Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V either. If I did, maybe Konami wouldn't rely on nostalgic decks so often. Who really wants to see a Demise, King of Armageddon deck? or a Thunder Dragon deck in 2018? Well, I'd prefer the Thunder Dragons probably. All rights go to Kazuki Takahashi.
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Dimensions: Daisuke and Yuji dueled each other. Yuji tried his best to defeat Daisuke, by summoning Startime Magician, Alchemist Magician, and Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon, Yuji was set, until Daisuke played one of the strongest cards in the Pro Dueling Circuit: Evenly Matched to banish Yuji's field. Daisuke goes on to destroy Yuji, after the result, Yuji passes out due to the trauma of seeing the same dragon he saw in his nightmare. In this chapter: we find out if Yuji is alright, and what is his future after learning about Daisuke's plan to destroy everything. Can Yuji get back on his feet? What will Daisuke do next? What is with the status of that red-headed boy named Kamio Atsuya? Find that out right now on Yu-Gi-Oh! Dimensions!
Chapter Ten: Therapy With an Unnecessary Timeskip
NOTE: At the time of writing this, I just turned 21 since today is September 17th (Which is my birthday). Enjoy the story everybody and don't forget "It's Your Time To Shine!"
After Yuji is defeated, Ray takes him to a hospital to make sure he gets the best therapy regarding his trauma. Both Shinon and Akane tell Eiko Ishino and Maaya that Yuji is in a hospital. Eventually, they tell them, that he is ok and he will have to stay in the hospital for two days. A day passes and Yuji is still in the hospital.
-11:00 AM-
"*Yawn* Being in a hospital is so boring" Yuji stares at a window beside him. "I wonder if Akane is going to show up later today? I bet she's worried about me?" Yuji's cheeks start to blush a reddish color while thinking about Akane. Probably somewhere, Akane just sneezed maybe after Yuji mentioned her.
"Mr. Yuji, there are two people here that want to talk to you" Said a doctor entering Yuji's room telling him the news.
Suddenly as if somebody cued them to arrive, Ray and Zarc show up in Yuji's hospital room.
"Yuji, how are you doing hotshot?" Zarc calmly says to Yuji as if to lift his spirits. "How's your trauma, is it still there?" Ray asks Yuji while noticing his bandage on his forehead.
"Oh everything went smoothly, Ray thanks for worrying about me, oh and about the bandage on my head, it's only for show, I saw some redhead with a bandage on his head here, I think his name was Soma or something" Yuji explained why he has a bandage on his head while unintentionally mentioning Soma from a neighboring school in Domino City, its a culinary school.
"I think you might need some more therapy, Yuji" Ray joking replies to Yuji while actually not knowing there was a culinary school in Domino City. "I might have to intern there someday if I wasn't a duelist I'd definitely go there and be the best chef in Japan, hopefully without getting addicted to chain smoking and join a pirate crew" Ray starts to get mesmerized over that prospect. "Man I'm getting hungry thinking abou-"
"Ray, calm down, we'll get some food later" Zarc interrupts Ray's daydreaming as Zarc for once tries to be the calm personality, even though when he's not dueling he's extremely impatient.
"All jokes aside, Yuji do you know why we're here?" Zarc starts to fold his arms as if he wants to be somewhere else. "Aren't you two pro duelists?" Yuji asks the two duelists as he slowly remembers Daisuke using 'Evenly Matched' during his duel two days ago. "O-of course Yuji, did you think we were some scrubs? Both Ray and Zarc say in unison while Yuji starts to laugh. "I have a question about that 'Evenly Matched' card, Daisuke used against me" Yuji suddenly asks Zarc about 'Evenly Matched' after remembering the end results of the duel.
"Yeah, what about that card?" Zarc replies to Yuji's important question "Why is that card so powerful?" " I could barely do anything when Daisuke used that card" Yuji, being a stalwart at trying not to embarrass himself, continues to explain Daisuke's actions to the two duelists.
"Well, Yuji 'Evenly Matched' was 're-released' literally months before I defeated Ray in the Championship duel" Zarc slowly looks at Ray "No offense right Ray?" "Even though I nearly lost, but I still beat yo-*Smack*"
"Get to the point, you hasty bastard!" Ray tells Zarc after she smacks him in the back of the head after going off topic. "Oww, ok fine I will. That card wouldn't be tournament legal to use until three months from now, why Daisuke used it is a reason for an investigation." Zarc continues to explain the card as Yuji is paying attention to everything Zarc is saying.
"The reason why it had to get tournament legal was because it was once banned, because of the fact, you didn't have to pay life points to activate the card, everyone was abusing that card, that's why 'onion-head' over here couldn't get past Rank #13 *laughs*" Ray continues where Zarc left off, while Zarc gets irritated over being called "onion-head" by Ray while unbeknownst of Yuji, Zarc starts to hold Ray's hand.
"I get what you guys are saying Yuji says to both Zarc and Ray, while finally starting to realize the situation the city is in right now. "If I don't defeat Daisuke, then my friends and family could be in extreme danger. I must get better at the other Summoning Methods" Yuji stands up on his bed after talking about the consequences if Daisuke defeats him again.
"So which of the Summoning Methods have you either learned or mastered so far, Yuji?" Ray asks Yuji and Yuji starts to get his deck from his duel disk beside him. "Well like Zarc, I can Pendulum Summon. other than that, I can also Synchro Summon, Xyz Summon, and Fusion Summon" Yuji holds out 'Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon' (Pendulum), 'Odd-Eyes Zodiac Dragon' (Xyz), 'Chrono Magician' (Synchro), and 'Alchemist Magician' (Fusion), as he explains the things he can do.
"All that's left is Ritual Summoning, am I correct?" Zarc notices after he asks that question, Yuji is downtrodden because of what Kamio said when he met him.
-Flashback-
"So back on topic here Kamio, will you help me on my journey of learning all of the Summoning Methods?" Yuji asks Kamio as if he's extending some kind of olive branch.
"Hmm, why should I help you out? We literally just met." Kamio replies to Yuji while trying his best to end the conversation. "If you want to learn that badly, go learn it on your own!"
-End Flashback-
"Yeah, about that... isn't it hard nowadays to Ritual Summon without getting a Ritual License?" Yuji curiously asks Ray, since he's never done or tried a Ritual Summon before. "No, you idiot. You just need to figure it out on your own sadly" Ray replies while unfortunately not giving Yuji any answer to help him out.
"Well Yuji, We're going to leave now we gotta go get some stuff done," Zarc says to Yuji as he and Ray are about to exit the room, but before they leave: Yuji notices that they are holding hands
"Hey you guys, a-are you g-guys dating or something? Because you guys are holding hands" Yuji asks as Zarc and Ray stop in place as if their biggest secret was revealed. "Pfft, he caught us did he?" Ray suddenly spoke out after the jilted duelists were frozen in place. "Yuji yes we are dating, but nobody isn't supposed to know about this" Zarc chimes in also to confirm Yuji's suspicion.
"But usually people who are either straightforward and one whose hasty and impatient usually don't get along. Was it love at fir-"
"Yeah we better get going now, we'll see each other again one day. of and about me and Zarc, if you tell any of your friends about us dating, I'll kick your ass!" Ray before she and her hasty boyfriend leaves, she threatens Yuji to keep what he has seen a secret with a slashing motion with her throat to scare Yuji.
Three hours pass after Zarc and Ray show up to talk to Yuji. Yuji is bored out of his mind being in the hospital, luckily the doctor told him that he would be able to leave in two hours. As Yuji waits until someone knocks on his door, which is actually Akane who shows up to visit Yuji since she's been worrying about him ever since he went to the hospital.
~Three Hours Later~
"Y-yuji, are you doing alright?" Akane asks her boyfriend if he's alright. "I-i brought you some flowers to help you feel better Yuji-kun" Akane starts to give Yuji some flowers."Oh hi Akane-chan, I'm alright, the doctor told me I'd be able to leave the hospital today in two hours" Yuji says this as Akane is starting to cry after hearing that Yuji will be returning home in two hours, and she hugs him.
"Apparently, since after realizing the true threat now, Akane-chan" Yuji starts to hold Akane's hand, as he starts to explain to Akane what he's planning to do. "Well After we leave the hospital, would you want to go to an actual date sometime? Would you help me hone my Xyz Summoning skills so I can potentially save the world when Daisuke shows up again" He starts to ask Akane if they want to go on a date after they leave. "S-sure Yuji-kun, we can go on one, wanna go to a restaurant sometime next week?" Akane asks Yuji whether not he would like to go to a restaurant.
I'd love to go with you, Akane-chan especially if it's for a rest- *smooch*" As soon as Yuji was going to say yes, but Akane kisses him. "That's all I wanted to hear from you *kiss* Yuji-kun" Akane is ecstatic that she can go on an actual date with the duelist that she loves. "Then it's a date I guess then Akane-chan, We could go on one in a week, because on our study date *Laughs* I was kinda procrastinating whether or not the date would be a success or not" Yuji actually admits to Akane that he almost had a nervous breakdown while preparing for their study date three weeks prior.
"Since I'm still going to be here for another hour, wanna watch some Mobile Suit Quantum on my duel disk?" Yuji asks Akane as he picks up his duel disk from his desk. "T-that sounds... like fun Yuji-kun, w-why do you have a long bandage on your head? i-it's looks funny but it looks like really cute though" Akane notices Yuji's bandage as it makes Yuji looks like an old wounded samurai (or something like that)
As Yuji and Akane sit in Yuji's hospital room watching Mobile Suit Quantum, they continue to talk to each other mostly to plan out their date. Another hour passes and both Akane and Yuji walk to Yuji's house, they kiss each other, and they head their separate ways, until next week when they have their date. Yuji, on the other hand, spends the next two months learning how to Ritual Summon and improve his Odd-Eyes deck, so he can hope to stand a chance against Daisuke when they eventually duel again.
Finally, I get to go on a break, just kidding about that. This chapter might be the most important one especially since Yuji finally realizes what is at state: The fate of the planet depends on him winning a card game against a mad scientist. On the bright side, while he prepares: he and Akane are going on another date, I wonder how that will go? Hopefully, Yuji doesn't almost have another nervous breakdown as he had in Chapter 4 for his study date. In The Next Chapter: We check out what has happened to Yuji and his friends after two months of Yuji learning how to Ritual Summon. What new friends will Yuji make? Will Yuji become stronger after dealing with adversity for the first time? Will Yuji and Akane's date be a success? I'll see you guys in a week (I need some time off, My birthday was recently and I had to deal with Hurricane Florence also), and until then don't forget "It's Your Time to Shine!"
