Sat within a room, a white collared youth with black trousers and blue shoes was sitting at a metal desk with a laptop flipped open as the individual was typing before pausing then turned around, where the youth's eyes should have been was a simple letter A with nondescript features, uncertain if they were a male or a female as they gave a smile, staring directly as the individual sheepishly rubbed their head in embarrassment.

"Oh hello there, I didn't hear you come in, welcome to my humble abode where I write my fanfics among other stuff I do, I'm StardustXtreme and if you all enjoyed this story, I thank you each and every one of you for sticking by me when I practically was churning out Chapters like two or three times a week back in the day, after taking a long extended break due to obviously burnout, I have.. well, I suppose a rather delayed announcement for you all since this is after it just was uploaded a few weeks ago so read on ahead to see what it is that I have cooked up during my extended vacation."

The entire scene faded to a black screen before it begun to flicker, fizzling with white noise before it finally connected, showing the rather familiar city of Maiami before immediately changing to a brown haired youth wearing a red shirt with a black short-sleeved jacket with a breast pocket on either side that remained zipped up and two bigger pockets to place his hands in while it also reached his waist, his lower attire consisted of black trousers with a red line going down the side of the pant legs with a black belt with a sliver buckle holding it up as most notably there was the deck box firmly attached on his right hip, his feet had black trainers with red laces, if one looked at the underside.

"Haruto!" A familiar called out as Haruto turned around before the scene changed with Haruto standing in front of the You Show Duel School with Yuzu. "Have you ever heard of Action Duels?" Yuzu asked before the scene changed again to black.

"Another dream about her..." Haruto's voice narrated as a young girl with long maroon and dark red hair, similar in style to Ruri's while her hairstyle was held together in a similar fashion of Ruri's and Yuzu with a mix of hair-clips, her clothing being quite similar to the Duel Suit that Rin wore, she also wore a thigh strap, similar to Serena's Duel Academy uniform briefly appeared before fading away into the darkness

"I will hunt down every last one of you!" Kurosaki's voice cried out defiantly as the scene changed to the city of Heartland as his opponent was Sora answered. "It's all just a hunting game to us!" as the ruins of the Action Field burning were terrifying with Haruto sitting in the stands, visibly sweating and having on e hand over his face as his lone brown eye momentarily changed to a purple the scene changing to the ruins of Heartland.

"When did Duelling turn into this!?" Ruri's voice cried out as she held Sayaka, her voice strained and tearful with Yuto and Kurosaki standing close by, amidst the devastation before it changed to Ruri facing off against a hooded individual within a dead end, preparing to strap on her Duel Disk, her expression determined,

"Duelling is meant to bring smiles to everyone! This... isn't entertainment!" Yuya's voice cried out in distress as Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon absorbed an Overlay Unit as it unleashed Treason Discharge, further binding Isao's monster as Yuya's eyes were glowing red as he emanated a dark aura with a smile.

"If you don't like playing tag... then by your actions, if I win, you'll listen to what I have to say, right?" Yuri's voice said from under the hood before it changed to the same hooded man carrying Rin over his shoulder as a ghostly image of Haruto attempted to reach out after the pair.

The whole scene changed again to another familiar scene as it was the stadium where the Friendship Cup was being held. "Welcome to the Friendship Cup! We have quite a roster of participants this year! So much so we had to make a bigger tournament!" Melissa cried out as the audience cheered before the whole area changed without warning again.

"Kurosaki!" Haruto called out within a hallway as Kurosaki stood still, his back facing Haruto who just run after him. "What do you want?" Kurosaki's asked, his tone being somewhat strained. "Tell me... who is Ruri?" Haruto asked before finding himself slammed up against the wall, Kurosaki's arm holding up against his throat, his expression turning to one of a dark intimidating aura. "Why do you know that name!?"

"You will return those girls to me! The Professor-" The Doktor said before Haruto voice came, the scene changing as it changed one of the garden of the Academia with him and Haruto standing in front of Rin and Ruri who remained close to him, their expressions filled with dread as the Obelisk Soldiers surrounded the premises. "I don't care what your Professor wants! Nobody deserves to experience what they been through! I'm going to protect them!" Haruto called out as everything changed again.

"Why do you feel so familiar to me?" Serena asked as Haruto and her stood in the dark of night, on the streets of Maiami, Serena's facial expression with a look of uncertainty as Haruto looked at her, unsure as to how to respond with such a question posed to him before the scene changed once more.

"Dennis! You're the one responsible for what Ruri and Rin went through! I'm never going to forgive you or your friend!" Haruto said seething as Dennis smiled. "I'm not looking for forgiveness Haruto, it was just business, I activate my Trap! Now, your monster will attack mine!" Dennis said as there a monster similar to Red-Eyes Black flare Dragon except it looked more sleek with more jagged edges with a obvious metal shine with red lines spanning it's wings and body, the Red-Eyes letting out a enraged roar before swiping a metal claw in which the slash marks were black liquid like metal metamorphosing into crystallized blades.

"Haruto can't control his monster any more!" Tsukikage stated as Reiji looked at the battle with the lenses of his glasses hiding his eyes. "It's like it's gone berserk with rage," Reiji calmly observed before everything changed again.

Haruto found himself standing within the grassy field, the wind blowing as he was alone ebfore he heard a voice. "Haru..." Haruto turned around to see the same long, maroon and dark red haired woman stoo,d his eyes shadowed as Haruto looked at her. "Just... who are you?" Haruto asked before everything changed once more.

"With Arc-V, I can finally bring back Rei! Haru! Don''t you miss her too!?" Leo said as Haruto tched and got himself back up, a Duel in progress. "That's not who I am any more! Yuzu... Serena... Rin... Ruri... They have lives too and you don't see them as people!" Haruto said, clenching his fist before swinging it to the side, opening his hand, his facial expression one of anger. "You've abandoned your own family, turned people into cards, torn other families apart and invaded other dimensions just to try and bring everything back together!? You had no right to do any of that!" Haruto pointed at Leo.

"You want what's best for you! Not what's best for other people! I know whoever I was before, he wouldn't approve of this! So, I'm going to stop you and your ambitions! Right here, right now!" Haruto declared before he was beginning to draw as everything turned dark.

Haruto was then surrounded by Yuzu, Serena, Rin and Ruri in a building, Serena with arms crossed, Yuzu with hands on her sides, Ruri with arms behind her back and Rin having a disturbingly sweet smile. "Haruto... we had a talk... and we want to know.. How do you feel towards us?" Yuzu asked as Haruto blinked in confusion. "In.. what way?" Haruto asked slowly, as if dreading the answer and Serena puffed her cheeks.

"Are you that stupid?! R-romantically of course!" Serena blurted in a stutter and the five individuals faces turned notably redder with such a blunt answer. "W-what made you all want to ask me that!?" Haruto asked in genuine embarrassed tone before everything turned dark and a creepy demonic voice spoke in the pitch black darkness with the Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V Logo with underneath, the words Red-Eyes emblazoned in dark red bold with black outlines before there was a shine underneath as the words Redux formed.

"All... will become one and I... shall return!" The voice said before cackling before everything returned to the room where the Author was, they were sat in front of a TV with a glass filled with obviously cola and ice as they sipped through a metal straw as the camera panned from the TV to the author, as if wordlessly waiting for an answer.

"Ah, you're back, I imagine you have many questions with this little sneak trailer but I'm afraid I won't answer or share what scenes you saw, I'm entitled to surprising my readers after all so I ask that nobody floods my reviews or PM box with questions, especially in regards to both the original and the Redux with what this teaser shown... All I will say is Yu-Gi-Oh ARC: Red Eyes is back and its going to be better than ever, I already stated when new Chapters will be posted in the Redux but just to clarify, it'll be every Sunday or every two Sundays in a month depending on circumstances." The author said calmly before sipping the drink through the straw again, lowering the quantity of the liquid in their glass.

"But you're still here expecting a bit more to tide you over? Well, I can't give you a release date because it's already gone by or the pairings were decided by a poll so I'm afraid I got nothing" The author set down the glass down on a small side table.

"I do however, hope those of you who thoroughly enjoyed the original will continue to support me through the Redux version of this story, I felt I could of done better with the original so it didn't stay mostly on the tracks of the Canon-verse of ARC-V but after writing up some ideas, I decided to go down this route... I can't promise it'll be up to everyone's satisfaction, all I can do is my best and make this improved story the best I can give it." the author stated before standing up as the camera following to remain at eye level.

"I hope everyone will enjoy the Redux from now into the foreseeable future and continue to support me through this endeavor, especially in such trying times with the recent pandemic that's happening around the world... until then..." The author gave a polite forward bow with arms at their sides.

"This is StardustXtreme and I hope to see you all next time." The author stated before standing up straight before everything faded to black once more,