Yuya's Treat

by Fenghuang0296

It's the perfect storm as forces converge on Fusion Dimension. The Lancers are backed up by powers and allies new and old alike, but will it be enough to take down Leo Akaba once and for all? And is he even the biggest threat? AU from episode 63 onwards. Rated T for occasional profanity and mature (violent) themes.

17. Dragons' Reunion! Disaster Averted!

Chapter 17: Dragon's Reunion! Disaster Averted!

"I'm taking the first move," Kisara grinned at her opponent, flicking her white hair.

"I play Summoner's Art, which lets me add Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to my hand!" she declared, taking her card from her Deck as the Spell resolved. "Now, by revealing Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand, I Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternate Dragon from my hand!" she continued, and the slim white dragon appeared on the field. "Blue-Eyes Alternate Dragon's name is treated as Blue-Eyes White Dragon on my field or in my Graveyard! So I play Polymerization, and fuse the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand with the Blue-Eyes on my field!" she declared, and the two dragons were sucked into a Fusion vortex.

"Great white dragon and second of kin with blue eyes! Become one through my power as the next evolution of perfection! Fusion Summon! Level 10! Appear, two-headed dragon with four blue eyes! Rampage, Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!" Kisara chanted as her favourite two-headed Fusion dragon appeared. "I end my turn with a Set card!" she declared and her dragon roared in agreement.

X

Yuya patter Junior, who was still inside his jacket. "Stay calm, Junior. It'll be okay," he said. The dragonet yawned sleepily.

The green-haired boy paused as he heard a dragon roar from the warehouses to his immediate east. "That's the same roar as I heard from that big two-headed dragon before," he realised. "I'd better head over there," he decided, turning down another street.

"I wonder where all the citizens went?" he absent-mindedly questioned, noticing the streets he drove through were empty.

Suddenly, the weight in his pocket vanished. He looked down in surprise, and pulled the Odd-Eyes Baby Dragonet card from his Deck. "As you wish, Junior," he grinned, placing the card back in his Deck.

X

Flare and Selena, having hidden the D-Wheel a block away, crouched behind an abandoned crate and watched. "Who the hell is this guy?" Flare whispered.

"Something to do with Security," Selena shrugged.

"My turn," Sergey rumbled, drawing his card.

X

"Use your strong Deck," Jean-Michael commanded.

"Yes sir,"

X

"I Normal Summon Kozmo Tincan from my hand," Sergey decided, playing his card. A short robot carried on four little wheels with two long 'arms' appeared, coloured a dirty grey and with a squat, sad-looking face. 0 ATK.

"I set one card and end my turn, and during my End Phase, I activate Tincan'e effect. I can reveal three Kozmo cards from my Deck and you select one of them to add to my hand," Sergey continued, taking three cards from his Deck. "I reveal three copies of Kozmo Dark Destroyer," he declared, showing three cards that each depicted a malign-looking black spaceship.

Kisara pouted. "There's no fun in picking a random card if you just pick three copies of the same thing, now is there?" she petulantly demanded in irritation. "Fine. Take your Dark Destroyer,"

Sergey nodded, adding one of the three cards to his hand.

"My turn! Draw!" the white-haired girl grinned, cheekily touching a finger to the corner of her mouth with one hand as she drew a card with the other. "No sense in beating around the bush, is there? Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon! Smash that Tincan like the scrap it is!" she commanded, and her two-headed dragon obeyed. "Twin Burst Stream of Destruction!"

"I activate Kozmo Tincan's effect. By banishing him during either player's turn, I Summon a Kozmo with a higher level than him from my hand," Sergey declared. "I Summon Kozmo Sliprider," Tincan vanished, and was replaced by a red four-winged spaceship. Tincan could be seen inside the cockpit, seemingly driving the 800-DEF spaceship. "When Sliprider is Summoned, I destroy one Spell or Trap on the field. I destroy your face-down," The ship fired its laser guns and destroyed Kisara's Set card.

"Fine. Blue-Eyes, attack that pile of scrap," Kisara snorted, not even bothering to watch as her monster obliterated the spaceship.

"When Sliprider is destroyed, I can add a Kozmo to my hand with a lower Level than it. Sliprider is Level 5, so I add the Level 4 Kozmoll Wickedwitch," Sergey decided, taking a card from his Deck instantly.

"Interesting," Kisara nodded. "I end my turn,"

"Very well. I draw," Sergey decided. "I Normal Summon Kozmoll Wickedwitch from my hand," A tall, black-clad lady wielding a double-bladed laser sword appeared with a menacing smile. "What is this, a Star Wars nerd convention?" Kisara huffed.

"I activate the effect of my Wickedwitch. I banish her in order to summon this monster from my hand. Appear, Kozmo Dark Destroyer!" Sergey commanded, and his witch vanished, replaced by a large, ominous black spaceship that was hovering above them both with 3000 ATK. "I activate Dark Destroyer's effect. When it is Summoned, I can destroy one monster on the field," Sergey commanded. "I destroy Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon," he decided.

The nosecone of the spaceship opened and fired a pulse of energy, obliterating the dragon. "Blue-Eyes!" Kisara squeaked. "You're gonna regret that. You're gonna regret that so much,"

"Kozmo Dark Destroyer, attack," Sergey commanded, completely disregarding his opponent's protests as it wiped out three thousand of her unprotected Life Points. "I set one card and end my turn,"

"My turn!" Kisara shrilly shrieked. "I draw!" she declared, and looked at her card. "Oh, you're in for a real treat now," she grinned. "I Normal Summon Protector with Eyes of Blue from my hand," she declared, and a white-haired warrior armed with a short sword appeared, holding its sword with both hands and defending its master. 800 ATK. "See, Protector gets a little lonely when he's Normal Summoned, and he wants to have a friend around to help him out. So, when Protector is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 1 LIGHT Tuner from my hand. I Summon Priestess with Eyes of Blue," she decided, and her tall, blue-haired woman appeared next to her bodyguard. 0 ATK.

"Now, I activate the effect of Protector with Eyes of Blue. By targeting Priestess and sending her to the Grave, I can Special Summon a Blue-Eyes monster from my hand," Kisara simpered. "And now I additionally chain Priestess' effect. When she is targeted by an effect, I can send her to the grave, which would happen anyway, to add two Blue-Eyes monsters from my Deck to my hand. I add Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Blue-Eyes Alternate Dragon," the white-haired girl grinned, taking two cards from her Deck. "Now Protector's effect resolves, and I Special Summon White Spirit Dragon from my hand!" she declared with a savage grin.

With a thunderous roar, a glowing white dragon appeared on the field with bright blue eyes, and roared at the spaceship Sergei controlled. "White Spirit Dragon is always treated as a 'Blue-Eyes' monster! Oh,and when White Spirit Dragon is Summoned, I can banish a Spell or Trap you control! Kiss that face-down goodbye!" Kisara jeered and Sergei's facedown was removed from play.

"Now, I tune my Level 1 Tuner monster to my Level 8 White Spirit Dragon!" the White-haired girl grinned. One ring, eight stars. 1 + 8 = 9.

Selena rapidly clapped her hand over Flare's mouth milliseconds before a stunned gasp revealed their location. "She can Synchro Summon?"

"Did you miss the part where every single one of her Level 1 monsters are Tuners?" Selena snorted.

"Apparently," Flare nodded.

"I summon you, great ghostly dragon! Descend from heaven in radiant white to show this guy we can put up a fight!" Kisara chanted as white energy engulfed the ring and stars and a body took form. "Synchro Summon! Level 9! Ethereal white dragon with phantasmal blue eyes! Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon!" Kisara declared. Her monster was a tall, imposing white dragon that almost seemed translucent, like a ghost, with glowing blue eyes. 3000 DEF. "I end my turn!" she declared.

"Well well well, hello ladies," a voice suddenly came from behind the two girls, who whirled in shock.

"Yuya? When did you dye your hair purple?" Flare frowned in confusion. "That's not Yuya. It's Yuri. He's part of Obelisk Force," Selena corrected her.

Flare squinted, then her jaw dropped. "But he looks exactly like Yuya!"

"How flattering. But I'll need to take Selena off your hands now, young lady. She and I have business with the Professor," Yuri cruelly smiled, holding his hand out expectantly.

"That's not going to happen!" a voice cried out, and all three whirled in surprise to see Yuya Sakaki speeding towards them on his D-Wheel. "I won't let you take Selena!" he barked, skidding his D-Wheel to a halt metres away and rapidly dismounting.

Yuri snorted. "How cute. The little hero shows up to save his girlfriend,"

"I'm not his girlfriend!" Selena shouted.

Yuya rushed past Yuri to stand with the two girls. "You two okay? he asked.

"I faced her down half an hour ago," Flare snorted, gesturing over his shoulder to where Kisara was. "This guy's nothing compared to what she pulled,"

"Oh really?" Yuri smiled. "Well, this ought to be interesting," he declared, arming his Duel Disk. Yuya, Flare and Selena all did the same.

"Battle Royale Mode engaged," the Duel Disks beeped.

Kisara looked at her machine in surprise. "Oh, hi Yuri! How's it going?" she asked with a smile. Yuri agreed and stepped out of the alley to stand next to her. "It appears that it is going to be the two of us versus the three of them versus him," he smiled, gesturing at first the trio of Yuya, Flare and Selena, then Sergey.

In perfect sync, the Duel Disks blared, "Intrusion Penalty: 2000 LP,"

"Alright! My turn!" Yuya declared, the three friends taking a stance between Yuri and Sergey. "This is complicated," Selena observed. The three of them had 2000 LP each, as did Yuri. Kisara had 1000, and Sergey still had a full 4000.

"Using the Scale 3 Performapal Radish Horse and the Scale 8 Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn I set the Pendulum Scale!" Yuya declared, and his two monsters rose into the air in the Pendulum Scale. "I Pendulum Summon! Swing far, pendulum! Carve the arc of victory!" Yuya exuberantly declared, a massive replication of his necklace drawing a portal in the sky.

"My monsters are ready, to swing into action!" he shouted. "Appear, Wisdom-Eye Magician!" A tall caped spellcaster wielding a golden flail appeared. 1500 ATK. "Performapal Whip Snake!" Yuya continued, and his purple snake appeared and happily coiled around its master's arm. "And take centre stage with your wondrous heterochromatic eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" he commanded, and his ace monster rose into view.

"I overlay my Level 4 Performapal Whip Snake with my Level 4 WIsdom-Eye Magician!" Yuya declared, sucking his two monsters into a purple Overlay Network. "Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those who are foolish enough to oppress it! Descend now! Xyz Summon!" the boy commanded. "Rank 4! Dark Rebelllion Xyz Dragon!" His massive black Xyz dragon erupted from the portal, and roared. "Turn end!" the boy finished.

"My turn!" Flare declared. "Using the set Pendulum Scale, I Pendulum Summon! Swing, pendulum, in the dragon's eye! Write my victory across the sky!" she commanded. "Come forth, Red-Eyes Wyvern! Two of them!" Flare commanded, two identical copies of her 1600-ATK Level 4 dragons appearing on her field. "I activate my Continuous Spell, Galaxy Wave! Every time I Xyz Summon, my opponent's immediately take 500 damage!" she declared with a grin as a semi-translucent vortex of golden energy that resembled an Overlay Network appeared covering the entire field, swirling across the ground like a tiny, flat sandstorm. "So I'll overlay my two Level 4 Dragon-Type Wyverns! Galactic purple dragon, appear from the stars! Xyz Summon! Don your golden armour with a flourish of cosmic power! Rank 4! Descend, Galaxy Stealth Dragon!"

Flare's new Xyz monster was a tall dark-purple dragon with glowing pink wings and red jewels rimming her body, with golden horns and claws. "Galaxy Wave's effect activates now! All my opponents take 500 damage!" she declared.

Kisara's Life Points were cut down to a mere 500, while Sergey took the first damage he had taken all game and Yuri lost a quarter of his Life, as golden energy flared and struck each one of them.

"We all can't attack this turn, so turn end," Flare grinned.

"My turn," Selena nodded. "All you have to do is perform an Xyz Summon, and Kisara is donezo!" Flare encouraged her.

"I don't have any Xyz monsters. I'm a Fusion Duelist," Selena glared, and Flare blinked. "Oh, right,"

"I Set a monster in face-down Defence Position, Set two face-downs and end my turn," she decided.

"Then it's my move," Kisara grinned, looking up at Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon. "I Set a card and end my turn,"

"I suppose that the pleasure is now mine, then?" Yuri smiled to himself. "Very well. I play Polymerizarion, and fuse Predator Plant Moray Nepenthes with Predator Plant Fly Hell in my hand," he smiled, and two plant monsters were sucked from his hand into a Fusion Vortex. "Two beautiful flowers with an insect-alluring fragrance, now become one. From the hell beneath your petals, bring forth a new terror. Fusion Summon. Appear, poisonous dragon with hungering fangs. Level 8, Starve Venom Fusion Dragon," Yuri chanted with a sadistic, depraved smile, not getting excited, just smiling.

The massive plant-like dragon appeared, tall and slim with red and yellow orbs covering its body, its scales a a mix of sickly pinks and greens. The venomous dragon roared, displaying its 2800 ATK. "So there it is," Yuya breathed. "The dragon of Fusion Dimension,"

X

"There she is," Barrett sadly smiled. The one-eyed Obelisk Force general shook his head from his perch atop a rooftop, looking down on the six-way Duel. "Selena Gomez. I'm going to have to bring her back to the Professor now," he sighed.

"Not if I can help it," a voice interrupted him. Barrett turned in surprise to see Sora Shiunin wmerge from a door, Duel Disk armed and ready. "I knew you'd be looking for Selena, so I moved to intercept you," Sora smiled.

"I am looking for both Selena and Yuzu Hiragi. How were you certain that I wouldn't go after Yuzu first?" Barrettasked the boy he thought was his comrade.

"Because I'm right here!" Yuzu declared, stepping out from the door and standing behind the blue-haired boy.

Barrett smiled. "I see. You captured her and brought her here for me. Thank you very much, my friend,"

Yuzu started. "What? That's not true!" she protested, before worriedly looking at Sora. "Right?"

"Right," Sora nodded. "Sorry, Barrett. But I'm not with Obelisk Force anymore. And I won't let you capture either of my friends, Yuzu or Selena,"

Barrett paused, then sighed as he armed his orange Duel Disk. "Very well. Let's Duel,"

X

"My turn," Sergey rumbled, drawing his card. "I activate my Trap, Kozmojo. By destroying Kozmo Dark Destroyer, I banish Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon," he commanded, his face- down flipping up. Dark Destroyer exploded, shrapnel exploding towards Kisara's Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon.

The white-haired girl's blue eyes widened. "I chain Spirt Dragon's effect! By Tributing it, I Special Summon a LIGHT Synchro Dragon from my Extra Deck! Appear, Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!"

Spirit Dragon vanished, replaced by a tall, silver dragon covered in spikes. 3000 DEF.

"Very well," Sergey decided. "When Kozmo Dark Destroyer is sent to the Grave, I can banish him to add a Kozmo with a lower level than it to my hand. I add Kozmo Scaredy Lion," he continued. "I now Normal Summon Kozmo Scaredy Lion," A tall, furry brown creature with a long mane that was covering its head with its hands appeared, cowering in horror. He had 1200 ATL. "I activate the effect of Scaredy Lion. I pay 500 Life Points and return Kozmos Sliprider, Dark Destroyer and Wickedwitch to my Graveyard," Sergei declared, and his three monsters joined Kozmojo in his Grave. "Turn end,"

"My move, draw!" Yuya grinned. "I activate the effect of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! By using both its Overlay Units, I halve Starve Venom Fusion Dragon's ATK and add that lost ATK to Dark Rebellion!" he declared. "Treason Discharge!"

Dark Rebellion's Overlay Units vanished in twinkles of light as it stole Starve Venom's power and added it to his own, making its ATK 3900, and Starve Venom's 1400. "Now, battle phase!" the boy decided, before turning to Flare. "You wanted to take Kisara out of the Duel. Why?"

Flare shivered. "She's dangerous. She could destroy the entire city if we don't stop her right now,"

"Got it," Yuya seriously nodded. "Dark Rebellion! Attack Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon! Mauling Mandible Charge!"

Kisara blinked. "I activate Magic Cylinder!" she commanded, flipping her face-down up. "You all take damage equal to Dark Rebellion's ATK. Therefore you all lose!" she declared.

"I activate Trap Stun," Sergey rumbled, and everyone looked at him in surprise. "My objective is to defeat this girl. If necessary, I will do all I can to aid someone else capable of that goal," he emotionlessly told the Lancers.

A shockwave destroyed Magic Cylinder, and Dark Rebellion's attack went through, annihilating Azure-Eyes. "Odd-Eyes! Wipe her out!" Yuya commanded. "Strike Blast of Spirals!" His great dragon roared and charged, and with a mighty blast of energy he wiped Kisara's LP down to zero. The girl was flung backwards, but before she could land, she disappeared in a flash of white light. Yuri hmphed. "I suppose everyone has their off days,"

"She escaped back to Fusion," Selena hissed in irritation. Flare sighed. "We're gonna see her again sooner or later, right?"

"Thanks, Sergey!" Yuya grinned, throwing the man a thumbs up. "Do not thank me. Now that I have achieved my primary goal, I now move onto my secondary goal. Capturing Yuzu Hiragi and Selena Gomez," Sergey frowned at the purple-haired girl, who blinked. "Brilliant,"

"My turn! Draw!" Flare grinned. "I activate Galaxy Stealth Dragon's effect! Once per turn, I can Special Summon a Level 5 or higher Dragon from my hand! Appear, brilliant arcing dragon with blood-red eyes, Red-Eyes Parabola Dragon!" The snake-like dragon appeared on the field, hissing and roaring. "Now, I can Normal Summon Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast from my hand by halving its ATK and DEF!" A being that resembled a limbless dragon covered with metal armour and equipped with laser cannons and tank treads appeared. 1300 ATK.

"I now overlay my Level 7 Red-Eyes Parabola Dragon with my Level 7 Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast!" Flare declared. She went to Summon Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon, but paused. There was something else she sensed . . . calling to her. The dragon within her shivered. "What is this?" she whispered to herself, then flinched in horror, remembering the last time she had felt this way.

X

"Okay, sweetheart, let's see how much power we can get," Dr. Abakir gently smiled at her. "Don't push yourself too far, but see how far you can go. Don't worry, I can take it," he recommended.

"Okay dad. I got it," Young, naive Flare smiled up at her father, who happily armed his Duel disk and stood across from her. "Let's Duel,"

A few minutes later, the Duel was well underway. Flare controlled her Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon and her father had just summoned Machina Fortress and Machina Cannon on his field, using them both in an impressively ingenuitive combination.

"I play Star Changer, and target Machina Fortress, which lets me change his Level from seven to eight!" Dr. Abakir declared, and his two monsters were sucked into a deep blue vortex. "Initiate power regulation systems! Start up, Aegaion the Sea Castrum!" the scientist commanded, and the massive blue machine appeared in front of him. 0 ATK. "I activate Aegaion's effect! I banish one card from your Extra Deck and Aegaion gains ATK equal to the banished monster's ATK!"

Flare looked in surprise as her Extra Deck was shuffled and Queen Dragun Djinn was removed. "Queenie!" she gasped as Aegaion absorbed her monster and gained its power. 2200 ATK. "I end my turn. What are you going to do now, sweetheart?" Dr. Abakir kindly asked.

"My turn! Draw!" Flare declared, drawing her card. Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast. "By halving its ATK, I can Normal Summon Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast from my hand!" she declared, and her monster appeared. "A Rank 7 Xyz Summon? How interesting," her father smiled.

Flare penned her Extra Deck and gazed at the Rank 7 Xyz Monster her father had given her. Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack. She returned it to the mechanism and smiled. "I overlay my Level 7 Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon with my Level 7 Fusilier Dragon!" she commanded, a light green vortex appearing and sucking her monsters in.

Suddenly, she felt a surge of power surging through her from her Extra Deck, calling to her. Her father registered it too. "That's it, sweetheart. Use the power, control it, see how far it can take you," he encouraged her.

"Okay!" Flare grinned, accepting the energy in her and coaxing it forwards as the green Overlay Network suddenly turned blood red. Words came to her mouth as though whispered by an invisible god, and she chanted. "Be reborn on the war-torn plains with an Xyz Summon!" Flare let the power take form through her Duel Disk. "Arise as the armoured victorious dragon!"

Red power erupted from her Extra Deck as a card was born out of pure energy and positioned itself on her Duel Disk, and the monster that was the evolution of her ace took form for the first time. "Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon!" she shouted, her eyes burning brilliant red.

"Flare Metal! Attack that Castrum! Flaring Stream of Metal Destruction!" Flare commanded. Her dragon unleashed a stream of destructive energy from its maw, destroying the Rank 8 in a single blow and piercing through to her father. The blast impacted, throwing the scientist against the wall with the sheer force of the blow.

Flare's eyes widened in horror. "Dad!" she shrieked in horror, rushing past her dragon to her father and attentively looking him over.

Dr. Abakir staggered to his feet, clutching his head. "Don't worry. I'm alright," he groaned, looking at Flare Metal again like he couldn't comprehend its existence. "Have you got a card for that monster?" he finally asked. Flare wordlessly removed the new card from her Deck and gave it to him. He looked at it, before handing it back to her. "If anyone asks, this is an advance prototype of a card they're releasing in a few months. I can call in a favour or two and make sure it happens,"

"Okay," Flare nodded, clutching the card. "But what did just happen?"

Dr. Abakir paused, then decided to answer honestly. "We won't know until I run some scans, but whatever it is, you caused it, sweetheart,"

X

And now she was feeling that destructive power again. "No," Flare breathed, shaking her head in frustration. "Not after last time, no! I Xyz Summon Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon!" she declared, dispensing with the Summon chant. "Turn end!" she panickedly declared, passing the turn over.

"You forgot to attack," Selena frowned.

The redhead's eyes widened, and she cursed.

"You okay?" Yuya asked in confusion, and she nodded frantically as the power died away. "I'm fine. I'm fine,"

"My turn!" someone shouted as the whine of a D-Wheel's engine interrupted them. "Intrusion Penalty. 2000 LP," a Duel Disk blared as a white-striped D-Wheel leapt over Yuri and landed in the middle of the field, skidding and pulling up a few feet away from Sergey. Yugo drew a card and took his turn.

"You!" he shouted at Yuri, pointing at the purple-haired boy. "You're the one who took Rin!" he demanded.

"You again?" Yuri huffed. "Damn, you're persistent. Sorry about that, I was just under orders,"

"Orders from who?" Yugo demanded.

"Why, the Professor of course," the purple-haired boy smirked.

"Who?" the blonde frowned in confusion.

"The same person who wants me to capture Selena right now," Yuri impatiently snorted, gesturing at the girl.

The Synchronian paused, looking at the lookalike of his friend. "Selena? What are you doing here? Didn't you get taken underground after losing to me?"

The boy's eyes shot open in surprise at this. "Lost," he whispered in surprise. "Selena," he paused, unable to comprehend this. "lost? To him?" A smile spread across his face as he grinned, gazing at Yugo. "You want her back, huh?" Yuri cruelly smiled. "I'll make you a deal. You tell me where Yuzu Hiragi is and I'll tell you where your precious Rin is," he suggested.

Yugo thought back to Yuzu's crash in her Duel against Sergey, and shook his head. "She lives on in my heart!" he declared.

Yuri frowned, then snorted. "Then so does Rin,"

"Fine! I'll Duel the answer out of you!" Yugo barked. "While I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Speedroid Terrortop from my hand!" he declared, and his spinning tops appeared, whirring in fury. "When Terrortop is Summoned, I can add a Speedroid to my hand! I add Red-Eyed Dice!" he declared, taking his Tuner from his Deck. "Now I Normal Summon Red-Eyed Dice, and activate his effect, which lets me change Teerortop's Level from three to six!" The six red dots orbiting the dice all swarmed into the spinning tops, turning them into six stars as Red-Eyed Dice became a ring of energy. "I tune my Level 1 Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice to my Level 6 Terrortop and Synchro Summon!" Yugo chanted, heralding the arrival of his ace monster. "Let's bring out the big guns early! Spread those wonderous and beautiful wings and strike your enemies down at the speed of light!" 1 + 6 = 7. "Synchro Summon! Level 7! Appear now! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"

The last of the four dragons appeared, all in the same place for the first time in a long time. As one, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Starve Venom Fusion Dragon roared, and all three controllers' eyes suddenly glowed green, purple and red. A phantasmal image of a boy that Flare, Selena and Sergey didn't recognise, but Yuya and Yugo subconsciously knew as Yuto, appeared next to Yuya, his eyes glowing grey-blue.

Selena paused, looking at her bracelet as it started to pulse with energy.

As one, the four boys screamed in anger and pain.

X

From the rooftop where Sora was Duelling Barret, Yuzu felt her bracelet react similarly. "I need to get over there," she breathed.

Somehow instinctively understanding what was going on, Sora nodded and offered her a folded-up piece of fabric. "Take this. It's a hang-glider. It'll get you there fast,"

"Thanks!"

X

"We have waited for this time," all four said in perfect unison. "Now is the time of our revival,"

"Ah, what's going on?" Flare gulped, looking around in confusion.

"No idea. But it sounds bad," Selena gulped.

"We become one," all four intoned. "We become one,"

Even the emotionless Sergey was starting to show mild signs of worry at this.

X

Up in the air, Yuzu was starting to panic as she clutched at the glider's handles. "How do I steer this thing?!" she demanded as her bracelet pulsed more strongly.

X

High above, could see began to obscure the moon as the four dragons roared. Slowly, the clouds funnelled into a rainbow-coloured vortex with pitch black at its centre.

The four slowly began to walk towards one another. "Be as one," they said in unison. "Be as one,"

"This is seriously freaking me out," Flare breathed as Selena's bracelet started to ping faster and faster.

"We become one," Yuya said, more forcefully than the others. "We become one!"

"What is happening?" Sergey asked.

"Now we become one!" they all shouted, throwing their heads up to the sky.

"Yuya!" Yuzu shrieked as the hang-glider crashed into the middle of the court, her bracelet pinging faster and faster as the framework bent and twisted, the girl vanishing beneath its folds.

The four boys screamed in pain - but seconds later, there was an impossibly bright pink light from beneath the glider, from Yuzu's bracelet, temporarily blinding everyone.

Clear Wing and Starve Venom roared as Yuya was sent flying backwards, and dimly Flare could barely made out Yugo's D-Wheel being thrown away.

When the light cleared, Yugo, Yuri and their dragons were gone, and Yuya had been sent flying, crashing into the wall of the warehouse to his back.

Yuzu pulled herself out of the wreckage of the hang-glider. "Yuya!" she shrieked, rushing over to her friend and kneeling beside him. Flare looked around in confusion as Selena carefully searched for any sign that Yuri was still there. The Duel was over, the monsters and cards gone. The only member of their opposition remaining was Sergey, struggling to his feet.

Flare and Selena rushed over to the two, and they helped Yuya up.

X

In his office, Jean-Michael decided to worry about the events that had just transpired later. "Sergey. Capture Yuzu. Now," he commanded.

X

Sora grimly smiled as he dispatched Barrett, the emergency teleport triggering and sending him back to Fusion Dimension. "I'd better go see what happened to Yuzu and Yuya," he resolved.

X

"I'm fine," Yuya smiled at the three girls as he picked himself up. "Just fine,"

Suddenly, Sergey came out of nowhere and wrapped his muscular arms around Yuzu, pulling her away from her friends. "What the -" Flare frowned as Yuya and Selena gasped, stunned.

But that was nothing to how shocked they were when the backs of Sergey's legs opened up and rocket thrusters appeared from within his legs, blasting the man and his captive into the sky.

Selena and Yuya stared up after him with slack jaws. "You saw that, right Flare?" Yuya asked, turning to the redhead - and paused at the sight. Flare's eyes were glowing red and red-white energy was coalescing around her.

Suddenly she squeezed her eyes closed tight and took a deep breath, quieting the dragon within her and maintaining her self-control. "I'm good. I'm good," she told herself.

"Where'd you two leave your D-Wheels? Selena asked with a cruel smile, but was interrupted by the sound of approaching footsteps.

The three whirled to see Sora rushing towards them. "What happened? Where's Yuzu?" he asked.

"Sora!" Yuya gasped.

"You! I won't let you take me back to Academia!" Selena barked.

"Relax, relax, I'm with you. I handed in my resignation with Barrett's unconscious body," Sora defended himself. Selena warily nodded.

"Sergey captured her," Yuya breathed. "We have a pair of D-Wheels over there, we're gonna go after him,"

"Don't bother. You won't catch up, even if you did know where he was going," Sora shook his head.

Selena nodded. "He's right. Those two could be anywhere by now,"

"Where are the other Lancers?" Yuya asked Selena. "All over the place fighting off Obelisk Force, but we agreed to meet up by the entrance to the trash facility," she responded.

"Then let's go. I want to see Gong again," Yuya nodded, but Seelna shook her head. "You need to get back to the Duel Palace before anyone realises you're missing,"

"Don't worry. I'm just as good a ninja as that Tsukikage guy. I'll sneak into the Palace and catch you up on what happened tomorrow morning," Sora agreed.

Yuya looked at his friends and realised he couldn't argue with them. "Fine. I'll see you around," he nodded, remounting his borrowed D-Wheel and speeding off.

"You can't go back to the trash facility either, Selena," Flare pointed out. "Jean-Michael's gonna be looking for you,"

"Good point," Selena fumed.

"I know a place you can stay for a bit. I made a few friends in the Commons, they can keep an eye on you," Sora offered, and Selena gratefully nodded.

"And I'll give all the other Lancers your best," Flare grinned as she mounted the beaten-up D-Wheel. "This had better not be the last time I see you, Selena Gomez,"

"Same to you, Flare Abakir," Selena smiled, and the redhead sped off.

A/N

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Remember when Flare showed Gong her copy of Galaxy Stealth Dragon back in, like, chapter nine? I've been waiting for an opportunity for her to use it ever since. :)

Plus . . . while all this was going down, I kinda forgot about Barrett and Sora. So, yeah. We finally see them now. :) Sorry about no Riley, but he heard that Flare was with him and figured (read 'Declan told him') he didn't need to interfere. Plus the Council insisted that neither of them leave so they could protect them should Obelisk Force get into the chambers.

Also, I know canonically Selena got captured during the two episodes this chapter covers, but that's shaping up to be more and more unlikely as events progress, so I might just skip that and let Selena be involved in the events in Heartland from Ep 100 onwards, rather than vanishing off the face of the map like she canonically did. Thoughts, everyone?

And holy crud, this chapter got long, and not a single original card to boot. Two review responses;

suppes, I posted an extra note back in Ch. 6 to address that.

Interesting idea, Balmung. {shrugs} Maybe.

Peace!