Once again, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, any of its characters, or anything from its subsequent series'. I am also sorry for being a week late in updating, college applications seemed to be a slightly more pressing concern.

"I'll take the first move," I said as I drew a sixth card.

Wilhelm: 4000

Gang Member: 4000

Turn 1: Wilhelm

"I'll summon Vengeful Shinobi, set three face-down cards, and end my turn." I said, grinning. A thin ninja clad in grey emerged on my field.

Vengeful Shinobi: 400/800

Turn 2: Gang Member

"Then I'll draw." the gang member said. "I'll start by activating Rising Air Current, which will increase the ATK of my WIND monsters by 500 and decrease their DEF by 400."

"You'll do no such thing," I responded by activating one of my traps, Dark Bribe. "Draw an extra card, but your field spell is destroyed." The gang member drew another card, though he wasn't happy about it.

"Then I'll summon Boneheimer" the gang member said. A seahorse grew out of a card on his side of the field, but it was evidently more powerful than my ninja.

Boneheimer 850/400

"Boneheimer, attack his Shinobi!" he said. The seahorse charged a pulse of water, but was struck by lightning, electrocuted, and destroyed before it could launch its attack. My opponent looked dumbstruck until he saw the trap I'd activated: Raigeki Break.

"Sorry, bud, but I sent a card from my hand to the graveyard to destroy a card on the field, and in this instance I chose your Boneheimer. It is unfortunate that isn't the only effect that you triggered." I said as my shinobi disappeared from my field, shimmered into life behind me, drew a card from my deck and put it into my hand before he was on my field again.

"When my Shinobi is selected as an attack target when he's in attack position, I get to draw a card." I said.

My opponent glared at me, "I'll set one face-down and will end my turn."

Turn 3: Wilhelm

I drew a card from my deck, "What's your name, friend?"

"I'm no friend of yours," he spat.

"Even so, my Shinobi can't wreak vengeance without knowing who he wreaks it upon." I smiled.

"Uh… what? Nevermind. I'll tell you my name after you give me yours!" he said, shaking his head.

"Jernigan," I said.

"Arashiyama." He eventually said.

"Pleasure to meet you, Arashiyama. Now if you don't mind, I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your face-down." I said.

"I do mind, actually, and I'll activate my set card, another Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy your set card." he said, revealing his set card before it was destroyed. His MST forced me to show my face-down, a copy of Shrink. All three of the spells fragmented and then burst apart.

"I suppose that I'll just have to have my Vengeful Shinobi attack you directly." I said. The ninja was suddenly behind Arashiyama and hit him in the back of the neck before going back to my side of the field.

Wilhelm: 4000

Arashiyama: 3600

"I'll set another card before ending my turn." I smiled knowing that he couldn't possibly know that I just replaced the Shrink that he destroyed with another copy from my hand.

Turn 4: Arashiyama

He drew a card then cried, "I summon Elemental Hero Knospe."

Elemental Hero Knospe: 600/600

"Then I'll activate Rose Bud, sacrificing Knospe to summon Elemental Hero Poison Rose from my deck."

Elemental Hero Poison Rose: 1900/2000

I grimaced, knowing that even with my face-down Shrink it wouldn't be enough to save my Shinobi. I took solace in the fact that I'd get another card in my hand from Shinobi's sacrifice.

"Poison Rose, attack!" Arashiyama seemed overjoyed to have overpowered me. I let the attack go through without activating Shrink.

Wilhelm: 2500

Arashiyama: 3600

"And now that Poison rose has attacked, she gets 200 ATK, so long as I take them out of her DEF." Arashiyama was smiling with glee.

Elemental Hero Poison Rose: 2100/1800

Silently, I drew another card from my deck, making use of Shinobi's effect.

"I end my turn." he said.

Turn 5: Wilhelm

I drew another card from my deck and smiled slightly, then I activated Lightning Vortex, sending a card from my hand to the graveyard. Lightning once again rained from the heavens and struck his rose, destroying the monster.

"Gah!" Arashiyama's jaw dropped.

"Now that your field is empty, I'll summon Dark Crusader," I said smirking.

Dark Crusader: 1600/200

"And Dark Crusader will attack you directly," I ordered. The knight covered in black armor raised his oversized sword and struck my opponent. Arashiyama was not at all happy.

Wilhelm: 2500

Arashiyama: 2000

"I end my turn," I said.

Turn 6: Arashiyama

He had scarcely drawn when he set a monster on the field, "I end my turn."

Turn 7: Wilhelm

"Stall tactics?" I asked while drawing a card. Then I set a card on my side of the field. "Regardless, Dark Crusader attacks your set monster." A blue and gold ninja appeared on his side of the field, then lifted one of my set cards.

"My Armed Ninja lets me see one of your face-downs and destroy it if it is a spell, but it doesn't look like your Call of the Haunted is a spell." Arashiyama smiled slightly. I sighed with relief, thankful that he hadn't found my second copy of Shrink.

"Even so, your ninja is destroyed, saving you from the damage," I said.

"That is true. His sacrifice has been acknowledged," he said.

"I end my turn."

Turn 8: Arashiyama

He drew and set a monster again. He grinned at me. I knew that he had another trick up his sleeve when he said, "I end my turn."

Turn 9: Wilhelm

I drew and grinned, I'd drawn exactly the card that needed to end the duel, "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring my Vengeful Shinobi back from the dead, but he won't be here long as I sacrifice him to summon The Fiend Megacyber!"

The Fiend Megacyber: 2200/1200

"Then I'll send Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow from my hand to the graveyard to increase my Crusader's attack power by 400 points," I said.

Dark Crusader: 2000/200

"Megacyber, attack his face down." the golden-armored giant pounded the set monster on my opponent's field, revealing another Armed Ninja. This time it did find my Shrink, but that no longer mattered to me, and Arashiyama was far less happy than he had been the last time that he'd thrown a ninja at me.

"Crusader, end him," I ordered. Folding my arms, I watched as my black two-handed knight slashed across Arashiyama's duel disk.

Wilhelm: 2500

Arashiyama: 0000

As the holograms died down I saw sparks jumping around and dancing off of Arashiyama's KC original mass production disk. "Get your disk off, now!" I cried.

Scared, he did exactly that, throwing his disk into the wall, cards spewing everywhere. Then his disk burst into flames.

"My deck!" Arashiyama fell onto his knees, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Gather what you can, and rebuild it from there. I'm sure it won't be too difficult to find a new disk. That one's wrecked." I said as I moved on to talk to Crow. Crow, at the other end of the hallway, was completely dumbfounded.

"That's what the virus does?" He asked.

"Apparently. I didn't modify the virus beyond getting it to work with the specifications of my academy disk." I replied. "Stay here on the first floor and deal with stragglers, I'm going upstairs to help Kalin." Crow nodded his head as I ran up the stairs.

When I got up the stairs I was surprised to see Kalin sitting on the floor tied up with a member of Team Black'n'Blue standing over him. Then the gang member saw me.

"Hey, welcome to the party, Enforcer!" he said. "You can guess my rules. If you want your friend back you have to-" by then I'd rushed over to him and decked him with an uppercut. The gang member hit the floor hard and I got out a knife to cut the paracord that was used to restrain Kalin.

"Idiot got behind me and hit me hard. I was down and out before I even knew he was there." Kalin growled.

"Then duel him and get your revenge. I'm moving on." I said.

"Find the leader and take him down. I've heard he's tough and scary. Be careful." Kalin warned me as he prepared to wait for the gang member to wake up.

"Understood," I said as I trudged up another set of stairs. I got about to the middle of the hallway on the third floor when I heard a small voice from a slightly cracked open door.

"Aren't you from the other team? Did everyone lose already?" A small boy wearing a hoodie sized for the other team members peaked out from the opening door. "Heh… That must mean that you've made it to the leader, me, Hiroyuki… I won't let the team down." The kid was practically shaking in his boots.

"How did you get to be the leader of Black'n'Blue?" I asked. I was puzzled that the leader of a duel gang responsible for multiple terrible infringements on the surrounding area was a young boy.

"They were all drunk and I beat them one by one. Then they said that I was amazing and that I should be their leader. They told me how easy it was and how I only had to let them go out and do stuff… I haven't actually talked to anyone outside the team in a while…" Hiroyuki said.

"Kid," I said. "Take off your duel disk. I'll do the same with mine. We can duel on the floor."

Hiroyuki actually seemed relieved to do so. "Okay," he said. "This thing was heavy. But I have a special rule, we both draw two cards every turn."

"Fine by me, kid. Ready whenever you are." I said, having taken off my duel disk I sat on the floor and put my deck on a nearby crate that I pulled over. Hiroyuki sat down across from me and put his deck on the box too, then he nodded his head with a serious look in his eyes.

"You can go first, kid," I said, drawing my first five cards.

"Then I will," he said.

Turn 1: Hiroyuki

Hiroyuki: 4000

Wilhelm: 4000

He drew an additional two cards then said, "I set a monster and a face-down. I end."

Turn 2: Wilhelm

"Alright then," I said, drawing another two cards of my own. "I summon Strike Ninja and he'll attack your set monster."

Strike Ninja: 1700/1200

Hiroyuki flipped over his monster, Skelengel. He said, "He's destroyed, but I draw another card!."

"Alright, but I'll end by setting two cards and activating Burden of the Mighty. Now all of your monsters lose ATK equal to their levelx100. I'll also Use Golden Sarcophagus to remove Dark Horus in my deck from play. I get him in my hand in two turns," I said.

Turn 3: Hiroyuki

"Okay," Hiroyuki said as he drew two more cards. "I'll activate Tribute to the Doomed, by sending a card from my hand to the graveyard I'll destroy your Ninja."

"Draw another card to replace the one you just lost," I said, flipping over one of my face-downs. "I activate Dark Bribe, negating and destroying your Tribute."

"Uh, I'll activate Upstart Goblin, I get to draw another card and you get 1000 life points." he replied.

Hiroyuki: 4000

Wilhelm: 5000

"Now I play Dark Eruption to add the Dark Mimic LV1 that I sent to the graveyard to my hand. Now I'll set a monster. Your turn." Hiroyuki said.

Turn 4: Wilhelm

I drew two more cards, "I summon Cliff the Trap Remover."

Cliff the Trap Remover: 1200/1000

"Strike Ninja attacks your set monster," I said. Hiroyuki revealed his face-down, which was immediately destroyed, then I said: "Now Cliff attacks you directly." Hiroyuki didn't touch his face-down remaining from his first turn.

Hiroyuki: 2800

Wilhelm: 5000

"And since Cliff has dealt damage to you, I get to destroy a spell or trap card on the field. I'll get rid of your face-down." I said. Hiroyuki revealed that his face-down was a bluff, Lightning Vortex.

"Why didn't you use that on your last turn?" I asked.

"You didn't have enough monsters out," he replied.

"Understood, I'll set a card and will end my turn," I said.

Turn 5: Hiroyuki

He drew two cards, then said, "I summon The Bistro Butcher, and he'll attack Cliff."

The Bistro Butcher: 1800 1400/1000

"I activate Book of Moon and flip your butcher face-down," I said, revealing my set spell.

"Then I'll set a face-down and will end my turn," Hiroyuki said.

Turn 6: Wilhelm

I drew two more cards, "I activate Allure of Darkness, drawing two more cards, so long as I remove a DARK type monster in my hand from play." I took The Fiend Megacyber from my hand and put it on the floor. "Now I'll activate Reinforcement of the Army, adding Twin-Sword Marauder to my hand. Then I'll summon him."

Twin-Sword Marauder: 1600/1000

"He'll attack your face-down butcher, and he does piercing damage," I said. Hiroyuki nodded.

Hiroyuki: 2200

Wilhelm: 5000

"And because he attacked a defense position monster, he gets to attack again. He'll be joined by my other monsters. You lose, kid."

Hiroyuki: 0000

Wilhelm: 5000

Hiroyuki sighed, "I guess that's just what happens. Do I get to go outside and play now?"

"Of course you do," I said. "Grab your duel disk and run. I'll make sure the other Enforcers leave you alone."

"Great! Thanks!" I watched Hiroyuki run off, his duel disk bundled in his arms, almost running into Crow and Jack as they came up the stairs.

"Hey, Wilhelm," Jack said. "Are you the reason why there's a burning duel disk downstairs?"

"First floor? Yeah. Virus I stole from the securities and put into my disk." I said as I put on my duel disk and put my deck away.

"Was that their leader?" Crow asked.

"Yeah, it was," I said, walking towards the stairs.

"Why weren't you wearing your disk? I thought that you had a vendetta against these guys." Jack said.

"Not against the kid. Is Kalin still dueling the guy downstairs?" I replied.

"No, he pummeled the guy, but we've probably got a few stragglers still. I still can't believe that kid was their leader." Crow shook his head in disbelief.

"Age doesn't matter, just skill," Jack replied to Crow. "That's what dueling is all about, especially here in Satellite."

"True that, man. Real deep. I don't know who I'd be without dueling. Let's get back to the hideout, meet up with Kalin and Yusei." Crow suggested as we got down the first flight of stairs.

"You guys go ahead. I've got something I need to do. Let me know how it goes though." I said.

"Alright, see you later." Crow waved goodbye and Jack just gave me a quizzical look, but they both walked away towards the hideout once we got to the first floor. I walked over to Arashiyama, who was still in tears over his disk and a few of his cards.

"Arashiyama," I said.

"You!" he spun around and grabbed my shirt. "You just took dueling away from me!"

"And I can give it back to you if you just give me some information," I said cooly.

"How?" he asked, puzzled.

"I've got a ton of DP, I've never had a reason to spend it. I'm the guy who does repairs on duel disks, and I can hook you up with some potential sellers if you're interested. I can also give you some coin to get some new cards." I raised my arms to show him that I meant no harm.

"I… alright. What do you need to know?" he asked, letting go of my shirt.

"Where did Anna live?" I responded.

"Just a few houses thataway. Why?"

I didn't answer his new question, "Did you guys touch any of what was inside?"

"I don't know, man, I was never there. I heard that a few guys went in a while ago, but they left the gang last week," he said.

"Do you know where they went?" I continued my relentless line of questioning.

"No, sorry." he sat down, staring at the wreck of his former duel disk. His answers were enough, so I pulled out about 900 DP and handed it to him.

"Don't spend it all in one place. You know my name, look me up and I might be able to help you get a reliable disk." I said. Arashiyama just nodded his head then left the building.

I followed the basic directions that my former opponent had given to me to find a house that looked like it hadn't been used in a while. Out of the corner of my eye, I could spot a few squatters who had their eyes on it. Undeterred, I walked inside.

Just about every hue of blue was present, and I could see posters of Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the wall, but inside the desk drawers, I found notes about strategies for use with a fairy deck. I smiled slightly; apparently, she didn't hate all dueling, just the local gangs. I had nearly scanned every inch of the place, sans her dresser, when I saw a small box tucked behind view on the desk. I opened the box and found a necklace inside, old and worn but still in good condition. It had an engraving of the letter A and a small sapphire on the other side of the pendant. Satisfied that I'd found something that I could use as proof that her old home was safe again I closed the box and closed the door behind me as I left.

Before I went looking for Anna at the docks I stopped by my house and put away my duel disk, knowing that her seeing it would compromise my chances. My organizational habits forced me to put away the Security disk parts as well as a few other out-of-place items. Then I walked to the docks, humming happily to myself.

It had just reached dusk when I got there. I found a guy standing at the pier.

"Excuse me," I said. "Could you help me find Anna? I found something that I think belongs to her."

The guy turned around, his blue hair worn nonchalantly as though it were blown back, "And who might you be?"

"Wilhelm Jernigan. She told me to ask around the docks if I wanted to find her again." I said, extending my hand. The other guy left it hanging, so I pulled it back.

"Sure, she's over there. She just got off work, so be careful, she may be a little exhausted." he pointed me to an open door at a nearby home.

"Thanks," I said, walking towards the open door. When I got there I saw Anna lying on a small bed, fully clothed but obviously exhausted with her arm over her eyes. Her entire room was spartan, with little to nothing inside.

I rapped against the wood of the door frame, "May I come in?"

She moved her arm and opened her eyes slightly then said, "Wilhelm? Isn't that your name? What are you doing here?"

"I found something and I think it's yours," I said, pulling out the jewelry box. Her eyes shot open as she jumped off of her bed.

"Where did you get this? I thought that Black'n'Blue had the area under quarantine or something!" she said excitedly. I let her take the box out of my hands. It made me happy to watch her open the box and smile.

"Ma'am, I don't think that Black'n'Blue is going to be much of an issue anymore. I heard that they'd been disbanded when a rival took them down this morning." instantly I knew that I'd said too much, Anna had turned to me with rage in her eyes.

"You!" she cried. "You're with a duel gang! How dare you lie to me about who you are!"

I was taken aback slightly, "I didn't tell you whether or not I was affiliated with a gang at all."

"You let me think that I'd actually met someone decent! Someone who isn't like the pigs that keep running B.A.D. through fear! Someone who could actually live their life without relying on a stupid card game!" She'd started pounding her fists into my chest. Not knowing what else to do, I let her.

"My name, Anna, is Wilhelm Jernigan. I am a member of the Enforcers. I swear to you that we're not like the others. I fix duel disks for everyone who has the DP and I make good money at it. I don't even know why I've started telling you my life story when all I came here to do was tell you that it's safe to go back and get your stuff now." I spilled.

"I thought… I hoped…" she started crying and had stopped hitting me. I guided her over to her bed and helped her to sit down. She was still sobbing into her hands when I went back to the door.

"Goodnight, Anna. I hope that you'll forgive me someday, whatever it is that I did." I closed the door behind me as I walked back home.