Yu-Gi-Oh! Generation Fusion! Chapter 4: Let's Rev it Up!, a Yu-Gi-Oh + Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Crossover fanfic

Chapter 4: Let's Rev it Up!

The setting of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's takes place after the Arc Cradle (Divine Temple) Arc and before the finale of the anime series. Again, 4Kids had to skip over episodes and end it early just so Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL could air. Some of those skipped episodes are available on Hulu but they are Japanese with English subtitles, so you'll have to make due. Also, some of the cards used in the anime but you might not have seen on the later episodes of 5D's are available to view; ironic since the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Season 4 cards were never placed on that website.

Also: SPC = Speed Counters, counters gained by the effect of "Speed World" and "Speed World 2".

With that said, here we go.

The emergency sirens wail echoed through the building.

The facility's red alert lights glowed crimson.

An automated voice urged the people to evacuate the quaking building.

Everywhere in the halls, white jacket employees of the research facility scrambled to find the exit.

In the middle of it all was a sealed cylinder, containing illuminating discs which spun at incredible and catastrophic speeds. The discs' spinning created power surges that ran through the currents of the machine, creating a chain reaction that began to affect the seismic activity in New Domino City. With every minute the Ener-D Reactor continued to spin, the energy grew unstable and unable to contain the growing negativity. Everything went wrong; the previous head of the Ener-D research, a scientist with spiky black hair and tanned skin, warned the New Domino City council that the Ener-D Reactor would cause a great accident, but they never believed them. Now, thanks to the council's foolish decision, the new head of research already plunged the city into turmoil and chaos. With the press of a sealed red button, the Ener-D Reactor became unstable.

There was nothing that Dr. Fudo could do now. All he could do was stagger from the hit of the agents' ray guns as he carried his baby son to the escape capsule. Dr. Fudo carefully strapped the baby in a capsule and hit the "Eject" button. Suddenly, the glass over the capsule closed and contained the baby as the boosters launched him into the most distant part of New Domino City. Dr. Fudo looked on with melancholy as the last thing he saw was the capsule containing his son, Yusei disappeared from view. Then the scientist hung his head low as the memories of him, his wife and baby Yusei flashed in his mind before the Ener-D Reactor's unstable energy reached its peak.

And then, it happened.

The Reactor exploded into a gigantic pillar of light and evaporated everything and everyone within a quarter mile radius, creating a crater that reached deep underground. The explosion triggered the seismic activity and the ground cracked and divided in two. The unfortunate citizens' wails for help became ghostly cries as they fell in the fiery maw of the split Earth, disappearing from the face of the Earth forever. The split land drifted off miles into the sea and created torrential funnels in its wake that sucked any unlucky individual down into the sea and to their final doom. The incident left the world at a standstill and changed forever with the creation of the desolate remnant of New Domino City.

The Satellite.

Yusei Fudo awoke from his nightmare with a gasp.

He sat up on his bed, catching his breath as he looked around at his home, clutching his black spiky hair streaked with yellow. He lived in a garage next to the Poppo Time clock shop, a brick-layered apartment that was big enough to hold up to ten Duel Runners, if placed in an organized manner. A railed ramp led up to the outside world where the city of New Domino was located and an overhead door on a wall used for the entering and exiting of Duel Runners. Three Duel Runners, one red in color with white streaks belonging to Yusei, one white with a monowheel design belonging to his Dueling rival, Jack Atlas and one black-and-orange with retractable wings belonging to Crow, a fellow Dueling rival, too.

It was on this morning, nearly three weeks ago when Yliaster, a time-traveling organization who took drastic measures to stop the world of Duel Monsters from destroying their own future, attempted to destroy Neo Domino City using the Divine Temple. Everyone in New Domino City, except for Vice-Director Lazar, Officer Trudge, Chief Mina Simington, the MC who appeared in the Fortune Cup and the WRGP and the Signers. With the power of their Signer Dragon Synchro Monsters given to Yusei, Yliaster was finally defeated, although the cost of their member's lives were a high price to pay, including a fellow Team 5D's member, Bruno. New Domino City worked hard these past few weeks to rebuild themselves and regain after the Divine Temple incident. So far, everyone and everything went smoothly with their attempts to move on with their happy lives.

But today, Yusei felt the complete opposite.

He kept still on his bed with his black sleeveless T-shirt with a red symbol on his chest, contemplating the dream he had. The noises heard, the fearful expressions of the people of Domino City who perished during the Zero Reverse incident, even the emotions he never felt since he was a baby. The dreams had come and gone, yes, but of the dreams Yusei had, this dream was the most vivid of them all. What did it mean? Why would he have such a vivid dream about his father's research? Why did he see his father's work compromised and New Domino City destroyed by the Zero Reverse incident?

Yusei looked at the calendar.

His face dropped into depression.

Today was the day it all happened.

Yusei rested on his arms as he leaned on the railing to the lookout over a section of New Domino City. He wore his signature blue jacket over his shirt, amber gems on his shoulders and on the knees of his jeans. He wore brown high boots that nearly made it up to his knees and brown gloves on his arms and on his hands. A forlorn sadness decorated Yusei's face as he looked at his home, now improved after the incidents involving the Dark Signers and Yliaster. He was glad that his home wasn't destroyed and he was ready to bring New Domino City into the future, but it wasn't today. Today was a time for him to mourn and contemplate his dream.

It was on this day, twenty years ago that Yusei's father headed the research on clean energy that would power all of New Domino City, using the same energy used in Duel Disks. The Ener-D Reactor became successful, that was until Dr. Fudo begged the city council to have the research shut down because the high possibility of a catastrophic event. With the rejected proposal and the research headed by Roman Goodwin, the disastrous event came to fruition as Roman became consumed by the darkness of the Mark of the Spider on his right arm, which came into conflict with his birthmark on his left arm, the Mark of the Crimson Dragon's Head. The conflict ended with Roman taking the path of darkness, so he expunged the light from his system by taking out his arm and passing it along to his brother, Rex. With the system overloaded with power, Zero Reverse happened and the negative energy destroyed a part of New Domino City and left the chunk of Earth, now perched miles away from the sea, to became a slumming wasteland called the Satellite.

Seventeen years later, Rex Goodwin became the Director of New Domino City and the tensions between New Domino and Satellite became known, as the citizens of New Domino City became weary of the people forced to live in an industrial dump run by Sector Security. Yusei was one of the citizens of the Satellite, whose only goal was to regain his best monster, the Synchro Monster, "Stardust Dragon" back from his Dueling rival, Jack Atlas. Little did he know that he was becoming a part of something greater, a part of a group with the power to summon the draconic embodiment of a red star to defeat the darkness rising in the Satellite: The Signers.

Prior to his knowledge of the Signers, Yusei obtained a birthmark on his arm that was later known to be the Mark of the Dragon Tail and discovered that he had a mission to join up with the other Signers, all with a piece of the Mark of the Crimson Dragon to defeat the Dark Signers, servants to the Earthbound Immortals and the King of the Netherworld and prevent the end of the world. During his battle with Rex Goodwin, who was reborn a Dark Signer by his brother and leader of the Dark Signers, Roman, Yusei was given the Mark of the Dragon Head while the Dragon Tail was transferred to Crow and came out of the Duel victorious. With the months following the Dark Signers, New Domino City was saved, the city and Satellite was connected and everything became peaceful, all thanks in part to three grown-up orphans who grew up in the slums and bonded together like brothers.

Six months later, the barriers between Satellite and New Domino City were broken, both sides finding peace with each other by rebuilding the Satellite out from the urban decay and into a cleaner, brighter present. Six months passed with no major incidents, nor talk of any mysterious happenings inside of the metropolitan city. Then, a stone tablet fell from the sky and, like a meteor, crashed into the outer limits of New Domino and Satellite. Coinciding with the crash was the arrival of three mysterious cloaked figures, each of them wearing a patch on their faces sporting an infinity symbol on it. Talks of a mysterious Turbo Duelist known as the Ghost began to arise, whose Deck was made specifically for the elimination of what the Ghost referred to as "those nasty little things called Synchros."

It was known later that the Signers discovered the mysterious trio was working for Yliaster, an organization dedicated to rewriting the past so the catastrophic future would not come true. Yusei and the Singers were caught up in the war as their Turbo Dueling Team, "Team 5D's" participated in the World Racing Grand Prix, a Turbo Dueling competition covering for the true goal of Yliaster: to created the Grand Design that would pinpoint the location of the descending Divine Temple, a spiral-like structure containing the deified leader and founder of Yliaster, the cyborg, Z-one. The armless cyborg, who imitated Yusei through a special device planted on his face and into his head, intended to destroy New Domino City using the Divine Temple to fall and collide with the city, therefore ending the Age of Synchro Monsters. With the help of the Signer Dragons given to him by his friends and the power of Clear Mind, Yusei defeated Z-one in a Duel and the cyborg sacrificed himself to erase the Divine Temple from existence, bringing the long lost peace New Domino City longed for twenty-one years.

But Yusei himself was not feeling peace.

He was still shaken up by his dream to feel the tranquility that he was widely known for.

What he didn't know that, standing next to the open overhead garage door, two of his old, long-time foster brotherswere watching him, their faces contorted with cncern. The taller one standing at the edge of the door had spiky blonde hair, two longer pieces of hair spanning down father than the rest of his hair. He wore a collar around his neck, earrings with the appearance of the letter "A," handless elbow-high gloves and a beige jacket, buckled at his waist by a belt, the buckle sporting the letter "A" as well. In New Domino City, the Duelist was known very well as Jack Atlas, the Master of Faster, the Sultan of Speed and the King of Turbo Dueling, as well as a Signer bearing the Mark of the Dragon Wings.

The next guy standing next to Jack was someone shorter and slightly more obnoxious than him. He had big, spiky orange hair, a grayish-black headband with two rings on the left side and yellow marks on his face signifying his time being arrested and sent to the Facility, a maximum-facility prison underneath the city consisting of twin zigzag marks and triangle under his eyes, an "M" on his forehead with a dot near the left side. He wore two earrings with a nut hanging from the rings, a brown vest over his yellow sleeveless T-shirt and gray finger-less gloves on his hands. This Duelist was Crow, a "Blackwing" Duelist who stuck it out for the orphans of Satellite before those slums united with New Domino City, his Mark of the Dragon being the Tail.

The doorknob turned and opened at the top of the stairs, which caught the attention of Jack and Crow as they saw three of their other friends arrive. One was a woman with red hair, her front bangs rolled up in a metallic curler and the side burns hanging down to her shoulders. She wore a red corset with puffy shoulder sleeves, long elbow-length black finger-less gloves with gold bands at the end and a short skirt. She also wore long stockings with golden bands at her thigh and red pump shoes. She was Akiza Izinski, a Psychic Duelist once alienated by humanity for her powers to bring Duel Monsters to life now welcomed by to society, thanks to her for being part of the Signers. Her powers were gifted by the Mark of the Dragon's foot.

Next to Akiza were two kids, both of them fraternal twins, both of them sporting teal hair with side bangs framing their faces, white jackets and sneakers The brother of the twins, Leo, had a big ponytail tied at the back of his head, wore a blue T-shirt and wristbands on each of his wrists and blue sneakers. Luna, the sister, had two pigtails on both sides of her head and her jacket was pinkish in color. She wore a red long-sleeve shirt and knee-long socks down to her red sneakers. The twins both bore a Mark of the Dragon on their arms, Luna being the Hand of the Dragon while Leo recently obtained the Heart.

Like a deep sinking feeling in the pit of their chests, Akiza, Leo and Luna all felt Yusei come down with a wave of depression and joined with Jack and Crow as they watched their friend sulk over the railings. "What's going on with Yusei?" Akiza asked softly.

"I'm not sure," said Crow as he kept his gaze towards Yusei. "All I know is when I woke up, we found Yusei like that. I'm thinking he had that dream again, but I'm not sure if it's just the dream that's got him worried this time. I think it's something else... something pretty serious."

"Have you two tried to talk to him?" Luna wondered.

"No, we thought it was best to leave him alone to think for a while," Jack said with his British accent. "Whenever Yusei's feeling down in the dumps at this level, we have to respect his boundaries and give him a lit'le space. He's been staring over that railing for the past couple of hours and he hasn't even budged an inch."

"If Yusei's been out there for two hours straight, then why haven't you guys talked with him already?" Leo asked.

"'Cause, he's got a lot on his mind that he needs to sort out," Crow answered with a shrug of his shoulders. "You're all welcome to try and talk to him, but I doubt whatever you've got to say is gonna get through him that easily."

Akiza looked at Yusei with deep concern, her rose-colored eyes glimmering before she lowered her head. Then, with a slight frown of determination Akiza broke away from the group and softly walked towards Yusei, her hands clasped together behind her back. She joined her friend at the railing and looked out towards New Domino City, taking in the beauty of the sights before she turned and broke the silence. "Hey, Yusei. I have a physics test coming up next week and I was wondering if you could help me out with a few of the problems."

Akiza's approach was nice and direct, earning herself a sideways glance from the crestfallen Turbo Duelist. Yusei turned his gaze back and sighed, only speaking to Akiza in four simple words. "Not right now, Akiza."

The Psychic Duelist drew back an inch, then dropped her face to a sympathetic understanding one, eyes glimmering. Akiza looked back up to Yusei, masking her rejection behind a sad smile. "I understand. Well, if you change your mind, I'll be inside," Akiza said. She turned and walked back inside the garage, heaving a sigh. "Well, I tried but it wasn't good enough."

"You're gonna need something else if you're trying to get Yusei to talk to you," Crow said. "You can try asking him for a Duel, but even that won't do you any good."

Leo crossed his arms and closed his eyes, thinking of any possible way to break through to his friend. The energetic boy then perked up, an idea striking him like a slap in the face. "Wait! I think I've got an idea!" Leo clasped his hand around Luna's arm which caught her by surprise. "Come on, Luna, let's go cheer up Yusei so he won't feel so dumped anymore!"

"Leo, wait!"

Leo couldn't hear Luna's attempts to protest as he dragged himself and his sister to Yusei. After releasing his grip from Luna, Leo looked up to Yusei, his signature big smile and hands clenched into fists. "Hey, Yusei! When you've got the time, do you think you could help me put together a Turbo Dueling Deck!?" he asked. "I'd like to become a Turbo Duelist just like you, Jack and Crow someday!"

Leo managed to earn himself a sideways glance from Yusei. The sadness in his eyes somehow changed Leo before Yusei reverted his gaze over New Domino City. "Maybe some other time, Leo," he said plainly.

With a saddened groan, Leo turned to Luna with a face asking for help, the latter crossing her arms and closing her eyes with a scowl on her face. "Don't look at me," she said. "I have as much luck getting through to Yusei than you do with winning against me in a Duel." Leo suddenly froze with an appalled look, which consisted of his outlines bold and scribbled, his eyes white and circular with no pupils and a big pink quadrilateral where his gaping mouth used to be.

The twins walked back to the garage, Leo swaying and staggering as the effects of his sister's words pierced him like a spear. Leo and Luna joined with the others, Luna heaving a sigh like Akiza with unsuccessful results. "Well, helping build a Turbo Deck won't bring Yusei back," Luna said. "I don't think my idea would've worked on him either."

"Hey, give the guy some space, alright?" Crow said. "Like I said, he's got a lot on his mind right now and doesn't want to be disturbed."

"That's true," Jack said matter-of-factly. "All Yusei needs is some time to himself so he can recover. Trying to lure him back in his state with quantum physics and Dueling won't do you any good. You're going to have to think of something bet'er if you're gonna get through to Yusei."

"Well, if you guys are so smart of these things, then why don't the two of you go talk to him already?" Leo urged Jack and Crow. "You two have known Yusei since you were all kids and you've all been through thick and thin! Don't tell me you're just gonna leave Yusei there all on his own because of some dream!"

"Leo brings up a good point," Akiza said, holding her hands behind her back. "If we don't get Yusei to talk to us, then there's no way we can get him back. Don't you realize how miserable our lives will be if we leave him like this?" Crow and Jack widened their eyes and looked at each other with a single, unified thought. They couldn't argue with the Psychic Duelist's logic, lest they incur the wrath of her materialized Plants.

"Well, when you all put it that way..." Crow muttered. "Come on, Jack. Let's see what we can do to help."

Jack nodded in accordance to Crow's idea. Without a moment's hesitation, Jack and Crow all marched out to the railing where Yusei sulked like a statue, only moving his eyes and head when he felt the presences of the people he trusted. Yusei looked from the corner of his eye and saw his foster brothers approach him. They rested their arms on the railing and joined Yusei with their gazing at the scenery of New Domino City, the serene sounds of nature passing them by for about a moment. With a nasally sigh, Jack broke the silence.

"Looks like you have something on your mind, Yusei. Care to tell us what it is?"

Yusei sighed. "It's nothing, Jack."

"Nope. There's something bothering you, Yusei, and you keeping it bot'led up isn't good for your health," Jack said, standing back up, arms crossed and eyes gazing out to the distance. "Now come on, Yusei, tell us what's bothering you. You haven't moved from this spot for two straight hours."

Yusei couldn't hide it any longer. The Turbo Duelist was going to talk his problem out eventually, and now was the only time he had to talk about it. "Do you know what day it is?"

The question caught Jack and Crow off-guard. They looked at each other with surprise before turning back to Yusei, attempting to recall today's date. "Uh, yeah, it's the thirteenth of Friday," said Crow. "But what does that have to do with anything?"

"A lot," Yusei answered sadly. "I've been having those dreams again, about how my father's research changed New Domino City and separated Satellite into the ocean. Whenever I had those dreams, I usually got back up on my feet and continued to ride my Duel Runner, but this dream was more realistic than my other ones. It felt like I was there in person, despite me being a baby when it happened. I could feel the terror happen, I could hear their cries for help and I could see how sad my father was before Zero Reverse happened. I think today is the day when it all happened, when my father's work brought the world to a standstill."

Jack and Crow silently gasped, as well as Akiza and the twins. They never heard of Yusei having such vivid dreams before, which came to them all as one big surprise. "But that was so long ago, Yusei," Crow reassured. "New Domino City did so well ever since we restored the Satellite and since you saved it when the Divine Temple began to fall on the city. Everyone's happy that you're bringing them to a brighter future and you're gonna fill your father's footsteps as a research scientist."

"Actually, that's what I'm afraid of, Crow," Yusei said. "I've been thinking about the Divine Temple, about the lives that were lost trying to stop it from destroying the city. Aporia, Z-one... even Bruno. Even though they tried to destroy New Domino City and we considered them our greatest enemies, they all had the best intentions to save the future and make sure nothing catastrophic ever happened again. But because of all that, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm afraid of ever saying goodbye to you guys, to our friends. It's true, we all have a separate path to go on someday, but what are the possibilities that we might not see each other again afterwards? How do we even say goodbye and continue to live our lives without the possibility that one of us could disappear from this world and not see each other again? That's why I'm afraid, Jack, because when you all leave on your journey, I might not meet one another until our time is up."

Jack huffed, hanging his head down with closed eyes. "While that's good and all that you think that way, Yusei, let me tell you something about life," the Power Duelist explained. "We all say hello in life and we all have to say goodbye. Sometime's we're afraid of it, but saying goodbye isn't the end. It's just a new beginning. Like me, I'm planning on traveling the world for strong competition and I don't know when I'll come back. You might not hear back from me for a while, but that doesn't mean I'm saying goodbye forever. It'll mean I'm coming back stronger than ever.

"Even so, we might miss seeing our friends from time to time, but that won't stop us from meeting each other somewhere in the near future. In short, what I'm saying is you have to let go of the past, Yusei and start living here and now and get on with your future. You can't sulk around the past while everything around you changes. Believe it or not, old friend, I was afraid letting go of the past myself until I was given a little boost from a friend. Thanks to her, I faced my past, turned my attention to the future and vowed never to go back again."

Yusei lowered his eyes to the tree lines framing the city from below, seemingly unfazed by Jack's words of wisdom. "I wish it would be that easy."

"No one said letting go was easy, Yusei, but that doesn't mean we can't try." Before Yusei knew it, Jack tossed the former's red helmet to him and caught it. Yusei looked down to his helmet for a moment then back up to Jack and Crow, both sporting a smile. At the edge of the garage overhead door, Yusei saw Akiza, Leo and Luna step out, all giving out supporting smiles of their own.

"So how 'bout it, mate? Just one Duel just to clear your head?" Jack asked, his thumb pointed at his chest. "It'll do you a whole world of good if you take up my challenge."

To answer the challenge, Yusei slipped his helmet on and pressed the side button to lower the visor around his eyes. With a smile, Yusei turned to Jack and Crow who slipped on their respective helmets and lowered the visors, too. Akiza and the twins both gasped happily, Crow chuckling upon seeing Yusei's smile and Jack cracking a grin of his own.

"Good to see that lit'l smile of yours, Yusei," said Jack. "Now let's take this outside on the highway, shall we? You needed to get your legs stretched, anyway."

Yusei's smile grew more competitive.

"Alright, Jack. Let's do this."

Two Duel Runners sped down the highway, stretching across the sea from New Domino City to the Satellite.

Yusei, Jack and Crow rode their respective Duel Runners down the roads, swerving past cars with the easiest of movements. The feel of the wheels running on the road each gave them a comforting feeling, the cooling winds sliding across their faces. The ride was recorded on a video transmission feed through Crow's Duel Runner and was transferred to the video panel on Akiza's Duel Runner, a crimson motorcycle-like vehicle with two blade wings retracted to both sides of the two-wheeler. On the stands overlooking most of the Turbo Dueling courses, Akiza, Leo and Luna watched from the monitor, both preparing for the big match-up to begin.

Among the Turbo Duelists riding in their Duel Runners waiting for the thrill of the ride to come to them in unfeeling waves, the most Turbo Duelist who was the most calm of all was Yusei. He loved Turbo Dueling just like the next guy did, whether it was on the road or from the spectator stands; but right now, Yusei's love for Turbo Dueling had to wait as he contemplated about the present, a sage advice given to him by his old pal and long-time Dueling rival, Jack Atlas. Jack clenched his throttle, ready to crush Yusei in the upcoming Turbo Duel while Crow watched up close and the twins and the Psychic Duelist watched from afar.

"Maybe Jack was right about one thing: Maybe I do need to focus on everything right now and what to do in the future," Yusei thought to himself, looking over on his right to New Domino City. "My father's research may have made many people suffer, but that's the whole reason why I have to continue bringing the people of New Domino into a new, brighter future. If what Z-one said was true about the future being desolate and destroyed, I have to do everything I can to help make sure that future doesn't come to pass."

"Oy, Yusei! Are you done daydreaming!?" Jack shouted, bringing Yusei out of his thoughts. "Because if you are, then I'd like to get our Duel underway!"

"Right," Yusei said, nodding. "Activate 'Speed World 2'!"

Yusei pressed the button at the top of his right throttle and the card, "Speed World 2" appeared on the monitor screen, as well as on Jack's. Then a female automated voice activated in response to the card's activation. "'Speed World 2' activated. Autopilot activated." A circle with a thin outline of light expanded from Yusei's Duel Runner, and in response, the lane line glowed yellow. The side walls on the highway popped up to reveal a black screen, revealing "DUEL LANE" in bright yellow colors and the lane number underneath in a blue design.

On the glowing lane line, a red holographic wall appeared, spelling out "DUEL" in perfect red held by two yellow brackets over and under the red letters. Sirens blared and caught the attention of all who traveled down the New Domino City road. "A Turbo Duel is about to commence. All non-Dueling vehicles must vacate the combat lane immediately," the female voice rang out as cars, trucks and vans swerved into the lane left of them while the Duel Runners passed them all on the road.

A map of New Domino City's Turbo Duel Circuits appeared on the monitor, all tracing the tracks in a different color all determining a perfect Dueling course for Yusei and Jack to duke it out in their Turbo Duel. "Formulating crosstown Duel Course and awaiting central grid course's official authorization." One particular Dueling course was colored yellow, and the other colored courses disappeared. A symbol using three green up arrows appeared on Yusei's screen. "Authorization granted."

Then, somewhere along the edge of the road, a holographic yellow line appeared with the words "CAUTION - DUEL LANE SET" as the same lanes rose up, sirens blaring of the road's configuration warning. "Combat lane transfiguration underway. Combat lane transfiguration underway." The lifted roads also had lengthy black screens with the yellow words "DUEL LANE SET" moving along the screen. Yusei, Jack and Crow's Duel Runners traveled along the road and into an open barricade which led the three Turbo Duelists into a course, protected with curving panes of transparent yellow glass supported by the panes. From Akiza's Duel Runner monitor, Leo, Luna and Akiza cheered for Yusei on the stands, wishing him to do his best as he, Jack and Crow took the first turn.

"Now the stage has been set for our Duel, Yusei," Jack said. "You're free to back out now, if you like. I won't hold it against you if you decide to throw in the towel."

"I'm not planning on backing out now, Jack," Yusei replied. "I've already made it this far to turn back, and I'm not one to turn down a challenge."

Jack grinned, snickering a little. "That's the spirit, old chum. In fact, since you're feeling so spirited about our Duel, I'll let you take the first turn."

"Right." Yusei placed his gloved fingers on his Deck and closed his eyes, once again slipping into his meditative contemplation. "This Duel isn't just about win or lose. It's about helping me look forward to a brighter future like I have with the people of New Domino, and my friends. In order for this to happen, I'm gonna need the power of my Deck to help me out in this Duel."

Yusei's eyes snapped open. "Alright, Jack, let's rev it up!" Yusei drew his card, his words echoing as he did so. "Here we go!"

An explosion occurred somewhere along the curve of the Duel Circuit.

From the billowing smoke, emerged Yusei and his Duel Runner, two monsters on his field and one face-down card. The first monster was "Junk Synchron"(1300/500), a Tuner monster with orange steel-clad armor protecting its robotic body underneath, goggles over its eyes, a white flowing scarf and a big orange pot as a hat. An engine was strapped to its back, connected to a lever on its lower chest plate. The other monster was "Sonic Chick" (300/300), a pink bird chick with big green eyes, big red shoes and green collar with a tiny gold bell dangling from the front. An orange feather popped out of the chick's forehead as the Winged-Beast ran alongside Yusei's Duel Runner.

On Jack's field was a grinning, green-eyed Fiend monster with red hair flowing off of its ebony head. The "Mad Archfiend" (1800/0) wore blue chest armor and twin bull skulls on its shoulders, scrawny arms leading to its big, gauntlet clawed hands. The torso was an empty, toothy space containing a human skull inside and it wore yellow striped pants with red pointy-toe boots. Three face-down cards were left on the field, while Jack sported a dangerous grin. The Master of Faster knew what plans Yusei had in store for him, and he couldn't wait to see what it was. After all, he had a perfect counterattack just waiting to take down his old rival.

Crow followed his two foster brothers, recording the events on his Duel Runner transmission feed fed right to Akiza's Duel Runner, the owner and the fraternal twins all waiting at the track's starting line, watching the Duel from the monitor. Leo and Luna both cheered for Yusei while Akiza watched smiling, noticing Yusei's beginning ascension to embracing his own future.

"Whoo-hoo! Way to go, Yusei!" Leo cheered. "Now go and give Jack a good old-fashioned beatdown!"

"Uh, you do realize that this is a Duel and not a boxing match, don't you, Leo?" Luna asked.

"You know what I mean!" Leo argued.

"Looks like Yusei is giving his all in this Duel, and he doesn't look so glum anymore," Akiza noted in her thoughts, smiling at Yusei as he kept focused and very clear-minded "I hope that this Duel can fully bring Yusei back to his normal self again. I'd like to see it just once before I finally graduate from Duel Academy."

The three Duel Runners turned around the the corner of a declining ramp, which led underneath the finished Daedalus Bridge, a large highway bridged forked at the Satellite's harbor, where the original incomplete bridge stood tall as a symbol of freedom, built by a certain legendary with the goal of uniting Satellite with New Domino City. At the center of the highway and the sea was an arch, much like the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, with what appeared to be a giant ring with a diamond at the apex. If one could turn their head sideways, they would see the ring and its reflection in the water create an infinity symbol turned vertically.

As the Duel Runners turned onto a flatter ramp stretching across the water, Crow watched on, giving Yusei all of his support. "Looks like Yusei's gonna need a god draw if he has to come out on top this round," Crow noted before clenching his fist with support. "Go for it, Yusei! Give Jack a reminder why you're the hero of New Domino City!"

Turn ?: Yusei Fudo

"It's my turn, Jack..."

SPC: Yusei: 6 = 7 | Jack: 8 = 9

"...and I Summon out, 'Speed Warrior!'"

With a slap of the Monster Card, a circular portal appeared next to Yusei's Duel Runner, revealing a black rubber-suited warrior with white plate armor on his head, shoulders, arms and legs, his shoes containing roller blades and the torso being charcoal grey to hold the rubber suit together. The Warrior's face was concealed behind visor goggles and an oxygen mask, the tube leading into the chest plate. "Speed Warrior" skated out of the portal, turned with his rollerblading shoes and his hands and struck a battle-ready pose. (900/400)

Jack smirked as he knew what Yusei had planned next. "This may be me going out on a limb, but if I didn't know be'er, I'd say you're bringing out 'Junk Warrior.' Am I right so far, old friend?"

"You took the words out of my mouth!" Yusei thrust his hand forward and declared his next move. "Now I tune my Level three 'Junk Synchron' and my Level 2 'Speed Warrior!'" "Junk Synchron" pulled the lever in his armor, which started the engine strapped on his back as the little Warrior turned into light before converging into three orbs of light. The orbs of light became neon green rings which covered "Speed Warrior's" body, turning his outlines yellow as two other orbs were revealed in the Warrior's insides while the latter disappeared, leaving only the orbs behind.

"From two come one, and from one will come great power! Watch as they merge their might, combine their courage!" The rings created a pillar of bright light, which shone horizontally next to Yusei as one of his most powerful Warriors emerged from the light. "To Synchro Summon, 'Junk Warrior!'"

From out of the pillar of light flew a Warrior with a gray torso, purple armor, twin rocket propellants on its shoulder pads with wings on the sides and a gigantic gauntlet right fist with blunt knuckles. The long white scarf around its neck flapped in the winds as its red, circular eyes flashed, turned 360 degrees before it brought his limbs back, thrusting his fist forwards. (2300/1300)

The monster then descended to Yusei's level and flew with its owner's two-wheeled vehicle while Jack cracked a smirk. "So I was right all along! You're trying to take out my 'Mad Archfiend' using your Warrior's attack power and trying to deal me some extra damage by powering it up!" Yusei's stoic look remained unchanged while Jack humphed, his smirk also unchanging. "Tell me, Yusei, am I right, or am I wrong?"

"You're just about half right, Jack," Yusei said, picking a card from his hand. "From my hand, I activate 'Speed Spell - Vision Wind!' By removing two of my Speed Counters (SPC: Yusei: 7 = 5), I can Special Summon 'Speed Warrior' from my Graveyard!" The Speed Spell appeared next to Yusei's Runner, bringing out his "Speed Warrior" who emerged ready to serve his master in this round once again. Jack narrowed his eyes suspiciously at Yusei while the latter continued his turn.

"And now I activate 'Junk Warrior's ability!" Yusei shouted as his Warrior began to glow purple. "You see, on the turn he's been Synchro Summoned, he gains an additional Attack Power boost from each of my Level 2 or below monsters! Since I have my 'Sonic Chick' and my 'Speed Warrior' on my field, my 'Junk Warrior' gains an additional 1200 points!"

"Junk Warrior's" eyes glowed red as his ATK rose by the aforementioned amount. (Junk Warrior: 2300 = 3500/1300) Yusei thrusted his arm as he declared his attack. "Go, 'Junk Warrior!' Attack that Archfiend with Scrap Fist!" With a flash from the red eyes, "Junk Warrior" jumped. The rocket propellants on its shoulders flared as the Warrior launched itself at "Mad Archfiend," bringing its gigantic fist back and thrusting it to the Fiend.

"Guess you never learned from our previous matches, have you, Yusei?" Jack asked. "I activate 'Mad Archfiend's' special ability! Whenever my monster's attacked, I can switch it to Defense Mode! Too bad, Yusei, but my Life Points are now safe!" The DARK Fiend suddenly crouched down, crossed its arms and turned blue, the sign of a monster going on the Defensive. (1800/0)

Yusei countered Jack's remark with a smirk. "That all depends on how you define 'safe', 'old friend.'"

"What!?"

"I activate my Trap Card, 'Strike Slash!'"

As Yusei played his Trap, the card was flipped up, turning into a rectangular glowing light before releasing a fiery aura that engulfed "Junk Warrior." Jack's eyes widened as "Junk Warrior's" Attack points were raised by 700. (3500 = 4200/1300) "What's going on, Yusei! Why is your monster 700 points stronger!?"

"Because of my Trap Card!" Yusei answered. "With 'Strike Slash,' not only does my Warrior gain 700 additional Attack Points, but if it happens to strike down a monster in Defense Mode, the difference between their Attack and Defense Points come out of your Life Points!"

"It does what!?"

"Go, Scrap Fist!"

Jack growled as he pressed a button on his monitor, activating a face-down on Spell/Trap Zone. "Well it's a good thing for me that I have a countermeasure! I activate, 'Half or Nothing!'" Yusei gasped before Jack explained the card's effect. "Now when your attacking my monster, you get to choose these effects! You can either cut your monster's Attack Points in half, or you can end your Battle Phase! It's your choice, Yusei!"

Yusei grunted. "Fine! I choose to cut my monster's Attack Points in half!"

(Junk Warrior: 4200 = 2100/1300)

"A wise choice, my friend!" Jack remarked. "Although, it didn't matter which choice you had to pick, Yusei, because either way, I'm still in this game!"

"You may be in the game, Jack, but you're still going to take damage! Go, 'Junk Warrior!'" Junk Warrior continued its attack as its body was engulfed in a purplish apparition of its own fist. The "Mad Archfiend" disappeared in showering shards of light and blew to Jack's Duel Runner as the latter's Life Points dropped by 2100. Jack chuckled lightly.

"Not bad, Yusei," he complimented. "Looks like your head's still in the game, after all."

"Alright, Yusei, way to go!" Crow shouted, clenching his fist excitingly. "You've got Jack on the ropes now!"

Leo, Luna and Akiza cheered from the stands as they watched Yusei take a big lead ahead of Jack's Life Points on Akiza's Duel Runner monitor. "Aw, yeah! Did you see that!? Did you just see Yusei totally cream Jack's Life Points?" Leo asked Luna, unable to contain his excitement boiling inside him.

"Yeah, I did, Leo," Luna replied. "I was right here watching the Duel with you the whole time."

Leo then raised his clenched fists up in front of his face, both trembling at the same level of Leo's growing exhilaration. "This is Duel is so awesome! Yusei and Jack are going at each other just like their Duel in the Fortune Cup and neither of them are holding back their full power! This is so exciting, I feel like I might explode!"

"Try not to explode on me Leo," Luna quipped. "I just had my clothes washed yesterday."

Akiza glanced at the twins for a second, a slight smile and glimmering crimson eyes showing amusement to their bickering. Then she looked back to the monitor, which cut off to an aerial view of Yusei, Jack and Crow, Yusei's face showing seriousness, stoicism and competition. Akiza swore she felt something in her heart twinge as she stared at Yusei's face. She held her hand over her heart and hummed gently. "You can do this, Yusei," Akiza thought. "We're all rooting for you."

The Turbo Dueling Course turned around a right corner before moving onto a straight road across the sea, which would lead up to an upwards left ramp leading back into the city. Before that would happen, Yusei managed to pull ahead from Jack, for the latter's Duel Runner slowed down from the impact of 2100 Life Points being dealt to his owner as damage. However, Yusei managed to pull slightly ahead of Jack, getting enough distance for him to communicate with the Master of Faster.

"Quite an impressive move, Yusei," Jack admitted. "But it'll take more than losing half of my Life Points just to shake little old me down."

"That's what I'm planning on, Jack," Yusei said as he picked the two cards from his hand and Set them on the field. "I place two cards face-down and end my turn."

Turn ?: Jack Atlas

"Then it's my move!" Jack shouted as he drew his card.

SPC: Yusei: 7 = 8 | Jack: 9 = 10

"First, since you have a monster on your field and I have none, I get to Summon this monster without sacrificing a monster!" Jack shouted as he slapped down his Monster Card. "Go, 'Big Piece Golem!'" From a circular portal, a golem made out of rock appeared, a face on the front, limbs made of the same material with three digits on each of its stony hands and feet. (2100/0)

"But I'm not done, Yusei! Now, I activate the 'Revival Gift' Trap Card!" The Trap Card flipped up as Jack explained the card's effect. "Now I get to Summon one Tuner monster from my Graveyard as long as I have to give up its special ability! Now I call upon my 'Dark Resonator' Tuner monster to the field!" Out from the glowing artwork came a little red-eyed, sharp-toothed Fiend wearing a gray horned helmet, a black cloak, a red frilly collar and an orange-and-green pad running down the front. It held one tuning fork and one metallic wand with a blue orb tip, also five circular chimes decorated its back. (1300/300)

Yusei grit his teeth. "Not good. I know what's gonna come next."

"And since I'm feeling generous today," Jack continued. "I can lend with a little gift; a couple of 'Gift Fiend Tokens' on your side of the field!" The glowing card then turned into a stream of light which split into two, both of them on both sides of Yusei's Duel Runner. Out of the lights came two waddling black tadpole-like creatures with arms and legs, orange bellies, big blue eyes and a jack-o-lantern mouths, both of them turning blue. (1500/1500)

Jack waved his hand and declared his next move. "Now with that out of the way, I tune my Level 3 'Dark Resonator' with my Level 5 'Big Piece Golem!'"

"Dark Resonator" chimed its tuning forks, which in turn resonated the chimes on its back before it turned into three orbs of light. The orbs turned into green circular rings which descended over the "Big Piece Golem," turning its outlines into neon orange and revealing five similar orbs. "Witness as great power is fortified into a single vessel, as might becomes even mightier!" Jack chanted as the five orbs were aligned before a pillar of light was shot through the rings. "As I Synchro Summon the 'Red Dragon Archfiend!'"

Appearing out of the pillar of light came a black-armored dragon protecting its red scales, three horns protruding from both sides and the top of its head. Its orange eyes gleamed with light as it bared its red toothy jaws, bellowing out a mighty roar as the light disappeared, revealing the true form of the "Red Dragon Archfiend." Its crimson wings spread out to its full width as the shoulders, chest, belly and legs were protected by armor-like red scales, scarlet armbands clamped over the arms that led to the dragon's opposable thumbed-claws. The dragon's waist was held by red plating with spikes poking out of the scales while the drake took flight alongside Jack's Duel Runner. (3000/2000)

The "Red Dragon Archfiend" growled as Jack turned his Phoenix Whirlwind around so he would face Yusei and ride down the track backwards at the same time. Jack thrust his arm out, ready for his attack. "And now that my 'Red Dragon Archfiend' is out and about, I can have it attack your 'Sonic Chick!' Go, Absolute Powerforce!"

The DARK Dragon gathered a ball of fiery light in its maw and released it to the pink baby bird, who squawked with panic. Even though "Sonic Chick" couldn't be destroyed by the Dragon, its master would feel the fiery effects of the attack, had it not been for his two face-down cards. Yusei's eyes narrowed, knowing this was the perfect time to play those face-downs. "I play my Trap Card! 'Graceful Revival!'" Yusei shouted as the Trap Card flipped face-up. "Now I get to select one Level 2 or below from my Graveyard and Special Summon it to my field!"

"What!?" Jack shouted.

"You may remember this little guy earlier at the beginning of our Duel, so allow me to welcome back my 'Nitro Synchron' from the Graveyard!" The card's artwork glowed, two little blonde cherubs wearing white cloaks emerging from the light, bringing back a monster resembling a red-and-white nitro tank with ovular yellow eyes, long red nose and a big bottom lip, springy metallic arms with big yellow gloves, shoes and a nitro gauge perched on top of its head. (300/100)

Jack grunted; now he knew what strategy that laid ahead for Yusei. "And next I play the Trap, 'Urgent Tuning!'" Yusei shouted as he revealed his Trap Card. "Now I can take my 'Junk Warrior,' 'Sonic Chick' and 'Nitro Synchron' and use them all to Synchro Summon during the Battle Phase!"

"You can what!?" Jack shouted, following with a gasp from Crow, Leo, Luna and Akiza.

"Now I can tune my Level 2 'Nitro Synchron' with my Level 1 'Sonic Chick' and my Level 5 'Junk Warrior!'" The needle on "Nitro Synchron's" gauge reached red and the Tuner transformed into two orbs of light, which then transformed into two neon green rings. The rings encompassed "Junk Warrior" and "Sonic Chick" with their bodies only having orange outlines and orbs shining within.

"Out of three will come one, and out of one will comegreat cosmic might!" The pillar of light shot through the rings and Yusei and his Duel Runner became shadowed silhouettes in its powerful illumination. "Take flight, 'Stardust Dragon!'" Then from the light came a silvery-white dragon with purple nearly-transparent orbs on its chest and wings. The dragon's head consisted of three horns on its head and a forth serving as the nose with a bard at the end. The dragon's scales underneath the silvery armor sparkled as its wings thrusted it up into the air, giving off a majestic screech as it hovered neared Yusei's Duel Runner, rearing to go into battle. (2500/2000)

"Now there's the Yusei I know and love! He just pulled off a Synchro Summon on Jack's turn and managed to bring out his best monster!" Crow noted as the "Stardust Dragon" descended near Yusei's Duel Runner. "Now come on, Yusei, give Jack everything that you've got!"

"Stardust Dragon" and "Red Dragon Archfiend" both stared down with each other, their eyes devoid of pupils, but showing equal ferocity as they roared at each other. Jack smirked from the entrance of Yusei's best monster, now knowing the real Duel was about to begin. "Looks like you've put on your A-game in this Duel, haven't you, Yusei?" he asked. "But how exactly is your Dragon going to show you the way to your bright future?"

"I'll let my 'Stardust Dragon' answer that for you once your Dragon battles!" Yusei replied.

"Are you sure about that, Yusei? What makes you think I would want to battle your 'Stardust Dragon' when you haven't felt yourself moving on from your own past?"

"My own past?" Yusei echoed. "What do you mean by that?"

"Oh, come on, Yusei, you know exactly what I mean," said Jack. "Are you certain you're feeling ready to move on?" Jack asked, making Yusei gasp with a "huh?" "Earlier this morning, you felt down in the dumps because of what you believe to be your father's research changing New Domino City for the rest of its life. Now you're even more focused and more agile than you were before, and I can tell you're focus is just one way of defending yourself from the truth, and the truth is, you're not brave enough to face the future by yourself!"

Yusei gasped as the words struck through him like a spear. "Look, Yusei, I know how hard it is to move on from everything that happened in the past, but there's no use with covering it up. I know you, Yusei, and the fact is, you're still not ready to face your future yet. You have a lot to learn about coping with everything in the past in order to face your future. Believe me, old chap, I should know." Jack tilted his head down as he remembered going through the lowest point of his life, but getting back up on his feet with the help of a certain down-on-her-luck female reporter.

"But what about you, Yusei? Who have you to turn to whenever you felt this down?" Jack continued. "You needed a good thrashing from me because you couldn't acknowledge the fact when Kalin became a Dark Signer that one time, you needed our power to face-off against Z-one because you couldn't defeat him on your own, and most of all, Yusei, you're needing us right now to help you back on your feet and face your own future!

"Well, let me say something, Yusei, you're not ready to go off on your own way! In fact, if you're so desperate to change everything your father did, then you have to learn how you can change it on your own! You don't need just me, Crow or the others to help put your past behind you! All you need is yourself and your commitment to make everything right for New Domino City! If your father and everyone else saw you the way you are, then how do you think they'll feel if you aren't willing to face your own past!?"

Yusei gasped once more, the words finally taking effect on him. He bowed his head s the tint of his helmet's visor covered his gaze. Somehow, the faces of his friends and family that he lost -His father, Rex Goodwin, Roman, Bruno, Aporia, Z-one- flashed through his head like a montage. Jack's sage advice about knowing when to face the future had left him slightly dumbfounded, but he couldn't disagree with him. If Jack told him one thing back then, it was knowing how to respect his cards and where his Dueling truly came from, and overtime, Yusei learned to appreciate every card.

Jack's sage advice for his future, however, was completely different. It was as if Jack was pushing Yusei to learn how and when he could truly move on from the guilt he felt for his father's research. Yusei bowed his head down, his visor's tinted glass covering his shaded eyes.

"Maybe Jack is right. Maybe I'm not ready to move on," Yusei thought. "I made a vow to help the people of New Domino City move on and live a full, happy life, but how can I fulfill that vow when I can't escape everything that's happened beforehand? I guess I'll never find out how I can put the past behind me."

"Yusei!"

As if by perfect timing, Yusei thought he heard his name being called out from a distance. He looked over to the orange stands and saw Leo, Luna and Akiza all by the latter's Duel Runner, waving and cheering for him by only a split second at such an incredible speed. Although it was only a split second when Yusei passed his cheering teammates, that was all the time needed as the answer Yusei needed hit him like an epiphany.

Yusei knew the feeling his spectators... his friends... felt at the moment. They felt excitement, exhilaration, fun, happy... such quantities of positivity that Yusei hadn't felt today. Dueling was supposed to be fun and Yusei treated his life like he would a Duel. In the past, Yusei had lost his comrades, he cannot deny that; but with the power his comrades left behind for Yusei to use, a brighter path to victory shone and it guided him to a more brighter future.

The wind that whipped through the Signer's hair changed.

Yusei lifted his gaze back up so his eye was visible through the tint of his visor. Jack's eyes widened as he saw something different grow inside Yusei, followed with a wondrous expression from Crow, Leo, Luna and Akiza. "I know what I have to do," Yusei said, his voice reverting back to competition before facing his Dueling rival. "Hey, Jack, thanks giving me your little pep talk! I appreciate the advice you gave me and how much I've taken it all to heart, but now it's my turn to tell you something! I now know what I have to do, and that's win this Duel!"

"What are you talking about, Yusei?" Jack asked.

"What I'm saying is that I've found an answer!" Yusei replied. "It may not be the answer you expect me to find, but from what I've just experienced, I'd like to tell it anyway! I know you want me to put my past behind me and move on, but that's completely different from where I'm going! Where I'm going is a brighter future, where I can learn whatever mistakes were left behind and use them to create a better life! A better future for everyone to share in New Domino City!

"You all taught me those valuable lessons despite whatever you all went through in your pasts just to get where you are right now! Now I see how I can move on to the future and I'm starting it right now by ending this Duel!" Yusei gripped his throttle and accelerated next to Jack's Duel Runner, a spark seen in the depths of his eyes. "Jack, if I have to start believing in myself and my future, then let's battle! Use all of your power into this one final attack!"

Jack huffed, smiling. "You seem pretty desperate for my 'Red Dragon Archfiend' to attack your dragon. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"I am, Jack," Yusei replied. "This battle is the only way I can ensure the path to a brighter future. If our Dragons don't battle this turn, then neither of us will know how my future will play out."

"Fair enough, Yusei," Jack quipped. "Since you insisted on using our Dragons' power to ensure your future, then I'll be happy to oblige! 'Red Dragon Archfiend,' attack with 'Absolute Powerforce!'" The Dragon complied as it gathered a ball of fire in its mouth and blasted it towards its draconic rival. "Stardust Dragon" roared as the fire neared its body and made impact with its body, Crow, Akiza, Leo and Luna all watching the unfolding Duel with shock.

"Hope you've got something up your sleeve, Yusei!" Crow shouted. "Because if you don't, then your Dragon is toast!"

Jack humphed, a triumphant smile spread across his lips. "Looks like my 'Red Dragon Archfiend' is victorious after all. I guess after all that talk about finally facing your own future, you're still not ready."

"Maybe so, Jack, but I'm letting my cards speak for themselves," Yusei replied, causing Jack's eyes to widen with shock. "From my Graveyard, I activate 'Skill Successor.' So now by removing this card from the game, my 'Stardust Dragon' gains an additional 800 Attack Points, making it 300 points stronger than your Dragon!" As Yusei said that, "Stardust Dragon" roared as his Attack Power was increased by the mentioned number of points. (Stardust Dragon: 2500 = 3300/2000)

"3300 Attack Points!?" Jack shouted.

"That's right, Jack, and now my 'Stardust Dragon' is about ready to counterattack!" Yusei thrust his arm up to the sky as "Stardust Dragon" gathered a breath of light in its mouth. "Go, 'Stardust Dragon!' Push that Dragon's attack back with Cosmic Flare!"

In order to comply with its master's call, the silvery drake shot its light back at the fiery breath, pushing the "Absolute Powerforce" attack back to the "Red Dragon Archfiend." Soon, both of the rivaling Signer Dragons were caught in a standstill, pushing their breaths against each other with a slightly uneven force. The force of the attacks resonated a strange pulse in the atmosphere, causing a strange, single heartbeat to bump in the Signers' chests as their world briefly inverted into negativity.

"What was that just now?" Yusei asked.

"I'm not sure," Jack answered. "It felt like my heart wanted to jump right out of my chest."

"Maybe it has something to do with the Dragons," Crow guessed.

Then, at the same time, the Marks of the Dragon on the trio's arm glowed a crimson red, the sensation like feeling a burning brand on their right arm. At the stands, Akiza, Leo and Luna all felt their Marks as well, like a red alert was given through a mystic grapevine. "Our Marks! Why are they glowing!?" Leo shouted through his pain.

"I don't know, Leo!" Luna answered. "But I think the Crimson Dragon is trying to warn us that something bad is about to happen!"

"Like how bad is it!?"

As soon as Leo asked the question, another strange pulse erupted from the opposing Signer Dragons' blasts, causing the weird sensation in their chests to pound. In response to the pulse, the Signers' Marks to glow brighter and burn hotter. "I think it's an end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it sort of bad!" Luna shouted as she gripped her arm to hold against the pain.

"But how is this happening!?" Akiza wondered. "There's no way that these strange pulses could appear out of thin air like that! Unless..." Akiza looked to her Duel Runner monitor, the screen going fuzzy from the pulses as Crow's Duel Runner recorded the attack. Soon, another pulse waved out from the Dragons' attack, and with it, came the screen going completely fuzzy.

Another pound in her chest confirmed Akiza's worries. "That's it!"

Crow grunted while he rode his Duel Runner, the effects of the strange pulses already taking its toll. Crow's Blackbird monitor blinked and a video of Akiza's face appeared on his screen. "Crow! You have to tell Yusei and Jack to stop the Duel!" Akiza urged from her fuzzy screen. "If you don't, then something bad is about to happen!"

Crow's pained face turned to shock before he looked up to his Dueling foster brothers. "You heard the lady, guys, call off the Duel!" the Winged-Beast Duelist shouted. "If you guys continue this attack, then for all intense and purposes, New Domino City could go ka-boom again!" Yusei and Jack gasped as they heard the news, but no sooner as the midpoint of the attacks began to form a brilliant, mysterious light.

"It's too late!" Yusei shouted. "Something's already happening!"

"What is that light!?" Jack shouted as the light continued to grow bigger.

"I don't know," Crow answered. "But whatever that light is, then you guys better brace yourselves! This could get rough!"

"Stardust Dragon" and "Red Dragon Archfiend" both bellowed a pained roar as the light expanded to their bodies, both of them disappearing into the deadly brilliance before it expanded to claim Yusei, Jack and Crow as its next victims. Yusei grit his teeth and grunted, Jack yelled lightly to cope with his fears and Crow screamed as they disappeared into the light, which quickly illuminated the Dueling course tracks and the stands. Akiza covered her eyes and screamed while Leo and Luna hugged each other for protection, both of them showing great fear in screaming too. Soon, their screams became silent echoes as the light covered the sea, all of New Domino City and Satellite, all in one flash.

Just like the original Domino City and Duel Academy Island afterwards, New Domino City and Satellite were next to join them in the Void.

FEATURED CARDS

YUSEI FUDO'S CARDS

-EFFECT MONSTERS-

Junk Synchron
(DARK/Level 3/Warrior/Tuner/Effect/1300/500)
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Level 2 or lower monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon it in face-up Defense Position. That monster's effect(s) is negated.

Nitro Synchron
(FIRE/Level 2/Machine/Tuner/Effect/300/100)
If this card is sent to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a "Nitro" Synchro Monster: Draw 1 card.

Sonic Chick
(EARTH/Level 1/Winged-Beast/Effect/300/300)
This card cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more ATK.

Speed Warrior
(WIND/Level 2/Warrior/Effect/900/400)
Once per Battle Phase, if this card was Normal Summoned this turn (except during the Damage Step): You can make its ATK become double its original ATK, until the End of the Battle Phase.

-SYNCHRO MONSTERS-

Junk Warrior
(DARK/Level 5/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/2300/1300)
"Junk Synchron" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned, it gains ATK equal to the total ATK of all Level 2 and lower monsters you control.

Stardust Dragon
(WIND/Level 8/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2500/2000)
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
During either player's turn, when a card or effect is activated that would destroy a card(s) on the field: You can Tribute this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. During the End Phase, if this effect was activated this turn (and was not negated): You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard.

-SPELL CARDS-

Speed Spell - Vision Wind
Speed Spell
Remove 2 of your Speed Counters, then target 1 Level 2 or lower monster in your Graveyard: Special Summon it. During the End Phase: Destroy the Special Summoned monster.

Speed World 2
Field Spell
Spell Cards other than "Speed Spell" Spell Cards cannot be activated. If a player activates a non-"Speed Spell" Spell Card, they take 2000 damage. During each player's Standby Phases, except for the first turn of the Duel: Each player places 1 Speed Counter on their copy of this card (max. 12 each). Once per turn: You can remove Speed Counters of your own; apply the appropriate effects.
●4 Counters: Reveal any number of "Speed Spell" Spell Cards in your hand, then inflict 800 damage to your opponent for each card revealed.
●7 Counters: Draw 1 card.
●10 Counters: Destroy 1 card on the field.

-TRAP CARDS-

Graceful Revival
Continuous Trap
Target 1 Level 2 or lower monster from your Graveyard: Special Summon it in Attack Position. When this card is removed from the field, destroy that monster. When that monster is removed from the field, destroy this card.

Skill Successor
Normal Trap
Target 1 face-up monster you control; it gains 400 ATK until the End Phase. During your turn, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card from the Graveyard, then target 1 face-up monster you control; that target gains 800 ATK until the End Phase.

Strike Slash
Normal Trap
When a monster you control declares an attack: Until the End Phase, that monster gains 700 ATK, also, if it attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

Urgent Tuning
Normal Trap
During the Battle Phase: Immediately after this effect resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Synchro Monster using monsters you control.

JACK ATLAS'S CARDS

-EFFECT MONSTERS-

Big Piece Golem
(EARTH/Level 5/Rock/Effect/2100/0)
If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Normal Summon this card without Tributing.

Dark Resonator
(DARK/Level 3/Fiend/Tuner/Effect/1300/300)
Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle.

Mad Archfiend
(DARK/Level 4/Fiend/Effect/1800/0)
If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. When this face-up Attack Position monster is selected as an attack target, change it to Defense Position.

-SYNCHRO MONSTERS-

Red Dragon Archfiend
(DARK/Level 8/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/3000/2000)
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
After damage calculation, when this card attacks a Defense Position monster your opponent controls: Destroy all Defense Position monsters your opponent controls. During your End Phase: Destroy all other monsters you control that did not declare an attack this turn. Monsters Summoned after the Battle Phase are excluded from this effect. This card must remain face-up on the field to activate and to resolve this effect.

-SPELL CARDS-

-TRAP CARDS-

Half or Nothing
Normal Trap
During your opponent's Battle Phase (except during the Damage Step): Your opponent chooses 1 of these effects.
● Halve the ATK of all monsters they currently control, until the end of the Battle Phase.
● End the Battle Phase.

Revival Gift
Normal Trap
Target 1 Tuner monster in your Graveyard: Special Summon it but its effects are negated, then Special Summon 2 "Gift Fiend Tokens" (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 3/ATK 1500/DEF 1500) to your opponent's field.