Yugioh 5d's my story 14

(Night. Aerial shot of New Domino. Somewhere in the bad part of town...)
Blister: This is the place, guys. (Blister lifts a shutter-style door; Yusei and Cortez walks their runners inside) You'll be safe here until the Fortune Cup. Not quite five stars, but it's got all the (flicks on the lights) creature comforts you would expect for this part a' town; cockroaches, mice, stray cat.
Yusei: Thanks-- I think.
Cortez: It'll be fine.
Blister (almost laughs): I decorated the place myself. Now, get some rest. You two still haven't recovered from that fall you guys took, and if you plan on dueling and winning the Fortune Cup, ya'll need a clear head.
Yusei: I'll rest, Blister, when my friends are safe.
Cortez: Or when I find myself some peace.
(Cortez and Yusei walks out the door to look out into the night.)
Blister: Pfft. I hear ya, guys, but you're no good to anybody if you don't have all your strength.
(Yusei looks up at the tall, sparkling skyscrapers at the center of the city, visible over the local rooftops.)
Yusei: Don't worry; I heal real quick. Cortez on the other hand, he heals for in matters of seconds (think) And were gonna show Goodwin just how *good* we feel!



(Morning. Aerial shot of New Domino. In Leo and Luna's mansion in The Tops, Leo is in a tizzy)
Leo: They're gone! No! No! No! No! No no no nooo!!!
Luna (comes downstairs rubbing her eyes): Tooth fairy forget you again? Or was it the monster?
Leo: Luna! They took their runners and left!
Luna (wide awake): Well did they leave a note or something?
(Leo then appeared next to Luna and show her the note)
Leo: This is what Cortez left! (reads the note) Dear Leo and Luna, I'm sorry I had to leave, but I don't feel like I belong her, so I'm going with Yusei to the streets to find my calling. So good bye, Cortez! (he drops the note)
(Leo continues to runs back and forth in hysterics as Luna approaches the coffee table where their duel disks have been neatly laid out)
Leo: This is all your fault! You should've been nicer! That Cortez guy was going to teach me to be the best duelist ever--
Luna: Would you calm down?
(Leo sees the duel disks on the table and gasps; both duel disks have been modified and made smaller.)
Luna: Look at these!
Leo: Oh! What'd they do to them? (puts it on) It fits now! So how does it look, Luna?
Luna: Pretty good. Now I just wish we knew who they were so we could thank them.
Leo: We'll at least they made up for the duel disk.

(As Leo speaks, flashback to Yusei and Cortez were sleeping on their couch, then Luna reading Cortez's cards, then Yusei duel with Leo, and the ominous Facility mark on his cheek as he told them that the less they knew about him, the safer they were.)
Leo (VO): I mean, they had amnesia; we helped them. If they wanted a thank-you, they would've stayed.
Luna: I guess so, but why no goodbye?
(End Flashback)

Luna: Maybe they wanders the city streets and helps out struggling duelists, kinda like some Robin Hood-- but with a decks.
Leo: Robin Hood? Sounds more like superheroes, and their name's some big secret.
Luna: Mmmm.
(The computer gives a beeping ring)
Both: Oh!
(Leo runs over and answers it on the second ring)
Dexter: What up, my main man?!
Leo: Dexter, get this! Some guys--
Dexter: Boss, there's no time for that! I got us a lead!
Leo: A *lead*?
Dexter: Duh! The Black Rose?
Leo: Come on, Dex! The Black Rose is just some urban legend!
Luna (coquettish): You miss me, Dexter?

(Pan over to Dexter's house across town as they continue to talk)
Dexter: Uh... no. Listen, the Black Rose is no legend-- she's the most amazing duelist *ever*; her cards come alive! I know where she is, and I rebuilt my deck to take her on!

Leo: So where is she, Dexter?
Dexter: I was scannin' some blogs earlier this morning, and check this out-- there's a rumor going around saying she's gonna pop up at the street duels, today!
Leo (brandishes his duel disk): Then let's go!

Dexter: *Leo!* How come your duel disk isn't falling off anymore?

Leo (now he gets to tell his story): Right-- so these *superheroes* stops by and--
Luna: They're superheroes, Dexter, they're *knights*. (Leo growls)
Dexter: What're you two talkin' about, *who fixed up your duel disk*?
Leo: Okay. These guy's duel runners is red, and the other is blue and--
Luna (grabs Leo, whispers): Leo.
Leo: Huh?
Luna (whispers): Until we know more about those guys, maybe we should keep this between us.
Leo (whispers): Okay, good point.
Dexter: Hey! What's goin' on?
Luna: Eh-heh, nothing. We were just discussing how much we really like your new bowtie. Listen, we gotta go now, see ya.
(Clicks it off.)
Luna: Listen, this is *our secret.*
Leo (nods): Hm. Luna, you think the Amnesia Men flies or has a jetpacks?

(Only Cortez dose. Cut to the dashboard of both Yusei's and Cortez's runner as they activates the duel disk portion. Jacket off and hung on the top of the runner, they sets to work with a small-tipped tool attached to a cord; possibly a motorized screwdriver or soldering iron. He uses the tool for a bit then holds it in his teeth as he works with his hands. Blister is sitting on the modest couch on the other side of the runner.)
Blister: So what exactly did that purple-haired freak say to you guys about dueling in the Fortune Cup? Well?
Yusei: Hm. (He stands to get the invitation out of his jacket pocket) It wasn't what he said, but what he showed me. (throws the invitation; like any duelist, Blister catches it effortlessly. He opens it and sees the invitation and the picture that came with it)
Blister: So these're your friends, huh?
Cortez: (Loking angry) Yeah, and if we don't show up to the Fortune Cup, Goodwin said they'd pay the price.
Blister: Sounds like something Goodwin would do; if it's not a bribe, it's a threat. Your friends're in the Satellite?
Yusei: They are.
Blister: Aw, *man*! (looks at the picture again) Listen; I wanna help you out.
Yusei: Hmm?
Blister: I'll check on them, and make sure nothin' bad happens.
Cortez: *You* can get to the Satellite?
Blister: I can get anywhere, Guys. Now don't worry; you two'll be back with your buds in no time.
Yusei (think): That's if Goodwin ever lets us see them again.
Cortez (think): I hope, cause if anything happens to those guys, that Goodwin's history!


(Jack's apartment; Goodwin stands at the window, Jack sits on the couch, and Mina pours tea)
Goodwin: How's your training coming for the Fortune Cup?
Jack: If you mean sittin' on a couch, just great.
Goodwin: Well you might want to change your attitude. I invited an additional contestants this year, someone you know.
Jack: Who?!
Goodwin: Your friend from the Satellite, Yusei Fudo. Along with our mysterious friend, named Cortez Blackful
Jack: Yusei'll be there? ...I like. But why this kid, we never heard of?
Mina: You might want to see this for yourself. (She displays with a remote and shows a hologram of Cortez's first dueling with Trudge, with his elemental heroes and his Xyz monsters) (Vo) As you can see, he has monsters like no other Satellite or the people of New Domino City has ever seen before. (Mina turns off the screen and now back to jack)
Jack (Shocked): Where did this kid come from! And how can he have cards, we never heard of? (looks serious) I gotta duel this kid, and see what those cards are.
Goodwin: I'm glad. I hoped it would motivate you. Well. I should probably let you get back to your, euh... training regimen? I'll show *myself* out. And Jack, make sure you win this time, okay?
Jack: Do you have any idea what this means, Mina?
Mina: Umm...
Jack: I can finally take on Yusei again.
Mina: I thought you can to Duel this mysterious duelist? But I guess that's a good thing, isn't it?
(Jack looks down at his own reflection on the surface of the tea in his cup.)
Jack: It's so much more than that. It's a chance. No. An opportunity
Mina: A... opportunity for what, Mister Atlas?
(Jack sips.)
Jack: A opportunity to redeem myself. (He flips the top card of his deck and looks at it; Stardust Dragon.) I underestimated Yusei in our last match, but this time I'll prove to 'im that I'm the best! Hm! Not to mention, this kid had the new cards that rivals the Synchro monsters. I need to see how he duels
(He stands, still holding the card.)
Mina: What? Like right now?
Jack: I'm just gonna go and even up the playing field so that Yusei definitely shows up! And if I'm right about this... the Crimson Dragon just might show up at the Fortune Cup as well! However if Yusei doesn't survive, then this Cortez may be the one opponent I have ever faced
(Mina gasps; Jack walks out)

(A taxi stops in front of a yellow building)
Tanner: Stop here!
(He and Yanagi climb out)
Yanagi: Eugh! My back!

(Meanwhile, between the loud music Yusei has playing-- Hyperdrive, incidentally-- and the din as he revs the runner's engine experimentally with one hand then types something on the diagnostic screen with he other, it's rather noisy. )
Music: I can hear you breathin', I can see you comin', I can feel the wind that's blowin'--
(Cortez, Blister, Tanner, and Yanagi walk in as he revs the engine once more, loud enough to drown out the music this time, and immediately cry out and cover their ears.)
Blister: Ahh! Turn that off!
Yusei (calls above the noise): I can't hear you! (Yusei reaches over and turns off the engine and the music as Yanagi tries to make himself known above it)
Yanagi (jumps up and down): Yusei! It's me, Yanagi! Heheh!
Tanner: Yuse-- nice place.
Yusei: You're out?
Tanner: And it's all thanks to you and Cortez.
Yanagi: When Cortez outdueled Chief Armstrong, we didn't just get *early* release, we got *way* early release! So we headed right over to this-- uh, this interesting...
Tanner: This place is a *dump*! Why don't ya guys get a throw rug and work some feng shui in here?
Yanagi: Tanner, you said you'd be nice.
Tanner: That *was* nice. I'm likin' the duel runner, though. Twin exhaust, turbo rotor, holodisplay, and your own deck. Bet you wish you had that back in the Facility. Whaddayou say you let me take it for a little ride and see what she's got? I'll bring it back with a full charge, and not one scratch. (Yusei starts to smile)
Yanagi: Yeah, right. You mean like your *last* runner?
Tanner (shows his own deck): How 'bout we duel? I win, I take 'er for a quick spin, okay?
Yanagi: Hyah! I *gotta* see this!
Yusei (nods): Hm.

(In a vacant lot somewhere, Tanner and Yusei prepare to duel; Yanagi and Blister stand on the sidelines behind Tanner.)
Yanagi (to Blister): So, what's *your* story? I bet you didn't know I'm a famous explorer who's gone around the world collecting the most amazing cards ever made?
Blister: But Tanner said, um, that your deck's just a joke.
Yanagi: He *what?!* He did not! Just take a look for yourself-- I've got Crystal Skull, Ashoka Pillar... (continues to chatter under line)
Blister: Okay, grandpa. (think) Where d'you find these guys, Yusei? An ex-champ you met in the Facility; you went from foe to friend in one duel. Then there's old grandpa, and *he* thinks you're tied to some ancient prophecy about the end of the world. Huh! You're one of a kind, that's for sure.
(Cortez then got back with his duel runner, as he took off his helmet of and got of his runner. He walked to see the commotion about)
Cortez: Hey Blister, what's going on?
Blister: Just Yusei and Tanner about to duel, is all.
(The sun shines bright overhead; it's somewhere around either 10 am or 2 pm, from the angle.)
Yusei and Tanner: Let's duel!
(Suddenly, the shrill roar of a runner engine is heard; Yusei and Tanner look toward the sound)
Yusei: Huh?!
Tanner: Hmm!
(Jack rides out from behind a corner and parks his runner in the middle of the duel.)
Yusei: Hey, Jack.
Tanner: Uh-oh.
(He climbs off, takes off his helmet, and faces Yusei and Cortez; the tension in the air is palpable.)


(Open on aerial of the duel area. Yusei and Jack face off; Tanner, Blister, and Yanagi are somewhat nonplussed, struck silent by the tension in the air.)
Yanagi: Uh-oh, why is Jack Atlas here?
Blister: Lessons?
Jack (to them): Careful.
(They shut up, intimidated)
Tanner: It's been a long time, Atlas. What's up?
Jack: My career, thank you.
(Burn! Tanner growls; Yusei catches Tanner's eye and shakes his head-- he'll handle this. Jack turns his attention back to Yusei)
Yusei: What brings you here, Jack?
(Jack reaches into his collar, pulls out a card, and flips it-- Stardust Dragon. Yusei gasps.)
Yanagi (think): I wonder if that's an ancient relic!
Jack: I heard you'll be at the Fortune Cup.
Yusei: Word gets around fast.
Jack: I got a deal for you, Yusei, for your Stardust Dragon.
Yusei: Hmmm...
Jack: You add it to your deck. Win, and then you can keep the card. I win, I get it, and then you and me are straight, right?
Yusei: Straight!
Jack: (turns his head to Cortez) As for you. If we duel, you are to give me those so called Xyz monsters! Refuse to agree are challenge and wager, then I'll take'em the hard way!
Cortez: What about our friends?!
Jack: What? What're you talking about?
(Yusei pulls the picture from the same inside pocket in his own jacket from which Jack pulled Stardust and shows it to Jack)
Yusei: Your purple-haired pal Lezar stopped by, and if We don't duel, they pay.
Jack (genuinely shocked): What?
Cortez: Surprised, Jack? Well, don't be. I know Goodwin's behind all of this. (puts the picture back in his pocket) And I guarantee he's gonna regret putting my satellite's friends in harm's way!
Jack: Well then Yusei'll definitely need his Stardust Dragon, now, he you?
(He throws it; Yusei catches it)
Jack: Just so we're clear, I don't know anything *about* this threat, *got it*? I duel for *me*; Goodwin's got his own agenda. (he gets back on his runner) So I guess I'll see you two, at the Fortune Cup then. And Yusei, you had better bring your A-game with you.
Yusei: I will!
Jack: And Cortez. You better show me what kind of duelist you really are then!
Cortez: (cracks his knuckles) You have no idea, how good I am.
Jack (small smile): Hm.
(Jack donuts in a sharp U-turn and rides out the way he came; Yusei watches him go until long after he's gone; Yusei's friends hurry over to him)
Blister: Hmm?
Yanagi: I have to see that card! (Yusei shows it) It's true! That's Stardust Dragon! It's amazing! This is big stuff; you *are* a Signer!
Yusei: Hmm...
Yanagi: Hm! Don't you see? With that card, you made the Crimson Dragon appear!
Yusei: But Jack was there, too!
Yanagi: Then that must mean, you're *both* Signers! *You two are connected*!
Cortez: I was there as well
Yanagi: What dose your card look like? (Cortez shows the golden he still had. It made him shocked) What a card! I have never seen or heard of such a card! What Is that!
Cortez: All I can make out of it, is Number 39: Utopia.
Yanagi: This card couldn't be from the Crimson Dragon! It had to come from outer space or something! Just what are you!?
Yusei (think): And what does it all mean?

(Jack races along an empty freeway, thinking)
Jack (think): So Yusei's got a new crew. Hmph. Not much of a trade-up.
(As he thinks, he pictures the groups in question; whether it's Tanner, Blister and Yanagi, or Rally, Blitz, Tank, and Nervin at his back, it's still the same old Yusei. Or that of Cortez)
Jack (think): He probably still thinks that Stardust Dragon is just a rare card with a pretty pic. Hmph! This game isn't about cards anymore, Yusei; it's not about records or speed or anything! It's about the end of the world. And you can bet *I'm* gonna be the one to make sure it doesn't happen! And just you wait my friend, cause what ever your Xyz monsters are, I will have them, cause with those card, I'll be unstoppable!

(The red star of the Dragon shines brightly above the shrine Goodwin showed Jack. Goodwin stands before it, and raises his arms ceremonially, absorbing the light.)
Goodwin: Even now, the Dragon Star's power grows. It knows our quest to gather all the Signers is on the verge of success. (Lezar stands listening, along with five robed figures) You are my loyal servants of Iliaster. Your mission is to expose those people who possess the mark of the Dragon. You must push them to their limits, exhaust their skills, stir their emotions. Now go; and do not fail me.
(The five bow their heads and depart)
Goodwin: Soon all the pieces will be in place once again, and your power shall rule the world! As for this new visiter from the stars, I want to see what you truly are.

(Sunset in the shady part of New Domino. Blister emerges from a doorway, waving a goodbye)
Blister: I'll see you at the docks.
(He walks down the wide alley, beneath a multi-armed crane...)

(Not too far away, a duel ring is spray-painted much like a basketball court on the pavement, and a thin crowd is gathered around a disk duel someone is in the process of losing; Lycanthrope slashes Giant Orc.)
Loser: Ah!
Winner: Try harder next time!
Guy in crowd: Is that Joey Wheeler?
Another guy in crowd: No, man, it's his cousin Jesse Wheeler!
(The duelist in question does have Joey Wheeler's distinctive blond hairdo, similar voice, and something of his fashion sense; his left cheek is marked, and he wears a pair of spectacles. Cortez, Yusei, Tanner, and Yanagi are at the back of the crowd; Blister joins them.)
Blister: Yusei! Good news; I found a work boat that'll take me to the Satellite, tonight.
Cortez: A work boat? Don't those things just carry trash and disease?
Blister: If you're lucky! This ain't some pleasure cruise; it's to check on Yusei's friends. They may be in trouble, pal. See, you and Yusei's got much bigger things to worry about.
Tanner: Like the Fortune Cup? Hey, you two'll clean 'em up!
(Another duel has started, but while most of the crowd is cheering and yelling, Yusei's circle is no longer paying attention.)
Blister: There's a lot more at stake here than just the tournament, Bolt. Goodwin an' Atlas *forced* Yusei and Cortez to duel. If they're involved, something bad's going on.
Yanagi: Like the end of the world! Everyone in New Domino, marker or not, satellite or citizen, (Yusei pulls out the Cup invitation and stares at it) all our fates are tied to the Signers; to *Yusei*!
(Blister puts a hand on Yusei's shoulder; Yusei looks up)
Blister: I'm not sure I believe *that*, but just in case, why don't you win for the sake of all of humanity, 'kay?
Yusei and Cortez: Sure.
(A familiar voice can be heard across the arena)
Leo: Mister!
(Leo, with Dexter in tow, politely taps a spectator on the back)
Leo: Hey mister.
Guy: Huh?
Leo: Have you seen the Black Rose?
Guy: Nah! Don'tchu know she don't exist? (starts walking away) Maybe she's duelin' one a' your imaginary friends!
Leo: Maybe she *doesn't* exist, Dex.
Dexter: Well I know the blogs don't lie; she'll be here, I just know it!
Leo: You sure? I mean, does anyone know who she really is?
Dexter: Well, she'd better show up, 'cause my deck is ready for her!
Leo: Well, Dex, we've looked for the Black Rose all day; maybe we should go home.
Dexter: Huh? *Go home*? The Black Rose is the greatest duelist *ever!* They say her cards make real monsters, her spells are like *real spells*, and her traps're like--
Leo: Lemme guess, *real traps*?
Dexter: (snif) If you don't wanna help me, then fine, but I'm stayin' right here, got that?
Leo: Don't *cry*, Dexter, I'll stay.
Dexter: I don't cry!!
Yusei: Leo, what's up?
Leo: Look! Over here, Dexter look, it's the superhero who fixed me and my sister's duel disks!!
Dexter: *He's* a superhero? Ugh. (runs after Leo)
Leo: So what's up?
Yusei: Whaddaya doin' here, Leo? This is a dangerous place for little kids. Where's your sister?
Leo: She didn't wanna come.
(Dexter finally catches up with Leo, and as he comes to a halt, he spots Yusei's mark; Blister, Tanner, Yanagi and Cortez also look like rough company)
Dexter (shrinking back, whispers): Leo, I don't think this guy's a superhero. Check his face--
Leo: That's his *secret identity*.
Yanagi (up in their faces but trying to be friendly toward the little kids): What're you doin' here?
Dexter (scared): Uwah...!
Leo: We've been looking around for the Black Rose!
Yusei: Oh. (to Tanner, Blister, and Yanagi) He helped me and Cortez get our memory back; he's cool.
Leo (elated; he's 'cool' with Yusei's crowd!): Yes, I'm cool! (grabs Dexter's sleeve) And this guy's my best friend Dexter.
Dexter: Um, hello.
Leo: That guy's the best; he's got this combo that's like whoa! You should definitely duel him!
Dexter: Uh... (Yusei looks rather menacing; marked, intense, and not smiling) Maybe some other time. Oh.. look at that! (he's spotted the Fortune Cup invitations in Yusei's hand with Cortez as well)
Leo: Whoa- hahahahaha! Hey, that's an invitation to duel at the Fortune Cup! You'll be there too?!
Yusei: Uh-huh.
Cortez: You bet. (he smiled)
Leo (dancing around and singing): I get to duel you, I get to duel you! But *this* time, *you're* going down, too! (To Dexter) Maybe if I win, he'll make me his sidekick like in all those comic books! Cool, huh!
Dexter: Yeeeaah...
(Yusei still looks pretty menacing to Dexter, but not quite as scary as before; as he stares, Yusei suddenly cries out in pain and falls to one knee, gripping his right forearm.)
Leo: It's okay, I'll let you win!
Yanagi: What's wrong?
Yusei: It hurts just like before.
Tanner: Before?
Cortez: Yeah. When it first appeared. The Crimson Dragon...
(Suddenly, a noise; Yusei is still hunched over shivering with pain, but the group looks toward this new threat)
Dexter: Let's go...!
Leo: Wait-- something's happening!
(Cortez felt a dark force, coming from a near by town. He then drives off to see what is going on)
Yagangi: Hey! where you going!
(All the spectators are running away, yelling about the Black Rose. One guy is left on the field, scoffing...)
Duelist: There *is* no Black Rose!
(Hard to keep such a belief, when the space before him is populated by a localized tornado, until Cortez came and suddenly stopped the tornado, while the guy shielded himself. The Black Rose in a hooded and cloaked figure with blank, glowing eyes and a white, mouthless face, hair dark magenta and rigid in snaky locks that frame her face, then looked at Cortez with eyes, even as she has her mask on)
Cortez: (turns his head to the duelist) Are you okey? (The guy then ran off, screaming in fear, then he turned head back to the Black Rose) Are you the one causing all this Destruction!?
Black Rose: And so what if I am!?
Cortez: Then need to be stopped!
Black Rose: Many duelist tried to face me, but they only ended up in oblivian! So let's see if you can be the first to defect me!? (activates her duel disk)
Cortez (activates his duel disk as well) Let's duel then!
(both of their life points are at 4000
Both: Duel!
Black Rose: Ladies first! (she draws looks at her head) I'll start with Evil Thron!
[Evil Thorn 100/300/L1]
Black Rose: Now I'll activate it's special ability! I release my Thorn, deliver you three hundred points of damage!
(The Evil Thorn then exploded to thorns, spreading to hit Cortez. As they hit him, he shielded himself he felt the damage was somehow real)
Cortez (cringing) (think): It's like I'm feeling pain somehow from this monster's ability. What is she!? (the damage then stopped)
Black Rose: Since I just release destoryed it by it's own ability, I get two more Evil Thorns to my field! (The evil thorns are then summoned) I play one card face down. Your move, if you have the strength for it!?
Cortez (Draws) (think) I better be careful with her. (out loud) I play Polymerzation! (Avian and and Burstinitrix emerge from the vortex) I fuse Avian and Burstintrix to Summon, Elemental Hero Flame WingMan!
[Elemental Hero Flame WingMan 2100/1200/L6]
Cortez: Now I play my Stop Defense! Now your monster is forced to attack mode! (the Evil Thorn is then puffs up) Now Flame WingMan! Attack her Evil Thorn! (Flame WingMan attacks Evil Thorn) Fire Scorch!
(The Black Rose then Lose 2000 life points)
Cortez: Now Flame WingMan's ability activates! When this guy destroys a monster! You take damage to your monster's destroyed attack points! (Black Rose takes 100 points of damages to 1900 life points) I'll set 2 cards face down and end my turn!
Black Rose (draws slowly): Now I'm about to show you a terror you have never seen before! I summon Twilight Rose Knight!
[Twilight Rose Knight 1000/1000/L3]
Black Rose: Since Rose Knight is summon to my field, I'm able to summon Rose Fairy!
[Rose Fairy 600/1200/L3
Black Rose: Now prepare yourself! I tune my Twilight Rose Knight, with my Rose Fairy and my Evil Thorn! To Synchro Summon! Black Rose Dragon!
(With wings of red petals and black, thorny vines lashing from its sides, the largest of which is its tail, Black Rose Dragon roars its fury and a strong wind begins to blow.)
[Black Rose Dragon 2400//]
Cortez (shocked and spooked): What is that!?
Black Rose: Your doom! (the Black Rose Dragon then gives out a mighty roar infront of Cortez, as he also covers himself from the beast)

(Cuts back to Yusei and the rest of the gang as they saw a scared man passing by)
Duelist: Black Rose!
Yanagi: B-b-Black Rose?
Blister: She's just a myth.
Tanner: Oh yeah?
Blister: There's a reasonable explanation here.
Yusei (think): What's going on?
(Giant black thorny vines shoot into the sides of nearby buildings and emerge from the ground; one comes up beneath Yusei's group, scattering them in all directions, knocking them hard to the ground. Yusei lands on his feet in a crouch, still clutching his arm, and looks up at the silhouette of a dragon, its mouth glowing red, through the dust, debris, and/or smokescreen)
Yusei: What is that?


Yusei: Whose dragon is that?
(Yusei grimaces in pain again and rolls up his sleeve; the Sign on his arm is once more visible, glowing red.)
Yusei: My mark!
Yanagi: Oh my!
Tanner: That's no tattoo!
Yanagi: You're right, Tanner; it is the Mark of the Dragon!
(Leo, a number of feet away, is staring at Yusei's Sign in what looks like fear)
Leo: Mark of the dragon...?
(Probably from Leo's memory, we are shown a vision of a glowing-red claw; Leo continues to stare, eyes wide with distress. Suddenly something shines brightly in the center of the disturbance; everyone shields their eyes. The duelist left on the ground is still there, probably wetting himself by now. Yusei looks up again as the dragon roars once more, triumphant)
Leo: The Black Rose is real!
Yusei: And Cortez is in there, dueling her!
(Yusei gets to his feet, still cradling his glowing arm, and runs, right toward the dragon. Leo runs after)
Leo: Wait! Come back! It's too dangerous, even for a superhero!
(Visible through the screen of dust and smoke as it begins to clear are Cortez and the Black Rose, still dueling)
Yusei: Cortez? Why are you dueling
Cortez: Black Rose? Yeah
Leo: I think. But be careful-- (Yusei holds out a hand to stop Leo walking forward to stand beside him) uh!
(The rest of the group runs forward to join Leo behind Yusei.)
Blister: Okay, so she's *not* made up. Now what, grandpa?
Yanagi (terrified): I dunno! Hope that Cortez survives somehow?!
(The Black Rose sees the glowing Sign on Yusei's arm; she gasps, and exclaims almost accusingly, in a voice that echoes and distorts.)
Black Rose: Your arm! You also have a mark!
(Yusei huh's at this turn of events, as does Leo.)
Yusei: I do.
(Yusei walks toward her; she panics.)
Black Rose: Looks like our duel is over, until then, stay away from me!!
(She flourishes her arm, and is surrounded in a mass of blue-white light; Yusei's friends are forced or flung back; Yusei falls hard to one knee and weathers it. Suddenly it's gone, along with her, ending the duel with Cortez confused. All that remains is a visible crackle of power or two in the air. Yusei stands.)
Tanner: She's gone!
Yanagi: Amazing! That's what I call an exit for the ages! Whaddaya think her encore looks like?
(Leo and Dexter are completely shellshocked and hysterically stoked, hugging together.)
Dexter: We found her; the Black Rose is real!
Leo: That was SO *awesome!!* (leo runs to Cortez) You were dueling her, right!? How was it!?
Cortez (close up): Close. Very close
(Meanwhile, the rest of the bystanders are still recovering, standing up and lifting injured pals out of the rubble)
Blister: The Black Rose said you *also* had a mark. What'd she mean by *that*?
(Yusei looks at his arm; the Sign has vanished)
Leo: Ah! Where'd it go?!
Yanagi: Vanished! Like magic!
Yusei: I know; I *have* to find this Black Rose!... After all, guys, I need to find out some answers.
Cortez: Your not the only one. We might have a score to settle.

(Lezar has apparently observed the whole event, standing nimbly atop the multi-armed crane we saw earlier.)
Lezar (think): And you'll get them-- in due time! And you will duel her again, Cortez! Huhuhuhuhuhuh...

(Night, somewhere in New Domino; the Black Rose stops running, out of breath, and leans against a wall, hidden in an alleyway.)
Black Rose (think): That mark! Why did *he* have one?!
(She takes off her mask to catch her breath better, but we don't see her eyes; the Black Rose is human...)
Black Rose (think): Who ever this duelist is, I'll make he's in my clutches this time

(Daytime and the Kaibadome's entrance is swarming with crowds before the Fortune Cup. People flock to ticket kiosks, and all door tickets are apparently sold out. Lines are atrocious. The arena itself has been decorated with the Fortune Cup logo, including the spherical display that usually displays a rotating card. Goodwin is observing the action from a high-up window somewhere in the stadium)
Lezar: Director, one of the servants of Iliaster led me right to her. I made sure the Black Rose got the invitation. She'll be dueling here along with Yusei. Hmhmhmhmhmhm...
Goodwin (looks sideways at Lezar, then smiles a bit too sinisterly): Then all is going as planned. Soon the Crimson Dragon will rise!
(Jack is sitting on a couch behind them)
Jack (think): And Yusei will fall!!