Coral: For some reason, I am more motivated in doing this story for now.

Aki: I wonder why.

Coral: Well, excuse me Miss Black Rose.

Aki: Do you want me to sick my dragon onto you?

Coral: Have you forgotten that I can beat down one?

Aki: Touche. Anyway, there seems to be some things that you need to make clear to your viewers.

Coral: Yes, I have noticed that as well. To Higuchimon, there is a girl in Osiris Red who moved to Obelisk. You may know her as the girl who uses that Maiden in Love monster card.

Aki: Saotome Rei. A grade schooler who almost defeated Judai with his own monsters.

Coral: Yes. That and Kohaku has a liking to guys' clothes as opposed to girls clothes. That and she likes to have her hair short and in a boyish style. Reason for those will be revealed soon enough. Also, she has an issue of forgetting to mention that she's female, despite having a good enough memory of remembering people's names and faces. And as for the Entertainment Dueling, I admit it is something from Arc V, but you can't just say it is ripped off of Yuuya. There are a couple of other Entertainment Duelists after all, or duelists who uses an entertainment-themed deck.

Aki: Two of them being Hiragi Yuzu and Dennis Macfield.

Coral: Thank you for revealing their identities. Now then, moving along with the story. Oh yes, if any one wants to know Kohaku's cards, they are on my profile. And speaking of which, I am currently accepting OCs for this story, so readers, send me information on your OCs and I will put them in this story. You may request at what point they will make their debut as well. The deck(s) your OC use can be self-created archtype/support archtype cards. Now, without further ado, ENJOY~!


Normal dialogue

Life Points/Monster stats

*LOCATION CHANGE/ CHANGE IN P.O.V*

Attacks/Effects

'thoughts'

Language other than Japanese (this is English sub after all)


*GENERAL'S P.O.V*

It had been a couple of days since Kohaku was transferred to Duel Academia. During that time, she made friends with Judai and the others. Not only that, she had also been getting herself in many duels lately, mostly from Obelisks. Apparently, her easy win against two of their kind pissed them off bad enough to have them gang up on her. Thankfully, due to her dueling style, she easily creamed her opponents, all while gathering a crowd to, unintentionally, witness the Obelisks great loss. Not only has this made the Blues angrier, her fellow Reds were gaining more than enough confidence in themselves, allowing them to win in their own duels against an Obelisk or two. In return, the highest school rankers were mad enough to have the island's volcano explode. Thankfully, it never happened.

It was now night time. Kohaku was with Judai, Shou and Hayato in their dorm's cafeteria, telling ghost stories based on the level of the monster card they draw.

"On a cliff on the north path of this island, there's a cave," Shou began his scary story.

"Yeah, go on," Judai whispered.

"Deep in the cave is a small inlet. When night falls, moonlight will shine in from the ceiling. Then, when you look in at the bottom of the inlet, a card you want shows up in the bottom of the water. And they say when you reach for it... you'll suddenly get yourself pulled into the ocean!"

"I wanna go see the inlet~" Judai said, forgetting it was suppose to be a scary story.

"Aniki, aren't you mixed up?" Shou asked.

"That was suppose to be a scary story," Kohaku reminded. "Though it seemed only one of us was scared." She pointed out to Hayato, who was at a corner, trembling.

"Well, I guess that's the best a level-4 story can offer," the chestnut-haired boy shrugged off.

"Well, it's my turn." Kohaku drew a level 6 card.

"Level 6 monster..." Hayato said with a grin.

"An entertaining performer such as yourself might have a hard time with that," Shou also grinned, both challenging the former performer.

Their challenge changed her smile into an evil smirk. "Is that a challenge? Well then..." She pulled the candle close to her, causing a shadow to form from her bangs, covering her eyes and give off an eerie feeling.

"Have you heard...? In Domino City... there's an wrecked abandoned warehouse. They say on the night the full-moon, you'd hear a cry of a young child. The cry is so loud, so painful, you couldn't help but go into the warehouse. And once you go in deep enough, you'd see a little girl, crying at the corner. Seeing such a fragile and sad child in such a scary place, you couldn't help but just reach out to her. And once you touch her... YOU'D GET EATEN ALIVE!" Kohaku shot out of her seat at the last four words, causing Shou and Hayato to hug each other and scream in fear, while Judai just jumped out of his seat in fright. "I'm sorry, and what were you saying about me having a hard time telling scary stories?"

"O-Okay... S-So maybe a performer can tell level-6 scary stories..." the shortest of the group admitted.

"And don't you forget it~. So Judai, it's your turn."

"Right." Judai drew a level-1 monster.

"Killer Snake... Level 1..."

"Tch, a Level-1? Must be nice making up an easy story," Shou said out of jealousy.

"Heheh. Let's see... my Level-1 story... Hmm, come to think of it, back when I was a tyke, when night came around, I would hear my monster's voices. Just like fairies in fairy tales." They scooted closer in deep interest. "I thought the monsters would come out of their cards to have parties and stuff while I was sleeping. When I woke up in the dead of night, I would open my card case."

"... And?" Shou dared to ask.

"Absolutely nothing."

"Oh, come on..." the other two boys slumped at the answer.

"Well, that's a Level-one story. It's not suppose to be scary for our age," the 'Circus Freak' user said.

"But, you know, lately... I'm able to hear them again..." Kohaku was deep in thought at Judai's story.

'Is he telling a true story? If so then... Can it be that he...?'

Judai noticed Kohaku's stare and her faltered smile. "What's wrong?"

"Huh? Oh, nothing at all." The performer regained her composure.

"Ho ho... What are you all doing-nya~?" Daitokuji suddenly spooked in on them.

"You scared us..."

"Please don't scare us like that..."

"Daitokuji-sensei!" Kohaku, Judai and Shou spoke in that order. "Sensei, we're playing a game where you tell a scary story equal to the level of the card you draw," the blue-haired boy explained, as Hayato was back in his corner, more spooked than the other three.

"That sounds like fun-nya~! Now let's see... I'll do it too..." Surprisingly, the teacher drew a level-12 monster.

"T-There it is! A Level-12!" Judai gasped.

"Unbelievable..." Kohaku also gasped, her smile faltering.

"Please give us your best shot!" Shou challenged.

The Osiris headmaster chuckled at his luck. "Come to think of it, are you aware that there is an abandoned dorm deep within this island-nya?" he began.

"Abandoned dorm?" Judai repeated.

"On this island?" Kohaku asked.

"Yes. Apparently, it was a dorm for the academy's honor students long ago, but... every single student in that dorm went missing-nya~"

Shou swallowed a lump in his thought. "Really?"

"I heard they were doing all sorts of research concerning the Games of Darkness in that dorm-nya."

"G-Games of Darkness?" Hayato asked, still hiding in his corner.

"I'm referring to the horrible games that were activated by legendary items-nya."

"The Millennium Items, right?" Judai identified the items. "But it's all just superstition, isn't it?"

The cat-loving professor laughed at the question. "I don't know if it's true either-nya. By the time I came to this academy, that dorm has been made off-limits-nya." Pharaoh, Daitokuji's pet cat, yawned.

"We should probably get some sleep," the yet-to-be revealed female of the group suggested.

"True-nya. Well then, good night." Daitokuji walked away.

"Yes, sir..." the students replied.

"Man, I wonder if there's really a place like that on the island," Shou said.

"Sounds fun. Let's go look tomorrow night," Judai suggested.

"I'm a bit scared, but I'd like to go too," Hayato joined.

"All right! It's settled!"

"Are you sure? Sensei said it's off-limits. Wouldn't we get in trouble?" Kohaku asked in a worried tone, yet still with a smile on her face. (Yes, her smile is practically glued onto her face)

"It's okay. As long as we be careful," the Elemental Hero user convinced.

"Then I guess it is settled."


*THE NEXT NIGHT*

Tomorrow night came. The four Osiris Reds were walking over to the Abandoned Dorm.

"Still, I wasn't expecting that Hayato would show up with us," Judai said. "You even think showing up in class was a hassle."

"It's not that I don't like staying home or studying, it's just..." Hayato defended.

"Just what?"

"I don't like classes that only teaches you how to win duels."

"Is there another way to study dueling besides how to win?" Shou asked.

"Of course," Kohaku answered. "You can't just think about winning in duels; you have to have fun too. You and your opponent."

"There's also that Games of Darkness," Hayato added.

"The Games of Darkness, huh?" Judai repeated.

They got to the Abandoned Dorm. Lying at the front is a red rose.

"That flower!" the 'Elemental Hero' duelist gasped.

"It looks scary..." Shou cowered.

"A small plant like this?" the 'Circus Freak' duelist asked.

"Aniki, maybe we should give up!" the four-eyes Osiris ignored the question.

"What are you talking about? How can we give up after coming this far?!" the challenging duelist questioned.

"Lower your voice, Judai. If you don't want any ghosts to show up," the female Osiris joked.

"G-G-Ghosts?!" Shou and Hayato repeated. As if on cue, a twig snapped. "I-It's here!" they freaked.

Judai and Kohaku both faced the direction of the sound and saw... "Asuka."

"A-Asuka-san!" Shou sighed in relief, as he and the third-year Osiris hid behind Judai.

"Why are you here, Asuka?" Kohaku asked.

"That's my line. What are all of you doing here?" the female Obelisk Blue asked back.

"We're doing a little night exploration," Judai answered.

"None of you know about how many students went missing here?"

"I don't believe in that superstition."

"The stories of this dorm are true. It isn't a place to have fun for. Besides, it's suppose to be off-limits. If the school knows about this, it'll raise some noise."

"We wouldn't be exploring if we were afraid of that."

"Listen to me, seriously!"

"What? Stop giving us a hard time. And you never answered our question! What are you doing here?"

"... Do what you want." Asuka began to walk away, realizing it was pointless to reason with the Osiris.

"Asuka-san..." Shou called in a worry-tone.

"My brother was one of the students who disappeared here," she confessed. Her confession surprised them, as Judai looked back at the rose that lay by the entrance.

"Aniki... About what Asuka said... I thought the stuff about this place was made up..." Shou spoke.

"Well, we'll know once we go in. Let's go," Judai told them.

"R-Right," Hayato nodded, until he noticed someone missing from their group. "Judai, Shou."

"What?" they answered his call.

"Where did Kohaku go?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"THE STORIES ABOUT THIS PLACE WERE TRUUUUEEEEE!" Shou screamed at the top of his lungs.

"K-Kohaku! Where are you?!" Judai called.

"You don't think... He went in without us, did he?" the third-year guessed.

"If he did, he should've told us!"

"Let's just go in and find out. Maybe he wanted to get a first look at this place." With that, they walked in the Abandoned Dorm.

As they walked in, Asuka was watching from a distance, praying for their safety. As she began to leave, a mysterious man appeared and took her hostage.


*WITH KOHAKU**KOHAKU'S P.O.V*

While Judai and Asuka were arguing about coming in here, I saw a suspicious person entering the dorm. As if that wasn't weird enough, the Duel Monster Spirit of Circus Freak Time Space Magician appeared by my side and urged me to follow the guy. Yes, I can see Duel Monster spirits like Judai.

"He was here, wasn't he?" I asked one of my Circus Freaks, my smile removed from my face.

"I recall seeing him go through here," Time Space Magician said.

"He couldn't have gotten far. Try tracking him down."

"As you command." The orb on Time Space Magician's staff glowed as he tried to sense the person's whereabouts. Seconds later, we heard a familiar scream.

"That sounds like Asuka!" I gasped.

"And thanks to that, I pinpointed his location. Follow me!" Time Space Magician floated ahead towards the scream, me following him.

We ended up in some kind of cave, the floor covered in mist. On the other side is an unconscious Asuka in a coffin.

"Asuka!" I called.

"This one's soul has already sunk into a thick darkness," came an voice.

"Who's there?!"

A man emerged from the mist. "Welcome, Yuki Judai."

'He's looking for Judai?' I thought. "Who are you?"

"My name is Titan. A Dark Duelist."

"Dark Duelist? Then you wouldn't happen to be... one of those Duelists who play the Games of Darkness?"

"I am. And you should also know that this is a forbidden domain where none are allowed to step foot. I will deal punishment on those who break that vow."

"Then are you the one who's responsible for all those disappearances? If so, I'm putting a stop to your madness. You will give everyone back!"

"If you can beat me in the Games of Darkness, Yuki Judai."

"Lady Kohaku," Time Space Magician called. "Be careful. There's something quite off about this. Do duel with caution."

"If playing with caution is my thing. You seem to have forgotten who you're talking to," I smiled at my monster.

"And so it may seem." He took his ghostly leave.

"I'll take your challenge!" I took out my duel disk and turned it on.

"You'll regret this, kid."

'Asuka, hang in there,' I thought.

"Duel!" we both shouted.

Titan: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

"I'll make the first move," Titan said. "Draw. I summon Inferno-Queen Demon in Attack Mode!" A skeletal monster in purple robe with red armor and black wings appeared on his field.

Inferno-Queen Demon: Level 4/FIRE/Fiend/900 ATK/1500 DEF

"An Archfiend deck, huh?" I observed.

"When this card is on the field, it increases the ATK of a 'Demon' monster by 1000 points." His Demon had her power raised.

Inferno-Queen Demon: 900 + 1000 = 1900 ATK

"And next, Field Magic activate." He inserted a card in his Field Magic Zone, changing the field to one that fits Demons the most. Pandemonium - The Den of Demons.

"I see that you already have something planned for your Demons' costs."

"That's right. This card prevents the cost from my Demon monsters from happening and give monsters with 'Demon' in their names the ability to be reborn when destroyed outside of battle. Now it's your turn. Oh, and if you're that concern for this girl, let me put her out of your sight." The coffin containing Asuka suddenly closed as bone structures from Pandemonium rose and dragged it down.

"Asuka!" "That's low!" "You coward!" came three familiar voices. I turned and saw Judai and the others at the entrance I came in from.

"You guys!"

"What's going on?!" Judai asked.

"Long story short. I have to win this duel if we want to see Asuka again," I explained.

"And if they wish, I'll put them out of sight as well," Titan added.

"You'll do no such thing. My turn. Draw." I drew my sixth card and regained my smile. "Let's start this show~!" I then shouted, bringing confusion to my opponent and smiles to my friends. "From my hand, I summon Circus Freak Spinner in Attack Mode!" A tan man wearing a mask in Indian clothes appeared on my field.

Circus Freak Spinner : Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1500 ATK/1400 DEF

"I activate his summon effect. He gains a Circus Counter for each 'Circus Freak' monster currently on the field. There is only one 'Circus Freak'. So it's only one Counter. Now then, everyone, feast your eyes on Spinner's specialty!" A pole with two ends on fire appeared above my monster. He grabbed hold of the pole and spun it around him, dancing with the stick. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn. And it is here, Spinner will give our guest a heart-warming gift!" My monster spun the stick as fast as possible and threw it over to Titan, dealing damage to him. "For every Circus Counter on him, during my End Phase, he can deal 300 damage to the opposing player."

Titan: 3700 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

"Nice!" "He got the first hit!" "Good one!" My friends cheered for me.

"Then it's my turn now. Draw." Titan drew his next card, not at all fazed by the attack. "I summon Genocide-King Demon in Attack Mode." A skin-less monster with some bone-armor appeared on his field next to his Inferno-Queen.

Genocide-King Demon: Level 4/DARK/Fiend/2000 ATK/1500 DEF

"This card cannot be Normal or Flip Summon unless if I have a 'Demon' monster on my field. With Inferno-Queen Demon, the summon was possible. And furthermore, using Inferno-Queen's effect, I increase Genocide-King's attack by 1000!" The monster seemed to be glowing as its power went up.

Genocide-King Demon: 2000 + 1000 = 3000 ATK

"A monster with 3000 ATK?!" Judai gasped.

"Battle! Genocide-King Demon attacks Spinner!" Titan declared.

"Like I'll let you! Trap Card open! Trick-in-a-Box!" I pressed a button on my duel disk and activated one of my face-downs. "With this card's effect, I can target one monster my opponent controls and one 'Circus Freak' monster I control and switch control over those two monsters!"

"Then that means he will be safe from attacks for the time being!" Judai said.

"Oh is it now?" Titan smirked. "Your petty tricks are nothing to my Demons deck. To chain with your trap card's effect, I activate Genocide-King's monster special ability. Genocide-King's effect is if this card is targeted for a card effect, I roll a die. If the die lands on a 2 or 5, that effect is negated and destroyed. In this case, however, the die will be a roulette." Six balls with numbers 1-6 imprinted onto them appeared as fire surrounds them in a ring. "Now Roulette of Hell, carry out his destiny and turn." The flame died down until it only covered the ball with the 1 print. It then moved around between balls like an actual roulette.

"If the roulette lands on a 2 or a 5, his trap will be destroyed," Hayato said.

"The odds are 1-in-3!" Shou calculated.

The flame eventually stopped at 2. "The roulette stopped at 2. Therefore, Genocide-King's special ability activates. Bursting! Internal Organs!" His monster sent bats at Spinner, destroying him.

Titan: 3700 LP
Kohaku: 2500 LP

"Spinner!" I cried out. "Your defeat won't be in vain. Instant Magic activate! Early Performance! This allows me to Special Summon a 'Circus Freak' monster from my hand or deck! Okay everyone! Clap your hands with me!" I clapped my hands in a rhythm, followed by Judai and the others. "Now, give a warm welcome to a performer who is the master of manipulating objects! Circus Freak Contact Juggler!" A monkey-like man in a black vest, pants, boots and mask appeared in Spinner's place in Defense mode. My friends, as asked, gave a hand for the new monster.

Circus Freak Contact Juggler: Level 4/DARK/Spellcaster/0 ATK/2000 DEF

"Alright!" Shou cheered.

"He managed to protect himself from the next attack," Hayato said in relief.

Titan smirked at that. "Is that so?" Something began to glow on him. My eyes widened as I laid my eyes on the one item I would never expect to see. At least, not with someone like him. "Begin to vanish. Your body will slowly disappear with your Life Points."

"Hey!" "You're body-!" "It's fading!" my friends shouted. I looked down and say parts of my body gone.

"I believe I told you, kid. The Game of Darkness has already begun," Titan said. "The enshrouding black fog... The heavy black fog is engulfing you all. Hard to breathe now, isn't it?" The four Osiris couldn't deny that fact, as they were having trouble breathing. "It's the pressure of the Games of Darkness. Your legs will no longer move, so no one will be able to run away from this game."

"He's right. I can't move my legs!" Shou agreed.

"Squirm... Suffer... But the moment when you'll find yourselves longing for suffering is approaching. For what awaits the losers of a Game of Darkness is eternal darkness."

"I don't believe that! You need to have a Millennium item to play a Game of Darkness!" Judai argued.

"He does," I told him. "In his hand, it's the Millennium Puzzle."

"That's right. This proves that this is indeed a Game of Darkness." He held up his item a little higher for my friends to see.

Even though he said all that, I couldn't help but wonder two things. One of them being the current Games of Darkness situation. Of what I heard from my father, it wasn't anything like this. There weren't any fogs or mists involved. The other thing, is the Millennium Puzzle. There are suppose to be only seven different Millennium items. I've seen the Millennium Puzzle before, and Titan is not the real owner of it. Which would mean only one thing. But I need more proof.

"My turn is finished. Now kid, it's your turn."

"In that case, draw!" I drew my next card. "Okay. I summon Circus Freak Puppeteer in Attack Mode!" A live-puppet-like clown appeared on my field.

Circus Freak Puppeteer: Level 4/Dark/Spellcaster/1900 ATK/0 DEF/ When this card is summoned, take control of one monster your opponent controls. During your End Phase, Return that monster to your opponent. During their end phase, they must give you the monster targeted by this effect.

"Puppeteer's special effect activates! When this card is summoned, I can target one monster my opponent controls and take control over it! Do it, Puppeteer! Puppet Controller!" My monster threw some strings from its fingertips over at Genocide-King. Just when the strings were inches away, they came to a stop. It didn't take me long to figure out why. "Don't tell me..."

"Once again, Genocide-King Demon's special ability activates. Spin, Roulette of Destiny," Titan confirmed my thoughts, as his roulette began its fire spin.

"The odd of the attack going through is 2-in-3. It has to pass!" Shou said with confidence.

Unfortunately, the fire stopped at 5.

"Once again, the Roulette of Destiny has sided with me," my opponent laughed. "Which means the monster being sent to the other side is your monster, kid. And rather than being on my side, it's going to the Graveyard!" The moment he said that, the strings recoiled back and cut up its own controller.

"No way. Even a monster effect can't go through," the 'Elemental Hero' duelist spoke.

"You have one monster in Defense, wasted a Normal Summon, and I doubt you can do any more special summons. Now then, kid, what will you do now?"