Yu-Gi-Oh! Hearts of Darkness *Reboot* [IC/PG-13/Started/Not Accepting]

[Durandamon]

When Amber walked by, Leon giggled a bit; he was actually worried about how she'd look on a dress, but seeing her dressed like that made her look cuter, and he blushed - [color=#800080]"Thanks hun. Don't say that!"[/color] - he grabbed his girlfriend by the waist, and kissed her while lifting her up - [color=#800080]"You look beautiful, as always, and even more. I myself don't like this fancy outfit, but I had it rented so...let's go!"[/color] - he walked to the guard, and he asked Leon's name - [color=#800080]"It's Leon. Leon Flamelock."[/color] - he walked inside, and almost instantly got a headache; he saw almost more Numbers than humans, auras of every shape, size and color. One of the caught his attention, a teal aura, surrounding a beautiful girl on a pink dress. When she turned around, Leon gasped when he saw the girl was, in fact, Emily. Amber said hi to her, and she looked at Amber in a weird way - [color=#ff0066]"Thanks, it's a gift. Not to offend you my dear, but this is a formal party. You should wear a dress. As for myself, I feel great. Thermal Baths, you should try one, I know the owner to a small place near here, I'm sure he can give you a discount."[/color] - she said, in a snobish, despective way -[color=#ff0066] "And no, nothing bad happened today. I actually haven't seen Seth since the arcade." [/color]- she then turned to Leon, and smiled -[color=#ff0066] "Oh, hi Leon. Haven't seen you there. How's everything?"[/color]
[color=#800080]"W-Well...I'm fine, thanks. That sure looks good on you!"[/color]
[color=#ff0066]"I know. [u][i]Some[/i][/u] of us know how to make a dress look nice. Ta ta for now!"[/color] - she turned around, and walked away, a pair of what looked like butlers appearing next to her.

[Kohakuchan19]

[b]"W..what was that all about...?" [/b]Amber pondered [b]"She says that nothing happened.. but Seth wouldn't lie to me... Emily wait!"[/b]

Amber followed Emily and cut her off by walking in front of her. [b]"First of all... I know you and Seth left the Arcade together, so I know SOMETHING is up.. Seth said you got in a fight with Dorian, and that he was going to be here with you. At least he said so in a text he sent me recently.. And Secondly, I don't like to wear dresses because they're itchy and they look ridiculous on me... but that's not important.. I need to know where my Brother is... If he's not here with you, then..."[/b]

Amber then thought back to another text, the one saying he was going to follow Emily...

[b]"Emily... Where did you go after the Arcade... After you and Seth left...?" [/b]Amber was going to dread the answer she got if Emily said what she thought she would... But it would explain the dress...

[color=#008080][b]"Something is not right.... I can feel it..."[/b][/color]
[b][color=#800080]"Me too... But I don't think this girl really had much to do with it..."[/color][/b]
[b][color=#800080]_______________[/color][/b]

Meanwhile, Seth was all ready to go to the party after the room service came in to primp him up a bit.. Although normally Seth wouldn't let this happen, He didn't want to risk endangering his friends by not doing as he was told... He would have to wait for the right moment to escape if he could.. He watched Butler Carefully, and occasionally glanced at the door, but would then watch the TV screen that showed the Hall where the Party was taking place, He saw Amber confronting Emily..

[color=#000080][b]"Typical Amber.. Already wondering where I am... ... I'm sorry Amber..."[/b][/color]

[Durandamon]

Emily pouted when Amber got into her path - [color=#ff0066]"First of all, learn your manners! One does not walk in front of a lady like that. And besides...h-he...S-Seth...He didn't leave with me! He followed me to the door and then came back to you...he didn't make it back!?"[/color] - Emily was truly concerned, but that wasn't important now...according to Dorian and Ashika, she had to focus on Leon - [color=#ff0066]"I? Well, if you really want to know, I was with my best friend Dorian! We were at the spa! What's so bad about it!?"[/color]
[color=#800080]"Emi...I told you, Dorian...he is..."[/color] - Leon tried to place his hand on her shoulder, but she took a step back - [color=#800080]"I don't care. He is my friend...he was with me when you...when...n-nevermind!"[/color] - she turned around, and made her best effort not to cry - [color=#800080]"I don't care if he is bad, he is good to me, he gives me things, he listens to me..."[/color]

[Kohakuchan19]

[b]"N-no.. I haven't seen him since you two left..."[/b]

Amber did not need to hear anymore... If Seth Followed Emily.. then that would mean....

[b]"Oh no.. Zebby.. You don't think he followed her THAT far do you..?"[/b]
[color=#008080]"[b]I'm afraid it is as we have feared... It is very possible that Seth could be in trouble... [/b][/color]

[b]"Emily... Did.. the Butler go with you...?" [/b]
[color=#008080][b]"Amber.. we need to try to look for him..! I don't know what Dorian or the Butler might do to him... I just hope it isn't too late."[/b][/color]

Amber turned around, showing her back to Emily [b]"Emily... ... If anything has happened to him.. I won't hold you accountable.. but It will be hard not to be angry with you..."[/b]

Then Amber ran off, trying to see if she could find him at the Party somewhere, hoping against hope that he really was okay... Amber grabbed he phone and looked to see if there were new messages.. there were none... She was trying her best not to panic at this point. She took a deep breathe and tried to send Seth a Text.

[i]"Seth.. Where are you? Emily said she hasn't seen you since you guys left the Arcade.. Please be Safe.."[/i]
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in the Suite, Seth heard his phone go off, turned out that Butler still had it.. But seeing on the screen Amber was the one trying to text him, He knew what was wrong.. She had found out.. She knew something had happened to him, and she was worried.. He could feel it.

[Durandamon]

[color=#FF0066]"N-No...I didn't see the Butler tonight. W-why?"[/color] - and then, when Amber turned around, Emily pouted again - [color=#FF0066]"I don't care, it's not like I care about him or something! Go look for him on a ditch or something!"[/color] - Leon decided that was too much, and walked in front of her. - [color=#800080]"What the f*ck is wrong with you!? Amber is trying to be nice after what happened to you at the arcade, and you are being a child!"[/color]
[color=#FF0066]"Y-you don't care..."[/color] - Emily looked down, in shame.
[color=#800080]"I do care. I care cuz I love you, Emi. You are my little sister! And Amber is Seth's! What would you do if I went missing!?"[/color]
[color=#FF0066]"I-Idiot...Don't say that stu..."[/color] - and that's when Leon had enough. He raised his hand, and slapped her right cheek with strength. He then turned around - "I hope that serves as a lesson to you." - and he ran off in the same direction as Amber did. Emily just stood there, holding her cheek. - [color=#FF0066]"Leon...he sl-slapped...me...my Leon..."[/color]

[Kohakuchan19]

After sending Seth a text, Amber was on a balcony sitting against the wall curled up a bit with her face buried behind her knees and arms. She was crying, but she could be seen rocking back and forth nervously, trying not to think of any horrible things that might have happened to him. She tried to think about him coming through the doors, safe and sound. She would have hugged him so hard if that happened. She had been through so much just to save Seth, and now, she was worried that she would never see him again.

Some time after Amber heard foot steps, they hitting the ground hard with quick succession, like they were running.. They got louder as they seemed to be coming towards her. Then they stopped. Amber looked up to see who it was, and Saw Leon standing thing, looking down at her with concern. Amber looked up at him, and tears started to leak from her eyes.

[b]"He... He hasn't answered my Text... Where could he be...?" [/b]Amber couldn't stand to look at him, as she buried her face once more..

[Durandamon]

Leon stood next to Amber, and saw her crying. He just...couldn't look at it. He dropped himself on the floor next to her, and held her tight -[color=#800080] "Ammie, baby...don't cry, please. He must be okay, he is a strong guy. If he followed Emily there...sigh...don't worry about him. I myself can get him."[/color] - he kissed her forehead, and kept holding her -[color=#800080] "Still...I don't know what's wrong with Emi...she...sigh..."[/color]

Meanwhile, Emily was still shocked, with tears running down her face -[color=#ff0066] "I can't believe my Leon..."[/color]
[color=#ff8c00]"He did it for your own good. Now chin up and stop crying, dammit!"[/color] - Emily wiped her tears, and started walking to the buffet, where several guys started talking to her at the same time - [color=#ff0066]"Hi, guys! Hello..."[/color] - and then she saw one that wasn't dressed like most of them, with casual street clothes (Josep). She approached him, since he looked so sad - [color=#ff0066]"Hi, sorry to bother but...are you okay?"[/color]

[Merci]

Rai had approached and entered the banquet hall, not a single complaint as he had shown his complete Heart Frame and wore formal clothes.

The formal clothes in question was something he had chosen himself. There was the peaked-lapel tuxedo jacket with thick fabric. Normally such tuxedos were of black or white in color, but this one happened to be yellow. While yellow usually gives off a horrible first impression, it is greatly contrasted by the formal collared black shirt he wore underneath, obviously possessing thinner fabric for flexibility, which somehow managed to blend and turn the yellow into something like lightning at midnight. Also, it had a unique-style tailcoat that somehow stood up, giving off a slight resemblance to the king of games.

Not only the button-up shirt, but the suit trousers too were also a dark black, furthering his image of lightning. It had always been a staple for trousers to be of the same material as the tuxedo. And his appearance was only aided even further with his hair and sharp yellow bowtie. And to complete the image, to complete the clothing that Rai had chosen, he had a boutonnière attached to his chest, a decorative black flower that looked like an alien moon battling against the lightning that he wore.

The end result was truly dazzling. Apparently Rai had put a lot of thought and effort into this.

[color=yellow][i]Hm. I never knew you were a fashion expert.[/i][/color] 77 remarked. When he had seen the suit at first, it looked dorky, but even he had to admit that it looked good on this kid.

[i]I'm multi-talented. Can't you tell?[/i] Rai laughed back, and looked around, walked around. The party was going on, and no doubt Amber as well as the others would be here. Spotting Atsuko, who appeared to be stumbling due to her lack of being able to cope with high heels, he ran over to her.

"Yo, Atsuko! I knew you'd make it to the semifinals!" He called.

[Merci]

Doublepost

[Kohakuchan19]

Amber felt Leon's warm embrace as she continued to fight back tears. He was Right, Seth was a tough guy, he always was. She would remember back when Seth and her were little, Amber would get bullied all the time, and Seth would always be there to back her up. Seth really was like a Big Brother to Amber, and she loved him in that respect, but there was never really a romance between them for some reason. Amber looked at Leon with tears still in her eyes, She wasn't crying out loud, but she couldn't help but sob. She couldn't understand why Emily was so cruel to say what she did, She really didn't want to picture Seth in a ditch...

[color=#008080][b]"M'Lady... Seth is not yet gone... I know he is out there somewhere..."[/b][/color]
[b][color=#800080]"Chin Up Amber, everything will be fine..."[/color][/b]

Zebulos looked over to Sonya with concern, wishing that there was something they could do to help find Seth, but They couldn't go to far from their holders.

[color=#008080][b]"Until should see if we can find this Dorian.. If he is here.. Seth couldn't be too far, and we'll know something is up if the Butler is not here with him.."[/b][/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

The paparzzi was going mad outside because walking to the door was the ever popular Dorian Von Schrodder. He walked in like the theme song of his life was "Sexy and I know it" his suit ever magical, his hands, nails, and face pampered to perfection, and his aura and smile were shining so bright. He was truly happy. He planned on being one of the later arrivals so he could maximize the paparazzi's attention for his father's company's sake. This was where he shined. He kindly paused as camera's were in his face and answered questions as nicely as he could. A true gentlemen was in front of the cameras.

After the song and dance was through Dorian actually looked around and saw who was attending. He could see all of the numbers and spirits but he was really looking at the others clothes. That tells you how much money someone is willing to spend for the sake of appearances. Of course he instantly spotted Emily. She had the odor of his money cloaked around her, quite perfect. Then there were people like goggle slut and Joesp who decided that it would be good to come to a formal event without formal attire. Ugh..this is why peasants are peasants and kings are kings. Some people just lack all forms of civilization.

Dorian made his way to Emily who looked like she was in some form of shock, but like a true friend he looked pass that and simply said [color=#ff8c00] Don't you look great! See the power of money its the medium to make us who we truly are. For example you finally look like your true princess self and well I am me so yay. So be happy parties aren't about all of this sadness. I'm going to go work the room I mean everyone has to know I'm here right? [/color]Dorian said in a joking manner. He didn't really stay to see what was wrong for it appears as if she was beginning a conversation with Joesp and as he saw Joesp he simply waved his hand as if to say hi and turned back to Emily. [color=#ff8c00]"Well I hate to interrupt someone else's conversation so I will take my leave, have a nice night you two and hopefully I'll talk to you later."[/color]

A couple of minutes of pure wondering led him to the balcony where he could see Leon and Amber but since they were looking away he remained unnoticed he proceeded to just sit there and get a little high off of their misery. Of course once they were somewhat peaceful he ducked into a group of people and proceed to have a "conversation" and he looked at one of the security camera's winking because he knew the boy had to be watching.

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Butler on the other hand was simply sitting by and watching Seth he knew that Seth kept looking at the door but that was of no consequence because Seth should know by now the second he left without permission someone is catching sniper fire and it may not necessarily be Seth. As Seth and Butler watched the text get sent and the phone rang Butler simply tuned it out and didn't even check the phone. This was the misery his master had been wanting and now it was time for phase 2 after he saw Dorian give him that wink. Butler turned to Seth with his suit on and shrugged his shoulders and he pulled Seth's phone out of his pocket. Butler at that moment said coldly

[color=#800000]"You can go now." [/color]

[Kohakuchan19]

[color=#000080][b]"You're serious....? You're really just going to let me go...?"[/b][/color]

Seth stood up and cautiously took his phone back before he made his way towards the door... Then once Seth saw he wasn't being stopped, Seth ran out the door and left the Hotel. He then started to make his way back to the Banquet and pulled out his phone.. It WAS Amber... She was asking where he was of course, Seth took the time to find a place to hide out to send Amber a Text back

[color=#000080]"Amber.. I'm sorry I worried you.. I had a run in with Butler, but I'm fine now.. I'm going to go to the Party now.. I'll see you in a bit. I need you to meet me at the front in a few minutes."[/color]

After that, Seth started to dash towards the Banquet.

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Amber's phone suddenly went off, Amber's head jolted up as she checked her phone, She saw it was from Seth's phone, He was still alive at least. Amber got up slowly as she read the message..

[b]"He's on his way... I have to meet him out front though.. Will you go with me Leon..?[/b]

[Love of Ghibli]

As Dorian watched the two lovebirds make for the exit to go meet Seth he could only smile as his ridiculously circuitous plan was about to enter its climax. He looked up not directly into a camera but knowing that Butler had to be watching just raised a glass as a signal to move on. As he put his glass down he made his way to the balcony where Amber and Leon once were and just proceeded to look over the setting. He could see that there were plenty of attendees still arriving but none that warranted importance. He nursed a drink in his hands as he saw Amber and Leon leave the party. Its so fun to play the game if you can easily control both sides. While he let Butler set things in motion he was wondering if Tron was going to show up. He would have to right, with all of these Numbers here it would be hard not to show up and that man-child would probably do something eccentric too. Dorian pondered this thought for a couple of a couple of minutes and then he heard police sirens in the distance.

~~~~

Butler watched as Seth left all dressed up and was especially delighted to get his phone back. Poor boy falling into the trap set by the brilliant, bald, Englishman by revealing the phone and going through the phone when as Seth awakened Butler placed an unusual amount of importance on the phone. It helped that he was able to respond or not respond to text messages. Nevertheless by placing such import on the phone Seth forgot that all of his other possessions were still in the hotel. Which was perfect and it just helped the goal. As soon as he left Butler waited 3 minutes he figured that was enough time for Seth to make a run for it and do phone Amber somehow. Of course he was right and his master raised the glass. Butler then stood up and used his own phone and dialed a number. The call didn't even go through all the way but the phone rang once. A minute later a knock was at the door. The Handmaidens of the Von Schroeder house were at the door ready and once Butler let them in everyone began to set everything up.

Everyone destroyed the suite and they didn't make any noise while doing it either because who wants the neighbors to here this level of villainy. As the handmaidens were slashing sheets and throwing papers everywhere Butler was busy searching for his stun-gun and making duplicates of Seth's fingerprints from the phone. When Butler finished his set-up the handmaidens had done sufficient damage to the suite. At this moment one handmaidens took the stun-gun with Seth's planted finger prints and fired straight into Butler's chest. The hand maidens were scared as the could hear the voltage going through the gun but Butler seemed unaffected, he was taught better and had been through worse. In his own way Butler was a monster to be reckoned with. Of course so was his master. After that display the handmaidens left and retreated back to the spa and Emily's room. She would probably need some help getting out of that dress later on tonight.

With the coast clear Butler simply used his phone and called the police...someone had broken into he and his master's hotel room, knocked Butler out with a stun-gun, and stole a 5000 dollar suit. Luckily for the police the criminal left behind some clothes, cards, and his DNA (in the form of tears and loose hair at the door from the headbutt). Immediately Butler could here the sirens of the police and ambulance coming.
~~~

As Dorian looked out at the view the spirits and numbers decided to be funny and started to sing. Dorian found himself snickering on the balcony and saying [color=#ff8c00]"....another one bites the dust."[/color]

[Durandamon]

When Amber looked at him, with sad, tear-filled eyes, Leon felt his heart break, as he kissed her again and again -[color=#800080] "Don't cry, ple..." [/color]- Leon then got really happy when he heard Amber's phone ring, and even more when he saw it was a text from Seth -[color=#800080] "See honey? Nothing to worry about! He is on his way. Let's go meet him."[/color] - He got up, and walked with her to the door. On his way he looked to the side, where some paparazzi where gathering around someone, who Leon couldn't really see. He didn't give it any importance, and walked toward the entrance.
[color=#00ffff]"Tee hee, looks like we don't need to worry, Zebby! I knew he was gonna be okay, me and Leon share like a sixth sense, or something. We knew he was on his way."[/color]

[Kohakuchan19]

Zebulos' ears twitched as he heard noises from a distance... He was hearing sirens... But he knew of at least three things that made that kind of noise.. Ambulances, Fire Trucks, and Police Vehicles...

[color=#008080][b]"I dunno... something doesn't seem right..."[/b][/color]

Amber and Leon went down to the front of the building, and waited for Seth, Soon, Amber saw him running towards them.

[b]"Seth!" [/b]Amber said with a smile as she ran over to him and gave him a hug. [b]"You had me worried Bro! Where were you!?"[/b]

Seth smiled and hugged Amber back, then looked her in the eye and told her what had happened, but softly, and even looked around as he spoke.. Knowing the surveillance cameras where hacks, He told her about that too. Amber then saw rings around his wrists from when he was tied up.

[color=#000080][b]"So you see... I can't stick around here much longer... I'm afraid that they only let me go as some sort of trap for you or me..."[/b][/color]
[b]"So why did he give you a suit...?"[/b]
[b][color=#000080]"You're guess is as good as mine.."[/color][/b]

[b][color=#008080]"The Sirens.. they are getting louder.. I have a bad feeling..."[/color][/b]
[b][color=#800080]"I as well... They are coming this way Amber... Something is wrong here... very wrong..."[/color][/b]

[b]"... I hear them too..."[/b]

And then all of the sudden, They saw Police Vehicles pulling up around the front.. Nobody knew for sure what was going on exactly... But Seth caught on quickly.. He knew who they were here for.. and it was him.. He didn't know if he would resist or go quietly.. I guess it depended on what gave Dorian the least amount of satisfaction. He turned to Amber with a frown and then to Leon.

[color=#000080][b]"I can't I fell for this.... This was their plan from the start.... Amber... Leon... I know you'll believe me when I say.. the only thing I could have done wrong.. was trespassing... Anything else is a lie... I have to go...[/b][/color][b]"[/b]

[b]"S-seth...? What's going on...?"[/b]
[b][color=#008080]"M'lady... don't you see...? The suit he was made to wear... Them letting him not only live but come to you as well... This is all a set up."[/color][/b]
[b][color=#800080]"... How crooked can this Dorian Fellow be....?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#000080]"Leon...? Take care of my little sister... See you around..."[/color][/b]

With that said, Seth turned to the Police, and walked towards them, calmly, and expecting to be arrested.

[b]"S-seth.."[/b] Amber muttered as she watched helplessly, she wanted to go after Seth and Defend him... But Leon would only hold her back.

[Durandamon]

[color=#800080]"Seth! You had us so worried! Hey are those...?"[/color] - Leon saw the cops pull over, and heard Seth's explanation with sorrow. -[color=#800080] "NO! F*CK NO! You IDIOT! How can you leave your little sister like this!? I won't let you walk away on her!"[/color] - he ran toward Seth, and pushed him aside. He then spread his arms in front of the police officers - [color=#800080]"You'll have to get through me first, *ssholes!"[/color]
[color=#00ffff]"LEON! What do you think you are doing!?"[/color]
[color=#800080]"I'm sick of not doing anything, with Shark, with Bacterian...I don't care anymore! I'm standing for someone for a change!"[/color]
[color=#ff8c00]"That is a noble thing to do, M'lord. But I believe you should step away..."[/color]
[color=#800080]"Shut up, idiot."[/color] - Leon stood still, with his arms stll by his side and sweat dropping from his face.

Meanwhile, Emily was walking alone, as she managed to lose the handmaidens, and was about to leave the party for some air when she saw something unexpected; police cars, with Seth and Leon standing in front of the Policemen, and Amber near them. She wandered outside, and got close to them - [color=#ff0066]"W-What happened!?"[/color]

[Kohakuchan19]

[b]"I... I don't know... And even if I did.. I couldn't believe it..."[/b]

Amber looked to Emily.

[b]"I.. I don't like what I'm seeing..." [/b]Amber looked back towards Leon and Seth. [b]"You guys..."[/b]

[b][color=#000080]"... Leon.. Go back to her! You have done more for Amber in the last 3 days than I ever have... Now quit being an idiot.. They are here for me.. I bet they beleive I stole this tux... I'll prove my innocence later... Now get out of the way Leon, or they'll take us both!"[/color][/b]

Seth shoved Leon out of the way and continued to walk, he then looked behind him and saw both Amber and the new arrived Emily..

[color=#000080][b]"Don't worry.. The more you react, the more joy Dorian gets out of this.. Go back to the Party.. and Beat that arrogant bastard tomorrow..."[/b][/color]

Seth looked up at the Balcony and saw Dorian, he then turned back around toward the Police..

[color=#000080][b]"After me guys? Come and get me.."[/b][/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

The a pair of police officers stepped out of the car and they instantly recognized the suit. As Leon was going to make such a bold last stand it caused one of the policemen to reach for their weapon. No telling what psychos this offender was hanging out with. As Seth moved passed Leon he was quickly put in handcuffs and taken away to the police station.
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Dorian as stated before was on the balcony enjoying everything as if it were dinner theater. Mainly because it was dinner theater for him. This game he has been playing has been one he immensely enjoyed and now its time to move some other pieces around. Dorian simply stayed on the balcony hoping the others would notice him like Seth did. Dorian wasn't going to run. Quite the opposite really he had been longing to have a chat with Goggles and now he finally has a reason. Dorian pulled out his phone and called his Butler. [color=#ff8c00]"Onto phase 3 now."[/color] That was all he said and he quickly hung up the phone as he was grinning his evil Cheshire Cat grin. He noticed Emily had made her way to the scene as well. Not that it mattered but slightly unexpected. He tilted his head slightly and realized the time for Emily to make a decision might come sooner than hoped. Pity because she was a fun friend.
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Minutes later Seth finds himself stripped down to his undergarments (also planned out since the suit is now evidence of a crime) and give a makeshift prison uniform and thrown in an interview room. A police officer came in, it was am older man, a detective really with gray hair a huge gut and look of seriousness about him. He sat down in front of Seth with a file that contained lots of pictures of the destroyed suite. The detective spread them out among the table so Seth could view his own supposed carnage. As Seth was having probably a good laugh at the amount of trouble gone through over him Dorian was surely having the bigger laugh. The detective made eye contact with the young lad and shook his head from side to side. [color=#008000]Oh Seth my boy do you know whose room you ransacked? Do you know how much trouble you're in?[/color]
~~~

While this was going on Dorian decided to take a proactive approach, turning into the skid and whatnot and sent a text message to Emily

[b]Hey What's going on? I can hear sirens outside, are you safe? What's happening? [/b]

He knew Amber and Leon were with her he can see them from the balcony but this is just getting fun.[color=#ff8c00] Oh look that's one down[/color]. He said with a chill as he took a sip of his drink and went back inside to mingle he knew the group would come to him. They pretty much have to at this juncture.

[Kohakuchan19]

Amber went into tears again as Seth was taken away... She closed her eyes tight, trying not to see what was going on around her. Seth did not put up any resistance, and She knew it was probably because it was the safest way for all of them. She still couldn't understand though.. This Dorian guy seemed to be out for blood for such a trivial reason. Amber soon opened her eyes and looked to Leon, and then Emily... She noticed something about Emily though.. Her cheek had a red mark on it... Like she had been slapped across the face.

[b]"E...Emily...? You're cheek... why is it so red..? Are you alright?" [/b]Amber asked... but then she heard a voice coming from above her. [b]"...?"[/b]

Amber looked up to briefly see a man in a REALLY fancy suit, walking off the balcony.. Her expression then immediately turned from sad... to angry...

[i]"Is that Him Zebulos... Is that who I think it is...?"[/i]
[i][color=#008080]"I'm afraid so... He's behind this whole operation..."[/color][/i]
[i]"But why...?" [/i]Amber thought as she got a little angrier at the situation. [i]"Why is he doing all of this... Why would he need to go this far...?"[/i]
[i][color=#008080]"Such is the curse of a corrupt aristocrat.... His Greed for Numbers knows no bounds... And he's been trying to get to you this entire time..."[/color][/i]

[b]"... If it's me he wants... Then he's gonna get what he wants... In the worst way for him imaginable...."[/b]

Suddenly, Amber's aura grew bigger, and she slowly... and angrily walked back inside... No body knew... not even SHE knew, that her final nerve had been struck... She kept walking, ignoring everyone else who tried to speak to her... Even her numbers..

[color=#008080][i]"Amber!? What are you doing!? Don't do this... If you react with Anger he wins! Please M'Lady I beg of you! Calm down!"[/i][/color]
[i]".... If he wants to meet me... He'll meet the OLD me... Nobody hurts my friends and gets away with it... EVER!!"[/i]

As Amber continued to walk by, anyone who was able to see numbers could see Amber's aura, and how angry it was. They would also see that Zebulos was trying his best to snap her out of it.

[i][color=#008080]"Amber...? AMBER! Please listen to me! You're better than that! Don't give him the satisfaction of seeing you this way...!"[/color][/i]
[i][color=#008080]______________[/color][/i]

Meanwhile, Seth saw the photos and then looked to the Chief.

[color=#000080][b]"... I'm sure you've been paid off by Butler or Dorian to have me locked up and throw away the key... So anything I say to try to defend myself would be a waste of time... But.. To answer your question.. that room was perfectly fine when I left it.. the only think I took was this stupid tux, and that was because I was pretty much forced into it."[/b][/color]

Seth paused a moment, and then pulled up his sleeve to show his bruised wrists which also had rope burned rings all around them.

[color=#000080][b]"I'll be honest... I WAS trespassing in his suite, but only because I followed my friend Emily there, she didn't know I was there... I followed her because we had a rather dramatic moment, and I wanted to make sure she'd be okay.. but She went to Dorian's Suite instead of her own.. They left the door open of course.. and when I was going to just leave.. my curiosity got the better of me.. I snuck in.. I think it was about 6:30 pm at the time.. I looked out the window to see that Emily and Dorian went out to the Spa across the way. I was going to leave right then.. but I tripped and accidentally flipped on the television.. Then I saw that there was footage from the local Arcade... where some of my friends were.. the people you saw with me before I was arrested... Amber and Leon.. Amber's like a little sister to me.. Leon is her boyfriend.. But anyway.. It seemed like I found a hack.. Just then.. I heard the door shut and the Butler was there the whole time.. I tried to escape, but I got knocked out.. next thing I know.. I'm tied up by the posts of a bed.. Which is how I got these.. from me trying to get out of the ropes..."[/b][/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

The police chief was offended by such accusations or he normally would have been but that just comes with the job. Criminals always have some sort of conspiracy behind them like the world was out to get them or something. There was no such bribery in place (simply because Dorian didn't feel there was a need to bribe anyone). But after that accusation he simply listened to this elaborate story. Funny how young Seth didn't have a hint of "lie" in his eyes. His brutal honesty may have saved the day...except the law is a little weird when it comes to these matters.

[color=#008000]So lets see. You broke into a hotel room, then you were "knocked out" and tied to a bed and I guess they, for no reason, decided to let you go with a very expensive suit as what a prize? Tell me how would you feel if someone told you that story? Would you believe it? I mean the only question that begs asking is if all these things happened to you why didn't you call the police? You see Seth I think you did break in and took the butler by surprise. You took him down probably thought you caught him off guard and killed him with the shock. You didn't think this would get back to you so you took the suit and thought you could go to a party with your friends. Well Seth it has come back on you and it is coming aT YOU LIKE THE HAND OF GOD!! AND THE NEXT WORDS THAT COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WILL DETERMINE THE WEIGHT AND VELOCITY OF THE TONNAGE OF S**T CRASHING DOWN UPON YOU!! Am I making myself clear? [/color]

What Seth didn't or no one knew was that Butler was already stationed outside of the police station waiting for orders.

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Dorian was busy having pleasant conversation with some of Heartlands staff and miscellaneous non-dueling personnel who just happened to be at the banquet. He enjoyed making new friends this way it seemed...humble. Of course he could hear the commotion as people were being shoved out of the way thanks to some overly angry goggles wearing beast. He decided to end his conversation and made his way to the balcony. Of course he bobbed and weaved through as many people as possible just to annoy the girl. He using the attendees to push her buttons just a little more each time. He was just laughing the entire time as if someone had told him a funny little joke. Dorian was at the balcony and he turned and waited for the girl to arrive maybe they could have a pleasant conversation and solve their differences with words, if not violence was always a good option.

[Durandamon]

[color=#800080]"I...I..."[/color] - Leon dropped himself to his knees as he watched Seth taken away by the police, his blood boiling with anger. His aura was reacting, and it started growing a bit too. He shook it off, looked at Amber, and then at Emily, who still had a red cheek. - [color=#FF0066]"My cheek? I...umm..."[/color] - she looked at Leon with embarrasment, and then looked down - [color=#800080]"I'm really sorry Emi...it's just that..." [/color]- Leon started, but was interrupted by Emily, who kept looking at the ground - [color=#FF0066]"It's okay, I deserved it...really..."[/color] - Leon then looked at Amber and tried to explain to her what happened without sounding like a jerk - [color=#800080]"I...hit Emily...I slapped her." [/color]- then, when Amber started walking away, both Leon and Emily felt her aura, and walked next to her - [color=#800080]"Ammie, don't![/color] [color=#FF0066]He isn't worth it, please!"[/color]

When they were about to reach Dorian, Emily grabbed her phone and texted him a last time.

[b]F*ck you. [/b]

[宇佐見 蓮子@C94]

Yuki literally paid no attention to people around nor his surroundings. His mind seemingly existing in a whole different dimension, like a man with no future. Why he is acting like that is an even larger mystery than why Dorian is being such an a**hole to everyone else. Was it because he hadn't had sleep for 2 days straight? Was it 51's revelation? Or was it something different altogether? Whatever the cause is, it shut down all of Yuki's connection to the world outside of his mind. With Amber and co. having fun at the arcade, it was hard for them to notice Yuki slowly exiting the arcade through it's back door and so, he left his group while zoning out. After leaving the arcade, he kept on walking and walking and walking until eventually, his mind returned to the real world just as he passed a cafe on his right.

[color=#4B0082]"A cafe... Odd. The last thing I remembered was being at the arcade.. Did I pass out again?"[/color]

[color=#000000]The cafe on Yuki's right was just an ordinary cafe like all the other ones in Heartland. There's nothing special about it, it's not a gateway to another world nor is it a hidden headquarters for a weird cult that worships Duel Monster. It's just a normal, plain old cafe. However, one thing seems rather off about it. It was completely devoid of life and activity. All the lights are off and none of the employees can be seen inside the building. Which is odd, considering that it's not closed, since the door is still open and the sign "Open" is still hanging on one of the building's windows. Yuki then decided to enter the building and take a closer look. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Is there... Anyone here? Hello?" [/color][color=#000000]His voice echoed through the empty building, which was surprisingly clean, considering it was deserted. [/color][color="#4b0082"]"Looks like this place is abandoned... But why is the sink still running? Why is everything unbelievably clean? What exactly happened here..?" [/color][color="#000000"]Numerous thoughts flew around Yuki's head for a while as he took a look at the outdoor tables. [/color][i][color="#4b0082"]"The table cloth's still on good condition.. Look, that table over there still has an unfinished meal. Odd, too odd." [/color][/i][color=#000000]He couldn't find anything that could explain what happened that turned the place into an abandoned building. Still, something on table #44 piqued his interest. [/color][color=#4b0082][i]"A jacket...? And a tattered one at that." [/i][/color][color=#000000]He found what appears to be a jacket stuck on the chair of table #44. The royal blue jacket had a large, diagonal tear on it's back and it's missing some of it's gold buttons, as if the owner was attacked. [/color][color=#4b0082][i]"Well, this is certainly interesting. I wonder how the inside looks like." [/i][/color][color=#000000]Yuki then flipped the jacket around to see how it looks like on the inside. [/color][color=#4b0082][i]"What... The hell...?" [/i][/color][color=#000000]The jacket's white inside was stained by human blood. Just by looking at the jacket, Yuki could instantly know that there was a murder in the cafe. If there was actually a murder, it would explain why the cafe was deserted and why the jacket is stained by blood. [/color][color=#4b0082][i]"Murder, huh? This is waay out of my league. I guess I better tell the cops." [/i][/color][color=#000000]Just as he walked away, several strands of hair blew past his face, close enough to his nose so that he can smell the hair's shampoo. And what a coincidence, the hair smelled exactly like Fubuki's wisteria shampoo. Another greater coincidence is that hair is lavender-ish white, akin to Fubuki's hair. [/color][color=#4b0082][i]"This... N-No way..."[/i][/color]

[Kohakuchan19]

[color=#000080]"[b]Shock...? What the hell are you talking about..?"[/b][/color]

Seth didn't have a clue what he was talking about... HIM catch BUTLER by surprise...? But one thing he knew for sure, was that it was going to be VERY hard to explain why he did what he did, and what Dorian was really after...

[color=#000080][b]"Officer.. I'm going to be straight with you sir... The reason I went in there was because.. Dorian is..." [/b][/color]He couldn't help but start shouting. [color=#000080][b]"THAT BASTARD HAS TRIED and TRIED AGAIN to hurt My friend... Amber... He's after her the worst...! Recently.. She was in a minor coma after we were caught in a fire late last night... We managed to get her to a medical center.. But and she was going to be fine... But then.. Those crazy bastards... Dorian and that Freak of a Butler came out of nowhere and Basically tried to kill her after we refused to let him take Her Numbers...!"[/b][/color]

Seth then started to calm down... as he continued his story...

[color=#000080][b]"Numbers... I don't know if you've heard of them... Or if you believe in Duel Spirits or not.. But... Amber has one or two of them... I even used to have one... One that possessed me.. it made me do terrible things... Things I regret doing... Honestly.. I should be locked up just for those crimes alone... I brainwashed people... all because of that one card... But Amber beat it... She freed me... Dorian saw her numbers power... That's why he wants it... He wants Zebulos... But... As for this suit... ... They weren't going to LET me leave without it... In fact.. If I tried to leave without their concent.. they would have killed me.. Or worse.. hurt one of my friends... But.. I think I know why Dorian went this far... He knows.... He somehow knows everything about us... He knows I'd do anything if it meant keeping others safe... So I did what they asked... I think he knew... that See me taken away.. would make Amber go off the deep end.. I only hope it failed... Please... I don't care what happens to me... just save them... Help my friends..."[/b][/color]

Then someone knocked on the door, and was soon let in... It was the forensics lead scientist.

[color=#add8e6]"Sir... I found something interesting about these... finger prints.... Look" [/color]As he showed him the pictures he had, showing the fingerprints enhanced. [color=#add8e6]"They seem to fade... Each one is weaker than the last... Real Fingerprints don't do that... not like this... Even washed hands still leave a consistent print something isn't adding up... Also.. The photo of the Butler's burn wound.. the time stamp says it was taken at 8:10 PM... Shortly after the ambulance arrived, but if you look... There are fresh marks on him... This burn had to have been there for no more than an 30 minutes before we arrived..."[/color]
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Meanwhile, Amber continued to ignore her friends as she pursued Dorian, dodging other attendees as they got in her way.. The next thing she knew, She had followed Dorian to the Balcony... She was still wearing her angry face.. She didn't even look like the same person.

[b]"Dorian was it...? ... You framed Seth... Didn't you... Why... WHY are you bothering me and my friends...? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?[/b]"

Amber wasn't going to take no bull for an answer either.. She looked like she was going to go Ape on the man.

[Love of Ghibli]

The police chief reviews the evidence which was clearly a God send because the story about numbers and spirits was pretty much certifiable sooo tangible evidence is nice.

[color=#008000]Okay stop with the card games it doesn't help you in the least. [/color]The chief rubbed his temple in stress because he knew who he was up against and therefore its almost not worth it but in the interest of justice he decided to tell Seth what he believed to be the true trap. [color=#008000]Seth...son listen to me if this Dorian is as evil as you say he is then he isn't aiming to harm your friends. Its a lot more subtle than that I believe. The problem is that when someone trespasses like you did and ends up with suit like you did those are crimes where people can press charges. In other words we have to keep you until this Dorian or "Butler" fellow decides to drop the complaint against you and if what you say is true then he will probably just use your friends for that. Which if you ask me is pretty nice if all he wants is a couple of playing cards. [/color]The chief took a sit back in chair and and put his hands behind his head.[color=#008000] Well I guess you can stay here for now we'll look into the rest of your story.[/color]The chief left the interrogation room and proceeded to make a phone call.
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Dorian amused by his own brilliance was busy waiting on his fated meeting with goggles. Of course he pulled out his phone and saw the text from Emily. Awww well I guess she chose. I guess I can be generous and let her keep the clothes princesses should still be princesses and all.. Dorian then got a call from a number he didn't recognize which was odd because there shouldn't be any surprises at this juncture.

[color=#ff8c00]Hello this is Dorian speaking[/color]
[color=#008000]Look son humans aren't your toys to play with and neither are the police![/color]
[color=#ff8c00]Who is this?[/color]
[color=#008000]Just listen come down here and get this boy and quit wasting this police forces time![/color]
[color=#ff8c00]Oh...I get it. Well this is annoying. What an unfortunate circumstance this is. You know Mr...whoever this is I really hope you do the right thing if you caught a criminal then you should put him behind bars right?[/color]
[color=#008000]What? [/color]
[color=#ff8c00]Oh...sorry I have to go I see my friends are coming.[/color]

Dorian had hung up the phone apparently his theatrics were a tad too theatrical. All you need is for one aspect of this situation to be true and you have a good foundation. How unfortunate for the police chief though some people don't take kindly to being yelled at. Poor chief he didn't even know that he wasn't worthy enough to be one of Dorian's toys he was more like a random piece of toy. The toy still had value and could work properly with or without it and it probably wouldn't even be missed.

Of course as he got off the phone Goggles is looking at him with anger and such. Dorian was loving this site so much so that he simply took a picture since those last forever.

[color=#ff8c00]Let's see, Hello...How are you, I'm fine thank you and you? Okay so now we got the formalities out of the way let me say you can't frame someone for trespassing well maybe but still. I heard he broke into my hotel room how rude right. So as for my motives lets settle that later this is our first conversation together we should be enjoying it. So did you know that I can drop the charges and let him get away and he seems to be a friendly fellow so I doubt there will be any malice with the police?[/color]

Dorian was grinning the whole time waiting to see what happens if goggles lost her temper.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

While sitting at the steps once again, he felt the presence of all the Numbers in the area, it was overwhelming, a form of heat was felt all over his body, and he wanted to extinguish it all, he had been having so much trouble with his desires as of late, Red-Eyes was far more prominent in his life then he had originally expected him to be, was it possession? No, definitely not, he still had complete conscious control of all of his actions, though he still felt nagging from the Dragons to attack the Numbers. "not yet....there are too many......and besides...some of them are...fr....frie...friends......aren't they?" he pleaded with himself, unsure of his choice of words.

"When will all of this end.....I just want to....." he thought loudly for a second and realized, after this tournament...he had nothing, Hannah was unsure to wake up....and the tournament would be over, the Numbers gone....what did he have left after this tournament was over? enter another? feel more pain from his ever growing power and connection with spirits? What kind of life was that to lead? "I don't want that....." he then felt a huge disturbance above him in a balcony....Inferno Chevalier...or something close to it.....was near, the one Number he wanted imprisoned the most....."that bastard....."