Yugioh 5ds: Return of the Dark Synchro

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Prologue

It is well known that 5000 years ago the Crimson Dragon along with five other Dragons defeated and sealed away the Earthbound Immortals to protect the world from their dark powers. But little is know as to why this had to happen, or why the Crimson Dragon and the Earthbound Immortals were at war in the first place. The answers would never be given for a long time. Until now that is.

Chapter 1 Dark Past

Yusei Fudo and Kalin Kessler were in the middle of a shadow duel. The signer and dark signer were fighting it out card for card not giving each other an inch of relief.

Yusei (LP- 1900, SC- 4), Stardust Dragon (ATK- 2500, DEF-2000), No face down cards and no cards in hand.

Kalin (LP- 3800, SC- 6), Infernity Beast (ATK- 1600, DEF- 1200), Infernity Archfirnd (ATK- 1800, DEF- 1200), No face down cards and one card in hand.

The dark sky and the ground beneath it were lit with purple light and fire in the form of Kalin's mark of the giant which was glowing the same shade of purple on his right arm. Yusei's mark of the dragon was also glowing, but with a bright shade of red.

"Hahahaha This is the end of the line for you old friend!" Kalin said as he drew a card from his deck. "Kalin wait! You don't want to do this." Yusei said with a scared look in his eye's. "Hahaha Sorry Yusei but there's no point in trying to stop me now. I sacrifice my Infernity Beast and Infernity Archfiend to summon the last monster you'll ever see!" Kalin called out as his monsters turned into a shinning sphere in the sky.

When the light faded it revealed a slightly glowing heart made of stone. As the stone heart beat it absorbed the very darkness around it. Then a burst of light making the purple flames bigger.

"I summon Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu!" Kalin said as a pitch black giant with glowing blue markings all over it's body appeared from the fading light.

Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu (ATK- 3000, DEF- 2500)

"Hahahaha Get ready to join the rest of the fallen in the shadows of the netherworld! Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu attack Yusei directly!" Kalin commanded as the giant monster reached out it's hand getting ready to flatten Yusei like a pancake, making the earth shake in the process.

Yusei screamed in fear as the earthbound immortal made it's assault. But before the attack could be complete, a normal Kalin kessler opened his eye's screaming, sitting up quickly as if he woke up from a horrible nightmare. Kalin breathed heavily soon after waking up putting his hand on his forehead in relief that it was all just a bad dream. Still a little shaken up from the nightmare, Kalin checked his right arm to see if his mark of the giants was still there. He even checked his deck to make sure none of them were tainted by an earthbound immortal. Thankfully his mark wasn't there and none of his cards were tainted. Then someone opened the door to his bedroom. It was Yusei who was worried because he heard a scream coming from Kalin's room.

"Yo Kalin are you alright?" Yusei asked "I'm fine Yusei. I just had a nightmare, that's all." Kalin replied "Never knew you to be the type to be getting nightmares." Yusei said a little surprised "That was before the dark signer incident" Kalin said "Well you don't have to worry about it. The immortal's are gone and your not a dark signer anymore." Yusei said trying to support his friend. "I know that but still it eats away at my consonance. I can't help but feel guilty for putting you and the others through all that." Kalin said "Guess I can't blame you for feeling guilty but you don't have to be. We're all still alive and well, we even managed to accomplish something that we never dreamed was possible." Yusei said "Yeah Yeah. By the way what are you still doing up so late at night? Jack and crow should be asleep by now." Kalin wondered "I couldn't sleep so I decided to work on my runner a little bit more before going to bed." Yusei said "You should probably hit the hay right about now" Kalin said "Yeah I'm just about to do that. You know Kalin encase you change your mind, I can start building you your own Duel Runner tomorrow." Yusei said "No thanks. I'll just stick to duel disk." Kalin said "Well it was worth a shot. See you in the morning." Yusei said "Night man" Kalin replied

The next morning Kalin walked down stares to the garage to find jack reading a news paper and drinking some coffee, Crow looking through his deck to come up with new strategies, and Yusei working on his Duel Runner. After saying good morning to his friends he walked on over to the cafe that was close by. On his way there he bumped into Carly, or she bumped into him.

"Kalin, Just the person I wanted to talk to." Carly said as she sat down in front of Kalin "Ok Carly what do you want to talk about?" Kalin asked with a bit of an annoyance since he wasn't much of a morning person. "Well.. um.. I was wondering... What was I like when I was a dark signer?" Carly asked with a bit of nervousness.

Kalin remembers Carly from back when they both were dark signers. But unlike Kalin, Carly can't recall anything from the time she spent as a dark signer. Because of this fact Kalin thinks Carly is luckiest out of all the former dark signers.

"And why do you want to know that? Nothing good will come from knowing." Kalin said with an irritated voice even though he was trying to hide it. "I know that but not knowing what I've done freaks me out a lot. Especially recently." Carly said "Recently?" Kalin asked "Yeah. Last night I had the freakiest dream ever. Me and Jack were in a shadow turbo duel, which is kinda odd because I don't know how to ride a duel runner at all, and I also had a Gothic look and my personality was completely the opposite of my own. And worst of all Jack was losing and in pain." Carly said "That sounds a lot like the nightmare I had last night, but I know it's just a coincidence. Plus I can understand why Carly would ask about a past she can't recall. All the more reason why she doesn't need to know." Kalin thought to him self

"Sorry Carly but I'm still not going to tell you. Trust me." Kalin said about to take his food to go. "wait! I.. um... If your not going to tell then I'll just have to make you tell me!" Carly said confidently. Then Kalin stopped walking away "And just how do you plan on doing?" he asked "With a duel. If I lose then I'll drop the subject, but if I win then you have to tell me everything you know." she said enthusiastically "alright fine since your not giving me much of a choice anyway." he said sarcastically

Both Carly and Kalin activated their duel disks, drew their first five cards, and called out "Lets Duel!".

Carly (LP- 4000)

Kalin (LP- 4000)

"Ladies first" Carly called out as she drew her first card. "And I'll start things off by playing the Future Vision field spell. Now as long as this card remains on the field when ever we normal summon a monster then that monster gets blasted one turn into the future." she explained "So allow me to demonstrate by summoning Fortune Lady Light in ATK mode."

Fortune Lady Light (LV-1, ATK- 200, DEF- 200)

And just as Carly's monster was summoned to the field it vanished just like she said it would.

"And now I activate Fortune Lady Light's special ability. When she's removed from play do to a card effect then I'm allowed to special summon one Fortune Lady from my deck." Carly explained

"Big deal" Kalin said sarcastically "It's a very deal because I'm summoning Fortune Lady Earth in ATK mode!" Carly said enthusiastically

Fortune Lady Earth (LV- 6, ATK- 2400, DEF- 2400)

"With that done I place three cards face down and end my turn" Carly said "Then it's my turn and from my hand I play the spell card Relentless summon. With it I can destroy all the spells and traps on the field." kalin said "WHAT!" Carly paniced

All of Carly's face down cards and her field spell were destroy.

"Now I'm allowed to special summon one monster from my hand who's LV is equal to the number of spell and trap cards destroyed. Meet Infernity Archfiend." Kalin said

Infernity Archfiend (LV- 4, ATK- 1800, DEF- 1200)

"Next I play the Trap booster spell card. By discarding one card from my hand to the graveyard, I can play a trap card from my hand. So now I discard Infernity Avenger to play the Ring of Destruction trap card. Now I get to destroy a monster on the field and then we both take damage equal to that monsters ATK. I choose to destroy Fortune Lady Earth." Kalin explained as Carly's Fortune Lady was destroyed.

Carly (LP- 4000-2400=1600)

Kalin (LP- 4000-2400=1600)

"I'm not done yet. Next I'll summon Infernity Necromancer in ATK mode." Kalin said as he summoned a monster to the field.

Infernity Necromancer (LV- 3, ATK- 0, DEF- 2000)

"Now, once per a turn, if I have no cards in my hand, which I do, then I'm aloud to special summon one Infernity monster from my graveyard. So come to the field Infernity Avenger." Kalin said

Infernity Avenger (LV- 1, ATK- 0, DEF- 0)

"And now I tune Infernity Avenger with Infernity Archfiend and Infernity Necromancer. Watch as these three sinister spirit's combined into one, Watch as I synchro summon Infernity Doom Dragon!" Kalin chanted

Infernity Doom Dragon (LV- 1+3+4=8, ATK- 3000, DEF- 2400)

"Now Infernity Doom Dragon attack Carly directly!" Kalin commanded

Carly (LP- 0)

Kalin (WINNER)

"I lost?! I knew you were strong but I didn't think you could do a OTK like that." Carly said as she nodded her head in disappointment. "I'm doing you a favor for not telling you about your life as a dark signer. But I can tell you this, all you cared about was Jack Atlas." Kalin said as he began to walk back to the apartment.

"I know it's just a coincidence that me and Carly had the same dream but something just keeps telling me that these dream are a part of a warning. I wonder if Misty and Greiger have had similar dreams to. If so then somethings up." Kalin thought to himself

In another place a person hidden in the shadows was spinning a card on a table. After a few spins the person said "This war isn't over yet."

Chapter 2 Unknown Fortune

Carly was sitting in her car upset over her lose to Kalin, but she was even more upset that she didn't get to find out about her life as a dark signer.

"I can't believe this. Kalin was the best source I had for finding out who I was and what I did as a Dark Signer. The only actual clues I have are these Fortune Lady cards that no one els seems to have, and that bad dream I had last night." Carly said as she recalls the dream

Flash back to Carly's nightmare

The scenery was similar to Kalin's dream. But instead of the giants mark, this was the mark of the humming bird.

Jack (LP- 800, SC- 5), Red Dragon Archfiend (ATK- 3000, DEF- 2500). One face down card and two cards in his hand.

Carly (LP- 1700, SC-5), Fortune Lady Dark (LV- 6, ATK- 2400, DEF- 2400), Fortune Lady Water (LV- 4, ATK-1200, DEF- 1200). One face down card and one card in her hand.

"It's my turn Jackie" Carly said as she drew a card from her deck. Jack responded to this during the standby phase "I activate the trap card Threatening Roar! Now you can't attack this turn." "That's okay. With the card I just drew there's no need to attack." Carly said "Carly stop! if you play that card then..." Jack was interrupted by Carly "...Then your all mine. I sacrifice Fortune Lady Dark and Fortune Lady Water To summon Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu!" Carly said

As Carly's two monters vanished a giant pitch black humming bird with orange markings all over its body appeared making the purple flames grow larger.

Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu (ATK- 2500, DEF- 2500)

"Next I activate the Compulsory Evacuation Device trap card to return my Aslla Piscu back to my hand, and when it leaves the field all the monsters you have are destroyed. Then you take 800 points of damage for each one." Carly explained

Bursts of lightning struck both Jack and his Red Dragon Archfiend. Both cried out in pain as Aslla Piscu disappeared.

Flash Back End

"Kalin may think he's keeping me safe from a past I can't remember, but my gut keeps telling me I need to find out what that dream was and why it's connected to my life as a Dark Signer. I could ask Jack about it but it'd probably bring him back to some nasty memories, given the way the dream played out. So other than Kalin and Jack, Who els would help me figure out this situation?" Carly wondered

It was right then that she thought about Misty Tredwell a world famous super model who was also once a Dark Signer. She and Misty became good friends before the Signer Wars started.

"Of course! Misty! She must know something. I'll give her a call and see if I can meet up with her later. Good thing she's still in New Damino City." Carly said enthusiastically

At that moment Carly felt a burning pain in her right arm. The pain wasn't too bad but carly did get a feeling that she was being watched. This feeling lasted for a few minutes along with the pain in her arm.

"That's strange. It felt like someone was watching me for a sec. Oh well, must have been my imagination. Now time for Carly Carmine to meet up with some friends in high places! That pain in my arm was weird though." Carly said as she started her car and drived off

In an ally way not too far from where Carly had her car was parked. A person wearing a cloak was standing in the shadows. The sunlight went up to his torso while the rest was covered by the darkness. However, this person had glowing purple eyes

"The Dark Signers have gotten soft, Huh.. Pathetic. But they'll have a reason to fight again soon enough." the person said as he walked further into the shadows of the ally way.

In Nazca, Greiger and siblings, Annie and Max, were at an airport waiting to board a plain heading to New Damino City. Max, the youngest of the three, was overly exited since he had always wanted to go to New Damino City. Annie, the second youngest, around the same as Leo and Luna's age, was curios as to why her big brother wanted to go to New Damino City in the first place.

"Hey big bro Is there a reason why we're going to New Damino City?" She asked "We're just going to visit a few friends. And Max one them is Jack Atlas." Greiger said

the two kids were surprised at hearing this.

"You know The King Jack Atlas! This trip just got a lot cooler!" Max said with excitement and Annie started to get a little excited to.

"Of course there is another reason for the trip. My dream last night plus the disappearance of all the Nazca Line seals for the Earthbound Immortal's in the past week have gotten me worried of whats going on in New Damino City. I was once a Dark Signer so I of people know how dangerous the Immortal's are. If they're free again and the signers are still in the city then there's no telling how bad the situation will be." Greiger said in his mind

Chapter 3 End of School

Akiza was in class waiting for class to end.

"This is boring. I've already learned this lesson on my own with Yusei. Besides I got more important things to do." She said in her mind.

Once the bells rang, signaling that class is over, Akiza sat up from her desk and started to walking down the halls of Dual Academy only to run into Leo and Luna in argument.

"Hey guys whats going on?" Akiza asked

"Leo agreed to a dual with Dexter but they plan on sneaking into the Kaiba Doom tonight for the dual." Luna explained "What but Leo you could get into some real trouble for that." Akiza said with worry "Hey he called me a cowered so I'm showing who the real cowered is. Besides There's somethings wrong with Dexter. He's been a real jerk!" Leo explained "I admit that Dexter has been acting strange lately, ever since last week. But..." Luna said before being interrupted "You and Dexter are supposed to be friends. You shouldn't be dueling like your arch enemies, especially when it involves sneaking into the Kaiba Doom." Akiza said "Which is why I need to do this, to find out how to help Dex be his old self again. You of all people should understand Luna, considering your crush on him and all." Leo said just before his sister Luna blushed over his statement. "th... That has nothing to do with this." she said with a red face

there was no changing Leo's mind and Luna and Akiza knew it. Not only was he breaking the rules but he was doing it to help his friend. Latter at Misty's apartment Carly was explaining to Misty about her dream and her failed attempt to get answers about past as a Dark Signer from Kalin.

"Got your but kicked in an OTK huh? Kalin was never one to hold back when he duels. But it is strange that we had a similar dream." Misty said "So can you tell me what it means and maybe what my life as a dark signer was like?" Carly asked "Well it wasn't really something to brag about other than the fact that you were really good at dueling. As for the dream, I think it means you'll find out about that dark past regardless of who tells you." Misty said before she sipped some of her tea. "I will? How?" Carly asked "I don't know but I had a similar dream like yours. The me back then summoning her Earthbound Immortal against one of the Signers." Misty said

Carly still didn't know about her past but she could tell that something big is going to happen sometime soon. Latter that night, in Yusei, Jack, Crow, and Kalin's apartment the group was having a four way dual to sharpen their skills for an up coming tournament when Akiza walked in with a worried look on her face.

"Hey Akiza what wrong?" Yusei asked

Akiza explained the situation to Yusei and the others about Leo and Dexter's dual and that they plan to sneak into the Kaiba doom to have it. This information shocked the whole group.

"What are those kids thinking?! Are trying to get arrested by Sector Security?" Crow stated "Reminds me of the time when Yusei first came to New Damino City. That was a fun dual indeed." Jack said calmly "This isn't somethings to be taking lightly Jack." Kalin said "I know that. Which is why I'm going to trudge and Mina to make sure Leo and Dexter don't get into too much trouble." Jack said getting on his dual runner "good idea Jack. Meet us at Kaiba Doom soon. The rest of us will go strait there to stop them if possible." Yusei said

Yusei and Crow got on their dual runners. Akiza got on her runner as well but Kalin tagged along because he didn't have a dual runner. The whole group hit the road with Jack going to Sector Security HQ while the rest headed to the Kaiba Doom.

In another place a person covered by the shadow in a room lit by a dim candle taking a card in his hand. "One of the Immortal's is interested in this child huh? Makes sense since this child is close to the little girl signer. This should be interesting." the man said

Chapter 4 Dark Synchro

Leo and Dexter were standing in the middle of the Kaiba Doom. The stadium was empty and dark. Dexter's eyes gave a malefic look to Leo as if he was ready to kill.

"I don't know why you've been a real jerk lately Dex but..." Leo was cut by Dexter "First of all I'm not your good friend Dexter. I am a Shadow Drone" he said with a static like voice mixed in with his own. "A Shadow Drone? Wait you mean those people who are brain washed by the Dark Signers? But those guys are gone." Leo stated "Wrong. The Dark Signers are still very much alive but they have a new mission." a brainwashed Dexter said "And just what is this new mission?" Leo asked "If it's answers you want, and if you want your friend to be freed, then my master says you must dual me first." the Shadow Drone stated "what a surprise." Leo said sarcastically "Since your not leaving me much of a choice you got your self a dual." Leo added

After both of them activated their dual disks, Dexters right arm began to glow purple and a big purple energy circle appeared trapping both players inside. At this Yusei and the rest of the gang arrived, too late to stop the dual. They were all surprised as to what kind of dual it was, Kalin especially.

"That's impossible! A shadow dual? Here and now?" Kalin said "Yeah I'm not sure how this is happening either but there's no point in trying to stop the dual now." Yusei said "I just hope Leo doesn't mess up." Luna said. Note: Luna snuke into the Kaiba Doom to try and stop the dual to.

Leo (LP- 4000)

Shadow Drone Dexter (LP- 4000)

"I go first." Dexter said as he drew his first card "I summon NecroGaurdna in ATK mode." Dexter said

Necro Gaurdna (LV- 4, ATK- 0, DEF- 1600)

"Next I place three cards face down and end my turn." Dexter said "My turn then" Leo said drawing his first card "I don't care who you think you are, I going to beat you and get my friend back. I summon Morphronic Radion in ATK mode." Leo said

Morphtronic Radion (LV- 4, ATK- 1000, DEF- 900)

"News for you dude. When this is in ATK mode then all my Morphtonic monsters gain 800 additional ATK points, including itself." Leo explained

Morphtronic Radion (ATK- 1000+800=1800)

"Radion attack Necro Gaurdna!" Leo commanded "Did you forget my face down cards or something? Because one of them was the Magic Cylinder trap card. Now your attack is negated and you take damage equal to your monsters ATK points." the Shadow Drone explained

As Leo's monster attacked him, the damage he was taking was real. As he took this damage he screamed in pain.

Leo (LP- 4000-1800=2200)

"No Leo!" Luna said with worry. "Are you all right?" Akiza called out

But Leo didn't respond to them. He was too busy getting up uneaslly.

"I... I place two cards face down and end my turn" Leo said "I haven't felt like this since the day I dueled Devack. But this time I know I'm up against a possessed version of my best friend. If I'm not careful, I could really hurt Dexter or worse." Leo said in his mind "My turn now." Dexter said as he drew a card from his deck. "Now I summon the dark tuner monster Dark Tuner Catastrogue." Dexter said with a evil look in his eyes.

Dark Tuner Catastrogue (LV- 8, ATK- 0, DEF- 0)

"A Dark Tuner?!" Leo said fearing what was coming next "Oh no!" Akiza said with worry "If that kid does what I think he's going to do then Leo's doomed." Crow said

"Now I tune my LV 8 Dark Tuner Catastrogue with my LV 4 Necro Gaurdna." Dexter said as his mosters disappeared leaving behind their level stars which turned dark soon after. Then he began to say a chant "When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back and reveals a world without light! I Dark Synchro summon Feral Witch Hunter!"

Feral Witch Hunter (LV- 4-8=(-4), ATK- 2100, DEF- 2000)

Feral Witch Hunter: a humanoid wolf with glowing blood red eyes that is wearing a ripped up black trench coat covered in blood stains, slightly ripped pants, no shoes, and a pilgrim hat. It has a big sword in one claw like hand. It also has a crescent moon necklace that was made with red jewels.

"That thing looks like it came out of a horror movie." Luna said fear full of the way the Dark Synchro monster

"Now that I've preformed a Dark Synchro the effect of Dark Tuner Catastrogue activates allowing me to destroy one card on the field. I think I'll destroy your Morphtronic Radion." Dexter said as Leo's monster disappeared "Now Feral Witch Hunter attack Leo directly!" Dexter commanded "I activate my trap card... What?" Leo said trying to activate his trap card but it didn't work. "My monster prevents you from playing any spell or trap cards in response to his attack." Dexter said

The Dark Synchro Monster continued it's assault as it growled. Leo screamed in pain when the attack concluded.

Leo (LP- 2200-2100=100)

"I end my turn. Make your move." Dexter said "No Leo!" Luna shouted in fear of what will happen to her brother. "This Dual is completely one sided! Unless Leo finds a way to turn things around he's finished." Kalin said "It's... my ture." Leo said as he drew a card "I summon the tuner monster Morphtronic Scopen." Leo announced

Morphtronic Scopen (LV- 3, ATK- 800, DEF- 1400)

"Next I activate Scopen's effect which allows me to summon one additional monster from my hand so I summon Morphtronic Boomboxen." Leo announced

Morphtronic Boomboxen (LV- 4, ATK- 1200, DEF- 400)

"Now I tune LV3 Morphtronic Scopen with my LV4 Morphtronic Boomboxen." Leo said as his monsters disappeared leaving their level stars behind "From two come one and from one comes incredible power! I synchro summon Power Tool Dragon!" Leo shouted

Power Tool Dragon (LV- 3+4=7, ATK- 2300, DEF- 2500)

"Now for it's effect. Once per a turn I'm allowed to take one random equip spell in my deck and add it to my hand. And the lucky winner is Megamorph." Leo said cheerfully "Now I equip Megamorph to Power Tool Dragon. Now since my LP are lower than yours my dragons ATK points are doubled." Leo explained

Power Tool Dragon (ATK- 2300x2=4600, DEF- 2500)

"And with that boost my dragon attacks Feral Witch Hunter!" Leo commanded

Feral Witch Hunter was destroyed and Shadow Drone Dexter started to taking damage.

Shadow Drone Dexter (LP- 4000-2500=1500)

"I'll end my turn right there." Leo said

"With that Feral Witch Hunter out of the way Leo might have a chance at winning this dual and saving his friend." Akiza said with a smile "Don't so certain. Dark Synchros are some of the trickiest synchro monsters out there." Kalin said "Kalin's right. We shouldn't relax just yet and neither should Leo." Yusei said

"It's my turn and this going to be the last turn I need!" Dexter said "Since Feral Witch Hunter was destroyed last turn, during my stand by phase he comes back as long as I discard a spell card from my hand to the graveyard. Plus for every spell card in the graveyard he gets 300 extra ATK points" Dexter explained "Wait WHAT." Leo said worried.

Feral Witch Hunter (LV- (-4), ATK- 2100+300=2400, DEF- 2000)

"Next I activate my Hunters ability. By removing from a spell card in my graveyard the your monsters ATK points are stuck at zero for the turn." Dexter

Power Tool Dragon (LV- 7, ATK- 0, DEF- 2500)

Feral Witch Hunter (LV- (-4), ATK- 2100, DEF- 2000)

"Now attack Power Tool Dragon and end this dual!" Dexter commanded

As Power Tool Dragon was destroyed Leo gave off a painful screem and fell to the ground

Leo (LP- 0)

Shadow Drone Dexter (Winner)

As the purple energy circle disappeared Yusei and the others ran to Leo's side in worry for him. He was out cold while Akiza checking his pulse.

"He needs to get to the hospital ASAP." Akiza said "I've already called for an ambulance. The should be here real soon" Yusei said

Hearing this made Luna cry a little. Kalin looked at Dexter who's purple glowing mark vanished and was freed from possession.

"Where... am... I?" Dexter said as he collapsed not knowing what just happened. "This kid needs medical attention to." Kalin said.

Somewhere els in a dim candle lit room a man covered by shadows puts his card on the table then says "The Immortal has made it's pact and now a new Dark Signer is born. No matter, The shadows will consume him as well." he says with what little light in the room showing his smile.

Chapter 5 Arrival

An ambulance was parked in front of the Kaiba Doom with several paramedics surrounding the unconscious Dexter and Leo getting them ready to take them to the hospital. Jack and Trudge had just arrived on the scene.

"What the hell just happened here?!" Jack asked confused of what was going "There was a Shadow Dual in the Kaiba Doom between Leo and Dexter, and Leo lost." Yusei explained "A Shadow Dual? But the Dark Signers gone. You guys took those creeps down. No offense to you Kalin." Trudge said "None taken. But Dexter was a shadow drone and said that the dark signer are still very much around and that they have a new mission." Kalin said "what mission is that?" trudge asked "If any of us knew that then we wouldn't be standing here wondering now would we?" Kalin stated

Kalin had a solid point but it didn't help anyone with the problum at hand. Luna just stood there watching with tears in her eyes as her brother and her best friend were taken away to the hospital. Then she heard a voice coming from her deck. It was her Ancient Fairy Dradon card talking to her in her mind.

"Luna you don't have to worry about your brother." the dragon card said as Luna took the card from her deck and looked at it. "Ancient Fairy Dragon? What do you mean I don't have to worry about Leo? He just lost a shadow dual." Luna said to her dragon in her mind "while it is a shame that he lost that dual, Leo has now gained a new power and a new friend that will protect both him and the people he cares about." The dragon card said "What are you talking about?" Luna asked in her mind "I cant explain everything just yet but know that Leo and Dexter will be alright" the dragon card said and after that it didn't speak again.

The next morning Greiger and his siblings have arrived at New Damino City's airport. Max and Anna were really excited but Greiger couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"This is going to be awesome. I'm going to meet The King!" Max announced with excitement "Take it easy Max, we just got here. Lets enjoy what the city has to offer first, like the food and the duel's." Anna said with enthusiasm "She's acting a lot like Leo. I wonder what happens when they meet face to face. I guess I'll find out real soon." Greiger thought

Latter Greiger went to see Yusei and the others.

"Hey Yusei." He said "Greiger. It's been a while." Yusei said as he high fived Greiger "Same to you friend. I'd like to introduce you guys to my little brother and sister. Meet Max and Anna." Greiger said "It's nice to meet all of you." Anna said "Yeah same here" Max said

Then Max and Anna saw Jack and imminently shifted their focus to him.

"Your The King Jake Atlas the ultimate turbo dual champion! This is the best day of my life! Can I have your autograph?" Max said "First of all I'm not the champion anymore! That title belongs to Yusei. But your right about one thing. I am the one and only King Jack Atlas!" Jack said as Anna and Max clapped and cheered watching his speech.

While the kids were distracted by Jack and his ego, Yusei, Kalin, and Greiger started an important conversation.

"I take it this isn't just a friendly visit." Yusei assumed "yeah. The Nazca Lines that seal away the Immortal's have disappeared last week. Plus I had a dream recently about my short life as a Dark Signer. It got me worried about the state of New Damino City, so I came here to check on things to see if there's any trouble." Greiger explained "Well there has been trouble. Last night a shadow dual broke out in the Kaiba Doom between Leo and a Shadow Drone. Leo lost and now he's in the hospital." Yusei explained "Leo lost a shadow dual? How is he still alive?" Greiger asked "That's not the strangest thing. The fact that he's making a fast recovery, he can even get out as soon as this afternoon." Kalin said "Now there no way Leo can make a fast recovery like that from a shadow dual. Unless he became a Dark Signer." Greiger said though he wished he didn't. "that's what I thinking to. But if it's true that he's become a dark signer then he would have attacked his sister Luna, Akiza or any of the signers here by now." Kalin explained "maybe the Immortal that marked him is waiting for the right time to reveal itself like Misty's Immortal," Yusei wondered "Maybe it's best if we see if Leo is being influenced by his Immortal before we make any assumptions." Greiger said "And just how do you intend to do that?" Kalin asked "By giving him a rematch." Greiger said with a smile

Back at the the hospital Leo was getting ready leave. As he put his cloths on and grabbed his stuff, he looked at right arm in worry remembering what had happened to him after his shadow dual at the Kaiba Doom.

Flash back

In Leo's mind he opened his eyes to see nothing but darkness. It was so dark that he couldn't even see his own body.

"Where am I? What... Happened to me? Am I dead?" Leo asked to himself but was surprised to hear a reply. "Leo" a voice said as it echoed in the endless darkness "Who's there?!" Leo asked in shock "There's no need to be afraid. I am a friend." the voice said "some friend. I can't even see you." Leo stated "You'll see what I am soon enough. But know that you can trust me." the voice said "How do I know that for sure? Who are you?" Leo asked "My name is Ccoshobar and I need your help." the voice said "My help? With what?" Leo asked "Protecting my friends. Will you offer me your help?" the voice asked

"If it means protecting the people I care about then what choice do I have? I'll do it." Leo replied

It was then that Leo's arm began to burn and glow with a bright shade of purple appearing to be a Mark of the Dog. This made Leo feel uneasy and painful.

End of Flash Back

"If I knew I was going to become a Dark Signer I would have never agreed to that shadow dual." Leo said in his mind covering his right arm with his left hand.

Though the mark wasn't visible at the moment, Leo knew it was still there. Latter Leo walked out of the hospital to be visited by his sister Luna, Dexter, and Akiza along with Carry who was eager to interview him on the dual he 'survived'.

"I'm glad to see you on your feet again." Luna said with a smile "Yeah we thought you were goner." Akiza said "What did you think a few cuts and bruises would be enough to stop me? It gonna take a lot more than that." Leo said optimistically. "Dude. I'm so sorry for that dual last night. I didn't even know what I was doing. Plus when I looked through my deck I couldn't even find this Feral Witch Hunter card or the tuner that was used to summon it. Its like the freakiest thing ever." Dexter said feeling guilty

The group continued talking as they walked away from the hospital. Els where in an office building a man with a brown hair and similar facial featers to Leo and Luna looking out his office windows revels a Dark Signers mark of the spider on his right arm. It glowed for a few seconds before he felt surge of guilt go through him.

"I hope I didn't just make the biggest mistake of my life." the man said

Chapter 6 First crush and a second chance

The next day was a weekend. Leo couldn't sleep because the mark on his arm was making him feel nervousness. In the past he fought against the dark signers along side his sister, Luna, who is a Signer. Now he himself was a Dark Signer and had been afraid of himself the whole night.

"Morning sleepy head." Luna said looking at her zombie like brother walk down the stairs. "Morning Luna... YAWN." Leo replied "You look like you tried to pull an all-nighter." Luna said a little frustrated "I didn't try, I did pull an all-nighter." Leo replied rubbing one of his eyes "Man Leo. You just got out of the hospital yesterday. You need to sleep if you don't want to go back." Luna said with worry as she turned towards the kitchen to grab her breakfast "I can think of worse situations." Leo mumbled under his breath grabbing his right arm with his left hand.

Latter that morning Leo and Luna arrived at Yusei and the others apartment only to find a dual in progress between Jack and Greiger.

Jack (LP- 900) Exploder Dragonwing (LV- 7, ATK- 2400, DEF- 1600) Two face down cards and no cards in hand.

Greiger (LP- 1600) Dark Strike Fighter (LV- 7, ATK- 2600, DEF- 1800) Three cards in hand and no cards.

"You've had your fun Greiger. Now it's time I ended this dual here and now." Jack said as he drew a card from his deck. "I activate the Pot of Greed spell card which let's me draw two more cards from my deck." Jack explained as he drew two more cards "Next I summon the tuner monster Sinister Sprocket." Jack announced

Sinister Sprocket (LV- 1, ATK- 400, DEF- 0)

"And now I tune Sinister Sprocket with Exploder Dragonwing to create the Infamous, the unstoppable Red Dragon Archfiend in a synchro summon!" Jack announced as his ace card tore through the sky.

Red Dragon Archfiend (LV- 7+1=8, ATK- 3000, DEF- 2000)

"With that done I activate the Megamorph equip spell. Since my LP are lower than yours, the ATK points of my dragon are doubled." Jack said

Red Dragon Archfiend (LV- 8, ATK- 6000, DEF- 200)

"Now Red Dragon Archfiend attack Dark Strike Fight with absolute power force!" Jack commanded

Greiger (LP- 0)

Jack (WINNER)

"That was awesome!" Max said excitedly "That was a great dual Jack. I nearly had you beat." Greiger said "'Nearly' isn't enough to take me down." Jack bragged

It was then Greiger saw Leo and Luna waving at him, well Luna was waving at him.

"Hey Leo, Luna. It's nice to see you again." Greiger said "It's nice to see you to. How have you been?" Luna asked "I've been good. I'd like to introduce you two to my siblings Anna and Max." Greiger said "It's nice to meet you." Anna said with a smile "It's nice to meet you to. I'm Luna and this is my brother Leo." Luna said

Leo didn't respond. His face turned red for a few seconds at the sight of Anna but. Leo tried to say something but all that came out was "uh... I...um... hi.". Luna could tell Leo just got a crush on Anna.

"So Leo It's been a while since we dueled. What do you say? Want a second chance at beating me?" Greiger asked

Normally Leo would accept that challenge in a heartbeat. However, his dark signer mark is making him worried of what will happen if he does dual.

"I'm... uh... not feeling it today Greiger. Maybe some other time." Leo said "Your refusing to dual? That's unlike you" Luna said a little surprised "Too bad. I was so interested in seeing you in action." Anna said making Leo blush a little "Maybe just one dual." Leo said "I just hope this mark on my arm won't make me do something that I'll regret." Leo added in his mind

As both Leo and Greiger got into position for the Dual, Kalin, and Yusei, and Jack were talking about whether or not they should be worried about Leo's mark with out anyone els hearing the conversation.

"So what do you think so far Kalin? Is he friend or is he foe?" Jack asked "Well so far he looks like he's in control of himself for now." Kalin answered "Plus I think Leo knows that he's a dark signer but is afraid of what his mark will do if he duel's. That's good news." Yusei added "But all that could change at any time." Jack stated "Your right. We can't forget what the Immortal's are capable of." Kalin said "Luckily Greiger will keep that in mind." Yusei said

"Go for it big bro! Show this guy what your made of!" Max said cheering Greiger on. Then both Greiger and Leo activated their dual disks and announced at the same time "Let's do this!"

Leo (LP- 4000)

Greiger (LP- 4000)

"I'll take the first turn Leo." Greiger said drawing a card from his deck. "To start things off I summon Spell Reactor RE to the field in ATK mode." Greiger announced

Spell Reactor RE (LV- 3, ATK- 1200, DEF- 900)

"I then place three cards face down and end my turn." Greiger said "Then it's my move." Leo said putting his fingers on the top card of his deck ready to draw it.

Leo looked his arm like this making sure his mark of the dog doesn't react. "So far so good. Better hope it stays that way." Leo said in his mind "I draw!" he announced

To Leo's surprise, his first card was a card that he didn't expect to find anywhere in his deck. It was a monster card called Dark Tuner Doom Gadget. A unique type of tuner monster that only the dark signers had in their decks.

"A dark tuner? Guess I shouldn't be too surprised about it. I am a dark signer now like it or not. But If a dark tuner is my deck then I bet a dark synchro is to. But I can't use them, I won't!" Leo said in shis mind "For my first move I summon Morphtronic Staplen in ATK mode." Leo announced

Morphtronic Staplen (LV- 4, ATK- 1400, DEF- 1000)

"Now attack Spell Reactor RE." Leo commanded

The attack succeeded but Spell Reactor RE was still on the field.

Greiger (LP- 4000-200=3800)

"What? Your Spell Reactor is still running?" Leo wondered "Don't tell me your surprisde. I had three face downs on the field and one of them was the Fake Explosion trap card. So not only can I prevent one of my monsters from being destroyed in battle, but now I can expand my air force by bringing Summon Reactor SK to the field in ATK mode." Greiger explained

Summon Reactor SK (LV- 5, ATK- 2000, DEF- 1400)

Leo knew what was coming from that move. He needed to set up his defenses and fast.

"I place two cards face down and end my turn." Leo said "Looks like Leo is holding back. He's afraid of something and it's not just what my next move is." Greiger thought "It's my move. I summon Trap Reactor Y FI." Greiger announced

Trap Reactor Y FI (L- 4, ATK- 800, DEF- 1800)

"Next I activate the ability of Summon Reactor SK. By sending it, Spell Reactor, and Trap Reactor to the Graveyard I get summon out my favorite monster, Flying Fortress Sky Fire." Greiger explained

Flying Fortress Sky Fire (LV- 8, ATK- 3000, DEF- 2500)

Leo knew this was coming. Greigers Flying Fortress Sky Fire was a big robotic military plane with a lot of fire power.

"If Leo is still in control of himself even as a dark signer, then my Sky Fire will show just how in control he is." Greiger thought "There no monster in my deck that can stand a chance against that thing. Except maybe my Power Tool Dragan, and my new dark synchro monster. But I can't use that. I have to relay on my own power for this dual." Leo thought

"Now I activate my Sky Fires effect. Once per a turn I can discard a card from my hand to the graveyard to destroy a card on the field. So say goodbye to your Morphtronic Staplen." Greiger explained as Leo's monster was destoyed "And with your field wide open, Flying Fortress Sky Fire can attack you directly." Greiger said as his monster moved in for an assault. "I activate my trap card Morphtronic Scramble. Now since you declared a direct attack on me, the attack is negated and I get to summon a 'Morphtronic' monster from my hand. So come to the field Morphtronic Datatron in DEF mode." Leo explained as Greiger's Sky Fire stopped it's assault and a monster appeared on Leo's field.

Morphtronic Datatron (LV- 3, ATK- 1200, DEF- 600)

"Not bad. He's improved since the Fortune Cup." Greiger said in his mind. "guess I'll just end my turn here and see what els you got up your sleeves." Greiger said

Max continued to cheer on his big brother "Yeah! Flying Fortress Sky Fire rules!" he said

"My turn now." Leo said drawing a card from his deck "I activate the One for one spell card." Leo said "Playing that card is going to cost you while Sky fire is on the field. Because once per turn, when you play a card, that card is destroyed and you take 800 points of direct damage." Greiger explained

Leo (LP- 4000-800=3200)

"That may be but I still get it's effect. So now I send a monster card from my hand to my graveyard." Leo said

Greiger noticed in a short instance what card Leo was discarding. It was his dark tuner monster, but he couldn't tell which one it was. "That monster he's discarding is a dark tuner. I knew he was holding back something. Which means he is in control of himself." Greiger said in his mind

"Now I get to take a LV1 monster from my deck and summon it to the field. Meet Morphtronic Celfon in ATK mode." Leo said

Morphtronic Celfon (LV- 1, ATK- 100, DEF- 100)

"Next I'll activate Datatron's effect. While this monster is in DEF mode, I get to slam you for 600 points of direct damage." Leo explained

Greiger (LP- 3800-600=3200)

"Now I activate Celfon's ability, allowing me to roll a number between 1 and 6. I then get to take a look at the top number of cards in my deck and if any of them are LV 4 or below monsters, then I can summon one of them to the field." Leo explained

Leo's monster began dialing numbers until it landed on three. When Leo saw the top three cards of his deck he gave off a winning smile.

"Bad news for you Greiger. One of the cards was a LV 3 tuner monster, Morphronic Remoten, That means I can summon it." Leo said as his tuner monster appeared on the field.

"Looks like Leo's about to bring out his ace. Your going to love this Anna." Luna said to her new friend "I have no doubt about it." Anna replied

"I now tune Morphtronic Remoten with Morphtronic Datatron and Morphtronic Celfon. Watch as I use the power of these three machines to build something new. I synchro summon Power Tool Dragon!" Leo said as his ace appeared on the field

Power Tool Dragon (LV- 3+3+1=7, ATK- 2300, DEF- 2500)

"I think it's safe to assume that Leo is still calling all the shoots even with his new mark." Yusei said positively "Even dark signers can preform normal synchro summons." Kalin stated "True but if Leo is willing to use his own Power Tool Dragon over anything his Immortal gave him, then he's still one of the good guys in my opinion." Jack stated

"Next I activate my dargon's ability. Once a turn I take one random equip spell card from my deck and add it to my hand." Leo explained as he added an equip spell to his hand which just so happens to be Power tool C & D. "Awesome! I equip my Power Tool Dragon with Power Tool C & D, giving him 1000 extra ATK points." Leo announced

Power Tool Dragon (LV- 7, ATK- 2300+1000=3300, DEF- 2500)

"And to make sure things go smoothly I'll be activating the Trap Stun trap card so that you can't use any of your trap cards for the remainder of the turn. Now Power Tool Dragon dismantle Greiger's Flying Fortress Sky Fire!" Leo commanded

As Leo's monster destroyed Greigers Sky Fire everyone was impressed including himself. "Wow Your amazing." Anna said impressed with Leo's move making Leo's face turn a little red in the process.

Greiger (LP- 3200-300=2900)

"This should be enough. After all I wouldn't want to risk winning this dual and get someone hurt." Leo said in his mind worried about his dark signer mark

Then Leo did something no one expected him to do, he surrendered.

"I surrender Greiger. you win." Leo said with a smile as the dual field disappeared.

Leo (Surrender)

Greiger (Winner)

"What? But things were starting to get good. Plus it's very unlike you to surrender." Luna said confused as to why her brother would not only try to refuse a dual but surrender in the middle of one. "I pulled an all night-er last night remember? So i'm too tiered to continue." Leo explained "I thought you dueled great." Anna said making Leo blush again "Th... Thanks Anna" Leo nervously said

"Yeah he's still one of the good guys." Greiger said without Leo, Luna, Anna, or Max hearing "Yes but we don't know for how long." Kalin said "But at least we know, for now, he's not a threat." Jack stated "still I hope sometime me and Leo will have an honest dual." Greiger said with a smile while looking at the group of kids.

At this moment Kalin, Greiger, and Leo's dark signer marks all burned with pain for a short few seconds. The marks of the signers Yusei, Jack, and Luna did the same thing as well.

"Leo are you okay?" Luna asked "I'm fine sis. Just some nerves, that's all." Leo said doing his best to lie. "It's strange. My mark reacts the moment Leo clenches his arm too. He's been acting strange ever since his shadow dual at the Kaiba Dome. And that card he discarded just before his synchro summon, what was it? Ancient Fairy Dragon what are you hiding about my brother?" Luna said in her mind

shifting focus back to the older group, Kalin and Greiger were very familiar with the pain they just felt. It was the same pain they felt when they were dark signers.

"No this can't be." Kalin said with worry "What is it Kalin?" Yusei asked

Kalin took out his deck and looked through the card until he found something he didn't want to find.

"Greiger look through your deck, quick." Kalin suggested

Greiger did as he said and found his old dark tuner and dark synchro monsters. Cards that he wished would never see again.

"What the? Dark Tuner Doom Submarine and Dark Flattop? And Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challua too?" Greiger said with a shocked expression "Same with my Dark Tuner Nightmare Hand and One Hundred Eye's Dragon. Not to mention Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu." Kalin said "Unbelievable. If you guys still have your Dark Synchro's and Earthbound Immortal's then..." Jack said but his sentence was finished by Yusei "... Then your both still Dark Signers." he said

without being noticed by anyone, a young man in dark colored clothes covered in the shadows of his hood with his eye's glowing purple was walking away from the scene making a soft evil laugh.

Els where in a dark room dimly lit by one small candle, the mysterious cloaked man was sitting at his dusty table. The candle light showing only the bottom half of his face. He picks up his card and starts to spin it on the table again.

"Signer and Dark Signer acting like they're friends. Soon their war will end by my hand." he said

Chapter 7 invitation

It's been a few day. Greiger and Kalin were still irritated to learn that they were still dark signers, though Greiger handling it a little bit better than kalin. Akiza and Crow had learned of the current situation but they didn't know what think of it all. They also made the assumption that Carly and Misty were also still dark signers. One thing was going through their minds, 'were the signer wars going to begin again? And if so then why hasn't the Immortals turned their dark signers turned against the five Crimson Dragon signers by now?'.

Carly, who still doesn't know that she's still a dark signer, got a tip that a rich and famous Dual Runner company CEO was coming back home to New Damino city after many months of 'out of country business' so she thought that she could ask Jack to tag along with her try and make a story for her journalism.

"Jet Princeton? I've heard of him, They call him the Jet. He's one of the most respected dual runner builders out there, and the richest." Jack said "He'll be arriving at New Damino Airport this afternoon. So what do you say Jack, want to tag along and help me get a scope?" carly asked

Jake took a few minutes to make a decision.

"Hell why not. Yusei's going to be jealous of meeting this guy first." Jack agreed

few hours latter Jack and Carly were waiting for Jet to come out of the air port along with another reporter named Angela Rains, much to Carly's dislike as both her and Angela have bad history.

"This is my interview Carly so go find your own." Angela said with a sassy tone "Freedom of the press Angela. You can't stop me from this time. This scope is too juicy." Carly replied "A wannabe reporter like you doesn't deserve to talk to the Jet." Angela said "You think I'm the 'wannabe reporter'? ha... you tried to write about something that never happened during the Fortune Cap. You didn't even get an interveiw with Yusei and you still tried to discriminate him for cheating." Carly said in response "Giving the people what they want to hear. That's what they paid me for back then and that's why they pay me now. You barely get paid at all." Angela said taunting Carly

Jack was getting real worried about Carly's dark signer mark reacting to her anger. "This was a bad idea." he said in his mind more than a little bit annoyed. Meanwhile Jet was exiting his plane when his mark of the spider glowed for a few seconds.

"Really? Well then, lets check this out." Jet said as he walked away leaving his staff to take care of his unpacking.

Back to the cat fight. Jack was trying to stop the two girls from from clawing at each other, but to no avail. Then Jet came by to introduce himself.

"It is an honor to meet the King Jack Atlas. My name is..." Jet before Jack interrupted "I already know who you are. Jet Princeton, AKA The Jet. It's an honor to meet you too sir. You have no idea how many turbo duelists, including myself, are impressed with your work." Jack said as he shuck Jet's hand "Oh well thank you." Jet said

Carly and Angela then bombarded Jack and Jet with pics and questions along with the rest of the present poperazi.

"Easy people. one question at a time please." Jet said "Mr Princeton. What kind of business are you here in New Damino City for?" Angela asked "I'm here for multiple reasons. One of them being that I have some family who lives in this lovely city that I'm visiting. Another reason is that I'm hosting a tournament that will revolutionize the way duels are played.