DEAR READERS:
THIS STORY TAKES PLACE 5 YEARS AFTER ARC-V,
PLEASE NOTE THAT:

THE ORIGINAL SERIES, GX, 5DS, ZEXAL ETC. ARE ALL CANON, HOWEVER, BONDS BEYOND TIME AND DARK SIDE DIMENSIONS ARE NOT.

THERE WON'T BE MANY CHARACHTER CAMEOS, EXECPT YUYA (AND YUSEI AND ATLAS AND SORA AND AKABA AND MAYBE ZUZU)

LINKS EXIST, EVEN THOUGH VRAINS HASN'T STARTED YET.

YUGI AND JADEN ARE BOTH DEAD (FROM OLD AGE), BECAUSE THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE FUTURE (SHUT UP IT'S MY CANON :D)

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ENJOY.

PROLOUGUE- CLOWNS, DRAGONS AND OUR LITTLE GIRL

LADIES...AND…. GENTLEMEN!' The man shouted, standing upon his crimson, mechanical, odd-eyed dragon. 'It's TIME to show you all a TRICK!'

'I'll set the Pendulum Scale with Timegazer and Stargazer Magician! Pendulum summon!" The man said, as a hole opened up in the sky two animals in circus outfits (one a bull and one a tiny gold dragon), emerged from inside it, along with a blue-flaming warrior in grey Armor.

"Come forth, my monsters!" The red-haired man announced, as the two 'monsters' glowed and shifted forms into orbs twisting into a galactic hole, revealing a dark and menacing dragon from within it, spreading its wings across the stadium! Another tiny 'monster' with odd eyes appeared on the field, and turned itself and the Stargazer Magician into glowing electric circles, yet another dragon emerging from it, this time, white with clear wings. Finally, the Timegazer Magician walked out of the pole of light, and blurred together with the warrior, as a final dragon with huge venomous Tusks emerged from the blur.

Young Yumi Hitoh stared in delight, The dragons roared into the air. It was the first time she had felt happy in years. She was amazed with this game. She wanted nothing but to ride on a dragon like the man before her.

As all the other students walked up to congratulate the famous Yuya Sakaki as he left, she found a card on the floor. It was the machine, titled 'Performapal Odd Eyes Synchron'

She had decided on what she wanted to do.

She wanted to duel.

YUGIOH: ZV (PRONOUNCED Z-FIVE)

BY CLAIRE ANG

EPISODE 1- THE GIRL AND HER PHEONIX

Naki, the class eccentric walked in flamboyantly, swinging his black hair and jacket around and raising a Duel Monsters Card into the air. 'I'VE GOT IT!' He exclaimed, lifting up a white card, a Synchro Card, shining in the light of a Secret-Rare card. The picture shows a red skinned man with Dragon wings and long orange hair "SECRET RARE ZOROA THE CONFLRANGANT CALAMITY BABY!"

Naki's buddies walked up to him and started cheering.

"But Naki, you don't use a Magistus deck!" Said one

'Who cares? They discontinued the "Secret Rare" cards Years back!'

As they cheered, Yumi silently shuffled her Magistus deck in the corner of the class, which just-so-happens to be missing a copy of the Deck's ace monster, "Zoroa the Magistus Conflrangant Calamity"

She jumped out of her chair and down the steps of her class. 'Can I see it?' She asks, swaying her snow blue hair, tied back by a star band, as two greenish strands struck out to the front of her face.

Naki backed up, grunting. 'Why? Do you need it?'

She drew from her pocket, drawing Zoroa's original form's card, a regular 4-starred Flame Magistus Tuner.

Naki, in understanding, held up the card in front of him, 'I don't think your poor ass can afford a secret rare- '

'Then why don't we duel for it?' She said monotonously, putting Zoroa back in her pocket. 'I'm not free today, so how about tomorrow at break?'

Naki put Zoroa in his pocket. 'I never said anyth- '

'Too much of a wuss, I see.' She started to turn away, but Naki growled in anger.

'Fine!' he said, walking up past her, into his seat.

The class mumbled about their confrontation, and a short, brown haired boy with glasses walked up to Yumi and sat down beside her

'I guess this means you're borrowing my Duel Disk again' The boy, Minato, said. Minato had been the one to get Yumi closer into the dueling world, brining extra cards in from his grandfather's shop to help build her deck, and borrowing her his Duel Disk, when she snuck out of the house to practice.

'You know I can't thank you enough.'

'Yumi!' the teacher called, as she dropped her still-shuffling deck. 'Do you know the ANSWER?'

Yumi stood up, awkwardly, her usual smug and interested attitude towards all things duelling, gone, as she revealed her true self; Socially awkward and anxious.

'I... uh…" She stammered, as Minato reached his hand over to her side of the table, and tapped on the book before her.

Reading the question quickly, she answered: 'The area of the square is.. Five hundred… forty-three… CM, squared?'

The teacher stared at Yumi from the front of her class, before he spoke again. 'Okay, good.' And went on with the lecture.

She picked up her cards, and continued shuffling.

Thorough Class, Yumi sat quietly as usual, finishing off any spare homework in her free time, as her grandmother told her to.

She walked her way home, but on the way, Naki crossed her path

She attempted to walk past him, but Naki blocked her way.

'I'm gonna be late home, stop.' She spoke

'Who's a Wuss now?' Naki put his hands on his hips, declaring something on 'Not losing,' but she wasn't listening

Her Grandmother would kill her if she didn't come home on time.

'Not again' She thought, pushing past Naki and wandering home.

'Hey!' Naki shouted, dragging her back by the elbow, but she shook him off

'Frick off!" She shouted, the smug from the morning rubbing off her face, replaced with anger and panic as she ran back home.

She ran into the doorway of her home, where her grandmother stood in front of her.

'Why…. are you late…?' She grunted, her wrinkling, ageing face enraged.

Yumi stammered as she usually did, managing to get out the words "a F-friend caught me on the way ho-'

'FRIEND?' Her grandmother yelled. 'DON'T GIVE ME THAT EXCUSE YOU- 'She coughed. "'YOUR SORRY ASS COULD'T GET YOURSELF A FRIEND EVEN IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT…'

Her grandmother raged on and on, saying how she won't cook dinner for her that night, and that she was a disappointment to her parents, but she didn't listen.

Her parents were barely home, and they didn't come back while they were on vacation. Her grandmother may blame her for it but she stopped caring a while back.

...

That night, in her bed, as she ate from her stash of hidden foods, she pondered running away to find someone over her anpan bun. As she put down her bun, she noticed Her favourite card, the one that that man dropped, lying on the ground beside her. She shifted herself over in her bedgown, picking up 'Performapal Odd Eyes Synchron' and her deck up to lock the door and do some deck building for the coming day. She had already decided on what to do with her life; She wasn't gonna let anyone stop her.

The day had come, and she stood in front of Naki, Duel Disk at the ready. They stood in the empty and shut-off Solid Vision room, so that nobody would find them. Minato stood outside, flashing his glasses.

'6000 L.P Each,' said Naki, 'Time until the lunch break ends!'

Yumi, silently nodded, looking around her. 'Why don't we have an Action Duel?'

'Because I don't wanna let the teachers know I'm about to win so badly that you- '

Yumi draws, dragging her card out of Minato's white Duel Disk as the duel begins.

'I summon Endymion, the Magistus of Magic to the field in attack position,' A light emerged from the ground before both of them, as a purple-robed wizard with long, blue tied hair emerged from it, swaying his magic staff in an act of power.

'And I use his effect to equip Artemis, the Magistus moon maiden to him, allowing me to add "Zoroa, the Magistus of Flame" To my hand!'

Rumbling ensued, as a moonlit sky appeared above them, a light shining onto Endymion, seemingly strengthening him.

'Now, I activate Trismagistus, and end my turn!'

Behind Endymion, a single floating tablet materialises, in the shape of a card, specifically Trismagistus.

It's Naki's turn, and he draws.

'I send Rescue Cat from my hand to the graveyard to special summon from my deck, Kalantosa, Mythical Beast of the forest, which's effect allows me to destroy Endymion and Artemis!

A light green porcupine enters the field through a shining hole in the air, as it fires its quills at the Magician, shattering him into a million glass pieces and dispelling the night sky.

'But that's not all, I activate Artifact Sanctum, to special summon Artifact Scythe to the field!'

Another card stood up on the field, disappearing as a hooded, skinny man wielding a mechanichal scycthe entered the field from inside it.

'I set two cards face down, and begin my battle phase! SCYTHER SLASH!'

The monster, Artifact scythe, dashes at Yumi, slicing her as she shifted back. Their duel disks gave their monsters' holograms mass, so the Scythe only tapped her as she moved back, yet, the damage is dealt, dropping her Life points to 3800.

It's Yumi's turn, and she draws.

'I summon Zoroa, the Magistus of Flame in Attack position, and use his effect to equip him with Aiwass, the Magistus Spell Spirit, Boosting his attack by 1000 into 2500!'Another magician, black robes and long red hair, appears, beside him an azure staff that seemed to float off the ground, as Zoroa taunted the Porcupine, hands bursting into flames.

'But that's not all, Naki. Zoroa's effect allows me to Special summon one Magistus monster in my Deck to Graveyard in defence position when he's equipped with a Magistus monster.'

Light erupts from beside Zoroa and Aiwass

'Return to the field, Endymion!'

Endymion rose from the light, staff poised high.

Naki backed up. 'But Zoroa's a tuner!' He thought 'Is she going to-'

Yumi took a stride full pose, hands on waist and pointing towards Zoroa, as she let out a small smile and declared:

'I TUNE ZOROA WITH ENDYMION!'

Zoroa's hands erupted into flames, as he and Endymion turned into shining electronic rings, aligning with each other

'SHINE BRIGHT AND BURN A FLAMING PATH AHEAD…'

Suddenly, a bright red, Phoenix-Like-Behemoth-of-a-Dragon, shining brightly with white and red flame, emerged from the circles, roaring fire into the air.

LET'S LIGHT EM' UP!

SYNCHRO SUNMMON! LEVEL 8, VAHRAM, THE MAGISTUS DIVINITY DRAGON!'

'Now, I attack your Artifact Scythe with Vahram, dealing 300 Points of damage!'

'Go, Vahram! FLAMING WILL!'

Vahram reared its head, as swirls of flame emerged from its jaws, burning the porcupine alive and dropping Naki to 5700 LP. 'I end my turn'

Naki's turn begins, as he draws, a sinisterly smug smile spreading across his face.

'I activate my set OBEDIENCE SCHOOLED to special summon a Melfy Puppy, cat, and Hop Ear Squadron to the field!'

'Now I overlay Melfy Cat and puppy!'

'XYZ SUMMON! COME, JOYOUS MELFFY!'

The cat and puppy blurred together, creating a star aligned cosmic hole, as an assortment of colourful animals jumped out.

'Now, I Summon Kalantosa, and end my turn."

Yumi draws

'I attack Kalantosa with Vahram, and deal you 2300 Damage, then end my turn.

Naki draws.

'IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO MEET YOUR END! I SUMMON LIFELESS LEAFFISH IN ATTACK POSITION!'

'NOW THAT MY TOTAL ATACK EQUALS MORE THAN 3000, I CAN SPECIAL SUMMON FROM MY HAND…

ALPHA, THE MASTER OF BEASTS!'

A massive lion, the size of Vahram, with Dragon Claws, wigns and tusks poking out of its mane, emerged from the ground.

'ATTACK! ALPHA CLAW!'

Yumi stood, Astonished, as alpha charged forward into Vahram, slashing him with its massive claws and turning him into flaming dust. Astonished that…

That...

'I'm surprised that you were that easy to fool.'

'What!?'

'Vahram's effect, if he's destroyed, I destroy all face-up monsters on the field!'

'NO!' Yelled Naki, as Alpha squirmed, only to shatter into a thousand glass pieces and disappear. So did his Hop Ear Squadron.

'It's my turn.' Yumi says, as she draws, her smile widening just that bit.

It was always when dueling, that she could truly smile, anyway.

'I summon Zoroa to the field, once again equipping him with Aiwass!

'Now, I summon Endymion from my Graveyard once again, and attack you with both!'

'Go, my monsters!'

Naki screamed and fell back as his life points hit zero, and their duel disks turned off.

Yumi walked up to Naki, putting her hand out, as Naki snickered and handed over Zoroa Calamity.

'I was actually offering to help you up, but I'll take the card too.' She said, taking it and shuffling it into her Extra deck, then helping Naki up.

'Shut up! You think you can just join our class and…' Naki starts monologuing, as Yumi walks towards door

'But I've been here since 3rd grade…' Yumi thinks to herself, shrugging it off as she opened the door…

Only to find three people, INCLUDING Minato, standing outside the Solid Vision room.

Yumi stuttered, as she did with people. 'What-when-wh- '

The two other students crowded her, congratulating her, as Minato stood back, and smiled while flashing his glasses.

TO BE CONTINUED.