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Preparing

"Akiza, come on. Control your power." Akiza and I were at the Goodwin mansion, and for the past two hours, I was trying to train her.

"I'm trying." She was dueling me, and I told her to take off her energy stabilizer. Her power had given me a few scratches, but I was fine.

"Okay, now reach out and connect with your power. Don't fight it, control it!" I felt a sudden drop in wind speed.

"That was great Akiza!"

"I did it! Thanks Destiny."

"Now that you know how without that energy stabilizer, you should be fine. There are some times when it's okay to let a bit of power loose, but as long as you're in complete control, you'll be find."

"Okay, I think I'm going to take a walk." She said happily. I had felt a change in Akiza ever since her duel with Yusei. She seemed more like the girl Yusei had reached during their first duel. A girl who just had power and didn't know how to use it.

"I think I'll go find Yusei." She nodded and left, trying to roll up her hair in her stabilizer.

"Hey Yusei."

"Hey."

"You're thinking about the duel."

"Yeah, I'm scared. Kalin nearly sent me to the Netherworld. My best friend nearly killed me." Yusei said, as his eyes veered off into the distance.

"I know, and I'm scared too, but no matter what Lizzie or Kalin does, we have to beat the Dark Signers. They are having no feelings other than anticipation right now. Not guilt, or anything else. Each Dark Signer is targeted to a signer. I don't know who's targeting Akiza or Jack, but still.

"What about the other two? Luna and the other signer?"

"Most likely the one who stole Ancient Fairy Dragon is going to target Luna. He targets her physically, not emotionally."

"Oh. After all Akiza and Jack have been through in their lives, I don't know who's going to get them."

"Are you two ready?" Goodwin's sharp uptight voice surprised us.

"Yes."

"Then come this way." Akiza, Luna, and Jack were already there.

"To prevent the Dark Signer's plan from succeeding, we need to defeat them all in duels and shut down the old Ener-d Reactor. There are five towers. This one is Ccapac Apu, or the giant. Aslla Piscu, or the Hummingbird. This one is Acci Amura or the Panther. This is Ccarayhua, or the Lizard. This is Cusilliu, the Monkey. The final place is the reactor itself, or Uru, the Spider. We're going to sleep at a friends tonight." I laid it out to them as Goodwin watched.

"The Spider? When I dueled Trudge he had some spider on his arm, then it disappeared when I won." Jack said.

"Most likely mind control something or other." I said.

"What? You saying he was controlling my mind?"

"Yes. Each Dark Signer has some connection or power. Like signers, it can be an obvious power, or it can be deeper than that. More or less. The head Dark Signer has a direct connection with the King of the Netherworld, giving him various abilities."

"How'd you find all this out?" Jack asked.

"Between my father, and the Crimson Dragon. The Dark Signers are not good duelists. They're perfect. They know our every strategies and our every moves. They have decks built specifically to surprise and tear us down. We need to be on our alert or something will happen. Dark Signers don't want your blood because of their mark. They want revenge."

"That explains a lot. Some girl named Misty attacked me and demanded to know about her brother. She was a Dark Signer, but someone else was there. Someone who beat Sayer in a duel." I heard her quiver on the word Sayer and knew she was still shaken up. "She knew my deck, and my moves. I agree with her."

"Then that's four. Misty, Lizzie, Kalin and Roman."

"Then who are the other two?"

"The Monkey is opposed to Luna, who needs Ancient Fairy Dragon. The Hummingbird is opposed to Jack, by process of elimination." None of us slept peacefully that night. I climbed on the roof and Star-gazed.

"Hey." Maria appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey."

"Tensions high?"

"Yeah."

"Crow's coming. He'll be here soon."

"I noticed your runner didn't have a duel mode."

"I'm no good at dueling. I'm pretty bad. I dueled the kids because I can't deny them. I only own a duel disk for fun. My runner does have a duel mode, it's just a hybrid model, and I never insert the disk."

"Oh. You built it?"

"Nah, Crow built it, I just made a few modifications. Before I met the kids, I got into fights. I hung out in the wrong places, said some bad things. Then I met Crow, and he was pretty much everything I was and more."

"And you're telling me now because…"

"If you go to the Netherworld, I can't tell anyone anymore. I trust you. You're kind of like the sister I never had."

"Oh."

"I'm going. I need to take care of the kids." She disappeared into the shadows before I could ask why she trusted me. Crow's black and orange runner blended in with the night, excluding the orange.

"Hey." I jumped off the roof and landed on the ground."

"You come out of nowhere. At Yusei's birthday, at the Enforcer's party." He shook his head as he removed his black helmet.

"Why'd you come?"

"Well, just because I'm not a signer doesn't mean I can't help. Let's kick some Dark Signer butt."

"Okay, but as long as you're around Me, Yusei, Jack, Luna, or Akiza. We don't want you to end up like all those people at the other duel."

"Right. So, why aren't you sleeping?"

"Could you sleep with all this on your mind?"

"I guess not."

"I'll just tell you now. Kalin rocked Yusei to the core. He's scared."

"I'd be too. Kalin and us were close."

"Yeah. Hey what's that?" In the distance a figure in a cloak was coming to the house.

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