~o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o~

"Oh, then do you know this guy?"

The Obelisk Force with the red crystal on his helmet smirked, putting the card back into his pocket. "It's a braggart guy. He exclaimed that he would defeat all of us in three turns, and this's how he ended. It's weak."

Rin clenched her fists. Although she couldn't accept how Shinji thought or how he treated Ex-Tops, she didn't still want to see him becoming a card. And... Academia was last ones on the Earth who had the right to judge him.

It's unforgivable...

"Now, are you ready to become cards like him?"

The Obelisk Force with the green crystal asked mockingly, raised his Duel disk a little. Rin angrily looked straight at three of them. "We don't have that idea. Let's duel. I'll make you leave from here. Don't think of touching any resident else!"

Eiko looked at them. She still felt tired a bit after the Duel against Shinji, but she knew letting Rin fight against three Obelisk Forces wasn't a good idea. She bit her lips, then put her Deck into her Deck. "I'll fight," she exclaimed.

Rin curiously looked at the orange haired girl. She barely knew anything. All things she got were merely words. They could be fake, of course.

The green haired girl glanced at her Duel Disk, then she looked at Eiko again and nodded. Anyway, a Duel was the easiest way to verify if they could be comrades. Seeing that, Eiko smiled and prepared her Duel Disk. It was a great chance for her to get Rin's trust.

Obelisk Forces smirked with that. "Then it'll be a Battle Royal, okay?" the Red crystal guy asked.

"Okay," Eiko said, "but nobody is allowed to attack a player who doesn't have any turn yet."

Getting their agreement, Eiko smirked and activated her Duel Disk.

[Action Field: ON. Field Magic: Crossover]

Except Eiko herself, others felt confused by the sound they heard from her Duel Disk. Platforms were quickly formed around them.

"What is it?" Rin asked alertly. Eiko smiled at her to reassure. "Don't worry, Rin. It's our weapon. You'll see it soon."

Rin stared at Eiko. She didn't understand it, but she decided to put it aside and simply drew her cards. Others did the same thing.

[DUEL!]

[Eiko's LP: 4000]

[Rin's LP: 4000]

[Red crystal OF's LP: 4000]

[Green crystal OF's LP: 4000]

[Yellow crystal OF's LP: 4000]

"I'll go first," Eiko exclaimed. She stepped forward one step and put a card on her Duel Disk, making a monster looked like a light orange lark appeared on her field. "I summon Golden Goddess - Twilight Lark (LV 4/ 1600/ 1300). Next, I set two cards and end my turn," she exclaimed. Two cards appeared on her field then disappeared quickly.

"It's my turn!" the Red crystal guy exclaimed and drew the card to began his turn. "I summon Antique Gear Hound Dog."

An armored dog with its body featuring unions of cogwheels and gears appeared on the field. Rin frowned, trying to keep calm. Those atrocious dogs destroyed both her homeland and friends. She hated them.

[Antique Gear Hound Dog: EARTH/ Machine / Effect/ LV 3/ 1000/ 1000]

Eiko annoyingly looked at the monster. She had never experienced what Rin did, but she could felt it was a scary thing. However, she could totally hear its painful voice. It didn't want to be used in that way.

"Once per turn, if my opponent controls a monster, this card can deal 600 points of damage!" The Red crystal guy exclaimed. "Hound Flame!"

Following his order, the armored dog sprayed a stream of fire from its mouth towards the Standard girl. "Eiko!" Rin worriedly yelled. It wasn't good at all.

"I'll be fine, Rin," Eiko smiled back before flipped one of her set cards. "The Continuous trap, The protection of Goddess. If I control one or more Golden Goddess monsters, any effect damage lower than or equal to the ATK of the monster has the highest ATK becomes 0."

A light barrier appeared and immediately covered Eiko.

"Tch..." The Red crystal guy was annoyed. He didn't like someone resolving his move that easily. He glanced at his hand then put a card into his Duel Disk.

"If so, I activate the magic card, Polymerization," he exclaimed. "I fuse Hound Dog on my field and two its copies on my hand."

His monsters entered the Fusion Vortex just appeared behind him. With the cold voice, he began his summoning chant.

"Mechanized hounds who carry on the ancient souls, flock together and become one with new power!" He yelled and clenched their hands together. "Fusion Summon! Appear now! Level 7! Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog!"

[Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog: EARTH/ Machine/ Fusion/ Effect/ LV7/ 1800/ 1000]

A three-headed armored dog appeared on the field and howled ferociously while staring at its opponents. Eiko shivered a bit. She wasn't scared, she was only listening to its cry for help. She really wanted to help it.

The Red crystal guy smirked, then exclaimed. "I attack Twilight Lark with Triple Bite Hound Dog!"

Following his order, the three-headed dog ran towards and sprayed a stream of fire, ready to destroy anything it hit. Eiko gritted her teeth. Due its effect, she couldn't use Action cards to protect her monster or negate the attack. However...

"Twilight Lark's effect!" Eiko yelled and handed out to the front. "This card can't be destroyed when it fights against Extra Deck monsters."

A light barrier appeared and covered Twilight Lark, protecting it from the violent wind was blowing towards it. However, it couldn't protect Eiko. She could only cover her face with her right arm. Fortunately the damage wasn't too big.

[Eiko's LP: 4000 - 3800]

The Red crystal guy smirked when saw that. "With Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog's effect, it can make up 3 attacks."

Eiko bit her lips and tried to protect herself from the attack. When three-headed armored dog attacked Twilight Lark the last time, she could hear clearly its cry. Wait for me, I'll certainly find a way to save you. Don't worry... she thought, wondering if the monster could hear her.

[Eiko's LP: 3800 - 3600 - 3400]

The monster stared at Eiko and howled softly as if it was apologizing. It's fine, it isn't your fault... Eiko sighed.

"Finally you're only a weak scum," the Green crystal guy smirked, looking at Eiko when she was trying to stand on her feet. He didn't feel anything, since that was too familiar with him.

"We'll see it," Eiko responded. "Since the Damage step was over, I can activate my trap."

The remaining set card on her field flipped itself right later. "The Continuous trap, The proscription of Goddess. I can activate it when I take the battle damage. As long as this card is on my field, the effect of the monster just attacked and all monsters have the same name will be negated!"

From Eiko's card, a stream of pink light was quickly blew towards the monster. It howled painfully, then kept its head down as if it lost its all strength.

"Good job, Eiko," Rin looked at her and smiled a bit. Eiko's move gave them more advantages. Maybe she could believe in the orange haired girl.

"I only do what I should do," Eiko simply replied.

The Red crystal guy looked at them annoyingly, then set two cards to end his turn. Meanwhile, Eiko began jumping back and forth to get an Action card. Even when she couldn't use it in the Battle phase, maybe she could still use it at other moments.

The Green crystal guy quickly gained his turn. Like his fellow, he also played the card Polymerization. Rin stared it, wondering what monster he would call out. She didn't think he would call another Triple Bite Hound Dog since its effect would be negated. Those Obelisk Forces couldn't be that silly.

"I fuse two Antique Gear Hound Dog monsters in my hand. Fusion summon!" the Green crystal guy yelled when another armored dog appeared on the field. "Appeared, LV 5! Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog!"

[Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog: EARTH/ Machine/ Fusion/ Effect/ LV5/ 1400/ 1000]

"Another one!?" Eiko asked, knitting her eyebrows. "But it isn't enough to defeat Twilight Lark."

"But it can defeat you."

"What!?"

Eiko blurted, looking at the Red crystal guy who just said that. But before she could ask more, he activated one of his set traps. "Then Continuous trap, Fusion Trench. While a player only control Fusion summoned monsters, they can make one direct attack with a Fusion monster they control!"

The Green crystal guy nodded at his fellow, then turned to look at the field again. "Battle-"

"Before that, I activate the Action magic, Battle Lock!" Eiko yelled. "In this turn, your monsters can't declare an attack!"

"Action card!?" Obelisk Forces were confused when iron chains appeared and quickly tied Double Bite Hound Dog. "What is it?"

"They're cards used exclusively in Action Duels," Eiko explained while jumped away again. "You can use them to create advantage for yourself. But be careful, there are also Action traps, they can hurt you."

Then she jumped down next to Rin and activated another Action card that she just grabbed. "Action magic, Energy Mate! I again 500 LP."

[Eiko's LP: 3400 - 3900]

"I set two cards and end my turn," the Green crystal guy mumbled and put the chosen card into his Duel disk. He would certainly defeat them in his next turn.

The Yellow crystal guy gained his turn right after. Like his fellows, he performed a Fusion summon and called another Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog out. "Battle!" he exclaimed. "I attack Eiko directly with Double Bite Hound Dog!"

Eiko jumped away to avoid the stream of fire. Then she grabbed an Action card and smiled. It wasn't a bad card.

[Eiko's LP: 3900 - 2500]

"I activate the Action magic, Energy Recovery!" Eiko exclaimed. "When I take the battle damage, I gain LP equal to half of the ATK of the monster just attacked. Furthermore, the owner of that monster will take damage equal to that amount."

[Eiko's LP: 2500 - 3200]

[Yellow Crystal OF's LP: 4000 - 3300]

"I end my turn here," the Yellow crystal guy mumbled.

"So finally it's my turn," Rin smirked and drew her card. It was a perfect hand, what could help her to perform her familiar combo.

"I activate the magic card, Wind-Calling Bell Chime," Rin exclaimed and revealed a card in her hand. "With this, I can special summon a monster from my Deck that has the same name as the Wind Witch - Ice Bell in my hand."

A strong wind blew out from Rin's magic card. A little witch with the dark gray hair appeared, sitting on her broom.

[Wind Witch - Ice Bell: WIND/ Magician/ Effect/ LV 3/ 1000/ 1000]

Rin looked at her monster in a moment, then put another card on her Duel disk, making another witch with the jade hair appeared on her field. "Now I normal summon the Ice Bell in my hand."

The Wind Witch user looked straight at her opponents with the cold eyes. She wanted nothing more than knocking them out as fast as possible. She got sick when saw those bizarre marks.

"During the turn this card is normal or special summoned, I can inflict 500 damage to the opponent." She narrowed her eyes. "And I have two Ice Bells."

Following her order, two wands appeared above two witches, what they grasped. They pointed the wand towards their opponents, and strong winds quickly blew out.

[Red crystal OF's LP: 4000 - 3500]

[Green crystal OF's LP: 4000 - 3500]

Ignoring the annoying eyes of her opponents, Rin simply continued her turn and pulled another card from her hand.

"When there are two or more Wind Witches on my field, I can special summon the Tuner monster, Wind Witch - Snow Bell from my hand."

[Wind Witch - Snow Bell: WIND/ Magician/ Tuner/ Effect/ LV 1/ 100/ 100]

The green haired girl raised her hand to the front. "I tune my two LV 3 Ice Bells to my LV 1 Snow Bell!"

Snow Bell shook in a moment before became a bright green ring. Two Ice Bells quickly flew towards it and became tiny light balls while Rin began her summoning chant.

"Winds of winter, snow and ice! Become my power to blow everything away!"

Rin raised her right arm up then quickly pushed in to the front with the widened hand. The bright light covered her body, making her look like a shadow.

"Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 7! Wind Witch - Winter Bell!"

[Wind Witch - Winter Bell: WIND/ Spellcaster/ Synchro/ Effect/ LV 7/ 2400/ 2000]

Her ace appeared and flew around, then stopped in front of her. Rin smiled a bit. With Winter Bell, she could win.

"You have a pretty monster," Obelisk smirked. "But due Fusion Trech's effect, only Fusion monsters are able to attack."

"Tch..."

Rin mumbled. She hated Fusion monster by her whole heart, and were they saying she needed to Fusion monster to defeat them? It was ridiculous.

"Winter Bell's effect!" Rin exclaimed. "Once per turn, I can target a LV 4 or lower Wind Witch in my graveyard and activate its effect! I choose Ice Bell and inflict 500 damage to the opponent."

The illusion of Ice Bell appeared next to Winter Bell, then absorbed by her. The Synchro monster shook her stomach, making a strong wind appear and blew towards the Yellow crystal guy.

[Yellow Crystal OF's LP: 3300 - 2800]

"I set one card and end my turn," Rin concluded. Her card appeared then disappeared immediately.

Eiko drew her card to begin her turn again. She bit her lips when saw the card Polymerization, feeling hesitant a bit. If she summoned that monster, she would have a chance to win. However, it was a Fusion card. She sighed, glancing at Rin.

"What's up, Eiko?"

Rin knitted her eyebrows and asked, hoping Eiko wouldn't do what she was thinking.

The orange haired girl shook her head, then turned to look at the field again. "I'm sorry, Rin..."

The Wind Witch user widened her eyes. The other girl didn't need to say anything, she already knew it. Clenching her fist, she tried to keep calm.

"I activate the magic card, Polymerization!" Eiko exclaimed, making Obelisk Forces shocked since they didn't think of someone using the Fusion summon in this dimension.

"I fuse Golden Goddess - Twilight Lark with Golden Goddess - Sparkle Moon in my hand. The lark is hiding in the twilight! Become one in the sparkling light of the moon and reborn in another form!"

The Fusion Vortex appeared behind Eiko, blending two her monsters. Rin stared at it, getting sick when saw it on the same side. She looked at Eiko and surprised when she didn't feel any threat from her Fusion summon.

"Fusion summon! Appear, Level 6, Golden Goddess - Eternal Sun!"

[Golden Goddess - Eternal Sun: LIGHT/ Angel/ Fusion/Effect/ LV6/ 2300/ 2100]

While the surprise didn't still faded, Eiko quickly continued her move. She knew if she missed this turn, their chance to win would be reduced.

"When this card is Fusion summoned, until the end of this turn, the effects of all monsters on the field except itself will be negated!"

With Eiko's words, Eternal Sun lit up. The light covered all monsters, making them look like to be tied by light ropes. "Sorry, Rin," Eiko shyly scratched her head, glancing at Winter Bell.

Rin almost got mad, but at the same time, she felt it wasn't the problem. It was strange, her monster was affected by a Fusion monster!

But compare with Rin's anger, the anger of Obelisk Forces were even bigger. Eternal Sun was a Fusion monster, it meant she could attack. And with the effects of their monsters being negated, they could no longer affect Eiko's monster with Double Bite Hound Dog.

"Eternal Sun's effect!" Eiko exclaimed. "Once per turn, I can special summon a LV 4 or lower Golden Goddess monster from my graveyard with the negated effect. Revive, Golden Goddess - Twilight Lark!"

The lark appeared on Eiko's again and cause some softly sounds.

"Next, I activate the magic card, Fusion Treasure!" Eiko said, touching her Deck. "I draw one card for each Fusion monster on the field. There are four Fusion monsters, it means I'm going to draw 4 cards."

Looking at cards she just got, Eiko chuckled. It looked like the Goddess of fortune was on her side. Then she put another card into her Duel Disk. "I target Eternal Sun and activate the magic card, The destruction of light. By releasing a Golden Goddess monster on my field, all monster summoned by the same summoning method as the targeted monster will be destroyed!"

"What!?"

Obelisk Forces yelled when their monsters were broken into thousands of light pieces. They didn't expect those monster being destroyed that easily.

However, the Red crystal guy flipped his remaining set card. "I activate the Continuous trap, Antique Gear Reborn. With its effect, I can revive Triple Bite Hound Dog with 200 more ATK."

[Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog's ATK: 1800 - 2000]

The three-headed armored dog appeared on the field again and howled painfully. It didn't want to be revived only to hurt others. Eiko sighed, staring at it.

"Right now, I activate two my set cards, Antique Gear Spark Shot and Antique Gear Booster," the Green crystal guy exclaimed. "With Antique Gear Spark Shot, it would deal half of its ATK in damage, but..." he smirked when his remaining trap lit up, "with Gear Booster's effect, the effect damage is doubled. Now, take 2000 damage points! Antique Revive Howling!"

From three heads, three streams of fire were blown out. Undeterred, Eiko jumped away again to look for an Action card, since things she was having in her hand couldn't help her to escape from the disadvantage situation. She sighed in the relief when got the right card in time.

"Action magic, Acceleration!" Eiko yelled. "The effect damage became 0."

A light barrier appeared and protected her from streams of fire. Obelisk Forces annoying looked at her, not wanting to accept her breaking their combo time and time.

"Not yet!" Eiko narrowed her eyes and put another card into her Duel disks. "I activate the magic card, The overwhelming power. With this, a Golden Goddess I control gains an additional attack for each Golden Goddess monster in my graveyard. I have two, it means Eternal Sun can attack three times." Eiko explained then immediately jumped away. "Battle! Do it, Eternal Sun!"

The Red crystal guy smirked. "It isn't enough to defeat us, you know."

To respond them, Eiko simply grabbed an Action card. "Action magic, High Dive!" she yelled. "My Eternal Sun gains 1000 ATK."

[Eternal Sun's ATK: 2300 - 3300]

Rin looked at Eiko, unconsciously smiling. She totally believed that Eiko could win. Somehow, Eiko's dueling reminded me of the dueling she always wanted to aim.

"Action magic, Bi-Attack!" Eiko yelled, jumping down. "My monter's ATK will be doubled."

[Eternal Sun's ATK: 3300 - 6600]

Having enough power, Eternal Sun flew towards and shot the light rays towards her opponents. Obelisk Forces couldn't do anything except accepting their defeats.

[Red crystal OF's LP: 3500 - 0]

[Green crystal OF's LP: 3500 - 0]

[Yellow Crystal OF's LP: 2800 - 0]

[WINNER: Rin - Eiko]

Obelisk Forces were blown back then hit the ruined wall. Eiko quickly ran to them, but before she could reach them, they had been teleported away.

"Wait!"

Eiko yelled hopelessly. Following her, Rin couldn't hide the curiosity. "What else do you want from them? They already left away from this City."

"Yeah, I know..." Eiko sighed, glancing at her Duel disk. "But I want to take Shinji's card back. I can turn him back to normal."

"What!?"

Rin blurted, staring at Eiko in the surprise. To respond her, Eiko simply nodded.

~Flashback~

Some days ago

Eiko was staring at the new function that Reiji just added into Duel disks of hers and others. The uncarding function. When Dennis came the Standard dimension, he brought some strange cards with him. He said they used to be human, but Academia sealed them into cards. Knowing that, Reiji immediately thought there was a way to turn them back to normal. Dennis said he had never heard about that, but Reiji didn't accept to give up. Instead of that, he with his comrades secretly researched it.

It was a long time. They had to spend over eight months for that. Eiko couldn't forget how she and Yuzu almost cried when discovered the signal of the life from those cards. It brought them a ray of hope, not only for those people, but also for everyone that Academia had been sealing into cards. It would be a great advantage for them in the hard war against Academia.

And then... finally they finished it, the way allowed them to rescue carded ones. Eiko, Yuya, Yuzu and Dennis stared at Reiji, who putting a card on his Duel disk. They didn't even dare to breath. Honestly, they still felt worried. What if it didn't succeed? What if something happened during they tried to uncard?

Reiji took a deep breath. Like others, he felt scared. But as a leader, he didn't allow himself to show that. He clenched his fists then pressed the button to activate that function. A bright light quickly appeared from his Duel disk, and...

And a man appeared replace the card's place.

"Wh-Where am I!?"

He stammered, then sat up and looked around. The last thing he remembered it was a purple light hitting him. Later... He kept looking at everyone, then paled when realized Dennis, the boy was with ones turned him a card. He was scared and tried to stay away from him. "D-Don't touch me!" he yelled.

"It's fine," Yuzu smiled and knelt down next to the man. "I know he used to do bad things, but now he totally changed. He only wants to help you."

"H-Help us?"

The man confusedly repeated. Dennis sighed, kneeling down next to him and told him everything, about the reason made him decide to abandon Academia. The man looked at Dennis, but somehow he felt less scared.

"Then... what did you experience when you were a card?" Yuzu curiously asked. "Uhm... I'm sorry, if you don't want to reply..."

The man looked down with the scared face. Others worriedly looked at him, not knowing what to do. They decided to keep silent, waiting until the man was calmer.

"It was dark," he replied. "It was terrible. Nobody was with me, and nobody heard my yell. I feel I lived the whole century there..."

"We'll certainly end this war," Reiji firmly said, looking straight at the man, "please don't worry."

~End Flashback~

"Then now all those people are staying with Dennis and others?" Rin tilted her head and asked.

"Most of them," Eiko corrected with a sad expression. "A couple of cards couldn't be uncarded. We discovered that if a card was damaged, even a bit, such as burned or torn, there is no way for them to return to the life. If you want to rescue your friends, you need to keep those cards intact."

"I see..."

Rin whispered, then frozen when her eyes stopped at Eiko's deck. She sighed, looking away.

It wasn't too hard for Eiko realize why Rin reacted that. In the duel, she used the Fusion summon. And in Rin's eyes, as well as eyes of other Synchro remnants, the Fusion summon was evil. Fusion monsters destroyed their homeland, and of course they hated them. She already knew it, but she had no choice. If she hadn't used it, they would have lost. Even so...

"I'm sorry," Eiko softly said, "I shouldn't have used the Fusion summon in front of-"

"Why do you use it?"

Rin snapped, turning to look at Eiko. The Golden Goddess user was startled with that question, then she smiled.

"Because I want to become the strongest Duelist, Rin," Eiko replied with the sparkling eyes. "I love Duel Monsters since I was a child. My parents aren't Duelists, so I nearly had to learn it myself. In the Standard dimension, we have all summoning methods, and I love each of them. I've never thought of using them as tools to fight. I duel for fun, of course, right now everything is different a bit."

Rin listened to her intently. Dueling with her used to be a chance for her to change her poor life. Honestly, she didn't think of dueling as fun until she met Dennis and... him. They changed her thought. Although until the end, one of them betrayed her, and the remaining one... she had no idea where he was staying in. She felt she was abandoned by the whole world. She used to think she couldn't trust anyone, except Yugo.

However, everything was changing to her. Slowly.

"The Fusion summon wasn't evil, Rin," Eiko's voice still continued. "I knew right now, it's very hard for you to believe in that. But it's the truth. We use the Fusion summon for fun, and now, for fighting to protect others. What you should hate was Akaba Reo, who made Academia, a normal school became a boot camp. We'll help you as much as we can."

Rin was hesitant, then she looked at Eiko. It was strange, even when she used the same summoning method as her enemies, she didn't feel any bad plot. All she sensed was attention, love and sincerity. It was still uncomfortable a bit, but she was fine with it.

"Alright," Rin shook her head and glanced at her D-Wheel. "Let's go. We need to return to the base."

Eiko blinked a few times, repeating Rin's words, then smiled when realized what Rin wanted to say. "Thank you for trusting me. I promise I won't make you disappointed."

~o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o~

~In the Maiami City, the Standard dimension~

Yuya stared at his Duel disk, waiting for a call from Reiji. The CEO promised he would call him if he received any information from Eiko. However, it was three days since Eiko left, and they got nothing from her, even a simple call to tell them she was still safe. Yuya could only sighed.

Thinking of Shuzo, Yuya was even sadder. Yuya knew he couldn't lie Shuzo about the disappearance, so he decided to say to him everything. At the beginning, Shuzo didn't believe and thought he was only joking. But when saw Yuya's painful tears, he was forced to believe. He was almost crazy and rushed into LDS to ask Reiji save his daughter. Whatever Reiji said, Shuzo didn't accept to listen. He kept crying and yelling, to the point Reiji was forced to ask his guards drag Shuzo away from the building. Since then, Shuzo detained himself in Yuzu's room, stared at her photos and barely wanted to eat anything.

Yuya couldn't wait longer. After sent his Mother a message to say he wouldn't have the dinner at home, but instead of that he would stay with Reiji, Yuya hurriedly ran towards LDS. Due a special ID that Reiji gave them before, Yuya could almost meet Reiji anytime.

The young CEO wasn't surprised when saw Yuya. He knew the Entertainer would come here sooner or later. He looked at Yuya, saying nothing. He simply pressed a button to lock the door and activated a program what made both him and Yuya invisible from the camera that he knew certainly his Mother put there. As he thought, he couldn't trust his Mother. Sometimes he wondered how long he could call her 'Mother', because soon, he would call her 'Akaba Himika' like the way he called his 'father'.

"Do you have any signal from Eiko?" Yuya worriedly asked.

Reiji bit his lips. Honestly, he didn't want to let Yuya know. But if he didn't say, Yuya would certainly ask him for a teleport function to look for Yuzu immediately. He shrugged, then showed Yuya some images of a ruined city.

Yuya was confused, he looked at images then looked at Reiji again, wondering why the older boy showed him them.

"They're what Eiko just sent to me," Reiji explained, "she's... stuck in the Synchro dimension because she pressed a wrong button, and can't go to anywhere else because the teleport function was damaged."

"What!?"

Yuya widened his eyes and asked unbelievably. Was Reiji joking him? Eiko should have gone to the Xyz dimension.

"I'm not joking," Reiji said as if reading Yuya's thought. "And it's an incident. Neither I nor Eiko wanted to this. Luckily Eiko's father taught her enough knowledge about the computer and programs, then she could manage to fix the contacting function. Anyway, we have a good news. In according to Eiko, Rin is still safe. It means Akaba Reo won't hurt Yuzu temporarily."

Although knew Reiji was trying to reassure him, Yuya couldn't still feel comfortable. It was probably right Reo wouldn't do stupid things to Yuzu's life, but who knew how he was treating her. Above all, how would Yuzu feel when she was detained in the base of their enemies? He didn't really dare to think.

Not wanting Yuya hunted by those things, Reiji tried to change subject. "How about your preparation for the Maiami Championship?" he asked.

Hearing that, Yuya stared at Reiji like he just said a crazy thing. "Reiji! What are you thinking? Do you think I can duel there while I don't know anything about Yuzu's situation? No, I'm sorry, but I think I won't attend it."

"But you had already qualified! You have to do it!"

Yuya was confused when Reiji yelled at him by an unusual loud voice, like when he asked Reiji for the teleport function. But he didn't really have the mood for that tournament.

"You'll have a good chance to test participants and see who can become a Lancer. You know how important it's," Reiji sighed, saying with a soft voice. " Furthermore... It's your dream, Yuya, and your father's either. You always want to become an Entertainer like him, don't you?"

Yuya was frozen, then nodded and left. Somehow, he felt uncomfortable when heard about his father. Reiji looked at his back, sighing while deactivating the program.

Yuya, don't you still realize that yet?

(TBC)