Roget taped his fingers on his desk as he looked in the distance. Roget was in deep thought.

"How dare that girl accuse me of not being able to take over Synchro! Does Leo know that I'm not dedicated to the cause? No, impossible, he would've sent someone to take my place…. I've been one step ahead of him this whole time! But does he really think I'm incapable… was Mina right?!" Roget stood up and kicked a nearby chessboard to the floor. "I'M MORE THEN CAPABLE! I AM THE GREATEST MIND TO COME FROM ACADEMIA!" All the Security staff below looked high up and saw Roget raging in his command box.

In Mina's lab, she continued to look at her duel disk. Mina's hands were shaking, something which she rarely felt.

"Yu… Yuri is here?! Is… is he here to get me?! Or…. Roget! I won't let that purple haired fool get in my way!"

Flashback – Academia – 1 Year Ago

Mina was in a laboratory filled with different gadgets and wiring scatted across the place. Mina had goggles on along with gloves. She was screwing an Academia duel disk together with a screwdriver.

"Damnit this boring!" she yelled to herself. "I have to build every duel disk carding device?! Why can't the design team do it?! Then again… I am the greatest genius in Academia."

Outside she heard footsteps. Mina looked out from behind the door and saw Leo Akaba and Dennis walking.

"The Professor?!" Mina quickly got back to work but kept her ears open.

"So Dennis, give me an update on everything." Leo asked. The two had now stopped outside, Mina listening in.

"We will be ready to deploy for the first invasion in nine months. Noro was pretty precise about that." Dennis replied.

"Good, we need that time to make sure everything goes to plan correctly. There is no point in rushing the students until they're perfect. It gives the lesser students more time to learn lessons duel field, and more time to weed out the weak."

"Well it's all on schedule sir."

"What of Yuri and Serena?"

"Yuri passed from Obelisk Blue and now awaiting a new role." Dennis replied.

"No surprise, Yuri was the best duelist from the orphanage. We need to keep Yuri's bloodlust in check though, give him a field commander role. What of Serena?" Leo asked.

"Still in Slifer Red sir, she's not doing well."

"Not good." Leo said. "We need her to be on her A-game as she can only locate the angels, it seems the shocks Cobra gave her as a child did not improve her brains weak capacity to duel."

"You'll think of something." Dennis replied. The two walked off. Mina got up from her desk and made sure no-one was around, there wasn't.

"Serena got shocked by Cobra…. very interesting." Mina thought.

Flashback End

Mina ran through the Security hallways. She made her way to Roget's office door and banged on it.

"Jean! Jean! This is urgent!"

Security HQ – Front

"I have to… wait…. in line…" Yuri though. He was behind several poshly dressed Tops waiting to be seen by Security. In order to be seen by the front desk, everyone needed to go through a metal detector.

"Unable to teleport straight in as it might give Academia away….annoying…. If Jean wasn't so lazy in reporting back information, I wouldn't need to do this. No wonder the Professor sent me personally to check up on Roget, I do scare him to death." Yuri smirked.

Roget Office

"YURI?!" Roget screamed. "You can't lie about that!"

"I'm not! My duel disk said so! I rigged it to detect Fusion energy!" Mina shouted back.

"Damnit! I can't let anyone come here! They'll see my plans to rule!" Roget replied.

"Well without me… you wouldn't have even have begun plans to conq-"

"Foolish girl! I was planning things long before and eventually I was going to overthrow Synchro. Your stupid arrival just made me move ahead of plan!"

"Don't use weak excuses!" Mina argued back. "We're both in this together now! What do we do?!" Roget turned around and begun to think.

"I can't have Yuri arrested as it would give away the plan…. and everyone in Academia will know you betrayed them while my cover remains…. for now. You'll need to give yourself up clearly." Roget said.

"No way! If I get caught, you lose all your equipment that would allow you to rule! Without me, you're nothing and you know it!" Mina shouted back in anger, Roget gritted his teeth.

"Well I still need to be seen as an Academia agent, without that inside knowledge; you stand no chance of learning the true mysteries of the angels and dragons."

"Seems I'm the one who needs to think of an answer then!" Mina begun to think. "We need to teleport Yuri away. I will duel him away from you and that way you will remain unexposed, but you must teleport him away."

"And you think I have such a device?" Roget replied.

"I know you're an idiot but surely even you couldn't have not thought about a backup plan!"

"Lucky guess! Fine! I will need to work on it a bit more; you'll need to keep Yuri dueling for long enough. But I doubt even you could get past him." Roget said with confidence.

"May I remind you what he did to you?! I don't need to beat him; I just need to hold him off long enough! Now get to it!"

Front

"Screw this." thought Yuri. He took several Spell Cards from his pocket and threw it high into the air. "Go Hinotama!" No one paid any attention to Yuri nor did they see him as he was still last in line. No one reacted until the first fireball hit the desk. Everyone paused and quickly after the first one hit, many more showered down much to the panic of the people inside.

Everyone rushed for the exit as Yuri stood there and smirked. The sheer panic on people's faces as they escaped was desert for him.

"Now then… I'm coming for you Jean!"Before Yuri progressed, his duel disk flashed a message.

Wanted – Academia Wanted Criminal Detected "

What's this?" Yuri said to himself. "A wanted criminal? I don't have time for this…." As Yuri was about to progress, the doors to the hallway opened and there was Mina in her yellow coat smirking at Yuri with her yellow Academia duel disk.

"Hi… Yuri!"

"Who are you?!" Yuri said. "Why are you here?!"

"If you bothered to check your database, my name is Mina, the daughter of the Doctor." she replied.

"Oh I heard about you! You took the XYZ dragon!"

"I see I'm now famous back home, good to hear!" Mina said with confidence.

"Well now I'm intrigued. The Professor would be mad if I didn't take you out…. but why are you here?! Are you with Jean?!"

"Not at all. If you looked back at our history, you'll know my dad and him don't get along…. I'm here to take him down!"

"You want to take down Academia? So you intended to weaken us by taking out Jean? To be honest I should just let you do that since he's an idiot but… I can't." Yuri activated his purple duel disk.

"I agree! I will turn you into a card!" Mina replied with a smirk as she used her yellow duel disk with black blade.

"Duel!"

Turn 1

Mina LP: 4000 Hand: 5 Y

uri LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"I begin by setting a monster!" A card set on the field with a purple ball above it.

"Setting a monster already? Disappointing." Yuri replied.

"Not with these two beauties." Mina set two cards face down. "I end there!"

Turn 2

Mina LP: 4000 Hand: 2

Yuri LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"This won't take long, draw! I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio!" A black scorpion came out with a large plant like tail.

Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio ATK: 1200 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/LVL 3

"By sending a Predaplant from my hand, I can bring out a level three or below Predaplant from my deck! I send Predaplant Cordyceps to the graveyard and bring out Darling Cobra!" A twin headed snake appeared with each head having purple fangs.

Predaplant Darling Cobra ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Plant/LVL 3

"When Special Summoned, I can add a Polymerization to my hand!" Yuri's deck popped out a card and Yuri revealed the Spell to Mina."

"Trying to get out Starving Venom on the first go I see."

"You know about me then? Should I be flattered?" Yuri replied with swagger.

"No, let's just say…. I'm interested as to what you're a part of….!" Mina replied.

"You make no sense! I play Polymerization and you know the rest!" Cobra and Scorpio spun around in the whirlpool and Yuri entered the Fusion pose. "Enter Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" The might purple dragon appeared on the field in all its glory. It unleashed a loud roar but Mina stood firm.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/LVL 8

"There you are my baby…." Mina smirked as she looked at the dragon. "How dare you smirk at my dragon! Attack!" Venom unleashed its tail which had sharp teeth on the end. It slammed down onto the set card.

"I have a dragon as well! Go my Flip Monster!"

"You use flips?!" The monster flipped face up and a purple dragon with puppet strings attached appeared.

"Say hello to Shaddoll Dragon!"

Shaddoll Dragon ATK: 1900 DEF: 0 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 4

"When flipped, I target one monster on you control and return it! I send Starving Venom away!" Dragon was still destroyed but Starving Venom was forced back into Yuri's extra deck.

"Screw you."

"I'm sorry Yuri, but I won't fall like the rest!" Mina declared. "This is a firsthand experience with a dragon… I want to get him as angry as possible!" she thought. "Go my Trap! Shaddoll Core! It's treated as an Effect Monster! Appear in defence!" A purple jar appeared on the field.

Shaddoll Core ATK: 1450 DEF: 1950 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 9

"Whatever, I set a card." Yuri responded.

"Whoah, I expected better from one of the best academy students. But sometimes you cannot have your expectations so high." Yuri didn't reply.

Turn 3

Mina LP: 4000 Hand: 2

Yuri LP: 4000 Hand: 3

"I draw!" Mina yelled. "Go Terraforming! I can add a Field Spell from my deck! I add and play Magical Meltdown!"A red circle spun around the two.

"What's this?"

"First when activated I can add Aleister the Invoker to my hand. Now I summon him!" A white roped magician appeared with a long staff.

Aleister the Invoker ATK: 1000 DEF: 1800 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 4

"When summoned, I can add the Spell Invocation to my hand! Now comes the fun part Yuri! I play Invocation! I Fusion Summon by using monsters in my hand but here's the best part! If I will summon an Invoked Monster, I can banish monsters from my field and use monsters from your graveyard as material!"

"WHAT?!"

"That took you by surprise! I fuse Aleister and Predaplant Cordyceps!" "My Cordyceps?!" "I've studied you Yuri, I know about Cordyceps banish effect which would've allowed you to Special Summon two Predaplant from your graveyard!"

"Studied?! Are you a stalker?!"

"In a weird way…. yes!" Mina said, giving off a freak smile. "I Fusion Summon Invoked Caliga in defence!" A demon which walked on all fours appeared. It was purple with black wings on its front legs.

Invoked Caliga ATK: 1000 DEF: 1800 Dark/Beast/Fusion/LVL 4

"That's not all Yuri! I play El Shaddoll Fusion from my hand!"

"Two Fusions?! Two different types of cards mixed into one deck?! I never heard of you as a solider?!"

"That's because I had and never will have any intention of fighting in your dumb war! The Fusion War ended six years ago and for three very long years Fusion had to deal with no government, a destroyed world and everything else in between!

" "I'm fully aware of the Fusion Dimensions past, I was around then." Yuri replied with sarcasm.

"But you spent all your life pre-Academia in an orphanage, safe and sound! The area where it stood wasn't even scratched! However for me it was the opposite! When the war was about to end, I was eight… the same as you Yuri, we're the same age."

"You really are a stalker aren't you?"

"Regardless, while you and Serena were two happy eight year olds in a safe orphanage, me and my dad were stuck in the warzone… along with my mother! We weren't involved in any of the fights but there was no way to escape from the warzone due to the chaos. My mother paid the price and was killed…. me or Dad were never the same after. "

"Ok, now you're boring me."

"Fine! I fuse Shaddoll Core with Shaddoll Beast in my hand! Shaddoll Core can take the place of the other Fusion Material needed! Appear El Shaddoll Construct!"

El Shaddoll Construct ATK: 2800 DEF: 2500 Light/Fairy/Fusion/LVL 8

"Shaddoll's have effects which activate when sent to the graveyard via a card effect! When Beast is sent to the graveyard via card effect, I can draw one card and Core allows me add a Shaddoll Spell or Trap from my graveyard! I read Shaddoll Fusion!"

"Not bad at all." said Yuri. "Makes it more of a shame to have to turn you into a card."

"Now go Construct! Direct attack!"

Yuri LP: 4000 - 1200

"Very impressive but I shall counter with my Trap! Predagiving! When I take damage, I can place one Predator Counter on your monsters for each amount of damage I took X 1000. I took 2800 damage, so I can place them on two monsters! They all become Dark Monsters!" A seed with sharp teeth attached itself to Construct and Caliga.

Construct Caliga: Dark

"As I expected." Mina replied. "Because of Invocation, if it's in my graveyard, I can target one Aleister which is banished and return it to my hand while Invocation is shuffled into my deck." Mina added the banished Aleister to her hand. "I end my turn!"

Turn 4

Mina LP: 4000 Hand: 3

Yuri LP: 1200 Hand: 3

"Your plays may be very tactical but it doesn't take away my sheer power! I draw! I play the Continuous Spell Predaponics. Now I can Special Summon one level four or lower Predaplant from my hand once per turn but with its effects negated! "I now Normal Summon my Predaplant Chlamydosundew!" A green Chlamydosaurus appeared.

Predaplant Chlamydosundew ATK: 600 DEF: 200 Dark/Plant/LVL 2

"Next via Predaponics, I bring out Predaplant Cephalotus Snail!" A giant white like plant appeared. It had green leafs at the bottom and a purple mouth.

Predaplant Cephalotus Snail ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200 Dark/Plant/LVL 4

"You see… Mina, you defected from Academia and now will face the full wrath; no-one can be allowed to turn their back on Academia! Do you not know what happened to your father as punishment for your actions?"

"I don't care one bit about him." Mina replied. "I severed my ties with him and Academia."

"Wow, you're more cold then I expected, Academia trained you we-"

"I trained myself! After my mother died, we were broken. My dad started to break mentally and he became more and more deranged! He became obsessed with power… even starting to join the fight and developing evil nasty weapons… he wasn't my dad anymore." Mina added. "

And somehow you defect from the Professor who bought hope to this world? He came here three years ago and bought us all a new life."

"People don't see him for what he is, a tyrant. He came here wanting to be a god with his plans and I want nothing to do with it, I shall not be ruled by no-one! When he came to this world he was able to convince people to join his Academia, and my dad quickly followed! I was still living with him still, still trying to get my old dad back but no, as soon as Leo came, he got worse and went all weird in producing those disgusting Parasites!"

"Your father is incredibly useful, same as you could have been for our army." Yuri smugly replied.

"I came along and became an inventor for Academia; I thought by working there I could work up a plan to use the dragons and angels. As soon as Leo revealed those powerful people to us, I knew I could achieve my goal! I studied you! I know YOU!" My goal to experiment on you and the others! To gain full power and bring back my mother from the grave!"

"You want to experiment on me? Now I know you're weird." Yuri replied. "You brand your dad crazy but it sounds like to me that you became crazier. Isn't that correct?"

"No way you purple snake, I'm as sane as ever!" Mina replied while worked up. "Whatever, I don't care about your stories, but I do love messing with people." Yuri smirked.

Mina realized that Yuri had been winding her up. "You won't outsmart me! Just go!"

"Fine! Since you claimed to study me, you will know Chlamydosundew's effect! I can Fusion Summon with its effect along with a monster which has a Predator Counter! I fuse Chlamydosundew with Construct!" Both monsters spun around as Yuri entered into the Fusion pose. "Return my Dragon!" Starving Venom flew onto the field once more.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/LVL 8

"Now I use Starving's effe-"

"No you don't!" Mina replied. "First when Construct is sent to the graveyard, I can add a Shaddoll Spell or Trap from my graveyard to my hand. I add Shaddoll Core and now the fun bit, my Invoked Caliga! While it is on the field, if any player uses a monster effect, then they can't use any other monster effects while this card is on the field and you can only attack with one monster while it's on the field!"

"Whatever!" Yuri replied. "I will wipe it out now! Attack Starving Venom! Wipe out Caliga!"

"I play my other set card! Waboku! This makes all damage zero and my monsters aren't destroyed this turn!" Starving hit a force field.

"I end my turn with this set card" said an annoyed Yuri.

"Good." thought Mina. "I'm doing better than I thought I would be doing… maybe I can beat him after all!"

Turn 5

Mina LP: 4000 Hand: 4

Yuri LP: 1200 Hand: 0

"I draw!" Mina yelled. "I play an Equip Spell, Scroll of Bewitchment! I equip it to Caliga and it allows me to change its attribute. I change Caliga to a Wind type!" Caliga: Wind "I play summon Aleister which allows me to add Invocation."

Aleister the Invoker ATK: 1000 DEF: 1800 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 4

"I play Invocation again and banish Aleister with Caliga!" Both monsters spun in the whirlpool. "Appear Invoked Raidijn!" A knight in sliver amour appeared with a bright yellow sword.

Invoked Raidijn ATK: 2200 DEF: 2400 Wind/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 5

"I return Invocation to my deck and add Aleister back to my hand." Mina added the monster back to her hand. "Now I use Raidjin's effect! I can put one monster on the field into face down defence position! I'm fully aware of Starving Venom's effect upon destruction so I shall set Predaplant Cephalotus Snail!"

"No… not that!" Yuri said sarcastically.

"Stop fooling around Yuri!" Mina replied as his Snail was set. "Yuri bought that monster out with no effects. He also didn't use it to Fusion Summon and he has a set card…" she thought.

"I see you're thinking hard…." Yuri said. "I have another option for you Mina, I will put you under the control of Academia with your fathers own Parasites!"

"You dare Yuri! And you know it doesn't work on strong-willed people!" Mina replied.

"Well we shall see then…." Yuri begin to open his jacket's pocket. Mina gritted her teeth.

"You love to hide behind jokes and gloating… but what about your girlfriend…. Serena."

"What do you mean?!" Yuri said as he stopped searching, Mina had hit a nerve. "I know about Cobra…. Academia's torture expert. I know what he did to Serena!"

"You… you lie!"

"No Yuri, I know he electrocuted Serena into becoming a more cold-hearted person! I know he caused long-term damage to her! The old loveable Serena will never come back!"

"SCREW YOU!" Yuri clenched his fist and dark aura begun to form around his body. Mina smirked.

"But you still stand by the Professor and think it was a good idea, seeing her getting changed though must've hurt."

"SHUT UP!" Yuri replied.

"This is excellent… all this data I'm gaining!" thought Mina. "You think the Professor is all-knowing but deep down, you know he hurt one of your only friends…. you don't know what to think! You're his lapdog!"

"ENOUGH!" Yuri screamed as the dark aura engulfed him and his eyes changed to light purple.

"Oh yeah, Marina, your other friend…. you didn't tell her did you. I've seen you talk to her Yuri and it's like you refuse to speak to her about it… what if she learned the truth… would she still side with you for keeping a secret?!" As Mina expected more of a reaction, Yuri however remained quiet with his head down. Yuri looked up and his hair was raised with the dark aura ever stronger. His eyes glowed brighter than before.

"I will kill you." Yuri yelled. "You shall be reduced to nothing but pure ash!"

"Excellent…" thought Mina. Though Mina wanted this, she still felt the nerves. "I attack your set monster with Raidijn!" Raidijn ran up and was about to pierce the card.

"I banish Predagiving! When attacked, this gives your monster a Predator Counter and it negates the attack! It turns it into a Dark Monster" A dark seed bit down on Raidijn's sword and forced him back.

Raidijn: Dark

"I didn't see that coming…" thought Mina. "I end my turn with a set card!"

"Shaddoll Core is the card you set… it's pointless!"

Turn 6

Mina LP: 4000 Hand: 1

Yuri LP: 1200 Hand: 0

"DRAW!" yelled Yuri. "First I won't pay 800 lifepoints to keep Predaponics on my field." Yuri's Continuous Spell was destroyed. "I flip my Snail back up!"

Predaplant Cephalotus Snail ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200 Dark/Plant/LVL 4

"I use Shaddoll Core once more and play it in defence!" replied Mina.

Shaddoll Core ATK: 1450 DEF: 1950 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 9

"I now use Raidjin's effect to flip Starving Venom face down!"

"No you won't." replied Yuri. "I play Dark Influence! This Trap negates the effects of an extra deck monster while I control a Dark Fusion Monster on my field. And next I can draw one card!" Yuri smirked at it. "I play Polymerization and fuse Snail with Starving Venom!"

"Excellent Yuri!" Mina shouted in excitement.

"Poisonous dragon with hungry fangs! Sweet smelling flower that invites the abyss! Now become one, and indulge in whatever pleases you! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Level ten! Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon!" The mighty dragon appeared on the field. It had pale blue skin with many purple wings.

Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 3300 DEF: 2500 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/LVL 10

"Amazing! This is the dragon's power!" Mina thought as she smirked.

"You might smirk for now but now you will suffer badly!" Yuri clenched his fists and fire begun to circle around the room. Mina looked around with shock.

"Wha… what on earth?!"

"You seemed so confident a minute ago…." Yuri said with a delightful evil grin on his face. "What, can't handle this new power? I shall become one with my fellow brothers but not before I end your life!"

"Damnit! I didn't expect Yuri to get this intense! How did I not see this coming?!" she thought. "JEAN!" Mina yelled into her duel disk. Jean appeared on the screen.

"WHAT?!" he yelled.

"I need you to teleport him away now!"

"You just revealed our alliance you dimwit!" Roget replied.

"He's not himself, he won't remember! Please!" Mina begged.

"You told me you wanted to duel him until you lost for the full data, what about that?!"

"JUST DO IT!" Mina shouted.

"It's not ready yet foolish girl!" Roget replied.

"ENOUGH! I USE MY EFFECT! I NEGATE ONE MONSTERS EFFECTS AND MAKE ITS ATTACK NOTHING!"

Shaddoll Core ATK: 0

"I use a Spell! Seed Infection! I target your Shaddoll Core!" Green seeds appeared around the jar and it turned it black. "I change one monsters position, your Core is switched to attack! Next if I control a Fusion Monster which used a Predaplant as material, I can attack that monster in addition!"

"Damnit!" thought Mina. "I knew I would lose but I didn't expect it to be this dangerous….!"

"First Greedy Venom, feast on Shaddoll Core!" Greedy Venom unleashed acid from its mouth which melted the jar. The acid was then flicked onto Mina who felt it burn the moment it hit her hands. The pain hit straight away and she fell to her knees while looking at her blistering hands.

Mina LP: 4000 – 700

"Now I shall kill you! I attack your Fusion Monster!" Greedy fired more acid and this time melted Invoked Raidijn. The impact sent Mina flying through the burning room and onto the door. Mina was sent at such a speed, she had bent the door upon impact. Her clothes were now smoking.

Mina LP: 700 – 0 Yuri Wins

Mina looked up and saw the insane Yuri in his darkness walk forward with glee. The burning room only added to the devil within Yuri.

"Damnit… I can't die here!" As Yuri got closer, his body begun to glow blue. He looked down at his body.

"What is th-" Before Yuri could finish his sentence, he had been teleported away. Mina fainted.

Roget's Office – Hours Later

Mina walked in with her burnt yellow coat and appeared behind Roget with an annoyed face.

"I saved you back there." Roget said.

"Yes, at the last second." Mina replied.

"It took a while to do the teleport."

"Yes because you're an idiot! I could've died!"

"Say's the girl who took on Yuri of all people! Now you know how I felt." Roget replied.

"Whatever, where did you send him?"

"Ritual." Roget replied.

A/N

Ok Synchro Mini-Arc will be extended to one more chapter. So we have two more chapters here until we return to Ritual.

O.C New Cards

Yuri

Predagiving/Trap

When you take damage, place a Predator Counter on a monster(s) for each amount of damage you took X 1000.

Banish this card from your graveyard; negate an attack from your opponents monster. It becomes a Dark Monster.

Dark Influence/Continuous Trap

If you control a Dark Fusion Monster, negate the effects one monster your opponent controls which was summoned from the extra deck. Then draw one card.

Seed Infection/Spell

Target one monster your opponent controls, change its position. Then, if you control a Fusion Monster which used a Predaplant as material, you can attack it in addition to your normal attack.