Sailor Moon Fan Fiction / Crossover Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX Fan Fiction ❯ Yu-Gi-Oh GX Digi-Stars: Twilight Wars ❯ The Paths that Heroes Take ( Chapter 25 )

Well, this is the twenty-fifth chapter of this story and I hope that all of you get to see. As I have explained before, my family's internet connection might be cut because of `certain problems' that I won't mention. However, even if that happens, I hope it will only be temporary situation. Anyway, I've recently completed `Darkness Moon' story and I'm glad for the popular reaction despite the mistakes that I made in the story. Don't worry, I'm not going to make those same mistakes here. Plus, like I said in the previous chapter, I'm going to be adding Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds and Digimon Data Squad elements into the story and it will be the focus on my sequel to this story. You will be seeing plenty of those elements in this chapter and then some. Next, I would like to thank and give credit to inu-yusukekaiba102 for the ideas of the Millennium Staff, the OC characters known as Zera and Tiara Rikea, their powers, histories, Zera's past life in the Silver Millennium AKA Runo, the scenes and ideas involving Inuyasha, Kagome, Melody, and Kikyo, special attacks of Taigoku, Runo, and Sestuna and other things not mentioned in this commentary. Also, I would like to give thanks and credit to inu-yusukekaiba102 and this author's story of `All's Fair in Love and War' for the idea of Inuyasha's mother ninja heritage, Inuyasha and Melody having Serena's Kekkai Genkai in this story, and the idea of the Millennium Earrings and their powers and abilities. Finally, I would like to thank and give credit to inu-yusukekaiba102 and this author's story of `White and Black Hearts' for the idea of Kagome's, Sanosake's, and Sota's ninja heritage, being `descendants' of the Uchiha clan, and having the Sharingan.

 

One more thing, I would like to also give credit and thanks to Fanfiction author Kimiko Seraphiel and this author's story of `Superman to the Rescue' for the name of the Sailor Soldier known as Sailor Genesis used in the previous chapters, this chapter, and throughout the story. Then I would like to give thanks and credit to Blue-Eyes White Knight-BEWK for the ideas of the OC characters of Jade Truesdale and Jordan Rhodes, their backgrounds, their `histories', their ages, their `looks', their personalities, Jade's Spirit Detective powers, Jordan's ninja abilities, and their dueling decks, Jade's Dragon deck and Jordan's Spellcaster deck as well as their Forbidden decks. Next, I would like to give thanks and credit to Drachegirl14 and this author's story of `Yu-Gi-Oh GX: The Treasured Era' for the ideas of the OC characters, Takara and Rika, the Sailor Scouts known as Sailor Heaven Star and Sailor Hell Star, the Celestial Light and Shadowed Rebirth Kingdoms, the `beloveds' of Heaven Star and Hell Star, the Warrior of Light and the Shadow warrior, the time of peace before the Silver Millennium, The Treasured Era, The Treasured Era's `connection' to the Silver Millennium, the Moon Kingdom the Silver Alliance, the Golden Alliance, the Sun Kingdom, and the Earth Kingdoms, Sailor Celestial Darkness, Heaven Star's and Hell Star's fusion form, the `connection' with the Light of Destruction and `The Treasured Era', and the end of `The Treasured Era' by the Light of Destruction with the battle with Sailor Celestial Darkness, as well as the ideas of Sailor Dark Star, Sailor Aurora Star, and other ideas that I didn't mention in this commentary. I would like to give thanks and credit to Tri-Edge of the Azure Flames and this author's story of `Turn to the Darkness' and inu-yusukekaiba102 and this author's story of `Darkness Powers Unleashed' for the idea of the plot of the story, the original Duel Monsters' card known as Darkness Veil, the new `darker looks' of Jaden, Serena, and all those that will be joining them, and any and all items and/or ideas from these stories that aren't mentioned in this commentary. Plus, I would also like to give thanks and credit to Tri-Edge of the Azure Flames and this author's story of `Turn to the Darkness' for the idea of Chaos Yeshua/Yeshua, his clothing, his back-story, and his original Duel Monsters deck and cards since they were created by the author mentioned. Then I would like to give thanks and credit to inu-yusukekaiba102 and this author's story of `Darkness Powers Unleashed' for the idea of the `Darkness of Salvation', the Light of Destruction's moral enemy, the dueling decks of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata, the idea for `The Clown' Tarot card and its connection to Naruto, the ideas for Hikari Urameshi and Kira Urameshi, their personalities, style of clothing, and backgrounds, and their dueling decks, Hikari's and Kira's Silver Millennium pasts, Hikari's Sailor Scout form of Sailor Galaxy and Kira's Sailor Scout from of Sailor Milky Way, and their `royal forms' as well, the duel spirits for Naruto and Sasuke, Kagome's `Sick Girl' reputation, and the idea for Inuyasha's elder twin sister, Melody, in this story, and any and all things that come from this author that aren't mention in this commentary. Next, I would like to give thanks and credit to Infinite Freedom for the ideas of Naruto's Kyubi monster card, the Silver Millennium `royal forms' of Sasuke and Naruto, and the elements for Sakura's and Hinata's Sailor Scout forms as well as other elements in this story from this author not mentioned in this commentary at this time. Plus, I would like to give thanks and credit to YallRCrazy and this author's story of `To the Digital World We Go' for the ability of Sailor Star able to copy the other Sailor Scout's attacks. Next, I would like to give thanks and credit to deathwish, also known as Chaos and Deathwish, and who is an author from adultfanfiction(dot)net for the ideas of the idea of the Catalysts, the `erotic', mental, and power-enhancing abilities of his OC character, Kori, and the ideas of Sailor Scouts like Sailor Andromeda and other Sailor Scouts made up from the moons in the Milky Way or stars and constellations named in our known universe from his story known simply as `Boredom'. Then I would like to give thanks and credit to V-4-VeNdEtTa and this author's story of `Sailor Moon?' for the idea of the Sailor Senshi known as Sailor Universe. Next, I would like take the time to give thanks and credit to SailorStar9 and this author's fanfiction of `The Astral Twins' for the idea of Supreme Sailor Senshi known as Sailor Astral and I would also like to give this author credit for the idea of the Sailor Senshi known as Sailor Vortex that comes from this author's story of `Sailor Vortex Returned'. Then I would like to give thanks and credit to ggctuk, another Fanfiction author, and this author's story of `Vengeance' for the idea to the `heir to Egypt', the successor to Pharaoh Atem as the next great Pharaoh of Egypt and the next one to bear the `power of the Pharaoh' that Atem has as well as the idea for the alternate forms of the Egyptian Gods known as, Obelisk, God of War, Slifer, Dragon of Osiris, and Sun Dragon Ra, the use of Polymerization with the Egyptian God Cards, Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and the Winged Dragon of Ra, to create the Creator of Light in a duel, and the use of this author's version of the Anti-God/Wicked God Cards used in the Yu-Gi-Oh R Manga story. Finally, I would like to give credit to two Fanfiction authors, SSJ4Takeru also known as Kanius the V and Belletiger, an author that helps SSJ4Takeru/Kanius the V with his stories, and SSJ4Takeru's/Kanius the V's story `YuYuGiDigiMoon: The Invasion of the Rajita' for the idea of the Valkyrie Sailor Senshi and all of the ideas that go with the Valkyrie Sailor Senshi, including the Spirit Beasts and Valkyrie Scout Transformation Items, that's going to be used in this story as well as give thanks and credit to SSJ4Takeru/Kanius the V and this author's story of `YuYuGiDigiMoon: The Invasion of the Rajita' for the idea of the Sailor Scout known as Sailor Sedna and the idea for Helios and his Pegasus form being Rini's/Sailor Mini-Moon's Valkyrie Sailor Scout form's Spirit Beast/Battle Pegasus.

 

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Warning: This chapter contains intense violence, blood, gore, and possible death, mild to explicit suggestive themes, including mind-control and brainwashing, mild to explicit bad language, and possible X-rated adult themes/situations that some readers might consider disturbing!

 

Second Warning: Some OOC (Out of Character) actions and mannerisms in this chapter!

 

Yu-Gi-Oh GX Digi-Stars: Twilight Wars

 

Chapter 25: The Paths that Heroes Take

 

(Sometime after the battle between Sasuke and Itachi; Back at the Slifer Red dorm)

 

Returning to the Slifer Red dorm, we find those heroes and heroines that didn't go with those to witness the battle between Sasuke and Itachi are getting anxious as the smoke and dust from the battlefield can be seen from there.

 

Lita yells out, annoyed, “Oh, man! We shouldn't have let them go alone!”

 

Yusuke asks, with a nod, “Lita's right! Why did we stupidly just stand here and let them go off like that?”

 

Kurama says, with a plain tone, “This was an affair of the Leaf Village and a battle between ninja. It isn't our place to interfere.”

 

Kira says, with a serious tone, “But Kurama, what about Serena? She is a ninja, yeah, but Molly and Rei aren't ninja!”

 

Hiei says, plainly, “The Moon Princess has vast ninja experience and training. Plus, the miko is a descendant of the Sharingan with Warrior of Sedna also having ninja training, thanks to the Motomiya girl.”

 

Tai says, with a serious tone and shaking his fist, “We know that, but we shouldn't have let Jun go off like that!”

 

Davis says, with a serious tone, “No joke! I can't believe that we just did that! My sister might be a pain, but she is still my sister!”

 

Kari tells Davis, reassuringly, “I'm sure that she will be okay, Dai-kun. She has years of experience as a Sailor Scout after all.”

 

Matt says, with an amazed tone, “Which I'm getting started to believe in.”

 

Yolei asks, perplexed, “Well, I wanted to know about her digivice. What was that? And what was that energy that she used to aid her partner to Digivolve?”

 

Izzy tells Yolei, “I'm just as amazed and perplexed as you are. Well, from what I could observe that Digivice might be more advanced than the D-3, but I'm not sure about that, yet.”

 

Kagome says, reassuringly, “Anyway, I'm sure that they are okay and I know that they will be back soon.” Just then all those with some form of spiritual sense picks up some familiar auras and they immediately look into the woods which immediately see the group that went after Sasuke, Itachi, and Kisame earlier return, but there are a large lion clad black armor around his waist, legs, and backhand portion of his paws with someone strapped to his back appear.

 

Sota yells out, excitedly, “They're back!”

 

Meiou sees her brother's distress face and she asks, concerned, “Bro, what's wrong?”

 

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “He met Madara for the first time.”

 

Plenty of gasps come from our heroes and heroines and Meiou asks, stunned, “You met our mom's and dad's killer?”

 

Naruto says, with a slight angered expression on his face, “Yeah.”

 

Ami asks Serena, Rei, and Molly, “Is this true?”

 

Rei says, crossing her arms in front of her, “No joke! And I've got to say that Meatball Head was right on the money with him.” Rei says, with a slight nervous look, “His aura . . .”

 

Amara asks, curiously, “What about it?”

 

Rei says, with a serious tone, “I sensed a real sinister aura around him. Personally, he could give the Light of Destruction and that Dartz follow a run for their money on the pure evil department.”

 

Mina asks, nervously, “He was that bad?!”

 

Rei retorts, with a serious tone, “Do you think that I would kid on a situation like this?!”

 

Molly says, with a kind smile, “Easy, Rei.”

 

Soon after, the lion with the group walks up to the group causing Darien to ask Serena, curious tone in his voice, “Sere', who is that on one of your summons?”

 

Tsunade says, with a serious tone, “Someone that could give us plenty of answers.”

 

Hiashi says, with a serious tone, “Lady Hokage, I can't believe that you allowed her to bring him! Him of all people!”

 

Tsunade says, with a plain tone, “I trust the judgment of a former student of mine!” Just then the lion steps forward to reveal the form of Itachi Uchiha on the back of lion.

 

Jade yells out, stunned, “Whoa! I read about him in the reports! That's Itachi Uchiha!”

 

Jasmine calls out, worriedly, “The same mass murdered that killed the rest of his whole clan expect for Sasuke?!”

 

Nyoko yells out, worriedly, “Why did you bring him here?”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “To get some answers.”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “Rei told me that something about Itachi wasn't right and it wasn't his health.”

 

Michelle asks Rei, “What did you mean Rei?”

Rei says, with a serious tone, “During this whole time, everything that Itachi said. It just . . . it wasn't the truth. Everything that he was telling Sasuke about wanting his eyes, wanting power, and even the murder of the Uchiha clan, Itachi didn't have the aura of a ruthless kill and in his eyes, I sensed much sorrow, pain, and guilt which he hid incredibly well with his emotionless façade.”

 

Temari asks, curiously, “Are you saying that he was acting like an emotionless killer?”

 

Rei says, with a nod, “Yes. I could tell. The `Itachi' that was shown in front of us wasn't the real deal. The `real Itachi' was the one that tapped Sasuke on the forehead and smiled.”

 

Sakura says, with a sneer, “Who cares who the `real Itachi' is? And why would we should taking about this jerk? He caused both Naruto and Sasuke so much pain in the past! Why should we help him at all? I don't get it!”

 

Kakashi tells Sakura, with a serious tone, “Sakura, a major rule of a Shinobi is not to let our personal emotions get the better of our judgment and our missions!”

 

Neji says, with a nod, “Kakashi-sensei is correct, Sakura. He has indeed done a lot of horrible things, but if we are to learn more about the Akatsuki, he is our best source.”

 

Kankuro says, with a serious tone, “There is kind of problem with your plan. This guy is as dead as doornail.”

 

Serena says, shaking her head, “Not as dead as you think. He did die in front of Sasuke, but there is some life in him left.”

 

Hiashi asks, perplexed, “What do you mean?”

 

Ayeka asks, curiously, “Lady Serenity, do you mean that there is a way to revive him?”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Yes, there is.”

 

Hiashi yells out, stunned, “Have you gone nuts?!”

 

Tsunade says, with a serious tone, “I know how you feel, Lord Hiashi. But we need answers and Itachi is the only one to give them.”

 

Kakashi tells Yugao, with a serious tone, “However, we shall put him under heavy guard. See to that.”

 

Yugao says, with a nod, “Good idea.”

 

Meiou says, with a very serious tone, “I would like to help with that Kakashi-sensei.”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “Meiou, I don't think . . .”

 

Sakura says, with a serious tone, “Kakashi-sensei, it isn't a good idea to argue with Meiou when she is like this and personally, I would like to do the same.”

 

Naruto says, with a surprised tone, “What about Sasuke? I thought you would want to go out for him!”

 

Kagome asks, surprised, “What happened to Sasuke?”

 

Shikamaru says, with a plain tone, “He had been taken away by that Madara character before we could retrieve him.”

 

Keiko says, stunned, “That's horrible!”

 

Sakura says, with a nod, “Yes. And I would like to go after him, but we don't where he is hiding with Sasuke.” Sakura says, with a deadly glare at Itachi, “Our only chance to find Sasuke is him.”

 

Matt asks, perplexed, “I might be out of the loop here, but how are you going to get help from him when he is dead?”

 

Serena says, with a serious tone, “His body might be dead, but his spirit is in a near-death state. I think that my Silver Crystal can revive him.”

 

Darien and the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts gasp in shock and Trista says, stunned, “My princess, you are taking a big risk! Using the Silver Crystal to revive someone will take much of your energy! You might not survive!”

 

Serena says, looking at Jaden with a gentle smile, “Not if I have some help from a fellow Lunarian royal.”

 

Jaden says, with a smile, “If you want my help, sis, you've got it! My Silver Crystal can boost yours!”

 

Luna and Atremis then appear and Luna says, seriously, “Serena, even with Jaden's help, the chances of reviving Itachi Uchiha are slim.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “I know, Luna.” Serena says, looking at Itachi's motionless form, “However, something inside of my soul tells me that it is something that I have to do. Rei's words spoke to me and I think . . . no, I believe that he isn't the monster that he is shown or tried to make himself to be.”

 

Rei says, with a serious tone, “He has answers and we need them.”

 

Serena tells Jaden, “Jay, it is risky and I won't . . .”

 

Jaden says, with a smile, “You don't need to say anymore sis! We're family and we're here to help each other!”

 

Serena says, with a warm smile, “Yes! You are right, Jaden.”

 

Alexis thinks in her mind, with a sigh and warm loving smile, “That's Jaden for you!”

 

Yubel tells Alexis, mentally, “Yes, Jaden-kun always put others above himself! Even through his attempts to help others don't always go like they planned, including him trying to give me the powers of Neo-Space, but in the end, he manages to help others!”

 

Trista says, with a serious tone, “I see that you are going to do this. If we are going to revive him, we must hurry. The more time that passes, the less chance that it will succeed.”

 

Serena says, with a nod, “Right.” Immediately, our heroes and heroines head inside of the Slifer Red dorm for Jaden's and Serena's attempt to revive Itachi with the two Silver Crystals.

 

Amara thinks in her mind, while looking at Itachi, “I hope that you know what you are doing Kitten.”

 

Jiraiya thinks in his mind, at the same time, “I hope that Serena knows what she is doing with him through something in my guts tells me that her friend is right about him.”

 

Tenchi thinks in his mind, while looking at Itachi, “I don't know why, but I get the feeling that Serena is right about this guy.” As they head inside, there are plenty of those among our heroes and heroines that feel that Rei is right for reasons that they can't explain. However, during this time, Sakura decides to slip away from the others, but Kakashi, Tsunade, Hiashi, Serena, Rei, Kurama, Hiei, and others notice Sakura leaving.

 

(Rejoining Sasuke; A short time later)

 

Back with Sasuke, we find him on the other side of the island from the Slifer Red dorm looking out to the sea as he looks in deep thought.

 

Sasuke thinks in his mind, stunned, “I can't believe it . . . I just can't believe it . . . All that I believed in . . . all that I have known . . . it was all a lie . . . How could they? How could they have done this to me and my whole clan?!”

 

Flashback; Just after Sasuke recovered from his battle with Itachi

 

Back in the cave that serves the Akatsuki headquarters on Duel Academy, we find Sasuke facing Madara Uchiha, the supposed `immortal' founder of the Uchiha clan and holder of the `Eternal' Mangekyo Sharingan, who declares that Itachi, his elder brother, was ordered by Third Hokage and the elders of the Leaf Village council to destroy the entire Uchiha Clan.

 

Madara, wearing his `Tobi mask', tells Sasuke, with a plain tone, “Many years ago, around eighty years ago I believe, during the many ninja wars in our lands, there were two supreme clans, the Senju of the Forest and the Uchiha. During this time, the clans were the most powerful of the ninja clans. If one clan was hired by one side in a way, the other side was sure to hire the Uchiha. This pushes both clans to their limits and eventually, they had negotiated a truce between the two clans. From this agreement, the Leaf Village was born and this caused the one ninja village per nation was born. I wanted to become the First Hokage to prevent my clan from being destroyed, but they shunned me and choose Hashirama Senju. My own clan forced me out because they falsely accused me of stealing my brother's eyes when he sacrificed himself to allow me to regain my eyesight and my `Eternal' Mangekyo Sharingan. They banished me from the village and I must admit that I was very bitter and tried to get my justice. When I fought Senju at what would become the Valley of the End, I harness the power of my Sharingan to summon and control the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox to my side. But because of Senju's special Kekkai Genkai, he managed to weaken the fox and defeat me in the process. I left in disgrace, but I managed to make sure to keep an eye on the village. Sasuke, do you remember that the Uchiha the job of controlling the Leaf Village Military Police?”

 

Sasuke says, with a serious tone, “Yes.”

 

Madara tells Sasuke, with a plain tone, “Well, it wasn't for the reasons that you know of. The Second Hokage gave the Uchiha the job to weaken their power and drive them from governing the village. He gave them control of the Police Force as an act of `good faith' when it was really just an act to distance the Uchiha from the power of the village. And after that `horrid day' around fifteen years ago, it got worse.”

 

Sasuke asks, suspiciously, “The day of the Nine-Tailed Fox's attack. You are the one to send it to attack the village?”

 

Madara tells Sasuke, plainly, “It was a natural disaster. The Nine-Tailed Fox can't always be controlled by me, but the council put all of the blame, even through it is secret, on the Uchiha clan. There was always discrimination against the Uchiha clan, but after the Kyuubi attacked the village, they blamed them for the attack since the Sharingan can gain the power to contain and control the Tailed Demons. This causes the Uchiha clan to become angry at the village and they planned a coup.”

 

Sasuke asks, stunned, “They planned to overthrown the council?”

 

Madara says, with a nod, “Yes. In fact, your father was center in the plan since he was a leader in the Uchiha conspiracy.”

 

Sasuke yells out, angrily, “That's a lie!”

 

Madara states, with a plain tone, “Do you really believe so? Why did you think that your father was so keen on Itachi becoming part of the ANBU?” Sasuke gives a look of surprise and Madara says, with a plain tone, “You see, the Uchiha clan need a spy for internal knowledge that they need for the coup and Itachi was the perfect choice. However, your brother witnessed the countless slaughter of people in the ninja wars when he was a young boy. Also, he was a student of the Third Hokage and he knew if the Uchiha came to power in the Leaf Village, the balance of power would be upset and new wars would start. In order to avoid bloodshed, Itachi had indeed betrayed the Uchiha . . . to the rest of the village by becoming a double agent for the council. The Third Hokage tried to reconcile with the Uchiha, but it came to no avail. So, he and the elders of the village order Itachi to eliminate the whole of the Uchiha clan. He agreed, but on one condition: The life of his younger brother would be speared. He begged that your life be spared.” Sasuke's eyes widen in shock and Madara says, plainly, “He argued that you were too young to know of the coup and he was innocent of the wrongdoings of the clan. He also threatened Danzo to spill the secrets of the village to other nations if he tried anything with you. However, during this time, the Uchiha clan, including your father, was becoming suspicious of your brother and his loyalties. So, they sent his best friend, Shisui, to investigate him. Shisui learned the truth, but he never got the chance. Itachi murdered Shisui for two reasons: One, obviously, to gain the Mangekyo Sharingan. And two, to keep his double agent status, secret from Uchiha. With the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, Itachi decided to do the deed that he was ordered to perform. But on that day, he meets me. I was quite bitter against the village and the clan that I founded that cast me out, but Itachi, who had known about me for quite awhile, convinced me to leave the village alone and instead take out the Uchiha clan, insisting that I spare your life. Soon after the deed was done, he joined the Akatsuki, but not for what you think. I had known for sometime and Itachi knew that I knew his secret. The Third Hokage also knew of my existence and they planned for Itachi to join the Akatsuki to spy on me and the Akatsuki to prepare for any of my plans. Plus, your brother had his own plans for you, Sasuke, but not what you thought and known.”

 

Sasuke asks, curiously, “What do you mean?”

 

Madara says, plainly, “You see, my boy, he took on the façade of an emotionless killer and filled you with so much hate and anger against him was for his plan to die by your hands all along.” Sasuke's eyes widen at this answer and Madara tells Sasuke, “He did his best to make sure that you accepted the `illusion' of him being an emotionless killer that kill his clan for pretty reasons and the Uchiha clan were a noble clan, so, you would never have to live in shame of your heritage. He had planned for his death by your hands for sometime now especially during this time. However, when the Third Hokage died, he was forced to reveal himself to ensure that Danzo and the two elders, who also knew the truth, wouldn't dare try anything with you. He made the excuse for the Akatsuki to attempt to get the Nine-Tailed Fox container AKA Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. He knew even through some years have pasted, you wouldn't be strong enough. But he knew that his time wouldn't last with the negative effects of the Mangekyo Sharingan. So, he used his attack on Naruto to push you to become stronger while at the same time to warn Naruto of the existence of the Akatsuki. Itachi knew about Naruto's heritage all along from the files that he read and to ensure that I wouldn't get the Nine-Tailed Fox, he would also push Naruto as well since Jiraiya will be well-informed of us. However, he was stunned to learn that you went to Orochimaru for power since he tried to take Itachi's body and failed. But he was glad to learn that Orochimaru already switched bodies and he knew by the time that Orochimaru had the ability to do so again, you would be far strong enough to take Orochimaru down. But knowing of the Curse Mark, Itachi had to modify his plans to die by your hands, which he had to do so since he was already dying.”

 

Sasuke asks, stunned, “Already dying?”

 

Madara says, with a nod, “Yes. You know of the weakness of the Mangekyo Sharingan. Well, certain jutsu can affect your health as a whole and not just your eyes. Itachi's use of the Mangekyo Sharingan weakened his body and his body was ravaged by illness that would have killed a weaker person. However, thanks to special medicine and the drive to complete his `final mission', he stayed alive long enough to fight with you Sasuke. His plan was not to win, but to weaken you enough so that Orochimaru would be driven out. Itachi can then remove the Curse Seal and die in front of you, which was for two reasons. One, he wanted to give you the Mangekyo. Since he was really close to you, if he died by your hand, you would fulfill the requirement of the Mangekyo Sharingan to kill someone close to you and you would gain its power. He also transferred his jutsu power to increase the power of your Mangekyo, so, you would be ready for me and you would have a defense against me. And two, you would become a hero as an avenger to the clan by killing him. For the sake of the village and peace, he destroyed his own clan, became a traitor, traded honor for disgrace, and traded your love for hatred of him. He gave you the Uchiha name in the hopes that you would turn it back into the noble clan of old.” Madara gives a sly giggle and he says, “Itachi was truly a student of philosophy of the Third Hokage. He deceived you to the end to ensure that his dreams through you would become reality.” Madara then tells Sasuke, “I shall release you now and leave you with the truth. It is up to you if you wish to accept it or not.”

 

End Flashback; Return to the Present

 

Back in the present, we find Sasuke staring out towards the rest of Academy Island from his position at the active volcano on Academy Island. After Madara teleported him to this area, he left him to accept the truth alone. At first, Sasuke didn't believe, but then a memory of `that day' when he attacked Itachi came into his mind, he saw tears down Itachi's eyes, but Sasuke thought he was seeing things. However, realizing it now, Sasuke knows what Madara spoke was the truth.

 

Sasuke thinks in his mind, as tears threatened to shed from his eyes, “All this time . . . Itachi was no villain . . . he was just a soldier . . . a solider following his orders . . . he did this . . . my drive for power . . . my desire to kill him . . . all for me and for the clan . . . How could I . . . HOW COULD I'VE BEEN SO BLIND?!” Sasuke's Sharingan activates and with a roar of pure anger, he rams his fist into nearby side of the volcano causing a small crater to form around his fist. As tears come from his eyes, Sasuke thinks in his mind, the memories of his happy times with Itachi before `that day', “He sacrificed everything! His clan, his honor, and himself for that village! His memory tainted for all time just for me and the village! The village . . . He served faithfully and this is the repayment that he gets: A life of shame?! They won't get away with this! They took away the Itachi I knew and forced him to do unforgivable things. They . . . THEY WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS! I SWEAR THEY WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!” As his sadness boils into anger, anger that he never felt before, he doesn't that Sakura is heading up the volcano.

 

Sakura thinks in her mind, worriedly, “That was Sasuke! I hope that he is all right!” As Sakura continues to head up the mountain, she doesn't know that Sasuke is physically fine, but his heart is far from `okay'.

 

(Back in the Slifer Red dorm; at the same time)

 

Within the Slifer Red dorm, we find our heroes and heroines, minus Sakura and Sasuke, assembled in the redesigned dorm room of the Slifer Red dorm with the motionless form of Itachi is on the floor while Kurama, Washu, and Ami, using her computer, examines him while Jaden and Serena prepare to use their Silver Crystals to revive him.

 

Kurama says, with a plain tone, “His body has recently gone into a state of death, but he and his spirit are in a state of transition between life and death. If you wish to revive him, the time is now.”

 

Ami says, amazed, “My computer is telling me that his body was ravaged by some kind of disease and a strong one.”

 

Shikamaru asks, perplexed, “Disease? You mean that he was sick?”

 

Washu says, using her own scanners, “She's right. And for a long time, too.”

 

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “The aftereffects of using the Mangekyo Sharingan and its jutsu so much. It seems that certain jutsu also damage the health of the user and not just the eyes.”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “Hopefully, the disease will be purged when I use the light of Jaden's and my Silver Crystals to revive him.” There are members of the ninja group that can only give snorts at this statement.

 

Kurama says, with a plain tone, “We should hurry then. If we don't, he will completely pass on and you can't revive him then. The laws of the universe will not allow it.”

 

Trista says, with a nod, “He is correct, my princess.”

 

Serena nods her head in understanding and she asks Jaden, “Ready, Jay?”

 

Jaden says, with a sigh, “Well, ready as I will ever be.” Soon after, Serena closes her eyes and holds her brooch in her eyes causing it to open and reveal her Imperium Silver Crystal. On the meanwhile, Jaden closes his eyes and his Silver Crystal appears from his transformation device going into his hands. The two of them then transform into their `royal forms' of Princess Serenity and Prince Judai and soon after, the silver light of two crystals are bathed and absorbed into Itachi's form. For a minute, it seems like nothing is happening, but then Itachi's right hand starts to move slowly.

 

Hinata says, shocked, “His hand moved!” Immediately, plenty of the ninja in the group get into defensive stance as best they could while Itachi's wounds are healed as his body is restored and Itachi returns from his near-death state. When Princess Serenity and Prince Judai were done, the light of the Silver Crystals fade away and the two Lunarian royals collapse to their knees, their energy completely exhausted as their crystals return to their transformation devices while they return to `civilian forms' of Serena Tsukino and Jaden Yuki.

 

Darien, Sammy, and the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts yell out in shock, “Serena!”

 

Alexis and Jaden's friends, minus Chazz, yell out in unison, “Jaden!”

 

Alexis goes over to Jaden and asks him, concerned, “Are you okay, Jaden?”

 

Jaden says, with a weak smile, “I'll be okay, Lex . . . it just took a lot out of me. I'll be out of it for awhile.” On the meanwhile, Serena, even with all her energy, faints backwards and falls into Darien's waiting arms.

 

She looks at Darien and she says, with a weak warm smile, “Thanks, Darien.”

 

Darien says, with a warm loving tone, “Anytime.”

 

Mina asks, concerned, “Are you okay, Serena?”

 

Luna says, with a sigh of relief, “She will be. Her energy is just greatly worn out from using the Silver Crystal's powers. It will take sometime, but she will recover in due time.”

 

Tai asks, a bit nervously, “What about him?”

 

Kurama says, with a plain tone, “Coming back from in-between life and death is quite hard. Even through Jaden and Serena used their Silver Crystals to fully restore him, Itachi Uchiha may not be up in awhile.”

 

Tsunade says, with a plain tone, “You speak as he is an ordinary guy, Kurama.”

 

Erin says, plainly, “Lady Hokage is right. He is NOT an ordinary person or ninja.”

 

Meiou says, with a serious tone, “No joke. We had better keep our guard up.”

 

Syrus asks, curiously, “What about Jay and Serena?”

 

Trista says, with a plain tone, “We should take them up to another dorm room to rest.”

 

Serena says, with a weak smile, “I'll be okay.”

 

Jaden states, with a weak sly smile, “With all of us in here, what can Itachi do to harm us?”

 

Tyranno says, with a slight nervous tone, “I don't know Sarge. He is one dangerous soldier and he can do a lot of damage.”

 

Tsunade says, with a plain tone, “Which is why you should be someone else if he wakes up before the two of you can recover.”

 

Serena says, with a kind smile, “Tsunade-sensei, I'm glad to know that you are thinking of my safety, but Jay and I will be fine. Promise.”

 

Jiraiya says, with a sigh, “That girl is as stubborn as you, Tsunade.”

 

Tsunade gives a snort of annoyance at Jiraiya and she says, with a plain tone, “Okay, but I'm putting plenty of guards with you along with your friends.”

 

Hiashi says, with a nod and serious tone, “Good idea, Lady Hokage.”

 

Neji says, nodding his head, “Right.”

 

Naruto looks around and he asks, perplexed, “Wait! Hasn't anyone seen Sakura?”

 

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “She went off by herself to find Sasuke.”

 

Jun yells out, stunned, “Hold up! You didn't stop her?!”

 

Jiraiya says, with another sigh, “That isn't another surprise.”

 

Tenten asks, seriously, “Well, why are just sitting here?”

 

Ino says, with a nod, “Yeah! We should go find her!”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “Sakura will be just fine. Remember, she was trained by Tsunade and she has her own Sailor Scout powers as backup.”

 

Tsunade says, with a nod, “You know how she gets when things like Sasuke and Naruto come up.”

 

Naruto says, with a nod, “Yeah. We have tried to become close again after all this time.”

 

Tenchi asks, curiously, “So, we're going to let her go?”

 

Yusuke says, with a serious tone, “I'm sure that she will be just fine. She is one of you after all.”

 

Kira says, with a nod and dark plain tone, “Yeah. And if any white dorks give her any trouble, she will be able to handle it herself. She has the Darkness of Salvation aiding her.”

 

Ino says, a bit nervously, “Well, you do have a point, Kira.”

 

Takara says, with a kind smile, “I'm sure that she will be okay.”

 

Rika says, with a sly grin, “She is a tough girl.”

 

Melissa says, with a nod, “Indeed.”

 

Jade, Jordan, and Celeste go over to the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts and Jordan tells them, “We would like to help keeping Serena-onee-chan safe if Itachi tries anything.”

 

Celeste asks, curiously, “You don't mind?”

 

Rini says, with a warm smile, “Nope! The more, the merrier!” Soon after, our heroes and heroines get ready for the time for when Itachi wakes up after being revived from a near-death state while Serena and Jaden are being helped over to the bed nearby to get them an area where they can rest up while being protected if Itachi does something after he wakes up.

 

(Rejoining Sasuke; A short time soon after)

 

Back with Sasuke, we find him closing his eyes as Sakura immediately arrives at his position with a happy smile on her face.

 

Sakura says, happily, “Sasuke, I've found you!”

 

Sasuke says, with a monotone voice, “So, you found me Sakura. I figured you or the Dobe would.”

 

Sakura asks Sasuke, surprised by his change of voice, “Sasuke, what's wrong?”

 

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “My whole life . . . was a lie, Sakura.”

 

Sakura asks, perplexed, “Huh? What do you mean?”

 

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “I've been lied to for my whole life. My clan . . . my revenge . . . it was totally pointless.”

 

Sakura asks, perplexed, “Sasuke, what are you talking about?”

 

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “Madara Uchiha . . . I met him. And he . . . told me the truth.”

 

Sakura asks, confused, “What truth?”

 

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “The truth about my clan . . . and my brother.” Soon after, Sasuke tells Sakura exactly what Madara had told her and she gasps in shock.

 

Sakura yells out, stunned, “No! It can't be true!”

 

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “It is true. I know it is true.”

 

Sakura yells out, strongly, “Sasuke! He is the leader of the Akatsuki! He is just lying, cheating, selfish jerk that wants power to take over the world or kill everyone in the world just like some other psycho!”

 

Sasuke says, with a snarl, “I know that!” Sasuke then whips around to face Sakura and his eyes open to reveal brand new Sharingan, which has his eyes' pupils in the form of a star with lines forming an inner star, causing Sakura to gasp in shock.

 

Sakura says, shocked, “Sasuke! Your Sharingan . . .!”

 

Sasuke says, seriously, “Yes, this is the Mangekyo Sharingan! The same Sharingan that I tried to kill Naruto form! Just like my brother planned, I gained it when he sacrificed him by letting me be the one to kill him! It is like he told me: To gain the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, you have to kill someone close to you! And my brother wanted me to kill him to gain this power! What Madara told me is true! I know is truth! On that day, I remember now, when I attacked Itachi, there were tears in his eyes! I forgot that because I feel into the lies that Itachi wanted me to! This is the truth! Itachi didn't murder my clan because he was a ruthless killer: But because he was forced to under the orders of the Third Hokage and the village elders! They made him kill the clan!” Sasuke says, his teeth clench in anger, “They took advantage of my brother's desire for peace and turned him into a ruthless murder! They destroyed him!”

 

Sakura says, lowly, “Sasuke . . .”

 

Sasuke says, with a serious glare with his new Mangekyo Sharingan, “Don't say anything, Sakura. You never knew. None of you knew.” Sasuke looks in the sky and he says, seriously, “My brother only joined that Akatsuki for the sake of the village. But . . . what does the village give him in return? His name trudged through the mud and his honor ripped apart! Turned into a villain and his name forever stained!” Sasuke grits his teeth in anger and he states, anger in his voice, “He has done everything for what he believed in and in the end, his name will be stained in infamy!”

 

Sakura tells Sasuke, reassuringly, “Sasuke, if this is true, then we can set the record straight . . .”

 

Sasuke yells out, angrily, “And what would come of that?! The Uchiha were driven to the coup just because the Nine-Tailed Fox could be controlled by members of the Uchiha clan! The Sharingan might have had the power to control the Nine-Tailed Fox, but it didn't mean that the Uchiha were at fault! It was that rotten Madara Uchiha's fault! He drove the Nine-Tailed Fox that tried to destroy the village, but even through they knew better later on, they still used my brother as their weapon using his desire and need for peace to manipulate him to do their dirty work!” Sakura gasps in shock and Sasuke says, anger and venom laced in his voice, “Well, I won't let them get away with this. They used my brother to destroy my clan and now, they destroyed the Itachi Uchiha that I knew and they forced him to destroy himself! They will not get away with this!”

 

Sakura says, fearfully, “What . . . What are you going to do?”

 

Sasuke says, with a deadly determined glare in his Mangekyo Sharingan eyes, “What am I going to do? I intend . . . for my brother to get the justice that he deserves! I am still an avenger for my clan, but now, I am doing more for my clan! I am doing for the brother that the village took from me and the life that he had that they destroyed! I shall see that elders pay for their crime once and for all!”

 

Sakura says, with a stunned and horrified tone, “Sasuke, you can't really mean that!”

 

Sasuke says, with a deadly serious tone, “I do mean it! What they did is just as terrible as that alien freak! Destroying my clan in the name of justice and peace and I will not stand for it! And they used my brother like the Light of Destruction and Dartz used others for their sick games! They will pay . . .” Just then Sasuke disappears and reappears behind Sasuke with incredible super-speed causing her to gasp and Sasuke to say, seriously, “. . . and justice will be served. I shall get my brother and I will bury him with honor. However, I can't follow my brother's wishes because it is the only way to get him justice. But you, Naruto, and the others are innocent of anything that they have done including the Hokage. I will not stain your hands with the blood that I will spill for true justice.” Sakura, expecting a blow like the one on the day that Sasuke left the Leaf Village, moves her body to dodge a karate chop to the neck, but Sasuke then swings around and attacks Sakura in the waist with a strong enough blow to knock her out. As her unconscious form falls into his arms, Sasuke thinks in his mind, solemnly, “Forgive me, Sakura . . . this is for the best . . .” Sasuke then gently lays Sakura down on the ground, Sasuke thinks in his mind, looking towards the Slifer Red dorm, “You had better take good care of her, Dobe . . . Maybe when I take the corrupt ones out of control of the village, you can make the village truly honorable . . . as the next Hokage . . . a few years, a loser like you would never crossed my mind to become Hokage, but now, you might be the best chance to change the village for the better. Good luck, Naruto.” Soon after, Sasuke leaps down the mountain and into the forests of Academy Island.

 

(During the early evening hours; back at the Slifer Red dorm)

 

Returning the Slifer Red dorm, we find our heroes and heroines, minus Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, Hinata, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Hiashi, assembled in the redesigned dorm room made by Chazz Princeton with Serena resting on the bed of the dorm while Jaden is gently sleeping on the mattress.

 

Chazz asks, in his usual snobbish tone, “One question: Why are we assembled here with a known mass murdered from the ninja world?”

 

Rei says, with a serious tone, “Simple, Princeton: We're here to get some answers from him. Plus, with his knowledge of this Akatsuki organization, he can get more intent with the stuff that Serena told us about when she met them back in her days as a Shinobi.”

 

Yolei says, with a nervous tone, “Yeah! But it is unnerving that we are with someone like him in here.”

 

Davis says, curiously, “I don't know . . .”

 

TK asks Davis, curiously, “What do you mean by that Davis?”

Davis says, with a perplexed tone, “Call it a `funny feeling', but I think that Rei is right about this guy. I just don't how to explain it.”

 

Hikari says, with a nod, “You are getting this feeling, too? It is pretty weird.”

 

Keiko says, with a plain tone, “Yeah. I'm not getting a negative feel from this guy's aura. Since I've gained spiritual and demonic powers, my new `sixth sense' is telling me that this guy isn't evil at all.”

 

Ryoko says, seriously, “He killed his entire ninja clan!”

 

Kagome says, with a serious tone, “We know that Ryoko! It's just . . . he doesn't feel evil to us.”

 

Melissa says, nodding her head, “Agreed. I'm not getting that negative aura.”

 

Inuyasha says, also nodding his head in agreement, “Yeah. Ever since this guy has been here, he doesn't reek of that smell like that Dartz jerk, that alien freak, or any of the evil jerks that we met.”

 

Temari says, with a serious tone, “It doesn't matter now. Right now, he is an enemy.”

 

Shikamaru states, annoyed, “What a drag! Why do we have to wait here with him while the Hokage, Naruto, and the adults go off to find Sakura?”

 

Ino says, serious tone in her voice, “Suck it up Shikamaru! We have a job to do! Besides, we're not the same genin as before!”

 

Shikamaru says, with a serious tone, “Well, you have to remember the fact that this guy became leader of the ANBU at age thirteen.”

 

Choji says, amazed, “Whoa!”

 

Shikamaru says, with a nod, “No joke, Choji. And our best chance against him . . .” Shikamaru points to Serena's resting form and he says, “Is exhausted and sleeping on the job.”

 

Lita yells out, annoyed, “Hey! Watch it!”

 

Ken says, with a serious tone, “Not the way that I would have put it, but Shikamaru has a point. Other than Kakashi, Jiraiya, and the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, Serena is the best defense against Itachi and she is worn out from reviving him.”

 

Sora says, with a nod, “Ken does have a point.”

 

Veemon says, with a confident smile, “I'm sure that the rest of us can handle him! Besides Jun and Molly are experienced Sailor Scouts and they have quite a lot of ninja training!”

 

Molly says, nervously, “I'm not sure how I would do against Itachi Uchiha, but Jun is quite good and I'm sure she can handle him.”

 

Jun says, with a nod, “My skills might rival Serena's and Itachi's, but we will see.”

 

Lee says, with a serious tone, “It has gotten quite late and Sakura and the others haven't returned.”

 

Tenten says, concerned, “I hope that they are okay.”

 

Neji says, with a plain tone, “They will be fine, Tenten. They are well-training including Naruto, thanks to Lord Jiraiya. They won't get caught so easily and our enemies have become weakened.”

 

Tenten says, with a nod, “Yeah, but now, the Akatsuki are here and their strongest members are assembled. And they were trouble before.”

 

Ino says, with an angered look, “How can I forget? We lost Asuma-sensei because of them.”

 

Sora says, with a reassuring smile, “You are all experienced at fighting them, so, I'm sure that they will be okay.”

 

Biyomon says, with a nod, “You're right, Sora!”

 

Tai says, with a nod, “You are experienced at stuff like this! I'm sure that Naruto and the others will be just fine.”

 

Tenten says, worriedly, “I hope so.” Just then the door opens and everyone looks to see Kakashi carrying Sakura's unconscious form inside along with the others that went out to look for her.

 

Ino yells out, shocked, “Sakura!”

 

Michelle asks, concerned, “What happened?”

Tsunade says, with a serious tone, “We don't know. We found her like this near the top of the volcano on this island.”

 

Darien asks, with a serious tone, “Why would she be there?”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “We're not sure, but we have our suspicions. However, she was struck quite hard because her level of strength and ability to ensure that Sakura will be out for awhile. We will have to wait until morning.” Kakashi then puts Sakura gently down on one of the coughs and one of the others gets a blanket.

 

Zoe says, worriedly, “I hope she will be okay.”

 

Naruto says, with a sly smile, “Don't worry! Sakura is a lot tougher than this! One blow isn't enough to take out of the fight permanently! A little sleep and she will be fine in the morning!” Naruto thinks in his mind, concerned, “However, finding her like we did have me worried! This seems really familiar and I don't like it!”

 

Neji asks, seriously, “Did you find any trance of Sasuke anywhere?”

 

Jiraiya says, with a serious tone, “Not in the immediate area.”

 

Shikamaru says, motioning at Itachi, “So, our only link to Sasuke is him.”

 

Bastion says, in his usual tone, “It indeed looks that way.”

 

Syrus asks Bastion, “By the way, Bastion, where is Doctor Eisenstein?”

 

Bastion states in reply, with a sly grin, “He is in Washu's lab. Where else would he be, Syrus?”

 

Tyranno says, with a sly giggle, “Like a kid in the candy store.”

 

Washu says, with a giggle, “Yep! It is glad to move more people that can appreciate the genius of my work!” Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ayeka give nervous sweatdrops and sigh at this.

 

Tenchi thinks in his mind, with a nervous smile, “Same old Washu!” On the meanwhile, the member of our group, which is revealed to be Takara, puts the blanket over Sakura's form.

 

Takara asks, concerned, “So, what do we do now?”

 

Amara says, with a plain tone, “There is nothing that we can do.”

 

Zane says, with a dark plain tone, “All we can do is get some rest and prepare for more battles and problems in the future.”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “Zane Truesdale has a point. We don't have any leads to Sasuke, so, we can't find him until Itachi has awoken.”

 

Hiashi says, with a serious tone, “However, all of us can't go to sleep with HIM around. We need to stand guard.”

 

Jade asks, curiously, “Do you think that we could help?”

 

Tsunade shakes her head and replies, with a kind smile, “Thank you for the offer, but this is our problem.”

 

Davis says, with a serious tone, “Sorry to be rude, but this is a problem for all of us since we are working together. Those jerks are here and they are here to take over the world, so, it does involve all of us.”

 

Neji says, with a serious tone, “We're not completely sure about that, but Davis does have a point.”

 

Rei says, with a serious tone, “Plus, since they are targeting Naruto and he is a member of the Moon Kingdom royal family, we, Moon Kingdom Sailor Soldiers, are duty bound to aid and protect him as we do our princess.”

 

Mina says, with a sly smile, “Figures that you would say that.”

 

Kari says, with a nod, “Plus, Naruto is a Digidestined like us! And we, Digidestined, stick together like a family!”

 

Falcomon says, with a nod, “Indeed. As a ninja Digimon, I am honor bound to protect my partner with every bit of my data.”

 

Tsunade gives a wide smile at this and she thinks, “I wish that people like them were in the Leaf Village, but then again, they would have been poisoned by the people's anger and unnecessary hate towards Naruto! Well, I'm glad that there are people like this in the outside world!”

 

Tenchi says, with a smile, “Yes, we are all in this together.”

 

Ayeka says, with a nod, “Yes. All of us are allied against the same enemies since they threat this world.”

 

Naruto yells out, excitedly, “Yeah!”

 

Kakashi says, with a smile under his tone, “Okay. We should start to organize ourselves on who will be guarding Itachi for tonight as well as Serena and Jaden while they are resting.”

 

Ami says, with a nod, “That's a good idea.”

 

Izzy says, taking out his laptop, “I believe that Bastion, Ami, and I can help in that regards along with Shikamaru since he is an intelligential ninja too.”

 

Shikamaru says, with a shrug, “Sure, why not? It is not like I've got anything better to do.”

 

Jade asks, with a sly grin, “Well, what are we waiting for?”

 

Yusuke says, with a sly smile, “Let's get to work!” As many of our heroes and heroines plan for the evening, we find Seira looking at them and looking at her sister, who is sleeping peacefully in bed.

 

Seira thinks in her mind, with a warm smile, “It seems like you have become the center of this war, sister. I'm barely noticed among all of your friends and new families that you have gathered. I just wish that you had the power that you had back in the Silver Millennium. You were strong and graceful back then. Now . . . not so much, but you still holds the inner strength that you did. Reincarnation hasn't changed you too much and I'm glad.”

 

(Early the following morning; Inside of Academy Island's harbor)

 

Within Duel Academy's harbor, we find Aster Phoenix getting off his personal yacht parked in the harbor preparing for another day in the GX tournament and he looks towards the `White Dorm' with a serious glare on his face.

 

Aster thinks in his mind, seriously, “Someone or something in there has taken over my best friend's body and using him like his little meat puppet. Well, he or it won't get away with it! When the time is right, I'll take my friend's body back. However, my deck isn't ready to face his Arcana Force deck! Not yet, anyway. I'll need my father's final card, but I need to find who has it. Someone in this tournament has my father's card and I know that they are somewhere around here. Well, I'll find them no matter what it takes.” Just then the noise of a helicopter fills Aster's ears and he looks up to see a Kaiba Corporation transport helicopter coming in for a landing on the landing pad. Aster asks, in a curious tone, “Huh? What is a Kaiba Corporation helicopter doing around here?” As Aster watches the helicopter coming in for a landing, it opens to reveal none other than Mokuba Kaiba escorting a small group of workers handling some good sized cases.

 

Mokuba tells them, with a sly smile, “Come on, you guys! Get the lead out!”

 

One of the workers says, with a serious tone, “Yes, sir!” Soon enough, the workers were bringing out cases on handcarts.

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “I can't wait to have these babies tested out! Man! Yugi and all of his friends are going to flip to see these!”

 

(Later that morning; At the Slifer Red dorm)

 

In front of the Slifer Red dorm, we find all of our heroes and heroines expect for Tsunade, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and the other adult ninja as well as Sakura and Sasuke, assembled together outside of the door into the redesigned dorm room that Chazz made.

 

Tea asks the group, “Did everyone have a good sleep last night?”

 

Takuya says, with a sly grin, “Yep! And I'm ready to start kicking some butt!”

 

JP yells out, displaying his Duel Disk, “Yeah! I can't wait to get out there and take names!”

 

On the meanwhile, Keiko is rubbing her right arm and Yusuke asks Keiko, concerned, “Are you okay, Keiko?”

 

Keiko says, with a kind smile, “I'm okay, Yusuke. It's just that my arm feels a bit itchy.”

 

Yusuke says, quirking an eyebrow, “You, too? My right arm has been giving me a tough time this morning.”

 

Hikari asks Yusuke, “Are you sure that you and Keiko are okay?”

 

Kuwabara says, with a sly grin, “I'm sure that Urameshi is just fine, Kari.”

 

Kira says, with a serious tone, “Well, I think that you should like Joe and Ami look at them since they are training to be doctors.”

 

Yusuke says, annoyed, “Kira! Keiko and I aren't coming down with something!”

 

Keiko tells Yusuke, kindly, “Maybe we should do it anyway.”

 

Yusuke says, with a sigh, “All right.”

 

Jordan asks Serena, “How are you feeling Serena-onee-chan?”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “I'm just fine, Jordy. Thank you for asking.”

 

Jade asks, curiously, “So, how is Itachi doing?”

 

Neji says, with a plain tone, “He is still sleeping along with Sakura.”

 

Tenten asks, curiously, “I wonder: What was she doing up there? And what happened to her up there?”

 

Kurama thinks in his mind, seriously, “I have my suspicions and they aren't good ones.”

 

Yugi asks Atem, curiously, “So, what do we do next Atem?”

 

Atem says, with a serious tone, “I'm not sure, Yugi. We have plenty to deal with now.”

 

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, “Hey, guys!” Everyone looks to the source of the voice to see Mokuba and group of workers bringing up crates on handcarts coming towards all of them.

 

Joey asks Mokuba, stunned, “Whoa! Mokuba, what are you doing here?”

 

Tristan says, plainly, “I thought that business with Kaiba was over since Davis beat him in their duel.”

 

Tea says, a bit annoyed, “Hey! Watch it! You know how sensitive Mokuba can be with his brother!”

 

Mokuba says, with a kind smile, “It's all right! Seto isn't too sore about it especially since Davis is Yugi's cousin after all.”

 

Yugi asks Mokuba, curiously, “What are you doing here anyway Mokuba?”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “I'm glad that you asked, Yugi.” Soon after, Mokuba directs the group to put the wooden boxes, which are two dozen in numbers, down in front of them.

 

Mindy asks, curiously, “What's in there?”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “Open one of them up and find out.”

 

Davis says, with a sly smile, “Well, if you insist . . .” Davis then goes up to one of the wooden crates and uses his super-strength to rip the top off revealing a lot of covering inside. Then Davis goes through the covering and gasps when he sees what's inside.

 

Matt asks Davis, “What is it, Davis?” Davis then takes out a duel disk similar to Aki Izayoi's Duel Disk from Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds and plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock.

 

Tenten asks, amazed, “Whoa! Is that a brand new Duel Disk?”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “Yep! It is the latest fully developed prototype!”

 

Yugi and his friends gasp in shock and Yugi says, stunned, “That's amazing!”

 

Takara says, amazed, “It looks different from the ones that we use in the Academy.”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “That's right! This is our new `Five Dimensions' Duel Disk or `5ds Duel Disk' for short.”

 

Atem asks, curiously, “Five Dimensions Duel Disk?”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “Yep! It has the latest in holographic technology that we call the `Solid Vision' system which brings a new level of realism to the game.” Mokuba then points the holographic projectors in the duel disk and he says, “See that? Those are the holographic projectors in the duel disk. They are far more advanced and unlike the first generation duel disks, they don't need to separate to use them. Plus, they won't be connected with the satellite systems or near holographic computer systems to work. This Duel Disk can project perfect holograms even in the desert or arctic as well as any desolate location without a single bit of technology anywhere.”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines give amazed looks and/or gasps and Joey yells out, shocked, “That's amazing!”

 

Nyoko says, excitedly, “No joke!”

 

Rika says, with a nod, “This could totally revolutionize dueling.”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “Not even close! These are just the start!”

 

Everyone looks at Mokuba and Naruto asks, perplexed, “The start? What could Seto Kaiba do that's even cooler than this?”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “Why? Make Duel Monster's mobile, of course?”

 

Tea asks, perplexed, “Duel Monsters? Mobile?”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “That's right! We are working with Industrial Illusions to develop a brand new way of dueling! It is called `Turbo Dueling'!”

 

Jaden asks, perplexed, “Turbo Dueling?”

 

Joey asks, a bit stunned, “Kaiba Corp working with Industrial Illusions?”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “Yeah. Seto isn't too keen on it, but he needs to make this new project work. You see, Kaiba is developing a new holographic dueling system known as `Duel Runners' or D-Wheels. They are actual vehicles designed for holographic dueling that can project realistic holograms all around it and these holograms actually move a lot since the `Duel Runner' is on the move. In this form of dueling, you have to use to duel on the move.”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Jasmine states, stunned, “Dueling on the move?”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod and proud smile, “Yep! Inside of dueling inside of certain area while standing up, you need to duel while piloting a moving vehicle and anywhere that a motorcycle can go, it is where you will be dueling since the Duel Runner will be similar to motorcycles or a vehicle in size.”

 

Atem says, with a nod, “Interesting. Kaiba knows how to push the game of Duel Monsters to a new level. These `Turbo Duels' and `Duel Runners' sound like they will truly revolutionize the game because duelists will now have to pilot a vehicle, watching out for dangers while dueling at the same type. It will be a major test of focus, endurance, and skill.”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “The Duel Runners are possible because of the new `Solid Vision' holographic systems, but the `Turbo Duels' won't be possible without Industrial Illusions. They are developing a new series of cards specifically for these types of new duels.”

 

Takara asks, curiously, “New cards?”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “Yep! From what Seto planned, Turbo Duels will have started by activating a Virtual Field Spell card that covers a huge area since the duels will be on the move that's integrated into the programming of all Duel Runners. Once the Field Spell is activated, the large area is your mobile dueling field. Plus, when this Field Spell is activated, regular spell cards are off-limits. Spells like Double Summon or Swords of Revealing can't be used in this Field Spell. You have to use a new type of spell card known as Speed Spells.”

 

Ami asks, curiously, “Speed Spells?”

 

Mokuba says, with a smile, “Yep! Speed Spells are spells for Turbo Duels, but you can't use them just like that. You see, the Virtual Field Spell is activated during the start of the duel and each duelist get a register for `Spell Counters'. And for every turn after the first turn, each duelist gets a `Speed Counter' and these `Speed Counters' determined what kind of Speed Spell you can use. The more Speed Counters that you have, the more powerful the Speed Spell you can use.”

 

Yugi says, nodding his head, “I see. So, the majority of Speed Spells can only be activated when you have a certain minimum of Spell Counters.”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “Exactly! However, there is a backlash to the Speed Counters. You see, if you lose one thousand life-points in one shot, you lose one spell counter. Actually, based on the damage of one attack, you lose one Spell Counter for every one thousand life-points lost.”

 

Tristan says, amazed, “Wow! I like that little twist! Kaiba really knows how to make dueling rock to new levels!”

 

Joey says, with a sly grin, “I wouldn't like to try this `Turbo Dueling' out!”

 

Mokuba says, with a smile, “Well, it is going to be awhile. The `Duel Runners' are still in the prototype stages and we are still working on the rules and workings of `Turbo Duels' because we are working on new Trap and Monster cards that go with `Turbo Dueling' as well.”

 

Tea says, with an amazed tone, “This sounds likes a major project.”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “Yep! It wouldn't have been possible if Seto and our scientists didn't develop the `Solid Vision' holographic systems in these new Duel Disks. Hopefully, the new Duel Disks will be out in mass production very soon.”

 

Davis then displays the bottom of the new Duel Disk showing no clamp to put under the wrist and he says, “Hey, Mokuba, you might have forgotten something with these new Duel Disks. They don't have anything to hold them to our wrists.”

 

Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “We didn't forget! Why don't you have someone try it on? You see, we have been customizing these new Duel Disks and they come in different sizes to fit different ages. These are sizes used on late teens to adults, so, they are perfect for you.”

 

Keiko says, kindly, “I'll try it. I like the color.”

 

Mokuba tells Keiko, “Okay! Put your left wrist under where the clamp is supposed to be.” Keiko nods as she takes the Duel Disk and puts her left wrist where the clamp is supposed to be and automatically, two halves of a clamp comes out of the bottom of the Duel Disk and clamp onto Keiko's left wrist in a comfortable manner. Many of our heroes and heroines gasp in amazement and Mokuba says, with a sly grin, “Told ya! Since the holographic systems are move advanced and take less space in the duel disk, we managed to integrate an automatic clamping system that attaches to your wrist without to manually attach it and it comes off like a glove.”

 

Hikari says, awe-struck, “That's amazing!”

 

Ino says, with a sly grin, “I'll say! I would love to have one of those bad boys!”

 

Tai says, with a wide sly smile, “I'll say!”

 

Mokuba says, with a smile, “If you agree to give these babies a test drive, I'll see what I can do. There are many colors and when this Duel Disk comes into the line, they can be customized with all kinds of colors and designs that you wish. We are doing that with some of the current Duel Disks, but the custom color scheme will become standard on the 5ds Duel Disk. Plus, Seto easily managed to figure out an upgrade system to upgrade the old Duel Disks even the old Duel Disks used in Battle City with the new `Solid Vision' and 5ds Duel Disk hardware and programming. So, you don't need to get a new Duel Disk, you can upgrade your old one!”

 

Tenten says, awe-struck, “Wow!”

 

Tenchi says, with a nod, “I'll say.”

 

Erin says, plainly, “I must admit that Seto Kaiba isn't good personality wise, but he takes technology to brand new levels of advancement.”

 

Nyoko says, excitedly, “Yeah! I can't wait to try out those new Duel Disks!”

 

Keiko looks at the new 5ds Duel Disk and she says, with a smile, “Well, I'm sorry to say that I've grown fond of this one. I'm going to use it.”

 

Mokuba says, with a nod, “No problem! I'm glad that you are! And don't worry, we've updated all programs and hardware in Duel Academy to accept the new Solid Vision system. It was another reason that Seto and I came here earlier. Duel Academy is where we planned to give these puppies a `real test' even through they have already gone through the various tests and field tests that Seto set up. We just need user input before we go into mass production.”

 

Davis says, with a smile while putting a duel disk similar to Luka's Duel Disk from Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds through larger for his size to his left wrist, “Well, you've got my interest. I can't wait to try this baby out!”

 

Yolei says, annoyed, “Hey! Just because you are a `Chosen Duelist' and a `Signer' doesn't mean that you get preference first!”

 

Davis says, sticking out his tongue, “Finding keepers and losers weepers!”

 

Yolei says, angrily, “I'll show you who is weeping!” Yolei tries to jump Davis, but Davis easily zips out of the way with his super-speed.

 

Kari tells Davis, with a kind scolding tone, “Dai-kun . . .”

 

Davis says, with a sigh, “Okay, Kari-chan. I'm sorry.”

 

Kari tells Davis, with a smile, “That's better.” Kari kisses Davis on the right cheek causing him to giggle along with Tai getting a sly grin on his lips.

 

Yusuke says, with a sly grin, “I want to give one of those babies a try!”

 

Naruto says, with a serious tone, “Hey, Yusuke! You aren't the only one that wants to try one!”

 

Hinata says, with a kind smile, “Well, I would like to see how one of them will work.”

 

Kiba says, with a sly grin, “No joke, Hinata! And those `Turbo Duels' also sound real exciting! I can't wait to do one of them!”

 

Melissa says, with a smile, “It seems like Duel Monsters is evolving beyond the ancient roots that it came from.”

 

Erin says, with a nod, “Yes. But that's the way the universe works. Things continue to evolve and move at their own pace.”

 

Tea asks Mokuba, curiously, “Why did Kaiba send these Duel Disks to be `tested' by us?”

 

Mokuba says, with a nervous smile, “Well, my big brother did get the information that some of you got some of Pegasus newest cards . . .”

 

Joey says, drolly, “And let me us guess? He didn't want to be outdone by Pegasus and he sent some of his latest Duel Disks to promote himself.”

 

Mokuba says, nervously, “Yeah. Seto got this information from Chancellor Sheppard and he think that this is some kind of stunt to promote Industrial Illusions.”

 

Jun says, annoyed, “Man! Won't Kaiba get over himself?”

 

Joey tells Jun, plainly, “That's Kaiba for you, Jun. It has been ten years and he hasn't changed.”

 

Yugi tells Mokuba, with a serious tone, “Mokuba, Pegasus didn't send those cards to us for charity or promotional reasons.”

 

Mokuba asks, curiously, “Why did he send them?”

 

Davis states, with a plain tone, “We would tell him, but he doesn't believe in `magic tricks' remember?” Mokuba nods his head in understanding.

 

Michelle asks Mokuba, curiously, “Mokuba-san, what do you believe?”

 

Mokuba says, with a plain tone, “Personally, I believe what is in front of me. And from what I saw with Pegasus, Marik, Dartz, and Atem, here, all those years ago, I believe that there is a world beyond the regular understanding of science and logic. I mean, I experienced my own soul be taken from my body and put into a playing card. Joey was really hurt by Marik's attack and there were two Yugis at one time! I can't see why Seto can't accept that some things aren't simple illusions and they are real.”

 

Joey says, with a shrug, “Well, I can't understand your brother, either, Mokuba.”

 

TK asks Mokuba, “Hey, are you going to stay here long Mokuba?”

 

Mokuba says, with a serious tone, “Well, I don't have major business to deal with lately. Kaiba Corp has been really going high lately with our widespread Duel Disks and Kaiba Land theme parks all over the world. However, Seto is always looking towards the future and these new Duel Disks along with the Duel Runners and Turbo Duel projects are his top projects, so, he might need me be back. But if you want, I can stay awhile.” Mokuba asks, plainly, “Anyway, if Pegasus didn't give those cards as some kind of promotion, what did he give them for?”

 

Darien says, plainly, “It is going to take awhile to explain.”

 

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, “Well, you are going to have to wait on that explanation.” Everyone looks to see Kakashi coming out of the door leading into the redesigned dorm room. Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “Sakura has finally woken up.”

 

Naruto asks, concerned, “Is she okay?”

 

Kakashi says, with a nod, “Yeah. She is okay, but you had better get inside quick.” Not needing anymore words to come from Kakashi's mouth, our heroes and heroines head inside with Mokuba giving a confused look.

 

Mokuba asks, curiously, “What's going on? Did something happen?”

 

Tea says, nervously, “It is going to take awhile to explain, Mokuba.”

 

Amara says, with a plain tone, “Some of us should make sure that these new Duel Disk get inside where we can keep them safe before we can use them.”

 

Zoe says, excitedly, “I'll do it!”

 

Takuya says, with a sly grin, “I'll help out!”

JP says, with a sly smile, “Same here!”

 

Koichi says, with a smile, “I'm not surprised.”

 

Tommy says, with a smile, “Yeah!” Soon enough, the majority of our heroes and heroines head inside with Kakashi immediately while the rest help bring in the other boxes that contain Kaiba Corporation's newest Duel Disks.

 

(Sometime later; Within the Slifer Red dorm)

 

Inside of Chazz's redesigned dorm room with the Slifer Red dormitories, we find Sakura, awake and sitting down on the couch she was gently put on, surrounded by plenty of our heroes and heroines while the other members of our heroes and heroines, ninja members, are keeping their eyes still on the still resting Itachi. By this time, Sakura has told our heroes and heroines what Sasuke had told him and plenty of our heroes and heroines shocked especially those from the Shinobi realm.

 

Tenten yells out, shocked, “Sakura, are you sure that he said that?”

 

Sakura says, nodding her head solemnly, “Yes, he did.”

 

Jiraiya says, with a serious tone, “I can't believe the Uchiha would do that.”

 

Tsunade says, with a serious tone, “They were a very proud clan, but I never thought that they would rebel against the Leaf Village.”

 

Hiashi says, with a snort, “I'm not surprised by this. We, of the Hyuga clan, didn't especially like the Uchiha clan. I've always felt something bad from them and my brother and I, even through we didn't agree at times, agreed on this point. He told me that he felt something sinister within the Uchiha and their Sharingan. However, since they were one of the top clans like the Hyuga clan in our village.”

 

Naruto yells out, stunned, “No way! The Old Man would never order anyone to murder a whole clan!”

 

Jiraiya says, with a serious tone, “However, from what Madara told Sasuke with the Old Man trying to reason with the Uchiha before ordering Itachi to do something like this, it does fit something that Sarutobi-sensei would do. He would try to reason people to avoid any and all bloodshed.”

 

Hinata says, stunned, “I can't believe that the Uchiha were actually traitors to our village.”

 

Neji says, with a serious tone, “It is hard to believe that the story of the whole Uchiha massacre was just a massive cover-up.”

 

Kakashi says, looking at Itachi's motionless form, “And Itachi wanted it this way as a way to repay for destroying his own clan even through it was under orders from our village's leaders. He wanted to make sure that he died by Sasuke's hands.”

 

Yusuke says, with a serious tone, “Yeah! But now, Sasuke has gone `all avenger' again and he pays to repay your village in spades for what he feels that your village used his brother like a tool as the Orichalcos and that alien freak has been using people as well.”

 

Davis says, with a sigh, “He really needs to majorly chill!”

 

TK tells Davis, “I don't think `chill' is in Sasuke Uchiha's dictionary, Davis.”

 

Naruto says, with a nod, “Yeah, don't we know it.”

 

Mokuba says, with a major groan, “Oh, man! Now, we have a group of criminals hiding out on Duel Academy!”

 

Tristan says, nervously, “Sorry about this Mokuba.”

 

Naruto says, nervously, “My bad. It is because they are after me.”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “Never blame yourself for the actions of the Akatsuki, Naruto. Everyone choose their own `fates' and the Akatsuki chose who and what they based on what they did.”

 

Meiou says, with a nod, “Kakashi-sensei's right, bro. You can't blame yourself for their rotten actions.”

 

Lita asks Serena, curiously, “Is there plenty more information on the Akatsuki that you can tell us, Serena?”

 

Serena tells Lita, “I'll try to tell you what I can, but it has been a few years since I've seen them.”

 

Ami tells Serena, with a logical tone, “Well, we are going to need all of the information that we can on them.”

 

Matt says, motioning to Itachi, “Well, we still have him.”

 

Jun and Molly asks in unison while motioning to Itachi's motionless form, “Why don't we ask him right now?”

 

Everyone looks at Jun and Molly and Takara asks, curiously, “What do you mean?”

 

Molly says, looking at Itachi, “Like what we said, isn't that right, Itachi? Time to get up Itachi and answer a few questions.” When everyone looks at Itachi, nothing happens for a second and his eyes then shoot open causing plenty of our heroes and heroines to leap out in surprise.

 

Rei yells out, shocked, “Whoa! What the?”

 

Mimi says, stunned, “He's awake!”

 

Ryoko says, with a serious tone, “He has been awake for awhile.”

 

Kurama says, with a nod, “Indeed. We were just wondering when he would wake up and for what reasons.”

 

Takuya asks Naruto, “How could have hidden this from you, guys? I thought that you were supposed to see through deception.”

 

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “Actually, he didn't.”

 

Jiraiya says, plainly, “We were just waiting for him to make a move.”

 

Sakura yells out, stunned, “What? You knew that he was awaken and pretending to sleep and you didn't tell the rest of us?!”

 

Ino says, with a serious tone, “I'm with her on this!”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “Don't worry. I'm sure that with his secret out, I don't think that he will hurt anyone.” Serena then goes over to Itachi, who slowly gets to a sitting position.

 

Darien says, concerned, “Serena . . .”

 

Serena says, with a reassuring smile on her lips, “Don't worry. I'll be okay, love.” Serena then goes over to Itachi and asks, curiously, “How much of our conversation were you listening to?”

 

Itachi replies, plainly, “Enough.”

 

Kira says, plainly, “It sounds like you know that your plans are a bust.”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “I feared that this would happen. It seems like he is following the Uchiha clan's path: Betrayal and revenge. I thought that he would break that curse.”

 

Ryoko says, with a plain tone, “It seems like you didn't know your own brother.”

 

Itachi says, with a plain and serious tone, “Oh, I knew him. Better than anyone would ever know. Why did you think that I demanded and begged for such a ruse?”

 

Jiraiya says, with a plain tone, “So, you willing give up your honor and die as an infamous criminal for the sake of your brother and the village.”

 

Itachi says, with a plain tone, “Lord Jiraiya, I think that you and Lady Tsunade would know best since you seen the same war that I have. To me, war and fighting are nothing but meaningless slaughter. Battles will only bring more battles and more battles will bring death. When my clan planned to betray the village, I knew the fragile balance of power would be upset and more blood would be shed needlessly in more war. I planned to stop it even if it meant destroying my own clan and living my life as a criminal and traitor. At first, as you would expect, I couldn't believe that my own clan would betray the very village that we had set up. Even through I learned of the accusations against us, I thought that some kind of peaceful agreement could be made. However, it was not meant to be and it angered me to see my clan betray the very village that they had helped found and work together. The fragile peace that people like Obito Uchiha died for and possibly starting another war just for payback and power. It sicken me to the core how low my clan would have gone. It is right then and there that I swore I would stop it at any cost even if it meant my total disgrace in the eyes of the people of my village.”

 

Kakashi says, plainly, “So, you willingly became a double agent for the Third Hokage and the elders in order to avert and stop this coup? However, from what we know from the information that Sasuke gave Sakura, things didn't go as planned.”

 

Itachi replies, plainly, “All attempts of the Third Hokage to reason with my clan had failed and we knew that if we didn't act quickly. It was at that time that I had learned Madara and the secrets of my clan's Sharingan, namely the Mangekyo Sharingan, as well the other secrets of the clan's bloodline. The Third Hokage, the elders, and . . . Danzo learned of these secrets that I learned. When I had learned that my best friend, Shisui, was observing me on clan's orders, I knew that they were starting to suspect my loyalties. I was ordered by Danzo and the elders to eliminate the threat and I did it without question. It pained me greatly, but I did what I had to do. Shisui's death gave me the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan and by this time, any further negotiations with my clan were impossible. It was then I was given the order to kill my clan. However, I could not bear to take Sasuke's life and I knew he was innocent of any of the clan's crimes against the village. So, I pleaded with the Third for his life and the conditions that I wanted were made, but I had to make sure that Danzo followed through so threatening him with secrets from the village and a few of his `skeletons' made sure that he followed through. With that done, I followed with my orders and did the deed with Sasuke believing that I murdered the clan for pretty reasons.”

 

Rei asks, curiously, “And what is the point of being so important for you to die by his hands?”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “It was my redemption. It was the only way for my life to end. Even through I was given the order to destroy my clan, I went through it willingly and without any complaints because I knew that it had to be done for the peace of our world and the Earth as a whole. However, it did not make me innocent of any wrongdoing. The only way I can pay for the destruction of my clan was to die by my brother's hands. I had to make sure that he was fueled with rage towards me that it would be enough to fight him evenly and in the end, my life would end by his hands. Sasuke would lay claim to the Mangekyo and my hopes were that through Sasuke, the Uchiha clan could be rebuild as a noble clan and that he wouldn't have to ever live with the sins of our clan.”

 

Tsunade says, with a serious tone, “So, that's why the whole deception and doing what you did.”

 

Itachi says, with a plain tone, “There is more. Remember on that day, I met Madara Uchiha personally. I managed to convince him to only aid me murder the Uchiha clan expect for my brother and leave the rest of the village alone. When I had joined the Akatsuki, I knew he was very powerful. He would become a grave threat to the world and to the peace of the world, which is why I needed Sasuke to get more powerful. With the power of the Mangekyo, I had hoped that he would destroy Madara, that pitiful being of ninja, and ensure that he would never do anything against the balance of peace of our realm and the world. Through some things that I didn't expect like him going to Orochimaru for power. I did worry, but when I learned that Orochimaru transferred his body, I knew that Sasuke would be safe. By the time that Orochimaru would transfer, again, Sasuke would be too powerful for him and Orochimaru's arrogance and ego would make him underestimate Sasuke causing his own downfall. Knowing Sasuke would be stronger, I could move along with my own plans, but I knew that I had to eliminate that Curse Seal from him, which forced me to change my plans for the day that I would face Sasuke and my destruction is complete. However, my body was racked from an incurable disease that I knew was caused by the weakness from the use of the Mangekyo Sharingan and my time was growing shorter. However, some helpful medicine kept me alive, but knowing Madara, who knew of my real intent, I feared that if he told Sasuke the truth, he would do something like this. I had to have a backup plan.”

 

Hiashi asks, curiously and suspiciously, “Backup plan?”

 

Itachi says, pointing to Naruto, “Naruto was my backup plan.”

 

Naruto yells out, stunned, “Me?!”

 

Jiraiya says, with a serious tone, “I knew it. You knew that even with Kisame, it would be tough to get Naruto. Your plan was actually not to take Naruto since you knew that I would see through the Genjutsu on that lady. You wanted to believe that you were trying to take Naruto when in fact your real plan was actually to reveal the Akatsuki to Naruto.”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “Indeed. Since I learned he was the son of the Fourth Hokage and heir to the Namikaze bloodline, it along with the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox had potential to defeat Madara. So, I had to reveal ourselves to him who after you `rescued' Naruto from Kisame and me, it would force you to tell him about us and force him to train and prepare for the future battles with the Akatsuki. It was surprising to see Sasuke there, but it was convent to test his abilities. I was glad to know that he had come far with unlocking his Sharingan and harness the power of Chordi, but it wasn't enough to kill me much less Madara. I needed to force Sasuke to become even more powerful and quickly. When you arrived, Lord Jiraiya, I knew that you would keep Kisame at bay while I tended to my `business'. It would have been a shock, but I knew that you and Naruto were trying to find Lady Tsunade, so, I knew that Sasuke would be healed soon enough. I had hoped that it would this encounter would be the push that he needed to gain the strength quick enough to fulfill my plans through going to Orochimaru was on the least of my plans, but I wasn't too surprised with that accursed seal of Orochimaru's on him.”

 

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “So, if Sasuke wasn't able to crush Madara, you were hoping that Naruto could do it.”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “Other than my brother, I knew that Naruto was the only one that could defeat Madara. However, I had hoped that you would unlock his Kekkai Genkai earlier through the abilities that he gained is most impressive.”

 

Sakura yells out, angrily, “So, you put Naruto and Sasuke through so much pain just so they could be your `weapons' to defeat this Madara person?!”

 

Tsunade tells Sakura, seriously, “Sakura, calm down!” Itachi closes his eyes while Sakura leaps to her feet.

 

Sakura calls out, strongly, “No, I won't calm down! Naruto and Sasuke never deserved any of the pain given to them and all of it that he put them through was so they could be a part of his plans!”

 

Itachi states, plainly, “You really don't get it, do you?” When everyone looks at Itachi, he eyes shoot open to reveal his Sharingan eyes and he says, with a serious tone, “There is no other way. Madara may be a pitiful excuse for an Uchiha since he destroyed himself as a person, but he is far from weak. If you wish for an example of what he is capable of, take this into consideration: Imagine and remember all of the things that Orochimaru has done and think of it on a world-scale.”

 

Many of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Shikamaru yells out, stunned, “You've got to be kidding!”

 

Itachi looks at Serena and he asks her, plainly, “You know Madara. Am I overestimating him?”

 

Everyone looks at Serena and she says, shaking her head, “No. No, you're not. When I looked into his eyes, I saw malice, greed, and evil to levels that I thought that I would never see on a human being.”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “Madara is no longer human. He is pure evil exactly like the Light of Destruction. Madara Uchiha is death, feminine, pestilence, destruction, hunger, and pain. He is disease that will infect the world and mass genocide is the result. If he gets his way, the whole world shall suffer for all time.”

 

Temari says, drolly, “Just great.”

 

Joey says, drolly, “No joke. Just what we needed: Another nutcase bent on destroying or ruling the world.”

 

Rika says, plainly, “That's just our luck.”

 

Mina, Yolei, and Syrus say in unison, “Don't we know it?”

 

Takuya asks, with a plain tone, “But from what I heard from Serena, this guy has some kind of `Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan' that makes him invincible or something. How do we beat that?”

 

Itachi says, with a plain tone, “Fortunately, even through Madara knew about my true intentions, his arrogance and ego will be his undoing since he felt I would die before I revealed his secrets, he allowed me to find his weakness which is in turn his intention for the Tailed Demons.”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “What is his plan for the Tailed Demons?”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “To restore his Sharingan.”

 

Kakashi says, seriously, “Wait! Restore his Sharingan? So, his Sharingan is damaged.”

 

Itachi says, with a nod, “Correct. I am not sure on the details, but I know that his `Eternal' Mangekyo Sharingan is damaged and he needs the powers of all Nine-Tailed Demons in order to restore his Sharingan back to full power. With his Sharingan damaged, he is vulnerable. Pein foolishly believes that their goal of the Tailed Beasts is to create an all-powerful jutsu that will force peace on the world.”

 

Jiraiya says, with a serious tone, “So, the other Akatsuki members other than you know his true intent for the Tailed Demons? Interesting. And if his Sharingan is damaged, then his so-called `immorality' is gone too.”

 

Itachi says, nodding his head, “Indeed. He is vulnerable at this time, but if he repairs his Sharingan, then there is nothing to stop Madara from accomplishing of his goals. I would suspect the destruction of the Leaf Village is one of them and I wouldn't put world-conquest by him as well.” Itachi states, with a plain tone, “And the only two . . . no, the only three that have the ability to destroy Madara forever are my younger brother, Naruto Uzumaki, and . . . the infamous `Black Angel', Serena Tsukino, or should I call you Sailor Moon instead?” There are plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Itachi says to Serena, who doesn't look surprised, “You are not surprised?”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “I'm a ninja. It is one of our jobs to gather intelligence without being seen.”

 

Rei slaps herself in the forehead and she yells out, “Man! It seems like everyone is finding out our secrets!”

 

Mina says, with a kind smile, “Well, plenty of them are like us and come from the Silver Millennium! And all of them here are protectors of this planet just like us.”

 

Sora says, with a nod, “That's right.”

 

Veemon says, with a nod, “Yeah! We fight to defend our homes and friends from the rotten jerks that want to destroy it or take it over!”

 

Hawkmon says, with a nod, “Yes. We have fought for very similar or the exact same purpose in our separate adventures before this battle.”

 

Gaomon asks Yusuke, “Master Yusuke, how do we find Sir Sasuke in this situation?”

 

Yusuke says, with a serious tone, “You got me.”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a serious tone, “Well, I'm not waiting! I've got to find the boss here and now.” Just then Agumon 2 runs off and out the door.

 

Biyomon says, concerned, “Wait!”

 

Joe says, worriedly, “Just great!”

 

Tai says, with a sigh, “Man! This is not good!”

 

Hinata asks, curiously, “What do you mean?”

 

Gabumon says, with a serious tone, “A Digimon that's partner with a human is loyal to that human and he will follow him loyally even if that Digimon knows that action is wrong.”

 

Tenchi calls out, shocked, “You mean that Sasuke's partner will help him even destroy the Leaf Village if he decides to do that?!”

 

TK says, with a nod, “Yeah! A Digimon partner is very loyal and that bond is powerful. Sasuke's partner will follow Sasuke's orders even if he knows that what they is doing is wrong. Imagine if Sasuke gets his Agumon to digivolve just the Champion form and he uses it for revenge.”

 

Tai says, seriously, “Not what I want to see in my mind!”

 

Davis says, strongly, “No joke!”

 

Shikamaru says, drolly, “This is just wonderful. This is what we didn't need right now.”

 

Ayeka asks, curiously, “What are we going to do?”

 

Jiraiya says, with a plain tone, “There is only one thing that we can do. Find Sasuke and convince him to stop this path. If we can't convince him in words, which is most obvious . . .”

 

Yusuke says, with a serious tone, “We need to stop him with fists.”

 

Kakashi says, with a nod, “Yes.”

 

Sakura thinks in her mind, solemnly, “I thought that Naruto, Sasuke, and I could be a team, but now, this happens.”

 

Itachi tells Naruto, “Naruto.”

 

Naruto turns to face Itachi and he asks, bending down, “Yeah, what is it?”

 

Just then Itachi pokes him in the forehead and he says, plainly, “Try to bring back Sasuke if you can, but if you can't bring Sasuke back from the darkness, you know what you must do. I love my younger brother and for his pain, I planned to die as payment for my sins. I hoped once he killed me, Sasuke would rebuild the Uchiha clan as a noble clan. However, with this, the hope might be gone. I value the peace and safety of the world and avoidance of unnecessary bloodshed like that of war if necessary. If Sasuke goes on this path, the innocent people of the Hidden Leaf will suffer. The only one that can stop my brother is you.”

 

Naruto says, plainly, “I will, but I won't kill Sasuke. I will stop him and I will do it without killing him.”

 

Rei says, with a serious tone, “If we want to find Sasuke, we are going to need to move out.”

 

Atem says, with a plain tone, “We will stay with Itachi. The rest of you can go.”

 

Joey asks, nervously, “We will?”

 

Tea says, plainly, “Hello, Joey! I'm a Sailor Scout from two time periods and Atem has got powers from The Treasured Era.”

 

Atem says, looking at Itachi, “However, I doubt that he will attempt to get away.”

 

Rei says, with a serious tone, “The rest of us should head off to find him.”

 

Alexis says, with a serious tone, “Our best bet is to split up to find him.”

 

Jasmine says, with a nod, “Good idea, Alexis.”

Rika asks, plainly, “Well, what are we waiting for?” Soon enough, our heroes and heroines prepare to head off while Yugi, Atem, and their friends stay behind along with the members of our heroes and heroines that don't have powers and/or Digimon partners.

 

Tyranno says, lowly and concerned, “Good luck, troops.”

 

Chazz thinks in his mind, in his usual snobbish tone, “Yeah! Your brothers and sisters as well as all of these other geeks are going to need it, Slacker.”

 

(Elsewhere on Academy Island; Later that morning)

 

In another area of Academy Island, we find Sasuke Uchiha relaxing in a tree and in deep thought about his life thus far and learning the truth of Uchiha Massacre, his brother, and Madara.

 

Sasuke thinks in his mind, strongly, “I should get Itachi's corpse back from the others. He deserves a burial that a hero deserves. I've hated him for all this time when in fact, he was nothingness but a tool for those that ordered him to murder my clan. However, Madara is also responsible for the destruction of the clan. Itachi did it under orders, but Madara did out of his lust for revenge. And he was the one that got the Uchiha blamed for the Nine-Tailed Fox's attack on the Leaf Village. Since he is here, I should take him out first! With the new power that Itachi gave me, I could have the ability to take him on, but his `Eternal' Mangekyo Sharingan has got powers that I never seen before. He has a space-time jutsu of some kind that's far stronger than the Fourth Hokage's fabled teleportation jutsu. However, he thinks that I didn't sense it, but I felt weakness in his Sharingan. It might be damaged somehow. Well, I don't care how it is damaged! It is time for Madara to die! He plans to get the two remaining Tailed Demons that the Akatsuki didn't get including the Nine-Tailed Fox. Well, I don't plan for him to gain their power at all. Madara will not use others for his own selfish actions! I will take the Tailed Demons from him and destroy him! Then with the seven Tailed Demons that he and Akatsuki have already gathered, I can get the justice for my clan and my brother for being used by the elders as their puppet! If the village gets in the way, I don't want to cause unnecessary death and destruction, but I will do what I must to regain my brother's honor and bring him the justice that he deserves.” Sasuke then leaps down from the tree and down to the ground. Just then he senses someone approaching and he turns to see Agumon 2 coming towards him.

 

Agumon 2 says, with a smile, “Boss! I'm glad that I found you.”

 

Sasuke asks, surprised, “Agumon, what are you doing here?”

 

Agumon 2 replies, “What do you think? Looking for you.”

 

Sasuke asks, curiously, “Did you hear what I told Sakura?”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a plain tone, “I did.”

 

Sasuke says, with a serious tone, “Then you know what I plan to do. I plan to get my brother's justice and the life that Danzo and the village elders stole from him. It is best that you don't get involved.”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a nod, “I know! But I'm not going to leave your side! I'm your Digimon partner and what you choose is right or wrong, I will follow you no matter what, boss! It is the creed of the Digimon partner to a human Digidestined.”

 

Sasuke says, amazed, “Agumon . . .”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a plain tone, “Even if you what you decide is something I'm against, I will still follow you!”

 

Sasuke says, with a rare sly smile, “Thanks, Agumon.”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a nod, “No problem, boss!”

 

Sasuke says, with a serious tone, “Well, you and I have work to do. Not to mention we have to get you stronger because my first priority is Madara.” Sasuke then closes his eyes and when he reopens his eyes, his Mangekyo Sharingan appears causing him to say, with a serious tone, “Then those that took my brother away shall get their justice. Let's go, Agumon!”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a nod, “Yes, sir!” Immediately, Sasuke and Agumon head off, but far from Sasuke's senses to detect and high in the air, we find none other than Valkyrie Sailor Mars looking down from the air.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars thinks in her mind, “So, there he is. So, he is planning to take his revenge against those he thought that wronged his clan. He does plan to crush Madara, but he plans to gain the powers of the other Tailed Demons that he captured so far to use them in his plot. I can't let that happen! It would take too long to contact the others! I've got to stop him myself! However, it doesn't mean that I can't alert the others!” Valkyrie Sailor Mars took out her sailor communicator and presses a button to activate a tracking device on her communicator. Next, she flies off to intercept Sasuke Uchiha before he can go through with his plans.

 

(Joining up with the rest of the Sailor Scouts; on the meanwhile)

 

On top of the roof of the main building on Duel Academy, we find the rest of our Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts, including Molly, Darien, Rini, Seira, and the Sailor Quartet along with BlackGatomon and Coronamon assembling together on the roof.

 

Serena asks Amara and Michelle, “Any luck?”

 

Amara says, shaking her head, “Even with my training enhancing my senses, I can't find the Uchiha kid.”

 

Hotaru asks, curiously, “Where is Rei-chan?”

 

Molly asks Serena, curiously, “Is Rei always like this?”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “Yep! When Pyro sets her mind on something, she always does it.”

 

Seira says, with a plain tone, “She hasn't changed in millennia. The Princess of Mars was always overprotective of you, sister, a stubborn streak, and in fact, `Pyro' was your actual `nickname' for her. Not because of her Sailor Element, but because of her `fiery attitude' as you can say.”

 

Mina says, with a sly smile, “So, Rei hasn't changed from her days as the Princess of Mars.”

 

Seira says, with a plain tone, “Actually, none of you have except for you, Mina. You were more . . . mature back in the Silver Millennium through you always had the tendency of trying to get the Inner Sailor Scouts including the Princess of Mars into `male population' even through Rei proved far more difficult, but you can already imagine that.”

 

Serena says, rolling her eyes, “You don't have to tell me twice, Seira.”

 

Coronamon asks, concerned, “Do you think that Rei will be okay?”

 

BlackGatomon tells Coronamon, with a smile, “Your partner is an experienced warrior. She will be just fine.”

 

Coronamon says, with a smile, “You're right, BlackGatomon. She has the power and passion of the flames of purity burning inside of her. I shouldn't worry.”

 

Lita says, with a nod, “No joke! Out of all of us, Rei is the one of the last people that you would worry about!” Just then the Sailor Scouts' communicators along with Ami's computer start to beep a lot.

 

VesVes asks, curiously, “What's that?”

 

Ami takes out her computer and she says, seriously, “That's the special emergency beacon that I've programmed into our communicators.” Ami activates her computer and a small map appears on the screen. Ami says, with a serious tone, “We've got her signal.”

 

CereCere asks, curiously, “Why would Rei activate her emergency signal?”

 

Darien says, seriously, “She might have found Sasuke! However, knowing Rei, she will try to take to him by herself since she has Uchiha blood in her.”

 

Serena says, drolly, “And if that doesn't work, knowing Rei, she will fight him by herself.”

 

Rini says, with a nod, “Wouldn't surprise me one bit!”

 

Michelle says, with her usual sly smile, “Rei has a tendency to do things like that.”

 

Seira says, with a plain tone, “We should get to her before anything to serious happens.”

 

Amara says, plainly, “Too late for that, Seira! By the time that we get there, Rei will already bashing it out with him!”

 

Molly tells Serena, with a sigh, “Man! I can see why you are stressed out a lot at school.”

 

Serena replies, with a nod, “Tell me about it.”

 

Ami says, taking out her PDA, “We should let the others knows about this before we head off after her.”

 

Lita says, with a nod, “Good idea. Maybe his friends can talk or knock some sense into him.” Immediately, Ami prepares to call the others on their findings before they head off to find Rei.

 

(Back with our Senshi of Fire; A short time soon after)

 

Back in the same forest where we last left Sasuke, we find him and Agumon 2 walking through the woods before Sasuke stops completely in his tracks.

 

Agumon 2 asks Sasuke, curiously, “Hey! Why did you stop boss?”

 

Sasuke calls out, looking behind him, “You can come out now, Hino. I know that you are there.” Just then Valkyrie Sailor Mars comes out of the trees and stands in front of Sasuke, who turns his body to meet her.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a plain tone, “I guess that I underestimate you ninja and your senses.”

 

Sasuke says, plainly, “You underestimated me, Rei.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a serious tone, “You know why I'm here, Uchiha.”

 

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “I knew this would happen since I told Sakura everything.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a serious tone, “Sasuke, revenge isn't going to solve anything! This isn't what your brother wants!”

 

Sasuke yells out, angrily, “You don't know anything! You don't anything about my brother! You don't anything about me, Hino! All my life, I've hated someone that was never really guilty of any crime! He used by the village to take out my clan along with Madara! Before this happened, my brother was a kind and caring person! They forced him to destroy himself and turn himself into a ruthless renegade with his name forever stained as a villain and mass murdered when he was just following orders. When they used his beliefs and feelings to use him in that! It was the village accusing the Uchiha of using the Nine-Tailed Fox when it was Madara all along and it was forced them to revolt because of the problems that they gave the Uchiha clan! Madara and the village elders along with Danzo! They will not get away with this and I will make sure of that! Since Madara is here, he is first! And with the power of the Tailed Demons, I will ensure that my brother and my clan get the justice they deserve.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars yells out, seriously, “That isn't justice! That's revenge! The Third Hokage tried to reason with the Uchiha clan and they didn't listen! Your brother believes that you are different and you wouldn't follow that path! What would Naruto and the others think if you do this?”

 

Sasuke says, with a serious tone, “The Dobe and Sakura are among those innocent of the crimes of the council. I won't stain their hands with blood. And someone like Danzo might try to use Naruto as he used my brother. He won't get away with what he has done. And I'm not turning away from this. I'm not going to let my brother's name mean `mass murder' and `traitor'. I will expose the true `traitors' and they will get their justice.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, closing her eyes, “Fine, Uchiha. If you won't listen to reason . . .” When Valkyrie Sailor Mars reopens her eyes, her Sharingan eyes are flashing and she yells out, strongly, “… I will stop you by force then!”

 

Sasuke then transforms into Prince Madara and he says, with his eyes closed, “You don't want to fight me.” Prince Madara's eyes open to reveal his Mangekyo Sharingan and he says, with a serious tone while his Mangekyo Sharingan reverts back to his regular Sharingan, “My Sharingan is far more developed than yours and my brother's power flows through me now. My strength is far stronger than even with the Curse Seal since my brother's power is within me.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a serious tone, “I don't care how powerful you are. I won't let you destroy yourself and I'll knock some sense into you.” Immediately, the two of them go into defensive stance while Agumon 2 looks on in confusion.

 

Prince Madara says, with a serious tone, “Agumon, get back. And don't make me say it a second time.”

 

Agumon 2 says, with a nod, “Yes, boss.” Immediately, Agumon 2 goes way over to the side while Valkyrie Sailor Mars and Prince Madara prepare for their battle. The two of them stare down each other with their Sharingan for a few moments, but then Prince Madara creates his Light Hawk Sword and he charges at Valkyrie Sailor Mars swiping at her with his sword. However, Valkyrie Sailor Mars gracefully leaps out of the way and easily dodges Prince Madara's attacks. Valkyrie Sailor Mars' form is then surrounded in flames as they become a twister of flames.

 

“Mars Phoenix Petals Rain!”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars then launches the flames into the sky in which they explode and rain down as shuriken-like flaming flower petals at Prince Madara, but he uses his Sharingan to avoid the flames attack causing them to set the grass and nearby woods ablaze. However, Valkyrie Sailor Mars immediately uses her powers over her flames to put them out and immediately charges Prince Madara as she attacks him with right cross, but Prince Madara easily counters by grabbing Valkyrie Sailor Mars' fist with his right hand. However, Valkyrie Sailor Mars quickly twists her arm and her body taking her fist out of Prince Madara's hand.

 

Prince Madara says, with a rare sly smile, “You are good. You have learned to use your Sharingan well.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a sly grin, “With multiple Sharingan users to learn from, it is quite easy and I am a quick study.”

 

Prince Madara says, with a serious tone, “But not quick enough study.” Immediately, Prince Madara charges Valkyrie Sailor Mars and the two of them immediately get into a high-speed taijutsu fight with each of them using their Sharingan to try to predict their opponent's moves while attacking with powerful kicks, punches, and karate chops. However, Prince Madara's Sharingan is far more developed and this gives him an edge in this fight over Valkyrie Sailor Mars. At one point, Prince Madara manages to get under Valkyrie Sailor Mars' defenses and stick a powerful blow to her chin sending her airborne.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a snarl, “Why that little . . .” Just then Valkyrie Sailor Mars gasps as she senses Prince Madara below him. Before she could react, Prince Madara lands a powerful Lion's Barrage attack that slams her into the ground hard causing it to greatly crack when she slams into it. However, Valkyrie Sailor Mars gets to her feet, a tiny bit of blood coming out of her lip, and her chest armor slightly crack when Prince Madara slammed his foot.

 

Prince Madara says, with a sly smile, “I'm impressed. Most opponents would be down and out after that attack, but then again, I already knew that wouldn't take you out especially with that mystical armor enhanced your stamina and defenses.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a smile while wiping off the blood from her lip, “Don't think that I'm going to be easy just because I'm new to this ninja stuff.”

 

Prince Madara says, with a serious tone, “We'll see. Show me your power.” Prince Madara then charges in, but then at that moment, as Valkyrie Sailor Mars prepares for the second attack, her Sharingan, which is like Sasuke's before the Valley of the End's battle with Naruto, changes with three tomoes in each eye instead of two. Valkyrie Sailor Mars actually finds herself perceiving Prince Madara's movements far better than before and she easily counters his taijutsu attacks.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars thinks in her mind, stunned, “What the? His moves! They are far easier to see! In fact, I can figure out what he might do next with ease! What is going on? Have I gotten better with the Sharingan? Or has my Sharingan reached a new level of development already?” Valkyrie Sailor Mars uses her Sharingan to counter all of Prince Madara's attack while he does the same through Prince Madara is confused in Valkyrie Sailor Mars' increased ability to perceive his moves.

 

Just then he sees Valkyrie Sailor Mars' Sharingan eyes and gasp in shock causing him to think, “What? Her Sharingan! It's fully developed! But how is that possible?! Even with all the training that she had with it, she couldn't have developed it this fast already! What is going on here?” However, at that moment, Prince Madara drops his guard for a moment in surprise of his new `discovery', but it is the time that Valkyrie Sailor Mars needs to get close and land a kick to his chin, sending high into the air.

 

Prince Madara thinks in his mind, in realization, “This is my move! I've got to counter before . . .” However, Prince Madara senses Valkyrie Sailor Mars behind him causing him to know that it is too late.

 

“Lion's Barrage!”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars then bashes Prince Madara into the ground hard with the same technique that he used on her earlier and he yelps out in pain and shock as his own technique is used against him causing the ground to greatly crack when his body hits.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars thinks in her mind, winching in pain, “Ow! Not a technique that you want to do often unless you are really developed in physical strength, speed, and stamina! I'm going to have to work on that!” However, Valkyrie Sailor Mars looks to see Prince Madara rising to his feet with a rare sly smile on his lips.

 

Prince Madara says, with a rare sly tone, “Interesting. You copied my technique flawlessly with her Sharingan and you had the physical strength, speed, and stamina to pull it off. However, you haven't got the experience with my taijutsu technique as I do, so, I don't think that you can do it often.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars says, with a sly tone, “Yeah. But it shows you that I'm not so far behind especially using your clan bloodline trait that's flowing through me.”

 

Prince Madara says, closing his eyes, “True. I didn't want to have to use this. However, with your abilities growing, it is the only way to get you out of my hair.” Prince Madara's eyes shoot open to reveal his Mangekyo Sharingan and Valkyrie Sailor Mars gasps in shock. Prince Madara thinks in his mind, “Brother . . . give me your power!”

 

“Amaterasu!”

 

Prince Madara then unleashes jet-black flames as hot as the sun from his left eye heads straight for Valkyrie Sailor Mars.

 

Prince Madara thinks in his mind, as the attack continues, “Hopefully, this will force Rei to back off and let me get away! I don't want to kill her, but with her abilities so developed from training, I have no choice, but unleash more of my new power on her!”

 

As Valkyrie Sailor Mars thinks in her mind, she thinks, strongly, “Those flames might be really powerful, but the purity of my flames as the Senshi of Fire will burn through! It is time to show him the true power of the flames!” Valkyrie Sailor Mars gains a strong red aura around her body as she prepares to unleash her attack.

 

Prince Madara thinks in his mind, shocked, “What is she doing?! Get out of the way!”

 

“Mars Dragonic Phoenix Inferno!”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars then unleashes a huge amount of golden-red flames that take the form of a creature that looks like a fusion of a dragon and a phoenix with a mighty cry of power. The two powerful attacks collide in a huge explosion that causes shockwaves that shake the whole of Academy Island, but in the end, somehow, the power of the black flames of Amaterasu can't break through Valkyrie Sailor Mars' golden-red flames, much to Prince Madara's shock.

 

Prince Madara thinks in his mind, in extremely rare flabbergasted tone, “What?! The power of the Amaterasu is being held back by her flames! How is that possible? The power of the Amaterasu has flames as hot as the sun! How can her flames be just as hot and just as strong?!” Just then in another explosion, the two attacks cancel each other out and Prince Madara yelps out as he clamps on his left eye as it starts to bleed while Valkyrie Sailor Mars falls to her right knee, breathing heavily as the attack used up a lot of energy.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars thinks in her mind, “Whoa! That attack took plenty out of me! I'm not sure that I can do another attack like that again!” On the meanwhile, Agumon 2, having kept a great distance when Prince Madara prepared his Mangekyo Sharingan and avoid getting hit by either the two attacks or the explosions that they caused, reappears on the scene.

 

Agumon 2 asks Prince Madara, concerned, “Are you okay, boss?”

 

Prince Madara replies, with a serious tone, “I'm okay, Agumon! Just stay back and if either of us launch powerful attacks, again, get a safe distance away!” Prince Madara thinks in his mind, seriously, “I can't use any of my Mangekyo Sharingan attacks again or I will damage my eyes even more! I've got to attack her in a different way.” His Mangekyo Sharingan returns to his regular Sharingan and he immediately charges in for another attack on Valkyrie Sailor Mars.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars thinks in her mind, drolly, “Here we go again!” Valkyrie Sailor Mars then slowly gets to her feet and prepares for another attack by Prince Madara.

 

“Earth Style: Stalagmite Cage Jutsu!”

 

Just after the two familiar female voices cry out, Prince Madara cries out in surprise as crisscrossing huge stalagmites entrap him within a cage as well as binding his arms and legs. Soon after, a lot of the rest of our heroes and heroines including the ninja of the group and the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts, in their Senshi forms, appear on the scene.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Mars asks, plainly while taking a sigh of relief, “What kept all of you?”

 

Sailor Venus says, with a smile, “Well, you only did kind of activate your emergency beacon and not contact us.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Universe says, with a smile, “The others did take sometime to contact all of us.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Neo Moon says, with a plain tone, “Don't even try to think of escaping. Our Earth-style cage has minerals that make it unbreakable. Plus, it also drains chakra of the one trapped inside, so, your Mangekyo Sharingan is useless. Not to mention that you can't move, much less weave hand signs.”

 

Sailor Saturn tells Valkyrie Sailor Neo Moon, amazed, “Wow, Rini! You've gotten quite good!”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Neo Moon says, with a smile, “Well, my mommy and uncle taught me. I've learned a lot from the Hidden Leaf Village of my time.”

 

Kakashi says, plainly, “It's over, Sasuke.”

 

Sasuke yells out, angrily, “Over?! OVER?! What makes you think that I will go back to the peace that has the people that used my brother and destroyed my clan just because my father and some of the clan were planning to take over?! What makes you think that I won't take my revenge?”

 

Naruto says, plainly, “That's because it isn't what Itachi wants.”

 

Sasuke calls out, angrily, “How could you have known my brother, Dobe?!”

 

Neji says, with a plain tone, “We don't. We do know this fact however since he told us himself.”

 

Sasuke asks, perplexed, “What?!”

 

Sakura says, plainly, “It's true, Sasuke. He's alive. Itachi is back.”

 

Sasuke says, with a serious tone, “What in the heck are you talking about?! I know that you were there! He died right before my eyes because of the fight and the disease that ravaged his body! He died right in front of me!”

 

Kurama says, plainly, “His body did go into death, but his spirit hovered between life and death. The Moon Princess and Jaden were able to use their Silver Crystal to revive him.”

 

Hiei says, with a plain tone, “He is alive, plain and simple. It is your choice to believe it.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Moon says, plainly, “We're not lying to you, Sasuke. It totally wore me and Jay out for much of one day, but we did revive Itachi since he wasn't totally dead. He is back in the Slifer Red dorm, waiting for you.”

 

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “If you want answers for your remaining questions, you will only find it coming with us.” Sasuke didn't know what to think for a few minutes, but deep down, he knew that they weren't lying.

 

Sasuke says, in a low plain tone, “Fine.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Heaven Star says, with a sigh, “I'm glad this is over!”

 

Shining Warrior says, with a nod, “I hope so, Jade-chan.” As Valkyrie Sailor Moon and her future daughter prepare to release Sasuke from their jutsu, Naruto and Sakura look at him with concern and worry in more ways than one.

 

(Sometime later; Back in the Slifer Red dorm)

 

Returning to the Slifer Red dorm, we find the our heroes and heroines as Sasuke is standing in front of Itachi, who is still sitting down on the mattress that he was given after he was revived by Jaden and Serena.

 

Sasuke bends down and he states, plainly, “You look and have Itachi's aura. But how do I know that you are real?” Just then Itachi bends closer to Sasuke and gives him the classic poke on the forehead that he gave Sasuke as a little kid.

 

Itachi replies, plainly, “Is that proof enough?”

 

Sasuke says, with a nod, “It's you, Itachi. It can only be you.” Sasuke asks, plainly, “The main question: Why?”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “Madara already told you. However, I shall repeat myself. Before you were born, I was a young child and I saw what the great ninja wars caused. They caused death, destruction, despair, pain, and sorrow. The blood and destruction of war sicken me to my core and I swore that I would make sure that war never came again to our lands. It is my `mission' as a ninja. However, I would be put to the test in the aftermath of the attack of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Since the attack was so focused on the village and unlike the usual behavior of the Nine-Tailed Fox, the village elders suspected the Uchiha clan since our Sharingan has the ability to suppress as well as control Tailed Demons as evidence with Madara Uchiha and his `Eternal' Mangekyo Sharingan. Since the days of the Second Hokage, our clan wasn't well trusted. In fact, being put in charge of the military police of the village was so that our power in leading the Hidden Leaf Village which our clan founded with help of the First Hokage's clan. After the Nine-Tailed Fox attack, the clan's situation became worse and instead of trying to resolve things peacefully or trying to prove their innocent, which was so proven when they figured that it was Madara Uchiha who used the Nine-Tailed Fox, despite his claims to the contrary, they decided to plan a coup to take over the village. When I learned this fact, I didn't know what to think. I knew that if the Uchiha clan staged a coup, there would be more bloodshed and in fact, the balance of power in our lands would be thrown off balance and a new ninja war would start causing even more bloodshed and destruction. I couldn't allow that to happen. So, with a heavy heart, I turned my back to the clan and became a double agent for the village.”

 

Sasuke asks Itachi, seriously, “And you killed Shisui because he was sent to spy on you?”

 

Itachi replies, plainly, “Indeed. However, it is by that time, I had learned about the Mangekyo Sharingan. And I knew that if I was ordered to destroy our clan, I would need such a power. But I didn't want to kill Shisui if I didn't need to. However, the orders came for me to eliminate him. So, I did so to keep my cover, at least for the moment, and I also gained the Mangekyo Sharingan, which requires the death of someone close to you to do. In short, I had killed two birds with one stone. And then on that day, I was given the order by the Third Hokage and the village elders to destroy my clan and join up with Madara. By this time, they had learned about Madara, but it had been too late since the Uchiha clan was deep into the coup. The Third Hokage tried everything to avoid to destroying the Uchiha clan, but there was no turning back after the talks failed.” Itachi tells Sasuke, with a plain tone, “However, unlike what you thought, the elders and the Third did not use me. I was a follower of the Third Hokage's philosophy even if I didn't show it. When my clan was about to rebel against the village, at first, I didn't want to believe it, but when I knew it was the truth, I became disgusted that our clan, the clan that helped found the Leaf Village with the First Hokage's clan, would turn their backs on it. I knew that they were going to cause another war just for their own lust for power and it sicken me to the core since I knew what destruction, chaos, death, and blood causes first hand. It was an experience that I never wanted you to experience Sasuke since I was only but a child when I saw it first hand. I swore an oath to prevent war at all costs, even if it meant turning my back to my clan.”

 

Tsunade asks, plainly, “So, you went through with the orders of your own free will?”

 

Itachi says, with a nod, “Yes. I did it without any hesitation. I was willing to do anything to maintain peace and keep innocent lives from being murdered in more useless conflict. Even it meant destroying our clan and having my name becomes associated with the word `traitor' and `murder' for all time to come. I was willing to live and die as a criminal if useless bloodshed is averted.” Sasuke the grabs Itachi by the throat and looks at him angrily.

 

Naruto says, stunned, “Sasuke!”

 

Lee says, going over to hold back Naruto, “No, Naruto. This is something only that can be solved between brothers.”

 

Neji says, with a nod, “Yes. We can't interfere.”

 

Itachi tells Sasuke, plainly, “I can understand that you are angry with me, but I need to ask you this: Would you let innocent lives get destroyed for no reason expect for selfish gains?” Sasuke looks at his brother in surprise and he lets him go.

 

Sasuke asks Itachi, plainly, “Then why me? Why did you leave me alive? Why did you make me hate you so badly and make it my life's mission to kill you?”

 

Itachi tells Sasuke, “Wouldn't any brother do anything to protect their siblings? I felt that there some of the clan that weren't in on this, but I didn't know of any and the Third Hokage, the village elders, Danzo, and I couldn't take the risk. Even my mother, who I felt was innocent, wasn't to be left alive, but I knew that you were innocent of the crimes of our clan. And you are my brother . . . how can I not beg for your life? It was easier to convince the village elders and the Third Hokage to keep you alive, but it took for me to threat with revealing village secrets to make him agree to my terms. My hopes that you would become the future for our clan and rebuild into the glorious clan that it once was: A noble clan. Plus, I knew that there was no other way for me to pay for my sins. I was willing to go through with the destruction of my clan, but it didn't mean that I liked it. I hated it, but I knew that it had to be done. However, I knew that through you that my sins would be paid for. It was you and only you that should be the one to take my life especially with Madara Uchiha. When I met him that day, I knew that he would prove a great threat and I felt that only an Uchiha can beat him. And you had the potential for that power needed to stop him. So, you provided me with two hopes. The hope of rebuilding the Uchiha into a noble clan and the destruction of Madara, but you need to become stronger. So, with aid from the Third Hokage and village elders, the truth was never revealed and everything `knew' that I destroyed the Uchiha clan, a noble clan, with you `knowing' that I killed them for petty reason. The power of your desire to avenge our clan could give you the strength to defeat your true foe: Madara. He killed the clan for revenge while I did it to keep unnecessary war and bloodshed from coming about. But I also wanted you to kill me as payment for my sins. I wanted to be known as a hero that avenged his clan and never to live with the shame of the sins of our clan. It is why I made sure that you were to never learn the truth and all you knew is that I killed our clan, a noble clan, for petty reasons.”

 

Jiraiya asks, plainly, “So, you never took pleasure in what you did, huh?”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “Not for a moment. I did what had to be done for peace, but I loathed and hated doing it.”

 

Serena says, plainly, “That doesn't mean planning to kill yourself by your own brother's hands is the way to do things. If you really want to repay for what you have done, you use your time to perform good deeds to make up for the bad.”

 

Itachi says, plainly, “Mass murder, even through under orders to it, can never be justified and never be forgiven.”

 

Davis says, with a nod, “Maybe, but that doesn't mean that you just give up and prepare to die. If you want to find at some form of redemption, try to help Sasuke forge the Uchiha clan the right way before you bite the big one.”

 

TK says, with a nod, “I've got to admit that Davis has got a point.”

 

Tenchi asks Sasuke, “You know the whole truth now Sasuke, what will you do?”

 

Sasuke says, with a sigh, “I don't know. All my life, I've been focused on an avenging my clan and now, my whole life was a lie. I've been lied and deceived and found out my clan isn't as noble as I thought.”

 

Naruto tells Sasuke, “Sasuke, you don't have to live your life dictated by the legacy of your clan! Make your damn legacy already! People have been calling me and doing the worst things to me for much of my life, but did I become the `demon' that they accused me of being? No way! I followed my ninja way and became a better person than they ever gave me credit for! Follow your own path and don't let your clan rule your life!”

 

Sasuke gives Naruto a look of surprise and he says, with a rare sly smile, “Well, Dobe, you actually make sense for once.” Naruto gives Sasuke an annoyed look and Sasuke says, with a serious snarl, “And my true enemy should have been the one who started all this. My real enemy is the one who used the Nine-Tailed Fox to attack the village and forced the Fourth Hokage, your father, to seal the Nine-Tailed Fox within you as well as caused my clan to be accused by the village for the attack. I know the one I should be fighting is Madara Uchiha.”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines smile at Sasuke and Kiba says, with a sigh, “It's about time!”

 

Rei says, with a sigh, “No joke!”

 

Takara says, with a smile, “It is good that everyone is back together again!”

 

Rika says, with a plain tone, “At least for the moment.”

Erin says, with a plain tone, “Well, we will need everyone together. Madara Uchiha is no ordinary Shinobi.”

 

Nyoko says, with a nod, “Yeah! Even Serena said that the snot was beaten out of her and she rivals the Legendary Sanin.”

 

Serena says, drolly, “Thanks for reminding me, Nyoko.”

 

Meiou says, sweatdropping, “Not the most encouraging thing to say, Nyoko.”

 

Mellissa and Erin say in unison, “Indeed.”

 

Nyoko says, nervously, “Oops.”

 

Jordan asks Serena, concerned, “But Serena-onee-chan, this is a problem. How do we beat an opponent that nearly killed you?”

 

Serena says, with a sly smile, “That was years ago and plus, I was alone at the time. Knowing someone like him, he will fight alone. With all of us working together, we can beat him.”

 

Naruto yells out, excitedly, “Yeah! Together, we can crush his rotten butt back to where it came from!”

 

Hinata, Sakura, and plenty of the others smile at this and Sakura thinks in her mind, “Finally, we are together again! After all this, now, we can work together to stop Madara, the Orichalcos, and that alien freak, the Light of Destruction! And when we finally saved the world and the universe, all of us can start over again.” However, on the meanwhile, Keiko is rubbing her lower right arm.

 

Yusuke asks Keiko, concerned tone in his voice, “Is something wrong, Keiko?”

 

Keiko says, “It feels weird, but my arm kind of feels really itchy.”

 

Yusuke tells Keiko in reply, with a nod of understanding, “You, too, huh? My right arm has been bothering me on and off today. It is a real pain in the neck.” However, what either of them doesn't notice is a slight red glow coming from their arms that fades away as quickly as they came.

 

(Elsewhere on Academy Island; Later that day)

 

In another part of the Island, we find Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang with Zera as the two of them are trying by themselves as Zera continues her training to harness the same Twilight magic that Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang has and Zera has made fast progress, but thanks to the knowledge of her previous self, Sestuna, Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang has quite the advantage over Zera. And it shows that Zera's clothes are somewhat burnt and a bit torn from the intense training that they have done so far.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang tells Zera, “Zera, you have done quite well, but you are quite worn out.”

 

Zera says, with a serious tone, “No, Melody. If I'm going to have a chance against that miko and her powers, I need to have the same level of magic and I need to become stronger.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang says, with a plain tone, “Well, neither I, Inuyasha, nor that whelp became more powerful overnight Zera.”

 

Zera says, with a plain tone, “True. But you always can't be around to protect our brother forever, Melody. Plus, since he has given her those two Millennium Items, the miko has quite the advantage over you.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang says, with a snarl, “Don't remind me.”

 

Zera says, with a plain and serious tone, “This is why you will need extra help to make sure that miko doesn't try anything else. Plus, I'm sure that claypot wench will make her appearance sooner or later.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang says, drolly, “Don't remind me. I've got a real bone to pick with her and I mean rip out of her.”

 

Zera says, with a serious tone, “As do I, but I need to get stronger fast.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang asks, with a serious tone, “Well, what do you expect me to do about it?”

 

Zera says, with a plain tone, “Hit me with a real strong Twilight Priestess magic attack.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang yells out, shocked, “Are you kidding me, Zera?!”

 

Zera replies, with a deadly serious tone, “Do I look like I'm kidding, sister?”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang gets a bit nervous at her elder half-sister's glare and she retorts, plainly, “No. But what will that accomplish?”

 

Zera says, with a deadly serious tone, “I need to find out how far I need to go. Now, please, Melody, do it.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang says, nervously, “Okay.” Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang then summons five black spell talismans with silver kanji on them and she thinks, concerned, “I hope that you know what you are doing, Zera.” Soon after, Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang starts to chant some kind of spell and then a powerful elemental force fires from the spell scrolls right at Zera. Zera creates her own mystical force field, but when Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang's attack hits it causes Zera to be skidding across the ground for five yards! Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang gasps in shock and prepares to stop, but Zera motions that she doesn't stop.

 

Zera thinks in her mind, determinedly, “I have to do it! I cannot allow Inuyasha and Melody to be hurt or used by anyone else ever again! I've got to protect them especially from that idiot miko, this Dartz, and that alien freak, the Light of Destruction! I cannot allow anyone to hurt them anymore! I need to harness this Twilight magic to ensure that to do that!” Zera struggles to shield herself and negate the attack with her own magic, but she is continue to overwhelm by the strength and power of Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang's mystical assault.

 

Just then a female voice calls out in Zera's mind, “Do you wish for the power to protect your family?”

 

Zera yells out, mentally and in a rare surprised tone, “Who is that?”

 

The female voice, similar to Zera's voice, calls out, with a deadly serious tone, “Who do you think? It's me! I'm within you! If you focus deep inside, you will find me! So, start looking!” Just then images flow into Zera's mind of a female humanoid dog demon that looks similar to Zera, but her long silver hair that goes to her kneecaps, with honey colored skin, a black version of Atem's Millennium Crown across her forehead, she has silver eight-pointed star earrings, wearing clothes similar to Mana's clothing that's covering her voluptuous figure on every point of her body as well, except they are blue in color, wrapped around her own slender and feminine upper arms are blue armbands, she is wearing shoes similar to Mana's, with a golden belt wrapped around her slender and feminine waistline, she doesn't have the hat that Mana wears on her head, she has a version of the same necklace that Mana wears around her neck, but the jewel in it being dark blue in color, she has a golden staff that reaches down to the ground and up to her waist with a golden star jewel orb on top of the staff with the Millennium Symbol engraved in the center of the star jewel orb in her right hand, and, and she has a Diadiankh attached to her left wrist. Zera thinks in her mind, in a rare perplexed tone, “What are these images in front of me?”

 

The female voice yells out, strongly, “You already know that! Deep down, you know! Just reach out for the power within! Embrace it! If you wish for the power to protect your family, then you must take it!”

 

Zera calls out, mentally, “I don't care about the power itself, but if it will protect my family for all that will hurt them! That's fine by me!” Zera closes her eyes and tugs on the `pull' she feels within her causing a feeling of power to flow through her. Just then Zera's body begins to glow golden and then she `explodes' with golden light that cancels out Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang's attack.

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang yells out, perplexed, “What the name of . . .?!” However, Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang doesn't have time to finish as she is forced to cover her eyes from the powerful golden glow that engulfed her older half-sister. For the next minute or so, the golden engulf Zera as plenty of our heroes and heroines arrive on the scene and they are forced to their eyes.

 

Sango asks, perplexed, “What's going on here?”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Genesis asks, confused, “What's happening?”

 

Sesshomaru thinks in his mind, seriously, “This power . . . It's Zera . . . but it is different! It feels similar to Inuyasha's and Melody's ancient powers for their past lives. Could it be . . .?” Soon enough, the light fades away and allows our heroes and heroines to take a look causing them along with Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang to gasp to see Zera transformed into the female humanoid dog demon she saw in her visions.

 

Alister asks, perplexed, “Whoa! Dudes, what's going on?”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Vortex asks, perplexed, “Don't ask me?”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Sedna asks, curiously, “Who is that?”

 

Shadow Warrior says, with a serious tone, “Her name is Runo, one of the most powerful dog demon in history!”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Joey asks, confused, “You know her, Atem?”

 

Sailor Hell Star says, with a serious tone, “I think that I remember her from my days as an `ambassador' in Atem's court. She was the older half-sister to Taigoku and Sestuna. In fact, she helped Sestuna create the Demonic Priestess magic that Melody and Zera use.”

 

Miroku says, plainly, “I'm taking a guess that Runo didn't like her brother being with Kagome's previous life.”

 

Taigoku says, in his usual tone, “Obviously, monk. She is the holder of the Millennium Staff, an ancient item that wasn't part of the Millennium Items that Atem or the other had as well as the Millennium Items that my sister as Sestuna made. I think that it came from the Treasured Era since it rivaled the Silver Crystals that Moon Princess and Jaden have in power.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Moon, her future daughter, the Sailor Quarter, and the rest of the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts, minus Pluto, gasp in shock and Sailor Venus yells out, shocked, “No way!”

 

Sailor Saturn asks Sailor Pluto, “Trista-mama, is this true?”

 

Sailor Pluto says, with a nod, “Yes. The Millennium Staff was a powerful item that was as old as the Silver Crystals held by the Moon Kingdom court. The two of them rival in power and ability.”

 

Sailor Mercury says, amazed, “I can't believe it!”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Heaven Star says, with a serious tone, “Well, the Millennium Spellbook originated back in the Treasured Era and we did create some Millennium Items along the way. I believe that Zorc harnessed the power of the Spellbook to create the Shadow Realm and for his own ends to come to our realm.”

 

Sestuna tells her `other self', mentally with a sly tone, “Finally, we have some extra help! With Runo back in the game, the little wench will learn her place! Her Millennium Staff is equal to the Silver Crystal that the Moon Princess welds, so, she can't threaten us anymore!”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang retorts, with a serious tone, “Even so, it doesn't mean that we can't be aggressive to that wench since the Moon Princess can negate the Millennium Staff with her Silver Crystal and vice-versa, but the Moon Princess has more experiencing and training with her item than Zera has since she regained it.”

 

Sestuna retorts, drolly, “Oh, yeah, right.”

 

Zera, now in her `ancient form' of Runo, elder half-sister to Taigoku and Sestuna, looks over herself and she thinks, amazed, “This power! I never felt so strong before! But what is this item in my hands?”

 

Her `other half', Runo, replies, plainly, “This is your special Millennium Items: The Millennium Staff. It is an ancient item as old as the Silver Crystal and just as powerful! However, your item can only negate the powers of the Silver Crystal if used against you. The Moon Princess can do the same if you try to use the Millennium Staff against her.And if it is quite obvious, I am your Silver Millennium self or your `previous life'. My name is Runo, but you will know soon enough when the two halves of our soul become one.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang asks Runo, “Are you okay, Zera?”

 

Runo replies, with a dangerous sly grin on her lips, “Actually, Melody, the name is Runo for the moment. And I never felt any better.”

 

Taigoku says, with a sigh, “Oh, boy. This is going to be trouble.”

 

Runo says, with a plain tone, “With this new form and level of power within me, I'm sure that I will fully master Twilight magic in no time.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang says, with a nod, “I don't think that will be a problem. I mean, you are the very one that helped me create Demonic Priestess magic in Ancient Egypt.”

 

Runo says, with a nod, “Indeed.” Runo then points her Millennium Staff right at Valkyrie Sailor Genesis and she says, with a deadly serious tone, “And you, wench, don't think that your Chaos magic and your Senshi powers will protect you forever. Also don't count on Princess Serenity's Silver Crystal to aid you anymore.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Moon says, with a serious tone, “Remember, Runo, your staff only rivals my Silver Crystal in power. So, I can negate your Millennium Staff as you can negate my Silver Crystal.”

 

Runo says, with a deadly serious glare, “True. But don't expect that you can protect that witch forever if she tries anything else with my brother.” Runo tells Valkyrie Sailor Genesis, with a deadly serious glare, “I'm watching you, miko.” Valkyrie Sailor Genesis yelps out in fear while Taigoku prepares to keep the two of them away from each other.

 

Sanosake says, with a nervous tone, “Geez, Sissy! Now, you have two siblings of Inuyasha gunning for you.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Genesis says, drolly, “Don't remind me.”

 

Valkyrie Sailor Big Bang says, with a sly smile, “Something tells me that things are going to get interesting around here.”

 

Runo says, with a sly grin of her own, “I agree, Melody.” There are plenty of our heroes and heroines especially Taigoku, Valkyrie Sailor Genesis, and the group from the Feudal Era that give nervous expressions at this.

 

(A short time later; At Duel Academy's harbor)

 

In Duel Academy's harbor, it is just another day for Aster Phoenix as he is on his own private yacht in Duel Academy's harbor as he continues his plans to save his best friend, Sartorius, from the evil entity possessing it, the Light of Destruction. However, even with all the information provided by the rest of our heroes and heroines and all of the Pro Duelists that Aster dueled in the tournament, he is nowhere closer to finding his father's card.

 

Aster thinks in his mind, seriously, “No matter how many duelists that I duel, I am nowhere closer to finding my dad's card. However, I'm not going to stop until I found that card. Whoever has that card is responsible for my dad's disappearance and I won't stop until I find him. Then, after I take care of that crook, I will take back my dad's card and I will save my friend! If Jaden and all of his friends can't do it, then I will do it for him through I think it is right! He is my friend and I'll save him! Sartorius told me himself that I would save him from a great evil that will take him! And I will not go back on my word!” Just then Aster hears something and he looks to see a good sized yacht pull up into the harbor. Aster thinks in his mind, curiously, “Well, that something that you don't see every day.” As Aster continues to watch, he sees none other than Mr. Shroud, the guy that led Zane into the Underground Dueling Circuit that turned him into his `darker persona', come out of the boat. Aster thinks in his mind, stunned, “No way! I know him! What's he doing here?!” Aster thinks in his mind, with a serious tone, “Well, if HE is here, it means that trouble is coming for someone and I don't want to be the person that meets him. It is none of my business, but a part better tag along to see what he is up to.” Soon after, Aster goes out of sight as he prepares to follow Mr. Shroud.

 

Mr. Shroud thinks in his mind, with a mischievous sly tone, “Never thought that I would get a chance to set my feet here. It is quite interesting to see the place where Zane started before I turned into a real duelist. However, I was surprised to find that she is here too. My little `witch' and I have some unfinished business to deal with.” Just then another figure comes out of the yacht and we get a good look at this guy.

 

This figure is a man, an adult, with black hair that goes down to the end of his neck behind his back, black eyes with square glasses in front of them, grey business coat over a white business shirt, grey business pants, and black formal shoes on his feet. The man is carrying a duel disk attached to his left wrist and holding a handle to briefcase in his right hand.

 

Aster sees this guy and he thinks, stunned, “Kodo Kinomiya, the infamous `Duel Profiler', what is he doing with someone like Shroud? But then again, why should I be surprised?”

 

Mr. Shroud tells Kodo, “Mister Kinomiya, you know what to do?”

 

Kodo says, with a wide sly smile, “Yes. I will bring out what you want to see. I've modified my deck with the nearly seventeen years of her life within it. This guy sounds pretty amazing.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly grin, “Indeed, she is. However, she can be quite dangerous if you do break the `seal' on her abilities.”

 

Kodo tells Mr. Shroud, with a sly smile, “Do not worry about me, but since this is the case, I think that I will ask for five times my usual pay.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a nod, “Get me what I want and you will get all your money.” Mr. Shroud thinks in his mind, with a sinister smile, “If you do get me what I want, you will get your pay . . . if you live long enough to spend it! She has never killed anyone or even caused permanent injury, but if her emotions are really brought to the breaking point, her ability can be lethal.” The two of them head off into Duel Academy and Aster follows them out of their sight.

 

As he is doing so, he thinks, seriously, “Sounds like that they are gunning for someone and I wouldn't want to be that person right about now.”

 

(On the meanwhile; Elsewhere)

 

Right now, we find ourselves within a dark place and in the center of that dark place, we find Keiko Yukimura looking around the darkness for any signs of her friends and boyfriend.

 

Keiko calls out, worriedly, “Yusuke? Kuwabara? Kari? Davis? Jun? ANYONE?!” Keiko says, fearfully, “Where am I? What is this place? One minute, I was with Yusuke and the others and now, I'm here.”

 

Just then a familiar female voice calls out, with a dark monotone voice, “No one can help you now, my dear.”

 

Keiko gasps in shock and Keiko says, horrified, “No, it can't be.” Keiko turns to the source of the voice and looks to see a cloaked figure with a white mask exactly like Aki Izayoi's mask from Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds. Keiko says, stunned and horrified, “No! That's not possible! I buried you!”

 

The female figure replies, with a dark plain tone, “That's where you are wrong, Keiko. I am a part of you. A part of your past that you can never forget.” The female figure then approaches Keiko and before Keiko could run, the female figure grabs her by right hand and removes her glove exposing a red birthmark shaped like a front dragon's claw. The female figure says, with a dark monotone voice, “This wretched mark. The one that caused us so much pain. The one that we had to hide from Yusuke, Kari, Kira, and all the others. Did you really think that you could get rid of our curse so easily with some `therapy', Keiko?”

Keiko yells out, fearfully, “Get away from me!”

 

The female figure replies, with a dark emotionless tone, “I cannot . . .” The female figure removes her mask to show none other than Keiko's own face, but her eyes are emotionless and icy-cold far more than any Society of Light member causing Keiko's doppelganger to say, with an icy-cold monotone voice, “Because I am you, Keiko.” Keiko gasps in horror, but then a bright crimson red light engulfs the area and the mark on Keiko's arm gives off a powerful glow forcing her doppelganger back. Keiko looks up at the light and she is amazed to see a beautiful crimson red dragon made of awe-inspiring crimson light in the sky above her.

 

Just then Keiko's eyes give off the same crimson light which fills her with warmth and protection as the crimson red dragon looks down at her and a voice in her mind says, “Don't be afraid of the mark that you bare. Or the power that you weld within you. You have been `chosen'. You must face your past or you will not even have an immediately. Trust in your power. It is only you that can make it destructive or into some more beautiful. This is why you were chosen.” The voice fades away and the crimson red dragon gives a beautiful and powerful cry sounding like a mighty bird like an eagle, but then Keiko looks behind her to see an incredible dragon seemly made mainly of red rose petals with black body on the areas that were made/covered in red rose petals with thorn-filled vines coming out its wings, red claws on its feet, and a thorn-filled vine-like tail.

 

Just then a deep female voice calls out into Keiko's mind, “Do not fear, young one. I can understand your pain. You and I are so much alike. We are here to do good, yet, our powers are misunderstood or use the wrong way. I am one of the five great dragons that are to be welded by the five `Chosen Ones' of the Crimson Dragon. My name is Black Rose Dragon and I am here to protect you. My best friend, Ancient Fairy Dragon, is the protector of your friend, Serena Tsukino. No matter what I will always be here for you.” Just then Black Rose Dragon gives a mighty cry and the whole area is covered in black rose petals.

 

Keiko yells out, stunned, “Wait!” Just then everything goes black for a moment and Keiko wakes up to find herself in Yusuke's arms surround by the others with concerned looks on their faces.

 

Hikari says, with a smile, “Keiko!”

 

Keiko asks, perplexed, “What's going on?”

 

Kira says, with a serious tone, “You tell us, Keiko! One minute, you were with all of us as we prepared to train and the next, you collapsed on the ground in a heap.”

 

Jade says, with a nod, “Yeah! You scared us stiff!”

 

Celeste says, nodding her head, “You were shaking your head and you look pretty afraid.”

 

Yusuke says, with a smile of relief, “We're just glad that you are okay, Kei! Please don't pull a stunt like that!”

 

Keiko says, with a warm smile, “I'm sorry, Yusuke. I didn't mean to worry you, but I don't think I had a choice.”

 

Serena asks, curiously, “What do you mean?”

 

Keiko then holds her right arm and she says, winching, “Ow! My arm!” Keiko then takes off the glove, similar to Alexis' glove, covering her arm and everyone gasps to see the same red dragon claw mark as Keiko saw in her `dream'.

 

Kuwabara yells out, perplexed, “What the heck?!”

 

Bastion says, amazed, “It looks like a dragon's claw!”

 

Keiko says, with a nod, “It is. I think it is one of those `Dragon Birthmarks'.” Keiko then quickly explains about the dream, minus the part of her `dark doppelganger' in the mask.

 

Mina says, awe-struck, “Wow! That's amazing!”

 

Jaden asks Yeshua, “So, what do you think about this?”

 

Yeshua replies, plainly, “She is indeed a `Signer' if the Crimson Dragon came to her.”

 

Hikari takes out the briefcase containing the remaining `Signer Decks' and additional cards and she says, with a plain tone, “It is a good thing that I brought this with us.” Hikari unlocks the briefcase as Keiko gets to her feet.

 

Yusuke asks Keiko, concerned, “Are you sure that you are okay?”

 

Keiko tells Yusuke, with a warm loving tone, “I'll be just fine, Yusuke. I promise.” Keiko then looks at the two remaining `Signer Decks' in front of her and she instinctively takes one, but she mentally winches as her `Dragon birthmark' gives a slight glow as she takes the deck. Immediately, Keiko turns the deck around and the card on the top if is Synchro monster card called Black Rose Dragon, with 2400/1800 stats, seven stars on it, and has a picture of the same dragon that Keiko saw in her dream. Keiko says, amazed, “This is the dragon in my dreams: Black Rose Dragon!”

 

Jordan asks, curiously, “I wonder: What does it do?”

 

Jade says, with a smile, “Why don't we test one of these `decks' in a duel?”

 

Tenchi says, with a smile, “Sounds like a good idea.”

 

Tristan yells out, excitedly, “Let's see one of these dragons in action!”

 

Just then a voice calls out, slyly, “My, aren't you quite the bunch?” Everyone looks to the source of the voice to see Mr. Shroud and Kido Kinomiya.

 

Zane asks, with a dark serious tone, “What are you doing here Shroud?”

 

Many of our heroes and heroines look at Zane and Takuya asks, curiously, “You know this guy?”

 

Zane says, with a dark serious tone, “Yep! He introduced me to the world of Underground Dueling.”

 

Syrus and Hikari think in their minds at the same time, “So, they are the ones that turned made Zane turn into the `Hell Kaiser' persona!”

 

Bastion says, with a serious tone, “So, this is the infamous Shroud. I heard some things about him. He is the said to be quite shady dueling manager. He preys on duelists and brings them into the Underground Dueling Circuit where they are never the same. It is also said that he has quite the voice in the Underground Dueling Circuit, but that among other things have never been proven. I heard that the police and authorities have tried to arrest him on numerous charges, but they never could get the evidence.”

 

Alister thinks in his mind, “And I think that I know why that jerk is here! But there is no way that I'm going to let him get his hands on Sissy again!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly sinister grin, “What's the problem with doing business? I might bend a few rules, but I run quite a `neat little operation' and nothing `bad' about it.”

 

Kurama says, with a serious tone, “Not from what we heard.”

 

Serena says, stepping forward, “I am Serena Tsukino, Co-Chancellor of this school, and I want to know why you are here.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a curious quirk of his eyebrow, “A student running this school? This is a new one on me.” Mr. Shroud says, with a sly smile, “Through you are quite good on the eyes along with your companions.” Darien gives a deadly glare at Mr. Shroud for that comment.

 

Lita says, with a low snarl, “Sicko.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, looking at our heroes and heroines, “Well, it look like the `dark look' has become quite popular these days.”

 

Zane says, with a dark serious tone, “Look, Shroud! I've already gotten rid of you! You are not my manager anymore!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sinister sly smile, “Don't worry, Mister Truesdale. I'm not looking for anything to do with you. In fact, I'm glad that you learned my lessons well and there are no hard feelings between us. However, it is not you that I came for.”

 

Zane asks, with a serious tone, “Then who?”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a smile, “Someone close to the infamous Yusuke Urameshi actually.”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines give surprised look and Hinata asks, curiously, “Someone close to Yusuke?”

 

Just then Keiko steps forward of the group and Kira asks Keiko, confused, “Keiko, what are you . . .?”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly grin, “Ah, Miss Yukimura! Just who I was looking for!”

 

There are plenty of gasps of shock and Hikari asks Keiko, stunned, “Keiko, you know this guy?!”

 

Alister says, nervously, “Unfortunately, yes, we do. And it is not good memories.”

 

Mr. Shroud states, eyeing Keiko's `Dragon birthmark', “Ah, I see you got that special `birthmark' of yours back. It has been a few years hasn't it?”

 

Tai asks, perplexed, “Hold up! What's going on here?”

 

Yusuke asks Keiko, “That's what I want to know! Keiko, how do you know this jerk?”

 

Hikari asks Keiko, in total disbelief, “Keiko . . . Wait . . . Please don't tell me that you are . . . a former Underground Duelist?!”

 

Keiko says, solemnly, “Yes . . . Yes, I am.”

 

There are plenty of gasps of shock from our heroes and heroines and Zane thinks in his mind, with a dark surprised tone, “Keiko Yukimura?! A former Underground Duelist? She doesn't look to be the type, but if she knows Shroud, then that's the only possibility!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sinister sly tone, “That's right! You see, Mister Urameshi, your girlfriend, which I suspect that she is by this since I know about how the two of you are around each other, has quite a `dark history' that even you, your childhood friends, and even your family don't know about. I should know, I was there for the whole thing.”

 

Alister leaps forward and yells out, angrily, “That's because you lured Sissy into your sick dueling circuit and caused her nothing, but grief!”

 

Sanosake asks Alister, “Dude, you know about this?”

 

Alister says, with a solemn nod, “Yes.”

Davis asks, with a serious tone, “Why didn't you tell me and Jun?”

 

Jun says, with a serious tone, “He had his reasons, bro.”

 

Alister asks Jun, shocked, “Jun, you know?”

 

Jun says, with a plain tone, “As the Sailor Scout of Dimensions, I do have `certain ways' to find out about things. However, unless you and Keiko tell the others about this, I'm keeping my mouth shut.”

 

Keiko asks Mr. Shroud, with a plain tone, “I told you before Shroud, I don't want any part of that life. I'm not that duelist that you knew before.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, pointing to Keiko's `Dragon birthmark', “Well, that mark of yours tells me different. It tells me that your `gift' that made you so famous in my circuit has come back, but maybe we should find out.” Keiko slightly pales at the remark and she looks at her `Dragon birthmark' with a slight look of fear on her face.

 

Kurama thinks in his mind, “There is fear in Keiko's eyes. Something in Shroud's words holds great relevance to Keiko and her `Dragon birthmark'.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, motioning to Kido, “This is a good friend of mine from the Pro Dueling Circuit. His name is Kido Kinomiya.”

 

Bastion says, with a serious tone, “The Duel Profiler, huh? That's interesting.”

 

Michelle asks, curiously, “Duel Profiler?”

 

Ami says, with a logical tone, “I've read about him. He researches his opponents and modifies his deck, which is a called a `Profile Deck', based on aspects of a person's life. His tactic is to use tactics and cards based on his opponent's life. His dueling tactics are shady since it is said that he is trying to dive into his opponent's psyche.”

 

Kido says, with a sly grin, “I've heard a lot about you, Miss Yukimura. I wish to see your legendary or infamous skills in action.”

Keiko states, plainly, “No, you won't. Why should I duel you?”

 

Mr. Shroud asks, with a sinister sly tone, “Would you like your parents' to go out of business?”

 

Keiko and Alister gasp in shock and Keiko yells out, horrified, “You wouldn't?!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sinister sly smile, “My dear, you know what I'm capable of. Plus, you know that I have a lot of connections that aren't `illegal'. So, unless you and your family want to be out in the cold, I suggest that you agree to my terms.”

 

Yusuke yells out, angrily, “If anything happens, I will . . .!!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly smile, “Or you will what, Mister Urameshi? Unlike others, I am not intimidated by your `street punk' rep. I have faced those that had worse reputations than you and I've tamed them just as easily.” Mr. Shroud gives a sinister smile so terrible that it made plenty of our heroes and heroines to be scared.

 

Tommy says, fearfully, “That guy is scary.”

 

Zoe says, nodding nervously, “No joke.”

 

Keiko steps forward, displaying her new 5ds Duel Disk, and she says, seriously, “This is my problem. I'll take care of it.”

 

Hikari asks, concerned tone in her voice, “Are you sure Keiko?”

 

Keiko tells Hikari, with a kind smile, “I'll be okay.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, snapping his fingers, “However, I have one more stipulation for this duel.” Just then Kido opens the briefcase in his right hand and displays a set of electrical collars used in the Underground Duels. Mr. Shroud states, with a sly smile, “I want you to wear these for the duel, but your powers should take care of Mister Kinomiya quite nicely. Just like the old days, huh?”

 

Jaden calls out, horrified, “You can't expect Keiko to wear those!”

 

Mindy says, horrified, “Yeah! You might kill her!”

 

Zane says, with a dark plain tone, “I survived.”

 

Rei says, drolly, “Not encouraging.”

 

Keiko says, plainly, “It's all right. It isn't the first time that I experienced these.” Kido throws the shackles to Keiko and she puts them around her neck and puts them on her upper arms.

 

Alister says, with a worried tone, “Sissy, please . . .”

 

Keiko says, with a serious tone, “I have to. Or else our family will suffer.” Keiko prepares to use her deck, but then she `feels' her new `Signer deck' calling for her. Keiko can't help this feeling as an image of Black Rose Dragon comes to her mind. Keiko then puts her new deck in her duel disk and her deck was automatically shuffled in her duel disk.

 

Ryoko says, amazed, “Whoa! Her deck was shuffled!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly smile, “Interesting. The newest Kaiba Corporation Duel Disks.”

 

Keiko says, with a serious tone, “Let us get this over with. Once I defeat you, you will get out of my life and I can move on.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sinister sly smile, “No one can move on beyond their past my dear.” Keiko and Kido activate their duel disks, their life-points counters display 4000 life-points for each duelist, and the two of them draw five cards from their decks.

 

Keiko and Kido calls out in unison, “Duel!”

 

Starting Scores:
Keiko: 4000

Kido: 4000

 

As the duel starts, Yusuke states, with a serious tone, “Come on! We can't let her do this!”

 

Kurama tells Yusuke, with a plain tone, “Neither does any of us. However, when Keiko makes up her mind, she will not go back.”

 

Kuwabara says, with a nod, “Yep! You know how stubborn she is.”

 

Amara says, with a plain tone, “Let's just hope that it doesn't get her into real trouble.”

 

Kurama thinks in her mind, “However, I suspect that Mister Shroud doesn't want her to lose. He is trying to bring out these `mysterious powers' that Keiko has, but I had never known Keiko to have unusual powers. Through after Yusuke left for Demon World, when I did meet Keiko during the times, I could come back to the human world, I sensed something `strange' that I didn't before.”

 

Keiko draws one card from her deck and calls out, “I'll go first!” Keiko puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I start out with Violet Witch in attack mode!” Just then Violet Witch (1100/1200), a humanoid monster wearing a purple cloak that only exposes her head and arms, her skin is deep grey, red eyes, there are large green leafs attached to the violet cloak, and brown staff with two orange orbs, one on top and the other on the bottom, appearing on the field in attack mode. Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, “I'll end my turn with one card face-down.”

 

Mr. Shroud thinks in his mind, “A new deck, huh?”

 

Kido says, drawing one card, “My move! Draw!” Kido puts one card and he says, with a sly grin, “From the look in your eyes, your powers have indeed returned and you are fighting to control yourself. You see, my deck was made to reflect your life and I know everything about you . . . Psychic Duelist Keiko Yukimura!” Keiko's and Alister's eyes widen in shock and plenty of our heroes and heroines give perplexed looks.

 

Hotaru, Syrus, Tenchi, Mina, Nyoko, Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, and Meiou ask at the same time, “Psychic Duelist?”

 

Ami says, with a curious tone, “I've read about them. They are a group of duelist with unusual powers. They are known as `Psychic Duelists' because they fight their duels with unusual powers and all of the duels that Psychic Duelists have been rumored about can't be disapproved as fakes at all. Their powers vary in range, but it seems like that they can see into the future of a duel through only in a duel, they can tell face-down cards through various means with some form of ESP, and it is also rumored that they can make duels very real without special mystical powers.”

 

Nyoko says, amazed, “Whoa!”

 

Kiba yells out, stunned, “No way!”

 

Erin asks, plainly, “After all that we experienced and you say that?”

 

Kido says, with a sly smile, “And Miss Yukimura is one of these rare breed of duelists. Born with special powers, but tried hard to conceal them from the world. Let's just say that duelists like them aren't treated so well.”

 

Kira asks, stunned, “Keiko has special powers?”

 

Kido says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Oh, you have seen them in action before. This card shall tell part of the story. And with this card face-down, I shall end my turn.”

 

Kuwabara yells out, annoyed and perplexed, “What? He didn't summon a monster!”

 

Joey says, seriously, “I don't like this! He is trying to make Keiko do something.”

 

Keiko draws one card from her deck and calls out, “My move! And Violet Witch attacks you directly!” Violet Witch then fires a beam of energy from her staff that slams into Kido causing him to grunt a bit as he loses 1100 life-points. Keiko thinks in her mind, perplexed, “Why did he let me attack him so easily?”

 

Tenchi looks at a portion of his shirt, sees a slight burn mark, and he yells out, “What? Where did that burn mark come from?” Everyone looks at Kido and sees the burn mark too.

 

Keiko thinks in her mind, shocked, “Oh no! It can't be!”

 

Kido looks over himself and he says, with a sly smirk, “Ah! Well, what do we have here? And plus, I felt a bit of a shove from your attack. It seems like your control is far from being lost, but it seems like you were wrong to say that your powers haven't returned. The very same powers that you hid from your childhood friends, afraid of what they would think of you, and the powers that caused other kids to talk about you behind your back. Even the two friends that you had in Sarayashiki Junior High once talked about you behind your back, knowing about the various `rumors' around you. However, they were never told to Mister Urameshi and his family since he started to get the `Great Urameshi' reputation through they, too, have seen your powers first-hand, but then again, you know that story.”

 

Yusuke yells out, angrily, “What are you talking about jerk?”

 

Kido states, with a sly smile, “April twenty-second, nine years ago, you, your sisters, and Miss Yukimura were developing into quite young dueling prodigies. So, you entered a local tournament and all of you got far. However, during the quarter-finals, when Miss Yukimura used her Witch of the Black Forest to launch a final attack on her opponent, the attack hit and caused a huge explosion remember?”

 

Kira calls out, stunned, “I remember that! We thought that it was Duel Disk malfunction!”

 

Kido says, with a sly grin, “It wasn't. On that day, Keiko Yukimura's awakened her Psychic Duelist powers for the first time. And it wasn't the last time that kind of thing happened. There were various instances in duels using Duel Disks that Keiko's direct attack on her opponent became real.”

 

Yusuke says, with a snarl, “You are so full of it! My sisters, Davis, Jun, and all my childhood buds played with Keiko a lot and nothing bad happened to us.”

 

Kido asks, with a sly grin, “However, didn't sometimes you feel a bit of discomfort or pain when hit with direct damage from Miss Yukimura's cards?”

 

Davis, Hikari, Kira, Yusuke, and Jaden have their eyes widen in shock and Jaden says, a bit amazed, “Yeah. That did happen a few times.”

 

Kido says, with a sly smile, “Case in point. However, her powers were greatly suppressed since Keiko was happy and not under emotional distress. You see, Miss Yukimura's power seem to grow stronger when she is distress, stressed, angry, in anguish, filled with sorrow, fear, or under any form of `harmful emotions'. When she is with you, her emotions were more `positive' and thus her powers weren't hurtful or just a bother that was quickly passed on as nothing. But that wasn't the case when she was dueling with someone other than herself.” Kido says, with a sly smile while pointing to his face-down card, “And soon enough, plenty of kids knew what was happening and this is the reaction that they took to her!” Kido pushes a button on his duel disk and calls out, “I reveal my face-down: Crime and Punishment!” Just then Kido's face-down card is revealed to be a trap card with a cloaked person holding two melting candles on a candleholder. Kido says, with a sly smile, “When I take direct damage from an opponent's attack, this trap card activates! Now, one monster on my opponent's side of the field is destroyed!” Just then Violet Witch is destroyed in a huge explosion.

 

Just then a card comes out of Keiko's deck and she says, taking the card, “Violet Witch's special ability activates! When she is destroyed, I can take one Plant-type monster from my deck that has fifteen hundred defense points or less and add it to my hand!” Keiko then displays Copy Plant (0/0) monster card with a picture of a monster that looks like a mass of brown roots with green eyes and she says, “I choose the Tuner monster: Copy Plant!”

 

Mr. Shroud asks, perplexed, “Copy Plant? Tuner monster?”

 

Kido says, putting one card on his duel disk, “Well, allow me to continue because at the end of your Battle Phase, my trap allows me to play one monster from my hand that's level four or less!” Kido puts one card on his duel disk and calls out, “I play my Hate Agent in defense mode!” Just then Hate Agent (0/0), a large worm-like creature, comes to the field in defense mode. Kido says, with a sly smile, “Once per turn, during my opponent's Battle Phase, my Hate Agent can recover my life-points given to me through Battle Damage!” Just then Kido's life-points increase by the same amount he lost from Violet Witch's attack.

 

Keiko puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I summon my Wall of Ivy in defense mode and end my turn!” Just then Wall of Ivy (300/1200), a monster that looks like a small wall made of thorn-filled vines and bushes, comes to the field in defense mode.

 

Current Score:

Keiko: 4000

Kido: 4000

 

Keiko thinks in her mind, while looking a bit nervous, “I have to remain in control. If these powers did return after what I did to seal them, I've got to remain in control.”

 

Kido states, with a sly grin while drawing one card, “You look a bit nervous. Trying to fight to remain in control of your emotions and your powers, huh?”

 

Keiko asks, getting a bit annoyed, “Is this a duel or some kind of therapy session?”

 

Kido says, with a sly smile, “I got a rise in you, huh? Well, I've always wanted to see your beasty powers in actions. So, let's see how much more I can get from you.”

 

Yusuke says, with an annoyed tone, “Hey, Keiko! Don't let that creep get to you! He is trying to mess with your head!”

 

Keiko says, in a slight annoyed tone, “I know that Yusuke! Let me handle it!”

 

The others, especially Keiko's closest friends, were surprised by her reaction and Kuwabara says, amazed, “Whoa! I never seen Keiko say that to Urameshi before!”

 

Kira says, with a serious tone, “I'm not surprised! This guy is really annoying!”

 

Yusuke thinks in his mind, concerned, “I know that, but the way Kei reacted, sounds like this jerk is really getting into her skin! What is Keiko hiding and how bad can it be for her to hide this from us and from me?”

 

Kido puts one card on his duel disk and calls out, “I'll start off this round with Masked Knight Level Three in attack mode!” Just then Masked Knight LV3 (1500/800), a short armored knight with grey and yellow armor, appears on the field in attack mode. Kido says, with a sly grin, “And next, I activate his ability! Persona Blast!” Just then Masked Knight LV3 fires a beam of energy from his forehead that slams into Keiko and she then cries out as she is shocked while she loses 400 life-points.

 

Our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Yusuke, Hikari, Kira, Yukina, and Botan cry out in horror, “Keiko!”

 

Alister says, shocked, “Sissy!”

 

Kido says, with a sly grin, “As you may have guessed, this ability costs you four hundred life-points, but I can't attack when I use this ability.” Kido puts one card in the spell/trap slots and he says, with a sly smile, “However, I can play my Level Up spell card and upgrade my Masked Knight from Level Three to Level Five!” A card comes out of Kido's duel disk and Kido puts it on his duel disk causing his Masked Knight LV3 to transform into Masked Knight LV5 (2300/1600), the same armored knight, but with a larger sword and his body grew to the size of a young adult, appears on the field in attack mode. Kido then yells out, with a sly smile, “Attack her Wall of Ivy!” Masked Knight brings out its sword and it moves in to attack her Wall of Ivy.

 

Keiko says, with a plain tone, “Wall of Ivy's special ability activates. When it is the target of your attack, it summons one Ivy Token to your side of the field!” Just then an Ivy Token (0/0), a little seeding, comes to Kido's field in defense mode. On the meanwhile, Masked Knight slices through Wall of Ivy and destroys it, but since it was in defense mode, Keiko doesn't lose any life-points.

 

Kido puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and he says, with a sly grin, “I'll end my turn with two cards face-down.”

 

Current Score:

Keiko: 3600

Kido: 4000

 

Keiko draws one card from her deck and he says, with a plain tone, “My turn.”

 

Kido says, with a sly smile, “Having a hard time? Well, since my last move does reveal another part of your life.”

 

Keiko asks, seriously, “What do you mean?”

 

Kido says, with a smile, “Simple. When I used my Persona Blast with my Level Three Masked Knight, it represents the damage to your feelings when the other kids talked about you behind your back after hearing what your powers did. They called you `witch', `demon', `monster', and `cursed' among other things.”

 

Keiko's eyes widen in shock and she thinks, stunned, “Does this guy know about my whole life?”

 

Kido says, with a sly grin, “And when my Masked Knight Level Five attacked your Wall of Ivy, it represents when their attacks became more physical to you. Namely, the endless times that you were picked on by other kids when they heard about your powers and all those times you told your only friends including the Urameshi siblings that they were just accidents.”

 

Kira asks, stunned, “Keiko, is this true? All those times that you had those nasty cuts and bruises were actually injuries from getting attacked?”

 

Keiko says, with a nod, “Yeah.”

 

Hikari tells Keiko, shocked, “Why didn't you want to tell us?”

Kido says, with a sly grin, “Simple. She didn't want to cause more pain. Knowing Hikari Urameshi against bullies and Yusuke Urameshi in general, if she had told you, you would have gone and beat those kids up which would have caused more trouble. She didn't want to cause more trouble or pain. And a part of her felt like that this was her punishment. She used these powers to hurt people and she felt it was right that she got hurt as payment for her `crimes'. And she is right. Her kind of power shouldn't be here and she got what she deserved.” Keiko's eyes give a slight twitch and her arms tremble a bit.

 

Kuwabara says, with a snarl, “Okay! This guy is really getting me pissed!”

 

Kido tells Keiko, with a sly grin, “An insult to nature like her should go back to where she belongs and this duel shall prove that. So, take your turn.”

 

Keiko's expression become more serious and she says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “I play my Pot of Greed! Now, I draw two more cards from my deck!” Keiko draws two more cards from her deck and Keiko says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Next, I play my Fissure! Destroying the weakest monster on the field!” Just then Hate Agent falls into a large fissure as it is destroyed.

 

Jade says, with a sly smile, “Yes! Now, that jerk can't get back any of his life-points!”

 

Keiko then pushes a button on her duel disk, and calls out, “Next, I play my face-down: Cursed Ivy!” Just then Keiko's face-down card is revealed to be a continuous trap card with a picture of seeding growing out of brown vines dripping a strange yellow substance and Keiko says, with a serious tone, “Now, I can summon one monster with Ivy in its name in defense mode and equip it with this card! I choose my Wall of Ivy!” Just then Wall of Ivy (300/1200) returns to the field in defense mode. Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “I play my Ivy Jungle continuous spell card! As long as this card remains on the field, during my turn, all monsters on my opponent's field become Plant-type monsters!” Just then Masked Knight Level Five comes covered in vines and Keiko says, putting one card on her duel disk, “Now, I sacrifice my Wall of Ivy to summon Rose Tentacles in attack mode!” Wall of Ivy shatters apart along with the trap card that it has equipped to it causing Rose Tentacles (2200/1200), a large plant-like monster with a rose bloom on top of its green plant-like stem body with orange eyes below the rose bloom and over half-a-dozen vines coming out of its body, comes to the field in attack mode. Keiko says, with a plain tone, “Since Wall of Ivy had Cursed Ivy equipped to it, it is destroyed and two more Ivy Tokens come to your side of the field in defense mode. Just then two more Ivy Tokens (0/0 X 2) come to Kido's side of the field in defense mode. Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she yells out, “Next, I play my Rush Recklessly spell card! This card boosts my Rose Tentacles power by seven hundred points for this turn!” Just then Rose Tentacles' stats rise from 2200/1200 to 2900/1200!

 

Yolei says, with a sly grin, “Ha! She's got the edge now!”

 

Kurama says, with a plain tone, “More than you think, Yolei. Her Rose Tentacles has a strong special ability.”

 

Keiko says, with a plain tone, “During my Battle Phase, my Rose Tentacles can attack one more time for every Plant monster on my opponent's side of the field!”

 

Izzy says, amazed, “Whoa! Since Masked Knight is a Plant monster, thanks to her spell card, and three Ivy Tokens on his field, she gains four more attacks!”

 

Keiko says, with a serious tone, “Plus, every time an Ivy Token is destroyed, you lose three hundred life-points. Also, when my Rose Tentacles destroys a Plant monster, you lose another three hundred attack points.”

 

Kido calls out, stunned, “What?!”

 

Mr. Shroud thinks in his mind, with a sinister sly smile, “Excellent. That's it, Keiko. That's the dueling style of my greatest star: The Black Rose Witch!”

 

Keiko calls out, strongly, “Rose Tentacles, Thorn Whip One!” Rose Tentacles immediately attacks Masked Knight, destroying it, and causing 600 points of Battle Damage to Kido and Keiko then says, a slight scowl on her features, “And now, you lose three hundred life-points since it was a Plant monster.” Just then Rose Tentacles' vine slams into Kido's chest causing the air to slightly get knocked out of him while he loses 300 more life-points. Keiko says, strongly, “Thorn Whip Two!” Just then Rose Tentacles slams another vine into Ivy Token, destroying it, and the vine hits Kido's upper left arm causing him to yelp in pain as he loses 300 life-points.

 

Just then the other heroes and heroines see a tear in his suit at the area where Rose Tentacles vine and Joe says, stunned seeing a bit of blood, “He got cut! And he's bleeding!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a wide sly grin, “I told you, didn't I? This is Miss Yukimura's beasty power. It seems like that she is losing control of it once more.”

 

Kido states, with a wide sly grin, “Well, it looks like that you are exposed. What are you going to do now?”

 

Keiko doesn't reply and calls out, strongly, “Since I destroyed an Ivy Token, you lose three hundred more points life-points.” Kido yelp as he glows red as he loses 300 more life-points. Keiko yells out, strongly, “Thorn Whip Four!” Rose Tentacle launches another vine at another Ivy Token, destroying it, and the vine hits Kido's right kneecap causing him to get another cut on his kneecap. He yelps out in pain as he loses 600 more life-points. Keiko says, seemly not caring at all, “Thorn Whip Five!” Rose Tentacles launches another vine at the final Ivy Token, destroying it, and the vine hits Kido's left leg causing him to yelp out in pain from the impact as he loses another 600 life-points.

 

TK says, stunned, “This is no joke! He is really getting hurt from Keiko's attacks!”

 

Koemna's voice then calls out, “This isn't any surprise.” Everyone looks to see Prince Koemna in his teenage form walking up to them.

 

Botan says, stunned, “Prince Koemna!”

 

Mr. Shroud states, with a sly smile, “Ah, Lord Koemna, Prince of the Spirit World. How are you doing this fine morning?”

 

Koemna says, with a snarl, “It would be nicer without you.”

 

Yusuke yells out, annoyed, “Hey, toddler breath, you know this jerk?”

 

Koemna says, with a nod, “Yes, unfortunately I do. His levels of `business' reach into the super-natural level and I think that he knows all about you as well as plenty of others.”

 

Kira yells out, flabbergasted, “Wait! You mean he knows all about us?”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly grin, “It is kind of my job to know people! Needless to say, I was really interesting in Mister Urameshi after learning about him as Koemna's little `Spirit Detective'.”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines give gasps of shock and Zane thinks in his mind, with a dark serious tone and glare, “Who are you, Shroud?”

 

Mr. Shroud tells Koemna, “By the way, Lord Koemna, did you tell your former Spirit Detective that you've known about Miss Yukimura all along?!”

 

Yusuke yells out, his tone getting angry, “What?! You mean to tell me that you knew about Keiko's hidden powers and you never bothered to tell me?!”

 

Keiko says, with a serious tone, “I told him not to, Yusuke. I'm sorry.”

 

Koemna states, with a plain tone, “It was a sensitive topic for Keiko. How did you think she would feel if I just blurted it out?”

 

Keiko says, with a strong tone, “This is going to be over soon anyway! Rose Tentacles, end this duel! Final Thorn Whip!” Rose Tentacles then launches its attack right at Kido directly.

 

Kido pushes a button on his duel disk and calls out, “I activate a spell card: Dark Wall of Wind!” Just then Kido's face-down card is revealed to be the Dark Wall of Wind Quick-Spell card and a dome of dark wind energy surrounds Kido causing Rose Tentacles' attack to be negated.

 

Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, plainly, “I'll end my turn with a face-down.” On the meanwhile, Rose Tentacles' stats reduce down from 2900/1200 to 2200/1200.

 

Current Score:

Keiko: 3600

Kido: 1300

 

The others look at Keiko, they can see her breathing has become slightly elevated and her expression has become slightly `darker' that's unlike Keiko before causing Rei thinks in her mind, “There is something wrong with Kei. It is like she is trying to control herself. It feels like that she is trying to hold something back within herself.”

 

Kido asks, with a sly smile, “Oh, so, we are reenacting when you struck back against your attackers?” Keiko's eyes widen in shock and Kido says, with a sly smile, “When you were ten years old, you were getting sick and tried of picked on and hurt because of your powers, so, you decided to fight back. You challenged one of the bullies to a duel and he accepted. You dueled in an abandoned warehouse and when his taunting and teasing pushed you to your limits, you struck back hard with your Infernal Flame Emperor that it caused the whole warehouse to be destroyed and your opponent to be rendered unconscious with multiple third to second degrees burns all over his body! You were so shocked and horrified that you dragged your unconscious and injured opponent out the burning remains of the abandoned warehouse, made sure that he was still alive, and called the authorities to get him help. When the authorities came, you lied that you found him like this and you made sure that your friends never found out even through your parents knew! It was good for you that your opponent suffered amnesia and never remembered what happened. It was after that your parents somehow created a seal and suppressed your powers.”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Hikari asks Keiko, shocked, “Kei, is this true?”

 

Keiko lowers her head and she says, solemnly, “Yes . . . it is. I never told you because . . . I was afraid. I was so horrified that I could do such a horrible thing. I just wanted to stand up for myself and instead, I sent my opponent to the hospital. I thought of never dueling again, but when I dueled again and nothing happened, I thought that `wretched powers' were gone and I could start over.”

 

Kido says, with a sly smile, “But that's not what happened, is it? After Yusuke left for another of his adventures, you were far more depressed about his leaving than you showed, did you? Not to mention Yusuke Urameshi's sisters leaving as well, it caused something inside of you, didn't it? It caused your powers to reawaken and that mark to appear on your arm! Three months after Yusuke Urameshi and his sisters `vanished', you were dueling to keep your mind off of him, but in the last attack, an explosion happened and you found your opponent hurt through not too seriously! In that moment, you found that mark on your arm and you were horrified to figure out that the seal was gone and the horrible memories of your childhood came rushing back!”

 

Yusuke asks Alister, “Is this true?”

 

Alister says, with a nod, “Yes, dudes. It happened sometime after you and your sisters were gone. It was shocking beyond belief and we didn't the whole bad experience that Sissy gone through back in the day, it took us a few years to get rid of that reputation that Sissy had that you and others didn't know about Yusuke. However, we managed to convince the others that it was duel disk malfunction.” Alister then says, snarling at Mr. Shroud, “However, someone had observed that duel and read about Sissy. It was Shroud. Shroud came up to Sissy and she declined his offer at first. However, Shroud surprised her by revealing his knowledge of Yusuke including that he and his sisters are Ma-zoku as well as Yusuke's days as Spirit Detective. Plus, he struck right at Sissy's heart by getting to her at her feeling when you were fighting in the Dark Tournament, Yusuke. Feelings of helpless and about feeling about leading you into villains' traps like a piece of meat or something. Also, he told about his knowledge of Sissy and her powers. He told her that they were Psychic Duelist powers and he told her that she can duel without being treated the way that she was in her childhood. However, what caught Sissy was Shroud's offer to become a stronger person and not hold you and your sister's back anymore. And he got Sissy hook, line, and in Shroud's case, major stinker. But then my sister found out that she was thrown into the world of Underground Dueling and believe me, I learned this late. Her first Underground Duel was taking a tool and Shroud's mind-games on her weren't helping at all. But when her opponent really taunted her, Sissy snapped, used her powers to destroy shackles, and took out her opponent with one incredible attack. He was badly injured, but he was one tough customer and he badly burned and scarred, he recovered quite quickly.”

 

Zane asks, with a dark curious tone, “Who was her opponent?”

 

Mr. Shroud calls out in reply, “How did you think Mad Dog got those scars on him? The Shackles, Mister Truesdale?” Mr. Shroud says, with a sinister sly smile, “Yes, on that day. I had a real star. In her future duels, she would be the only one to wear the shackles while her powers took care of her opponent. I had incredible crowds from far and wide! It was thanks to her that I got the influence that I have today!” Mr. Shroud says, looking at Keiko, “My star . . . The infamous Black Rose Witch!”

 

There are plenty of gasps and Bastion says, flabbergasted, “The Black Rose Witch? The most infamous Underground Duelist there ever was?”

 

Hikari asks Keiko, with a pleading tone, “Kei, please say that this is some kind of mistake!”

 

Keiko lowers her head in shame and she replies, with a solemn tone, “It's no mistake. I am her. I am the Black Rose Witch.” Many of our heroes and heroines are wide-eyes with shock and Keiko says, in a low tone, “After that first duel, I wanted out. However, Shroud managed to get to me by my feelings using Yusuke and his Spirit Detective days and the pain that my powers did in my childhood to get to me. He `seduced' me to becoming an Underground Duelist with getting stronger and not being hurt in anyway because of my powers. He pushed all of the right buttons and I agreed to become an Underground Duelist. However, I hated hurting others with these powers even if they are ruthless Underground Duelists. So, I decided to take on `another persona'. So, I created the Black Rose Witch. I don't know where I got the idea, but it felt `good'. So, I put on a mask to hide my face because the Black Rose Witch is `separate' from me . . . from Keiko Yukimura, the kind and hard-working as well as honest high-school student rather than ruthless Underground Duelist. However, I started to lose myself and slowly became what Zane is now. It took Alister's words to finally realize what was happening to me and I became horrified.” Keiko looks at her right hand and she says, lowly, “These powers of mine. They cause all sorts of pain. Even through the physical scars might fade, the ones in a person's heart and mind seen to never fade. No matter what I did, these powers seem to increase and even my parents couldn't hold it back. I kept wondering what Kari, Kira, and Yusuke would think of me when they returned and saw me like this. I prayed for some way to control my powers to at least get out of this. Finally, I had a chance. I managed to somehow get enough control to end the duel without injuring my opponent and I used my monster to destroy the arena in a manner while I escaped without being noticed. Plus, I had Alister's help to contact the authorities and get Shroud taken in through he was never formally charged with any wrong-doing. His lawyers and influence got him out with ease. I sealed my mask and cloak that I used as the Black Rose Witch and my parents managed to somehow get some Shinobi that were seal experts to come up with a seal that seemly locked my Psychic Duelist powers away.”

 

Alister says, with a plain tone, “It was four months before you and the others returned, Yusuke. When you came back, Keiko was starting to get her life back together again and rebuild herself back to the way she was before this `Black Rose Witch' and Underground Dueling nonsense. But when you came back, Keiko seemly to finally forget that and go on with her life.”

 

Kido says, with a sly smirk, “Ha! You are a real fool! Your sister is nothing, but a beasty witch who should have stayed in her pen! Someone like her isn't allowed to walk with us!”

 

Lita yells out, angrily, “Says you!”

 

Kido says, while pushing a button on his duel disk, “Allow me to demonstrate by playing my trap card before I draw! It is Call of the Haunted!” Just then Kido's face-down card is revealed to be the Call of the Haunted trap card causing Kido to say, “I use this trap card to revive Masked Knight LV5!” Just then Masked Knight LV5 (2300/1300) returns to the field in attack mode. Kido then says, drawing one card from his deck, “Next, during my Standby Phase, my Masked Knight evolves from Level Five to Level Seven!” A card comes out of Kido's deck and he cries out, putting the card on his duel disk, “Rise up, Masked Knight Level Seven!” Just then Masked Knight LV5 grows taller and expands into Masked Knight LV7 (2900/2200), a humanoid knight monsters that's the same as before, but around nine feet tall with a huge sword in his right hand and clawed hands, appears on the field in attack mode. Kido calls out, “And now, I play his special ability: Persona Big Blast!” As Masked Knight charges energy into the crest on his helmet head and Kido yells out, with a sly smirk, “This inflicts fifteen hundred points of damage on you!” Keiko gasps out in shock as the attack is launched and slams into causing her to cry out in pain as she is shocked while losing 1500 life-points.

 

Yusuke calls out, horrified, “Keiko!” Yusuke prepares to rush over, but Kuwabara and his sister restrain him. Yusuke yells out, strongly, “What do you think that you are doing?!”

 

Kira says, with a serious tone, “We don't like this as much as you do, bro, but we don't know if that ass has Keiko's shackles rigged if she tries to quick or one of us tries to remove them!”

 

Kurama says, with a serious tone, “Kira is right! Anything we do might put Keiko in greater danger!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly smirk, “You should listen to your friend.”

 

Yusuke glares Mr. Shroud with a deadly angered glare and he says, with a deadly angered tone, “If anything happens to Keiko, I swear that I won't care anything happens to me, I will have your head!”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a not caring look on his face, “Your threats AKA `promises' don't scare me Mister Urameshi.”

 

Hikari yells out, with her own deadly angered tone, “Maybe two enraged Urameshi siblings could do that!”

 

Keiko, her body starts to smoke slightly, replies, warily, “I'll be . . . okay.”

 

Kido says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “I doubt that since I play my Mind Monster spell card!” Just then a formless blue plasma creature appears on the field and Kido says, with a sly smile, “If you have a monster in your Fusion deck, which is renamed your Extra deck, I can give you damage to your life-points equal to half of that monster's power! And I choose . . . Black Rose Dragon!” Just then the top back portion of the duel disk opens up and Keiko's Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800) Synchro monster card comes out. As the plasma creature takes the form of Black Rose Dragon, Kido says, with a sly smirk, “So, Pegasus did make those cards, huh? Well, I can turn it against since Black Rose Dragon has twenty-four hundred attack points, you take twelve hundred points of damage.” Just then the fake Black Rose Dragon fires a sphere of black energy into her causing Keiko to cry out in pain as she is shocked while she loses 1200 life-points. Kido then says, with a sly smile, “And now, I attack your Rose Tentacle! Go, Masked Knight, Persona Big Slash!” Masked Knight LV7 takes out his sword and slashes Rose Tentacles, destroying it, and Keiko cries out in pain as she is shocked while losing another 700 life-points. When the shocking stops, Keiko falls to her right knee and breathing heavily as her body and uniform is covered in multiple burns.

 

Serena asks, really concerned, “Keiko, are you okay?”

 

Kido says, with a sly smile, “Why should you worry about someone like her? Unlike Yusuke Urameshi, who was born normal, she was born a freak from the start. Her power have been with her since birth and even through Yusuke Urameshi was a street punk most of his life, he wasn't a complete outcast from society like her. She can't deny who are she and what she is! Your friends now the truth about you, witch! And deep down, you know, who would truly love a beasty witch like you?!” Keiko gasps as she heard that and soon enough, Kido would soon regret. Keiko Yukimura has been patient and never got enraged as best as she could. However, this was a final straw: If there was a final wall to be broken, he broke it. This is the straw that broke the camels back for Keiko and her lips start to form into a scowl as the power within her starts to rise up and grow stronger with her rage as the horrible images of a young Keiko with a duel disk looking at horror at injured kids especially one with Keiko trapped in a burning building. But everyone else was looking at Kido with great anger and disgust.

Mina yells out, angrily, “You sicko!”

 

Amara calls out, with a strong tone, “Who are you to judge her?!”

 

Kira yells out, angrily, “If I wasn't worried about Keiko, I would crush into a pulp!”

 

Ryoko says, with a snarl in her features, “No joke!”

 

Jade says, with an angered snarl, “No kidding!” Just then Kurama senses something and he turns to look at Keiko causing him to gasp in shock. When the others hear this, they did the same so as well and they are shocked to see Keiko getting back to her feet with a deep red aura surrounding her form with her head lowered.

 

Jordan asks, perplexed, “What is that?”

 

Neji says, with a serious tone, “That's not chakra!”

 

Hikari says, stunned, “But that's not demon energy! What is it?”

 

Alister think in his mind, worriedly, “The worst thing that can happen.”

 

Keiko says, with a low angered tone, “I won't let you get away with trampling on other people's feeling and make them revive the pains of their past.” Keiko's head rises to show that her expression has greatly darken that's totally unlike Keiko, display a look of undying rage in her eyes, which are no longer her usual gentle kind eyes, but hard as diamonds, while tears of anger flow down her eyes, and her lips twisted into an angered snarl. Keiko then yells out, her voice filled with venom not heard in her before, “Take this pain onto your form when you go into the next life asshole!” Keiko's aura then flares to life as Winged Kuriboh appears near Jaden.

 

Sanosake asks, flabbergasted, “Whoa! Dudes, what's happened to her?”

 

Kagome says, fearfully, “Her eyes . . .!”

 

Winged Kuriboh chirps at Jaden and he tells him, “No joke, pal! I can feel it too!”

Kido says, with a sly smile, “Just try it!”

 

Current Score:

Keiko: 200

Kido: 1300

 

Keiko draws one card from her deck and calls out, her voice filled with dark venom, “Draw!” Keiko puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “I play my Magic Planter! By destroying one continuous spell card, I get draw two more cards from my deck! And I choose my Ivy Jungle!” Just then the hologram of the Ivy Jungle continuous spell card shatters and Keiko draws two cards from her deck. Keiko puts one more card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, in her darken venomous tone, “Next, I play my Dark Spell Regeneration! And if you don't know what it does, loser, then allow me to say this in a form that you can understand. This . . . card . . . allows . . . me . . . to use . . . spell card . . . in the grave! Got it? So, I choose to play my Pot of Greed and get two more cards!” Keiko draws two more cards from her deck and puts them into her hand while the others look at Keiko with horror.

 

Hikari says, lowly and horrified, “She . . . She doesn't sound like Keiko at all.”

 

Keiko says, darkly while putting one card on her duel disk, “I play the Tuner monster Copy Plant in attack mode!” Just then Copy Plant (0/0) comes to the field in attack mode and Keiko says, with a dark tone, “Copy Plant's special ability allows him to copy the level of one monster on my opponent's field!” Soon after, Copy Plant transforms himself into a look-a-like of Masked Knight LV7 and Keiko says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Then I play my Monster Reborn! And I choose to revive my Wall of Ivy!” Just then Wall of Ivy (300/1200) returns to the field in defense mode. Keiko says, putting one more card in the spell/trap slots, “Then I play my Demotion equip spell card! This card reduces the star level of one monster by two stars and I choose my Copy Plant so it is now a level five not a level seven.”

 

Kido asks, with a sly smirk, “And what the point of that?”

 

Keiko says, with a dark plain tone, “This next move should make it easy to see with your pea-sized brain. I tune my level five Copy Plant with my level two Wall of Ivy! Synchro Summon!” Just then Copy Plant glows as it turns into a row of five stars with three rings that surround Ivy Wall as it became transparent.

 

Mr. Shroud asks, perplexed, “Synchro Summon?”

 

Matt asks, awe-struck, “Is Keiko doing what I think she is doing?”

TK says, with a nod, “Yep!”

 

Keiko then chants out in a dark tone, “Chilling flames engulf the entire world. Pitch-dark flower set into bloom!” As the two monsters vanish, Keiko puts the Synchro monster card from her Extra deck on her duel disk as a column of light appears behind her and she yells out, “Arise, Black Rose Dragon!” Just then Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800) on the field in attack mode and a huge wind engulfs the area.

 

Plenty of the people around were awe-struck and Darien says, amazed, “Incredible!”

 

Bastion says, awe-struck, “So, this is the new `Synchro Summoning'? Unbelievable!” Just then Serena, Davis, and TK cry out in pain as red marks appear on their lower right arms.

 

Rini asks Serena, concerned, “Mom, what's wrong?”

 

Serena says, groaning in pain, “My arm . . .”

 

TK says, groaning pain, “It really hurts!” The three of them expose their lower right arms and they gasp to see Serena had a glowing red rear dragon claw mark, TK's mark was a red dragon's head, and Davis' mark was a red dragon's tail.

 

Jun says, stunned, “Those are the same marks on their backs!” On the meanwhile, Yusuke winches in pain as his lower right arm starts to hurt.

 

Keiko then puts another card in the spell/trap slots and she says, darkly, “I play Block Attack to switch your armored plated freak into defense mode.” Masked Knight LV7 switches from attack mode to defense mode.

 

Kido says, with a sly smirk, “Even if you destroy my monster, I won't suffer damage.”

 

Just then Wall of Ivy (300/1200) monster card comes out of her deck and she says, with a deadly dark plain tone, “Black Rose Dragon's special ability allows me to remove one Plant monster from my grave to switch one monster on your field to attack mode and reduce its power to zero!”

 

Kido calls out, horrified, “No!”

 

Just then the image of Wall of Ivy goes up to Black Rose Dragon's mouth and she crunches down on it while Keiko yells out, darkly, “Rose Restriction!” Just then vines from Black Rose Dragon's wings restrict Masked Knight LV7 is bound and its stats reduce from 2900/2200 to 0/2200!

 

Kido thinks in his mind, horrified, “Oh no! I have nothing to protect myself and if she attacks with me with powers at that level, from what I can see, this means that she will take my life!” Kido yells out, horrified, “No! Wait! Please!”

 

Keiko says, with a dark angered tone, “You beg for mercy now after you ruthlessly pummeled me into the dirt after reopening the wounds in my heart?! After you and that backstabbing worm, Shroud, threatened my family's home?! Don't count it! This duel will be your last and I . . . INTEND TO MAKE SURE OF IT!!! Black Rose Dragon attacks player directly!”

 

Black Rose Dragon gives a mighty cry of power and Koemna says, horrified, “If Keiko attacks with her monster with her Psychic Power at this level, she might really kill this guy!”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Kuwabara yells out, flabbergasted, “You've got to be kidding me!”

 

Keiko roars out, with a dark strong enraged tone, “BLACK ROSE . . .!!!”

 

Yusuke yells out, in a pleading tone, “Keiko, STOP!!!” That immediately snaps Keiko out of her rage at least for this moment and she stops her attack. Keiko then looks at the others, seeing the looks of fear and horror in their eyes, and Keiko's eyes widen in shock as she remember the instant that she was consumed by her rage and what she is about to do.

 

Keiko thinks in her mind, horrified, “What . . . What am I doing? I can't . . . I can't do this! If I go through with this, I will kill this person! Then I . . . I will be no better than Shroud, the Light of Destruction, and Dartz! Then I will truly be the monster . . . no, a `fiend'! I can't do that! I won't! I CAN'T!!!” Keiko then closes her eyes and she puts her hand over her face as she starts to calm from her rage as the red aura around her starts to fade away. When Keiko takes away her hand from her face, her expression returns to kind and gentle expression that Keiko is known for and Keiko says, to a surprised Mr. Shroud, “No, Shroud. I won't become the fiend that you tried to turn me into. I will never go back to being the Black Rose Witch. I won't forget the past and I will learn from it, but I won't let it rule me forever. I'm going to the kind, caring, and gentle, but strong-willed Keiko Yukimura and no one else! You lost Shroud! You tried to turn me into a fiend, but there are too many people counting on me to lose myself to my darkness! I won't you or anything else controls me anymore!”

 

Hikari says, happily, “You tell him, girl!”

 

Keiko then says, with a determined tone, “Black Rose Dragon, end this duel now! Destroy his Masked Knight with Black Rose Flare!” Black Rose Dragon fires a dark violet beam of energy filled with black rose petals that slam into Masked Knight LV7 causing Kido to cry out as it is destroyed and he loses 2400 life-points, ending the duel. However, with Keiko's power, in control for the moment, the force only forced him down the ground.

 

Final Score:

Keiko: 200

Kido: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the final holograms fade away, but Keiko faints to the ground on her back causing our heroes and heroines to run over to her.

 

Yusuke says, worriedly, “Keiko!” Yusuke immediately puts Keiko into his arms and rips the shackles off her body.

 

Yukina immediately moves to Keiko and she says, “I'll take care of her. It is the least that I can do.” Yukina immediately starts to heal Keiko's burns and restore her energy as well as her body. When she is done, Keiko slowly opens her eyes and looks at see the others look at her.

 

Jaden says, with a smile, “Hey, there!”

 

Alexis tells Keiko, with a warm smile, “We're glad that you are okay.”

 

Keiko then says, concerned, “That guy . . . Kido . . .”

 

Lita says, with a plain tone, “Don't worry. I don't know why you care, but you didn't hurt that jerk at all.”

 

Keiko says, with a sigh of relief, “Thank goodness.” Keiko looks at Yusuke and she tells him, solemnly, “Yusuke, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you.”

 

Yusuke tells Keiko, with a loving sly smile, “I am annoyed that you didn't, Kei, but I can understand why. Despite what that jerk said about you, you are nothing like he says that you are. You are still the Keiko Yukimura that I know. Smart, kind, caring, and strong-willed with the ability to kick my butt with ease.”

 

Keiko says, with tears of joy and a low loving tone, “Oh, Yusuke . . .” Keiko then immediately and passionately kisses Yusuke right on the lips with Yusuke returning the kiss with same love and passion.

 

Sora says, with a warm smile, “I'm just glad that she is safe and okay.”

 

Kagome says, with a sigh of relief and a warm smile, “You and me both, Sora.” On the meanwhile, Zane goes over to Mr. Shroud, who is looking down at the fallen Kido, who is sitting down and breathing heavily knowing that he avoided getting `cooked' by Keiko's Psychic Duelist powers.

 

Zane tells Mr. Shroud, with a dark plain tone, “You lost Shroud. You tried to turn Keiko into a ruthless `dueling fiend' and you failed. Her will was far stronger than the pain and misery of her past and she has started to completely conquer those `demons'. Deep down, however, I think Keiko was always the same person that we know, even in her days as an Underground Duelist.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly grin, “You would be right, Mister Truesdale. Miss Yukimura would always try to control her powers through controlling her emotions and not seriously hurt her opponents. Even through she badly injured her opponents, none were ever killed or even had permanent injuries. And after every match, she would go to her defeated her opponents and with tears in her eyes, she would apologize to them even if they weren't conscious to hear it. No matter how much I tried to change her, deep down, she remained the same. However, Miss Yukimura didn't tell the whole truth.”

 

Zane says, with a dark plain tone, “You threatened her, didn't you?”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a nod, “Yes. I had brought the right to the building that had her parents' home and restaurant in it. And I threatened that if she didn't duel that her family would be out in the cold. She never liked dueling in the Underground even through in some ways, she was become what you were now. But in the end, the real Keiko Yukimura was the girl that you know and not the `Black Rose Witch'. The little tramp outsmarted me, got the rights to the building where her family's home and restaurant was, and got me arrested in that incident.”

 

Zane says, with a dark sly tone, “Outsmarted by a teenage girl? That must have been embarrassing.”

 

Mr. Shroud says, with a sly smile, “Yep! And I was really mad at her for it. However, I had other things to do and soon enough, you came along, so, I forgot about her . . . at least for awhile. For me, this confirms to me that the `Black Rose Witch' is dead and she is never coming back.” Mr. Shroud then turns and walks away while Zane gives Mr. Shroud a curious look as Kido follows him to get his payment. However, some distance away, a young man with red hair and light brown eyes wearing a large brown jacket over a black shirt and black business pants is watching this scene through binoculars.

 

The young man says, with a smile, “At long last, we finally found you . . . Keiko Yukimura.”

 

On the meanwhile, Aster was also watching the scene from the sidelines and he thinks, with a sly smile, “Things are really starting to get interesting around here.” Aster then starts to head back, but our Senshi of Fire notices him from the corner of her eye.

 

Rei thinks in her mind, curiously, “What is Aster Phoenix doing here?” As she continues to wonder, Yusuke stands up with Keiko in his arms and starts to take her away bridal style and Keiko can't help to giggle warmly at her boyfriend's actions.

 

(A bit later that day; at the beach)

 

At Duel Academy's beach, we find a small rowboat land on the beach and a female figure leaps off it. This female figure looks to be 18 years old and she has dark violet sleeveless leather top that tightly through not unseemly fits on her body while the top under a dark green Chunin vest, she has a pair of tight fitting jean shorts that covers down to the ends of her kneecaps with a matching black belt that contains a large ninja pouch on the left side of her black, a pouch tied to her right kneecap, and black ninja sandals on her feet. She has skull with a leather whip tattooed to her upper left arm, a duel disk with a dueling deck inside attached to her left arm, and a sword strapped to her back.

 

The young woman says, with a sly smile, “Well, this is where she is. Soon, it will be time to settle our score . . . Serena.” Soon after she covers her boat and hides it, the young lady moves with ninja speed and agility into the interior of Duel Academy to find our Moon Princess.

 

(Back with our heroes and heroines; Later that afternoon)

 

In front of the Ra Yellow dorm, we find our heroes and heroines, minus Keiko, Hikari, Yukina, Kurama, Hiei, Kuwabara, Yusuke, and Kira, assembled against a group of SOL members. Keiko is resting from that duel with Kido and trying to regain her strength as well as clear her head while her boyfriend, his family, and their friends stay to keep their friend/beloved company and make sure that she rests.

 

Jade says, darkly, “What the heck are dorks doing here? We don't have time for you right now!”

 

One male SOL member says, with a cold serious tone, “Well, get used to it! We're here to stay!”

 

Sanosake says, cracking his knuckles with a dark serious tone, “Not for long!”

 

Davis says, with a dark sly grin, “Since your level of protection has been greatly reduced and we're in charge of this school, I don't think you should really get us started.” Davis then stomps on the ground and created a small crater around his foot causing the SOL members to yelp in shock and fear.

 

Celeste attaches a duel disk to her left wrist and she says, with a dark serious tone, “Allow me to take care of these dweebs!”

 

Jordan says, with a worried tone, “Celeste, no!”

 

Celeste says, with a dark plain tone, “Don't worry, dad! They don't have their dirty tricks! Plus, I want to show them what it means to use me to hurt my family and friends!”

 

Jade says, concerned, “Celeste . . .”

 

Rini says, with a sly smile, “There is no reasoning with her Jade. When she sets her mind on something, she will do it.”

 

Zane says, with a dark sly grin, “Sounds like someone Syrus and I know so well.”

 

Jade says, with a flush of embarrassment, “I am not that bad!”

 

Tiara says, with a sly grin, “Well, your cousin has a point.”

Jade then tells Tiara, with a serious and somewhat annoyed tone, “Whose side are you on, Tiara?”

 

Celeste puts a dueling deck inside of her duel disk and she says, with a dark sly smile, “This won't take long!”

 

A female SOL member that has light brown that reaches down to the end of her back and azure colored eyes with a duel disk that has a dueling deck inside attached to her own wrist comes forward and she says, with a cold sly grin, “Yeah! It won't take long to re-teach you about the power of the Light squirt!”

 

Tiara says, with an angered snarl, “What?!” Even through it wasn't directed at her, Tiara doesn't like any `shorty', `squirt', or any size type insult or comment.

 

Alister says, with a nervous smile, “Easy, Tiara.” The two of them prepare their duel disks by activating them, their life-point counters display 4000 life-points each, and they draw five cards from their decks.

 

Celeste says, with a dark plain tone, “By the way, who is it I am beating today?”

 

The female SOL member replies, with a cold snort, “The name is Sarah, twerp, and you are going to get it!”

 

Celeste says, with a dark strong tone, “We'll see!”

 

Celeste and Sarah yell out in unison, “Let's duel!”

 

Starting Scores:

Celeste: 4000

Sarah: 4000

 

Celeste draws one card from her deck and calls out, with a dark plain tone, “I'll start off first!” Celeste puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a dark sly smile, “I'll play my Graceful Charity! It allows me to draw three cards from my deck and discard two from my hand!” Celeste draws three cards from her deck and discards two cards from her hand to the graveyard through not many doesn't notice that the cards are Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat (1200/400) and Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle (600/2000) monster cards. Celeste puts another card in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a dark plain tone, “Next I play my Take Over Five spell card! Thanks to this card, I can take the top five cards of my deck and send them to the graveyard! From now on, all cards that force me to discard from my deck are negated! Plus, I can draw one more card from my deck during my Standby Phase!” Celeste takes the top five cards from her deck and discards them to the graveyard, which most people in the area don't take the time to notice that they are the other five Crystal Beast monster cards: Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus (1800/1200), Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth (1700/1600), Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle (1400/800), Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle (300/300), and Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger (1600/1000). Celeste puts one card on her duel disk and she says, with a dark sly smile, “I place one monster face-down!” As a hologram of a face-down monster appears on the field, Celeste puts three cards in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a dark smile, “And I'll place three cards face-down and end my turn!”

 

Sarah draws one card from her deck while not noticing dark clouds forming above her and Celeste and calls out, coldly, “Okay, shrimp, it is my turn!” Sarah puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I summon my Hysteric Fairy in attack mode!” Just then Hysteric Fairy (1800/500) comes to the field in attack mode. Sarah puts in one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a cold sly grin, “And now, I play my Double Summon spell card! This card allows me to summon another monster!” Sarah puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “And now, I play my Bountiful Atremis!” Just then Bountiful Artemis (1600/1700) comes to the field in attack mode. Sarah yells out, with a cold strong tone, “Bountiful Atremis, attack her face-down!” Bountiful Atremis then moves in to attack Celeste's face-down monster.

 

Celeste pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, with a dark smile, “I play my face-down: Rainbow Gravity!” Celeste's face-down card is the Rainbow Gravity trap card.

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Lita yells out, “Whoa! That's one of Serena's cards!”

 

Rini says, with a sly smile, “Not from the time that I come from! Celeste has a special deck: The same deck that my mom has!”

 

Kagome says, stunned, “Wait! That means that she . . .!”

 

Rini says, nodding her head, “Yep!”

 

Nyoko says, with an amazed tone, “Whoa!”

 

Celeste says, with a dark grin, “Thanks to this card, I can summon one Rainbow Dragon from my deck or graveyard when all seven Crystal Beasts are in my grave! And thanks to my two spell cards, they are all in there!” A card comes out of Celeste's deck and she puts it on her duel disk causing Rainbow Dragon (4000/0) to appear on the field in attack mode with a mighty roar.

 

The SOL members gasp in shock and one male SOL member states, stunned, “She has that dragon, too?!” On the meanwhile, Bountiful Atremis destroys Celeste's face-down monster, a Cyber Gymnast (800/1800).

 

Celeste says, with a dark sly grin while pushing another button on her duel disk, “Then I play another trap card: Beacon of Counterattack!” Celeste's face-down card is revealed to be a trap card with a warrior facing off another one that's glowing in some kind of light and Celeste says, with a dark serious tone, “This card activates when one of my monsters is destroyed in battle and I have another monster on the field! My monster gains an addition five hundred attack points and the monster that destroyed my other monster is forced to battle it!”

 

Sarah yells out, flabbergasted, “No way!” Just then Rainbow Dragon's stats increase from 4000/0 to 4500/0.

 

Celeste says, pushing another button on her duel disk, “But I'm not done, yet! I play my Crystal Counter trap card!” Just then Celeste's final face-down card is revealed to be the Crystal Counter trap card and Celeste says, with a dark sly smile, “Now, I can return as many Crystal Beast monsters from my graveyard into my spell and trap zones!” Just then five beams come from Celeste's graveyard and five unrefined jewels, an emerald, a ruby, a sapphire, a piece of amber, and a piece of topaz appear in Celeste's spell/trap zones. Celeste calls out, with a dark strong tone, “And now, I play my Rainbow Dragon's special ability! By sending my good buddies back to my grave, I can enhance my Rainbow Dragon's power by one thousand for each one!” Just then the five jewels return to Celeste's graveyard and Rainbow Dragon's stats rise from 4500/0 to 9500/0!

 

Sarah calls out, horrified, “No way! I can't lose to you! I've got Destiny on my side!”

 

Celeste says, pointing up, “Oh, really? Then you should have seen this coming!” Everyone looks up and see the dark clouds above them causing Celeste to say, darkly smirking, “I turned this duel into a Shadow Game while you were taking your turn. This will end up as a real shock.” Celeste then calls out, with a dark strong tone, “Rainbow Dragon, end this duel with Rainbow Reflection!” Rainbow Dragon fires a beam of rainbow energy into Bountiful Atremis, destroying it, and Sarah cries out in pain as she is shocked from head to toe with dark lightning as she loses 7900 life-points, ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Celeste: 4000

Sarah: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the holograms and dark clouds fade away as Sarah collapses to the ground on her back and into unconsciousness.

 

Alexis asks, with a dark sly smile, “Anyone else?” The other SOL members beat a hasty retreat after that and our heroes and heroines assemble over the next fallen former member of the Society of Light.

 

Tyranno says, with a dark plain tone, “Another day and another dork that bites the dust.”

 

Kagome says, with a warm smile, “I'll help bring into the dorms and to Yukina.”

 

Sango says, with a kind smile, “Kirara can help with that, Kagome.” Soon after, Kirara transforms into her full demon cat form, Kagome helps the unconscious Sarah onto Kirara's back, and they escort her inside.

 

Serena says, with a solemn tone, “I really hope that this ends soon.”

 

TK says, with a nod, “Yeah, we all do.” Soon after, the three of them look at the new red marks AKA the Dragon Birthmarks on their lower right arms.

 

Rei says, with a warm smile, “Don't worry about it, Meatball Head! Once this is over, we can stop this whole Shadow Game stuff!”

 

Zoe says, with a sigh, “I hope so, too. I didn't want to come to Duel Academy and get involved in all of this.”

 

Takuya tells Zoe, with a warm loving smile, “Don't worry, Zoe. I'm sure everything will be fine after this.” Zoe gives her new boyfriend a warm smile in response to his statement.

 

Jaden goes to Alexis and he asks her, “How are you doing?”

 

Alexis says, with a warm smile, “I'll be fine, Jay.” The two of them then kiss each other on the lips.

 

At that moment, a familiar female voice calls out, “Hey!” Everyone looks to see Blair, in her teenage form, running up to all of them.

 

Syrus says, with a smile, “Hey, Blair!”

 

Ryoko asks, with a sly grin, “How are you doing kiddo?”

 

Blair says, with a smile, “Other than being stuck in my new teenage body, I'm just fine.” Blair says, looking at herself, “Needless to say, I don't mind at all.” When Blair looks around, she gasps to see Alexis kissing Jaden and her jealously since she still has a major crush on Jaden causing her to flush angrily.

 

Sammy asks Blair, “Hey, Blair-chan, what's up? You seem quite annoying all of a sudden. Anything wrong?” Alexis and Jaden break off the kiss and they look to see Blair in front of them.

 

Alexis says, with a warm smile, “Hey, Blair! You're out!”

 

Blair says, with a snort, “Yeah, I'm okay.”

 

Jaden says, perplexed, “You seem a bit flushed.”

 

Yubel tells Jaden, telepathically, “That's because she is jealous of you being with Alexis. She harbored strong feelings for you and that's why it was easy for me, in my corrupted state, to take her over so easily.” Jaden gives a gasp of surprise and Alexis, overhearing Yubel's words, is shocked too.

 

Yeshua says, with a plain tone, “That's because despite you being with Alexis and Alexis being the reincarnation of your soulmate from the Silver Millennium, Prince Judai, Blair is still harbored deep feelings of love for you.” Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock.

 

Atticus tells Blair, “Blair, I know you really like Jay, but Sissy and Jay were boyfriend and girlfriend in their past lives.”

 

Blair yells out, annoyed, “I don't care! I love Jaden-sempai and I won't give him up to anyone!”

 

Yubel tells Alexis, with a sigh, “You are not going to reason with her this way. Love is a strong emotion. There is only one way to settle this.”

 

Alexis sighs and she tells Blair, “Okay, Blair, I know that talking to you won't settle a thing. Why don't we settle this with a duel? If I win, you let Jay go and allow the two of us to continue our relationship without any problems.”

 

Blair says, with a sly smile, “Now, you are talking! And if I win, you give up Jaden-kun to me!”

 

Alexis tells Blair, with a serious tone, “I won't lose.”

 

Ryoko brings out two duel disks, throws them to Alexis and Blair, and she yells out, “Catch!” Alexis and Blair catch the duel disks, attach them to their left wrists, and insert their dueling decks into their duel disks.

 

Jordan asks, concerned, “Alexis-onee-cha, are you sure this is right?”

 

Alexis tells Jordan, with a smile, “Don't worry, Jordy. It will be all right.”

 

Blair thinks in her mind, “Okay, Alexis, I respect you as a duelist. In fact, I adore you as one of the coolest female duelists other than Serena, who is also my idol, Sailor Moon, but I won't hold back when this duel is for love. I will show my love to Jaden-kun!” The two of them activate their duel disks, their life-point counters display 4000 life-points each, and they draw five cards from their decks.

 

Blair and Alexis yell out in unison, “Game on!”

 

Starting Scores:

Alexis: 4000

Blair: 4000

 

Blair says, drawing one card, “I'll start this duel off!” Blair puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I play my Mystic Egg in defense mode!” Just then Mystic Egg (0/0), a large grey egg with orange spots, appears in defense mode in defense mode. Blair says, with a sly smile, “I end my turn.”

 

Alexis thinks in his mind, perplexed, “Why did she summon a monster with no attack or defense points? Plus, she didn't play any spell or trap cards. What is she planning?” Alexis draws one card from her deck and calls out, “My move!” Alexis puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I play Cyber Valkyrie in attack mode!” Just then Cyber Valkyrie (1300/1500), a small female humanoid with blond hair, wearing icy-blue clothing, and a black visor over her eyes, comes to the field in attack mode. Cyber Valkyrie calls out, “Cyber Valkyrie, destroy her Mystic Egg!” Just then Cyber Valkyrie fires icicle shards at Mystic Egg and destroys it, but since it was in defense mode, Blair doesn't lose any life-points. Alexis puts one cards in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a plain tone, “I end my turn.”

 

Just then Blair yells out, with a smile, “Not yet, it isn't! When Mystic Egg is destroyed in battle, during the End Phase of that same turn, the monster inside can come on out!” A card comes out of Blair's deck and Blair puts it on her duel disk causing the egg to reform as it hatches to reveal Mystic Baby Dragon (1200/700), a dark green baby dragon with red eyes, comes to the field in attack mode. Blair says, drawing one card from her deck, “It's my move!” Blair puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “I play my Mystic Revolution spell card! By sacrificing my Mystic Baby Dragon, I can summon my Mystic Dragon to the field in attack mode. So, my little dragon has a growth spurt!” A card comes out of her deck and she puts it on her duel disk causing Mystic Baby Dragon to grow and transform into Mystic Dragon (3600/2400), an adult dark green dragon, comes to the field in attack mode. Blair yells out, “Now, Mystic Dragon, attack her Cyber Valkyrie with Mystic Flame!”

 

Alexis says, with a serious tone, “My Cyber Valkyrie's special ability reduces your Mystic Dragon's power by three hundred points!” Just then Mystic Dragon's stats go down from 3600/2400 to 3300/2400.

 

Blair says, with a sly grin, “Doesn't matter since my dragon is going to take out your monster!” Mystic Dragon destroys Cyber Valkyrie in a strong explosion causing Alexis to yelp out as she loses 2000 life-points. Blair puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a sly grin, “I'll end my turn with two cards face-down!” On the meanwhile, Mystic Dragon's stats rise back from 3300/2400 to 3600/2400.

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 2000

Blair: 4000

 

TK says, amazed, “Wow! She cut down Alexis' life-points right in half.”

 

Tai says, seriously, “Needless to say, she isn't pulling any punches.”

 

JP says, nodding his head, “I'll say.”

 

Alexis draws one card from her deck and calls out, “It's my move!” Alexis puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I play Cyber Tutu in attack mode!” Just then Cyber Tutu (1000/800) comes to the field in attack mode and Alexis yells out, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Next, I play my Angel Wing equip spell card!” Just then a pair of white angel wings appears on Cyber Tutu's back and Alexis calls out, “Now, when my little dancer strikes your life-points, Blair, you lose another three hundred life-points! And since your monster is far stronger than my dancer, she attacks you directly with Pounding Pirouette!” Cyber Tutu goes into a whirlwind spin that slams into Blair causing her to yelp out as she loses 1000 life-points and Alexis says, with a serious tone, “And thanks to Angel Wing, you lose another three hundred life-points.” Just then Blair glows red as she loses another 300 life-points.”

 

Kagome says, with a smile, “Nice work, Alexis.”

 

Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, “I'll place this face-down and end my turn!”

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 2000

Blair: 2700

 

Blair draws one card from her deck and she says, seriously, “Don't count your chickens before they hatch, Alexis! Mystic Dragon, destroy her Cyber Tutu!” Mystic Dragon launches its flame attack right at Cyber Tutu.

 

Alexis pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “I play my trap: Hallowed Life Barrier!” Alexis' face-down card is revealed to be the Hallowed Life Barrier trap card and Alexis says, discarding her Ice Master (2500/2000) monster card, “By discarding one card from my hand, all damage to me becomes zero!” Just then Mystic Dragon's attack hits Cyber Tutu and destroys her, but thanks to Alexis' trap card, she doesn't lose any life-points. Alexis then says, drawing one card, “Since Tutu had Angel's Wing on her, I get one more card.”

 

Blair says, with a smile, “I'll end for now.”

 

Alexis draws one card from her deck and calls out, “My move!” Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a plain tone, “I play my Pot of Greed! This card gives me two cards from my deck!” Alexis draws two more cards from her deck and she thinks, looking at the cards, “Just what I needed to take down her Mystic Dragon!” Alexis puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I summon my Cold Enchanter in attack mode!” Just then Cold Enchanter (1600/1200) appears on the field in attack mode. Alexis says, discarding one card from her hand, “Next, I play my Enchanter's ability! By discarding one card from my hand, I can place one Ice Counter on your Mystic Dragon, making it unable to change its position.” Just then the right leg gains some ice on it and Alexis says, with a plain tone, “And my Cold Enchanter gains three hundred attack points for every Ice Counter on the field!” Just then Cold Enchanter's stats rise from 1600/1200 to 1900/1200. Alexis says, with a smile, “I'll end my turn there.”

 

Bastion says, curiously, “Curious, why is Alexis smiling? Her monster is far weaker than Blair's Mystic Dragon.”

 

Blair thinks in her mind, while drawing one card, “Why is she smiling? She has a monster in attack mode that's weaker than my Mystic Dragon. Has Alexis lost it? Or does it have something to do with her face-down card?” Blair then calls out, “Mystic Dragon, destroy her Cold Enchanter right now!” Mystic Dragon then prepares to attack Cold Enchanter with a fiery blast.

 

Alexis pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “Hold it, Blair! I play my trap: Blizzard Curtain!” Alexis' face-down card is revealed to be a trap card with a picture of a blinding snow storm on it and Alexis says, with a serious tone, “Thanks to this trap card, this card allows me to change the position of my Cold Enchanter from attack mode to defense mode!” Just then Cold Enchanter switches from attack mode to defense mode. Just then Mystic Dragon strikes Cold Enchanter and another patch of ice appears on Mystic Dragon's left leg and Alexis says, with a smile, “Plus, my trap also puts another Ice Counter on your monster if you destroy my monster in battle.”

 

Blair says, plainly, “I'll end my turn here.”

 

Alexis says, drawing one card from her deck, “My move!” Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, “Now, I play my Card of Sanctity! Now, both of us have to draw until we have six cards in our hands!” Alexis and Blair draw cards from their decks until they have six cards in their hands, but since Blair already has five cards already in her hand, she draws only one card. Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Next, I play my Premature Burial! I give eight hundred life-points to summon back a card that I put in my grave! My Ice Master!” Just then Ice Master (2500/2000) appears on the field in attack mode while Alexis' life-points drop by 800. Alexis says, with a smile, “And now, my Ice Master allows me to put one more Ice Counter on your Mystic Dragon!” Just then another patch of ice appears on Mystic Dragon's chest and Alexis says, as her Field Spell slot opens, “Then I'll play this! My Absolute Zero Barrier!” Alexis put the card in her Field Spell slot and when the slot closes, Mystic Dragon is covered in a cube of ice causing Alexis to say, with a sly smile, “My Field Spell drops any monster with Ice Counters on them by five hundred points, but since your Dragon has three Ice Counters on him, he loses fifteen hundred points!”

 

Blair yells out, shocked, “Oh no!” Just then Mystic Dragon's stats reduce from 3600/2400 to 2100/2400!

 

Alexis yells out, strongly, “Now, Ice Master, destroy her Mystic Dragon now!” Ice Master leaps up into the sky and attacks Mystic Dragon with a powerful ice storm causing Blair to lose 400 life-points.

 

Blair pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “I play my Flat Level Four trap card!” Just then Blair's face-down is revealed to be the Flat LV4 trap card and Blair says, with a sly smile, “Since you destroyed my Mystic Dragon, both of us can summon a level four monster from our decks to the field!” A card comes out of Blair's deck and she says, putting the card on her duel disk, “And I choose my Silent Magician Level Four!” Just then Silent Magician LV4 (1000/1000) comes to the field in attack mode.

 

A card comes out of Alexis' deck and she says, with a serious tone, “And I choose my Blade Skater!” Just then Blade Skater (1400/1500) comes to the field in defense mode. Alexis says, with a plain tone, “With that, I'll end my turn.”

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 1200

Blair: 2300

 

Blair draws one card from her deck and she says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Now, I play my Level Up spell card! And this card allows me to pump up my little magician from level four to level eight!” Just then another card comes out of Blair's deck and when she puts it on her duel disk, Silent Magician LV4 transforms into Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000) in attack mode.

 

Atticus says, stunned, “Oh, boy. This isn't good for Sissy.”

 

Blair yells out, strongly, “Silent Magician, attack her Ice Master now with Silent Magic Attack!” Just then Silent Magician launches a wave of mystical energy that destroys Ice Master and Alexis yells out in shock as she loses 1000 life-points.

 

Kagome says, nervously, “This isn't good. That monster isn't affected by any spell card and it has more attack points than a Blue-Eyes White Dragon!”

 

Blair says, with a sly smile, “I'll end my turn there.”

 

Current Score:

Alexis: 200

Blair: 2300

 

Alexis says, drawing one card from her deck, “It's my move.” Alexis looks at the card she drew, she gives a sly grin, and Alexis tells Blair, with a wide grin, “Blair, I know how much you care about Jaden, but I love him more than anything and I don't intend to give him up to any girl. You fought well in this duel, but it is game over now.”

 

Blair asks, seriously, “What do you mean?”

 

Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “I'll show you! First, I play Polymerization!” Alexis discards her Etoile Cyber (1200/1600) monster card from her hand to the graveyard and she says, with a smile, “I fuse my Blade Skater with Etoile Cyber to form my Cyber Blader!” Just then Etoile Cyber appears on the field, goes into a fusion vortex with Blade Skater, and when Alexis puts a fusion monster card from her fusion deck on her duel disk, Cyber Blader (2100/800) appears on the field in attack mode. Alexis puts one card in the spell/trap slots and yells out, “Next, I play my Megamorph spell card! Since my life-points are less than yours, my Cyber Blader's attack points double!” Just then Cyber Blader's stats rise from 2100/800 to 4200/800!

 

Blair says, a bit nervously, “Well, it isn't enough to end this duel.”

 

Alexis then displays a spell card with a picture of two warriors fighting with one of them more injured than the other, but this one is glowing with an aura and Alexis says, while putting the card in the spell/trap slots, “Not when I play my Aura Spirit trap card! You see, since your life-points are more than mine, I can boost my Cyber Blader by the difference in our life-points for this turn!”

 

Bastion says, with a smile, “Brilliant! That gives Cyber Blader an extra twenty-one hundred attack points!” Cyber Blader's stats rise from 4200/800 to 6300/800!

 

Blair yells out, shocked, “Oh no!”

 

Alexis says, with a serious tone, “And now, Cyber Blader, end this duel now! Finish off her Silent Magician with Whirlwind Rage!” Cyber Blader goes into a tornado-like spin and slams into Silent Magician causing it to be destroyed and Blair to lose 2800 life-points, ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Alexis: 200

Blair: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the final holograms fade away and Blair falls to her knees in defeat as Alexis goes over to her.

 

Blair says, with a solemn tone, “You win. I guess that you do love Jaden a lot.”

 

Alexis tells Blair, with a smile, “I do, Blair. We were boyfriend and girlfriend when we were a prince and princess back in the Silver Millennium, but it is far more than that. Jaden loves dueling a lot and he knows exactly how I feel about dueling. And with a personality like his, how can you not like him a lot? However, Jaden loves me, Blair, and I feel the same.”

 

Jaden goes over to Alexis' right side and Jaden tells Blair, with a warm smile, “That's right, Blair. I've known Alexis a lot longer than I know you. You are a good person, but Alexis and I have that `bond' with each other that you and I just don't have. But hey! Don't worry, someday you will find that special someone for you.”

 

Blair says, with a nod, “Thank you, Jaden-kun.” Just then Sammy helps Blair to her feet and Blair gives a slight blush.

 

Sammy says, with a kind smile, “Are you okay, Blair?”

 

Blair says, with a nod, “Yep!”

 

Yubel says, with a sly tone, “That's pretty interesting.”

 

Alexis and Jaden tell Yubel, “Yubel!”

 

On the meanwhile, in the distance trees, the same mysterious young woman that came to Duel Academy on the rowboat is watching the group and she says, observing Serena, “At long last, I have found you.” Just then Serena, sensing something, turns to the area that the young woman was in, but she doesn't find her there anymore.

 

Rei sees this and asks Serena, “Hey, Meatball Head! What's up?”

 

Serena says, with a wide smile, “Nothing, Rei-chan! Just nerves I guess!” Rei and Darien aren't so sure, seeing nervousness in Serena's eyes, but they decide not to pursue it. However, Serena thinks in her mind, worriedly, “Oh, boy! That was someone that I know! I can feel it! Someone from my past has found me!”

 

(On the meanwhile; in the headquarters of the Orichalcos)

 

In the Orichalcos' headquarters, we find Dartz standing over a group of shadowed people that are unable to be seen with an evil smile on his face.

 

Dartz says, with an evil smile, “Well, it looks like Raphael and Alister will soon be arriving at Duel Academy. Plus, we have the powerful souls of Madara Uchiha and the remainder of his Akatsuki organization here at Duel Academy.”

 

One figure says, in a female voice, “Don't worry, Master Dartz. They won't get away from us.”

 

Dartz says, with an evil smile, “I know, my dear. With such a group of powerful souls, the Great Leviathan shall awaken even stronger than ever! We shall destroy mankind and rebuild the world into paradise once more!” The group of shadowy figures cheers in dark cold tones while Dartz thinks in his mind, evilly, “And this time, Pharaoh Atem, no one will stop me especially not you and the powers of Egypt!”

 

(Later that day; Elsewhere on Academy Island)

 

In a large clearing in one of the forested area of Duel Academy, we find our heroes and heroines assembling for another day of training in preparation for future battles against the Light of Destruction and Society of Light, the Orichalcos, the Akatsuki, and all of their other enemies on the island as well as any other threats.

 

Matt goes over to Jun and he asks her, “Hey, Jun?”

 

Jun asks Matt, curiously, “What is it?”

 

Matt asks Jun, “About that digivice that you use? What is it?”

 

Jun says, taking out her digivice, “Oh. You mean this? This is my Data Link Digivice. I got it in my journey across the multi-verse to stop interdimensional threats. Actually, I used the Digital World to get to the dimension that had this digivice. In fact, there are six sections to the Digital World.”

 

Matt yells out, stunned, “Six sections?!”

 

Jun says, with a wide smile, “Yep! There are the four areas ruled by the four Digimon Sovereigns, there is one ruled by the three Celestial Angel Digimon, and finally, there is a Digital World that's ruled by a Digital Creature known simple as King Drasil, which is where I got my digivice from. In this dimension, people with Digimon partners are in a special government organization known as the Digimon Data Squad. This organization was secret and kept the secret of Digimon and the Digital World secret from the general public of the Real World as well as making sure that Digimon that come to the Real World to cause havoc are sent back to the Digital World. It was their job until recently when an evil human threatened to destroy all Digimon and the Digital World since he found them a threat to humans causing him to become obsessed with the destruction of Digimon, but the Digimon Data Squad stopped him . . . but he did managed a rip a huge hole cause the borders of the two worlds to collapse and both worlds were set to collide with each other.”

 

Matt yells out, shocked, “Whoa!”

 

Jun says, with a nod, “Yep! It shows that the balance of both worlds, no matter which dimension you visit, is vital to the survival of all.” Jun says, with a sly smile, “However, it wasn't the worse of it. King Drasil, the head leader of this Digital world, decided that the Real World had to die in order for the Digital World to survive. But the Digimon Data Squad managed to save both worlds, barely, and with everyone in both world's help. Right now, the two worlds have closed off, but the portals to the two worlds will open someday.”

 

Matt asks, curiously, “What about that Data Link Digivice that you have?”

 

Jun says, with a smile, “This is simple. This works on the power of human emotions. You see, this Digivice is used to focus the DNA charge and `DNA' in this case stands for `Digimon Natural Ability' which is some kind of energy aura that's tied into human emotions. For the Data Squad, this is how they get their Digimon to Digivolve. That aura that you saw me in is my DNA charge and in which I focus it into my Data Link Digivice to get Renamon to digivolve.”

 

Matt asks, amazed, “Whoa! You mean that they don't need Crests or anything to Digivolve their Digimon?”

 

Jun says, with a smile, “Nope! They use the power of their emotions to involve the energy that they need. For a Digivolution to Champion level, you need enough DNA charge to invoke a Digivolution. An Ultimate Digivolution requires a more powerful boosts known as a `DNA Full Charge' in which the aura surrounds your body. For Mega level, it takes reaching down into a powerful emotion to involve the `Overdrive DNA Charge' which you saw me do. There is also a mode change known as a `Burst Mode' that involves reaching down to summon a very powerful positive emotion like friendship or love that gives a Digimon powers beyond a regular level Mega Digimon.”

 

Matt yells out, with a nod, “Yeah! I saw you do that with Renamon!”

 

Jun says, with a nod, “Yeah! Believe me, it looked simple, but it took a lot . . . and I mean A LOT of work to harness my DNA Charge to that level.”

 

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, with a logical tone, “I would have to say.” Matt and Jun whip to see Izzy and Washu nearby and they jump in shock.

 

Matt calls out, stunned, “Hey! We're you listening in to us!”

 

Washu says, with a wide grin, “Yep! We just couldn't help ourselves! After Izzy explained all about Digimon to me and hearing that new information about their `Digivolution' process was music to my ears.”

 

Izzy says, embarrassed, “Sorry. I just help myself when I hear about this new Digivolution form.”

 

Matt says, with a sigh, “I'm not surprised.”

 

Jun says, with a nod, “Same here.” Jun then gives a sickening sweet smile and she says, with a sly tone, “However, next time, I might watch it. People don't like to be spied upon.”

 

Izzy gets really nervous and he replies, with a nod, “Right.”

 

As our heroes and heroines prepare for their training, Davis stretches his arms and he says, with a sigh, “What's up for today?”

 

Just then a female voice calls out, strongly, “I know! Stay out of my way!” Everyone whips their heads towards the source to see none other than the Kunoichi that arrived on Duel Academy on a rowboat.

 

Serena majorly sweatdrops upon seeing her and she thinks, drolly, “Oh no! Not again! This girl doesn't give up!”

 

Rei notices Serena's sweatdrop and she asks, curiously, “Someone you know Meatball Head?”

 

Serena says, drolly, “Unfortunately.”

 

Kakashi says, plainly, “I was wondering when you would come out.”

 

Kurama says, plainly, “You have been seeking around for awhile.”

 

Tsunade asks, plainly, “What do you want here?”

 

Serena steps forward and says, with a solemn sigh, “It's me.”

 

Naruto asks Serena, curiously, “An enemy for your `old days', Serena?”

 

Serena says, with a wide grin, “Not exactly, Naruto.”

 

The young woman yells out, with a really irritated look on her face, “What are you talking about Serena?! I am one of your biggest rivals as one of the best Kunoichi in the world! I am Trident Kate, formally of the Hidden Grass Village!”

 

Jiraiya states, stunned, “Wait! `Viper' Kate?”

 

Hinata asks, curiously, “Viper Kate?”

 

Hiashi says, with a nod, “Yes. She was former elite ninja from the Village Hidden in the Grass. Her name is `Viper' Kate because she uses poison for her `finishing move' as it were. She took the Chunin Exam when she was just eight years old, Jonin at ten, and rogue ninja for a group of hard-core rogue Shinobi pirates, which, unlike the group that Serena is with, aren't secretly sanction by any Hidden Village. She wasn't beaten by any enemy ninja in anything . . . until she faced `Black Angel'.”

 

Serena says, with a smirk, “Then I turned her and her group into a laughing stock. In fact, she tried to kill me . . . around . . .” Serena starts to count with her fingers trying to think of something.

 

Kate yells out, angrily, “It is one thousand fifty-two times and you know it, Tsukino!”

 

Kiba calls out, stunned, “No way! She tried to kill you over one thousand times!”

 

Serena says, with a sly grin, “She tried so many times that I lost count because every time . . . well, let's just say that making her look like a `dork' is a major understatement.”

 

Kate gets an anime vein on her forehead and she cries out, angrily, “Why you?!”

 

Serena says, pointing to Jiraiya and Tsunade, “I wouldn't if I were you. This is my former sensei and current Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, Lady Tsunade, and this is her former teammate and major perv, Jiraiya.”

 

Kate yells out, flabbergasted, “Lady Tsunade and Lord Jiraiya of Sanin?!” Kate looks at them and she thinks, sweatdropping, “Oh, geez! I saw Leaf and Sand ninja around her, but I didn't look to see two of the Legendary Sanin right there with her and one of them is her former sensei! I'm really good, but taking on one of the Sanin would be trouble and two is another along with Tsukino!”

 

Serena says, pointing to Kakashi, Sasuke, and Hiashi, “Oh, by the way, I know that you heard of Kakashi Hatake, Sasuke Uchiha, and Hiashi Hyuga.”

 

Kate thinks, nervously while looking at them, “Oh, great! The Legendary Copy Ninja, one of the last Uchiha, and the lord of the most powerful clan in the Leaf Village current?!” Kate says, getting annoyed, “You always had all the luck, Tsukino!”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “I really don't have the time to settle any score with you.”

 

Kate yells out, strongly, “That's too bad, Tsukino! It took me two years to find you and I'm not leaving until I settle the score! You thought that by dropping out of sight and leaving the ninja realms that you would escape me? You must have been scared that I would finally beat you.”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “No. I was tried of fighting. I may have been born from a Shinobi clan and one of the most powerful clans, but my mother's village is gone and I've seen too much death and destruction. I never wanted to be a ninja, but I had no choice in order to survive. I don't like to fight because that means hurting others. And I never want to hurt others. And I especially don't want to kill anyone. When I regained my memories, I wanted to find a normal life, like my mother did, and that's all I wanted.”

 

Kate says, with a snort, “That's too bad, Tsukino, because being a Shinobi is in your blood. Like the saying goes: `Once a ninja always a ninja.' You can't escape it and it is stupid to think so.”

 

Serena says, with a plain tone, “I accept that being a ninja is part of my life and who I am, but it doesn't mean that I will give my belief that people can change, people can be saved, and most of all, problems can be solved without conflict as well as war and fighting can stop one day.”

 

Kate says, with a sly grin, “Same old Meatball for Brains. The same old idealistic `Black Angel'. You still believe that you can go on battling without killing anyone. You are too soft.”

 

Serena says, with a serious tone, “What do you want Kate? I don't have time for this.”

 

Kate displays her duel disk and she says, with a serious tone, “This is what's up. You always beat me in everything and you always escape from my assassination attempts while making me look like a Genin in the process. This time, I will show the world that `Black Angel' is nothing compared to `Viper Kate'.”

 

Serena says, with a sigh, “I want to reason with you, but I should know better by now. You are not going to listen to anything that I say.”

 

Kate states, with a sly smile, “So, the Meatball Head can learn? Isn't that a surprise?” Serena takes out a duel disk similar to Luca's Duel Disk from Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds expect that it is pink and silver instead of pink and white like Luca's Duel Disk and it is larger and heavier for Serena's young woman body. Serena slips her left wrist under it and the automatic lock attached it to her left wrist. Kate says, with a serious tone, “A new Duel Disk, too? You always were a pampered princess.”

 

Mina states, annoyed, “Man! What is her problem?”

 

Serena tells Mina, with a kind smile, “Easy, Mina-chan. I'll take care of this.”

 

Kate thinks in her mind, with a sly grin, “Don't count on it! I'll be studying you, Serena. I know about your Cyber Angel and Crystal Beast cards along with those Advanced Crystal Beasts of yours. I made sure to modify my deck to counter them.”

 

Serena prepares to use her Cyber Angel/Crystal Beast decks when she gets a feeling from her Fairy deck causing her to take it out and she thinks, “My Fairy deck. I can feel something from it. It is like my cards are calling me to use them instead of my Crystal Beasts and Cyber Angels.”

 

Cyber Angel Dakini tells Serena, “They wish to aid you this time as they have done so with us in the past, my princess.”

 

Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus tells Serena, “Dakini is right, my friend. It is time for you to answer their call. Kate knows you well and she will expect you to use us.”

 

Serena tells Sapphire Pegasus and Dakini, with a nod, “Okay.” Serena inserts her Fairy deck into her duel disk and it shuffles her deck automatically while it activates. Kate activates her duel disk, their life-point counters display 4000 life-points each, and both of them draw five cards from their decks.

 

“Game on!” Serena and Kate yell out in unison as their duel begins.

 

Starting Scores:

Serena: 4000

Kate: 4000

 

Serena says, drawing one card, “I'll go first!” Serena puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “I summon Spirit of the Breeze in defense mode!” Just then Spirit of the Breeze (0/1800) comes to the field in defense mode. Serena says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Then I end with one card face-down.”

 

Ino says, surprised, “I didn't see that card in her decks before.”

 

Sasuke says, plainly, “She must be using her Fairy deck that she used in the past.”

 

Kate thinks in her mind, “Her Fairy deck? She focused more on her Cyber Angels and those Crystal Beasts as I heard. Well, it doesn't matter.” Kate draws one card from her deck and she says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “I play my Polymerization!” Kate then discards a Dark Magician (2500/2100) monster card with the picture of the same one that Arcana used and a Buster Blader (2600/2300) monster card and calls out, as she gets out a fusion monster card from her fusion deck, “I fuse my Dark Magician with my Buster Blader to form the all mighty Dark Paladin in attack mode!” Kate puts the fusion monster card on her duel disk as the two named monster appear on the field, go into a fusion vortex, and Dark Paladin (2900/2400) appears on the field in attack mode.

 

Yugi asks, amazed, “She has Dark Magician and Dark Paladin?”

 

Jordan asks, perplexed, “How many Dark Magician cards are out there?”

 

Kate puts one card in the spell/trap slots and she says, with a sly grin, “And now, I play my H-Heated Heart spell card! With this card, my Dark Paladin gains five hundred attack points for this turn! Also, during this turn, if he attacks a monster with less defense points than its attack points, the difference comes out of Serena's life-points!” Dark Paladin's stats rise from 2900/2400 to 3400/2400 and Kate calls out, strongly, “Dark Paladin, attack her fairy friend now!” Dark Paladin launches a surge of mystical energy, destroying Spirit of the Breezing, and thanks to Kate's spell card, Serena loses 1600 life-points even through her monster was in defense mode.

 

Serena pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “I play my trap: Damage Condenser!” Serena's face-down card is revealed to be the Damage Condenser trap card and Serena says, with a plain tone, “Thanks to this card, I can summon one monster from my deck with attack points equal to less to the life-points that I just lost!” A card comes out of Serena's deck and she says, putting the card on her duel disk, “So, I play the Tuner monster known as Counselor Lily in defense mode!” Just then Counselor Lily (400/1500), a pink haired and pink eyed humanoid fairy with glass over her eyes, wearing white and red formal uniform, and large and fluffy angel wings on her back, comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Kate asks, perplexed, “Tuner monster? What's that?”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “You will have to find out. It is one of the latest kinds of monster cards.”

 

Kate says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “I don't care about that. I'm still going to win. And this card will make sure of that.”

 

Current Score:

Serena: 2400

Kate: 4000

 

Serena says, drawing one card from her deck, “My move!” Serena puts one card on her duel disk and she says, “Now, I play my Ancient Rules spell card! This card allows me to summon one level five or above Normal monster from my hand.” Serena puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “And I choose my Aitsu in attack mode!” Aitsu (100/100) then appears on the field in attack mode.

 

Kate says, with a sly smirk, “What's that going to do? It has only one hundred attack and defense points!”

 

Keiko thinks in her mind, “I know what Serena is exactly going to do.”

 

Serena says, with a serious tone, “I tune my level three Counselor Lily with my level five Aitsu! Okay, you two, Synchro Summon!” Just then Counselor Lily turns into three rings that go through Aitsu making him become transparent as it is engulfed in a column of light as Serena gets a Synchro Monster card from her Extra Deck.

 

Kate asks, stunned and confused, “Synchro Summon?”

 

Serena puts the card on her duel disk and calls out, “Come forth, Avenging Knight Parshath!” Then Avenging Knight Parshath (2600/2100), a monster that looks like a combo of Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin and Airknight Parshath, comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Kate says, with a serious tone, “Wait! I heard of those! They are new breed of cards that Pegasus has been working on!”

 

Serena says, with a smile, “Right!”

 

Kate says, with a snort, “Well, if you didn't notice, your new monster has only twenty-six hundred attack points to my Dark Paladin's twenty-nine hundred.”

 

Serena says, with a sly smile, “Well, when my Lily is used for a Synchro Summon, I can give up five hundred life-points to boost my monster's attack points by a grand for this turn!” Just then Serena's life-points go down by 500 while Avenging Knight Parshath's stats rise from 2600/2100 to 3600/2100!

 

Kate yells out, stunned, “What?!”

 

Serena says, with a wide grin, “Plus, once per turn, my Parshath can switch one monster's mode and I switch your Dark Paladin into defense mode.” Just then Dark Paladin switches from attack to defense mode. Serena says, with a sly smile, “Also, when my monster attacks a monster with less attack points than its attack points, the difference comes out of your life-points!” Kate gasps in shock and Serena yells out, strongly, “Parshath, attack her Paladin right now!” Avenging Knight Parshath attacks Dark Paladin and destroys her causing Kate to lose 1200 life-points even through her Dark Paladin was in defense mode. Serena says, putting two cards in the spell/trap slots, “Now, I place two cards face-down and end my turn.” Avenging Knight Parshath's stats reduce from 3600/2100 to 2600/2100.

 

Current Score:

Serena: 1900

Kate: 2800

 

Kate says, annoyed while drawing one card, “Nice try, but I've got a better one!” Kate pushes a button on her duel disk and yells out, “I play my trap: Soul Resurrection!” Kate's face-down card is revealed to be the Soul Resurrection continuous trap card and Kate says, with a sly smile, “Now, I can revive one Normal monster from my grave in defense mode and I choose my Dark Magician!” Just then Dark Magician (2500/2100) comes to the field in defense mode. Kate says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “Next, I play my Thousand Knives spell card! Since Dark Magician is on the field, I can destroy one of your monster, so, goodbye!” Dark Magician then summons one thousand knives that he throws at Avenging Knight Parshath and he yells out as they impale into him, destroying him.

 

Serena pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “I reveal my face-down card: Synchro Spirits!” Just then Serena's face-down card is a trap card with a picture of Synchro monster known as Junk Warrior coming out of a hole with a Tuner monster known as Junk Synchron and another monster known as White Magician Pikeru. Serena says, with a plain tone, “With this card, I can remove one Synchro monster from my grave from play to summon the monsters used to summon it before if they are in my grave! So, I remove my Avenging Knight Parshath from play to summon back my Counselor Lily and my Aitsu!” Just then Serena takes out her Avenging Knight Parshath (2600/2100) Synchro monster card from her graveyard and puts it in her pocket while Counselor Lily (400/1500) and Aitsu (100/100) return to the field in defense mode.

 

Kate says, putting the last card in her hand into the spell/trap slots, “That was pointless. I'll end my turn with this.”

 

Serena says, drawing one card from her deck, “It's my move!” Serena says, putting one card on her duel disk, “I sacrifice my two monsters on the field to summon one of my Celestial Fairy deck's strongest monsters: Splendid Venus!” The two monsters vanish in bright lights causing a column of golden light and white feathers to appear behind Serena as a figure forms in that light and when the light fades, Splendid Venus (2800/2400) appears on the field as tons of feathers surround the monster.

Bastion says, awe-struck, “There it is!”

 

Ami says, amazed, “The Planet Series monster: Splendid Venus!”

Mina says, with an amazed tone, “Wow! It's amazing, but I'm much better as Sailor Venus!”

 

Rei rolls her eyes and thinks, drolly, “Same old Mina!”

 

Serena says, with a serious tone, “Not only does my creature prevent you from negating any of my spell or trap cards, but all non-Fairy monsters lose five hundred attack and defense points!” Just then Dark Magician's stats reduce down from 2500/2100 to 2000/1600!

 

Kate says, stunned, “My Dark Magician!”

 

Serena pushes a button on her duel disk and calls out, “And now, I play my Meteor Rain!” Just then Serena's face-down card is revealed to be the Meteor Rain trap card and Serena says, with a serious tone, “For this turn, when my monsters destroy a monster with less defense points than my monster's attack points, the difference is taken from your score!” Serena yells out, strongly, “Splendid Venus, show her Dark Magician a real show with Sacred Feather Shower!” Splendid Venus then slams Dark Magician with a shower of golden feather that destroys him and costs Kate another 1200 life-points, thanks to Serena's trap card.

 

Kate says, pushing a button on her duel disk, “Your mighty monster might not make me unable to take out your spells or traps, but I can take it out! I play my Michizure trap card!” Kate's face-down card is revealed to be the Michizure trap card and Kate says, with a sly grin, “Thanks to this card, since you took out one of my monsters, one of yours is sent to an early grave! Say good-bye to one of your most powerful creatures!” Just then Splendid Venus groans out as she is destroyed.

 

Serena yells out, shocked, “My Splendid Venus!”

 

Jaden says, stunned, “No way!”

 

Alexis says, shocked, “She took out a Planet Series monster!”

Serena says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “I'll end my turn with one card face-down.”

 

Current Score:

Serena: 1900

Kate: 1600

 

Kate draws one card from her deck and she says, with a sly grin, “It's my move!” Kate puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “Now, I play my Card of Sanctity! Both of us must draw from our decks until we have six cards in our hands!” Kate and Serena draw from their decks until they have six cards in their hands. Kate then puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “And now, I play my Silent Doom card! This card allows me to revive a monster in defense mode! And I choose my Dark Magician!” Just then Dark Magician (2500/2100) comes to the field in defense mode. Kate puts one card on her duel disk and calls out, “But wait! You haven't seen the true power of the Dark Magician since I sacrifice him to special summon the mighty Dark Eradicator Warlock in attack mode!” Just then a column of purple light covers Dark Magician and transforms him into Dark Eradicator Warlock (2500/2100) in attack mode. Kate puts one card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, “And now, I play my Magical Blast! This card deals two hundred points of damage to your life-points for every Spellcaster on my field!” Just then Serena gets blasted by a mystical beam of energy costing her 200 life-points. Kate states, with a sly smile, “By the way, did you know that for every Normal spell that we play, my Warlock blasts you for a grand?” Serena gasps as Dark Eradicator Warlock fires a mystical beam of energy into her causing her to lose 1000 life-points.

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp out in shock and Takara says, stunned, “Oh no! She got hit big time!”

 

Kate yells out, strongly, “And she is about to get hit even more! Dark Eradicator Warlock, end this duel!” Dark Eradicator Warlock then fires a beam of energy right towards Serena.

 

Serena pushes a button on her duel disk and exclaims, “I activate my trap: Waboku!” Serena's face-down card is revealed to be the Waboku trap card and a trio of maidens protects her from Dark Eradicator Warlock's attack.

 

Kate says, with a sly grin, “Okay, you saved yourself, but my Magical Blast spell allows me to recover it from the grave as long as I give up my normal draw for a turn.”

 

Kurama says, plainly, “And that means she can finish off Serena's life-points with her monster's special ability since it is a normal spell card.”

 

Kate says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “That's right, but if little Miss Pigtails think that she will escape, this face-down card will make her see differently.”

 

Current Score:

Serena: 700

Kate: 1600

 

Serena says, with a deep breath, “Okay, most likely, this is my final move.” Serena draws one card from her deck, looks at the card, and she says, with a sly smile, “And I just got what I need.” Serena says, putting one card in the spell/trap slots, “First, I play my Trap Booster spell card! By discarding one card from my hand, I can play one trap card from my hand! And since it isn't a Normal spell, your monster's ability can't be played!” Serena discards one card from her hand and she says, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “And I choose to play my Ragieki Break trap card!” Just then the hologram of the Ragieki Break trap card appears on the field and Serena says, discarding one card from her hand, “By discarding this card from my hand, your Warlock has to hit the road!”

 

Kate yells out, shocked, “No!” Just then a lightning bolt hits Dark Eradicator Warlock and destroys him!

 

Hikari says, excitedly, “Yeah! Now, she is safe from its special ability!”

 

Kate thinks in her mind, with a snarl, “Oh, yeah! Well, my Mirror Force trap card will make sure that you lose if you dare to attack me!”

 

Serena then displays a spell card with a picture of a field of Dancing Fairy monsters and she says, as she puts the card into the spell/trap slots, “And now, I play my Fairy Lilly spell card! With this spell card, for every Fairy monster that I remove from my grave, I can put one `Pixie Token' on my field! So, I remove my Aitsu and Counselor Lily from play to summon two Pixie Tokens!” The two said monster cards are removed from Serena's graveyard and after she puts them into her pocket, two Pixie Tokens (0/0 X 2), little pixie-like fairies, come to the field in defense mode. Serena says, putting one card on her duel disk, “And then I sacrifice them to summon the second of my Planet Series monsters: Celestial Serenity in attack mode!”

 

Plenty of our heroes and heroines gasp in shock and Jasmine yells out, stunned, “Another one?!” The two Pixie Tokens vanish and a huge column of silver light appears on the field as a figure appears in the silver light. When the silver light fades, Celestial Serenity (2800/2400), a creature that looks similar to Serena as Eternal Sailor Moon expect with eight huge and fluffy rainbow angel wings, pearly white silky smooth skin, a golden and silver sailor fuku, and a large pearly white sword with the golden crescent moon sigil in the top center portion of the hilt, comes to the field in attack mode.

 

Kate yells out, “A second Planet Series?!”

 

Serena says, with a sly smile, “A special one. This card represents Earth's moon.”

 

Kate thinks in her mind, with a snarl, “Bah! So, what? Your new monster won't get by my trap card!”

 

Serena states, discarding a card in her hand, “By the way, did I mention that by discarding one card in my hand, my Celestial Serenity is immune to all spell and trap effects for this turn and you can't play any trap cards?”

 

Kate yells out, flabbergasted, “No! That means that my trap . . .!”

 

Erin says, with a plain tone, “. . . is useless.”

 

Serena yells out, strongly, “Celestial Serenity, end this duel! Finish off her life-points Silver Starlight Slash!” Celestial Serenity gathers silver energy into her sword and she launches of wave of silver starlight energy into Kate causing her to cry out as she loses 2800 life-points, ending the duel immediately.

 

Final Score:

Serena: 700

Kate: 0

 

With the end of the duel, the final holograms fade off the field as Kate falls to her knees in defeat with plenty of Serena's friends and allies cheering her.

 

Sora says, with a smile, “Way to go, Serena!”

 

Yolei says, with a sly grin, “That's showing her real girl power!”

 

BlackGatomon says, with a smile, “I knew that you could do it, Serena!”

 

Zoe yells out, excitedly, “Awesome, Serena!”

 

Kate says, solemnly, “Not again.”

 

Serena goes over to Kate and she says, with a kind smile, “Come on. I'm no longer part of the Shinobi world. Can we stop this rivalry and be friends?”

 

Kate yells out, annoyed tone, “No way! I'm not going to stop until I beat you, Serena! You might have won, but I will be back!” Kate says, looking at the others with a sly grin, “And I keep wondering: What will the others think about the various secrets that you hold? You are quite the enchantress after all.” Serena slightly pales at that when Kate puts her hands into ninja hand sign causing her to get covered in smoke. When the smoke fades away, Kate is gone.

 

Davis says, with a snort, “Sore loser.”

 

Yusuke says, with a nod, “No joke.”

 

Rei asks Serena, curiously, “What was that about Serena?”

 

Serena says, with a smile through slightly nervous, “Oh, it was nothing, Pyro! Just a classic mind-game.”

 

However, Erin thinks in her mind, “I'm not so sure. Serena is quite nervous. I know that she has powers from magic that are not just as her powers as the Moon Princess, but did this Kate mean the `enchantress' part figuratively or literally?” Erin decides to ignore it for now, but she keeps a close eye on Serena as our heroes and heroines return to their training.

 

(Returning to the Akatsuki; on the meanwhile)

 

Back with Madara, Pein, Konan, and Kisame, they are discussing what happened in the past day and their plans for the future: Namely the capture of Naruto and the Nine-Tailed Fox and the destruction of every person and everything stand in their way of their goals through their goals are varied.

 

Kisame says, plainly, “It looks like Itachi's little brother has returned to their group after all.”

 

Madara says, with a sly smile, “And Serena has ensured that Itachi survived his ordeal.”

 

Pein says, with a plain tone, “They have a valuable source of information on us.”

 

Madara says, with a plain tone, “It doesn't matter. We will accomplish what we set here to do.”

 

Konan asks, curiously, “What about this Orichalcos and this Society of Light?”

 

Madara says, with a wide evil grin, “They are nothing, Konan. However, they might prove useless in getting what we desire and getting rid of our foes. We shall wait for another chance to strike.” The three surviving members of the Akatsuki nod their heads and Madara thinks in his mind, “Soon, the power of the Nine-Tails shall be within my grasp and my eyes shall be restored. Then the world shall bow down at my feet and the Leaf Village shall know my wrath. Not even `Black Angel' or the son of the Fourth shall stand in my way. For them, their time has come.”

 

Next time in Chapter 26: The Coming of Dark Shadows: As the GX tournament continues, Yusuke, his sisters, and his other friends/allies from his Spirit Detective teams as well as his childhood friends find out more about the `hidden secrets' of Keiko's past and figure what is truth and what isn't truth. On the meanwhile, the battles with the Society of Light, the Orichalcos, and their other enemies continue on. Mistress Nine and the Witches Five along with the creature that possessed Doctor Tomoe, the Germatoid, join the Orichalcos and prepare to create a new breed of warriors for the Orichalcos as well as revive old foes of our heroes and heroines to aid in their malicious plans. Also, Queen Beryl and her generals allied with the Sailor Animamates, who are joined by members that weren't present in the battles between the Moon Kingdom Sailor Scouts, minus Molly, and the Sailor Galactica, find that Serena's and Sammy's parents are coming to Duel Academy for a visit. New troubles abound when Serena and the others are forced to fight for the lives of her Earth family. On the meanwhile, we find Yami Marik in the sands of Egypt and preparing to revive an evil demonic creature sealed during the reign of Atem for his revenge against the former spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. And the troubles just keep on coming with Naraku somehow making a return in twenty-first century and he is up to his usual tricks! Next, there are new troubles in the Digital World forcing all digivice carrying members of our heroes and heroines to get into the Digital World, but when they arrive, they are treated to a horrible shock as a mysterious group of `Dark Digidestined', true evil Digidestined, appears on the screen and chaos totally erupts! Finally, there is humor, silliness, parody, and comedy to go around as Kagome tries to work out what happen with Inuyasha through they can't get a `romantic moment' alone with family like Zera and Melody, overly protective, mess everything up. Sesshomaru might be able to lend a hand when he unleashes a power that he had hidden within himself for quite a long time. Plus, our heroes and heroines are getting into couples that might lead to quite romantic and also quite `silly' and funny situations! What will Mistress Nine and her cohorts do allied with the Orichalcos? Can Serena protect her Earth family from her foes as Sailor Moon? What is the mysterious creature that Yami Marik is trying to unleash? Who are these mysterious `Dark Digidestined'? Can Kagome restart her relationship with Inuyasha? And what will happen when our heroes and heroines try to `pair up'? Well, you can except the answers to these and more action, adventure, drama, romance, comedy, and much more on the next `Twilight Wars'!

 

Well, this is the next chapter! Sorry that I took so long, but my computer had to go for some repairs last Friday and I just got it back on Monday of this week. I have to say that there have been valid criticism, not a flame, a valid criticism by one reader of my story, who likes my story, that Serena might have a bit too much power in this story. After reviewing my story, I would have to say that concern is quite valid and I'll try to `tune it' down with Serena's powers for the rest of the story. And any new powers that she will get will only equal the `improvements' that her friends, family, and other allies will gain in future chapters. I'll try my best to place limits on Serena's abilities. Anyway, recently, I had completed my `Darkness Moon' and with the amount of reviews, I will call a success despite the mistakes that I made on it. I'll learn from my mistakes in that and this story to make sure that my future stories don't have them. Anyway, with my father's `case', the final decision hasn't been made and it might be around a month before it is made. I hope that dad won't be fired, but if it comes to that, dad assures me that he has a good chance can appeal and win the appeal. So, I'm going to still be here for quite awhile. Now, please read and review and tell me what you think, but no flames please. I will read your reviews as soon as I can and I will catch you later, Crossover, Moon, Digimon, and Dueling Fans!