Huajun: Thanks for your review. So far you are my first one. I just hope there will be more. Yes, I thought it was original too tohave Tristan join Dartz. He really needs to feel the love.

Now, if I happen to spell some names wrong, like the Bikers of Doom, please tell me. I wasn't sure of how they were spell or not. So, I tried my best and I hope this chapter will turn out just as well. It hard trying to get readers attentions in a section like Yu-Gi-Oh.

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did, well...Rex and Weevil would have been dead...Maybe, not Rex but totally yes on Bug Boy. Just hate that guy

080

Domino High School…

'Hey Yug,"

The small, multiple color and pointy hair looked up to see a tall blond and a brunette girl walked over to him. He had a smile on his face, but could feel that something was wrong.

"Hey, Joey, Tea," he called out, "have you seen Tristan this morning? I got this phone this morning from a detective asking about him," he asked.

"You know, that weird," said Joey, "I got the same call this morning too. Wonder what flatfoots want with him."

Yugi shrugged his shoulder. He was starting to feel worry about his friend. He could help but feel that something was very wrong here. Lately, he just kept getting these negative feelings from him. He just didn't want anything bad to happen to him. His attention turned away from the matter of Tristan to their homeroom teacher. With a bam of her ruler, she had the whole class attention.

"Good, now that you all have calm down," she said, "I will like to introduce a new student to the class.'

Enter the new girl. In front of the class was this tall, beautiful, long purple hair in pigtails to her knees girl. She had on the schools uniform and this huge smile on her face all the while her mouth was chomping away on a piece of gum was she looked around her new class. She seems to be nice enough, but you could judge a book by its cover.

'This is Nikki Bladen and she just move here to live with her grandfather because of problems at her other school," the teacher said.

'What did she do? Robbed the place!" called out some smart-ass kid in the back, which got a couple laughs.

'Actually, no," answer Nikki as she pulled on her gum, "I was kicked out from my prep school because a couple rich snobs didn't like getting their butts kicked in Duel Monster or anything with cards and decide to make my life hell. When I fought back, I was thrown out because two of the five went into a coma state. Isn't that nice of them?" she added with a smile.

That got her widen eye looks from all the students in the class. Even the teacher seems to be surprise with her answer. Finally, over the matter, she pointed Nikki to a desk next to where Tristan used to sit. For the rest of the day, nothing much happen, it wasn't until lunch where the real action took place.

"I just can't believe Tristan hadn't show up for school today," mumble Duke, the master of dice.

Joey took a slip of his soda, "Yeah, its not like him to skip out, even when we don't have any test."

"Yes, you would be the one gone, not him," responded Tea.

Yugi wasn't paying attention to the conversation. He didn't even notice Joey tossing his sandwich at Tea and Duke trying to hold him back. He was think more about Tristan. He still had that feeling. Something wasn't right here. There was something wrong here.

"Hey, are you Yugi?"

The four of them looked up to see the new girl standing over them. She was still chewing her gum. She was looking at them waiting for them to answer her question.

'Yes, I am Yugi," he answer, "Why? Did you want to duel?"

"Oh no," she said quickly waving him off and pulling up a chair and sitting down with the group.

"Than why asked?" asked Joey glaring at Nikki as she grabbed a hold of his can of pop.

"You see, my grandfather is Detective David Bladen and I am sure you heard the news this morning," she said taking a slip of 'her' pop.

The four of them just looked at her with an eyebrow raise. They didn't understand what she was saying. She spied that they were having trouble understanding what she was saying. Sighing, she dug around her bag and pulled out a paper from that morning paper. Their eyes widen at the title of the news;Man kills local woman. Joey grabbed a hold the paper and started to read it over the article.

"You aren't serious!" shouted Joey as he slammed the paper down on to the table.

"Joey, what is it?" asked Tea.

Joey didn't answer as he felled down the seat and handed her the paper. She read over the paper and soon her eyes started to weld up. Yugi knew that the news wasn't good. Tea had finish the paper and handed it over to him. Soon, he found out it was that bad. Ms. Taylor was dead; one of their dearest friend's parents was dead. Yugi knew that his feeling about something bad was right.

"Why did you tell us that?" asked Yugi looking at Nikki.

"Well, you see my Grandpa is the Detective on the case," said Nikki.

"So, it was him that called me this morning," comment Joey.

"Right, he was calling to check up on Tristan after last night," said Nikki, "He gave him both of your phone numbers of places where he could be contacted."

"But Tristan didn't come to my house last night," said Yugi.

"Right, so I want to know where he is for my Grandpa," said Nikki.

"Well, I hadn't see him since yesterday," said Duke, "I don't know where he could be."

Yugi didn't know want to think now. Tristan was missing now. With the death of his mom, he must be feeling really bad right then. It wasn't right for him to be alone right now. Yugi just hope that he wasn't going to do something stupid.

>Yugi, are you all right?>

/I'm fine, it's Tristan that I am worry about/

>Yes, I fear for him too. It seems strange for him to disappear, yet it is understandable with the lost of his mother, but what of his father?>

/He die when Tristan was a kid. He doesn't like to talk about it much/

>I see…Yugi?>

/Yeah/

>Did you feel anything weird last night?>

/Um…Maybe, not sure. Why? Did you/

>Perhaps, but now with Tristan gone…I think it may be connected to him>

/What? How so/

>No clue, but we must fine Tristan. This is when he needs his friends the most>

/Right/

"So, why are you tracking down Tristan?" asked Tea.

Nikki just gave her a sly grin, "He thinks that this link with some criminal organization calling themselves DOOM. He believes they have some sort of connection to Paradise Inc, but as yet to prove it. I want to help him in his case as a payment for letting me crash with him while my parents do their things in Paris."

Duke wave his hands in front of his face in the 'hold it' motion, "Your grandfather believes that one of the world leading business is in league with some petty thief."

"Yup, I really don't know why, but I believe him," said Nikki, " So are you four going to help me or not?"

"I'm in! Anything to find Tristan!" shouted Joey.

"If the mutt in, so am I," said Duke before Joey tackled him to the ground.

"Me too," pipe up Tea.

"Same here," agree Yugi, "But we better see your grandfather to check if he has anything to say to us about helping him."

"Don't worry about it," said Nikki, "If anything he will be glad to have the extra hands."

"Question," said Joey.

"What is it?" asked Nikki, rolling her eyes.

"Ya never put a guy in a coma, did ya?" he asked, not knowing if that was true or not.

Nikki just chuckle as she rose from her seat ,"Guess you will have to find out," she said as she walked away.

Bladen's Residence

Detective Bladen moaned as he ran through his hair. Last night was just too stressful for him to take. First, there was the Taylor's murder, then three duelists were found unconscious around the city. He slowly drank his coffee as he re-read his notes. There was something going on here, he just knew. He just wished that he could have gotten a hold of Tristan Taylor. Maybe the kid could have given some clues about his mother's murder and her relationship with him.

No, he wouldn't, finally thought Bladen as he rubbed his eyes to stay awake. There was nothing connecting her with this Mr. John Keystone, nothing at all. According to her neighbors, she was far too busy with work and her youngest child to have a boyfriend. Mr. Keystone lived on the other side of town, no job. There was no line to the two. The captain told him to give it a rest since they had the murder's body, but Bladen couldn't. Something was making no sense.

"Grandpa, I'm home!" shouted the cheerful voice of his granddaughter coming through the door, "I brought help."

Bladen could help but moan at this. While he could use the help, he couldn't make do with her kind of help. The girl met well, but sometimes got a little overbroad. He got up from the table and could hear several young voices in the hallway. He knew at least she had made some friends if they were willing to go through her plans. In came the group of five into the kitchen.

"So, who do we have here?" asked Bladen, looking around the group.

"Guys, this is my grandfather, Detective David Bladen," said Nikki pointing to Bladen, "Grandpa, This is Yugi Motou, Joey Wheeler, Tea Garden and Duke Delvin."

Bladen's eyebrow rose a bit at the sound of two familiar names; Yugi and Joey. Those were the names that Taylor boy gave him last night. He should have know, Nikki must have ear dropped on his conversation with Ms. Lawson. Now, she brought him the best help he could use for.

"Well, it nice to see Nikki made some friends so fast,' he said with a chuckle.

"Have you found Tristan yet, Detective Bladen?" asked Yugi.

Bladen shook his head no, "I afraid we had other problems to deal with. I tried to track him down, but I have had no luck so far."

"Too bad," mumble Tea, her face dropping.

"Well, have no fear," said Nikki, trying to cheer her up, "You have the best man on the job, right Grandpa?"

"You have my word that I will find your friend," said Bladen.

"Thank you," said Yugi, "But, is there anything we can do to help?"

"Make a list of all the place you would fine him, then look in them. Ask everyone if they seen him lately," said Bladen, somewhat please that Tristan had such caring friends.

"Alright, Team Find Tristan, let's move!" order Joey as he about-faced and started to head back to the door, but slam into the wall.

Bladen just sigh at this. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to invole these childern in his case.

Base of the Orichalcos

Tristan looked out the window of the airplane. All morning he only saw nothing but water and water. He didn't know how long it been since he ate anything or use the bathroom. Those things really weren't need with him. All was on his mind was his mom and how he could his revenge on the world. The anger of all of mankind was growing. He would do anything to stop them and their evil ways. Dartz hadn't said anything during entire trip. There was nothing but silence between the two of them, which was ok with Tristan. That when he saw it dead in front of him.

There in front of him was this large island. It was like a fairy like island from a storybook. The buildings were all cover with moss and gray stone. It looked over thousands years old. Slowly, the plan started to come down and landed on to a build on port. Tristan was just amazed at the sight of it as he stepped out of the plane even up close.

"Wow," stated Tristan.

Dartz didn't say anything as he started to walk down the streets of this city. Tristan quickly followed behind him, not wanting to be left behind. He could only guess that one could get lost within this place. So, the two of them made their way to the middle of the city. There in the middle was this large temple that looked like a castle at first look. Tristan just looked at it in amazement.

"Is this the new guy?" asked a voice from in front of them.

Tristan looked a head to see three men in front of him. They all looked like they were from some kind of biker gang. The one that talked to him was the shortest of the group with brown hair to match Yugi. Next to him was a blond guy that makes the governor of California look like a girly man and was red head that at first Tristan thought was a girl, but at a longer look wasn't. Which was hard enough since they all had on sunglasses in the middle of the night, while the Australian who had talk to him had on goggle. This must be the other Dartz was talking about.

"Ah, I see that you are all back from your missions successful," said Dartz as he walked by them

"Yes, Master Dartz," said the blond, with a bow.

Without a second glance, Dartz started to continue to walk inside the building. The three guys followed him with Tristan behind. He wanted to know what was going on here. He wanted to know what this place was and who these other guys were. Soon enough, they had entered a room. Candles suddenly were light themselves as the group came to a stop. Tristan saw this huge three-headed snake in the middle of this alter. What was this he had step into? That is when Dartz turned to him.

"Let me introduce you to the family," said Dartz as he pointed to his private biker gang, "This is Raphael, Alistair and Varon, members of the Orichalcos. Men, this is out newest member if he pass the test which I have full faith that he will, Tristan."

Varon just scoffed, "Doesn't look much like a fighter," he said.

Tristan just glared at him. He just met the guy and didn't like his tone. He just figured it was because he didn't know him. If he did, well he would have know better than to mess with him. Darts didn't seems to pay much attention to Varon's comment. He walked over and pulled out something that Tristan couldn't make out.

"Now, my child," said Dartz as he looked at Tristan, " I have one thing to ask of you."

"What's that?" asked Tristan, hoping it wasn't like cutting off a finger or something.

"First, let me explain our origination. I have gathered the strongest of the Pure Souls to help save all of mankind, which is all that you see before you. But, to destroy to souls of evil, we must awaken the Great Beast. Only it can truly cleanse the world of the darkness, but it needs one thing. To awaken the Great Beast, we must go out and capture souls through the Seal of Orichalcos. Only with enough souls and the three champions own souls can the Great Beast awaken," said Dartz.

Tristan may have no show it, but he was surprise. These guys were catching souls with this seal thingy to feed some giant monster. He didn't know what to think about it. On one side, they were hurting innocence people for their goals. On the other side, it was to clean the world, beside those souls caught must be evil. Slowly, Tristan convince himself that this was for the best, that he was going to do the right thing in the end.

"Now, there is a catch. You must duel the person to gain their soul, for you see my child the only way for you to use the Seal of Orichalcos is to play it in a duel. Only if you win the duel, shall you gain the vile soul. But, if you should lost, your own soul shall be given to the Great Beast," continue Dartz.

He gulped. Tristan didn't know that little fact. Well, it was to happen in this kind of thing. Well, he would do it. It was the least he could do to avenge his mom and dad. Dartz stepped forward. In his hand was a necklace. On it was this small green stone on it. Tristan could feel something kind of energy coming from it. Also in his hand was a blank Duel Monster card. He wondered what that was for. Well, he was bought to find out soon enough.

"Now that I told you this, are you willing to join us? To lose all ties to the outside world and your weakness to gain the full power of the Orichalcos and save humankind?" asked Dartz.

"Yes," said Tristan, feeling more right about this choice then anything in his life.

"Excellent, now for the final test," said Dartz, "I must find if the Orichalcos believe you are worthy. While I believe you are, it might not so. If you should fail, your soul will be captured, you understand, my child?"

"I understand," said Tristan, nodding his head.

"Takes bets he fails," mumble Varon.

"He won't," said Raphael, with his arms cross.

The Aussie just looked at the large fellow, "What makes you said that, mate?"

Raphael just glared at him through his sunglasses, "Master Dartz brought him in himself," he said.

"He isright," said Alistair, "Dartz wouldn't go out of his way to bring in someone that he didn't feel would be a Pure."

"Whatever," mumble Varon.

Dartz looked at his troops, "Could you please leave us?"

The three of them bow their heads and quietly left the room. Tristan could feel somewhat nervous about the whole thing now. He didn't really have a clue of who this guy was. Also, he did know what this Great Beast was. Dartz stepped up and warped one hand around his own green stone around his neck.

"This will hurt fora bit, but it shall be worth it, my child," answer Dartz as he raised his middle and forefinger to Tristan's forehead.

Suddenly, Tristan felt this surging pain coursing through his entire body. It like every one of his nerves was being touch with a hot iron poker at the same time. He felled to the ground as he tried to breath, to live through this. There was this burning feeling on his forehead that hurt the worst. What had he done? He couldn't do this? There was no way he could? But…he had too. Tristan had to get back at them. They took his family away. They left him alone. He was all by himself. Now, he finally had a purpose in life. He would clean this world of its filth. He would bring it back to peace. He would do anything, even if it met taking the souls of his former friends. Finally, the pain had vanished from his body. Tristan slowly moved back on to his feet. There was new feeling he had in hiss body. It was like a new power was running threw his blood. This must be the power of the Orichalcos that Dartz had mention.

Dartz smiled as his newest soldier from the Orichalcos stood on to his feet. He knew that he was right in his choice for the boy. Tristan looked up to see Dartz was holding out the necklace and a new card. On the card was a six-point star symbol on it. He could only guess that was the Seal of Orichalcos.

"This is a piece of the Orichalcos stone. It is the key to active the seal," he said as he looped it around Tristan's neck, "and here is your Seal of Orichalos. Welcome to our family, Tristan."

Tristan looked down at the card and the piece of stone. He never felt so belong before. Here he was want and need. Not like when he was around the others. They never need him. They just kept him around just because they felt sorry for him. Well, that ends now. Next time they see him, he would take their soul and feed it to the Great Beast.