"Yoko, finish him off!" I said, with Yoko burning my opponent's monster to ash, ending the duel. I had gotten myself entangled with the underground dueling arena, and I wasn't going to lie, I was having fun. I was even given a title, Zom the Undead King.

I had been here for a few weeks and didn't find Yusei, and no one recognized me, so I had chalked it up that I wasn't from here like the gang had thought. I was living in a small apartment with nothing in it but my duel runner. The only thing I used it for was to tune it up or to sleep. I wasn't there for more than eight hours or less than that. My income was from dueling, and I was making a killing off of it.

"There he is!" I heard, with me turning around and looking at two kids as they ran up to me. "Zom, is that knife real?" He asked, with me grabbing and pulling it, showing that it was real. I even knelt down and let then pull it, but nothing. "Wow, how are you alive, this is so weird and so cool! Why is your face bandaged up?" He questioned, with his buddy grabbing and trying to remove it as well, but nothing happened.

"Guys, it's the Witch!" Someone said as I shrugged my shoulders, not knowing why I had covered my face up but it was something that I felt I needed to do. I looked over at the cloaked figure, with me knowing them by stories. A ruthless duelist who battled out of anger. She didn't care about anything, just showing people that there was someone out there to fear, and that person was her. She had a white mask on, making it impossible to see her face, but I knew she was looking at me with narrowed eyes.

Standing up, I felt a burning sensation on my right arm. I didn't care what it was, but I knew one thing. This person, the Black Rose Witch, was someone I knew. A gut feeling, but this person knew who I was, and after my weeks of underground dueling, I was about to learn more of who I was.

"Your arm, you are infected with the curse as well!" She said, anger radiating off of her tone of voice. Looking at my arm, I saw some red mark glowing.

"MONSTER!?" I heard in my head, with me grabbing the knife and playing with it, feeling sad for hearing those words. They weren't directed at me, but they hurt none the less. Was I the one who called her a monster? I didn't know, but I trusted my gut, and it was saying she knew who I was.

I knew I couldn't ask her who I was, because it would defeat the purpose of why I was here. Getting my deck ready, I watched as she did the same. "Duel!" We both called out as we drew five cards.

"I will start, by setting one card and ending my turn." I said, placing one card face down.

"I draw!" She said, picking her card. "I activate the field spell Black Garden!" She said, with the area around us getting trashed as living vines appeared out of the ground. "Everyone ran in fear, but I stayed put as it wasn't something I was worried about. "Next, I summon Lonefire Blossom!" She said, with said monster appearing on the field.

LoneFire Blossom

Level: 3

Attribute: Fire

Type: Plant

Effect Monster

ATK: 250

DEF: 1400

"Black Garden's effect activates, once I summon a monster to the field, its attack is halved and you get a Rose Token!" She informed, with said monster appearing in attack mode.

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Next, I tribute my Lonefire Blossom to special summon Tytannial, Princess of Camellias from my deck!" She said, with said monsters vanishing. "What?" She asked, confused as her monster didn't appear.

"Ash Blossom And Joyous Springs effect activates." I said, with her looking at me as I showed her a card. "If a monster is to be special summoned from the deck, I can negate its summon." I said, shocking her as I placed said card in the grave.

"I set a card and end my turn!" She said, with me nodding as I drew my next card.

"I Summon Shiranui Solitaire." I with said monster appearing.

Shiranui Solitare

Level: 4

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Effect Monster

ATK: 250

DEF: 0

"Due to this, you get a rose token." I said, with it appearing.

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"I tribute Shiranui Solitare to special summon a Tuner with zero defense!" I said as said monster vanished. "The monster I am special summoning is Dakki the Graceful Mayakashi!" I said, with said monster appearing.

Dakki

Level: 2

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Tuner Effect Monster

ATK: 500

DEF: 0

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Now, I flip my monster!" I said, with it being Shiranui Solitare.

Shiranui Solitare

Level: 4

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Effect Monster

ATK: 250

DEF: 0

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Now, I tune my level two Dakki with my level four Shiranui Solitare to synchro summon Tsuchigumo, The Poisonous Mayakashi." I said, with said spider appearing.

Tsuchigumo, The Poisonous Mayakashi

Level: 6

Attribute: Earth

Type: Zombie

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 1000

DEF: 1800

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Dakki's effect activates, and she returns to the field!" I said, shocking her as said monster appeared.

Dakki

Level: 2

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Tuner Effect Monster

ATK: 500

DEF: 0

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"I now tune Dakki with Tsuchigumo to bring forth Tenju, The Winged Mayakashi!" I said, with the two turning into a new monster.

Tenju, The Winged Mayakashi

Level: 7

Attribute: Wind

Type: Zombie

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 1300

DEF: 1500

"Dakki returns." I said, with said monster appearing again

Dakki

Level: 2

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Tuner Effect Monster

ATK: 500

DEF: 0

"I now turn Dakki with Bird to bring forth Yoko, the Graceful Mayakashi!" I said, with said monster appearing

Yoko, the Graceful Mayakashi

Level: 9

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 1450

DEF: 2400

"Dakki returns." I said as said monster returned.

Dakki

Level: 2

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Tuner Effect Monster

ATK: 500

DEF: 0

"I tune Yoko with Daki to bring forth Gashadokuro, the Skeleton Mayakashi!" I said, with them combining into Bones.

Gashadokuro, the Skeleton Mayakashi

Level: 11

Attribute: Dark

Type: Zombie

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 1650

DEF: 2500

"I attack one of your rose tokens." I said, with Gashadokuro smacking one of the plants.

850-4000=3150

"I end my turn." I said, with her drawing her card.

"I summon Copy Plant!" She said, with said monster appearing.

Copy Plant

Level: 1

Attribute: Wind

Type: Plant

Tunner Effect Monster

ATK: 0

DEF: 0

"With this, and the Tokens you have given me, I am now able to Synchro summon my favorite card!" She said, with me knowing she was smiling under mask. "I tune Copy plant with three of my rose tokens, to bring forth, Black Rose Dragon!" She called out, with said monster appearing, with a large guest of wind appearing and blowing everything away, pushing me back slightly, even as I covered my face from the dirt that had picked up.

Black Rose Dragon

Level: 7

Attribute: Fire

Type: Dragon

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 1200

DEF: 1800

Rose Token

Level: 2

Attribute: Dark

Type: Plant

Token Monster

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Don't bother saying hello, because she won't be staying long! Once she is synchro summoned, I can destroy all cards on the field!" She said, with Black Rose Dragon spreading its wings and with a large gust of wind, it destroyed all cards, including itself. "I end my turn!" She said, with me drawing my next card.

"I activate Called by the grave!" I said, showing the card before playing it. "With this card, I banish your Black Rose Dagon!" I said, shocking her, where she then gritted her teeth and banished said card. "Next, I activate the spell card one for one! Using this, I send one card from my hand and special summon one level one monster from my deck!" I said, with me discarding a card. "I special summon Yuki Musume, the Ice Mayakashi!" I said, with said monster appearing.

Yuki Musume, the Ice Mayakashi

Level: 1

Attribute: Water

Type: Zombie

Effect Monster

ATK: 0

DEF: 1900

"Next, I banish Mezuki from the grave to special summon Shiranui Solitare from the grave!" I said, with said monster appearing.

Shiranui Solitare

Level: 4

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Effect Monster

ATK: 500

DEF: 0

"Next, I normal summon Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring!" I said, with said monster appearing.

Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring

Level: 3

Attribute: Fire

Type: Zombie

Tunner Effect Monster

ATK: 0

DEF: 1800

"Now, I tune Ash with Shiranui Solitare to synchro summon MY favorite monster!" I said, with them combining to form a bright light.

Flashback

"Aki, I got us some packs!" A boy said as he ran up to a girl with redish hair and a pure black face. He passed one over to her and the two opened both packs. "I got nothing but plants!" The boy said with a frown, lowering his head in defeat.

"I'll take them if you don't want them." Aki said as she looked at him. "I will even give you this card." She said, holding out a Red-Eyes zombie Dragon to him. "I don't want this one, it has nothing special about it." She said, with the boy looking at it with stars in his eyes.

"Red Eyes, it reminds me of your Black Rose! They both have Red and Black, same attack as well! I'll take you on that offer!" He said, trading cards with her, with her staring at him, no emotion to be seen due to the blackness that covered her face

Flashback end

"Come forth, Red-Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon!" I said, with with blue flames coming through the light and with a gust of wind, the Black Rose Witch was blown back a few feet, but she stayed on her feet.

Red Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon

Level: 7

Attribute: Dark

Type: Zombie

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 2400

DEF: 2000

"Red Eyes?" She said, looking up at it in fear, even stepping back.

"You made this boring Aki, usually you would wipe the floor with me." I said, seeing her step back even more until she touched the wall. "Red Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon gains attack and defense for each zombie in the grave or field, including himself!" I said, with its flames getting hotter, actually setting some of the boxes on fire.

Red Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon

Level: 7

Attribute: Dark

Type: Zombie

Synchro Effect Monster

ATK: 3500

DEF: 3100

"Now, Red Eyes, end this!" I said, with Red Eyes taking in a deep breath before spewing its flames at the Black Rose Witch, with her covering her face as she was consumed by the flames.

3500-3150=0

Walking over to her, I saw that she was knocked out. Looking around, I saw the damage that was caused by both of us. From her vines and Black Rose to my Red Eyes. "I don't like this; it looks like kidnapping." I said, grabbing her legs and dragging her with me back to my place. As I dragged her, I saw that the marks on our arms were gone.

Later

Having tossed her over my shoulder, I reached my place and opened the door, with me seeing the person who lives across from me, Blister if I remember. We stared at the other, unsure of what the other was doing. Blister had some sector security clothes in hand, and I knew that it wasnt his. "Who's the girl?" He asked, with me looking at her and then at him.

"Who are the clothes for?" I countered, with him narrowing his eyes.

"We never saw the other." He said, with me nodding as he stepped out, with me going in and up to my place.

Making my way to the elevator, I stepped in and made my way to the top floor. Walking over to the only bed, I tossed her on it. Walking over to the duel runner, I pulled the blanket off and tossed it on her, covering her up. Looking at her mask, I was tempted to remove it, but I didn't want to make her mad.

Walking back over to the duel runner, I climbed on and leaned back into the seat, with me going to sleep there.

The next day

Opening my eyes, I looked over at the bed and saw that it was empty. Getting up, I walked over to the bed and saw the blanket was folded up. Reaching for my knife, I then noticed my bandages were removed. She saw my face, now it was just a mystery if she knew who I was or not.

I never got her name, other than Black Rose Witch.