Disclaimer: I do not own YGO 5Ds

A/N: This chapter really should have been with the last chapter, but then it got too long. Also I didn't finish the duel then, so here you are.

A silver plane, looking completely out of place in the Satellite, took off from the courtyard in front of the Development. Most satellites dismissed it as more Sector Security business to which they were not privy, the few in the know recognized it as Zephyr property. The giant whale-shaped light that spread across Domino and Neo Domino was harder to miss. Then again, their knowledge doesn't affect anything at all; satellite lives carry on, utterly reliant on yet completely ignorant of the duels overhead.

Felice, Cyril and Teddy had all taken their positions on the couch, with Teddy sitting at attention, Cyril sprawled out over a pile of cushions with his laptop, while Felice had settled down with her champagne.

Vincent stood at one end of the duel arena, still wrapped in his Dark Signer cloak. His outfit was decorated in the purple insignia of the whale, which went fairly well with his red eyes and long red hair. Instead of tying it in a ponytail like he usually does, Vincent let his hair hang loosely down his shoulders. With the powers seeping out of him, tendrils of hair floated in the air like snaking seeking their next prey.

Galen tried a little harder to look intimidating. Or at least a little scary. He even wore his most imposing white trench coat for this! Though try as he might, at 5'6 and 16 years old, he was a kid playing grown-up, and looked the part. His soft pink hair and baby-doe eyes didn't do him any favors either. Recognizing the stark contrast, Galen pouted, then immediately stopped himself. He is fierce, and powerful, and ... stuff. He is not adorable!

"Let me start the duel then," Vincent's red eyes looked like they were on fire. He pulled out his real deck, with a couple of new upgrades from his time with the Dark Signers. "If I have to defeat you to get the rest of the Magicians of the that hellhole, that just sweetens the deal for me."

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Turn 1: Vincent 4000, Galen 4000

"I start with Dark Magic Circle. This is a new card Roman had, you'll find out its powers soon enough. First, when I activate it, i can look at the first three cards in my deck and add one to my hand. Next, I'll place two cards face down and end my turn.

Turn 2: Vincent 4000, Galen 4000

"Alright, my turn then," Galen drew. "Why don't I start with a field spell, Dragon Shrine. The stage is ready for your Earthbound Immortal, whenever you want to bring it out, I'm ready!

I use the effect of Dragon Shrine to send Red-Eyes Archfiend of Lightning and Red Eyes Black Flare Dragon from my deck to the graveyard. Next, I summon Gearfried the Red Eyes Iron Knight (lv4, 1800/1600) and equip Black Metal Dragon (lv1 600/600) to him. Gearfried's ability lets me send Black Metal Dragon to the graveyard to revive another monster, so come on back Red Eyes Black Flare Dragon (lv7 2400/2000). When Black Metal Dragon is sent to the graveyard, I get to add one Red Eyes monster from my deck to my hand. I'm sure you know him well, you've met him plenty of times before. I banish Red Eyes Black Flare Dragon to special summon, Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (lv10, 2800/2400)."

"You really prepared for this duel, huh?" Vincent asked, amused, "Doesn't matter, this isn't a duel that you can win, the stars are stacked against you, so to speak."

"We'll find out." Galen had a twinkle is his brown eyes, as though getting an inside joke that went over the head of all their audience. "I activate Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's effect to bring Black Metal Dragon (lv1, 600/600) back onto the field, and equip him to Gearfried the Red Eyes Iron Knight, increasing my knight's attack by another 600 to 2400!"

Vincent flipped his ponytail, looking utterly unimpressed.

"Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon attacks Vincent directly, Darkness Metal Flare!" Galen commanded.

"I activate my face down card, Magician Navigation, this spell guides my mages from my deck and my hand to the field where they belong! I special summon Dark Magician (lv7, 2500/2100) from my hand and Dark Magician Girl (lv6, 2000/1600) from the field. Since I activated a trap card in your turn, its magic shows the way for Magician of Dark Illusions (lv7, 2100/2500), so I special summon him in defense mode from my hand."

Galen's warrior stopped dead in his tracks.

"Since Magician of Dark Illusions is treated like Dark Magician when he's on the field, my Dark Magician Girl gains 600 attack to 2600, making her the most powerful monster on the field!" Vincent continued.

"What? The most powerful monster? Have you forgotten about my Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon?" Galen asked.

"Oh, I forgot," Vincent beamed, "Whenever a spell or trap activates, it triggers my Dark Magic Circle as well, which allows me to banish one monster from the field, say goodbye to your Darkness Metal Dragon."

"I place two cards facedown and end my turn," Galen responded tensely.

Turn 3: Vincent's Turn, Vincent 4000, Galen 4000

Vincent Hand 4, field Dark Magician, Magician of Dark Illusions, Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magic Circle

Galen Hand 1 field 4 (Dragon Shrine, Gearfried the Red Eyes Iron Knight, face down Red Eyes Spirit & Balance of Power)

"This duel might last even less time than I thought. I activate my spell card, Illusion Magic, tributing my Dark Magician to bring two Dark Magicians to my hand. Thought my mage has left the field, my Magician of Dark Illusions brings Dark Magician back from the dead and onto my stage once more! Not only that, The activation of my Illusion Magic triggers Dark Magic Circle, which lets me banish another card on your field. Since you have so few, I think I'll just get rid of a facedown."

"I activate Red Eyes Returns," Galen flipped over the face down card Vincent pointed at, "To bring back Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning (lv6, 2500/1200) to the field. Even though my trap is destroyed, my monster remains!"

"That won't save you," Vincent replied, "Dark Magician, destroy Gearfried the Red Eyes Iron Knight!" Dark Magician's attack dealt 700 damage, sending Galen reeling in pain.

"Now Dark Magician girl, destroy Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning!"

With Dark Magician and the Magician of Dark Illusions on the field, Dark Magician Girl's 2600 attack obliterated the much larger dragon into pieces, dealing Galen another 100 damage and leaving his field wide open.

"When a Red Eyes monsters is destroyed, I can special summon Red Eyes Retro Dragon (lv4, 1700/1600) from my hand to my field in defense mode. When I do, the monster that was destroyed is brought back onto the field as well, my Red Eyes Archfiend isn't going anywhere!" Galen explained as two more dragons rose onto his field.

"Magician of Dark Illusions, destroy Red Eyes Retro Dragon," Vincent ordered, leaving Galen only two cards on the field. "Now I place one card face down and end my turn."

"Before you do," Galen countered, "I activate my trap, Balance of Power. Since you have 3 monsters and 3 spell cards on your field and I only have 3 cards total in my hand and field, I get to draw three brand new cards!"

"You're gonna need them," Vincent sneered.

Turn 4: Galen's Turn, Vincent 4000, Galen 3200

"I will, and I'll put them to good use." Galen replied, "But for now, I'll activate my Dragon Shrine field card again."

"Not so fast, I banish Magician Navigation from my graveyard to negate the effects of Dragon Shrine for this turn." Vincent tapped at his graveyard.

"I special summon Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning again to activate his effects," Galen looked unaffected by the setback, "this lets me destroy every monster on your field that has less defense than his attack. I think that's... Every monster on your field!"

"I activate my facedown, Magical Dimension. Since I have a spellcaster on the field, this spell card gives my monster the power to destroy your dragon, and special summon another spellcaster from my hand to my field."

Galen's dragon's special ability resolved first, all three of Vincent's spellcasters were destroyed in a flurry of dragon fire. Next, Magical Dimension took effect, slicing Galen's Red Eyes in half while Dark Magician emerged onto Vincent's side of the field. Dark Magic Circle activated again, the magic retreated reluctantly after finding no more cards on Galen's field.

"Face it, Dark Magician is a better deck." Vincent commented.

"Maybe," Galen smirked, "But Red-Eyes has a better player. I activate another field spell, Catalyst Field, and I activate its effect to special summon Red Eyes Baby Dragon (lv3, 1200/7000) in defense mode. I'll place one more card face-down and end my turn."

Turn 5: Vincent's Turn Vincent 4000, Galen 3200

"I activate the spell, Bond Between Teacher and Student to special summon Dark Magician Girl onto the field in attack mode! Since I have one Dark Magician on the field and one in the graveyard, she gains 600 attack, increasing her attack to 2600. Dark Magician, destroy Red Eyes Baby Dragon," Vincent proceeded cautiously.

"When Baby Dragon is destroyed, I can special summon Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning (lv6, 2500/1200) from my deck and equip Baby Dragon to him, increasing his attack by another 300 to 2800."Galen announced victoriously as his dragon rose onto the field again.

"I'll put another card face down and end my turn." Vincent replied.

"I bet Vincent has some really good card face down!" Teddy chimed in enthusiastically.

Turn 6 Galen's Turn; Vincent 4000, Galen 3200

"To start my turn,"Galen looked suspiciously at Vincent's face down card, "I activate the effects of my Catalyst field to banish Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning. It's a high price to pay but it allows me to destroy your Dark Magic Circle as well. This would also sent my Red Eyes Baby Dragon sent to graveyard, and his effect adds Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman (lv1,dragon, tuner, 400/300) to my hand."

"What's up your sleeve?" Vincent asked nonchalantly, as though certain he couldn't lose.

"Dragon's Mirror" Galen admitted with a coy smile, "I banish Red Eyes Black Dragon and Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning from my graveyard to special summon, Meteor Black Comet Dragon (lv8, 3500/2000), You'll haven't gotten acquainted yet, but I doubt you'll forget him anytime soon."

"Now that he's on the field, I can send Red Eyes Black Dragon (lv7, 2400/2000) from my deck to the graveyard, and in the process deal damage to your attack points equal to half of his attack."

Vincent grunted at the loss of 1200 LP.

"Now Meteor Black Comet Dragon, destroy Dark Magician Girl!"

The attack dealt Vincent another 900 damage. Dark Magician Girl was incinerated in the incoming attack, leaving Vincent's field wide open.

"I place 1 card face down and end my turn, now my Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning returns to my field."

"Why didn't Galen attack instead of banishing Vincent's spell?" Teddy asked curiously, "He might have won the game."

"I couldn't," Galen replied without offering any more context, though all the adults in the room seemed to have understood.

'You keep saying that," Teddy interrupted, annoyed at not understanding the subtext, "What do you mean you can't win? Dark Signers can be defeated, we know that! We'd beaten Dark Signers before!"

Vincent chuckled. Cyril groaned, not even bothering to look up from his laptop. Felice tapped Teddy on the head, motioning for him to look at the guns strapped to her belt.

"We don't know what happens to Dark Signers who are defeated," Galen explained, sounding resigned, "So Felice and Cyril wasn't going to let me defeat Vincent and possibly kill him. We all knew that going in."

"I was going to shoot you with a tranquilizer," Felice defended herself with a grin.

"I appreciate that, and that's why I agreed to the duel," Galen replied in kind.

"No matter how optimistic you try to be, the game is rigged from the very start. You couldn't win." Vincent interjected, "Just like the games we had to play in the Satellite. We could never win, the only way to beat this system is to not play, get out while we still can."

"But what about everything you're giving up by not playing?" Galen asked.

"You're only giving up on your own life when you get in over your head," Vincent replied, frustrated at not winning the argument, "I activate my spell card, Fires of Doomsday, to special summon two Doomsday Tokens (lv1, 0/0) to the field."

Turn 7 Vincent's Turn, Vincent 1900, Galen 3200

"I tribute both of my Doomsday Tokens to summon, Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua (lv10, 2900/2400)!"

"What, no special chants this time?" Galen teased, "Did they not teach you their secret handshake either?"

"Very funny," Vincent said drily, "Why waste time on semantics when I possess one of the most powerful monsters in the world?"

Despite Vincent not uttering the ancient chants, souls rose up from the Satellite into his duel monster, allowing it to slowly take form.

"Great." Cyril glanced down at the town below them, "That's more of a mess to clean up when their souls are returned."

"We can always go back later so Galen will have to take care of it," Felice comforted him.

"Don't celebrate too soon. As I'm sure you're well aware, my immortal cannot be stopped by monsters on your field. Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua, attack Galen directly, Purgatory Retribution!"

The attack sent Galen flying back into a coffee table, which shattered on impact. Galen grimaced as he got up, gingerly picking out blood-stained glass shards from his pink hair.

"Next, I play the spell Thousand Knives to destroy your Meteor Black Comet Dragon. That'll be all for now," Vincent announced, "Your move."

Turn 8 Galen's Turn, Vincent 1100, Galen 300

"About time," Galen wiped the sweat off his brow, "I've been waiting for you to get your Immortal onto the field, so I could destroy it. I activate my trap, Red Eyes Spirit, to bring back Red Eyes Black Dragon to the field. Next, I summon Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman (lv1 tuner 300/400), to synchro summon Scrap Dragon (lv8, 2800/2000). Her effects let me tribute her to destroy any monster on the field, so I can destroy your Immortal once and for all!"

Galen looked on expectantly as Vincent's immortal fell.

"Come, you know better than this."' 'Vincent' laughed, His red eyes darkened until they looked black, "You're not getting him back this easily. He's mine as long as this duel continues, and when I win, he'll be mine forever!"

No sooner did he word fall than Felice's gun fired. A single tranquilizing bullet aimed straight at his heart, hit, and fell off of Vincent harmlessly.

"You're getting sloppy, Felice," 'Vincent' turned, sounding disappointed, "You should know the same trick wouldn't work twice, I taught you better than that. You already beat Misty with that move, and to use it on me. Honestly, I'm hurt."

"No harm in trying," Felice shrugged, unabashed. Neither her nor Galen looked defeated by the failed attempt.

"You probably shouldn't shoot at anything anyway," Galen reassured Felice, "I know it's only champagne but you're on your second bottle."

"Dregs of my second bottle." Felice corrected with a grin. "Well then, let's end this."

"You never listen, Felice," The monster interrupted, "The mortal weapons you possess can no longer harm me!" Dark Magician waved his staff menacingly, adding emphasis to his owner's words. The mage was exactly the same yet looked completely different, more... solid. The monster had never been translucent, but now his presence could be felt, from the warmth of his body to the noise of his labored breath.

"Let's make sure nothing can enter or leave the dueling field until this game is over, shall we?" Vincent taunted.

His spellcaster waved his staff, soft purple light enveloped the entire dueling field, separating the duelists from their audience.

"Then it's time for me to make my move, Red Eyes Archfiend of Lightning, destroy Dark Magician!"

"Wait, attack with Red Eyes Archfiend?" Teddy questioned, "But he has the exact same attack as Dark Magician!"

"And both of them would be destroyed in battle," Galen replied, "So I can activate my trap, Red Eyes Burn! When a Red Eyes monster I control is destroyed, I can activate this card to deal its attack points as damage to both duelists, bringing this game to a draw!"

"I don't think so," Vincent flipped over his facedown card, "I activate my trap, Shining Silver Force. This trap negates the activation of any card that will deal effect damage to my life points, then it destroys all spells and trap cards on your field!"

Galen's single Catalyst Field was destroyed.

"Wait," Galen suddenly noticed, "That was the card you put down in the first turn."

"I knew you were going to play that trap to end this game in a draw, so I came prepared." Vincent replied firmly, "I told you, you're going to lose this game, and when you do, you'll lose your life with it! Now you have nothing in your hand or on your field!"

Indeed, both players were left with completely empty fields. Given the Dark Magician and Red Eyes archetypes, nothing in their respective graveyards will likely prove useful. Galen's hand was also empty.

"We have to do something!" Teddy jumped up from his seat, "Vincent's right, Galen's field and hand are both completely empty. I've been tracking his graveyard too, there's nothing he can use! How are you guys still sitting there?"

Felice responded by putting her champagne glass aside, Cyril leaned forward ever-so-slightly in his seat.

"Looks like our audience have finally understood the inevitability of your situation." Vincent cackled, looking positively gleeful. "Prepare for you doom, I draw!"

"Wait a second, it's still my turn, right?" Galen pointed out, twirling his pink hair with a tongue-in-cheek grin.

"There's nothing more you can do, just accept your Fate. The rest of the world will soon join you." Vincent roared. "I'm invincible!"

"Perhaps, but I'm not," Galen quipped with a smirk. He raised his duel disk and bashed himself over the head.

The light on his duel disk faltered reluctantly, finally fading into nothingness as the programs recognized an unconscious duelist and forced an ending to the game. As the spirit that inhabited him left, Vincent collapsed onto the ground.

"That, that was your plan?" Teddy looked up at Felice and Cyril, still in shock.

"I think it's pretty fool-proof," Cyril smirked. his blue eyes suddenly reminded Teddy of the light from the Immortals- evil, he decided, absolutely evil. "But this evil is on your side," Cyril added, as though reading his mind.

Vincent was already waking up from the duel, Cyril rushed forward to help him get up.

"I'm fine too, thanks for asking," Galen was still laying on the ground, regaining consciousness after less than half a minute, his voice came out softer than he intended. Any bruising on his scalp was hidden by his piles of wavy pink hair, though a thin trickle of blood had seeped out. "I think I need to go to Neo Domino for a check-up later."

"Let's go now!" Teddy offered brightly.

"Yeah, we still have to finish this." Galen didn't even bother getting up, still lying on the ground, he managed to fish a pair of handcuffs from his back pocket and toss it in Vincent's direction. "Vincent, I'm afraid I have to do this one by the books. Vincent Ulrich, you're under arrest for -"

"No he's not." Felice scoffed, stopping the handcuff with her foot, "Don't be ridiculous, he's not under arrest for anything."

"I'm in charge of security now, I have to protect this city, which means everybody is equal under the law." Galen protested half-heartedly, still lying on the ground, obviously more interested in a nap than an arrest at this point.

"Sure..." Felice trailed off suspiciously, glancing in Cyril's direction.

"You have no proof Vincent did anything," Cyril smiled complacently.

"We have video footage," Galen replied automatically.

"No you don't." Cyril shook hiser head. "They never existed."

"What? I saw them with my own eyes!"

"Well, you can't prove that they ever existed anymore," Cyril amended, he smiled apologetically, waving vaguely in the direction of her laptop.

"What about the eye-witness accounts? Thousands of people saw him! This isn't something you can just smoother over!"

"And I can get thousands of people to say they saw nothing of the kind." Cyril dismissed, "I'm sure any accusations was... um..."

"Paid by Rex Goodwin to destabilize our group," Felice finished for him, blushing at the look everyone gave her, "What? I can be creative when necessary, I just don't like doing it."

"Look guys," Vincent interrupted, "I'm..."

"Innocent!" Teddy finished for him, "You're not going anywhere! I'm not growing up without you!"

"Ugh, this is giving me a headache," Galen groaned, "On top of the headache I gave myself. You know what, whatever. Just ask Yuki, if she's okay with it, I don't care."

"Thanks," Felice smiled gratefully. "I owe you one."

"That's okay," Galen replied, propping himself up onto his right elbow, "Felice, I have a question."

"Shoot," Felice said quickly, feeling a little uneasy.

"Do you think Zero Reverse is to blame for the Satellite?" Galen asked tentatively, somehow, Felice knew that wasn't the question he had in mind.

"Partly," Felice proceeded with caution, "Being cut off from the rest of the City doesn't help, but as far as I know, the Satellite had always been the slums of Domino City."

"Rex Goodwin then?" Galen tried again.

"I try," Felice laughed, "But Satellite didn't get worse when he took over, I think it even got a little better. It just didn't get better as much as Neo Domino did."

"If you don't blame Neo Domino, Rex Goodwin or even Zero Reverse, then who do you blame for the Satellite?" Galen finally blurted out the question he wanted to know.

Felice pulled on her hair, releasing them from the french braids she usually wore. With her hair down, Galen thought she suddenly looked much older.

"I don't know," She replied, "I mean, a lot of cities have desolate Satellite cities, those that don't have slums in different pockets of the city instead. They never had Zero Reverse, so what do they blame?"

What to blame for poverty and injustice, Vincent tried not to laugh, and a bunch of uneducated, barely-literate teenagers trying to answer that question.

But the answer is simple, humanity. Humanity is to blame for all the evils it had unleashed onto itself. Even as a mortal, he could really sympathize with the Dark Signer point of view, why not get a fresh start, when everything around you seems so hopeless already? Then again, as long as him and his Magicians were fine, what did he care about the rest of the world?

"Akiza!" Blizzard rushed out of the Arcadia in front of which Akiza had been waiting. He rushed up as Akiza dismounted, completely ignoring Sayer and the giant dragon. "Are you okay? Are you hurt at all?"

"I'm fine." Akiza took a few steps back, she still wasn't entirely comfortable with any type of intimacy, or indeed most types of friendly interactions. "I'm okay, thanks" She smiled, trying not too look too aloof to people she liked.

"Congratulations on your win," Blizzard didn't seem to mind, instead, he stood still, letting her decide the distance between them. "Why don't I take care of things from here so you can get some rest, you look exhausted. If you were hurt at all, we have two medical teams, one here and on in the Satellite."

"Uh, thanks. I think I'll be okay." Akiza turned him down, feeling a little self-conscious. She didn't like being examined, particularly not by a medical team. It always made her feel like a freak.

"Akiza!" Luna was carried out of the building on stretchers. Leo was rushed out from the building and directly into the ambulance.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Luna rolled off the stretcher, hobbling towards the ambulance.

"Luna," Blizzard placed a hand on Luna's shoulder gently. When the young Signer looked up at him, he bend down to pick her up into his arms, letting her rest against the crook of his neck, sobbing as children do when they realize there's finally an adult to take care of the situation.

"I know you want to be with your brother, Luna. I can see that you two are very close and I promise he will get the best care available in Neo Domino. But we need your help right now in the Satellite. Will you help us?"

Rex Goodwin wants Leo in Neo Domino as hostage, but this little girl doesn't need to know that.

"There is a Darkness gathering," Akiza supplemented, "We need all the Signers gathered in the Satellite in case we need to duel the Dark Signers. We have to go back now Luna."

"Uh-huh," Luna nodded, wiping her eyes against his tie, "I will! Sayer won't stop me from helping Yusei and everyone!"

Blizzard patted her back gently, taking out a handkerchief to clean the tears and dirt off her face, "You're very brave, Luna. Leo would be proud of you too."

"Hm..." Luna closed her eyes, enjoying the nurturing care she had always craved but has been almost non-existent in her upbringing. This is how she imagined a big brother should be, why can't Leo act like this? She snuck her hand out, trying to look casual as she slipped Blizzard's handkerchief into her own hands, "Thank you, Mr, um."

"Dyson," Blizzard replied, "But you can call me Blizzard."

"Thank you Mr Blizzard," Luna smiled broadly, "I'll clean this and give it back to you!"

"Sure, I'll look forward to it then, Ms Luna." Blizzard patted Luna on the hair, Luna blushed, burying her face deeper into his shirt.

"We have to get back." Akiza repeated, she felt a little uncomfortable looking at Blizzard treat Luna the way Sayer might have treated her if he had met her when she was younger. She felt a little guilty, and paranoid. She was clearly projecting her own fears onto a completely different situation.

Blizzard nodded with a gracious smile.

"Do you want to ride dragons?" He grinned, lifting Luna up into the air. Luna nodded energetically, her eyes shining with excitement.

Akiza received Luna with a smile, putting the younger Signer onto the back of her Black Rose Dragon.

"Yusei is by the pier," Blizzard offered, "He wanted to practice some new moves on Sector Security while he can."

"Thanks Blizzard, I'll see you in the Satellite." Akiza was clearly at her most friendly, even Black Rose Dragon nuzzled Blizzard before taking off. Akiza looked back at Blizzard. Standing in the middle of the Neo Domino pier, surrounded by people milling about him, Blizzard was the only thing that caught her eye. He looked weathered, and wise, like the adult every adolescent can't wait to grow up to become.

Blizzard turned away and allowed himself to make a gagging face, now to deal with Yuki and Lazar, that might be marginally less unpleasant than dealing with the two Signer girls. He took off his tie, now covered in... colorful mucous, and tossed it onto the ground. He buttoned the front of his shirt, trying to get the slime on top as far from himself as possible, he had no plans of going back to Domino shirtless.

At least there's something in it for himself too, else he wouldn't know how to get through the day. Blizzard grinned at Sayer, the man who had put a price on his head since he lost the pier in the Satellite, thereby forcing him to stay with the Zephyrs.

"Blizzard," Sayer had obviously woken up a while ago, "I have a proposition."

Blizzard didn't even blink, Sayer continued hastily.

"I have gathered a number of techniques in training psychic duelists. I'll hand it all to you, if you just let me go!" Sayer offered, clinging on to life. "Think of all the powers you would possess! Think of the potential, if you had the opportunities these psychic duelists had!"

"I, I can't betray Yuki like this," Blizzard said, just in case there were security cameras nearby.

"You wouldn't be, of course not! What would the Zephyrs want with me except the psychic duelists and ways to train them?" Sayer understood his hesitation, "Now you're just getting the same information out of me right away, and of course, they wouldn't deny you access when you're the one who obtained it in the first place. You can do so much more good with your new-found powers."

Good, both Blizzard and Sayer had to bite back a laugh at the word.

"Let me... Think about it." Blizzard replied.

Everything is different. It shouldn't have gone like this, these, these mortals, they have made a mockery out of the Final Battle. For the past 17 years, he had poured his heart and soul into giving this planet another chance, and it's all ruined! Ruined!

Roman raged. A wave of his hand sent the stone table clashing against the wall, where it shattered into a thousand pieces. The candle holder that had been on the table fell onto the ground, it's light fluttered, but did not fail. Only four candles remain lit, one for each of the remaining Dark Signers- Greiger, Ara, Devack and himself. Only four left from many.

Yet the others still remain, in a mortal form no less. TRUE life, granted to them by another mortal, though it will end as soon as the Ruler of the Netherworld wins this battle.

Roman knelt down onto the rubble, letting the stones dig into his no-longer living flesh, wishing he still felt pain.

Every five thousand years, the Crimson Dragon and the Ruler of the Netherworld battles for reign over the mortal realm. Dark Signers and Signers alike only serve as an extension of their power. That's what he learned, and that's what he told himself time and time again, ever since he pushed that cursed button that led to Zero Reverse. Yet these mortals, these mortals who are no different than he, how could they defy Fate?

From the scarce, cryptic messages he received from his Master, the prior battles had never proceeded like this. This was supposed to be a fight between Servants of the Crimson Dragon and Servants of the Netherworld Ruler. Mortals were never more than instruments that fought at the command of their respective gods. This time though, the battle had turned into one between the servants of the gods and the mortals whom they had ruled.

These mortals are playing with fire. He had gone over the hundreds of possibilities thousands of times in his mind in the last 17 years, the plan he had was the only one capable of succeeding. The rest only pushes this planet closer to destruction!

A/N:The 101 ways of defeating a Dark Signer XD

A/N 2: I've noticed a habit where I make an argument and then does my best to undermine it, I guess that's what happens when you always try to get a complete perspective. Fun in fiction, fairly problematic in real life.