(Side Note: This Disclaimer was made prior to the September 2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! Banlist)

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh!, or Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. If I did, Arc-V would have had a better ending than it actually had, and Elemental HERO Stratos would be unbanned by now (he's never coming back), but I don't sadly. All rights go to Kazuki Takahashi.

NOTE: There will be original decks and original cards.

P.S: I made a poll, vote for your favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! Dimensions character here: poll/polls_tab_ ?pollid=499216, if people participate in this poll, the result will be shown in Chapter 10.

As a reminder; that this story is set in an alternate universe and timeline different from the canonical Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V timeline. Which means Yuya Sakaki or Yuzu Hiiragi will not be in this story, unfortunately, but don't fret there will be references to previous Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Meet Yuji Ishino, a 16-year-old duelist from Den City who goes to Spring Star Duel School, he uses an Odd-Eyes deck yet, so far he isn't that good to start. Yuji's best friend is named Shinon Aikyo, a pretty hotheaded yet clumsy 15-year-old duelist, who uses a Ritual Beast deck that she inherited from a pro duelist named Shioko Waki (who is Shinon's childhood friend). More on those characters later, here is the prologue of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dimensions.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dimensions: Prologue

The setting is the Annual Den City Duelist Tournament, where we see Zarc, the #13th ranked duelist in the city, in the final moments of this championship duel versus Ray Akaba, the defending champion.

Life Points:

Zarc: 1500

Ray Akaba: 3000

"It's my turn, I draw!" Zarc boldly states as he tries to think of a way to perform a comeback. "This is it, this is Zarc's last chance! If this card doesn't help him, it could be game over for the entertainment specialist." The Announcer claims while doing play by play commentary for Zarc and Ray's duel.

"What are you going to do Zarc?" Ray cockily says while looking at her duel disk as she waits for Zarc to end his turn. "Don't worry Ray, the entertainment has already started!" Zarc proudly proclaims as he prepares to pull off a miraculous comeback. "I Normal Summon Performapal Skullcrobat Joker in attack position." He says as he summons his main play starter, Skullcrobat "With the effect of Joker, I get to add a 'Performapal', 'Odd-Eyes', or 'Magician' monster from my deck to my hand." Zarc adds as he searches for a card to put in his hand. He eventually finds what he was looking for: "I add Performapal Trump Witch to my hand," Zarc says while looking at hand and field as he plans out what next for him to do.

"Hmm, I have Performapal Seal Eel and Performapal Momoncarpet in my Pendulum Scales," Zarc says while in thought as he thinks of a strategy. "I have Trump Witch, King Bear, Handsome Liger, Double Summon and Sellshell Crab in my hand." Zarc. starts to scratch his head while continuing to think of a strategy"Bubble Barrier is active on my field." "Oh, that's right, I haven't Pendulum Summoned this turn" Zarc suddenly realizes he hasn't Pendulum Summoned yet during this turn.

"What's taking so long Zarc?" Ray asks Zarc what's taking so long since she wants to end this duel. "Have you thought about giving up?" Ray tells Zarc while being visibly irritated at Zarc taking too much time during his turn."By using the pendulum scales bestowed upon me by the ancient power, I Pendulum Summon!" Zarc chants to his duel disk.

Seemingly at will, a blue light appears over Zarc's field, his duel disk starts to glow with the letters 'Pendulum' in-between Performapal Momoncarpet and Performapal Seal Eel.

"First up to the stage: a truly marvelous swordsman, who takes the hearts of everyone he sees! I Summon Performapal Handsome Liger in attack mode. (Level 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 400)

"Next up: This crab will do anything to sell its performance! Perfromapal Sellshell Crab in Defence. (Level 5/ATK: 500/DEF: 2500)"

"Finally: I bring out the H.B.I.C (Head Bear In Charge). The only bear from a royal Bloodline! Performapal King Bear in attack mode. (Level 6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 1000)" Zarc says this after catching his breath after saying all of those summonings after Pendulum Summoning his monsters.

"Performapal King Bear cannot be destroyed by Spells/Traps."

"I activate Performapal Sellshell Crab's effect, King Bear gains 1200 ATK since I control 4 'Performapal' monsters. (King Bear: ATK: 2200 - 3400)" Zarc explains while reading the card effect as Performapal King Bear increases his ATK Power by 1200 because of Performapal Sellshell Crab.

"Plus Ray has a couple of tough monsters on her side of the field, luckily they don't have any effects since their Normal Monsters," Zarc thinks while planning his next move. On Ray's field, She's got 3 "Naturium" Monsters, each with 2400 ATK. But the challenging part of Ray's deck is not the monsters, it's her "En" Spells and Traps that basically protect her "Naturium" monsters from destruction, and her damage is halved." Zarc suddenly plays a Spell Card from his hand.

"Now I activate Double Summon!" "This card lets me Normal Summon again, and I will summon Performapal Trump Witch" Zarc Normal Summons Performapal Trump Witch from his hand "But I'll tribute her and add a 'Polymerization' card from my deck to my hand," Zarc says while searching for "Polymerization" which while on the other side of the field, Ray is slowly growing impatient. "Are you sure that's going to help you Zarc?" Ray says even though she can care less about what Zarc does.

"Oh well" Zarc shrugs his shoulders. "I'll activate Polymerization, to Fuse Sellshell Crab and Skullcrobat Joker to bring out a monster that will try to not drag out this duel" Zarc prepares his chant.

Intelligent Crab Merchant join your financial intellect
with the unpredictable wild card antics of a joker
to form a dancer who likes to drag things out.
I Fusion Summon! Drag on to the Field: 'Performapal Draggin' Dancer'! (Level 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1400)

"Now this is where things get fun Ray" Zarc slyly states while pointing at Draggin' Dancer. "When Performapal Draggin' Dancer is Special Summoned: all of your Spell Card/ Trap Card effects on the field are negated until your next Standby Phase" "Plus by banishing 'Performapal Assistant Fox' from my Graveyard, I can have all of my monsters that aren't Pendulum Monsters gain 1000 ATK."

(Handsome Liger: ATK: 1800 - 2800)

(Draggin' Dancer: ATK 2400 - 3400)

While this duel is happening: Yuji Ishino, and his best friend Shinon Aikyo. are currently watching this duel at their Duel School.

"Hey Yuji, want to make a bet?" Shinon says while whispering so she wouldn't get her and Yuji in trouble."W-w-what kind of bet, Shinon?" Yuji shyly says to his best friend while keeping his voice low. "If Zarc somehow wins this duel, you'll have to buy me some ice cream," Shinon says while licking her lips in anticipation for ice cream knowing Zarc is going to pull off his signature comebacks.

"But i-if Ray holds on to win this duel, You have to teach me how to Ritual Summon," Yuji replies while nodding his head as he believes Ray's deck is too strong for Zarc to overcome. "Then it's a bet, Yuji!" Shinon loudly yells in her class as she accepts the bet, while on the other hand gets the attention of their homeroom teacher: Mrs. Midori Hibiki. "What about a bet, Shinon?" Mrs. Hibiki scolds Shinon while watching the duel since Shinon isn't paying attention to the duel.

"Nothing, Mrs. Hibiki" "I was talking about betting on the best flavor of ice cream" Shinon quickly makes a response (or lie) to get herself out of trouble even though her 'response' doesn't apply to the duel currently in progress. "Okay then, Shinon." "Just pay attention to the duel, and you might learn something," Mrs. Hibiki tells Shinon with a glare in Midori's eves, staring a hole into Shinon.

Back to the duel Now:

"Now Performapal Draggin' Dancer, Attack Naturium Ranger" Zarc Commands his monster to ready an attack "Dragging Performance!" (Naturium Ranger is destroyed) (Ray: 3000 - 2000) "Next I attack Naturium Cleric with Performapal King Bear, 'Royal Claws'!" (Ray: 2000 - 1000) "Finally, Performapal Handsome Liger attack Naturium Beast, 'Heart-Stealing Slash!'" (Ray: 1000 - 0)

-Duel Over-

"I-i Can't believe this!" The commentator dumbfounded with what he just saw says in his microphone"Zarc actually came back and won the Den City Championship!" After saying this: the crowd in attendance start cheering their hearts out as Zarc wins his first ever Championship."It's a miracle!" The commentator says right into his mic with enthusiasm, equivalent to Yugi beating Kaiba in Battle City.

Ray and Zarc walk towards each other, they shake each other's hands as a sign of good sportsmanship.

"That was a great duel, Zarc" Ray shows some respect towards the new Champion Zarc as she compliments him."Even though you were talking for over 5 FREAKING minutes!" Ray jokingly teases at Zarc, even though Zarc thought she was serious. "Well, when it comes to entertainment Ray.." "Entertainment always fly by when you're having fun!" Zarc confidently says as if he were getting paid for saying that phrase.

Well, that's the prologue, everybody! So Yuji owes Shinon some ice cream since he lost the bet. But in the next chapter, we get started on the adventures of Yuji Ishino and Shinon, along with a certain character showing up in the future. Until then, I'll see you guys later.