Chapter 27: The Second You Show Duel School

Hey guys, it's time to come back to the Fusion Dimension and see what's new there. This chapter we'll have a bunch of legacy characters appear, the story of Yusho Sakaki, Yuri's return to action, and a prelude to what will come in the future...Enjoy:)

(Fusion Dimension: Academia Hospital Wing)

As the morning returned, Emi Ayukawa returned to her work to see if her patients were getting better. Upon opening the door, she was dumbfounded by what she saw. "Um, Yuri, did you just eat…everyone's food.

A healthy Yuri simply looked at her while eating a muffin before swallowing, "They weren't eating it."

The teen boy on the gurney with two broken arms could only moan, "I told him not to eat my food and he just told me I'm too weak to stop him."

Yuri shrugged, "I'm not wrong, am I?" He then went back to his own gurney to sit down. "I woke up last night and couldn't fall back to sleep. And from the feel in my gut, I haven't eaten in a week…or however long I've been hear this time."

"Only a day or so, Yuri-san." The two turned to another bed where a younger, ill girl was tucked in.

"Thanks for the update Miu-chan. So only a day or so huh, guess I'm getting better Emi-san." Yuri said, turning to the nurse.

"Say that to the gallon of blood you vomited in the meanwhile." Nurse Emi replied.

"A gallon?" Yuri asked.

"A literal gallon. I even measured it. Also, how are you seemingly perfectly fine after that?" Nurse Emi asked.

"Can't tell what I don't know. Also, more importantly…where's my shirt?" Yuri asked, drawing attention to the fact he only had his pants on. "I prefer being fully clothed." She handed him his black shirt and uniform, washed and dry cleaned, "Perfect!" He stated. "Also, where are Serena, Barrett, and Aki?"

"Serena's in a cell, Barrett and Aki are off in the Professor's throne room." The nurse replied.

"What about my big brother? I know he went on the mission with you, Yuri-san…" She suddenly started coughing, causing Emi to go and hold her back before placing her back under the blankets, unaware of how to explain Shiunin Sora's treachery.

"He's doing fine, probably still on his mission." Emi turned to see Yuri having a pleasant expression on his face as he worked his lie, "We lost one of our targets back in the Synchro Dimension, so Sora's still after them. Your brother doesn't know when to quit, that's for sure Miu-chan." He then got up and yawned, "Anyway, I better head and see the Professor. Odds are he'll want to see me. Bye guys!" With that, he got his shoes on and ran out of there.

Emi Ayukawa sighed, "I really don't know what to do about that wild one."

"Yuri-san's strange. He says weird things in his sleep sometimes when he's here." Miu notes.

"Trust me, that's the least of it." Nurse Emi then ran over Miu's vitals while going to get some of the girl's medication. 'If the Professor didn't need his dueling skills, I'd pay as much as I can to get Yuri some help, or to at least figure out what's going on inside that head and body of his… Health wise I mean. God what is it with the new generation and somehow twisting everything into innuendo?'

A little bit later, Yuri had finally arrived in the Professor's chamber. "Greetings Barrett and Aki, how's it going? And as for you Professor, how may I be of service?" Yuri asked with a polite bow.

"Barrett and Aki, you are dismissed." Leo Akaba stated, leading Barrett and Aki to leave, the latter sparing a concerned look on Yuri's face while Barrett gave him a small pat on the shoulder. Yuri then turned his head towards the Professor, who continued talking, "Here is your deck and Duel Disk Yuri." He handed them to Yuri, who happily took them, "My only concern is this specific monster." The Professor then showed Yuri Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon, the card he had taken from Yuya. "Can you explain to me how it ended up in your deck?" He seemed to order, rather than ask.

Yuri shrugged, "Well Yuya summoned it, I took control of it, and after I crushed him, I took it as a trophy. Would've carded him too but his friends showed and I know my limits well."

"Did anything strange happen during the duel?" Leo Akaba asked.

Yuri shrugged once more, "Other than my daily routine of pissing people off, no. Getting my opponents angry isn't really a new thing. Can I keep the card Professor?"

Leo Akaba weighed his options, on the one hand he didn't trust the card, on the other, Yuri had no means to actually use it, so…"Very well Yuri, dismissed."

He handed Yuri the dragon and Yuri left the room, "How's everything been going, Starve Venom?"

'Fine, the Professor doesn't seem to suspect what we're up to. Should thank Barrett for that.' The dragon replied to him.

"Alright, speaking of the plan, where do you suppose Yuya and Yugo are?" Yuri whispered.

'Can't tell where Dark Rebellion and Odd-Eyes are, but Clear Wing's in this dimension somewhere. Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon is connected to her; they form a link to each other.'

"So that means Yugo will have an even easier time finding me now. Oh well, guess that will save me time in getting to him." Yuri noted as he met up with Barrett and Aki, both of whom had been waiting for him.

"So Yuri, how did it go?" Aki asked.

"Fine, the Professor just wanted to get me up to date." Yuri replied, "So what do we do now?"

"Wait for orders. The Professor sent some groups of the Obelisk Force back to Synchro to see what became of the Lancers, but apparently Roger's building had collapsed within the portal, which then collapsed." Barrett replied.

"So the Lancers are…"

"Alive, or from what we can tell, some of them are in the Xyz Dimension now. Noro Mamoru sent word to Leo Akaba that some of them had arrived in Heartland. He's requesting back up forces to deal with them just in case." Barrett replied, "But don't get any ideas, the Professor already made up his mind."

"Well then, I guess all we can do is duel, eat, and show Aki around until a message on Hiragi Yuzu pops up." Yuri noted, "I wonder where she is…"

(Fusion Dimension: Mainland and Docks)

Yuzu groaned as she woke up to the morning light. She didn't know what time it was, or where she even was. Ever since yesterday she had appeared here after falling into that wormhole transporter of Roger's. She hadn't found Yuya or the others since she woke up on the cliff and ocean side of wherever this was. It had taken up to nighttime for her to find the main land, at which point she got so tired she ended up falling asleep near a building. Thank heavens no thug or brute had found her. She then slowly made her way around the town, eventually finding herself near what seemed like a docking bay for ships. Noticing the large amount of activity at the center of it and around the town square, Yuzu went up to a boy. "Um, excuse me, what's going on?"

The boy looked at her, shocked, "It's for the Annual Cadet Acceptance day. All of us new kids are joining Academia! Come on let me show you!" He grabbed her hand and took her to the central plaza, where a bunch of stands, posters, and holograms set up.

Yuzu's face paled as she saw images of what must have been Leo Akaba and several member of the Obelisk Force…it was war propaganda! All these new students would eventually become members of the Academia, conditioned to be fine with carding and destroying as long as it advanced their goals.

The child cheered, "Next year I take the test, and then I'll be able to join too!"

Yuzu looked at the boy, too innocent to know what he was talking about, "Academia's not a good place. The Professor trains you to be a monster!"

The boy then backed away from her in shock, "That's not true! The Professor and Academia saved my family from ending up homeless! They're heroes!"

"Ryos, where are you?" An older woman called while looking around before turning around to where Yuzu and the boy were, "Ryos!" She called out as the boy ran happily to his mother. Ruffling his hair affectionately, she proceeded to scold him, "What have I told you about running off like that?" As she proceeded to talk to her son, she then lifted an eye towards Yuzu and her eyes widened, "A renegade…"

Taking that as her cue to get out of there, Yuzu sprinted away as the woman called out to the Juvenile Officers, who proceeded to chase her. As they ran after her, they failed to notice3 hooded figures that had been riding a gondola down the waterways the town was built over, and had attracted their attention.

As Yuzu attempted to flee, she found herself cut off from one bridge by 3 officers, then surrounded by another 6! "Alright renegade, you're about to face punishment for betraying Academia." One of them noted.

"Hold on wait, I've seen her before." Another member looked through his duel disk and found an image of her, "Hiragi…Yuzu. Says here that she's on the wanted list, deliver alive."

"Very well, won't change a thing. Now why don't you come quietly, alright little girl?" The leader of them noted, who gritted her teeth and armed her Duel Disk. "Looks like we'll have to do this by force instead…"

"That won't happen!" Suddenly, one of the hooded figures leaped in between the officers and Yuzu. "Trying to gang up on a lone girl like bullies, how low of you!" The figure removed their hood to reveal a stunning blonde female.

A black haired and black jacket duelist then jumped out while carrying the 3rd member on his back. "It's time to fight Sho, get off my back." He growled in annoyance as the smaller boy jumped off of his back.

Sho then removed his own cloak, revealing a shorter, blue haired boy with spectacles, before sighing, "What's the point of a recon mission if you guys are going to blow cover. I packed us smoke bombs for a reason." He then proceeded to take one from his pocket, but the black aired duelist stopped him. "Manjoume!"

"Why are we running away, we can take them out easy!" Manjoume yelled arming his Duel Disk, "What about you Asuka?!" He hollered to the blonde female.

Asuka turned to Yuzu and smiled, "Leave this to us, we'll handle this." She then armed her Duel Disk, and Sho simply sighed, not even bothering to argue at this point, and armed his own Duel Disk at the 3 members he was fighting.

Tenjoin Asuka vs 3 Officers

Manjoume Jun vs 3 Officers

Marufuji Sho vs 3 Officers

"DUEL!"

"I will start!" Asuka declared to the 3 duelists she was fighting, "I summon Etoile Cyber in attack mode!" With that, a red haired ballet warrior graced the field (ATTR:Earth/LV:4/Atk: 1200/Def:1600). "I set a card and end my turn."

"My turn as well, I will set 2 cards and end my turn." Manjoume noted, ending his turn just like that.

"For my turn I'll activate my Field Spell, Megaroid City, summon Mixeroid, and I'm done." With that, A miniature futuristic city with cars and automobiles formed around Sho's duel, along with a set card and a cement mixer like truck with eyes in defense mode (ATTR: Wind/LV:4/ Atk:0/Def:2200).

One of the Juvenile Officers dueling Asuka yelled, "My turn, Draw! From my hand I summon Armor Dog Cannonboxer in attack mode!" An armored dog similar to the Antique Gear Hounds appeared (ATTR:Earth/LV:3/Atk:1400/Def:600). "Thanks to its effect, I summon Armor Dog Bullcopter from my hand!" With that, a new machine materialized to the field (ATTR:Wind/LV: 2/Atk:600/Def:500). "When it's special summoned, I can add a Fusion card to my hand. Now I activate it in order to fuse my two monsters together. Fusion Summon! Come forth, Level 6! Armor Dog Bullfortress!" With that, a commando mix of a dog, bull, and machine appeared on the field (ATTR:Dark/LV:6/Atk:2000/Def:2000). "I use its effect to discard Fusion Reserve to boost its attack to 3000! Turn end." His comrades proceeded to make the same plays, as well as the other officers against Manjoume and Sho, the attack points of their fusion monsters varying from 2000 all the way to 6000!

However, right before the end of the 3rd officer he was ending ended his turn, Manjoume activate his face down, "Quick-Play Spell, Ojamatch, activate! Now I discard Ojamagic from my hand to add Ojama Red and Armed Dragon LV5 from my deck to my hand, then normal summon the added Ojama Red!" With that…a tiny red mutant in a bikini disgraced the field (ATTR:Light/ LV:2/Atk:0/Def:1000). "It may look gruesome, but the Ojama's have real potential. Now I use the discarded Ojamagic's effect to add Black, Green, and Yellow to my hand, then use Red's effect to summon them, and Ojama Blue from my hand!" Four more disgusting little cretins weirded out the Juvenile Officers with their rather, eccentric looks.

When Asuka began her turn however, she smiled unconcerned, "Ritual Magic, Machine Angel Ritual, activate! Now I tribute the Level 4 Etoile Cyber on my field and Level 6 Cyber Prima to Ritual Summon a Level 10 Cyber Angel! Angel of light hiding eternal power. Now show your form to this vast world, and illuminate all creation! Descend, Level 10! Cyber Angel - Vishnu!" With that, both female warriors disappeared in the sacrificial fire, causing a great light to be launched out of it, forming a celestial like being, angelic even (ATTR:Light/LV:10/Atk:3000/ Def:2000). "When it's Special Summoned, it can destroy all fusion monsters you control, and you all take 1000 damage for the ones you controlled! Ascension Burst!" With that, the angelic monster blasted the mechanical creatures with energy blasts from her wings, and the officers all had their life points drained to 3000. "Vishnu can attack equal to the total number of monster destroyed by this effect. Battle, Cyber Angel – Vishnu, Direct Attack!" With this, the being shot a much larger concussive blast at the 3 officers they were battling, ending the duel (Officers LP: 0).

Manjoume started his, also ready to end it, "I activate the spell, Ojamassimilation, from my hand, reveal XYZ-Dragon Cannon from my extra deck, then I'll banish Ojamas Green, Black, and Yellow from my field to summon that monster's material from my deck! Appear, X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank!" With that, 3 of the Ojamas vanished, replaced with 3 new Union monsters! "Now I'll use Spell Reclamation to discard a card from my hand and return Ojamassimilation to my hand! Then I'll tribute Ojama Blue to Advance summon this, Armed Dragon LV5!" With that, the blue mutant vanished and was replaced with a medium sized red and black dragon/machine hybrid (ATTR:Wind/LV:5/Atk:2400/Def:1700).

"Now I'll banish my 3 new Union monsters to summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon from my Extra Deck! Unite as one my monsters!" With that, the 3 machines connected their parts to reveal their strongest form (ATTR:Light/LV:8/Atk:2800/Def:2600). "Now I activate Ojamassimilation from my hand again to banish my Red on the field and blue from my graveyard to special summon V-Tiger Jet and W-Wing Catapult from my deck!" With that, 2 more Union monster graced the field. "Now I'll banish them to summon their true form from my Extra Deck! Appear, VW-Tiger Catapult!" The 2 monsters joined together to formed their united being (ATTR:Light/LV:6/Atk: 2000/Def:2100). "Now I join together my Tiger Catapult and Dragon Cannon together!" With that, akin to a Super Sentai Zord formation, the 2 monsters joined together to form an even greater machine (ATTR:Light/LV:8/Atk:3000/Def:2800).

"VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon is powerful, but the masterpiece of this show has not graced us with its appearance. Now I banish Ojamassimilation and Ojamatch from my graveyard to return the 5 banished Ojamas back to my deck, and then draw 2 cards. One of them I'll activate now, go Level Up! Now I send Armed Dragon LV5 to the graveyard to summon the even stronger Armed Dragon LV7 from my deck!" With an explosion the dragon morphed into a much more adult form of itself (ATTR:Wind/LV:7/Atk:2800/Def:1000). "Now watch as I combine these 2 otherwise foreign monsters together! Mighty machine from small to one, dragon that shall grow and evolve, unite and become one so you can stand tall! Appear, Level 10! Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon!" With that, the 2 monsters merged together, causing lightning and gas to spark around the field due to its immense power. "I use my Armed Dragon Cannon's effect, now during either of our turns; I can banish a card from my deck or Extra Deck to banish all the cards on your field and graveyard! So I'll banish Ojama Red from my graveyard to banish all your monsters and the cards in your graveyards, Armed Catapult Annihilation!" With that, Manjoume's dragon annihilated the entire field with lightning. "Now I'll activate Ojama Strike from my hand and send Yellow, Black, and Green from my deck to the graveyard to increase my dragon's attack by 500 for eack and gain up to 3 attacks this turn!" Manjoume grinned as his monster locked onto their enemies, "3!" the left cannon pointed at one officer, "2!" The right cannon pointed at another officer, "1!" The Armed Dragon head on top set its eyes on the officer in the middle, "MANJOUME THUNDER!" With that, the monster unleashed a triple blast that sent each officer flying back, defeated (Officer LP: 0).

Sho in the meanwhile, was preparing to clean house himself, "Draw! I tribute Mixeroid to summon UFOroid!" In a flash, Mixeroid vanished to show a new, UFO like machine (ATTR: Light/LV:6/Atk:1200/Def:1200). "Now I activate Megaroid City's effect to destroy UFOroid and add Drillroid to my hand! Now I activate Mixeroid's effect from my graveyard, I halve my life points and banish it and UFOroid from my graveyard and summon a roid Fusion monster from my Extra Deck with their combine levels, though it'll get destroyed at the end of the turn. But for now, come on out, Super Vehicroid – Mobile Base!" In honor of Super Sentai, a new towering machine warrior entered the battlefield (ATTR:Earth/LV:10/Atk:0/Def:5000). "Now I'll use Mobile Base's effect, I can now summon a roid from my Extra Deck that's stronger or weaker than your Bullfortres! I summon Barbaroid, the Ultimate Battle Machine!" With that, the chest of Mobile Base popped open, and a new red Megazord of death entered the battlefield (ATTR: Earth/LV:12/Atk:4000/Def:4000).

"Now I attack, go Mobile Base, Destroy the Bullfortress!" As the officers and Yuzu gaped at the suicidal play, Sho grinned, "Thanks to Megaroid City's effect, I can send Gyroid from my deck to my graveyard to switch Mobile Base's attack and defense, making its power 5000, then I activate Limiter Removal, doubling the attack points of mobile Base and Barbaroid, making the latter 8000 while the former is 10000! Go Mobile Base, Mobile Fist of Death!" With that, the machine crushed the Bullfortress and sent the one officer flying. "Thanks to Barbaroid's effect, it can attack twice this turn! Now go!" With that, the two cannons on the machine loaded up before blasting the remaining 2 enemy monsters to shreds, ending the duel (Officers LP: 0)

Sho then sighed before turning to Yuzu, Asuka, and Manjoume. "All right, we're done here, now let's take her back to our hideout before more come!"

Manjoume then looked before stating, "Too late." About 30 Officers had arrived, ready to take them, "All right Sho, I'll say it. You were right."

Suddenly, before they could engage, a brilliant rainbow light engulfed their vision, by the time Yuzu could see, she swore she saw the fading image of a Dragon, replaced by the image of a teen in a cloak. When she could fully see, she found they had been taken to a new alley below the main levels of the town, next to the water for the gondola. Said individual removed their hood, showcasing a head of blue hair, like Sho, but much darker. "Saw you guys were having fun, hope you didn't mind."

"Not at all, mind coming with us back to school, we have a new friend." Asuka then turned to Yuzu, "Yuzu, isn't it? Mind if I call we call you that?"

Yuzu smiled, "Not at all."

Sho smiled, "Then let's go!"

It took a while to reach there, but the location was a strange mix of obvious and peculiar. The school was Underground in one of the connected islands nearby, a rather strange choice to use. "This use to be a military and bomb shelter, but they moved things out years ago." Manjoume noted as they went in.

As they went in, Yuzu saw several rooms of other duelists around her age training with Duel Monsters, and their style was surprisingly…familiar. "This kind of reminds me of the You Show Duel School back home."

Asuka looked at her surprised, "Wait a minute….here come with me." With that, Asuka took her to a door that seemed to be for a teacher, "I knew I'd seen you from somewhere, and now I think I know where. This school is also called You Show Duel School." She then opened the door, "And this is our teacher."

With that, Yuzu could only look at who it was, stunned. The man wore a performers outfit with a hat and goggles, along with a cane next to him as he sat in his chair. He turned around after hearing the door open and just said in a shocked voice, "Yuzu?"

"Sensei-Yusho!" With tears in her eyes Yuzu ran and gave him a hug, "I can't believe it!" She yelled before sobbing.

Smiling, Yusho pat her head, "It's okay Yuzu, things are alright."

After she finally calmed down, she looked at him, "What are you doing here? You've been gone for 5 year. Father, Yuya, Aunt Yoko, and everyone else is worried about you."

Yusho then looked away, sadly, "I could only imagine." He then looked at Asuka, Sho, Manjoume, and Johan, inviting them to know his story as well. "Well, since you're here, I probably don't have to tell you about the war, which is being led by my old friend, Leo Akaba. The story begins years later. You see, Reiji, after going through his father's old files, found files containing information on the other dimensions. Through great effort, he managed to recreate what his Father made to get to the Fusion Dimension" He then looked at Yuzu, "However, Leo Akaba refused to hear his son's pleas to return home and sent him back to Standard, which is where my story begins…

(Standard Dimension: 5-6 years ago)

"You can't be serious, he's planning a war!" Yusho replied to Reiji's information from within the executive room.

"Unfortunately, I am. My father's completely lost it." Reiji laid a hand on his forehead in exhaustion, "I try to tell myself that it's all a bad dream, or a mistake, but it's no mistake. If Officer and military uniforms, and armies called the Obelisk Force, not even given proper names, doesn't make this synonymous with Nazism, I don't know what does."

As he went over data and information on the supercomputer, Reichter placed a hand on his shoulder, "Calm yourself Reiji, together we can fix this."

Reiji grit his teeth before turning to Yusho, "I know we can. Reichter-san and I can work to finance the costs, and you can train the next generation to be ready to fight. Together, we can end this."

Yusho looked at Reiji's face with a concerned expression, "Actually, I had another idea."

"What is it Yusho-san?" Reiji asked.

"I am proposing that you allow me to go to the Fusion Dimension, alone. Reichter, you may come with me if you want." Yusho replied.

"Um, forgive me my old friend, but I fail to understand what it is you're proposing." Reichter responded.

"I'm saying that we can convince him not to do this. A United World is a noble goal but not worthy if the path is marked by war and death." Yusho stated.

Reiji looked at him, dumbfounded, "Are you saying you want to just go in there alone and try to convince him not to do this. That's suicide!"

Reichter sighed, "Old sport, I've always admired you for your ideals and strength of character, but I have to agree with Reiji-kun. If Leo truly has gone off the deep end, I don't think a simple reminder of better days is going to cut it. Odds are he'll probably just card you in return. It sounds too risky."

"If there's a chance Yoko, Yuya, and the people of Standard don't have to go through it, I'm willing to take it." Yusho replied.

"Now you've gone from naïve to foolish. If you do go through with this, what's going to happen to your family if you don't return? We'll either have to hide this, or admit it to the authorities, and then everyone will know. Think about your wife and son. You'd be leaving them behind on a suicide trip. I want Leo to return to his senses as well, but if he's literally planning war, we don't have a choice!" Reichter countered.

Yusho simply sighed and looked away, "I've lived my past as one of violence. And it took so much to push it all behind. I can't…I just can't do it. If there's a chance Yuya and Yoko never have to experience these things, I can't say no to it!"

Reichter sighed, "Fine, you win. Reiji and I will have people prep the portal for another round, but there's no way of knowing it'll work after that. If you're lucky, Leo will just return you back home like he did to Reiji…if not…well…"

Yusho smirked, "You get to say I told you so…"

With that, the 2 men laughed while Reiji went over the data. "Alright, better get started."

(Back to the Present)

"And that's how you got here!?" Yuzu gasped.

"Yuzu, did you ever learn not to interrupt your elders?" Yusho replied, "And no. That wasn't what happened. When the portal was finished and I went in…but instead of Fusion, I found myself in the Xyz Dimension. It took a bit of time, but when I noticed they focused on Xyz summoning and not Fusion summoning I made the leap pretty easily." Yusho sighed and at back, "After that, there was nothing I could do. The people didn't know anything about the 4 dimensions and I couldn't replicate a portal. So I did what I did best. Put on a show and teach new students." Yusho smiled, "For a while, it was good, I helped the Clover Branch become the top dueling branch, and made many good friends, such as the Arclights, the Tenjos, along with some people from the Spade Branch." He then laughed before looking at Yuzu, "There was this one girl named Ruri, who I swore look just like you. She wanted to learn new tricks to impress this boy Yuto and…"

"WAIT, YOU TAUGHT RURI! AND RURI AND YUTO ARE DATING!" Yuzu screamed. "How the hell does she managed to get a boyfriend while I keep trying to get Yuya to notice me to no avail!?"

"Well as for that, I can't be the judge. But how do you know her?" Yusho asked.

"Never met her. Know of her. She was kidnapped by Academia just like they're trying to kidnap me. But more importantly, what's her secret!?"

Suddenly, she was smacked in the head, causing her to turn around to where Manjoume was looking impatient, "Can we get back on track? Yuzu, Asuka can give you dating advice later; this is getting out of hand!"

Yusho sighed, "He's right, in any case, though I had hoped it wouldn't happen, Academia invaded. What was at first a peaceful sunny day turned into an outright war zone as the Obelisk Force came and started carding people left and right. Eventually, I ended up battling the man who gave me this." Yusho pointed to his broken leg. "The General of Academia's forces."

"What's their name?" Yuzu asked, only to get the answer from an unlikely source.

"The Kaiser of Academia, Ryo Marufuji. Possibly the best of Leo Akaba's pupils." Sho then looked away, "And my big brother." With that, Sho left the room, prompting Manjoume and Asuka to go after him.

Yuzu stared in shocked while Johan spoke, "Kaiser was chosen to lead the army, and his right hand was his rival, Commander-in-Chief Edo Phoenix."

Yusho sighed, "I can remember it like yesterday…"

(Xyz Dimension: Heartland 10 months ago)

"GAAUGH!" Yusho roared as the fallen rubble collapsed atop his right leg. At that point, the only things he could feel were his heartbeat, breath, and the agonizing pain. With great will, he pried his leg out from under the rocks and eyed the black jacketed opponent (Yusho LP:50) "You may as well surrender. With that injury and such meager life points remaining, you cannot possibly win this duel." His opponent simply eyed him with a fierce glare. "Give up now and we won't have to drag this any further." However, Yusho couldn't help but see that the glare his enemy produced was hiding something deeper.

Yusho grinned, "Sorry my friend, but the fun's just gotten started." With that, he stretched out one hand to his Sky Magician, which promptly grabbed it and pulled Yusho up and above the ground, "Time to take things to the next level."

It took great effort, but Yusho eventually won. His opponent fell back due to recoil damage from the final clash. Though uninjured, his opponent took a knee before him. "Just get it over with…" he said in a calm yet defeated tone.

"I know your heart isn't in this. I can see it in your dueling." Yusho said, taking a knee as well before reaching out to his opponent with a card. "Take this card, Smile World, and show it to Leo Akaba, help me show him that dueling must not be used this way, that there is a better way."

His opponent didn't respond at first, however, he carefully took the card from Yusho, then chuckled, "For all your skill, you really are naïve. It's too late to turn back the clock. NOW GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" He roared, as he violently shoved Yusho to the ground before staring above Yusho in anger. The man then proceeded to rip the card in to before stating, "I hope I never have to see you again." With that, he pressed a button on his Duel Disk and for a second, Yusho though he was about to be carded. However, the next thing he knew, he was on the docks of an entirely new place!

With a great struggle, Yusho pulled himself up to a knee before looking around, stating, "Where am I now?"

(Back to the present)

"It took some time, but I eventually learned I was in the Fusion Dimension and some kind people gave me this cane and a brace for my right leg. Later on, I founded this school with Johan-kun here after his school used it as a base against Academia, however…" He then turned to Johan, "I feel that's for him to tell you about. Johan, why don't you show Yuzu around and help her get situated?"

"Sure Yusho-san. Come with me Yuzu." With that, Yuzu followed Johan around the school as a feeling of hope and wonder began to surge within her.

(Meanwhile in Academia)

"Greetings again Professor." Yuri stated politely as he, Aki, and Barrett made there way back in the Professor's throne room. You said you needed the 3 of us, what's the problem?"

"Well Yuri, it's less of a problem, more of a convenience. Based on reports from officers in the mainland, Hiragi Yuzu has been found there." Akaba Leo stated.

"If she's already being brought in, why did you feel the need to call all of us in?" Yuri asked, before sighing, "Let me guess, they failed to catch her?"

"Sadly yes, but in their defense, she was saved by these 4." Leo Akaba then displayed large images of 4 individuals.

"Who are they?" Aki questioned.

"They're former students of Academia, or at least most of them are." Barrett stated.

"Yeah, the girl was Academia's former slut honor duelist, Tenjoin Asuka." Yuri snickered, while Barrett sighed at the failed joke, "The shortest is General Kaiser's treacherous son, Marufuji Sho, and the black jacketed one is none other than the great Manjoume Blunder himself. The other other one's a bit peculiar for me, he seems familiar, but I don't remember seeing him in Academia."

"He's not Yuri, he's a student of my old comrade, Commander Cobra. Remember Yuri?" Barrett stated.

"Right, he's a student of Professor Cobra's Western Academia that I fought when they tried to stop the Arc Area Project." Yuri then placed a hand under his chin as he thought, "We were about evenly matched, but I took the advantage, then this guy showed up out of nowhere and disappeared with him."

"If you're done figuring things out, I have a mission for the 3 of you. This isn't the first time we've encountered renegades on the mainland, and with most of our forces in Heartland, that leaves us vulnerable, if only a little. Professor Cobra has agreed to the treaty not to get involved with us, I will relegate things to see if he's keeping his word, and he's not in a strong position due to having already lost almost all of his best duelists. However, if there is an insurgency plot and base somewhere, I want you 3 to investigate to see if you can identify this plot and bring Hiragi Yuzu to me."

Yuri, Aki, and Barrett complied before Yuri asked, "Could I have my old friend Tachibana accompany us? We could use his dueling skills just in case."

"Very well, Yuri. I have confidence that the 4 of you shall not fall.

Meanwhile, in a training room, 10 duelists were all facing the lone duelist, scared as the young man placed a hand on his deck, before drawing the top card. He then yelled, "SLASH!" An invisible blade seemed to slice through all the cards his opponents had on the field as they were all tossed back, dazed and defeated. With that the ponytail duelist sighed as his Duel Disk began to emit a message, "Yuri, what is it?"

"Up for a little hunt, Reaper-san?"

He grinned, "Of course, my fellow predator."

OC Fanmade Cards

Ojama Strike (Spell:Normal) - Send up to 3 Ojama monsters from your deck to your graveyard, then target 1 Fusion Monster on your field, it gains 500 attack points for each monster sent to the graveyard and can attack up to an equal number of times for each monster sent to the graveyard by this effect.

And that wraps up this chapter. Next 2 chapters will be getting into the backstories of Sho, Manjoume, Asuka, Johan, Barrett, Tachibana, and Yuri, along with what there motivations are. Well, I know you can probably guess most of them, but there is much more depth and reasoning to what they do than, "Entertainment Dueling is where it's at!" Or, "I want to destroy the world!" Or "I'm just following orders." Hopefully, I can allude to that depth in a proper way. Anyway, that new guy, Reichter, well I'll be changing the chapter following Yuzu's duel with Yuri a bit and remodeled it to include him. I actually planned on including him there earlier but somehow forgot, and I needed more time to work out his character. Thanks for everything and I'll catch you later:)

P.S. It's Chapter 8