Guess who's here! Welcome to Chapter 17! Let's get this party started quickly so we can properly meet Fusion!

Ch.17: It's Yugo! Not Fusion!

The blinding green light shone so much even Shun, Reiji, Riley and Nakajima had to blink. The sound of something crashing and breaking was heard. Right before something happened to the camera, because the screen fizzled out before turning into static.

"What's wrong! What happened!?" Nakajima roared down at the people working in the control booth.

"The circuit has been disconnected!" One of the men answered, while frantically trying to find another solution.

"All cameras are not responding." Another voice yelled out.

"What!?" The bodyguard grumbled to himself.

Shun turned, and this time he was speed walking away. Something big was happening, and he had to be there for his comrades. "I said you are not permitted to leave, Shun." Reiji spoke calmly, but there was a warning, a threat, laced underneath it all.

"Don't we have any other cameras inside the park!?" Nakajima yelled down at the staff.

"It's too far away! We can't get a clear lock on our target!" One of the staff responded fearfully.

"Sora Shiunin might have brought back reinforcements from the Fusion Dimension!" Shun shouted. "Let me go!"

Reiji's eyes flickered back towards the staff down below. "Raise the energy observation level for Central Park. If we have been invaded by a significant amount of duelists, there should be a reaction."

"That's naive!" Shun interjected strongly, and stepped forward so that he could grab Reiji's chair and lean forward. "While you're just watching here, they'll-"

"This is my city." Reiji's voice lowered even more. "I will decide how I protect it."

Shun growled, before pushing away and rushing to the elevator leading him to the exit anyway. "Something big is happening, and I need to be there for my friends!" Shun yelled back. "I can't just stand by and let something happen! I need to be in the front lines!-"

"You will stay here like I demanded of you the first time!" Reiji snapped back, finally raising his voice. Riley flinched, and shrunk back slightly. The entire room went silent as the two teens glared at each other. "You will stay here, or else there will be no alliance between you and I anymore."

Yellow eyes blinked, before widening in rage. "You- Why- You damned!-" Shun really wanted to speak, but now with this dangling over his head he didn't have many options. They needed allies if they were going to completely take Academia down instead of just kicking them out of the Xyz Dimension. Even Zero admitted that, and said that this alliance was important.

He couldn't risk losing it over something that could easily not even be a threat.

"Both of them can take care of themselves. You just have to trust in them, in their abilities." Zero's words echoed in his mind, and his decision was made.

Begrudgingly, Shun stalked his way back over to where he was standing beside Reiji. The Raidraptor duelist crossed his arms tightly across his chest again, but his frown and glare never left his face as they bore down into stoic violet.

"If something happens to them because I wasn't there to help." Shun threatened calmly, making himself even more intimidating than yelling. "I'll be sure to turn you into a card, and then rip you in half."

The two said nothing else to each other, and everyone just stared at the staic for a few more moments. When it was clear that they wouldn't see the rest of this conflict, mostly everyone went their separate ways within the L.D.S tower. However, Shun, Reiji, Riley and Nakajima stayed, along with the few staff that decided to stay behind as well.

. . .

The light finally died down and vanished, allowing Yuya and the others to finally see what was going on. Scarlet eyes, alongside stormy grey and darkened violet looked over at the new stranger that had suddenly appeared in the mix.

The stranger was a male, and he seemed to be riding a weird type of motorcycle. It was mostly white and yellow, and had black stripes that seemed to make it look like a bee or wasp. The person on top of the motorcycle wore a white and blue track suit that had red trimmings. The suit acting as a second skin, the man wore a small jacket that was cut around his chest. The white helmet he wore hid most of his face and what he looked like, a blue visor covered his eyes.

"Ow…" The teen drawled out. His voice being deeper than the others. The rider had crashed into a light post, and there was currently smoke pooling up into the sky because of it. The stranger looked down at what he had crashed into. "Dammit, what's this thing doing here!?"

The boy leaned back, and took off his helmet. This revealed blue hair and yellow bangs sweeping around to the right as if it were being blown by the wind a bunch of the time. He had aquamarine eyes, and he seemed to be just a bit too thin for everyone's liking. Seeing his features, both Yuto and Zero instantly recognized who this person was.

Yugo sighed. "Jeez." Aquamarine eyes blinked, the Synchro counterpart just now realizing that he wasn't where he was just seconds prior. "What the-" The teen looked around wildly, before his eyes zeroed in on Yuto. "You're- Huh?" Seeing Zero standing beside Yuto was slightly surprising but he brushed it off rather quickly. However, also seeing Yuya with the same face made the blue haired boy feel creeped out slightly.

"You're!" Yugo grit his teeth, eyes set in determination. "It's finally time for me to finish you!" Yugo pointed towards Yuto. Who had a small frown on his face as he remembered his encounter with Yugo the first time. This wasn't going to be pretty. "I've been looking for you!"

"T-There are two guys who looks just like me…!?" Yuya stutterd off, his mind having gone blank after the constant revelations and truths.

"You've meet him before Yuto?" Zero looked over at the Phantom Knights user. "Since when!"

Yuto didn't dare take his eyes off of his current enemy. "It was just before you found Ruri." The masked man didn't need anymore explanations than that. Zero doubted that he would ever forget that day, it was just a huge ball of stress.

"Figures that it happens right at that moment." Zero grumbled.

Silence permatied the tense air.

Yugo grit his teeth in a nasty snarl over at Yuto. The Synchro counterpart began cracking his knuckles, eager to get this fight started. "We may have been interrupted during our match last time, but…" He pointed over at Yuto. "I'll never lose against you one-on-one!" Yugo leaned back against his motorcycle. "Come on, duel me!" He demanded. "I'll definitely wipe the floor with you this time!"

"Fine then, I'll take you on, Pawn of Fusion!" Yuto complied, and activated his duel disk.

Zero blinked and jerked his head back slightly. "Wait. He works with Fusion!?" His masked face looked over at the counterpart. "But doesn't he live in the Synchro-"

"What do you mean Fusion? My name is YUGO!" Yugo yelled at the top of his lungs, which was rather loudly. He may have started stomping, but he didn't want to risk hurting his bike. "Stop getting it wrong!"

"Yugo?!" Yuya looked between Yuto and Yugo, wondering if he was dreaming all of this. Was he high or something? Did someone spike his drink? This was absolutely insane.

"Duel Mode. On." A blue pad rose from within the motorcycle, and a green duel blade appeared as it activated. "Autopilot." The engine began to purr loudly as a bunch of multiple colors began to glow and mix together, most likely some weird type of fuel or energy. "Standby." The light green duel blade looked like wings of sorts, four of them spread out to take flight.

Yugo put on his helmet, and quickly grabbed ahold of the handlebars. "Let's go!" With that, Yugo hit the gas and sped forward without warning.

YUGO LP- 4000

YUTO LP - 4000

"DUEL!"

The motorcycle jumped up into the air, Yuto and Zero being right underneath it. "First to strike wins! My turn!"

Yuto and Zero quickly split off, and ran into two different directions to get away from being crushed by the machine. Yugo's motorcycle turned sharply to the right, sparks kicking off of the ground and his tires squealing as he did so. The headlights beginning to bear down on Zero, who was unlucky enough to be in its path. The masked revolutionary had to lunge off to the side to avoid being ran over.

"When I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Speedroid Beigomax!" A weird monster that was mostly comprised of a chain of disks with two spike on either end appeared. An electric orange glow surrounding it's entire figure.

SPEEDROID BEIGOMAX LV.3 ATK:1200 DEF:600

Yuya watched as Yugo passed by on his motorcycle. "That motorcycle works as a duel disk?" His focus was quickly turned to Zero, who was currently walking over to him calmly while brushing his shoulders off.

"I'm guessing you have absolutely no idea why this is happening either?" The masked man deadpanned.

Yuya shook his head numbly. "No, I'm absolutely lost."

"Then, I summon the Level 3 tuner monster, Speedroid Three-Eyed Dice!" Yuya's red eyes widened at the word tuner, and watched as a purple pyramid appeared. It's corners were golden, while a red eye was in the center of each side.

SPEEDROID THREE-EYED DICE LV.3 ATK:300 DEF:1500

"A tuner monster." Yuya breathed. "Then that means!-"

"That he can Synchro Summon. Yes, he can." Zero nodded his head as well while watching the duel. He wasn't exactly sure what to do, nor did he know what Yuto had done to make Yugo so mad.

Yuya's head snapped over to look at Zero. "Well, apparently you know more than me! Just what is going on! Why are there three people who look exactly like me?! Why do they wear my face!" Yuya began to rapid fire Zero with questions.

"I tune my Level 3 Beigomax with my Level 3 Three-Eyed Dice!" Yugo yelled, thankfully getting Yuya off of Zero's cape for the time being. The two monsters turned into light blue stars and green rings. "Cursed blade in the form of a cross. Use your power to rend all of our enemies! I Synchro Summon!" Yugo yelled while riding his motorcycle. "Come forth! Level 6! High Speedroid Cursed Blade Dharma!"

The monster did carry a huge weapon that looked like a cross. The weapon being mostly various shades of blue, with some yellow and white here and there. The monster had red eyes along with blue shaded armor and a yellow and black shield.

HIGH SPEEDROID CURSED BLADE DHARMA LV.6 ATK:2200

. . .

"Detecting summoning energy!" A woman called out, and the entire room tensed in fear of it being Fusion Summoning.

"Is it Fusion?" Nakajima asked the dreaded question.

"No, it's Synchro." Everyone relaxed slightly at that, though Shun was still rather tense. "And an extremely powerful one!"

"What?" The bodyguard was confused.

Reiji put his head in one chin in thought. "A Synchro Summon…" Could it be Zero? But why would he be dueling?

. . .

"I activate Cursed Blade Dharma's effect!" Yugo yelled from on his bike. His monster speeding by his side. "Once per turn, I can banish one Speedroid monster from my Graveyard to deal 500 damage to my opponent!" Yugo raised one arm out towards his monster, showing that he was very skilled at piloting his motorcycle. A blue beam fired at the tip of the cross like weapon, it made a U-turn before barreling straight towards Yuto.

Yuto ran away, and just barely jumped out of the way of the attack and from being vaporized. He looked up at Yugo from where he was kneeling.

YUTO LP- 4000 = 3500

"I set one card and end my turn." Yugo finished.

Yuya finally looked back at Zero. "So Yugo uses Synchro… But your enemy is the Fusion Dimension!" Zero's faceless mask bore down on Yuya. "So what the heck is going on here!?"

"I wish I knew." Zero admitted. "All I really know is that Yuto met Yugo before we came here. I don't know why they're fighting." Yuya seemed surprised that Zero didn't know the answer, and watched as the masked man crossed his arms. His fingers digging into the fabric of his suit slightly. "But I feel like something bad is going to happen if this continues."

"My turn!" Yuto yelled, and drew a card. Yugo passing by the Xyz user from behind, and grey eyes followed his form. "I summon Phantom Knights Ragged Glove from my hand!" A specter with giant blue and black gloves appeared. There were some orange fluff wrapped around the ends and the ghosts skull like head, but besides that the rest of its body was comprised of blue flames.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS RAGGED GLOVE LV.3 ATK:1000 DEF:500

Yuto held up a monster card. "When I control a Level 3 Phantom Knights monster, I can Special Summon Phantom Knights Silent Boots!"

PHANTOM KNIGHTS SILENT BOOTS LV.3 ATK:200 DEF:1200

"I overlay my Level 3 Phnatom Knights Ragged Glove and Silent Boots!" The familiar scene began to play out as Yuto Xyz Summoned his Rank 3 monster once again. The two monsters went into the vortex with a strange haunting cackle, and Yuto lifted one hand up towards the sky. "Souls of warriors that had fallen on the battlefield. Revive now and become light to rend the darkness! I Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 3! Phantom Knights Break Sword!" The familiar knight on top of his steed raised its broken sword towards its enemy. The horse neighed loudly, ready for a fight.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD RNK.3 ORB.2 ATK:2000 DEF:1000

. . .

"Now we're detecting a powerful Xyz Summon!" A woman working at the control booth yelled out loud.

"This time it's Xyz? Just what the hell is going on over there?" Nakajima wondered.

Yellow eyes widened as Shun remembered a brief scene just before Zero and Ruri were whisked away to Standard. Yuto was fighting with someone on some weird motorcycle, and they had used Synchro Summoning… This wasn't good.

"He's shown himself!" Shun stated and leaned forward. "The Pawn of Fusion!"

"Pawn?" Reiji looked over at Shun curiously.

Shun grabbed ahold of the top of Reiji's chair. "There's a Pawn of Fusion from the Synchro Dimension." The Raidraptor explained briefly. "Yuto must be fighting him again right now." Shun pointed a thumb at himself. "Hurry up and let me go!"

When Shun finished his sentence Reiji just turned back to face the screen. The CEO adjusted his red glasses slightly as he responded. "I cannot."

"What!" Shun shouted, outraged.

"Even if what you say may be true, it has not been made clear that the Synchro Dimension is our enemy." Violet eyes flickered back towards Shun. They had gone over this three times now. At this rate it was obvious Reiji wasn't going to let Shun go unless Academia really was invading with tons of soldiers. "Provoking him here and making him our enemy is not an optimal move."

Shun grit his teeth and looked back up at the screen full of static.

. . .

"An Xyz monster that is summoned with Ragged Glove as an Xyz Material gains 1000 Attack until the end of the turn!" Yuto moved his hand out towards his knight.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK:2000 = 3000

The Phantom Knight's sword began to glow an ominous violet, and together Yuto and his monster charged forward towards Yugo and his Synchro monster. "Battle! Go, Break Sword! Attack Cursed Blade Dharma!" The knight leaped forward, and Yugo's monster moved away from him to face the more powerful foe. The Xyz monster ended up cutting the Synchro monster in half, and Dharma exploded once the damage was done.

Yugo's motorcycle shook just a bit, but quickly stabilized itself. The aquamarine eyed duelist looked up at the explosion. "Woah! That was a close one!"

YUGO LP- 4000 = 3200

The Synchro duelist passed by a small gazebo, Yuto also running beside the small building except he was on the other side. The Xyz user turned around to face Yugo once again and placed one card. "I set one card and end my turn!" Grey eyes looked up towards his monster. "At this moment, Break Sword's Attack returns to normal."

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK:3000 = 2000

Yugo spun his ride to the side, and sparks flew as he forced it into a stop. The blue haired teen looked up towards Yuto. "Damn, now you've done it!" The teen swore, and raised a fist. "I'm going to pay you back double- No, a million times!" The rider leaned down to grab the handle bars again, and his motorcycle revved up and sped off towards Yuto, his monster, and the gazebo.

"My turn!" Yugo drew, and Yuto once again had to jump out of the way of his motorcycle or be run over. The rash Synchro duelist spun around, getting ready to try and run Yuto over once again. "I activate the Spell card Speed Reverse!" Yugo's Synchro monster began to revive once again. "Be reborn, Cursed Blade Dharma!"

HIGH SPEEDROID CURSED BLADE DHARMA LV.6 ATK:2200

"I can't Normal Summon on the turn I use Speed Reverse, but…" Everyone could feel how Yugo smirked. "This is more than enough to destroy your monster!" The teen made his ride jump up into the air, and motorcycle intending to land right where Yuto was standing. "Battle!" Yugo pointed at Yuto's monster. "I attack Break Sword with Cursed Blade Dharma!"

Yugo's Synchro monster rushed forward with a burst of speed, but Yuto had already seen something like this coming. "I activate the Continuous Trap Phantom Sword!" The valiant knight rushed towards its enemy with his sword raised. The horse never hesitating or stopping in its advance. It's hooves clapping loudly against the ground. "It increases Break Sword's Attack by 800!" The other half of Break Sword's long sword was reformed.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK:2000 = 2800

"Now Break Sword's Attack is greater than Cursed Blade Dharma!" Yuya exclaimed, watching the battle alongside Zero on the sidelines.

Meanwhile, Zero was trying to find out why the hell Yugo was acting so violent towards Yuto. It doesn't make any sense. Yuto has only met Yugo once, and that was right before we were forced into the Standard Dimension. If they had only met once, and Yuto never did anything wrong during that confrontation, then why the hell is Yugo being so violent? Is he working alongside Yuri? With Academia? That might be the only explanation, but he just didn't have enough information yet.

"Look at you underestimating me!" Yugo snapped, eyes narrowed behind his helmet. "Then I'll activate my Trap card as well! Speed Turn!" The banana banged teen threw his hand out, motorcycle still somehow in the air and rushing down towards the Earth.

"Damn." Zero cursed to himself. Hopefully, Yuto can finish this quickly so they can finally get some answers. However, by the looks of things it was going to take a while. Then again, he was also facing himself in some form of twisted sense, Yugo and Yuto both look concerningly identical.

"It puts Break Sword into Defense Position and lowers its Defence by 500!" Yugo finished his explanation, and the long sword was once again broken in half. The giant half sword being lowered just slightly as Dharma sped forwards.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK = DEF

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD DEF:1000 = 500

"Now your monster is finished!" Yugo yelled.

"I won't let that happen!" Yuto hollered back stubbornly. "When Break Sword would be destroyed by battle, I can destroy Phantom Sword instead!" The Xyz user discarded his Continuous Trap so that his monster may live.

"But Cursed Blade Dharma inflicts piercing damage!" Yugo added, and his Synchro monster began to power up a laser beam once again. "You'll take the difference between its 2200 Attack and Break Sword's Defence! Take 1700 points of piercing damage!" The motorcycle duelist almost spat.

Yuto turned to run away from beside the gazebo, but he was just too late. Though the laser didn't hit him, the force and the debris sent the Phantom Knights user flying, the chunks of concrete and dirt hitting his back rather harshly.

Yuya and Zero had to cover their own heads. Yuya's jacket and Zero's cape flying wildly in the wind. "What a shockwave!" The tomato haired teen yelled.

Yuto cried out as he landed against the ground awkwardly, his body rolled for a moment before stilling. Yuto landed on his back, his breathing uneven as Break Sword rushed over beside its master with some concern.

YUTO LP- 3500 = 1800

"Yuto!" Zero called out, and began to sprint towards his fallen comrade. However, he was momentarily stopped by Yugo himself. The teen spinning to a stop in between Zero and Yuto, his tires squealed loudly as he hit the brakes.

"I set one card and end my turn." Yugo spoke seriously, before he turned his attention towards Zero for a moment. Pondering to himself who the hell the masked man was. Yuto tried to sit up, but a fierce pain suddenly struck him in the stomach and he instead ended up laying back down. Spit spraying across the ground.

"Yuto!" Zero and Yuya called out together, and this time both of them starting running towards the eggplant haired duelist. Then, Yuto suddenly raised a hand, causing both the masked revolutionary and Yuya to stop in surprise.

He struggled, but eventually, Yuto was able to stand up on his own. The Phantom Knights duelist could feel his left ankle throb, and start swelling. That certainly wasn't a good sign, but the Xyz user had to push forward or he would lose.

Grey eyes shakily opened, before focusing. Yuto grit his teeth tightly as those stormy grey eyes glared past Zero and Yuya towards Yugo. "My turn!" Yuto shouted and drew a card. It was time to get serious. "I change my Defense Mode Break Sword back to Attack Mode!" Yuto carefully changed the position of his monster card. "And I summon Phantom Knights Dusty Robe from my hand!"

PHANTOM KNIGHTS DUSTY ROBE LV.3 ATK:800 DEF:1000

Yuto gestured over to Dusty Robe on his left. "I activate Dusty Robe's effect! By turning it into Defense Mode, I can increase Break Swords Attack by 800 until the end of this turn!" The smaller specter turned his head down towards the ground.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS DUSTY ROBE ATK = DEF

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK:2000 = 2800

"Battle!" Yuto shouted, his hand now directed towards Yugo and his monster. "I attack Cursed Blade Dharma with Break Sword!" Zero pulled Yuya out of the way and turned to see what Yugo would do. The Synchro user moved his hand towards his duel disk, but stopped whatever he was about to do. His hand wavering above the disk for a moment in thought, before retreating his hand.

He has something planned. Zero's masked violet eyes narrowed at Yugo's action. Whatever it is won't be good.

Break Sword's attack went through, and sliced Yugo's Synchro monster in half. Dharma once again exploded.

YUGO LP- 3200 = 2600

Yugo grit his teeth and gave a small cry, but that was it. "I set one card and end my turn." Yuto finished roughly. "At this moment, Break Sword's Attack returns to normal."

PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAKS WORD ATK:2800 = 2000

"Ha." Yugo huffed out a laugh, before turning his head towards Yuto once again. A devious smile was on his face. "You're pretty good!" The Synchro user admitted.

Grey eyes narrowed even more. "I won't lose to someone who works for the Fusion Dimension, for Academia! I won't lose to a Pawn of Fusion!"

Yugo's smile turned into a frown instantaneously. Aquamarine eyes glared through his helmet, and Yugo raised a fist towards Yuto as he shouted. "I keep telling you my name is Yugo!" The teen pointed a thumb at himself. He was getting really tired of people getting his name wrong. "Quit with the Fusion this and Fusion that!" The boy cracked his knuckles. "Now I'm pissed off!" Yugo's anger took a small turn as the Synchro user hunched over slightly. "First you take away what I held precious, and then you keep getting my name wrong!" It sounded like he was in deep pain, like he was about to burst in to tears all of a sudden at this change of topics.

Zero raised an invisible eyebrow. Yuto stole something from Yugo? But they only met one time, and Yuto has never been to the Synchro Dimension… Something's fishy about this.

"You're the ones who took things from us!" Yuto snapped viciously. "You took my home and destroyed the town that I loved deeply! Lives are ruined because of you and Fusion!"

"Shut up!" Yugo barked, facing Yuto once again with grit teeth. "We can talk after I beat your face in!"

With that, Yugo quickly accelerated his ride and headed straight towards Yuto. "My turn!" Yugo drew, but this time he didn't bother to run Yuto over, but instead just barely passed him. "I Special Summon Speedroid Double Yo-Yo from my hand!" The monster was two yo-yos side by side with a metal sphere in between them. The yo-yos had sharp blades that would appear and disappear from time to time. Electricity flew around the monster Yugo just summoned.

SPEEDROID DOUBLE YO-YO LV.4 ATK:1400 DEF:1400

Yugo threw a hand out towards his monster. "When this card is successfully summoned, I can Special Summon a Speedroid from my Graveyard!" A familiar purple triangle with red eyes on each side began to rise up from the dead. "I Special Summon my Level 3 tuner monster, Three-Eyed Dice!"

SPEEDROID THREE-EYED DICE LV.3 ATK:300 DEF:1500

Something must have happened without Zero noticing the change, because suddenly all three boys cringed as one. Each one of them ducking slightly, while Yuya grabbed ahold of his chest again. One red eye opened while the other was closed in pain.

"Yuya?" Zero questioned, looking down at the hunched over Entertainment duelist.

"I know." Yugo spoke angrily. "I know you want to fight him, so I'll call you out right now!" Zero masked head snapped up to watch Yugo seemingly talking to himself.

What the hell is going on? Zero almost screamed to himself mentally.

. . .

"Is there any progress on the cameras?" Nakajima questioned towards the workers at the control booth.

"I'm afraid not sir." A man shook his head sadly. "The cameras are completely cut, or their too messed up from the sudden sheer amount of energy. The only ones that work are too far away to properly see the targets."

"But we can still see them?" Reiji interjected smoothly, his voice as calm as ever.

"Uh? Well…" The man trailed off, and he brought up on of the only working cameras left in the park on screen. "Yes sir, you can still see them… But as you can see everything is blurry, they're almost unrecognizable."

However, that soon seemed to be changing, as the group of duelists got closer and closer to the camera. All four of them also became more visible. Until finally, all of them could be seen rather clearly as they continued getting closer to the gazebo where the camera was.

When Shun saw the teen on the motorcycle, he almost freaked.

"That's him!" The Raidraptor hissed loudly, and slammed both of his hands down onto the desk Reiji was leaning on slightly. Violet eyes flickered between him and the screen. "That guy riding the motorcycle is the Pawn of Fusion! He attacked Yuto while he was alone, and ran away like a coward by the time I arrived on the scene."

Everyone saw how all of a sudden, Yuto, Yuya, and even the stranger flinched slightly as if they had been burned.

What they saw next confused and caught them all off guard. When they saw Yugo Synchro Summon a monster, just about all hell broke loose.

. . .

"Let's go!" Yugo raised a fist up into the air. "I tune my Level 4 Double Yo-Yo with my Level 3 Three-Eyed Dice!" The two monsters turned into light blue stars and green rings. A big beast beginning to rise from the depths of the bright light in a majestic glory.

"Spread those wondrous and beautiful wings." Yugo rode right beside the Synchro Summon and yelled. "I Synchro Summon!" A big dragon began to form, and did one dramatic spin to show off its gorgeous wings. "Come forth! Level 7! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"

A dragon that had four transparent cyan green wings rose onto the field with a mighty roar. Black stripes covered its white body along with a black underbelly, matching Yugo's motorcycle, and had sharp yellow eyes along with LOTS of teeth. The dragon was huge, and dwarfed Yugo and his motorcycle by at least triple.

CLEAR WING SYNCHRO DRAGON LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:2000

"Clear Wing… Synchro Dragon." Yuya breathed with disbelief. "Yugo has a dragon too!"

Both Zero and Yuto were just as shocked as Yuya was. Grey eyes watched Yugo's side of the field with wide, surprised eyes. While Zero's invisible violet eyes shook slightly, the masked teen biting his lip. These boys all have a dragon… Zero's mind went back to his battle with Yuri, who he had Fusion Summoned Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. And finally Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. All of them have their Summoning Methods in their name, and at least one dragon belongs to one of the boys… It's like Yuzu and Ruri with their bracelets.

"Battle!" Yugo yelled, and threw his hand back towards his giant dragon. "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, attack Break Sword!" The dragon gave a deep, mighty roar, before speeding up into the air like a rocket. It's beautiful cyan green wings glowing gently against the dark night sky. Break Sword and his trusty horse looked up to face the dragon, while Clear Wing looked down at the two like insects.

Clear Wing gave one more roar, a shockwave echoing across the sky, before speeding full force towards Yuto's Xyz monster. The big dragon's cyan wings began to glow even brighter.

Zero snapped his head towards Yuto himself. "Yuto. MOVE!" The Phantom Knights duelist heard Zero's yell, and quickly began to limp away from the area. His left ankle was definitely screwed up somehow, because each step HURT.

"Hell Dive Whirlwind Slasher!" Yugo screamed, and threw a punch towards where Clear Wing was going to smash into Break Sword. Clear Wing spun around, a green tornado surrounding the dragon as it dive bombed Break Sword. The Xyz monster turning into broken pieces of armor when the attack hit, and scattered everywhere.

Yuto couldn't get out of the way in time, and had to cover his face with both of his arms. The wind lifting the skinny teen up and throwing him viciously across the park. One of the pieces of Yuto's own monster hitting him in the chest harshly due to the chaotic winds made Yuto scream as he hit the ground with his back once again.

YUTO LP- 2600 = 1300

The smoke didn't even have time to clear before Zero was running over to his fallen and hurt friend. Yuya wasn't too far behind him, a couple steps at the most. "Yuto!" Zero called out once again in concern. This duel was going too far for his liking.

"Stay back!" Yuto snapped, and quickly stood back up despite his pain and injuries. The broken armor piece having turning into yellow particles by now. Even as Zero and Yuya persisted, the Phantom Knights duelist quickly turned and limped away from them as fast as possible.

Zero growled. "Yuto! What the absolute fucking hell is wrong with you! Don't you see we're trying to help!"

The Xyz user stopped for a short moment, but soon continued limping away from them. "I don't want you two to get hurt. So just stay back!" Something just told him, he just KNEW that they would get hurt for real if they joined the duel. This duel… It was something completely different then the ones between the Resistance and Academia, because even they weren't as cruel as this one.

Yuto just knew that if one of them lost, they wouldn't survive. And that scared him.

Zero was right. Actually dying is completely different than being turned into a card.

"There are no second chances." Ruri had told him that when she and Sayaka first met the masked man.

Yuto glared over at Yugo. He had to win and destroy that dragon. "I activate Break Sword's effect! When this monster leave the field, can Special Summon its Xyz Materials as Level 4 monsters!" Yuto skid to the side slightly, Dusty Robes dutifully following his lead. Break Sword reappeared on the field briefly, before turning into blue flames that split into two, and remade Phantom Knights Ragged Glove and Silent Boots.

PHANTOM KNIGHTS RAGGED GLOVE LV.3 ATK:1000 DEF:500

PHANTOM KNIGHTS SILENT BOOTS LV.3 ATK:200 DEF:1200

PHANTOM KNIGHTS RAGGED GLOVE LV.3 = 4

PHANTOM KNIGHTS SILENT BOOTS LV.3 = 4

Aquamarine eyes looked back at Yuto. "Now that those guys are back, I'll be getting rid of the useless one!" Yugo lifted one card, before playing it. "I activate the Spell card Hidden Shot! I banish Speedroid Double Yo-Yo from my Graveyard and destroy Dusty Robe!" A purple beam flew from the spell card and ran straight through Dusty Robe's chest, destroying Yuto's third monster. Yugo quickly turned to the side and stopped his motorcycle. "With this, I end my turn."

The banana banged teen looked at Yuto's monsters, before looking back at Yuto himself. "You know why I left those two, right? Go on, bring it out." The rash teen egged Yuto on. "My Clear Wing Synchro Dragon is waiting…" Yuto's grey eyes widened a fraction, the Xyz user had the urge to bite his lower lip. "I'm certain that I was guided here by my dragon. Just like when I went to your world called Heartland!"

Yuto frowned, while Yuya gasped. Zero just looked up at Clear Wing Synchro Dragon with slight disbelief. His dragon guided him here? So that's how he got here, and into Heartland, his dragon warped him… So these dragons are alive.

Yugo clenched a fist. "This time we'll settle the score!" He released his fist and threw it out towards Yuto. "Now, call out your Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"

Yuto grit his teeth and furrowed his eyebrows slightly. "Settle the score?" Grey eyes widened, and Yuto drew a card. "My turn! I overlay my Level 4 Ragged Glove and Silent Boots!" That familiar golden vortex appeared in the ground, and Yuto's ace monster began to rise from its dark depths. "Fangs of pitch black darkness. Rise up against the foolish oppression!" Dark Rebellion hissed within the shadowy smoke. "Descend now! I Xyz Summon!"

The Xyz dragon rose up, did a quick spin with his tail flailing wildly, before looking down at Yugo and Clear Wing with a threatening hiss. "Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Spit was thrown around from the dragon's hiss, as it joined Yuto's side. Rebellion's yellow eyes glowing menacingly, wanting vengeance for his master's injuries.

DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON RNK.4 ORB.2 ATK:2500 DEF:2000

Clear Wing Synchro Dragon suddenly gave a deep toned roar. Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon responded with a loud, high pitched hiss. The two continued to communicate like this, their roaring echoing out for miles.

"Geh!" Zero snapped his head over to Yuya, who was crouched down towards the ground clutching his chest in pain.

"Yuya?" The masked man knelt down beside the tomato haired teen, one black gloved hand rubbing the Entertainment duelist's back. "Yuya, what's wrong?"

"M-m-my chest." Yuya almost wheezed. "My ch-chest is b-burning!" One scarlet red eye opened up to look back at Yugo and Yuto, the two having closed their own eyes. Their faces were scrunched up, as if they were in pain, or trying to fight something. "What is this feeling!? My chest is burning even more than b-before!" Zero followed Yuya's line of sight, which was currently watching over Yuto. The Phantom Knights duelist's frame relaxed, before suddenly tensing immensely. Sweat ran down his face as his eyebrows furrowed in anger.

When Yuto opened his eyes, they were glowing a fierce violet blue.

"What the-!?" Zero shouted all of a sudden. You couldn't even see Yuto's real eyes, all you could see was the blinding glow of violet blue.

"Yuto!" Yuya cried out.

Yuto wasn't the only one suffering from this. When Zero looked over at Yugo, the Synchro duelist was suffering from the same problem as well. The only difference was that his eyes were glowing a seafoam green color, and that his teeth were grit in rage. Both duelists looked like they were struggling to contain something within, but it had gone out of control now.

"Very well, let's end this." Yuto spoke up, his voice eerily even and calm despite his injuries and enraged expression. "With my Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon… I will destroy you…" Yuto suddenly leaned forward, face filled with fury. "And everything!"

"Yuto?!" Zero and Yuya spoke up as one once again. This was getting really freaking, and fast.

. . .

"With my Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon… I will destroy you… And everything!"

That was not Yuto. Shun couldn't believe it, he refused to. Never in his life did he hear or see such anger coming from his friend, even with everything that Academia had done. The Phantom Knights duelist wouldn't want to truly harm anyone, especially kill.

So what the hell was with Yuto's 180?

And why was Yuto's eyes suddenly glowing?

"W-What is this?" Nakajima stuttered. This wasn't normal, this didn't feel right to anybody in the room. It felt naturally wrong, like a demonic ritual or sorts was happening before them. Riley had shrunk back immensely, her body shaking like a leaf as she leaned into Reiji.

"That is not Yuto." Shun stated, though his yellow eyes were quivering slightly at his friend's behavior. "He wouldn't say that. Hell, he never acts like this! Something just happened to change his demeanor!" The Raidraptor looked over at Reiji. "Now can you just let me go! Can't you see that he needs me!"

"It's like they're possessed…" Zero whispered almost to himself.

Reiji said nothing, but the answer was obviously no. All the CEO did was look into the screen intensely, violet eyes unwavering. Though, he just knew that this meant something big. This wasn't good, at all.

. . .

"It's like they're possessed…" Zero whispered. The masked man's mind went back to the time Yuto fought the Academia Commander-In-Chief of the Xyz Dimension, Edo Phoenix. His eyes were glowing a violet blue like they are now, but it wasn't as bright nor as bad. At least then you could actually see his eyes and not the blinding light you see now.

But what caused this change in demeanor? Zero wondered to himself. Is this why the Professor of Academia wanted Yuto and the other boys? They had this immense power, this rage hidden within themselves that he wanted to collect?

"I activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect!" Yuto spat darkly, and raised one hand. "By using one orbital, it can halve the Attack of an opponent's Level 5 or higher monster until the end of this turn, and increase its own Attack by that amount!" Dark Rebellion's wings expanded, the purple orbs glowing ominously as purple lighting wrapped around his wings. The lightning suddenly and quickly shot forward towards Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, effectively trapping the monster and wrapping it up as if the lighting were really ropes. "Treason Discharge!"

"With that effect, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's Attack will drop to 1250, and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's Attack will go up to 3750!" Yuya quickly did the math, as if he was trying to distract himself from something.

DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON ORB.2 = 1

"I activate Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's effect!" Yugo responded instantly, teeth grinding as he practically hissed. "When a Level 5 or higher monster is targeted by a monster effect, it can negate that effect and destroy that monster!" The Synchro duelist raised one hand slightly, and threw it back towards the enraged Yuto and his Dark Rebellion.

"Negate and destroy?!" Zero looked over at Yugo. The purple lightning around Clear Wing slowly turning in that cyan seafoam green color instead.

"I will negate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect targeting Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and destroy it!" Yugo yelled. Clear Wing broke through the lightning, and all four of his wings began to glow brightly. "Dichroic Mirror!" The fierce glowing light flew straight towards Dark Rebellion with the intent of destroying it.

Yuto threw his hand to the side. "I activate the Trap Phantom Wing!" The glowing light halted to a stop just in front of Yuto, the Xyz duelist not even blinking at how bright it was. It was like a barrier had stopped the light from advancing any further. "It negates Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's destruction and increases its Attack by 500!"

DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON ATK:2500 = 3000

"He avoided it!" Yuya sounded slightly relieved, though worried at the same time. "And increased his Attack on top of it!"

"Destroy…" Yuto breathed, almost like it was a sacred chant of sorts. Though he could just barely say any coherent sentence, most likely due to the pain seen on his sweating face. "You… Everything!"

"Yuto." Zero spoke softly, not even knowing what was going on anymore.

"Destroy everything!" Yugo raged alongside Yuto, his voice slightly louder. "Burn everything to ashes!"

"Yugo." Yuya looked over at the Synchro lookalike with fear.

"Eradicate everything!" Yuto and Yugo yelled as one.

"What are you saying…" Yuya trailed off with disbelief. "Stop it!" He hardly even knew Yuto, yet he also knew that the Phantom Knights duelist would never want to commit such an atrocity. "Quit using dueling… Using dueling to clash your hatred against each other!"

"Yuto! You have to snap out of it! Out of whatever the hell is happening to you!" Zero yelled, trying to reach his comrade.

Yuto pushed all of their words and concerns aside. "Go! Battle!" He threw a hand forward, black cape moving along with the action. "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, attack Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"

Yuya suddenly ran forward, Zero tried to catch him but the Pendulum user was just too quick. The tomato haired teen stopped right in front of Yuto, and threw both of his arms out to block Yugo from his glowing violet eyed view. "Stop it! This isn't dueling!" Yuya shouted at Yuto. "I won't accept this!" The boy clenched his hands into fists. "Duels are there to make people smile! They're there to make people happy! Dueling…" Yuya lowered his arms as if accepting a hug. "Dueling isn't for hurting people!"

Yuto didn't respond, he just glared at Yuya with his teeth grit.

"You said it yourself, didn't you?!" Yuya asked frantically. "Dueling filled your homeland with smiles! In Heartland!" That got a reaction out of Yuto. The Xyz user straightened slightly, body extremely tense from the pain and burning coming from within. The mental struggle that Yuto had to face just to attempt trying to regain control of his own body.

To Zero, this would go either two ways. Yuto would either snap out of it, or he would remember what Academia had done to his homeland and go on an everything furthur rampage. Zero desperately hoped for the former rather than the latter.

Thankfully, luck was actually on his side. Yuto closed his eyes tightly, before opening them once again, those grey eyes visible for all to see. Though Yuto's eyes were widened and slightly shrunk, he was back to his normal self.

Yuto's body shook. "I… I don't want to hurt anyone…" Yuto bit his lip, and tightly closed his eyes once again.

"Yuto…" Yuya sighed with relief, before it turned into a slight panic when he watched Yuto fall onto his knees. His black cape pooling around him on the ground. "Yuto!" Yuya stepped forward, and kneeled beside his Xyz counterpart.

"I… end my turn." Yuto breathed, and struggled to maintain his composure.

"He's back…" Zero also breathed with relief, but it didn't last for long.

. . .

"Yuto." Shun breathed a quick sigh of relief, Yuya actually managed to get through to his childhood friend. For that, he was grateful.

. . .

"My turn!" Yugo called out, reminding everyone that he was still here, possessed, and dueling. Glowing cyan green eyes looked over at Yuya and Yuto with reckless anger. "I Summon Speedroid Shave Boomerang from my hand!" A boomerang like monster with hands like a boomerang appeared. A red visor covering the monster's eyes.

SPEEDROID SHAVE BOOMERANG LV. 4 ATK:2000 DEF:0

Yuya turned around to face Yugo now, arms spread wide. "Stop it! You need to stop this too!" With Yuto struggling to keep himself sentient behind Yuya, the Xyz user still kneeling on the ground.

"I activate Shave Boomerang's effect!" Yugo continued, ignoring Yuya's pleas. "Once per turn, I can change this monster to Defense Mode and lower one monster's Attack by 300!" The boomerang began to spin wildly.

"You won't be able to get through to him Yuya." Zero muttered to himself. "You may have saved Yuto, but we don't even know Yugo and his experiences… Though, even if Yugo lowers Dark Rebellion's Attack by 300…" Invisible violet eyes widened slightly. "Yuto in under no condition to fight anymore…" His faceless mask looked down at his forearm, Zero clutching his duel disk tightly. "So then…"

"I will lower Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's Attack!" Yugo yelled, raising his hand up towards his dragon.

"What?!" Yuya exclaimed.

"At this moment, I activate Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's effect!" Yugo's dragon began to glow brightly, especially his cyan green wings. "Since a Level 5 monster has been the target of an effect, I can negate Shave Boomerang's effect and destroy it!" Clear Wing roared, and the bright light consumed and destroyed Yugo's other monster. "Dichroic Mirror!"

Yuya smiled brightly, misunderstanding the situation. "I see! You're also...!"

"And its Attack is increased by the destroyed monster's Attack!" Yugo added, causing Yuya to flinch back. The tomato haired teen's red eyes shaking at this deadly turn of events.

CLEAR WING SYNCHRO DRAGON ATK:2500 = 4500

Clear Wing glowed a deadly cyan green hue all around its body, and Yugo threw his hand towards Yuya and Yuto. "Battle!" Yugo's ace began to fly high into the air, preparing to dive bomb both Yuto and Yuya regardless of Yuya's position. "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon! Attack Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Hell Dive Whirlwind Slasher!" The green tornado like winds formed around the Synchro dragon, and with a deep roar, the monster dived down straight towards the two lookalike teens.

Dark Rebellion, in an effort to save its master, spread its purple lightning and blue flamed wings, and flew up to meet Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. The two on a collision course in the sky, one that Dark Rebellion was destined to lose.

Yuto was going to lose, and Yuya was going to be killed right alongside him.

. . .

"YUTO!" Shun screamed, wanting to jump right through the screen to save his childhood friend.

But he could do nothing except watch it all happen.

He never felt so helpless in his entire life.

. . .

"Intrusion Penalty. 2000 Life Points."

"Huh?!" Yuya looked over to meet the robotic sound. Red eyes widened as he watched electricity dance across Zero's body because of the penalty. "Zero…"

ZERO LP- 4000 = 2000

The masked man held up a monster card. "When my opponent's monster has higher Attack Points, or declares an attack that would deplete the rest of someone's Life Points. I can summon this monster in Attack Mode and direct the attack to it instead." Zero quickly summoned the Knightmare Sutherland within his hand. The war machine willing to sacrifice its life for the greater good.

KNIGHTMARE SUTHERLAND LV.6 ATK:1800 DEF:1800

"The damage that I would take is then cut in half!" Zero finished explaining his machine's effect, and Clear Wing suddenly swerved around Dark Rebellion, and began going after Zero's Sutherland. The harsh winds of the green tornado produced by Clear Wing then tore the machine into shreds, and sent Zero flying head over heels backwards. The masked man's voice tearing out a scream as he rolled around and eventually skid across the ground multiple times, before coming to a complete stop right beside the gazebo once again.

ZERO LP- 2000 = 650

"Zero!" Yuya and Yuto both yelled towards the masked man.

. . .

Shun breathed a sigh of relief, and actually slumped down slightly against the desk. Yuto was fine, he and Yuya were both saved in the nick of time thanks to Zero.

Though, the masked man himself seems to have been harmed once again, but at least everyone was still alive.

. . .

"Ow…" Zero groaned, and slowly sat up while rubbing his neck slightly. The masked teen having gotten whiplash from the violent attack. "Son of a… Ouch."

Yugo's cyan green glowing eyes blinked, before they finally turned back into aquamarine within his helmet. Yugo's eyes widened. "Huh?!" The Synchro user looked around, slightly lost. "What have I been…" He looked over towards Yuto, Yuya, and Zero. "What the?"

"Zero!" Yuya and Yuto both stood, though the Xyz user couldn't get too far because of his ankle, he managed to limp over to kneel beside his masked leader.

"Zero, are you alright?" Yuya put a hand on the masked man's shoulder.

The masked man shuffled slightly, before nodding. "Yeah." He croaked. "I'm good, although I'm pretty sure I got some major whiplash."

Yuto grit his teeth, grey eyes stormy before he hit Zero's shoulder. "You idiot!" He hissed. "I told you both to stay out of this!"

"And then what?" Zero's modulated voice snapped back. "We just casually watch you get killed in a damn duel?" He huffed a sarcastic laugh. "I don't think so. I'm your damn leader, so I'll do whatever the hell I want if it means I keep my comrades safe. Even if they don't like it."

Grey eyes looked at the ground between him and Zero. "Dammit… Even so-!"

"Hey!"

Everyone looked over at Yugo, who had gotten off of his ride and taken his helmet off. Aquamarine eyes looking over the three with slightly worry. Yuto alongside Yuya both got up and raised their duel disk threateningly.

Yugo held up both hands as a sign of peace. "Woah woah woah wait a minute!" He yelled frantically before his eyes blinked down towards Zero. "What the hell just happened? Is he alright?"

"You mean to tell us you don't remember attacking him with your Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!?" Yuto snapped angrily. "Bullshit!" Dark Rebellion hissed at his master's words, and all three counterparts flinched slightly at the burning pain in their chests still.

Yugo growled at Yuto. "Don't get angry at me! I still have yet to beat you into a pulp!" Though, the anger lessened slightly as he looked back at Zero. "But is he really alright? I… I don't really remember what happened after you summoned your Dark Rebellion dragon, everything is so fuzzy…" The Synchro duelist rubbed his head slightly in discomfort. "I didn't mean to hurt him if he got in the way."

"I'm fine." Zero reassured Yugo, and stood up on his own two feet if somewhat shakily.

"Zero." Yuya blinked.

"You're not fine!" Yuto insisted.

"No, I am." Zero's voice lowered in a warning, and both Yuya and Yuto quieted down slightly. The masked man then turned his attention towards Yugo. "I believe there's been a misunderstanding between us."

"What do you mean?" Yugo's eyes narrowed slightly at Zero's words. "And who the hell are you even?"

Zero huffed, before gesturing to himself. "My name is Zero, and I am the leader of the resistance in the battle against Academia in Heartland."

Yugo blinked, before looking between Yuto and the masked man. "So… He works for you!"

Zero nodded. "That's correct."

Yugo smirked, before pointing at the masked man. "Alright then! Perhaps you'll tell me where you took Rin!"

"Rin?" Yuya repeated in his confusion.

"That bastard kidnapped Rin!" Yugo yelled at Yuto, whose grey eyes had widened slightly at the accusation. "Then he just suddenly teleported away right when I was going to get him and beat his sorry ass! He stole Rin and I'm going to get her back no matter what it takes!"

"I'm sorry." Yuto ground out. "But I don't even know who the hell Rin is! Why the hell would I even want to kidnap her! I don't do kidnapping!" Though, Zero had a hunch about who Yugo was talking about. A girl with apple green hair and orange eyes came to mind. A girl who was also in the file for Revival Zero, and who was also seen in Yugo's pictures as well.

He also had an idea about who had kidnapped her. A certain Fusion user by the name of Yuri Katsu came to mind.

"Don't go denying it you bastard!" Yugo snapped, throwing a hand out in his rage. "I saw your face before you teleported away! You had the same face as me! So that's how I knew it was you!" Yugo clenched his fist, shaking as he looked down at the ground. "I tried to find you and Rin again, but after a couple days of searching the City with no results…" Yugo bit his lip, containing his emotions before he looked up at his Clear Wing. "Then Clear Wing started glowing, and suddenly I wasn't in the City anymore, but instead I was in Heartland! And that's where I found you again!"

Zero's masked violet eyes widened in sudden understanding. The reason for Yugo and Yuto's struggle solved with the distinct click of a puzzle piece. "You're mistaken, Yugo."

"Like hell I am!" He barked, before throwing a fist out at Zero once again. "Though, since he seems to work for you. I'll just beat the truth out of you instead! Then once I find out where you've hidden Rin! I'll take him down as well!"

"That was not Yuto." Zero stated determinedly. "You've mistaken Yuto's identity for another."

"He's a Pawn of Fusion." Yuto growled, crouched slightly. "He could be making this stuff up as he goes along!" Though he was having some trouble believing his own words.

"Are you saying that I'm lying!" Yugo yelled, cracking his knuckles. "And for the millionth time my name is NOT FUSION! IT'S YUGO DAMMIT!" The Synchro duelist roared. "Stop getting my fucking name wrong! At this rate you're just doing it on purpose to piss me off!"

"Both of you be quiet!" Zero bellowed, and everyone flinched back slightly at his anger. Zero sighed heavily, before looking up at Yugo once again. "Trust me, Yugo. If I did have Rin I would have given her back to you by now. We did not kidnap, and do not have Rin! You've mistaken Yuto for another person who works for a place called Academia! The same enemy we are currently fighting against!"

"My eyes don't lie to me though!" Yugo rebuked strongly, aquamarine eyes glaring at Yuto's gray ones. "I saw someone take Rin who had the same face as my own, and I just happen to spot him once I was teleported to Heartland?! That's no coincidence!"

"Yuya has the same face as you." Zero interjected. Yuya blinking and snapping his head towards Zero in a 'what the hell!' look. "If he has the same face as you, then perhaps he took Rin as well?" Yugo bit his lip, and looked between Yuya and Yuto with some doubt. Zero stepped forward, and put a hand on Yuto's shoulder. "Yugo, these two didn't take Rin! We would have given her back by now if we did! The person you're really looking for, the real culprit and person responsible, is named Yur-"

"Yuya!"

A bright pink light suddenly shone from the entrance of the park. All of the boy's eyes widened as Yugo, Yuto, and Zero were turned into particles and forcefully warped to another location. Zero having to tag along for the ride due to holding onto Yuto's shoulder at that moment. While Yugo went back to the Synchro Dimension in confused rage and doubt, Yuto and Zero were warped back at the harbor in Standard.

Yuzu sprinted into the park, looking over at the destroyed and ruined landscape with some fear. "Yuto. Yuto was here?" Periwinkle eyes looked around frantically, before she spotted Yuya on the hill by the gazebo. "Yuya!"

Scarlet eyes looked around the area frantically and distractedly. The tomato haired teen determined to find out where Yuto and Zero had suddenly vanished alongside Yugo. "But… They were right here just a second ago…"

"Yuya!" Said teen looked over to the side to see Yuzu running towards him.

"Yuzu!" Yuya took a couple steps forward, before his knees buckled under his own weight and he collapsed. All of the adrenaline and energy from the chaos having gone away, leaving the Entertainment duelist an exhausted, unconscious shell at the moment.

"Yuya!" Yuzu called his name again, before kneeling beside her crush. She tried to wake Yuya up by shaking him, but it wasn't working. "Yuya, what's wrong? What is going on!?" She tried to ask her childhood friend frantically. "What happened!? Wake up Yuya! Yuya!" The Melodious duelists decided to use her duel disk and call for help. Her father soon arrived on the scene, and quickly helped Yuya into the car and drove him home to his mother Yoko.

. . .

"So there was nothing left at the scene?" Reiji asked, and Nakajima soon responded over the phone. His voice blocked out slightly, but it confirmed what Reiji had just asked. Violet eyes narrowed slightly. "I see, return to the L.D.S tower now that you're done." The CEO soon hung up, and turned around to face his only form of contact with Zero.

Shun Kurosaki unabashedly glared at Reiji with his piercing, molten yellow eyes. He wasn't happy with the Professional duelist after he outright refused to allow Shun to go out and help Yuto and Zero. Yuto had been harmed, and nearly killed tonight. He was also sure that Zero was going to hide a few injuries of his own as well.

It was always a pain in the ass to get the guy to open up about that.

.

.

.

The two stared at each other in silence, trying to see who would break or speak up first.

Surprisingly, it was Reiji that decided to speak up first. The CEO leaned over his working desk and stared right into Shun's yellow eyes. "I believe there is something else that you and Zero have not been telling me. Would you like to speak up about it now, or do I have to do it?"

"Hmph." Shun looked to the side, the wall suddenly much more interesting than Reiji at the moment. "I have no idea what you're talking about." He spoke so sarcastically that it was obvious that he really did know.

"Don't try to hide it from me Shun, and don't even bother playing dumb." Reiji almost snapped, he didn't like not knowing everything. He hated having the rug pulled out from under his feet. "Revival Zero."

Just hearing the name of the Professor's damned pet project was enough to make Shun flinch slightly and boil with pure rage. The Raidraptor swore he could actually see blood red completely block his vision before it faded away.

Shun clicked his tongue, before facing Reiji once again. "If you want me to speak honestly, I have absolutely no fucking clue what Revival Zero is. Zero himself doesn't know either." The Raidraptor admitted slightly. "Though you can converse with him about more of the details, because just hearing that project name pisses me off to no end."

"You really don't know anything." Violet eyes narrowed in disbelief. "How come I don't exactly believe that?"

"I'm being honest for once." Shun spat. "When we opened the file to Revival Zero all we found where pictures of certain people. Besides their name and picture, there was no descriptions or other words inside the file!"

"And I'm guessing one of the people on the picture was Yuto alongside this Ruri?" Reiji pieced together from what he had heard from Sora when had theoretically 'spilled the beans'. Shun's tensing shoulders and silence were enough of an answer. "I see."

"Look." Shun breathed, trying to relax just a tiny bit at least. "We don't know what Revival Zero is. Not even Zero knows, and the guy was pretty freaked at seeing the Professor of Academia stalking eight people since childhood." Even Reiji looked slightly uncomfortable at the notition. Shun placed one hand on the side of his hip before continuing, eyes looking out of the darkened window into the night sky. "The only person who would really know is the Professor of Academia himself, Leo Akaba." Yellow eyes averted back towards Reiji. "Whatever the bastard has planned for them, for Yuto and Ruri… It's bad."

Reiji could see the truth just from Shun's voice at his last words. The Raidraptor was seriously concerned about what Revival Zero had planned for his friend and apparent sister. "Hopefully, as long as we keep them away from Academia's clutches, we'll figure out the truth soon."

"Yeah…" Shun trailed off, though his yellow eyes had steeled once again at the thought of protecting his friend and sister. "The Academia bastards already tried to kidnap Ruri once, but failed. From what we managed to hear before Yugo, Yuto, and Zero vanished, another girl by the name of Rin Kukiko was already kidnapped and taken to Academia." The hand against his hip dug into his trenchcoat slightly at the bad news.

Reiji sat down in his office chair, his chin being held by bent fingers, mouth slightly hidden and muffled behind his hands. "Tell me everything you know. From just the lack of information, it's rather obvious that this project is big to Leo Akaba, so it's vital to keep the necessary targets out of his grasp." If the information was being passed to others by just word of mouth from the Professor, it was deathly important to Academia's true goals.

Shun chewed on the inside of his cheek slightly in indecision. If Reiji was going to become their ally, eventually he would have to trust him, and maybe even take his orders from time to time.

Shun sighed heavily. "Fine." Yellow eyes looked directly into violet. "But you're not going to like it."

. . .

Violet eyes looked down into the machine coldly, little tiny cards floating down into the powered light green core to help give it energy. The Professor of Academia, Leo Akaba, kept his back turned as he continued to stare down at the machine that would help realize his dreams through the window in the throne room.

Finally, after countless days, weeks of searching with no results. He had found him.

Zero.

They had found where that little masked rat was hiding, found that the masked coward had finally crawled out of the hole he had retreated in. That hole, was in the Standard Dimension.

Though he shouldn't be surprised that Zero was hiding in the Standard Dimension, that was where his son lived after all. That wasn't the important part though. The only reason he was so interested in Zero was because he knew of Revival Zero, and that wherever he went, Ruri was bound to be there and follow.

"After investigating the situation in Standard through the memories of our agent…" The Professor spoke callously towards someone behind him. A student wearing a purple uniform with a red jacket, one that was completely different and unique to only him. "We've obtained some interesting information."

Two screens appeared in the air, allowing the Academia student to look up and see the pictures on it. One screen had the picture of a teenage girl. She hair pink haired tied into two pigtails by two big blue jeweled hair clips and periwinkle eyes. The twisted Fusion user memorized the information he was being given without care or problems. Though, the second screen gave him more of a shock, but in a good way.

That familiar faceless mask stared down at him without any fear and total confidence. Even the picture seemed to radiate that familiar deadly aura that screamed challenge. The Academia student's smirk widened tremendously at finally figuring out where Zero had vanished. He would finally be able to get a rematch with him, for the draw that he was forced into by the girl's bracelet unexpectedly having powers.

Today was a good day, Yuri decided.

A marvelous day indeed.

"Most likely, the girl is the fourth piece that I am seeking. Her name is Yuzu Hiragi." Leo Akaba informed his strongest Academia soldier, and most mentally unstable student. "Zero has also been found hiding in the Standard Dimension. I want him taken down and brought to me, alive. He's hiding one of the pieces that I need to make my plans come to fruition. I'll be sure to break him and tell me where he has hidden her eventually... Bring them to me, won't you? Yuri."

Yuri Katsu smiled up at the Professor deviously. The idea of hunting down and dueling Zero once again, along with helping the leader of Academia fulfill their true goal made his smile widened into a full blown maniacal grin.

"Happily, Professor." Yuri agreed cheerily, his eyes revealing an undying lust for the thrill of a good hunt.

Finally! Chapter 17 is finished, and we've learned of Yuto's true fate in this fic! HE LIVES! I feel the other Yu boys got the short end of the stick in the anime. Yuto died at the beginning, Yugo kept getting warped around alongside Yuri, and Yuri was just introduced rather late into the show. Makes me feel so bad. :,(

However, Yuto actually has a chance now! Hurray! I apologize for posting this so late. I actually got sick on Friday, so progress on the story was halted for a bit because of it.

Anyway, Shun, Reiji and the others actually got to see what happened in the battle with Yugo and Yuto this time, that's different. I've given Rin a last name! Kukiko stands for snow from what I looked up, and I thought it fit perfectly with her monster's theme. Zero's on Academia's Most Wanted List now, and Yuri is being tasked to hunt him down alongside Yuzu and Ruri. Though I wouldn't be too surprised by that. Dude was a huge pain in Britannia's ass as well.

We'll be getting back into the Tournament, and begin Round 2 very soon! Wonder who Zero will face, and what chaos is bound to happen in the upcoming rounds at that?! Let's find out in Chapter 18, whenever that posts! HA…

I'll see you all later. -MoonlightWright