Author's Note: While she's speaking the masked queen name is shortened to MQ

*Whrrrrr*
The elevator made that sound as it ascended upwards. Reishi, Shima and hattori all stayed silent, not knowing what would await them once they reached the 30th floor. Reishi's heart was pounding intensely, Meeting the woman who's been stalking and terrorizing you is one thing but doing it while several meters in the air, on an unconstructed building? Certainly is another thing. It didn't help that she brought her friends along for the journey, putting them in danger too.

*Ding*
The elevator reached the 30th floor where it stopped unceremoniously. The three were nervous as the elevator doors slowly opened, making an eerie scraping noise as it did.

Reishi. Here we go….

All three came out of the elevator to a disquieting scene. Steel bars on steel bars formed a rectangular area with some scaffolding littered about to make it more walkable, one crane was far away but its hook remained hanging in the middle of the area. The was a large gap in between the area which divided the four corners of the room, if you fell down it, you would fall the full length of the 30 stories leading up to this point, almost certainly causing your death.

Directly across from Reishi was a large spherical object covered by a tarp, which loomed in the background.

-But what caught Reishi's attention the most was the cloaked figure standing across the gap.

They had their backs turned to the girls, so she couldn't make out much but she could tell the cloaked being was clearly female with a curvy body and femine figure. A hood covered her head which didn't give her the slightest clue as to who she was.

?: My darling…..

Reishi: ….

The person howled. Reishi plucked up courage and asked the demanding question.

Reishi: Are you the masked queen?

?: Yes…..

The girl hissed. To Reishi's surprise the masked queen sounded quite young, almost as if it was someone her age.

Reishi: Let me see your face. I want to see the face of the woman who's been terrorizing me.

?: Terrorizing? You wound me with those words. But as you wish.

The female turned around and faced reishi. She slowly put her hand on her hood and pulled it back, revealing who she was.

The girl's face was pale,pure white and almost devoid of color. She had wavy purple hair and flamboyant green eyes that permeated her face, combined with a pudgy exterior and slight protruding belly which was contained by her tight cloak.

Reishi Realized that the masked queen was someone that she knew... Akeno?

Reishi: Ah!

Hattori and Shima: Akeno is the masked queen?

Both shima and hattori yelled in shock.

?: As cool of a twist that would be, I'm afraid not.

?: You see, I'm merely possessing akeno's body.

There was a ghostly silence after the masked queen said that. The idea that the masked queen had taken over akeno's body was ghastly in of itself but also the fact that she had dared

Reishi: Possessing?

MQ: Yes, My spirit is inhabiting her body at this current moment but my real body is somewhere.

Reishi: …..

Reishi: You coward. You couldn't even face me with your real self!

MQ: Reishi… I'm sorry, but for reasons I can't tell you I couldn't appear in my real body.

MQ: -But don't let that separate us, my love! We're here together now! -And that's all that matters!

The masked queen smiled.

MQ: Ah~

MQ: I've wanted to meet you for so long…. Oh god. I don't think I can control myself.

She moaned.

MQ: I want to talk about so many things! Your life, Your hobbies,what panties you're wearing….

Hattori: A fellow woman of culture, I see.

Reishi: Hattori!

Hattori: ehehe.

MQ: I love you so much~ I just want grope and hug you so hard!

Hattori: Me too-

Reishi: Shut up. Hattori!

Hattori: S-Sorry.

MQ: Ah~ Let's start simple, of course.

MQ: How are you doing, darling? Was your day at school ok?

Reishi: I'm not your 'love', And i'm not here to chat with you. Where's Mina and Simon?

MQ: Ah, straight to the point are we? Such a reishi thing to do….

MQ: Your friends are fine, They're stored in a safe place.

The Masked queen turned around to the large object covered by a tarp. She hastily pulled off said tarp to reveal a shocking scene.
A cage about 20 feet wide was revealed. It had black metal bars that confined the two, almost like a predator with prey in its jaws. Mina and Simon lay inside as Reishi looked on in horror. They were both knocked unconscious with their bodies laying down on the steel. A thick metal collar was placed on their necks, perhaps as a form of compliance.

MQ: See?

Reishi: You….You!

MQ: Calm down my dear, they're fine. I hardly touched a hair on their head!

Reishi: You kidnapped them and used them as ransom!

MQ: Such harsh terms, I prefer the word 'snatched' rather than 'kidnapped'-

Reishi: I don't care! Just give them back!

MQ: Hmph. You're being so rude my dear.

Reishi: I don't know how you can expect me to be friendly with you when 1 - you're literally possessing my friend's body, 2 - YOU LITERALLY KIDNAPPED MY FRIENDS.

MQ: No need to yell. You're going to hurt my feelings.

Shima: *Ahem* If I may interject what exactly is the purpose of this 'meeting' surely you didn't just want to talk did you?

MQ: Well yes. I did 'just want to talk' with my reishi-kins. I knew she wouldn't want to talk to me without an incentive so I took her two friends.

The masked queen explained.

MQ: -But... I would also like to see my musical dragon.

Reishi: ...

Reishi: Let me guess you want me to give you my musical dragon in exchange for my friends?

MQ: No, actually.

Reishi: Huh?

MQ: I would just like to see it is all.

Reishi: ... Fine.

Reishi dug into her pocket where she kept her cards and pulled out musical dragon. She held it up to the masked queen who looked at it with intrigue.

MQ: Ah~ My baby...

She moaned.

Reishi: Now will you let them go?

MQ: Reishi, I told you 3 times that I don't want your card.

Reishi: Then what do you want?

MQ: To bond with you my dear. To get to know you.

Reishi: I can't bond with someone who's running an international terrorist organization!

Reishi scoffed.

MQ: Really? You don't think you can?

Reishi: Yes. At least not with words.

MQ: 'Not with words...' Hm.

The queen pondered reishi's last sentence.

Reishi: Oh god...

MQ: I think I know the perfect way to your heart, darling...

MQ: Dueling…

Reishi: (Gosh….)

MQ: I know how much it means to you and I know it can help us bond.

The masked queen looked at reishi with loving eyes.

MQ: A duel between us. If I win, I'll take your musical dragon, if you win I'll let your friends go, deal.

Reishi: …. Fine.

Shima: Reishi!

Hattori: Senpai!

Reishi: Guys…. I don't have a choice.

Reishi gloomily said to them.

MQ: Ah, I've been waiting for this for a while.

Reishi: Let's get this over with.

Reishi and the masked queen put on their duel disks. They shoved the cards in their decks and began to glare at each other. They both knew that this duel would determine their fates going forward, one fate of light, one fate of darkness. A chaotic melody played in both of their heads as they said:

Reishi and MQ: Let's duel!