"I've known you since before you were born, I can call you whatever I like."

"You haven't known me for ten years. Not since you betrayed my father."

"Kiyoshi was a dear friend of mine. It hurt me, to do what I had to. I miss him very much, as you must."

"Let's just get this over with," Revolver mumbled.

Knight LP: 4000 Revolver:4000

"Very well, I shall slay your dragons in the name of her majesty!" Knight cried, "I draw!"

"Obelisk kill me now."

"I activate Shien's Dojo! Each time I summon a 'Six Samurai' monster I put a Bushido Counter on it. I summon Legendary Six Samurai Kageki!"

Shien's Dojo: 1 Counter

"I activate Kageki's effect. I can summon one level 4 or lower 'Six Samurai' monster from my hand. I call upon Secret Six Samurai Hatsume!"

Shien's Dojo: 2 Counters

"Appear! Circuit that reveals the noble past! I set Hatsume and Kageki in the Link Markers. I Link Summon Battle Shogun of the Six Samurai."

Shien's Dojo: 3 Counters

Battle Shogun of the Six Samurai ATK 1000

"Battle Shogun's effect activates. It gains 100 ATK for each counter on the field."

Battle Shogun of the Six Samurai ATK 1300

"I'm quaking with fear," Revolver rolled his eyes.

"Your mockery does not phase me. Battle Shogun has another effect. When this card is Link Summoned I can discard one card and add one card that places Bushido Counters from my deck to my hand."

"How very predictable." Revolver mumbled.

"I activate Temple of the Six!" Knight shouted, " I send Shien's Dojo to my GY in order to special summon Secret Six Samurai Fuma. And since I special summoned a 'Secret Six Samurai' monster, I get to summon Legendary Secret of the Six Samurai."

Battle Shogun of the Six Samurai ATK 1400 Counters:2

Temple of the Six: 2 Counters

"I sincerely hope you have something better than that up your sleeve," Revolver scoffed, "Otherwise we're both wasting our time."

"Most impatient," Knight frowned, "You've an unfortunate touch of your mother in you."

"Half. That's generally how those things work out. I suppose I can't blame you for not knowing, having been stuck in the 1500s."

"And low you add a vicious tongue to your list of faults. I tune Legendary Secret with Fuma in order to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai-Shi En!"

Battle Shogun of the Six Samurai ATK 1600 Counters:3

Temple of the Six: 3 Counters

Shi En ATK: 2500 DEF:1400

"I place one card face down, and end my turn."

Knight LP: 4000 Revolver:4000

"My turn," Revolver declared, "I draw!" He smirked. "I summon Magnarokket Dragon! And now that I control a 'Rokket' monster I can summon Absorouter Dragon from my hand. Appear! Future circuit that lights up my path! I set Magnarokket and Absorouter in the Link Markers. I summon Miniborrel Dragon!"

"Temple of the Six's effect activates!" Knight yelled, "Your monster loses 300 ATK!"

Miniborrel Dragon ATK 800-300=500

"Now who's being impatient?" Revolver glared, "Absorouter's effect activates. When this card is sent to my GY I can add a Rokket monster from my deck to my hand. Since you have a Link Monster on your field, I can Special Summon Gateway Dragon. That's not all. Gateway's effect lets me summon one level 4 or lower monster from my hand. I summon Autorokket Dragon."

"Not bad,"

"Appear again! Future circuit that lights up my path! I set Miniborrel, Gateway, and Autorokket in the Link Markers. I Link summon Borrelload Dragon!"

Borrelload Dragon ATK 3000-300=2700

"Maybe this will teach you not to bring a sword to a gunfight. Borrelload, attack Shi En!"

Knight LP: 3800 Revolver:4000

"Shi En's effect activates! I can send one other 'Six Samurai' monster to the GY to stop it from being destroyed."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that. When Borrelload attacks a monster I can put that monster in a zone Borrelload points to and take control of it!"

Knight gasped.

"I activate Borrelload's other effect. Once per turn I can make a monster lose 500 ATK and DEF. I choose Battle Shogun."

Battle Shogun of the Six Samurai ATK 1100 Counters:3

"Shi En, Battle Shogun."

Knight LP: 2400 Revolver:4000

"I set two cards face down and end my turn."

"It's a wonder how a man with such a drive to create would have a son who thrives on destruction." Knight said.

"Don't talk about him like you knew him." Revolver growled, "You didn't have to watch him waste away at the end. You just gave him that virus and washed your hands of him. "

"I've felt the guilt for it every day," Knight replied, "But enough dallying; I draw! Since you control a monster and I don't, I can speculate summon Elder of the Six Samurai. Now I activate my trap, Return of the Six Samurai! I summon Battle Shogun. Now I normal summon Secret Six Samurai Genba!"

Temple of the Six: 6 Counters

Borrelload Dragon ATK 2400

Shi En ATK 1900

Battle Shogun ATK 1700 Counters 1

"I activate the Spell Six Strike-Triple I Impact and destroy all face up monsters you control."

"I attack you directly with all my monsters!"

Knight LP: 2400 Revolver:1400

"And now, I must end my turn."

"I'll end you this turn," Revolver stated, "I draw! I activate Borrel Regenerator. I special summon Borrelload from my GY!"

"Back already!?" Knight gasped.

"I'm not done. I summon Rokket Synchron and use its effect to summon Absorouter from my GY. I tune Rokket Synchron to Absorouter to summon Borrelload Savage Dragon!"

"It still loses 600 ATK!"

"Does it?" Revolver grinned, "I activate its effect. I equip it with Miniborrel in my GY and put two Borrel counters on it. Plus it gains half Miniborrel's ATK. Now I remove one counter to negate Temple's effect."

Borrelload Savage Dragon ATK 3400

"What?!"

"I attack Genba with Borrelload Savage Dragon!"

Knight LP: 0 Revolver:1400

Knight collapsed.

"Now then," Revolver said gravely, "Give me my friend back."

Knight smiled sadly. "I'm sorry, but her majesty won't allow that. I apologize for lying."

"You can't just-"

Before Revolver could finish, Knight had dissolved into a cloud of data.