And here is chapter 2! Yeah, I decided to put up two chapters for today and continue the rest on the following days. Well, hope you guys enjoy and remember that I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! in any way. All copyrights go to Konami.

Chapter 2:

As the school day ended, Kazuto was out on the roof looking at the view and the students leaving. He then took out a card from his Extra Deck and stared at it while remembering a part of his past.

Flashback

"Gah!" A young Kazuto grunted as he fell to the ground.

Kazuto: 700-100

"Hey, kid! Is this all you got!? No wonder your parents abandoned you and left you with no one else to love!" The bully laughed along with his 2 friends. Kazuto gripped his hand as he stood up.

"What did you say?" He said quietly gaining the bullies' attention. "You're gonna pay for that. Appear, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Kazuto slapped his Xyz dragon on his duel disk as it screeched and intimidated the bullies.

"Revolt of the Lightning, Disobey!" Dark Rebellion dashed at the bully's monster destroying it and knocked the bully unconscious. After that duel that led the bully into a coma, he was kicked out of the orphanage and sent to another. But after countless times of being kicked out, he started to live out in the streets and crying for days until a girl who was about a year younger stood in front of him, staring at him in curiosity. Her eyes were shadowed but she has pale skin and dark blue hair with light blue bangs.

"It's okay. I won't let you feel sad anymore!"

Flashback End

Kazuto was still staring at the card until he couldn't bear it and put it back into his Extra Deck. He was about to leave until he heard explosions coming from below the school grounds. He checked what was going on and saw a guy that looked like a gang leader defeat 4 students real badly. "The hell is a guy like him doing at this school?" I wondered until I heard footsteps from behind as I turned to saw a big muscular guy with a mohawk wearing the Heartland Academy uniform.

"And who are you supposed to be? Shouldn't you be going home? Everyone's already left school." Kazuto said until the mohawk guy, Girag, took a card out. "You look like a good duelist at this school. I'm offering you a request. Defeat Yuma Tsukumo and take away his Numbers...All for the sake of Barian World!" The spell card called Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force started to glow as I was caught to the light until my pendant glowed and cancelled out the force.

"What!? This is impossible! No human should be able to resist Barian's power!" Girag exclaimed. Kazuto shook his head and glared at him. "I don't know what you were trying to do but you're gonna pay for that!" Kazuto said as he readied his duel disk. "Duel me, Mohawk guy!" He cringed but grinned.

"Sorry, but you're opponent won't be me." He snapped his fingers and at least 10 gang members with strange symbols on their foreheads appeared and took out their duel disks. They all took cards from their deck and summoned their own monsters like Battle Ox, Mystic Horseman, and many original cards.

Kazuto glared harshly as he put on his D-Gazer calmly. "So that's how it's gonna be." Kazuto's pendant started to glow as he took a card from his Extra Deck and slapped it into his duel disk. "Fang's of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Descend now! Come forth! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" The black dragon screeched as it took the field staring down at the opposing monsters that were terrified of the dragon.

"Disappear. Revolt of the Lightning, Disobey!" Dark Rebellion roared as it's chin fang glowed and started stabbing through every monster. That was until he was unaware that another member came up from behind and attacked him. "What the-!?" The member's monster hit Kazuto sending him flying and falling to the school grounds.

"Grgh! Come back to me, Dark Rebellion!" Kazuto called as Dark Rebellion flew to it's master and caught him and set him down before disappearing. He sighed and glared at the mohawk guy that was standing atop the building.

"Kazuto?" Kazuto turned to the person who called and it turned out to be Yuma breathing hard as if he just got here. "What's going on!?"

Kazuto cringed until the voice from the gang leader spoke up. "Hey, you! I didn't know there would be another weak human at this school." Kazuto gritted his teeth as the leader continued.

"Well, it doesn't matter. If anyone stands in the way of Barian World, then they will be the ones to pay the price! Hahahaha!" The gang leader laughed further angering Yuma as he prepared to get out his duel disk until Kazuto stopped him.

"Don't, Yuma. I'll duel instead!" Kazuto challenged. "Heh! A human like you would challenge the likes of Barian World?" Kazuto glared at the leader making him smirk. "Heh! Fine, why not? I'll beat you quickly and then Yuma Tsukumo is next!" The leader agreed preparing his duel disk and his left eye turned crimson red.

"You're welcome to try!" Kazuto activated his duel disk once again as his D-Gazer glowed. "Duel Target, Lock On!"

"Augmented Reality Vision Link, Established."

"DUEL!"

Turn 1

Kazuto: 4000

Hand: 5

VS

Fuma: 4000

Hand: 5

"I'll start first! My turn, draw!"

"I summon Djinn Cycle from my hand!"

Djinn Cycle: Lv. 3 DARK Machine ATK: 400/ DEF: 400 (ATK Mode)

"Next, I play the spell Dark Engineering! This spell lets me target my Djinn Cycle and summon another copy of it from my hand! Come, Djinn Cycle #2!"

Djinn Cycle #2: Lv. 3 DARK Machine ATK: 400/ DEF: 400 (ATK Mode)

"I now overlay my lv 3 Djinn Cycles in order to build the overlay network!" Both monsters turned purple before going into a red portal. "Xyz Summon! Appear, Mechquipped Angineer!"

Mechquipped Angineer: Rank 3 LIGHT Machine ATK: 1800/ DEF: 1000 OU: 2 (ATK Mode)

"An Xyz monster with only 1800 ATK points? Hmph! This one will be easy to take out." Kazuto muttered until Fuma chuckled. "Don't think you can take this monster lightly. I activate the effects of my two Djinn Cycles! When they are both used as materials of an Xyz Summon, you take 400 points of damage! With 2 Cycles, you take 800 points of damage!" Angineer shot attacks on Kazuto as he grunted. "Grgh!"

Kazuto: 4000-3200

"Tch! When I take effect damage by an effect, I can activate from my hand the trap card The Phantom Knights of Mirror Shield!" The trap activated as a Phantom Knight holding a mirrored shield appeared. "Eh!? Activating a trap card from the hand!?" Yuma said bewildered as well as his friends who were beaten and watching.

"After this trap card is activated, I can special summon this card as a normal monster in DEF mode!" Kazuto explained.

The Phantom Knights of Mirror Shield: Lv. 4 DARK Warrior ATK: 0/ DEF: 2000 (DEF Mode)

"And after this trap monster is special summoned, I can target an opponent's monster and they take damage equal to half it's original ATK!" As Angineer was still firing, Mirror Shield reflected the attack at Fuma. "Gah!"

Fuma: 4000-3100

"Heh! Not bad for a weakling. I end my turn."

Turn 2

Kazuto: 3200

Hand: 4

VS

Fuma: 3100

Hand: 3

"Amazing! He just turned the situation in his favor!" Tetsuo said. "To summarize, Kazuto is an amazing duelist!" Takashi stated.

"My turn, draw!"

"From my hand, I summon The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm."

The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm: Lv. 4 DARK Warrior ATK: 1500/ DEF: 500 (ATK Mode)

"I now overlay my lv 4 Mirror Shield and Cloven Helm!" Both monsters turned purple before going into a galaxy portal. "Fang's of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Come forth, Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: Rank 4 DARK Dragon/Xyz ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000 OU: 2 (ATK Mode)

"Dark Rebellion." Yuma muttered.

"Heh? That's a nice dragon." Fuma said.

"Shut up! Battle! Dark Rebellion attack Angineer! Revolt of the Lightning, Disobey!" Dark Rebellion screeched as it's chin fang glowed. "Not so fast! I activate Angineer's special ability! By using one overlay unit, I can switch this monster to DEF mode and it can't be destroyed this turn!" The unit bursted at Angineer's forehead as it switched to DEF mode and a barrier protected it.

"Tch! I...end my turn."

Turn 3

Kazuto: 3200

Hand: 4

VS

Fuma: 3100

Hand: 3

"Hehehe. My turn, draw!" As Fuma drew, the strange symbol on his forehead formed as he lifted a card.

"From my hand, I activate the spell Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force!" Fuma declared.

"Huh!? A Rank Up Magic!?" Kazuto exclaimed as this also shocked the others watching.

"This card lets me rank up one Xyz monster on field and special summon a Chaos Xyz monster from my Extra Deck! I rebuild the overlay network with my Rank 3 Angineer!" Angineer turned yellow before going into a vortex in the sky and a pitch black explosion occurred. "Chaos Xyz Change! The power of Barian born inside Chaos, cast your judgment on this filthy world!" The new monster appeared as the overlay units turned into magenta crystals. "CXyz Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral!"

CXyz Mechquipped Djinn Angeneral: Rank 4 LIGHT Machine/Xyz ATK: 2600/ DEF: 1600 COU: 2 (ATK Mode)

"W-What's a Chaos Xyz!?" Kazuto exclaimed in shock.

"This is the power of Barian World that will send you to hell! Behold it's power!" Fuma raised his right arm high. "Barian's Force has another effect when activated! When a Chaos Xyz is special summoned due to Barian's Force, it can absorb the all overlay units of an opponent's Xyz monster!" Crimson electricity crackled as it went straight to Dark Rebellion and it's overlay units were absorbed. "What!?"

"Chaos Drain!" The stolen overlay units turned into the magenta crystals as they stood behind Angeneral.

Angeneral COU: 2-4

"And additional, the opposing Xyz monster that had it's overlay units absorbed loses 300 ATK for each unit! Therefore, it loses 600 ATK points!" The Barian symbol glowed beneath Dark Rebellion as it screeched in pain.

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon ATK: 2500-1900

"N-No way!"

"Before the power of Barian, your monster is useless against mine! It's over, weakling! After I defeat, Yuma Tsukumo will be defeated next and his numbers will belong to Barian World! HAHAHA!" Fuma laughed in a taunting manner.

"Tch! Don't screw with me! I'll beat you to the ground so that you'll never get up ever again!" Kazuto threatened making Fuma smirk again. "Let me tell you something interesting. My gang is scattered across the neighborhood. They will gather here at any moment now and when they do, you and your friends will be done for! Hahahaha!" Fuma laughed making Kazuto grit his teeth in anger.

"Now, let's continue! Battle! Angeneral attack Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Angeneral flew toward Dark Rebellion and preparing to attack. "Doom's Air Raid!" Angeneral powered up it's cannons and fired destroying Dark Rebellion.

"Grgh! GAAAHHH!" Kazuto screamed as he was sent flying and landed on his back. The others watching gasped while worried. "Kazuto!"

Kazuto: 3200-2500

Kazuto was breathing hard while trying to get up and was on his knees.

"Damn it! Is that all your so called 'Chaos Xyz' can do!" Kazuto taunted. "Heh! Not even close but I guess I can tell you. When a Chaos Xyz monster special summoned by Barian's Force battles an opponent's Xyz monster, that monster's effect of indestructibility in battle is negated!" Yuma gasped as he heard this. "So that means-!?"

"That's right! Even if only a Number can destroy a Number, the Chaos Xyz monsters can destroy any Numbers it battles!" Fuma explained.

"It's useless. The Chaos Xyz monsters were made to destroy Numbers. That weakling won't even last this duel." Girag muttered watching from the roof.

"Now, this is where the fun part begins! I activate Angeneral's effect! When this card deals battle damage and remove all it's Chaos Overlay Units, I can deal 500 points of damage for each unit!" All for Chaos Overlay Units merged into Angeneral as it's eyes glowed and shot energy blasts at Kazuto. "Grgh! GAAAAAHHHHH!" The blast sends Kazuto back as he landed on his front.

Kazuto: 2500-500

"That's enough!" Fuma turned to Yuma who shouted and stood in front of Kazuto. "You've done to my friend! Duel me instead!" Yuma challenged making Fuma chuckle. "You're willing to protect a weakling that you barely know about? Heh, how cute!"

"That doesn't matter! Even if I don't know much about him, he's still my friend!" Kazuto gasped at his response as he got up. "Yuma. Why do you go so far to be my friend?" Kazuto asked making Yuma turn to him.

"Because it's the right thing for me to do. Even if I barely know anyone, I'd do anything to make them a friend and an important comrade. So please, let me take care of this." Yuma offered. "No." Yuma gasped at his response.

"This is my fight to finish. I appreciate what your trying to do but I need to wrap up some unfinished business with him for calling me a weakling. I admit that you are a nice and great duelist but this is one thing that I need to finish." Kazuto said. Yuma stuttered for a moment until Fuma broke the silence.

"If you two are done chitchatting, let's get on with the duel! I set two cards facedown and end my turn!"

Turn 4

Kazuto: 500

Hand: 4

VS

Fuma: 3100

Hand: 1

Kazuto walked back to his spot and continued. "My turn, draw!"

"Tch! Not a good card to draw. In that case, I activate the spell The Phantom Knights of Soul Descent! By discarding one a Phantom Knight card from my hand, I can draw 2 cards from my deck! I discard The Phantom Knights of Fragile Armor and draw 2 cards from my deck!" Kazuto declared.

"Alright! I summon The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves from my hand!"

The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves: Lv. 3 DARK Warrior ATK: 1000/ DEF: 500 (ATK Mode)

"And since I control a Phantom Knights monster, I can special summon Silent Boots from my hand!"

The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots: Lv. 3 DARK Warrior ATK: 200/ DEF: 1200 (ATK Mode)

"I overlay my lv 3 Ragged Gloves and Silent boots in order to build the overlay network!" The two monsters turned purple before going into a red portal. "Souls of knights who fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 3! The Phantom Knights of Break Sword!" Kazuto's monster appeared as the ground started to break.

The Phantom Knights of Break Sword: Rank 3 DARK Warrior/Xyz ATK: 2000/ DEF: 1000 OU: 2 (ATK Mode)

"Now it's my turn to destroy your monster. When Ragged Gloves is used as an Xyz material for a DARK Xyz monster, it gains an additional 1000 ATK points!" Break Sword glowed as it gained more power.

Break Sword ATK: 2000-3000

"Now I set one card facedown and activate Break Sword's effect! I detach an overlay unit to destroy my facedown and your monster!" Kazuto declared as Break Sword lifted it's sword and hit the ground as it went for Angeneral.

Break Sword OU: 2-1

"Predictable. Trap activate, Xyz Protect! When my Xyz monster is targeted by an effect, my monster can't be destroyed for this turn!" The blast was blocked by an invisible force field, protecting Angeneral.

"In that case, Battle! Break Sword attack Angeneral!" Break Sword lifted it's sword and slashed Angeneral. "Grgh! Due to Xyz Protect, it can't be destroyed this turn!" Fuma stated. "But you'll still take the damage!" Kazuto reminded.

Fuma: 3100-2700

"Tch! Even that wasn't enough. I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Kazuto declared placing his last two cards facedown.

Turn 5

Kazuto: 500

Hand: 0

VS

Fuma: 2700

Hand: 1

"Heh! In the end, you were nothing but a hindrance! My turn, draw!"

"From my hand, I activate the spell Overlay Zero Buster! When I control an Xyz monster with no overlay units, I can target one monster on your field and destroy it! Disappear, Break Sword!" Angeneral shot energy blasts at Break Sword and destroyed it. "Grgh! At this moment, Break Sword's other effect activates! When this card leaves the field, I can special summon the materials used to summon it from my graveyard as lv 4 monsters!"

The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots: Lv. 3-4 DARK Warrior ATK: 200/ DEF: 1200 (DEF Mode)

The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves: Lv. 3-4 DARK Warrior ATK: 1000/ DEF: 500 (DEF Mode)

"Heh! In that case, Angeneral attack Ragged Gloves! Doom's Air Raid!" Angeneral charged up it's attack until. "Double Traps, open! The Phantom Knights of Lost Vambrace! One monster my opponent controls loses 600 of it's ATK points and then this card is special summoned as a Normal monster in ATK mode as well as all my Phantom Knights which can't be destroyed by battle this turn! Since it's a double trap, your Angeneral loses 1200 of it's ATK points!"

Angeneral ATK: 2600-1400

2x The Phantom Knights of Lost Vambrace: Lv. 2 DARK Warrior ATK: 600/ DEF: 0

"Heh! So what? I'll just attack your ATK position Lost Vambrace instead and this duel will be over!" Angeneral fired it's attack at Lost Vambrace. "I'm not done yet! From my graveyard, I activate the other effect of the Mirror Shield in my graveyard! When a Phantom Knight on my field is targeted for an attack and by removing this card from my graveyard, I can redirect your attack to another Phantom Knight monster on my field!" Kazuto explained as he took the trap monster in his graveyard and removed it from play. "I redirect your attack to my Phantom Knights of Silent Boots!" Silent Boots stood in the way while taking a DEF position and taking the hit before being destroyed.

"You impudent brat! I activate my trap Xyz Meteor! During this turn, if my Xyz monster attacked a DEF position monster and it's DEF is less than my monster's ATK, the difference is inflicted to you as damage!" Black clouds with lightning formed in the sky as meteors came falling down and crashed near Kazuto. "Grgh! GAAAAHHHH! Ungh!"

Kazuto: 500-300

"Kazuto!" The others yelled in worry.

"Tch! Still hanging by a thread, are we? I activate the other effect of Xyz Meteor! If a monster affected by this card destroys an opponent's monster, I can draw a card from my deck!" Fuma explained drawing a card. "And then I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn!" Fuma declared setting his last two cards facedown.

Turn 6

Kazuto: 300

Hand: 0

VS

Fuma: 2700

Hand: 0

"Grgh!" Kazuto stuggled while looking down on the ground in sadness. "In the end, I wasn't able to do anything for myself." A flashback of the girl he met flashed back of her smiling. "Rio. I'm sorry." He muttered until a roar was heard coming from his graveyard. "Dark Rebellion." Kazuto muttered as it's spirit appeared in front of him.

"You're right. I still have so much to do for her." Kazuto closed his eyes for a moment until he opened them. "My turn, draw!" Kazuto drew.

"I activate the spell Graceful Charity! This lets me draw 3 cards and then discard 2 from my hand." Kazuto drew 3 and then discarded Ancient Cloak and Booby Trap E. "Next, I play the spell Pot of Avarice! By returning up to 5 monsters in my graveyard back to my deck, I can draw 2 cards from my deck! I return Ancient Cloak, Silent Boots, Cloven Helm, Break Sword, and Dark Rebellion to my deck!" 5 of his monsters flew out of his graveyard and into his main and Extra Deck in their respective places and drew two.

"Next, I activate the effect of my Fragile Armor in my graveyard! By banishing this card and sending a Phantom Knight card from my hand to the graveyard, I can draw one card from my deck!" Kazuto discarded Phantom Knight's Spear and then prepared to draw. 'Please...come to me!' Kazuto wished. "DRAW!" He looked at this card he drew as his face lost all colors.

'No way! Even if I try to Xyz Summon Dark Rebellion again, this isn't the card I need to beat him!' Kazuto thought as he put his arms down. "Is this how far I can go?" He muttered.

"Kazuto!" He turned to the voice which turned out to be Kotori. "Kazuto! Why are you dueling in Yuma's place!? It's too dangerous!" Suddenly, the golden pendant that she was holding started to glow making my Extra Deck box glow in reaction. "Huh?"

The box opened and a card popped out."W-What the?" Kazuto pulled the card out and was wide-eyed. "This is..."

Kazuto made a determine face. "From my hand, I activate the spell The Phantom Knights of Seal Portal! By sending two face-up Phantom Knights monsters that were trap cards to the graveyard, I can special summon one lv 4 or below Phantom Knight from my deck by negating it's effects! I send my two Lost Vambraces to the grave!" Kazuto declared sending his trap monsters to the grave. "Appear, The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm."

The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm: Lv. 4 DARK Warrior ATK: 1500/ DEF: 500 (ATK Mode)

"This is it! I now overlay my lv 4 Ragged Gloves and Cloven Helm!" Both monsters turned purple before going into a galaxy portal. "Born from the depths of pitch-black darkness, Revive! And revolt all that oppose the most fearsome of dragons! Descend now! Xyz Summon!" A sealed form like a normal Number monster appeared in the shape of a black sword. The sealed monster transformed as the handles extended and became dragonic arms, the sharp blade split in two and took form of dragon legs, and the handle extended while transforming into the neck and dragon's head as it's yellow eyes glowed. The dragon looks similar to Dark Rebellion accept that the blade wrist on it's arms were replaced with Wolverine claws, sharp armor attached on it's legs, and the dragon still had it's trademark chin fang. The only exception was the Number Symbol on it's left wing. "Appear, Rank 4! Number 75: Dark Revolution Xyz Dragon!" Kazuto's new dragon screeched as it stood behind him.

Number 75: Dark Revolution Xyz Dragon: Rank 4 DARK Dragon/Xyz ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2000 OU: 2 (ATK Mode)

"What!? This weakling possesses a Number!? Impossible!" Fuma exclaimed in shock as well as the others watching including two other people that had just arrived. "He has...a Number!?" Yuma said.

"What is this!? How could some mere human like him have a Number!?" The Mohawk Guy wondered.

"Since Ragged Gloves was used to summon Dark Revolution, it gains 1000 ATK points!" Kazuto pointed out.

Dark Revolution Xyz Dragon ATK: 2500-3500

"Tch! Even if you have a Number out, it's too late! I activate my continuous trap Xyz Imprisonment! When my opponent special summons an Xyz monster, that monster can't attack and you take 500 points of damage during the end of your turn!" Cage bars sprung from the ground and locked Dark Revolution inside. "Since you only have 100 LP, you have no hope of winning this!" Fuma pointed out.

"Wrong! I can still win this! I activate the effect of my continuous spell Phantom Knight's Spear from my graveyard. When my opponent activates a trap card, I can banish this card from my graveyard to negate your trap and destroy it." A spear appeared which pierced the cage and destroyed it. "And then, you take 100 points of damage!" The spear redirected itself at Fuma as it nearly pierced him. "Gah!"

Fuma: 2700-2600

"Let's do this, Dark Revolution! I activate Dark Revolution Xyz Dragon effect! By using one overlay unit until the end of this turn, I can halve the ATK of one Level or Rank 4 or higher monster and add that amount to this card! Revolting Discharge!" Dark Revolution's overlay unit bursted as it extended it's wings and shot purple-black lightning at Angeneral as it groaned in pain.

Angeneral ATK: 1400-700

Dark Revolution Xyz Dragon ATK: 3500-4200

"4200 ATK points!" Yuma said. "With this, he can win!" Kotori stated.

"Go, Dark Revolution! Attack Angeneral!" Dark Revolution's wings gave off a blue and purple glow as it charged toward Angeneral with it's chin fang glowing crackling with lightning.

"Do you really think my Chaos Xyz will lose to a number!? I disagree! I activate the trap Wild Charger! When one of my Xyz monsters without overlay units is attacked, the opposing monster's ATK is added to my monster's ATK!" A red glow from the trap held off Dark Revolution as some of it's power went to Angeneral. "Now Angeneral's ATK becomes 4900!"

Angeneral ATK: 700-4900

"The leading ATK points changed again!" Tetsuo pointed out. "At this rate, Kazuto will..." Cat said worriedly.

"Now it's over for you, weakling!" Fuma said.

"No! This duel isn't over until the last card is played!" Kazuto took the last card in his hand and activated it. "I play the quick-play spell Instant Overlay Burst! When my Xyz monster battles an opposing Xyz monster with more ATK points, I can activate my Xyz monster's effect that requires it's overlay units!" Kazuto declared. "WHAT!?" Fuma exclaimed.

"I now activate Dark Revolution's effect once again! Revolting Discharge!" Dark Revolution's last overlay unit bursted as it shot purple-black lightning at Angeneral as it groaned in pain once again.

Angeneral ATK: 4900-2450

Dark Revolution Xyz Dragon ATK: 4200-6650

"Impossible! 6-6650 ATK points!?"

"Finish this! Lightning of Destruction, Disobey!" Dark Revolution continued as it lifted it's chin fang and sliced Angeneral in half. Fuma whimpered in fear as he was forced back. "GAAAHHH! Ngh!"

Kazuto: 300(Winner!)

Fuma: 0

After the duel, the Augmented Reality faded away as Kazuto and the others watching took off their D-Gazers.

"Kazuto won!" Tetsuo said as the others watching cheered except Yuma. "He's amazing."

Fuma suddenly laughed as he got up. "You...you don't think this over yet, did you? You probably forgot that my entire gang is on their way here! And soon, they'll be swarming all over the place!" Fuma laughed in satisfaction.

"You sure about that?" Two voice said making Fuma turn his attention. The two voices were revealed as Kaito Tenjo and Ryouga Kamishiro aka Shark.

"Kaito! Shark!" Yuma said.

"Sorry, but your friends aren't coming." Kaito calmly said.

"Right about now, your lackeys are having the time of their life inside their dreams!" Shark coolly said.

"Im-Impossible! My entire gang was beaten by just two people!?" Fuma said.

"N-No way..."

"As long as we are here, we won't let you do as you please to this world!" Both Kaito and Shark stated.

Fuma gritted his teeth while unaware of Orbital. "Direct attack!" Orbital electrocuted Fuma as he fell unconscious. "Another job done!"

The 'Barian' Symbol on Fuma's forehead disappeared as its traces of energy formed in Girag's hand. "Hehehehe. Sounds like things are gonna get interesting around here, especially that duelist with the black dragon. He is a formidable opponent indeed. But the real fun's only just begun. Yuma Tsukumo! Kaito Tenjo! Ryoga Kamishiro! And the mere hindrance, Kazuto Kuruno! I'll be back to claim your Numbers!" Girag muttered before disappearing.

Kazuto looked at the unconscious leader and then staring at his own Number monster. "What does this mean? Barian World? Numbers?"

"Hey, you there!" Kaito called out to Kazuto making him look up at the people that watched the duel. "Who are you? And why do you have a Number card?"

"His name is Kazuto Kuruno." Shark answered making the people look at him. "He's a classmate at our school. As for why he has a Number is beyond me but now that he possesses a Number, there's no doubt that Barian will be targeting him for his number."

Kazuto sighed putting his Number in his Extra Deck. "So...tell me everything you guys know." Kazuto said getting their attention.

After some long explanations about Astral, Astral World, and Barian World.

"I see. I guess I understand your situation." Kazuto answered.

"Kazuto. About what I said during your duel, I admit that I barely know about you but I know that deep down that your my friend. So please, help us in pushing back the Barians!" Yuma extended out his hand. Kazuto stared at his hand while thinking about a part of his past when his parents were still around.

Flashback

A young Kazuto was staring at the kids playing outside from the window. Just then, his parents came up to his room and were confused at his state.

"Hey, son. What's up?" The father asked when he looked at where Kazuto was staring at. "Why don't you go out there and play with them?"

Kazuto shook his head. "No. I barely know anyone here. What's the point in making friends if you barely know them?" He questioned them.

"Sweetheart. Friends are important in a person's life. They can watch for each others backs and help them in anyway they can." The mother explained. Kazuto thought for a moment until he smiled. "I guess so! I'll make as many friends as I need!"

"That's my boy! So go on and make those friends!" The father said as a happy Kazuto ran out the door to make new friends.

Flashback End

Kazuto for the first time smirked and accepted the handshake. "I guess your right."

Both of them let go. "Well it seems like they've made their move." Kaito stated.

"Those Barian assassins." Shark continued.

"From here on, the fight gets serious." Kaito stated in a serious tone.

"Right! No matter what they throw at us, we'll be ready! Kattobingu, ore!" Yuma shouted excitedly. Kazuto smiled at his attitude while unaware that someone with orange hair was watching from the windows, smirking.

And done! I really don't know if I did good on this one but let's hope for the best. Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please be sure to Read & Review about what you guys thought. And please don't criticize me since I haven't been writing for months. Well, see ya folks because the fun has only just begun!