Kuran Hiwatari

Kuran Hiwatari is the main antagonist in Taylor Gorrell's eventual fanfiction, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Season 3. He is an evil alien with amazing powers out to destroy the s, and the world along with them, through the "true power" of.

Appearance
Although he is an alien, Kuran appears identical in appearance to a 15-year-old human with long, frizzy scarlet hair and striking pink eyes. He is always wearing a creepy horizontal diamond-shaped mask with creepy tye-dye coloring, six spikes around the edge near the sides, and two large, wide, soulless orange eyes. The mask can be flipped up and be suspended in a flipped position.

Kuran's typical outfit consists of a drooping orange tank top covered in creepy markings (this is actually his language stating his credentials) over a black long-sleeve shirt, green pants also covered in his own language (no translation given), black futuristic-looking boots, and dark blue gloves with spiked cuffs.

He is also seen in a New Domino Duel Academy male's uniform while infiltrating the humans.

Personality
Kuran is evil and crafty, utilizing his humanoid appearance to blend in with the humans. He seems to either have multiple personalities or be adept at rapidly switching his personality, as his personality changes very drastically, usually depending on if his mask if flipped up or over his face. If his mask is up, he is calm, friendly (while infiltrating), and has a sense of humor. When his mask is down, however, Kuran's evil surfaces, turning him conniving, somewhat childish, and devious. His sense of humor goes too far sometimes, and he will sometimes act in anger. However, he always pulls down his mask in Duels, and if he is infiltrating, he won't change his personality.

Oddly, when Kuran is in his mask-down personality, he has a habit of speaking in rhyme.

Past
Kuran comes from deep space, and is known as a destroyer of worlds. His power comes from absorbing a specific natural energy source from each world, then "purifying" it to become a destructive power and using it for destruction. Upon his arrival to Earth prior to Zero Reverse, he finds the Ener-D Reactor, recognizing the energy within it is the energy he uses. However, upon noticing the direction the Ener-D is being spun, Kuran notices that the Ener-D is being "polluted" and becoming usless to him. Outraged, Kuran finds who is responsible:, Dr. Hogan, Dr. Atlas, and Rex and. Also in league as investors were and  Inzinski, an ancestor of, and the grandparents and parents (though in their teen years) of  and. Kuran sensed a common link amongst them: the power of the, and came to the conclusion that the s conspired to pollute Ener-D, which infuriated Kuran. Desiring revenge, he heard about the myth of the s and noticed Roman struggling. Using his powers, Kuran influenced Roman into giving in to the darkness (which would not have normally happened), leaving them one Signer short. He then controlled Roman into reversing the flow of Ener-D to "purify" it, inadvertantly causing the dreaded. However, throughout the terrifying event, Kuran Hiwatari gave an insane laugh at seeing "Ener-D's true power" unleashed.

Kuran then sent himself through time itself with his power to see the overall outcome of his handiwork, landing only four years later: the time when discovered her powers. Finding the fateful Duel between her and her father, he had to find a way to make her life hell. Remembering that her father was a busy man, he caused a false phone call to occur, causing Hideo to cancel the Duel. Noticing the saddened Akiza, Kuran sensed her psychic abilities budding, so he surged them through his own abilities and caused damage through them, leading to Akiza being rejected. Again, Kuran could only laugh upon causing a Signer misery.

Fast-forwarding himself again, Kuran lands within the time of 5D's Season 1, during Goodwin's plot to locate the Signers. Knowing that five Signers are already known, Kuran finds one of the remaining two whose Mark has not shown: Leo. Through his power, he represses Leo's Mark and prevents it from showing itself, this influence not being broken until the battle with. Unable to locate the seventh Signer, Kuran chucks a rock in a random direction, unintentionally setting off an event chain that impales another of Bruno's ancestors on a spike. Kuran sees it happen and laughs loudly, not realizing that the ancestor had already had a child to carry on the Signer power.

He remains in this time during the Signer-Dark Signer War. However, he notices that only five Dark Signers have been found rather than the seven there should've been. He hypnotically suggests to Roman to find, which turns the Duelist into a Dark Signer. But even after that, Kuran is not satisfied. He targets the Signers' closest ally, Rex Goodwin, and mind-controls him into choosing the path of a Dark Signer, creating the seventh of them. Even then,, , and defeat Rex and protect the world, angering Kuran.

Deciding he was fed up with that timeline, Kuran goes far forward in time, ending up in the timeline destroyed by Ener-D. Kuran felt overjoyed at seeing the destruction, but his hate toward the Signers still flared. Finding the four survivors out of hope, he formulates a devious plan. Posing as another survivor, Kuran tells them to go back in time and change the future so nothing will be destroyed. Utilizing his powers, he powers their time machine and sends them back, thinking about how foolish they are. Unfortunately, the survivors are defeated and die in peace. Angry, Kuran decides to see the new future. He finds that Yusei's Fortune program keeps the Ener-D spinning in one direction, "polluting" it and rendering it useless to the alien. Infuriated, Kuran decides that this is the last straw: he will take care of the Signers himself. Returning to two days after the Arc Cradle vanishes, Kuran scribbles a small note and somehow slips it into Yusei's pocket, starting the events of the current time.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Season 3
Kuran is first seen in silhouette, the eyes on his mask glowing, aware that time has been reset so the Arc Cradle never descended, stating that time is on his side now before laughing. His appearances throughout the first part are few, mainly seen with the younger cast members, posing as a Duel Academy student and one of their friends.

Come the second part, Kuran begins to take more action. Over time, he finds characters to take advantage of and brings them to his side, including. Upon his possession of Lydia Durak, he unknowingly re-awakens an ancient curse on her family (not that he minds). With each Duel he is near, he collects Ener-D and stores it in a special cache. However, one by one, his soldiers fall, but Kuran does not mind.

Eventually, his Ener-D cache is full, and reveals himself to Yusei and the other six Signers (a reborn Bruno attained the seventh Mark). Laughing, he proceeds to reveal everything he hs done to them, causing anger to stil within them. His anger ready to be released, Kuran challenges Yusei to a Duel for the fate of the world, which Kuran will destroy via his collected Ener-D if Yusei loses. Kuran's Mask cards create an offensive power with Masked Dragon - Des Structus, and his Devastation cards constantly shatter Yusei's resources. However, Yusei pulls off a miracle move by Summoning Cosmic Bloom Dragon and powering it up through the other five Signer Dragons and weakening the masked dragon. Kuran screams in horror, but out of anger, he directs his Ener-D cache toward Earth, determined to destroy it anyway, but the power of Cosmic Bloom Dragon reverses the "purification" process and renders it useless before unleashing one final attack, seemingly obliterating the evil alien.

Kuran's mask, partly broken, is seen half-buried in sand in the last chapter, hinting that he may have survived.

Abilities
Being an extraterrestrial superpower, Kuran has many powerful abilites, all seemingly powered by his mask. He is able to fly and hover in the air for indefinite periods, and has great speed and strength. He can conjure small red spheres of Ener-D in his hands, which create explosions upon being thrown and landing on surfaces. His best known power is the ability to influence and mind-control other people through his mask, signified by a constant creepy rattlng coming from the mask. He is also shown to be able to time-travel as well.

Main
Kuran plays a Masked Sage Deck focusing of using the various cards to Summon his monsters. His Deck includes "Devastation" cards which, when requirements are met, will harm opponents to the point of near-defeat, such as immense damage or milling most of their cards.

Disguise
While disguised, Kuran plays a  Deck.