Well... Yeah here is another story. Hopefully this story will be done faster than the others, seeing it should be shorter than the others.

But still this is an AU which has been playing in my head. I blame my love for the original Odd Eyes Dragon. (I want a copy. I have Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon. But still.)

So warning: AU, Out of Characterness

I do not own anything but this idea.

Hope you enjoy!

The True Form of Z-ARC

(Chapter 1)

Tears of the Lost One

Yuya stared ahead with his goggles covering his eyes. He couldn't believe he let himself become Z-ARC. He said he wouldn't, he did all he could not to. Yet... he still did. He failed and broke his word. Now everyone had to face the consequences of his actions.

Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon silently stood behind him. Glancing to his right he saw Yuto with Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon behind him. To his left was Yugo with Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Yuri on the far end with Starving Venom Fusion Dragon.

None of them were chained. None of them were forced to stay were they where. In fact Yuya knew that he could run around if he wanted to. But something make him stay still. Something told him not to move and not to look behind him and his dragon.

The silence was broken by a sob. A very quiet, barely heard sob. It came from behind him. It wasn't his dragon. Could dragons even cry? Must less sob? But he still didn't turn around.

He didn't know why, but he knew if he looked behind him, nothing would be the same ever again. That everything Yuya knew would be shattered.

Sniffles and the sound of tears falling onto the ground echoed in this quiet place. Glancing over to Yuto, Yuya noticed that he was doing a better job at ignoring the crying than he was. Blanked face and firm eyed, Yuto looked like a pillar of strength against the temptation to look back.

Yuya knew who it was. Seeing there was no other who it could be if it wasn't one of the four of them.

Z-ARC was crying his heart out behind all of them.

Truthfully Yuya didn't know why. He won! Got what he wanted at long last.

And yet he wasn't gloating, or praising Yuri for working so hard to make this happen. He wasn't giving snide remarks or telling all of Yuya's friends that they were all gone now and it was only him.

No, he was crying like his world just shattered and there was nothing left.

Scrunching his eyes shut, he turned his head to the side as he clenched his fists. He really wanted to look and see what was causing Z-ARC to cry like that. Just what could make the most vile person in the Original Dimension cry like everything was gone when he got everything he wanted.

A soft growl behind him reminded him not to. Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon did not move, but his vocalization of warning reminded Yuya not to risk everything. There was so much at stake. He couldn't risk it on such a monster.

Opening his eyes he stared at Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon. Was it just him or did it look sad?

Turning his head he gazed at Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. They also looked sad. Starving Venom Fusion Dragon in fact seemed ready to break off from the line they were all in.

But it was just the dragons. Yuri, Yugo, and Yuto did not look like they were ready to move anytime soon.

Staring at his hands as he raised them up and opened them, Yuya pondered on the strangeness of the situation. He was the only counterpart who wanted to look back. While Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon was the only dragon who didn't.

That was a odd parallel that Yuya never thought would happen. He normally could count on Odd Eyes to be beside him...

Eyes widening, Yuya registered the crippling despair clinging onto his heart. It wasn't his emotion, yet he could feel it as though it was. Gripping his shirt above where his heart was, he took some deep breaths.

Z-ARC's sobs had changed into a wail. Something was horribly wrong. Clenching his fists he screwed his eyes shut and turned his head to the left, trying not to look back and see just what causing Z-ARC to cry like that.

Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon growled lowly in warning, and Yuya ignored it as he turned around.

Red eyes widened as he gazed upon Z-Arc's sobbing form. He looked nothing like the demon they turned into once they became one. There was no wings or cracked skin. No spikes or claws.

None of that. Instead there was torn clothing which was so threadbare that Yuya wanted to wrap the man in his jacket for some sort of warmth that he no doubt was needing.

Removing his goggles, Yuya took a step forward. Only to be blocked by Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Looking up into his dragon's eyes, the red and green haired boy noticed a firm glint in them.

Right. If he went to Z-Arc, there was no hope of anything returning to normal. Z-Arc was weak and they couldn't risk that coming forward. They had to make things right once more.

Turning his gaze to the sobbing man once more he couldn't help but wonder why. Taking in the blood running down from the right temple, the cuts on the arms and legs, the shadow which hid teary eyes but did little to hide the tears falling down the pale and thin cheeks of the man chained down by his ankles to the floor.

Following the length of chain until it disappeared into the darkness, Yuya couldn't help but feel sorry for the kneeling figure. While he and his Counterparts could move and do what they wanted, Z-Arc couldn't move from where he was at. Trapped where he was.

Harmless to everyone.

Now to get the second chapter fixed up and up. So this can make some more sense. See you then.

So Forward!