Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Reverse of Arcadia ❯ Chapter 5: Fate – Signers vs. Dark Signers ( Chapter 9 )

Reverse of Arcadia Game novelization by Sakura (aka L-sama no Miko)   Chapter 5: Fate – Signers vs. Dark Signers                I remained silent as we rode in the limo through Neo Domino. Let Yusei and Jack play catch up, I was in no mood to speak to that traitor. Jack attempted to speak to me several times, but I just refused to budge, making Yusei stare at me in concern and disappointment. Aki noticed as well, but chose to remain silent as well, though I had a feeling she’d probably corner me and demand an explanation at the first opportunity she could get.             That was fine with me. I’d tell her everything once we were free of this mess. I scowled as the car drove up to an enormous mansion located on the outskirts of the city. My anger and uneasiness grew as we were led through the doors and halls to a large office like room. Standing by the large picture windows was a man with long wavy silver hair. I held back the growl of disgust as he turned to face us. We all knew this man; he was the cause of all of our suffering in Satellite. He was the one who had ordered that all and any ‘undesirables’ be shipped off to and confined to that hellhole of an island! And to think that bastard was once one of us!             My eyes widen when I see the twins, Luna and Leo standing before the desk. The mint haired girl gives me a small smile, and I nod giving her and her brother one of my own. Silently vowing to make sure that scumbag didn’t put them in any further danger. They were only kids after all!             “Welcome Signers,” Goodwin says, eyeing me curiously but otherwise ignoring me. I shoot him a death glare but wisely hold my tongue. Pissing off the ruler of Neo Domino certainly would do me no good, especially at a time like this. “It is unfortunate that it has taken so long to gather you all here, but I am glad that I could be here with all of you today.”           & nbsp; “Hmph. Something smells fishy, here,” Jack says glaring at the man. Well at least he hadn’t completely lost his senses.             “What do you want with us, Goodwin,” Yusei demands, getting right to the point.             “Well, well,” the silver haired ruler drawls, “It seems that I’ve lost the popularity contest with you lot, does it?”           &nbs p; “Enough with the remarks!” I spit angrily. This man was really getting on my nerves. “Tells us why we’re here already!”            ;  Goodwin’s eyes narrow at me dangerously, but makes no move toward me. “Very well, as you wish. Behold.” He approaches the desk and hits a hidden button. A holoscreen pops up and an image of an eerie looking temple appears. “This is the temple that is underneath this mansion,” the Director goes on to explain.             “Hey!” Luna pipes up, “Doesn’t that look like the marks we all have?”           &n bsp; All around the temple is the pictograph of the Crimson Dragon we all saw at the Fortune Cup.             “The Crimson Dragon…” Aki murmurs, and I place a comforting hand on her marked arm. The psychic duelist glances at me and smiles a tiny bit, grateful for the support.             Jack says nothing, just glares at the screen. It was always hard to tell what he was thinking.             ; “You are correct,” Goodwin continues, “That is the mark of the Signers that has been passed down through the ages as a legend. I am sure you all saw that vision during the Fortune Cup…”          &n bsp;  “Yes. We did,” Yusei replies.             “That was a bit of the Crimson Dragon’s guidance. All of you coming to Neo Domino was the path it had laid out for us…”          &nb sp;  “You can’t be saying that we were all led here?!” Yusei says in disbelief, “There’s no way! You tricked us into coming here!”           &n bsp; “Yusei’s right!” adds Jack, “The Crimson Dragon had nothing to do with this! We decide our own fates!”           & nbsp; “That in itself, is the workings of the destiny the Crimson Dragon’s power,” the slimy bastard insists, “I am merely following the Crimson Dragon’s guidance. Nothing more.”           &n bsp; “You really expect us to believe this crap?!” Jack spits.             “Whether or not you believe is up to you.  But as long as you bear the marks of the Signers and the power of the Crimson Dragon they bestow, you can not escape your fate.”           &n bsp; “If this really is ‘destiny’ as you say,” starts Aki, “Is it also destiny that I have this power at all? This horrible power that has hurt so many; that has caused me to be hated and feared by everyone!”          &nbs p;  “Aki…” I say.             “Ah, but without that power, you all would have never met and your fates would remain unknown. Such is the case for young Luna as well.”           &n bsp; “Me too?” the mint haired girl parrots. I give her a pleading look, silently asking her not to be swayed by that man’s obvious lies. It seemed that her brother was thinking the same as well for he too was concerned for his twin.             “You were all selected to be the reincarnations of the original legendary Signers,” Goodwin says, “This is a destiny that was promised thousands of years ago. You can not possibly go against it.”           &nbs p; “Wait a sec!” Leo says, “Aren’t there supposed to be five Signers?”            ;  “I see only four,” Jack adds.             “Could it be that Iolanthe-nee…” Luna suggests. “She’s connected to the Spirit World like me!”           &nbs p; “As intriguing as that sounds,” the slimy bastard replies, eyeing me like I was a lab rat in a maze, “she is not a Signer. Though the fifth Signer is fully aware of their power.”           & nbsp; “Then who is it?” Yusei wonders.             “I assure you, they will appear before you when the time is right.”           & nbsp; “And what is that supposed to mean?!” Jack asks.             “A few thousand years ago,” the scumbag starts, ignoring Jack’s demand, “the world was almost destroyed by evil incarnate, the King of the Underworld. However, the Crimson Dragon came down from the heavens and sealed that evil force into the ground. The seals are the Nazca Lines themselves. Now those seals that have been a forbidden part of history have once again been weakened. This is the work of the Dark Signers. Whereas your duels as Signers are based on the power of life… their duels are based on the powers of the underworld.”          &n bsp;  “The power of the underworld?” Yusei repeats.             “Yes. Within each of them is a limitless amount of power. That power has already gone beyond my expectations. What has been going on in Satellite recently has also spread here to the city.”           &n bsp; “What?!” Yusei says, his eyes widening in shock.             “I’m afraid that is only the beginning…”         &n bsp;   “What do you mean, sir?” Luna asks.             “It appears that everything is still in the initial planning stages. Their ultimate goal is to revive the King of the Underworld.”          &n bsp;  “So what happens if they do that?” Leo asks.             “Everything will be destroyed.”          &nb sp;  “So what you’re saying,” Jack starts, “Is that we Signers were gathered here to stop that from happening, right?”           & nbsp; “Correct. The key to reviving the King of the Underworld is in the Old Ener-D System in the B.A.D area of Satellite. Around that area are four devices used to control the power of the system.”              “I-I never knew anything like that existed there!” Yusei remarks in surprise.             ; “Your mission is to seal those four control units.”           & nbsp; “And how do we do that?” Aki asks.             “Your dragon cards that destiny has given you are no ordinary cards. The power to seal the control units lie within those cards.”           & nbsp; “So my Ancient Fairy Dragon is one of those cards?” muses Luna.             “Yes, but unfortunately, it is in the hands of the enemy at the moment. And because of that, the Spirit World is in danger as well as ours. You must seal the control units if you’re to save the world. I can assure you that the Dark Signers will stop at nothing to keep you from doing so. Unless you defeat them, this threat will continue to grow. Go defeat the Dark Signers and seal the control units. That is what is the destiny of you Signers as guided by the Crimson Dragon.”              “I find it hard to believe all this…” Yusei says, and I nod in agreement, “But something strange has been happening in Satellite. This is all so sudden… I don’t know what to make out of all this.”           &n bsp; “Yusei…” I murmur. It was a rare sight to see our voice of reason so flustered.           &nbs p; “But I will fight to protect Satellite, my home and home of all my friends.”            ;  “I’ll fight too!” Luna says, “As long as that’ll save the Spirit World too!”           &nb sp; “I don’t care about all this destiny crap,” Jack says, scowling, “but there’s too many things I do care for in Satellite for me to lose.”           &n bsp; “Yeah right,” I scoff under my breath, earning an icy glare from my ‘big brother’.            ;  “I see…” Goodwin says, “Whatever your reasons may be… nothing matters as long as you preserve the peace of this world.”   *******************************************   &nb sp;           A few minutes later, as we were leaving the mansion, we were greeted by the woman who was sent to get us and a high ranking Security officer named Ushio. “I heard the whole thing from Mikage, here,” he says, “You’re gonna try to save Satellite, right? Then I’m coming with!”           &n bsp; “As am I,” the woman, Mikage adds, “I want to help. I have the helicopter set to go.”           &nbs p; “Okay,” Yusei replies, “We’ll go to the B.A.D. area first. We’ll get all we need there.”   ****************************************   & nbsp;            &nb sp;        As we flew across the water to the island that was once part of Neo Domino, I had become lost in thought. According to Yusei, I had been missing for three years. I began to wonder if my old home had changed much or if anyone there would even remember me. But what worried me the most was that I had absolutely no memory of what happened during those three years. No thanks to Divine’s repeated brainwashing, I don’t think I ever will.             We landed not to far from our old hideout and the crumbling apartment complex had changed very little. Sure some more of the concrete had fallen from some of the upper floors and the piles of kipple had multiplied, but it was the same old home we all knew and loved.             “Brings back memories doesn’t it?” Yusei asked, noticing the nostalgic look on my face. How I longed for those days when all five of us were still together, a family.             “Yeah,” I say sniffling a bit, “I… miss him, Yus.”           &nb sp; “We all do, Iolanthe,” he said gently, laying a sympathetic hand on my shoulder, knowing exactly who I had meant. Kiryu had left a ginormous hole in my heart. “We’ve got a lot to do, but how about we go see Crow first. He deserves to know you’re ok. In fact they all do.”           &nbs p; “I’d like that,” I said giving him an appreciative smile.             We walk the all too familiar streets to the old house I once shared with Crow. I continue to smile sadly to see that my old stomping grounds hadn’t changed a single bit. People were still dirt poor and scavenging whatever they could find and kipple continued to fight its age old war against the humans who created it to begin with.             I start to tremble as we approach Crow’s place and Yusei touches my arm lightly. “It’ll be ok. Crow never blamed you for disappearing on us.” I nod and took a deep breath crossing the threshold.           &nbs p; We find Crow working away at an ancient computer that was in what was once my old room. “Crow…?” I start to say, my voice shaking.             “Hey! Didn’t I tell you kids not to stay out so late?” he says turning around. My eyes go wide at the new additions to his face. The last time I’d seen him, he only had the ‘M’ shaped marker on his forehead, now there was a dot to the left of the ‘M’ and a zigzagging line was below each eye. Oh Crow… what have you been doing?             “Well if it isn’t Yusei,” he says warmly, as he usually did whenever he saw any of us, “Long time no see, bud. I-Io-chan?!” he stammers, finally noticing me, “Is that really you?!”           &n bsp; “H-Hello, Crow,” I stammer, feeling immensely guilty for being gone for so long. Those added markers had to have been my fault, I’m sure of it. If I’d hadn’t gotten kidnapped by that sleaze Divine, Crow never would have done anything reckless enough to get himself caught again.             “Where the hell have you been?!” he yells, dashing over to me and capturing me in a bear hug, “Do you have any idea how worried I’ve been about ya?! First Kiryu… then you go off and vanish… I was really beside myself ya know.”           &n bsp; “I-I’m so s-sorry Crow!” I say sobbing, the guilt and shame just too much to hold the tears back anymore.             “She was brainwashed by those Arcadia Movement, people,” Yusei says solemnly. I was grateful he’d come along, I don’t think I’d be able to tell my former best friend what had happened to me without my tears and sobs slurring my words.             “N-No way! Was that where you were all these years, Io-chan?!” I bite my lower lip and nod, wrapping my arms around him to keep myself from falling apart any further. “Grrr!! Let me at ‘em! I’m gonna take care of ‘em once and for all!! No one messes with my family!”              “Crow!” Yusei says, shaking his head, “There’s no need to rush off like this, the Arcadia Movement headquarters collapsed yesterday. There’s nothing left. Everyone in the movement is scattered now. They’re nowhere near as strong as they used to be.”           &nbs p; “What?! So that’s what was all the fuss about yesterday. Guess you’re right, Yus. What’s the point of going over there if there’s nothing left? Anyway, I’m really glad you’re ok Io-chan.”            ;  “M-Me too,” I sniffle, refusing to let go of the spiky redhead and laying my head on his shoulder like I used to during that time when nightmares of Kiryu had woken me up.             “The kids were really worried too,” Crow says tightening his hold slightly, letting me know that everything’s gonna be ok. That he wasn’t angry with me, and that he still cared for me as much as I had him all those years ago. “Why don’t ya go say hi to ‘em in a little bit?” I sniffle, but manage to nod against his shoulder. Those imps deserved to know I was still alive, that I still cared.             “So what’s up?” Crow asks, when I’ve calmed down enough to let him lead me over to my old bed and sit down. I grasp his hand as he sits next to me, still in need of comfort and confirmation that this wasn’t a dream. He blushes a bit, but smiles at me reassuringly. It seems that the redhead still knew how to read me, especially since he hadn’t seen me in almost over three years. And for that I would be eternally grateful.             ; “Well,” the black and gold haired boy says sitting in Crow’s chair and leaning forward, “Satellite’s in really nasty shape right now. The collapse of the Arcadia Movement’s headquarters was just the start.”           & nbsp; “What do you mean, Yus? What’s goin’ on?”           &nbs p; Yusei then went on to explain everything about the Signers and Dark Signers, most of which I still don’t get. Like… my part in all this. Just what was I to this so called Crimson Dragon? And why did it have to play with our lives like this?! If I could, I’d love to give it an old fashioned smackdown, Team Satisfaction style!             “Y-You’re serious aren’t you?” Crow said after having listened patiently through the whole tale. Wow! He has changed. My once best friend never really could sit through long conversations without interrupting or saying anything. However the various emotions on his face throughout the whole thing spoke enough for him. He hadn’t needed to say a word.             “I don’t expect you to believe any of this, Crow,” Yusei says, “But I’ve seen a lot of it firsthand.”          &nb sp;  “Man… I knew something weird was goin’ down around here, but I didn’t know it was that bad.”           &nb sp; “There’s been damage here too?” Yusei asked, worry filling his face and voice.             “Yeah. A lot of people have been vanishing lately, but I just thought they were trying to leave the island… but after hearin’ all that, makes me think that they must have gotten caught up in something. Something bad. So what are you guys gonna do about it?”           &nbs p; “We’ve gotta do something,” Yusei begins, “but I’m still not sure about all this talk of fate and destiny…”         &nbs p;   “Me neither, Yus,” I parrot, “What that creep Goodwin said sounded like a lot of bull to me.”           &nbs p; “I just wanna do what I can to help,” Yusei replied.             “I really wanna help ya bud,” Crow says grimly, “but I’ve got the kids to look after. And I definitely can’t leave ‘em now that I know what’s really been goin’ on around here.”           &n bsp; “It’s the right thing to do, Crow.” I nod agreeing with Yusei.             “Yeah, I know. ‘Sides I’m not one of you ‘Signers’ anyway. Io-chan, you pick up the slack for me ok?”           &nbs p; “Sure, Crow. You just watch yourself here,” I say.             “Oh yeah! Your D-Wheel is still where you left it. I somehow knew you’d be back so I kept it up and running for ya!”           &nbs p; “Crow…” I say, tears welling up in my eyes again. I never imagined he or anyone else would go so far as to maintain my D-Wheel for so long!             “Wanna go test it out?” my former housemate asks, giving me a crooked smile.             “I’ll go scout the area,” Yusei says, “Then I’ll head back to the hideout. Come get me once you’ve checked out your D-Wheel.” Leave it to Yusei to give me some time alone with Crow and the kids.             “Thanks Yus,” I say. He gives me a small smile and heads out the house.   *****************************************                Once I had control over my tears and the guilt of leaving my home and friends, albeit unwillingly, for three years had be assuaged, I follow Crow down the streets to an alley not too far from the old arcade where we’d fought against Team Dirty Works, almost filled to the brim with kipple.             “I hid the D-Wheel behind this stuff,” he says as he starts moving the rubbish around, “I did such a good job that it’s kinda hard to get it out,” he says laughing sheepishly.           &nb sp; “Crow!” I say laughing, then start helping him move the stuff. How I’ve missed this camaraderie!           &n bsp; “Hey! I’ve got an idea!” my best friend announces, once we get my beloved Valkyrie freed from the kipple she’d been sleeping behind. “How about a turbo duel? Ya know to break ‘er in? I did a bit of tuning on ‘er so you can be up to speed with the rest of us when you came back.”           &n bsp; “Oh Crow…” I say wiping hurriedly at my eyes. “T-That’s wonderful! Thanks!” I give him a ginormous bear hug, making him turn red as a Mystic Tomato before dashing off to change into a new riding suit we’ve gotten along the way.   *************************************************                I revel in the feel of the wind rushing by us as we start our duel down the old highway. It had been so long since I’ve last heard the purr of a D-Wheel engine or felt the wind whipping through my hair that wasn’t covered by the safety of the helmet.             I had been content let my red haired friend take the lead, but he kept insisting I make the first move. I nervously placed my turbo deck – Crow had insisted I build it all those years ago and he had been apparently holding onto it as well – into the system and drew a card….           & nbsp; Ten minutes later, I was smiling as we came to a halt at the agreed finish line. I had managed to pull it off and beat Crow in my first turbo duel.             “Glad to see ya haven’t lost any of your skills,” he says grinning.             ; “Me too,” I reply, “They had me duel when I was stuck at the Arcadia building.”          &nbs p;  “Well guess they were good for something. Anyway, now I’m even more glad I took care of that baby for you.”           &nb sp; “I can’t thank you enough for that, Crow.” My best friend blushes as I hug him again and give him a peck on the cheek.             “Y-You would have done the same for me right?” he stammers.             ; “You bet,” I say, grinning as well.             “You and Yus aren’t gonna leave right away are ya?” he asks, getting worried now. I can’t say I blame him. It had been almost over three years since we’ve last seen each other and been able to enjoy ourselves like this. “Why don’t ya hang around for a bit? Though not much has changed around her.”           &nb sp; “Well, I guess I can,” I say, “I really should go and see the kids. Explain things to them.”           &n bsp; “Great! It’s glad to have ya back, Io-chan.”            ;  “Good to be back,” I reply as we make our way back to Crow’s place.   ******************************        ;        After a nice bit of catching up with my best friend and the kids – those little imps kept on insisting I duel them until they beat me, which they never did – I headed back to our old hideout and found Yusei waiting outside for me.             “Long time no see, Yusei… Io.” Where had I heard that voice before? Turning to look toward the edge of the cliff, I see…           &nb sp; “Kiryu!” Yusei gasps as the figure lowers the hood he’d been wearing.             I take a better look at the man that was once my boyfriend and I am shocked at the changes. He was wearing black pants with light blue trimming that hung loosely on his hips, a blood red shirt very much like the ones he loved to wear was peeking out from a short sleeved black jacket that had the same trimming as the pants. Both tops had been cropped, showing off his well toned abs. A black cape just like the one that Misty woman was wearing except the design was the same light blue as the pants and jacket. A pair of black fingerless gloves completed the ensemble. I must admit, he looked drop dead sexy in that get up, I could almost feel my mouth watering at the sight. I glance at him pityingly as I take in the angry red lightning bolt like marker running down the right side of his face. It really must have hurt. I don’t remember getting my own marker, but I remember Crow telling me how having those hideous criminal markers tattooed onto one’s skin hurt like a mad bitch. “Kiryu!” I shout, overjoyed to see him. I started to run to him, wanting nothing more than to grab hold and never let go, but something deep inside stopped me almost before I even started. It was his eyes. He had the same cold soulless eyes as that Misty woman! The only remaining thing of my beloved Kiryu’s eyes were the golden irises. Where they should have been white, they were the same abyssal black as the mysterious woman’s. This man couldn’t be the boy I once loved. Could he…? “I heard… that you died in the Facility,” Yusei says. My Kiryu… died?! In that horrible place?! Just how long was Yusei planning on keeping that from me?! The thought that he had to spend his last moments in a jail cell broke my heart even more and I sank to my knees, tears flowing freely down my cheeks. Kiryu looks at me intently for several moments as I continue to kneel there, trying my hardest to keep back the sobs. Through my tears, I could have sworn I saw the barest hint of sadness and guilt in those hellish depths. The silver haired man gave a crazed laugh, and I shuddered upon hearing it. Just what did they do to you in there Kiryu?! “Well, guess what,” he says, his voice sending chills down my spine, “I’m back…. you and me have some unfinished business to take care of.” Unfinished business… oh no did he still believe that Yusei betrayed us? If any one, it was Jack who was the traitor not Yusei. “K-Kyosuke, Yusei never…” I start, my words trailing off at the glare my former boyfriend was giving me. “Stay out of this, Io, I have no wish to involve you,” he snaps, “This is between the traitor and me. It’s ironic don’t you think… that you’re the Signer I have to defeat, Yusei?” “H-How do you know about the Signers?!” my spiky haired friend stammers, “You shouldn’t know about that unless…” “I didn’t come here to catch up on the old times, Yusei,” Kiryu sneers, “I’m here as a Dark Signer. Did you really think I would forget what you did that night three years ago?” “I never betrayed you, Kiryu!” Yusei pleads, “You had it all wrong! I was…” “Spare me your pathetic excuses! They wouldn’t matter anyway. It’s been destined that you and I fight! I’ll be waiting at the control unit of the old Ener-D System, come face me there. I’d hurry if I were you, once the sun sets, it’ll be too late. I’d hate to miss our chance to settle this score.” “Why sunset?” Yusei asks. “Oh? Don’t you know?” the man I once loved with all my heart jeers, “You Signers sure aren’t that bright, are you? At sunset, the gate to the Underworld will open and the king will be revived. Then it’s game over!” He gave out another crazed cackle. “Kyosuke!” I call as he turns. “It was good to see you again Io,” he says, placing a gloved hand on my own marked cheek, “even if you did choose to stay with that traitor.” “I-I… I tried to see you,” I say, trembling the ice cold of his fingers on my skin, “E-Every day. They…” “Goodbye, Iolanthe. You were the best thing ever to happen to me. You’re the only thing in this miserable world I’d miss.” He then turns away again and walks off the cliff, disappearing in a swirl of darkness. “KYOSUKE!!!!” I scream running after him only to have Yusei wrap his arms around me, preventing me from following him to my death. “Let me go, Yusei! Kyosuke!! Kyosuke!!” I refused to stop struggling and continued to scream my love’s name over and over. “Get a hold of yourself, Iolanthe!” Yusei shouts, whirling me around. He placed both hands on my cheeks, forcing me to look at him. “That wasn’t the Kiryu we all knew,” he says, his indigo eyes softening at my apparent misery. “That Kiryu is gone. You have to focus on what’s most important right now. And that is helping us seal those control units.” “But… it was… it was him!” I say defiantly, “Just before he left… I could tell it was, my…” Yusei said nothing, instead he just looked at me for several moments, an unreadable expression on his face. “I’m going to the Old Ener-D System to stop, Kiryu,” he announces solemnly, “if you don’t want to, I’ll understand. You go find Crow and get him and the kids somewhere safe. There’s no telling what will happen once I face him.” “No,” I say firmly, the old stubbornness coming once again to the forefront. “I’m… I’m coming with you. I have to see him again. I have to know for sure if my Kiryu is still in there somewhere.” “Iolanthe…” “I’m doing this whether you want me to or not. Please Yusei…” “We never could stop you once you had your mind made up,” the black and gold haired boy says smiling ruefully, “Fine. Just be careful. I’d never forgive myself if anything were to happen to you.” I nod. “Thank you, Yusei.” “We’d better hurry.” I follow my former teammate down the all too familiar streets and as we come to a corner, we come across the traitor. “I’m guessing you saw a Dark Signer as well,” Jack says noticing our haggard appearances. “Yeah…” Yusei replies, obviously wishing to spare that idiot the fact that it was our former leader. “I ran into Misty as well,” Aki says coming over to us, “She told me to come to come to the Old Ener-D System control unit. That she wasn’t going to be there as a Dark Signer but as an older sister looking for revenge. We don’t have much time. I’m heading over there right away.” “Aki…” I say, remembering what I overheard at the Arcadia building. “What did she mean by ‘we don’t have much time’?” Jack asks. Guess his Dark Signer didn’t think he’d be smart enough to understand. Hmph. Good for them. “We have to seal the control units before sunset… today,” Yusei replies, “Once the sun goes down, the King of the Underworld will be revived.” “Well, let’s get going then. We’re wasting time flapping our gums like this.” “Jack…” Yusei starts as the spiky blond starts to walk off. “It was Kiryu…” I say. I didn’t care if that’d hurt him or not. I was still angry with him for abandoning us like he did. I had come to believe that if he didn’t, I’d never been taken by that scum Divine. “who showed up at the old hideout.” “T-That can’t be!” he sputtered in complete shock, “Kiryu’s… still alive?! How?!” Then it hit him. “The Dark Signer you saw, it was him wasn’t it?” “Yes,” Yusei replied grimly, “And he still believes I betrayed us back then.” “But it wasn’t like that. You were… I guess there’s no talking him out of this then,” Jack said realizing the full scope of the situation, “You’ve gotta fight him anyway now that he’s a Dark Signer, don’t you?” “Yeah, but I’m going to stop him from trying to destroy Satellite.” “What about you Iolanthe?” Jack asks, his violet eyes narrowing at the tear streaks that were left on my face. “I’m going,” I say resolutely. “Just be careful,” my blond former teammate says, knowing I really didn’t want to speak to him. “You saw a Dark Signer too,” Yusei says changing the subject back to the more immediate problem, “Who was it?” “No idea. I’ve never seen them before. I real punk too. I’m gonna make sure they never mess with me again.” Hmm… so not only was my former ‘big brother’ a traitor but a liar as well. Did he really think he could fool me with that lousy acting? Who was it Jack? That little bubblehead of a journalist perhaps, out for revenge against you for dumping her? Treating her like so much trash once you got tired of her like you did us back then? “Jack…?” Yusei asks. Well, well, well, looks like he caught on too. Who did you think you were trying to fool you dobe?! “We don’t have time for this!” Jack says, hurriedly, “I’m heading over there!” “We’d better go too,” Yusei says once the spiky haired blond was out of sight. “We have to protect Satellite… and to settle things with Kiryu. “Iolanthe-nee!” Luna calls as I am about to follow Yusei toward our assigned control unit, followed by her twin brother Leo. “There you are!” “We’ve never been here before so I thought we were gonna get lost,” Leo says. “We saw a Dark Signer earlier. He said that the Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed away. I have to go to the Spirit World and try to free her… please come with me?” Luna pleads. “Hey!” pipes up the mint haired boy, “I’m coming too! I can be useful even if I’m not a Signer, you know?!” “Leo, you know you can’t come with. Your soul has to be connected to the Ancient Fairy Dragon for you to go to the Spirit World.” “B-But what am I supposed to do?!” “Just wait here until our battle’s over… please Leo,” begs Luna. The poor kid looks like he’s about to cry, his lower lip trembling greatly. Before either of us can say anything more, Leo spins on his heel and dashes down the streets. I just hope Crow finds him before he gets into any trouble with the punks around here. “Please Iolanthe-nee,” the mint haired girl once again begs, “come with me to the Spirit World.” “It looks like that’s all I can do for you guys,” I say, “I’m not a Signer so I can’t help Yusei with his Dark Signer. At least I can do this for you sweetie.” “Thank you, Iolanthe-nee! I’ll feel a lot better if you’re there with me.”