(Synchro dimension)
A young teen with blue and blond hair was laying passed out on a sofa in a small apartment that he had rented out with his childhood friend and crush who was now standing directly over him.
"YUGO!" She shouted, grabbing him by his white jacket, shaking him awake, "YUGO!" she shouted again, Yugo began to stir but still remained halfway passed out. The girl let out a sigh she knew Yugo was a deep sleeper but didn't realise that it was that deep, it took a full thirty minutes for Yugo to awaken from his slumber. "Ahhh, fully refreshed and ready to take on the day!" Yugo awoke with a large smile on his face which quickly turned upside down when he saw the girl teeming with anger in front of him. "R-Rin…" Yugo nervously said as sweat dripped down his face, "YUGO! YOU IDIOT!" Rin screamed directly into Yugo's face "WE'RE LATE FOR THE TOURNAMENT!" Yugo's brain suddenly shifted into gear as he quickly stood up from the sofa and ran into a nearby garage which held his and Rin's D-wheel. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier Rin?!" Yugo said as he hurriedly strapped on his helmet, taking quickly to the white D-wheel starting it up. "I tried to but it was like lifting a mountain with a fork!" Rin sarcastic remark flew right over Yugo's head as he was too busy trying to get the D-wheel started, Rin simply sighed strapping on her helmet resigning herself to riding on the back. The D-wheel suddenly spurted into life causing Yugo to race out without a second thought. As they raced out Rin noticed something Yugo failed to see, a hooded figure standing in one of the alleyways of the commons slums. "Yugo?" She asked still staring into the alleyway as they zoomed past, "Not now Rin, I'm busy trying to find this place…Now let's see you take a left…No a right…" Rin wasn't scared, as long as Yugo was with her she felt safe [1].
Meanwhile the hooded figure looked on with glee at how quickly he had found his target and her quite lacklustre boyfriend. "This is going to be too easy." He said vanishing into a red flash.
(The Tournament)
"Y'all ready for another exciting tournament Folks!" The city renowned MC Melissa Claire announced to the resonating roar of the crowd. "Alrighty then! Today's the final between Yugo and Magma! Welcome our two duelists to the track!" At this point both of them emerged from the tunnel and sped to the starting line with deafening cries coming from the crowd for both duelists.
"YUGO! YUGO! YUGO!"
"MAGMA! MAGMA! MAGMA!"
Yugo surveyed his opponent much like his name suggested his D-wheel was blinding red-orange colour and his riding suit was almost exactly the same except for hints of black, he turned his head Yugo trembled at the teen's voice "I'm going to crush you into a pulp" Yugo gulped and got ready for duel.
[Riding Duel Acceleration!] Came the collective call.
[Let's Duel] As the clock hit zero they raced off.
"Yugo's got an early lead will he take the first corner?" Melissa said as enthusiastic as ever. It looked as if Yugo was going to take the first corner before Magma rammed his D-wheel into Yugo's causing him to briefly lose control, "Why would you do that?!" came the reply from a still wobbling Yugo, "All's fair in War!" Magma said taking the first corner.
"I'll go first! I activate the spell Molten Conduction Field! This spell allows me to send two 'Laval' monsters to my graveyard! I send my Laval Magma Cannoneer and my Laval Volcano Handmaiden! My Handmaiden's effect activates sending another Handmaiden to the graveyard which triggers that one's effect sending my last handmaiden to the grave which now sends a second Cannoneer to the grave, now I activate the spell Rekindling allowing me to summon back all fir monsters from my grave yard with 200 Def so welcome back to the field three Handmaidens and two Cannoneers!"
The five monsters appeared out of a flaming vortex in front of Magma's D-wheel bringing back the monsters which had been sent back to the graveyard.
"Wow!" Melissa exclaimed "Magma's just summoned five monsters in one turn, Yugo must be feeling the heat now!"
"It's too early to be impressed!" Magma said to the deafening roar of the crowd cheering him on "I tune my level 4 Cannoneer with my level 1 Handmaiden! I synchro summon! Level 5! T.G Hyper librarian!" Level 5 (2400/1800)
The infamous librarian wearing a white cape with a purple inside appeared.
"I now do the same thing with my second Cannoneer and Handmaiden to synchro summon! Level 5! Laval Dual Slasher! Level 5 (2400/200)
"Wow! Wow! Magma's just summoned two synchro monsters in one turn surely Yugo's outclassed here!"
"I'm still not done I now normal summon Flamvell Baby from my hand!" The small ball of fire took the form of an infant with a large grin Level 1 (800/200). "I forgot to mention when I synchro summon a monster librarian allows me to draw a card." The smug Magma only got worse with his drawn card. "I now tune Handmaiden with baby to summon the synchro tuner monster Formula Synchron!" Level 2 (200/1500)
"My librarian's effect activates with Formula's activating as well allowing me to draw two cards from my deck! Now the grand finale I tune my level 5 T.G Hyper Librarian, Laval Dual Slasher with my Level 2 Formula Synchron! I synchro summon the dragon with the power of a supernova! Level 12! Shooting Quasar Dragon!" Level 12 (4000/4000).
"A level 12 Synchro already! There is a reason why he's the favourite after all!"
"I set 3 cards facedown and end my turn! Now come at me and destroy my Ultimate beast!"
Yugo took a deep breath and began his turn "It's my turn, I draw!"
The turn was carefully watched up in the stands by Rin and not far behind Rin stood Yuya who was also watching closely "Show me what you've got Fusion…"
"Since I don't control a monster I special summon Speedroid Terrortop! Level 3 (1200/600), the connection of spinning tops appeared out of a blue portal, "Now using its effect I add Speedroid Taketomborg and I can special summon it since a control a wind monster!" Level 3 (600/1200), "Now for a card Rin gave me!" Yugo looked up to see Rin smile and wave at him but he was still unable see Yuya standing only a few feet behind her. "Since I control two wind monsters I can special summon the tuner Windwitch- Snow bell!" The small bell ornament appeared level 1 (100/100). "I then normal summon another tuner Speedroid Red eyed Dice!" Level 1 (100/100), "I then activate the Spell Giant Trunade return all spell and trap cards back to your hand"
"Humph…No matter I still have my Quasar which has 4000 pounding attack points so do your worst!"
"I plan too! I tune my Level 3 Taketomborg and Terrortop with my level 1 red eyed dice to synchro summon! Level 7! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" (2500/2000)
"Yugo's ace appears can it bring him back from the brink of defeat!" Melissa was on the proverbial edge of her seat.
"I now tune Clear Wing Synchro Dragon with my Level 1 Snow bell to synchro summon my ultimate monster too! I synchro summon! Level 8! Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!" Level 8 (3000/2500). The crystallised clear wing let out a cry which was only matched by the crowd in sheer volume.
"Crystal Wing attack Quasar!"
"Have you lost your mind?! My Quasar has 4000 attack points and your Crystal Wing has only 3000! Quasar destroy that inferior dragon!"
Quasar unleashed a barrage of flames trying to destroy Crystal wing.
"Crystal Wing's effect now activates since it is battling a level 5 or higher monster it gains that monster's attack!"
"WHAT!"
Crystal Wing attack (3000 – 7000)
"I then activate the effect of Speedroid Damage Raiser in my hand! By sending this card in my hand to the graveyard I can double any damage you may take this turn!"
Crystal wing fired back on Quasar causing the seemingly invincible dragon's destruction.
Magma (4000 – 0)
The blast was so powerful that it knocked Magma off his D-wheel, his body unmoving [2]
"There it is folks! In a single turn Yugo was able to defeat Magma's Shooting Quasar Dragon and knock his life points!"
The crowd erupted even a few of the tops in the crowd were cheering Yugo's performance.
"I say he is good." One said holding a glass of champagne.
"But no one can beat Jack Atlas." Said another one holding a briefcase with contracts in it. "He even beat my loan combo." [3]
Back at the track Yugo had go to the centre to collect his trophy and cash prize.
"I'm now down here with the winner Yugo" Came Melissa holding the trophy in one, microphone in the other another person beside her was holding the envelope containing the money. "So is there anyone here you would like to dedicate your victory too?" Yugo grabbed the mic out of Melissa's hand so quickly the cowgirl barely had time to register it, "I would like to dedicate it to my childhood friend Rin who has been supporting me all these years!" Up in the stands Rin was tearing up hearing this as she thought back to when she and Yugo first decided to build their D-wheel three years ago.
(Three Years ago)
In a scrap yard Yugo and Rin were busy scavenging for parts to their work in progress D-wheel.
"Is this the right piece?" Yugo was asking Rin holding a small metal cylinder in his hand.
Rin looked up from the pile of scrap she was looking through to see the part Yugo asked her about, "Yugo…That's the fifth time you've asked me today…On the same piece…"
"I know that," Said Yugo folding his arms, sticking out his tongue "I'm just making sure, if we want the D-wheel to be perfect you can't be too careful."
Rin collected Yugo's part and the parts she had found and went to give them to the owner for sale. On the way there Yugo said "I can't believe the tops just through this stuff out," Yugo folded his arms behind his head "I mean the part I just found was brand new," Rin smiled "Well, Yugo one man's trash is another man's treasure." Carrying the parts they lead them on the counter in front of the owner who asked them a question.
"Aren't you a little young to be out here by yourselves?" the man asked concerned about them.
"Yes we are but don't worry our orphanage is just round the corner." Rin's conviction in her voice caused the man's worries to disappear.
"What do you need all these parts for?"
"We're going to build a D-Wheel to duel in the friendship cup!" Yugo's energy was undeniable to the man who to once had a dream about dueling there too. [4]
"You know what kids…I won't charge you for these parts go and follow your dreams" [5]
"That's great Mr thank you very much!" Rin and Yugo quickly hurried off to their orphanage to start putting the finishing details on their D-wheel.
(1 hour later)
"There we go!" Yugo finally got the chance to stand up straight, he had been bent over since they got back and he could feel his back crack as he got up. "It's finally done," Rin stood beside Yugo "So what colour do you want to paint it?" she asked him, Yugo's face fell "Oh…I hadn't thought that far." Rin simply laughed as it looked like was having a tough time trying to decide, "It's okay Yugo we will paint it white, your colour" Yugo turned to face Rin, she could see the curiosity in his eyes, "Are you sure Rin? You're okay with it?" She put her hand on his shoulder, "When we duel in the Friendship Cup you'll probably get further than me so it is fine with me." Yugo's face reddened, "Okay-y-y Rin."
(Flashback Ends)
"Rin…RIN!" Yugo shouted snapping Rin out of her flashback and back into reality, "Yugo? Aren't you supposed to be down at the track?" Rin could see the trophy in his hand, looking around see also saw that everyone had seemingly left. "I was there but I've been trying to get your attention for the past ten minutes! It's now night!" It was Yugo's turn to get annoyed at someone's tardiness. "Sorry Yugo I was just thinking back to three years ago" Yugo's anger subsided as he realised what see meant. "It time to go Rin I-" Rin tuned out Yugo as just over his shoulder she could see the hooded figure from earlier on in the day. His face was barely visible, all she could make out was the twisted grin on his face before he disappeared without a trace. "Rin!" Yugo shouted again causing her to switch her attention to him "Stop spacing out we need to go now!" Rin nodded the thought of being followed still dragged her down, how long before this person attacked her? What was he going to do to her?
Riding back, Rin remained quiet still thinking about her stalker, "Rin?" Yugo's voice was a comfort to her, "You've been quiet is something wrong? Rin didn't want to worry Yugo as they arrived back at the garage "It's nothing Yugo." Rin rubbed her arm and was looking rather solemn, Yugo's piercing glare made her second guess her thoughts "I just have this feeling I'm being followed," Yugo listened carefully as Rin continued to explain what happened earlier today and over the previous days as well, "over the past couple of days I've seen this person who seems to be following me, at first I thought it was nothing as I only saw him out of the corner of my eye, I thought it was a trick of the eye and he wasn't really there but…" Yugo urged Rin to continue "Today he was more prevalent I saw him twice today, First when we were leaving for the tournament final, I saw him standing in the alley looking directly at me as if he was specifically targeting me," Yugo watched as Rin struggled through the explanation, he would let her rest afterwards. "The second time was just at the tournament he was standing not far behind you." Yugo was shocked at how close he had come to Rin's follower, he couldn't believe he hadn't noticed. "I could see the grin on his face, it was maddening I felt like I was staring into the abyss and the abyss was staring back into to me." Rin was still solemn as Yugo finally spoke, "Everything is going to be okay Rin I'll protect you…Get some rest and then tomorrow we'll go find this guy and take him out!" Yugo placed his hands on Rin's giving her a comforting smile, "Thanks Yugo…" Rin left to get sleep with Yugo spending time finely tuning the D-wheel.
Outside of the garage Yuya was standing silently outside listening in "Oh my, they're coming after me tomorrow what ever will I do?" He was as mocking as could be, he was about to leave when a call came through his disk, "What is it Professor?" Yuya asked "How close are you to bringing me the girl Yuya?" The Professor's voice was demanding "I'm outside their place of residence at the minute why do you ask?" Yuya was curious to the oddly specific question. "I need you to bring her to me now!" An outburst wasn't what Yuya was expecting but he responded anyway, slightly shocked "Yes Professor I'll begin now." Yuya disconnected the call and began to make his move.
He entered the garage, Yugo had passed out on the ground from spending to long tuning the D-wheel. Yuya walked carefully as not to wake Yugo up, "So much for protecting your girlfriend Fusion." Yuya quietly whispered making his way up to Rin's room. Rin's bracelet gem started to glow softly though she didn't have enough time to question before Yuya burst into the room. "Hello there…Rin." The sight of her stalker caused Rin to Scream causing Yugo to awaken blow them, "Was that Rin?!" Yugo's voice came as music to Rin's ears, Yuya on the other hand was displeased that Rin had awoken Yugo "Silly girl, look what you've done!" Yuya grabbed Rin's arm, her bracelet glowed green causing Yuya and Rin to disappear just as Yugo came into the room, "RIN! WHERE ARE YOU?! RIN?!" Yugo desperately searched for Rin in the house before taking to the streets on his D-wheel.
(Unknown Location in Synchro dimension)
Yuya and Rin reappeared in what looked to be another slum still in the synchro dimension much to Yuya's dismay. "You could've made it easier for yourself," He said releasing Rin's arm and readying his duel disk "you could've come silently with me back to Academia but no…" Rin shook in sheer terror as Yuya's face let loose a malicious grin "Still!" Yuya declared trying hard not burst into a fit of insane laughter. "I always enjoy crushing those who oppose the Professor!" Rin in response readied her disk she as Yuya was going to force her into doing it anyway.
[Let's Duel]
Yuya: 4000 Rin: 4000 cards x5
"I'll go first, since I don't control a monster I can special summon Windwitch – Ice Bell!" The witch with purple hair appeared Level 3 (1000/1000) "When this card is summoned I can summon another Windwitch from my hand I choose the tuner Glass bell!" The witch with teal hair appeared Level 4 (1500/1500) "When Ice bell is summoned you take 500 points of damage!" The witch conjured a blizzard knocking Yuya back against a nearby wall.
Yuya (4000 – 3500)
"Now I tune my Ice bell with my Glass bell to Synchro Summon! Level 7! Windwitch - Winter bell!" A monster that can be considered a larger version of Snow Bell came out of the beam of light caused by the Synchro summon.
"Now Winter bell's effect triggers I target one 'Windwitch' monster in my graveyard and you're dealt damage equal to that monsters level x200, I target Glass bell dealing you 800 points of damage!" Another blizzard appeared this time knocking Yuya's hood off nearly taking his googles off as well.
Yuya (3500 – 2700)
"I set one card face down and end my turn! Come at me you freak!" Rin put on a façade of confidence in all reality she was deeply scared of this person.
"So that's your strategy? To sit back and burn me for damage?" Yuya's monotone voice scared Rin more than when he was maniacal, "You're even more pathetic than I thought, it's my turn, I draw, I activate Performance call, this card allows me to add one 'Performapal' monster to my hand." A card ejected from Yuya's duel disk, he snatched it too quickly for Rin to see it. "I then normal summon Performapal Whip snake," The top hatted viper appeared bearing its fangs at Winter bell. "I too set one card face down and end my turn, it's your move."
"My turn I draw" Rin surveyed the field and her hand she was confident that she would hold off long enough for Yugo to find her and then they would beat this guy together.
Meanwhile Yugo was still busy trying to find Rin, he had felt the cold that he thought could have only come from one of Rin's monsters, given how often he dueled with her it was easy to tell when it was just a normal cold or when it was one of Rin's Windwitch monsters which had tormented him during his childhood. I'll find you Rin and when I do I'll beat that guy into the dirt along with you, Yugo went in the direct he best felt where Rin was, following the cold air.
"I activate Winter bell's effect, once again targeting glass bell to deal you 800 points of damage!" This blizzard knocked Yuya's cloak fully off revealing his entire appearance to Rin.
Yuya (2700 – 1900)
"You're still going on with that burn strategy of yours? You have no right to call yourself a duelist!" Yuya was livid at two things, first he had lost his disguise meaning if that idiot saw him he wouldn't be able to carry out the rest of the Professor's plan and second this strategy angered him to his very core.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rin asked looking rather pleased with her handiwork, "Last time I checked you stalked me for a week and then tried to abduction m…Wait why do you look like Yugo?" This was the first time Rin had fully looked at Yuya's face the resemblance to bore to Yugo's was striking to Rin was shocked and was about to start speaking again before Yuya cut her off.
"DON'T LINK ME AGAIN TO THAT IDIOT!" Yuya was screaming at the top of his lungs, he was so loud even a still relatively far away Yugo could hear him. Is that where Rin is? Yugo turned his D-wheel to follow Yuya's voice still screaming at the top of his lungs.
Rin decided in order to stop Yuya from screaming she would have to defeating him quickly before the people around here took suspicion as she was certain she was in just another part of the commons slums, "Winter bell attack Whip snake!" The freezing cold took full effect as Whip snake was simply snapped in half after being frozen by the cold.
Yuya (1900 - 1200)
Yuya still screaming as he hit the ground suddenly stopped to Rin's surprise, "You've finally stopped" She once again looked over the Crimson eyed boys face as he got up, "I don't know why I considered you a threat. I end my turn"
Yuya's eyes slitted as he laughed mockingly "You're about to see why! I draw I activate my face down the trap Performance Reborn! I remove from the graveyard one Performapal to summon one monster from my hand! I remove whip snake to summon the dragon with wonderful and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd Eyes Dragon!" Level 7 (2500/2000), "Now I activate polymerization fusing together Performapal Nightmare Knight and Odd Eyes Mirage Dragon! Fusion Summon! Level 8! Performapal Odd Eyes Metal Claw!" Level 8 (3000/2500).
"At this point I activate my trap card Lost Wind!" A fog descended onto the field, "Lost wind not only negates the effect of the targeted monster but halves its attack points! I target Metal claw!" The mist started to envelop Metal claw but was stopped when a barrier prevented it from constricting the monster. "Why isn't it working?!" Rin exclaimed while Yuya tried to contain himself as explained "Since I used polymerization to fusion summon Metal claw it can't be targeted by card effects!" Rin took a step back realising all she could do know was hope Yugo could find her, "Battle! Metal claw take out that Winter bell! Claw's effect now activates every monster on my field gains 300 attack points!"
Claw's attack (3000 – 3300)
Odd Eye's Attack (2500 – 2800)
A vicious and quick swipe from metal claw tore winter bell in two.
Rin (4000 – 3100)
"Odd Eye's direct attack! Spiral Flame Strike!"
The strength of Odd Eye's attack knocked Rin to the ground.
Rin (3100 – 300)
Yuya took this opportunity to find his cloak and put it back on as he could hear Yugo's voice and D-wheel approaching.
"Time to end this! I remove Nightmare Knight from my grave to trigger its effect, since you took battle damage you now take an additional 1000 points of damage! Drown in the Abyss!"
Rin's eyes widened in horror as a ball of dark energy was shot directly at her, she faded into unconsciousness, the last thing she heard was Yugo's screaming voice.
Rin (300 – 0)
Yuya: Win
Yuya went to collect his prize and just like he did with Ruri draped her over his shoulder as his face was caught in Yugo's headlights, "You give Rin back now!" Yugo was cracking his knuckles getting ready to crush Yuya into oblivion "I'm sorry the show is over for the night! Now if you excuse us we need to leave!" Yugo only briefly caught Yuya's face but he like Yuto before him was shocked into silence as Yuya and Rin disappeared.
Arriving in the halls of Academia Yuya made his way to the professor's room sneezing the whole way there, "Ugh" he sighed wiping his nose on his sleeve, "Damn blizzard ice monsters…Why couldn't see use another monster archetype!" Yuya continued rambling onto to himself as he walked on.
(Standard Dimension)
In the changing rooms of a massive stadium sat Yuri silently mulling over his deck while thinking back to the events that brought him here and what had happened to get him in this place.
A/N: So that is the second chapter. It's amazing what you can do with a spare 11 hours on your hands. About the fact I chose Laval as the deck of Yugo's opponent it is because Laval is the only synchro deck I have an understanding of and that is also very limited which is why the duel only lasted two turns. Also I feel like such an ass for teasing Yuri twice in a row so I promise that the next chapter will be about him. Here are the notes
Notes:
[1, 4 and 5] I'm going to make a list every time I write something that disappoints me.
[2] He's dead (Actually…Yugo killed him)
[3] Guess the 5D's reference