I finished my lesson in LDS today and Sally went ahead since she had a project to do in Duel Monsters History

'I guess that means I have free time for myself' I thought 'so what am I going to do today?'

As I walked the streets I was shoved aside to see Shingo's dad running fast, with look of worry on his face

'What did Shingo get himself into now?' I sighed 'might as well find out I guess'

I followed Mr. Sawatari to the hospital and saw Shingo completely covered in bandages with his lackeys trying to calm him down

'As usual' I shook my head 'always wanting attention'


I sat down quietly on a non-arguable spot when Shingo shouted that Yuya was the culprit of his condition. Mr. Sawatari agreed and decided to make a mob to get favor on being reelected

I shivered at the thought of Shingo's dad getting the seat of power, luckily that was stopped when Henrietta Akaba visited and made a plan that all of them will be satisfied

'I'm surprised that they didn't even notice me' I smiled 'then again Mrs. Akaba is a lady who protects her company and the school with the right planning'

After the group left, I frowned when Shingo took off his cast and ate his snacks with glee

"So how was the victim act Shingo?" the guy froze and slowly turned to see me "boo"

He screamed falling to his butt and shook in fright

"W-what do you want?!"

"The truth" I answered staring intently at him

And so he told me everything he saw and felt right down to his near death experience

"So that's why you acted like a victim earlier" I frowned 'how much more pathetic you can get?' I went for the door and stopped making one last look at him 'I hope that you learn to not run your mouth off'


I walked out of the hospital seeing the sun set, I started thinking on Shingo's culprit

'Shingo said that Yuya was the person that put him in the hospital' I scratched my head 'but that doesn't make any sense! Shingo said that he used an Xyz dragon and Yuya used a Pendulum version' my eyes widen upon recalling Reiji's discussion 'could it be possible...?'

I then felt a vibration in my pocket. I pulled out my duel disk to see my mom's name on the screen, I answered the call "Hello?"

"Hi sweetie!" my mom beamed "listen, your dad and I will be visiting Sally's parents tonight so we will be coming home late okay?"

"I understand" I nodded "have a good evening"

I placed my duel disk in my pocket and walked to the pier where Shingo dueled against Xyz Yuya

"I wonder if that Xyz guy is still here?" I asked to myself

"Looking for me?" a voice spoke from behind me

I screamed in fright and jumped forward hitting my head against one of the metal crates


"Ow..." I groaned while rubbing my face. I turned to see, to what I guess, Yuya's Xyz counterpart and he looked like my friend except having a serious expression with his clothes looking like he came out of a war-torn battlefield

"Yes I am" I answered "I wanted to know why you are here and not in your home dimension"

The guy's eyes widen a bit before they narrowed "how did you know?"

"I was trusted enough from the higher ups about that" I replied "so... are you going to answer me?"

He looked away from me giving the impression that his home was a hard topic

"I expected this" I sighed sadly before placing the duel disk onto my arm "since you won't talk... I have to duel you"

"Why are you doing this?" he questioned before activating his duel disk "you will only get hurt"

"I want answers" I replied honestly "and this duel will be the proof"


Jason LP: 4000

Xyz Yuya LP: 4000

"Ore no tan" Xyz Yuya pulled 4 cards from his hand "kado yon mai settei, tan endo"

"My turn" I drew my card "I set this card facedown and activate a spell from my hand, Heavy Storm!"

A tornado appeared around us destroying all Spell and Trap cards in the field

"Why did you use that spell?" Xyz Yuya blinked "you just destroyed your own card!"

"To activate the effect of my trap, Hero Medal" I smiled revealing said card "should it be destroyed while it's set and sent to the graveyard" I pulled out the card "I can shuffle this back in my deck" and placed it in my deck before it reshuffled "giving me a chance to get a good draw on my next turn"

"Next I activate the spell card Polymerization" I pulled the fusion materials from my hand "fusing Elemental HEROs Bladedge and Wildheart"

"Hero of blades, warrior of the forest. Unite your strength and face the enemy" my monsters appeared before turning into a swirling vortex "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Wildedge!"

Elemental HERO Wildedge (Lvl:8 ATK:2600)

Xyz Yuya stared at my Fusion monster and looked away making me wonder if my deck made him remember something, but I shook them away and focused on the duel

"Battle!" I declared "I attack you directly"

Xyz Yuya shook off his memories and steeled himself "I activate my trap card from the graveyard, The Phantom Knights of Shadow Veil" he spoke "when a direct attack is declared I can summon this card as a monster on my field" he took the cards out "and I choose all three of them!"

He special summoned his three Shadow Veils in defense position

The Phantom Knights of Shadow Veil (Lvl: 4 DEF:300x3)

I smiled that he made a surprising defense to keep his lifepoints safe from my attack "continue the attack Wildedge"

My hero raised his arm and shot energy blades destroying all the monsters at once creating a large explosion sending my opponent skidding backward

'Actual feeling without the Action field' I narrowed my eyes 'something must have happened to make this possible' I looked at Xyz Yuya as he walked back into position "I place one card facedown ending my turn"


Xyz Yuya's eyes narrowed at his empty field and I decided to talk again

"Hey" I called "when I brought out my power to you, why did you look away?"

His eyes turned sad... I gulped feeling my stomach churn knowing that the answer will hit me hard

"Fusion..." he spoke "destroyed my home..."

Okay that struck me like a ton of bricks, I just made him relive painful moments with my skill, but I shook those thoughts away knowing that this is my only chance for answers


"Ore no tan, doro" Xyz Yuya looked at his hand "I summon The Phantom Knights of Rugged Glove"

The Phantom Knights of Rugged Glove (Lvl:3 ATK:1000)

"And when I control a level 3 Phantom Knights monster, I can special summon The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots"

The phantom Knights of Silent Boots (Lvl:3 ATK:200)

'Now he has two level 3 monsters...' I gulped 'I hope I can stand up after this'

"I overlay my two level 3 Phantom Knights and build the overlay network" the 2 monsters turned into purple streamers and entered a galaxy portal before exploding

"Warrior of the fallen, return to battle and fight again" he chanted "Xyz summon! The Phantom Knights of Break Sword!"

The Phantom Knights of Break Sword (Rnk:3 ATK:2000)

"I activate Rugged Glove's monster effect" he called "should this monster be used for an Xyz summon, the Xyz monster gains 1000 ATK points this turn"

The Phantom Knights of Break Sword (ATK:2000-3000)

"Battoru!" Xyz Yuya pointed at my hero "destroy Wildedge Break Sword"

The Xyz monster dashed forward and swung it's blade cutting my monster in half before exploding, I braced against the shockwave but failed sending me flying and hitting the concrete ground

Jason LP: 4000-3400


I groaned as I stood up from my taste of risky dueling, I can feel my body shake a bit at this duel, no doubt that I'm risking my health from this point

"Tan endo" he then looked at me "at this moment Break Sword's ATK returns to normal"

The Phantom Knights of Break Sword (ATK:3000-2000)

"I can see that you are someone that wouldn't fight out of anger" my eyes focused on his monster "and your monster's name makes it easy that a heavy burden has been placed on your shoulders" I reached for my deck 'but I know that a heavy burden can lead the subconscious to hatred'

"My turn" I drew my card "I activate the spell card Pot of Greed" I drew two more cards "then I summon Heroic Challenger-Double Lance"

The monster appeared on my field

Heroic Challenger-Double Lance (Lvl:4 ATK:1700)

"I activate Double Lance's effect" I called "I can special summon another Double Lance from my hand or graveyard in DEF mode" I pulled out the card from my hand and placed it on my arm blade

Heroic Challenger-Double Lance (Lvl:4 DEF:900)

'Now he has two level 4 monsters' his eyes widen a bit 'masaka...!'

I looked at my two monsters and raised my arm "I overlay my two Double Lances and build the overlay network!" my monsters turned into bronze streamers and entered the spiral portal making an explosion

"Champion of the light, enter this battle and fight your opponents with your sword" I chanted "Xyz summon! Heroic Champion-Excalibur!"

Heroic Champion-Excalibur (Rnk:4 ATK:2000)

I smiled at my success of performing my first Xyz summon and Excalibur felt the same way as he entered the duel

"I activate Excalibur's effect" my champion pulled out his sword and raised it up "by using 2 overlay units, his ATK points doubles!"

Heroic Champion-Excalibur (ATK:2000-4000)

"Now Excalibur!" I pointed at Break Sword "attack that monster with heroic crush!"


Xyz Yuya flew back but flipped his body and skidded against the floor as his lifepoints deducted

Xyz Yuya LP: 4000-2000

He then called "when Break Sword is destroyed with overlay units still attached, I can special summon them back to my field with one level added"

The two Phantom Knights appeared again on Xyz Yuya's field

The Phantom Knights of Rugged Glove (Lvl:3-4)

The Phantom Knight of Silent Boots (Lvl:3-4)

Xyz Yuya looked at Jason with confusion, the Fusion monster led him internally hate the guy for bringing up painful moments from the past and yet Jason made a surprising move by bringing out an Xyz monster. Then he rubbed his eyes in disbelief and for a second... he saw a familiar face

The figure looked adult in age with red and black spiky hair, red eyes. He wore a blue shirt under a red vest, white pants with flame imprints on the ankles

He shook that thought away when Jason ended his turn with a facedown card "ore no tan" he drew "I overlay my level 4 Phantom Knights and build the overlay network"

The 2 monster changed into purple streamers and entered the galaxy portal causing an explosion

"Dragon formed from rebellious nature...enter this battle and crush the mighty with your fangs!" Xyz Yuya chanted "Xyz summon! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon"

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (Rnk:4 ATK:2500)


I gulped at seeing the dragon that caused Shingo's defeat, but there's no way I can surrender now. I made a vow to never use that option, and I still have my suspicions that the survivors might fall into the vengeful path

"Battle" Xyz Yuya called "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon attack Excalibur" the dragon's metal protrusions opened creating energy wings and flew forward "rebellious fang crush!"

"I activate my trap card!" I pressed the touchscreen of my duel disk revealing my facedown card "Negate Attack, this stops the battle and ends your turn"

"I activate a spell card from my graveyard" Xyz Yuya pointed out "Phantom Doom Spear" the card revealed itself on the field "when my opponent activates a trap card, I can banish this to negate the effect and destroy it" he then pointed at me "additionally you take 100 points of damage"

The card turned into a spear and flew right at me and I barely dodged as the tip scratched my arm

Jason LP: 3400-3300

Then the Xyz dragon continued the attack and struck my monster in the chest causing a big explosion making me shield from the rushing winds as my lifepoints deducted

Jason LP: 3300-2800

"kado ichi mai settei" Xyz Yuya called "tan endo"


I coughed a bit from the cloud of smoke made from the attack earlier, I looked at Xyz Yuya and I can see confusion in his eyes, but there was something in me that was trying to reach out to him.

I took deep breathe, I have no cards in my hand and all that is left for me to fight back was in the draw 'okay deck I'm in a tough spot here' I placed my hand on the cards 'I may lose this... but I will fight to the end!'

"My move..." I steeled myself on my cards hoping that they will answer my heart "I DRAW!"

I looked at my card and smiled "I'm glad that you answered me" I muttered "I activate the spell, Fusion Banishment" I inserted the card into spell/trap slot "I banish Fusion materials from my graveyard and summon a Fusion monster from my extra deck"

"I remove Elemental HERO Wildedge and Heroic Champion-Excalibur!" I said taking said materials out of play surprising my opponent

"Hero of Fusion, combine with light and shine through!" I chanted as my monsters turned into a swirling vortex "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO The Shining"

My monster appeared and true to his name, the HERO's power shined like the sun making me and my opponent shield our eyes

Elemental HERO The Shining (Lvl:8 ATK:2600)


Xyz Yuya was practically stunned that Jason used a Fusion summon with an Xyz monster as the material 'fusing with an Xyz monster?' his thoughts stopped when Jason spoke again


"I activate Shining's effect" I called "he gains 300 ATK points for every Elemental HERO that was banished"

Elemental HERO The Shining (ATK:2600-2900)

"Now Shining" I pointed at Xyz Yuya's dragon "attack Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon"

My HERO dashed forward to attack and Xyz Yuya's dragon retaliated creating sparks in the battle, I smiled at the intensity that both monsters made, I feel like I was dueling for the pro-leagues

"I activate my continuous trap" Xyz Yuya called "Phantom Fog Blade!" the weapon flew out of the card and slashed the area creating a giant fog making the our monsters miss each other "this card stops your monster's attack"

Both our monsters returned to our fields with Xyz Yuya continuing "while this card is active your monster's effect is negated and cannot attack in the duel"

Elemental HERO The Shining (ATK:2900-2600)

"And I cannot choose the target monster for attacks" he finished

I smiled seeing his last attempt on giving me mercy "I guess this ends my turn" I looked at my monster "you did great Shining" I beamed before looking intently at my opponent "and don't think of holding back on your next turn" I narrowed my eyes "you have to finish me off or I'll finish you off"


Xyz Yuya was at a turmoil, he made a vow not hurt anyone, and yet his opponent will not yield to his loss and outright declares to be beaten in battle. He clenched his fists a bit at the tough decision that he has to hurt someone to end it...and yet he couldn't help but respect his opponent. For this duel has made him realize that the people have to experience the disaster to understand it

'Your eyes show a strong fire' he drew his card 'I hope in the future it will not consume you' he then raised his drawn card "I activate the quick-play spell, Emergency Provisions" the spell card revealed itself on the field "I send cards I control to the grave and gain 1000 life points"

The trap card on his field was sent to the graveyard

Xyz Yuya LP: 2000-3000

Elemental HERO The Shining (ATK:2600-2900)

"Monsuta koka hatsudo!" he declared "I use one overlay unit to target a level 5 or higher monster and deduct their ATK points by half while raising dragon's ATK points by that amount"

The Xyz dragon's overlay unit disappeared causing it's wings to release an electrical discharge making my monster to struggle from the effect

"Treason discharge!"

Elemental HERO The Shining (ATK:2900-1450)

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (ATK:2500-3950)

"Once again I use the last overlay unit to activate my dragon's effect" Xyz Yuya added "treason discharge!

Elemental HERO The Shining (ATK:1450-725)

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (ATK:3950-4675)


I gulped hard at seeing the massive power up that the Xyz dragon carried, but I stood firm knowing that this was my decision to end the duel

"Now attack that monster" Dark Rebellion flew at it's intended target "rebellious fang crush!"

The attack collided with my monster causing a huge explosion sending me up to the air before landing harshly back down

Jason LP: 2800-0

Xyz Yuya: WIN


I can feel myself slip into unconscious, my breathe turned ragged and I can barely move my body. I looked up to see Xyz Yuya looking at me with sadness

"Nazeda?" he questioned "why didn't you surrender peacefully when you had the chance?"

"I'm a stupid person" I laughed causing me to cough slightly "but it was because I keep seeing people become arrogant upon hearing I surrender" I sighed before looking at him "I also continued because I was afraid that your scars will cause you to be vengeful in your quest" I then smiled slightly surprising him "thankfully that would never happen" my started to blur "for what it's worth..." my hand was losing grip "I'm happy to know that Xyz isn't an...enemy..."

With the final line leaving my mouth. I passed out


Yuto looked down at the fallen duelist before he did something that he stopped doing long ago...

He was shedding tears

Ever since his mission to enter the Standard dimension and look for clues on the academy's spies there, he only thought of the sorrow's in Heartland and the enemy causing it's destruction. He felt that it was pointless to remember the happy times which would cause pain to his heart

And then upon meeting this individual. It made him feel that the pain was being removed and he was happy to have encountered him

"Gomene" he said wiping the tears away "I didn't want to hurt you"

Suddenly his deck box glowed bright causing him to reach inside and pulled out a card and got surprised on the card that reacted

"Utopia" he then looked down at the fallen duelist and back at the card "so this is your new carrier"

Yuto remembered the words of his leader from the Resistance before he and his partner started their mission


Yuto and his partner Shay were about to enter the Standard dimension but stopped when they were told that the leader of the resistance wished to speak with Yuto

The leader walked toward Yuto. She was at least in her teenage years, but thanks to the invasion of the Fusion soldiers her demeanor looked more mature. she had fair skin, red piercing eyes and green hair tied in a sideways ponytail. Her cloak covered her entire body hiding the athletic build from the fight against the Fusion invasion force

Her name... Yuka Tsukumo

"Take this Yuto" Yuka said presenting Utopia to him

"But why Yuka-san?" Yuto blinked as he took the card "isn't this card important to you?"

"It is..." she nodded "but that card only brings back painful memories" she then took a deep breathe "listen well Yuto, I am not worthy to carry tou-san's heart thanks to the destruction here" she said "I know there is someone out there who can match his heart" she then made one last look at the card "and if you find that someone, this card will react"


Yuto smiled that his vision earlier wasn't a coincidence 'I'm glad to see that Yuma-sama's will continue' he placed the card on Jason's chest before standing up 'may this monster give you strength in the future'

He left the scene as a group of people ran into the area


Nakajima lead his group and saw Jason on the ground with injuries on his body and the area itself looked a bit messy with a couple small craters and claw marks

He pulled out his cellphone while the others carefully tended the young duelist on his injuries and searched the area for clues

"Shacho, we have found the source of the powerful Xyz summoning from earlier but arrived too late to see the culprit" he spoke quickly

"It's fine" Reiji replied "did you find anything in the area that could be considered a clue?"

"Only one sir" he responded before being given the item "it's an Xyz monster card with an unusual name"

"Tell me" the president continued in curiosity

"Number 39: Utopia"

"I see" Reiji replied feeling a bit disappointed that there are no proper leads of the situation on the sudden attack of LDS "regardless send the victim to the hospital and we will find answers when the person wakes up"

"Hai, wakarimashita" Nakajima pocketed his phone and led the group carrying Jason to the hospital for treatment and recovery


Author's notes:

Okay that the third chapter of this story and now Jason has carried the ace monster of the fallen hero in the Xyz (Zexal) dimension thanks to his daughter's decision

Now for questions;

Yuto not using Rugged Gloves effect-2 possible theories; Rugged Gloves' effect can only be used once per duel or Yuto's strong resolve to not hurt people makes him not use the effect should he bring out a stronger Xyz monster

Yuka Tsukumo-a child from Yuma Tsukumo and Tori Meadow's blood, who survived the attack from Duel Academy's invasion and founded the Resistance gathering survivors in the ruins of Heartland to fight back against the invading force.

Trivia: Yuka comes from Yuma's name and the word Katsu which translates to win meaning her cause to fight back against Duel Academy and win is to create a peaceful world where no one will fall victim to the disaster that her dimension was plunged into (at least that's what I can get when Yuto told Yuzu about his experiences)

Next chapter will be a flashback chapter about Jason's meeting with Sally in LDS... though I can sense that some of you readers will be giving me bad reviews when she reveals her deck and tactics

Be ready

OC card/s;

Fusion Banishment

Normal spell

Image: fusion materials going out of the Polymerization card

Effect: remove from play fusion materials from your graveyard and special summon a fusion monster from the extra deck (this summon is treated as fusion summon)

top card is inspired by the Miracle Fusion and Parallel World Fusion spell cards

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