"Yusei shouldn't be too far away." Crow told Atticus.
Atticus soon saw what vehicles they were going to ride through the city on.
"I think you're gonna like it here." Jack commented.
"I do so far," Atticus smiled. "And are these your rides?"
"Uh-huh, we use these to get around everywhere," Crow nodded. "Especially whenever I need to make a delivery."
"These can also be used for Turbo Duels." Jack said.
"Turbo Duels?" Atticus asked.
"You've never heard of a Turbo Duel?" Jack and Crow asked him.
"Is that like the next level of a duel in Yu-Gi-Oh?" Atticus replied.
"It's a duel where you'd need a Duel Runner or a Duel Board." Crow said.
"A Duel Runner?" Atticus asked. "Duel Board?"
"You have a lot to learn, buddy." Jack chuckled to Atticus.
"I sure do because I only know about dueling, but I have a feeling there's a new way of summoning some monster cards." Atticus said.
"We'll see." Jack replied.
Atticus smiled as he followed them and they soon found his distant cousin.
Yusei seemed to be staring out into space as he had some things on his mind as they came to go and see him.
'Looks like he's got something on his mind.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Yusei!" Crow called to the boy before looking concerned. "You had that bad dream again, huh? If only it was just a dream, but it was so long ago, and New Domino City has rebuilt itself since your father's research was compromised."
"Right," Jack agreed. "You need to stop trying to change things that can't be changed. The past has passed, and you need to let it go, and embrace the future. Besides, your cousin is here to see you."
Yusei soon looked to see Atticus who waved.
"Hey, Yusei?" Atticus replied.
"Yeah?" Yusei replied.
"You might not know me, but I'm your cousin, Atticus," Atticus said. "I'm from Greendale."
"Oh, yeah, Aunt Emily and Uncle Patrick called and said you'd be visiting." Yusei replied.
"It's so nice to meet you, Yusei." Atticus smiled.
Yusei soon gave a small smile back. "Nice to meet you too, cous."
"So, what's this about a bad dream?" Atticus asked.
"It's complicated..." Yusei sighed. "I had a terrible dream... It's been bothering me for a while now."
Atticus frowned as he had a feeling it had something to do with Yusei's past.
"Well, don't worry about it," Crow said. "And you know if I agree with Jack, I must really mean it."
"I wish it was that easy." Yusei replied.
"A friend of mine once said that you have to put the past behind you." Atticus told his distant cousin.
"Like I said... I wish it was that easy." Yusei replied.
"I bet I know what'll cheer you up, mate." Jack said as he tossed a helmet to Yusei until he caught it.
"Yeah, come on, Yusei," Crow smiled. "Let's ride!"
Atticus had a feeling that might be the answer. "Any room for one more?" he then asked.
"Of course!" Jack and Crow told him.
"All right." Yusei smiled.
"Then let's ride!" Atticus smiled back.
"All right!" Crow beamed.
They soon rode off together on their own vehicles down the road, and where Atticus could tell why Jack and Crow knew this would cheer up Yusei. Yusei still had stuff on his mind, but he rode along with his best friends.
"Rolling around at the speed of sound~," Atticus sang to himself. "Got places to go, gotta follow my rainbow, Can't stick around, have to keep moving on~" Unfortunately, Atticus's song he was singing to himself was cut short as he felt someone's energy coming. "Hmm...?" he paused slightly. "Who's that?"
Yusei, Jack, and Crow soon looked and saw a new person on a different looking Duel Runner.
"Hey, looks like we got a tailgater!" Crow told the others.
"I've never seen that Duel Runner before." Jack commented.
"Must be new." Atticus said.
"I don't even recognize the duelist who's driving it." Crow replied.
"I can't believe it, he's challenging us to a duel!" Jack realized.
"Well if he's so eager to want to duel, we should accept his challenge." Atticus said.
"If it's a duel he wants, a duel he'll get." Yusei agreed with his cousin.
"Whoever this guy is, he's in big trouble." Atticus smirked.
"He's all yours, guys," Crow smirked back. "Do it!"
'Duel Mode engaged.' Yusei's Duel Runner told him.
"So cool!" Atticus smiled.
"All right, let's rev it up!" Yusei replied to the others.
"Is that your catchphrase or something?" Atticus guessed.
"Maybe?" Yusei smirked innocently.
"I'll take that as a yes." Atticus smirked back.
"Right," Yusei nodded. "Here we go!"
'This is going to be so much fun.' Atticus thought to himself.
"And so began a new friendship and a brand new adventure," Atticus's voice narrated to his family. "But what we didn't expect was the duelist would do something unspeakable."
Stardust Dragon was soon summoned.
"Awesome..." Atticus whispered to himself as he was in awe. He soon saw something familiar in the duelist that Yusei was facing hand, and where it was a blank card. "I don't think so!"
"A blank card? What is that for?" Yusei wondered.
"Oh, no..." Atticus said as he went wide-eyed.
The blank card shot out numerous other Yu-Gi-Oh cards which attacked the Stardust Dragon instantly.
"I couldn't believe my eyes." Atticus narrated.
"Why?" Darla's voice asked.
"It was incredible..." Atticus's voice replied. "I had never seen such a thing, and I've seen a lot."
"What was it?" Patch's voice asked.
"The blank card was actually able to capture a Duel Monster." Atticus's voice told them.
"Like a Venus Fly Trap against a... A.. Well... Um... A bug?" Darla replied.
"You could say that, yeah." Atticus agreed.
Back in the flashback.
"No way..." Atticus whispered to himself.
"Am I seeing things?!" Jack asked. "Stardust's Dragon, it's-"
"Gone!" Crow added. "Been stolen!"
"But how can that be?" Yusei wondered.
"I'm not sure." Atticus said.
They soon heard a wicked laughter. "A great many things are possible, Yusei, and now that I have the mighty Stardust Dragon, the demise of your era in time is one of those things!" he then mocked.
"Who are you?" Yusei demanded to know.
"I doubt he's gonna stop to tell us." Atticus said.
"Your friend is right... See ya!" The duelist laughed wickedly before bolting off ahead of them.
"Whoa, now that's fast." Atticus said.
"Wait! Stop!" Yusei called out, but it was of course no use.
The others soon stopped as the duelist seemed to teleport away.
"Stardust..." Yusei muttered as he looked at his card as it seemed to blank from the monster's image.
Atticus frowned as he could tell that card was very important to Yusei. Yusei sighed softly.
"Uh, let's go somewhere." Atticus suggested.
They were soon in a garage.
"Would someone tell me what just happened?" Yusei complained.
"I would, but I don't know myself." Crow shrugged.
"I'd say it's magic, but I don't even know." Atticus said.
"I still can't believe he took Stardust." Yusei frowned.
Atticus tried to think of a way to cheer up his cousin.
"Why did that maniac take him," Jack commented. "That's what I'd like to know."
"What's up, guys?" A woman's voice asked as the door opened.
Atticus soon looked to see who the woman was. The woman was joined with a pair of green-haired twins.
"Akiza, Leo, Luna," Jack said once they came. "Look, no offense, but this really isn't the best time for a social call."
"I have a feeling it's important." Atticus said, referring to why Akiza, Leo, and Luna were there.
"You got that right... Whoever you are..." The boy twin replied.
"My name is Atticus," Atticus replied. "I am Yusei's distant cousin."
"Um, h-h-hello, there." The girl twin smiled bashfully to him.
"Wow, are you guys twins?" Atticus smiled to them. "I've always wondered what it would be like to have a twin."
"Trust me, it can be awesome." The boy twin smiled back.
"That's nice," Atticus smiled. "So, what brings you here?"
"Oh, right," The boy twin replied. "Whoever said this was social, Jack? We happen to be here on business!"
"Business? What's up?" Yusei asked.
"Leo and I were surfing the Web researching Duel Monsters' history when we saw this." The girl twin said before handing something to him which was a tablet.
Yusei took it and took a look with the others.
"Hey, I recognize that guy." Crow pointed out.
"Same here." Atticus said.
"I should hope so," Jack said to them. "That's Maximilian Pegasus, the Chairman of the Industrial Illusions. He's the creator of Duel Monsters!"
"And look who's next to him!" Crow pointed out.
"Yugi..." Atticus whispered. "Whoa..."
"Yugi Moto: The King of Games himself," Yusei commented. "They say he's the best duelist to have ever picked up a deck."
"Doesn't look so tough to me," Jack scoffed. "Of course, how could you with that dated haircut? Still, even I admit he's a dueling legend. What I would give to see Yugi in action way back in his day."
"Surprisingly, I got the chance to see him in action and even got to duel him even if it was a short duel." Atticus said.
"Really, huh?" Jack asked him.
"Yeah, he's one of my good friends." Atticus nodded, remembering the time with The Pyramid of Light.
"How did you meet him?" Crow asked.
"Let's just say I have my ways of time travel." Atticus said.
The others smirked to him.
"Any reason you wanted to show this to us?" Atticus then asked Akiza.
"No, scroll over to the next page." Akiza replied.
"Um, okay." Atticus said.
"How did you meet him?" Crow asked.
"Let's just say I have my ways of time travel." Atticus said.
The others smirked to him.
"Any reason you wanted to show this to us?" Atticus then asked Akiza.
"No, scroll over to the next page." Akiza replied.
"Um, okay." Atticus said.
Yusei did that and soon saw a familiar sight. "Wait! Stardust Dragon?" he then asked.
"But that card didn't exist back then!" Jack commented.
"Exactly our point." Leo replied.
"Look. The article says that all sorts of dragons appeared one day, and, like, almost blasted all of Europe." Crow said.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Atticus said.
"But, I don't ever remember hearing about this, and this is a major historical event!" Yusei commented.
"That's just it; this is new history, "Akiza told him. "Somehow, the past has changed."
"And since the past has been changed, then doesn't that mean this timeline is about to cease to exist?" Atticus asked.
"It's very likely," Akiza replied. "Time travel is very dangerous."
And where Atticus was right as the city started to be destroyed.
"What's going on outside?" Akiza frowned.
They all soon rushed outside as this looked very frightening.
"I don't like the looks of this, guys!" Jack said to the others.
"Looks like I was right." Atticus frowned.
"How bad was it?" Darla's voice asked.
"Almost like it was the end of the world as we know it." Atticus's voice replied.
"Whoa." Patch's voice said.
"Leo, what's happening?!" Luna cried.
"Our city's vanishing!" Leo replied.
"But why?" Akiza frowned.
"Maybe I've seen one too many movies, but whenever something changes in the past, isn't it somehow supposed to change the future?" Jack commented.
"That's right." Atticus nodded.
"Yeah, so?" Crow replied.
"If the past has changed, that would mean that..." Yusei said before thinking back. "What that masked man said was true... Our era... Our period in time... It's meeting its end!"
Luna looked scared as there was soon glowing all around the others.
"Uh, what's going on?" Atticus asked as he saw the glowing.
"It's the Mark of the Crimson Dragon!" Akiza replied.
"And look, its power is surging through Yusei's Duel Runner too!" Leo pointed out.
"Crimson Dragon?" Atticus asked, looking confused.
"You've never heard of the Crimson Dragon?" Akiza asked Atticus.
"No." Atticus shook his head.
"The Crimson Dragon is an almighty cosmic entity made of pure sacred fire. It is the physical embodiment and cosmic manifestation of the mighty Dragon Star." Akiza informed him.
"Whoa." Atticus said.
Yusei soon walked towards the dragon.
"What are you doing?!" Akiza gasped.
"I'm not sure, but it's calling to me!" Yusei told her as he got on his Duel Runner and rode towards the dragon.
Atticus soon saw the dragon coming towards him and where it took him with. The others stayed behind as they had no other real choice. The Crimson Dragon soon Atticus in Yusei's duel runner with Yusei in it.
"It seemed as though we were in for a new adventure," Atticus then narrated like every time he would travel somewhere new. "And where we were going to arrive at a different time zone."
"Ooh..." Darla sounded very intrigued.