"Aichi!"

A familiar female voice rung in Aichi's cloudy hearing. He let out a silent grunt, attempting to wake up his stiff muscles, dark energy coursing through him.

"Aichi! You must go back to sleep! Stop!" Came the desperate voice again. Aichi moved his fingers again. If his mouth wasn't so stiff, it would have twisted into a malicious grin and let loose a dark cackle, laughing at how someone would even dare to order him around.

His arm finally awakened and he used his stiff shoulder to lift it up and hold it towards where the voice was coming from. A gasp followed as he coursed his power to his hand, and released it, an agonized scream filling his eyes. His lips allowed him a small grin, wanting the scream to relay over and over again in his ears.

And he knew he would.

"Aichi sama!" A gruff voice snarled behind him as his muscles finally loosened, allowing him to stand up and turn around.

Behind him was a burly man, a scarf around his neck, his expression one of fear. The bluenet felt his eyes narrow, as he attempted to identify him. Aichi let out a snort as his memory wouldn't clear.

Oh well. It's nobody important.

Aichi lifted up his fingers, once again coursing his power to his hand and shooting anorther beam of dark energy at Neve, who stumbled back, gasping, and turned around, emitting another gasp.

"Kourin!"

Aichi turned back around as he watched the female lift her head, showers of droplets falling from her wet hair.

"Neve..."

She suddenly widened her eyes.

"Neve, Aichi!"

"I know." he growled, pulling out his deck. "Aichi, fight me!"

Said bluenet felt his eyes narrow coldly. "Vanguard? I'll fight."

Neve gritted his teeth, lifting up two steel balls. Aichi closed his eyes calmly as the floor became grey and metallic, and steel poles surrounded them and made a dome, and a table rose before them.

"Stand up! Vanguard!"

"Metalborg, Black boy!"

"Star Vader, Nobin Knight."

As the Link Joker unit merged and appeared, a dark aura surrounded and covered every single piece of metal, morphing and turning their surroundings into space, the metal tables turning into floating rectangles of red.

"Ride."

A card fell down on the vanguard circle, ending his turn.

Neve grunted, lifting up a card from his own hand, and placing it down on the vanguard. Two more units appeared in the rear guard.

"Aichi! You mustn't use that deck!"

Aichi stared coldly at him, his hatred starting to intestify.

You are ordering me, the king, to not use this deck?

How dare you!

The dark aura around him flared up and darkened, the evil atmosphere around them becoming stronger. A small gasp escaped Neve's lips as he realized that he had angered the reversed king.

Aichi glared at him with hollow blue hues.

You will lose.

And you will pay.