Heartland Tower

Yuto bolted awake and found himself in bed with Shay and Kite nearby looking at him. "Uh, what happened guys? The last thing I remember was seeing that guy and passing… Hold on, where is Lulu!" He looked out a window and saw that it was day. "Did you two…"

He stopped as he noticed the saddened looks on their faces.

"Oh…" Yuto stated.

Shay sighed. "Both Hart and Lulu have been taken Yuto."

Yuto's eyes went wide. "Hart as well? Who has them?"

"Someone who goes by Organization." Kite stated. "Best we can figure, he was a captive like them and decided to capture them himself after they were freed. We've had every resource at our disposal searching for them, but it's turned up nothing."

"In the meantime, we have people we trust looking at our decks." Shay stated. "When we find this guy, we want no uncertainty in defeating him."

"Resources at your disposal." He looked around the room and out the window realizing they were well above ground level. "Guys, where are we?"

Shay sighed and crossed his arms. "We tried to contact you, but it was hard to do when you were on the road for so long. A lot happened my friend. Lulu and Hart are both sick with diseases that the medical staff can only lessen."

"They're both sick." Yuto looked at them. "Can it be cured?"

Kite said, "Not by normal means." He nodded. "Right now, we are in Heartland Tower with Dr. Faker and Heartland himself. They are somewhere around here. We've had access to the best medical equipment and professionals, yet they haven't been able to do a thing."

"Okay, but what are these not so normal means you speak of?" Yuto asked.

Kite took out Number 62 and showed it to Yuto who reached out to grab it until Kite pulled It back. "These cards are dangerous to most people as they bring out one's desires to the extreme. Shay and I created something called Photon Mode that repels that desire even when not active.

"We've been able to collect these cards for Faker and Heartland." Shay continued. "They say if we collect all 100, we'll have the power to heal Hart and Lulu." He remembered Yuma, Lance, and the Arclights. "It's not been easy."

"There are those who wish to collect the Numbers for their own reasons." Kite stated. "Duelists that aren't to be taken lightly."

Yuto nodded. "That's saying something coming from you." He stood up. "Alright, I may not have been here when you guys needed me, but I'm here now." He pointed at himself. "Give me Photon Mode. That way I can help save Hart and Lulu as well as collect those Numbers."

They were surprised.

"Are you sure Yuto?" Shay asked.

Yuto nodded determined. "What kind of friend would I be if I didn't do what I could to help?" He smiled. "Don't be worried about be slowing you down because I've gotten a lot better through my travels."

"You were good before, so we don't doubt it; however, what about the tournament? The other Number Hunters are going to be in the finals, so without a completed Heart Container, you aren't going to be much help."

Yuto smirked. "It took me two days to actually find enough duelist…" He pulled out his completed Heart Container "…but I am in."

Kite looked at Shay and they nodded. "Alright Yuto, you're in."

Shay said, "In these times, it'll be great to have another person we can trust around."

"I won't let you guys down." He produced his deck and gave it to Shay. "See what you can do for my Phantom Knights. This way, you'll know I won't slow you down."

Shay nodded. "To know that for certain, we'll have to duel once everything is settled."

"You got it Shay." Yuto stated.

Shane's Hotel Room

Shane and Dark Mist were inspecting a suitcase filled with cards while his deck was laid out before him. Without the need to collect any more Heart Pieces, and lay low, it was one of the few things he could do.

Then, he got a call on his D-pad from Reiji and he immediately answered it. "Mr. Akaba…" You never knew who could be listening in. "…what can I do for you, sir?"

"I'm calling because I need you to establish contact with Lance's group." Reiji stated. "After the Lancer's pulled out, our systems picked up every summoning method form Ritual to Link with several of them coming from that group."

"Sir, you say every summoning method?" Shane asked. "Is it possible that the Barian's have grown stronger than what was predicted?"

"This wasn't the Barian's." Reiji stated. "While they are still a real threat, and we picked up the usual signal from Organization, this has increased the danger. We detected Fusion readings far stronger than anyone save Lance Hogan."

"The Fusion Dimension. Sir, I thought there was no way they could become active." Shane stated. "You showed us the…"

"Things change." Reiji stated. "Now, I'm counting on you."

Shane calmly replied. "Yes sir." They both hung up and he looked at Dark Mist. "You heard that, right?"

Dark Mist nodded. "I did." He phased into Shane. "Do not worry, for I shall not reveal myself."

Shane began to collect his deck until he heard his D-pad go off again. He saw that it was Rio, and from the looks of his missed calls, she'd been trying to reach him.

Tsukumo Residence: Yuma's Attic

Yuma had certainly been distressed with Tori not remembering master Roku. It was only made worse as he realized that he both remembered learning under Roku and learning under Lance how to do the same things.

In both instances, he lost to Kaze, Caswell and Shane beat him, they all train with either one. It was so confusing, and up until he passed out from exhaustion, he'd discussed it with Astral who shared both sets of memories and confusion.

Now, Yuma was awoken by his duel pad ringing. "No, I'm too tired to…"

Yuma bolted awake as he realized he had even more memory problems than before. He now both remembered Lance as his best friend and grandma adopting him as a Tsukumo a year prior after Lance's parents died. That was another thing.

Now Yuma remembered Lance's parents as both alive and dead. He remembered Zeera training Tori and now Lance training Tori. Astral appeared and they both looked at one another. Without words, they knew they had the same memory problems once again.

"There is a simple way to prove it Yuma." Astral looked at the way out of the attic and to the room below. "I now recall that when I arrived, that room was Lance's and this yours as opposed to both being yours."

Yuma jumped out of his hammock while ignoring the duel pad which had gone silent. He climbed down the ladder only to see a room much like the one he remembered entering whenever he stayed the night at Lance's.

Shelves of books and posters of duel monsters around the room, neat and tidy, and sparsely decorated with a desk, bed, and dresser. Both Yuma and Astral stood they're in disbelief only to be broken out of it as Yuma finally registered his duel pad which was ringing again.

"Maybe that's Lance who will tell me this is all some dream." Yuma rushed back up and answered the thing. "Hello."

Rio was on the other end. "Yuma, I'm calling you on behalf of Lance. The Number Club is meeting at Shark and I's home. There is much we need to discuss."

Yuma was still shocked, but his memories, as well as what happened last night, compelled him to ask a question. "Is Lance alright?"

Rio replied, "He's as alright as can be expected. Look, a lot has happened, but he's doing better than he was this morning. Just meet us at my place. I'm going to try to get everyone I can to meet us."

Yuma was quick to say, "I'll definitely be there." Rio then hung up and Yuma went about preparing himself. "Things are even more complicated than I thought they'd be. Astral, what do you think is wrong with Lance?"

"I do not know Yuma." He closed his eyes. "Something tells me that everything that went on last night, with Quatro's family and those Academia duelists, does not bode well for this meeting."

Yuma was shocked. "That's right." He shook his head. "Man, so much happened last night that I wouldn't believe it had it not happened. It just seems like one strong duelist after another turns up to duel us."

Astral nodded. "That may be Yuma, but we cannot let Roku down. Remember, we must keep dueling."

Yuma nodded determined. "If we got time before the finals, we should head up to Roku's Duel Sanctuary to see what he wants us to find."

"A good idea, but for now, we must take things one step at a time. I fear there is much we do not know." Astral stated.

Yuma continued to get dressed. "You're right." He was done getting ready. "Let's go."

Fortunately, Haru and Kari had been out shortly after Yuma returned, and he had yet to hear them downstairs. Yuma remembered that Kari wasn't particularly happy that Lance had been hurt while Haru trusted Rio to look after him.

Kastle Residence

Lance and Rio arrived at her home only for Vega to come running out and hug Lance. "Dad, I heard from Uncle Shark that you were okay, but I was so worried. I saw you in that graveyard, and you looked so down."

Lance smiled and hugged the kid back. "It's okay Vega. I'm doing better now. Your mother and an entertaining fellow helped my perspective and put my mind at ease."

Shark walked on out certainly a little grumpy, but that was down to the fact that he wasn't used to so many people in his house at once considering he was a loner for quite some time. Well, he was a little miffed at Lance and Rio.

"I'd have been fine with you two arriving a little later, but I didn't expect you'd take this much time." Shark stated.

He was admittedly curious about Lance's new look, but he wasn't one to really care enough to comment on it. Heck, he's seen some strange things already anyways.

Lance nodded. "It's my bad man, but we're here. What about everyone else?"

"Yuma, Tori, Nelson, Cat, Taiki, and Shane are inside." Shark stated.

"Ah, he did make it." Rio stated. "I was uncertain since it seemed like it took quite some time to get through to him than anyone else."

Lance nodded. "With everyone here, let's get started."

Lance, Rio, Vega, and Shark entered the home and walked into the living room which caused everyone to stop and stare at Lance. It was understandable since, while he did look like himself, there were certainly differences.

"Well, I guess I'll start." Lance stated. "I mean, I did technically call you out here, so it's only fair."

So, Lance told them everything he told Rio. How he was Link and Lance, two souls in one. His brother Zarc who rampaged in the future and Ray who ultimately ended up stopping him. Shane, without showing it, made note of Lance's story.

Of course, Lance made sure to tell them about his memory problem. It also may have seemed unimportant, but he told them of his duel with Yusho as that had huge ramifications going into everything they were to discuss.

"So, Astral and I aren't the only ones who remember what others don't." Yuma stated.

Everyone else was confused yet accepting since neither Lance nor Yuma's ever gave them a reason to doubt them.

"I guess you weren't tired enough to hallucinate things Yuma." Tori stated. "Sorry."

"It's fine." Yuma smiled. "I honestly thought I might have been until I conferred with Astral and Lance's word has only confirmed that what I remember is correct."

Caswell looked at Lance. "So, you come from the future with summoning methods that we haven't, or are just now, seeing."

Lance nodded. "Yes; however, there are certain fallacies with what had been and what is. Yusho Sakaki shouldn't even be born, yet I dueled him before coming here. What's more, he called himself a Dueltainer.

That said, he did use Pendulum cards; however, not all of them were Performapal like the deck he should have had. No, that deck, except for quite a few extra deck monsters he did have, is now with me.

"You also have 9 decks and all the summoning methods on hand?" Caswell asked.

Lance nodded. "That is correct, and, as I now remember, the dragons with the names of summoning methods were my big brother Zarc's. I'm not sure if it's my presence,
Zarc's defeat, and/or some third party's doing, but the past has changed. I may not remember the past, but I can feel it in my soul that this isn't what it should be."

Caswell looked at his deck box on his belt. "6 summoning methods. Once again Lance pulls ahead, and I only feel as though I'm falling further behind.'

Cat noticed this and decided to pat his back.

"This explains why Lance has such high readings for Fusion. Synchro, and Xyz." Shane thought.

Dark Mist spoke to him. "Don't forget, he has those same readings for Ritual, Link, and Pendulum. With many decks, he's become more unpredictable. Even if he is unsure how to use them, something tells me he'll learn, and those white cards will reveal what they are."

Nelson said, "Okay, that's a lot to take in, but considering everything we've faced, it's not unbelievable."

"Even I believe it, and I'm new to this compared to all of you." Taiki added.

Lance nodded. "Well, the fact that you're here means you got a place in the Number Club if you want it?"

Taiki crossed his arms and genuinely said, "Who am I to say no?" He then smirked at Yuma deciding to antagonize him. "It sounds like, based on Rio's calls and Yuma's lose to me, that you could use a strong duelist in your club."

Yuma grunted. "Hey, I've gotten a lot better since we dueled, and I'm still in the tournament."

Taiki took out his Heart Container which was full. "So am I."

Without Zeera or Crow around, the world had to correct itself somehow.

Lance spoke up. "Alright you two, that's enough. Save it for later. Right now, there is still much we must discuss. For instance, everything that went down from last evening to this morning. I think everyone of us has something to share."

"Sorry teacher, but I don't." Shane put on a frown that was about half real. "I also feel bad that I didn't pick up your call last night. My D-Pad quit on me after I got my last Heart Piece, and I had to get a new one. By the time everything was working, I got the call from Rio.

Lance nodded with a reassuring smile. "I don't blame you for anything Shane. It's unfortunate, but it happens. We can't change that."

"I think the easiest way to get everything out there would be to go through what exactly happened from each of our perspectives." Rio stated. "That way it'll be easier to collect all the facts."

Lance nodded. "That sounds like a good idea. I suppose this all starts, at the earliest, with Yuma, Tori, Astral, and I. the four of us had met up and gotten candy from some stalls when Lulu and Hart, the siblings of Kite and Shay, suddenly appeared."

"You mean the Number Hunters?" Caswell asked.

Tori nodded. "They were going to be hit by a truck until Yuma and Lance jumped into action saving them. Afterwards, we took them to Yuma's home where we all had dinner. Once they adjourned for the night, we got to talking."

Yuma said, "Eventually, Hart climbed out the window. We later found out that he left to look for caramels to give to his brothers. It turns out that long-ago Kite and Shay were trying to leave with their siblings. Caramels became an important symbol that Hart linked to strength.

"It was a revelation that would come later for Yuma and is getting a little ahead in the story." Lance stated. "I personally broke away from the group after my pendant warned me that Rio, Nelson, Shark, and Organization were in trouble."

"I suppose this is where we jump in." Rio stated. "I was caught up in a duel with Vetrix at the beginning of the night."

"Trey." Shark simply replied.

"I took on Quatro." Nelson stated.

"Organization dueled Dos." Lance stated. "I called in as much help as I could. I went to aid Rio, Caswell and Cat were sent to Shark, Lloyd went after his brother, and my parents originally went after Dos.

Not even I'm certain who appeared then if they didn't. Maybe that's a hole this world has created with whatever happened, but I digress. Let's continue on with sorting everything out, so that we don't get confused."

Tori nodded. "Yuma, Lulu, and I found Hart on this bridge, and soon after three other Number Hunters, who seem to be working with Kite and Shay, arrived. Kala, Dextra, and Nistro. Lulu and I took on Dextra and Kala while Nistro was whisked away to duel some masked stranger."

Caswell perked up at this. "Did he wear an altered Ra Yellow uniform."

Tori shook his head. "A brown cloak. Anyways, we had Yuma take Hart and run while Lulu and I dueled the Number Hunters defeating them."

Lance nodded. "I think next the duelist facing the Arclights should go since it'd have taken time for Yuma to move Hart."

"My brother may have been on his way, but I never saw him." Nelson stated clearly worried. "I lost to Quatro and most notably he did bring out this ranked up version of his monster using a something called Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force."

Barian was a familiar word to everyone there.

Shark simply said. "Before I defeated Trey, Caswell and Cat appeared. They wanted to help, but I didn't need it. They were soon taken by some guy named Kaze. Unsure what happened to them, but after Trey's defeat, a robot of Zane Truesdale appeared.

He defeated me, but some girl atop an aircraft intruded into the duel only to be immediately defeated. Trey ensnared me. I tried to struggle free, but I was capture. In the end, I was teleported away."

"A girl atop a hovercraft." Lance and Rio stated before nodding to one another.

"We know who you're talking about." Rio stated. "Anna Kaboom."

"You mean that girl who used to bully Lance because she loved him?" Tori stated.

Lance was surprised. "You knew, yet you never told me!?"

Tori looked at him. "I thought you knew and weren't interested."

"No, I didn't know, but I faced her well before these events." Lance stated. "We came to terms of being friends."

Rio nodded. "Now that's out of the way, we can get to my duel with Vetrix. He beat my Blackwing deck and would have taken me if it weren't for Lance coming in. At the same time, Declan Akaba's butler, James, came in to make sure he did.

Lance protected me, and next thing I know, my deck is completely different." She showed it to them. "Then, Lance and I are in a duel with Vetrix and James." She was deciding to leave out their shared vision.

"Then Vega here…" She pointed to the boy. "…suddenly appeared using his own display of magic that Vetrix wanted. So, Lance and I were now dueling to protect each other and an unconscious kid. We ended up defeating them and escaped with Vega."

"As for Caswell and me, we lost every time to Kaze." Cat stated. "The two of us dueled him together, but we never beat him."

Yuma said, "I suppose that leaves Hart and me. We arrived at the place Hart wanted to go and where he thought he'd find caramels, the windmills. Lulu had given me some, so I gave them to him.

I was about to offer to take him back to his brothers when the last of the Arclights, Quinton, appeared. He took Hart away. I walked down and was confronted by Kite who informed me that I shouldn't have let Hart go. I got him to include me in on the hunt for "

"Yuma was only able to get a hold of so many of us." Tori stated. "It appears for good reason."

"Rio and I were called, but it took a few attempts as Vega saw Rio and I as his mother and father. It came as a great shock." Lance stated.

Everyone who hadn't paid him much mind due to everything else now looked at Vega.

"He does share similar traits to how you used to look and how Rio looks." Cat stated.

Nelson nodded. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say he was your son."

Caswell nodded. "We know what you say is true about his appearance, and I'm fairly certain I'd remember seeing a child that looks like him go missing. His features and heterochromia aren't common. Still, take him to the police station to confer after this before keeping him."

Rio said. "I'll handle it." She didn't want to say it, but deep down she hopped Vega wasn't missing because she didn't want to give the boy up. "Anyways, Lance and I took Vega with us as we met up with Yuma and Tori at Heartland Academy."

"From there, we traversed to the museum where we met up with Shay and Kite. Things were uneasy and tense, but we came to a consensus that we could put aside our differences and work together if it meant saving our friends and family."

"Little did they know I freed myself, and even though I can't explain it, some crimson energy came from all us captives." Shark continued. "This resulted in everyone becoming free including Lulu who that man in brown cloak brought in.

Soon after, this friend of Kite and Shay, Yuto, arrived. Together we dueled Vetrix as his children went to deal with the intruders, Lance's group that had arrived. Just so I don't have to say it later, we defeated Vetrix."

"We got inside and had to break up to duel pairs of Arclights. Kite and I began dueling Dos and Trey. Dos used her family's power, that of a crest, to revert my mind set to that of the scared kid I once was." Lance informed.

Rio nodded. "Vega and I tried to get him back as he played pitifully, and Kite kept them in the game. Eventually, Vega and I intruded on the duel to protect Lance when we could no longer reach him."

"Unfortunately, they could not as Dos had blocked them out, but my dragons could." Lance stated. "They increased my power and broke the seal bringing me back. Even though Trey put up one heck of a fight, we won."

Yuma suddenly realized something. "Oh, I just remembered." He looked at Lance. "You told us about Link Summoning, and last night Quinton used Link Summoning against Shay and I in our duel."

Everyone was shocked except for Tori who had been there. "It's true."

"What monsters did he Link summon?" Lance asked.

"Dillingerous Dragon, Plasma Core Link Dragon, and Borrel Core Link Dragon." Yuma stated. "Didn't you say your brother had dragons that had a summoning method in their name?"

Lance nodded. "Dillingerous Dragon is a rather common Link monster, but Plasma Core Link Dragon was my brother's alright." He closed his eyes. "That said, I have it as well, but it's another mystery."

"In the end, Shay and I won." Yuma stated. "Then you arrived with everyone else as Quinton and Quatro left. From there, Yuto, appeared, both of you blacked out, your unconscious bodies glowed, and we were suddenly at Heartland Academy."

"That's where we ran into Organization who had taken the freed, yet still unconscious Lulu and Hart." Tori looked at Nelson. "He had your brother as well, but he gave you back."

Nelson looked sadly at the ground. "So, big brother did come for me, but he must have lost to someone as Organization was chained up with Shark."

"After, Kite and Shay took Yuto, Shark, Rio, and Vega left with Lance, and Yuma and I walked along the streets. Eventually, Yuma got it in his head to run off in search of his father, but I put a stop to it. Well, Roku did in his other memories."

Yuma nodded. "Yep, but our troubles, I guess everyone's, were only just beginning."

After hearing everything he did, Yuma was coming to realize that they'd all likely had to face more trouble. Trouble like Roku, he, and Tori had to face after the Arclights and Lancers.

"After Roku and I's duel, we were approached by Seto and Mokuba Kaiba themselves as young as they were in Yugi Muto's time. They had these orbs that could allow them to teleport themselves and others.

Roku was taken by Kaiba while we were taken by Mokuba. Unfortunately, Roku would lose as would Tori and me. We also found out that I was meant to be captured. Mokuba used a Cubic archetype."

"Fortunately, a duelist interrupted the duel. She had an orb as well, but considering she was after Mokuba instead of us, I think this duelist was against Academia." Tori stated.

Yuma nodded. "After they left, Roku appeared, spoke to us, and vanished. Afterwards, Tori lost all memory of him."

Caswell sighed. "Cat and I came across three Academia soldiers, none of which we recognized, in a parking lot. I can't seem to remember why they were there, but Cat and I dueled the masked Ra I mentioned earlier."

"We didn't seem worth any more time after, but this one guy, also a duelist, seemed to really draw his attention." Cat explained. "He told us to go, so I got Caswell out of there."

"I think that just leaves us." Rio stated. "We were home when some Academia people showed up announcing their presence. Two duelists got in their way seeing they were in the wrong as we ran with Lance. I called in any available help and got through to Taiki.

He arrived as we were confronted by a young, teenage Syrus Truesdale who shot out one of those red tethers. Taiki blocked it and dueled Syrus. Based on the message I got from him later, he was able to pull out a tie."

"That's right." Taiki confirmed.

Rio continued. "Finally, we ran into someone who looked like Jaden Yuki and this green haired kid. Vega and I dueled them and won, but they were holding back. That left Shark who safely got Lance to this hotel where we rested until he woke up and changed to look like this.

Lance nodded. "Alright, to sum up our situation Kite, Shay, Kala, Dextra, and Nistro are Number Hunters after Numbers just like Yuma and I; however, maybe we can reach a deal with them given last night. Next, the Arclights who are Number Hunters, but seem less hospitable.

Then, Academia who seems to contain long dead/old duelist or duelist we don't know anything about. They seem to have the ability to remove people from this world and almost everyone's memories.

We also have The Lancers led by the mysterious Declan Akaba which includes its own force of strong duelist as well as Organization who, if Cat is to be believed, serves some place called Barian World. Finally, at least two people who we can't determine the faction of."

"Given what we've all said, I think you got it Lance." Nelson stated. "That leaves the questions of what we do?"

"There isn't really much we can do. These various factions are after Yuma and me, yet we don't know the location of most of our enemies. Kite and his group may be the only ones we know of. Back when the Numbers first appeared, I helped Lulu return to her brothers.

At the time, I didn't think much of where she wanted me to take her; however, she was taking me to Heartland Tower. Given the fact that she was sick, it's likely that's where she lives. Which would mean our current enemy on that front could be larger than we know."

"You mean Mr. Heartland could be in league with Kite and Shay?" Tori asked.

"Possibly or it could be the other way around." Lance shook his head. "As much as I want to say we take the fight to them, it's clear we aren't ready even if we could do it. Heartland Tower is not a place to go storming. I'm afraid all we can do is prepare our decks.

On that note, those of us who can wield Numbers, should get to exchanging them amongst ourselves. There are Numbers in this room Astral has yet to absorb for his memory fragments and dividing them will ensure no one is carrying to many Numbers."

Yuma nodded. "This will be your choice how many Numbers you carry. We aren't going to force a set amount or any on you if you don't want them. If you want to carry any Numbers, you're welcome to follow Lance and I into the kitchen."

With those words, Tori and Rio gave up their Numbers for now but requested them back. Lance and Yuma nodded before entering the kitchen followed by Shark. Rio already had her Number and Tori wasn't sure if taking any more was a good idea.

While Nelson thought he was a decent duelist, he did not feel too comfortable taking Numbers himself. Shane, of course, could take some Numbers; however, that wasn't a viable option. All it would do it force him to craft some lie that could be seen through.

There was no way he was about to risk it. Caswell, Cat, and now Taiki knew full well they couldn't hold the Numbers. This was something that bugged Caswell as he just continued to feel weaker compared to the others.

Tsukumo Residence, Later…

After Number cards were exchanged, Yuma and Lance made their way home. It was odd for Lance to think of it as such, but there wasn't much he could do about it. He had no idea what happened, so there was nothing he could do to fix this.

Hey, it wasn't all bad. Sure, he wished things could go back to how he remembered them, but it was easy to see Yuma, Haru, and Kari as family. He did spend a great deal of time with them throughout their many

Yuma looked at Lance. "So, are you okay?"

Lance sighed. "Well, it'll take some getting used to, but I'm as okay as can be expected." He shook his head. "That said, I'm more concerned with making sure my decks are at their best. We have a lot of work to do if we want a chance against the duelists we've been facing."

Yuma nodded. "Agreed."

As they were about to enter the house, Kari whipped the door open and she seemed angry. "Lance Tsukumo-Hogan, I don't know what you were thinking, but I thought we discussed this. You and Yuma get to duel so long as you're safe while doing it."

Yuma hid behind Lance in fear, but the multi-deck use was steadfast. "Sorry Kari." He shook his head. "I've been as safe as possible, but some of the opponents we've dueled aren't easy. I'll do better in the future."

"You better young man." Kari sighed in relief. "Just come on inside you two."

So, Yuma and Lance entered the house.

Lance whispered. "I'm not exactly sure, but what do you think her reaction will be to Vega."

Yuma whispered. "No idea, but I say we give it time."

They both nodded.

This isn't only a list but to let you know all the duelist that you get the chance to potentially have face off. That's right, I'm letting you guys decide the initial match ups. If multiple, different matches for any character are sent in, I will do my best to fit them in as they move up the brackets. You can submit a review or PM me. Expect this list to be updated down the line as characters are revealed and/or who's aligned with who.

27 Competitors

Number Club:

1. Lance

2. Tori

3. Rio

4. Shark

5. Nelson

6. Taiki

Photon-Number Hunters:

7. Kite

8. Shay

9. Yuto

10. Kala

11. Dextra

12. Nistro

Lancer:

13. Shane

Crest-Number Hunters:

14. Dos

15. Trey

16. Quatro

17. Vetrix

Barian/Mind Controlled-Group:

18. Organization

19. Lloyd

20. Hart

21. Lulu

Link Dimension-Group:

22. Yusaku

23. Revolver/Ryoken

24. Sam (Bracelet Girl of Link)

25. Yuven(Yu Boy of Link

Fusion Dimension (Resistance)-Group:

26. Aster

27. Bastion

Total Numbers: 78

Lance's Numbers: 12, 16, 21, 52, 54, 57, 61, 83, 86

Yuma's Numbers: 11, 13, 28, 31, 34, 39, 50, 85

Shark's Numbers: 17, 19, 32, 37, 47

Rio's Number: 26 (Changed)

Tori's Number: 7

Kite's Numbers: 10, 14, 20, 30, 38, 53, 56, 62, 90, 92, 95

Shun's Numbers: 24, 55, 59, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 87, 89, 91

Shane's Numbers: 22, 25, 45, 48, 75, 96

Vector's Numbers: 43, 66

Dos' Numbers: 23, 78

Quatro's Numbers: 15, 40, 88

Trey's Numbers: 6, 33, 36

Quinton/Ryoken's : 9 (Changed)

Vetrix: 8, 69

Organization's Numbers: 18, 27, 29, 35, 41, 42, 49, 51, 63, 77, 82, 84, 93