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

[Kohakuchan19]

Seth sat quietly in the interrogation room, waiting to see if anyone would come back to tell him what was up. He didn't have his phone so he couldn't call or Text anyone to see how things were going.. He was really worried about Amber more than anything else... He knew everyone else was safer than she'd be.. Amber seemed to be the prime target anyway... But Seth knew something about Amber that very few others did... He knew Amber used to be a very aggressive girl when she was little.. The reason she never had any other friends as a kid.. But She wasn't a bully or anything.. She only got angry and violent when people bullied her to the point she could no longer tolerate it, sometimes her outbursts were violent ones... She got better as she matured and hung out with Seth as friends, and such, but she still had that temper somewhere.. He stood up and started to pace around the room, thinking about what might happen...

[b]"You are a despicable human being...." [/b]Amber said to Dorian, in almost the scariest growling voice she could muster. (except it was no more threatening than a little kid pretending to be some kind of monster or something. [b]"That didn't answer my question.. It's not just what happened with the police... I know Seth, and he can take care of himself just fine... But Why us in the first place...? Why are we the target?"[/b]

[b][color=#008080]"M'lady... You must calm down!"[/color][/b] Zebulos said appearing before her. [color=#008080][b]"He's only trying to wile you up more than you are now... Don't let him win!"[/b][/color]

[b]"Zebulos... He has hurt, and taken advantage of my friends... I'm not going to let it continue any longer!"[/b]

Amber was slouching slightly, her face turned down towards the floor slightly while she continued to glare at Dorian with only her eyes.

[Des ＨＥＲＯ]

James slumped at the wall in the party bored as he waited patiently for something interesting to happen. When suddenly he looked to the balcony to see a confrontation between a girl with goggles that he remembered seeing in Day Two at the warehouse and a rich man that he remembered seeing duel in Day Two outside the arcade (Amber and Dorian). He began to slowly and casually move closer to the balcony so that he ca overhear the conversation. As he overheard the start of the conversation he then smiled. [color=#daa520][i]‘…Interesting, I have missed a lot during Day Three…’[/i][/color] he thought as he continued to listen to their conversation while remaining hidden from the balcony's view.[color=#daa520][i] ‘Hopefully they haven’t seen me, otherwise I will achieve nothing new in the end,’[/i][/color]

[AkatsukiPride!]

Mikey took off after Neo, beating his wings powerfully, remaining on his tail for most of the race. When faced with a narrow alley, he flew vertically through the alley, usually following Neo. As Neo got closer to the building, Mikey beat his wings harder and harder, and burst past him. He pulled to a halt and stopped in front of Neo, turning and facing him. "That's one fast bike you've got, hero." Mikey turned and looked at a guard, now laying on the floor. The guard was panting, pointing at Mikey. "You...You...You have wings!" Mikey's wings dematerialized, and he held his hand to the man's face. A green light flashed and the guard's pupils dilated. "[b][color=#800000]Wiped his memory of you,[/color][/b]" Kagayaki said, speaking through Mikey's body. Mikey showed his heart and registered. Then the man asked his name. "Michel Blaze," he responded. He turned to Neo. "I'm gonna go get ready for the banquet." With that, he ran off, and sprouted wings and flew away when he was sure no one was watching.

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After Blazey registered with Amber, she ran home to get dressed for the party. She put on a long sparkly red, strapless gala dress and red heels. "Are you sue this looks good on me?" she asked Lady Heat. [color=#FF8C00]​"You look beautiful, Miss Blaze. I hear your brother coming in the door,"[/color] she said. Blazey nodded and opened the door to her room, walking down the stairs. She turned and saw Mikey walking in the front door. "Hey bro," she said. Mikey nodded at her. "Hey sis. You look nice. I have to go get fancied up." Mikey ran up to his room. Blazey went and waited outside the house. When Mikey came back out, he was wearing a black tux and matching black trousers, along with a red tie. When Blazey looked down, she noticed he still wore his wight tennis shoes. "Well, you look pretty fancy," she said. Mikey nodded. "Lets go," he said. He grabbed his sister by the waist and sprouted his wings again, flying off towards the site of the party.

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IV was already at the party. He had teleported there right after he had qualified. He knew that Tron would probably be making an appearance. He did love cake...but that was beside the point. IV stood up and looked around, checking out the different semifinalists.

[i][color=#B22222][b]I don't see Seth anywhere. I knew he wouldn't be able to do anything without me! [/b][/color][/i]
[i]Maybe he's late. I sort of wanted to meet him. Maybe we'll battle your old enemy later?[/i]
[i][b][color=#B22222]Amber...she must pay for what she did to me! As should Zebulos! That filthy king...[/color][/b][/i]
[i]Don't worry. They will. [/i]

IV walked over to the buffet and got himself a plate of shrimp and pasta, and continued to walk aimlessly around the room while eating it. As he walked, a few people at the part looked at him, recognizing the Asian Champion. He looked around again.

[color=#ffd700][b][i]So what do you think of the party?[/i][/b][/color]
[color=#808080][b][i]Do any of the other Numbers or semifinalists look threatening?[/i][/b][/color]
[b][i][color=#ffa07a]We need not fear anything here, fellow puppets.[/color][/i][/b]

IV ignored his other Numbers and ate another piece of shrimp. "Good shrimp," he said to himself.

[Brinolovania]

Thomas raised an eyebrow. [b]"Memory wiping...that's a neat trick. Could be very handy, actually." [/b]He showed his Heart and registered, ignoring the odd looks the registration guy gave him. He nodded to Mikey as he left, then headed for the banquet himself. [b]"Heh...I don't need to dress up at all."[/b] Riding his motorcycle down the road, he suddenly started thinking. [i]"You know...the semifinals will have a lot strong players. That wouldn't be a problem...except it is. I've lost a couple times in the WDC. And in every single match that I won, I got lucky with my draws at the end. Why am I unable to compete well at this level? I'm a superhero! I HAVE to be better than everyone else! And I used to be, against normal people. But in the highest level of play here, am I good enough?"[/i] He shook his head forcefully. [i]"Stop thinking like that. Don't worry about winning now, worry about looking awesome at the party." [/i]As he thought that, he noticed that he was in fact at the banquet hall. Parking his bike in one of his customary alley spots, he headed in to look for people he knew. Or maybe just badassly hide in the shadows. But first, he went to find Leon and Amber or somebody.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000][b]Dr. Faker[/b][/color]

[color=#000000]As Faker commenced with his chemical experimentation, it became clear what exactly he was trying to achieve. He was in the process of making two separate types of poison that would do exactly the same job; restrict blood flow to the brains of those that've been poisoned, so that they were unable to duel anywhere [i]near[/i] as well as they normally could. One of these types of poisons would have otherwise similar properties to a sugar crystal, whereas the other would have otherwise similar properties to a salt crystal. Faker immediately mass-produced these poison crystals, and stored them inside several sugar and salt canisters respectively. However, that was just a part of the plan. The next was to create an antidote for both these poisons as a fail-safe, to prevent key persons from being poisoned... key persons not being the Tron family, obviously.[/color]

[color=#000000]Putting the plan in motion, Dr. Faker swapped every single salt and sugar canister in the kitchen that would provide the food for the banquet with those he had stored the poisons in. This in turn resulted in the chefs instilling the poisons into the food without even realizing it. Assuming the chefs would taste as they go, Faker had poured each of them a glass of wine beforehand, which had been spiked with the antidote. It still tasted as though it had been spiked, but at least the chefs had been saved.[/color]

[color=#000000]After delivering the antidote, Faker stepped out of the kitchen and out of the building that the banquet was to be held out, only to show up in the registration office dressed in a plum purple tuxedo, with an azure blue tie to match, and observe the finalists.[/color]

[color=#800000]"So, Akuma's signed up, as with this Kaiba girl..."[/color][color=#000000] he mused, before noting that all 24 finalists slots had been occupied, [/color][color=#800000]"Damn it, Heartland was supposed to save that last one for [i]me[/i]. No matter, I'll just make myself the [i]25th[/i] finalist."[/color]

[color=#000000]Dr. Faker re-programmed the finalist database so that it would include [i]himself[/i] as the last one, before returning to the banquet and seeing his masterpiece of a plan unfold. IV had already fallen for it hook, line and sinker as he grabbed a plate of the shrimp and pasta. He even commented on the shrimp being good. Faker chuckled to himself in the distance.[/color]

[color=#800000][i]'Perfect,'[/i][/color][color=#000000] he thought to himself, [/color][color=#800000][i]'Now for your father and brothers to receive the same [b]treatment[/b],'[/i][/color]

[color=#000000][b]Akuma Chishio[/b][/color]

[color=#000000]Shortly after Dr. Faker's return to the building, Akuma had arrived. Normally she would wear a white dress, but for this occasion, she decided on wearing a sparkling, sapphire blue, as well as wearing a small amount of make-up on her face[/color][color=#000000]. This was mostly just mascara, a single layer of foundation and morganite pink eye shadow[/color][color=#000000], and she certainly didn't pile it on; it just wasn't her style[/color][color=#000000]. However, something was clearly on her mind. Something that involved a memory of herself as a child.[/color]

[color=#000080]"You're thinking about him again, aren't you?"[/color][color=#000000] Gorz asked, meaning III when he said the word 'him'.[/color]

[color=#4b0082][i]'No! ...yes,'[/i][/color][color=#000000] Akuma hesitated in her communication with Gorz, [/color][i][color=#4b0082]'I [b]swore[/b] I saw him somewhere before but... for the life of me, I... I can't remember when that was. Was that when I was in school or... a birthday party, perhaps?'[/color][/i]

[color=#000080]"Well, if shedding really [i]will[/i] falter that make-up as you say it will, then I suggest you don't worry about that too much,"[/color][color=#000000] Gorz stated as a matter of fact, [/color][color=#000080]"He'll give you the answers you're looking for when he arrives,"[/color]

[color=#ff8c00]"And [i]then[/i] the make-out happens, am I right?"[/color][color=#000000] 96 asked out of curiosity.[/color]

[color=#000080]"Not even [i]close[/i],"[/color][color=#000000] Gorz sighed before saying this.[/color]

[color=#000000][b]Aivea[/b][b] Kaiba[/b][/color]

[color=#000000]Meanwhile, still [i]miles[/i] away, Aivea was now arguing with 91 on what she should wear and what she shouldn't wear to the banquet, and in the meantime was in front of a mirror in her hotel room, stark naked... well, except for the pair of greaves and gauntlets that 91 insisted she maintain. But [i]they[/i] didn't do any form of job in covering the areas of Aivea's body that shouldn't have exposed in public. Eventually, the two of them settled on Aivea wearing a crimson open-back dress, that still showed off a lot of her body, specifically her stomach, hips and as much of her breasts as deemed 'correct', and was outlined in pure gold.[/color]

[color=#000000][b]"Finally,"[/b] 91 sighed, [b]"Now let's get going. We [i]must[/i] get on with finding 89,"[/b][/color]

[color=#800080][i]'Couldn't agree more,'[/i][/color][color=#000000] Aivea thought to herself, as she teleported straight from her hotel room to the area where the buffet was present. Whilst there, she saw a few of familiar faces. There was Josep, who had helped her with the registration process, Rai, who she had duelled earlier and managed to acquire 91 from, and Atsuko, who tried to conduct their re-match battle while she and 91 were looking for 89. However, none of these three persons were what she had her undivided attention on.[/color]

[color=#800080]"Hey, you!"[/color][color=#000000] Aivea called to IV, approaching him in the typical hipswayingbreastslightlyshifting walk, only [i]this[/i] time, since she wasn't wearing that bar across her breasts, they bounced higher than usual with each step she took.[/color]

[宇佐見 蓮子@C94]

[color=#4b0082]"N-no! This can't be happening..! Tell me this is a dream.... Please let this be a dream....." [/color][color=#000000]The strand of hair brought Yuki to a realization. The torn jacket he found indeed belonged to Fubuki, no-one else would wear such a royal clothing everywhere and the lavender-ish white hair is the trademark of the Kandou family, whom Fubuki along with Yuki is a member of. The thought of losing his long lost sister destroyed Yuki's common sense. Instead of continuing to search for clues about the murder, he sat at the ground, cursing fate and blaming himself for forgetting about his sister. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Damn it all! Damn it all to hell! If only.... If only I remembered about Fubuki...! This all would never have happened!" [/color][color=#000000]In his blind rage, Yuki tore the cafe apart. He kicked the tables and chairs around everywhere, he lifted and smashed whole sections of the building using 44's power and he almost tore his entire deck apart. That is, until 51 intervened and stopped Yuki from destroying his cards for the second time. [/color][color=#ffd700]"[b]Enough, Yuki. I understand your sorrow, but please try to calm your head down." [/b][/color][color=#000000]Just seconds before Yuki tore his deck apart, 51 grabbed his hand, stopping him from causing further damage. [/color][color=#4b0082]"You don't understand anything! Try having your lost sister killed just hours after you're reunited with her! There are nobody in this world that can understand my sorrow!" [/color][color=#000000]Despite 51's efforts, Yuki eventually overpowered her grip and threw her off several feet away from him. [/color][b][color="#ffd700"]"Fine, throw me away. That is, unless you want to meet your sister again." [/color][/b][color=#000000]51 got up immediately from Yuki's throw and teleported herself in front of Yuki, shocking him. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Meet my sister? Fine, go ahead. Kill me. Throw me in the afterlife where my sister is." [/color][color=#000000]However, Yuki has no interest in 51's words and walked away from her. [/color][color=#ffd700][b]"Fubuki is still alive." [/b][/color][color=#000000]51's words surprised Yuki. He turned around and looked at 51 with an untrusting glare. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Alright. I'll listen to your pathetic ramblings one last time." [/color][color=#000000]Yuki spat. [/color][color="#ffd700"][b]"I am not rambling. I can sense Fubuki's life force several blocks away from here. If you believe me, then follow me to her. If you don't, you can do whatever you want." [/b][/color][color=#000000]51's words calmed Yuki down. He stopped raging and tried to think straight. And then, without much thinking, he approached 51 and accepted her offer. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Fine. You better not lie to me, 51." [/color][color=#ffd700][b]"Why would I lie?" [/b][/color][color=#000000]After that, 51 flew towards Fubuki's location with Yuki following behind her.[/color]

[color=#000000]=[/color][color=#000000]*meanwhile*[/color]

[color=#006400]"Rise and shine... 'Princess[/color][color="#000000"].'[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Urgh... Where... Am I?"[/color]

[color="#000000"]Fubuki woke up chained to the wall in a strange, empty warehouse she had not seen before. Before passing out, the last thing she remembered was being assaulted by a cloaked, masked man wielding a dagger in the cafe. Of course, she tried to defend herself from the man, but after a diagonal slash in her back by a knife, she fainted and the next thing she knew was waking up in the warehouse. [/color]

[color=#008000]"Ah. You're awake. Good to see you survived the 'Operation."[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Who's there?! Where are you? Show yourself! Release me from these chains!"[/color]

[color=#000000]Fubuki heard an odd, almost creepy sounding voice coming from the shadows inside the warehouse. She tried to break the chains but to no avail. She was just a high school student, the chains are strong enough to restrict an elephant. Out from the shadows came a man dressed in the same cloak as her assailant. The man walked towards Fubuki and grabbed her chin.[/color]

[color=#008000]"Oh. You want out? But you look so desperately cute with those chains. Why don't you stay put right there and act cute for your 'Master', hmm?"[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"L-Let go of me you perverted bastard! And you're not my master!"[/color]
[color=#006400]"That's really no way to talk to your master. Have you forgotten your position already, princess?"[/color]

[color=#000000]Fubuki's words stroke anger to the cloaked man. He then placed a duct tape on Fubuki's mouth, stopping her from saying another word. At first, Fubuki was furious, but then, she calmed down after using up all of her remaining strength.[/color]

[color=#006400]"Good girl. Now that you're calm, let me explain what happened. You see, I don't know whether you're familiar with this or not, but there are cards called 'Numbers' in this world."[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Mmmph?" (Numbers?)[/color]
[color=#006400]"Yes, numbers. These numbers are evil, vile creatures that turned whomever wielded it evil. The numbers killed my best friend after driving him insane with power and my house along with my wife and children was destroyed by a person possessed by these numbers. I hate them. I want to rid the world of these vile things and you are the perfect candidate to do it. [/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Mmmph, mmp mummph?" (Well, why don't you kill them yourself?)[/color]
[color=#006400]"Oh, but you see, I am but an old man. I no longer have the strength to hunt them on my own. I need someone to do it for me. Someone... Young and athletic."[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Mmph mmmph mummmph?" (What makes you think I'm able to do it?)[/color]
[color=#006400]"I 'modified' your body a bit."[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"MMMMPH?!" (Modify?!)[/color]
[color=#006400]"It's nothing special. I simply used the arcane arts to implant the "Eye Of The Satori" on your right eye, which allows you to see whether a person's soul. If the person's soul is white, then he has no numbers, if his soul is black, then he is tainted by the numbers. Your right arm has been replaced by the "Kappa's Arm." With it, you can rip a number out of a person's soul and destroy it. With the two combined, you are now a fully fledged numbers hunter. Now, is the explanation good enough, princess?"[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Pfft. Mmph mmmph muhmmm?" (Heh, what makes you think I'm gonna destroy numbers for you?)[/color]
[color=#006400]"You will hunt those numbers for me. That is, after I implant this chip to your head. Once this chip is in your head, you will forever be my personal slave that obeys my every whim."[/color]

[color=#000000]After a lengthy conversation, the man eventually brought out a micro-drill with a chip on the end of it on his hand. The drill began to move slowly towards Fubuki's forehead, as some sort of countdown until Fubuki eventually be turned as the man's doll.[/color]

[color="#000000"][b]*Kaboom*[/b][/color]

[color=#006400]"Who did that?!" [/color][color=#000000]The sound of the explosion distracted the cloaked man, making him look behind him for whomever created the explosion. Once he looked up, he saw that his warehouse now had a large hole on it and that a man wielding black gun was obstructing the clear night view. [/color][color=#008000]"Y-You... Vile creature!" [/color][color=#000000]The man panicked and rushed towards his table. He then took his gun and began shooting towards the sky. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Die!" [/color][color=#000000]Yuki shot a psychokinetic bullet at the man, hitting him right in his stomach, causing him to fall to the ground and bleed. [/color][color="#ee82ee"]"MMMPH!" (Brother!) [/color][color=#000000]Noticing Fubuki in the corner of the warehouse, Yuki dived down towards her and cut the chains binding her to the wall as well as opening the tape stuck to her mouth. [/color][color=#4b0082]"Are you alright, Fubuki?" [/color][color=#ee82ee]"Y-Yeah. Come on, let's get out of this place!" [/color][color="#000000"]After releasing her, Yuki immediately assisted her sister up, but before they both can leave the warehouse, the man stood up and opened his cloak, revealing a time bomb strapped to his chest with the number 00:10 on the clock. [/color][color=#006400]"Vile numbers!"[/color] ([color=#000000]00:07) "[/color][color=#006400]Die together with me!"[/color] (00:05) [color=#006400]"I shall purge this world of your impurities!" [/color][color=#000000](00:03[/color][color="#006400"]) "Die!" [/color][color=#000000]00:00[/color]

[color=#000000]*click[/color]*
[color=#000000]*kaboooom*[/color]

[color=#000000]The bomb exploded in a spectacular flame just as the man finished his farewell speech. Unluckily for him, his death was in vain. As Yuki managed to shield himself and his sister using his psychokinetic wall, allowing them to fly out of the place unscathed, safe for a few tears in Fubuki's red kimono the man gave her.[/color]

[color=#4b0082]"That was close..." [/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"I somewhat feel sorry for that man..."[/color]
[color=#4B0082]"Why? Wasn't he doing unspeakable things to you?"[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"He lost something dear to him because of the numbers, yet until the end, he still couldn't get his revenge."[/color]
[color=#4B0082]"Forget about him. Come on, let's go. Back to our hotel." [/color]

[color="#000000"]Yuki grabbed Fubuki's hand as he flew back towards the hotel. Just moments before they leave the place, Fubuki shed a tear. A tear out of fear, compassion and anger. She didn't know how she should feel about the man. Should she feel anger for kidnapping her? Should she feel fear after what he did to her? Or should she feel sorry for him because of his tragic ending? Whatever her feeling, it was conveyed to the man as her tear eventually landed on the man's mask. [/color]

[color="#000000"]*a few while later*[/color]

[color="#4b0082"]"Alright, Fubuki. I'm going to the banquet."[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"With those clothes? Are you kidding me?"[/color]
[color=#4B0082]"Well, I don't have a tux in my possession. What do you think?"[/color]
[color=#EE82EE]"Sigh. Oh well, have fun."[/color]
[color=#4B0082]"Bye. I promise I'll be back soon."[/color]

[color=#000000]With his goodbyes over, Yuki jumped out of his hotel room window and flew towards the banquet, leaving Fubuki to do whatever she wishes for the night. She then tried to remove her bandage wrapped right arm, which has reportedly been replaced by the "Kappa's Arm." As she began to unwrap to bandage, she noticed something odd. There was literally nothing underneath the bandage, like her arm was invisible. [/color][color=#ee82ee][i]"What on earth..?" [/i][/color][color=#000000]Out of shock, she re-wrapped the bandage around her arm and tried to grab her deck box on the table. [/color][color=#000000]Surprisingly enough, she can grab objects with her right arm, despite the fact that it is basically some bandage wrapped in thin air made to resemble a hand. [/color][color=#ee82ee][i]"Banquet, huh? Sounds interesting." [/i][/color][color=#000000]After several of minutes of doing nothing in her room, Fubuki decided to follow Yuki towards the banquet. [/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

Dorian let out a slight sigh as his target kept spewing on about how despicable he was. Surely she wasn't understanding the situation. He decided to stretch lightly and let out a yawn.

[color=#ff8c00]"So you know he still has to go to jail right? Which do you think is worse the beatings, the "violations", the constant fear for your life, or dying. I mean knowing Seth he probably thinks somewhere in his sad little mind that he had it coming. Hmmm anywho why do you care for the reason that I targeted you, you are being targeted so live with it. Now let us cut to the chase I have a party to get too and though you clearly do not care about appearances I somewhat do. Here is the deal tomorrow at the semi-finals or whatever it is I think we are having some form of free-for-all and in this free-for-all you have to find Yuki duel him and when you do wager your numbers. See its simple I'm not even forcing you to win just wager Hamtaro and the Old Maid that is all."[/color]

Dorian paused to let the beast process the information he did here Zebby in the corner talking but what they didn't know is that if Amber so much as sneezed in Dorian's direction his spirits and numbers were going to come down upon her like a storm. Dorian was restraining his forces the entire time but nevertheless it was fun to watch the beast foam at the mouth figuratively that is.

[color=#ff8c00]"Oh one more thing...Let me touch your face."[/color] Dorian holding back his laughter as those words exited his mouth.

[Kohakuchan19]

[b]"...You... I could hear you while I was in my little coma.. You were talking down to him and MADE him feel worse about what happened the night before... And WHY do I care about why I'm being targetted? BECAUSE YOU'RE HURTING MY FRIENDS, THAT'S WHY!!"[/b]

Amber yelled at the top of her lungs angrily.. Her facial expression may not have looked threatening, but her yelling voice was another story. If was loud enough, and heavy enough to be taken seriously by just about anyone who could hear it. Bouncers could hear it as well. Amber then heard Dorian's Demands and was a bit shocked... Even if it was for numbers.. she still found all of this over a card game to be ridiculous, but for her, it was more than that.. She was angry for what happened to her friends today, and the night before... Amber actually stood there to think... Zebulos let out a sigh of relief knowing Amber was a little calmer, but he knew she was still angry... He had to tell her something while he still had the chance.

[color=#008080][i]"M'Lady... You can't have a wager duel against Yuki... It's a lose lose situation.."[/i][/color]
[i]"Not that I was going to... but why?"[/i]
[i][color=#008080]"Because... One of those numbers is the only thing keeping Yuki's soul in this world.. If he loses her in a duel, he WILL die... And If you lose me to him... I don't even want to think about it..."[/color][/i]
[i]".... So... Does Dorian know this...???"[/i]
[i][color=#008080]"I don't know.. He doesn't seem to care if you win or lose... but if he knows he'll duel one of you in the end.. He probably doesn't care who wins..."[/color][/i]
[i]"Dorian... I'll Duel him myself If I ever get the chance tomorrow..."[/i]

Amber, Still wishing some form of revenge on Dorian for what he has done... Went back to her snarl and got into a defensive stance.. As if she was waiting for an attack, and was definitely ready to slap any hands that went to touch her face, which she would definitely do if Dorian reached for her face. Hell.. She might even try to bite off his fingers.

[b]"Ew..! Why would I let you touch my face!? That has to be one of the strangest and creepiest demand I've ever heard of!"[/b]Amber glared a little more.
[b]"And by the way.. Zebulos is NOT a hamster! He's and Opossum! He's not even a rodent, he's a marsupial! And Star might be old.. but then again if you think about it.. They ALL are, Just cause they look young doesn't mean they are..."[/b]

[b][color=#800080]"Hey!"[/color][/b]

[b]"Sorry... But I will not accept your silly demands.. I will duel whoever I damn well please tomorrow... And you better be ready.. cause You're on my hit list!"[/b]

Amber having calmed down quite a bit.. decided she was going to get her revenge tomorrow... just as she turned, she saw a bouncer.

[color=#daa520]"Do we have a problem here Miss...?" [/color]Said the bouncer

[b]"Nope, Sorry for disturbing anyone. Everything is fine now...."[/b] Amber then looked over her shoulder to Dorian [b]"Or at least it WILL be..."[/b]

[color=#daa520]"Alright then.. I must ask that everyone report to the main hall however, The host will be making an appearance soon."[/color]

[b]"Alright.. Thank you for telling us sir."[/b] Amber said as she walked back down to the main hall, and decided to look for her friends... She sees young James, as she passes by, she waves in a friendly manner, having not actually seen this boy before, and keeps walking.

Amber reaches the Banquet hall, (aka the main hall) and continues to look for her friends.. She then finds herself at one of the buffet tables, she looks down at the food. It looked really tasty, but she already had a big dinner, so she felt no need to eat any of it.. She then saw the GIANT cake in the far end of the room... She looked up at it in awe, it was the biggest cake she had ever seen, it looked delicious! She wanted some, but decided to wait till she was sure it was time to eat the cake.. But she seemed to forget about being angry.

[color=#008080][i]"Sigh.. M'lady... What are you doing...?"[/i][/color]
[i]"That Cake looks really yummy... I can't wait to have a piece!"[/i]
[i][color=#008080]"You should be looking for the others.. Sonya! Amber is here by the Cake, We all need to talk."[/color][/i]

[Merci]

"Hey!" Rai noticed Amber looking at the cake and ran over to her, for a moment forgetting to control his speed. He reached her within less than ten seconds, a yellow flash that easily evaded the eyes of people. But it was only luck that there hadn't been a table or anything right in front of him or else there would've been a crash and a mess. Once he reached her, he straightened himself out and flashed a smile. He glanced at the cake.

"It's really big, huh? But I wonder how we're gonna eat the upper parts, seeing as it'd come crashing down if somebody ate enough of it from here..." He remarked.

[Durandamon]

Leon and Emily finally got to where Dorian and Amber were, and stood behind her. Emily couldn't believe her good friend, after giving her a dress and all the fancy stuff, could be so mean. Still, Leon was doing his best to hold his desire to punch Dorian in the face, specially when he mentioned Yuki. Also, when he said he wanted to touch Amber's face, he got really creeped out and grabbed Amber's hand - [color=#800080]"Yeah try to do that, *ss. I f*cking dare you."[/color] - Then the bouncer appeared and he just sighed. He walked into the room again while holding Amber's hand. Emily, however, stayed there, looking at Dorian with a mix of disgust and sadness - [color=#ff0066]"W-Why...I thought you were a good person! I trusted you...see you around, Mr.Dorian. Enjoy the rest of the party"[/color] - she then left, surprisingly not crying, and caught up with her friends.

They reached the banquet hall, and Emily's reaction to the cake was the same as Amber's. - [color=#ff0066]"Wooow! Can we eat it now, Amber, Leon, can we!?"[/color] - she said, like a small girl would at a party. Leon just smiled as, for now, everything was good between them. - [color=#800080]"We should get near thou. Maybe that's where the host will appear. Or...hey!" [/color]- Leon almost fell to the ground as a bolt of lightning, which turned out to be Rai, ran past him - [color=#800080]"R-Rai? You made it too, huh?"[/color]

[color=#00ffff]"I'm here Zebby. What is it?"[/color]

[Merci]

The bolt of lightning in a suit known as Rai was still wondering how to eat a cake that big. Maybe you'd have to climb up to the top first, but that would be really messy and then nobody else would want to eat it. Finally, he gave up, deciding that cake didn't matter. He turned to Amber's girlfriend, Leon, and shrugged.

"Have we met...? Anyway, of course! Apparently some side effect of being struck by lightning caused my brain cells to accelerate or whatever, letting me duel better..erm, but unlike you guys, there's not really any reason left for me to participate in this carnival..." He smiled a bit as he remembered. "That is, other than the score I need to settle with your girlfriend."

[color=yellow]"Hold on, whatever happened to stopping the other Numbers?"[/color] 77 protested to him.

[i]Come on. You and I both know that there's plenty of heroes capable of doing that. So let's just leave it to then, and enjoy the semifinals.[/i]

[Des ＨＥＲＯ]

After hearing to report to the main hall, James waited at his station and was surprised at Amber for noticing him listening to her conversation with Dorian. [color=#daa520][i]‘Oh great, I am certainly caught,’ [/i][/color]James thought suddenly shocked by her friendly wave considering he thought she would have noticed him. [color=#daa520][i]‘Even when not possessed, that Seth guy must talk a lot,’[/i][/color] he thought shrugging as he walked onwards to the main hall.

As James got to the main hall, he stared at the buffet and licked his lips in complete awe at the wide range of food available.[color=#daa520][i] ‘Delicious…’ [/i][/color]he thought smiling heavily until he realized by the large amount of people nearby he had to be more serious. His childish expression changed into his calm and cold face. [color=#daa520][b]“Quite decent,”[/b][/color] he muttered on purpose as his stomach growled. He didn’t have enough time to eat before arriving so he scanned the food to find what he would like to eat.


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Omega entered the main and stared at it unimpressed. [i][b]‘It looks like they are not only insane when it comes down to Duel Monsters…That cake looks more like a weapon or a decoration than food for us to eat,’[/b][/i] Omega thought rejecting the food completely as he waited for the banquet to really kick off. [i][b]‘Things are going to get messy with that cake around,’[/b][/i]

[Kohakuchan19]

[b]"It's a good thing we skipped the Sweet Shop tonight.. I wouldn't have had room for this giant nummy cake!" [/b]Amber then looked to her friends, with the addition of Rai who seemed to be there instantaneously. She looked over to Emily, and scratched the back of her head [b]"Hey Emily.. I'm Sorry, but I'm going to have to beat your friend to a pulp tomorrow.. He might be nice to you, but he's a total jerk face when it comes to the rest of us.."[/b]

Amber looked over to Rai and smiled.

[b]"Oh Hi Rai! Nice to see you made it. Sorry about having to bolt before. hehe... no pun intended..." [/b]Amber looked back up at the Cake, and made an observation.. Hmm The different layers seem to be supported by cable.. [b]"Maybe as we get closer to finished each layer, they move the bottom most layer away to lower the rest of the cake.. Or maybe they bring the top layers down first... I dunno..."[/b]

[color=#008080][i]"Actually.. We all need to talk.... us Numbers anyway..."[/i][/color]
[i][color=#800080]"Why not the kids too..? All of them are participating tomorrow am I right...? They need to know what's going on..."[/color][/i]
[i][color=#008080]"I guess you're right.. but if they can't already hear us, we'll tell our respective holders what's going on when there isn't so much going on.."[/color][/i]
[i][color=#800080]"Fair enough... I already know what's up.. So I'll leave you to tell them what's going on.."[/color][/i]

with that, Star went back into the deck box. Zebulos looked to all the other numbers that made themselves present.

[color=#008080][i]"Now... We all know that tomorrow is the Semi Finals.... And We all know that there are going to be other numbers and holders... We must warn our holders to no use us unless it's absolutely necessary... Especially if we have any kind of spiritual bond to them.. If They lose us to a wage match, The results could be dangerous for them.. In Amber's case.. I'm worried that she might lose part of her soul with me.. and the same could happen to any of you.. So be careful.."[/i][/color]

[Merci]

While Number 77: Chidorisaurus hadn't originally been intending to listen to Zebulos, after all in the past they had never agreed on anything, he found himself listening. [color=yellow][i]That's true. For this boy, my current holder, he will not survive if I part from him. A part of his soul had already been ripped out when Number 91 left him for a girl called Aivea,[/i][/color] the electric tyrannosaurus-rex-ish thing remarked, in a strangely intellectual tone for a dinosaur.

"Well, that makes sense." Rai replied to Amber. "We'll find out some enough anyway."

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Little did everyone not named Dr. Faker know that the cake was [i]also[/i] poisoned. Yep... eat the cake and you get poisoned. Eat anything else and you get poisoned. Eat nothing and... well, to be honest that was unlikely, as [i]no-one[/i] eats nothing at a banquet. His plan coming along together nicely, Faker walked along inside the main hall, [i]pretending[/i] to admire the cake as well.

Meanwhile, Akuma was still waiting near the entrance for III to show up, and Aivea... I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.[/color]

[Brinolovania]

Thomas, while walking along randomly, suddenly heard some yelling from the area of the extremely large cake. [i]"That voice sonds familiar. Could be Amber. And of course it's something happening, so Amber's naturally gonna be involved." [/i]As he moved closer, he saw he was right. Amber was yelling at a man who Thomas vaugly recognized, but he soon left, and some guy in a yellow suit (Rai, but that's kinda obvious) walked up to the group. [b]"Fancy meeting you guys here. Who was that guy you were yelling at, Amber? I think I recognize him from somewhere." [/b]He glanced around, hoping to spot Mikey and Blazey, but they weren't around.

[Kohakuchan19]

[b]"The Short and easy answer is He is a Prick who just got Seth arrested... You won't beleive what happened.. I can hardly believe it myself.. That bastard and his Butler Framed him!!" [/b]Amber looked a bit pouty, which was really her angry face. [b]"Those guys have been at it all day too.. First they try to kill me in my sleep.. or coma.. whatever that was that happened to me.. Then they Spy on us.. and Then Seth gets himself captured, forced to put on an expensive suit and was framed for 'stealing' the suit... He's at the Police Station by now.... And that Dorian is probably enjoying every second of it..."[/b]

Amber calmed down with a deep breath.

[b]"That ass hole said he wanted me to wager my numbers in a duel with Yuki tomorrow... But I can't do that.. If He ever loses his number, he will die.. And if I lose.. well I might die to, but Zebby isn't 100% on that theory, we know he'd die if I did though... But then the creep demanded I let him touch my face! Is that weird or what? um... I know I'm not the most well dressed person here... but ... do you really need to wear that costume Neo...? Oh nevermind.. That was a stupid question.. It's nice to see you made it.. Blazey and Mikey should be here soon..."[/b]

[Love of Ghibli]

Dorian sat there amused at everything Amber's anger, Emily's disgust, the bouncers arrival, and Seth's current situation. Now it wasn't ideal but of course this was only plan A and there was a whole alphabet of stratagems to go through. Each a little more entertaining than the last. Poor Amber having Dorian on her "hit list" it just signified the lack of forethought into learning about her opponent. Of course Dorian would be waiting at the second stage of the games its not like he had anything better to do. But still, why stop the fun now. Dorian pulled out his phone and started to call someone he seemed somewhat distracted but he did notice James walking away. That was one of the other bodies at the warehouse. In hindsight Butler should have shot him while they were in the warehouse then Seth probably couldn't friendly his way out of a murder charge in addition to the trespassing. Didn't matter though Butler was already in position and Seth was going to have to sit tight till the banquet was over. As Dorian made his way into the main hall he noticed as the savages were after the cake. How unappetizing, he stayed on the phone making as series of phone calls somewhere in the back of the room and in accordance with the plan he summoned all four of his numbers to the hall.

[color=#ff8c00]Okay boys don't get to rowdy I don't want to have to be the center of too much attention. Then again the number of people who can actually see and interact with numbers is pretty small so if you do get into a fight aim to kill its not like their card effects get damaged or something[/color][color=#daa520].[/color] Dorian said slightly snickering.

[color=#daa520]Yes, my lord[/color] replied Illumiknight. At that moment all four number approached Zebby and his crew making sure they were noticed.

[color=#daa520]Why hello there I don't think we've met.[/color] spoke Illumiknight.

[Kohakuchan19]

[color=#008080][i]"...? I don't think we have..." [/i][/color]Said Zebulos as he sniffed [color=#008080][i]"You're scent however.. I am quite familiar with.. You're one of Dorian's numbers.. If you wish to pick a fight with us, you would be wise not to here..."[/i][/color]
[i][color=#800080]"Can't you guys just leave Amber and her friends be for one blasted knight? She and her friends have been through enough without you guys butting into their lives!"[/color][/i]

[i]"Is everything okay you guys...?"[/i]
[color=#008080][i]"Pay no mind M'lady... We will deal with this.."[/i][/color]

Zebulos looked to Illumiknight.
[color=#008080][i]"We are going to free you of this Dorian tomorrow... I will not stand by and see another one of us die by his hand..."[/i][/color]

[color=#008080][i]_____________-[/i][/color]

Meanwhile.. Seth was still waiting in the interrogation room, Actually.. he was surprised he wasn't already in a cell... Where was the sherrif...? He had been gone a long time... There was no window he could see through, as the windows were they kind that can only be seen through from the outside... He was also getting bored...

[color=#000080][b]".... I hope that Amber and the others aren't in any trouble... I REALLY hope that Amber doesn't freak out the way she used to as a kid..."[/b][/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

Illumiknight looked at the others and they all looked at each other for a couple of seconds

[color=#daa520]Free us...how presumptuous of you. We are pretty happy with our situation as it stands, there's been no mistreatment on any level to us so forgive me if I find you need to "free" us off putting.[/color] Illumiknight looks at star. [color=#daa520]You've only known Dorian for what 24 hrs now so you can't say leave her alone for one night now can you? We think its best for you to get all of your questions out in the air now because our master over there....[/color]Illumiknight tilts his head in Dorian's direction and Inferno Chevalier points at Dorian...[color=#daa520]is planning even more fiendish acts. The only reason we're here is because we heard your little speech about what happens when people loose their numbers so I propose an information exchange. I think you would all agree to that. I'm a knight too, chivalry and civility are things I do best. [/color]

Dorian was busy on the phone as he saw he was being pointed to and he subtly laughed and just waved but he quickly turned his head into his phone just saying "[color=#ff8c00]Okay"[/color] and [color=#ff8c00]"Sure."[/color] After a minute he was finally done and rolled his eyes as that was slightly more annoying than planned but the goal was achieved.
~~~

The chief came into the interview with a Somber look on his face and extremely disappointed in the law.

[color=#008000]Seth my boy I have some good new and some bad news. Good news is that the charges against you have been dropped, bad news is that somehow you've been released into the custody of the man that filed the charges in the first place. Somehow it was a glitch in the system but still it happened and our hands our tied. He's waiting outside to pick you up right now. You can keep the uniform you have on now so you don't have to go through the trouble of changing. But this person is now in charge of you for the time being. At least until we can get this figured out. We are sorry.[/color]

As Seth was given his things and escorted outside Butler was already standing next to the car waiting.

[color=#800000]"Where would you like to go?"[/color] said the spider to the fly.

[Kohakuchan19]

[color=#000080][b]"uuugh... this is going to be a long night... Just.. do me one favor Officer... Keep an eye out for my friend Amber.. Dorian will do anything to get to her it seems..." [/b][/color]Seth groaned. He then looked at the sheriff without saying a word, but the look on his face said it all [i][color=#000080]"Help me.. and get me out of here..."[/color][/i]

As Seth was brought outside.. nothing but dread filled his heart as He saw Butler was there waiting for him. He then looked to the Sheriff once more. [color=#000080][b]"... Well.. I guess this is good-bye. Thanks for hearing me out... Hopefully.. my life will last longer than the night... Bye.."[/b][/color]

Knowing that he had no choice, he reluctantly walked over to Butler next to the car he had driven up to the curb. He sat in the back seat of the car, and looked down at his feet, clinging to his things, like some kind of plush. He was a bit worried about what would happen to him now.. He wasn't too worried about being locked up, at least he would have been safer than being in Butler's custody...
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Zebulos didn't see much harm in this.. Intel for Intel.. pretty straight forward.

[color=#008080]"If a holder has a strong bond with his or her number.. A piece of their soul becomes one with that number.. So in turn, if the holder loses one too many of their numbers.. assuming they have more than one, That part of the holder's soul will go with it, and become weaker until they die.. I'm the only number with that kind of bond with Amber.. So if She lost Galaxy Queen, she would be alright.. but if she lost me, she could possibly die.. I'm not totally sure.. but I don't want to find out either... But.. I do know this.. If the holder dies, the number will die with them..[/color]

[Love of Ghibli]

Illumiknight simply nodded with all of the information that was presented in front of him such an odd problem that Dorian would never have since he doesn't have that kind of bond at all with his numbers. And at the same time its not like Dorian was going to die anytime soon. The true gem was that if Amber lost the fur ball then there is a probability that she could die. That is going to be news worth sharing.

[color=#daa520]Well in the interest of total fairness I'll ask you first what do you want to know? At least that way you won't think I sandbagged you with useless information.[/color]

~~~
Butler was busy driving Seth around and was getting slightly annoyed at how weak Seth was looking but then again not everyone can be as strong willed as his master. After a couple of minutes Seth pulled up a couple of blocks from the location of the banquet. The festivities had started but the two of them could still get in if they wanted. Butler turned around and looked at Seth the utmost murderous intent of looks and tossed his bag with all of the deck boxes and such into the backseat next to Seth.

[color=#800000]Listen because I will only say this once and pretend like every sentence I say has the words "or else" at the end. You are going to put on that suit, go to the party, reunite with your friends, eat the food and have a good time. But make no mistake when it is over you are coming home with Dorian and I. I don't care what happens in there but at the end of the day you will be in this car ready to come stay with the two of us.[/color]

Butler stared deep into Seth's eyes and didn't blink to make sure the boy understood the severity of these words. Butler took the keys out of the ignition and simply left to go to the banquet thus leaving Seth in the car by himself to get changed. If he tried to steal the car in any way he would get the unfortunate realization that it had the Robo cop alarm system and it would prove most fatal.

[Kohakuchan19]

Seth didn't like what he was hearing from Butler, but there was a bright side.. He was going to get to see his friends.. and He'd be able to tell them what was going on... hopefully... He got himself Dressed up, the suit was the same tux as before. He looked at it with disgust, but he put it on anyway. he wasn't going to risk the lives of his friends over it.. He left his bag in the car however, there was no reason to bring it inside if he would have to come back to this vehicle in the end... He got out of the car and locked the car behind him.. He then walked up to the entrance where, thanks to Amber, he was able to come inside with his name on the list. He looked around, and tried to find his friends, of course.. he thought of Amber and then saw the cake.. She would definitely be over there.. He made his way over towards that direction.

[color=#008080]"I would like to know what it is that Dorian is after... and Why He tried to have Amber and her friends killed this morning... I'd also like to know what he plans to do with Seth..."[/color]

Zebulos then noticed someone walking over towards them, it was Seth.

[color=#008080][b]"Seth..? Amber! Seth is here! look!"[/b][/color]
[b][color=#800080]"Well what do you know.. looks like Dorian's plan flopped somewhere!"[/color][/b]

[b]"Seth...?" [/b]Amber looked around and then saw Seth walking towards her. She suddenly went from angry to beaming as she instinctively glomped her brother [b]"SETH!! You're alright!"[/b]

Seth couldn't help but feel a moment of joy, to see that Amber was not only happy to see him, She was alright as well, and so was everyone else.

[color=#000080][b]"Yeah.. I'm alright Sis.. Sorry I worried you.. did you behave while I was away?"[/b][/color]
[b]"Well I gave Dorian an ear full, but other than that.. nothing's really happened So what happened?"[/b]
[b][color=#000080]"Lets just say the so called evidence was a little flawed, but I'm not out of the woods yet... The only reason I'm out of the police station is because Butler dropped the trespassing charges.. and..."[/color][/b] Seth sulked a little
[b]"And...? What's wrong...?"[/b]
[b][color=#000080]"... I'm kind of.. under Butler's custody... In other words.. I have to do what he says.. and go back with them after the party is over...."[/color][/b]
[b]"What!? And the Police allowed it!?"[/b]
[b][color=#000080]"They're hands were kind of tied.. the Sheriff didn't like it.. but he's looking into it... Once he figures it out, I'll be free.. if I live that long that is..."[/color][/b]

[b]".... I think know what he's doing..."[/b]
[b][color=#000080]"huh...?"[/color][/b]
[b]"He might be trying to use you as a bargaining chip to get me to do what he wants... He tried to talk me into a few things, but I refused... The bastard..."[/b]
[b][color=#000080]"I wouldn't put it past Dorian... But don't worry about it.. You do what you need to do.. Kick that creeps ass tomorrow! I'll be alright."[/color][/b]
[b]"Alright.. I'll do my best."[/b]

Zebulos turned his attention back to Illumiknight

[color=#008080]"I think you know what I'm about to ask you now.. What's going on here..?"[/color]

[evilfusion]

The banquet, as far as III was aware, was merely a formality: a nice party where the surviving finalists could flaunt their status as finalists with a free, luxurious meal, and check out their competition even if dressed in ludicrously formal clothing that wouldn't suit their personalities. However, that meant he and by extension, even IV, had their standard clothing that perfectly matched the expectations of the implied dress code.

And since banquets were normally social events, but the context of it being held made sense for guests to be observing others, that meant he was practically right at home with his red formal jacket, standing off to the side more. After the encounter the other day with Dr. Faker, III had taken it upon himself to draw minimal attention to himself. It still was no surprise that he was able to reach the finals: Heart collecting had gone smoothly among the family, and several Numbers had certainly been found.

III's hand brushed absently at his neck, almost as if swatting a fly, his green eyes gazing thoughtfully into space, recalling the ending of the game he had before.

[i]"Machu Mach's effect! By detaching one of its Overlay Units, I choose one of your monsters, and inflict damage equal to the difference between its current ATK and its original ATK. Rainbow Dark Dragon's original ATK is 4000, and due to its effect, it's at 6000 now, so you take 2000 damage! Go! Infinity Cannon!"[/i]

[i]The black dragon growled and the floating fortress shimmered, large cannons poking out from the island, bombarding the opponent's field with blasts of energy. His opponent shielded herself from the flames the best she could, but it was useless. The LP meter dropped to 0, declaring it his win.[/i]

III blinked, shaking his mind back to the present. The food looked appetizing, but he wasn't in the mood for eating. Not at the moment, anyway. He was expecting...something, and intended to sit tight until he could be sure of the situation here. With an undoubtedly high number of....Numbers, he was sure that everything that the family had planned would come to fruition between now and the final match of the tournament.

[Des ＨＥＲＯ]

As James was about to eat some kebab, his attention caught onto seeing Seth unite together with Amber and co. [color=#daa520][i]‘Excellent, now my plan can go without any confusion,’[/i][/color] James though smiling as he continued to hold the small stick in his left hand and he walked towards the group.

[color=#daa520][b]“Hello, my name is James…James Ludibrium. It is nice to see you all in the semi-finals, you might not have noticed but I have watched some of your duels and you deserve to get to the semi-finals. Maybes further,”[/b][/color] James greeted the group holding out his right hand for any of them to shake it. His hazel eyes quickly skimmed all of them as memories replenishment in his mind before stopping at Seth. [color=#daa520][b]“Your signature has cropped around a lot I have to admit. Even during Day 3 but wielded by a different master…What happened?”[/b][/color] he asked pausing a bit as he wanted to wait to hear their side of the story so that he can compare it to IV's.