All's Fair in Love and War

by Tensa-Zangetsu102

Cousins, Yusuke and Kagome, have been brainwashed by a new evil bent on destroying the balance of Light and Darkness. Inuyasha and Keiko are the only ones that can save them, will they succeed or will they be engulfed by the darkness of their pasts?

97. Trip to Domino Pt 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, Inuyasha, Monster Rancher, Digimon, Naruto, Ranma ½, Beyblade, and Death Note.

Author's Note: I'd like to thank Gallantmon of the Hazard for helping me with this chapter once again.

Chapter 96: Trip to Domino Pt. 2

(Returning to the mysterious cave; shortly after leaving our heroes)

Within the mysterious cave, we find the mysterious priestess that we met before chanting out, "Guardians of Thunder, Rain, and Hail, cover this city in a darkened veil! Let your reign of fear begin and keep all spirits trapped within!"

(Back with Jaden; A short time afterwards)

With Jaden, we find him running around until he stops to see quick forming dark clouds forming over the city.

Jaden says, perplexed, "That's weird. It was just sunny." Just then Winged Kuriboh comes out of his card and Jaden asks, curiously, "What's up Winged Kuriboh?"

Just then the spirit of Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird then appears and asks, "Can you not see them?"

Jaden asks Air Hummingbird, curiously, "Can I not see what?"

Air Hummingbird replies, "The source of this power. Look more closely." When Jaden looks up into the sky, he gasps to see the spirit forms of Zaborg the Thunder Monarch appear in the skies above him.

Jaden yells out, amazed, "Whoa!"

Air Hummingbird says, with a serious tone, "But that's not all. There. And over there." When Jaden looks at where Air Hummingbird is looking at, he gasps to see Mobius the Frost Monarch, Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, and Granmarg the Rock Monarch appear in the skies with Zaborg.

Jaden asks, perplexed, "Who or what are they?"

Air Hummingbird says, with a plain tone, "Ancient Duel Monster Spirits."

Just then a familiar female voice calls out, "Jaden!" Immediately, Jaden and his two Duel Monster Spirits look to see Keiko, with Mana by her right side, Cologne, Kuwabara, and Hikari, with Kuriboh and Vampire Lady running towards Jaden.

Jaden says, with a plain tone, "Hey, sis."

Hikari tells Jaden, with a serious tone, "Jay, there are huge Duel Monster Spirits in the sky."

Keiko says, with a serious tone, "Mana tells me that they are Ancient Duel Monster Spirits."

Jaden says, with a nod, "Yeah. Air Hummingbird told me that too."

Hikari says, with a smile, "So, this is Air Hummingbird, huh? Nice to meet you."

Air Hummingbird replies, with a kind tone, "It is an honor."

Cologne thinks in her mind, amazed, "Actual Duel Monster Spirits! This is incredible! Thanks to my great training, I can see in the realm of spirits, but I can't believe that there are actual people with this kind of gift! This generation continues to surprise me! They might have the needed 'gifts' to get back my precious Shampoo and stop Ranma, who is being controlled by this Orichalcos."

Air Hummingbird thinks in its mind, while looking at Keiko and Cologne, "The elderly human has great training so it is natural to believe that she can see me, but Jaden's sister. I sense great power within her. Far greater than the demonic energies that she has gained from the To-zoku and it is growing stronger with each passing moment. One of these energies seems familiar to me, but what could it be?"

Hikari asks, curiously, "So, what are these Ancient Duel Monster Spirits doing?"

Air Hummingbird replies, "It is simple. They are forming a Spiritual Barrier. Therefore, if the person controlling these spirits isn't defeated, then we will all be trapped in the city forever."

Jaden, Keiko, Hikari, and Cologne gasp in shock and Keiko asks, stunned, "Forever?!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "Okay, but who is controlling them?!"

(In another part of the city; sometime soon after)

Within another part of the city, we find Hassleberry and Syrus running up to match each other down a street.

Syrus asks Hassleberry, "Any sign of Grandpa?"

Hassleberry says, solemnly, "Negative."

Syrus tells Hassleberry, "I didn't look in those dark alleys. Why don't you check them out?"

Hassleberry tells Syrus, annoyed, "Don't you boss me around! Why don't you poke around back there? Unless you are too scared like you are to duel me again."

Syrus says, annoyed, "I'm not scared!"

Hassleberry tells Syrus, with a deadly serious glare, "Then let's throw down right here!" But just then an object lands in the street besides them and the two of them look to see Solomon Moto's bandana, frozen stiff and in the shape of a spear.

Syrus says, stunned, "It's Grandpa's headband!" When Syrus picks up the headband, he says, stunned, "And it's frozen stiff!" Just then Syrus and Hassleberry look to see the white-clad Chazz Princeton walking towards them. Syrus asks, with a demanding tone, "What did you do to him?"

Chazz tells Syrus, with a cold plain tone, "Me?! I didn't lay a hand on the old man! He is also Yusuke and Kagome's grandpa too! They would kill me you know even if they have seen the Light!" Chazz then points the roof of the same building where Yugi and Kaiba dueled the Rare Hunters, Lumis and Umbra, in a tag team duel, and he says, "But if you want to see the old geezer again, you will be on that rooftop in five minutes! The clock is ticking!"

As Chazz Princeton walks away, Hassleberry says, plainly, "You know what Private? I think that Yugi's gramps was kidnapped!"

Syrus yells out, annoyed, "Yeah! Duh!" Hassleberry gives a look of embarrassment and this being quite obvious. Syrus says, with a serious tone, "We've got to get up there!" As they run off, Syrus says, seriously, "Come on! We've got only five minutes!"

(A short time thereafter; on the rooftop)

On the rooftop where Yugi/Atem and Kaiba tag dueled Lumis and Umbra, we find Hassleberry and Syrus arriving on the roof.

Syrus yells out, "You up here?!"

Hassleberry calls out, "Grandpa?!"

Syrus asks, curiously, "Now, what do we do?"

Hassleberry says, seriously, "Hold on! I've seen this place! Oh, yeah! This is where Yugi and Kaiba dueled as a tag team! It is in my Battle City guidebook!" Just then they notice two Academy Duel Disks on the glass partition in the center of the roof causing them to run over to them.

Syrus yells out, "Look! Two Duel Disks!"

When they get to the duel disks, Hassleberry says, seriously, "I bet some sicko wants to recreate that duel!" Hassleberry picks up one of the duel disks and he says, "But back then, the losers of that duel were banished to the Shadow Realm!"

Syrus says, with a scoff, "That's just a myth." But when Syrus picks up the other duel disk, the two friends and rivals gasp to see a box similar to the Shadow Boxes used by the Rare Hunters against Yugi/Atem and Kaiba back in Battle City. Syrus asks, perplexed, "What's that?"

Just then a male voice calls out, "It's a magic Shadow Box!"

Just then a second male voice yells out, "Just like back in the day!" Hassleberry and Syrus look in two different directions and Hassleberry looks at one young man with grey snowcap mainly covering his short brown hair, light brown eyes, small brown beard on his chin, two sets of two ring earrings in his ears, red shirt under a grey coat with a white furry collar, brown baggy pants, and brown shoes.

Syrus is looking at another young man with dark violet hair, weird lightning bolt eyebrows, deep brown eyes, white shirt under dark blue jacket, black jeans, and white sneakers.

As they look at the two young men, who had duel disks with dueling deck insides attached to their left wrists, Hassleberry says, with a serious tone, "We've got company Private!"

Syrus says, seriously, "And not the kind that you invite over for milk and cookies!" Syrus asks, seriously, "Who are you?!"

Hassleberry says, seriously, "Speak up!"

The brown haired male says, with a 'street slang' tone, "You can call me Frost!"

The dark violet haired male says, with a sly tone, "Yeah! And I'm Thunder!"

Syrus asks, demandingly, "What did you guys do with Grandpa?!"

Thunder says, with a sly grin, "Oh, him. He is taking a rest." Then an image of Grandpa groaning stunned as he is lying on top of some garbage bags without his bandana appears before returning to the scene in front of us.

Frost and Thunder leap onto the glass partition and Frost says, with a serious tone, "You had better start worrying about yourself since you are coming with us!"

Hassleberry asks, seriously, "And why would we do something like that?!"

Thunder says, with a serious tone, "Simple. If you don't, you will be taking a one-way trip to the Shadow Realm!"

Syrus says, with a serious tone, "There is no such thing!" Syrus thinks in his mind, nervously, "Through I should remember that Shadow Games exist AKA the Shadow Riders and those Sacred Beast cards!"

Frost and Thunder yell out in unison, "Time to find out!" Immediately, the two of them activate their duel disks.

Syrus and Hassleberry yell out in unison, while attaching the duel disks to their left wrists, "Get your game on!"

Frost, Thunder, Syrus, and Hassleberry insert their duel disks to their left wrists and Frost says, "Real cute. But cute doesn't cut it when your dueling against the Light Brigade!" Their life-point counters display 8000 life-points for each duelist and all of them draw five cards from their decks.

Starting Scores:

Frost: 8000

Thunder: 8000

Syrus: 8000

Hassleberry: 8000

(Returning to the mysterious cave; Sometime later)

Inside of the mysterious cave, we find the white-clad Chazz Princeton entering the room and facing the mysterious miko.

Chazz tells her, "Sartorius sent me. I am Chazz Princeton, but you can call me 'The Chazz'."

The mysterious miko says, with a sly smile, "And I'm Sarina." Chazz Princeton bows in front of Sarina.

(On the meanwhile; In front of Kaiba Corporation headquarters)

In front of the entrance to Kaiba Corporation, we find a white limo pulling up in front of the entrance where Kaiba's most faithful guards are standing in front as the white limo pulls up to the entrance.

One of Kaiba's guards says, with a plain tone, "Welcome to Kaiba Corp." Looking inside of the white limo, we find none other than the leader of the Society of Light, Sartorius, inside.

(Inside of Kaiba Corporation headquarters; a short time soon after)

Within Seto Kaiba's office, we find the man himself looking outside of the window as Sartorius is escorted into the room by Kaiba's two guards.

Kaiba turns towards Sartorius and he says, with a plain tone, "Greetings. I take it that you are Sartorius. Nice outfit."

Sartorius says, with an evil smile, "Thank you for seeing me. I know that you are a busy man, Mister Kaiba." Sartorius bows his head and he says, "It's an honor."

Kaiba says, with a serious tone, "Let's cut to the case. Why are you here? I hear that you lead a powerful organization, but I don't take kindly to my school being redesigned without my permission."

Sartorius says, with a plain tone, "Forgive me. My new 'associates' at your wonderful school thought it appropriate since they have embraced my philosophy."

Kaiba thinks in his mind, with a snort, "Yeah, right. Something tells me that he is like that Dartz creep!" Kaiba tells Sartorius, with a plain tone, "However, you do intrigue me because of the speed and power of your organization as well as its growth. But what do you want from my company?"

Sartorius tells Kaiba, with an evil sly smile, "Everything that I heard is true. You are ten years older, but you look like that you haven't aged a day in years. And you are as shrewd as the day that you stepped in." Sartorius tells Kaiba, with a plain tone, "Well, we are both men of business and I have a proposition for you. And trust me, Mister Kaiba, I have the means to make it worth your while." Kaiba gives a sly smirk and Sartorius says, with an evil sly smile, "All I ask is exclusive use of your Kaibaland theme park for a day or two."

Kaiba says, with a plain tone, "That could be arranged…for right price of course."

Sartorius says, with a bow, "You won't be disappointed. And thank you so much for your time. Good day, sir." Sartorius then turns around and walks out of Kaiba's office while being escorted by one of his guards.

When he has left the room, Kaiba tells the other guard, "Roland, keep an eye on him and find out what he is up to. And when the money comes in, trace it. Plus, I want you to do extensive research on him, the Society of Light, and what he has to do with Yugi's cousins and all of their dorky friends."

The guard remaining in the room, Roland, says, with a bow, "Yes, sir."

Just then Mokuba comes into the room and he asks, "Brother, was that Sartorius character that we heard about?"

Kaiba says, with a nod, "Yes, Mokuba."

Mokuba asks, curiously, "What did he want here?"

Kaiba says, with a plain tone, "Nothing much. Just business. All he wished for was use of Kaibaland for awhile and he says that he will pay my price."

Mokuba asks, curiously, "What does he want with Kaibaland?"

Kaiba says, with a serious tone, "I don't know, but I don't like it. Something about him reminds me of Dartz and I'm not going to have a repeat of that. I'm going to find out his little secrets and when I do, if he is just as a snake as Dartz and my father, he will get what's coming to him." Kaiba asks Mokuba, "Is the 'special delivery' that I asked for ready?"

Mokuba says, with a nod, "Yes, it is."

Kaiba says, with a serious tone, "I found that my Slifer Red students are coming to camp out where Yugi dueled that Rare Hunter for Slifer the Sky Dragon and most likely, Yugi, his cousins not with that freak, and all of their dorky friends will be there. Deliver our 'special delivery' to them there."

Mokuba asks Kaiba, curiously, "But why are you giving these away now? These are latest generation duel disks that will come out to market with a few years from now."

Kaiba says, with a serious tone, "Don't get me wrong, Mokuba. This isn't charity. If Pegasus thinks that by giving away some of his newest generation of Duel Monster cards that he will outdo me, he has got another thing coming. Plus, there is no one better to test out our new 'Solid Vision' holographic system in our 'Five Dimensions' duel disks, Mokuba, especially that 'mutt' Joey Wheeler." Kaiba stares out of the window and he gives a sly smirk as Mokuba gives a smile and a sigh at his elder sibling.

(A brief time soon after; back at Sartorius' limo)

Returning to Sartorius' limo, we find Kaiba's other guard closing the door as it drives away and inside, we find Sartorius activating a small screen which displays an image of the white-clad Alexis, Yusuke, Sayu, Kagome, Ken, and Yolei.

Alexis tells Sartorius, with a cold plain tone, "We are ready to proceed, Master Sartorius."

Ken says, with a cold plain tone, "We are waiting for your command, sir."

Kagome asks, with a cold serious tone, "Shall we proceed?"

Sartorius says, with a nod, "Yes. Move forward as planned. I'm ready to test Jaden and the other 'Chosen Duelists' again." Sartorius thinks in his mind, with a serious tone, "Especially Jaden's sister, Keiko Yukimura. Her power continues to grow at an incredible rate and it makes me wonder that even through I need all of the 'Chosen Duelists' and 'Chosen Hanyous', the ones that need to be at my side the most are the Yukimura twins. This shall be a test of their power along with the other 'Chosen Duelists' and I shall find out the truth behind Miss Yukimura's true power behind her new 'To-zoku' abilities once and for all!"

(On the meanwhile; Elsewhere in the streets of Domino)

In the streets of Domino, we find Jaden, Kuwabara, Keiko, Cologne, and Hikari running down the streets of Domino, looking for any signs of Solomon Moto.

Jaden yells out, "Mister Moto!"

Hikari calls out, worriedly, "Grandpa!" When they pass an alleyway, they hear a familiar moan and all of them look into the alleyway to find Solomon Moto lying down some bags of garbage.

Keiko says, shocked, "Mister Moto!"

Solomon Moto says, with a moan and 'out of it' tone, "Mommy, I don't like Brussels sprouts. No more please."

Kuwabara says, amazed, "Ouch. He is really out of it." The group pushes some trash out of the way and he helps him back to his feet.

Hikari asks, concerned, "What happened Grandpa?"

Solomon replies, with a plain tone, "Two young lads appeared out of nowhere and knocked me out. And they stole my bandana, too." Solomon says, feeling his scalp, "I'm having a bad hair day."

Keiko replies, with a smile, "You are just fine, Mister Moto."

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, "Jaden?" Everyone looks to the source to see none other than Aster Phoenix with a neutral, but serious look on his face in front of them.

Keiko asks, curiously, "Aster?"

Hikari asks, with a snort, "What are you doing here?"

Aster says, with a sly smile, "Just passing along." Aster says, his expression returning to his neutral, but serious look, "What's going on here?"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Nothing much, bro." Jaden tells Solomon, "Grandpa, this is my good friend, Aster Phoenix."

Hikari thinks in her mind, surprised, "You are calling the guy that nearly brainwashed you and made you unable to see your deck for awhile your friend. Jay, you are just too good for your own good."

Solomon says, "I know. I follow profession dueling and seeing who might be the bright stars after my grandson retires from being the King of Games. I'm a big fan."

Aster states, with a plain tone, "Who knew I had such old fans?"

Solomon asks, curiously, "Like who?"

Aster sweatdrops at this and Aster says, looking up into the sky, "Anyway, there is something weird going down."

Jaden asks, curiously, "What do you mean?"

Aster looks at the four Monarch spirits in the skies above them and he says, "Those are either monsters or I'm going nuts. There are four of them and it looks like they are standing guard over something. And they are not holograms. I can sense that they are real."

Keiko thinks in her mind, stunned, "What?! Aster Phoenix can see Duel Monster Spirits?!"

Mana tells Keiko, in reply, "Yes, Keiko. He has got the same gift that you, Jaden, and Hikari have. The ability to sense and see us, Duel Monster Spirits."

Jaden tells Aster, seriously, "You are right! They are real!"

Hikari asks, curiously, "When did you get the ability to see Duel Monster Spirits?"

Solomon asks, perplexed, "Spirits?"

Aster's attention turns in another direction and he asks, curiously and suspiciously, "Wait a minute! Is that a duel up there?"

The group looks up and Keiko asks, curiously, "Where?"

Aster points to the roof where Syrus and Hassleberry are dueling Frost and Thunder and he says, "Right there on that rooftop." The group looks up to that roof and they see Mobius the Frost Monarch, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, and Black Tyranno from where they are.

Keiko asks, curiously, "Is that Black Tyranno?"

Jaden says, shocked, "Yeah! But that means that Hassleberry is dueling!"

Aster asks, seriously, "But who is facing? And more importantly: Why?"

Hikari says, with a serious tone, "Well, I know that it isn't a good thing around here!"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "Well, I'm going to find out!" Jaden then runs off into the distance with Kuwabara, Keiko, Hikari, Cologne, and Solomon running after him.

Kuwabara says, seriously, "Hey, Jay! Wait up!"

Solomon states, plainly, "I'm confused, but hey, what else is new?"

Aster gives a serious and suspicious glare and he thinks, "There is something big going down and I know that Sartorius is behind this! What in the world is he after? And what does it have to do with Jaden and his sister along their friends?! Does it have to do with something about being 'Chosen Duelists'? Well, what I do know is that you are after Jaden, his sisters, and his friends while you have brainwashed some of them already! And I'm going to make sure that the rest are out of your hands! At least, I know what you are really up to Sartorius! We are not exactly friends, but for the moment, all of us are trying to get to the bottom of this and the only way for me to do that is to make sure that Jaden, his sisters, and the rest of their friends are out of Sartorius's hands and stick with them! They are the 'key' to figuring all this out!" Immediately, Aster starts to walk at a good pace behind the others as they run towards the duel site.

Solomon asks, perplexed, "Why are we always running?"

(Sometime later; on the rooftop where Syrus and Hassleberry are dueling)

Back on the rooftop where Syrus and Hassleberry are dueling, we find Syrus and Hassleberry trying to finish off Frost and Thunder with their 'Super Vehicroid-Rex Union', a combo of Syrus' Super Vehicroid-Sheath Union (3600/3000) and Hassleberry's Super Conductor Tyranno (3300/1400), but Frost played a Mirror of Duality trap card that destroyed their monsters and cost Thunder, Syrus, and Hassleberry. Syrus and Hassleberry cry out as their life-points hit zero.

Thunder yells out, flabbergasted, "Hey, Frost! What is this?!" Thunder then collapses as his life-points hit zero as well.

Final Score:

Frost: 200

Thunder: 0

Syrus: 0

Hassleberry: 0

Frost laughs sinisterly and he says, with a sly grin, "Sorry, Thunder, but I heard that there was a storm front coming and all of you got caught in the cross-breeze!" Soon after, the final holograms on the field fade away with Frost the only one still standing.

(On the meanwhile; Rejoining Jaden and his group)

Around that moment, we find Jaden and his group arriving at a street corner as the four Monarch Spirits fade away and the skies return to normal.

Jaden says, amazed, "Hey, look!"

Hikari says, stunned, "It's back to normal!"

Aster says, curiously, "It looks like that storm front suddenly cleared."

Just then a male voice yells out, "Wrong! It's just getting started!" On the other side of the street, they find Frost leaning on street post and he says, with a sly grin, "What's up, boys and girls?"

Kuwabara asks, with a demanding tone, "Who are you?"

Frost states, with a sly grin, "Chill out! You can call me Frost! You guys look lost! Can I help?!"

Aster asks, with a suspicious tone, "Maybe. Our friends were here. Have you seen them?"

Jaden asks Aster, curiously, "You don't think…?"

Aster says, with a serious tone, "I do."

Keiko says, with a serious tone, "And I think that he has something to do with it!"

Frost says, with a sly giggle, "The little lady is right! I know exactly where your friends are! And you are getting colder! Think 'higher altitude'!"

Hikari asks, seriously, "What do you mean?"

Jaden says, seriously, "Tell us!" Just then a huge cold wind with snowflakes blows in and Frost laughs as he fades away.

Kuwabara yells out, stunned, "He's gone!"

Jaden asks, curiously, "What are we dealing with here?"

Aster thinks in his mind, with a serious tone, "I know what we are dealing with and it isn't good!"

(Back within Sarina's mountain cave; A short time soon after)

Inside of Sarina's mountain shrine, we find Sarina kneeling down in front of candles with the white-clad Chazz Princeton behind her.

Chazz asks, with a curious tone, "What is your plan exactly?"

Sarina replies, with an annoyed tone, "Quiet! You are about to find out!" Chazz then looks to see a swirl of ice cold wind appear behind him and out of that wind, Frost with the unconscious Syrus and Hassleberry on his shoulders, appears in front of him.

Frost says, with a plain tone, "I've brought some gifts compliments of Frost." Frost then throws the unconscious Syrus and Hassleberry onto the ground in front of him. Just then Frost calls out, "Yo! Blaze! T-Bone!" Immediately, someone comes out of the ground and a pillar of flames appears behind Frost as he looks towards it.

The person that came out of the ground is a young man with dark brown hair under a black baseball cap, wearing a brownish-orange jacket over a white shirt, brown pants, and white sneakers.

The person that comes out of the flames is another young man with flaming red hair, wearing yellow tinted sunglasses, and wearing a black and red jacket, black pants, and white sneakers.

Frost says to the new arrivals, "Take these two to Kaibaland."

The red haired male asks, in an annoyed tone, "What's with you? Your arms don't work?" Frost gives a look of major annoyance and the red haired male replies, with an annoyed tone, "Fine. I get no respect." The red haired male tells the other male, "Let's go T-Bone."

Chazz asks, with a cold snobbish tone, "Can anyone let me in here? Why are we dragging two unconscious dorks to a theme park?"

Frost says, with a sly smile, "Simple. In order to trap Jaden, his sisters, and their friends. However, when they come looking, they will find yours truly waiting."

Sarina yells out, annoyed, "Silence! Do you really think that you have a chance against Jaden, his sister, and the other 'Chosen Duelists'?" On the meanwhile, Blaze and T-Bone vanish the same way that they came taking the unconscious Syrus and Hassleberry with them. Sarina says, with a serious tone, "You were barely able to beat their pathetic friends? Your gone is done. Goodbye." Sarina's eyes glow with a powerful energy and a mirror appears by Frost as he gasps in shock causing Sarina to say, plainly, "And that goes for your partner too."

(Back on the rooftop; on the meanwhile)

Returning to the rooftop where Syrus and Hassleberry had just lost to Frost and Thunder, we find another of the same type of mirror that appears near Frost appear in front and above the unconscious Thunder and it glows causing the unconscious Thunder to be absorbed into the mirror.

(Returning to Sarina's mountain cave shrine; around that moment)

Back inside of Sarina's mountain cave shrine, we find Frost being absorbed into his mirror as well.

He cries out, pleadingly, "Come on, Sarina. Give us another chance…" However, he is absorbed into the mirror and he turns into a Duel Monsters' card. Chazz gasps in shock as the card goes over to Sarina's hands and another card appears in her hand as well with us able to see the pictures of the cards containing Thunder and Frost contained in mirror as Sarina giggles and laughs mischievously at what she just did to her own associates.

(The hotel where the Society of Light were staying)

At the hotel in Domino City where the Society of Light was staying, we find Jaden, Keiko, Mina, Kino, Davis, Ranma, and Tyson standing in front groups of male and female SOL members, trying to find information on where Syrus and Hassleberry were being held, and while the group of SOL members were holding them back, Alexis, Kari, Kagome, Kelly, Sayu, Akane, Ukyo, Sakura, Hinata, Tenten, Max, and Ray just stood there and watch them with cold serious looks in their eyes with Mina and Kino punching out many SOL members' faces, which brought horrified looks at that their faces.

Max yells out, in a cold angered tone, "Leave them alone!"

Kino says, with a dark nasty tone, "Sorry, Blondie, where's not doing anything you say until we get some answers!"

Mina says, in a dark serious tone, "You see, we seem to be missing two people: Syrus Truesdale and Tyranno Hassleberry and I have a pretty idea, who's responsible!"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "Where are they?! Spill it!"

Alexis says, with a cold serious tone, "Sorry, Jaden, if you aren't one of us and listening to that traitorous sister of yours over us, then you are against us."

Tyson calls out, with a concerned tone in his voice, "Ray, please! You've got to fight! These are good friends of ours that are in danger!"

Ray tells Tyson, with a cold plain tone, "Didn't you hear what Alexis told you, Tyson? If you are not one of us, then you are against us."

Tyson calls out, in disbelief, "How can you say that, Ray?"

Kari tells Tyson, with a cold nasty tone, "Didn't you hear Ray, dork, she is telling you to get lost!"

Tenten states, with a cold sly tone, "Or have you agreed to give in to destiny and become one of us?"

Ranma says, in a serious tone, "This is getting us no where, guys! I say that we pound them to the get our answers!"

Keiko tells Ranma, in a serious tone, "But they're brainwashed!"

Ranma says, in a serious tone, "Who cares!? They won't remember the feeling of my fists when they wake up, so there's nothing to feel bad about it!"

Akane thinks in her mind, horrified, "Oh no! Ranma's getting violet again! What's happening to him!? Don't he hate me that much now!?"

Davis tells Alexis, in a begging tone, "But they're in trouble! Our best friends vanished into thin air! Akane! Ukyo! Kagome! Kelly! Max! Ray! Tenten! Kari! Alexis! Sayu! Doesn't this bother any of you?"

Max says, with a cold plain tone, "What happens to your nonbeliever friends doesn't concern us."

Tyson yells out, shocked, "Do you know what you are saying, Max?!"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "Well, guess what?! We aren't leaving until we know where they are!"

Sakura yells out, in a cold serious tone, "Well, we want you to leave, Jaden! Until you're one of us, we want you and your dorky friends, along with that traitorous bitch that you call 'sister' to…OW!!" She doesn't get to finish when Jaden's fist hits her face, hard sending her down into the dirt on her back, pretty hard.

Tenten yells out, shocked, "Sakura!"

All of the SOL members look at Jaden and Kari calls out, with a cold stunned tone, "Jaden, what in the hell…?!" But they don't get to finish when they gasp to see Jaden's expression has darkened slightly and with a hint of anger and rage even a bit of bloodlust as well, a look never in his eyes before as they glowed sinister golden. Soon after, Jaden's body started to gain a dark violet aura, which was unnerving the SOL members and his sister, along with his friends.

Just then, the 'Supreme Princess' calls out from Keiko's mind, in a dark cold serious tone, "Hey Kei, something's up with your bro and it's not good for those white dorks!"

Keiko asks her, "What do you mean?"

'Supreme Princess' says, with a dark cold sly tone, "Let's just say that in the morning, those dweebs will be very sore in many places in their bodies."

With the SOL members, Kagome thinks in her mind, stunned, "What is this!? That aura! It's so terrifying and when did Jaden get those golden eyes!" Soon after, Jaden uses his new super-speed to disappear and reappear between Max and Ray. Before the two SOL controlled Beybladers could move, Jaden slams his palm to Ray's chest, knocking the wind out of him, hard, while doing the same to Max, knocking Ray down to the ground and throwing Max to a group of SOL members, knocking them down.

Kagome yells out, horrified, "Max! Ray!"

Alexis calls out to Jaden, in a cold serious tone, "Jaden, stop!" Soon after, Jaden vanishes with super-speed to everyone's shock.

Akane calls out, in a cold serious tone, "Where did he go!?" Just then, Jaden reappears between Akane and Ukyo giving no time for the SOL controlled female fighters to counter as Jaden slams his right elbow to Ukyo's chest, breaking a rib and making her cough out blood, and bashing Akane's face, hard knocking her to the ground. Jaden kicks Ukyo's feet, knocking her down to the ground hard.

Ranma thinks in his mind, with a dark cold serious tone, "What's this!? Master Dartz would love to hear about this!"

Just then, Jaden disappears once again and reappears in front of Alexis, grabs her back the throat with his left hand, lifting her easily, while squeezing her neck, making her lose air, and he says, in a dark deadly tone unlike him, "Listen and listen, well, I'm only going to say this once!" Jaden forms an orange ball of energy towards his hand, forms it to a lightsaber-like sword, and places it near Alexis's neck. Jaden says, in a dark icy tone, "This is my own Spirit Sword, which is a lot different from Kuwabara's Spirit Sword! Now, if you don't tell me, where the whereabouts of Syrus and Hassleberry, then this little white bitch will get a haircut from the neck up!"

This threat horrified the SOL members, including Keiko, Tyson, Davis, Mina, and Kino, to the core as Jaden's grip onto Alexis's throat was enclosing.

Kari calls out, in a cold serious tone, "Jaden stop it!"

Kagome gets out three sickly white sutras and she says, in a cold serious tone, "These sutras will negate Jaden's spiritual energy!" Kagome throws them at Jaden, but when they got near, they burnt up into nothingness, shocking the SOL members, including Kagome.

Kagome yells out, shocked, "No way! How did that happen!?"

Mina says, in a dark sly tone, "Oh right! I forgot to mention this earlier, thanks to my and Zera's Demonic Priestess magic skills, we made those with special abilities immune to priestess spells, in case a certain little white miko decides to use them against us."

Tenten says, in a cold annoyed tone, "Oh great!"

Davis says, in a serious tone, "This isn't good! If this continues, Jaden may actually kill her!" Just then a limo comes up to the hotel and Chazz, Yusuke, and Catherine comes out of the car.

Ranma states, annoyed, "Now what?"

Yusuke yells out, in a shocked tone, "Jaden!? What the hell!"

Chazz yells out to Jaden, in a cold angered tone, "Jaden, you put Alexis down this instant!"

Jaden puts Spirit Sword nearer to Alexis's neck and he says, in a dark snarl, "Are you sure about that!? First things first, where's my friends or you'll be picking the pieces of your fallen fellow Society member!"

Chazz, Yusuke, and Catherine gasp in shock and horror and Catherine says, in a horrified tone, "No! Jaden never sounded like that before!"

Yusuke says, in a cold serious tone, "And he never sounded so dark before either and what's with those golden eyes!"

Chazz tells Jaden, with a cold nasty tone, "Okay, dorks, if you are looking for your friends, you are looking in the wrong place. If you want to know where they are, answer me this: Have you heard of Kaibaland?"

Davis asks, perplexed, "Yeah, who hasn't heard of it?"

Chazz tells Davis with a cold nasty tone, "Well, simply, dweebs, be there tomorrow and that's where you find your friends. Now, get lost!"

Jaden asks, in a deadly dark serious tone, "Are they okay!? Answer this and maybe I will release your friend without inflicting harm on her."

Yusuke yells out, in a cold serious tone, "What the hell's wrong with you, Jaden?! You never acted this way before!"

Catherine says, while sending a cold annoyed glare at Keiko and the Tucker twins, "That's before we met them!"

Chazz yells out, in a cold serious tone, "You've got your information, dork, now put her down!"

Jaden says, in a deadly sneer as he powers down his Spirit Sword, "Oh I'll drop her already!" Then, with super-strength, Jaden throws Alexis away to have her right arm hit a pole hard, breaking her arm, making her yelps in pain as she drop to the ground.

Catherine yells out, horrified, "Alexis!" Soon after, Yusuke, Chazz, and Catherine run towards Alexis's aid as Jaden's eyes turns back to brown and he gains a confused facial expression.

Jaden says, perplexed, "What's going on here?"

Just then, Jaden's sister and remaining friends walked towards him and Tyson asks Jaden, "What do you mean? You totally went psycho on Alexis, dude!"

Jaden says, shocked, "What!?"

Jaden looks at Alexis, who was getting help, rising on her feet by Catherine, while she was examining Alexis's arm, and Catherine tells Alexis, in a cold plain tone, "Your arm is broken, lass. We may need to get Sakura to get a look at it."

Jaden asks, horrified, "Did I do that?"

Ranma asks Jaden, in a curious tone, "You mean you don't remember?"

Chazz's voice calls out, in a cold angered tone, "Jaden!" Everyone looks at Chazz, who was giving Jaden, a cold angered glare and Chazz yells out, in a cold angered tone, "How dare you break Alexis's arm!? I'll see to it that you'll pay for this, by making sure that you never see your dorky friends ever again!"

Jaden yells out, shocked, "What!?"

Mina yells out, in a dark strong tone, "Try it, Princeton, and you'll get front seats to your 'master's' execution!"

Kino points at Yusuke and he says, with a dark serious tone, "And don't count on this worthless of a hanyou to help, because he'll be long since dead if he tries to be a hero."

Kagome yells out, shocked, "What!?"

Keiko asks Kino, in a whisper and annoyed, "Kino, do you have to take it that far?" However, unknown to Keiko, a right outline of a dragon's front claw appears on the lower part of her right arm.

Yusuke says, in a cold sneer, "Try it!"

Alexis tells Yusuke, in a cold plain tone, "Yusuke, don't! I hate to say this but you don't stand a chance against them. From what I've seen, you never won a fight with them! They're telling the truth, they may kill you if they wanted to. Let them go for now."

Chazz says, in a cold snarl, "Fine! Now, get lost! This hotel is for Society members, only!" Soon after, the SOL members walked back to the hotel while picking up the fallen Max, Ray, Sakura, Akane, and Ukyo from the ground, while Alexis was getting help with Catherine carrying her.

Davis says, in a plain tone, "So much for this trip."

Just then, a familiar male voice calls out, groaningly, "You're telling me!" Just then, Jaden, Keiko, Mina, Kino, Davis, Ranma, and Tyson runs to the owner of that voice, behind the bushes, to reveal Atticus Rhodes and Jordan Rhodes lying on the ground, with Atticus having a black eye on his right eye and Jordan, looking all beat up.

Jaden says, horrified, "Atticus! Jordan! What happened?!"

Atticus and Jordan sit up and Atticus replies, solemnly, "Those Society members! We tried to get to Alexis, but those white students beat up and Alexis didn't offer to help us! In fact, she just shunned us so coldly."

Jordan slams his fists to the ground and he yells out, angrily, "I hate those rotten Society members and that Sartorius creep! They did something to her! I know that they did! My cousin wouldn't do something like this!"

Ranma thinks in his mind, in an evil sly tone, "I think that we found another one, who wishes revenge! Maybe, I should ask Master Dartz if we can recruit Jordan Rhodes to the Orichalcos."

Davis tells Jordan, with a sly smile, "Hey, don't worry, Jordan! We'll get Alexis back somehow!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Davis's is right, Jordan! We won't rest until Alexis is back and that's a promise!"

Jordan places a smile on his lips and he says, with a nod, "Right!"

(Returning to Sarina's mountain cave shrine; Sometime later)

Back with Sarina's mountain cave shrine, T-Bone and the red haired young man, obviously Blaze, gasp in shock to see Thunder and Frost trapped in the cards.

T-Bone says, stunned, "It's Frost! And Thunder!"

Sarina tells the two of them, with a sly tone, "The price of failure. And you are next unless you prove yourself more worthy than your cohorts. If not, your souls belong to me!" T-Bone and Blaze gasp in shock as Sarina's eyes start to glow while forming her hands in spell hand signs. Sarina says, with a sly tone, "Now, let's get to work." Just then T-Bone and Blaze look behind them to see another mirror that entrapped Thunder and Frost in cards appear behind them and it starts to glow.

T-Bone says, nervously, "Peace out, yo!" Immediately, he grabs Blaze and disappears into the earth. Sarina stops her spell and the mirror vanishes.

Sarina sighs and she says, "Such a waste of power."

(At the Slifer Red 'Encampment': At night)

Inside of the Slifer's encampment near the river when Yugi and Atem dueling against Marik's mind-slave Strings and Slifer the Sky Dragon, we find Atticus and Jordan, telling the rest of our heroes and heroines, who were the other Slifer Red students, about their adventure to the hotel where the Society of Light were staying and soon after, they had encountered T-Bone and Blaze and they are about to duel the two of them.

Just then, a familiar male voice calls out, "Hey guys!" Just then, everyone turns to see Yugi Moto and his group walking towards them and the Slifer Red students gasp in shock of this.

One Slifer Red student says, in shock, "It's Yugi Moto!"

The other Slifer Red student says, amazed, "The King of Games here! No way!"

T-Bone whispers to Blaze, amazed, "Whoa. These Academy punks know the 'big man' himself? They have got major credits to get that."

Blaze whispers to T-Bone, with a nod, "Yeah. And if we beat them, we will get more and maybe, Sarina will thank us for this."

Hikari walks towards Yugi and she says, with a smile, "Hey guys!"

Joey looks at the starting duel between Keiko and the flaming red haired duelist, while noticing the new duel disk similar to Aki Izayoi from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds attached to Keiko's left wrist, "Hey, what's with that new duel disk!? I don't remember that being one of Duel Academy's duel disks!"

Kira says, with a smile, "Actually, there's not!"

Rika says, with a sly smile, "Seto Kaiba gave Keiko this new duel disk!"

Tristan says, amazed, "No way! Kaiba gave her that disk!"

Keisuke says, in a plain tone, "That's right! Before we came here, Mister Mokuba Kaiba came with a mysterious crate of new duel disks from Seto Kaiba himself, even the message with his voice. The messages says that Mister Kaiba it isn't charity and he feels that Yugi's friends, new and old, would be the perfect 'tests experiments' for his new 'Solid Vision' holographic system especially Joey Wheeler, which he refers as 'the mutt'."

Joey roars out, angrily, "That's it!"

Yugi tells Joey, seriously, "Joey, calm down!"

Genki tells Keisuke, drolly, "Real settle, Keisuke!"

Hikari whispers to Kira, seriously, "If he gets mad at that, imagine how Joey will react if he finds out a monkey is named after him."

Kira says, with a nod, "No joke, sis!"

Tea asks, curiously, "What's Keiko doing dueling that guy!"

Takara says, in a plain tone, "Actually, that guy, Blaze, is the one who challenged Keiko, while the other one, T-Bone, was the one, who will be dueling Jaden and they accepted it."

While T-Bone and Jaden wait on the sidelines, Keiko and Blaze prepare to duel with Blaze using an Academy-style Duel Disk while Keiko prepares to use her new 5ds Duel Disk provided by Seto Kaiba.

As Keiko looks at her deck, a mixture of her Fire deck and the new deck with the mysterious Black Rose Dragon and other Synchro and Tuner monster cards, she thinks, "Well, here goes. I hope that this deck can really help me out. But I still don't get what is so important about this deck. And why the dragon that I dreamt about is part of these new 'Synchro' monster cards? Something tells me that I will find out." Keiko and Blaze inserts their decks into their duel disks and Keiko is surprised to see her duel disk shuffle her deck.

Tea says, amazed, "Whoa! Her duel disk shuffled her deck!"

Yugi says, with a nod, "I have to say that Kaiba knows his stuff."

Blaze asks Keiko, "A new duel disk, huh?"

Keiko says, with a nod, "The newest model. It is called a Five Ds Duel Disk."

Blaze asks Keiko, curiously, "So, you know Seto Kaiba?"

Keiko replies, plainly, "Not personally, but yes, we have met on a number of occasions."

Blaze asks Keiko, curiously, "Who are you?"

Keiko replies, plainly, "My name is Keiko Yukimura."

Blaze and Keiko gasp in shock and Blaze yells out, shocked, "You?! You're Keiko Yukimura?!"

Plenty of our heroes and heroines are stunned and Keiko asks, stunned, "You know me?!"

Blaze says, looking at Jaden, "And that must mean that he is Jaden Yuki since you said he is your brother. Man! This is our lucky day, T-Bone!"

Kuwabara asks, annoyed, "What are you talking about?"

T-Bone says, with a plain tone, "This isn't about you, dog. It's about them."

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "The boss will really give us major points for bringing the two of you in."

Yugi yells out, strongly, "Boss? Okay, who are you working for?"

T-Bone states, with a serious tone, "Isn't it obvious, big daddy?"

Blaze asks, with a sly grin, "Have you ever heard of Sartorius?"

Many of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Keiko says, a bit darker tone, "You work for that freak?" Her eyes give off a yellow sinister glow for a second causing Blaze and T-Bone to freak out.

T-Bone thinks in his mind, shocked, "Whoa! What's with the freaky eye show?"

Blaze says, with a sly smile, "Actually, we work for his sister, Sarina."

Joey yells out, stunned, "Sister? Sartorius's sister?"

T-Bone says, with a nod, "Yep! She has got where it is at since she gave us our mad powers and abilities. Plus, she's a miko too!"

Zera yells out, in a deadly tone, "A what!?"

Sango tells Zera, in a pleading tone, "Zera, please…"

Sesshomaru tells Sango, in his classic emotionless tone, "You're wasting your breath, demon slayer. Zera's disgust towards priestesses is too large for reason."

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "If Sartorius has a sister, then you must know where our friends are!"

Davis says, strongly, "Spill it! Where are Hassleberry and Syrus?! Answer us!"

Blaze says, with a sly tone, "Maybe we do know or maybe we don't. I'll tell you what. I'll make you a deal. If Yukimura and her brother can win just one of two duels against us, we will tell you what we know. However, if either one of you lose, the loser must willing surrender to us and go to the Society of Light with us! And if both of you lose, well, both of you must go with us to the Society of Light!"

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Kira yells out, angrily, "How about a new deal? You either talk or pound you into the ground!" Kira slams her fist creating a good sized shockwave.

T-Bone says, amazed, "Whoa! Girl has got some wicked power!"

Blaze says, plainly, "No duh, T-Bone! You remember what Sarina informed us about them. Some of them aren't completely human and many of them have special powers." Blaze tells Keiko, with a sly grin, "So, what do you say? All you need to do is win one duel and you can go find and save your friends. Through there is a risk that at least one of you will go into the Society of Light."

Keiko says, with a sly smirk, "Okay. I'll take you on!"

Hikari says, with a gasp, "Keiko, no! We can't lose you! I already lost my bro and cousin to this brainwashing freak! I can't afford to lose you too!"

Keiko tells Hikari, with a smile, "Don't worry, Kari. I don't intend to lose today!"

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "We will see how confident you are when you go against the Light Brigade!" The two of them activate their duel disks, their life-point counters display 8000 life-points each, and they draw five cards from their decks.

"Game on!" Blaze and Keiko yell out in unison.

Starting Scores:

Blaze: 8000

Keiko: 8000

Blaze states, drawing a card, "I know that it is ladies first, but would you mind if I start off?"

Keiko says, plainly, "Fine by me."

Blaze puts one card in the spell/trap slots and he says, "First, I play my Fiend's Sanctuary spell card! Now, I can summon one Metal Field Token to the field!" Just then one Metal Fiend Token (0/0) comes to the field in attack mode. Blaze then puts one card on his duel disk, and yells out, "And this allows me to sacrifice this guy to fire up my main man to the field! Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch!" The Metal Fiend Token vanishes and Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (2400/1000) appears on the field in attack mode. Blaze says, with a sly grin, "And now, since a sacrifice was used to summon him, his ability comes into play! And it is really going to burn you since you have to discard a random card from your hand and if it is a monster, you get blasted for one hundred point for every level that monster has!"

Most of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and TK says, stunned, "Oh man! That's a powerful ability!"

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "I pick the middle card!" Keiko groans as she displays her card to be Infernal Flame Emperor (2700/1600) and discards it to the graveyard. Blaze says, with a sly smile, "Oh, yeah! Since your Emperor is a level nine, you get burned for nine hundred!" Keiko yelps as she gets blasted by flames as she loses 900 life-points.

Jaden says, shocked, "Sis!"

Blaze puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and he says, with a sly smile, "I'll end my turn with these face-down! Do you get what it means to take on the King of Burn? You had better watch out or I'll really smoke you!"

Current Score:

Blaze: 8000

Keiko: 7100

Keiko says, drawing one card, "Oh, really?" Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, "I play my Pot of Greed! This gives me two more cards from my deck!" Keiko draws two more cards from her deck and Keiko says, putting one card on her duel disk, "I play my Inferno Harpie Lady in attack mode!" Just then Inferno Harpie Lady (1500/1500) in attack mode.

Blaze asks, perplexed, "What is that? I never saw that Fire monster before."

Keiko says, with a sly smile, "Well, then you don't know that it gains five hundred attack points for every Fire monster on my field and it is a Fire monster!" Inferno Harpie Lady's stats rise from 1500/1500 to 2000/1500. Keiko says, putting one card on her duel disk, "Next, I play my Double Summon! This card allows me to Normal Summon another monster this turn!" Keiko puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, "So, I play my Tuner monster, Nightrose Knight, in attack mode!" Just then Nightrose Knight (1000/1000), a child-sized humanoid knight monster with blue hair and black rose with a rose mark in the center of the armor, in attack mode.

Blaze asks, confused, "Hold up a second! Tuner monster? I never heard of that monster before! What's up with that?"

Davis asks, perplexed, "I'm as confused as you are."

Matt says, with a nod, "No joke!"

Joe asks, confused, "What is that?"

Tyson says, perplexed, "I wish that I knew."

Izzy asks, curiously, "Is it among those new cards that we got?"

Keiko says, with a smile, "A Tuner monster is one of two new kinds of monsters that Maxamillion Pegasus and Industrial Illusions have developed. With a short time, they will be out in the market and these cards will take Duel Monsters to a new level. You see, Tuner monsters are a special kind of monsters that combine with other monsters to form the second kind of new monsters: Synchro Monsters. Synchro Monsters are summoned when a Tuner monster along with non-Tuner monsters are sent to the graveyard in a form of summoning known as Synchro Summoning. Synchro Summoning is like a combination of Fusion Summoning and Ritual Summoning. Like Ritual Summoning, the monsters used in a Synchro Summon can be any kind as long as they are on the field and they don't need a special spell card to Synchro Summon since the Tuner monster is needed to start a Synchro Summon. Like Fusion Summoning, the monster are 'fused' together and the Synchro Monster cards are put in the Fusion deck, which has been renamed the Extra deck since Synchro and Fusion monsters are stored there now. Also, the monster used in a Synchro Summon, called 'Synchro Material Monsters', can be brought back or used in other ways by special cards for 'Synchro Material' monsters, but they don't need Polymerization and the monsters used in the summoning can be any combination as long as they are one Tuner and non-Tuner monsters."

Kino says, with a nod, "That's right. However, the monsters used in a Synchro Summon need to equal exactly the level of the Synchro Monster that you want to summon and only one Tuner at a time can be used for a Synchro Summon. The other monsters must be non-Tuner monsters. Plus, the monsters must be one the field. Monsters in the hand or graveyard don't count."

Izzy asks, "I see. So, the levels of the monsters that the person wants to use to summon a Synchro Monster must equal that Synchro monsters level?"

Mina says, with a nod, "That's right."

Kira asks, curiously, "How do you and Keiko know all this?"

Yugi says, a bit nervously, "Pegasus put instructions on how to use them and he also said that Kaiba updated all duel disks for the use of the new rules."

Davis says, nervously, "Oh."

Keiko takes out her new Black Rose Dragon Synchro Monster card and she thinks, "Please! If there is a Monster Spirit in there, give me strength!" Keiko says, with a serious tone, "Let me show you! I tune my level three Nightrose Knight with my level four Inferno Harpie Lady!" Just then Nightrose Knight turns into three stars and three rings that surround Inferno Harpie Lady causing her to become transparent. Keiko then says, chanting out, "Chilling flames engulf the entire world! Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom!" Just then a column of light appears behind Keiko as she puts her Synchro Monster card on her duel disk and she calls out, "Synchro Summon! Appear now, Black Rose Dragon!" Just then Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800) appears on the field in attack mode causing a mighty wind.

As everyone else looks on, plenty are awe-struck and Yugi says, stunned, "Incredible!"

Joey says, amazed, "What a monster!" Just then a surge of pain goes through Keiko's arm.

Keiko thinks in her mind, surprised, "What was that pain just now?" On the meanwhile, Davis's, TK's, and Jaden's arms give off slight bits of pain.

Davis, TK, and Jaden think in their minds at the same time, "What was that pain?"

Ranma thinks in his mind, in a dark cold serious tone, "Interesting! Master Dartz might want to know about this as well!"

Keiko then calls out, "I play Black Rose Dragon's special ability! When successfully summoned to the field, it can destroy all cards on the field!"

Blaze yells out, perplexed, "What?!"

Keiko yells out, "Black Rose Gale!" Just then Black Rose Dragon creates a huge wind storm filled with black rose petals and Blaze's Thestalos along with his face-downs, Backfire continuous trap card and Dormant Volcano trap, along with Black Rose Dragon are destroyed.

Blaze says, with a sly smile, "Ha! Since you destroyed, my Dormant Volcano trap card, you played its effect! Now, you lose three hundred more life-points!" Keiko cries out as she loses 300 more life-points from an explosion of flames around her. Blaze then says, with a sly smile, "Then you and I got to draw one Fire monster from our decks during my next Standby Phase!"

Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, "That's fine! I play my Fire Recovery! By sending one Fire monster from my hand to the grave, I get one Fire monster back!" Keiko discards her Twin-Headed Fire Dragon (2200/1700) monster card to the graveyard and cries out, "Return, Black Rose Dragon!" Just then, dark violet flames appear behind Keiko and Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800) returns to the field in attack mode.

Blaze yells out, shocked, "That dragon again?!"

Keiko says, with a serious tone, "That's right! Unlike Fusion and Ritual monsters, if Synchro monsters are summoned to the field before being destroyed, they can be revived by cards like Monster Reborn, Call of the Haunted, and even their own special cards!" Keiko yells out, strongly, "Black Rose Dragon, attack him directly!" Just then the pain comes back to Keiko's right arm and she winches at the pain before she declares, "Black Rose Flare!" Black Rose Dragon fires a beam of dark violet flames with black rose petals at Blaze and he cries out as he loses 2400 life-points. Keiko says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, "I'll end my turn with a face-down."

Current Score:

Blaze: 5600

Keiko: 6800

T-Bone asks Blaze, concerned, "Hey, homie, are you okay?"

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "Just fine, T-Bone. Now, I'm seeing why Sartorius wants this girl so badly. She isn't half bad. But you might be a good Fire duelist, Keiko Yukimura, however, orders are still orders and you haven't seen the master of flames in action." Blaze draws one card from his deck and he says, taking out his deck, "Okay, thanks to my trap, both of us must go through our decks until we have a Fire monster!" Blaze displays Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000) and he says, with a sly grin, "This will be mine!"

Keiko displays Magna Drago (1400/600) Tuner monster card, which has a picture of a fire red dragon with yellow eyes, and she says, "And I choose the Magna Drago Tuner monster!"

Blaze thinks in his mind, curiously, "Another one?!" Blaze puts one card on his duel disk and calls out, "Well, my Solar Flare Dragon won't be taken down by him!" Just then Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000) comes to the field in attack mode. Blaze puts one card in the spell/trap slots and he says, with a sly grin, "Next, I play my Dark Spell Regeneration! This card allows me to use one spell card in the grave for this turn! And I choose your Double Summon!" Blaze then puts one more card on his duel disk and calls out, with a sly grin, "So, I play another Solar Flare Dragon in attack mode!" Just then a second Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Kai says, plainly, "He is going to use their special ability as a wall against Keiko. Since Solar Flare Dragon can't be attacked when there is another Pyro monster on the field and he has two, Keiko is stuck. And their special ability makes things worse."

Blaze puts one card in the spell/trap slots and he says, with a sly grin, "I'll end my turn with a face-down and you lose one thousand life-points automatically, thanks to my Solar Flare Dragons!" Just then both Solar Flare Dragons fire spheres of flames that slam into Keiko costing her 1000 life-points.

Kira says, shocked, "Oh no!"

Keiko pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, "I play my face-down: The Continuous trap card: Doppel-Gainer!" Keiko's face-down card is revealed to be a continuous trap card with a picture of a monster attacking someone with another monster in front of him and Keiko says, with a plain tone, "Since you given me effect damage, you get the same damage as me!" Just then dark violet petals come from the hologram of the continuous trap card and Blaze yelps out as he loses 1000 life-points.

Current Score:

Blaze: 4600

Keiko: 5800

Tyson says, with a sly smile, "Nice job!"

Izzy says, with a smile, "Since Keiko's life-points are higher than Blaze's, his own Solar Flare Dragons are turned against him!"

Keiko draws one card from her deck and she says, "It's my turn! Draw!"

Blaze thinks in his mind, a bit unnerved, "Man! This girl really is good! In my mind, she is better than any of those 'Chosen Duelists' than Sarina's brother has in his freaky Society of Light! It is no wonder that he wants her. Well, I've got to get her or I'll be really burned! Well, at least with my dragons, she can't attack me! Plus, my Firewall trap card can also help me if she finds a way to get rid of my dragons!"

Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, "I play my Card of Sanctity! Both of us must draw until we have six cards in our hands!" Keiko and Blaze draw from their decks until they have six cards in their hands. Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, "Next, I play Meteor of Destruction! This card deals you one thousand points of damage since you have over three thousand!" Blaze gasps in shock as a large meteor slams into him and he yelps out as he loses 1000 life-points.

T-Bone says, stunned, "My homie!"

Keiko puts two more cards in the spell/trap slots and she says, "Then I play two Himotama spell card! Each one deals you five hundred points of damage and since I'm using two, you are losing another grand!" Just then Blaze cries out in shock as he is hit with dozens of fireballs costing him another one thousand life-points. Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, "Then I play my Mirage of Nightmare!" Keiko says, with a plain tone, "Then I play my Graceful Charity! I draw three cards while discarding two!" Keiko draws three cards from her deck while discarding her Magna Drago (1400/600) and Ivy Wall (300/1200) monster cards and then she says, while putting two cards in the spell/trap slots, "Then I'll end with two cards face-down!"

Current Score:

Blaze: 2600

Keiko: 5800

Blaze says, with a serious tone, "It's my turn! Draw!"

Keiko draws four cards from her deck and yells out, "And it's my draw thanks to my Mirage of Nightmare! Since it is your Standby Phase, I can draw from my deck until I have four cards in my hand!" Keiko then says, pushing a button on her duel disk, "Next, I play my face-down: Emergency Provisions!" Keiko's face-down card is revealed to be the Emergency Provisions Quick-Spell card and she says, "By sacrificing a spell or trap card on my field, I gain back one thousand life-points! So, I sacrifice my Mirage of Nightmare!" The hologram of the Mirage of Nightmare continuous spell card vanishes from the field and Keiko's life-points increase by 1000 more points.

Jaden says, with a sly smile, "Way to go, sis!"

Kai says, with a plain tone, "Impressive. Keiko has learned a few tricks from her own brother."

Blaze says, putting one card on his duel disk, "Well, I sacrifice my two Solar Flare Dragons to summon out my Tyrant Dragon in attack mode!" Just then the two Solar Flare Dragons vanish from the field and Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) appears to take its place. Blaze says, with a sly grin while putting another card in the spell/trap slots and he says, with a sly grin, "And I play my own Fire Recovery! I discard one Fire monster to revive another!" Blaze discards UFO Turtle (1400/1200) monster card from his hand and he yells out, "Come on back, my main man! Thestalos!" Just then Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (2400/1000) returns to the field in attack mode. Blaze says, with a sly grin while putting a third card into the spell/trap slots, "And you know how wind really pumps up the flames! I'm going to get things cooking with my Heavy Storm spell card!" Just then a huge storm comes onto the field destroying Blaze's Firewall continuous trap card, Keiko's Doppel-Gainer continuous trap card, and her face-down, Magic Cylinder.

Hikari says, horrified, "Oh no! Keiko is defenseless!"

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "That's right! Tyrant Dragon, pluck her dragon's wings! Cook it with Tyrant Flame!" Just then Tyrant Dragon blasts Black Rose Dragon with a powerful jet of flames, destroying it, and costing Keiko 500 life-points. But people didn't notice the red dragon claw mark that appears on Keiko's right arm because of the explosion and when the explosion stops, the mark fades away as quickly as it came. Blaze then yells out, "Thestalos, it's your turn! Heat things up by attacking her directly!" Thestalos attacks Keiko and she yelps out as she loses 2400 life-points. Blaze says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, "I think that's enough for now."

Current Score:

Blaze: 2600

Keiko: 3900

Keiko draws one card from her deck and she says, "My turn! Draw!"

Blaze thinks in his mind, with a sly grin, "Even if she summons up that dragon again, it won't have the power to beat even my main man, but even if she pumps it up, it won't be enough to win this duel! I use my Trip Trap card to get back my Backfire and really start to burn her with bringing back my Solar Flare Dragons! It's perfect! She will be stuck! I'll admit that this girl is quite good and I can see why Sartorius wants her, but she isn't good enough to beat me!"

Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, seriously, "I play my Premature Burial! At a cost of eight hundred life-points, I can revive one monster in my grave in attack mode! And I choose Black Rose Dragon!" Keiko's life-points reduce 800 life-points and Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800) returns to the field in attack mode.

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "Your little dragon isn't powerful enough to stop me!"

Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, "My Mage Power equip spell card tells me different! For every spell and trap card on the field, my Black Rose Dragon gains five hundred attack points and there are two on the field!" Black Rose Dragon's stats rise from 2400/1800 to 3400/1800!

Blaze thinks in his mind, nervously, "Okay, she has got your Tyrant Dragon cooked, but you are still in this duel!"

Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, plainly, "Next, I play Block Attack! This card allows me to switch one monster from the field from attack mode to defense! And I choose your Tyrant Dragon!" Just then Tyrant Dragon switches from attack mode to defense mode.

Blaze says, with a sly grin, "What's the point in that? I won't lose any life-points!"

Keiko removes her Ivy Wall (300/1200) monster card from her graveyard and she says, "Black Rose Dragon's second monster effect will explain everything. By removing a Plant-monster from my grave from play, one defense monster is switched from defense to attack mode and their attack power is reduced to zero for this turn!"

Blaze yells out, shocked, "No way!"

Yugi says, amazed, "That's why she switched his monster's mode! In order for her dragon's power to be unleashed!"

Keiko calls out, strongly, "Rose Restriction!" Just then vines from Black Rose Dragon's wings bind Tyrant Dragon, switching him from defense to attack mode, and its stats reduce from 2900/2500 to 0/2500!

Blaze calls out, flabbergasted, "How can this be happening? I'm about to get majorily burned!"

Keiko yells out, strongly, "Black Rose Flare!" Black Rose Dragon launches a beam of dark violet flames filled with black rose petals at Tyrant Dragon causing the attack to slam into it and Blaze causing him to cry out as he loses 3400 life-points as his monster is destroyed, ending the duel.

Final Score:

Blaze: 0

Keiko: 3100

With the end of the duel, the final holograms fade off the field and Keiko stands victorious against her foe.

Kira yells out, excitedly, "Way to go!"

Tyson says, excitedly, "I knew that you could do it!"

Davis says, with a sly grin, "Awesome!"

TK says, with an excited tone, "You aren't kidding, Davis! Yes!" However, the majority of the group doesn't notice the glowing red dragon claw mark on Keiko's right arm since it was hidden on her right side, but Kurama and Ranma manages to take notice of it as it fades away.

Kurama thinks in his mind, stunned, "That mark…it couldn't be…" Kurama then looks at Mina and Kino and he thinks, curiously, "I wonder how much of Keiko that these two truly know and aren't telling us."

Ranma thinks in his mind, in a dark cold plain tone, "That mark! It's a form of a dragon's front claw! Which means…? Keiko is the first 'Signer' to be brought out!"

Kino asks Mina, telepathically, "Hey, sis! Did you see it?"

Mina says, with a nod, "Yes. Lady Keiko is awakening her powers as a 'Signer' since the dragon she was chosen to weld, Black Rose Dragon, is in her possession. Events are accelerating and we need to find the other four 'Signers' before that freak or the other evil force on Duel Academy finds them."

Kino says, nodding his head in agreement, "No joke, sis! Plus, we need to protect Keiko-sama and find those other 'Signers' to give them their dragons! But where we will find them?"

Mina says, with a sly tone, "Bro, I think that they are closer than we think." Mina then looks in the directions of Jaden, Davis, and TK. On the meanwhile, a group of people, including some SOL members, are watching from a distance and recording the duel with a video camera that television news crews use.

A male SOL member thinks, with a cold serious tone, "Master Sartorius will need to know about this!" Soon after, the SOL members turn off their equipment and head off into the distance.

Keiko tells Blaze, with a serious tone, "Okay, Blaze! I've won your duel!"

TK yells out, with a strong tone, "Now, tell us where our friends are!"

Blaze tells them, with a sly grin, "Hold it, big guy! Her bro has got to duel with my main man, T-Bone."

T-Bone says, with a nod, "That's right, yo! It's time to show you my mad skills! You dig?!"

Davis asks, perplexed, "Is he trying to be a rock star or something?"

Joe replies, confused, "Got me, Davis." On the meanwhile, T-Bone steps forward and inserts his deck into his Academy-style duel disk when Jaden does the same for his Academy duel disk, not knowing that they are all being watched.

(On the meanwhile; Back within Sarina's mountain cave shrine)

Within Sarina's mountain cave, we find her using a mystical mirror in combination of her miko powers to see what was happening at the Slifer Red campsite.

Sarina says, with a sly tone, "Congratulations, you, two. You found them. However, Blaze, you lost to Keiko Yukimura. However, you have done well to reveal more about Keiko Yukimura. That mysterious 'mark' that appeared on her right arm seems to contain ancient powers that rival those of Ancient Egypt and they seem to have a 'Native American' feel to it. I have heard of such legends before and I suspect that there is more to Keiko Yukimura than even she knows about. For this, I shall not punish you, yet, Blaze, but I don't want you to be left out of the duel with Jaden." Sarina giggles slightly as a spiritual aura comes over her.

(Returning to our heroes and heroines; briefly thereafter)

Back with our heroes and heroines, a mirror appears above and behind Blaze and a bright light comes from it causing Blaze to gasp as he is turned into particles of light.

Our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Jordan asks, perplexed, "What's going on here?"

Zera says, with a sneer, "This is miko magic! I know it!"

Mina says, with a serious tone, "Zera's right! This is spiritual magic used by mikos! Watch out!"

T-Bone yells out, stunned, "My homie!" When the light fades away, a Duel Monsters card goes into T-Bone's deck and shuffles itself in.

Just then Sarina's voice calls out, "Your partner shall be more 'useful' this way."

T-Bone says, nervously, "But…"

Sarina's voice cries out, "Now, don't fail me! Or you will end up like the others!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "Who was that?"

Yuka asks, curiously, "Is that Sartorius' sister?"

Davis yells out, strongly, "Is that the person that kidnapped Hassleberry and Syrus?!"

T-Bone replies, plainly, "Maybe." He activates his duel disk and his life-point counter displays 8000 life-points. Jaden does the same, his life-point counter displays 8000 life-points, and both duelists draw five cards from their decks. T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Kick it, dog! T-Bone is in the house, you all!"

Kino says, annoyed, "He has got to be kidding us!"

Starting Scores:

T-Bone: 8000

Jaden: 8000

T-Bone draws one card from his deck and he says, putting one card on his duel disk, "I will be throwing down Mine Golem!" Just then Mine Golem (1000/1800) appears on the field in attack mode. T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Feel that?! Then I be throwing down a spell card: Guidance to Ore!" Immediately, a stone cave appears behind T-Bone.

Atticus asks, perplexed, "What's that?"

Bastion says, with a serious tone, "A dangerous combo."

Danielle says, with a nod, "Jaden better watch out for it."

T-Bone says, putting two more cards in the spell/trap slots, "Finally! I'll be laying flat some face-downs and calling it a turn."

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "Is that all you've got? You're all talk! Sit back and watch how it is done!"

T-Bone states, with a plain tone, "I'm trying not to hear that, see?"

Jaden gives a growl of annoyance and he states, drawing a card, "Let's see if you hear this. Okay, T-Bone?" Jaden looks at his hand and he says, "This will do." Jaden puts one card on his duel disk and he yells out, "I summon my Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Immediately, Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden yells out, strongly, "Take out his Mine Golem with Static Shockwave!"

Yugi yells out, seriously, "Jaden! That's not a good idea!" However, Sparkman attacks Mine Golem and destroys it in a strong explosion causing T-Bone to lose 600 life-points.

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "My boy won't split yet! Not without a fight! Because when he goes to the grave, you get smoked for five hundred!" Just then a powerful wind slams into Jaden and he yelps as he loses 500 life-points.

Nyoko says, stunned, "Ouch! So, that was what that guy was going for."

Melissa says, with a nod, "Indeed, Nyoko."

Erin says, with a plain tone, "He is a powerful duelist. Jaden must stay on his toes."

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "If you think that's fly, then check out my Guidance to Ore! When one of my Rock homeboys gets destroyed, I get the same one from my deck, yo!" Just then a card comes out of T-Bone's deck and when he puts the card on his duel disk, another Mine Golem (1000/1800) comes out of the cave behind him in attack mode. T-Bone says, pushing a button on his duel disk, "Eyes on my trap card! Minefield Eruption!" T-Bone's face-down card is revealed to be the Minefield Eruption trap card and T-Bone calls out, "This bad boy slams for a grand for every Mine Golem that I got on the field! After that, I lose my Golem, but it's worth it!" Just then Jaden cries out as an explosion from his feet engulfs him causing him to lose 1000 life-points.

Keiko, Hikari, Kira, and plenty of the others cry out in shock, "Jaden!"

Danielle says, with a serious tone, "Ouch! That guy really knows how to use his cards!"

Genki says, stunned, "No kidding!" On the meanwhile, Mine Golem is destroyed in an explosion causing another card to come out of T-Bone's deck.

T-Bone puts the card on his duel disk and he yells out, "Rewind and reply! Because Guidance to Ore brings back my Golem!" Just then a third Mine Golem (1000/1800) comes to the field in attack mode. T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Face it, home boy! You aren't going home!"

Davis yells out, strongly, "Come on, Jay! Kei beat his friend and you can beat this bad rapper!"

Jaden says, with a breath, "I end my turn."

Current Score:

T-Bone: 7400

Jaden: 6500

T-Bone says, drawing a card, "Okay, homes, let's do this!" T-Bone says, putting a card in the spell/trap slots, "I'm playing Pot of Greed! Check it out! I get two cards and I'm kicking Golem to the curve!" T-Bone puts a card on his duel disk and Mine Golem vanishes from the field causing Granmarg the Rock Monarch (2400/1000) causing T-Bone to say, "Yes! Yes, you all! Give up for Granmarg the Rock Monarch making center stage to bust some move! But first, check out dog's special ability! It destroys a face-down on the field!"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "But I don't have any face-downs, T-Bone, so, that means that you lose one of your cards T-Bone."

T-Bone says, with a sly grin, "That was my plan." Granmarg destroys T-Bone's face-down card and he says, as an image of Dormant Volcano trap card appears, "It's Dormant Volcano! When it blows, you get slammed for three hundred life-points! That's right, dog! This card is the bomb!" Just then Jaden cries out as another explosion engulfs him causing him to lose another 300 life-points. On the meanwhile, Aster, who was in his trailer that's nearby, walks out to watch the duel. T-Bone then says, "By the way, my Volcano has another fad ability. During my next Standby Phase, we get to take one Fire monster from our decks and add them to our hands. But first, the Rock is keeping it real! So, look out!" Granmarg attacks Sparkman, destroys him by squashing him, and Jaden yelps out as he loses another 800 life-points.

Kira calls out, stunned, "Jaden!"

Kuwabara says, with a snarl, "I can't believe! This guy is making mincemeat out of him!"

T-Bone says, with a plain tone, "I'm out. So, your up jellyroll, so, step up!"

TK asks, confused, "Jellyroll?"

Davis says, shaking his head, "Oh, brother!"

Genki says, with a nod, "You said a mouthful."

Current Score:

Jaden: 5400

T-Bone: 7400

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "You know, bro. This would have been a fun duel. But you kidnapped my friends and I want to know why!"

T-Bone says, with a plain tone, "For me, this duel isn't about your friends. It is for survival. If I don't get mad props right now, I'm done."

Jaden asks, confused, "What do you mean?"

T-Bone says, seriously, "Think, dog! I'm talking about all my power! If I don't win, Sarina is going to take it all away!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Just then trust yourself. That's something no one can take away." T-Bone gives a sly smile in reply and Jaden states, drawing a card from his deck, "Now, on with the duel! Ready?" Jaden says, putting one card on his duel disk, "And now, I play my Bubbleman in attack mode!" Just then Elemental Hero Bubbleman (800/1200) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden says, drawing two more cards from his deck, "Next, I play his ability! Since he is the only card on my field, I get two more cards from my deck!" Jaden puts one card into the spell/trap slots and he says, "Then I play my O-Oversoul spell card! This card allows me to revive a Normal Elemental Hero in my graveyard! So, bring back my Sparkman!" Immediately, Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400) returns to the field in attack mode. Jaden then puts another card into the spell/trap slots and he says, "Then I play my Polymerization! It's fusion time!" Jaden discards his Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) monster card to the graveyard, the monster appears on the field, and goes into a fusion vortex with Sparkman and Bubbleman as Jaden gets a fusion monster card from his Extra deck. Jaden says, with a sly smile, "And now, take my Bubbleman, add some Sparkman, and throw in an Avian and you get… Elemental Hero Tempest!" Jaden puts the fusion card on his duel disk and Elemental Hero Tempest (2800/2800) appears on the field in attack mode. Jaden puts another card in the spell/trap slots and he calls out, "Want more! How about my Element Sword equip spell card! Now, when my Tempest attacks a monster with a different attribute, he gains eight hundred attack points!" The image of the Element Sword appears in Tempest's hands, an energy blade comes out of it that turns green, and Tempest's stats rise from 2800/2800 to 3600/2800!

Solomon states, curiously, "What did Jaden say? I forgot my hearing aid."

Karin says, nervously, "Jaden is about to kick butt, Grandpa."

Jaden yells out, strongly, "Tempest, cut his Granmarg down to size!" Tempest leaps forward, slices through Granmarg, and he explodes as he is destroyed costing T-Bone 1200 life-points.

T-Bone yells out, strongly as a card comes out of his deck, "Yo! You forgot my spell card! Get over here Granmarg!" T-Bone puts the card on his duel disk and another Granmarg the Rock Monarch (2400/1000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Jaden says, plainly while putting a card into the spell/trap slots, "I thrown down a face-down and end my turn."

Current Score:

T-Bone: 6200

Jaden: 5400

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Guess what, cuz? My move!" T-Bone draws a card and he says, taking out his deck, "Now, thanks to my Volcano, we can check our decks for a Fire monster and then kick it to the field." Jaden takes out his deck and T-Bone says, taking out a certain card with the image of Blaze comes into his hand as he takes out the card, "I've got mine!" T-Bone then displays Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (2400/1000) monster card after he returns his deck to his duel disk.

Hikari says, amazed, "Hey! That's the Blaze guy's card!"

Zera says, plainly, "That's what he has been turned into." Zera thinks in her mind, with a snort, "Not surprising since she is another backstabbing priestess."

Jaden takes out a card from his deck, puts his deck back into his duel disk, and he says, displaying Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab (500/500) monster card, "And I pick this guy!"

T-Bone says, putting a card in the spell/trap slots, "What is he going to do against Lightning Crash? Besides crash and burn! Because I can take a Thunder monster from my deck and add it to my hand!" A card comes out of T-Bone's deck and he displays Zaborg the Thunder Monarch (2400/1000) monster card. T-Bone says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, "Next, I lay this face-down." T-Bone says, putting a card on his duel disk, "And then I release my Granmarg, but don't worry, he is coming back!" Immediately, Granmarg vanishes only to have a third Granmarg the Rock Monarch (2400/1000) to appear on the field in attack mode.

Genki asks, confused, "He released his monster to summon the same one back?!"

Aster thinks in his mind, seriously, "He activated Granmarg's ability!"

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "I can destroy a face-down like my own Drowsing Point!" Granmarg destroys T-Bone's face-down and when an image of Drowsing Point trap card appears in front of T-Bone, he says, "Then I can play its effect! And move a monster from my deck into my hand!" A card comes out of T-Bone's deck and T-Bone puts into his hand while it is revealed to be the Mobius the Frost Monarch (2400/1000) monster card. T-Bone says, putting a card into the spell/trap slots, "Then I play my Card of Sanctity! This card forces us to get new cards from our decks until we have six in our hands!" T-Bone and Jaden then draw from their decks until they have six cards in their hands.

Jaden says, with a plain tone, "Pretty impressive."

T-Bone then says, with a serious tone, "Yeah! You don't know the half of it! My peeps are all waiting and ready to bring on the hurt!"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "All right! Bring it!"

T-Bone says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, "For sure! It starts with this! My Shadow Moon spell! Now, I check my field and check my hand! And I have four different monsters with four different attributes, then we are in business boy! Because I can dis them all to play a mad powerful field spell!" T-Bone's Field Spell slot of his duel disk opens and he says, putting a card inside, "That's right! I'm going to plaster my crib! So, I give up my Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, Mobius the Frost Monarch, Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, and the party is legit with Granmarg!" The other three Monarch monsters appear on the field with Granmarg and vanishes as the field transforms into a huge rocky field make of blue rocks with a moon in the nighttime-like sky. T-Bone yells out, strongly as a card comes out of his deck, "Now, give it up for the original gangster monster takes the stage!" T-Bone puts the card on his duel disk and he yells out, "Put your hands together for MC Demiurge Ema!" Out of a bright light from the moon, Demiurge Ema (3300/2000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Davis yells out, stunned, "Whoa!"

Jaden says, amazed, "Not bad."

T-Bone says, seriously, "Next, my Blue Moon takes one card from each side of the field and transforms them. That's right! They get tricked out as Homunculus Tokens through they still count as spell cards!" T-Bone's Guidance to Ore transforms into a Homunculus Token (800/800) in defense mode.

Just then Tempest's Element Sword vanishes causing it stats to reduce from 3600/2800 back to 2800/2800 and Jaden yells out, stunned, "My Elemental Sword!" When it comes back as a Homunculus Token (800/800) in defense mode, Jaden says, weird out, "Yikes."

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Then check out since this next part is off the hook! For every Token chilling on the field, my boy Demiurge gains eight hundred attack points!" Demiurge's stats rise from 3300/2000 to 4900/2000. T-Bone says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, "And now, I play my Pump Up spell! This gives my bad boy double its attack power!" Demiurge Ema's stats rise from 4800/2000 to 9800/2000. T-Bone yells out, strongly, "More than enough to take you out! Kick it big D!" Demiurge then leaps forward to attack Jaden's Tempest.

Keiko calls out, shocked, "Jaden!"

Jaden says, discarding his Element Sword equip spell card, "I activate Tempest's special ability! By sending one spell card from my field to the grave, Tempest can't be destroyed in battle!" Just then the Homunculus Token on Jaden's side of the field vanishes and as Demiurge's stats reduce from 9800/2000 to 9000/2000, Jaden says, "And with one less Token on the field, your Demiurge loses eight hundred attack points.

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Check it out, home boy! You are still going to lose!"

Jaden says, pushing a button on his duel disk, "I don't think so! I play my Soul Union trap card!" Jaden's face-down card is revealed to be the Soul Union trap card and Jaden says, with a sly grin, "By choosing a monster in my grave, my Tempest gains its attack power for a turn! And I choose my Avian giving Tempest another grand in attack points!" Tempest's stats rise from 2800/2800 to 3800/2800.

T-Bone yells out, strongly, "Doesn't matter! He'll still bring the pain!" Demiurge launches a lightning attack on Tempest, but he survives through the lightning attack slams into Jaden causing him to lose 5200 life-points.

Keiko calls out, shocked, "Jaden!"

Hikari says, worriedly, "He barely survived that one! He has only two hundred life-points left!"

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "You got nothing!"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "Wrong, bro! I've still got two hundred life-points left!"

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Then you better use them because next turn it will be 'peace out'… forever!" Demiurge's stats reduce from 9000/2000 to 4100/2000 while Tempest's stats reduce from 3800/2800 to 2800/2800.

Current Score:

T-Bone: 6200

Jaden: 200

T-Bone says, with a serious tone, "Don't you get it, Jay dog?! I'm not just some crump! I've been given the power to duel anyone, yo! Even the King of Games himself!"

Jaden asks, with a curious tone, "Don't you want to duel with your own power? Cause otherwise what's the point?" T-Bone gives a shocked reaction and Jaden says, with a serious tone, "Because you will never know how good you really are! Dueling is about thinking on your feet and trusting yourself. But when you start relying on someone else to help you win, you can forget the scoreboard because you already lost! When I duel, I duel for real, T-Bone!"

Solomon gasps in his mind and he thinks, "That's exactly what Yugi would say!" Solomon looks at his grandson.

Joey tells Yugi, "Wow, Yug'! That's someone that I would expect you to say!"

Yugi says, with a nod, "That's right. You need to depend on your own strength and trust in yourself to win and not someone else."

Keiko thinks in her mind, "Yugi and my brother are right. Maybe it is time that I depend on my own power and not the power from the To-zoku to get Yusuke and the others back. I need to harness the strength of all of my cards, new and old, on my own and bring my game to a new level! I need to fight on my own and gain my own power, not depend on the power of others!" Unknown to everyone else, Keiko's right arm gives off a glow with the red dragon claw mark with a brief strong glow before quickly vanishing.

Deep within her subconscious, the female voice that she heard in her duel with Princess Rose says, with a sly tone that she and the 'Supreme Princess' are unable to hear, "It seems like my 'other self' is learning. Soon, we will be as one once more and when she realizes her true strength, we can become one and we can use our true power."

Jaden says, drawing a card, "Enough talk! Watch this!" Jaden says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, "I play my De-Fusion! This card separates Tempest and brings back Avian, Bubbleman, and Sparkman!" Tempest vanishes as Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000), Elemental Hero Bubbleman (800/1200), and Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400) reappear on the field in attack mode. Jaden says, putting one card on his duel disk, "Next, I release my Avian and Bubbleman to summon my Elemental Hero Neos!" Avian and Bubbleman vanish and Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden says, putting another card into the spell/trap slots, "Then I play a little spell card known as Common Soul! This card allows me to summon one Neo-Spacian from my hand! So, I call out my good old Flare Scarab!" Just then Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab (500/500) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden says, with a sly smile, "And thanks to his ability, he gains four hundred attack points for every spell and trap card on your field!"

Jordan says, amazed, "And since this guy has two, he gains the whole of eight hundred attack points!"

Solomon says, plainly, "You have pains in all your joints? Me too."

Karin says, with a sigh, "No, Grandpa."

Tea says, winching, "Ouch. Your grandpa has problems since the old days, Yugi."

Yugi says, with a sigh, "He forgets his hearing aid there and again."

Aster says, watching the duel, "News flash, Jay! It's over! That's still not enough to beat T-Bone's monster!"

Solomon asks, perplexed, "When did the duel start?" Yugi and his friends sweatdrop at this along with Hikari, Kira, Karin, and plenty of the other heroes and heroines while Flare Scarab's stats rise from 500/500 to 1300/500.

Jaden says, with a sly smile, "That's not all! The effect of my Common Soul is not done yet! All of those attack points are transferred to my pal Neos!" Neos is surrounded by a rainbow glow and his stats rise from 2500/2000 to 3800/2000. T-Bone gives a shocked expression and Jaden says, displaying a spell card with an image of Neos holding up a charged fist, "Speechless? Well, wait until you see my next card! It is my Neos Force equip spell card! This card gives Neos another power boost by eight hundred attack points!" Immediately, Neos' stats rise from 3800/2000 to 4600/2000!

T-Bone yells out, stunned, "That isn't right, yo! Over forty-five grand?!"

Jaden says, with a sly grin, "You got it, bro!" Neos leaps up into the air and Jaden yells out, strongly, "Cosmic Crush!" Neos dives down and slams his fist into Demiurge, destroying it in a strong explosion, while T-Bone loses 500 life-points. Jaden yells out, strongly, "And by the way, thanks to my Neos Force equip spell, you lose life-points to your destroyed monster's attack points! And that's over four thousand!"

T-Bone yells out, stunned, "No way!" Neos then launches a rainbow surge of energy causing T-Bone to cry out as he loses 4100 life-points.

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "And now that your Demiurge bit the dust, you lose your Token too!" T-Bone gasps to see his Homunculus Token vanish from the field as well while Flare Scarab's stats reduce from 1300/500 to 900/500 with Neos' stats going down from 4600/2000 to 4200/2000. Jaden yells out, strongly, "Which means that you are wide open for a direct attack!" Flare Scarab and Sparkman leap high to prepare their attacks and Jaden calls out, "Let's wrap this up! Flaming Arrow! And Static Shockwave!" The two monsters launch their attacks on T-Bone and he cries out as he is hit costing him 2500 life-points, ending the duel immediately as well as causing him to fall on all fours.

Final Score:

T-Bone: 0

Jaden: 200

With the end of the duel, the holograms fade and Solomon asks, to himself in a 'senior moment', "Where am I?"

Hikari yells out, excitedly, "You did it, Jay!"

Tyson says, with a sly grin, "Oh, yeah! I knew that you could do it!"

Ino cheers, excitedly, "Way to go!"

Yugi and his friends are also amazed and Tristan says, stunned, "Whoa! That kid really knows his stuff."

Joey says, with a sly grin, "Naturally! Yug' wouldn't pick anyone to give a card too! He knows natural talent when he sees it!"

Tea asks Yugi, "Is that true, Yugi?"

Yugi says, with a sly smile, "Not exactly. But I knew that Winged Kuriboh belonged with Jaden. I sensed something special about him."

Tristan says, amazed, "Those Neo-Spacian cards were incredible! I've never seen cards like those before!"

Joey says, with a nod, "Yeah! Those cards are incredible!"

Davis says, displaying his Neos deck, "Well, I've got my own! Jaden and I got our own special 'Neos decks'."

Tea asks, curiously, "Where did you get such cards?"

Davis replies, plainly, "Outer space." Joey, Tea, and Tristan give surprised looks at Davis.

TK tells them, with a nervous smile, "It's a long story."

Yugi thinks in his mind, looking at Keiko, "I'm also wondering about those new cards that Keiko got from Pegasus. These new Tuner and Synchro Monsters could truly reinvent the game that he created, but why would he give Keiko advanced versions of the new cards before he puts them into the mass market? And that dragon card, Black Rose Dragon, even through Atem and the Millennium Puzzle are gone, I still have a weird 'sixth sense' including my abilities to sense and see monster spirits like I hear Jaden has. When Keiko summoned that monster to the field, I sensed an ancient power within it. It rivals the power of the Egyptian God Cards in terms of ancient power. And I sensed a powerful ancient energy coming from Keiko too. Could Keiko have a connection to Ancient Egypt and the Millennium Items? But the energy didn't feel like the energy from the Millennium Items. It felt different, but it felt just as powerful. Something about Black Rose Dragon makes it different from other cards in the game and it isn't because it is one of the new Synchro Monsters."

As the sun starts to rise on the horizon, Jaden goes up to T-Bone, who was still on all fours after his defeat, and he says, "Hey! Don't worry about it! You may not believe it, but losing a duel is the best way to win." When T-Bone looks up at Jaden, perplexed, he says, with a smile, "I mean it!" Jaden bends down to go face to face with T-Bone and he says, with a smile, "T-Bone, now, you can start over! You can find the dueling power inside yourself!"

T-Bone says, with a solemn tone, "Yeah. It would be a lot easier to run away."

Tyson says, with a sly tone, "Well, it is not the way to go! If you want to stay ahead, you can't run from every problem!"

Davis says, with a nod, "You need to face it head on and push forward!"

Kira asks, with a sly grin, "When did people like you get so smart?!"

Davis and Tyson yell out in unison, annoyed, "Hey! Kira!"

Jaden tells T-Bone, with a smile, "That's right, T-Bone. And that doesn't sound like the rapper wannabe that I know. My favorite home boy would never give up."

T-Bone gains a smile and he says, with a smile, "Word! I've still got game!"

Jaden says, with a sly grin, "Word! Call me for a rematch dog!"

The two of them give off plenty of giggles and Kuwabara says, with a sigh, "Oh, boy. Jaden wants to become a rapper now."

Keiko says, with a smile, "I don't think so, but his 'rapper slang' needs work."

Solomon looks at Jaden and then at Yugi causing him to think, "Does the same spirit that makes my grandson the great duelist that he is also live on in Jaden?"

Jaden gets to his feet and he says, "That's game! And if you excuse me, I'm off to find my friends!"

Jun asks Jaden, "Huh? Jaden, didn't we agree that he would tell us?"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah. But he isn't a bad guy, so, we should look for them on our own. I'm sure that we will find them."

Hikari says, with a smile, "Same old Jay." Just then a bright glow comes from behind T-Bone and he gasps as he looks behind him.

T-Bone yells out, worriedly, "Wait! Sarina, don't be hasty, you know? Please!"

Jaden asks, concerned, "T-Bone!" T-Bone screams out as he is absorbed into Sarina's mystical mirror.

Genki asks, perplexed, "What just happened?"

Zera says, with a serious tone, "The priestess just imprisoned him with her darn magic!"

Just then dozens of mirrors appear in the sky and Joey says, stunned, "Oh, boy! Here we go again!"

Aster says, with a serious tone, "It's her!"

The mirrors then show an image of Sarina and she says, through the mystical mirrors, "Jaden! We finally meet! You and your sister have won very impressive victories! Your powers are very strong! Now, I can se why my brother is quite obsessed with the two of you, especially you, Keiko Yukimura! Your powers continue to grow and you continue to unlock hidden powers locked within yourself!"

Kai asks, with a serious tone, "You must be Sarina?"

Sarina replies, with a nod, "Yes, Kai Hiwatari." Sarina says, with a sly smile, "I know all of you well. Especially Jaden Yuki, Keiko Yukimura, Daisuke Motomiya, Takeru Takashi, and plenty of you."

Kira yells out, strongly, "What do you want?" Just then the mirrors show images of Syrus and Hassleberry hooked up to virtual reality simulation pods.

Jaden yells out, stunned, "Hassleberry! Syrus!"

Yugi says, seriously, "They are hooked up to virtual simulation pods! There is only one place that I know that has them!"

Joey says, seriously, "Kaibaland!"

Sarina says, with a nod, "That's right! If you want to see them, Jaden Yuki, you and your sister along with Daisuke Motomiya, Takeru Takashi, Tyson Granger, Genki Sakura, Kai Hiwatari, Sasuke Uchiha, Hikari Urameshi, Kira Urameshi, Ranma Saotome, and you, Aster, must report to Kaibaland

Aster asks, perplexed, "What? Why me?"

Sarina says, with a sly smile, "For the test of course. You see, Sartorius might have been wrong about one or some of them. Or he might have been wrong about you and you are one of THEM Aster." Just then images of Aster's last talk with Sartorius in the 'White Dorm' before he served ties with him comes into his mind.

When the flashback is done, Aster asks, perplexed, "You could say that Jaden and his friends are not 'the ones' or they are and I'm exactly like them?!"

Sarina says, with a plain tone, "That's what we're going to find out." Soon after, the mirrors shatter into pieces.

Bastion asks, perplexed, "What was that about?"

Jaden says, with a serious tone, "I don't know, but the answer is in Kaibaland."

Tyson asks, confused while looking at Aster, "What did she mean that Aster could be 'one of us'?"

Kurama thinks in his mind, with a serious tone, "Wait! Could Aster Phoenix be a 'Chosen Duelist'?! That could be why Sartorius took him under his wing, but why didn't he brainwash him like he did with Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, Kelly, and Sayu? Could it be possible that Aster is like Jaden and Davis and his will makes him unable to be brainwashed?"

Hikari whispers to Kira, "Wait! Is she saying that Aster Phoenix is a 'Chosen Duelist'?"

Kira says, with a whisper, "It could be why that jerk used Aster to try to brainwash Jaden since other than him, only a 'Chosen Duelist' can beat another 'Chosen Duelist'. It looks like that Aster was puppet."

Kai thinks in his mind, seriously, "If Aster Phoenix is a 'Chosen Duelist' then why didn't Sartorius brainwash him like he did Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, Kelly, and Sayu? Is Aster like Jaden and Davis and he is unable to brainwash him? Or is there more to it? Something tells me that we are going to find out if Aster has the same 'powers' as the other 'Chosen Duelists'!"

Ranma thinks in his mind, with an evil sly mental grin, "Master Dartz is going to enjoy this! Not only is Keiko Yukimura the first 'Signer' that I found, but Aster Phoenix is another 'Chosen Duelist'! With their help or their souls, the Great Leviathan shall truly rise and this cursed world shall finally be purified of people like that wench, Akane, and old hag like Cologne!"