"You're lucky Yuzar; I was there to bail you out… again." Ray said as she looked from the curtains from within their house.
"My bad…. again." Yuzar replied. "I was just happy to see you after you ran off."
"Well we were able to see the Kaiba Yuzu duel at least." Ray said. "But how on earth did Kaiba find her? How does he know about the other summoning methods?"
"What I want to know is how on earth could I beat Kaiba?! I'm number two in the rankings and he has my spot as number one!" Ray sighed and picked up a pillow and threw it at Yuzar, which hit his head. "Hey!"
"Focus Yuzar!" Ray said. "Anyway, you know that Kaiba won't duel you until you close in on him in the rankings."
"Well if Yuzu can draw with him, I can beat him!" Yuzar yelled.
"Typical you, you've got a duel school coming after you and that's the only thing you care about." Ray said.
"No, no that's not true Ray." Yuzar said. "I'm sorry; I got ahead of myself again… Yes we need to help them out. Kaiba Corp might have done something to them."
"Now you're thinking." Ray replied. "But we have no idea where they are."
"Kaiba did say to meet them at Kaiba Corp today but the whole media will probably be there."
"Yeah, it won't be easy." Yuzar replied.
"So you don't have any ideas? I know I don't."
"I never said that." Yuzar smirked at Ray.
Domino Hotel
"So now what?" Yuzu said as the Ritual Lancers including Gongenzaka, Reiji and Mieru, were now stuck in a hotel room.
"Now we're pawns of Kaiba. We have two of his guards outside our door and now we're trapped." Reiji replied. "He had Real Solid Vision and that lured us out like rats."
"But we had to go." Mieru said. "And now we know he can use Fusion Summoning. Academia must be involved."
"Yes but who is behind it?" Gongenzaka questioned.
"If we try and leave, Kaiba will hunt us down. He knows our whereabouts and appearances, we need Yuzar and Ray." Yuzu said. "They're our only two allies." A knock on the door occurred and it then opened. It was a man in a black suit and shades.
"Mr Kaiba will see you soon." the guard said. "You have ten minutes to get ready." The guard then door closed afterwards.
"We can't trust him." Mieru said.
"Kaiba has a connection to Academia; we will be doomed once we enter." Reiji replied. Yuzu looked out the window with gritted teeth.
Kaiba Corp – Kaiba Office
"So we are on course for today?" Kaiba said as he spoke to Kisara on the phone in his office.
"Yes Seto, the duel disks are ready to launch today. All have been prepared as ordered." Kisara replied.
"Good." said Kaiba. He hung up the phone and a knock on the door was heard. "Come in." The door opened and in stepped Masumi.
"You rang Seto?" Masumi shut the door.
"Yes, the duel disks are ready to launch."
"Good, I oversaw them all and they should be a big help to Kaiba Corp." Masumi replied with a grin.
"But I must talk to you about something. You said that those people were evil and a threat to Domino, I didn't sense that during the duel." Kaiba replied.
"Trust me, they are. I know you don't believe my story of coming from another world but it's true, and those people are nothing but pure trouble." Masumi said with her arms crossed and eyes closed.
"Other dimensions… what nonsense. I'm pleased you bought this technology but you do talk a lot of hot air."
"I literally teleported you to another world and you still fail to believe it, fine." Masumi replied. "Regardless, Academia wish to study the duel data and it'll help improve Domino as I told you before."
"How will your organization benefit my home?" Kabila said as he stood up.
"Everything. Real Solid Vision will be able to be reproduced on a mass scale and many things could be built with just a click of a button." Masumi stated.
"Fine, I have a duel disk to sell." Kaiba walked out of the room.
Kaiba Corp – First Floor
The Lancers entered with several black suited men behind them. They had been escorted in a hurried fashion, Kaiba wanted them ASAP. The group looked on as Kaiba walked down the first floor and towards the Lancers.
"I'm glad to see you came." Kaiba said.
"What do you want with us Kaiba?" Yuzu replied. "You said it yourself that you judged us wrong!"
"I was doing that to get the media off your back; I wish to question you myself."
"You branded us the enemy in the first place!" Mieru shouted. "This is your own fault!"
"My source has a differing claim." Kaiba said.
"Source? What source? Does she have a link to a place called Academia?" Gongenzaka said. Kaiba turned his back.
"I have a room set up; I will interview you all by myself." Kaiba said as he begun to walk off. The suited men begun to move near the Lancers to force them to move.
"Oh my god, it's Yuzar!"
"He's outside!"
Kaiba looked around as his staff ran out of the building; the Lancers looked behind as did the suited men. Reiji nodded to the others and they slowly begun to move away.
"Yuzar?! What's that chump doing here?!" said Kaiba as he ran to the door. Outside were the press and fans being kept back by staff as Yuzar was at the entrance with Ray.
"KAIBA! I demand we duel at once!" Yuzar yelled. Ray looked embarrassed.
"When you said you had a plan… I didn't think this would be it…" Ray said.
"It's perfect. I will take on Kaiba while you sneak in and find the others!"
"How did you get here?!" Kaiba replied. "I had high security in place?!"
"Even your guards want to see this duel Kaiba." Yuzar boasted. "You're a chicken!" Ray looked around and saw the Lancers sneaking out a backdoor. She sighed.
"Oh you little child." Kaiba said. "I see the little puppy is trying to get a bite at the top dog."
"I'm ranked number two! We're not that different!" Yuzar shouted.
"Well, we're separate by a thousand ranking points; I would say that's quite a difference!" Kaiba boasted. "I worked day and night to get to this position and become number one! I went global for years to earn that number one spot and you think you can just take me on because the rest of the competition is weak."
"Then why are you so afraid to duel me!"
"What part of running a global company do you not understand kid? I will throw you a bone though." Kaiba pushed his collar's KC badge. "Kisara, bring me down two disks."
"A disk?" Ray said. Kisara appeared and bought down two flat boxes. She gave them to Ray and Yuzar.
"You're giving us a duel disk?! I don't want your charity!" Yuzar yelled.
"Think of it as a gift for your effort." Kaiba said as he turned back around, the Lancers had gone.
"WHAT?! KISARA ORDER A FULL SWEEP OF THE BUILDING!"
Kaiba Corp Top Floor
The Lancers had made their way up a stairway and were on Kaiba Corp's top floor. Reiji slowly opened the door and saw many suited men around, searching. Reiji shut the door.
"This is impossible to wiggle out of." Reiji said.
"We ran away and now we look more guilty." Yuzu said.
"Damn right you do." said Kaiba which took all of the Lancers by surprise. Kaiba appeared behind them on the stairway with his suited guards.
A little while later, the group were shown into Kaiba's office. Inside as well were Yuzar and Ray. The two groups looked at each other and nodded their heads to say hello. Kaiba entered after and sat at his desk. Guards stood outside.
"Well…. a rouge bunch of duelists think they can just escape me?" Kaiba said. "And two others think they can interrupt me."
"Look Kaiba, you're not the law!" Yuzar said.
"When it comes to my company, I am!" Kaiba yelled.
"Why did you want us to come?!" Yuzu replied.
"You come to this city with new duel disks and summoning methods? That's very suspicious."
"Hypocrite!" Ray said. "We saw your duel and you had the same thing!"
"I was given a gift by a source who works for me." Kaiba said. "She said something's which I need clarifying."
"Someone from Academia!" Yuzu said.
"She gave me some good gifts but I don't trust people who just wish to bribe me. I tried to do a background check but there's nothing on her, she's a ghost. And now people who have a similar duel disk and people who she claims to know appear, of course I wish to check them out." Kaiba said.
"So you put on that show just to drag us out." Gongenzaka said.
"And to show off my new duel disk." Kaiba replied. Reiji, who had remained quiet, pushed his glasses up.
"Mr Kaiba." he said. "This new duel disk I presume came from this new partner of yours?"
"That's correct."
"So, you put a product on sale from someone who you don't trust?" Reiji replied.
"I had my finest people work on it; there was nothing of any suspicion inside."
"Not being rude, but your world hasn't got the most up to date stuff." Yuzu said. "Academia are sneaky an-"
"ENOUGH!" Kaiba said. "Now due to your pathetic attempt to run off, I am now late for my launch of the duel disk. You will all be questioned upon my return." Kaiba opened the door and slammed it shut.
"Damn, he's not a nice guy." Mieru said.
"He's not normally like this." Yuzar said. "Yeah he has an even bigger ego then mine but he is a kind person." Reiji looked at Yuzar holding the duel disk box.
"May I see that?" Reiji asked. Yuzar nodded and took out the duel disk on Kaiba's desk.
The duel disk had a white body with a small touch screen. Yuzar's duel disk had a blue arm blade.
"Looks… very retro." said Reiji. "I need to take a look inside."
"Allow me." Gongenzaka took the duel disk and ripped off the back cover. The duel disk was placed onto Kaiba's desk and inside seemed pretty normal. There were normal duel disk circuits inside and the Real Solid Vision system was installed but there was one small thing inside which caught Reiji's attention.
There was a small blue and white chip installed and Reiji took it out and begun looking at it with a keen expression.
"Reiji? What is it?" Yuzu asked.
"What does it look like?" Reiji replied. Yuzu's face painted an annoyed picture of her displeasure in Reiji and his attitude.
"Regardless, how do you know that chip is different? Different dimensions could have different technology?"
"No this doesn't feel right." Reiji said. "I better take yours as well." Reiji said to Ray. "Once we answer Kaiba's questions, we should hopefully be in the clear. Then I can figure out what the hell this is."
Masumi - Office
Masumi had a small office and was watching live CCTV footage of the Lancers within the room. Masumi gritted her teeth.
"Well Yuzu, I see you are on the right trail." she thought. "I might need to move into plan B." Masumi took out her Academia duel disk and click a button. "Hacking Mode" appeared on it.
Outside
Kaiba was on a stage outside his tower and had a microphone in hand. He was in front of a packed crowd. There were many stalls located around the streets with duel disks ready to sell.
"So here I stand, Seto Kaiba, as the world's greatest duelist to provide to you the wonder of the new duel disk system! So go on and become the best you can be!" Kaiba raised a fist into the air and the whole crowd roared with excitement.
Kaiba Office
Back in Kaiba's office, Kisara had entered to bring the group refreshments. She looked at them all while they seemingly gave a distrusting look back.
"Mr Kaiba will be with you shortly." she said. As she begun to walk out, she stopped and turned around. "Do… do you guys come from that other world as well?"
"Other world?" Yuzu said. "You believe us?"
"That girl teleported us to another… place. Seto rarely believes stuff like that but it seemed far too real to be fake."
"Where did you go?!" said Reiji.
"We went to some place with a duel school in the middle of the ocean." she replied.
"Academia…. you went to the Fusion Dimension." Yuzu said. "Who is this girl?!"
"Her name is Masumi…. why, should I be worried?" Kisara replied with concern.
"MASUMI?!" Yuzu said in shock.
Back in Masumi's office, Masumi had made her way into the KC mainframe. A smirk appeared on her face.
A/N
So the Ritual duel disk is like the DM one but with a touch screen and virtual blade.
Thank you to Rom and to Royal 2 for the kind comment. Thanks for new views/favs/follows.
ThePLOThand – Dennis was taken away and his future will be revealed when we return to Synchro.
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