Yukin and the others arrived in Nitro City in hopes of finding Zoey and allies. Instead, they found themselves in trouble. After a little mishap, they got themselves in trouble with the police. Yukin, Ristly, Siri, and Sylvester were on the verge of being arrested until they were saved by a few guys on duel runners. After saving them, they didn't slow down and kept driving. They soon found themselves in the lower parts of Nitro City.

"Hey, thanks for the save back there, but you are going to just let us go right?" Yukin asked the leader.

"No worries. We're taking you to my place so you can lay low." The driver said. They soon stopped in front of a small building. Once they were finally able to stop, the others were ready to go. "Nice work, guys. I'll take it from here."

"You got it, Ryo." One of them said before they all drove off.

"Who are you?" Siri questioned. The guy removed his black helmet and finally showed his face. He had blue spikey hair with piercings in his ear. He had a black jacket with a beige shirt underneath with grey pants and a black and grey stripped tie.

"The name is Ryo, the guy that just saved you guys from those tyrannical officers."

"Well, thanks I guess, but doesn't this mean you're going to get in trouble with them as well?" Yukin asked.

"Nothing new." Ryo said. "I like sticking it to those guys. They really look for any excuse just to arrest people. Anyway, come on inside and relax."

"Go inside there? A cockroach nest?" Sylvester said. Siri just stomped him on the foot for being rude. Yukin grabbed Ristly by the hand with all of them going inside. It might not look like much, but it does look like some people live there.

"Hey! I'm back!" Ryo called out. When he called out, three girls came out of hiding. One had blonde hair wearing a black jacket and pants with a yellow shirt. One had short lavender hair. She wore a blue top with navy blue shorts. The last one was a little shorter and had aqua-colored hair in long pig tails. She wore a blue sweater vest with a white shirt underneath and wore a green skirt and leggings.

"Ryo!" The smaller one said as she ran to him and hugged him.

"We're glad you made it back." The blonde one said.

"Yeah, but who are these guys? Are we taking in more strays?" The other one said.

"Let me introduce you." Ryo said to all of them. "Blondie is Rishi, the one with pigtails is Nova, and the one with a little attitude is Nene. These guys were in trouble with the cops and the higher-ups. I decided to help them out. Sorry, but I didn't get your names."

"That's okay, but it's a pity you don't know me." Sylvester said as he stepped forward. "I am the great Sylvester. These two are my manager, Yukin, and my secretary, Siri. Don't worry about them." Him saying that caused the two of them both to knock him on the head in anger.

"You want to try that again?" Yukin said.

"Why would I work for a dweeb like you?" Siri said.

"Hahah... Well, at least I know your names." Ryo said. He looked behind Yukin and saw Ristly hiding behind him. "What about the kid?"

"This is Ristly." Yukin said. "I'm guessing he's a little shy and socially awkward. So, do all four of you live here?"

"Yes, but there's one more. He should be back soon." Rishi said.

"Anyway, you helped us out with those security officers, and it seems you're familiar with them." Yukin said. "What was all that about earlier? Why were they trying to arrest us when we didn't really do anything?"

"I take it you guys aren't from around here." Ryo said. "The city might seem nice, but it's actually corrupt. Around here, if you don't have money or you're not some sort of big shot, you're practically worthless. You do one thing wrong in the eyes of the higher-ups, you lose some sort of big duel, and you either get locked away or you're discarded like trash."

"Wait. Seriously?" Yukin said as he found that so bizarre.

"I'm afraid it's true." Rishi said. "Around these parts, it's difficult to survive. Security is always keeping an eye on us."

"They're always looking for a chance to arrest us or something. They probably think life would be better if higher-ups didn't have to deal with us." Nova said.

"That's... That doesn't seem fair." Yukin said. "Are you saying the system is rigged to favor those who are more successful?"

"Yeah... Life isn't easy here." Ryo said. Yukin couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could a city run like that?

"Listen, we appreciate you helping us, but we can't stick around." Siri said. "What goes on in this city is not our problem."

"Siri..." Yukin said as he didn't like she said that.

"Yukin, we need to focus why we're here." Siri said. "By any chance, have any of you seen a girl that has a face like mine. Her name would be Zoey."

"A girl that looks like you? I don't think so." Rishi said.

"Sorry. Can't say that any of us have." Nene said.

"We're done here. We should head back to the council building." Siri said as she turned around and ready to leave.

"Wait, Siri." Yukin said.

"It's probably not a good idea to be out there right now." Ryo said. "Security is going to be looking for you. It's best to lay low for a while."

'I sure hope the others are having better luck than we are.' Yukin thought as he was hoping all of his friends were okay out there.

...

Siegrain and Klaus

Siegrain and Klaus looked around for Yukin and the others. There didn't appear to be anywhere. Now it seems like all of them got separated from everyone else. Now they have no idea where they are.

"Any sign of them?" Siegrain asked.

"No." Klaus said. "I don't even know where we are." Siegrain looked around to see if there was anything that could help them. What he did spot was Shun heading down their way.

"Shun!" Siegrain called as the two of them hurried to him. "Any sign of Yukin or the others?"

"No..." Shun said.

"Where's Drewsin? I thought he was with you." Klaus said.

"He went off in a different direction." Shun said.

"Great. Even more of our friends are lost now." Siegrain said. "We should head back to the council building. Maybe the rest of them already head back. Renji's probably wondering what happened to us."

"Good idea." Klaus said. The three of them were going to head back to the building, but something stopped them. They heard sirens and saw the police came to them and had them surrounded. "What's this about?" The police came out and had them trapped.

"Found you." An officer said. "These three arrived in Nitro City with those four troublemakers. Take them in for questioning." They came at them and tried to have all three of them apprehended.

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Siegrain said.

"We didn't do anything! You can't just arrest us like this!" Klaus said. They verbally objected, but Shun physically objected. He kicked a couple cops back and tried fighting them off. Seeing he wasn't going to go so easily, a couple officers used tazers and electrocuted him and made it easier for them to take him away.

"I don't know why you and your buddies came here, but you should have just stayed wherever that is." The officer said as all three of them were being pushed into a car. The whole city appears to be against them. Getting themselves out of this one won't be easy.

...

Yukin

Until it's safe for them to head back out there, Yukin and his friends are laying low with Ryo and the girls. While they were waiting around, Yukin tried telling Ryo about the real reason as to why they were in Nitro City.

"Hold on. You're actually trying to fight this place called Promin Academy, a school that wants to take over the world?" Ryo said. He just laughed off the idea. "You guys are weird. There's no way that's true."

"Believe whatever you want. Let's hope you don't have to see." Yukin said.

"Hey, what's the deal with the kid?" Ryo asked. While the others were chatting among themselves, Ristly was sitting alone and was by himself. He wasn't doing much of anything.

"I'm not really sure." Yukin said. "I don't really know Ristly all that well." Yukin felt bad for Ristly, but he doesn't really know what to do. The only person that knows anything about Ristly is Renji and he isn't here. Just then, the door opened up and someone came in.

"Hey! I'm back!" A guy called as he came in with groceries.

"Shiro! You made it!" Ryo said. Shiro was the other person that Rishi mentioned earlier. He had grey spikey hair and wore glasses. He also had on a black rider suit with it having pads on the shoulders and a belt with a large ring in the center. "Let me introduce you guys. This is Shiro, my best bud. He helps out around here."

"You didn't mention we were having visitors. I'm not sure if there's enough food to go around." Shiro said.

"Sorry, but these guys were in trouble with those stuck-up officers. I had to help them out." Ryo said.

"Figures. Well, I guess it can't be helped." Shiro said as he placed the bags down. "Help yourselves to some food."

"Good. I'm hungry." Sylvester said. "I'll take a nice lobster with butter sauce and some nice garlic flavored rolls."

"Does this look like a five star restaurant? Eat what we've got or don't eat." Shiro said. Everyone else helped to what they have. Shiro looked to the side and saw Ristly sitting alone and wasn't doing anything. He grabbed a snack and walked right over to him. "Hey, kid." Ristly looked up to meet Shiro with a donut. "Have it. You don't want to feel left out, do you?" He handed him the donut, but Ristly was hesitant to take it.

"Go on, Ristly. Take it." Yukin said. "There's really no reason to be afraid." Ristly looked at Yukin to see if was really okay. Yukin was telling him that it would be fine. Ristly reached for the donut and took a bite out of it.

"I take it this one's a little shy." Shiro said.

"I guess. I think he's not use to being so far away from this guy named Renji." Yukin said. "I just wish I knew what was really going on with him." Yukin was finding this place to be interesting. The higher parts of Nitro City seems to have issues, but he's seeing the lower and poorer parts had some very nice people. He took a glimpse outside and saw the black and blue runners that belong to Shiro and Ryo. "Those bikes belong to the two of you, right? You can duel on them, can't you?"

"Our duel runners? Of course we can duel on them." Ryo said.

"Wait. You can duel on those things?" Sylvester said.

"Yeah. Dueling like that is popular in this city." Shiro said. "It's how we duel in the All Grand Prix."

"The All Grand Prix?" Yukin questioned.

"It's a tournament that Shiro and Ryo want to compete in." Nene said.

"That's right. If we duel in the tournament and win, it will get the higher-ups to start treating us with some respect." Ryo said. "In this city, there the higher-ups, the people that are fortunate and making it big, and the nobodies, which is us."

"Competing in the tournament could help change things, but we need to take the initiative and make change." Shiro said. "If you win the tournament, you also get to take on the current champ: Jordan Raves."

"And it's about time someone took that jerk down. He was a nobody himself, but he left us all hanging when he became the champ." Ryo said with distain. "When we heard a nobody like us won the tournament, we thought things would change for the better. They didn't change at all." Yukin was starting to see how rough these people have it. In Nitro City, it's basically favored to those with money. "So, are you a duelist too, Yukin?"

"Yeah." Yukin said.

"In that case, you want a match?" Ryo said.

"You're on. I never back down from a challenge." Yukin said. Everyone stepped outside and got themselves ready to duel.

"Ready?" Ryo said as he was set to duel. Yukin and Ryo were ready to start their duel, but they didn't get the chance as smoke grenades went off around them.

"What is it now?!" Yukin complained. Just then, he was grabbed by an officer.

"You thought you could escape from us?" The officer said. More policeman showed up and grabbed a hold of Ryo, Sylvester, Siri, and Shiro. The girls all made a run for it before they could get caught. The police tried to take them all away. Ristly was getting scared as he thought he was going to get caught, but someone grabbed him from behind and kept his mouth covered.

"Shh..." Ristly saw it was Drewsin before Drewsin got him out of there.

"Let go! We didn't do anything!" Yukin said.

"That's what they all say." The policeman said as they were all being pushed into the back of a car.

"Wait! What about Ristly?!" Yukin said. He turned and looked for Ristly, but he didn't see him anywhere. "Ristly?"

"Quit stalling. You're all going to where you belong." The policeman said as they were all shoved in. All of them have been arrested. They're now in trouble with the law. How are Yukin and his friends going to get out of this?