The night was similar to an Xyz card. It was hard to see and sparkled, a moon shinning over it. That moon was the solid vision's way of spotting monsters that breathed and thought, but in this darkness, Yuzu Black was defeating three Duelists. While she was doing it, a girl who resembled Lulu Obsidian watched her win.

"This is very bad," the girl whispered softly to herself.

In her hands was a card. She called upon this card with energy thought by many to be a myth. It was real, and she used it to Summon Darkforce Break Dawnless, a muscular creature with knuckles that could break through mountains.

"Darkforce Break Dawnless, you're right about 'her'. She destroyed my world and she must be stopped!" The girl roared and pumped her fist towards her monster.

She looked up to the sky.

Right above her was a place called Duel Academy. Yuzu Black was thinking of all the dark things that she could do to that academy.

"Hahaha... Mortal beings, you will feel my wrath as you become my prey."

Yuzu Black smiled evilly as she went to look for her hunt.

After School

Shuroi: 1500 vs Yuzu: 2500

Shuroi's monsters: Scorpio Crab [LV 6/ATK: 2500] and Feral Wasp [LV 3/ATK: 1600]

Yuzu's monsters: Dragocian-Eyes Lady [LV 5/ATK: 2400], Blue Dragocian Crystalstone [BS: 2] and Red Dragocian Crystalstone [RS: 11]

"Geez, Shuroi, your monsters know how to battle," Yuzu commented with a smile, "but just because this is a practice Duel doesn't mean I will take it easy."

"Thanks for the warning," Shuroi replied.

"Now, it's my turn!" said Yuzu as she drew her card Dragocian Transformation. "Sweetness. I activate my Red Dragocian Crystalstone's Pendulum effect," Yuzu continued as her Red Dragocian Crystalstone started to glow. "I can discard my Dragocian Transformation Spell Card in order to add one Level 4 Monster Card from my Deck. I'll choose the Tuner Monster known as Hyper Synchron," she said revealing her card, Hyper Synchron [LV 4/Tuner/ATK: 1600].

"She got a Tuner Monster!" Shuroi said, astonished at her monster.

"That's great! When Hyper Synchron is used to Synchro Summon a Dragon-Type Monster, the Synchro Monster gains 800 Attack Points," said Ichigo, also amazed that Yuzu had a Tuner Monster.

"Now, I Tune my Level 4 Hyper Synchron Tuner Monster with my Level 5 Dragocian-Eyes Lady!" said Yuzu as Hyper Synchron became four green energy rings which surrounded Dragocian-Eyes Lady who flew in the middle of them, soon turning into a bright light.

"The strong shatter the darkness! Purge the light! Burn your almighty force of nature! Synchro Summon! Rise up, Level 9: Dragocia Enhanwitch!"

When the light dimmed, the monster Dragocia Enhanwitch stood [LV 9/Synchro/Dragon/ATK: 3200].

"And with Hyper Synchron's help, by successfully Synchro Summoning, Dragocia Enhanwitch gains 800 Attack Points, making her Attack Points 4000!

"4000 Attack Points! I'm glad I'm not the one Dueling her," Ichigo commented from the sidelines.

" I'm not done yet... I activate Dragocia Enhanwitch's effect! Enhanwitch can Double her Attack Points when my Tuner Monster's effect activates, and when I Synchro Summon successfully!"

"Whoa! She's got 8000 Attack Points?!" Shuroi yelped worriedly.

"Now, go, Enhanwitch! Red Burst Attack on Scorpio Crab!" cried Yuzu as Dragocia Enhanwitch shot a deep red flame from her mouth which destroyed Scorpio Crab as soon as her attack touched it.

"Yuzu… I didn't know you also use Synchro Monsters!" said Shuroi after his life points dropped down to 0.

"Nice strategy," Ichigo added as he walked up to the two Duelists.

"Thanks," Yuzu replied. "I have that strategy in hand just in case."

"Ummm... Yuzu..." Shuroi started to say, clearly a little uncomfortable.

"What is it Shuroi?"

"I have been wanting to ask you for a while about your past... Where your parents? Where do you come from? How can you do the things you do?"

"It's a long story...about my past," Yuzu said, getting uncomfortable, as well.

"You don't have to tell us..." Shuroi started, but was cut off by Yuzu.

"No, it's fine. It's about time I told you, anyway," she said as she started to explain her past, Ichigo and Shuroi listening.

"I was born on an island, but..."

(Flashback)

Baby Yuzu, lying alone, was crying.

"My mother died when I was a baby, and my father… He disappeared during an excavation of the mysterious writings on Duel Monsters. I'm was alone...and crying...until then..." Yuzu recalled.

Baby Yuzu looked the sky, seeing a flying creature that landed the ground, revealing it to be a dragon.

"The dragon told me everything about the history of the mysterious phenomenon known as Duel Monsters, and over time, I grew into a young girl..." Yuzu explained. "They were called Pendulum Persona..." Yuzu stated, recalling what the dragon taught her. "They were created by the Lukato tribes. Some Pendulum Personas corrupt anyone who has negative feelings and take over the person's shadow. These people are called Persona Duelists, and the corrupted shadows are called Persona Shadows."

(Flashback end)

"Pendulum Persona, Lukato tribes, and Persona Duelists..." Ichigo mused.

Shuroi paused the explanation. "Hold on the sec... Dragocian-Eyes Lady is a Pendulum Persona, right? So, she's not corrupting you?" he asked.

"I doubt it," Yuzu told him. "The dragon told me about how the Pendulum Persona can be purified by another Pendulum Persona."

"So, that's means the Pendulum Personas took over the world in the past?" Ichigo questioned.

Yuzu frowned in thought. "It might be that Pendulum Personas are coming to our world."

Shuroi was shocked. "Oh no! This can't be right! The Pendulum Personas are taking over the Earth?!"

"This is madness! Fighting the Pendulum Personas could be a tough battle!" Ichigo exclaimed.

Yuzu, still frowning, thought deeply about how to stop the Pendulum Personas.

Our only hope...is to find and stop that person who released these beasts that the dragon told me about!" Yuzu declared.

Yuzu looked up at the sky, seeing someone who was releasing the Pendulum Personas.

Everyone was living a moment right now. At the abandoned dorm, fourteen year old girl, Fiona Truesdale, walked towards the deep underground and watched the devastating situation. Her eyes were wide and her breath was still.

"This is... devastation."

Fiona kept a card in her pocket much like what Yuzu does. Her card started to glow in her pocket. She found some great truth from this glowing card:

"Seraphiroth Dragon Venemy... I'm feared that the devastation of the Pendulum Personas has began."

Like a jump scare in a scary movie, Fiona looked at the unconscious boy's shadow begin to appear towards her. Fiona denied to herself what she was seeing.

"No... Hamon student: Ryuuki, has been possessed by that Persona..."

The Shadow Ryuuki talked to her. The wielder had a dark aura around him.

"So, you're a Pendulum Persona's wielder... Hahahahahaha! Duel Me!"

His Duel Disk activates with a evil grin and Fiona smiles back and activates her modified Duel Disk.

"Game On!" Fiona and Shadow Ryuuki shouted in unison.

Fiona:4000 vs S-Ryuuki:4000

Fiona gritted her teeth. She had a good hand, but she couldn't underestimate her opponent.

"It's my turn on this first move." S-Ryuuki said as he drew a card. A quick glance showed him the card was Restrain Knight. "I summon the knight who should be feared, Restrain Knight!"

Restrain Knight rises up in the darky field, with glowing red eyes. It swung its sword left and right for summoning effect.

S-Ryuuki's monsters: Restrain Knight (LV4/ATK:1700)

There was a dark aura emitting from Restrain Knight. It was an evil that could only be from the deck being corrupted.

'Even his deck is controlled by Pendulum Persona...' Fiona thought.

" I activate Restrain Knight's effect: When he is Normal or Special Summoned, I get to tribute him better yet sacrifice him in order to Special Summon Restrain Knight from my hand."

The Restrain Knight on his field was sucked into a dark hole of unspeakable evil when another Restrain Knight appeared slashing its sword around.

S-Ryuuki's monsters: Restrain Knight (LV4/ATK:1700)

"Uh-oh." Fiona said realizing she was in trouble.

"With my Restrain Knight's effect, I'll sacrifice him in order to Special Summon Restrain Gunsniper from my hand!"

A dark aura enveloping Restrain Knight and making Restrain Gunsniper appeared. His creature appeared with a light armor appearance, glowing red eyes, and a heavy sniper rifle.

S-Ryuuki's monsters: Restrain Gunsniper (LV4/ATK:1900)

Fiona heard a little about Restrain Gunsniper. She noticed hearing about it there was a Fusion Summoning method.

"You don't mean..." She gasped.

S-Ryuuki let her live in the reality that these monsters are going to do what she believes they can do.

"That's right, I'm using Gunsniper to Fusion Summon with my two Restrain in the name! I'm fuse Restrain Gunsniper with my two Restrain Knights from my Graveyard!"

The dark aura Retrain Gunsniper and the two Restrain Knight's are fusing together to create one single monster. While it was going on, S-Ryuuki was monologuing about the action of fusion summoning.

"With the darkness merges with the restrain... my powerful monster appears! I'm Fusion Summon... Arise, Level 8 Earthbound Servant Qiulin!"

A kirin-like shadow monster with the dark orange glowing lines of a saddle horse but the roars like a thunderous horse emerged on the field.

"Earthbound Servant Quilin (LV8/Fusion/ATK:3000)."

Fiona dropped a card from her pocket. She leaned down to pick up the card. As she did, it started glowing in her hand.

" Yes I'm see... that Earthbound is the Pendulum Persona. I'm going to stop this!"

"I'm placing one facedown card... and activating Quilin's effect!" S-Ryuuki said holding out his arm to be more clear on what he was doing.

Fiona stares at Quilin as it glowed like a lake under the moonlight activating its effect.

"He can absorb one facedown card, so he will absorb my Mass Re-Production Spell Card to gain 500 additional ATK points! And that's all for my turn!"

So far his strategy involved sacrificing his own cards to help summon powerful monsters. Fiona noticing this got her serious face on.

"It's my turn!" Fiona draws a card. It was luck that she drew Cosmos Xyz. "I'm summoning the Level 6 Cosmos Seraph Dragon in DEF!"

A seraph-like dragon appears in the yellow ring. It was loyal to Fiona outside of the duel but right now it was an intimidating monster.

Fiona's monsters: Cosmos Seraph Dragon (LV6/DEF:2400)

"When you control a monster, I'm allow to Special Summon Cosmos Seraph Dragon in DEF mode. And I'm Special Summon Level 6 Cosmos Seraph Drakyrm with the effect of Seraph Drakyrm after I'm summon Level 6 or higher Cosmos Seraph in the name!"

Just like Fiona's last monster, a seraph-like snake dragon appears in the yellow ring. It was surprised to be on the field.

Fiona's monsters: Cosmos Seraph Drakyrm (LV6/ATK:2300)

Fiona had another card in her hand. Both of her Seraph monsters glanced at her and nodded their heads for her.

"Now I'm play the Cosmos Xyz which allows two or more "Cosmos Seraph. In the name and Xyz Summon the Fairy-Type monster. I'm overlay Seraph Dragon and Seraph Drakyrm to Xyz Summon the "Cosmos Seraph" Xyz Monster!"

Seraph Dragon and Seraph Drakyrm overlay on the yellow-gold swirling portal. Her monster wasn't out yet, but that didn't stop Fiona from chatting how great it was.

"See the Future, Return to the abyss of depths! The seraph dragon will evolve into strongest Cosmos Seraph! I'm Xyz Summon... take down to the heaven's sky, Seraphiroth Dragon Venemy!"

Lightning from dark clouds discharged when a seraph-like female humanoid with dragonic features appears in the portal. The humanoid was holding a bow with both her hands.

Fiona's monsters: Seraphiroth Dragon Venemy (Rank:6/ATK:3000)

S-Ryuuki was amazed she could summon a monster as powerful as his was in only one turn. If it wasn't for the card he used to make his monster 500 ATK points stronger he would be nervous.

"Nice monster, but you can't take my Earthbound down with your 3000 ATK points!"

Fiona covered her mouth letting out a small laugh. "You think so? I'm activating Seraph Drakyrm and Cosmos Xyz's effects! First off, Drakyrm gains her to increase 1000 ATK and Cosmos Xyz can double ATK increasing!"

Fiona's monsters: Seraphiroth Dragon Venemy (Rank:6/ATK:8000)

S-Ryuuki underestimated his opponent, who wouldn't when their monster has a total of 8000 ATK points? He was very shocked.

"8000 ATK points?!"

"Venemy, purify the Pendulum Persona Quilin! Seraph Chaos Burst!"

Venemy used the bow and created a arrow of purified light to strike with the angel dragon-like energy on Quilin's head. S-Ryuuki was knocked into by the wall of light that pushed from the blast.

"Purification confirmed!" Fiona said happy even though she didn't move.

Quilin disappeared into darkness which Ryuuki's shadow was purified as well. S-Ryuuki was standing still unable to duel anymore.

S-Ryuuki:0

S-Ryuuki was no longer a threat to Fiona. What was a threat had to be the darkness resonating out of Quilin, the monster that stayed even after the duel.

"Venemy..."

Venemy nodded and manage to purifty the darkness with a roar and a glowing arrow created from the roar she made. The arrow hit Quilin, it became a trading card.

"Quilin... the Fusion Tribe Pendulum Persona. Venemy... the Xyz Tribe Pendulum Persona. Haderus... the Synchro Tribe Pendulum Persona. Carnaggedon... the Pendulum Tribe Pendulum Persona. I'm have four Pendulum Personas... Now I'm can find the person who release these monstrosity!"

CHAPTER 5 END