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GARDEN – CANTIDEL PALACE – CAPITAL – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION

When Yuzu and her counterparts realized it, they were at a garden. A huge beautiful garden that they knew can only be built by extremely rich people. Before they even could fully comprehend their situation, they were interrupted by a loud voice.

"Intruders!"

Yuzu and her counterparts blinked upon hearing the loud voice. In a flash they were confronted by soldier-like people. Four of the five of them raised their Duel Disks while one was told to call for reinforcement. The four soldiers glared at them. Yuzu paled. It wasn't difficult to realize what this mean from two facts: First, she and her counterparts were in a garden on the other side of a huge gate. Second, the soldiers here are no doubt gatekeepers and raising their Duel Disks at them while shouting intruders that only mean one thing… They were the very intruders the soldiers were referring to.

"P-please hold on a second! We didn't mean to intrude or do any harm!" Yuzu raised her hands in defense, trying to pacify the soldiers. It hasn't even 3 minutes they arrived in this dimension and they already got into trouble? Come on!

"It's pointless Yuzu. They won't listen unless we beat them first!" Serena interjected her Pendulum Counterpart, activating her Duel Disk immediately. It was like Synchro Dimension all over again. But this time, she'll make sure that she will win this.

"I don't think we have a choice…" Ruri also activated her Duel Disk.

"For crying out loud, why does it have to be this way?" Rin face-palmed before activating her Duel Disk as well.

Yuzu looked at her counterparts and the gatekeepers and she sighed. Yup. They don't have a choice now. Yuzu reluctantly activated her Duel Disk. But before they begin the Duel, Yuzu spoke,

"This Duel will be a Battle Royale. Players cannot attack on their first Turn. And when inflicting damage or effect that don't designate a target, we can choose which player we wish to affect. Is this rule acceptable?" Yuzu asked the gatekeepers.

"Fine by us!" They all answered, beginning the Duel.

[DUEL!]

"I'm going first! From my hand, I summon Swift Gilasaurus (ATK: 1400 / DEF: 400 / LV: 3)!" Gatekeeper with red-colored gem on its helmet made the first Turn, summoning Swift Gilasaurus in Attack Position.

"I release Swift Gilasaurus to Advance summon Dark Driceratops (ATK: 2400 / DEF: 1500 / LV: 6)!" He summoned Dark Driceratops in Attack Position.

"I set a card and end my Turn." He concluded.

"My Turn! As my opponent controls Monsters while I'm not, I can special summon Solo the Melodious Songstress (ATK: 1600 / DEF: 1000 / LV: 4) from my hand!" Yuzu special summoned her red clothed Melodious Monster.

"And then I Normal summon Altina the Melodious Diva (ATK: 2300 / DEF: 1000 / LV: 4)!" Yuzu summoned Altina, a small yellow haired Melodious Monster with dual-colored purple and blue dress, in Attack Position.

"When Altina is summoned from hand, I can special summon a Level 5 or lower Melodious Monster from my Deck! I Summon Soprano the Melodious Songstress (ATK: 1400 / DEF: 1400 / LV: 4)!" Yuzu normal summoned Soprano to her Field.

"I activate Soprano's Effect! I can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck using Monsters from my hand or side of the Field as Materials! I fuse Soprano, Solo, and Opera! Fusion Summon! Come to the stage! Bloom Prima the Floral Melodious Saint (ATK: 1900 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 7)!" Yuzu summoned Bloom Prima in Attack Position.

"Bloom Prima gains 300 ATK for each of its Fusion Materials!" Yuzu increased Bloom Prima's ATK to 2800.

"I end my Turn." Yuzu concluded.

"My Turn! I summon Archaeopteryx – Archeonys (ATK: 300 / DEF: 1300 / LV: 3)!" Gatekeeper Blue summoned Acheonys in Attack Position.

"I activate Magic Card: Ultra Revolution Pill – Revised! I can tribute one Winged Beast-Type to special summon one Dinosaur-Type Monster from my hand!" He tributed Archeonys to summon Dark Tyranno (ATK: 2600 / DEF: 1800 / LV: 7) in Attack Position.

"I end my Turn." He concluded.

"Just like Academia and Security, they are using the same Archetype…" Serena noted in her mind as she observed her opponents.

"My Turn! From my hand, I summon Lyrical Luscinia – Cobalt Sparrow (ATK: 0 / DEF: 100 / LV: 1)!" Ruri summoned Cobalt Sparrow in Attack Position.

"If I control a Lyrical Luscinia Monster, I can Special Summon Lyrical Luscinia – Sapphire Swallow (ATK: 100 / DEF: 0 / LV: 1) from my hand and one Level 1 Lyrical Luscinia Monster!" Ruri summoned Sapphire Swallow along with another copy of Cobalt Sparrow in Attack Position.

"I activate Cobalt Sparrow's Effect! I can add a copy of Cobalt Sparrow from my Deck to my hand!" Ruri added another copy of Cobalt Sparrow to her hand.

"And then I activate the Effect of another copy of Sapphire Swallow in my hand!" Ruri once again Special Summoned another copy of Sapphire Swallow and Cobalt Sparrow in Attack Position

"I overlay all my five Monsters! Birds with beautiful wings! Gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight! Xyz Summon! Dance in the sky! Xyz Summon! Rank 1! Lyrical Luscinia – Assembly Nightingale (ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / RNK: 1 / ORU: 5)!" Ruri summoned her ace Monster in Attack Position.

"I end my Turn." Ruri finished her Turn.

"My Turn! I summon Sabersaurus (ATK: 1900 / DEF: 500 / LV: 4)!" Gatekeeper Green summoned Sabersaurus in Attack Position.

"I activate Field Spell: Jurassic World! All Dinosaur-Type and Winged Beast-Type Monsters gains 300 ATK and DEF!" Gatekeeper Green increased Dark Driceratops' ATK to 2700, Dark Tyranno's ATK to 2900, and Sabersaurus' ATK to 2200. Ruri's Assembly Nightingale, who was a Winged Beast-Type Monster, consequently also gained 300 ATK and DEF, increasing them to 800 and 300 respectively.

"I set a card and end my Turn!" Gatekeeper Green finished.

"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Wind-Calling Bell Chime. This card let me reveal a Level 4 or lower Wind Witch Monster in my hand to Special Summon another copy of that Monster from Deck." Rin revealed Wind Witch – Ice Bell (ATK: 1000 / DEF: 1000 / LV: 3) in her hand and then Special summoned another copy of it from her Deck in Attack Position.

"I Summon the Wind Witch – Ice Bell that I revealed from my hand." Rin Normal summoned the Ice Bell in Attack Position.

"I activate my two Ice Bells' Effect! When they are Normal or Special Summoned this Turn, I can inflict 500 damages!" The two Ice Bells pointed their wands towards Gatekeeper Blue, shooting strong cold winds that decreased his LP by 1000.

GATEKEEPER BLUE LP: 4000 = 3000

"As I control 2 or more Wind Witch Monsters, I can special summon Wind Witch – Snow Bell (ATK: 100 / DEF: 100 / LV: 1) from my hand!" Rin Special summoned Snow Bell via its own Effect.

"I Tune my Level 3 Ice Bells with Level 1 Snow Bell! Winds of winter, snow and ice! Become my power to blow everything away! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 7! Wind Witch - Winter Bell (ATK: 2400 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 7)!" Rin summoned her ace Monster in Attack Position.

"I activate Winter Bell's Effect! I can copy the Effect of a Wind Witch Monster in my Graveyard until the End Phase! I copy Ice Bell's Effect!" Rin inflicted another 500 damages to Gatekeeper Blue.

GATEKEEPER BLUE LP: 3000 = 2500

"I Set 1 card and end my Turn." Rin concluded.

"My Turn! I summon Giant Rex (ATK: 2000 / DEF: 1200 / LV: 3)!" Gatekeeper Yellow summoned Giant Rex in Attack Position. Due to Jurassic World's effect, its ATK was increased to 2300.

"I set a card and end my Turn." Gatekeeper Yellow ended.

"My Turn! From my hand, I activate Magic Card: Fusion! I fuse Moonlight Blue Cat and Moonlight Purple Butterfly in my hand!"

Serena began her chant as her Monsters entered the Fusion Vortex. "The blue cat that prowl through the darkness! Butterfly with violet poison! Spiral into the moon's gravity and become a new power! Fusion Summon! Come to me! Beautiful beast that dances in the moonlight! Moonlight Cat Dancer (ATK: 2400 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 7)!"

"I set 2 cards and end my Turn." Serena ended.

"My Turn! I summon Dyna Base (ATK: 0 / DEF: 2100 / LV: 4) from my hand!" Gatekeeper Red summoned Dyna Base in Attack Position.

"And then I activate Magic Card: Fusion! I fuse Dyna Base and Dark Driceratops! Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 7! Dyna Tank (ATK: ? / DEF: 2100 / LV: 7)!" He summoned Dyna Tank in Attack position.

"I activate Dyna Tank's effect! Its ATK become equal to the original ATK of the Dinosaur-Type Monster used as this card's Fusion Material!" He increased the Dyna Tank's ATK to 2400. Due to Jurassic World's effect, its ATK increased to 2700.

"I activate Magic Card: Dino Blast! I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the Level of a Dinosaur-Type Monster I control times 300!" Gatekeeper Red pointed at Ruri. From Dyna Tank's mouth, it shot seven red blasts, causing Ruri to fall on her knees after the hit she received, but she forced herself to stand up quickly.

RURI LP: 4000 = 1900

"Battle! I attack Lyrical Luscinia – Assembly Nightingale with Dyna Tank!" Gatekeeper Red pointed at Assembly Nightingale, directing his monster attack the Xyz Monster. Dyna Tank shot its cannons towards the Xyz Monster.

"I activate Assembly Nightingale's effect! I detach an Overlay Unit to negate destruction and battle damage!" Ruri detached an Overlay Unit, creating barrier that protected her ace monster from the attack. This came at the cost of Assembly Nightingale's ATK being lowered to 700 and could only attack four times from now on.

"I end my Turn." Gatekeeper Red concluded.

"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Fortissimo! I can choose a Melodious Monster I control, that monster gains 600 ATK until my next Standby Phase!" Yuzu increased Bloom Prima's ATK again to 3400.

"I attack Giant Rex with Bloom Prima!" Yuzu pointed at Gatekeeper Green's dinosaur monster. Bloom Prima opened the flowers beside its face, unleashing sound waves at the dinosaur.

"Continuous Trap Card: Amber Pitfall! I negate the attack and change your Monster's Position to Defense Position and that Monster cannot change its Battle Position!" Gatekeeper Green opened his facedown card, creating a pitfall right beneath Bloom Prima, which caused Bloom Prima to fall down into the hole and was trapped there.

"As long as this card is active, your Bloom Prima can't do anything." Gatekeeper Green told Yuzu, causing her to click her tongue.

"I end my Turn." Yuzu reluctantly ended her Turn.

"My Turn! I activate Dark Tyranno's effect! When my opponent has no Attack Position Monster on the Field, this card can attack directly! Go, Dark Tyranno!" Gatekeeper Blue declared attack on Yuzu, who's Bloom Prima has been forced to be in Defense Position, which allowed Dark Tyranno to tackle the Melodious user to the ground.

YUZU LP: 4000 = 1400

"I end my Turn." Gatekeeper Blue concluded. He looked uncomfortably at Yuzu and her counterparts. Even though they were intruders, they were still young girls. He felt bad hurting them like this. But his duty as gatekeeper pushed him to do this.

"My Turn! Assembly Nightingale can attack directly a number of times for each Overlay Unit it has! There are 5 Overlay Units, so it can attack you directly 5 times!" Ruri activated her Monster's Effect. As said by Ruri, Assembly Nightingale swung its wings, unleashing gust of winds four times at Gatekeeper Red that drastically decreased his LP.

GATEKEEPER RED LP: 4000 = 1200

"I set a card and end my Turn." She concluded.

"You're doing fine, Ruri?" Yuzu asked as she returned to her feet while wiping her skirt and her arms.

"I've been through worse. The same also goes for you, isn't it?" Ruri replied to Yuzu without looking at her.

"You're right. This is nothing compared to a year ago." Yuzu stated before facing their opponents again.

"My Turn! From my hand, I summon another copy of Sabersaurus!" Gatekeeper Green summoned another copy of Sabersaurus.

"I release Sabersaurus to Advance summon Jurac Tyrannus (ATK: 2500 / DEF: 1400 / LV: 7)! If this card is Advance summoned using Dinosaur-Type Monster, this card gains 500 ATK!" Gatekeeper Green tribute the Sabersaurus he just summoned and then summoned Jurrac Tyrannus in Attack Position. Due to its effect coupled with Jurassic World's effect, its ATK increased to 3300. However…

"And then I activate Magic Card: Jurassic Evolution! I can release Jurrac Tyrannus and Sabersaurus to once again perform Advance Summon! Come forth, Jurrac Titan (ATK: 3000 / DEF: 2800 / LV: 9)!" He tributed the other copy of Sabersaurus along with Jurrac Tyrannus that he just summoned to Advance summon Jurrac Titan in Attack Position. Following Jurassic World's effect, its ATK was increased to 3300.

"He performed Advance Summon twice?!" Rin exclaimed.

"But what's the difference? That monster has the same ATK as the previous one." Yuzu wondered in confusion.

"I activate Jurrac Titan's effect! By banishing a Jurrac Monster with 1700 or less ATK from my Graveyard, this card gains 1000 ATK until the End Phase!" Gatekeeper Green banished Jurrac Tyrannus in his Graveyard to increase Jurrac Titan's ATK to 4300.

"I see. He summoned Jurrac Tyrannus first so he can tribute it to summon Jurrac Titan and so that Jurrac Tyrannus will be sent to the Graveyard and then he can activate Jurrac Titan's effect that will increase its ATK…!" Ruri remarked sharply, guarding up.

"I won't let that happen! Trap Card: Bewildering Wind! If a monster is Special Summoned to my opponent's field I can target one of those monsters and it has its effects negated, also its ATK becomes half its current ATK!" Rin opened her facedown card with Jurrac Titan as her target.

"Unfortunately, Jurrac Titan cannot be affected by Trap or Monster Effects!" Gatekeeper Green revealed, negating Rin's Trap Card. He quickly pointed at Rin and her monster. "Battle! I attack Wind Witch – Winter Bell with Jurrac Titan!"

Jurrac Titan's body unleashed burning flames. It opened its mouth and shot the accumulated flames, burning the Synchro Monster into nothing. Rin was nearly blown away by the attack, but managed to keep her footing.

RIN LP: 4000 = 3200

"I end my Turn." He concluded. Jurrac Titan's ATK reverted to 3300.

"My Turn!" Rin looked at the card she drew and her eyes then blinked. She glanced at her counterparts before making up her mind.

"I set a card and end my Turn!" She concluded, confusing her counterparts. However, she gave them an assuring nod, telling them to trust her.

"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Fusion! I fuse Dyna Base in my hand and Giant Rex on my Field! Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 7! Dyna Tank!" Gatekeeper Yellow also summoned in Attack Position like Gatekeeper Red.

"I activate Magic Card: Dino Blast! I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the Level of a Dinosaur-Type Monster I control times 300!" Once again mimicking Gatekeeper Red, he activated the same Magic Card to inflict direct damage with Serena as his target.

SERENA LP: 4000 = 1900

"And then I activate Quick-Play Spell: Fossil's Magic! When I control a Dinosaur-Type Monster, I can reactivate the effect of a Magic Card in my Graveyard!" Gatekeeper Yellow intended to once again use Dino Blast's effect to deplete Serena's LP, but Rin then quickly interfere.

"Not so fast! Trap Card: Cyclone Clash! When my opponent activate a Magic or Trap Card, I can negate that card and destroy it along with another face-up Magic Card my opponent control!" Rin opened her facedown card, destroying Gatekeeper Yellow's Fossil's Magic

"Face-up Magic Card?! The only face-up Magic Card is…" Gatekeeper Yellow and his friends turned to the only Magic Card that was face-up on the Field.

"That's right, I destroy your Amber Pitfall!" Rin pointed at Gatekeeper Green's Continuous Magic Card, destroying it. This freed Bloom Prima from the pitfall and returned it back to Attack Position.

"Thank you, Rin!" Yuzu thanked her Synchro counterpart.

"Yeah, you're a life-safer!" Serena also thanked Rin.

"No problem!" Rin replied.

"I end my Turn." Gatekeeper Yellow reluctantly ended her Turn.

"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Moonlight Perfume! This card allows me to Special Summon a Moonlight Monster from my Graveyard! I choose Moonlight Blue Cat (ATK: 1600 / DEF: 1200 / LV: 4)!" Serena opened one of her facedown cards and summoned back her humanoid blue cat Monster.

"I activate Blue Cat's Effect! When it was Special Summoned, I can double the ATK of a Moonlight Monster that I control until the end of this Turn! I choose Moonlight Cat Dancer!" Serena increased Cat Dancer's ATK from 2400 to 4800.

"I activate Cat Dancer's Effect! By Releasing a Moonlight Monster, it can attack each Monster that my opponent controls twice each this Turn!

"First, I'll make you pay for the last attack! Go! Cat Dancer! Attack Dyna Tank!" Serena declared her attack without hesitation at Gatekeeper Yellow who has inflicted 2100 damage to her. Cat Dancer leaped and then kicked the dinosaur-like tank. Due to Cat Dancer's effect, it was not destroyed, but still inflicting damage to Gatekeeper Yellow.

GATEKEEPER YELLOW LP: 4000 = 2100

"And then, the finishing move! Take him out, Cat Dancer!" Serena pointed at Gatekeeper Yellow and Dyna Tank. Cat Dancer's scarfs glowed as it raised its knives. The Moonlight Monster leaped again, and this time it used its knives to slash the Dinosaur Monster, destroying it and depleting all of yellow-jeweled Gatekeeper's LP, blowing him back.

GATEKEEPER YELLOW LP: 2100 = 0

"Hey, you're okay?!" Gatekeeper Red asked his fallen comrade who was wincing with his back on the ground from the impact.

"Is this the time to be worrying for someone else? I'm not done yet! Attack him next, Cat Dancer!" Serena continued her attack. This time, she turned her attack to Gatekeeper Red's Dyna Tank.

"Thanks to Ruri, the first attack would be more than enough to finish you! Go, Cat Dancer!" Cat Dancer didn't even need to use its knife. It jumped and twirled in the air as it went down before extending its leg, delivering a kick at Dyna Tank, destroying it and depleting Gatekeeper Red's LP. Gatekeeper Red was lying on the ground beside Gatekeeper Yellow, leaving only Gatekeeper Blue and Gatekeeper Green left.

GATEKEEPER RED LP: 1200 = 0

"Only the two of you left! Finish them off, Cat Dancer!" Serena pointed at Gatekeeper Blue and his Dark Tyranno. Cat Dancer was ready to jump again, but then Gatekeeper Blue pointed at his facedown card.

"Trap Card: Amber Pitfall! I negate the attack and change your Monster's Position to Defense Position and that Monster cannot change its Battle Position!" Gatekeeper Blue also activated the same Trap as Gatekeeper Green, causing Cat Dancer to fall and was trapped in the pitfall, unable to attack.

"Just when I was so close…! I end my Turn!" Serena grunted in frustration as she concluded her Turn.

"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Ultimate Evolution Pill! I banish 1 Machine-Type Monster and 1 Dinosaur-Type Monster from my hand or Field to Special Summon 1 LIGHT Dinosaur-Type Monster from my hand or Deck!" Gatekeeper Blue banished Dyna Base and Sabersaurus from his hand, allowing a card to stick out from the Deck that he took and placed it on his Duel Disk blade.

"Come forth! Super Conductor Tyranno (ATK: 3300 / DEF: 1400 / LV: 8)!" Gatekeeper Blue summoned Conductor Tyranno in Attack Position. Due to Jurassic World's effect, its ATK increased to 3600.

"You're going to pay for what you have done to our comrades! First I attack you who don't have any Monster! Go, Conductor Tyranno! Attack directly!" Gatekeeper Blue pointed at Rin who's Field was wide open without any monster or set cards. Rin prepared herself for the impact as the dinosaur was rushing towards her, ready for a tackle.

Serena opened her last facedown card immediately before the attack could hit Rin. "Trap Card: Moonlight Astray! I banish a Moonlight Monster from my Graveyard to negate the attack!" She banished Blue Cat, effectively stopping Conductor Tyranno's attack.

"Then Dark Tyranno, attack her directly!" Gatekeeper Blue pointed at Serena, using Dark Tyranno's effect that can attack directly as Serena controls no Attack Position Monster, tackling her. Serena fell flat on her back, causing her to wince from the crash.

SERENA LP: 4000 = 1100

"I end my Turn. With our combo, I highly doubt you have a chance to win. You maybe intruders, but you are still ladies, so please surrender quietly and we will escort you nicely." Gatekeeper Blue tried to persuade the girls. He didn't want to harm them more than they already had.

Yuzu frowned at the Gatekeepers. "First of all, we are not intruders. We didn't mean to become one. Second, as long as players still have LPs, the Duel still continues and is not yet determined!" She has enough of this. Why do most people in other dimensions were bad at listening and just so easy to jump to conclusion?

"My Turn!" Yuzu looked at the card she drew. Her lips curved into smile and she winked at her counterparts. Victory is in their hands.

"When I control exactly 1 Level 7 or higher Melodious Monster, I can special summon Fiona the Melodious Maestra (ATK: 1700 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 6)!" Yuzu summoned Fiona in Attack Position.

"I activate Fiona's second effect! When this card is summoned through its effect, I can change the Level of the other Melodious Monster I control to the same as this card!" Yuzu changed Bloom Prima's Level to 6, the same as Fiona.

"I Overlay Bloom Prima and Fiona! Angelic Diva, spread your pristine wings and blessed the sorrowful souls with your song of solace beneath the beautiful petals! Xyz Summon! Descend! Bloom Seraph the Angelic Melodious Saint (ATK: 2500 / DEF: 3000 / RNK: 6 / ORU: 2 / PS: 10)!" Yuzu summoned Bloom Seraph in Attack Position.

"I activate Bloom Seraph's Effect! By detaching an Overlay Unit, I can double its ATK until the End Phase!" Yuzu doubled Bloom Seraph's ATK to 5000.

"An ATK of 5000?! It's higher than Dark Tyranno, Conductor Tyranno and Jurrac Titan!"

"Battle! I attack Dark Tyranno with Bloom Seraph! Heaven's Judge!" Bloom Seraph spread its wings as it flew quite high, its body covered in bright white light. As the Xyz Monster began to sing, the light separated itself from Bloom Seraph and formed into swords, pointing down at Dark Tyranno. Following the song, the swords fell down one by one, stabbing the Dinosaur Monster and slowly disintegrating it.

"Too bad. My LP will still remain. In my next Turn, your monster will be destroyed!" Gatekeeper Blue exclaimed.

"No you won't!" Ruri interjected as she pointed at her facedown card and opened it.

"Trap Card: Feather Rainfall! When an Angel or Winged Beast-Type Monster inflict damage to opponent through Battle, that damage is doubled!" She revealed, powering up Bloom Seraph's power.

"What?!" Gatekeeper Blue exclamed in dismay as his monster exploded, blowing him away and leaving only Gatekeeper Green to be the last one standing.

GATEKEEPER BLUE LP: 2500 = 0

"Now, you're the only one left." Rin remarked.

"It's time to finish this!" Serena stated determinedly.

"Go, Ruri!" Yuzu encouraged their Xyz counterpart.

"I attack directly with Assembly Nightingale! And by banishing Feather Rainfall from Graveyard, the damage is doubled!" Ruri declared her last attack, motioning Assembly Nightingale to send four times of gust of wind that blew back the last standing gatekeeper.

GATEKEEPER GREEN LP: 4000 = 0

"Finally it's done." Yuzu sighed in relief.

"Now, are you willing to listen to us?" Serena asked the gatekeepers who were still lying on the ground moaning in pain, but still conscious.

"There they are! They are the intruders!"

A few seconds after, Yuzu and her counterparts were surrounded by dozens of soldiers in circle, all raising their Duel Disks against them. Some helped removing their fallen comrades first from the circle before activating their Duel Disks against the girls. Yuzu felt she wanted to cry from this. Bad luck one after another…

"You gotta be kidding me…" Serena twitched at the soldiers surrounding them.

"Do we have no choice after all?" Ruri looked worriedly at the soldiers surrounding them.

"Hold it! Lower your Duel Disks!"

A girl's voice, loud and clear, stopped the soldiers from making any move. The soldiers quickly opened a path for a girl around the same age as Yuzu and the others. When the four girls saw the owner of the voice who walked towards them, they all gasped. The blond girl who was clothed in an outfit befitting for a royalty came, but what shocking them the most was the fact this girl also shares striking resemblance as them.

"Celica-sama!" One of the soldiers called out as Celica placed an arm in front of the girl in protective manner.

"These girls are the ones foretold by the Oracle who will come to aid us against our old enemies. Thus, they will be under my wing." Celica revealed, resulting the soldiers to burst into murmurs as they looked at the girls. The mention of 'the Oracle' also affected them greatly.

"Umm…you're…" Yuzu started nervously at the blond girl. She was taken aback and her hert skip a beat when the blond girl smiled so brightly and kindly at them as she escorted into the palace.

"I'll explain everything once we go inside. Do not worry. We will not harm any of you. I won't let that happen."

YUKIYA'S ROOM – KANBARA RESIDENCE – APARTMENT – DEN CITY – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION

Yukiya reviewed the paper in his hands once again as he lounged on his chair in his room, trying to decode the information he had gained from his hacking. Placing it down amongst the other papers he had also acquired, he leaned forward, elbows on top of his knees as he pressed his fingers together on the ridge of his nose, mind furiously working out the myriad of words and numbers littered on the surface.

While he prided himself upon the fact that he is an extraoridinary hacker, managed to even hacked into one of the Empire's largest and most extensive network of information, he still hadn't quite grasped how to dechiper the data yet, which was written in a code he knew was none other than from a member of the Brotherhood. For all he knew it might have been a code that the Brotherhood had developed itself, but if that was the case, he would've gotten a transcription for it at once.

Their leader was very smart; he had to admit grudgingly as he took another glance at the papers. Making your own code would have the weakness of it being exposed quickly, thus enabling quick translation, but using a code both vaguely familiar and unfamiliar would immediately confuse pursuers, and would have the danger of being misinterpreted, thus throwing them completely off track. For days he had tried to find similarities in the papers he had gotten: sentence structures, vocabulary, syntax and pragmatics, but none of them really matched up. It was starting to frustrate him.

"Darn it…! I knew it would be difficult, but never thought it would be this difficult… No, scratch that, I should have expected this from the Brotherhood, one of the biggest and strongest three factions... Not to mention it lasts for thousands of years already for a good reason…" Yukiya sighed, berating himself for underestimating the Brotherhood's network and computer skill a bit.

"But this is my only clue for now. The Oracle had fought the group that bastard Dante belongs to generations ago, and so he must have encountered them again now they they have awakened…" Yukiya mumbled to himself, trying to sharpen his focus.

There must be something he was missing. The thought was already there, but just can't grasp it completely yet. The code used was familiar to him, but as much as he tried to dechiper it, it would always come out wrong, the thought incomprehensible in one way or another. Closing his eyes he tried to clear his mind, brows wrinkling in deep thought.

A beeping sound snapped Yukiya from his thought. It came from his computer. There was a message for him. He checked his computer and saw the message was sent by a friend of his whom he had asked a favor. His face instantly beamed when he saw what was in the message.

Yukiya stretched his hands before putting on his Duel Disk and leaned his back on his chair with a smile on his face.

"The Brotherhood's server, here I come."


NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW:

Imperial Adviser Celica – Yuzu and the others are taken to meet the imperial adviser, Celica, who surprisingly also bears resemblance with them. Recognizing Yuzu and the others as the ones foretold by Yuno, Celica explain the current situation of the empire and her relation to each of them.


FANFIC ORIGINAL CARD MEMO:

FOSSIL'S MAGIC: When you control a Dinosaur-Type Monster, you can reactivate a Magic Card in your Graveyard. (Quick-Play Spell)

CYCLONE CLASH: When your opponent activates a Magic or Trap Card, you can negate and destroy the card along with 1 face-up Magic Card on the Field. (Trap Card)

MOONLIGHT ASTRAY: When your opponent's monster declares attack, you can banish a Moonlight Monster from your Graveyard, negate the attack. (Trap Card)

FIONA THE MELODIOUS MAESTRA (ANGEL / LIGHT / EFFECT / ATK: 1700 / DEF: 2000 / LV: 6): When you control exactly 1 Level 7 or higher Melodious Monster, you can special summon this card from your hand. When this card is summoned through its effect, you can change the Level of the other Melodious Monster you control to the same as this card.


Sorry that I can't update faster. It's difficult to find time to write between my works. I'll try my best to adjust to the new schedule. I've always wanted to include Kenzan's Deck in my story but didn't get the chance to, so I decided to use it in this chapter without making any changes in the effects or such. Sorry if the Duel is not so long and boring. I don't think my hands can handle it with 4 VS 4 longer than this. But I'll try my best to improve the Duel in future chapters.

I'm sorry for any error. I'll fix it later if there's one.

Please don't forget to review.