Chapter 5
A New View
Hiraki blinked a few times, finally opening his eyes. He turned around, meeting Gogenzaka's back as he was falling down on top of him.
"My apologies, Hiraki. Here, let the man Gongenzaka help you!" He quickly picked Hiraki up by his arms, straightening him up."Better?"
"B-better..." Hiraki stuttered while getting a hold of his ribs."Wait a second. So are we in the Synchro Dimension?" Everyone took a look around. The sky was red, filled with black clouds. They were currently in front of the entrance of a little city, which consisted of small medieval-style buildings. Some of them had holes in them or were missing a huge chunk of their structure. A handful of people were walking around, all of them wearing worn out clothes.
"Hey, guys? We have a situation!" Dennis called back."I don't seem to find some of our comrades." It was true. Kurosaki, Reiji, Reira, Sawatari, and Tsukikage were all missing.
"Maybe they were teleported somewhere else? I mean, it's possible." Hiraki suggested, earning a nod from Gongenzaka and Serena. Suddenly, all of them were startled by a scream of a woman.
"HE'S BACK! HE'S BACK! SOMEONE, PLEASE HELP ME! She screamed, pointing at Yuya, who was just standing there in front of a child. People started going crazy, everyone running and screaming their heads off at the sight of him.
"W-what's going on?!" Yuya kept looking at all those people running. Eventually, a loud siren began to echo throughout the entire city. It reminded Hiraki of the type of sirens he heard in a zombie movie back at the orphanage.
"Could this be the XYZ dimension?" Serena thought aloud. Yuya shook his head in denial.
"No. I can feel something deep inside of me...Yuto is telling me that this isn't his homeland." Yuya explained.
"Wait, Yuto who?" Hiraki raised an eyebrow.
"Long story." Gongenzaka began walking towards Yuya and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Looks like it was true...the demon is back in town." A voice spoke in contempt. A boy jumped off from a rooftop, landing right in front of the Lancers. He was wearing goggles on his head with black lenses. He was also wearing a red shirt with a white fist printed on the front. Beneath that was a long-sleeve white shirt, brown military boots, knee pads and camouflage pants.
He had spiky black hair with one bang sticking in front of his head and blue eyes.
Yuya took a step forward, holding his hands in the air."We came here in peace! We're not going to harm anybody!" The boy snickered, making eye contact with Yuya. His duel disk was on his left arm, which had the shape of a blue pentagon.
"You really make me sick to the core!" He spat."You will not ruin this place anymore! Guys, come on down!" Just then, a total of 3 other people jumped from the same building. All of them were wearing military equipment, along with green vests, helmets, and masks.
"Kurono!" A voice caught their attention. A boy came up running, calling out his comrade's name. He was wearing a black jacket with a zipper on it, gray cargo pants and gray snickers. He had messy orange hair and yellow sideburns. He was wearing goggles, making his eyes not visible to the view."What's going on? What are you guys doing?!" He put his hands on his knees, clearly out of breath.
"Stay out of this Kyle, you're not ready for this." Kurono activated his duel disk, an energy blade which looked similar to the fusion ones materialized. The rest of his comrades followed suit.
Serena smirked."If you want to lose that badly, I don't mind helping you with that." Kurono went in front of Hiraki, as the others went to challenge their opponents as well. Kyle stood still, looking straight at the only one left, Serena. He was looking perplexed, a slight blush on his face.
"What's the matter? Activate your Duel Disk already!" Serena growled.
"I...I don't want to do this...but..." He took a deep breath before activating his Duel Disk.
"Who are you guys anyway? Are you some sort of security or something?" Dennis asked.
"We are members of the Militia, a group of duelists that sworn to protect humankind at any cost!" Kurono proudly stated."Let's cut to the chase, then."
Field Spell: Cross Over
"Duel!" Everyone declared.
Lancers vs Militia LP: 4000 each
"I'll take the first turn! Draw!" Kurono drew his card, and grinned."I activate the Spell Card: Gishki Photomirror! By paying 500 LP times the Level of the monster I want to summon, I'm allowed to Ritual Summon from my hand!"
"Ritual Summon?!" Hiraki gasped. Yuya's jaw dropped."But I thought that we were..."
"I'll pay 3000! Magnificent mythological creature! Arise from the bottom of the sea, and show us your divine power of insurgency! Ritual Summon! Come forth! Level 6! Evigishki Gustkraken!"
Evigishki Gustkraken Level 6, Aqua, Water, ATK: 2400, DEF: 1000
As soon as his monster appeared on the field, Kurono took 3000 points of damage, making him fall on one knee.
"Ritual...summoning..." Hiraki couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Hey! Are you okay?" Hiraki took a step forward but Kurono held his hand in front of him.
"Guskraken's effect activates...I can look up to 2 cards in my opponent's hand and shuffle one of them into the deck!" Kurono grinned maliciously."Let's see your true colors, kid.I choose the one in the far right and the one in the far left!"
Hiraki showed him two of his cards. One was polymerization and the other one was Cyber Dragon Core.
Kurono scowled, looking directly at Polymerization."Fusion...I just knew it! You must be part of the Unifiers of Chaos! You're from Academia!" Hiraki's eyes widened in shock.
"These guys know about Academia?" Serena wondered.
"How could we not..." Kyle spoke all of a sudden."Would you please show me? Your dueling?"
"Fine, don't expect me to go easy on you!" Serena drew her card. Meanwhile, Yuya was about to draw his card, but he stopped, feeling an immense amount of pressure in the air.
"Make your god damn move so I can slay you! You god damn monster!" The Militia member snapped, causing Yuya to start sweating nervously.
"I-I don't know what you are talking about! Draw!" Yuya drew Timegazer Magician, and took out from his hand Stargazer Magician."I, with the scale 8 Xiansheng Magician and the Scale 3 Xiangke Magician, set the Pendulum Scale! Now I'm able to Summon monsters between Level 4 and 7 at the same time! Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether!
Pendulum Summon! Come forth! My Monsters Servants!"Every member of the Militia looked in horror.
"What is happening?!"
"Is this the Devil's new power?!"
"Pendulum...Summon?" Kyle looked in awe. Kurono bit his lower lip, causing it to bleed a bit.
"Level 7, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Level 4, Performapal Whip Snake and Level 4, Performapal Silver Claw!" Yuya's monsters appeared on the field from the Pendulum portal.
"Pendulum Dragon?! What the hell is going on?!" Kurono yelled furiously.
"With the Level 4 Performapal Whip Snake and Performapal Silver Claw, I construct the Overlay Network! Fangs of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon Rank 4, Dragon, Dark, ATK: 2500, DEF:2000
"Xyz Dragon?!" Kurono and Kyle both said in astonishment.
"I set a card face down. Turn end." Yuya said.
"What's going on? Those dragons are completely different from the one before. Yet I feel as if they are somehow similar." Kurono murmured. Memories starting coming back to him at full force. Destruction, despair, and sadness invaded his head, remembering the dark age that all of them had to go through. On top of that...he remembered Yuya's face.
-Yu-Gi-Oh-
"Damn it, it's getting late and this kid is nowhere to be seen!" A young man was riding around in his Duel Runner back in the Synchro Dimension.'Wait a minute...that's him! But what the heck is he doing in Top's territory?' He began to honk the horn of his D-Wheel really loud, causing both Yuzu and Yugo to look at his direction even though he was still far away. Once he got there, he got off his D-Wheel and went straight for Yugo, embracing him in a hug.
"You damn idiot! I was so worried about you! I thought I lost another friend!" The boy sobbed. Yugo hugged him back.
"It's okay Cody, I'm alright. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Rin..." Yugo gritted his teeth. Cody looked up and saw Yuzu looking both curious and weirded out at the situation.
"Rin!" Cody let go of Yugo and pointed at Yuzu.
"Where?! Where?!" Yugo began to swing his head left and right in desperation.
"Over there, you fuck!" Cody forced Yugo to look at Yuzu.
"Rin!" They both yelled and attempted to get a hold of Yuzu. However, she smacked both of them with her fan, knocking them down on the floor.
"I told you before, Fusion! I'm Yuzu!" Yuzu yelled.
"Fusion?! What the heck is that?! I'm Yugo, damn it! Don't get it wrong!" Yugo yelled over Yuzu, causing her to almost start crying.
"Now I know for sure she is definitely not Rin. Rin wouldn't get your name wrong like that." Cody remarked.
"Yeah..." Yugo sighed.
"Rin?" Yuzu then looked down, remembering how she was almost captured by Yuri."The duelist from Academia who chased and tried to capture me...he took Rin way."
"What?!" Both of the boys yelled in unison."You met the bastard who got Rin?!"
"I was dueling with him right before Yugo showed up. Who is she? This Rin?" Yuzu asked.
"Where's that guy right now?" Yugo interrupted.
"Yeah! Get gotta go find him and his friends as soon as possible!" They both got close to Yuzu, waiting for an answer.
"I don't know. After that my bracelet glowed and he disappeared." Yuzu said in disappointment.
"Disappeared?" Yugo echoed.
"After that, you showed up..." Yuzu then looked at her bracelet."That wasn't the first or second time my bracelet glowed like that. It glows whenever I'm with someone who looks like Yuya. When it stops glowing, that person disappears, and Yuya shows up. That's why I was sure that Yuya had arrived back there."
'Who the heck is Yuya' Cody thought.
"After that, my bracelet glowed away again, and I found myself here...This isn't Maiami City, right? The city we live in..."
"I told you before it's the City, didn't I?" Yugo responded in a matter of fact tone.
"The City?" Yuzu echoed.
"That's right. The city we grew up in." Cody said, earning a nod from Yugo. Cody took off his helmet, revealing short purple hair slid to the back and a pair of gray eyes. He also had piercings in the shape of skulls in both of his ears.
"It's a different dimension from the Standard you come from," Yugo added.
"A different dimension?" Yuzu asked in confusion.
"It's only natural for you to be surprised about this." Cody crossed his arms."It's your first time being warped across dimensions, isn't that right?"
"I was warped across dimensions?!" Yuzu raised her voice.
"Yeah. I've been warped tons of times, so I know what I'm talking about!" Yugo proudly stated.
"He's not lying. It has happened before." Cody rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, the first time it happened, was when Rin was taken," Yugo spoke in a serious tone and took out Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. Before that, Rin had a feeling that someone had been following her. Around that time, a couple of people were reported missing, not leaving a trace behind. I knew one of them, sorta.
-Flashback-
'To protect her, I kept my guard up, but...'
A girl with green hair was running as fast as she could on the streets. She had shoulder-length aqua-green hair with two light green side tails. She was wearing a blue and white jacket with pink pads on the shoulders and elbows, pink shorts, and white and pink boots that reach up to her thighs with pink knee pads. She stopped running, realizing she reached a dead end.
"This tag game is over, Rin. Yuri and Evan appeared in front of Rin, smiling.
"Now, come with us cutie pie. To Professor." Evan extended his hand, a grinned printed on his face.
Yugo and Cody were looking for Rin on their D-Wheels. Both of them were in a phone call since they decided it was a good idea to split up.
"Have you found her Yugo?" Cody asked. He was stressed out and could barely control his D-Wheel.
"Not yet. But we must keep looking!" Yugo answered.
"Yeah, no way in he-" Cody's sentence was cut short. 3 figures wearing long cloaks appeared in front of him, making him stop. All of them were looking at him as if he was their prey, with their crimson eyes."Yugo, something came up. I'll call you as soon as I can."
"Wait, Cody what the heck-" Yugo tried to stop him, but it was too late."Damn it all! What the hell is going on?!" Yugo cursed."Ah!"
Evan got a hold of Rin, carrying her on his right shoulder.
"Looks like we've been caught." They both turned around where the bright light was coming from.
"You bastards! Where are you taking Rin?!" Yugo demanded.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Yuri grinned.
"What?! The same face as me?!"
A total of 3 cloaked figures appeared in front of Yugo, giving Yuri and Evan time to teleport back to Academia.
"Don't you worry, I'll take care of this sweet princess for you." Evan laughed. Before Yugo could react, both of them were teleported away, leaving him alone with his foes. The bulky figure in the middle removed his cloak, leaving Yugo with his jaw dropped. The man was wearing everything white. White pants, white shoes, jacket. He was a very tall, muscular man with black spiky hair to the sides. Like the others, he had crimson eyes.
'The weirdest thing of all, I recognized one of them as one of the people who went missing. His name is Tokomaru Mairo. He was known as the best mechanic here in the City.'
"You...you're Tokomaru Mairo, right? You're friends with the King, Jack Atlas! But why are you here?! I thought you went missing!" Yugo clenched his fists."Where did they take Rin?!"
"My, what a loud one he is. He has no manners whatsoever." A female voice spoke, letting out a light chuckle.
"Let's finish this bastard off so I can leave this fucking dimension already." The smallest figured activated his Duel Disk.
-Flashback End-
"We were both defeated though and Rin was captured..." Yugo spoke with bitterness in his voice."However, I was able to cross dimensions afterward. Next thing I knew, I was in Heartland."
"Hold on a minute." Yuzu held a hand up."Who were these guys? Were they from Academia?"
"I never got an answer out of Tokomaru. He and those other guys beat me like I was nothing." Yugo swallowed hard.
"Actually, one of them told me they were called Unifers of Chaos." Cody raised a finger."All of them used Fusion Summoning. After that, I don't know anything about them." Yuzu then turned to Yugo once more.
"You said Heartland. Isn't that the Xyz Dimension?"
"Yeah. Not sure why I got there honestly." Yugo narrated the time when he went to Xyz and faced Yuto in a duel.
"So your opponent in that duel."
"Was a Xyz user with the same face as me. To get back Rin, I had to-"
"You're wrong! That was Yuto!" Yuzu interrupted him.
"Yuto?"
"Yuto was trying to save Ruri, who was captured in the Xyz Dimension." Yuzu explained.
Cody put his hand on his chin.'Ruri?' He asked himself.
"Yuto wouldn't take some important to you." Yuzu said, making Yugo blushed raised an eyebrow.
"Some important?!" Yugo put his hand behind his head.
"Isn't that right? Rin's your girlfriend." Yuzu statement made Cody coughed uncontrollably.
"Nononononono...she's just my childhood friend!" Yugo looked away awkwardly then began to swing around like an idiot."She's my girlfriend or anything 'cause we haven't done anything yet."
"Why were you in Heartland?" The question made Yugo stop mumbling to himself. With a serious expression, he took out Clear Wing.
"This led me on the chase. It may have felt my desire to save Rin." He turned to face the horizon. The 3 stayed in silence until realization hit them right in their faces.
"Then that means the ones who took Rin..." Yugo started.
"May have been there..." Yuzu continued.
"When you were dueling against Yuto, they must have been nearby." Cody finished.
"What? So I made a mistake?"
"It's true that one of the people from Academia who tried to capture me looks like Yuto. Those two, you, and Yuya. Just like how Yuya shows up when I'm with Yuto, you showed up when that person was about to captured me. It may not be a coincidence."
"Not a coincidence..." Yugo repeated."Does that mean it's all thanks to Clear Wing Synchro Dragon?"
"I don't know." Yuzu sighed."But it could be that all of you..."
"Us?"
Yuzu nodded."Those with the same face may be drawn to each other." Yuzu 's eyes widened.
"You mean to tell me that there are more people looking like Yugo? So what does that mean exactly?" Cody asked.
"Wait a second! They just happen to look like me, that's all." Yugo argued. "It's noth-
"It's not just you," Yuzu spoke.
Cody put his fist on his palm."I see! So just like you look like Rin, and Yugo looks like these others guys. Then that means..."
"That's right. There are other 2 people who look like me and Rin. One of them is Ruri and the other one is Serena." Yuzu explained.
"Serena?" Yugo echoed."Like those people who came to capture me, Ruri and Rin...she's one of Academia's duelists." Yuzu then explained about how the dimensions were divided in 4 and about Academia's goals. She also told them that Rin might be in academia, causing Yugo to go a bit out of hand, and ended up reminding Yuzu that Yuya was away from her. Cody and Yugo tried to calm her down by talking about the times Rin would scold them and get them to behave properly. Cody watched as a kid tried to get close to Yugo's D-Wheel, but was pulled back by his mother. Cody then got up as fast as he could and dragged Yuzu with him.
"This is bad! I forgot we're in the wrong place at the wrong time!" Cody got on his blue D-Wheel and put on his helmet. Yugo tossed a helmet to Yuzu, and both of them got on his D-Wheel."Let's speed away fellas!" The 3 of them accelerated away and made it to the highway.
"You guys? Why are we running away all of a sudden?" Yuzu asked. Cody got next to Yugo's D-Wheel.
"That was an area of villas exclusive to Tops." Cody replied."My bad you guys, I completely forgot about it.
"Why do we have to leave? What are Tops?"
Yugo took his turn to speak."Tops are the residents of the City with wealth and power-successful people of the highest class.
"Successful people?" Yuzu repeated.
"In other words, rich people with really big egos," Cody answered.
"The City where we grew up is a society of free competition. Winners get everything, and losers lose everything." Yugo gritted his teeth in anger.
"Pretty much survival of the fittest." Cody added."We fight on a daily basis to survive in this crooked heard sirens coming from behind them."Shit, we got company, you guys." A Duel Chaser was coming their way at full speed.
"Get ready. This is gonna get ugly." Yugo remarked.
-Yu-Gi-Oh-
Hiraki observed the current situation. He had Cyber Twin Dragon out and was against 2 Evigishki Gustkraken. Thanks to their effects, his hand was now at zero and had no set cards. Serena, on the other hand, was doing quite well. She was up against Black Luster Soldier. Yuya and the others were doing good themselves as well. Yuya had both of his Dragons out, Gongenzaka had Big Ben-K, and Dennis had Performage Trapeze Magician.
Hiraki LP: 1600, Serena LP: 4000, Yuya LP: 4000, Gongenzaka LP: 2900, Dennis LP: 4000
VS
Kurono LP: 1000, Kyle LP: 2300, Militia #1 (Against Yuya)LP: 3400, Militia #2 (Against Gonganzaka)LP: 1400, Militia #3 (Against Dennis) LP: 4000
"Intrusion Penalty: 2000!" Everyone gasped. Kurosaki, who had joined in the duel, was standing on top of a building.
"I summon Raidraptor-Vanishing Lanius!" Kurosaki declared, sending his monster on the field.
"Kurosaki?!" Hiraki said in surprised.
"So he finally decides to show up, huh?" Dennis chuckled.
"Who is that guy? Is that another one of their comrades? Well, bring out however you want, we'll take all of you out!" Kurono declared.
"Using Vanishing's effect, I'm allowed to special summon another "Raidraptor" monster from my hand! Come forth! Raidraptor - Booster Strix! And from my hand, I activate Fuzzy Lanius's effect! I can special summon it from my hand!" Kurosaki now had four Level 4 monsters.
"Amazing...is he going to Xyz summon?" Kyle turned to face Kurosaki, making Serena angry.
"Hey! You can't turn your back on an opponent! That's very disrespectful!" Serena growled.
"No! I didn't mean it like that!" Kyle apologized.
"Using these monsters, I build the overlay network!" As he said this, his monsters were sent in a portal in front of him."Obscured falcon, from adversity, raise your sharpened claws! Spread your wings of rebellion! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Raidraptor - Rise Falcon!"
Raidraptor - Rise Falcon Rank 4, Dark, Winged Beast, ATK: 1000, DEF: 2000
"Ha! With that ATK, you won't be able to do anything!" Kurono grinned.
"I activate Rise Falcon's effect! By using one Overlay unit, it against ATK equal to the total ATK of all my opponents' Special Summoned monsters!
Black Luster Soldier ATK:3000 2 Evigishki Gustkraken ATK: 2400 Javelin Beetle ATK: 2450 Garma Sword ATK: 2550 Zera the Mant ATK: 2800 Total= 15,600
Raidraptor - Rise Falcon ATK: 15,700
Kyle dropped to his knees, the other Militia members started trembling.
"15,600?!" Kurono yelled.
"Rise Falcon can attack all Special Monsters on the field! Battled! Rise Falcon! Rend and tear all of our enemies! Brave Claw Revolution!" Rise Falcon descended on each and every single one of the Militia's monsters, beating them instantly.
"Aaaaaaaaahhh!" All of them screamed as they were sent flying to the floor.
Militia LP: 0
Winners: Lancers!
The Cross Field disappeared. Kurosaki came down and reunited with the others. The engine of a car began approaching, as 2 heavily armed trucks came around the corner. The one in the front stopped and the passenger door opened. Akaba Reiji got out and looked back at the others.
"Akaba Reiji?!" Gongenzaka asked in confusion.
"I'll explain everything once we're located in a safe place. Everyone, get in the other truck." As soon as he got out, he went back in again. The truck with him inside turned and went back the way it came from.
"What the heck? Where is he going?" Serena frowned.
"Let's just go, I have a hunch we'll get some major answers once we go with him." Yuya started walking for the truck.
"Wait what about th-" Dennis looked around, realizing that the Members of the Militia had disappeared."Neeeever mind!" He hurried after Yuya and soon everyone too.
-Yu-Gi-Oh-
After a while, they reached a military base. It was huge, surrounded by officers guarding it on cars, which was a bit odd. On their way here, they saw that the streets were completely empty, not a single person could be found. In the base, everyone looked terrified at the sight of Yuya, which made him uncomfortable.
"What do you think is this place?" Hiraki asked Serena, causing her to shrugged.
"No idea, maybe it's the Xyz dimension?" She replied.
"No, this isn't it. This place is...a lot different than my homeland." Kurosaki stated.
Dennis crossed his arms."What an awful place, really. I wonder what could have happened here." They were escorted into the interior of the base and were led inside a meeting room. There, were their missing comrades along with a man wearing a black military uniform. He had gray hair that was tied in a ponytail and brown eyes. He looked around his fifties.
"Everyone, please take a seat. I am general Hanzel Kasuke." He spoke calmly. Kurono came from the door as well, looking at the Lancers in disgust. He took a seat next to the General and crossed his arms. Since the table was large and could fit up to 15 people on each side, they all sat in the side Reiji was sitting on.
"What is this place? You said we were going to Synchro!" Kurosaki punched the table.
"I did. However, it seems our Duel Disks malfunctioned, causing for us to land in this dimension." Reiji said.
"Where are we anyway? If we're not in Xyz, Standard, or even Synchro...does that mean we're in the Fusion Dimension? Also...why was everyone so freaked out back then?" Yuya lowered his head.
"Why?! Because you're a fu-" Before Kurono could continue, the General held his hand."General..."
"It would seem we are in a dimension not even I thought existed. I believe the duels you've had recently are enough evidence to come to a conclusion for yourselves. Reiji fixed his glasses.
"You mean..." Hiraki's eyes widened.
"That's right, son. This is the Ritual Dimension." The General stated.
"Ritual Dimension?" Yuya echoed.
"That's right Sakaki, jeez. What's so hard to understand about it?" Sawatari complained.
"Impossible..." Serena thought aloud.
"Not long ago, we were trying to communicate with another dimension. Our computers were able to get into Standard's dimensional path. That might have been the anomaly that caused your teleportation to be altered." The General suggested.
"What's wrong with this place? The sky is red and everything looks as if it was under construction or something." Hiraki asked.
"I'll answer all of your questions. I'll go back when this dimension used to be in prosperity. I believe we were the first ones who discovered the crossing of dimensions.
-Flashback-
'7 years ago, our city used to look a lot different from now. Technology had advanced far beyond comprehension and we were at the peak of our times. I used to be the Mayor of Domino City, which used to be the name of this place. We were beginning to research the different dimensions. We discovered that there's a total of 5 dimensions. I was intrigued by this and decided it was a good idea to investigate further. Though I stopped since I was interested also in the annual Five Stars championship. There was one girl in particular who caught my interest, her name was Wendy. Wendy was not only skilled but resilient, always getting out of hard situations. I remember I was giving a speech in a park since it was getting inaugurated. In front of us was a group of kids dueling and having fun. We had already developed solid vision with mass, so the duels felt as if they were real.' The General took his time before continuing talking.'One kid showed up at the park and demanded every kid there to duel against him. I thought of him as just a kid who had no idea what he was doing but...I couldn't have been more in the dark. He called himself Yu, and said he could talk to his monsters. The duels started slow, Yu beating each and every single one of his foes. But at last, he summoned his ace monster...'
The silhouette of a dragon roared in the sky, shooting beams of energy at the ground. Even though no opponent was dueling him, he continued destroying everything in his path.'He issued no demand, declaring that his motives were to spread insanity and create a new world...' People were shown screaming, most of them either being caught my explosions or by the blue dragon's blasts. As the city was in destruction, the camera kept going up on top of a building, showing a dark silhouette standing and watching over the destruction. The figure turned around revealing a pair of red eyes with white pupils. In the next shot, Yu was shown on top of a building with his hands raised in the air. A purple portal opened up behind him in the form of a cross, letting dark energy flow freely in the city. As the camera got further way, Yu's dragon came flying, its mouth got close to the camera.
'No one was able to stop him...it didn't matter how many of our elite duelists went after him, all of them were taken out. 2 of those duelists were Kurono and Kyle's parents.' Kurono clenched his fists and started shaking. 'One day, however, a group of people that called themselves the Obelisk Force showed up. They sent troops after Yu, eventually taking him out due to them outnumbering him heavily. Even then, it took them a lot to be able to weaken him enough to capture him.'
A total of 9 Chaos Ancient Gear Giants surrounded the dragon, as it was trying its best to destroy all of them. They kept coming out, as other Ancient Gear monsters joined in the fight. The dragon was destroyed, leaving Yu on the floor unconscious.
'Once everything settled down. Everything was in ruins. Factories and chemicals polluted the air, causing for the sky to turned red. Who would have thought a 7-year-old boy was able to do such a deed. Millions of people died because of him. We were grateful for the help of these strangers. A man known as the Professor said they had come from the Fusion Dimension because they were able to pinpoint our dimension's energy on our last attempt of crossing dimensions. He's only demand, however, was for us to let him take Wendy. Before I could deny this, she offered herself to go with him, saying it was thanks to them that we were saved.
In addition, the Professor sent over supplies for us to reconstruct. It took us a long time to reach a stable level of economy, but we still have a long way to go.'
-Flashback ends-
"So this guy...he's not the same one who destroyed our world?" Kurono spoke slowly.
"No, these people come from Standard." The General replied. Kurono got up quickly and went out of the room.
"How horrible..." Yuya covered his mouth in disbelief.
"Such chaos caused by someone who looks like Yuya?!" Gongenzaka closed his eyes.
"You expect me to believe that?!" Kurosaki yelled in frustration."Academia helping you? They destroyed my home!"
"I am aware of that. I know Academia was interested in Wendy only. If my memory serves me right, she looked exactly like you, young lady." The General faced Serena.
"Me?"
"Wait, you think Serena is actually from the Ritual Dimension?" Sawatari asked.
"Now that you mention it...the one who you were talking about could have been Yuri!" Hiraki gritted his teeth."He's another one who looks like Yuya and is as heartless as he gets."
"No way! I've always been in Academia for as long as I can remember!" Serena argued."I think I would have remembered if I came from another place."
"That's because that theory is wrong." Reiji said."There 5 dimensions in total. Yuya said he met with someone who looks like him from Xyz and another one from Synchro. And there's another from Fusion. There's also girls who look like Serena and Yuzu Hiragi in each dimension. In conclusion, I believe that there 2 more people from this dimension who are you're lookalikes, Serena, Yuya."
"If that's the case, what happened to that Yu guy afterward?" Dennis asked.'I know it couldn't be Yuri...what's going on here?'
"He was taken to the Fusion Dimension where he would be taken care of." The General explained.
"Wait, I haven't seen anyone else who looks like Yuri in Academia, or another girl who looks like Serena." Hiraki debated.
"Maybe they were carded?" Serena suggested.
"Even now, I am not sure." The General leaned on the table. Though, that's not the end of the story. As Kurosaki previously stated, Academia was not as good as we thought it was. A group calling themselves the Unifers of Chaos came to this dimension. They attacked and carded people without hesitation. This happened months ago, and they still haven't come back. They used Fusion summoning. Without a doubt, they were from Academia. Civilians here saw the Unifiers as a new way of life and grouped together to cause destruction and chaos across the globe. We've been in a constant battle with them, trying to keep them at bay."
"No way...people dueling like that..." Yuya closed his eyes and looked away.
"How awful, I can't believe all of this actually happened." Hiraki put his hands on his head.
"That's why we decided to help you, Lancers, out. We've already started making preparations to send you guys over to Synchro, so you can keep going on your mission. It will take a day at most." The General turned to Reiji."I believe you people hold the key to true peace."
"Thank you, General. I assure you, we Lancer will do anything to stop Academia." Reiji responded, making the General nod.
"With that, this meeting has concluded. I've already sent people over here to escort you to your rooms. I'll make an announcement to let everyone know you guys came here in peace. I'll take my leave then, I wish for you to enjoy your stay in here." The General and Reiji both shook hands.
"I believe you all should rest for the time being. We need all of us to be at full power when need to battle arises." With that Reiji and Reira left the room along with Tsukikage. Kyle came inside the room, looking back at the trio who had just left.
"And I was gonna take them to their rooms. Well, I believe we met before in the wrong circumstances. I beg your pardon." Kyle bowed down."My name is Kyle Asayi and my brother is Kurono. I'm sorry we assaulted you before."
"It's okay, you guys were just being careful." Yuya offered him his hand which Kyle swiftly shook."Nice to meet you, I'm Yuya. The one with the pointy ahoge is Hiraki, the who rescued us is Kurosaki, the one standing next to Hiraki is Sawatari and on the back, you have Gongenzaka and Dennis. I'm sure you already know Serena."
"Ye-yeah..." Kyle looked away nervously."Anyway, let me take you to the dining area.I'm sure you all must be hungry." A noise came out of the speakers in the room, indicating someone was going to make an announcement.
"Attention everyone, do not go out of the base. I repeat, do not go out of the base. Unifiers were spotted downtown, so do not go out until we are sure it's safe. In addition to this, a group of fellas from another dimension have arrived. They are from Standard and call themselves Lancers. I know one them resembles that devil who brought destruction to our world. But I believe them. I know he is not the same one as the one we know. We must not be afraid of that devil anymore for he is gone and forgotten!" The General spoke loudly.
A group of people were having dinner but had stopped to listen to the announcement. They had a worried look on their faces but were soon change by a look of relief. On his room, Kurono was curled up in his bed, sobbing.
-Yu-Gi-Oh-
Back in Synchro, Cody and Yugo were being chased by a Duel Chaser, 227.
"He's onto us dude!" Cody looked over his shoulder.
"Yeah, I kinda noticed!" Yugo scoffed."We got no choice then!" Yugo earned a nod from Cody and both of them separated.
"Wait a minute. Let me take this guy on. You have a passenger, I'm sure Yuzu is gonna freak out on you." Cody suggested.
"Mmmm." Yugo hummed for a moment."Ah, what the hell, go wild!"
"Then I won't disappoint! Let's do this!" Cody cried.
"Duel Mode On! Autopilot: Standby." Their D-Wheels said as the Duel Disks blades appeared.
"Riding Duel" Acceleration!"
Cody vs Duel Chaser 227 LP: 4000
"I'll start us off."Cody stated."I activate the Spell Card: Scrap Factory! It increases the ATK and DEF by 200 for all "Scrap" monsters! From my hand, I summon Scrap Beast in attack mode!"
Scrap Beast Level 4, Earth, Beast/Tuner, ATK: 1800, DEF: 1500
"Next up, I can Special Summon Scrap Orthros when I control another "Scrap" monster on my field!"
Scrap Orthros Level 4, Earth, Beast/Tuner, ATK:1900, DEF:1300
"I activate Orthros's Special Ability! When it's Special Summoned, I can destroy one "Scrap" monster I control!" Scrap Beast immediately exploded."When this happens, I can use Scrap Factory's second effect! When a "Scrap" monster on the field is destroyed by a card effect, I can Special Summon 1 "Scrap" monster from my deck!"
I chose Scrap Recycler in ATK mode!"
Scrap Recycler Level 3, Earth, Machine, ATK: 900, DEF: 1200
"I tune my Level 4 Scrap Orthros with my Level 3 Scrap Recycler!" Scrap Orthros turned into a green ring and surrounded Recycler as Cody began to chant."When beast and machine combine into one, a new being will be born from the scraps of the forgotten tools! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Level 7, Scrap Archfiend!
Scrap Archfiend Level 7, Earth, Fiend, ATK: 2900, DEF: 1800
"He's amazing. He Synchro Summoned out of the blue just like that." Yuzu said in amazement.
"Yeah well, I can do better than him." Yugo snickered.
"I heard that!" Cody yelled."I set one card face down, ending my turn." He then turned to the right and started waving at the helicopter that was following them."Hey! Everyone, look at me!"
"Enjoy this moment of fame while you can. My turn! I summon Jutte Knight from my hand!" 227 declared.
Jutte Knight Level 2, Earth, Warrior/Tuner, ATK: 700, DEF: 900
"Next, when there's a Synchro monster on my opponent's field, I can lower the ATK of one of them by 500 and special summon Sasumata Gardna in DEF mode!"
Scrap Archfiend ATK: 2400
Sasumata Gardna Level 3, Earth, Warrior, ATK: 1000, DEF: 2000
"I tune the Level 3 Sasumata Gardna with the Level 2 Jutte Knight! A chase to the ends of Hell! Behold! The soul of integrity! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Level 5, Goyo Chaser!"
Goyo Chaser Level 5, Earth, Warrior, ATK: 1900, DEF: 1000
Cody grinned."Your monster is still too weak to keep up with my Archfiend!" He stuck out his tongue.
"I'll activate two Equip Spells: Synchro Boost and equip them to Goyo Chaser. Not only it gains 500 ATK per card, but also increases its Level by 1!"
Goyo Chaser Level 7 ATK: 2900
"What?!" Cody yelled out.
"Battle! Go! Goyo Chaser, attack Scrap Archfiend!" Goyo Chaser threw a chain at Scrap Archfiend which impaled it, causing its destruction.
"Ugh!" Cody groaned, almost losing control of his D-Wheel
Cody LP: 3500
Yugo accelerated next to Cody."Are you alright?" Yuzu asked.
"Yeah, no worries. I'm built to last!" Cody gave a thumbs up.
"Monsters that this card destroys in battle are special summoned on my field with their ATK halved!" 227 pointed out.
Scrap Archfiend ATK: 1550 (increased by 200)
"Scrap Archfiend, direct attack!" Archfiend fired missiles from its hands, directly going for Cody. However, he stepped on the breaks so he could keep his friends away from the impact.
Cody LP: 1950
"Damn him, using Cody's monsters against him like that!" Yugo cursed.
"I set one card face-down and end my turn." 227 concluded.
"Let's settle this! My turn!" Cody drew his card and proceeded to summon it.
"I summon Scrap Kong in ATK mode!" Cody cried.
Scrap Kong Level 4, Earth, Beast, ATK: 2000, DEF: 1000
"Also, when Scrap Kong is successfully summoned on the field, it's destroyed immediately!" Scrap Kong left as soon as it came.
"But why would he go through all that trouble just to get it destroy?" Yuzu wondered and then she realized."Oh! Scrap Factory's effect!"
"That's right, doll. Due to Scrap Factory's effect, when a "Scrap" monster is destroyed by a card effect, I can Special Summon 1 "Scrap" monster from my deck and it gains 200 ATK! Come on out, Scrap Shark!"
Scrap Shark Level 4, Earth, Fish, ATK: 2300, DEF: 200
"Oh, did I forget to mention another one of Scrap Kong's special abilities? When this card is destroyed by the effect of a "Scrap" monster, I can add 1 "Scrap" monster from my graveyard to my hand! I select Scrap Orthros!"
Scrap Orthros Level 4, Earth, Beast/Tuner, ATK: 2100, DEF: 1500
"I'll Special Summon it once again, due to me controlling a "Scrap" monster on my field!" Cody announced, summoning his second monster.
"He has 2 level 4s...is he going to Xyz?" Yuzu murmured.
"I tune my Level 4 Scrap Orthros and my Level 4 Scrap Shark!" Scrap Orthros turned into a ring, surrounding Scrap Shark as this started changing."Steel-cold shards of forgotten glory, lingering on in hateful rage, take form now and rise from the vengeful darkness! Synchro Summon! Rampage and roar! Level 8! Scrap Dragon!"
Scrap Dragon Level 8, Earth, Dragon, ATK (raised by 200):3000, DEF: 2200
"There it is, his ace monster," Yugo stated. Yuzu looked at the new Scrap monster amazed.
"I activate Scrap Dragon's special ability! Once per turn: I can target 1 card I control and 1 card you control and destroy them both!" Cody's face down disappeared and Goyo Chaser blew up, creating a cloud of dust.
"Go for it, Cody!" Yuzu cheered on.
"I activate two Spell cards! The first one is the Spell Card: Scrapyard! I'm allowed to get 1 "Scrap" Tuner monster from my Deck and add it to my hand.I think I'll stick with another Scrap Orthros and Special Summon it!
Scrap Orthros Level 4, Earth, Beast/Tuner, ATK:2100, DEF:1500
"And for last, the Spell Card: Scrap Sheen! I select 1 "Scrap" monster I control and destroy it. However, all remaining "Scrap" monsters on my field gain 1000 ATK until the End Phase!
Scrap Dragon Level 8, Earth, Dragon, ATK:4000, DEF: 2200
"When Scrap Orthros is destroyed by a card effect, I can add another "Scrap" monster from my graveyard to my hand. Battle! Go Scrap Dragon! Attack Scrap Archfiend! Scrap Beam!" Scrap Dragon obeyed, firing a giant blast of energy towards Scrap Archfiend, disintegrating it.
227 LP: 1550
"This can't be happening! I cannot lose to this rat!" 227 yelled.
"I end my turn. At this moment, Scrap Dragon's ATK returns to normal. Not bad, right? You have no cards in your hand, so I suggest you surrender now." Cody grinned.
"Oh no! Up ahead!" Yugo yelled, making Cody turned to his direction. A barricade had been set up to prevent them from did not stop the duo, as they began accelerating once more.
"What are you guys doing?! We're gonna crash!" Yuzu screamed in horror, but the boys just accelerated.
"Yuzu! Hang on tight to me and don't let go!" Yugo said, feeling how he found it difficult to breathe with Yuzu grabbing his torso. They jumped over the barricade using their D-Wheels, landing safely on the other side. However, 227 did not have the luck. Yugo and the others heard a loud crash behind them, following by a cloud of smoke rising into the air.
"Duel Terminated!"
"The hell? What does it mean by terminated?! We were starting to go wild!" Cody howled.
"I think he crashed into the barricade back there. At least we are safe and sound. Right Yuzu? Yuzu?" Yugo turned his head slightly, noticing that Yuzu's skin had turned white as a ghost and had passed out.
"Yuzu!" Yugo said
"Yoohoo!" Cody said.
-Yu-Gi-Oh-
In a room in Academia, Seiko was currently having a conversation on her Duel Disk with Professor, informing him that the Lancers had suddenly gone to another dimension instead of the one Dennis had told them.
"What do you mean another dimension exactly? Did they go to Xyz perhaps?" The Professor rubbed his chin with his hand.
"Nope, my boys just called me saying they hadn't noticed anything suspicious over there. I've already asked Edo too, so I don't think he knows either. Professor, you're awfully quiet right now. Is everything alright?" Seiko asked.
"If they're not in Standard, Synchro, Xyz, or even Fusion...then that means...!" Akaba Leo's eyes widened at the realization."Seiko, send the brothers over to the Ritual Dimension at this instant!" He urged her.
Seiko sneezed."The Ritual Dimension, huh? Interesting...I'll send them right away, sir."
"Very well, have this done as soon as possible." With that, he ended the call. Seiko started giggling and looked through her contacts.
"After this is done, things will surely get a lot more interesting!" She tapped a few buttons, sending a message.
-Yu-Gi-Oh-
"Why don't you admit it already? You're lost!" Kumai hissed. It was about 11 p.m, and Hiraki wanted a glass of water so he got out of the room that was provided to him to get some. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
"I'm not!" He argued back.
"Really? Then why are we outside?" Kumai reminded him. Hiraki took a glanced around, finding out that he was indeed outside. He saw a path made of cobblestone with flowers on the side, benches, and trees.
"I guess this is where they come and hang out?" Hiraki suggested."Hey...what do you think about everything that has happened?"
"You're talking about the Yuya thing or just the fact that that Kyle kid was looking at Serena constantly?" Kumai giggled.
"The amount of damage done to this city is just too much...I never thought someone was capable of doing this. And now we find out that not only there's a group called the Unifiers of Chaos who are attacking this dimension, but also that Serena and Yuya have counterparts here as well. This is all just hard to process." Hiraki crossed his arms as he continued walking down the path.
"Yeah, whoever did this must have been a complete psycho. Lucky for them, this place seems already dead, so it can't die anymore." Hiraki clenched his fists at Kumai's casual response.
"A lot of people died here!" He reminded him.
"Chill out! I was just trying to cheer you up mate!"
"Wait...do you hear that?" Hiraki stopped in his tracks and listened closely. He heard a couple of people talking ahead of him passed a little stream He jumped on top of some stepping stones and made it to the other side.
"Is that...Oh shit! Hide behind that tree!" Kumai urged him. Hiraki hid behind a tree and carefully observed the people who were talking.
"Serena and Kyle? What are they doing here?" Hiraki thought. He then saw that Serena chuckled a bit, something that was not normal for her."Whahahahahaat!?"
"It looks like that guy is trying to get the moves on Serena." Kumai remarked."Are you okay?" Hiraki's face was red and he was gritting his teeth hard."Oh, someone is jealous."
"I'm not!" He pouted, making Kumai laugh.
"Don't worry kiddo, I got you! I'm an expert in these kinds of things."
"Really? You are? Then what can I do?" Hiraki asked him.
"Mmmm, probably just go back and pretend this was all a dream!" Hiraki fell down on the floor at Kumai's statement.
"What the hell?!" Hiraki raised his voice, not realizing he wasn't talking on his mind anymore."You said you knew what you were doing!"
"Well yeah, an expert bothering that is!"
"You're such a troll! Once I get my hands on you I'll-"
"Hiraki?" He froze."What are you doing here?"
"Oh! Hey, Hiraki!" Kyle waved at him. Hiraki gulped and slowly turned towards them.
"H-Hey guys! I was just...you know, walking around. I couldn't sleep, so I randomly came here!" He stuttered.
"Right..." Serena raised an eyebrow.
"It's cool, this place is quite big so I understand if you got lost," Kyle said
'He saw through me!' Hiraki yelled in his mind.
"S-so what were you guys doing here anyway?" Hiraki leaned on a tree.
"I wanted to know how was life here before the catastrophe happened, so Kyle and I have been sharing stories." She said with a smile.
Kyle chuckled."Yeah, I was telling her all of the crazy adventures me and my brother had back when we were kids. I also learned a few things about you, Hiraki." He waved his finger.
"Wh-hat are you getting at?" Hiraki took a step back.
"Starting from today, let's become rivals!" Kyle yelled out.
"Listen here you!" Hiraki and Kyle clashed, each of them trying to push each other's foreheads.
"Seriously..." Serena murmured.
"Hey, what the hell are you people doing?!" A voice distracted them all. It was Kurono."Kyle, why didn't you answer your damn Duel Disk!"
"S-sorry...Truth is, I put it on silenced." Kyle sheepishly said, and was grabbed by the collar of his shirt by Kurono."K-Kurono...?"
"We've got ourselves a situation! Unifiers of Chaos are starting to riot in the north!" Kurono turned back and started running, the others following him.
"What do you mean?! Is the city being attacked? By why didn't I hear the sirens?" Kyle asked his brother, earning a nasty glare from him.
"I was the one who asked him to explain things to me. If there's anyone to bl-" Serena started talking but Kurono intervened.
"I don't really care what you newcomers have to say. If you want to earn that right, then be useful and help us fight these bastards!" Kurono shouted."The sirens didn't go off because the General said he doesn't want panic to spread."
"I see. So where are we going?" Hiraki wondered.
"To the garage. Your friends had been sent to different areas already. We're gonna get heated up and split into groups of two." With that, they entered the base and made their way to the garage. Somewhere around the city, groups of people were calling forth their monsters and were causing mass destruction. Two figures were sitting down in a car, listening to a song.
"How long until we move out?" One said."They've been taking their sweet time to come here."
"Don't worry Lucas, I assure you that our prize will make our time worthwhile." He then licked his lips slowly.
"Oh, you bet it will! I can't wait! Let's go Jarid!" Lucas started jumping on his seat in excitement. They turned on the engine of the car and sped off. The camera began to go up, showing a faint glow of the moon up in the red sky.
Finally, I'm done with this chapter. I was reading another Arc-V fan-fiction made by StardustXtreme, which inspired me to add an opening for my own. Then, I thought of adding an ending as well just to make it complete. I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter and remember to like and subscribe xD.