A/N: Hello, this is my first story. So, in this AR, Yusaku and Aoi's parents are still present, and no Knights of Hanoi. All good? Great. Let's begin

Chapter 1: Online: Love Blossoms

Recently, Playmaker's popularity in Vrains has skyrocketed. After he pulled off a miraculous comeback against Go Onizuka, the former top of the Duel Rankings, and a similar move followed by a One-Turn-Kill against Blue Angel, people have started calling him the "Ace of Vrains" or the "Champion of Vrains", but one thing that everyone agrees on is that the titular Playmaker, has truly earned his name. Yusaku Fujiki, the "man behind the mask", doesn't know why, but he seems to enjoy this newfound popularity. Even during his duel against Blue Angel, he felt enjoyment. It's as though the Idol of Vrains opened his eyes to the wonders of dueling.

And then, as he was contemplating recent events, he got a Private Message from Blue Angel herself.

"W-What?!" He hoped that noone could hear him scream after looking at a single message. But this was unlike any other message.

'Playmaker,

You are quite the interesting duelist. One-Turn-Kills are not easy to pull off, especially against me ;)

Do you happen to be free tomorrow at 6.25 pm? Let's go hang out together :)

I'll be waiting for a reply, Playmaker.

- Blue Angel'

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Yusaku had absolutely no clue what to do. He wasn't the type of guy to get invites to hang out, let alone from the girl that is without a doubt, the most popular player in Vrains. Then again, his online persona was rapidly catching up to that of the Angel's, in terms of popularity. But what would he do? He can't just reject Blue Angel of all people. And the smiley and winking emojis in the message didn't help at all.

After verifying the sender (through searching player profiles and leaderboards), he (reluctantly) replied to her message, accepting her invitation. And after a while, he received a reply, followed by a friend request.

'Great, meet ya at the place where we met for our duel. See ya tomorrow :)'

"I'm gonna regret this" Yusaku thought to himself as he accepted the Idol's friend request.

After logging out, Yusaku just slumped onto the sofa, and sighed.

"Had a rough day, Yusaku?" His mother just walked into the living room, startling him slightly. "How's your Vrains dueling going? I heard you became quite the player." She smiled at him.
"Yeah, I pulled off a couple Link Summon chain combos"
"I can never understand Link Summon, or the new rules for that matter. But my Fusion deck..."

At that point, Yusaku's father butted in.

"Oh please, Lunalights only really need to have one Fusion monster on the field at once. It's still viable."
"Oh shut it Yuri!" His mother giggled. His father put his hand on Yusaku's shoulder.

"I'm proud of you, my son. Just know that whatever it is, you'll have our support."
"Thanks dad."

The newfound encouragement gave him the motivation to continue on and meet Blue Angel without worry.

"Maybe this won't be so bad."

Or so he thought. The next day, 6.15 pm, a mere ten minutes before he is to meet Blue Angel, he was worried sick. He had just completed a duel challenge by a small fry, winning with a combination of Trigate Wizard, Encode Talker, and a low ATK monster.

"Sorry pal, I gotta rush! As Encode Talker is Co-Linked to Trigate Wizard, I deal double damage!" He said as he dealt a crushing blow, ending the duel on the second turn.

"Argh, I'm late, I'm late! Hey Ignis! Keep up this Data Storm, I need to go somewhere."
"Sure thing, you'll get there in no time!"

And sure enough, Yusaku got there with five minutes to spare.

"That was fast."
"Yup! By the way, I'll just be switching to hibernate mode until you're done with your date. Have fun!"
"This is not a date! It's..." Before Yusaku could finish his sentence, Ignis switched to hibernate, to leave him in peace with Blue Angel. Yusaku just sighed.

"Now, where is she...?"
"PLAYMAKER!"
"Oh no..."

Sure enough, Yusaku's rival, who goes by the online name "Revolver", arrived instead.

"Playmaker, let's see who has the better Dragon! Duel me!"
"Not so fast!" Both Yusaku and Revolver turn to see Go, standing above them. "I will duel Playmaker!"

"No, I will!" Revolver retorted
"Uh, guys..." Yusaku tried to say something but instead...

"No! Playmaker's mine for today, boys." Just like that, Blue Angel arrived just in time. There they stood, back-to-back, Playmaker and Blue Angel, facing Revolver and Go.

"6.26. You're late Miss Blue Angel."
"I had to convince my brother not to spy on me today. Anyway, you seem to be enjoying yourself here, Playmaker."
"No more than how much I'll enjoy myself later when we get out of this predicament."
"Fair enough." She giggled. And as surprising and poorly timed as the paparazzi, a frog being carried by a bird flew above them.

"Hey! It's Playmaker! And is that... Blue Angel, Go and Revolver! What's going on?"
"Not you again!" All duelists present shouted in unison. At that point, Playmaker and Blue Angel knew they had to run.
"Ngh, time for a great escape. Ignis!"
"Rebooting, rebooting."
"Can it, you glorified JavaScript code"
"Haha, alright, initiating Data Storm... now!"
"Blue! Come on!"

And just like that, Playmaker and Blue Angel hop into their respective hoverboards and ride the Data Storm. Blue Angel winked at Playmaker, making him blush slightly, but the moment didn't last long, as Go and Revolver quickly caught up.

"Grr, annoying. Ignis, duel protocol Alpha-4!"
"W-What? A tag duel! You're kidding me! And a Master Duel too?" Yusaku just looked at Blue Angel and smiled.
"I have to end this quick, don't I? Besides..." Playmaker noted the frog flying high above them, a camera mounted on the bird's head. "Let's put on a show for the fans, right Blue?"
"Right!" Blue Angel smiled at Yusaku's last sentence, and both dismounted their hoverboards and landed on the nearest building suitable for a tag duel using Master Duel rules, Go and Revolver joining them shortly. "Now..."

A few turns later...

"Now, I complete the Extra Link! Link Summon! Link-1, Link Disciple!" Much to the shock and sheer surprise of everyone present, Yusaku has a Link Monster in both Extra Monster Zones.
"Impossible..." Go and Revolver stared in shock.
"Since there's a Cyberse on my field I Special Summon Backup Secretary, and since there's a Link Monster on my field, I Special Summon Link Inflyer. Then I Link Summon! Link-2, Link Bumper! Then I activate Monster Reborn and Special Summon Honeybot from my Graveyard!" Go and Revolver's shock could easily be seen, and so is the shock of the audience.
"Amazing! Playmaker now has 7 Link Monsters, and controls both Extra Monster Zones! Is this the never before seen Extra Link?"

Blue Angel just looked in awe at the field. "Wow... Playmaker."

But Revolver isn't going down without a fight.
"Trap card activate! Bad Luck Blast. I target my Cracking Dragon, take 1.5k damage and inflict it..." Revolver points to Blue Angel.
"...to you Blue Angel!" Blue angel had only 1.1k Life Points left. She braced to lose with the effect damage.

"I won't let you damage her!" And as he said that, Blue Angel's heart skipped a beat. "Trigate Wizard's effect! Since there are three monsters co-linked with Trigate, if a card or effect is activated, I negate the effect and banish that card."
"Ngh, at least I don't take the damage." Revolver said. Playmaker saved Blue Angel!

Using the 7 Link Monsters, he blew away both Go and Revolver, dropping their Life Points to 0 simultaneously.

"Argh, I'm just not feeling good today, we're having a rematch soon, Playmaker!" said Revolver.
"I'll get back at you someday, Playmaker!" said Go.

Both of them then logged off, leaving just Playmaker and Blue Angel.

"That was amazing!" Blue Angel ran up to Yusaku and hugged him. "You were so cool, and brave. To take on both of them, without much help needed from me. That was just... Amazing!" Blue Angel pulled back from the hug and held Playmaker's hands.
"It was nothing. I had to do what I did. Besides, we had a plan today... a date." At that one word, Blue Angel just gasped and smiled.
"Yes, a date."

They didn't see the frog hovering closer and closer.

"What's this!? Playmaker and Blue Angel are...!?" The two aforementioned duelists got the shock of their lives when the embodiment of the paparazzi showed up.

On the screens in the city in the real world, everyone present in the city plaza looked up, and saw a sight to behold: Playmaker and Blue Angel holding hands, looking so happy. Even Shoichi, Yusaku's family's friend, smiled.

"Oh Yusaku. Serena's gonna be surprised when she hears about this."

Back in Vrains, Blue Angel and Yusaku probably had one of the worst first dates ever.

"Time to run?"
"Yup, let's go!"

Still holding hands, the two race their way away from the frog, and out of sight of the paparazzi.

"Phew..." the boy commented, "we got away." But before he could say anything else, the girl put up her hand, signalling him to stop talking for a while.

"Playmaker, you're really an interesting person. Did you mean what you said when you said, you wouldn't let anyone deal damage to me?"
"Yes."
"And when you used your Trap Card earlier before you had Trigate, to prevent me from taking effect damage... That was on purpose, right?"
"Yes."
"Then, Playmaker..." She gave him a peck on the cheek, making him blush. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." The pair just stared into each others' eyes for a moment.

"Do you... want to..." Blue Angel tried to ask, but a shyness that was never seen before by Yusaku started to show, it started to remind him of a friend of his. In the end she just gave up, and sent a request.

"W-What?"
"Playmaker, could we be a couple?"

Staring back at Yusaku is a declaration of love. A request to be a couple. Yusaku was surprised. He didn't think that the most popular girl in Vrains would even consider dating him. But right there, he was given the option to make it a reality.

He gladly accepted. Blue Angel's eyes lit up and they both embraced each other.

"Playmaker, I love you."
"I love you too, Blue Angel."

Haha, now that's something. This is my first attempt at something decent, so... yeah, there you go. Anyway, hope you like the little cameo in the middle with Serena and Yuri from Arc-V, I've seen some people think that Serena and Yuri are Yusaku's parents for some reason, so I decided to entertain the thought. Anyway, peace! Leave a review if you like it