Vile: *hears knocking at the door* Hmm. Who could that be? *walks over and opens door*

RK777: Trick or treat! *a small Eevee in a princess costume is by his feet*

Eevee: Vee vee!

Vile: Hey, Rocket! Nice to see you again! *A Mimikyu walks over, as does a Pokemon that looks like a young Silvally in a costume that resembles Kamen Rider Build*

Mimikyu: *waves claw* Kyu kyu!

?: Cull!

RK777: Likewise. Who's this big pupper?

Vile: This here's a Pokemon I created. His name is Miracull, and he's a pre-evolution of Type: Null. I'll have to link you and the readers to his page. *scratches Miracull behind his neck, making him bark*

RK777: Sounds great. So, on this season of scares, what have you guys got on your to-do list?

Vile: Well, since last year's Halloween story was a glimpse into one of my Yugioh futures, I decided, "Why not do it again?" This time, I decided to show my future of ARC-V. *to readers* And trust me, you guys will NEED to suspend your disbelief, because I am basically throwing the canon ending of ARC-V out the window for this, on top of anything else that comes between ARC-V and this story. Please bear with me here.

RK777: Bare with us, you mean. Arc-V was a bit of a cluster of an ending and a huge animal of a concept; and it's probably going to take more than one mind to make some sense of things. If you'll have me on the writing team, that is.

Vile: Trust me, I'll need all the help I can get. For now, though, let's sit back and enjoy the show of the future! *notices that Miracull and Eevee sat down when I said "Sit"* *chuckles* Loyal. Very loyal.


"You all set, Yuga? It could be a bumpy ride."

"If I can handle Action Duels, I think I can handle this, Dad."

"Just had to check. You can be as stubborn as your mom sometimes."

"And just as reckless as you, Yuya."

"*laughs* Can't argue with that. Have fun out there, Yuga!"

"I will! See ya later!"


"Yuri! Shihime! What's taking you so long?"

"Gomen, Kaa-chan. Had to deal with a last-minute ruffian."

"*sighs* There's always one, isn't there?"

"Don't worry your cute head, dear. Our princess took care of it like a charm, and I'm sure she can handle whatever her friends have for her."

"You have a point. Just don't let it end too quickly, okay, Shihime?"

"Hai! I'll show them what Academia taught me!"


"Kuso, kuso, kuso! I'm gonna be late!"

"She should've been here by now. Did she get lost again?"

"No, Rin, it's around Halloween time. Traffic sucks this time of year."

"INCOMING!"

"Oh jeez! Kazehana, you need to work on your dismount!"

"I'll do it later, Papa. I'm gonna be late."

"Portal's still open, Kaze. Go, go, go!"

"Okay, Mama! Love you both!"


"Ok, I think I just about have everything I need."

"You sure, Tamotsu?"

"Nii-chan, he's already checked himself twice. I think he's fine."

"I still don't know if you're going to need a whole lot for this."

"This is a Dimension I've barely been to that we're talking about, Tou-sama. Anything can happen."

"You can't blame him for being thorough, Yuto."

"I know, I know. At least if anything does happen, you're prepared."

"Yep. Well, I better get going."

"Be careful out there!"

"Will do, Kaa-sama!"


Terror in A New Dimension

Chapter 1

Night had fallen over a world that not many people would recognize by looking at it. Though the cityscape was well-lit, the colors are the area were muted, giving almost a dingy feel to it in spite of the area actually being in pristine condition. Such colors were likely an aesthetic choice, though, as the world below bustled like any other under the stars and full moon. Decorations scattered across the place made it clear that it was no ordinary night: Halloween was upcoming, and the populace was getting ready for their own events.

However, if one looked close enough at this world, one might notice something… out of place on the people living here. Though they seemed like you and me, down to the friendly greeting and kids playing together, their eyes carried an odd trait: The whites of their eyes were instead black, which would give off an evil vibe to anyone who wasn't aware of this location. This is not the world that most of us know, but a different world… one that does connect to the one we're used to.

In the common area of what appeared to be a school, a few students nearby with the same blackened eyes, four portals opened up in space, catching everyone's eyes. One by one, a person walked out of each portal before they closed, each with proper white scleras, and with similar facial features among them all.

Some of the bystanders seemingly smiled in recognition. "Oi, oi! It's Yuga Sakaki!" One of them cried, pointing to the one currently in front of the four: A young man of 14, having fair skin, blue eyes, and two-colored spiky hair that was predominantly a light pink, but the front of it was a bright red, having two small bangs beside his face and a single strand that stuck up and curved like the blade of a scythe. He wore an orange shirt with a large green musical note spray-painted on it (the note itself having an "A" in white within it), yellow pants, black shoes, and what appeared to be a white jacket draped over his shoulders like a towel, the sleeves tied in a knot in the front.

"Sakaki? He and his friends came here?" Another one asked as the second traveler, a girl of the same age, brushed some dirt off her shoulder. Her eyes were pink with a sharp shape, and her hair was long and a darker pink than Yuga's, kept in a braided ponytail that went past her rear end, though the front of her hair was dark blue and had sort of a palm tree look to it, two dark blue sidetails coming from that portion. Her outfit appeared to be a fancy uniform of some sort, being purple and light blue, with yellow trim, yellow stars in orange circles on the jacket's sleeves by the shoulders, fingerless gloves (one red, one blue), a short purple skirt, knee-length black socks, and white shoes. Noticeably, there was also a pink sash tied around her waist into a large bow, two tails coming off of it.

"Yeah, they're from other Dimensions!" A third bystander said as the third traveler, another teenage girl, cracked her neck a bit. She had fair skin, orange eyes, and curly blonde hair that reached her shoulders, the top of her hair having what looked like five ridges, and a green fringe with two sidetails that were long enough that the ends touched, making them look like a green ring. Her outfit was simpler than the others': A bright blue t-shirt with the letters "HK" within a pink starburst on it, skin-tight lime green pants, white shoes, and a gold ring on each of her ring fingers. To complete her ensemble, a white flower could be seen nestled in the left side of her hair.

"Sugee… Who knew they'd come here?" A girl said with slight giddiness as the blonde girl helped up their final compatriot, a boy of their age with gray eyes and spiky black hair. His hair noticeably had two different shades of black, having a wing-like fringe that had a noticeable purple tint that the rest of his hair lacked, two long bangs coming down from this part of the hair. He was wearing a white button-up shirt with short sleeves, blue pants, a black tie, brown shoes, and a knee-length, unbuttoned, black overcoat overtop the rest of it, a red ribbon tied around the coat's right sleeve.

Yuga walked over to the rest of them as they grouped together. "You guys got the invite too, huh?"

"Yeah, Zed told us this was the place." The black-haired boy said, looking around.

The pink-haired girl looked around, slower than the boy. "Definitely looks like it." She said, shivering at how empty it looked in spite of people actually being there.

Out of nowhere, from the shadows near them, a voice was heard: "Yuga, Shihime, Kazehana, Tamotsu. Glad to see you guys could make it." The voice made them jump as the voice's owner emerged: A young man their age, having the same black sclera as the rest of his dimension alongside his green eyes, though he had more of an air of playfulness than evil. His hair was a combination of silver and brown, the silver part being in front of his hair with four prominent spikes arranged in a way that resembled a clawed hand minus the thumb.

"Dude, why do you always do that?" Kazehana said, trying to re-catch her breath.

"Because I know it works." The native boy replied teasingly, sticking his tongue out at her.

The group finally got their composures back. "Anyway, what did you want Zed?" Yuga asked, getting things back on track.

"Well," Zed explained, "seeing as Halloween is coming up, I thought you guys would like to take part in a little game a friend of mine started a few years ago."

The four just kinda looked at each other before looking back at Zed. "What kind of game?" Yuga asked, tilting his head.

"Follow me. I'll show ya." Zed told them before leading them through the school, the students greeting the visitors as they went by. Eventually they made it to a small stadium within the building, which was rather dimly lit at the moment.

As he led them onto the field, a voice from the stands called out. "Hey guys, you made it!" The group looked up and saw two kids their age, also with a few shared facial features to them, looking at them, one of them waving. The waving one was a girl with periwinkle and teal hair, gold eyes, and a powder blue dress, while the other was a smiling boy with maroon hair with bits of white in it, hazel eyes, and a red-brown outfit.

"Hey, Hoshiko! Hey, Yusha!" Kazehana cried as the group waved to them.

Zed then stopped walking and turned around, doing a quick count and coming to four. "Let me guess," he said directly to Yuga, "Mayu's doing homework, right?"

"Yeah. The teacher gave out extra credit, too. It's like catnip for her." Yuga explained, making everyone nod in agreement.

"Her loss." Zed said with a snicker and a shrug. "Meantime, I'll let the game master explain the rules." With that, Zed slowly backed away from the group. "Benedict…" He said in a sing-song voice. "I've got your victims!"

The minute he finished his sentence, the lights shut off, leaving the group in total darkness. "Hey! Turn the lights back on!" Kazehana exclaimed, clearly unnerved by this move. On cue, a single light shined down on the four kids, revealing that Zed no longer near them. They quickly moved to stand with their backs against each other, as if ready for a fight.

Brief silence ensued before a voice spoke through the darkness: "Welcome to Hell, Duelists."

"Nani? Who's there?" Tamotsu asked, looking around. The others looked around as well, and soon all eyes came to rest in one spot. Just outside the light stood a boy about their age with long ashen gray hair, staring at them with yellow irises against his black scleras. The kids shuddered seeing him stand there. "Gotta hand it to him. Those eyes really add to the atmosphere."

The boy stared at them as if they were prey. "It's not often outsiders step into this game." He said. "Should add a nice bit of entertainment. I'll admit, the game has gotten stale without someone to scare."

Yuga smiled. "Well, what better time for a good scare than Halloween, am I right?"

The others nodded, which made Benedict chuckle. "So, what's the game?" Shihime asked.

Benedict only said one word: "Survival."

"Survival?" Kazehana parroted, confused.

"All four of you against me." Benedict explained as he started to circle them. "One by one, I hunt you down. Each time you beat me, I get something new. Don't lose track of yourselves out here." As he seemed to stalk them, Benedict could see by the looks on their faces that he needed to explain further. "Because you'll outnumber me, my Life Points will logically be very high. However, this game will give you another way to win." Pulling a card out of his pocket, he tossed it toward Shihime, who caught it and looked at it. It was a paper copy of an Action Magic Card called "Generator", which she passed around as Benedict kept talking. "Find those cards, and you'll enter a little mini-game. The last one of you to complete 5 and find the exit will win for the team. And to give you an extra handicap, I only get one monster on my field at a time."

"Sounds easy enough." Tamotsu said, but then he quickly thought about it. "…Is there a catch to this?"

Benedict tossed another card to him, this time an Action Trap with a rather gruesome image of someone hanging from a meat hook, which was fittingly titled "Hooked". "If any one of you finds 3 of these, you're out." Benedict explained as Tamotsu passed the card around. "And like I said, 'Each time you beat me, I get something new.' That means the field changes, but nothing's reset; the current Phase ends, and it instantly becomes my turn, so that I can bring a new monster into the fray. After that, turn order continues as normal, unless it would have been my turn next, anyway."

"It's not that easy, guys!" Yusha shouted from the stands. "Be careful out there!"

"What, did you guys do this while waiting for us?" Kazehana loudly asked.

"No, we just watched the practice runs!" Hoshiko explained.

Benedict spoke up again, regaining the attention of the four friends. "So... are you willing to be my prey for the evening?" He asked, backing into the darkness and disappearing from sight. "If so, please position yourselves around the campfire." As he said that, a spotlight turned on not that far from them, revealing a lit campfire on the arena floor that they assumed was created with real Solid Vision.

The four friends turned to each other. "Well, guys," Yuga asked them, "what are we waiting for?"

"I'm game." Tamotsu said before looking to Shihime. "How about you?"

Shihime smiled. "No reason to waste an opportunity."

"Yosh! Then we're all ready to go!" Kazehana said, excitement filling her voice.

"You sure, Kaze?" Shihime asked, raising an eyebrow. "You are pretty easy to scare sometimes."

Kazehana placed hands on hips confidently, cocking her head. "Heh! Being scared just adds to the thrill!" Her eyes then seemed to get small flames in them. "It gets me fired up!" Shihime gave a light laugh at this, to which Kazehana playfully blew a raspberry at her.

"Okay, then let's do it!" Yuga exclaimed. With that, the four teens walked over to the campfire and positioned themselves around it.

As they did, though, Shihime felt something next to her foot. Looking down, she notices a basket sitting next to it with various items in it. "What's this for?" she asked.

"Supplies." Benedict's voice replied from the darkness. "You will need them. Also, there are Offerings. You are about to enter a world created by a malevolent god. The Offerings may appease him enough to allow you certain benefits. Of course, you could just play blind."

The quartet looked to each other, but before they could say anything, Yuga piped up. "I think we'll be good enough on our own. We can handle a tough challenge!" The others nodded, deciding to trust his judgment.

"Very well." Benedict said, but as he continued speaking, his voice turned creepier. "Then let the game... begin!"

A card flew out of the darkness and landed in the campfire, too quickly for them to get a good enough look, but Shihime noted to herself that it looks like some kind of farmland in the card art. Suddenly, as the card burst into flames, it released a dark smoke the surrounds the quartet the quartet in a thick fog.

"Man," Tamotsu coughed as the smoke covered him, "I'm glad I don't have asthma." As the smoke faded into a dark mist, Tamotsu suddenly found himself in what appeared to be an overgrown, rotten cornfield… and it didn't take long to realize the others weren't with him anymore. "Huh?" He frantically looked around, seeing nothing but corn each way he turned. "Yuga?! Shihime?! Kazehana?!" No response came from his calls, making him worry all the more. "Wh... Where'd they go?!"

In a different part of the cornfield, though, Kazehana was also alone, albeit perfectly unharmed and trying to shove parts of the corn aside trying to find everyone. "Dang it!" She exclaimed in frustration. "I can't tell where I'm going!" Another frustrated shove actually snapped some of the stalks in half.

Kazehana, along with Tamotsu and an unharmed Shihime and Yuga, however, could be seen on a screen on Benedict's Duel Disk, though he himself wasn't actually looking at it, rather staring off into space. Unfazed by the labyrinth in front of him, he took a couple of quick breaths before activating the blade of his Disk. "Time to go to work." He mused, raising his hand and snapping his fingers.

When the snap was heard, the Action Cards floating above the field burst and dispersed all across the field. Hearing this happen, Shihime, who was near a old barn, looked up to see the cards flying everywhere. "Looks like the game's on." She said as she activated her Duel Disk.

Yuga also activated his Disk, as did Tamotsu and Kazehana, though Yuga happened to look over to see what he happened to be standing next to: A tree which had pig carcasses hanging from its branches. "Eeeugh!" He exclaimed, recoiling more in disgust than horror. "They pulled out all the stops with this field!" Letting out a breath, he quickly regained his composure as he looked around. "It's a bit un-orthodox, but just doesn't feel right without doing it." He cleared his throat before raising his voice. "ACTIOOOON..."

His shout, which WAS actually heard by everyone, triggered a habit in them all as they finished the line along with him: "DUEL!"

Benedict: 16000

Yuga: 4000

Shihime: 4000

Tamotsu: 4000

Kazehana: 4000

"Only fitting I start with a monster befitting this open field." Benedict said to no one as he looked over his hand. "But first, I'll discard 1 card. Nightmare Monk, Tokushu Shoukan." Appearing in front of him was a dark-colored skeleton in tattered robes

Nightmare Monk: Lv.3 DARK Zombie ATK:1150/DEF:800

"Then, because it's now in my Graveyard, I can banish my Level 7 False Ghoul King and Dark Tune it with my Nightmare Monk." From out of a purple portal, a scraggly-looking anthropomorphic lion emerged, having royal robes, green fur, and a living snake for a tail. With a yell, False Ghoul King's entire body turned black before turning into seven black Level Stars, which made a circle and connected with black lightning to form a gateway. Nightmare Monk flew through the gateway, his body disintegrating from the dark energy and revealing three white Level Stars. "The darkness deepens within the mad god's world. Its servant emerges to roam its domain!" The seven black stars then moved like a serpent, touching each white star and "eating" them while also losing a black star each. The remaining four stars then swirled together before combining, letting out a black flash of energy. "Daaku Shinkuro Shoukan (Dark Synchro Summon)!" The black energy was slashed apart by a bladed tool, and from out of it landed a disfigured male form, dressed in tattered clothing reminiscent of a farmer, his right shoulder hunched up as if attached to skin stretched from his face. "Begin the hunt! Servant of the Entity…" In one hand he held a hammer, but his dominant hand slashed a small chainsaw that he revved loudly as he let out a groaning yell. "Backwoods Dasher!"

Servant of the Entity – Backwoods Dasher: Lv. -4 DARK Fiend/Dark Synchro ATK:1950/DEF:0

"Turn end. Now then…" Benedict snapped his fingers, and Dasher revved his chainsaw once more as they began walking through the corn. "…The hunt is on."


Author-Made Cards

Nightmare Monk
Level 3 DARK Fiend
ATK:1150/DEF:800
You can discard 1 card from your hand; Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is send to the Graveyard for a Dark Synchro Summon: You can reveal 1 Dark Tuner monster in your hand; Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.

False Ghoul King
Level 7 DARK Fiend/Dark Tuner
ATK:1500/DEF:1800
This face-up card on the field cannot be used as a Dark Synchro Material. If this card is in the Graveyard: You can target 1 Fiend-Type monster you control; banish both this card and that target, and if you do, Dark Synchro Summon 1 Fiend-Type Dark Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck whose Level equals the total Levels of the banished monsters.

Servant of the Entity - Backwoods Dasher
Level -4 DARK Fiend/Dark Synchro
ATK:1950/DEF:0
(Effects will appear next chapter)

Rotten Fields Farm
Action Field Spell Card
You can use Action Cards, but you can only have 1 Action Card in your hand.


RK777: Why does some of this seem familiar?

Vile: What do you mean, "familiar"?

RK777: I'm not gonna say. I'll see if any of the readers can catch the references in Benedict and his Deck.

Vile: *smirks* Smart idea. I like to see if the readers can figure things out. *notices Eevee eating candy* Don't eat that stuff too fast, Eva. You'll get sick.

Eva: *nibbling on a cherry Twizzler* Vee vee!

Vile: *chuckles* Isn't she just adorable?

Miracull: Cull! *licks Eva's cheek*

RK777: That she is. But I just know she's gonna be bouncing off the walls soon enough.

Vile: Well, we'll have to be ready for that. If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me and stay tuned, because I plan on keeping a chapter a day until we get to Hallomaweens. We'll save some candy for anyone who figures out the game here. Ja ne for now!

Computer Voice: Vile, logging out.