A/N: Chapter 32!

Again, sorry for the cliffhanger. I hope this Chapter doesn't disappoint!

A brief moment of silence followed. Finally, the judge said something.

"Psychic powers? Are you sure?" the judge asked, "Remember, you are under oath."

Akiza nodded.

"I'm sure. I can even show you if you want. It happens when I duel, so I'll play a card and show you what I mean."

The judge nodded.

Akiza looked over at her four friends and they seemed a little uncomfortable. Martha and Yusei looked tense and the twins were squirming in their seats.

Akiza drew the card Homunculus the Alchemic Being. She didn't like how scary it looked, but she thought it could help her show that her powers aren't what they seemed to be.

She played the card and the monster appeared.

Akiza looked over at the twins. They looked terrified. Yusei and Martha leaned back at the first sight of Akiza's powers.

Akiza frowned.

"He's really not that scary," Akiza said, "Just watch."

"Shake hands with him," Akiza said. The monster turned to the judge.

The judge stuck out his right hand and the monster stuck out his left. They ended up shaking.

Leo, Luna, Martha, and Yusei gasped.

Akiza smiled, but when the two were done shaking, the monster turned to face the four people sitting in the front row. He towered over them like a giant.

The twins were holding one another and made terrified groans.

Akiza quickly took the monster off her duel disk and it disappeared.

"All right," the judge said as he adjusted his glasses, "Now that we've seen your powers, can you explain how you got them or when they started appearing?"

"All right," Akiza said.

She looked down.

"It all started when I was a little girl. My Dad was a senator and my mom stayed at home. My Dad was always gone, just like Leo and Luna. When my Dad had time for my mom and me, he would come home. Then, we'd always get to duel one another."

"One day, we were dueling, when my Dad got a call from work. He had to leave and I got very upset. My Dad told me it would be all right. I didn't say anything. I was tired of him always being gone and he never seemed to care. He didn't care that my Mom and I needed someone there. Someone to be a good father figure."

He asked, "Akiza?"

I told him, "Akiza's gone father."

I called out the name of my trap card and, suddenly, something came out of the card I played. My Dad was swept off his feet and hit the wall behind him. He feel down and hit the floor. He asked me what I did, but all I could do was just stare at him. I felt so bad. I didn't know what happened."

Akiza sighed.

"My mom came over to help him. I tried to approach my parents, but they were afraid of me and kept backing away. My Dad then told me...that...that I was a monster. I started to cry and said, "Monster? You think I'm a monster?" When they didn't respond, I just ran up to my room and cried on my bed. I cried until I feel asleep."

"So, what happened after that day?" the judge asked.

"Well, they tried to not make me upset, because they probably worried that something would happen to them. My Dad visited even less and my Mom tried to avoid me a lot. When my Dad did come home, he never wanted to duel me. Nothing really happened, until I was in preschool."

"What happened there?" the judge asked.

"I finally found kids that were interested in dueling. So, this one boy offered to duel me. It was my second turn, when I called my monster to attack. When it did, the boy flew all the way into the sand box. It also knocked over a girl's sandcastle. They both cried."

"I felt so bad. The two kids ran away and all the other kids that were watching us did too. I went to the side of the building and cried. When the teacher found out, she banned me from dueling in preschool. We then had a meeting about it, with my parents."

"What happened at the meeting?"

"Well, I don't remember it word-for-word, but I do know that it was about my powers. The teacher told my Dad and Mom about the incident and then gave my Dad a piece of paper. After more talking, we left."

"During the card ride home, my Dad was upset. He didn't want to visit a doctor and was so mad at me. When we got home, I ran into my Mom's garden and looked at the roses. They are my favorite flower. That's when my Dad started calling me by my nickname."

"What is that?"

"Black Rose Witch."

Akiza sighed again.

"He then took me to a doctor that treats people with psychic powers."

A/N: Akiza then tells about her flashback in Chapter 29. I didn't want to force people to re-read it.

"So, what happened after you stopped visiting the doctor?"

"I just never dueled other kids. When I went to school, I showed the school or teacher a note that told about my powers. I wore a duel disk, so that I wouldn't stick out."

"How did the teachers grade you?"

"I would stay after and duel the teachers. We did it the old fashion way, by dueling on a table," Akiza admitted, "I was actually pretty good."

"Did the teachers duel you any different? Like, make it easier?"

"No, they came after me with their full deck. The surprising thing is that I don't ever recall losing," Akiza said with a smile.

She looked up and Leo had a frustrated face. Everyone turned to him.

"Dang it! I can't even beat the kids in my class! How could she beat the teachers?" he thought.

He tighten up and made two fists. He made a frustrated face.

Akiza giggled. She knew Leo was probably upset that she was that good. She went back to the story.

"Oh! I forgot one thing," Akiza said.

She took out the papers in the folder.

"I got these test results to measure my powers, by the doctor I was talking about."

She handed them to the judge.

"When were these taken?"

"About a week ago."

"Was that the day you "stayed after?" Yusei asked.

Akiza frowned and looked down.

"Yes Yusei. I looked him up and then, after school, went over and got the test results. I'm sorry that I lied to you," Akiza said sadly.

"Hmm," Yusei said.

"So, if I'm reading this right, you're the most powerful psychic duelist in the world?" the judge asked.

"Yes," Akiza said as she continued to looked down at her short skirt.

"So, this opens up a can or worms," the judge said, "When it says "power", what does that mean?"

"How much damage I could cause," Akiza said.

"So, could you potentially cause damage to a building?"

"Yes."

"Could you hurt or injure another person?"

"Yes."

"Could you damage any property that you would be living in, if you are giving legal custody to Martha?"

"Yes."

"Could you hurt or injure the four people that would live with you, if you are giving custody to Martha?"

"Yes."

Akiza looked up. She knew what would happen next and it did.

The twins looked at one another nervously and Martha and Yusei shifted in their seat.

"But there's one thing you missed," Akiza said, "It says I have very good control of my powers."

"So it does," the judge said, "It says you rank 20th in control, which is worldwide too."

Akiza looked over, but everyone still looked uneasy.

"That's not all," Akiza said.

She then took off her hair-clip. Akiza's bangs went to her chest.

Her friends gasped again, since they had never seen her like this.

"This was giving to me, by the doctor that tested me growing up. Those tests, both growing up and a week ago, are when I didn't use my headband."

_Akiza Flashback_

Akiza had just stepped into the "Duelist's Area" box.

"Okay, so do I start attacking?" Akiza asked.

"You're forgetting one thing," the doctor said.

"What's that?"

He points to his head.

"Oh, right. I start by doing tests with it off and the last tests with it on."

"That's right," he said, "Another reason why those first test results might have had you lower on control, was that I hadn't given you your hair-clip yet."

_End Flashback_

"I have good control of my powers without it. I may not have the best, but I still can control when I want to use my powers."

Akiza now felt confident that she could show her friends that she wasn't a witch. She wasn't a monster. Maybe, there was hope after all.

"However, I have even better control with it on. Look at the bottom right," Akiza said.

The judge looked at it. He gasped.

"This says that with your headband on, you're #1 in control."

Akiza looked at her friends. They didn't seem as impressed as she was. Akiza then looked down in disappointment.

"All right," the judge said, "I think the last question should be what they've been waiting for. Why didn't you tell them about your powers?"

Akiza looked up at them and knew she had to give them to most convincing speech of her life.

A/N: Aww! Cliffhanger! Sorry again!

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