Turn 8: Feathers of Time

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Infinity Hunter''' ARC 1 “Rising Star.”

Turn 8 “Feathers of Time.”

“What happened?”

Officer Laurence Bishop turned around as Blake, Lance and Yuni appeared at the side of the crime scene. The store of Grace was taken apart and holes were blown into the store. Blake could not be stopped by fellow officers as he forced himself in.

“What has happened?” Blake demanded to know from Laurence Bishop.

“We got a call from a patrolling officer, that there was dueling action detected around this store. More then unusual.” Laurence replied and he turned to the store again. “When we arrived here, we found the place torn apart like this.”

“Did you find Grace?” Blake asked forcefully, standing directly opposite of Laurence, who did not back down either. “Did you find Grace or Jason or any of the other co-workers?”

“No, we have not found any of them. Though evidence indicates that Mr. Gael has been here and there has been evidence of a struggle besides a duel.” Laurence leads Blake, Lance and Yuni inside as he had allowed them entrance after questioning looks by his colleagues. “Look, I know you are friends with them, but there is a lot of blood in there.”

“We don't care,” Blake answered and Laurence nodded. “I just want to see what happened inside.”

As Laurence held the door open, Blake looks around. Tables were thrown around, the counter was completely destroyed, only leaving some pieces of wood left. Shelves were on the ground, blood was all over all products.

“I don’t think anyone is going to buy these products anymore,” a fellow officer joked, but he stopped quite quickly after he saw the glares of Blake and his friends and Laurence walked to him. “I’ll be checking the perimeter, sir.”

“Do that.”

“Who would do such a thing?” Yuni asked Laurence.

“We have no idea, though the fact that there has been a duel around here and this store is ravaged, there is a good chance your friends have been taken by the Aurora Remnant.” Laurence looks around again and sees scratches in the wall and blast burns. “It definitely seems like the work of them.”

“The Aurora Remnant?”

“They attacked Gillian as well,” Blake reminded Yuni and Yuni nodded, confirming that she remembered. “Now they are hitting us on personal level. But why?”

“Why are they interested in you?” Laurence asked Blake.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“As if we know that.” Lance interrupted and he looked at Laurence. “Listen we don’t know anything more then you do. We want to help you in order to find them back. They are our friends.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am not accusing you of anything.” Laurence quickly answered and he put away his notebook. “I was simply expressing my thoughts. And for your information, Grace is a friend of mine too.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know she is a friend of yours,” Blake quickly stepped between Laurence and Lance. “She is a friend of all of us. And I guess Jason was here to try and save her, but got into a duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And they were both taken away.” Yuni ended Blake`s sentence.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Exactly,” Lance nodded. “Which means you’ll have to check traffic cams and such if you want to find any clue to what might have happened here.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll find them.” Laurence then returned to the mobile command post of the police forces as Blake, Lance and Yuni took a look around the store. As they shifted through much of the stuff, there was no sign of anything that could point them into the direction of where Grace and Jason could have been taken to.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The front door of a huge house opened and a pair of feet stepped inside a huge hall. A grey robe was around it as the man wearing it carefully entered the house, holding his right hand under the robe and his left hand in front of him. His left arm was equipped with a duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The man turned around looking around, revealing it to be Justin. Justin carefully stepped onto a higher ground and looked around again. It seemed he was in the living room. He looks around again and sees an open door with a girl drawing pictures at a large rectangular table. Justin smirked and slowly and silently walked through the opening, before being held back by a sword like extension of a duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I was hoping you would show up.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito stepped from behind the wall, having concealed him behind, making it impossible for Justin to have noticed him beforehand. He slowly walked to the girl sitting at the table and tapped her shoulder.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sheila, dear. Get upstairs and don’t come down unless I come and get you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Kaito.” She hugged him and left the room. Justin maliciously laughed and picked his own dueling deck. Kaito pushed a button under the table and the table disappeared into the floor.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Nice toy.” Justin admitted and he inserted his dueling deck into his duel disk. “After I am done with you, she is next.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Never, as long as I live, will you touch her.” Kaito expressed his anger towards Justin. “You are a low life duelist who had to resort into the powers of the Aurora Remnant to defeat stronger opponents. You may have beaten Grace on skill during your second to last duel, but you could not have beaten Lance on skill. He is much more skilled then you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I suppose you are here to accept my challenge?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, but not here.” Kaito nodded to a stair case. Justin quietly followed him up the stairs and they came onto the terrace on the roof. He had a big terrace right above the big entrance of his house. “This is where we will duel, Justin. This is where I will exact my revenge.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Revenge for what?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“For what your master, Gakyru has done to me. What the Aurora Remnant has done to me, when I was young. That what scarred me for the rest of my life.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

'Kaito: When I was still young my parents did not have a lot of money. They tried anything to get money but they still loved each other. My mother was a beautiful mother and lady, but she attracted the wrong kind. And one of this kind was an apprentice of the master of the Arcadia Movement, Divine. I was too young, just five years old to comprehend it to the fullest extent, but the apprentice of Divine forced my mother to hand me to him. To allow the Arcadia Movement to do tests on me.'''

“So this is him?”

A man, with dark red hair, with some shades of black hair between it, was standing in the doorway, watching Kaito play with blocks and other toys as a woman was standing next to him. Kaito had slightly spiked hair already, but not the bangs hanging in front of his face.

“Yes, that is my son, Kaito. He is the one I have been telling you about. Are you certain you can help him?” The woman was uncertain of what she was doing. The man nodded and he walked inside the room.

“Yes, we can help him. His eye shows me he has extraordinary powers.” The man smiled as he picked a block and gave it to Kaito, looking into his eyes. One of the eyes twitched. He had black colored eyes and his pupils were surrounded by a small silver ring. The twitching eye, the right one, trembled a little when the man came nearer to him. “Don’t worry, Kaito. I am a friend.”

'''But he was not. As my mother allowed him to take me with him. Allowed your master, Gakyru to take me with him. A period of internal mourning began in my mind. I had to withstand the most difficult tests. Divine and Gakyru were unimpressed by my socalled powers. The only manifestation of power I had shown sofar, was that I could negate the psychic powers of other members of the Arcadia Movement.'''

“Change the power voltage.” Divine was standing in his green suit above the arena inside the Arcadia Movement building. Two duelists were facing off below. One was Kaito, being dressed in a green-white Arcadia Movement uniform. The other one was female and donning a white-red mask. She was wearing the dark red robes, no Arcadia Movement uniform. She had a black-red dragon on the field.

“Black Rose Dragon!” the female duelist ordered as she held up her hand in the air. “Black Rose Gale!”

“He is not good enough.” Divine commented as Kaito was hit by the attack. He had a mechanical hat on his head and it charged his head with electricity, knocking him down. “Give him another charge just to make him do better.”

“But sir,” one of the scientists protested. “That may be too much.”

“I don’t care. If he is an unworthy soldier for my army, he does not deserve to live in a perfect world.” Divine ordered and the scientist unwilling shifted the power to a higher level, turning the beams that ran over Kaito`s body in a darker shade of red.

'''It was the moment that I realized this was not my goal and that my mother actually gave me away for an insane purpose. I could not blame her, who could? She had no idea that this was actually the purpose of Gakyru, the charming man that had come to her house.'

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So do you now understand why I am more then willing to duel you?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh yes, but I don’t care about your history with the Arcadia Movement. The Arcadia Movement is ancient history, after Divine was killed by that Earthbound Immortal. Now it is for a greater purpose. We will cleanse the world of all people that are not like us and we will start with you.” Justin activated his dueldisk and Kaito had already his duel disk ready. “Now let us duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fine.” Kaito draws his first five cards. “We duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 4000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I’ll go first.” Kaito draws an additional card. He then opened his field spell card slot. “I activate Kuro Kamikaze, the Divine Black Wind. It is a field spell, designed for Black Feather decks.” The surroundings changed, leaving them now high in the air, both standing on a rock. “This card gains 1 Kaze-Counter per turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“A field spell.” Justin nodded and looked at his full hand. “Not that it will help you against my psychic powers.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that. I now play Gracefull Charity and draw three cards, discarding two.” He picked up three cards and left two in the graveyard. At that moment a light started shining on his field. “Now due to it being drawn by a spell card, I can Special Summon Black Feather – Breeze the Gentle Wind (1100/300).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A small red bird appeared, holding his wings in a weird position. The flaming yellow wings were sweeping above his head and below the legs. “Now since I can still normal summon, I summon Black Feather – Shura of the Azure Flame (1800/1200) in attack mode.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A samurai dressed winged beast appeared. It was humanoid and had a blue bird head. Kaito smirked as the red bird disappeared becoming three stars. “And now I tune in my Breeze with my Shura! Clustering stars shine on a new road! Become the hope we held high! Synchro Summon! Black Feather – Armored Wing (2500/1500)!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The great armored humanoid bird appeared on Kaito`s side of the field. The one eye of the warrior was focused on Justin, his wings spread wide. “I now set these two cards and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good, my move then.” Justin picks his next card from his deck. “I play Time Factory, a continuous spell card of my own. I can place 1 Time-Counter on this card now. Next I summon Hayabusa Knight (1000/700) to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Wait this is not the same tactic you played against Grace.” Kaito was curious what Justin was planning on doing next.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct as I lower my Time-Counters to 0 on my Time-Factory and place 1 on Hayabusa Knight. However that is enough to tribute it and Special Summon a Hayabusa Swordsman (1500/700) to the field.” The swordsman with the hawk face disappeared to make place for a larger swordsman with two wings. “Now I equip my Hayabusa Swordsman with Mist Body.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Is that all?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No.” Justin plays a card into his duel disk. “I send one card to the graveyard to activate Lightning Vortex, which destroys your Armored Wing. Now Hayabusa Swordsman, attack him directly!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As the Armored Wing disappeared into the vortex, the winged swordsman attacked Kaito directly.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 2500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I draw,” Kaito shifted off his next card from his deck. ‘ ''Ah good, this is fine and this will speed up my tactic. I have 3 Kaze-Counters on my Kuro Kamikaze, the Divine Black Wind, but first this.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ He swept of the card from his hand and placed it on the duel disk. “I summon The Dark Creator (2300/3000) in attack mode.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The new monster arose on his field. It was huge and had giant fists. Its thick black armor created the evil look around the dark counterparts they usually used. “Now this is just a beginning in my plan as I remove my Black Feather – Breeze the Gentle Wind from the graveyard to Special Summon Black Feather – Armored Wing (2500/1500 -> 2800/1800) to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why that power upgrade?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why? Because of my Kuro Kamikaze field spell.” Kaito smirked and he looked at his hand. ‘ ''Now it is the time to reveal my second effect of Kuro Kamikaze. I have after all gained 3 Kaze-Counters.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ As Kaito opened his field spell card slot, the area around them began to shine.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What are you doing?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I send my Kuro Kamikaze, the Divine Black Wind with three Kaze-Counters back to my hand.” At that moment a new Black Feather monster appeared on the field. “Now I can summon one Black Feather monster from my Extra Deck!” A new monster appeared on his side of the field, wielding a great sword. “Appear! Black Feather – Lone Silver Wind (2800/2000)!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh great.” Justin grumbled and he looked at his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I am gonna finish you off! Dark Creator, destroy his Hayabusa Swordsman with Dark Creation Devastation!” Kaito ordered as his Dark Creator flung forward and attacked the monster. However the Swordsman was still standing. “Of course your Mist Body.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 3200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now Armored Wing, attack his Hayabusa Swordsman again!” Kaito ordered and also the armored winged beast struck him, leaving a pin behind on the Swordsman, but Justin`s lifepoints dropped.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 2200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And now I order my Lone Silver Wind to attack your Hayabusa Swordsman! Destroy him! Silver Wind Strike!” Kaito ordered as the last Black Feather assaulted the swordsman. ‘ ''I could have removed that Wedge-Counter, but I decided not to. I want to have a little more fun and a little more information.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I end my turn.” Kaito was not entirely confident that the fact that leaving him with that swordsman was a good idea, but he had no choise. ‘ I wonder what else he has in store for me.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw. Card of Sanctity activate!” Justin and Kaito both picked up new cards until they held six cards. “Summon, Quart Knight – 3 in defense mode (300/300).” The familiar and infamous knight appeared on the field. “Next I set this card face down. Of course I remove 1 of the five Time-Counters from my Quart Knight to increase his attack power to 500 (ATK: 300 -> 500).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''I wonder if that face down card is that Time Transcending Cannon again, powering it up to release it with enough power to knock me out. Luckily for me, his Psychic powers do not work with me. Although I do not think he realizes that yet.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I place the 2 Time-Counters from Time-Factory on my Hayabusa Swordsman and tribute it to Special Summon Hayabusa Sword Guardian (1800/700).” Justin looked at his hand and shakes his head. “That is all for now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A door opens in a cell block. Two people enter, Gillian and at some distance Mr. Gerardson follows her on a quick pace. Gillian`s right arm was bandaged and there were still some scratches and bruises visible around her face and neck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your father has forbidden this!” Mr. Gerardson protested and Gillian paid no attention to him. “Please return to the hospital.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are my manager and you have to do and go wherever I go according to my parents. I was going here, so you have no choise.” Gillian looked around and a guard came walking down to her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Excuse me, but you are not authorized to be here.” The guard spread out his arms and Gillian smiled, showing him a letter.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your boss signed this. I had to give out some autographs, but he signed it and allowed me hereby to see my sister, Jennifer O’Hare.” The guard looked at the paper and nodded moving away before Mr. Gerardson could intervene. “Lead the way please.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Madame.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Mr. Gerardson stayed back and picked his cell phone from his pocket. He dialed a number, looked after Gillian and then walked away. The guard lead Gillian past a couple of cells, which involved a couple of muscular people. Some of them whispered as she walked past. Then finally at the end of the row, Gillian found herself opposite of Jennifer, whose hair was dirty and ragged. There was some dirt on her face.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Jen.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jennifer looked up and brightened when she saw who was in front of her cell. She rushed to the cell door as she saw her sister was standing there. They touched each other`s faces and Gillian smiled.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Gil, what are you doing here?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Remember what we said when we were young, Jennifer? Remember what you told me through that letter you send with the stolen trophy?” Gillian opened the cell door, which was allowed by the guard. “We would take care of each other at any time at any moment, even if our parents seem to be different on the subject.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, that is correct.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So that is why I came here, without the consent of our parents and come and get you out.” Gillian hugged her sister again and her sister smiled. “I need someone on my side I can trust, not someone who will pull away anyone just to make me better.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know.” Jennifer began and she walked back into the cell. “You don’t have to do this. If this really knocks down your reputation, I don’t want to be the reason. Just go and don't mind me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I do mind you, Jen. And I will get you out of here.” Gillian walked back and to the prison director`s office, past Mr. Gerardson who did not follow her, but instead walked back to the cell of Jennifer.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn.” Kaito pulls a new card from his deck and his hand now contains seven cards. “Now I discard this card from my hand, a DARK monster and due to The Dark Creator`s special ability I bring back my Black Feather – Breeze the Gentle Wind (1100/300).” The winged beast tuner returned to his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I activate my trap card, Ticking Clock!” Justin kicked his face down card in and the clock appeared on his side of the field. “This card comes into play with 12 Time-Counters. When all of them are removed, I deal 2000 lifepoints of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I tune in my Breeze the Gentle Wind with Armored Wing! Cluster the winds as the falcon rises! Appear from the soul! Synchro Summon! Rise, Black Feather – Syclo Falconair! (3600/2400)” Kaito chanted as the new monster appeared on his side of the field. It had a falcon`s head and was armored and bulkier then Armored Wing. The two wings were spread wide, black and golden feathers all over it. “Now by its effect I remove Armored Wing from the graveyard and return you Hayabusa Sword Guardian to the hand.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“A new Synchro monster.” Justin was a little astonished by the move. “You seem to be real on the move.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And now to activate its effect.” Kaito points to Quart Knight – 3 in defense mode. “Syclo Falconair, attack his Quart Knight – 3! Raging Falcon Punch!” The winged warrior forces his blade into the clock wearing knight, destroying it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I can special summon 1 Quart Knight – 6 (600/600) to the field in defense mode.” The golden-red colored knight appeared with the black clock on the front.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Another Quart Knight. No matter, my Syclo Falconair can destroy all monsters on the field.” Kaito pointed to the Quart Knight. “Raging Falcon Punch!” The Quart Knight – 6 was destroyed as well, being replaced by an even odder knight, having only one eye and a silver clock.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Meet my Quart Knight – 9 (900/900) in defense mode.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Meet my Raging Falcon Punch again!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hmmm, I don’t think so.” A new monster appeared in front of Justin. “Meet my Time Glory Traveler (0/0)!” The monster shielded Quart Knight – 12 from the attack. “Not only can it end the battle phase, it is also a tuner monster, which allows me to add 1 Time-Counter per attack that was done to me this Battle Phase, which result into four Time-Counters, because your failed attempt at my Quart Knight – 12 counts as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well then since I have nothing else to do, I end my turn.” Kaito lowered his duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good then, I draw. Since my Time Glory Traveler has 4 Time-Counters it gains 4 Levels [LV = 2 -> 6]. Now I summon my Dark Eyes Illusionist (0/0) and tune them in! With age comes power, with age comes wisdom! Rise from the millennia, fury of time! Rise, Superancient Time Sage!” Justin chanted as his new monster appeared from the Synchro Gate. The gigantic clock hanging around his neck slammed 12 o’clock the moment it hit the ground.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“At least we know why it is a psychic monster instead of the usual Spellcaster monster you utilize.” Kaito grumbled. He looked at the Quart Knight – 12 who had removed 1 Time-Counter as well raising its power (ATK: 1200 -> 1700).

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I utilize my monster`s special ability. Time Absorption!” Justin ordered as the clock on the belly of the Superancient Time Sage opened and all his cards let loose lights. “I remove all Time-Counters from all cards on the field. Which means my Ticking Clock loses all of its counters. But I do not deal them as damage to you, I choose to gain 2000 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 900 -> 2900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Plus my Superancient Time Sage gains 200 attack and defense power for every Time-Counter removed by its effect (ATK/DEF: 2900/2200 -> 6300/5600). Now Superancient Time Sage, attack his Dark Creator!” Justin ordered as the sage charged a blast from his clock and staff and pointed it at the Syclo Falconair. “Time Magic! Transcending Fire!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hmm, I have this in my graveyard. I remove Necro Gardna from play in order to negate that attack.” Kaito wiped away some sweat from his head as he looked at Justin.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Are my psychic powers getting to you?” Justin taunted Kaito.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, you may not have noticed but your psychic powers have absolutely no effect on me.” Kaito smirked and he looked around. He saw he was standing near the edge of the roof and he had to back forward a little, not to have to focus too much on the edge.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t care, since it will be all over for you anyway when this duel is over. Your duel energy is used for a good purpose.” Justin then pointed at Quart Knight – 12. “Now my Quart Knight`s Time-Counters have been removed as well, which means it gains 2000 attack points (ATK: 1700 -> 3700). Strike his Dark Creator down! Midnight Clock Slash!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I believe it is time to end my turn.” <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I believe it is time for me to continue the duel then.” Kaito pulls of a new card from his deck. “It is time for me to return my monsters to me. Monster Recovery. This returns all monsters from my side of the field back into my deck or extra deck and shuffle my deck. Along with them I shuffle my hand as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why would you do that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is pretty simple in fact,” Kaito explains and he inserts a card from his five newly drawn cards. “Dark Hole. This normally would destroy all cards on the field, but since I have none it is only a loss for you.” He then slapped a new card on his duel disk. “Appear to me now, Black Feather – Blizzard of the North Pole!” The new winged beast returned to his side of the field. It was rather tiny.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The famous Blizzard of the North Pole. You know I have dueled Crow Hogan once just for fun and he used the same card. You are nothing really special.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see.” Kaito retook one card from his graveyard. “Now due to his special ability, when it is normal summoned, I can return one Black Feather from my graveyard. Come forward Black Feather – Gilaver the Silver South (1800/1200)!” The winged humanoid beast returned to his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“When did you put that in the graveyard?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Back when I played Gracefull Charity, I discarded it. So that is why it could return, but this is not all.” Kaito raised his hand as Blizzard of the North Pole became 2 shining green stars and turned into two dimensional rings, making Gilaver the Silver South disappear in it and become a more armored bird warrior. “The wings flapping, the honor of the armor appears! Be my knight! Synchro Summon! Rise, Black Feather – Arms Wing (2300/1000)!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And another new Synchro that Crow Hogan uses as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Crow Hogan and I are different duelists, get used to it.” Kaito pointed to Justin. “I bet you can’t withstand the power of this attack! Arms Wing! Arms Buster!” The winged warrior flew at Justin, shooting him first and then slashing with the blade of the weapon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 600

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I conclude my turn with the playing of Kuro Kamikaze, the Divine Black Wind, again.” Kaito lowered his duel disk as they once again found themselves back in the realm of the air. “Show me whether you can finish this off properly.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know what I can do?” Justin threatened Kaito. “I have a face down waiting for you already a long time. A face down that can sweep your lifepoints away in one move.” He pointed to his face down card.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">On a rooftop at the other side of the street, Tyson was watching the duel between Kaito and Justin. Tyson shakes his head as he saw the dueling between the two. ‘ ''Unbelievable. He still thinks he can win with simply activating that card. At the other hand, he still has his Time-Factory. I knew Kaito would be able to block our psychic powers.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I think I might as well use it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Fool.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Tyson knew what Kaito might do.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I activate Time Transcending Cannon!” Justin was excited about his about to win situation. “Now it has gained 21 Time-Counters over the turns and that means by tributing it, I can deal 2100 lifepoints of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Effect Veiler!” Kaito jumped in with his face down card. “This does not only absorb the effect and negate it, but also allows me to gain 500 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1100 -> 1600

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now come out. 8-Claws Scorpion (300/350)!” Justin placed the new monster card on his duel disk and a small blue scorpion appeared on his side of the field. “Now I remove 2 Time-Counters and place them on my 8-Claws Scorpion and tribute him to special summon Stinger Scorpion (2300/2000) to the field. Now I use its special ability and lower your Arms Wing`s attack power by 500 (ATK: 2600 -> 1100). Now Stinger Scorpion, attack his Arms Wing!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I play Time Transcension, a spell card allowing me to pay up to 1000 lifepoints in order to add 1 Time-Counter per interval of 100 lifepoints paid.” Justin smirked as his Time-Factory gained 5 Time-Counters. “I pay 500 lifepoints and add 5 Time-Counters to my Time-Factory.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 600 -> 100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I remove my Quart Knight – 3, Quart Knight – 6, Quart Knight – 9 and Quart Knight – 12 from my graveyard from play to Special Summon Full Clock Knight (2000/2000)!” Justin chanted and the new knight appeared when he pocketed the four cards from his graveyard. “Now since my Battle Phase ended already, I remove Stinger Scorpion to increase my Full Clock Knight`s attack and defense power by 500 (ATK/DEF = 2000/2000 -> 2500/2500). I end my turn with a face down. Your move again!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Jen, I made the arrangements. You can leave with me! Isn’t that …….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian had returned to her sister`s cell. It however was empty. There was no trace of Jennifer in the cell. It looked like there was no-one. She looked around, panicking. Who could have gotten quicker to her sister then she? She was not that long away. The guard that let her in, came walking down to her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Excuse me, but where is my sister?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t know.” The guard walked around Gillian and walked on. “You might want to inform with the director, he may be better advised then I am.” The guard moved on through a door and Gillian saw a glimpse of Mr. Gerardson behind that door. She rushed to the door, knocking it open with her shoulder, that ached.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well hello, Gillian.” Mr. Gerardson was not surprised at all to see Gillian there. “What is the matter? What can I do for you?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You can start with telling me where my sister is!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am afraid I am not at liberty to tell you that. For your own sake and reputation it is better this way.” Mr. Gerardson stepped back, revealing the black limousine of Gillian`s father standing behind him. “Now if you will, please step in the car and come to the hospital.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Come inside, foolish child.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian was surprised to hear her father`s voice. She bend over and looked in the limousine to see her father. Her father was in a bath towel, dressed in hospital clothes, but he had his glasses on.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I said, come inside, Gillian.” Her father pushed on the chair, indicating to her to sit down there. Gillian did not move. “What are you thinking? Get inside! We have to get back to the hospital, before anyone notices us here.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian looked around and saw no-one. She then turned to her father and shakes her head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am sorry, dad. I cannot come with you, you will now tell me where my sister is or I will, not at all, come with you.” Gillian pressed the door against Mr. Gerardson`s feet, which made him jump.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where your sister is, is none of your business. Now get in!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No,” Gillian replied. “No, I am sick of this. You will no longer be in control of my life, I choose my own path and it seems that our paths separate here. Unless you give up the location of my sister, I leave.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your sister,” her father thought for a minute. “Your sister has been placed in a maximum security facility. It is to protect you, Gillian.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are just sick, really really sick.” Gillian turned around and ran off. Mr. Gerardson wanted to go after her, but Mr. O’Hare shakes his head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Leave her.” The father looked around and nodded to the driver. “Eventually she will return to us. We have better things to do now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The limousine drove off into the distance.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 100

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Begin turn.” Kaito pulls his next card from his deck. “Activate Descending Lost Star. I can return one Synchro Monster to the field, with zero defense points and no effect. So I return my Black Feather – Arms Wing (2300/1000 -> 2300/0) to the field.” The familiar monster returns to his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ So how far is he willing to go this time?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Justin wondered and he looked at his face down card.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I summon Black Wind Eagle (0/0) to the field.” The smaller winged beast appeared on his side of the field. It had golden eyes and a golden beak with red wing tips. “Now I play Double Summon and bring forth my Black Feather – Ghibli the Hot Wind (0/1600) to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Level 6, level 1 and level 3, he is going for a Level-10? But there is no Black Feather Level 10 as far as I know!''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Justin started to panic lightly.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I tune in my Black Wind Eagle with my Arms Wing and Ghibli the Hot Wind! Darkened gales, clear the skies and bring forth the wings of justice. Synchro Summon! Master of the Divine Black wind, Black Feather-Dai Tengu Sojobo!” Kaito chanted as his monsters disappeared in the Synchro Gate and a new majestic warrior appeared. It had two rather bend wings and a samurai like outfit. Its head had feathers sticking out to every side.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dai Tengu Sojobo?! I never heard of that card!” Justin protested.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You as a member of the Aurora Remnant should not be scared of a challenge! Your Full Clock Knight is toast!” Kaito smirked. “I remove The Dark Creator, Breeze the Gentle Wind and Shura the Azure Flame from play to place 3 Tengu-Counters on this card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Those Tengu-Counters surely must mean something.” Tyson was still watching the duel at the other side of the road. “Yeah, Justin is toast.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I remove 1 Tengu-Counter to make Dai Tengu Sojobo unaffected by spell and trap cards for the rest of this turn. Dai Tengu Sojobo prepare for battle!” Kaito ordered as all of a sudden his eye began to glow. A weird symbol appeared in the iris and the silver round around the left pupil shines as well. “Dai Tengu Sojobo! Tengu Cyclone Blade!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I remove Stinger Scorpion from my graveyard from play to raise the attack and defense power of my Full Clock Knight by 500.” Full Clock Knight pulled his sword and raised it in defense. “Now I activate Negate Attack!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Of course.” Tyson shakes his head. “Of course, an old school trap.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Minor setback.” Kaito`s eyes were still glowing. The symbol, the emblem that was shown on the back of his jacket, was still in the pupil of his right eye. “I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good,” Justin pulls a new card from his deck. “Then I remove my Hayabusa Swordsman from play to increase the attack and defense of my Full Clock Knight by 500 again.” He looked confident at Kaito`s monster. “Next I set this card face down. Now Full Clock Knight, destroy his Dai Tengu Sojobo!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You really think I am a fool?” Kaito flips up his own card. “Draining Shield. This increases my lifepoints by the attack power of your monster.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1100 -> 4600

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You think I am a fool?” Justin asked Kaito and his face down card he set, flipped up. “I reveal Clock Curse. For every card in our combined graveyards I deal 200 points of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That is 18 cards!” Kaito did not step back, he was still on the edge of the roof, but he definitely was amazed. “You calculated I would do this?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 4600 -> 1000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn.” Justin was comfortable he would win next turn, he had the duel in the bag. “Show me whether you can beat me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You really don’t want to push me.” Kaito looks at his drawn card. “I remove the last 2 Tengu-Counters from Sojobo and special summon a Black Feather Synchro monster back from my removed from play pile. Come forward, Black Feather – Armored Wing (2500/1500)!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The orange-dark blue armored warrior returned to his field. “Now I’ll show you true dueling! Black Feather – Armored Wing (ATK/DEF: 2500/1500 -> 2800/1800), powered up by my Kuro Kamikaze field spell, attack his Full Clock Knight!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why would he?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Fool!<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Tyson cursed Justin`s move. ‘ Have you so easily forgotten about Armored Wing`s special ability?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your monster is destroyed!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, but he left me a present.” Kaito smirked as a small rocklike shard was left at the Knight. “You see that shard? Well, that is the present and it is rather more interesting for me then for you. You see it is a Wedge-Counter. When removed it lowers your monster`s attack power to 0.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Black Feather – Dai Tengu Sojobo! Tengu Cyclone Blade!” Kaito ordered and the samurai like bird warrior attacked the Full Clock Knight, destroying it, blowing away Justin. Kaito smirked as Sojobo did not leave the field. “My soul and my ace, Dai Tengu Sojobo, you have served me well, my old friend.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito – 1000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin – 0

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito`s eyes returned back to normal as he deactivated his duel disk and reshuffled his graveyard and removed from play pile back into his deck. He then eyed Justin who was lying on the ground, groaning about his own loss.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“When you don’t play with your heart and your soul being dark, you have lost beforehand.” Kaito walked back to the stairs, leading back into his house. “I played with my soul and heart, and I won. Even though my strategy was rough and aggressive, even though I used my Dark Creator card, which I do not like to use, my heart and soul were in the light. Don’t forget where your heart and soul lie, Justin, member of the Aurora Remnant.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He then walked down and Justin sat up, scrambling around his cards and shuffling them back into his deck and setting it back in his duel belt. He heard a swift noise and looked up. Tyson had landed on the roof, apparently using his powers to levitate himself onto the roof of Kaito`s house.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have failed us.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, no. I am so sorry.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have failed us and are thereby a disgrace to the Aurora Remnant. We do not lose, we win. We play to win and fulfill our goal to cleanse the world from the bad souls.” Tyson picked a card from his pocket. “Master Gakyru has given you one more chance at doing it right. Next time, you will utilize this card, whether you like it or not, you will use it. Choose your opponent carefully. Next time is your last chance.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Tyson jumped from the roof, landing swiftly and softly on the ground. He looked up once more, shakes his head and laughs, before walking off, leaving behind Justin in a wondering fashion.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have you found it yet?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Mr. O’Hare was sitting inside his limousine and he was apparently talking with someone at the other side of the limousine. The other man was sitting in the shadows. Mr. O’Hare seems to be sweating a little.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, we have done our best to locate it, but we cannot find it. And even if you find it, you need living beings to test the process of finding the other half.” Mr. O’Hare shakes his head and looks at the man sitting in the shadows. “I do not want the death of any human on my conscience, because I agreed to help you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Do not forget, Mr. O’Hare. With one flick of my fingers I can make sure your daughter is dead or worse.” The man spoke in an ominous voice. “I need a test subject, someone who does not matter to anyone.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have promised me control over the companies and you hold you word?” Mr. O’Hare asked the man in the shadows. “They will be mine?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“As we agreed, Mr. O’Hare. As we agreed.” The man in the shadows took a glass of wine and laughed. He ticked on the window. “In order to make sure you will comply as you have agreed, we have chosen the test subject for you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Who is it?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The door opened and a second man with grey-red robes pushed a bound girl inside. She was blinded and a piece of paper inside her mouth. The grey-red robed man pulled her up and she was revealed to be Jennifer O’Hare, the same sister who had disappeared in the facility from the cell.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Will you agree with me that she is perfect?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Mr. O’Hare looked at Jennifer and pulled off her blind fold. She spread her eyes as she saw her father. He smiled and looked back at the man and nodded. The man moved out of the shadows.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“She is perfect. I will alert my search teams.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good, Mr. O’Hare.” Gakyru continued and he smiled, taking another sip from his wine. “Very good, Mr. O’Hare. I see a great future for you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake, Lance and Yuni were cleaning up the shop as the TV was on. The TV was for some reason one of the few things that were not beaten up by when Jason and Grace were taken. There were some reports of local tournaments.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am putting that thing off.” Yuni walked down to the TV.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ ''We interrupt this program for news out of the park. The sphere like object has now embedded itself on top of the fountain in the park and the water is shining. Authorities have warned people not to drink from the fountain, but it seems that some of the religious people around here see it as a sign of doom.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">” The female reporter showed how the silvery core, the Silent Core was on top of the fountain. “ ''Not much more is known, however Haz Mat teams have arrived to clear the area of any possible chemical problems. This is Jenna Stanton, live from the Park in Chicago.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Really, why do they need to do that?” Lance questioned. At that moment a Duel Runner arrived outside. The long shape revealed it to be Kaito. “Great, what is he doing here?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blake!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Kaito. We are in here.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito entered the shop, pulling away some cardboard shelves and walked inside. Blake shakes Kaito`s hand as Kaito sat down on the counter, which was partly cleaned up by Yuni, but she was not really happy with Kaito sitting on it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I just beated an Aurora Remnant member.” Kaito spat out.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You …… defeated an Aurora Remnant member?” Lance gasped.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, some guy called Justin. He dueled against you in that examination. I have figured out why that sphere is there.” He pointed to the image of the Silent Core on the TV. “That is the Silent Core.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How do you know?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know because I studied their moves and I studied their leader. Their leader is the same one who caused me a terrible youth. They call him Master Gakyru and they are looking for the Infinity Core, the other side of the balance of life.” Kaito looks at each of his friends separately. “We need to keep him from getting the two Cores. If he is able to obtain both, the world we know is gone and doomed and for them …….. perfect<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">To be continued…….

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM INFINITY HUNTER TRIVIA:

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Xander1216 probably liked the finishing move of this turn,  <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. Credit for the Kuro Kamikaze, the Divine Black Wind, Dai Tengu Sojobo and Syclo Falconair go to him too. In fact the whole idea behind the character Kaito is his.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">I altered the effect of Monster Recovery a bit (I think at least I did) to make it more fitting for this story. The version of Monster Recovery is added to the list of reoccurring cards on the Infinity Hunter Forums.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Originally Justin would have beaten Kaito in this duel, with the same lifepoint standings, but then the other way around. I however decided to cut one future duel of Justin and so he ended up losing.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Anyway, see you for Turn 9!