Standard Dimension.
After going around and asking different people so they can get information, Serena's group meet back up to find out what they learned.
"So did you guys find out anything?" Sora asks Serena and Asuka.
"Well we learned that we're in a place called Maiami City and despite having dozens of duel schools none of them are Academy." Asuka says.
"Another strange thing about this place is that they don't use fusion summoning here." Serena says.
"Seriously?" Sora says in disbelief.
"Well not yet. From what Asuka and I learned apparently there's a company here called the Leo Corporation that plans on releasing some new cards that'll change the game forever and fusion is one of them." Serena explains.
"Speaking of, the Leo Corporation controls a place called the Leo Duel School or LDS for short. It seems to be the best duel school in the city, but the description of it doesn't match Academy at all." Asuka adds.
"What about you guys? What did you learn about that kid we saw on the TV who looked like Yuri?" Serena asks about their findings.
"Oh you two won't believe what we learned. Turns out they developed something called Real Solid Vision where they add mass to the solid vision and it makes it so that you can actually physically interact with duel monster holograms." Sora excitedly tells the girls.
"There's no way that's true." Asuka doubts.
"Oh it is. In fact, the current dueling champion, Yusho Sakaki, actually developed a new form of dueling called Action Duels with it. From what people have told us, it sounds like the greatest thing ever! I mean you can move around various environment that are completely solid and even ride around on your own monsters!" Dennis gleefully explains.
"Yeah and they even use these things called Action Cards that you can pick up and use to get a leg up. We're not making any of this stuff up. We have to try these Action Duels while we're here. In fact we even learned about great school that teaches entertaining Action Duels." Sora joins in. The two yellow rank students stop gushing when Serena punches both of them on the heads.
"You morons were supposed to be finding out why there's a boy who looks just like Yuri! Not sign up for a class!" Serena berates Dennis and Sora, who are nursing the injuries Serena caused.
"Actually we were getting to that part." Dennis states. "That guy I just mentioned, Yusho Sakaki, is the head of the school we were just talking about and that boy who looks like Yuri is his son, Yuya Sakaki."
"Wait, are you guys serious?" Serena's shocked to learn this.
"That's what everybody says, but that's not the strangest part. It turns out he can use pendulum summoning just like Yuri and he's the only person who has pendulum cards too." Sora includes. This information visibly shocks both Asuka and Serena.
"How can that be? Is this Yuya boy this dimension's version of Yuri or something like that?" Asuka speculates.
"That can't be it. Yuri is an orphan just like me. He doesn't have a father. Not to mention from what I saw of that commercial, that Yuya kid acts nothing like Yuri." Serena points out.
"Maybe it's one of those alternate universe things where your life changes if events go differently. Like say this being a world where Yuri gets adopted by this Yusho guy and lives a completely different life." Dennis brings up.
"Ok then explain how any of what you just say results in Academy not being around, no fusion summoning, and these Action Duels?" Serena asks.
"I don't know. I'm just throwing out ideas." Dennis says.
"Guys let's focus." Asuka gets everyone back on track. "The only thing left now is finding Yuri. However, it's pretty clear that since the son of a celebrity looks just like him, we'll probably reach a bunch of dead ends asking people where he is."
"Given that we can't call anyone either and we're only in this dimension because of a super genius scientist with backing from the military and a rich entrepreneur, it's obvious that we're already at a dead end even if we do find Yuri." Sora adds.
"We can't search blindly so our best and only bet is to go find this Yuya Sakaki." Asuka says.
"Why should we go to him?" Serena asks.
"Call it a hunch, but given that he has enough fame to appear on commercials to promote his father's school and other people in this city know who he is, it's possible Yuri will also find out about him someway and maybe go to where he is." Asuka concludes.
"We don't have much else to work with so we might as well at least meet this Yuya guy. Now all we need is to find the school." Serena says.
"Oh Sora and I already have the address. We got it immediately after we heard about Yusho and Action Duels." Dennis says. This receives him disapproving stares from Asuka and Serena. "Hey don't give me that look. We're stuck here so we might as well check things out until we find a way back."
Over at the Maiami City docks, Yuri and Austin walk around to figure out what to do. Yuri is fiddling with his duel disc trying to contact Serena or anyone but has no luck.
"I don't get it why can't I call anyone?" Yuri asks out loud.
"Number of reasons come to mind. The technology from our dimension is incompatible with what's in this dimension. Another is that your friends or anyone you know isn't even here." Austin says.
"You told me Serena and my friends were right behind you when Starving Venom started acting strangely. So they have to be here."
"I did say that. Though it's possible that they may have been sent to another dimension."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The doctor says there are multiple dimensions. They could be stuck someplace different."
Hearing Austin says fills Yuri with grief as he thinks about that scenario. "Snuck in another dimension. How many dimensions are there and is there no way of telling which one they're in. Would that mean where they are is completely unknown to anyone. If that's true does that mean I won't see my friends again."
"Relax Yuri. Sorry, I shouldn't have said that because I'm at least positive we'll be able to find them." Austin comforts Yuri when he sees how shaken up he gotten. Yuri immediately shakes the feeling off.
"Don't worry I'm fine now. My mind just exaggerated a possibility. Of course I'll see them again, I mean Serena probably won't stop looking for me until she evens out our record." Yuri shrugs off his moment of fear before then asking where they proceed from here.
"After thinking about it, I would suggest staying put until Barrett sends help. However, since Dr. Zweinstein needed your dragon to cause this accident, it'll obviously be a while before that happens. So right now we're in survival mode. We get shelter, food, and information about our surroundings."
"Can you really call it survival if our shelter and food wind up being a motel and fast food." Yuri remarks dryly.
As they proceed to head off, someone calls out to them.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" shouts the person who turns out to be Sawatari.
"Can we help you?" Yuri asks.
"So Yuya Sakaki, it seems you found my super secret hangout and want to face me in another duel correct?" Sawatari guesses. Yuri can only respond by blankly blinking.
"I think you have the wrong guy, kid. We're not from here and we're looking for a temporary place to stay." Austin says as he tries to keep the situation civil.
"Don't act dumb. That's obviously Yuya Sakaki and I, the New Sawatari, will make him pay for not letting me use those pendulum cards." Sawatari says.
"Wait, what was that about pendulum cards?" Yuri becomes surprised.
"Sigh. If it's a duel then I'll be your opponent." Austin offers.
"Oh so you've become so scared of me you'll have your friend fight me instead, Yuya. Very well, at least this way he can't interfere like your girlfriend did in our last duel." Sawatari says as he puts on and activates his duel disc. Yuri kept ignoring everything Sawatari said since it technically wasn't really directed at him, but he does note how different his duel disc looks compared to the ones he and everyone else in the fusion dimension uses. Unlike the commonly used comma shaped duel disc with a straight blade, Sawatari's duel disc is rectangular with the top and bottom opening up and it forms an angular blade.
"You know I can handle this fool easily." Yuri states to Austin.
"I don't doubt your skills kid considering how you handled the duel robot, but for all we know the people here can do stuff we can't. I'll take this duel so we can learn what to expect here." Austin states then activates his duel disc.
"Duel!"
Austin: 4000 life points. Hand: 5.
Sawatari: 4000 life points. Hand: 5.
"I'll start things off first by setting a card face down and summoning Volcanic Slicer." Austin begins.
Volcanic Slicer. Level: 4. Fire. Pyro/Effect. Attack: 1800. Defense: 1200.
"I use Volcanic Slicer's effect to inflict 500 damage to you and with that I end my turn." Volcanic Slicer shoots a fireball from its mouth that strikes Sawatari.
Sawatari: 3500 life points. Hand: 5.
"Serena talked about how these soldiers must have some great skills. She obviously meant physical skills because this way of dueling seems rather basic." Yuri thinks to himself.
"Thinking of winning by making the first hit. Sorry, but against me that won't work. Draw. First, I discard a card so I can special summon Berlineth the Firestorm Vassal." Sawatari begins his turn.
Berlineth the Firestorm Vassal. Level: 3. Fire. Pyro/Effect. Attack: 800. Defense: 1000.
"I then tribute it to summon Zaborg the Thunder Monarch."
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch. Level: 5. Light. Thunder/Effect. Attack: 2400. Defense: 1000.
When Zaborg gets summoned Sawatari does some fancy hand gestures to signify that he's activating his monster's effect to destroy Volcanic Slicer as shown by Zaborg destroying it with a lightning bolt. He then activates Berlineth's effect to look at Austin's hand so he can banish a card until the end phase. Seeing his hand, Sawatari gets rid of Volcanic Counter for the turn. Then Sawatari activates Frost Blast of Monarchs to destroy Austin's set card since he controls a monster with 2400 attack and 1000 defense. But when the set card gets destroyed, it creates a fiery explosion that knocks Sawatari back.
Sawatari: 3000 life points. Hand: 2.
"What was that?!" Sawatari shouts
"My Volcanic Napalm trap. When it's destroyed my opponent takes 500 damage and I get to add a Volcanic monster from my deck to my hand." Austin explains.
"Grr. Doesn't matter, you're wide open and I attack directly!" Austin takes the hit but doesn't have much of a reaction to the solid vision attack.
Austin: 1600 life points. Hand: 3.
"Oh yeah. I'll end my turn there and the card banish by Berlineth's effect returns to your hand." Sawatari says.
Austin draws and sees that the card he got is Polymerization. "Alright time to end this. I play Polymerization to fuse from my hand Volcanic Counter and Volcanic Hammerer. Living weapons born from flame! Be forged inside the vortex to your next evolution! Fusion summon! Level 6! Volcanic Mortar!"
Appearing on the field is a metallic reptilian beast on all fours with the front legs about three times longer than the hind legs and a red head.
Volcanic Mortar. Level: 6. Fire. Pyro/Fusion/Effect. Attack: 2400. Defense: 1400.
"Wait a fusion monster. Where did you, how did you, get that thing? No one else can fusion summon." Sawatari stammers seeing the monster.
"Let's just say where I'm from everyone knows how to fusion summon and thanks to it this duel is over. At the cost of discarding one pyro-type monster and not having it attack this turn, Volcanic Mortar can destroy one monster my opponent controls and deal damage equal to its original attack points. The monster I'm discarding is Volcanic Scattershot, a card that deals 500 damage when sent to the graveyard. In addition, Volcanic Mortar's name becomes Tri-Blaze Accelerator when its on the field and when Volcanic Scattershot is sent to the graveyard by the effect of a Blaze Accelerator card then I can send two more Scattershots from my deck to the graveyard." Austin explains his play.
"So that means I'll be taking-." Sawatari gulps.
"3900 damage." Yuri finishes.
"I discard Volcanic Scattershot to destroy Zaborg the Thunder Monarch. Go Volcanic Mortar! Inferno Shot!" Austin discards his monster and sends the two copies from his deck to his graveyard. Volcanic Scattershot loads itself by being swallowed by Volcanic Mortar, which then immediately launches a massive fireball with the three Scattershots inside that completely take out Sawatari and his monster in one huge blast.
Sawatari: 0 life points. Hand: 2.
"3900 damage in one move. Now I understand why Serena had an interest in these soldiers." Yuri talks to himself.
Sawatari's lying on the ground in a daze when Austin walks over to him. "Now then if you can be so kind, I have some questions about this place."
Xyz Dimension.
Crow goes around Heartland trying to keep himself inconspicuous. When they arrived here, he, Yugo, and Rin started looking for a place to stay and made a shelter at a warehouse area. Today they're looking around to see what they can find out about this place and get some food.
"Man this place is weird. The atmosphere feels carefree, there's these strange robots picking up trash everywhere, and for some reason I keep seeing pictures of a spade suit around the place." Crow talks to himself. As he walks around, he sees Rin.
"Hey Rin! Rin! Hey did you find out anything about this place or get food? Huh, where did you get those nice clothes?"
The girl he thought was Rin gives Crow a confused look. "Rin? My name is Ruri."
"Hey! What are you doing to my sister?!" Shun shouts shooting daggers at Crow.
"Huh, sister? Wait a minute, now that I get a closer look at you, you're not Rin." Crow says looking at Ruri.
"Just what do you think looking at Ruri like that?" Shun grabs Crow by the collar. This hits a nerve with Crow.
"Hey pal, I made a mistake. But if you want to start something, I'll be happy to finish it." Crow confronts Shun.
"Shun stop this. He obviously mistook me for someone else. Do you really want to start a fight over something like that." Ruri pleas.
"Sorry Ruri, but look at him. With those face tattoos, he could be in a gang or something." Shun says.
"Just because I am in a gang and did time doesn't mean I want to cause trouble." Crow accidently digs himself deeper with that last comment as Ruri and Shun look at him and start assuming trouble. "Ok that wasn't the best thing for me to say but if you're going to fight me, you better prepare yourself."
"Do you really think you can beat someone like me in a duel?" Shun asks.
"I wasn't thinking of a duel but now I am. I refuse to let anyone push me around." Crow puts on his duel disc and activates it. Shun and Ruri notice that Crow's duel disc looks odd in that it's completely round with a curved blade.
"And I refuse to let anything bad happen to Ruri." Shun puts on and activates his duel disc. Crow likewise sees that the duel disc is different from his. It's irregular shape like it's a square and circle combined with a long blade that bends in a way that gives it an uneven look.
"Duel!"
Crow: 4000 life points. Hand: 5.
Shun: 4000 life points. Hand: 5.
"I'm going first and I summon the tuner monster Blackwing – Mistral the Silver Shield. Now that I control a Blackwing monster, I can special summon Blackwing – Gladius the Midnight Sun then I special summon Blackwing – Harmattan the Dust. When it's summoned I can pick a Blackwing monster and increase its level by that Blackwing's level. I pick Mistral the Silver Shield so Harmattan's level goes up by 2. Finally I special summon the tuner monster, Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind because I control Blackwing monsters." Crow starts off with summoning many monsters in his opening turn.
Blackwing – Mistral the Silver Shield. Level: 2. Dark. Winged-Beast/Tuner/Effect. Attack: 100. Defense: 1800.
Blackwing – Gladius the Midnight Sun. Level: 3. Dark. Winged-Beast/Effect. Attack: 800. Defense: 1500.
Blackwing – Harmattan the Dust. Level: 2 (now 4). Dark. Winged-Beast/Effect. Attack: 800. Defense: 800.
Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind. Level: 3. Dark. Winged–Beast/Tuner/Effect. Attack: 1300. Defense: 400.
"Is there a point to them having different levels?" Shun scoffs.
"Well to synchro summon obviously." Crow points out.
"Synchro what?" Shun and Ruri question.
"I tune the level 2 tuner Mistral with the level 3 Gladius. Pitch-black wings eclipse the stars as you take flight! Synchro summon! Level 5! Blackwing – Gram the Shining Star!"
Blackwing – Gram the Shining Star. Level: 5. Dark. Winged-Beast/Synchro/Effect. Attack: 2200. Defense: 1500.
Shun and Ruri are taken aback at seeing this completely different form of summoning but Shun snaps out of it when Crow continues his play.
"Next I tune Gale the Whirlwind with Harmattan the Dust. Wet those pitch-black wings. Resonate with the drizzling rain, single strike of lightning! Synchro summon! Level 7! Assault Blackwing – Chidori the Rain Sprinkling!"
Assault Blackwing – Chidori the Rain Sprinkling. Level: 7. Dark. Winged-Beast/Synchro/Effect. Attack: 2600. Defense: 2000.
"Chidori the Rain Sprinkling becomes a tuner since I used Blackwing monsters to summon it and it gains 300 attack for each Blackwing in my graveyard."
Assault Blackwing – Chidori the Rain Sprinkling. Winged-Beast/Synchro/Tuner/Effect. Attack: 3800.
"Tuner? Please tell me you aren't going to use it to do another synchro summon?" Shun asks quickly figuring out how synchro summoning works.
"No I'll end my turn by setting a card face down. Your move." Crow finishes.
"My turn. Draw. I summon Raidraptors – Vanishing Lanius."
Raidraptors – Vanishing Lanius. Level: 4. Dark. Winged-Beast/Effect. Attack: 1300. Defense: 1600.
"When Raidraptors – Vanishing Lanius is summoned, I can summon a level 4 or lower Raidraptors monster from my hand. I special summon another Vanishing Lanius and use its effect to special summon a third Vanishing Lanius from my hand."
"How did you get all three copies of the same monster in your opening hand?" Crow comments.
"Now I overlay all three of my level 4 Vanishing Lanius monsters! Obscured falcon, raise your sharpened talons in front of adversity, spread your wings of rebellion! Xyz summon! Rank 4! Raidraptors – Rise Falcon!"
Raidraptors – Rise Falcon. Rank: 4. Dark. Winged-Beast/Xyz/Effect. Attack: 100. Defense: 2000.
"Xyz summon? Rank? What is this monster?" Crow questions seeing Shun's monster.
At about the same time Crow and Shun's duel started, Yugo was doing his own look around Heartland. Yugo rides around Heartland's roads on his D-Wheel to cover more ground and look around the place. That got irritating pretty fast since the traffic started building up because of roadwork so he decided to move around off road.
Despite going at pretty low speeds so he doesn't accidently hurt anyone, the Obots take notice of this and switch to law enforcement mode by projecting a hologram screen of a stop sign.
"HALT! THIS AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS ONLY. PLEASE, STOP YOUR VEHICLE AND PREPARE TO PAY A FINE." The Obot says.
"A fine. I don't have any money and I'm not causing any trouble so move." Yugo says as he moves around the Obot that chases him. Yugo speeds up some so he can get away. Unlike with Security, these robots were pushovers. However, he soon sees a blockade of Obots forming that he soon crashes into, which results in an Obot getting destroyed and spreading garbage everywhere.
During this chase nearby, an older teen with yellow and green hair tests out some specially made roller wheels on his shoes.
"Well Allen looks like your rollerboots work like a charm." Kaito says easily moving around on them.
"I know right. Though I really should be thanking you for the help. I mean you did manage to come up with the answers of what I should do whenever I hit a roadblock in making them." Allen says.
"Actually I only really just offered some advice here and there when I saw you working on them. You were the one who came up with the idea of using the hard light technology that create duel disc blades into wheels and did all of the hard work making these."
"Kaito's right, Allen. This invention is all you and I can't wait to try them out." Sayaka says cheerfully.
"Don't worry when we meet up with Shun, Ruri, and Yuto soon, I'll let all of you try them. I just wish I could've made more than two pairs." Allen says. As they talk, the three hear Yugo's screams as he tries to keep his D-Wheel under control while some destroyed Obots scatter about. Kaito instinctively grabs Allen and Sayaka to move them away from him as Yugo comes to a stop.
"Man that was nuts. Stupid robots got Ringo dirty with that trash. Better get out of here before I get sent to a Facility or wherever they send people this place doesn't like." Yugo discusses to himself.
"Hey you! What do you think you're doing littering and smashing up my father's Obots?" Kaito shouts at Yugo which gets his attention.
"Sorry about them, but I can't afford to get in trouble so I'm leaving." Yugo tries to move but Kaito uses the rollerboots to quickly get in his path.
"I can't let some hooligan run around trashing up Heartland so I'm not letting you get away." Kaito puts on his duel disc.
"A duel. That sounds good to me because I refuse to loose to anyone." Yugo switches Ringo, his D-Wheel, to duel mode. When the computerized voice announces this, Kaito becomes a little curious about the vehicle.
"Duel!"
Yugo: 4000 life points. Hand: 5.
Kaito: 4000 life points. Hand: 5.
"Is that guy seriously going to duel on that motorcycle?" Sayaka asks.
"I don't know if that's really cool or really stupid but it doesn't matter. Against the Ace of the Clover Branch, this guy doesn't stand a chance." Allen says.
Yugo starts riding around the area as he starts things off. "First I summon Speedroid Horse Stilts and I use its effect to special summon the tuner monster Speedroid Dominobutterfly."
Speedroid Horse Stilts. Level: 4. Wind. Machine/Effect. Attack: 1100. Defense: 1100.
Speedroid Dominobutterfly. Level: 2. Wind. Machine/Pendulum/Tuner/Effect. Attack: 100. Defense: 300.
"Hmm. Tuner?" Kaito questions.
"Now I tune Speedroid Dominobutterfly to Speedroid Horse Stilts. Magical sword with the form of a cross, use your power to rend all enemies! Synchro summon! Level 6! Hi-Speedroid Kendama!"
Hi-Speedroid Kendama. Level: 6. Wind. Machine/Synchro/Effect. Attack: 2200. Defense: 1600.
Kaito, Allen, and Sayaka get thrown off guard when they see Yugo synchro summon his monster since it wasn't xyz summoning. Yugo stops riding so he can banish Speedroid Horse Stilts from his graveyard so he can use Hi-Speedroid Kendama's effect to deal 500 damage to Kaito and end his turn.
Kaito: 3500 life points. Hand: 5.
"Not since I heard about Yuto's pendulum summoning did I expect to see this. If it wasn't for the fact that you've gotten on my bad side, I probably would have fun with this duel." Kaito says.
"Wait did you say summoning about pendulum summoning. Doesn't matter, it's your turn." Yugo says.
"My turn. Draw. I play Photon Veil. This magic card lets me shuffle three Light monsters from my hand into my deck then I can add from my deck up to three level 4 or lower Light monsters so long as they all have the same name. I add three Cipher Wings to my hand and I summon one."
Cipher Wing. Level: 4. Light. Machine/Effect. Attack: 1400. Defense: 1200.
"Now that I control a Cipher monster, I can special summon the other two. I sacrifice the first Cipher Wing so I can increase their levels by 4."
Cipher Wing (x2). Level: 8.
"Now I overlay both of them. Galaxy shining in the darkness, dwell in the cosmic god of light and become my servant! Xyz summon! Rank 8! Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon!"
Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon. Rank: 8. Light. Dragon/Xyz/Effect. Attack: 3000. Defense: 2500.
"Huh, xyz summon?" Yugo says baffled by the summoning.
"I remove an overlay unit to activate my dragon's effect. I take control of your monster and its name and attack become the same as Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon. However, it can't attack you directly and its effects are negated. Go, Cipher Projection!" One of the orbiting overlay units disappears and Yugo's monster goes to Kaito's side where it gains Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon's appearance.
Hi-Speedroid Kendama (Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon). Attack: 3000.
"Now I attack directly with the actual Galaxy Eyes. Cipher Stream of Destruction!"
"Not happening! When I'm attacked, I get to special summon Speedroid Menko from my hand and it switches all of your monsters to defense position." Yugo counters with by summoning another monster.
Speedroid Menko. Level: 4. Wind. Machine/Effect. Attack: 100. Defense: 2000.
"You were able to avoid that. I set two cards and end my turn. Your monster returns to you now with its effects and stats restored." Kaito says.
"My turn. Draw."
"I activate one of my trap cards Final Attack Orders. As long as this card is face up, all monsters are switched to attack mode and can't go into defense. I checked your monsters effect and noticed that it can perform piercing damage so if you planned on using that, you can't anymore." Kaito activates his trap.
"Awesome Kaito's ruining this guys strategy." Allen commentates.
However, Yugo just smirks. "Actually, now I get to do some real damage. I summon Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice."
Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice. Level: 1. Wind. Machine/Tuner/Effect. Attack: 100. Defense: 100.
"I activate Red-Eyed Dice's effect to make it a level 3 monster so that I can tune it to the level 4 Speedroid Menko. Spread those wondrous and beautiful wings, and strike down your enemies at the speed of light! Synchro summon! Level 7! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. Level: 7. Wind. Dragon/Synchro/Effect. Attack: 2500. Defense: 2000.
When Clear Wing Synchro Dragon hits the field, it lets out a mighty roar. This roar gets the attention of another dragon card that calls out its owner.
"Huh? This feeling." Yuto says to himself.
"What is it Yuto?" Yuto's mother, Lono, asks her son. She's a lovely woman with long wavy golden hair.
"I'm not sure but Dark Rebellion is crying out about something." Yuto says as he takes out his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, which is resonating to the presence of Clear Wing's summoning.
"Sorry mom but I got to head this way." Yuto apologizes as he runs off where Dark Rebellion is telling him to go.
"Wait, Yuto! Stop this instant. I thought for sure talking to that card was a phase. Now he's listening to it again." Lono says.
Over at the duel between the Crow and Shun duel.
"I remove an overlay unit from Raidraptor – Rise Falcon. I can select one special summoned monster you control and my falcon will gain attack equal its attack. In addition, Rise Falcon can attack everyone of your special summoned monsters." Shun explains.
"It can what?!" Crow startles.
"The monster I pick is Chidori the Rain Sprinkling."
Raidraptor – Rise Falcon. Attack: 3900.
"Rise Falcon battle!" Shun's monster swoops down and destroys each one of Crow's monsters.
Crow: 2200 life points. Hand: 0.
"I activate my face down trap card Shadow Impulse. When a synchro monster is destroyed, I can summon another one from my extra deck with the same level and type but a different name. I summon Assault Blackwing – Raikiri the Rain Shower." Crow says.
Assault Blackwing – Raikiri the Rain Shower. Level: 7. Dark. Winged-Beast/Synchro/Effect. Attack: 2600. Defense: 2000.
"I also activate Chidori the Rain Sprinkling's other effect to special summon Gram the Shining Star back to my field."
"I'll set two cards face down to end my turn, and Rise Falcon's attack returns to normal." Shun says.
"My turn. Draw. Heh. I summon Blackwing – Tornado the Reverse Wind."
Blackwing – Tornado the Reverse Wind. Level: 4. Dark. Winged-Beast/Effect. Attack: 1000. Defense: 1000.
"When this monster is summoned and my opponent controls a special summoned monster, I can special summon a Blackwing tuner monster from my graveyard but its effects will be negated. I special summon Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind. Alright, I'm activating Raikiri's effect. For every other Blackwing monster I control, I can target and destroy a card on your field. I have three so your falcon and those two set cards both get destroyed."
Crow's Assault Blackwing releases bolts of lightning from his sword that wipe Shun's field clean. Now that he's open to direct attacks, Crow goes in to finish things by having his Raikiri make the first direct attack.
Shun: 1400 life points. Hand: 1.
Before Crow can order his next monster to attack and end things, Shun stops him. "One of the trap cards you destroyed was Raidraptors – Desertion. When I take battle damage, I can banish this card to end the battle phase and add either a Raidraptor monster or a Rank-Up Magic card from my deck to my hand."
"So you're still in this duel then. I end my turn." Crow says.
At the same time their duel is happening, Yugo and Kaito's duel gets more intense.
"I activate Hi-Speedroid Kendama's effect to deal 500 damage to you but it won't happen because I also activate Clear Wing's effect. Dichroic Mirror! When a level 5 or higher monster activates its effect, I get to negate and destroy that monster. Then Clear Wing gains its attack until the end of the turn." Yugo sacrifices his Kendama in order to strengthen Clear Wing.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. Attack: 4700.
"Now I attack your Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon! Helldive Slasher of Whirlwind!" Clear Wing flies up and starts spinning like a drill toward Kaito's dragon.
"Trap activate. Cipher Bit." Kaito activates his face down. "Cipher Bit attaches itself to Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon and it prevents its next destruction."
"But you still take the damage."
Kaito: 1800 life points. Hand: 0.
"I end my turn and Clear Wing's attack returns to normal." Yugo states.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. Attack: 2500.
"My turn. Draw! I remove an overlay unit to take your Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. Cipher Projection!"
"I use Clear Wing's effect to negate a level 5 or higher monster's effect and destroy it." Yugo declares.
"Xyz monsters don't have levels." Kaito informs him.
"Wait if they don't have levels doesn't that mean their level is 0. Never mind, I'll use her other effect. Since Clear Wing is a level 5 or higher monster then I can negate a monster effect that targets it and destroy that monster then she gains the attack points. Dichroic Mirror!"
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's wings glow and shoot a blast of light that destroy Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon. Then its attack goes up. However, since it can only use each of its effects once per turn, Kaito had a contingency plan for this. He activates a magic card called Cipher Revival in order to special summon up to three level 4 or lower Cipher monsters from his graveyard. He summons all three Cipher Wing monsters and tributes one to make the other two level 8. Then he overlays them to bring out a second Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon.
"Oh great you got another one?" Yugo comments.
"Now that you can't use your dragon's effect again this turn. I remove an overlay unit to take control of it and make it the same as Galaxy Eyes. Now Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon attack him directly! Cipher Stream of Destruction!" Kaito orders his dragon.
Yugo starts instinctively riding to avoid the hologram projected attack but it still hits resulting in massive damage. Kaito follows after him since Yugo goes off too far from where they started at the beginning of the duel with Allen and Sayaka following behind them.
Yugo: 1000 life points. Hand: 2.
"I end my turn and your monster returns to your field back to normal." Kaito states.
"Then it's my turn. Draw! With Scale 1, Speedroid Carddragonfly, and Scale 7, Speedroid Powerroulette, I set the pendulum scale." Yugo sets his pendulum cards while he rides around.
Yugo's scales: 1-7.
"Wait pendulum!" Allen shouts.
"But I thought Yuto was the only person who had pendulum cards?" Sayaka questions this reveal.
"Who is this guy?" Kaito wonders.
Before Yugo can make his play, he spots Crow and Shun dueling and goes toward them. He starts calling out Crow's name.
"Hey Crow!"
"Yugo!" Crow smiles seeing his friend.
"Fusion?" Ruri questions before she turns to see Kaito, Allen, and Sayaka following behind Yugo. "Kaito! And Allen and Sayaka!"
When Yugo and Kaito get close enough to Crow and Shun, all four of their duel discs enter Battle Royale mode.
"Hey Crow, need some help?" Yugo asks.
"Not really, but since we're in Battle Royale mode, I can accept it. Besides it looks like we both got into some trouble." Crow says.
"Yeah and I got things set up for a good comeback." Yugo declares.
"Kaito, what's going on?" Shun asks his friend.
"Truthfully, I have no idea. That guy on the motorcycle was causing trouble and he can use a summoning I've never seen before." Kaito tells him.
"Yeah so can the guy I'm dueling."
"That's not all. If you look at my opponent's field, he can use pendulum monsters just like Yuto."
"Are you serious?"
"Hey, Cipher guy. It's still my turn and with the scales set, I pendulum summon! Speedroid Terrortop and returning from my extra deck Speedroid Dominobutterfly!"
"No way! This guy can pendulum summon just like Yuto." Ruri says. When she says this, Yugo takes notice of her and starts calling out to her cheerfully because he mistakes her for Rin.
"Rin!" Ruri recognizes him saying Yugo using the same name Crow called her earlier. Then all the Heartland residents become completely surprised when Yugo removes his helmet to reveal his face.
"Hey Rin! Where did you get that dress? It looks great on you. Actually, why aren't you helping? Come on with your help, these guys will go down in a second."
No one spoke a word. They are still in shock that this stranger cannot only use pendulum summoning like Yuto but he looks just like him. Then things take an even stranger and confusing turn as Ruri's bracelet releases a bright yellow light around the area. When the light dies down, Yugo and Crow vanish and the duel terminates since Shun and Kaito's opponents are gone.
"Hey, guys what are you doing?" Yuto appears which everyone turns and stares confusingly at him.
"Yuto! Yuto, I kept telling you to stop. What's gotten into you?" Lono questions her son.
"I'm sorry mom, but for some reason I felt drawn here." Yuto asks. He and his mom then see everyone staring at Yuto.
"Yuto is that really you?" Ruri approaches Yuto still giving him a strange look.
"What are you talking about Ruri? Of course it's me." Yuto says.
"Ruri sweety, why is everyone giving Yuto these odd looks?" Lono asks.
"I don't know."
OC Cards
Volcanic Napalm. Normal Trap.
Inflict 500 damage to your opponent and add 1 Volcanic monster from your deck to your hand. You can activate this card when it is destroyed by a card effect.
Volcanic Mortar/Fire/Level: 6/Pyro/Fusion/Effect/Attack: 2400/Defense: 1400.
2 Volcanic monsters.
This card's name can be treated as Tri-Blaze Accelerator while it's on the field. Once per turn, you can discard one pyro-type monster to destroy a monster your opponent controls: deal damage equal to that monster's original attack. This card cannot attack the turn you activate this effect.
Raidraptor – Desertion
At the start of your opponent's battle phase, target a Raidraptor monster you control: your opponent can't select it as an attack target. When you take battle damage: you can banish this card from your graveyard to end the battle phase and add 1 Raidraptor monster or Rank-Up Magic card from your deck to your hand.
Cipher Revival. Normal Magic.
Special summon up to three level 4 or lower Cipher monsters from your graveyard. If you special summon two or more, they must have the same name.
Notes: Ugh, the duel with Crow, Shun, Yugo, and Kaito was difficult to write. Mainly because of jumping back and forth. I also altered the summoning chant on Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon since the original reflected Kaito's merciless desire for revenge on Academy, which he obviously doesn't have in this story. I was thinking of doing the same with Rise Falcon's but it works just find since Rise Falcon's low attack and effect does fit a rebellion and adversity theme.
Some things about this non-invaded Heartland. First, Yuto's mother. She's Lono Osaku and I would like to thank tumblr user real-life-pine-tree for offering her for use. We don't know what Yuto's life was like before the invasion other than the relationship he had with Ruri and his friends. So I'm using Lono to add to his character. According to real-life-pine-tree she's the kind of mother who smothers her child, but is really supportive of her son and wants him to be happy.
I also made it so that the Obots function similar to the robots seen in Psycho Pass. Actually, I kind of view Heartland as an anti-cyberpunk dystopia where in the technology has greatly benefited people, but it doesn't have the bleak outlook you see in stuff like Psycho Pass. A sharp contrast to the synchro dimension and the City where the negative social problems are in the open.
Also, I really wanted to address the fact that the xyz users not only have multiple copies of the same monster but they can apparently get all of them in their opening hand. It was something I've noticed a lot in Zexal and just wanted to point out.
