"We aren't throwing our lives away." Kalin said. "What is going to happen is we're going to get our friend back, end of story."

"Your friend? Clearly you don't understand that Yusei Fudo has been dead his entire life." Yusei said coldly. "You remember it don't you, the chant to summon my counterpart to a duel?"

"Dragon of darkness born from my very being. Unlock the seal on your ancient powers." Akiza said quietly. "I grant you my power to end this battle. Come forth, Immortal Cosmic Dragon."

"So what, those are just words." Jack said.

"Perhaps for other creatures, but not for someone who was born as Zero Reverse occurred, the only reason Yusei survived was because I fused my soul with his." Yusei said as his dragon marking began glowing even brighter and his body started floating.

"Wait so whenever Yusei was summoning the Immortal Cosmic Dragon in a duel his soul was being absorbed by yours?" Carly asked nervously.

"Yeah, and that would explain what happened in his duel with me during the Fortune Cup." Akiza said. "He collapsed because Yusei was getting weaker, and when his mark absorbed the other Earthbound Immortals the Immortal Cosmic Dragon must have been getting stronger."

"A convenient circumstance, only possible due to Yusei being chosen as one of the signers." Yusei said before his skin turned green and wings sprouted from his back. "Now then, the eight of you are going to die here and now."

Just as the Immortal Cosmic Dragon said that, a crimson glow appeared around the remaining signers and dark signers.

"Look you overgrown gecko, if you want to destroy us prove you can by beating us all in duels." Jack said.

"You're challenging me to a duel, eight against one is hardly fair." the Immortal Cosmic Dragon said. "However, there is a simple solution to that."

Suddenly the four former dark signers collapsed to the ground in pain as their marks flashed before fading to reveal copies of them with glowing purple eyes and a dragon marking on their foreheads.

"Things just got much worse." Devack said nervously.

"Don't flatter yourselves, the four you see in front of you are merely here to speed up the dueling process. Of course, I'm far from done." the Immortal Cosmic Dragon said as its eyes began glowing and a red and purple vortex appeared behind him. "You're all going to die before the end of the day."

With those words the vortex enveloped everyone before vanishing in a flash of light.

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"Ok, does anybody know where we are?" Leo asked nervously.

"This place feels a lot like the Netherworld, but there's something different about it." Kalin said.

"That's true, however this place is far more dangerous than any of you realize." said a voice from behind them.

"Who's there?" Jack asked defensively before turning to see a man that looked like Yusei in a lab coat. "Wait a second, who are you and why do you look so much like Yusei?"

"I think you already know Jack Atlas." the man said. "My name is Simon Fudo."

"Wait, but that's impossible. You died when Zero Reverse occurred." Devack said in disbelief.

"That's partially true." Simon said. "Though the reality is much more complicated."

"What do you mean?" Misty asked. "Wait, are you suggesting you're a dark signer?"

"No, my situation is more similar to Yusei's." Simon said. "The difference is he was just a newborn child and so the energy released…"

"I get it, so that's why Yusei and that Immortal Cosmic Dragon had to join forces." Akiza said thoughtfully.

"Exactly." Simon said before looking down. "Unfortunately whatever part of my son was in that creature before died once the Earthbound Immortals entered his body."

"Oh how sad, a poor old man mourning the death of a child he never knew." said a voice from around them.

"Don't be rude, after all he'll have plenty of time to get to know his son once we're finished with them." said a second voice.

"True, though we shouldn't underestimate them. After all those fused dragons are dangerous if we underestimate them." said a third voice.

"That trick won't work again." said a fourth voice before four pillars of light appeared in the distance.

"Another four duels before we can even get to the Immortal Cosmic Dragon, great." Jack said.

"Not this time Jack, leave those four to us." Kalin said. "You guys can take care of the Immortal Cosmic Dragon."

"He's right, besides you aren't the only ones who can work as a team." Misty said confidently.

"What about the Earthbound Immortals, you guys don't have any way to stop them." Leo said.

"You don't need to worry about them, after all we know their weaknesses." Devack said calmly. "Well, which two should we take care of first?"

"Ladies first, so after you Misty." Kalin said calmly.

"Hold on, you might need these." Simon said before handing a card to Misty and Carly.

"Are you sure about this?" Akiza asked.

"Don't worry, we'll be fine." Carly said before the four dark signers walked towards the pillars of light.

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"How sweet, you came in place of the signers." said Misty(Immortal Cosmic Dragon). "So, which one of you came to die first?"

"You won't be beating us." Kalin said walking up with Misty.

"A tag duel, how quaint." Kalin(Immortal Cosmic Dragon) said. "Though I guess after getting beaten so badly you'd need every advantage you could get."

"We'll see." Misty said. "So who should go first?"

"You can go, then the better Misty." Kalin(ICD) said. "I think you two can figure it out from there."

"Yeah, in that case let's get started." Kalin said as the four of them activated their duel discs.

"Duel." Kalin, Misty, Kalin(ICD), and Misty(ICD) said simultaneously.

Misty/Kalin 8000 Misty(ICD)/Kalin(ICD) 8000: "I'll go first, and I'll start with the field spell Realm of the Dragon God." Misty(ICD) said as stone statues of the Immortal Cosmic Dragon appeared around the four duelists.

(The Immortal Cosmic Dragon has somehow created copies of the dark signers and now the former dark signers are preparing to battle them while Simon Fudo and the signers prepare to face it directly. Next chapter the first duel will continue, and the copies of Misty and Kalin will reveal their strategy. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)