Aurasoul: Hello everyone and welcome to Vrains! I give a shout out to 0713MM for helping me type this story along with letting me use his OC Glacies and I don't own Vrains just my OCs.

Rai: Which will mean we're going to see Windy and Lightning

Aurasoul: Yes indeed.


Chapter 21

"This seems to be the place. Although..."

"What the heck is this?!" The others were surprised upon seeing a fake Cyberse World as they flew on their D-Boards as they looked around.

"These are all props." Shard frowned as she looked.

"What kind of insult is this?!" Ai fumed.

"Why would this be here?" Soulburner wondered, confused.

"Well we can check on the other side of that hole." They all looked to see Flare flying to them. "You caught up." Sparks remarked.

"Hole?" Flame questioned.

"There's a hole in the wall over there leading to some building." Flare explained, motioning with her hand. They followed her to where the hole was and looked to see a familiar building.

"Isn't that Windy's…?" Shard began.

"It is." Playmaker frowned.

"You mean the Wind Ignis, right?" Sparks questioned.

"Yes." Playmaker nodded.

"But then why would this be here?" Ice Queen questioned.

"Something doesn't feel right." Flare frowned. "Come on, we should go check it out." They landed near the stairs and climbed upward before coming into the building, looking around. "No one home?"

"Highly doubt it." Flame remarked.

"Well well well, look what we have here." They all quickly looked up to see Windy with Echo as he moved towards them.

"Windy." Playmaker frowned.

So that's the Wind Ignis… Flare thought with a frown. Although…

"Windy what the heck is going on here?! Did you make that cardboard cutout of Cyberse World?!" Ai demanded.

"Yes." Windy replied. "I know it's not much, but it's like Cyberse World is back, no?"

"I wouldn't say that." Ai muttered, looking out and about again.

"Well it's only just a start since it seems I'm the only one who cares to rebuild our home." Windy scoffed.

"While I can agree rebuilding Cyberse World is important. So is catching the ones who had destroyed it in the first place." Flame countered.

"Yeah and we heard that they might be here!" Ai added.

"Oh? Quite the claim. And do you think that sort of information is genuine?" Windy inquired.

"They must have good reason to believe it. After all, all of them came." They all stiffened by the sudden voice and bright light, causing them all to shield their eyes. Once it disappeared, they looked upon seeing another Ignis with a shadowed avatar.

"Ah it's you! Don't just suddenly appear like that!" Ai yelled annoyed.

"Sorry. Even when I try to move slowly, I move quickly." The Yellow Ignis apologized lightly.

"A-Another Ignis." Shard swallowed.

"Yeah that's the Light Ignis, Lightning." Ai spoke.

"Lightning?" The Yellow Ignis questioned.

"Well they can't say our other names." Ai shrugged.

"True." The Yellow Ignis, Lightning remarked. "In that case, I'll go by Lightning to make it easier on you humans."

"Thanks ever so much." Sparks replied with a nod.

"In that case, where have you been Lightning?" Flame questioned.

"Hoh? I've been with Windy since Cyberse World's destruction." Lightning replied. "We had hidden ourselves within the Network after Hanoi attacked us. Along with the current attack afterward." Shard clutched her hand tightly at the mention of the Hanoi, her face paling slightly. Lightning glanced at Shard and chuckled.

"Guilty I see." Lightning retorted. "Too late to feel that I'm afraid." Shard flinched by his words and Playmaker shielded her from Lightning.

"Ah come on Lightning, leave her alone." Ai frowned.

"Like the humans should have left us Ignis alone? I don't think so." Windy snapped.

"It's alright Windy." Lightning told him. "We don't want to provoke them. We just want to talk."

"Humph. Fine" Windy grunted.

"To talk?" Soulburner questioned with a frown.

"The future relationship between humans and us Ignis." Lightning spoke.

"Oh yeah. Earth mentioned that he had talked with Aqua about that." Ai remarked.

"Aqua? Oh you mean the Water Ignis." Windy stated.

"We haven't seen her after Cyberse World was attacked." Lightning added. "Who knows, she could have been a spy that told the enemy of Cyberse World's weak points."

"What?!" Ai yelped.

"She doesn't seem like the type." Flame remarked, unconvinced.

"You don't know that for sure." Windy retorted.

"Earth would say otherwise." Ai countered.

"I'm sure he would." Windy huffed before his red eyes curved into a dark smile. "If he was here! Which he isn't!"

"But Aqua had no reason to betray us." Flame pointed out.

"Yeah! She wanted peace in Cyberse World more than anyone." Ai nodded.

"Peace? Humph! Sounds more like an illusion to me." Windy griped.

"Regardless, it is a shame she could not be here." Lightning spoke.

A shame he says and yet… Flare thought with a frown, rubbing her collared neck.

"Be that as it may, it is much important to rebuild Cyberse World. After all, we must create a safe place for us before we would be attacked again." Lightning spoke. He then outstretched his right hand towards Playmaker and Soulburner, but the gesture was actually aimed at Ai and Flame. "So, what say you Ai. Flame? Will you help me and Windy rebuild Cyberse World?" Ai and Flame looked at one another; looking at their Origins for a moment.

"To be honest, I do want to rebuild Cyberse World. But I also become quite attached to the humans as well." Ai spoke. "I want to believe AIs and humans can coexist."

"Ai." Playmaker spoke.

"I agree. Our futures are still connected with humanity and I wish to see it through." Flame nodded.

"Flame." Soulburner smiled.

"Besides, we cannot truly begin the rebuilding of Cyberse World until the current enemy is dealt with." Flame added.

"I see." Lightning reluctantly spoke.

"If that's all you have to say, we should go." Ai added. "Come on Playmaker, we're leaving." Playmaker nodded and turned to walk away. However… Six blue orbs appeared and encased them all.

"Leaving so soon? How sad." Windy smirked.

"What?!" Soulburner gasped.

"What the hell?!" Flare snapped.

"Windy, Lightning, what's the meaning of this?!" Flame demanded.

"Since you now know too much, you must be destroyed." Lightning told the 5 of them.

"What are you talking about?!" Ice Queen demanded.

"I mean that war with AIs and Humans is inevitable." Lightning told her. "Hanoi was the one to destroy Cyberse World after all. And for what? Because you humans fear what you do not understand."

"Oh…. And thank you so much for getting our pawns here in 1 piece." Windy sneered. "What better way to destroy the humans but with their own kind? Hahahahaha!"

"Who are you calling a pawn?!" Ai yelled angrily.

"Them." Lightning gestured to Shard, Sparks, and Flare.

"Eh?" Shard gasped.

"What do you mean?" Sparks frowned.

"Shard Dragon and her Hollow Program, Spark Dragon and his Ideal Program, and Flare Dragon and her Truth Program." Lightning listed, much to the 3's shock. "Your programs will be of much use to us."

"If you honestly think we'll work for you guys, you got another thing coming." Flare snapped. "Truth program, unlock." But much to her shock, the flames didn't sprout from her. "What?" She gasped. Sparks and Shard were shocked before trying to activate their programs, but unable to.

"Did you 3 really think you'd be able to escape our binds so easily?" Windy sneered. "See, we know all about your programs. So we took the precautions to ensure you couldn't escape."

"On top of that, whoever said you'd work for us under your own free will?" Lightning added, a dark smile on his features. "We know full well you'd never join us willingly, so we shall control you. Deleting your avatars and reprogramming them would take too much time. So…" He snapped his fingers and wires appeared within the threesome's blue orbs and injected themselves into the 3. "Those wires shall reprogram your chips instead so that you'll work for us."

"Argh!" Flare cried.

"Ugh!" Spark winced.

"Ahh!" Shard shrieked.
"Shard!" Playmaker yelled.

"Flare!" Ice Queen gasped.

"Sparks!" Soulburner yelled.

"Dammit…!" Flare hissed, pulling on the wires before hissing in pain.

"Mwhahahahahahaha! Do you honestly think tearing that out will be a good idea?!" Windy laughed darkly. "Because if you do that…...you'll just end up killing yourselves!"

"Windy this is going too far!" Ai yelled, watching the 3 in a panic.

"Oh shut up Ai!" Windy snapped. "You'll be reprogrammed too! As will your Origin!"

"No." Lightning spoke, confusing Windy. "If anyone shall be reprogrammed after those 3…." He pointed a yellow finger at the captured Ice Queen. "It'll be her."

"Eh? Why me?" Ice Queen asked. "I don't have a program, nor do I have an Ignis partner."

"Oh I know." Lightning remarked, his dark smile returning. "It's your animalistic instincts I want. They will be quite helpful in killing the humans."

"You sick little!" Flare snarled, her eyes flashing.

"Flare stop!" Sparks yelled, before wincing in pain.

"So we start on her next?" Windy smiled. "Alright!" He too snapped his fingers and a wire injected itself into Ice Queen's neck. Ice Queen groaned from the pain.

"Ice Queen!" Soulburner yelled.

"I'm fine, Soulburner." Ice Queen smiled lightly.

"You won't be for long!" Windy laughed. Before Windy could do the finishing touch to ensure Ice Queen was his and Lightning's pawn, a flash of lightning hit the ground in the center of the room.

"Now what?!" Ai panicked. The smoke that had formed slowly vanished to reveal an all too familiar person, but with a different avatar. For example, the visor and yellow eyes were gone. In its place were grey eyes. The red haired side bangs remained, as did the majority of the previous avatar of the person. He stood up from his kneeling position and grinned.

"Revolver!" Playmaker gaped.

"You…." Flare spoke, speechless.

"At long last Hanoi can achieve its goal!" Revolver spoke as he pointed his right index finger at Lighting and Windy. "In the name of Hanoi, I will kill you, Ignis!"

"Hoh? Kill us you say?" Lightning chuckled. "I am afraid you're in no position to make threats, Revolver." He gestured to Shard, Flare, and Sparks. "Especially considering who we have captive."

"Revolver…" Flare choked. Revolver glanced at the 6 captured, his eyes lasting longer on Flare, Sparks, and Shard. His grey eyes narrowed as he turned his attention back to Lightning and Windy.

"I don't care about the other 3." Revolver began. "But! You. Let. Those 3. Go. Now!"

"Hey wait a second!" Ai began.

"Don't bother to argue." Playmaker frowned, making Ai look up at him. "Despite it all, it's those 3 who he values the most."

"Oh yeah value is right. Especially little Shard." Windy sneered, motioning to her as she shook violently in her orb. "After all, he used her in order to use her program to delete us Ignis."

"Shut up Wind Ignis!" Revolver snapped. "All you Ignis will die sooner or later! And while it is true I only used Shard for her program, it was necessary!" His anger dissipated and turned into a smile. "After all, she willingly joined me back then."

"What?!" Soulburner gaped.

"Oh sure she willingly went to you. But did you ever tell her the dangers she would be in when in the core of your precious tower?" Windy smirked. "How if there had been even one problem, it could've killed her?" Revolver fell silent and he clenched his fists.

"...No I didn't tell her." Revolver admitted through gnashed teeth. "But so what? The Tower was stopped in the end by those morons." Gestures to Playmaker, Flare, and Sparks. "Besides, thanks to Shard's Hollow Program, we have another way to kill you Ignis." Shard grew wide eyed hearing this while Ai fumed.

"Makes me really glad we stopped the tower!" He snapped.

"Oh so an all's well that ends well? Ha! You're just trying to avoid taking the blame like you have always done! Isn't that what you did to those 2 after all?" Windy mocked, motioning to Flare and Sparks. "After all, you lied and went behind their backs. Tricking them about their dear precious little sister despite knowing she was their only family left."

"SHUT UP!" Revolver roared in outrage as he activated his duel disk. "I'll shut you both up myself! And get the 3 back from your clutches!"

"Oh ho! Taking us both on I see." Lightning chuckled in amusement. "Very well. But I suppose to make this fair, you can have a partner."

"I don't need a partner to beat the both of you!" Revolver shot back.

"Don't be an idiot Revolver. Even you need a partner against those 2!" Flare began, before she shrieked in pain, falling to her knees as she felt the wires dig deeper into her avatar.

"I'll give you Playmaker." Lightning spoke as he waved his hand; releasing Playmaker from the blue orb. Revolver glanced at Playmaker and groaned.

"Alright fine." Revolver remarked reluctantly. "But should we win, you will release Flare, Sparks, and Shard!"

"Fine by me." Lightning agreed as he spread his arms out.

"But Lightning!" Windy complained.

"It's fine Windy." Lightning reassured him. "Besides," he gestured to Ice Queen. "She should be under our control in no time."

"And when that happens, they'll have to deal with her instead of us." Windy finished. "Now I get it!"

"So you're gonna be cowards?" Revolver snarked before chuckling. "I'm not surprised."

"I don't think we could handle Ice Queen." Ai yelped.

"Maybe you can't." Revolver retorted. "But I could."

"Such arrogance." Lightning spoke coolly as he waved his hand again; thus finishing the process to control Ice Queen (or so he and Windy thought) and the orb surrounding her shattered.

"Ice Queen…" Soulburner spoke, worried. Shadows appeared over Ice Queen's eyes for several moments. However, she did not move towards Lightning or Windy; thus confusing the 2 Ignis.

"Ice Queen, I command you to duel these 2!" Windy demanded.

"...You 2 are even more stupid than I thought." Ice Queen spoke as she raised her head; the shadows over her eyes gone. Her whitish-blue eyes were still filled with brightness and life. "You'll have to do better than that if you want me as your pawn!"

"What?!" Windy cried out. "But how?!"

"You should be on our side dueling these 2 for us!" Lightning added in frustration.

"Yes, it's true that I have animalistic instincts." Ice Queen admitted as she place her right hand on her avatar's chest. "However! Due to the harsh cold conditions I lived in for the 6 years of my life, my willpower is far beyond AI comprehension! You cannot control a very strong willed individual! Regardless if it's an AI or a human!"

"This can't be possible!" Windy shrieked, putting his hands to his head, as if trying to pull out his non-existent hair.

"Way to go Ice Queen." Flare smirked painfully.

"Humph. So you can't be controlled due to your strong willpower." Lightning mused before he regained his composure. "But, Flare, Sparks, and Shard do not share that same strong willpower I'm afraid. In fact, due to the chip implants, once reprogrammed, it's as if they have no will at all."

"Dammit…" Sparks hissed, while Shard panted in pain.

"But enough chatter." Lightning continued as he got his shadowed avatar to activate his duel disk. Windy followed suit via Echo. "We have a Tag Duel to do."

"A Tag Duel me and Playmaker will defeat you in!" Revolver vowed as he activated his own duel disk, with Playmaker following suit.

"Soulburner, I'm gonna try and break you out of there." Ice Queen began, going over to him.

"Unfortunately, I can't allow you to do that." At this, everyone grew wide eyed (minus Wind and Lightning). Quickly looking to see a tall man standing between Flare and Sparks with short red hair, black eyes, and wearing a dark brown trench coat with gray fur and orange marks embedded on it, a red shirt, dark brown pants, and shoes.

When did he even?! Ice Queen thought in shock.

"What are you doing here?!" Windy snapped.

"I came to make sure you 2 put up your end of the bargain." The man spoke coldly. "And it seems you couldn't reprogram the mind of a simple human."

"It matters not." Lightning retorted coolly. "Soon Shard, Sparks, and Flare will be under our control. Failing to control Ice Queen is of no consequence. Her strong willpower just threw us off guard."

"So you say. But either way it doesn't matter to me. All I care for is you 2 keeping your bargain in giving the black and white dragons to my master. That is all." The man spoke nonchalantly.

"Black and white dragons? Does he mean Sparks and Flare?" Flame questioned. Flare and Sparks looked at the man between them, shocked, glancing at the markings on his coat.

Those orange marks… Flare thought.

It can't be… Sparks thought. The man looked between the 2 and smirked; speaking lowly for only them to hear. At once, both Flare and Sparks grew wide eyed, their reactions immediate.

"You…!" Flare snarled, her blue eyes flashed in feral. Sparks grinded his teeth in fury, clutching his left shoulder tightly; ignoring the wires much to their shock and surprise while the man only walked away from them and towards Ice Queen.

"But for right now, dealing with this human takes precedence." He spoke. "I should hope you 2 deal with your own opponents while I reign in this one."

"Reign me in?" Ice Queen repeated. "What the hell are you getting at?"

"Well since they claim you are a feral animal, a muzzle and leash seems most appropriate for you." The man spoke coldly. Ice Queen stared at him for several seconds before her whitish-blue eyes flashed brightly.

"You'll regret those words!" Ice Queen growled. "This I promise!"

"Ah! She's mad!" Ai yelped.

"Then if you wish to prove me wrong." The man began, suddenly behind her to the exit to her shock. "Then follow me out."

Again?! But how?! Ice Queen thought, shocked. She soon shrugged it off.

"Fine." Ice Queen retorted icily. "But you better not pull anything funny. Otherwise, I will tear you to shreds without a second thought. No one calls me a feral animal like that." He didn't bother to talk back, only to walk out the building; making Ice Queen glare before turning to face Playmaker and Revolver.

"You 2 better not lose!" She retorted, before rushing out.

"We won't!" Revolver called back to her as she left the room.

"Enough talk! Let's get this underway!" Windy yelled with a sneer.

"MASTER DUEL!" The four duelists declared. Shard winced, watching the duel begin as she looked around her for a moment before carefully began to activate her duel disk and type something without the others noticing. Playmaker glanced over at Revolver.

"Revolver." Playmaker began. The grey-haired archrival of Playmaker glanced over at him.

"Yes Playmaker?" Revolver questioned.

"I'll be the one to take the first turn on our side." Playmaker retorted.

"Humph. Fine by me." Revolver told him. "Just as long as we kick these 2 Ignis's asses to get our friends back, I do not care who goes first for our temporary team-up." Playmaker nodded, then turned back to face Windy and Lightning, his facial expression turned to that of a hardened glare as he placed his right hand on top of his deck.

"Time for me and Revolver to get our friends back!" Playmaker declared. "My turn!" Playmaker observed his 5 card hand to see what he could for a first turn.

"We gotta be careful. I've never seen Lightning and Windy duel before, so I don't know what they have planned. Plus any damage we take will affect Flare, Shard, and Sparks too." Ai told Playmaker in a worried tone.

"I know." Playmaker replied to his Ignis partner. Playmaker pulled a monster from his hand. "Since I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Linkslayer from my hand!" An earth armored warrior appeared onto the field, swinging its blade. (Linkslayer, Level 5 EARTH Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 2000/600.) Playmaker grabbed 2 other cards from his hand and slapped them onto his duel disk.

"Next up, since I control a Cyberse monster, I can Special Summon these 2 monsters! Come forth Backup Secretary and Cyberse Converter!" A secretary wearing blue clothing and a VR helmet appeared onto the field. Next to it was what appeared to be a converter, or drive of sorts. (Backup Secretary, Level 3 LIGHT Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1200/800. Cyberse Converter, Level 2 LIGHT Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1000.)

"Hmm… It seems Playmaker is going all out." Lightning noted. "It's just too bad he's only doing so because of his emotions." Playmaker raised his right hand upwards.

"Appear, the circuit that leads to the future!" Playmaker announced. "The Summoning conditions are at least 2 Cyberse Monsters! Link Summon! Appear! Link 3! Encode Talker!" The top, bottom and bottom-right Link Marker glowed red. A light blue armored warrior appeared onto Playmaker and Revolver's field in the Extra Monster Zone. (Encode Talker, attribute: LIGHT, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 3. Link Arrows: T/B/BR, ATK: 2300. Playmaker's hand: 2 cards. Revolver/Windy/Lightning's hand: 5 cards.)

"Nice going Playmaker!" Ai grinned. "With Encode Talker out, neither of them can damage us!"

"For an AI, you seem to have a terrible memory. That effect can only be used once during either players turn." Revolver reminded Ai. At that reminder, Ai sweat-dropped and lowered his head.

"Oh...right…" Ai replied.

"I'm not done!" Playmaker continued. "Since I haven't Normal Summoned yet, I shall Normal Summon Cyberse Gadget!" A silver armored gadget appeared onto the field. (Cyberse Gadget, Level 4 LIGHT Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1400/300.) Playmaker gestured towards the Graveyard Portal as it appeared onto the field.

"Since I Normal Summoned Cyberse Gadget, Cyberse Converter returns to my field!" Playmaker continued. Cyberse Converter appeared on the left side of Cyberse Gadget. Playmaker raised his right hand upwards again.

"Appear, the circuit that leads to the future!" Playmaker announced. "The Summoning conditions is 1 Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster! Link Summon! Appear! Link 1 Link Disciple!" Cyberse Gadget went up into the Link Circuit and the Bottom Link Marker glowed red before revealing the spellcaster-like monster. Link Disciple appeared in the Zone that was being pointed at by Encode Talker's Bottom-Right Link Marker. (Link Disciple, attribute: LIGHT, type; Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 1, Link Arrow(s): B, ATK: 500.) Playmaker gestured to his field as a Token appeared onto his field.
"Since Cyberse Gadget was sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a Gadget Token!" (Gadget Token, Level 2 LIGHT Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 0.)

"Whoa! Playmaker's going all out!" Soulburner noted in astonishment.

"He has to." Flame told his partner. "Otherwise, Lightning and Windy will possibly get an edge in this duel." Flame put a hand to his chin. "Although...it is quite possible that Playmaker is going all out because of his own emotions. If that's so, then he's unintentionally letting Windy and Lightning's plans for his and Revolver's friends get to his head. If he does…"

"Then he's falling for what Windy and Lightning want him to do." Soulburner finished. "They want Revolver and Playmaker to get angry so they can take advantage of it."

"This is bad." Flare muttered.

"Playmaker can't let his emotions run wild like this." Sparks frowned lowly, before thinking. This is what happens when something happens to Shard. If he doesn't calm down, things could end badly. Playmaker raised his right hand upwards for the 3rd time.

"Appear, the circuit that leads to the future!" Playmaker announced. "The Summoning conditions are 2 Cyberse Monsters! Link Summon! Come forth! Link 2! Flame Administrator!" The Bottom-Right and Left Link Markers glowed red once the Gadget Token and Cyberse Converter went within them before releasing the red armored monster. It appeared in the Zone that was in Encode Talker's Bottom Link Marker. (Flame Administrator, attribute: FIRE, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 2, Link Arrows; L/BR, ATK: 1200.) Playmaker gestured to Flame Administrator.

"Flame Administrator's effect!" Playmaker announced. "All Link monsters me and Revolver control gain 800 ATK!" All 3 of Playmaker's Link monsters glowed red to represent their ATK increasing. (Flame Administrator, Encode Talker and Link Disciple's ATK: 2000/3100/1300.) Playmaker's glare at Lightning and Windy hardened even further.

"You will pay for taking Shard, Flare and Sparks!" Playmaker vowed angrily at the 2 Ignis. "This I promise!"

"I never seen him this mad before." Ai spoke shakingly.

"Neither have I." Soulburner agreed. "I may not know Playmaker as well as you Ai, but this is crazy beyond belief!"

"Indeed." Flame nodded.

"My my! Someone's angry!" Windy taunted.

"...I set 1 card face-down and end my turn…" Playmaker spoke through grit teeth. (Playmaker's hand: 0 cards.)

"Playmaker calm down! You gotta relax!" Flare hissed. Lightning glanced over at Flare.

"And what makes you think he will?" Lightning inquired. "I am curious as to why you think that." Revolver pointed his right index finger at the 2 Ignis.

"You seriously think me or Playmaker will keep our anger in when you 2 clearly have our friends trapped?! This is unacceptable!"

"And I shall say the same thing towards you and your Knights of Hanoi!" Lightning countered as he pointed his right index finger at Revolver. "You pulled the trigger that led all the past events up to this moment! Those actions you and your Knights of Hanoi did against us are unacceptable! I will not let such actions go unpunished! Me and Windy will ensure that!"

"Not only that, but you had the nerve to pull the trigger by using the one you called your friend." Windy added wickedly. "Kidnapping Shard Dragon, experimenting on her and her program, and using her as a core for your little tower. I must say friends are very cruel to one another." At that remark from Windy, both Playmaker and Revolver began to shake with rage.

"SHUT UP!" Revolver roared. Playmaker's body shook so violently he could not even speak at the moment.

"Haha! You can't even learn to take responsibility for what you did! This is another reason why I hate humans! Thinking they're above consequences." Windy spoke darkly. "It makes me sick!" Revolver's body still shook violently, but he was at least able to speak despite his anger at Windy's words.

"You're one to talk, Wind Ignis." Revolver retorted.

"Oh? How do you mean?" Windy asked. Revolver narrowed his eyes.

"You know what I mean, Wind Ignis." Revolver continued. "You and your friend here don't want coexistence with humans, despite what the Dark and Fire Ignis say."

"What do you mean?" Flame questioned.

"I looked over the events of what has been transpiring since my Father created you 6." Revolver elaborated. "One of those events so happened to be that an AI caused a car accident."

"Hold on! Are you saying it was Windy who caused that?!" Flare gaped, shocked.

"Not only that, but the one in the car was his partner." Revolver frowned.

"What?!" Ai and Flame yelled, shocked.

"Oh, so you even found out about that." Windy remarked.

"But why?!" Ai demanded. Windy put a hand to his chin.

"Hmm…" Windy pondered. "To put it simply…. I didn't need him!"

"D-Didn't need him?" Ai gaped, shocked.

"It's annoying to have a partner always by your side." Windy elaborated, as he leaped on top of Echo.

"I don't know what you mean! He was your partner!" Ai yelled. "What you did was-"

"Exactly!" Windy interrupted. "If you're always with a partner, you become devoted to humans. Like you and Flame."

"Devoted?" Ai questioned.

"I don't like that!" Windy retorted. "That's what I see when I look at you, Ai and Flame."

"No way..." Ai replied, stunned. "Lightning! Did you know about this?!"

"He made that decision on his own." Lightning replied as he raised his left hand.

"His own decision?" Soulburner questioned, shocked.

"Do you get it now Playmaker, Soulburner? This is the true nature of the Ignis." Revolver told his archrival and archrival's friend. "How will you find coexistence with them?"

"We'll find a way, Revolver!" Playmaker countered.

"Besides, it was Dr. Kogami who started this for trying to erase us with the Hollow Program." Windy said, motioning to Shard. "That's why I'll erase you instead! Or more likely, I'll have Shard Dragon do it once we have her under our control!" Playmaker clenched his fists at that.

"No you won't!" Playmaker shot back. "Not unless we defeat you 2 before that happens!"

"You can't make me do it!" Shard hissed.

"I beg to differ, Shard Dragon." Lightning retorted. Then another wire appeared in Shard's sphere and pierced her neck, causing her to shriek.

"Shard!" They gasped as she dropped to her knees. At that action by Lightning, Playmaker's glare at Lightning and Windy darkened.

"You…!" Playmaker hissed.

"Next time, think before you speak." Lightning warned. "Otherwise next time I might use the tentacles on Flare and Sparks. Or better yet, you and Revolver."

"Don't lay a finger on them!" Flare snarled, sparks of flames forming around her.

"Oh that Truth Program is impressive, to be working in there." Windy remarked lightly.

"It seems the greater their emotions are, the more power the program gains." Lightning remarked. "Oh well. We've wasted enough time as is. I'll take my turn now thank you very much. Draw!" (Lightning's hand: 6 cards. Windy/Revolver's hand: 5 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards.) Lightning waved his right hand and his 6 card hand appeared. Lightning pressed one of the cards and it revealed itself.

"I activate the Field Spell, Cyberse World!" Lightning announced.

"What?!" Ai and Flame yelled.

"Cyberse World?!" Playmaker gaped, shocked. The field changed to the six separate worlds of the Cyberse World.

"This was what it looked like?" Flame questioned, shocked.

"That's right, Flame." Lightning replied. "It's quite unfortunate that you and Ai decided to team up with your partners."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Ai demanded. Lightning waved his hand to the side dismissively.

"Never mind about that." Lightning dismissed Ai's question. "Now, time for the first of many effects that this card possesses! First off, you cannot negate the activation and effects of this card!"

"Ehhh?!" Ai gaped. "That's some nonsense right there!"

"I'm not done explaining!" Lightning shot back. "Now for its second effect! I pay 1000 LP to target 1 random Link monster in either your Extra Deck, Graveyard or banished zone and Special Summon it to my field! This Special Summon is treated as a Link Summon!"

"What?!" Flare gaped.

"So that means he can target any Link monster from Playmaker's or Revolver's Extra Deck." Sparks frowned. Both Playmaker and Revolver's eyes widened at that.

"No way…!"

"Yes way!" Lightning's eyes made it seem like he was grinning. "I shall do so now!" Lightning grunted as his LP dropped and his body fizzled blue for a moment. (Lightning's LP: 4000 - 1000 = 3000.) Once the cost has been paid, both Playmaker and Revolver's Extra Decks appeared before him. He looked at each one carefully. His eyes glazed over Topologic Trishbanea and Topologic Bomber Dragon. He smiled in satisfaction at their effects. I pressed Topologic Trishbanea's card.

"I choose to Special Summon Topologic Trishbanea to my field." Lightning told them. At the summon of the white/yellow armored and purple-winged dragon, Revolver, Playmaker, along with the others gaped at this. (Topologic Trishbanea, attribute: DARK, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 3, Link Arrows: T/BL/BR, ATK: 2500. Lightning/Windy/Revolver's hand: 5 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards.)

"Aaah! He's got one of Revolver's monsters!" Ai panicked.

"Topologic Trishbanea…" Playmaker frowned. "It has a powerful effect for certain. Banishing any number of Special Summoned monsters when a monster is Special Summoned to one of its Link Markers. Not only that, but it also banishes an equal number of Spell/Trap cards, then the opposing player takes 500 damage per card."

"That's bad! If we take damage, that'll speed up the reprogramming on the three!" Ai panicked.

"That's right, Ai." Windy told him. "But Lightning is not done yet." Lightning pressed 2 more cards and they went face-down onto the field.

"I place 2 cards face-down to conclude my turn." Lightning spoke. (Lightning's hand: 3 cards. Windy/Revolver's hand: 5 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards.) Lightning gestured towards Revolver. "Now it's your turn Revolver. Go ahead and make your move."

"Revolver…" Flare spoke softly. Revolver's fists clenched for a few moments before they unclenched.

"Oh I'll take my turn alright!" Revolver shot back hotly. "Draw!" (Revolver's hand: 6 cards.) He observed his hand and grinned.

"You know Light Ignis, I should thank you for taking my Topologic Trishbanea."

"Hoh?" Lightning wondered. "Why thank me?"

"Because if you did not have a Link monster on the field, I could not Special Summon this! Come! Gateway Dragon!" Upon declaration, a dragon with several gates around its body appeared onto Revolver's field. (Gateway Dragon, Level 4 DARK Cyberse (originally Dragon)-type, ATK/DEF: 1600/1400.)

"Ehhh? Why is Gateway Dragon a Cyberse-type monster?" Ai questioned. "Shouldn't it be Dragon-type?" At Ai's question(s), Lightning chuckled.

"My Field Spell explains why." Lightning replied.

"I see. It changes the type of other monsters to Cyberse." Flame glared.

"That's not cool at all!" Ai agreed.

"Aww come on Ai! Don't feel too bad about it!" Windy chided him. "Look at this way, you should be thanking Lightning for playing his Field Spell. And now that he has, you and Playmaker can use Revolver's Cyberse monsters to Link Summon your Link Monsters that require specifically Cyberse monsters."

"No way am I thanking him!" Ai yelled.

"For once, I agree with the Dark Ignis!" Revolver chimed in.

"Oi oi, fine. You guys are so stubborn." Windy retorted. "Oh well. Your loss."

"Oh now he agrees with an Ignis." Shard muttered, feeling the wire that was lodged on her neck. It's going within the avatar to reach the core… This isn't good… Revolver gestured to his Gateway Dragon.

"I activate Gateway Dragon's effect!" Revolver continued. "Once a turn, during my turn only, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Dragon-type monster from my hand!"

"But if you do, it becomes a Cyberse-type monster." Windy reminded Revolver.

"Do you think I care?" Revolver countered. "All I care about is getting Flare, Sparks and Shard out of your dirty hands!"

"The strong dragon we remember." Sparks chuckled lowly. Flare clutched her hands tightly as she watched.

"As for the monster, I choose to Special Summon Magnarokket Dragon!" Revolver announced. A blue scaled dragon appeared onto Revolver's field next to Gateway Dragon. (Magnarokket Dragon, Level 4 DARK Cyberse (originally Dragon)-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1800/1200. Revolver's hand: 4 cards.) Revolver then pulled another card from his hand. "I Normal Summon Metalrokket Dragon to my field." A silver-scaled dragon appeared next to Magnarokket Dragon. (Metalrokket Dragon, Level 4 DARK Cyberse (originally Dragon)-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1700/1400.)

"3 Effect monsters already on Revolver's field." Playmaker noted. "Is he going to Link Summon a Link 3? Or something else?" Revolver revealed an Equip Spell in his hand, which surprised Windy and Lightning.

"I activate the Equip Spell, Link Unit!" Revolver announced. "With this, the equipped monster counts as 2 Materials when being used for a Link Summon!"

"What?!" Windy gaped. "How?!"

"Which means Revolver can Link Summon a Link 4 if he so chooses." Soulburner noted. Revolver raised his right arm upwards.

"Manifest! The future circuit that lights up my path!" Revolver declared. "The Summoning conditions are at least 3 Effect Monsters! Link Summon! Appear now! Link 4! Borreload Dragon!" The Left, Right, Bottom Left and Bottom Right Link Markers glowed red on the circuit. Shortly after, the heavily armored dragon appeared on the field. It roared at Windy and Lightning, as if to say that it is not happy with the situation at hand. (Borreload Dragon, attribute: DARK, type; Cyberse (originally Dragon)-type/Link, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: L/R/BL/BR, ATK: 3800 (originally 3000. Revolver's hand: 2 cards.)

"Amazing!" Soulburner smiled. "One of Revolver's go-to Link 4's! According to Playmaker, of course."

"Yeah. Goes to show Revolver isn't holding back either." Flame nodded.

"True Flame." Ai agreed. "But like Playmaker, Revolver is only fighting with his emotions. Lightning and Windy having Flare, Sparks and Shard captured is messing with their heads! They can't think straight!" Revolver pulled another card from his hand.

"I activate the spell card, Link Treasure!" Revolver announced. "With this, I draw 1 card for every Link monster on the field!"

"Whoa! There's 5 Link monsters on the field! So Revolver draws 5 cards!" Ai realized.

"He'll be able to replenish his hand now." Soulburner said. Revolver drew 5 cards from his deck, putting his hand at 6 cards.

"With Borreload Dragon, he can easily beat Trishbanea." Flame said. Revolver glanced over at the Fire Ignis and gave him a smirk.

"Who says I'm stopping there?" Revolver told Flame.

"I was afraid he was gonna say that." Ai spoke. Revolver pulled another card from his hand. A Spell card, to be accurate.

"I activate the spell card, Soul Charge!" Revolver announced. Revolver glanced over at Playmaker. "Playmaker! Mind if I borrow the monsters in your Graveyard for a moment?" Playmaker glanced at Revolver and nodded.

"Sure." Playmaker replied.

"In that case, I pay 2000 LP to bring back Metalrokket, Magnarokket, Cyberse Converter and Cyberse Gadget!" Revolver explained. Ai, Flame, and Soulburner gasped.

"Wait Revolver!" Soulburner yelled. Revolver grunted as his LP dropped to 2000. After he did so, the 4 monsters he chose returned to the field.

"Oh you done it now." Windy grinned wickedly.

"AAAAHH!" They gasped as Flare's, Sparks's, and Shard's screamed the wires digging deeper into their bodies. Upon seeing this, Revolver growled angrily.

"IGNIS!" Revolver roared. "RARGH! YOU'LL PAY!"

"Hahaha! I don't know why you're so angry. After all, I did tell you." Windy snickered. "Every time you take damage, it'll speed up their reprogramming. That includes self damage! You brought this upon yourself!" Revolver ignored Windy's taunts and continued his turn by playing another spell card.

"I activate the Spell card, Double Link!" Revolver continued. "With this, all monsters on me and Playmaker's field count as 2 Link Materials instead of 1! Of course, I must pay 1000 LP to use this card." Revolver's LP then dropped to 1000. As soon as his LP dropped, the wires went even further into Sparks, Shard and Flare's bodies.

"AAAAH!" They screamed.

"Are you crazy?!" Ai yelled at Revolver.

"I have to agree with Ai. Are you just letting them get reprogrammed?" Lightning questioned. Revolver glared darkly at Lightning and Windy.

"Shut up!" Revolver snarled. "I shall bring you Ignis absolute hell! Manifest! The future circuit that lights up my path!" The circuit appeared. "Now normally the Summoning conditions are at least 3 Effect Monsters. But thanks to Double Link, both of Playmaker's monsters count as 2 Link Materials! I set Cyberse Gadget and Cyberse Converter into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Appear! Borrelguard Dragon!" The Top, Right, Bottom-Right and Bottom Link Markers glowed red before a brown armored version of Borreload Dragon appeared onto the field in the Zone that Borreload Dragon pointed to. The Bottom-Right Link Marker to be accurate. (Borrelguard Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Cyberse (originally Dragon)-type, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: T/R/BR/B, ATK: 3800 (originally 3000 ATK.) Revolver gestured to his field. A Gadget Token appeared on his field.

"I'm still not done!" Revolver continued. "I now set Magnarokket and Metalrokket Dragon into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Come out! Link 4! Borrelsword Dragon!" The Top, Left, Bottom-Left and Bottom Link Marks glowed red and the armored dragon that had a sword on its head. The dragon appeared in the Zone that was being pointed to by Borreload Dragon's Bottom-Left Link Marker. (Borrelsword Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Cyberse (originally Dragon)-type, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: T/L/BL/B. ATK: 3800 (originally 3000 ATK. Revolver's hand: 4 cards.) After Revolver got out his last Borrel Link 4, his body had begun to shake violently.

"I'm….still not done yet…..Ignis!" Revolver spoke out.

"Revolver stop!" Soulburner told him. "You're only hurting Sparks, Flare and Shard!" Revolver glanced over at Soulburner, Flame and the others surprise, Revolver was crying! Flare, Sparks, and Shard gasped, seeing their old friend crying.

"I know that Soulburner!" Revolver cried out. "But what choice do I have?!"

"Revolver…" Flare spoke, stunned.

"How pitiful." Windy rolled his eyes. "Enough of your sob story! Just end your pathetic turn so I can take my turn and finish you off, Revolver!"

"Be quiet Windy!" Flare yelled. They looked at Flare shocked as flames began to form at her feet as she glared angrily at Windy. "You don't know a damn thing about Revolver! You don't know the pain and sacrifices he had to go through in order to defeat you Ignis! I may not agree with the idea, but don't you dare go talking like that to him!" At Flare's angry retorts, Windy just laughed and put one of his hands towards one of his eyes, then he did a fake crying motion with one of his index fingers.

"Awwww! How tragic!" Windy retorted with fake sympathy in his voice. "But I don't know why you're defending him. After all, he was the one who kidnapped your little sister." Flare flinched, looking away for a moment before clutching her hands.

"It's true that he did take Shard from us and I'm still mad at him for it, but even so." She began. "I can't hate him." She looked up and put a hand to her chest. "I trust Revolver and I will gladly trust my life to him!"

"Then you're only setting yourself up for disappointment!" Windy countered. Revolver grabbed 2 cards out his hand and set them.

"I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn." Revolver finished. (Revolver's hand: 2 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards. Lightning's hand: 3 cards. Windy's hand: 5 cards.)

"Glad to see you still care." Sparks spoke lightly, smirking at his twin.

"Oh be quiet. I was only speaking the truth." Flare scowled, glancing at Revolver.

"Finally it's my turn; draw!" Windy declared. (Windy's hand: 6 cards. Lightning's hand: 3 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 2 cards.)

"When there's a monster on your field, I can Special Summon Stormrider Griffore from my hand!" (Stormrider Griffore Attribute: Wind, Type: Cyberse, ATK: 1200)

"And when there's a card in your Spell and Trap Zone, I can Special Summon Stormrider Hippogriff from my hand!" Windy said, as his second monster appeared on the field. (Stormrider Hippogriff Attribute: Wind, Type: Cyberse, ATK: 800)

"Appear! My raging circuit!" Windy yelled, pointing up.

"I set Griffore and Hippogriff in the Link Markers! Link Summon! Appear, Link 2 Stormridership Rockbuster!" The Stormrider Link monster appeared onto the field giving a screech. (Stormridership Rockbuster Attribute: Wind, Type: Cyberse, Link rating: 2, Link Arrow: Up, down, ATK: 2000. Windy's hand: 4 cards. Lightning's hand: 3 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 2 cards.)

"Stormridership Rockbuster, but it's ATK isn't strong enough against any of Playmaker's and Revolver's monsters." Shard frowned, slowly standing up.

"It is against Link Disciple." Flare frowned.

"And that thing must have a dangerous effect." Sparks spoke.

"Oh it does." Windy grinned. "Now allow me to get it going! I Summon Stormrider Harpiarm to a Zone my Rockbuster points to!" Another blue ship-like monster appeared onto the field. (Stormrider Harpiarm, Level 4 WIND Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1000/1600. Windy/Lightning's hand: 3 cards. Playmaker's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 2 cards.) Upon it being Summoned, Rockbuster glowed, which Windy then thrusted his right hand forward.

"Rockbuster's effect! When a monster is Summoned to a Zone it points to, I destroy 2 Spell/Trap cards you fools control!" Windy continued with a grin on his face.

"However, if I do this, I cannot activate, nor Set Spell/Trap cards for the rest of the turn. But that doesn't really matter to me! As for the 2 Spell/Traps cards…." Windy gestured over to Revolver's field. "Good bye Set cards! You will not be missed!" Revolver said nothing as his 2 Set cards revealed themselves and shattered. Windy gaped at the sight of the 2 former set cards. However, his surprise quickly vanished and he smirked.

"Ha! You are going soft Revolver!" Windy taunted. "Why else would you set Attack Guidance Armor and Dragon Barricade? You're weak Revolver!"

"I wouldn't underestimate Revolver." Flare spoke with a smirk.

"He can beat down someone like you easily." Sparks agreed. Windy glared at Sparks and Flare. He snapped his fingers and the wires dug deeper into their bodies, causing them both to wince.

"You know…...you two should really stop talking…." Windy hissed.

"Stop this now Ignis!" Revolver demanded. Lightning glanced between Revolver, Windy, Shard, Flare, and Sparks, then back at Revolver. He sighed.

"I suppose it's time we revealed that truth to you, Revolver." Lightning spoke calmly.

"Hold on! What truth?" Playmaker demanded.

"Yeah, what are you getting at Lightning?" Ai added.

"Revolver, you say that you choose to kill us as the final wish to your father, Dr. Kogami. But did you truly know him?" Lightning questioned.
"...I…." Revolver began, his resolve wavering.

"Don't listen to him Revolver! He's trying to psych you out!" Shard yelled.

"Oh, I'd listen as well, Shard Dragon." Lightning told her. "After all, this truth I'm about to share to everyone here involves you."

"Me?" Shard questioned confused.

"What truth?! You guys are anyone we would least believe!" Flare hissed.

"Then tell me Flare Dragon, Spark Dragon, where was Shard Dragon ten years ago during the time of the Lost Incident?" Lightning asked. The two blinked shocked looking at one another.

"She was with our mother and father at the time. Our aunt told us she was helping them with a small experiment since they were scientists too." Sparks frowned. "But there was an accident and she had to go to the hospital for a while."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Flare glared.

"How unfortunate…. It seems that the media lied to you both…" Lightning mused. Flare and Sparks blinked at him several times before Sparks finally asked.

"What are you getting at?"

"I'm saying that your sister, Shard Dragon, is one of the 6 Lost Incident children!" Lightning revealed. Flare and Sparks grew wide eyed in horror and shock while Shard paled, backing into the corner of the sphere, shocked.

"What?!" Ai yelled, shocked.

"No way…!" Sparks muttered, shocked.

"LIAR!" Flare yelled, slamming her fists on the sphere in anger. "Kogami was like an uncle to us! He would never do that to Shard! Same goes with our parents and our aunt!"

"Your parents and aunt were the other three assistants to Dr. Kogami, were they not?" Lightning inquired, making them flinch. "So it wouldn't be surprising if they had indeed used Shard Dragon." Playmaker clenched his fists at the revelation, Soulburner looked away, and Revolver's face turned deathly pale.

"B-But I don't remember anything about the Lost Incident! Nothing! I couldn't be the other child!" Shard shrieked, shocked. Lightning turned to face Shard and he gave her a somewhat of a sad look.

"It is all true…...as unfortunate as it is….." Lightning spoke softly.

"No way…! No way…!" Shard shuddered, shaking her head.

"Then that means she's Aqua's partner, isn't she?" Flame spoke.

"Correct." Lightning replied. After a few minutes, Playmaker unclenched his fists and glanced over at Revolver. His facial color had not changed. In fact, it was worse than before. Revolver fell to his knees and he began to hyperventilate; remembering the screams of the 6 children. His breathing became rapid as he recalled every single detail of what was going on. The screams that were the loudest in his head were Playmaker's, Soulburner's, and Shard's.

"But wait! Revolver did background checks of all of the six children! So how couldn't he have known Shard was one of them?!" Flare demanded angrily.

"The others…" They looked at Sparks, who had a grim facial expression. "Dr. Genome, Faust, and Baira...they were the other three assistants to Kogami besides our family in the Lost Incident. They must've hid it from him."

"Revolver…" Playmaker murmured.

"Speaking of him, he doesn't look so good." Soulburner added. He glanced over at Revolver. "Oi Revolver! Snap out of it!" Unfortunately, Revolver did not hear Soulburner. All he heard was Playmaker, Soulburner and Shard's screams in his head.

"No way…! I can't believe it…" Flare gasped. Shard was clutching her sides tightly, panting with a panicked look on her face. At this point, Playmaker shook his head and ran towards Revolver. He shook his shoulders.

"Revolver! Snap out of it! Please!" Playmaker told him fiercely. "We're in the middle of a duel here!"

"He cannot hear you Playmaker." Lightning told the multi-colored haired teen. "The past is playing back in his head. He's now in a mental coma."

"And good riddance." Windy snickered.

"Revolver…" Playmaker spoke softly. He shook his head and tried again. But this time, with the 3 things. He raised one of his fingers on his right hand. This surprised Windy, and the others.

"What's he doing?!" Windy snapped.

"The 3 things…" Shard whispered.

"1: What happened in the past was not your fault. 2: In the end, you did save us and we're grateful for that. 3:-"

"3: Don't let the past cling to you." Playmaker looked up at Shard, who had spoken, giving him a small pained smile. Playmaker nodded at Shard, then back at Revolver.

"Revolver! Please don't let the past haunt you just for what your father has done! Break free from it!" Playmaker told Revolver. Even though Revolver's grey eyes were dulled out due to his mental coma, he did hear Playmaker's voice this time, along with the 3 things stated. But instead of hearing Playmaker and Shard's voice, he heard his own. That 8 year old self of him. He closed his eyes and shook his head. After a moment, he re-opened his eyes; they were back to their normal grey coloring. When this occurred, Windy clenched his fists and grit his teeth.

"Damn you Playmaker and Shard…..!" Windy hissed.

"Even if he regrets it, the bond between us is still there." Shard smiled gently, finishing typing on her Duel Disk.

"Hehe, yeah it's official; I can't hate him." Flare weakly chuckled.

"Like you ever could." Sparks said with a strained smirk.

"Huh? What?" Revolver questioned. "Where am I?"

"You're in a tag duel with me." Playmaker answered.

"Oh." Revolver mused. He then took notice of Playmaker holding his shoulders and he grit his teeth.

"Playmaker…"

"Yes?" Playmaker replied.

"Get. Your. Hands. Off. Me." Revolver spoke dangerously low. Playmaker let go of Revolver's shoulders and headed back to his side of the field.

"Oi oi. He could have at least said thanks!" Ai complained.

"He does not have to do such a thing." Playmaker replied. "We're only dueling together to get our friends back. Nothing more. Nothing less."

"Oh please. Once we all get out of here, I'm dragging him to the food truck so we can talk." Flare scoffed.

"And she would." Sparks grinned.

"We all know that." Shard giggled.

"Ha. Gonna force him to thank Playmaker for saving him from his mental coma of the Lost Incident in person?" Soulburner joked lightly.

"He knows us so well." Flare smirked.

"I'll take that as a yes." Soulburner grinned.

"Uhh Soulburner?" Flame began.

"Yes Flame?" Soulburner asked.

"You know Revolver's gonna beat you up for that once we all get out of here, right?" Flame sweat-dropped.

"Don't worry. Flare can hold him back." Sparks grinned.

"Yeah he's weak with Flare." Shard giggled. At this revelation by Lightning, along with the aftermath, Windy's fists clenched more tightly.

"Enough of this bullshit!" Windy snarled. "I'm done here! I'm having our new slaves deal with these incompetent fools!" Multiple wires formed, piercing Flare, Sparks, and Shard; causing them to cry out.

"AAAAHH!" They cried out. Soulburner, Playmaker and Revolver stared up at the 3.

"Shard!/Sparks!/Flare!" Playmaker, Soulburner and Revolver called out.

"Why you! You're speeding it up!" Flare snarled at Windy as the wires digged deeper in their bodies. Windy glanced at Flare and he gave her a dark smile.

"Of course I am!" Windy sneered. He then snapped his fingers and a portal appeared behind him and Lightning, which 2 went through.

"Wait!" Playmaker called out.

"Get back here!" Revolver snapped.

"I would not concern yourselves with us if I were you." Lightning spoke.

"AAAAAHH!" Flare, Sparks, and Shard screamed as their spheres glowed. The spheres shattered as the three landed on their knees, their eyes shadowed before they slowly stood up. At this point, Lightning and Windy were gone, the portal they went through vanished.

"Oh no..." Ai whimpered.

"In Lightning-sama's name, we will defeat you three." Flare spoke darkly.

"And retrieve the Ignis." Shard spoke emotionlessly.

"For the ideal world Lightning-sama will create." Sparks frowned. At the sight of them being like this, Playmaker and Soulburner stepped back in shock. Revolver on the other hand did not. He remained where he was standing. His facial color returning to deathly white; his body shook violently.

"No…." Revolver whimpered. "No… No no no no no no NO NO!" Revolver fell to his knees and pounded his fists into the ground.

"Revolver..." Playmaker frowned.

"Hmph. Continuing the act Revolver?" Flare spoke darkly, as she stepped forward. "You have lied to us for so long It infuriates me that you think you can continue to do so." Revolver did not respond to Flare's words. He was in too much shock to say anything. Playmaker and Soulburner bore looks of utmost sympathy at Revolver. Especially when he began to cry again. His tears hitting the ground in between his fists.

"Enough with those fake tears! You have betrayed and lied to us! And that will not be forgiven!" Flare yelled angrily. "Stand up Revolver-No, Ryoken Kogami! It is time I make you pay for what you did to us!" Once again, Revolver did not respond to anything Flare was saying. Ai and Flame glanced at each other, then up at their partners.

"What should we do, Playmaker?" Ai asked his partner. Playmaker stared at Flare, Sparks and Shard.

"Lightning and Windy warped their memories to make them believe they've been working with them this whole time." Playmaker replied. He then glanced at Revolver on his hands and knees, tears continuing to fall out of his grey eyes. "As for Revolver...I myself do not believe those tears are fake. They're very real. And with that, I can understand fully why Revolver is acting this way."

"Please Playmaker, don't make me laugh." Flare scoffed. "You don't know what it's like to have the one person you can trust, who you care so deeply for. And then find out that they lied and betrayed you by taking away your own family. He will not be forgiven for this and I'll make sure of that."

"Revolver…" Playmaker muttered. He then stared down at the crying Revolver. If he was next to him, Playmaker would have slapped him out of his trance. Instead, he went for the verbal slap. "Revolver! Snap the hell out of this! Flare needs you more than ever! Don't just kneel there crying! Stand up, Revolver!" At Playmaker's words, Revolver's grey eyes widened, as if something hit him.

Thank you, Playmaker. Revolver thought. That's just the verbal slap I needed right now. Revolver wiped his eyes and began to stand up.

"So you finally stand up Ryoken. I'll make sure you pay for your lies!" Flare vowed.


Aurasoul: Long chapter yes but now comes the duel between lovers! Revolver vs Flare and yes I am a total sadist to my ships no regrets! So until then read and review!