Disclaimer. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAPTER SEVEN: A PHONE CALL AND REJI REVEALS THE TRUTH

Everyone sat in silence as Yoko finished recounting Yuya's story. Yuto had an expression of anger. 'How dare that man attack Yuya. And what was with that dream Yuya had? The first place he dreamed about was the place I dreamed about.'

Yugo was twitching uncomfortably, fidgeting with his hands. 'Yuya dreamt about the same place I did.' He looked over to Yuto and Yuri. 'Looks like I'm not the only one either.'

Yuya sat on the couch, staring out of his goggles at nothing. The phone rang, but nobody answerd it. Finally, after five shrill rings, Yuri got up and answerd the phone, frowning. Yuya perked his ears as he head Yuri's conversation on the phone. Everyone else seemed to be listening too.

"Hello. I assume this is Yuya's household?" Said a stern voice. Yuri blinked. "Yes. Who is this?" There was a dry chuckle. "You don't need to know that. I assume this is Yuri talking. Get Yuya on the phone now. Although this concerns all four of you boys plus Yuzu, Serena, Ruri and Rin. We advise you all to come to the top office of the Leo Corporation. For this next bit of news we would like to speak with Yuya." Yuri's quick mind was piecing the man's words together. "When you say "We" Does that mean Reji is a part of this?" Another dry chuckle sounded. "My My. You're sharp. Yes. It's true. Now. Yuya please." Yuri narrowed his eyes, his teeth showing as he gritted them. "I think I'll do just fine. You said it concerns all of us." A cough, then Yuri could hear faint talking in the background. Some rustling sounded, and a different, more younger but still mature voice spoke. "I see. So that is how it's going to be. Very well. Bring Yuya and the rest of you, plus the girls to my office. I am about to explain something that will change your life. And maybe, not for the better. You may wish you never heard what I have to tell you. But you and everyone needs to know the truth. Hurry, we don't have much time. And bring your decks with you. You'll need them." There was a click, and the person on the other end hung up. Yuri hung up the phone. Then he turned towards everyone, a grim expression on his face. "Yuya. Yuto. Yugo. Pack your decks and get dressed. We're going to Akaba Reji's office at the Leo Corporation. The girls need to come too."

Everyone stood up. Yoko jingled her car keys. "I'll get the girls and meet you there." With that she left. Yuya went upstairs without a word, Yugo following close behind. Yuto rubbed his face, looking strained. Then with a heavy sigh, he and Yuri went upstairs.

Yuya angrily kicked the edge of his bed. "I knew that dream was more than just images. And everyone else seemed to have had a part of the dream that I had. This makes no sense." He gripped his pendulum, holding it in the palm of his hand. A tear threatened to run down his face. 'Dad...where are you when I need you?' He opened his drawers, staring down at the clothes. He put on light green sweatpants, and a black shirt with a skull on it. It fit his mood. Then he threw on a white hoodie with golden colored strings and pulled the hood up, covering his colourful hair and shadowing his eyes. He then placed a back choker around his neck. Yuto had gotten it for him because Yuto also liked wearing chokers. Then he grabbed his red and white sneakers, shoving them on. Looking around, he spotted his deck sitting on his bedside table. Yuya went over to it and picked it up. He lifted the top card and turned it over. It was Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Yuya ran a thumb over the card, expecting it to glow or something. Nothing happened, although Yuya could've sworn the dragon had turned slightly and was looking at him. Yuya closed his eyes. Then, he put the card back and put his deck into his jean pocket. Checking that his duel disk was hooked onto his pants, Yuya went downstairs.

Yuri was waiting for him. He wore purple jeans and a white t-shirt with a image of a black hat on it. His lightly shaded purple sweater was tied around his waist. His shoes were reeboks that were black. Then Yugo came downstairs. He walked over to them, not snapping at Yuri for once. He wore short brown pants with a few tears in it. Then he wore a short sleeved blue shirt with black sleeves. The number two was written on the left sleeve. His shirt had a dark blue hood that was hanging down. He wore white and blue sneakers. Finally, Yuto appeared. He wore a dark green shirt and gray skinny jeans. He was wearing his favorite red bandanna tied around his left arm. Two gray studded bracelets were around his wrists, and a black choker was around his neck. His shoes were black and pointed. Yuya reached into his pocket, bringing out the house keys. Everyone walked outside, and Yuya locked the door.

Yoko's car was gone, as she had said she would pick up the girls. Tension crackled in the air as the boys started their treck to the Leo Corporation. Glancing up, Yuya shaded his eyes against the sun as he stared at the glittering white tower rising up into the sky. Shoving his hands into his sweater pockets, Yuya walked stiffly in front of the rest, ignoring Yuto's call to walk beside them. Yugo shook his head sighing. "He needs to be alone. I think all of this information is too much for him." Yuri snapped at him. "Geez. What gave it away? Yuya's silent depressed attitude or the fact that he has been ignoring us? Also, I think this information is a bit too much for any of us." Then he stalked past them, making sure to stay behind Yuya. The blue eyed teen sighed through his nose. "Yuto. Doesn't Yuri seem a little more agitated than normal?" Yuto hummed in thought. "Yes. I have noticed that. We're almost to the Leo Corporation." The automatic doors slid in as the four boys stalked in, glancing around. Everything was quiet. The foyer was empty and there was no sounds of dueling. The only person that was there was a guard standing near an elevator. He nodded at them, and gestured over to the elevator. Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri stepped into the elevator, standing in the corners and giving each other space. The doors closed and the floor rocked a bit as the elevator went up. Yugo fidgeted, unnerved. Yuri stared blankly at nothing. Yuto was frowning at the floor. And Yuya had an unreadable expression, his hood covering his head and shadowing half his face. There was a ding and the doors opened, revealing a darkened room.

Yoko stood in the corner, near the window. A tall young gray haired man sat at his desk, arms crossed. A red scarf was tied around his neck and flowed backwards. Yuzu, Serena and Ruri were sitting on the couch. Rin was standing by Yoko. She wore blue shorts and a white and pink t-shirt. A sparkling blue anklet was around her right ankle. She simply wore white shoes. She wore the bracelet that she had got from shopping. Yuya and the rest walked up to another couch and sat down. Yuto glanced at Ruri. She wore a beige colored dress with a black belt tied around her waist. A purple scarf was pinned to the back of her dress, on the right shoulder. She also wore her bracelet, as well as Yuzu and Serena. Her shoes were purple flats. Serena was wearing a lot of jean material. She had a dark purple vest over a light colored galaxy designed shirt. A brown belt was tied lopsidedly around her gray shorts. Her shoes were brown army boots. Yuzu was wearing a light gray and pink striped shirt. Then she had light blue shorts on with black tights reaching to her knees. Her shoes were pink high tops. The heavy weight of tension hung over them.

Reji uncrossed his arms, putting them on his legs. "Thank you all for assembling. I have called you here for a very important reason. I advise you to remain silent as I tell you what I have learned and kept as a secret. Let me ask you something Yuya. You were attacked yes?" The hooded teen glanced at him, mouth pressed closed. Reji either didn't notice or didn't care. "I don't need an answer. Anyways, all eight of you are going to have your lives changed dramatically. The man who attacked Yuya was a very important figure from another dimension." Everyone tensed but Reji continued. "Yes, there are other dimensions. Four different dimensions to be exact. The world we live in is the first dimension. It is called the Standard Dimension. All types of monster are here. All types of summoning." (Remember what I said about my decision for the dueling style? If you don't remember, please have a look at my first chapter. It explains what the duels will be like. Sort of anyways.) Reji pointed to Yuya and then to Yuzu. "You two were born here. In this peaceful city." The ones not mentioned looked confused.

Yuto stared at Reji. 'Is he saying I'm from another dimension? Maybe Ruri is too. I thought I had always lived with Yuya and his family, then again, I can't really remember my life here before I was a teen.'

Yugo glanced over to Rin. 'I'm, I'm from a different dimension? Me and Rin? Maybe I'm from that place I dreamed about. It's probably the same with Yuri and Serena.'

Reji coughed. "Everyone. Your attention please...Thank you. I can see I have made you all confused. Let me explain. Yuto, you and Ruri have come from a diffrent dimension. Known as the XYZ Dimension. Your city was beautiful and futuristic, or so I have heard. Although I don't know too much, your city was named Heartland. A city of hope. A force from another dimension then invaded, destroying the city and somehow turning people into cards. For what reason I don't know. But Yuto. Have you ever noticed that most of your deck contains ways to summon XYZ monsters? As well as your most important card. Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon." Yuto was glaring at him, his fists so clenched that his knuckles were turning white. Ruri looked like she was about to cry. Reji then looked at Yugo and Rin. "You and Rin have lived in the Synchro Dimension. You Yugo. Have you noticed that your deck contains a lot of tuners and your key card is Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. Your city was simply called city. Full of richness and the spice of life. But you and Rin were not so lucky. From what I have gathered, you two have lived in the slums below the city. Full of sickness and hunger, looked down upon by the rich." Yugo lowered his head, gritting his teeth. Rin looked equally upset.

Reji then frowned at Yuri and Serena. "I do not want to tell you this but I must. Yuri and Serena. You two have come from a dreaded place called the Fusion Dimension. You as well Yuri, have tons of Fusion cards and your signature card is Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. You both lived at an academy called Academia, the root of all the trouble in Heartland. They are the ones who want to unite the dimensions and call upon a girl named Ray. The dimensions were one at some point, and Ray and a teen named Zarc lived in that dimension. I have gathered all this information from this computer." Reji pointed to it. "And the information that was contained in there was the information my father left behind. My father is the man who attacked Yuya and is the professor at Academia. The all ruling man that everyone in the Fusion Dimension practically worships. You Yuri, was his top student. But the professor didn't trust you. The reason being is that you, Yuya, Yugo and Yuto were once Zarc in the first dimension. And Zarc has had a terrible past. He fused with your four dragons to become a demon, destroying the world and loving it. Zarc is darkness itself. He is chaos and destruction. While you Yuzu, and the rest of you girls were once the girl named Ray, and the professor's daughter. While Zarc was rampaging, my father, also known as Leo Akaba, created four cards of nature to stop Zarc. Them being, the En Moon, En Flowers, En Wind and En Birds. These represent the nature and life of the planet. Ray stole them from her father and absorbed them into herself, then blasting it at Zarc. The dimensions split into four and Ray and Zarc also split into four. Ray at that point had formed four bracelets, the ones you girls now have. For what reason these bracelets have I am unsure of. Anyways. Ray split into Yuzu, Serena, Rin and Ruri. And Zarc split into you four boys. The world divided into four dimensions, which I explained to you, but somehow after your new lives started, some form of light washed over the dimensions and brought you eight to the Standard Dimension.

Leo Akaba has made his move already. The fact that he appeared here means he's trying desperately to get rid of the Zarc reincarnations and kidnap you girls to revive Ray and use the energy from carded people to unite the dimensions into one. I have built a new system for the duel disks to allow you to travel to the dimensions. If you agree to this, I will intstall them into your duel disks. Be warned, you all might end up in a diffrent place from each other, time might reset your lives in the dimension you have traveled to, and there is a slight possibility you might end up in a time space between dimensions. You must help and recover your memories in your dimensions and stop Leo from using the four girls to revive his daughter and fusing the dimensions. Be warned. In the other dimensions, real damage is dealt in dueling, and if you take too much damage you may lose your lives. Be wary, if two of you boys or more happen to be in a dimension at the same time, Zarc will try to revive and condemn you and the world in darkness. Remember all I have told you. Ultimately, it's your choice to agree to this or not. I will not make this decision for you." Reji pushed his glasses up and fell silent.

Yuya jumped up, snarling. "I'll go! Even though I was born here I want to help the other dimensions! I won't give in to Zarc and I'll save Yuzu whenever she may be. I'll stop your father Reji, I'll show him not to mess with us!" He ran towards Reji, giving him his duel disk. "Install the device now! Do it!" Yuto leaped up and hooked his arms under Yuya's, dragging him backwards. "Calm down Yuya! Remain Calm! You must not give in to anger." Yuya struggled against Yuto's grip. "Lemme go! Unhand me!" Yuto ignored him. Reji stood up. "I will install them right away. Yoko. You must remain here I'm sorry." Yoko nodded, although she was crying. "I understand. But I still think of the boys and girls as my family. And Shuzo does too." Yuzu gasped and turned towards the elevator, seeing a man in a workout suit and carrying a picture frame. Yuzu ran towards him. "Dad!" Shuzo hugged her as she ran into his arms. "Be careful my little girl. I don't want to lose you. You better come back. You hear me?" Yuzu nodded as she and her dad started crying. Yuya looked at his mom with saddened eyes. "M-mom." He whispered.

Yuto let go of Yuya, standing right beside him in case he went crazy again. Yoko walked over to him, embracing him and kissing the top of his hood, which was still covering his head. "Yuya. I trust you to be responsible about this. Okay? Don't be swayed by the call of darkness either. If you find yourself unable to, think of your home, of me, of everyone and hopefully you'll come back to your senses." Yuya gripped the back of Yoko's shirt tightly. "Okay mom. I will. I'll make sure that I rescue the dimensions and stop Reji's father. And everyone else too right?" Yuto and Ruri nodded. As well as Yugo and Rin. Serena frowned and Yuri clenched his hands. "I was part of the Academia. If time reverses when I reach a dimension, I might still be part of the Academia invasion. If I can't remember my life before, how will I stop the call of darkness? Much less the invasion." Serena glared at him. "We'll just have to try." Yuri blanched at her. "It can't be that easy." The dark blue haired girl shrugged. "Whatever. We'll try anyways." Reji cleared his throat. A guard stood next to him, unnoticed by everyone until now. He held up some plain cards. Reji nodded and the guard spoke. "These will update your duel disks and transport you to a random dimension. Please insert these into your duel disk." Yuto held Ruri's hand as he took a card. Yugo held Rin's hand as he did the same. Yuri and Serena glared at each other before just barely linking their fingers together, taking a card. Yuzu walked up to Yuya, and he held her hand, claiming the last card. Reji walked over to stand in front of his desk. "Now. Insert the cards and stop this war. I don't have faith you. I don't hope that you'll succeed. I KNOW that you'll prevail and win this war. Now go." Everyone instered the cards and there was a big flash before they all disappeared. Reji turned to look out the window, Yoko and Shuzo joining him. Yoko put hand on her hip, smiling bravely. "Yuya and the boys will win. I know they will. They're the boys I have been raising. They may not be my biological sons, but that won't stop me from treating them like family." Shuzo tightly held the picture frame he was holding. It had a picture of him and Yuzu, smiling into the camera and making the peace symbol. Tears ran down Shuzo's face. 'Yuzu is my little princess. And all the other girls I raised. Be safe everyone.'

Yuya yelled as wind blasted all around him and dizzying colours flashed before his eyes. Yuzu tried to desperately hang on to Yuya, but she was slipping. Yuya tightened his grip around Yuzu's arm as she flailed in the air. "Yuzu! Hang on!" Yuzu shook her head, smiling at him in defeat. "Goodbye Yuya, I hope we meet again." Then she was thrown backwards, disappearing somewhere in the vortex. Yuya tried to leap foward but the wind tossed him around, making him dizzy. "YUUUUZZZZUUUU!" He screamed. There was no answer. Then his vision went black.

END OF CHAPTER SEVEN