While the Sakakis (and Yuto) were attending the Faire, Yugo was getting dressed for the day. He was already wearing his Turbo Duel suit and he has finished finger-combing a small amount of gel into his hair. After sweeping his bangs into the usual banana-shaped style, he smiled confidently.

"Alright," Yugo said, looking at his reflection. "My outfit's nice and clean and my hair looks as cool as ever." He winked. "Now to begin my new life with my own body."

It felt like forever since the last time he was at the orphanage, and after the Original Dimension's return, it still looked the same. Of course, the only difference was that his room is now inhabited by a slightly-changed Yugo. His personality remained the same, but his appearance had a single alteration: his eye color had changed from aquamarine to yellow to match Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's eyes. He really liked the different hue his eyes received. He still couldn't believe how clean he looked, which he didn't mind at all; for someone growing up in a low class section of New Domino City, looking cleaner than normal was quite surprising. It's been like this ever since his sleepover with Rin two days ago. Speaking of which, he decided to check in on her to see if she was also done getting ready for the day.

After a few minutes later, Yugo arrived at Rin's room and knocked on the door. "Hey RinRin!" he cheerfully announced. "Ready to pick up where we left off?"

However, a loud sob was heard from behind the door. "…Rin?" Yugo asked. "You alright?"

"Go away!" Rin sobbed. "I don't care who you are, just leave me alone!"

Alarmed, Yugo opened the door. "Rin!" he exclaimed, panicked. "What's wrong?!"

Seeing before his very eyes was Rin lying on her bed, her face hiding on top of her pillow as she cried. He has never seen her so upset before; they now got their bodies back, so what exactly happened to make her depressed?

"Look, if this is about what happened with Ray, I'm sorry," Yugo said, entering Rin's room and sitting next to her. "It's probably gonna take a while for you to recover, but-"

"You don't understand!" Rin sobbed, sitting up to look at Yugo. "I didn't lose just my body! I nearly lost all my memories!"

Yugo was taken back by that outburst. "Your memories?" he asked.

"After losing consciousness in that machine, I thought I might think about all the time we spent together, our happiest memories," Rin explained. "But then…there was this flash of neon green light and…" She choked out a sob. "Everything was gone in an instant. I couldn't remember my name, my identity, or even you. That machine must've erased every single one of my memories and there was nothing I could do to recover them.

"But when Zuzu was revived, everything came back. All of those forgotten memories were instantly recovered. And yet…" Rin choked out another sob. "I'm not sure why I'm like this. Do I duel because I want to, or is it because Ray was a Duelist herself?" She closed her eyes, tears dripping from her eyelashes. "Yugo…what am I?"

She just wasn't sure anymore; learning there are three other girls who share the same face as her was crazy enough, but discovering they were all part of Leo's daughter was actually scary. They nearly got amnesia when they were forcibly fused back into Ray in order to power up ARC-V; if it weren't for Zuzu's revival, they wouldn't have a single clue about their origins in their respective dimensions or their individual identities. Even so, it only delayed the mind merge, which was intensely horrifying because she and her counterparts were nearly wiped away from existence as their minds were merging back into Ray at an alarming rate. They were all lucky everything worked out in the end, but Rin couldn't stop thinking about her identity crisis. All her life, she was but a young teenage girl who grew up as a Commoner and had a tough personality yet saw beauty in everything, but everything changed when Yuri kidnapped her from out of the blue, not long after the Invasion of Heartland City.

Yugo stood up. "Well I'll tell ya what you are," he said. He opened the closet in her room, revealing her numerous outfits. "You're New Domino's resident fashion plate. Sure you couldn't afford the more expensive outfits, but if it was cute and comfortable-looking, you'd buy it." He let out a chuckle. "I know how much you love to shop, but it was kinda why we had to build a Duel Runner from scratch."

What he means by that is they needed to save up enough money to find parts to build their Duel Runner. They didn't had a whole lot of wealth to begin with, but Rin had to put off shopping at the donation center for a little while so that she could help out with searching and purchasing the necessary parts. Prior to Duel Academy's interference with the Doktor's Fusion Parasite, that Duel Runner was the biggest project they did together and he had treasured it ever since it was completed because it was a token of their friendship.

"But that's not all," Yugo continued. He picked up Rin's deck and took out her two Crystal Bells. "You've still got these two cards in your deck."

Rin opened her eyes. "My Crystal Bells?"

"I'm aware that you and the other girls ripped up the Fusion Parasites in your decks," Yugo explained as he sat next to her again. "But while they also ripped up the Fusion cards they got because of those nasty bugs, you didn't. You held on to them."

"Only because they fit so well with my Windwitches," Rin said, smiling slightly.

"Exactly," Yugo said. "That's what makes you different from the other Ray girls. If you see a card that fits with your burn style, you'd tend to keep it, even if it was originally created for evil purposes." He put the cards back in her deck and placed it on her nightstand. "But I'm not done. I can think of a couple more things that make you unique."

"Like what?" Rin asked.

Yugo picked up a hairbrush on Rin's nightstand and started brushing her hair. "You're cute," he said. "Practically the cutest girl I know. You've got big eyes, a sweet voice, and super adorable curls. Not to mention the prettiest giggle I ever heard."

Rin let out a small laugh after hearing that. "Yeah, just like that!" Yugo cheerfully said. "It's those features that make you different compared to your counterparts with longer hair." He finished brushing Rin's hair and placed the hairbrush back on her nightstand. "But most importantly: you're the one I fell in love with."

Rin was taken back by the sudden confession. "You love me?" she asked.

"'Course I do," Yugo answered. "All of those unique traits are what made me fall in love with you. I didn't realize it until I started traveling to different dimension lookin' for you." He held her hands and looked at her straight in the eye. "So as part of our new lives, how would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Rin never knew he felt this way about her ever since he went looking for her. She always felt like the two were childhood friends, but it looks like there might be more to their relationship. Sure Yugo may be loud, rude, and quick-tempered with a bit of perverted tendencies, but he's loyal, energetic, goofy or cute at times, and an overall kind person at heart. Smiling softly, she planted a kiss on his forehead, feeling his blonde bangs on her lips. His eyes widened in joy from the brief contact.

"Of course, you moron," Rin said. "I'll be your girlfriend."

"Great!" Yugo said, sounding happier than usual. "Now how 'bout you get dressed and meet me in my room? I've got a huge surprise I wanna show you."

As he left her room to go back to his, Rin went to her closet to pick out new attire; she wore her usual one for a while and wanted to try out another one for a change. She settled on a short-sleeved, knee-length, light blue dress with pink linings on the sleeves, shoulders, and from the center of her chest to the collar line where the gold buttons were, pink pockets located where each breast was, and a pink string bow with two gold beads around the waist. She also sported a pair of black low-heeled sandals and a pink flower hair clip that she has ever since she was a child.

Upon arriving at Yugo's room, Rin was surprised to see a lot of numerous boxes in his room. "Uh… Yugo?" the Windwitch user asked. "What's with all the boxes?"

"I'll tell ya why," Yugo explained. He held up a booklet. "There's this old clock shop in New Domino called Poppo Time and right next to it is an unoccupied apartment-slash-garage." He pointed at a building next to the clock shop. "That, RinRin, is gonna be our new home."

"New home?" Rin asked. "Does that mean…?"

"Exactly," Yugo said. "We're finally movin' out and gettin' our own home!"

Rin never expected that day to come; heck, she never thought about it at all. She enjoyed living in the orphanage all her life, but the fact they can now move to a new home in the Commons was surprising news. They can finally have their own individual spaces in Poppo Time's apartment and use the garage for Duel Runner constructions, tests, and repairs.

However, Rin looked at the booklet. Her eyes widened when she saw the price. "20,000 yen?!" she read. "Yugo, we're broke! We don't have that much money!"

"I know," Yugo said. "But I made some new friends while I searched for you. There were some people like Aster Phoenix and Kite Tenjo, but the guy we're gonna see should help us provide the money we need to live at the place."

Rin was a little curious as to what he's referring to, but before she knew it, she was running out the door with Yugo, who was heading to the nearest bus stop from the orphanage. "Where are we going?" she asked.

"The Leo Institute," Yugo answered. "There's a guy there named Sylvio Sawatari. I met him during the Friendship Cup. He's a great guy. Super hilarious too. He's a Dueltainer like Yuya. I was hoping he could provide us with the money we need for our new home."

"You sure?" Rin asked.

"'Course I'm sure," Yugo insisted. "Yuya told me Sylvio comes from a wealthy family, so I was hoping he could give us enough yen to cover the payment."

One bus trip later, the two arrived in the Paradise section of the mashed-up city. This was Rin's official first time being in what was originally known as Paradise City; she does have a good idea on where certain places are located in this town, but that was because her soul was in Zuzu's body prior to the blood separation. Yugo only went there a couple times to try and find his girlfriend, only for him to run into and duel Yuto and stumble across Zuzu the next day before being whisked back into the Synchro Dimension. Fused or not, they both knew where LID was thanks to the preparations made for the night of the Heartland Duel School students' dance do-over.

Upon entering the Leo Institute, Yugo didn't hesitate to call out to his friend. "Hey Sylvio! I need to speak to you!"

Rin noticed how large the institute was. "I don't think it'll be that easy to find him-"

"Yugo? Is that you?"

The Synchro couple turned around to see Sylvio appearing from around the corner as he walked down the hallway. His eyes caught onto Yugo's and couldn't believe that his friend was standing right before him. The short amount of processing left him overjoyed as he ran over to him to give him a huge hug.

"Whoa there," Yugo said. "I know we're buds, but you didn't have to hug me."

"Oh Yugo!" Sylvio exclaimed, still hugging the Speedroid user. "You're alright!"

"Uh… Yeah, I'm alright," Yugo said, pushing his excited friend back. "But what's with the behavior? I haven't seen you this happy before."

"You don't remember?" Sylvio asked. "I dueled Zarc on your behalf! Granted I wanted to save Yuya too, but saving you was more important! You're the only Duelist I met who is worthy to be my equal, and I was willing to do anything to save you."

"You… You actually fought for me?" Yugo asked, tears forming in his eyes. He never thought that anyone wanted to save him from Zarc's clutches. His soul was absorbed into Yuri's body as he completely fell into the ever-growing darkness, as seen when he and Yuto pressured Yuya to reunite as one again; despite some signs of resistance from the latters, Yuri's defeat signaled the start of their incarnation's return. Seeing someone pursuing their mission to try and rescue the Synchro user from the strings of manipulative, corrupt darkness that he bore like a puppet was a touching moment for him to learn.

"Of course I fought for you," Sylvio answered. "Especially since we are long due for a rematch."

"A rematch?" Rin asked.

"We faced off against each other," Yugo explained. "And we ended up bonding during the duel."

"But enough about strolling down memory lane," Sylvio said. "What brings you and your girlfriend here?"

"It's because of this," Yugo answered, showing Sylvio the booklet. "I wanna move in there with Rin as a way of celebrating our new lives with our bodies back."

Sylvio looked at the place in the booklet. "Only 20,000 yen?" he asked. "I'll be more than happy to provide the money, but why that location? It looks old."

"I dunno," Yugo admitted. "But when I saw this place…" He pointed at the apartment/garage next to Poppo Time. "…I got this weird feeling in me, almost like I had to live there."

Yugo couldn't describe it in words, but he felt like there was a nagging voice in his head telling him to move to Poppo Time for a very good reason. These strange memories started to flow through his mind about this place, but there were far different experiences occurring. He remembered seeing Jack and Crow living with him…or more specifically, an alternate version of him. But was it really him? He looked much older with tanned skin and different hair. And what was with the criminal mark on his face?

"So that's why I'm totally revved up to move there," Yugo continued. "And I can't move in alone. I've gotta bring RinRin with me." He put his hand on her waist and pulled her close to him. "She's my girl."

"Well if you insist…" Sylvio said. He took out his wallet and gave Yugo 20,000 yen. "This should be enough to give the landlord."

"Aw, thanks Sylvio!" Yugo cheerfully said. "You're the best!"

Some time later, Yugo and Rin returned to the Commons to talk to the owner of the shop. For two people who have spent their lives growing up in the lower class section of New Domino City, they have never been to Poppo Time. Fortunately, the booklet did provide information about the place; it was located in front of a dirt road which harbored other small shops and businesses and it is owned by a woman named Zora, a widow whose son Lyndon also works there.

Upon arriving at the clock shop, Yugo and Rin spoke to Zora about living arrangements. "I see," the widow said when the Synchro counterparts finished explaining. "So you wish to move out of the local orphanage and live next door."

"That's exactly what our plan is," Yugo said. He brought out the yen Sylvio gave him. "I even have the exact money needed for payment."

Zora accepted the yen and checked it. "This is exactly 20,000 yen," she remarked. "And I do like that confident look in your eyes. Of course you and your girlfriend can live here."

"Thank you so much," Rin said, bowing out of respect.

"But I do expect you two to work at the shop from time to time," Zora continued. "If you're going to live here, you're going to need money. I can't have two poor orphans living next door, so how do you feel about starting at 300 yen per hour?"

"Sure," Yugo agreed. "At least it's somethin'."

Of course, they would need to find a nice balance between work, living at home, and working in the garage, but if they work a decent number of hours each week, they'll be making a sufficient amount of money.

And so, with the payment completed, Yugo asked Aster Phoenix and Kite Tenjo to help him and Rin move their stuff to their new home. They all used their monsters to carry all the boxes out of their rooms and into the new ones they're moving into. Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, Windwitch - Winter Bell, and Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon all flew at a steady pace with neatly piled of boxes on each of the wings and tails whereas Destiny HERO - Dystopia glided past them while carrying a stack in his hands with ease, shocking them in the process.

While that was going on, Yugo smiled wide at his and Rin's new home. "I can't believe it, RinRin," he said. "It's a brand new chapter of our lives."

"I know," Rin agreed. "Sure the chances of another Friendship Cup happening are slim, but at least we'll make progress together."

"Not to mention all the new memories we'll make," Yugo said. "Just you, me, Bruno-" His eyes widened in shock.

"Bruno?" Rin asked. "Who's Bruno?"

Yugo had no idea what he was talking about, but at the same time, he did. He has never heard of or even know about this Bruno person, yet he still had this strange feeling within him that he has met him before. Maybe in another life? That must be the case because these memories he was suddenly remembering weren't his to begin with. In fact, he started recalling on a life-changing duel somewhere in space. From what he was witnessing, Bruno was an android replica of a younger Antinomy, a former pro Turbo Duelist known as Johnny who was one of the four remaining humans in an apocalyptic world who wanted creating a better future for humanity.

Yugo saw through the eyes of what may be his alternate self in a Death Course, a Turbo Duel circuit where the loser is killed; in this case, the Turbo Duelist who loses will be sucked into a black hole that was made as a result of Antinomy's Delta Accel Synchro Summon. He managed to win the duel, but the black hole was creeping closer. Antinomy's Duel Runner—Delta Eagle—was barely maintaining control and has a cut on his face from one of its pieces. He bowed his head with his eyes closed as he spoke.

"I ended up meeting you under such circumstances… Because of that, I never got to know you as a true friend," he said.

"Antinomy! No, Bruno!" Yugo's alternate self exclaimed in an odd voice, causing the latter to look up in surprise. "You're one of us: Team 5D's." He extended his arm out with his hand making a fist. "And you're my friend, Bruno!"

Bruno was left speechless by those words as he looked at the fist. "Friend…? Do you really think of me as your friend, Yusei?"

Yusei? That's what his name was in his other life? Yugo's curiosity grew into realization because it would explain why he was suddenly having these memories on moving day. At the same time, Yusei nodded in response to the question he was asked.

"Your friend, huh…?" Bruno stated before closing his eyes and recalling on all the times he spent with Team 5D's, ranging from hanging out to the Turbo Duels at the World Racing Grand Prix. "I loved being around you all and watching you fight with everyone." He opened his eyes again. "During that time, I felt your infinite strength and potential!"

"Bruno…" Yusei said. Just then, Delta Eagle suffered another partial explosion and started to slow down. Reaching his hand out, he yelled, "Bruno! Jump over to me! Hurry!"

With a simple stare, Bruno answered, "That would be useless." This shocked Yusei and Yugo; was he doing what they think he was doing? "I told you before. The only way to reach the end of this course is for one of us to be destroyed."

"Bruno!" Yusei called out as Delta Eagle continued slowing down.

A smile appeared on Bruno's face. "The short time I spent with you guys was really fun."

Yusei had a worried look on his face because he feared of what his friend might do. "Bruno!"

Within a matter of a few seconds, Bruno sped the smoking Delta Eagle up towards Yusei's Duel Runner. "What are you about to do, Bruno?!"

"Yusei! You're my hope! Grab the light beyond Accel Synchro! Grab that light and open the future!" With widened eyes, Yusei heard these last two words from his close friend, who threw off his helmet: "GO! YUSEI!"

With that, Delta Eagle accelerated and both Duel Runners collided, sending them off rapidly in a beam of white light. Electricity sparked all over Delta Eagle as it malfunctioned and severely worsened its damage, followed by stronger explosions from the front. It dramatically slowed down as Yusei's Duel Runner ricocheted away.

"Bruno! Bruno!" Yusei shouted.

Bruno smiled again. Yusei… he thought to himself before being gulfed in smoke and falling back.

"BRUNO!"

Back at the Divine Temple, a circle of white light opened up as Yusei dashed out of it and fell out of his fumbling Duel Runner, rolling a couple times on the floor. An illuminated gear faded as the floor grew dark; one of the Planetary Gears was deactivated. Yusei got up to see where the light was before spotting a broken visor on the floor, stunning him and Yugo in disbelief. An image of Bruno in his standard attire faded in through the lens; he had sacrificed himself in order for his companion to save the world and the future. Yusei clenched his right fist as his eyebrows quivered, with tears welling up in his shut eyes and streaming down his face a little before opening them halfway.

"Bruno… BRUNO!"

"Are you alright?" Aster asked.

Yugo opened his eyes, surprised and confused. He was back in the real world, but his friends and girlfriend were looking at him in concern. But what was that vision? How could he have been this Yusei person and Zarc? Regardless, he shrugged it off, thinking it was nothing more than a silly vision.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Yugo lied.

"You were screaming about someone named Bruno," Kite pointed out. "That doesn't sound fine."

So…it wasn't a silly vision? Yugo was actually remembering this Yusei person's memories? Out of all the moments for this to be happening, why did it have to be moving day?

Rin looked at the apartment/garage. "This is a big place," she commented. "What if we asked Crow and Shinji to move in with us? We could use the extra company."

"No way!" Yugo blurted out. "We can't ask Sylvio for 40,000 extra yen! I know he's a nice guy, but I hate takin' advantage of him."

"No need," Aster said, taking out his Duel Academy student points card. "My time as an Obelisk Force commander earned me a lot of student points. I'll convert them into cash for your friends."

"Aw, thanks Aster!" Yugo said. "Now we just have to ask Crow and Shinji if they want to move in."

All Duel Academy students were required to have special cards which were similar to debit cards, except instead of depositing money into them, they receive points and are immediately transferred into their cards. By converting them into cash, they were permitted to treat them similarly to debit cards; for Aster, it was one of the many perks of being a high-ranked Obelisk Force commander because he has plenty of points that can be converted to over 40,000 yen, meaning it was more than enough to cover the cost of Crow and Shinji living with Yugo and Rin.

Once the group and their ace monsters were finished bringing the boxes over to the apartment, Yugo and Rin needed to figure out where Crow and Shinji lived. If they remembered correctly, they have been staying at their hideout alongside Frank, Tanner, and Amanda, but where was that even located? How will the children react to learning about this news?

"Oh crud!" Yugo realized. "I forgot Crow has a bunch of kids to look after!"

This was a setback he didn't even thought about. There were times where he occasionally headed down the street where Crow lived and saw him taking care of the three children; he always had a huge soft spot for children and always loved and cared about them. How were Yugo and Rin going to get roommates now since Crow was basically a foster-father to Frank, Tanner, and Amanda?

"Yeah, you're right," Rin said. "But while you were in that weird trance, I think I heard you mentioning Crow. I thought having him as a roommate would help calm you down."

"Don't worry about it," Aster said. "Just leave everything to me."

Yugo and Rin turned to stare at Aster; how does he know what he's doing? Didn't Duel Academy students and Obelisk Force soldiers have information about only the XYZ residence? The only one who had a strong idea about the Synchro residence was Jean-Michel Roget and he was currently missing after the disbandment of the High Council…not that the duo knew about it for obvious reasons. Still, how was Aster going to help them?

"What are you thinkin' about?" Yugo asked.

"Well with you two moving out of the orphanage, that means new rooms are available," Aster pointed out. "Wouldn't it make sense for three homeless orphans to occupy those rooms?"

That was actually a pretty good idea. They grew up without a home prior to Crow taking care of them, so maybe moving to the orphanage can have them make more friends and still have the basic survival necessities: a roof over their heads, beds to sleep on, food and beverages to eat and drink, clothes to wear, and so on. They were clearly going to miss Crow, but they'll surely come up with a plan for them to still keep in touch.

"So this is gonna be our new path," Yugo said. "Livin' with a couple of roommates in our new home."

"Of course," Rin agreed. She held Yugo's hand, intertwining their fingers together. "And the best part is that we'll do this together."

Yugo nodded in agreement to what Rin just stated. They were happy to know that they can finally move into a place of their own, and with Crow and Shinji moving in, they'll have two new friends to get to know more about as they bond through duels and mechanics. Maybe it was for the best that they ultimately settled with this decision; Frank, Tanner, and Amanda may be children right now, but they were still growing up, so if they agree to live in the orphanage, the Synchro counterparts will be able to create new memories and preserve the past ones.