Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V! An Alternative Universe

by HereICome

Taking place in an alternative universe where many things are the same but many things are not. What if Yuzu was the main character? What if the Pendulum history was different? Maybe if there was five dimensions? The story follows Yuzu and her best friend Yuya as a strange day changes their lives forever and opens up a whole multiverse of mystery. With help/ideas from Romadrox8975

25. Yuto

Reiji looked at a holographic screen in his office, his fists were burning with anger and his face couldn't look redder. Reiji slammed his fists down onto the table which made it shake. He was furious.

"How... how could this happen?!" yelled Reiji. He was looking at an article which made him livid. Reiji leapt up out of his seat as the holographic screen disappeared. He once again slammed his hands onto the desk. "HOW!" As Reiji was ranting, Himika Akaba walked into the room. She looked concerned with Reiji's actions.

"Reiji, what's wrong?" she asked.

"You know what!" he yelled. "Masumi Kotsu. She's disappeared!" Himika's face dropped with shocked.

"No.. no I didn't know that. How...why?!" she yelled with concern.

"I have no idea." said Reiji. "Now two of our Lancers have gone! She was looking around the best of the students who have excelled in both Action Duels and have mastered one of the new summons. Where is she? Mother, you said you were with her."

"Yes I was. I guess she must have disappeared after we departed for the day." Himika replied. Reiji sat down once more and clenched his hands together.

"I want Yaiba Todo secured. I can't have my final Lancer being targeted." Reiji spoke.

"It makes sense." said Himika.

"But how..." said Reiji."How does someone know about my Lancers? I know they told You Show about the project."

"Well it is You Show then! What more can we expect from that terrible school Yusho owned. We must alert the police right away." said Himika.

"No. It won't be them."

"But they know?!"

"And so does our company." said Reiji. "Our teachers have been training our students. The students outside the Lancers do not know about the dimensions but that is to keep them focused. The Lancers were meant to be made up of the best duelists and ones who excel in being in a team. The Lancers will take the fight to Academia and the rest will defend our dimension but..." Himika looked concerned.

"But..." she tried to get Reiji to continue his sentence.

"There could be a mole in our company. You Show wouldn't do such a thing. What have they got to gain?" added Reiji.

"Yuya Sakaki hates your father. It's the perfect answer."

"I don't think they are capable of that." said Reiji. "It's clear that someone within our company has let out this information and is taking down our Lancers."

"How do we weed them out?" asked Himika.

"I don't know but I will need to think about this. Academia could be here soon. The XYZ user, Shun Kurosaki told me that they will move to other dimensions once they are done in XYZ. I need time to think."

XYZ

Ruri was sat in the Resistance base. There were many other people dressed in war torn clothing. They were all collected water or trying to sleep.

A small little girl who was carrying a can of water walked past Ruri. She had medium sized blonde hair and wore torn dungarees. Ruri looked at her and saw a small rock in front. Before Ruri could stop her, the little girl tripped over the rock and fell to her knees. The water can hit the floor and splashed all across the ground. Ruri quick got up and ran to the girl. "Are you okay?!"

"Ye... yes. Thank you..." the little girl said. Ruri helped the girl up and she looked at her. "Thank you... I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?" asked Ruri.

"I wasted water, we need as much as we can keep." the girl replied.

"Don't worry. Accidents happen." Ruri smiled back.

"You're... you're that girl. Ruri. You have beaten numerous Academia students. I have seen you on the frontlines."

"Yes. I have."

"Where's the other two, who hang out with you." the girl asked.

"I... I don't know." said Ruri. "Where are you going to now?"

"I'm going to give this water to my brother. He is in another part of Heartland. Our base's water supply got damaged."

"Ok. Do you want me to come with you?" replied back Ruri.

"No. I have a chaperone. Thank you!" The girl went running off as Ruri smiled but then looked down to the ground. "Yuto... I remember that day so clearly."

Flashback – 3 Months Ago

The invasion had already started and the ruins of XYZ were slowly appearing. Within the ruins walked Yuto, Ruri and Shun. Each one wore their Resistance duel disks of the same colour.

The three had seen the early part of the invasion and numerous students from Academia carding their friends and comrades. The three were walking back to one of the Resistance bases.

"So how close are we to winning this war?" asked Ruri to Yuto.

"No idea." he replied. "But I do not wish to see anymore of us to get hurt or carded. We will get back our friends along with everyone else. We're going to win this battle."

"We will!" replied Shun as he clenched his fist. "I will not allow this Academia to continue to rage war on us!"

As the group continued to walk, they saw a cloaked figure up ahead. The three stopped and the cloaked figure revealed an Academia duel disk. He lifted up the cloak and there stood before the XYZ trio was Yuri. Yuto looked at him with a shocked reaction.

"You look like me?! Who... who are you?!" said Yuto.

"What an unusual reaction." replied Yuri. "Here I stand before you with an Academia duel disk and that's the first thing you say?" Shun stepped before Yuto and Ruri.

"You're Academia! You don't look like the other students!" he said.

"Nope!" said a cheerful Yuri. "I'm here for another reason. Now duel me!" yelled Yuri as his duel disk activated.

"Fine!" shouted Shun but before he could activate his duel disk, Yuto stepped in front of him.

"He means me Shun. Take Ruri to safety." Yuto said. Yuri laughed. "What is it?!"

"Ruri is your name then? You're going to be facing a similar battle soon!" Yuri said as he looked at her bracelet. "Yes and I do wish to duel you... Yuto."

"How do you know who I am?!" said Yuto. "And what about Ruri and Shun?!"

"Our intel is very good from within this dimension! Now prepare to duel!"

"I'm not going anywhere!" replied Ruri.

"Me neither!" added Shun.

"Fine!" spoke Yuto as his XYZ duel disk activated. "Let's duel!"

"Yes. We shall!" replied Yuri. "This shall be fun."

Turn 1

Yuri LP: 4000 Hand: 5

Yuto LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"I start!" yelled Yuri. "Appear before me! Predaplant Cephalotus Snail!" A giant white like plant appeared. It had green leafs at the bottom and a purple mouth.

Predaplant Cephalotus Snail ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200 Dark/Plant/LVL 4

"I then set a card and end there!" yelled Yuri as he smirked proudly.

Turn 2

Yuri LP: 4000 Hand: 3

Yuto LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"Then I'm up. Draw!" yelled Yuto. "I Normal Summon The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak!" A blue faced ghost appeared in a black cloak and a red scarf came to the field.

The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak ATK: 800 DEF: 1000 Warrior/Dark/LVL 3

"Now since I control a Phantom Knight, I can Special Summon this from my hand! Appear The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots!"

The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots ATK: 200 DEF: 1200 Dark/Warrior/LVL 3

Yuri placed his hands onto his chin, impressed. "Same level huh, well I am in the XYZ Dimension."

"Prepare!" yelled Yuto. "I overlay my two monsters!" Both monsters flew into a black and golden whirlpool. "Souls of knights who fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness! XYZ Summon! Appear, rank three, Phantom Knights Break Sword!" A black knight with blue aura around its amour appeared. He was on a dark robotic like horse. He had a long sword.

The Phantom Knights of Break Sword ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Warrior/XYZ/RNK 3 – OU: 2

"Now to wipe out your monster!" yelled Yuto. "Go my Knight!" Break Sword charged forward and with its sword in hand, it came to attack to Predaplant Cephalotus. The knight slashed the sword across its body with a mighty swing. Yuto expected to see the plant fall but to his bemusement, it didn't.

Yuri LP: 4000 – 3650

"What happened?!" yelled Yuto. Yuri smirked.

"Well because Cephalotus is in attack mode, this card cannot be destroyed and all battle damage is halved"

"Damnit. I set two cards and end my turn!" said Yuto. Ruri and Shun looked concerned.

"Come on Yuto!" yelled Ruri.

Turn 3

Yuri LP: 3650 Hand: 3

Yuto LP: 4000 Hand: 2

"You can keep your fan club. I will keep my power. Draw!" yelled Yuri. I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio!" A black scorpion came out with a large plant like tail.

Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio ATK: 1200 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/LVL 3

"What an ugly looking creature." said Ruri.

"It doesn't matter how it looks, I just hope it isn't powerful." replied Shun.

"Oh it is!" yelled Yuri. "You XYZ scum have little to no idea what is coming! From me and Academia!" Ruri, Shun and Yuto all gritted their teeth. "I can send a Predaplant from my hand to my grave to then Special Summon a level three or lower Predaplant from my deck! Predaplant Darling Cobra!" Yuri moved a card from his hand and placed it into the graveyard zone. A twin headed snake appeared with each head having purple fangs.

Predaplant Darling Cobra ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Plant/LVL 3

"When Special Summoned, I can add a Polymerization from my deck to my hand!" A card popped out of Yuri's deck and Yuri added it to his hand.

"Polymerization..." said Yuto."That card has destroyed our City!"

"Yes! And that's good!" replied Yuri.

"That's it!" yelled Shun. Shun tried to run over to Yuri to hit him. Yuri watched Shun with a smug smirk. As Shun got closer, Cobra and Scorpio blocked his path and Shun was stopped. "WHAT IS THIS?!" Shun clenched his fist. "Damn you!"

"Now back to our duel!" yelled Yuri. "I play Polymerization! I Fusion Summon with Cobra and Scorpio!" Both monsters rose into the air and spun around in the orange and blue whirlpool. "Two beautiful flowers with an insect-alluring fragrance! Now become one, and from the hell beneath your petals, give birth to a new terror! Fusion Summon! Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" A giant purple dragon spun around on the field. It had a long green tail with glowing orbs around its body. It released a loud roar across the field. Ruri, Yuto and Shun all looked shocked at the monster.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/LVL 8

"He has a dragon too?!" said Ruri.

"What power." thought Yuto.

"Now!" yelled Yuri. "I can gain attack equal to all other Special Summoned monsters you control! I can only do this if I used materials on my field!"

"In other words, my monsters power becomes yours." said a still surprised Yuto. Starving roared as it glowed in purple aura.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 4800

"I attack!" yelled Yuri. Two giant long tails came out of Starving's body and two jaws appeared at the end of each. The jaws bit down on the knight, destroying it.

Yuto LP: 4000 – 2000

"YUTO!" yelled Yuri as he lost lifepoints.

"I'm fine Ruri." He replied. "I will be better now because of this Trap!" A Trap flipped face up onto the field. "I play The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine! This card appears on my field as a monster and it isn't treated as a Trap! It appears in defence mode!"

"Trap monster?! Interesting." said Yuri. Black amour appeared as the Trap-Monster. It floated in the air.

The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine ATK: 0 DEF: 300 Warrior/Dark/LVL 4

"Now I play Break Sword's effect!" shouted Yuto.

"There's more?!" said Yuri.

"If this card leaves the field with XYZ material, then I can bring the materials back, but as level four!" said Yuto.

"Yes Yuto!" shouted Shun. "Knock this Fusion user out!"

"Return Silent Boots and Ancient Cloak!" Two blue portals appeared and the two monsters returned.

The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots ATK: 200 DEF: 1200 Dark/Warrior/LVL 4

The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak ATK: 800 DEF: 1000 Warrior/Dark/LVL 4

"How annoying." said Yuri. "Why can't you fall like the rest?"

"We will never fall!" replied Yuto. "The Resistance might lose a few battles but not the whole war!" Yuri looked annoyed while Shun and Ruri begun to look excited.

Turn 4

Yuri LP: 3650 Hand: 2

Yuto LP 2000 Hand: 2

"I draw!" yelled Yuto. He looked at his duel disk and he could hear a roar come from within. He could sense something. "I know and feel you." he thought. "Let's end this! I overlay my Brigandine and Cloak!" The monsters flew into the XYZ whirlpool and a dark beam came shooting out of the whirlpool. "Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now, descend! XYZ Summon! Rank four! Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!" A giant purple and black dragon formed as he spun around, unleashing its huge wings. There were red markings across its body. Its yellow eyes shun. Two overlay units' spun around it.

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF 2000 Dragon/Dark/XYZ/RNK 4 – OU 2

As both dragons faced off to each other, they began growling. The dragons seemed to resonant. Ruri and Shun looked confused.

"What is happening?!" asked Ruri.

"No idea. Yuto?!" yelled Shun. Yuto didn't reply and neither was Yuri. Neither were making any facial movements. The two closed their eyes.

"Yuto?" asked Ruri with concern. Both continued to not answer as the dragons continued to growl. Slowly both boys opened their eyes and to the shock of the Ruri and Shun, the boy's eyes had changed. Yuto now had pure blue eyes while Yuri's were purple.

"What's going on?!" yelled Shun.

"Des... destroy..." said Yuto slowly.

"Des... destroy..." repeated Yuri in the same tone.

"What even is this?!" said Ruri. Ruri looked down and her yellow gem was glowing.

"I use Dark Rebellions' effect. I detach one overlay unit to half one level five or higher monsters attack and add it to myself."

"Myself?" said Shun.

"I can use my effect twice." said a stern talking Yuto. "I use both overlay units." The orbs around Dark Rebellion disappeared.

OU: 2 – 1

Dark Rebellion ATK 2500 – 3900

Starving Venom ATK: 2800 – 1400

OU: 1 -0

Dark Rebellion ATK 3900 - 4600

Starving Venom ATK: 1400 – 700

"Now time to end this. I attack!" yelled Yuto as Dark Rebellion attack at Starving Venom.

"I play a Trap! Ridicule World! Dark like ghosts appeared with evil looking smiles. They spun around Dark Rebellion.

"What are you doing to me?!" yelled Yuto.

"Ridicule World increases your attack by 100! Then any monsters which have higher attack then their normal amount cannot attack!"

Dark Rebellion ATK: 4700

"Damn you!" yelled Yuto as Dark Rebellion's attack was ended. Yuri then smirked.

"We shall soon become one!" yelled Yuri. Ruri and Shun continued to be confused.

"Yes we shall." said Yuto. "But I will not do it by losing. My effect wears off during the end phase but since Ridicule World is in play, I remain 100 attack points higher."

Dark Rebellion ATK: 2600

Starving Venom ATK: 2800

Turn 5

Yuri LP: 3650 Hand: 2

Yuto LP: 2000 Hand: 3

"Time to end this!" yelled Yuri as he drew.

"I play my other Trap!" replied Yuto. "XYZ Veil! Now all face up XYZ monsters cannot be targeted by card effects!"

"Well that's good." said Yuri. "I won't need to target you."

"Watch out Yuto!" yelled Ruri.

"Now I shall play this!" said Yuri. "I play the Spell, Reversal Gift!" A Spell Card appeared with a white gift. It had black demons claiming out of it.

"Reversal Gift!"?!" repeated Shun.

"First I have to take damage equal to the difference in our lifepoints!" Yuri took an electrical shock from his duel disk but to Ruri and Shun's surprise, Yuri was enjoying it.

Yuri LP: 3650 – 2000

"But now I can increase one monster on my fields attack by the same amount! I power up by 1650!" Starving Venom roared once more as it increased in attack.

Starving Venom ATK: 4450

"NO! Yuto will lose!" yelled Ruri. Yuri smiled.

"That's the plan! END THIS!" roared Yuri. Giant long tails came out of Starving's body and two jaws appeared at the end of each. One of the tails went charging in at the dragon. The tail slashed across Dark Rebellion's body and cut it in half. The second jaw then came and slashed the halved body, wiping it out. Yuto felt the strike as well as he was sent flying. Yuri smirked.

Yuto LP: 2000 – 0 Yuri Wins

"YUTO!" yelled Ruri and Shun. Both ran over to him, Yuto had been knocked out.

Yuri stood on his spot and his eyes changed back to normal. Yuri looked around confused. "What... what happened?!" he asked himself. He saw Yuto knocked out and smirked. "Whatever. Guess I won."

Yuri walked towards Ruri and Shun and they both tried to protect Yuto. "What on earth are you doing?!" yelled Shun.

"Here to collect my prize! For the Arc Area Project!" Yuri held up a Spell Card which read "Violet Flash". Yuri and Yuto then begun to glow purple.

"Yuto!" yelled Ruri as both Yuri and Yuto disappeared. Ruri and Shun were unable to do anything as Yuri was too quick. "YUTO!"

Flashback End

Ruri continued to sit at the Resistance base. She looked at the spot on her arm where her bracelet once was and begun to feel very depressed.

"How could I let this happen?!" Ruri leapt up and dropped to the floor while crying. "My brother is gone and so is Yuto... I need to return to Tribute ASAP... but the Resistance is slowly losing people. There is barely anyone to take, to save Shun."

Ruri could hear a passing crowd come into the base. It sounded like crying adults. Ruri ran over and saw some adults holding some cards. Ruri was wondering what was going on. "What happened?!" asked Ruri to a male.

"We... were attacked by Academia. We were transporting a small group back to the Duel Lodge. We were trapped and…. and lost many."

"No..." said Ruri. Ruri looked at the cards in the males hand and a devastated look appeared to Ruri's face. The small girl had been carded.

O.C New Card

Yuri

Reversal Gift/Spell

Take damage equal to the difference between yours and your opponent's lifepoints. Target a monster you control and increase its ATK by the same amount.

A/N – Thanks for the new follows and favourites and of course ARC-V has now ended. And what an absolute terrible ending that was. Zero closure for the girls and boys. Abysmal. At least the duel was cool.