The Crimson Diamonds
The song is called "The Morning After". It was written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn.
Chapter 6: Why the Caged Dragon Sings
Black Rose Dragon slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a dark room, surrounded by a huge glowing cage.
"Where am I?" she said.
"Good, you're awake."
Black Rose turned to her left, and there was Ancient Fairy Dragon, also trapped in a cage.
"Where are we?" Black Rose said.
"Don't you remember?' Fairy said.
Black Rose closed her eyes and thought back...
The two dragons were flying over the outskirts of New Domino City. It was just recently after Crimson Control. They were flying high over the roof of a building, when all of a sudden:
"Dragon Capture Jars, activate!"
FLASH!
Black Rose opened her eyes and said, "Yes, I remember now."
"Well, well, well, it seems as if our prisoners are awake."
Suddenly, lights flashed on, and a group of men entered the room. At the front was a man with a contorted mo-hawk of brown hair that came down and covered part of his face, which was severely scared beyond all comprehension.
"Sayer!" Black Rose said with hatred in her voice.
The psychic duelist smirked and said, "Well, it seems as if you can talk, fascinating."
"Those were your Dragon Capture Jars!" she said.
"Indeed," Sayer said, "With you two dragons, forced to obey me, the Arcadia Movement will rise again! I don't know how you got to this world, but all that matters now is that once you are under my power, Psychic Duelists will rule the world!"
"You are a mad man," Fairy said angirly, "You don't really believe that you can bend us to your will. Besides, the Signers will easily strike you down!"
"The Signers can't stop me! Not even Akiza can stop me! She failed to save me from Misty, and now she has allied herself with the likes of Yusei and his pathetic friends!" Sayer took a second to spit contemptuously, and then he continued, "I no longer need Akiza anyway, she has shown me where her loyalties lie. I'll destroy her along with anyone else who gets in my way, and it'll be her own brainwashed that will be leading the destruction!"
"You pile of filth!" Black Rose snarled, "How did you even achieve the means to restart you vile organization?"
Sayer smiled and said, "Prepare to meet an old friend, Ancient Fairy Dragon!"
He stepped aside, and a man wearing a green vest an a béret entered the room.
"You!" Fairy snarled viciously.
Black Rose recoiled slightly. She had never seen Fairy get so angry and vicious before.
Professor Frank smiled madly, "Aha! So we meet again, like two ships that passed in the night, but only decided to stop and chat before they moved on!"
"I wish Luna had let me kill you when I had the chance!" Fairy snarled.
Frank shook his finger at her and said, "Ah-ah-ah! Mind your temper! Do not be like the can of soda that went through an earthquake! Hm, but then again, I did severely damage your world like how the army of locusts devastated the crops of Egypt! Ha-ha!"
Sayer explained, "Professor Frank decided to become a double agent. He is using Yilaster's resources to secretly fund the Arcadia Movement."
"ZONE told me to do what I am doing now to create a powerful foe for Yilaster," Frank said, "The Arcadia Movement will be like the final, unseen hurdle, and Yilaster will be like the runner who did not see it until it was much too late! Ha-ha!"
"Hmm, how interesting, ZONE also told me to stop Yilaster as well," Sayer said, "Oh, and another thing, will you stop speaking in simile!"
Professor Frank laughed insanely, and he left the room. Sayer and the other followed behind him. Sayer suddenly turned and said, "Oh yes, I think you two should know that you are currently on an island far away from New domino City. The Signers have no way of reaching you, so I suggest you don't waste your time building hope, because you have none!"
The door closed, and the dragons were thrown into darkness.
"Professor Frank!" Fairy screeched, "You are making things much worse for yourself! I'm not kidding now! Come back here and set us free right now! If you don't, when we escape, I will kill you!"
When her echo faded, there was only silence.
"I'm going to kill you now!" Fairy screeched, "And Black Rose will take care of Sayer! You don't even care, do you? This is your last chance!"
Once again, silence.
Fairy turned toward Black Rose.
Black Rose was crying.
Fairy took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Once she had calmed down, she said, "Why do you weep?"
Black Rose looked up and said, "We have no hope. They have won. There are many ways Sayer can use his powers to control us. His plans will come to pass, and this world, and our mistresses, will surely perish. Perhaps even by our hands."
Ancient Fairy beheld Black Rose's state of pure despair. What happened next was a truly rare event. It was the rarest thing either man or monster could ever experience, Ancient Fairy Dragon singing.
There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on looking for the light
Oh, can't you see the morning after?
It's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together
And find a place that's safe and warm?
It's not too late, not while we're living
Only with hope can we climb
It's not too late, not while we're living
Let's put our hands out in time
There's got to be a morning after
We're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow
And we'll escape the darkness
We won't be hurting anymore
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
Ancient Fairy Dragon's voice was absolutely golden. There was no other way to describe it. The words of her song gave Black Rose Dragon new strength and hope.
"Yes," Black Rose said, "Hope is not lost. I will not give up."
Akiza and Luna were sitting at cafe, talking about the recent events.
"Well, at least now we have both Black Winged and Archfiend to look for the Crimson Diamonds," Luna said quietly.
Akiza nodded and said, "Yeah, that's good, I guess. But it's strange how we haven't seen the other dragons yet. I mean, where could you possibly hide a dragon in modern-day Japan?"
Luna shrugged and said, "I wouldn't worry about it Akiza. I-," Luna gasped and grabbed her arm.
"Was is it Luna?" Akiza asked in concern.
"It's my mark, it's burning! It's never been like this before!"
Luna suddenly sprang up and ran.
"Where are you going?" Akiza shouted after her.
"No clue! But follow me anyway!"
The two eventually arrived at a section of new sidewalk. The cement was still wet.
"There something in the cement," Luna said with blazing eyes, "I need it!"
Akiza stared at Luna nervously, and then she looked at the sidewalk. "This sidewalk was in perfect condition a few days okay..."
Suddenly, the owner of the store that the sidewalk was in front of came out and said, "I know, but around the time the comet landed and that weird tower appeared, something smashed right through it. Probably debris from that comet or something."
When the man re-entered the store, Luna turned to Akiza and said, "It's a Crimson Diamond! It has to be!"
"But how are gonna get it?" Akiza said, "The store owner will see us!"
"Hi there!"
They turned to see Carly approaching them.
Akiza quickly came up with a plan.
"Carly," she said, "Could you do us a really big favor?"
"Sure, what is it?" Carly asked.
"Distract the store owner as long as you can!"
"Why?"
"There's no time to explain, just do it. Ask him questions, interview him, do anything! Just distract him, please!"
Carly shrugged. "Okay." She entered the store.
Akiza looked around, "Good, no one's looking. Even if someone does see us, they'll probably think we're having a duel or something. Anyway, this should only take five seconds."
"What are you gonna do?" Luna asked.
"I summon Rose Tentacles!" Akiza said, and she played the card on her duel disk.
The monster appeared and it reached into the wet cement and pulled out a glowing, red diamond with one of its tentacles, and smoothed out the sidewalk with its other tentacle. It dropped the gem into Luna's hands, and then disappeared.
Luna gasped in awe of the gem. On it's surface was the image her mark, the Claw of the Crimson Dragon.
"Wow, so this is one of the Crimson Diamonds, the ones that caused Crimson Control!" Luna said.
There was a bright flash of light, and the two Signers were gone.
Carly and the store owner ran out of the store.
"What was that flash of light?" the man said.
"Where did they go?" Carly said nervously.
"Where are we?" Akiza asked.
"Look!" Luna said, pointing.
Akiza turned and gasped, "Our dragons!"
"Luna!" Fairy called out.
"Mistress!" Black Rose exclaimed.
"We have to get them out of those cages!" Luna said.
"WHAT! IMPOSSIBLE!"
Luna and Akiza turned to see two familiar faces.
"Professor Frank!" Luna said angrily.
"And Sayer?" Akiza gasped, "But, Misty's Earthbound Immortal captured your spirit."
"But when you destroyed it, all of the spirits it captured were freed, including mine!" Sayer said.
"Aha!" Professor Frank said, "We meet again, and we shall do battle like a two on two fight between team mongoose and team boa constrictor!"
"WILL YOU STOP WITH THE SIMILES!" Sayer roared, he then drew a card and said, "You've been hanging around Yusei for too long, Akiza! You have gained a deadly enemy, me! Once you two are gone, I can focus on gaining control of your dragons. Surely having their cards in my possession will make things a lot easier! I summon Psychic Commander!"
"I summon Rose Tentacles!" Akiza said.
As the monsters went at it, Frank laughed like a madman, clearly enjoying the chaos. This seemed to throw Ancient Fairy Dragon into a rage.
"Luna! Use the Diamond to bring Regulus here!" she shouted.
Luna raised the Crimson Diamond and shouted, "Crimson Control!"
There was flash, and the Regulus appeared.
"Oh dear! What have they done to you two?" Regulus said to the dragons.
Luna knew what to do next. "Regulus! Use Ancient Sunshine!"
Ancient Fairy Dragon became a ball of light, and she flew out of the cage and was absorbed into Regulus. Regulus roared and shot a blast out through his horn, and smashed open Black Rose Dragon's cage.
Fairy changed back into her original form, and with a roar she flew at Professor Frank. He screamed in horror as he was pinned down by her claws.
"What? No!" Sayer exclaimed.
Rose Tentacles destroyed his Psychic Commander, and Akiza said, "And now, Black Rose Dragon, take your revenge!"
"With pleasure!" Black Rose said.
Sayer screamed and ran out of the room, with a blast from Black Rose following right behind him.
BOOOOM!
The whole island was shaken by the explosion, and the shaking didn't stop.
"The whole place is coming down, we gotta get out of here!" Akiza shouted.
"I'm on it!" Luna shouted, "Crimson Control!"
There was a flash, and the four of them were gone.
The whole structure was soon ablaze. Before long, the fire reached a fuel storage area.
KABOOOOM!
The Arcadia Movement's island base was no more!
Once they had arrived at the floating island, Torunka, Luna, Akiza, and Regulus informed the dragons on everything that happened. After Luna gave the Crimson Diamond to Fairy for safe keeping, the Signers returned to the surface to tell the other what had happened.
Black Rose turned to Fairy and asked, "Did you... take care of the Professor."
Fairy stared into the Crimson Diamond and said, "I was going to, but then I realized why Luna had stopped me from doing it the last time, despite his evil ways, he didn't deserve to die. He might not be in his right mind. Anyway, once I realized that, I knew that I couldn't do it, so I let him go. Although, I doubt he survived the explosion anyway, but at least I didn't do it."
"My Rose!"
The dragons looked up to see Archfiend and Black Winged approaching them.
"Black Winged!" Black Rose called back, and she flew up to meet.
AS the two of them flew through the sky in bliss and happiness, Archfiend landed next to Fairy and eyed the Crimson Diamond she was holding.
"One down, four to go," he said.