Chapter 3: Flight of the Witch

Alright folks I'm back with my latest chapter, this one is going to be featuring Yuri vs Rin. BTW, sorry I won't be having Yugo or Yuto interact yet, that's for the next chapter. I'll upload it as soon as I can. Anyway, I'd like to say thanks to Sky and Gentyman for reviewing this, hope you like this next chapter.

(Fusion Dimension: Academia)

Leo Akaba had just finished reading over a few screens of data for Arc V when he sat down upon his throne and mulled over his conversation with Yuri, paranoid of Yuri's intentions. He had spent years developing his plans for Revival Zero, so it was rather ironic he needed the use of a fragment of a devil with nigh-infinite power to do it. Ever since he had first seen Yuri's face when the boy was 7 he pondered over whether to eliminate him. But due to the potential the boy had as well as his dragon, he decided to instead make use of it as a tool instead, and yet still, he was worried. For the last few weeks he had sent Yuri to spy on the girl Rin of the Synchro dimension, and Yuri had told him of a boy resembling him named Yugo. After sending Yuri to kidnap the girl Ruri Yuri had given a reasonably innocent question over why he had people looking like him… and also Serena, the Professor knew that Yuri still remembered her even after 5 years of separation. Telling too much could provoke that demon's return; said beast had already crept into Yuri's mind in the past, as his attempt to harness it had failed. He just hoped that Yuri still trusted him enough to follow orders without question…

Meanwhile, Yuri had just entered the Arc Area Project Control Room before one of the heads there approached him, "This area is off limits except for the Arc tech. division, I ask you to leave at once?

Yuri smirked, "Actually, the Professor sent me here, says that there were some problems he noticed that he wanted me to check up on." He then walked up to the scientist before speaking in a low, menacing tone, "By the way, I'd be a bit more respectful if I were you, if you hadn't noticed, I outrank you by a wide margin, you didn't seem to have a problem with Roger before he deserted us to who knows where."

The scientist gulped, "My apologies… the Professor never spoke to me about problems he noticed.

"The Professor has more important things to worry about, now mind showing me one of you computers Satou-san?"

They walked across the other scientists to one of the main data computers for Arc V and stopped, "Everything you need to find will be right here Yuri-kun, do you require anything else?"

"No, I know how to work one of these; it should just take a minute or two." Yuri replied with the wave of a hand. He then started looking through files as soon as Professor Satou had left. "Now what are you hiding from me Professor?"

After a few minutes he finally came to a file that said Revival Zero and opened it, revealing an image of him and Serena when they were kids, along with comments and other words. What is all this… under my image is Z-ARC, and under hers is RAY-A, what is going on? Says here that 'May find more in other dimensions, bracelet is definitely one of the 4.' What in the world is going on here?

Yuri quickly took a look at Venom before it flashed a dim light, which Yuri knew meant that this was something Venom knew, but couldn't tell. He then read of every inch of the data as fast as he could before getting up and leaving just as soon as one of the scientists came back.

"My boss wanted me to ask you if you've find everything alright, so anything wrong with the Arc V reactor."

"No, it looks like everything was fine, probably a false alarm, I'll inform the Professor." Yuri then left without sparing a single look at anyone before returning to his quarters. Arriving at his desk, he sat down and removed his duel disk and deck. Yuri knew that there were things Venom hadn't told him, but he also knew that he could trust his dragon. After all he'd been through in the last 5 years, if he couldn't trust his cards; he had no reason to live. Only his deck had stood by him when hell decided to make an unwanted visit, and Yuri had no thought of falling so low again. If life wished him to die it had another thing coming; he may not be able to act now, but playing his hand right would guarantee his ultimate victory in the end.

(5 Days Later)

Yuri arrived at the Professor's chambers after being notified that the Professor had asked for him, and waited for instructions. The Professor gave him a smile, "I'm glad you could make it Yuri, now that Ruri is procured I need you to go find that girl Rin and bring her to me, just like before. Remember, you must leave no witnesses, and any trace of what happened is to be kept secret. Understood?

Yuri gave a polite bow, "Of course Professor, I will leave at once." With that, he activated Violet Flash and disappeared in search of his new target.

(Synchro Dimension: Commons Area of the City)

Rin was putting on her gear and took a bag, getting ready to leave and buy some equipment to help with the D-Wheel she and her best friend Yugo had finally finished, the Ringo. She turned around while Yugo was under their masterpiece fixing a few parts. "Heading out Yugo, I'll be back with those pieces for the D-Wheel, be back soon."

Yugo got up with his hair messed up (if you could call his banana hairstyle 'normal') and replied, "Are you sure Rin, you told me a week ago that you've felt someone stalking you. Want me to come?"

"No, I'll be fine, it was probably nothing anyway." She then gave her friend a frown, "Besides, you can't leave until you take a shower, you smell like grease and charcoal."

"Alright you nag; I'm on it, just stay safe." Yugo returned to the motorbike while Rin left.

As she walked through the street she could've sworn that she felt someone following her, and turned around…only to find no one there, "I must be hallucinating."

"No, you're good." A voice whispered right behind, causing her to jump back.

She turned around to see an all too familiar face in front of her with a cloak around him, "Yugo!? What are you doing!?" She said, half with fear and half with anger.

"Considering my origin, I guess Fusion would be a more appropriate name, but the names Yuri." The young man sneered, "I have orders from the Professor to bring you to him, come quietly because I don't have all day."

Not waiting to find out what he meant, Rin made a run for it in hopes to escape, but just like Ruri before her, it wasn't long before Rin hit a dead end in an alley way with Yuri blocking off the last way out. "Damn it." She bit her tongue in fear as he approached.

Yuri smiled, "If you're so eager to escape, how about we do this, let's duel, and if you beat me I'll let you go and never bother you again. Now let's start the hunting game!" With that, Yuri activated his duel disk, Rin activating hers.

Yuri LP: 4000 Rin LP: 4000

"Ladies first Yuri, now since I control no monsters, I can special summon this card from my hand! Come forth, Windwitch – Ice Bell!" A girl in a pretty witches garb appeared riding an ice broom (ATTR:Wind/LV:3/ATK:1000/DEF:1000), "Also, since it was special summoned this way, I can now summon a copy of it straight from my deck, so appear now!" With that an identical witch appeared. "Now both of their special effects activate! Since they were special summoned, you take 500 points of damage, so that adds up to 1000 points of damage." A blast of icy wind shot from the two witches, blasting Yuri back.

"Now I normal summon Windwitch – Snow Bell!" A glass – bell like female appeared on the field (ATTR:Wind/Tuner/LV:1/ATK:100/DEF:100). "Now I tune my 2 level 3 Windwitch – Ice Bells and my level 1 Snow Bell to Synchro summon! Midwinter wind. Make ice and snow my power and blow through! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 7! Windwitch – Winter Bell!" With that her 3 monsters flowed through a tunnel of light with Rin's ace monster appearing at the end (ATTR:Wind/LV:7/ATK:2400/DEF:2000). "I place 2 cards facedown. Turn end."

"My turn, I draw! From my hand I'll summon Predator Plants - Orphrys Scorpio!" Yuri green scorpion materialized on the field. "Now I activate its special effect, by sending a monster from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon one Predator Plants from my deck. So I'll discard Cordyceps from my hand in order to special summon Darling Cobra from my deck." With that, Yuri's familiar cobra appeared along with Scorpio. Yuri smiled, as this was one of his favorite strategies. "I activate Cobra's effect, allowing me to add one Fusion card from my deck to my hand." With that he swiped a card appearing from his deck, confusing Rin as she had never heard of that card.

"I now activate Fusion, allowing me to fuse my Scorpio and Cobra together. Alluring plants that invite despair, come together to form the parasite that feeds on life. Fusion Summon! Level 7! Predator – Plants Chimera Rafflesia!" With that Yuri called forth his monstrous plant once again.

'Fusion Summon? Never heard of that before, I'd I feel it's better not to take any chances.' With that, Rin played her face down. "I activate my trap card, Lost Wind! Now since you've special summoned a monster this card allows me to halve its attack points along with negating its effects! Too bad creep, but not only that, I'm discarding a card from my hand to play Trap Reclamation! Now I can return Lost Wind back to my hand once it's in the graveyard!" With that , a blast of with hit the plant, and the card later returned to Rin's hand.

As a new blast of icy wind hit his plant, Yuri scowled as his monsters power fell to 1250, along with using most of its effect, but it didn't matter too much since he could still continue his strategy later on. He then gave Rin a dark smile. "I'm impressed Rin, but don't think that that will save you, I'll end my turn, now begin yours."

"I draw!" She looked at her card before placing it in her hand. "Now I activate Winter Bell's effect, I can deal you damage equal to the level of a Windwitch in my graveyard, and I'll use my Glass Bell, so since its level is 4, you'll take 800 points of damage!"

"When was that in your graveyard?" Yuri asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"It was the card I discarded when I activated Trap Reclamation! Now take this!" With that, a new gust of wind slammed Yuri, causing his hood to come off, revealing his long hair (Yuri's LP: 3000 – 800 = 2200). "Yeesh, if I din't already know you were a guy, I'd say you could be called a woman."

With an annoyed laugh, Yuri replied, "Thanks, now let's get on with the duel."

"With pleasure," Rin smirked. "Now go Winter Bell, attack his Rafflesia! Gust of Winter!" A new blast of wind shot from her monster, causing the plant to grow so cold it shattered like glass and went down (Yuri's LP: 2200 – 1150 = 1050). "Not so scary now, are you freak! I'll place this facedown and call it a turn."

Yuri began to laugh sickly, causing Rin to shiver at the boy, feeling that something was about to happen. "My turn. Draw! At this time, the effect of Rafflesia kicks in, since it was sent to the graveyard on the last turn, I can now add one Fusion card from my deck to my hand this turn." A new card came from Yuri's deck which he added to his hand. "Also, I activate the effect of my Cordyceps from my graveyard, during my Standby phase while this card is in my graveyard, I can banish it, and now I can summon 2 level 4 or lower Predator Plants from my graveyard at the expense of being forbidden to normal summon. So return to me, Orphrys Scorpio and Darling Cobra!" Both predators rematerialized from the underworld, now ready to fight. "At this point, I use Cobra's effect to add a new Fusion card from my deck to my hand." A new card appeared from his deck which Yuri added to his hand, bringing his hand to 7 cards."

"Now it's time to summon my strongest beast. I activate Fusion Substitute to fuse the 2 monsters I have on my field. Two beautiful flowers with insect-alluring fragrance! Now become one, and from the hell beneath your petals, give birth to a new terror! Fusion Summon! Appear! Poisonous dragon with hungering fangs. Level 8! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!" From the fusion portal, Scorpio and Cobra disappeared replaced by Yuri's ace card.

Rin shuddered as she walked back, '2800 attack points, and he said this is ace card. The feeling I'm getting from it…No I can't take any chances!' "I activate my facedown Lost Wind in order to – "

"Sorry Rin, but that's not happening again. From my hand I play the Quick – Play Spell, De – Fusion, now I can return Starve Venom back to the Extra Deck and revive its material!" As Yuri activated the spell, Starve Venom disappeared in a white light and was replaced by Scorpio and Cobra, the wind missing both. "Since your trap lost its target, Lost Wind is now truly lost. I now use Cobra's effect to add Flash Fusion to my hand and now activate it!" A new spell appeared from his deck which he placed on the field. "Return to me, Starve Venom!" Once again his monsters disappeared in the Fusion portal and were replaced by Yuri's dragon.

Meanwhile, back at Rin and Yugo's place, Yugo had just come out of the bathroom when he saw his card, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, light up. "Huh, what's going on?" When Yugo picked it up he saw vision of Rin in a duel against someone, her face full of fear and worry. Panicking, Yugo put on his Riding Duel gear and helmet before getting on getting on the Ringo and storming out of their to find her.

Back at the duel, Rin cursed under her breath,"Damn…he saw through my trap." Rin began to sweat as the dragon stared down at her with cruel eyes.

"I activate Starve Venom's effect, now it gain attack points equal to the attack points of all your special summoned monsters!" Yuri laughed while Rin's eyes widened as the dragon's strength rose to 5200. "Now I activate its other effect. Once per turn, I can target a level 5 or higher monster you control, and Starve Venom now gains its name and effect."

"Wait, what!? That's unfair!"

"Actually it's totally fair, and while it can't use Winter Bell's effect damage move, I see it has other abilities to use now, but first I'll use Dark Eruption to bring Orphrys Scorpio back to my hand." Yuri laughed as the card came to his hand. "Time to end this! Now destroy her Winter Bell!" At that moment, one of the flytrap appendages on the dragon shot out and chomped on Rin's monster, crushing it (Rin's LP: 4000- 2800 = 1200).

"I haven't lost just yet Yuri." Rin said as she began to waver.

"Actually, it ends now, I use the effect my dragon stole from your monster, now during either of my battle phases I can target a Windwitch I have and summon a monster from my hand with a level lower than it, and until the end of this turn Venom is still treated as Windwitch – Winter Bell. So from my hand I summon Orphrys Scorpio again."

As the familiar sight of the scorpion appeared, Rin eyes widened in realization of what Yuri's plane was. "Due to that effect, Scorpio can't attack, but since it was summoned…"

"Exactly Rin, now I can use its effect, and discard a monster from my hand in order to summon one Predator Plants from my deck, so I'll get rid of this card and summon Predator Plants – Moray Nepenthes!" Yuri smiled as he discarded a card as a monster shot from his deck and on to the field, a two headed flora tinged with blood on its mouths appeared ready to kill. "Now finish her off! Direct attack!" With that the plant whipped its vine like tail at the girl and smacked her in the head, causing her to hit her head on the wall behind her and pass out (Rin's LP: 0).

With the duel over Yuri put his hood back on before tossing the girl on to her shoulder, when the sound of an engine came from behind him. "Hey bastard, let go of Rin or I'll…" Yugo stopped his threat as Yuri turned around, revealing his shared face with Yugo. "What the hell…my face."

Yuri smirked, "Magic Card, Violet Flash, activate." He placed the card on his duel disk and disappeared in a flash of light while Yugo attempted to stop him, only to find himself grabbing at air.

"Damn it, how could I have let him escape?" Yugo clenched his fists while from behind him, his deck began to glow. Turning around Yugo examined his deck to find Clear Wing glowing once more, then it began to levitate as he began to hear a somewhat female voice in his head.

"Take me…we can follow them together."

Not knowing what to do Yugo grabbed his card, only for the light to grow brighter until it blinded him. When he could finally opened his eyes he could only see a city that looked absolutely devastated, surrounding him completely.

That wraps up that, next chapter will have Yuto meeting Yugo in the Xyz dimension and how they mistook each other for Yuri. BTW, in case your hoping for a duel sorry, while there will be some dueling, the next few chapters will be me trying to get the plot moving forward. The real duel won't start until around the climax of the Synchro arc, and I don't want to waste the time of you guys with pointless filler. See ya later!