Chapter 3 The despair of loneliness

This will be the first of many duels in this story. I hope that they are to your liking my readers. I will also try and more to this chapter as some have asked me to do so.

"You ready?" Sawyer asked activating his disk.

"Yes! I ain't losing!" Leo replied doing the same.

"DUEL!" Sawyer/4000 Leo/4000

"I'll go first" Leo drew his card. "I summon Morphtronic Radion in attack mode: Lv 4 Att: 1000 def: 900. While its in attack mode all morphtronic monster gain 800 attack points! att: 1800 def: 900. I then set two cards face down and end my turn."

"Not bad kid. For a amateur." Sawyer smirked making Leo angry again.

"Just shut up and duel!" Leo snapped shaking his fist violently. Leo was more angry at being treated like a child than he was at Sawyer not taking him seriously in this duel.

"Very well, my draw!" Sawyer then drew his card. "I Summon Krebons in attack mode: lv 2 att: 1200 def: 400. I then set a card and end turn." He said with a smile.

"Why summon a monster weaker than mine?" Leo pondered out loud.

"You will find out. That is if you ever make your move." He smirked while waving is finger and shaking his head at Leo.

"Your really ticking me off! It's my turn! I summon Morphtronic Boomboxen in attack mode! Lv4 Att1200 def400. And thanks to Radion's effect it also gains 800 points. (1200-2000) Now I attack with Radion!"

"I activate my monsters effect! When chosen as an attack target I pay 800 life points to negate it."

sawyer:3200

"Well then I will attack again with my Boomboxen and thanks to it's ability it can attack twice in the same battle!"

"I negate them both with Krebons effect."

Sawyer:3200-1600

"Fine then I end my turn." He said with a somewhat angry look. 'Why is he so calm? I got him below half his life on that one move and he acts like I did nothing!" Leo thought to himself trying to figure Sawyer out.

"Good job Leo!" Luna called out from the window.

"Your brother cant hear us you know?" Akiza mentioned looking down at her.

"I know. But I still feel that I must give him all my support since he is duelling for me." Akiza looked at the girl and couldn't help feel bad about what was happening. 'What is this guilt in my heart? Why am I suddenly feeling this?' Akiza thought to herself. She then put her hand on Luna's shoulder causing Luna to look up.

"Are you and your brother really that close?"

"Yeah it has always been just the two of us since we were very young. Our parents were always away on business and never come home. So we learned at a very young age how to take care of ourselves." Luna explained honestly.

"I know the feeling. I know what it's like to have parents who don't pay attention. A family without love is not a family at all. I was rejected because of these powers and this mark. To see you two go through what I did…" Akiza stuttered and paused. Remembering all these past events caused the psychic signer to tear up.

"I'm sorry. You shouldn't have to see me like this." Akiza slightly cried wiping tears from her eyes. Luna saw her tears and realized that Akiza was truly a good person deep down unlike Sawyer. She truly wanted to help the twins and give them a true home. However Luna knew that this was not the place. She knew that Akiza didn't truly belong here either and now Luna knew that Yusei was right about everything. 'I have to do something. For Leo and Akiza!' She decided strongly in her mind They then looked back at the duel to continue watching.

"Its my draw! Sawyer drew. I summon Psychic Snail in attack mode. lv 4 att1900 def1200. Then I activate my equip spell: Synchro Boost. With this card I increase the attack of one monster by 500 and increase its level by 1. I choose Krebons: Lv 3 att1700 def400 and now I tune my lv3 krebons with lv4 psychic snail to Synchro summon…Psychic Lifetrancer! Lv7 att2400 def2000. Now I attack your Radion."

"Not so fast! Leo smiled showing a big grin. I activate the trap card: Waboku! Now I take no damage and my monster is safe!"

"No trouble. I set a card and activate my monsters effect. When I remove a psychic monster from my grave I get 1200 life points. So I will remove Krebons to activate the effect. "

Sawyer:2800

"I end my turn." Sawyer then gave Leo his evil look and slightly laughed

"What's so funny?" Leo demanded.

"I told you this would not be easy. You haven't even made me worry yet. If you wish to save your sister, you will have to do much better than this."

"I'll show u! I haven't even begun to duel yet!" Leo announced.

"Cool. Then show me." Back with Akiza and Luna.

"Wow this is a pretty even duel." Luna watched in awe.

"Not even close. Sawyer hasn't even begin to duel yet." Akiza brought up.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked somewhat worried.

"I mean that I have seen Sawyer duel many times and this is nothing compared to what I have seen. Your brother is not out of danger yet." Akiza stated. Luna looked at her then looked back to see Sawyer smiling and realized Akiza was right.

"My draw!" Leo looked at his drawn card and smiled.

"I summon Morphtronic Remoten! Lv3 300att 1200def. Now I tune my lv 4 radion with my lv3 remoten to synchro summon… Power Tool Dragon!" Lv 7 att2300 def2500.

"Very impressive monster." Sawyer said smiling.

"You ain't seen anything yet. Now I activate its effect! It will add one random equip spell card to my hand once per turn and it choose: Double tool C and D! Now my monster gains 1000 att points when it attacks and it negates the effects of the monster it attacks! Now attack his monster!" As Power Tool Dragon flew at Lifetrancer Sawyer looked right at Leo's eyes and smiled with a smile saying gotcha.

"Sorry boy, but I activate: Mirror Force! This trap destroys all of your attack mode monsters."

"What?" Leo froze.

"Leo!" Luna screamed. All of Leo's monsters were destroyed.

"What's wrong? You look down." Sawyer grinned.

"Darn you!" Leo screamed.

"I said it before. You can't win like that. Your strategy is so obvious." Sawyer sighed putting his arms to his side.

"What- What do you mean?" Leo stuttered.

"Simple. You go all out to show off like an idiot and take no care in trying to come up with a strategy or looking at your opponent's strengths and weaknesses. You can never become a true duelist with your way of duelling child." Sawyer explained bluntly. Leo heard all this and felt his heart drop. Was he really that predictable? Was that the reason he couldn't win? He dropped his head and shook it back and forth hard to try and erase those thoughts.

"There's no way that's true! I'm not a weak duelist! Leo stood rising his head back up. I am going to be a great duelist some day! I will be as good as all the champions who have come before!"

"Leo…" Luna smiled at her brother. She knew that he meant what he said. 'I know you can do it someday Leo. You WILL become a great duelist.' Akiza looked at Leo and couldn't help but crack a small smile. She was surprised that Leo could be so strong at such a young age. 'If I was that strong back then, could my life have turned out different? She thought to herself. Could I have found the strength to keep going without away from my problems?'

"Its my turn." Sawyer drew his card and gave a evil chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Leo demanded.

"The end of this duel. I activate: Pot of greed! That lets me draw two cards. Then I summon psychic commander in attack mode. Lv3 1400att 800def. Now I play emergency teleport! This allows me to summon another monster and I choose: Mind Master! Lv1 att100 def200. Now I tune my Mind Master to my psychic Lifetrancer to synchro summon: Thought Ruler Archfiend! Lv8 2700att 2300def. Now I activate Mega Morph to double my monsters attack points!" 5400att 2300def."

"What the?" Leo freaked out seeing the monster hovering over him.

"Now I attack you directly with my archfiend." As the monster attacked him he felt incredible pain throughout his entire body.

"GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Leo screamed as if the force of a nuclear bomb fell right on his chest. He fell forwards and started to cry and cringe in pain from the attack. 'What the heck IS this?' He yelled in his mind.

Leo:0 points

"LEO!" Luna screamed banging on the glass as hard as she could.

'Sawyer… You didn't need to go that far.' Akiza thought.

"This is psychic duelling. This is the truth and pain of those like us who possess these cursed powers." Sawyer explained closing his eyes and sighing.

"Is that true, Akiza?" Luna shook Akiza's arm begging for a answer. Akiza looked down with her hand on Lunas shoulder. "All battle and effect damage we do becomes real and the players very life is in danger. Yes, it is true. I'm sorry Luna, but there is nothing I can do about it." Luna and Akiza looked back at Leo who was still in pain rolling on the ground and started to cry. Akiza looked back at Luna and realized that she was in more pain than her brother was right now.

'I'm sorry Luna. I'll make sure that you aren't treated badly while you are here.' Akiza promised herself.

"Well that's the end of that. Sawyer said with a smile. Now just like we agreed, u are gone and your sister stays here."

"No, I wont l-let yo-you." Leo let out weakly before fainting.

"LEOOOOOOO!" Luna painfully screamed causing her mark as well as Yusei's to react.

'What is this pain? What has happened to the twins?' He thought. 'I have no choice… I must go to the Movement!' He then quickly turned around and headed back towards the Movement. Across town another familiar face with a mark of dragon's wings on his arm started to burn.

'What is this? My arm is on fire. I can feel something from that Arcadia building. I better go and check it out.' The young man then went to his garage wearing his white jacket and sharp black pants with a dim yellow undershirt. He jumped into his white Wheel of Fortune duel runner and headed off as well to the Movement. Back at the movement Sawyer was dealing with the twins.

"Now take this boy away and go get the sister and take her to a room." Sawyer told the two guards who were watching on the field.

"Yes sir." They nodded as one went towards Leo and the other left the room heading back to Luna.

'Sawyer. I think you might have gone a little too far. Why do that much to such a small child? What's happening?' Akiza thought looking down with Luna who was crying at the sight of she had seen.

"I'm going to my brother!" Luna cried running out the door.

"Luna! Wait!" Akiza called out. She ran out and passed right by the guard that was heading for the room and made her way down to the duel field and ran beside her brother.

"Leo! Leo!" She called out panicking. She tried to lightly shake him awake but to no avail. He was to weak and drained from the duel and simply slept.

"It seems she won't listen as long as he is like this. Let the boy rest in her room until he recovers." Sawyer ordered leaving the field.

"Yes sir." The guard then guided Luna to a room with Leo on the other guard's back. They were then led to a small room with a bed and a desk along with a couch and a small connecting bathroom. The two were then put inside with the guar laying Leo on the bed and leaving while locking the door behind him.

"Stay in there and be quiet for now." The guard said through the door before walking away. Luna then looked around and then at her unconscious brother on the bed and began to cry again.

'Why is this happening? What do they want with me? I just want to go home!' She cried to herself' As she cried beside Leo Yusei was racing as fast as he could to the Movement on his runner.' I know something is wrong. This mark is burning. it's telling me that I have to save the twins, and Akiza!' A few minutes later Akiza knocked at Sawyer's door.

"Come in." He called out. Akiza then went inside and walked up until she stood at the edge of Sawyer's desk.

"Sawyer? May I ask something?" Akiza asked him calmly.

"Of course. What's wrong Akiza?" He answered looking right at her eyes.

"What exactly do you plan to do with those two?" She asked with a pinch of worry in her voice.

"Why do you wish to know? Does it matter that much to you?" He shot back getting out of his desk and walking to up to her.

"I just don't want to see those two go through anyone pain and suffering. What you did to Leo was over the top and I was with Luna the whole time watching." She admitted.

"So you were watching us?" He turned serious.

"Yes. Luna and I watched from the window upstairs and saw the whole thing. You went to far with that last attack. To use your strongest monster, and a direct attack no less. He didn't deserve that much." She pointed out with her head slightly hanging down.

"So your saying that I should have dishonoured his love for duelling and gone easy on him?" He smirked knowing that he had a point.

"No I just-" She was cut off by Sawyer's hands on her shoulders.

"Akiza." He interrupted. "I understand that you are worried about them. I assure you that I won't put that boy through anymore pain. I will release him when he wakes up." He smiled sincerely moving Akiza's chin up to look at her eye to eye.

"But I thought they were both staying here."

"Akiza. I can't allow that boy who has no power to stay here. He will not be welcomed by everyone else nor will he be of any use for our causes."

"But Sawyer…" She pleaded.

"Enough Akiza." He frowned taking his hand off her. "Now leave and get some rest in your room." He said turning around and sitting back in his desk.

"Yes sir. I'm sorry to be a bother." She bowed sadly and walked out. As soon she left Sawyer drew a angry face and slammed his fists against his desk in anger.

"Damn it! Those brats are nothing but trouble! I need to find out the secret behind that Luna girl and get my plans moving faster. Guard!" He called outside.

"Yes sir?" The guard asked running inside.

"Watch those two kids and make sure nothing goes wrong." He ordered seriously.

"Yes sir. Nothing will happen." The guard promised before leaving the room.

"Soon I will possess something that not even security will be able to stop. The power of the Crimson Dragon!" He stated before laughing hysterically. Akiza headed back for her room with even more mixed emotions This was not the way things were before. Her whole world was spinning out of control. She wanted to help the twins but didn't want to go against the man who saved her from her loneliness. 'What can I do? What would happen if I went against Sawyer? I can't risk losing the only home I have left. I'm so sorry Luna. But I can't help u after all." She started tearing up again. Her mark began to slightly glow sending her pain through Luna's mark.

'Akiza. I can feel your sadness. I know you want to help us. I truly do thank you for it and I also understand your reasons for not being able to. I don't want to lose my home either. But my home is with my brother.' She looked at Leo who was still sleeping and smiled. 'I at least know now that you truly are a good person just like Yusei told us and I am happy to have met you.' She thought before putting her head on her brother's bed and drifted to sleep.

A/n: It seems that many things are about to unfold. Yusei and Jack are headed for the movement while Akiza try to figure out there feelings. What will happen? As the story gets further in the chapters will get longer since I have had a few give me some good pointers on making it better. If you want to know what happens… Please R&R.