Yuzu, Rin, Mieru and Gongenzaka had reached the outskirts of the stadium and could see the destruction and smoke coming from it. Yuzu looked determined to enter inside.

"Ok, I'm going!" said Yuzu.

"Wait Yuzu." said Rin.

"What?"

"We don't know the risks! Trust me I've had to tell Yugo a lot about not running in head first."

"My dad is in there! I have to go!" Yuzu ran off to the stadium at a fast pace, no one could stop her. Rin and the others didn't know what to do, so they chose to stay behind.

Yuzu ran into the stadium and saw the entire field covered with duelists from all schools taking on Academia. Yuzu sneaked her way into one of the stands from the field and hid behind one concert walls.

Yuzu slowly looked down and could see numerous carded audience members. She made her way around the stands, still crouched down and tried to find her dad and the rest of You Show.

LDS

Tsukikage had taken Reiji to the lowest floor of the damaged and smoking LDS tower; the smoke on the ground floor had cleared, much to their relief. The two were at the bottom of the stairway and Reiji was regaining his breath.

"Thank you." said Reiji. "How did you know where I was?"

"I saw the smoke and as a student of Fuma, it's my responsibility to help all."

"You have to help me to the underground floor. It has a backup generator there. Only I can enter it."

"Right away."

Backup Generator

Inside a plain, white room, a large red generator with pipes was in the centre. Reiji was working away at it while Tsukikage kept guard.

"Almost done." said Reiji. "Soon our Real Solid Vision will be reset and we can use Action Cards again. Thankfully Mother knew that only I could enter in here."

"Sir." said Tsukikage. "We have an intruder." Reiji turned around and saw a long haired blonde female with a red headband on. She was an Academia student. Tsukikage activated his duel disk.

"Move out of the way ninja." said the girl. "I want to card the son of the Professor!"

"Get in line." replied Reiji.

"How about I stop you." said a voice. It was Dennis who appeared on the stairway with his hands in his pocket. However Dennis appeared differently to the Academia student.

"Who are you?!"

"Just a passerby." said Dennis. "She doesn't know who I am. Great." thought Dennis. "The Doctor did well in adjusting the Parasite in her mind to make her see me differently."

"Well I'll take you down first since you interrupted me!"

"Fine by me." said Dennis as he started his dark blue duel disk with a red blade.

Turn 1

Student LP: 4000 Hand: 5

Dennis LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"How dare you stop me!" said the Academia female. "I summon Ancient Gear Solider!" A giant metalled monster appeared with a huge sliver gear in its left shoulder.

Ancient Gear Solider ATK: 1300 DEF: 1300 Earth/Machine/LVL 4

"I end there with a set card!" said the female. "Now prepare to die!"

"My, my." said Dennis. "Don't need to be so serious about it."

"You dare mock me?!"

"Oh no, I don't, I just think you could do with some entertainment."

"I have my entertainment in carding people! These are hunting games and we're proud to serve in them!" Dennis smirked as begun to think.

"Good. I'm glad that you're fighting for the cause, but I'm going to have to take you down to help Academia in the long-term." he thought. "Fine then, but I can still put on a show! I'll beat you in a turn!"

Turn 2

Student LP: 4000 Hand: 3

Dennis LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"I draw!" said Dennis with swagger. "I set my Pendulum Scale with scale one Performage Wing Sandwichman and scale six Performage Fire Dancer!" A golden armoured legless male appeared with a shield in one scale while Fire Dancer was a thin female who wore a red outfit with a heart like bow on her head. She held two golden rings.

Sandwichman 1 – 6 Fire Dancer

"Your Pendulum Summon doesn't scare me!" yelled the female.

"I don't want it to! Now, prepare to witness an amazing show! I Pendulum Summon monsters between levels two and five!" Dennis clicked his fingers and the Pendulum portal appeared above. "Appear to the stage!Performage Bubble Gardna, Performage Ball Balancer and Performage Wind Drainer!"

"Three monsters?!" said the female with shock as each one appeared on the field in different coloured beams. Gardna was a small female who wore a hat with a bubble on top. Ball Balancer was a fiend on top of a multicoloured ball while Wind Drainer was a green haired boy on a purple ball. He held a suction device on his back.

Performage Bubble Gardna ATK: 800 DEF: 2000 Water/Spellcaster/Pendulum/LVL 4 – Scale 2

Performage Ball Balancer ATK: 1000 DEF: 1800 Earth/Spellcaster/Pendulum/LVL 4 – Scale 3

Performage Wind Drainer ATK: 2100 DEF: 1800 Wind/Spellcaster/Pendulum/LVL 5 – Scale 4

"Am…amazing." said Reiji as he was completely caught out by it. "Powerful monsters? I don't recall my team producing them cards?"

"You said you would beat me in a turn?! Even if you destroy my solider, you don't have enough!"

"Not yet! I overlay!"

"OVERLAY?!" shouted out the female and Reiji at the same time.

"I overlay Gardna and Ball Balancer!" Both level fours shot into the air. ""Show must go on! Artisan of the air, swing across the stage with grace! XYZ Summon! Appear now! Rank four! Performage Trapeze Magician!"A masked figure wearing a white outfit appeared. He held a staff with two ends.

Performage Trapeze Magician ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Light/Spellcaster/XYZ/RNK 4 –OU: 2

"An XYZ Monster?! I fought in XYZ under Commander Ryo! I had the third best carding count in the XYZ regime!" said the female.

"Well if you're the standard of Academia, we don't have much to fear!" said Dennis with a cheeky wink. The girl gritted her teeth in anger.

"I play a Trap!" said the female. "I use Secret Barrel! This inflicts 200 points of damage X the amount of cards you control! You control three monsters along with two face up Pendulum Cards which count as Spells! Yeah, we know about this worlds strange summoning now! I hit you with 1000 points!" Yellow fireballs shot out

"Sorry but Trapeze will stop your move! Show them my monster!" Trapeze launched its staff into the air and yellow wires shot up to form a circus swing . Trapeze grabbed them and launched into the air. Trapeze let go of the bars while high up in the air and jumped in front of the fireballs which made them disappear. He then landed before Dennis before bowing.

"What was that?!"

"Trapeze Magician makes all effect damage dealt to my zero, just as long as the total is under or equal to my Magician's attack! Now that's over, I use one overlay unit!" One of the circling beams disappeared and it hit Magician.

Magician OU: 1

"I detach an overlay unit and target a monster, that monster must attack twice this turn and if it doesn't, it's destroyed at the end of the battle phase! I choose my Magician! And now I attack your Ancient Gear Solider!" Trapeze launched onto its bars and swung towards the Ancient Gear. It hit it with a powerful kick and destroyed it.

Student LP: 4000 – 2800

"No!" said the student.

"Oh yes! Now swing again Magician!" Trapeze swung forward once more and kicked the student onto the ground.

Student LP: 2800 – 300

"Now, end this Wind Drainer! Wind Drainer aimed his suction device at the student and activated it. A strong wind blew the student towards Dennis. She slammed down, face first onto the floor.

Student LP: 300- 0

"Well that was easy." said Dennis. The student disappeared before him as she was sent back to be carded by Academia. Dennis rubbed his nose. "Thanks for your service, but you must be willing to die for the cause." he thought.

"Amazing." said Reiji.

"That was quite something." added Tsukikage.

"Oh you flatter me!" said Dennis with a cheerful tone. "I'm only here to help!"

"Good now let's send these Fusion users away from here." said Reiji as he pulled the lever.

Stadium

Edo and his forces were taking down duelists left, right and centre. Edo watched as his troops were reducing the LDS and other student's numbers. Every now and then though, an Academia student would lose and be sent back, but that didn't matter. Edo knew to win a battle; you must be willing to take setbacks.

"This dimension might have all the summoning methods, but they're only new to them, they're no threat, just as Synchro and Ritual will be when the time is right." thought Edo as he looked around at the destruction across the stadium.

"YOU!" yelled a female voice. Yuzu was locked straight onto Edo, her eyes ready to hit its target. Edo looked behind. Yuzu had burst onto the field; since she couldn't find her people, she wanted answers.

"Who are you?" said Edo. He slowly looked down and saw the bracelet on Yuzu's wrist. "NO! You're one of them!"

"If you mean an angry and furious girl who just lost her father and friends, then YES I AM!" shouted back Yuzu. "WHERE ARE THEY?!"

"I knew Serena failed but I didn't expect for one of the angels to arrive here! This is a lucky day!"

"WHERE ARE THEY? MY DAD AND MY FRIENDS!"

"Who was your father? You don't mean that man in a red tracksuit?" Edo asked politely. Yuzu's heart dropped.

"Yes. Him. Where is he?"

"Well, to put it simply, here." Edo tossed four cards at the ground and Yuzu slowly looked down. She was terrified of what Edo threw down. Each movement she made, her heart and body number and number.

As Yuzu looked, her worse fears were confirmed. Shuzo, Ayu, Tatsuya and Futoshi. All on the floor and sealed into cards. Each one of them painted a sheer picture of horror as it showed the moment they were carded. Yuzu's body simply didn't know what to do. She fell to her knees and her hands slammed onto the ground.

"Hey Yuzu." said a familiar voice. Yuzu turned around and saw a smirking Sora.

"So… So..Sora?" stuttered Yuzu. Her whole body felt hollow.

"Yeah it's me. I carded the girl, the geek and the fatty. And Commander Edo carded your father."

"N…this… this isn't real!"

"It is!" said Sora.

"How… how could you betray us….?"

"I wasn't on your side in the first place. Yeah I had some feelings for you guys, but I was always loyal to Academia but one day I miss behaved and was sent back. I've learnt the error of my ways now!"

"He was returned to Academia and reprogrammed." said Edo. "Same as the girl who you know as Masumi."

"Academia brainwashed Sora and Masumi….?!"

"Yes, she's currently in XYZ, finishing up there."

"This is all fake; no way is Dad carded…"

"Then you won't mind me doing this!" said Sora as he picked up the four cards and torn them in half. Yuzu could only watch with desperate and widened eyes. Yuzu slowly saw the card pieces fall, one by one.

"NO!" she yelled as Yuzu leapt up to grab Sora. Sora dodged the move and let Yuzu fall onto the floor. She cried as she held the torn up pieces of the cards in her cold and shaky hands.

"Relax." said Sora as he placed a green lollipop in his mouth. "They're only leftovers. The real souls are back in Academia."

"I….I….." said Yuzu stuttered as she fought the tears. Sora put his hand to his ear with sarcasm and bent down.

"Sorry. I didn't hear you…."

"I… I….."

"Speak louder Yuzu, come on."

"I HATE YOU!" Yuzu's eyes glowed a bright pink colour. As she screamed, she sent a loud and large shockwave across the stadium. Sora was sent flying backwards and landed on his back.

"You…. you killed my dad!" yelled Yuzu as her eyes returned back to normal, she was breathing in and out at a furious pace.

"I never knew one of the angels could…."

"I don't care about angels or dragons! I'll take you down and bring back everyone!"

"I'm sorry for carding your father, I truly am."

"Don't give me that!" replied Yuzu. "I'LL TEAR YOU DOWN!"

"I have to! What we're doing is the right thing! How about we strike a deal?"

"A… a deal?" said Yuzu. She slowly seemed to calm down.

"I know you and the other girl Rin are here. You give us the bracelets, and I shall withdraw my forces."

"Wh- no!" said Yuzu.

"Think about it. You give us what we want, we won't attack here."

"You're carding people for energy! You won't stick to your word!" responded Yuzu.

"Yes we need to power up the Arc Area project, but I'm a man of my word. Give us the bracelets and I shall retreat back to Academia with every solider here."

"Cou… could you bring back my dad along with everyone else? If you're a man of your word, you will tell me the truth." Edo was caught in two minds, the boy prided himself on his honesty and his loyalty but he could lie and gain the two bracelets.

"Any soul can be set free before the Arc Area Project kills them and as one of the commanders, I can allow that to happen." Edo said with a different tone. He was lying but Yuzu wasn't in a state of mind to make the right call.

"Are you sure?" said Yuzu.

"Yes I am, trust me." Yuzu looked at her bracelet and slowly begun to slip it off her wrist.

"NO YUZU!" shouted Rin as she came out of hiding. Rin and the others were waiting in the stands.

"No way! The second one?!" replied Edo. Rin grabbed Yuzu's hand; Yuzu was shocked to see Rin as all her attention had been on saving everyone.

"Don't!" said Rin as she pleaded.

"You're not in charge of me!" said Yuzu as she pulled her arm away from Rin with force.

"Listen Yuzu, you're not thinking clearly! This guy is trying to capture Yuya and the others! You can't trust him!"

"If there's a chance to get them back, I'll take it!" shouted back Yuzu.

"Yes and we can do that by winning this war! He's lying!" Yuzu looked back to Edo who gritted his teeth.

"Are you really lying?!" demanded Yuzu as her head begun to clear.

"Fine! I don't have the power to release them! I wasn't going to anyway! The Professor comes first!"

"Before anyone else?! Your loyalty is in the wrong place! What about your father? Your mother?!" said Yuzu with anger. Edo looked shocked at Yuzu and looked down towards his hands.

"My… my fat…" As Edo was talking, he turned into a purple beam and dissolved. Every other Academia solider including Sora disappeared along with the certain users from Standard Dimension. Yuzu and Rin looked around with utter surprise.

Everyone in the streets stopped as Academia had disappeared, including everyone in the stadium as well. Gongenzaka, Shun, Mieru and Shingo were all there.

"What game is this?!" demanded Shun. As he spoke, a clear green dome formed above Miami, catching everyone.

"That looks like…." said Mieru

"Real Solid Vision." added Gongenzaka.

The smoke from the broken buildings and the street slowly faded away and the true extent of the damage was revealed. Miami had suffered major damage. Streets had numerous pot holes, shops and homes were destroyed. And the clearest sign of damage was LDS Tower.

LDS Tower was still smoking heavily with broken windows. The numerous big screens for advertisements and shows were also damaged except one. That one turned itself on and Reiji was on the screen. Other holoscreens appeared from the Real Solid Vision, to broadcast to other survivors within the city. A screen appeared to everyone in the stadium.

"Reiji?!" said Shingo. Everyone looked towards the screen and Reiji was looking straight towards the camera, standing up. Yuzu and the others were now together.

"Miami. This is CEO Reiji Akaba of LDS. As you now know, there're other words with the different summoning methods. When I said LDS made these news summons, I lied. These summons came from these different dimensions. I was aware of Academia and I didn't tell you." As Reiji said that line, anger among the crowd grew.

"He was aware?!"

"He didn't tell us?!" yelled the crowd. Yuzu and the others stood firm.

"I didn't tell anyone as it would have bought fear and panic. That's a decision I stand-by and would do it again."

"YOU EVIL SNAKE!" yelled a man in one the streets.

"I understand you're angry and you have a right to but what I did was the right reasons. By not telling you, you would go into the fight with pure survivor instincts, no time to be afraid. The whole reason behind the tournament was to find candidates for my Lancers."

"Lancers?" said Yuzu. "I heard that word before?" Yuzu begun to think and a flashback to her encounter with the LDS Trio came to her mind. She could remember Hokuto saying something.

""We are the Lancers and we will save our world!"

"I remember." said Yuzu. "That's what Masumi, Yaiba and Hokuto said they were."

"The Lancers were meant to be two teams. Each team would travel to different dimensions and find allies. However…. my plans were thwarted as an Academia mole worked in LDS. My mother, Himika."

"His mother sided with LDS?!" said Mieru.

"Is Akaba… Academia after all?!" thought Shun with anger.

"I tried to use this tournament for two new Lancer teams however … Academia attacked too early, all thanks to my mother's intel."

"He used us!" said Rin.

"Everyone bar one in the seniors got carded, and only a few kids remain. I had no plans to use the young kids in this battle but everyone is a soldier."

"We're not your soldiers!" yelled out Mieru.

"The Junior Youth however, the large majority survived. They'll be our one and true Lancer team." Reiji said with a big grin and his hands wide open. "They've been blooded in battle and have proven that there are the perfect group. The seniors were too set on their methods while the Junior Youth have the right blend of knowledge and faith in new skills."

"How… how dare he!" yelled Yuzu.

"However… I've had to do something which you all may not agree with. I have created a safe dome over this city; no one can exit or enter. In here, you're safe from Academia. I sent everyone who uses Fusion, back to the Fusion Dimension…. including our own."
"WHAT?!" shouted a male. "OUR OWN WERE SENT?!"
"I had to send everyone who uses Fusion away, including our own. The Fusion energy is the same as the Fusion Dimensions. I had no other choice."

"You snake!" shouted Shingo.

"I'm sure Academia will return and try and attack this city. They'll not pass up on returning here first. Now, if the remaining Junior Youth come to the LDS factory on the outskirts, I shall meet with you there. To the rest of Miami, you're the line of defence now." Reiji faded from the screens as the citizens all booed. The Junior Youth all looked at each other and exited from the crowd while they were distracted.

Yuzu, Rin, Gongenzaka, Shingo, Shun and Mieru all ran towards the factory. No one said anything to anyone as now wasn't the time.

LDS Factory Warehouse

Inside a warehouse filled with crates was Reiji along with Dennis and Tsukikage. The three were waiting. Yuzu and the others appeared shortly after and faced off to Reiji in an old cowboy showdown.

"So were your army?" said Gongenzaka.

"Welcome and yes you are." said Reiji.

"YOU SNAKE AKABA!" yelled Shun as went in to punch Reiji. Tsukikage appeared before Reiji and Shun halted his attack. "MOVE!"

"I will not. I have sworn to serve Master Reiji."

"So you're Academia too?!" said Shun.

"Hey, let's all calm down!" said Dennis with an innocent look.

"I'm not Academia." said Reiji. "I promise you."

"Your father is behind this all!" yelled Shun. "Don't you dare reject this now!"

"WHAT?!" said everyone. Yuzu and Rin were in shock.

"The Professor is your father?!" yelled Yuzu.

"I doubted it at first, but yes, he is."

"It doesn't matter!" yelled Yuzu. "Where's Yuya?!"

"Yuya? Is he not with you?" added Reiji.

"Of course he isn't! Tell me!"

"I don't know! My tower was destroyed! All CCTV is gone."

"What's even going on?!" said Mieru. "What's all this?! Why do Yuzu and this other girl lookalike?! Just who are Academia?!"

"The names Rin." Rin said with annoyance.

"If you all join my Lancers, you shall know all!" said Reiji.

"Join? With you?!" said Yuzu. "I won't!"

"Yes! How can we trust you!" said Shingo.

"You've played the man Gongenzaka and friends like pawns!" yelled Gongenzaka.

"Like pawns? Maybe. But everything I've done has been the correct way forward!"

"Correct way?! You've sent residents of this dimension to the Fusion Dimension? You failed to tell us about Academia's arrival! You're a madman!" Yuzu responded. "You're the reason for all of this! We will never join your dumb team!"

"So you don't want to save this dimension and the others?" asked Reiji calmly.

"Of course, but without you!" replied Yuzu.

"I know that Academia want the bracelets and the boys who look like Yuya. I'm your best chance and you know it. I wish to stop Academia from doing this also. Without me and the Pendulum Gateway, you can't go anywhere!"

"You kept me away from my sister!" shouted Shun. "You won't let me return!"

"Yes and as long as you side with me, you will see her in time!"

"ENOUGH!" yelled Yuzu. "Duel me now Reiji! I will knock the answers out of you myself!"

"Pointless but I guess I'll do the same to you. You'll give me the right answer and that's a yes to join my team." said Reiji.

"Yuzu… you don't have to." said Rin.

"No. I need to." Yuzu activated her pink duel disk while Reiji activated his. Yuzu's red tie shook with the wind while Reiji's scarf flattered around as well.

"DUEL!" both yelled.

A/N Thanks for the new favorites follows and review. We're coming to the end of the Standard Arc in a few chapters time.