Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay, wanted to make sure there weren't any problems since two Chapters will be posted at the same time, so yeah sorry for that. After this, the schedule will be a new Chapter every two weeks or so (no more than 16-17 days) since school started not too long ago. Also, for those who submitted ideas for Violet-Eyes' counter parts, they won't be used for that, but I will definitely use them at some point, since I they were cool and I don't want to waste them

But before we jump in, some reviews:

Killjoy 141: Glad you liked it :)

Guest: Ascended Healer is added to the list, Green Eyes Silver Dragon might be used at some point, well see when we get to it.

Ghost: Blazing Metal Dragon, liked the idea, have something in plan for this.

MrFudo91: Thank you!

Guest : About Ultimate Extra Summon, OP but who knows, might use it at some point.

guest09: She will encounter Yuto in this Chapter, just to clear up the confusion.

Guest: Don't want to spoil anything, but yes, we will have Accel Synchro and I'll explain that part when we get to it. So sad it wasn't included in Arc-V. Also, nice Monster ideas.

Ghost: Definitely will consider it. RUM-Ascension Force will most likely be used, so thanks in advance

Guest: Don't want to spoil anything, but maybe they will be based on previous protagonists; D

Ghost: Interesting ideas, I'll look into it.

Guest: Sorry you feel that way.

Guest: Maybe, I liked the idea though.

Ghost: That idea came to mind, but I don't wanna jump to fast into it, definitely interesting. But there will be an OC villain.

Guest: I like the way you think, I am planing on using Berserker Soul at one point, because why not?

Guest: Was thinking about it, but won't fit with the Decks theme, maybe for a villain?


Chapter 3: The Battle for You Show Duel School!

A Few Days Later

Nothing special happened in the last couple of days. It mostly consisted of staying at Yuya's house, then going to You Show and back to his house. I'm slowly getting used to everyone else's presence and company, not that anything is wrong with them, it's me. Having very little social skills and barely having the need to interact with other people in general never came to me. So it was a difficult on the first day, but it wasn't as bad as I initially thought, a little overwhelming and a bit careful of my actions and words, never the less, everything was going a steady pace.

Ever since my Duel with Yuya, I would stay up late at night to thoroughly examine my Deck and there were a lot of things that surprised me. I've got a good idea on how the Deck functions and different types of combos, and believe me, there were a lot of different and versatile types of combinations. It took me a few hours to fully get the hang of them, since there were so many to memorize. The amount of cards were also way more than expected, but after a few test Duels, everything seemed to work perfectly.

But let's fast forward to the present, I was at You Show, with Yuya talking with Shuzo, something about the Maiami Championship, while Sora, Tatsuya and Futoshi were playing a board game. Yuzu and Ayu were out getting ice cream for everyone. As for myself, I was sitting on the couch, opposite of Yuya and Shuzo, I told them I wanted spent some time re-arranging my Deck.

However, that wasn't all true, I knew this pattern, exactly how and when. Since Yuzu and Ayu are out, that means they would encounter two of Sawatari's lackeys and Yuzu was going to confront him at one of the warehouses, while Ayu would be running back here. At the warehouse, Yuzu would meet Yuto. Even though I knew the upcoming events, I didn't want to meddle in too much. Basic law of knowing the future, "always think on your actions before acting". Since I don't originate from here, I have the ability to change certain events just by my mere presence. But in turn, I can drastically change the future, so I must be careful on some of the key moments.

Right on cue, Ayu came running through the doors and nearly dropping if it wasn't for Yuya catching her. While Sora and Futoshi were complaining about the melt ice cream, I quickly approached the young girl and asking her what's wrong. She teared up a little as she told us Yuzu was in trouble and where she went. Immediately, Yuya and I bolted out of the school and made our way to the docks.

I would look behind me several times to see if Yuya kept up with my pace and true enough, he was no longer behind me. I still don't know how since I would check every thirty seconds or so to make sure and all of a sudden, he's no longer there. I won't even ask since the laws of physics in this world are complex in their own way and to be honest, it was kind of confusing.

I arrived at the warehouse after several minutes of running, looking behind me, Yuya was still not there.

"W-well…that's somewhat good." I panted, resting my hands on my knees. "If he would have shown up at the same time as me, Yuto would most certainly vanish.

"How did we feel that attack?!"

"There's no Solid Vision here!"

I heard Sawatari's associates as I opened the door at full force, revealing all of them on the floor with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon being the only Monster on the field, a chaotic aura imitating from the dragon. With the door opening so abruptly, everyone turned to me.

"Darwin!" Yuzu yelled in shock. "What are doing here?" She asked while Yuto watched me with a hardened gaze.

Once again I rested my hands on my knees. "I-I pant pantp-please give me a moment." I took several deep breaths. "I h-honestly don't know what's wrong with you Sawatari, are you a magnet for trouble or something? I don't get it, can't you just live your life normally without causing a problems to people where ever you go?"

"Shup up Sakoto!" Sawatari yelled as he was still on the floor, Yuto slowly approaching him.

"Is this badge from LDS?" He asked showing a badge to Sawatari. "What are your connections to Academia?"

"A-academia?" Sawatari asked confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" Yuto snapped.

"I mean it! Every student from LDS has a badge like that. I don't know anything about this Academia or whatever." Sawatari defended himself.

"Then we're done here." Yuto said as he turned around to leave.

"Fool, this isn't over! I activate my Ice Barrier Shot! When you destroy one of my Water monsters I can destroy one of your monster and you take damage equal to its attack points!" Sawatari said with a smirk as everyone looked shocked, everybody except me.

"Your Dark Rebellion has 4600 Attack Points, when he's destroyed I will win! Hahahah!" Sawatari laughed meaniacly.

"You know Sawatari." I decided to voice my opinion. "If you just paid more attention to his set cards, you might have had a chance at winning this Duel."

"What are you talking about?" imbecile 1 asked.

"Sawatari-san is going to win!" imbecile 2 added

"You mean to tell me, none of you found it suspicious that he set five cards face-down on his first turn and wasn't worried the slightest at any of Sawatari's attempts to deal damage to him?" I asked the,

"He is not wrong you know…" Yuto trailed off. "Such cheap tricks, its child's play honestly."

"What?!" Sawatari said with wide eyes.

"I activate a Continuous Spell from my Graveyard! Phantom Death Spear! By banishing this card from my Graveyard, I can negate the activation and destroy your Trap Card." Sawatari's Trap Card turned into particles, much to his shock.

"And then you take 100 points of damage." Yuto finished as a spear prepared to launch itself.

"No wait! We can talk about this! Wait!" Sawatari waved his hands in panic.

"Experience it with your own flesh! Pain and Sorow of the battlefield!" Yuto called out to Sawatari as his spear launched itself towards the male, the spear piercing his jacket.

Sawatari – LP: 100 → 0

Yuto: WIN

"Okay, in all honesty, that was really cool." I thought to myself as Yuto defeated Sawatari.

Yuto slowly removed his broken mask and of course, his face was a splitting image of Yuya's.

"I-it was you?" Sawatari muttured as he passed out.

"Sawatari-san!" The three lackeys yelled as they rushed to him.

"Let's get out of here! This guy is dangerous!" One of the imbecile's said as they picked him up and ran out of the warehouse.

"Yuya!" Yuzu ran up to the Yuya look alike. "Why are you dressed like that?" She asked.

"Yuzu…that's not Yuya." I quickly said to Yuzu as I approached them.

"What do you…"

"Yuya and I ran out of You Show at the same time. He's probably lost, that's why he isn't here right now, otherwise he would be here by now. Besides." Both of us turned to Yuto. "Can't you see he has different hair and eye color? I know he looks a lot like Yuya, but that's not him" I told her.

Just as Yuzu was about to say something, her bracelet began glowing and we had to cover our eyes from the bright light. After the light tuned down, Yuto was nowhere to be seen. Then we heard a familiar voice calling out for us.

"Yuzu! Darwin!" Yuya yelled as he ran in to the warehouse.

"Yuzu! Are you okay?!" Yuya immediately asked in concern.

"Yuya… You're Yuya?" Yuzu asked her childhood friend confused.

"Huh? What do you mean Yuzu, of course it's me." Yuya told her.

"Then… That wasn't Yuya." Yuzu muttured under her breath.

"Yuya where we're you?" I asked tilting my head. "We both left You Show at the same time, what took you so long?"

"Yeah… Well… I kind of got lost." Yuya replied looking away and rubbing his head sheepishly.

"Ehwas expecting something like that" Was my only thought.

"A-anyway, let's get going. I'm sure everyone is worried about you Yuzu."

"I agree. Plus this place reaks, everything smells like it's burnt." Yuya said clinging his nose

After that we made our way back to You Show, with Yuzu still confused at everything that happened.


The Following Day

Maiami Airport

Due to his superior orders, Akaba Reiji's orders, Nakajima was waiting for the arrival of the highest-ranking person in LDS apart from the President, next to a long black luxurious limo. Even though the weather conditions were intense, the right hand-man showed no discomfort while waiting for the higher ranking official.

That person was LDS' Chairwoman, Akaba Himika

Another twenty minutes passed, then, Nakajima saw the private jet belonging to the Chairwoman and slowly descending to the landing port, before coming to a full stop. After stopping completely, the door on the side opened, to which came out a woman with magenta, heart-shaped hair and blue eyes, her clothes considered of dark-pink colored blouse and skirt. Nakajima went to greet her, bowing his head slightly before her. He then opened her door as the both entered the limo.

"Congratulations on yet another successful company merger, Chairwoman Akaba." Nakajima praised as the limousine began driving towards the LDS tower.

"Thank you, Nakajima." Himika responded with a smile. "Everything is proceeding according to plan. With this, LDS is one step closer in having its presence all around the world. Such preparations are necessary to form strong alliances and to nurture more Duelists for the upcoming battles."

"I'm sure the President will be very pleased to hear that. But…" Nakajima hesitated to speak.

Himika saw his loss of words.

"What is it? Did something happen in my absence?"

"I didn't want to bother you since you we're busy with the negotiations and everything." Nakajima began explaining. "Truth be told, there have been several…incidents over the past week that I believe would interest you."

"Incidents…you say? What kind of incidents?"

"It would be better if the President himself would explain it, but to summarize it shortly."

Nakajima began explaining little by little at the incidents that occurred over the past week. What caught her attention was the part about a new summoning method. Himika decided to stay silent and question her son in person.


LDS Tower, Control Room

"Welcome home, Mother." Reiji greeted his mother, but saw a worried expression. "Is something bothering you, Mother?"

"Is what I heard from Nakajima true, Reiji-san!?" Himika instantly asked. "Apart from Ritual, Fusion, Synchro and Xyz, a new summoning method has appeared?!"

Reiji adjusted his glasses before responding. "It's true Mother, the first sighting of this new summoning was about seven days ago."

Upon hearing this, Himika could only display a shocked face. Pressing a button on a remote, Reiji showed the footage of Yuya's Duel with Strong Ishijima, where Yuya used Pendulum Summon in order to summon Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon alongside several other Monsters to win the match.

"From what we can tell, this new summoning method is called Pendulum."

"Pendulum?" Himika repeated.

"It involves placing two special Monster cards into two special zones on your Duel Disk." Reiji explained. "Then, you are granted the ability to Special Summon high level monsters whose Level is within the Pendulum Scale without releasing. This form of summoning is still in the dark, so we don't have too much information about them."

"But how is this possible?" Himika asked. "How can a new summoning method suddenly just appear out of nowhere?"

"To be honest, we're not quite sure, we're still trying to figure out that part, but with the collected data and analysis, we we're able to grasp the concept of this new summoning. As of matter of fact, we already developed the first prototype Pendulum cards that are ready for testing."

"Excellent work as always, Reiji-san." Himika said with a pleased smile.

"But, the problem is the Duelist that discovered Pendulum Summon." Reiji said while pressing a button on his remote, showing Sakaki Yuya's profile.

"Sakaki Yuya, a fourteen year old boy in the Junior Youth class, attends You Show Duel School, a small school that focuses on Entertainment Dueling."

"It says here his win rate is about roughly fifty percent." Himika said in disbelief. "How was such an average Duelist belonging to Junior Youth able to create a brand-new Summoning method?"

"One detail that you are forgetting, he is the son of Sakaki Yusho."

"Sakaki Yusho?" Himika hardened her gaze. "The same Sakaki Yusho who vanished three years ago and who might possibly have joined the enemy?"

"It's still too soon to jump to conclusions, but we cannot deny the possibility." Reiji stated as he pressed a button on his remote showing Sakoto Darwin's profile.

"Sakoto Darwin, fourteen years old that also attends You Show Duel School." Himika turned to Reiji. "And why is this boy so special?"

Reiji pushed a button again, showing Darwin's Pendulum Summon. "He's the other Duelist who is capable of Pendulum Summon." Reiji explained to which Himika widened her eyes. He turned to his mother. "His record consists of only two Duels, which he both won. Also, he is capable of using Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Summon, but that's just it. The energy readings of his summons are stronger than any summoning method we can produce." Reiji said.

"To use all forms of Summoning is remarkable…and his Duel history is consisted of only two Duels." Himika's gaze hardened once more. "That means he's not from our dimension."

"That's what I thought, initially. But, after monitoring his Duels and thoroughly analyzing all the cards he used, chances are he's not associated with Academia. All of his Summoning Methods are identical, but at the same time vastly different, so we can't say for sure he's from the Fusion Dimension." Reiji paused for a moment. "And his characteristics don't match like any other Academia spies we have encountered.

"Characteristics? What sort of characteristics, can you be more specific, Reiji-san?"

"Well." Reiji adjusted his glasses. "We have caught sever Academia spies, some more obvious, some more difficult to catch. That and their aggressive nature and hatred towards Xyz users. But him, he doesn't fit any of those. His intentions seemed genuine, and not an act, chances of him being an Academia spy are slim."

Reiji turned off the monitor in his office and began to speak again.

"Also, another matter we need to address, Sawatari Shingo, alongside with three other students we're assaulted yesterday." Reiji explained. "By a Xyz user to be more specific, the energy of his summoning shows that this "Mystery Duelist" could possibly be a resident of the Xyz dimension."

"And how are these matters connected?" Himika asked.

"Sawatari and the three students insist that Sakaki Yuya was the one who assaulted them."

"Oh…is that so." Himika said with a wide and devious grin spreading over her face.

With one glance at her way, Reiji placed a hand on his temple with a sign.

"I know that expression of yours…What are you plotting, Mother?" Reiji asked, not wanting to know the answer.

"Now Reiji-san…it's a real tragedy that our students we're assaulted, with one of them injured and ended up in the hospital." Himika responded, having the same expression as before. "But it would be a shame if we let this opportunity go to waste."


The Next Day

Darwin's Dreamscape

"What is this?" I thought to myself as I looked around at my surroundings, everything was blank. There was no life in sight, just white. I started walking forward with no goal in mind, just to figure out where was I now. This is way different than the first time where I met my Duel Spirits, I just couldn't put my finger on it. So I just kept walking, and walking, and walking, now that I think about it, I didn't even realize how long I was stuck here, I just kept walking. After what seemed like an eternity, I finally saw someone just standing there in the middle of nowhere.

"H-hey!" I called out to the person.

No response.

"Hey!" I called out again. "Can you hear me?!"

Again, no response from the individual.

I increased my speed to get closer, before I knew it I was slightly jogging. As I got closer, I could see a better look at the male. He had a blue and white jacket with gold borders, red-brownish gloves, and black pants with brown chaps with faded gold knee pads. When I looked closer, he had silver hair. What really concerned me was that I couldn't see his face. But I had a strange feeling, I knew this person from somewhere else, but from where?

As I was a few feet away from this mystery man, the light around him began shining brighter.

"W-wait!" I yelled as I ran to him.

When I just about to stop everything disappeared.

"And that's how you conduct an Advance Summon." Shuzo explained.

"What?" I blinked a few times, not sure what's going on. Taking a slight look to my right I saw Sora sitting next to me, Yuya and Yuzu we're on the table right next to us. In front of them we're Ayu and Futoshi, as for Tatsuya, he was in the desk in front of us.

"Was I…day dreaming?" I thought as I realized I was at You Show, Shuzo was explaining the different times of summoning. Rubbing my eyes a little, still regaining my composure. "Oh yeah that's right. I would usually space out and daydream in class so I could have some time to myself. I need to stop doing that since I don't need to do that anymore. But… who was that?"

Taking another look around, it was easy to assume everyone's bored with today's lesson, especially the kids, since they already knew how to Advance Summon.

"Awwwww, this is sooo boring." Futoshi wined.

"Yeah, we already know how to Advance Summon." Ayu joined him, before getting a brilliant idea. "I know! Why don't we let Darwin-oniichan do today's lesson!" Ayu suggested

I on the other hand was startled on her request, could I even teach a session without stuttering or to make it understandable? Looking around once more, everyone was looking at me, the kids in particular we're giving me the "please smile". So I can already assume I have to do this. Well, I just hope I don't screw this up.

"Oh, that would be a great idea!" Shuzo half yelled before turning to me. "What do you say Darwin-kun?"

"O-oh, sure. I don't mind." I replied as I stood up and went behind the front desk.

I knew that Shuzo was trying to be a great teacher and all, but his knowledge of basic summoning was lackluster at best, to only know how to Advance Summon and nothing else is really just…well I don't really have a word for it. Also, this might be a problem. The equipment was in basically stone aged, it was a very old projector and the examples we're hand drawn cards/monsters to demonstrate his point when teaching. Okay, so we need to do things differently if I want to teach them properly.

As I placed myself behind the front desk, everyone was eager for the class to continue by my hand. Shuzo was even more anxious than any of the students, he was in a corner in the back, a notepad in hand, barely containing his excitement.

"Ahem! So, a little quick re-run before we continue. As Principal already explained, to Advance Summon a Level 5 or 6 monster, that requires one tribute. But for a Level 7 or 8 monster, that needs two tributes." I began explaining. "But there are certain or special type of Monsters that needs three tributes to summon them. Those monsters are far stronger than any other lower Level Monster."

Tatsuya then raised his hand. "Yes Tatsuya-kun?"

"Did you ever face a Duelist that had a Monster that needed three tributes, Darwin-oniichan?" Tatsuya asked me.

"Ughh, not really. You see, those cards are extremely rare, only a few Duelists ever had them in their possession, I've only learned about them through stories." I answered, referring to the Three Legendary Gods. "And only a handful of Duelists had the chance of facing such creatures in an actual Duel. But that little tale is for another day."

"Then let's start from the simplest Summoning Method, Ritual. In order to perform a Ritual Summon, you need a Ritual monster and the Ritual Spell Card for that monster in your hand. Then, you need to tribute monsters from your field or hand with Levels equal or more than the Ritual Monster you want to summon. For instance, if I would want to summon a Level 8 Ritual Monster, I would need to send monsters to the Graveyard that will have 8 or more Levels in total after activating the Ritual Spell. There are cases where the Ritual Monster needs tributes that the Level is exactly matched that of the Ritual Monster, those monsters will usually have more powerful effects. That's pretty much for Ritual, does anyone have any questions?"

To my question, everybody shook their heads.

"Let's do Fusion next." I said as I took out a Fusion card, two Ascended monsters and Gaiser from my Deck box.

"In order to perform a Fusion Summon, you need three things. First, the Spell Card Fusion, second a Fusion Monster that is located in the Extra Deck and third is the appropriate materials need to summon said Fusion Monster. The Fusion materials need to be on your field or in your hand, then activate Fusion and send the Fusion materials to the Graveyard and Fusion Summon. That is the most basic and easiest way of Fusion Summoning."

"Most basic?" Yuya asked perplexed. "You mean there are other ways to Fusion Summon?"

"Yeah, a few ways in fact." I replied. "For instance, there are Fusion cards that allow you to use Fusion Materials by sending them from the Deck to the Graveyard. Or another example, by banishing Monsters from your field or Graveyard, that's also another way of Fusion Summoning."

"Sending Monsters from the Deck or banishing them from the Graveyard?" Yuya said surprised.

"There is also an advanced way of Fusion Summoning which is called Contact…Fusion..." I slowly uttered word after word, noticing Sora's face was covered by a book. He was mixing his two ice creams and eating them. I mentally sighed at this as I approached him.

"I Fusion Summon with vanilla ice cream and custard pudding! I will eat thi…" Sora didn't finish his 'chant' as I slightly pushed the book that he used to cover himself. When he looked up to me, the only thing he could make was an awkward smile.

"You know, I get that I'm boring and uninteresting and all, but couldn't you at least pretend to listen?" I said with a frown.

"Sora!" Ayu scolded him. "What Darwin-oniichan is teaching us is very interesting. So leave your sweet for later!"

"S-sorry, sorry." Sora apologized. "I promise I'll pay attention."

As his word, he put his ice cream to the side and turned his head towards the board.

"Huh, that was somewhat simple." I thought as I got behind the front desk. "Now where was I?"

Futoshi raised his hand. "Yes, Futoshi-kun."

"You said something about Contact Fusion? What's that?" He asked making everyone present to look at me curiously, everyone except Sora that is, who knew what Contact Fusion was.

"Umm well, as I said before, Contact Fusion is an advanced way of Fusion Summoning, far different than any other way of summoning Fusions. Monsters that have the ability to Contact Fuse don't need a Fusion card. All that you need is the appropriate Fusion Materials on your field, then you shuffle them back into the Deck and summon a Fusion Monster that lists the shuffled materials."

Yuya then raised his hand. "Yes Yuya." I said giving him permission to speak.

"Did you ever face any Duelists who could Contact Fusion?" Yuya asked.

"Nope." I bluntly replied. "So does anyone else have any questions?"

Everybody shook their heads.

"Alright, next we have is Synchro Summon." I said as I took out Varus to show everyone. "To conduct this type of summoning you need two things, to be more specific, a Tuner Monster and one or more Non-Tuner Monster present on the field. By tuning the Tuner Monster with another Monster, you can Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster whose Level is equal to the combined Monsters you used as its Synchro Materials. If I would want to summon a Level 7 Synchro Monster and I have a Level 3 Tuner Monster, what Level does the other monster need to be?" I asked the class.

Ayu was the one to raise her hand. "Yes Ayu-chan?"

"You would need a Level 4 Non-Tuner." Ayu said confidently.

"That's correct…but not the full answer." I replied making everyone look at me confused.

"What do you mean Darwin-oniichan?" Tatsuya asked.

"Well, you can also use two Level 2 Non-Tuner Monsters or two Level 1 and a Level 2 Non-Tuner Monsters. You can use multiple Non-Tuner Monsters for a Synchro Summon, but you can only use one Tuner Monster." I explained before taking second to breathe, then continued. "Same as for Fusion Summon, there are more advanced types of Synchro Summoning. And those are Double Tuning and Accel Synchro, these types of Synchro Summon excels the power of Synchro Monsters and are far stronger than an ordinary Synchro Summon." I explained.

This time, Sora was the one who raised up his hand.

"Yes Sora?"

"Double Tuning and Accel Synchro?" Sora asked with genuine curiosity. "What are those?"

"Double Tuning, as the name implies. It's when you Synchro Summon with using two Tuners instead of one, only if the Synchro Monster specifically states you need two Tuners for that Monster. This from of summoning is orientated on brute strength and power. Just one of these kinds of Monsters on the field is trouble enough with their high attack power." I told the class as once again I took a moment to breathe.

"Accel Synchro on the other hand is when you conduct a Synchro Summon with a Synchro Tuner Monster and with one or more Non-Tuner Synchro Monsters. Monsters such as these that use Accel Synchro focus on other things. They are more versatile and have some difficult effects that are hard to overcome. They focus on surprising their opponent with their powerful effects. So yeah, it can be rather difficult to defeat these types of Monsters, because of their powerful effects, they prove to be a Monster you should never take lightly." I added.

"Does anybody have any questions about this form of Summoning?" I asked them.

There was a slight pause before Ayu raised her hand. "Ayu-chan?"

"How do you know all of this Darwin-oniichan? Did you attend a different Duel School before you started travelling?" Ayu asked.

"Umm well no, I'm actually self-taught, more or less." I answered to which everyone looked surprised.

"Really? No one taught and you learned all of this by yourself?" Yuya asked still a little shocked at my confesion.

"That's…partly true." I took a moment before i continued. "You see, when I was very young, I had a…friend who introduced me to the game and…" I gave an awkward chuckle. "I has horrible when I first started out, more than I'd like to admit, I didn't understand anything, but, I wanted to get better. He was always patient with me and always tried to explain the best that he possibly could, and of course, after some time, I finally became better at the game the more I understood its fundamental elements. I really enjoyed that part of my life, it was much…simpler. I owe him my life for everything he did for me and for always being there for me. He was a great teacher, and an even better friend…and… he was my…"

At that moment, I felt like time had completely stopped for me. I only looked at the deck and didn't even move an inch, I couldn't even tell. The only thing I hear was ringing, loud ringing and it was only getting louder and louder. Just the mere thought of the memories wit… "No!" I mentally screamed. "Not now, not here…in front of them." I rubbed my eyes, desperately trying to regain my thoughts.

"A-anyway." I said knocking on the desk twice. "Next up is Xyz Summon."

At the mention of Xyz, Yuzu immediately perked up, remembering her encounter with the 'Masked Duelist' from yesterday. As for Sora, he didn't look too pleased at the mention of the next form of summoning.

"To perform a Xyz Summon, you need to have at least two Monsters with the same Level on the field." I explained before taking out Marina and showing her to them. "Take Marina for example, you would need two Level 4 Monsters, then you Overlay the two Monsters and Special Summon the Xyz Monster. The Monster needs to be equal Rank to those Monsters by attaching them as Overlay Units." I concluded and then Futoshi raised his hand."

"What is it Futoshi-kun?" I asked the boy.

"What are Ranks?" He asked tilting his head. "Don't Xyz Monsters have Levels?"

"No, Ranks are black stars on the left side on the Xyz Monster. It makes Xyz Monsters unique in a way that cards that have an effect that target Monsters with Levels have no effect on them. There is a popular misconception that Xyz Monsters are treated as Level 0 Monsters, but that's not true." I finished and he shook his head in approval.

"Darwin!" Yuzu got my attention as she quickly got up from her seat. "What are Overlay Units?"

"Umm w-well, Overlay Units are like their fuel. They are attached to the Xyz Monster once summoned. If they would want to activate their effects they need to detach one or more Overlay Units to use it, that's why Xyz Monster's effect are sometimes stronger than Fusion or Synchro Monster's. But you have to be careful when using their Overlay Units because miss timing it could put you at a disadvantage, without Overlay Units, Xyz Monster's essentially are sitting ducks and that's why sometimes Xyz Monsters can be tricky to use." I explained

After I finished, Yuzu nodded in understanding and sat back at her seat.

"Like in Fusion and Synchro, Xyz also have upgraded forms. Some Xyz Monsters can be upgraded by using a Monster of a lower Rank as an Overlay Unit. While the other option would be using Spell Cards like Rank-Up Magic."

"Rank-Up Magic?" Yuya asked. "What are those?"

"Rank-Up Magic are Spell Cards that are used to rank up a Xyz Monster a couple of ranks higher by using that Xyz Monster as an Overlay Unit, sometimes using the Rank Up card itself." I answered and Yuya responded by nodding.

"And that's all everyone. T-thank you for listening." I thanked them as I slightly bowed.

Then suddenly everyone started clapping enthusiastically. "Huh, guess it didn't crash and burn after all." I mentally signed

"Thank you so much for the lecture Darwin-kun, it truly means a lot." Shuzo said as he patted by back. "I'm sure everyone is grateful for what you thought us today. Maybe you should consider becoming a Dueling Professor, seeing as you know pretty much everything there is about Duel Monsters."

I rubbed the back of my head at his words. "N-nah. I-I'm not cut out to be a teacher."

Out of nowhere, we heard yelling.

"Ambush you say! Yuya would never do such an act!"

"Gongenzaka?" Yuya asked surprised.

"And so…the battle begins." Was my last thought as we all ran out of the classroom, and moments later the school. Only to find Gongenzaka arguing with Sawatari's three followers.

"What's going on here?" Shuzo asked.

"Principal. I, the man Gongenzaka was in the midst of my morning run when I encountered these three suspiciously lurking around You Show." Gongenzaka stated. "When I confronted them, they had the nerve to accuse that Yuya ambushed someone, it's completely unforgivable!" Gongenzaka finished as the three only smirked.

"Ambushed!?" Shuzo took a step back, shocked upon hearing this.

"I did!?" Yuya did so in a similar manner.

"That's right! And we won't let you say you forgot about it!" Imbecile 1 said.

"After all, we saw you there with our own eyes!" Imbecile 3 continued. "You attacked and threatened Sawatari-san!"

"And it wasn't just us." Imbecile 1 began. "There we're six witnesses in total!"

"Six?" Gongenzaka repeated.

"That's right, six." Imbecile 1 repeated. "Us three, Sawatari-san and… Hiiragi Yuzu and Sakoto Darwin!"

Everyone turned and looked at us. Yuzu was uncomfortable at all the attention, as for myself I remained still with an unreadable expression, thinking of a way on how I could turn the tides of this conversation.

"Is that true Yuzu, Darwin-kun?" Shuzo questioned us. "Did you see the face of the culprit?"

"Of course they saw it! The culprit is none other than Sakaki Yuya!"

"That's not true!"

Futoshi yelled as he, Ayu, Tatsuya and Sora moved in front of Yuya.

"Yuya-oniichan would never do something like that!" Tatsuya yelled out.

"That's right!" Ayu also spoke up. "Sawatari was the one who attacked first, so Yuzu-oneechan confronted him!"

"Wait a minute…" Shuzo spoke with a confused expression. "If Yuzu went to duel Sawatari…then that means…Yuzu was the one who assaulted him after all!?"

"That's wrong!" The three kids cried out in unison.

"Really…Shuzo-san..." Was my only thought at the man's forgetfulness? "We just explained what happened…"

"We told you…It's was Sakaki Yuya." Imbecile 2 said sighing.

"I feel so sorry for Sawatari-san." Imbecile 3 said with a saddened look on his face. "He was injured so badly that he was hospitalized."

"Hospitalized?!" Yuya asked with a shocked expression.

There was a moment of silence.

"Mou…" I pouted. "You three are horrible liars." I was the first one to speak.

"What was that? You think we're lying about Sawatari-san's state?!" Imbecile 2 yelled outraged.

"Ughh, yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. I know for a fact that Sawatari wasn't injured so badly that he needed hospital care, I was there and I know what I saw."

"Then you side with us that Sakaki Yuya was the one who assaulted Sawatari-san." Imbecile 3 said with grin. "Since you claim you saw everything that happened, you saw the culprit was Sakaki Yuya."

"I'm afraid I can't agree with you three on that." I replied, making everyone confused. "I will admit, there were similarities and why some people would accuse Yuya of assaulting Sawatari, but…" I raised three fingers. "You forgot three distinct characteristics that separate the two. First, Yuya has crimson red eyes, the person who assaulted had gray eyes. Second, Yuya has green and red hair, the Masked Duelist clearly had purple and black hair. And third, he had different clothes, alongside a completely different Duel Disk and Deck. Also, accusing someone of a crime with no real evidence or at least video proof of such a thing happening, you can't go around accusing people of a crime they didn't commit. Now, since you have nothing else to say and no proof that Yuya really did attack Sawatari, just…go away, shoo."

I moved hands in a way like I was telling an animal to go away, making the three to growl at me.

"Darwin…" Yuya muttered and then he turned to Yuzu.

"Yuzu, you saw everything, right?" Yuya asked, but Yuzu was unsure on what to say.

"I did, but…" Yuzu hesitated.

"Don't tell me…you doubt me too Yuzu?

Yuzu didn't say anything

"Explain exactly what happened!" The principal demanded, ending up making us sign again.

"… Really…."

"If you require explanations, please, allow me to start from the beginning."

We heard a female voice behind Sawatari's followers, looking behind them, we saw a woman with magenta colored and heart-shaped hair that stepped out of a luxurious limousine.

"You're…LDS's current chairwoman! Shuzo addressed the woman with surprise.

"Indeed." The woman said with an unpleasant smile forming. "Why don't we take this matter inside?"

"This will get troublesome…" I thought with a troubled look.

All of us entered into You Show, except Sawatari's lackeys. Himika was sitting across Shuzo with Yuya, Yuzu, Sora, Gongenzaka and the kids behind him. As for myself I was standing against the wall with hands behind my back. After everyone was seated, Himika spoke.

"Everything these students said about Sawatari Shingo-kun and themselves being assaulted by a Duelist, very much looks like Sakaki Yuya is true." Himika said.

"I didn't assault Sawatari!" Yuya yelled out to Himika.

"He's telling the truth." I quietly added.

"I, the man Gongenzaka, believe my friend Yuya." Gongenzaka stated crossing his arms.

"That's right!" Futoshi shouted.

With Sora, Ayu and Tatsuya nodding.

"And what about you, Yuzu?" Gongenzaka addressed Yuzu next, however the pink-haired girl still seemed hesitant to speak.

"Yuya." Yuzu began, still uncertain. "That wasn't you, right?"

Yuya at first was surprised. But never the less replied.

"Yuzu, I still can't understand what you and Darwin saw at the warehouse, but I wasn't the one who attacked Sawatari."

Following that declaration, Yuzu nodded with a smile.

"I got it. Then, I'll believe in you, Yuya!"

"My, such strong bonds you all share." Himika commented with a sarcastic tone. "Guess it was impossible for you to hand over Sakaki Yuya without a fuss. However, we cannot back down here. If word got out that one of the students from LDS, the number one school in the word, were beaten by Duelists from a low class school, it would make an immense blow on our school's reputation." Himika said with a serious face.

"But we keep telling you, Yuya didn't…" Shuzo tried to reason but Himika shouted.

"That doesn't matter! The problem is that LDS's reputation has been dragged through the mud! The only way to clean this disgrace is a showdown between schools!"

"The reason your reputation went through the mud was because your students are below average Duelists and have an oversized ego on top of it." If I ever needed the courage to speak my mind this was the time.

"A…showdown?" Shuzo repeated in disbelief.

"That's correct. If your school wins, the case about Sawatari-kun's assault will be dropped." Himika stated with a devious smile forming. "But if we win, Sakaki Yuya-kun's and Sakoto Darwin-kun's Pendulum Summon will become a part of LDS."

At her announcement, everyone was shocked. I on the other hand, tried to act surprised.

"Wha-what did you say?!" Yuya exclaimed.

"No way!" Yuzu added.

"So, it isn't enough that you want to clear your name, but you also want to take our school?!" Gongenzaka yelled in rage.

"Don't tell me…this attack on Sawatari was planned before hand?" Shuzo asked her.

"That is not the case. But it's true that I took the perfect chance that was given to me. A chance for LDS to have Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, as the four pillars of summoning methods that surround our school. You see, there a handful of aspiring Duelists who want to use Pendulum for their own use. After all, isn't that case for you as well?"

Himika turned to the three younger studends.

"B-but it's impossible without Yuya-oniichan's and Darwin-oniichan's Pendulum cards." Tatsuya said.

"That also can be easily solved with the power of Leo Corporation. That is the reason for us to unite."

"Dueling isn't a tool for fighting!" Yuya yelled as he clutched his pendant. "But, I don't want You Show, mine and Darwin's Pendulum Summon to be taken by someone else! This school was created by my father to teach Entertainment Duels and that Duels are meant to be enjoyed and bring smiles to others! There's no way I'll give it to someone like you, who thinks they can control anything trough money and power!"

"Well said, Yuya." Gongenzaka praised his friend. "I, the man Gongenzaka, will fight alongside You Show with you!" Gongezaka proudly declared.

"But aren't you an outsider?" Sora asked, making Gongenzaka freeze with his mouth wide hanging open. "I think it would make more sense for Yuya, Yuzu, Darwin and I. Besides, I myself wanted to duel some LDS students."

"T-to think you would exclude a man such as, I, Gongenzaka!" The steadfest duelist complained with a red face. "T-t-that's unforgivable!"

"You heard everyone, Chairwoman Akaba." Shuzo said with a determined expression. "We won't hand you over You Show Duel School!" All of them yelled in unison.

"What they said." I added, making Himika grin.

"So then…shall we begin?"

At Himika's words, we all made our way to the Real Solid Vision Arena, where we met other three familiar characters, each from LDS's summoning courses, Shijima Hokuto, Todo Yaiba and Kotsu Masumi.

"It will be three vs three." Himika announced as she with the LDS students stood across from us at the arena. "First to get two wins is the Victor, is that alright with you all?" She asked and we nodded. "Who will go first?"

Sora almost instantly raised his hand.

"We should let Yuya duel first." I said, making Yuya and Himika to look at me with curious faces. "I-I mean, after all, his dad owns the school, so it's only fair we let him go first." I quickly uttered.

"Thanks, Darwin." Yuya said as he stepped forward.

"Hmph, but don't think this will be an easy task." Himika resorted. "These students are aces of each of LDS's Summoning Courses. Yuya's opponent will be Shijima Hokuto, ace of Xyz Summon course."

"He has 58 duels with 53 wins!?" Tatsuya said shocked looking at Hakuto's profile. "He has a ninety percent win rate!"

As Gongenzaka, Sora, Ayu and Futoshi looked worrinlgy at Yuya's opponent, I turned towards Yuya.

"Yuya." I called out to the boy, getting his attention. "Don't worry, you'll do great, I just know it." I said with a slight smile.

"Thanks Darwin, I'll win this Duel no matter what!" Yuya declared with a smile of his own and began walking to the middle of the arena. The first Duel starting.

The Duel didn't start out in Yuya's favor, since Hokuto's Constellar's overwhelmed him and put Yuya in a corner. As the Duel proceeded into the late game, Yuya made a comeback using Stargazer Magician, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Entermate Trampolynx and Magical Star Illusion to win the match. The first win going to You Show.

"That was amazing Yuya!" I congratulated him as we all rushed to him.

"Thank you." Yuya answered sheepishly. "But to be honest, I have to thank you for helping me win. I remembered what you thought us in class about Xyz Monsters not having Levels, that's why I thought about using Magical Star Illusion to win."

Hearing this, my face became a slight shade of red. "W-well I'm happy I managed to help you in such an insignificant way." I said while rubbing the back of my head.

"Well?" Himika began to speak, venom dripping from her voice that her ace of Xyz course was defeated. "Shall we continue?"

Taking a look to the other two opponents, I saw Masumi looking straight at me, analyzing me from head to toe, then forming a smirk.

"Well, guess it's my turn." I muttered quietly stepping forward

"Wait Darwin!" I heard Yuzu calling me, prompting me to turn around. "Let me duel Masumi next!" At her declaration, everyone was shocked.

"Are you sure Yuzu?" Yuya worriedly asked.

"Yes. I'll make sure to win this one and finish this!" Yuzu assured him

"Umm sure, you can duel her."

"Thank you Darwin." She said happily. "I won't let you down!"

"I really wish I didn't have to do this, but this way, it will motivate her to become stronger."

As the Duel started, even though that Yuzu had a strong lead, eventually Masumi's Gem-Knight Fusion Monsters overpowered her. Her one and only chance was getting the Action Card to save herself. But it she didn't manage to get it since it was reflection from the crystal pillar that gave Masumi the chance to finish her off. Thus, the second Duel ending in LDS's favor.

After her defeat, Yuya was the first one to rush to her side, crushed by her loss, Yuzu buried her head into Yuya's chest with tears in her eyes.

"You two are giving us quite the show." Masumi commented from the side with a smile.

Yuzu immediately became red and pushed Yuya to the floor, making him groan in pain.

"I may not be an expert when it comes to love or know anything about love, but those two definitely have feelings for one another." I thought as I approached the two, with Yuzu turning towards me.

"Darwin…I'm sorry. This was an important Duel and I…I.." Yuzu apologized with tears forming in her eyes.

I placed my hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Yuzu. Defeat is something you shouldn't kick yourself over. Even though you lost, you can still learn from defeat, and sometimes, that could be more valuable than a victory

"He's right." Yuya joined in. "We just need to win the next Duel."

"Just win the next Duel?" Yaiba said, slightly offended. "You make it sound easy. So which one of you will be my opponent?"

"Sora, it's up to you now!" Gongenzaka yelled. "We're all counting on you, for the sake of You Show!"

"Hmmm, I think I'll pass. I hate such stifling things. Why don't you go instead, Gon-chan?" Sora asked without a care.

"G-Gon-chan!?" Gongenzaka shouted. "To call the man Gongenza-wait? What did you say Sora?"

"If you want to fight in my place, you can go ahead." Sora said taking a bite of his chocolate.

"Yeah, I think it's best if you go. I can see you want to protect You Show as much as everyone else. Besides, I know you can do it." I reassured the Steadfast Duelist with an awkward thumbs up.

"We're counting on you Gongenzaka." Yuya said. "Go out there and do your best."

"Yuya…Darwin…" Gongenzaka spoke with teary eyes, but clenched his fists in this new found confidence. "I, the man Gongenzaka, swear on the name of the Gongenzaka Dojo, I will defend You Show Duel School with all my might!"

The Duel between Gongenzaka and Yaiba quickly took underway. The Duel was nerve wrecking to say the least. Yaiba swarming his field with his XX-Saber Synchro Monsters and Gongenzaka, as true to his Dueling style, didn't move for the entire duration of the Duel to pick up Action Cards. After an intense back and forth match, Gongenzaka managed to end the Duel in a Draw due to Superheavy Samurai Soul Big Bang's effect. Making the score a tie.

After the Duel ended, we all ran to a severely beaten Gongenzaka.

"I'm-I'm sorry Yuya…Darwin…" Gongenzaka said weakly, as we helped him up. "Not even my Steadfast Dueling…wasn't enough to save You Show..."

"N-no, don't apologize." I reassured him. "You did more than enough."

"That's right. Because of you, we managed to get a draw." Yuya added.

Gongenzaka as he heard this, formed a smile at his two friends.

"Chairwoman Akaba." Shuzo addressed her trough the microphone. "The finishing results of the three Duels are a draw between the two schools, which means in the end you can't have You Show. Now, I would kindly ask you to leave."

"What nonsense are you spewing? I've already told you, LDS's reputation is at stake! As such, there can be no draw!" Himika angrily retorted.

"But, the match ended in a draw, so…"

"Then, let's have a tiebreaker." Himika suggested, ignoring Shuzo's words. "The Duelists from each school who had a win will fight each other and settle this, once and for all!

"Guess it would be time for me to step in." I thought as Yuya approached with goggles over his eyes, but I stepped in front of him.

"What are you doing Darwin?" Yuya curiously asked me.

"I will be Dueling next." I said calmly, resulting in Himika giving me a hateful glare.

"Maybe you misunderstood me." Himika abruptly said. "Only the Duelists that have a win from both schools will settle this. Since you didn't participate in a Duel that means you have no right to interfere."

"I didn't say I was going to duel Masumi."

"What do you mean by that?" Himika asked, narrowing her eyes. "Who else would you Duel?"

I took a moment before replying, turning my head slightly to her right side. "Can you please come out, Akaba Reiji." I said making everyone from You Show to wonder what individual was I calling out too.

Then in an instance, a young man with pale skin, dark-blue sweater, white pants that end above his ankles and white shoes, with a long black hood appeared. Taking off his hood, revealing a man a little older than me with gray hair, purple eyes and red-framed spectacles.

"Who is that?" Gongenzaka asked curiously. "I, the man Gongenzaka have never seen that man before."

"Akaba Reiji." I began making everyone to look at me and for Reiji to give me a curious look. "Current President of LDS and the youngest Duelist in history to be certified to Duel in the professional circuit, having done so at the mere age of fifteen. Or to simplify it, one of the best Duelists alive." As I finished, everyone looked at Reiji in a mix of shock and awe. "You were here from the start, weren't you?"

"I'm truly impressed by your knowledge about my Dueling skills and the fact you knew I was monitoring the Duels from behind the scenes." Reiji said, seemingly impressed.

"I like to be up to date on things." I replied. "That and when you come from a different world where you know everything that's about to happen, that comes in handy doesn't it?"

"I will settle this battle with you, but before we do. Let's do a little recap." Reiji straightened his glasses before continuing. "If I win, You Show Duel School, alongside Pendulum will become a part of LDS. If you win, the matter about Sawatari Shingo will be dropped completely and we will be out of your way." He concluded.

"Very well then…" I said, another though coming to mind. "But, I do have one request if I come out victorious." I said making the business man to look at me curiously.

"And what would that be?"

"Well, you can refuse my request either way, but I'll tell you if I win." I replied making him raise an eyebrow.

After a few seconds, he replied. "Hmm, very well, I accept your terms."

"Now that is taken care of. May we continue?" Himika said with a devious smile.

"Take him down, Darwin-oniichan!" The three young ones cheered.

"I, the man Gongenzaka, entrust this task to you now Darwin. Fight with all of your strength."

"Show him a hot-blooded Duel!" Shuzo yelled from the control room.

We slowly made our way to the Duel Field, when we both got to our positions, we were both opposite one another. Reiji standing there in a calm manner, looking directly at me, I on the other hand, tried my best not to look away from his gaze, it was miracle I lasted this far. Aside from myself, everyone else was tense, worried about the upcoming Duel, especially the You Show crew.

"Is Akaba Reiji as strong as Darwin described him to be?" Yuzu asked, breaking the silence.

"I don't know." Gongenzaka answered. "However, if what we heard about him is true, then he's no ordinary Duelist."

"I just hope Darwin will be alright." Yuya uttered under his breathe.

"Which Action Field would you like?" Shuzo asked through the microphone.

"I don't have any preferences." Reiji responded calmly.

"Likewise." I turned to the Principal. "Pick an Action Field that is to your liking, Shuzo-san."

Shuzo was looking at the screen, carefully thinking on what Action Field to use, sweat forming on his forehead. "In the last three Duels, I picked three Action Fields that gave the LDS students the advantage." Shuzo gulped. "I know it might be cowardly, but I need to pick a field that is the most suitable for Darwin-kun…"

"Action Field, on!" Shuzo pressed a button. "Athletic Circus, go!"

As the Solid Vision started turning, our surroundings slowly materialized in what seemed to be a circus with dozens of trampolines and platforms. There were several large pillars with platforms that were connected with tightropes. Moments later, the field fully materialized.

"Duelists locked in battle!" Yuya and Yuzu began the chant.

"Kicking the air and dancing in the air with their monsters!" Sora and Gongenzaka joined in too.

"They storm trough the field!" Ayu, Tatsuya and Futoshi said together

"Behold! The newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!" Masumi, Yaiba and Hokuto finished.

"Action..."

"Duel!" We all yelled together the cards scattered all around the field.

Darwin – LP: 4000

Reiji – LP: 4000


That's the end of the first part! Who will win? Darwin or Reiji? Find out right now!