"Four of the five signers…. But of course without Yusei Fudo it's not a complete set."

"Rest assured master… The dragon's head will be yours."

"You've done well Damian… But I must ask this final favor of you… Bring me Yusei Fudo… if you succeed… I'll return your soul, and give you your life back."

"You do that, and I'll throw in the officer for no extra charge."

"This is not good."

What Leo said was about the understatement of the century. Akiza's parents had the whole city looking for her, but Yusei knew it wouldn't do any good. For the whole day the others just left him alone.

"I guess Martha was right." said Blister.

"I've known it." said Rally.

"How?"

"He talks in his sleep."

"You know… I'll never forget my old man." said Yanagi "When these things would happen to him, the things he'd say to me."

"What did he say?" asked Leo.

"He'd say, What the hell ya doin'in the bathroom day an' night?! Why don't ya get outta there and give someone else a chance?!"

(Mel Brooks rocks!)

"That's helpful… not." said Tanner.

When night fell a brick came flying into the room with a note attached. Yusei was the first person to read it. It was written in blood.

If you think you have a snowball's chance in Hell of seeing your friends alive again then come to the following address by midnight and come alone.

66613 Hellman's Ave

"Yusei, you're not actually thinking about going are you?" asked Nervin.

"You can't go, he already got the other four signers, that means you're next."

"If I don't we'll never see the others again. I'm not about to let that happen."

They could tell by the look in Yusei's eyes that he had made up his mind.

"Okay, but incase you don't come back… can I have your Stardust Dragon?" asked Tank.

Yusei laughed.

"Not even in your dreams."

"Yusei, promise me you'll rescue Luna."

"Don't worry Leo, I'm coming back with all of them, or I'm not coming back at all."

Before Yusei left he pulled Rally aside.

"If I don't come back, and that's a big if, you can have my runner and Stardust Dragon."

"You go get 'em Yusei!"

Yusei sped through the streets of New Domino city until he found the place with the address that was on the note.

"I should have guessed." he thought.

The place was an old graveyard. Yusei had to jump the fence to get in because the gate was locked. There was an eerie mist about, and it was quiet… too quiet.

"Hello… Is anyone here? Akiza! Akiza! Luna! Crow! Jack!... Anybody? Whoops!"

Yusei tripped over a tree root and found himself face to face with a headstone.

R. C. Canter

The Grass is greener on the other side

"Cute."

With only a flashlight Yusei searched the cemetery, if his suspicions were right then this was the graveyard where Damian was supposed to be buried. While he was looking he came across a heart shaped headstone.

Romero & Julie

Montulet

Lives will come and go, but love never dies

"I've checked every headstone in this cemetery, and there's no Damian anybody here."

Suddenly the eerie silence was broken by quiet maniacal voice that was chanting.

"Yusei… Yusei… Yusei…"

Yusei followed the sound of the chanting deep into the cemetery, it got foggier and darker as he went on, and the chanting got louder.

"Yusei… Yusei… Yusei… Yusei…"

He started moving faster and faster through the graveyard, until suddenly the chanting just stopped, replaced by an eerie silence. Yusei stopped looked and around; through the fog he saw a small crypt. He looked at the words engraved in the stone above the door.

Here Lies

Damian Dell

Yusei saw that there was no lock on the old oak door. Without hesitating he grabbed the rusty handle and pulled the door open. He peered inside, but there was nothing but cobwebs, disturbed dust, and an empty coffin.

"MWAH AH HA AH!!!"

Yusei turned around to see that the sky had gotten even darker, thunder started clapping and the wind started to roar. Through the noise of the coming storm he could here a maniacal voice singing.

"Sometimes late at night, you can hear the engine wail, it's a spooky screechy sound, like a chalkboard and a nail; and through the eerie mist; you can almost recognize, the ghost of Damian the Bad, with his fiery red eyes! Whoooooo!!! Can you hear his ghastly laugh? Whoooooo!!! Can you here his runner roar? Run by a Hellfire engine, you know only sticks and stones, the turbo duelist's burning bones are all that remains."

Through the eerie mist Yusei could see Damian approaching on his fiery duel runner. His blood began to boil and the mark on his arm began to glow.

"When I committed suicide my ex girlfriend blamed herself for it, she wished she hadn't abandoned me, but it was a little late for that, all she and my parents could do was give me a place to take a nice long nap. You know it wasn't long after they buried me here that someone graffitied on it, until my parents painted over it the thing read, Here lies Damian Dell, he sucked at life and went straight to Hell."

"Where are my friends!?!"

"Ha… Until I can complete the collection they are trapped in the zone of darkness, it's like a razor thin line between this world and Hell."

"Bring them back or I'll…"

"You'll do what? You may be the dragon's head, but in comparison to me, all that makes you is a very special mouse. And don't worry about your friends, you'll be joining them in Hades soon enough."

"Why are you doing this?"

"To please my master, so he may free me of this dreadful curse so I may have new life."

"What are you talking about? Who is your master?"

Damian smiled.

"You'll find out, sooner than you think."

Damian raised his hands high into the air; he was holding what looked like a candle on a sheep's skull. Yusei looked down and saw there was a huge red pentagram painted into the ground. Then Damian started chanting, as he did this the wind roared louder and lighting flashed fiercer in the stormy night sky.

"Appear o Prince of Darkness, your humble servant beckons. Through time eternal, through endless space, I beg thee… journey to this place!"

The icy wind swept Yusei off his feet. He saw the pentagram catch on fire, the smell of brimstone filled his nostrils, it didn't smell like rotten eggs, it was a hundred times worse. Suddenly the fire died down and Yusei saw there was someone else with him and Damian. Whatever it was it looked like a cross between a man, a snake, and a dragon. His eyes were red and burned even brighter than Damian's, he had razor sharp claws, two great big bat-like wings, and two big horns on the top of his head.

"Master… I thought you'd enjoy watching me defeat Yusei Fudo before I brought him to you." said Damian.

When the creature opened its mouth Yusei saw its great big teeth, the very way its dragonic face moved when it talked was terrifying.

"So this is the great Yusei Fudo…"

"Let me guess… Lucifer?"

His laugh sent a chill down Yusei's spine.

"That's quite a grasp of the obvious… but it will do you no good mortal."

For a moment Yusei just sat there terrified and wondering what he had gotten himself into, then he thought of the others, he thought of Crow, Luna, Jack, and Akiza. He had come here to find a way to save them, and that's what he was going to do.

"Why are you so interested in my soul?"

Lucifer smiled.

"You are one in a million mortal, and I mean that literally. All of the five signers are extraordinary, but you possess a power far greater than the ability to materialize monsters or talk to spirits… You have the power to change the world… It was you who united the Satellite and New Domino City; you alone managed to set the gears in motion to bring an end to that prejudice… It only takes one person to change the world… But those people are one in a million… and to me a soul such as yours is worth a million others."

"If you want my soul so badly then why can't you get it yourself?" asked Yusei.

Lucifer frowned.

"Oh wait I already know the answer, you can't! Your "power" is built on lies, deceit, and illusion, and when a person like me doesn't fall for it you need to send one of your goons like Damian to come and do the dirty work you can't do yourself!"

"Enough talking!" said Damian "Are we going to duel or what?!"

Yusei could see what was going on; Lucifer couldn't have Yusei's soul unless Damian beat him in a duel. This gave him an idea.

"I'll duel only on one condition. If I win this duel then you have to return the others, no funny stuff, and no strings attached!"

"Master, one soul is not worth five, not by a long shot!"

"But without me you won't have all five signers… It's not a complete set… and you Damian don't get anything unless you give him all five signers, and the only way I'm going to agree to this duel is on the condition that my friends are set free should I win!"

Much to Yusei's surprise, Lucifer actually smiled.

"All or nothing… I like it."

"Master you can't be serious!"

"What are you so worried about Damian, as you yourself have stated, with your precious Exodia you're so infinitely powerful."

"Yes but…"

"Then you've got nothing to worry about. Now the two of you, shake hands."

Damian knew it was pointless to argue with the devil. So he shook hands with Yusei and their hands actually began to glow.

"The pact is sealed, the die is cast, duel your hardest gentlemen, because for one of you this duel will be your last…"

(To be continued)

Don Mclean- And as the flames climbed high into the night, to light the sacrificial rite, I saw Satan laughing with delight.