So, this will clearly be an AU for post-episode 69. If you cannot handle that, don't read it. Simple as breathing.

The Lost Soul

Hiragi Yuzu silently walked towards her fate, clutching her helmet in her hands.

She had lost the duel against Chojiro-san after all... but that wasn't what worried her in the slightest. It was what awaited her beyond those doors, now looming above her like some otherworldly threat. The pinkette gulped down her fear as she heard shouts and screams from inside the building.

Fear... it wasn't something she could allow herself to feel now. She had to go and find Gongenzaka, make sure that he wasn't doing too badly wherever he was and make certain - somehow - that Yuya doesn't do anything too crazy. Just the mere thought of what he could be doing right now worried her as she sighed and raised her hand, the bracelet on her right arm glistening in the fading light as the crowd in the stadium began to cheer for the next duel.

As she slowly lowered it onto the door's handle, Yuzu couldn't help but feel that she was sealing her own fate.

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"S-She couldn't have lost..." Yuya's wide, red eyes stared in disbelief at the screen as Melissa, the announcer lady, announced the next riding duel which would be Serena's. "Because if she lost, that means..." he shook his head, his hands clutching and relaxing from forming a fist.

"I-Impossible! Yuzu couldn't have...! Now... sh-she will..." the entermate duelist had to take a seat on his bed as he stared at the floor and then at his hands. What were they useful for if they couldn't protect his precious best friend?

"YUZU!"

- line break -

Yugo, meanwhile, was standing in a higher position, stunned into silence. He hadn't thought for even a moment that Yuzu would lose and, if he knew his City as well as he thought he did, this wouldn't bode well for her... he unfroze when he heard screams and shouts of pain and horror. Startled, the riding duelist noticed several monsters appearing from the sky seemingly out of nowhere and - as he turned around - he saw a feral grin before a white flash nearly blinded him and he knew no more.

"Yuri should be happy about this... for a change."

The voice belonged to no one else but Dennis Macfield, Yuya's friend and ally to the Fusion Dimension.

So this is just the prologue... its a bit shorter just so that I can see if anyone would like this. So yeah, it's clearly AU. Yes, I killed off Yugo early... well, he isn't really dead per-say. And yes, we don't know what will happen to Serena after her interrupted duel nor to Yuzu, but let's hope that we do find out shall we?

Also, the picture used for this fic isn't meant to be provocative at all. I don't own it either.

Thank you for reading! :)