Yuya and his counterpart finally made it to the LDS School only to be greeted by Yuzu in some sort of strange outfit.

"Yuzu? Why are you here? Weren't you just at our school?" Yuya mused out loud.

"Yuzu? I dont have any clue what you are babbling on about but My name certainly is not Yuzu, however I was given orders to stop you." The girl huffed, puzzled at the strange accusation.

Yuto raised an eyebrow.

"Haha Stop joking around Yuzu, Just because you are wearing different clothes and different hair style you can't fool me." Yuya laughed.

"Believe what you wish, but My name is not Yuzu. It's Serena." She closed her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Serena?" Yuya asked blankly

"Your kidding right? Yuzu Please stop joking around." Yuya pleaded.

"Enough talking! You seem to be clueless but I honestly don't give a fuck who you think i am. I intended to stop you so fight me!" Serena demanded.

Yuto shook his head.

Its useless Yuya, Shes not Yuzu and she's clearly our enemy, but honestly we really don't have time to duel. Let me take over for a second." he said.

"What are you planning?" Yuya whispered.

"Were gonna fight our way and escape."

"W-What?!" Yuya asked

A bright flash of light came from the pendulum and suddenly Yuya found his body fading and turning transparent.

"W-whats happening?" Serena looked surprised.

When the light that blinded Serena faded she found her self face to face with Yuto who responded by knocking her out with a swift punch to the stomach.

Who-who are you?" Serena gasped as she began to slowly fade out of consciousness.

"Don't you remember? Your horrible dimensional army fused us together...Don't tell me you have forgotten...or is it that you don't make an effort to remember the ones your kind have tortured? Were only part of your 'hunting games' after all." Yuto said coldly.

Yuya sat there in shock, still trying to figure out what was happening to his body. He could see through his own body as if it was only half there.

"Yuto? What is happening to me?" Yuya asked trying to grab Yuto on the shoulder only to find his hand going through Yuto.

"What?!" Yuya yelled.

"I dont' know what your talking about. They would never be that cruel..." Serena Said in disbelief.

"Before blindly following orders, make sure that the contents of the package match whats on the label. however as long as you are still under the influence of Academia and you attempt to fight us, In my eyes you are considered an enemy but I am not cruel. I do show mercy to those who are ignorant of the situation at hand and furthermore I don't have time to deal with you so let this be a warning." Yuto said

"They can't see me?" yuya questioned.

"No I can see you. but she can't." Yuto told Yuya in his mind.

Yuya looked at Serena and was about to go walk up to her only to find his body slowly rising off the floor and floating

"Whoa Hey whats going on?" Yuya asked.

"I will explain later." Yuto said flatly.

"You-You I will find you and bring you back to the fusion dimension! I have orders!" Sernea said as she slowly passed out

Yuto slowly walked off as Yuya could feel a large pain go through his body.

"Ahh!" Yuya gasped.

"you have to follow me Yuya, you cant be more than 20 feet away from me other wise that happens. trust me i tried." Yuto told Yuya.

"W-What is going on? I want to know. Tell me now Yuto!" Yuya asked.

"Right now you are in the position i was in before. I'm the main body right now and you are the spirit." Yuto told yuya

"So wait...I'm a ghost?" Yuya asked.

"Kind of except for you are not dead. Your soul is attached to my body. Technically if you wanted to you could still take control of my arms if you wanted to or my legs or something."

Yuya controlled Yutos arm to smack Yuto in the face only to find Him feel the same exact pain that he just inflicted on Yuto on himself.

"Ow!" Yuya cried out.

"Yeah, I forgot to mention..anything i feel you do as well." Yuto said holding his cheek.

"Okay change me back then," Yuya said angrily.

"Not right now. I don't have enough energy to change you back right now. it will have to wait. I will go and get some answers out of Reiji!" Yuto told yuya.

"No!" Yuya responded.

"Why not?" Yuto glared at yuya

"B-Because...You...Um well how do i put this?"

"You think I'm going to use violence to get answers out of him don't you?" Yuto sighed.

Yuya nodded.

"To be honest If i was the person i was a few days ago i probably would have, But I'm beginning to think that violence dose not suit me. I have rebelled against the fusion dimension time and time again but i am riding on a single hope this time... And just once i would like to see if this hope will lead me to victory." Yuto said staring at Yuya.

"W-What hope is that?" Yuya asked.

Yuto smiled and closed his eyes.

"Duels...with smiles."

Yuyas face lit up. He wasn't sure why but he felt happy seeing Yuto smiling for once. It wasn't something he did often so it was rather nice. Mabye Yuto was changing. Yuya hoped he could smile more often.

"Y-Yuto..."

Yuto's face went back to a neutral expression. He was not used to such emotions as the one he just did but he thought he would at the very least show Yuya that he was attempting to grasp the concept. He was hopeful and he wanted to believe that Yuya's dueling style would bring hope to the Xyz dimension too.

Yuto figured that even if they could not Defeat the Fusion dimension, There was another way to turn the situation around. using dueling as a tool of conflict is something Yuya was against, but then...how could they fight back? the answer was actually not complicated but it was an answer no one except Yuya would think of, and Yuto who began to grasp Yuyas thinking began to finally piece together the answer.

its not that they really had to fight back at all, rather that's the problem in the first place. The problem was that by fighting back they were already falling victim to the clutches of Academia. No one ever said they had to accept their invitation to duel in the first place. If they had just kept smiling and dueling each other and had ignored the temptation to fight the soldiers they could have avoided the loss of so many wonderful people.

Yuto had to convince the people of heartland to stop fighting and start spreading smiles and maybe the soldiers would taste defeat, but not the defeat of revenge, rather the realization that they have no control over some one who wont play their game, and furthermore the realization its no fun to bully someone who wont cry, whine or rebel. perhaps if they succeed they may decide to just release the hostages inside the cards too. Its the fighting that's the issue, and dueling should only be done if its for the purpose of entertainment.

That's why Yuya's entertainment duels serve as a symbol of hope. And to bring everyone smiles regardless if they are enemy's or not. An enemy has a potential to become a friend given the right circumstances and if the goal is to bring smiles to the world, then those could even be the circumstances for them to release the hostages from the cards on their own. The answer to the problem is not an immediate solution and it would take a ton of convincing, and that;s exactly why no one would ever think of it, Unless you look at things from another prospective: Yuya's prospective and although Yuya himself did not think of this solution to the problem, He was the one who inspired it. The only thing left for Them was to find a way to convince them. The only Answer Yuto could think of was... an entertainment duel to be held in the Xyz dimension or...better yet, One where all the dimensions can watch. It would be a duel broadcast ed in every area of the universe.

There was only one issue.

How is an entertainment duel done? He supposed he could watch Yuya and find out but he was rather embarrassed to ask. It wasn't something that fit his personality that well, but regardless He wanted to try it. He supposed he still had a little time before he had to do an entertainment duel because first they had to get through this rough patch, there would be plenty of time to ask questions later. The first business is to talk to Reiji.

After a little while they came across The white haired Akaba Reiji who came out with reira clinging to his shirt as he silently backed away behind reiji.

"Go back inside Reira." Akaba Reiji said.

"B-But"

"Go now." Akaba Reiji glared at Reira and struck fear into the little boy's eyes.

Riera went back inside without hesitation as if he were nothing but a puppet.

Yuto stood there silently.

"I wonder if he knows I'm here. He did, after all, see the duel on the monitor." Yuya wondered.

"What are you two doing here so early? I told you 14 days, and its only been one. " Reiji asked.

"...I guess he does." Yuya sighed.

"We Need to know. What is this opportunity?" Yuto asked.

Akaba Reiji sighed.

"I suppose If you want to know the answer I can give it to you now. The fusion dimension is planning on invading this dimension next. We are planning on traveling to the fusion dimension to stop them."

"What!?" Yuya gasped.

Yuto looked up at Reiji.

"So... why Us?"

"Because You are one of the keys to this mission." Akaba Reiji explained.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Yuto asked.

"You will find out soon enough," Reiji told them with a sigh.

"So wait is it just going to be us?" Yuto mused.

"No. That would be foolish." Reiji said flatly as he used his index finger to push up his glasses.

"This Reiji person seems mysterious...should we trust him?" Yuya asked Yuto.

"I don't trust him either, however, he is the only lead we have," Yuto told Yuya in his mind.

"What do you have in mind to possibly stop them?" Yuto questioned him trying to get a better answer out of reiji. it was almost they were talking to one those annoying salesman. . they try to sell you their product but when you ask for specifics they dance around the question. unless you ask the right questions you wont get an answer out of them.

Akaba Reiji just stared at Yuto and then gave a slight smile, it was not a pleasant smile nor was it an obvious one, rather it was one that told the two fused counterparts that he was not going to give out any further information. it sort of struck a tiny bit of fear into Yuya's spirit. he did not like it.

it felt like akaba reiji only thought of them as pawns needed to complete specific objectives. he referred to them as "keys" rather than actual living people. what was Reiji planning?

"Are you not going to tell us?" Yuto asked with a scowl.

"You have other concerns you two should be focusing on at the moment. You need to protect Yuzu at all costs." Reiji said.

"Wait...Whats going to happen with Yuzu!?" Yuya said angrily clenching his fist.

"Calm down Yuya!" Yuto told him

"Sorry, your right."

"Why did you bring up Yuzu? What does she have to do with this?" Yuto glared.

Reiji stared Yuto dead in the eyes with a cold stare.

"You of all people should remember what Academia did to Shuns sister."

At the mention Ruri, Yuto bit his lip. To be perfectly honest, Ruri's location was unknown to him and shun. She, who had been missing was assumed to be whisked away to fusion dimension by Academia, But more specifically Some hooded boy with a very familiar face. Come to think of it, It was not just any familiar face, It was his own face. For a while now, he had been seeing his own face everywhere and before today he automatically assumed the kidnapper was yugo...So if it was not yugo.

Yuto took a gasp of realization and looked at Yuya.

Was it yuya this whole time? The person he admired, was he the kidnapper?

Yuto watched yuya in horror until he realized that yuya was floating around Akaba Reiji and making funny faces at him knowing he could not see him. He put his hand through reijis head.

"Look yuto, My hand goes right through his head. This is hilarious."

Yuto shook his head.

"There's no way an idiot like you would be a kidnapper," Yuto told yuya in his mind.

"W-What!? Hey! What is that supposed to mean? And why would I kidnap anyone?" Yuya Spat.

Yuto felt relived. Aside from when he was berserk, Yuya is A kind heart ed boy who honestly would never do such a thing like that. That much Yuto had no doubts about. The only issue now is, Who was it who kidnapped Ruri. The only answer that Yuto could think of now was...there was a 4th counterpart running around.

"So Ruri who was kidnapped, you're saying that it will happen to Yuzu?" yuto asked akaba reiji to confirm.

"It's entirely possible."

Yuya, who once was having fun goofing around, suddenly felt depressed as his hair began to droop in a downwards angle as if it was responding to his emotions as well. He looked like a sad kitten. And although Reiji could not see Yuya, it was almost like the aura of the entire room changed when it happened Making it easy to sense that yuya was depressed.

"I don't want anyone to be kidnapped because of me," Yuya told yuto.

"She won't get kidnapped," Yuto told him.

"How do you know?" Yuya asked.

Reiji pushed up his glasses.

"There is one more issue left to address." Reiji interrupted.

Yuya and yuto both looked at Reiji.

"The matter of how you will hide from the fusion dimension until i prepare my announcement. I have prepared A solution for this. This will mean One thing though. I will need to talk to your mother about your situation. Can you handle that?" Reiji Told them.

Yuya froze as Reiji brought up his mother. How on earth would she accept the fact that right now he is only a spirit residing in Yuto's body? Why the hell did Reiji want to tell his mother? Yuya did not like this.

"Tell him I refuse. I don't want my mother finding out about this." Yuya begged yuya.

"We accept," Yuto said flatly.

Yuya fell head first to the ground at Yutos words. His leg twitched at the thought that yuto completely ignored him.

"Hey! I told you no! Why do you always do exactly the opposite of what i want you to? You always do this. I thought we were starting to understand each other!" Yuya hissed.

" Since when have I not done what you want me to?" Yuto seriously questioned in his mind.

"For example, The time you Started touching me. Yuya began to turn red.

"That's not what you told me then...Your words were exactly as follows 'do as you like...' If you had actually told me 'No.' I would have stopped then

Yuya turned red.

"You still did it without permission at first." Yuya pointed out.

"You know what That one was my bad... I guess it is true, I have not been listening to you. Sorry, again."

Yuto sighed. He was not used to this. For so long He had been living in a world where he just did everything he could to survive. He never had to consult with anyone before actually doing anything, he just fought. Furthermore, these emotions of affection were not a concept he really grasped either. He knew they existed since he was feeling them, but he did not know how to handle it since he never dealt with this emotion in the past especially not because of someone from the same gender. He never imagined himself to be 'gay' and when he first fell in love with yuya, He tried to deny the feelings. He wanted to deny them, He did not ask for these horrible tormenting feelings either. He hated himself for it.

He wondered If yuya did not like him because he just did not have feelings for him...or because he was straight. He supposed he never really asked. It was rather strange though. If yuya was indeed straight, why would he tell yuto that He would put some thought into the answer? If it were any normal straight male they would have just flat out said no. Did this mean Yuya was actually putting thought about going out with Yuto? Yuto had not considered that, and this made him feel even worse once he realized it. Yuto was trying to push an answer out of yuya. He needed time to consider his options and yuto was making it harder for him to decide. It was not that yuya was saying it would never happen.

"Its okay, Just give me time to think this over. please tell akaba I need to think." Yuya told yuto.

"Okay."

"Yuya said he needs more time to think about this." Yuto told akaba

"Fine, i await your answer. However If you plan to use more time I will need an answer by the end of the day. In the mean time i need you to do me a favor before you go home."

'whats the favor?" Yuto asked.

"The synchro duelist has just defeated a member of the fusion dimension. The same synchro duelist you talked to before coming here, I need you to find him again and give him my number. I need to speak with him."

"What do you want with...Yugo?" Yuto asked remembering the whole thing about getting his name wrong time and time again. He still felt really stupid for assuming he was Pawn of fusion just because of his name sounding like the word fusion. What a horrible

miscommunication.

he still was confused about one thing. Why did Yugo attack yuto assuming he stole things from him? Was that also a miscommunication on yugos part? The idea that there is a 4th counterpart who was going around stealing things...or people sounded

even more possible than before.

"That is a business for later." Akaba reiji explained.

Yuya looked around the room and finally noticed The display of cameras and screens around the room. Just what the hell is this room for? It seemed like every area of the city was being monitored on these screens. Just who is this akaba reiji? It sort of creep ed yuya out.

~~x~~

As yuya and yuto left the building to go look for yugo, Yuya could not hide the suspicious feeling that he was being watched. Honestly it would not surprise Yuya if it was Akaba reijis cameras but it was not the case at all.

A boy with spiked black and purple hair with blonde wavy hair smiled as Yuto walked by. a pyramid shaped pendant swung to the side as he saw Yuya floating right by him.

"Aibou Is something the matter?" Atem asked Yugi as he saw them.

"I saw a boy floating next to the other boy. Looks like hes also chosen by the spirits." Yugi told Atem.

"Oh?" Atem said hugging Yugi.

Yugi blushed.

"What the hell was that for?" Yugi raised his fist in the air

"Looks like someone interesting for us to challenge in the future," Atem smiled.

"Yeah," Yugi said as he turned around and walked off in the other direction.

"Let's meet again."