Everyone looked at each other, not sure what to do. Kevin stepp forward. "I accept the challenge."

The rare hunter smiled. "Good, very good." The hunter slowly moved into the chamber and activated her duel disk. "Let's duel."

"Wait a minute." Yami said, stepping infront of them. "We deserve to know who is challenging us."

The hunter laughed. "I am someone you have never met, yet someone you have seen many times."

"Speak English,would ya?" Joey said, irritated.

The hunter reached for it's hood. "I think actions will speak louder then words." The hood fell, and everyone gasped.

"NO!" Yami said, shocked, staggering back.

"What kind of trick is this?" Seto said, equally surprised.

Joey rubbed his eyes. "Man, I am losing it."

The hunter was female, her tan skin almost glowing under the pale lights of the realm. Her dark eyes were trained on Kevin, watching his every move. The dark hair upon her head hung down, but seemed to defy gravity, for as she shifted and moved, it would slowly lift in the air and then gently float down. A twisted smile was painted on her face.

Kevin frowned. "Ishizu."

The figure chuckled. "Not quite. They call my Dark Ishizu."

Dr. Kevin sighed. Wonderful. Yami, Yami Bakura, Yami Malik, Chaos.....can we face someone without a dark half!

Kaikou frowned. "How is this possible? There were only 3 sealed souls: The Thief Bakura, the Pharaoh and myself."

"Besides, there was no Dark Version of Ishizu in Egypt." Yami said.

"You don't need to have had a soul in Egypt to get a Yami." Dark Ishizu said. "Think about my brother. He was able to latch onto Malik with ease."

"What are you?" Tristan asked.

"I am the byproduct of all of Ishizu's hatred, her fears. All her life, she was treated like scum because she was a woman. Her father wanted a boy, and she was the wrong sex. It didn't matter how fast, strong or caring she was, because she lacked a certain item, she was worthless. It made her bitter, to see him declaring that their family would fall, when she was there to take over. From this hatred, I was born." Dark Ishizu frowned. "But it wasn't meant to be. The instant Odion appeared, she rejoiced. Not only did their father have a boy now, but she had a friend, another misunderstood soul to talk to." She chuckled. "No one, not even Malik, knew that they fancied one another. And when Malik was born, it made her life easier. Now, not only was her father happy and the burden off her, but Odion was free. They were free." She spat on the ground, as if the words themselves burned her tongue. 'Even her fears about my brother, Yami Malik, couldn't give me the strength to come out. So, I lay here, waiting for years on end, never getting my chance....until now."

"Cute story." Kevin said as he placed his deck in the duel disk. "Let me tell you my sob story." He looked at his friends. "I mean, everyone else got to tell their life story, why not me? We got to hear the whole, 'Oh, I don't have a memory' thing from Yami, we all know the 'Seperated from birth/Chitoshi life story.' Hell, Agile Krieg gifted wrapped Geno Road's backstory in a pretty bow and gave it to him for Labor Day!" He paced. "But do we care about where the guy who came in second comes from? NOOOOO!!"

Tristan sighed. He had known Kevin long enough to know a joke. "You about done yet? I wanted to tell my story before lunch."

Kevin winked. "Just a bit more." He cleared his throat and around him, the 4 vampires appeared. "These guys are not true duel monsters. No, Pegasus borrowed their images from a painting he found. You see, these three, not counting Count of Shift, were real life vampires, but only wanted to live a peaceful life, and didn't hurt humans. But sadly, you and your kind didn't take a liking to them. The gravekeepers thoguth them to be evil spirits, and hunted and killed them down." He smiled. "But Pegasus gave them new life, turning them into duel monsters. And you want to know the best part?" The vampires clapped their hands, nodding happily. "Before they were turned into vampires, they had a conceived a son. However, when he was born, he wasn't a pure vampire, but a half breed. As such, his parents and his uncle shipped him to England to leave with other relatives, to insure he would never fall in with the wrong, demonic crowd." Kevin paused, and looked at the three vampires, who bowed their heads. "Sadly, they were killed, and each ember of their family hunted down, till only one remained of their house....the son....the half breed...HE looked at his friends. "That's right folk, these guys our my parents."

Tea frowned. "Uh....what's with the one that looks half nuts?" The Count of Shift growled at her.

Dr. Kevin chuckled, and turned, completely ignoring the fact he had a deadly demonic spirit who wante dhim dead. "The Count of Shift is what I would be if I were to become a fullblood." The Count bowed.

Dark Ishizu rolled her eyes. "And why should I care?"

"Because Malik's and Ishizu's family was the one that killed them." Kevin said, vemon in his voice. The vampires barred their fangs and looked at her, then knocked fists with Kevin. "It's pay back time bitch." Kevin said. "Your family took mine, and left me alone and abandoned. I was an orphan for al my life because of you, and I will not make you pay! We play by the advance rules: 8000 lp, fusions attack first turn summonded, so on."

Dark Ishizu nodded. "Then let the games begin. And don't worry, you and your folks will be together soon."