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Yuki's POV

Yusei departed and it was back to just me, Cleo and the Twins again, he did leave us with a parting gift and fixed Leo and Luna's duel disks.

"I need to go out and pick up a few things, do you two want to come?" I asked.

"Dex wants me to meet him to go see the Black Rose." Leo said.

"NO!" Cleopatra snapped.

"Ugh!" I grabbed my head "Leo I've told you a dozen times that place isn't safe, it's where underground duel happen it's not for a kid like you to play around in so stop."

"Please~" he begged.

"…alright fine, but not without me." I told him.

I'm a sucker for a smile.

"Come on let's go." I said grabbing my keys "We'll take the car."

We have two modes of transport, the car and my Duel Runner. Personally, I'm not big on Turbo Dueling but I figure Cleo and I are probably gonna need one someday so I bought the Crawler…it's basically an oversized ATV.

Leo hopped in the back seat and buckled up while I jumped in the front and started the car, just a basic black SUV. We did some quick running around and grabbed groceries before picking up his friend Dex, a nerdy looking little kid. I parked and took Leo and his friend to the back-alley arena.

"Stay close." I told the boys before they got too far away.

"Hey mister you ever duel the Witch?" Leo asked a man.

"Beat it brat." The man said.

"Told you this isn't a place to play." I told the boys "Come on let's not leave Luna alone too long."

"But I gotta see the Witch!" Leo said.

"I hear when she attacks the ground really quakes." Dex said "And magic and Trap cards become real."

"She sounds like a Dark Duelist." Cleopatra told them "All the more reason for kids like you to avoid her."

"Hmm…Yusei!" Leo ran off.

"Leo I told you to stay close, it's crowded." I walked after the kid and found him talking with the boy from the other night."

"Why are you here, this isn't a place for kids." Yusei told him.

"That's what I said." I sighed.

"You did bring them here." He noted.

"I was trying to teach him a lesson." I mumbled.

"Where's Luna?" he asked me.

"At home housesitting for the afternoon while we run errands." I smiled.

Yusei was with a few other older guys, one was really old, and most of them had the markers too.

"Whoa Yusei you got an invitation to the Fortune Cup too!" Leo saw the envelope "Are you entering?!"

"Yes." Yusei nodded.

"Alright I can duel Yusei again!" Leo cheered.

"For the umpteenth time you weren't invited Luna was!" I snapped "And neither of you are going to participate in that…I'm taking Luna's place."

"But-."

"No buts." I warned "I don't like the look of this and I'm not letting you two get in harm's way."

"HNGH!" Yusei suddenly grabbed his right hand.

"What's wrong?" the old man asked.

"It's just like…that time." He hissed.

"Cleo?" I looked at her.

"I'm not sure." She shrugged.

"What time?" the guy with spikes for hair added.

"When the…Crimson Dragon appeared." Yusei explained.

I felt the ground suddenly quake and people start screaming.

"It's the Witch!"

I saw a swirling whirlwind appear as thorny roots burst out of the ground.

"HRAA!" I smacked one back with my magic ringed hand.

"That was real." Cleopatra noted.

"I could tell." I fixed my blue ring.

"RAAAAHH!" A dragon roared in the dusty wind.

"That mark on your arm." The old man told Yusei "It's a Dragon's Birthmark…the mark of a Signer."

"Dragon's birthmark." I squinted.

"That red outline is like the one that appeared on Luna that one night." Cleo told me.

"No…don't tell me she's mixed up in this crisis too…" I frowned.

The dust cloud cleared to reveal a woman with wild red hair and a mask standing there with a rose covered dragon behind her.

"That's the Witch." Yusei said.

"So she's real." Cleopatra said "The one the call the Black Rose…a Witch."

"Could she really have Magic?" I wondered.

"We've seen stranger." She commented.

The witch looked at Yusei and gasped when she saw the glowing mark on his arm "You as well…that terrible mark!"

She slapped a card down and was engulfed in a tower of light and when it dissipated she was gone.

"The mark is gone." Leo pointed at Yusei.

"I'm positive…The Witch had one as well." Yusei said "She said you as well and my mark reacted only when she arrived."

"Leo you're definitely not competing in that Fortune Cup." I glared at the crater the witch left "Cleo and I were right…It's a set up for something awful."


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