So yes, to keep it short and sweet, this fic will have light Triggershipping hints. If you do not know what 'light' or 'hints' mean, I cannot help you there. Triggershipping, on the other hand, is the shipping name for Yugo and Yuzu. Light hints only since Yugo is now dead, for all sense and purposes. If that is not your cup of tea, you can go back or leave a flame. Whichever you chose will show your maturity :)

Now, the show must go on! *smirks evilly* (*hinthint*)

"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen."

- Horace Mann

Sakaki Yuya kept running through the long hallways for what felt like an eternity.

And yet there was still no trace of Yuzu or anyone else, which worried him a lot. What if she had been already captured? What if she was being chased and calling out for him to help her?

"Don't worry, I will save you!" he spoke, determinated as his eyes flashed red.

Meanwhile, in a completely different part of the building, Yuzu was dueling Dennis in one of the larger rooms used for indoor dueling. Breathing hard as she stared at her life points (at a mere 1900 while Dennis still had 3500) made her wonder if she would get out of this alive.

"Now, now." the redhead waggled his finger mockingly as his Fusion monsters bore down on her fragile form. "I told you that you wouldn't be able to escape me. Much like how that counterpart of Yuya-kun's didn't..."

"Yugo!?" blue eyes widened in horror. "What did you do to him?"

"Much like what I did to nearly everyone else here too." Dennis explained in a fake sad tone. "Serena still managed to escape me when I got those two that were with her but... oh well. I will go after her once I'm done with you, she should prove to be a bigger challenge this time around, as well."

"Are you saying that I'm not!?"

"Why yes, yes I am." he waved away her anger like it was nothing. "Serena-chan and mine duel was much more interesting. It was so sad that I had to literally give in otherwise my cover would have been blown... way too soon and I'm afraid I couldn't have let that happen." he raised his duel disk as his eyes grew hard with a gleem in them.

"Shall we continue?"

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Back with Yuya, who was still running around without any signs of Yuzu's whereabouts showing up, has grown tired. He bit his lip and groaned. He couldn't let this get to him... he just couldn't. He could find her if he calmed down and took a deep breath, which is just what he did. With his determination back again, the entermate duelist began running again, taking the right corner as he bumped into someone, forcing him to fall back with a gasp. Startled, he looked up into a face so much like his own (if he ever looked so sadistic, of course) yet completely different. Getting back onto his feet quickly, Yuya performed several back-flips to put some distance between them.

"What is it with people and back-flips when they meet me?" the boy wondered as his counterpart's eyes narrowed on him. "Oh, that's right. Where are my manners? I do believe we haven't met yet. I am Yuri. You must be the infamous Sakaki Yuya that I keep hearing about?"

"Yuri..." Yuya repeated as his eyes widened. "You are the one who...!"

"Yes." the sadistic grin grew bigger. "Me."

"Oi, Yuri." with horror, the entermate duelist realized the all-too-familiar voice that sounded from behind Yuri as a blue-haired boy walked out, with a very familiar candy cane in his mouth. "Won't you let me have some of the fun?" he smirked at Yuya. "It's been a while, Yu-ya." he spoke, seperating the letters like he was trying to put an emphasis on his name.

"Sora..." Yuya began but Yuri cut across him, shooting the youngest boy a cold glare as he did.

"I am afraid not. You had your fun and failed three times." he said. "Or was it twice? Either way, go on your merry way and re-capture Serena."

"What? But I...!" Sora fell silent once he realized what that gleem in his companion's eyes meant. "... I will be doing that now."

"SORA!" the Standard counterpart shouted but the boy, not even turning around as Yuri placed his duel disk on his left arm, simply walked away in silence. Frustrated, he looked at his Fusion counterpart who smirked back at him as Yuya put on his duel disk too. A moment past before they both shouted without a single warning.

"DUEL!"

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Yuzu wasn't in a favorable situation. At all.

Dennis had managed to lower her points even more (now standing at 1000) while she barely grazed his (3200) and it frustrated her to no end. He had already managed to destroy most of her monsters people would call her aces and, bar some, most of her monsters and spell/trap cards were already in the graveyard. Her current standing really wasn't ideal but she couldn't give up. Not when she had to save Yugo from his clutches and potentially meet up with Yuya again at some later point.

"My turn, I draw!" she shouted, her eyes moving to look at what she drew. Surprised, she realized that it was one of her new level four monsters. Level... she gasped when she suddenly remembered something Shun (or had it been Yuto?) had told her when they first met ... or at some later point, she couldn't really remember well at the moment...

'Ruri would never use Fusion!'

But she would use XYZ, right?

"Yes, it's your turn. Could you make it now?" the clown said, clearly bored. Yuzu smirked at him causing him to look surprised as she slapped down the card onto her duel disk's monster slot.

"Why yes, yes I am! I summon Bachorta, the Melodious Composer in attack mode!" the monster, wearing a gorgeous white dress, showed up singing her song as she did (level four/Fairy/Effect/1800/900). "I activate her effect! Once per turn, she allows me to summon another level four or lower monster from my hand or my deck!" she reached for another card, this time from her hand. "It's not over until it's over and we rehearsed this pretty well, so come worth now! I special summon from my hand, a level three monster, sing your song now! Fiestu, the Melodious Songstress in attack mode!" she appeared, wearing a black dress similiar to Bachorta's but in seeming contrast to hers (level three/Fairy/Effect/900/500). "Fiestu's monster effect activates! Once per turn, if I have another monster with 'Melodious' in it's name on the field, I can change her level to monster's level or vice-versa if I wanted to!"

"And what good would that...?" Dennis began before his eyes widended even wider. "... impossible! But you... you don't know how.. what!?" he spoke, beginning to freak out as Yuzu's smirk only grew.

"I choose to make her a level four, to match my other Diva!" the pinkette declared. "The concert has just began! I, using the level four Bachorta and level four Fiestu, build the overlay network!" the two monsters vanished in a whirl of dark purple mist as the clown could only gape in disbelief.

"With the piano playing homage to your victory, come forth now!" the Standard counterpart smiled as she spoke next. "XYZ summon! Now onto the stage, Rank 4! Verdina, the Melodious Pianesta in attack mode!" (rank four/two level four "Melodious" monsters/Fairy/XYZ/Effect/2700/2100)

"Now I know why you like to say that catchphrase of yours." Yuzu continued. "The show has indeed gone on!"

With a determinated expression on her face, she and her new monster faced a bathed in disbelief Dennis Macfield as the girl thought, memories with Yugo, Yuya and everyone else flashing through her mind.

'I will not lose!'

So there you have it. I gave her some XYZ fun, simply because she believes that she cannot beat him with Fusion (lets pressume that Dennis' Fusion Monsters counter the effects of hers)! Also, let's just say that she found a way to use her Fusion monsters to beat his XYZ monsters during Yuya/Yuri/Sora's chat. I hope that nobody gets mad about the names, I tried hard :(

I'd like to believe that I explained Bachorta and Fiestu's effects decently but as for Verdina's you will have to read on because the fun has just started!

Thank you for reading :)