Yugioh: The Hope of Six

Chapter 59: Arcadia Arc - Part 14

Aki cursed after hearing the bad news. "I knew it! I knew Divine would go there himself! Damn him!"

"Your parents are fine, Aki." Windy assured her. "They took the secret path into the safe room before Divine and his Elites arrived. They do not know where they are... at least for now."

"He's right. Your mother and father should be safe." Yusei added. Aki nodded, but then realized the other thing the Wind Ignis brought up.

"Wait. There's more than one Elite with him?" She asked, her and Yusei's concern growing.

"Divine brought Skeleton Knight and Warlord. They didn't get very far in their search before Kiryu and Sherry brought them down." Windy added.

"And now they are his prisoners." Yusei concluded. "We need to get to the mansion now. Do the others know?"

"Yes and most of them are on route now. Mikage and Ushio are gathering their backup and should be heading out momentarily."

"Most of them?" Aki asked.

"Jack has been wounded in his Duel and is being checked out at the hospital. He will be fine, but he won't be able to catch up until later." Windy said.

"Then let's go." Yusei said before he and Aki mounted their D-Wheels once more and drove away. Within minutes, they met up with Crow, Rua, Ruka, Yugo, and Rin on the main road.

"Hey you guys!" Yugo called out and waved.

"I'm glad you're both alright!" Rin said with relief.

"Glad we're all okay!" Rua said.

"Me too!" Ruka said.

"Yeah!" Crow added. "Too bad Jack can't make it in time for the big showdown!"

"From what I had observed, Jack had to really struggle to defeat his opponent." Windy said.

"I'll bet." Crow said.

"How did Divine capture Kiryu and Sherry?" Ruka asked.

"He had help from another Psychic that wasn't an Elite. It was a young boy named Salazar." Windy replied.

'Salazar?' Rin thought in surprise. She recalled Stephanie mentioning that name after defeating Blizzard.

'A Psychic named Salazar? But, it couldn't be...' Aki thought, even more surprised than Rin.

"Who's Salazar?" Rua asked.

"I do not know. There was nothing in Racer's files about about him, nor did Divine say anything regarding the boy's past during my surveillance. I think it is safe to say he wants Salazar's existence to be a secret."

"I heard that name from... my Elite." Rin said delicately. She didn't want to divulge Stephanie's connection to Blizzard just yet. "From what I understand, Salazar was supposed to be the very first Psychic Duelist to have existed but died long ago. His full name was apparently..."

"Salazar Arcadia?" Aki inquired.

"Yes, that's it." Rin confirmed.

"What do you know about him, Aki?" Yusei asked.

Aki recalled what she learned regarding her former organization's namesake. "Salazar Arcadia was not only the first of our kind, but also probably the most powerful to have ever lived. He had the unbelievable ability to control and manipulate fire. His family felt blessed by Salazar's gift. But... one night, something went wrong. Salazar's house mysteriously caught fire and was burned down. No one, not even Salazar himself, survived."