0713MM: Hey guys! I welcome you to chapter 37! The WRGP Arc has FINALLY arrived! I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, nor do I own Aura Fudo. All I own is this fanfic for the 5Ds franchise. Chapter start!

Chapter 37

"Once per turn, Wisel absorbs a Synchro monster on your field-"

"Stop!"

Yusei gasped before he slowly stood up panting with sweat. "It was a dream." He spoke softly. He frowned as he got out of bed, getting dressed before getting on his D-Wheel and drove off for a while; reaching the view of the City. He got off and walked over looking out with a frown.

"Huh, didn't know you were here." He turned,surprised to see Aura. She wore her clothes, but with no hat or ribbon as she walked to stand next to him, looking out.

"Aura what are you doing here?" He asked.

"Imsoniac remember? I couldn't go back to sleep, so I went for a ride and came here." she replied, leaning on the railing. "What about you? You look pale."

"To put it simply, nightmare." Yusei answered sheepishly.

"Of the Meklord Emperors?" She guessed. Yusei nodded in response.

"Right." He replied.

"Thought so. You may not realize it, but you've been on edge ever since that night. You're obviously bothered by the Meklord Emperor and how they're able to steal Synchros." She stated. "Crow told me that you've been doing practice duels with Jack on figuring out strategy that doesn't involve Synchro Summoning and it hasn't been going well." Yusei nodded at that.

"Yeah." Yusei retorted. "I figured that if didn't Synchro Summon, that the Meklord Emperor wouldn't be able to absorb our monsters. But despite that, Jack is right. Tossing away Synchro monsters would be like tossing away a part of our soul. At least, that's what Jack had said."

"Yeah reasonable. I mean, I don't think I could ever toss away Synchro monsters, least of all my angels and my dragons." She agreed with a nod. "But if you keep overthinking this, you'll end up becoming a mess." Yusei leaned forward on the rail, and put his hands on it.

"You're right about that." Yusei remarked. Aura gave a small smile.

"Like I said, you're overthinking it. Sometimes the answer is right in front of you, you just need to take time to see it instead of rushing it." She told him. "And believe me, it's happened to me more times than I can count." He chuckled at that.

"I can believe that." He smiled. "But maybe you're right. I should try to relax a little on this."

"Good. Now you should head back and get to bed. We got to go to that WRGP Premier party tomorrow." She told him.

"Right." Yusei turned to get back on D-Wheel, but he stopped and turned back to Aura. "But why are you up here Sister?"

"Again insomnia, remember?" She said, pointing at herself. Normally, this would fool people, but Yusei was not just some random person. His cobalt blue eyes narrowed slightly.

"You cannot fool me, Sister." Yusei told her. "You say that's the reason, but I remember you said that you had visions via the Crimson Dragon. You also said that they keep you up all night, hence the insomnia. Am I right or wrong?"

"You are right but I also told you guys before at the hospital visions always come in my sleep; making it almost impossible for me to get back to sleep. Hence me making me an insomniac now. It's not like I had a vision or anything now. Now almost all the time, I can't get back to sleep." She frowned. "You're overthinking it Brother." He sighed.

"I'm sorry. It's just I worry about you and with what had happened with Jin." He frowned.

"No it's fine. You have every right to be worried and suspicious." She assured him with a weak smile. "I'm pretty sure everyone is keeping a close on me now." She sighed before continuing. "Look I'm fine. Just a little insomnia. I'll go home a little later. Now you go home ok? Jack and Crow will get even more worried about you if you stay out too long."

"Fair enough. But we'll worry about you too; especially Crow." He added. She flushed lightly as he patted her back. "Night."

"Night." She spoke softly. "And remember what I said, don't overthink it and take your time." Yusei nodded in response and headed over to his D-Wheel and hopping on it, along with putting on his red helmet. Once he did, he revved up his D-Wheel and drove off. (Most likely back to Zora's place.)

"Good morning everybody! The day you all have waited for is finally here! The first ever World Riding Grand Prix!" The large crowd cheered loudly in the stadium. The day of the WRGP had finally arrived as Yusei walked with his friends of Team 5Ds on one side, the other Team Unicorn, their opponents. "Neo Domino City is more excited than in the Fortune Cup! To commemorate this first tournament! It's taking place at Moment's birthplace! Block A preliminaries will be held at Memorial Circuit, the site of the Fortune Cup. The first match is incredible for the preliminaries!" MC announced. "Team Unicorn conquered the Atlantis Cup! The three members are Breo, Andre, and Jean! Facing them are Fortune Cup winner Yusei Fudo, former King Jack Atlas, and Akiza Izinski; they're Team 5Ds! Two tournament favorites clash on the first day! Who would've expected this?!"

"I still wish I could be up there dueling…" Crow grumbled as he walked alongside the rest of his friends.

"It can't be helped Crow. Your arm is still broken, so we can't have you dueling out there." Bruno said, as he typed on the computer.

"Yeah. So just leave it to Akiza. She'll make sure to do her best for the both of you." Leo grinned.

"Leo's right." Luna added.

"Thanks you 2." Crow smiled lightly at both Leo and Luna. From the other side, Jean looked at Team 5Ds, noticing Crow's cast.

"So Crow had an accident before the tournament. That explains why Akiza Izinski is dueling instead." He remarked.

"Think that'll be a problem?" Andre asked. "We don't know much on her dueling."

"True. Since our info is based from the Fortune Cup, but it won't matter so long as we follow the plan; we'll win as a team." Jean told him.

"You got that right Jean." Breo grinned. He looked over at one of their monitors. "Oh and what do you know? They've fallen deeper into our trap. They sent Jack out first. Just as we've anticipated." Andre smirked at that and put his helmet on and went over to his D-Wheel; revving it up and getting onto the track. Jack Atlas was on his own D-Wheel in lane next to him. Jack glanced at Andre.

"Alright Andre; time for my Power Deck to clash with yours." Jack spoke. Andre glanced over at Jack and he chuckled.

"We shall find out, Jack." Andre retorted coolly. The countdown began as the 2 Turbo Duelists revved up their engines of their D-Wheels. 3...2..1 ACCELERATION! And with that, both duelist sped off. Both D-Wheels were neck and neck until Jack's D-Wheel passed the first corner white line. Jack grinned to himself in satisfaction. Andre took notice of this and rolled his eyes.

You can have your little victory, Jack Atlas. Andre thought. It won't matter in the end. Jack moved his right hand to the top of his deck.

"I draw!" Jack declared. (Jack's hand: 6 cards, Andre's hand: 5 cards.) Jack glanced at his hand he grinned.

With these 2 cards, I can bring out Red Dragon Archfiend this turn. Jack thought. Jack pulled a card out of his hand and placed it onto his duel disk.

"To start off, since I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Primitive Butterfly from my hand!" A 4-winged purple butterfly appeared onto Jack's field. (Primitive Butterfly, Level 5 WIND Insect-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1200/900. Jack's hand: 5 cards.) At the sight of the butterfly, Leo sweat-dropped.

"Uhh… What's Jack doing with a butterfly in his Deck?" Leo questioned. "Doesn't that go against Jack's power instincts?"

"Leo." Luna sighed at her brother.

"Don't worry Leo, this is part of Jack's strategy." Yusei told him. Leo glanced at Yusei, then back at the monitor that Bruno was looking over.

"I should hope so." Leo spoke. Andre watched carefully as Jack then summoned Dark Resonator form his hand. (Jack's hand: 4 cards.) Jack then raised his right arm upwards and began to chant.

"I tune my Level 3 Dark Resonator with my Level 5 Primitive Butterfly!" Both monsters flew into the air and became white stars that added up to Level 8. "The pulse of the king now forms a line here! Witness the power of the rumbling heavens! Synchro Summon! My soul, Red Dragon Archfiend!" The black and red-scaled dragon emerged from the green Synchro Summon pillar and onto Jack's field.

"Yes!" Crow grinned and he pumped his not broken arm into the air. "Go Jack!"

"So Jack went for his ace monster. Just as we anticipated." Jean smirked as he watched the 2 speed around the track via one of their monitors. "And soon will fall right into his downfall."

"Right Jean." Breo agreed. They watched as Jack placed 2 cards face-down and ended his turn. (Jack's hand: 2 cards. Andre's hand: 5 cards.) Andre put his right hand on top of his deck.

"Not bad for a first turn coming from the mighty Jack Atlas." Andre remarked. "However, I too can make a big play. Draw!" (Andre's hand: 6 cards. Jack's hand: 2 cards. Jack/Andre's SC: 1.) He smiled at his hand, then looked up at Jack, speeding ahead of him. "You know Jack, I should be thanking you for possessing a monster with at least 2000 ATK points."

"What do you mean?" Jack questioned.

"I mean this! Since you control a monster with at least 2000 ATK, I can Special Summon Voltic Knight from my hand. When I do this, its Level is reduced by 1!" An electric knight emerged onto Andre's field wielding an electric sword and shield. (Voltic Knight, Level 4 (originally Level 5) LIGHT Thunder-type monster, ATK/DEF: 2100/1600. Andre's hand: 5 cards.) Andre then pulled another monster from his hand. "Next I Normal Summon the Tuner monster, Voltic Bear Cub!" A small electric bear appeared onto Andre's field next to Voltic Knight. (Voltic Bear Cub, Level 1 LIGHT Beast-type Tuner monster, ATK/DEF: 800/500. Andre's hand: 4 cards.) Andre raised his right arm upwards; his 2 monsters becoming 5 white stars.

"I now tune my Level 1 Voltic Bear Cub with my Level 4 Voltic Knight!" Andre declared. The green pillar shined brightly as the Level 5 Synchro monster emerged onto Andre's field. "Come out! Level 5! Thunder Unicorn!" An blue furred unicorn emerged onto Andre's field. It bore a lightning bolt for its horn. (Thunder Unicorn, Level 5 LIGHT Beast-type Synchro monster, ATK/DEF: 2200/1800.)

"He managed to Synchro Summon." Akiza frowned.

"But Thunder Unicorn only has 2200 ATK, it's not enough to beat Red Dragon Archfiend." Leo frowned. Yusei looked at the monitor and read the effects of Andre's 2 monsters. He shook his head.

"Don't be so certain Leo." Yusei told him.

"Huh?" Leo asked, surprised.

"Thunder Unicorn has two effects. One is that it can decrease the opponent's monster's ATK by 500 for every monster Andre controls. The other is that when it's destroyed in battle, Andre can Special Summon it again from the Graveyard." Bruno explained.

"But if Andre uses Thunder Unicorn's effect to decrease Red Dragon Archfiend's ATK, he can't attack with any other monsters this turn." Crow pointed out. Andre thrusted his right hand forward.

"I activate the effect of my Voltic Knight and Voltic Bear Cub in the Graveyard." Andre spoke. "When I use them as Synchro Material, Knight revives itself and Bear Cub destroys 1 of your Spell/Trap cards!"

"What?!" Jack gaped. Andre pointed at the card to the left of Red Dragon Archfiend.

"I think that one should begone." Andre spoke. The card shattered and revealed itself to be King's Change Tactics. Jack grit his teeth at that and Andre chuckled. "King's Change Tactics huh? With that, you could swap Red Dragon Archfiend out for a different Synchro monster, as its Level is less than or equal to the returned monster."

"Tsk… Lucky guess…" Jack grumbled.

"I beg to differ." Andre retorted. "Now then, I activate Thunder Unicorn's effect to reduce your Red Dragon Archfiend's ATK by 1000!" Red Dragon Archfiend cried out as its ATK dropped to 2000. Andre then thrusted his right hand forward. "Battle! Go Thunder Unicorn! Attack Red Dragon Archfiend with Super Charging Bolt!" The Unicorn neighed before charging at the demonic dragon; its lightning bolt horn flashed with electricity. Soon after, the attack pierced right through Red Dragon Archfiend and caused an explosion on Jack's side of the field.

"Jack!" Crow called out.

"Humph. There's go Red Dragon Archfiend." Jean smirked. The smoke began to clear and Jack sped right through it, followed by Andre. Red Dragon Archfiend remained face-up on the field. This surprised Breo, Jean, Andre, and the rest of Team 5Ds.

"Hey, how did Red Dragon Archfiend survive?" Leo wondered.

"Leo look!" Luna pointed as Jack sped by them. Even though it was for just a brief moment, they could see the spirit of Trust Guardian defending Jack's dragon before it vanished.

"How did your dragon survive?!" Andre demanded.

"You should really pay attention." Jack scoffed. "But to answer your question seriously, I activated my face-down card. It's called Guardian's Trust. When a Synchro monster I control is attacked, I can shuffle the original Tuner monster used to Summon said Synchro monster into the Deck, then I can send another Tuner monster from my Deck to the Graveyard, when I do this, that sent Tuner monster is treated as being sent to the Graveyard for that Synchro monster's Summon. Of course, the Tuner monster I chose to send to the Graveyard is Trust Guardian!"

"Say what now?!" Jean gaped.

"Whoa! He managed to protect his dragon from destruction!" Breo agreed. Andre grit his teeth in slight irritation.

"Fine. But you still take the damage!" Andre pointed out. Jack grunted as his LP decreased. (Jack's LP: 4000 - 200 = 3800. Red Dragon Archfiend's ATK: 2000 - 400 = 1600. Andre's hand: 4 cards.) Andre grabbed 2 cards from his hand put them into his Duel Disk. "I end my turn with 2 face-downs. You're up, Jack!" Jack placed his right hand on top of his deck.

"Humph! You don't have to tell me!" Jack retorted. "Draw!" (Jack's hand: 3 cards. Andre's hand: 2 cards. Jack/Andre's SC: 2. Red Dragon Archfiend's ATK: 1600 + 1000 = 2600.) "Jack glanced at Andre and smiled. "Oh one more thing I forgot about my Guardian's Trust Trap card. It's Continuous! Which means I can swap Tuners out once per turn during either players turn!"

"What?!" Andre gaped.

"I shall do so now!" Jack remarked. "I shuffle Trust Guardian into my Deck and sent Flare glowed Resonator to the Graveyard! With this, my dragon gains 300 ATK!" Red Dragon Archfiend glowed red as its ATK increased to 2900 after Jack had swapped Tuner monsters out of his Graveyard.

"This is bad." Breo noted. "If this keeps up, Jack can continuously swap his Tuner monsters out of the Graveyard to help his Synchro monsters."

"Don't worry Breo." Jean reassured him. "Andre's got this handled. Just watch." Jack thrusted his right hand forward.

"Battle!" Jack declared. "Red Dragon Archfiend attacks Thunder Unicorn! Absolute Powerforce!" Red Dragon Archfiend's fists powered up; thus the dragon released a wave of fire at the unicorn. Just as the attack neared closer, Andre thrusted his right hand forward.

"It's a shame your attack won't damage me." Andre retorted. "I activate my face-downs! Go Dimensional Wall and Thunder Shock!" Both of Andre's face-downs revealed themselves. "Dimensional Wall makes you the damage instead of me. But since Chain Links work backwards...that means Thunder Shock can reduce the ATK/DEF of 1 monster on the field to 0 and negate its effects until the End Phase. But none of our monsters can be destroyed in battle this turn. I choose my own Thunder Unicorn of course!"

"What?!"

"With the chain working backwards...that's means-!" Leo realized.

"Jack will be taking his own dragon's ATK as damage!" Akiza finished Leo's sentence.

"That's 2900 points of damage!" Bruno gasped. The attack struck the wall that formed around Andre's field, then bounced back and hit Jack.

"Yaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Jack cried out as the damage hit him and his D-Wheel spun out of control for a moment before eventually regaining control of his D-Wheel. (Jack's LP: 3800 - 2900 = 900.)

"Jack!" Yusei gasped.

"This is bad. He's almost past the safety line." Crow frowned. Bruno then looked at the computer and gasped.

"Yusei, look at this!" He called.

"What is it?" Yusei questioned, looking to see the screen.

"Something entered the air intake." Bruno told him. "Should he make a pit stop? It means we'll have less Speed Counters than them."

"Safety first. Jack should make a pit stop." Yusei replied. He glanced over at Leo before adding. "Leo, tell Jack to take a pit stop with our equipment we have."

"Right!" Leo said grabbing the sign.

"I place a card face-down and end my turn." Jack finished. (Jack/Andre's hand: 2 cards.) "I'll stop your tricks! You'll stop stealing my power when I acquire power you can't steal!" Then Jack saw the pitboard sign off the corner of his left eye. His expression showed that of shocked before scowling as he sped past. "Unbelievable! You want me to make a pit stop now?! You must be kidding! I'm continuing this duel!"

"Jack is gonna continue dueling?!" Bruno panicked. Crow rolled his eyes as Yusei and Akiza watched carefully.

"Stubborn as always." Crow muttered. Andre placed his right hand on top of his deck.

"Then it's back to me. Draw!" Andre declared. (Andre's hand: 3 cards. Jack's hand: 2 cards. Jack/Andre's SC: 3. Jack's LP: 900. Andre's LP: 4000.) He looked at his hand, then back at the field. He chuckled.

"Even if you use your trap, Guardian's Trust's effect, you cannot save yourself from defeat!" Andre grinned. "I activate Thunder Unicorn's effect! Now for every monster I control, your monster loses 500 ATK per monster I control!" Jack scowled as his dragon's ATK dropped to 1900

"So what? I only take 300 points of damage!" Jack shot back. "That's not gonna be enough to beat me this turn and you know it!" At Jack's retort, Andre smirked.

"Are you sure about that?" Andre inquired.

"What?" Jack questioned.

"Here! I'll show you! I activate the effect of my Voltic Twin-Bladed Warrior! By discarding it from my hand, I can target 1 LIGHT Beast-type, Thunder-type, or a monster with Thunder or Voltic in its card name I control, when I do this, that target can attack twice during this turn's Battle Phase!"

"What?!" Jack's eyes widened, shocked. Andre thrusted his right hand forward.

"In other words, you lose!" Andre grinned. "Battle! Thunder Unicorn! Attack Red Dragon Archfiend! Super Charging Bolt!" The unicorn charged towards Red Dragon Archfiend. Jack glanced at his face-down, then back at his dragon, then at his face-up continuous trap card, then at Andre.

If I'm going out, I'm letting my dragon stay on the field! Jack thought. Jack thrusted his right hand forward.

"I activate the effect of Guardian's Trust! I shuffle Flare Resonator back into the Deck in order to send Trust Guardian back to the Graveyard! Now Red Dragon Archfiend is safe from destruction as long as I give up 400 of its ATK!"

"What?!" Andre gaped.

"But that means-!" Breo began; just as shocked as Andre. Even Jean too, was surprised, to say the least.

"That Red Dragon Archfiend can survive both of Andre's attacks!" Jean finished, a shocked expression on his face. "I did not expect Jack to let his monster stay on the field while it also became weaker at the same time." Jack glanced at his Team's station.

Sorry guys… Jack thought. I couldn't give us a lead on them. But me losing will not be in vain! Akiza will kick this guy's ass! And use my Red Dragon Archfiend to do it! Jack watched as the 1st attack connected, not only weakening his dragon down to 1500 ATK, but also shaving off 300 of his LP; leaving him with 600 LP left. His D-Wheel spun out of control again, but he regained control of it shortly after.

"That's the first hit!" Leo panicked. "Now here comes the second!" The electric unicorn charged again at Andre's command. Jack thrusted his right hand forward.

"Trust Guardian effect!" Jack called out. "I reduce my dragon's ATK by 400 to prevent it from being destroyed!"

"Fine! Doesn't save you from defeat!" Andre shot back. "Super Charging Bolt!" The unicorn charged again and sent shocks through Jack's dragon. Even though it wasn't destroyed, Jack too, felt the shocks. He cried out as his remaining 600 LP dropped down to 0. Then as the smoke came from his D-Wheel the wheel suddenly stopped much to his shock. "

What?!" Jack gasped. The air intake exploded as Jack's D-Wheel spun out of control, causing a crash as he was sent flying; much to everyone's horror.

0713MM: So chapter 37 ends with a crash and burn for the almighty Jack Atlas! Shame he didn't take his friends warning. As for why I didn't follow the anime's version of the duel is because I wanted it to be different while I having the same end result from episode 98. As for Episode 99's duel result, I'm changing that up. You'll see once I write out chapter 38.^^