"Where could that boy be?" Gloria Tyler questioned as she walked through the empty streets of Domino. Gloria was searching for Yuri as per the command of Marinna.

Gloria continued to walk down different alleyways and roads, there was no one around. Her annoyance grew.

"Where are you Yuri?!" she yelled at the top of her voice. "Actually thinking about it, there's no one around except us at Academia. Not everyone will have had a duel disk on, and we haven't carded that many non-duelists either…. Where is the rest of the public?!"

Mieru and Gongenzaka

"I hope Yuzu is ok…" Mieru questioned.

"I'm sure she'll be fine." Gongenzaka replied. "We have to trust her." The two were heading back to Kaiba Corp via the same route they had come. Once again, everywhere was empty.

"We were unable to do anything about all those carded people…" Mieru stated as she saw cards scattered across the street.

"Everything I the man Gongenzaka and you did, was the only thing we could do."

"I guess… it's just that we were so helpless." she said.

"And we shall get them back." Gongenzaka added as they continued to Kaiba Corp.

Gloria

Gloria's duel disk had an incoming call from the Fusion base. Gloria hit the touch screen to accept the call.

"What is it Commander Marinna?" Gloria asked.

"Our CCTV drones have spotted something. We had a sight of some Lancers."

"Lancers?! Tell me they're nearby."

"Yes but I'm telling you to ignore them and continue to find Yuri." Marinna ordered.

"With respect ma'am… but why?"

"I need your agile eyes to look Gloria, please continue to do so. I am going to dispatch another person to deal with them."

"Ugh…. fine." Gloria said as the call ended. "What cheek, why even tell me then?!" Gloria looked at a map on her touch screen which had the last known position of the two. She gritted her teeth.

Mieru and Gongenzaka

The two Lancers could see Kaiba Corp tower and made sure the route was clear. It was and the two continued.

"Almost there." Mieru said. "No Academia though…"

"Don't jinx the man Gongenzaka yet!"

"So the first Lancers I get to duel is the fatty and the puffy haired girl." said a voice from an unknown location.

"Who said that?!" Mieru questioned as the two begun to look around.

"Don't bother looking, I'm here." Gloria said as she walked from the shadows.

"Who are you?!" Gongenzaka ordered.

"Well let's do a check. I'm dressed in uniform; I have an Academia duel disk…."

"You're Academia!" Mieru shouted.

"Genius, well done to the both of you…. Now prepare to fuel the Arc Area Project!" Gloria said as she activated her duel disk.

"How'd you find us?!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"Enough blabbing and more dueling!" Gloria yelled.

"Fine, let's do this together." Mieru said as the two went for their duel disks.

"Oh no." Gloria said. "I'm not fools unlike you two; I will take you on one at a time!"

"Scared?!" Mieru yelled with confidence.

"No, but why would I put myself at a disadvantage! I will choose my opponent!" Gloria hit her duel disk. "This is a very useful tool of Academia's!" As Gloria finished speaking, she hit a few buttons on her touch screen and Mieru's duel disk activated.

"What's going on?!" she replied.

"We're now in a non-negotiable duel." Gloria replied. "If you try and leave, you will suffer a series of shocks!"

"How dare you!" shouted Gongenzaka. "Mieru, let's go!"

"Yeah!" Mieru yelled as Gongenzaka begun to run. Mieru followed and Gloria let out a sigh of annoyance. Mieru made it three steps before a large voltage ran through her from her duel disk. Her screams made Gongenzaka stop and turn back.

"MIERU!" he yelled. She fell to her knees as Gloria looked smug.

"Now then, can we duel?" she said. "I did warn you."

"I have no other choice then…." said Mieru as she walked back into position.

"And don't even think about joining this duel fatty." Gloria said as she turned back to Gongenzaka. "You can't interfere, or the girl will suffer more shocks. You know that I'm not lying!"

"Mieru…" said Gongenzaka.

"It's fine." Mieru said. "Go Gongenzaka, go to where we were going!"

"I can't leave you! First Yuzu and now you?!"

"Please Gongenzaka! I will win!" Mieru replied.

"NO I the man Gongenzaka could never forgive myself…!"

"Very well." said Gloria as Mieru gritted her teeth. "Now then, let's duel!"

Fusion Base

Marinna looked up from her chair in the base. She was planning which of her Field Commanders should duel Mieru and Gongenzaka.

"Ma'am." said an Academia worker who was monitoring CCTV. "You'll want to see this." Marinna looked up.

There on the screen in front of her was a surprising sight. It was live CCTV footage of Gloria's duel v Mieru.

"GL…. GLORIA?!" Marinna said. "I told her not to duel?! Order her back! Does she not know I have to report this to the Professor?!"

"She's not replying to our messages." the worker replied.

"Damnit Gloria! What are you playing at?!"

Duel

"I won't become a card! I earned my spot on this team for a reason! Activate Crossover!" Mieru shouted as she hit her duel disk.

The field was covered by Real Solid Vision as the blue platforms appeared. Gloria looked amused.

"Action Field – Cross Over"

"So this is a Lancers weapon?" Gloria said. "What a waste of Leo Akaba's Real Solid Vision."

"Let's just duel!" Mieru shouted.

"Ha…" The Action Field fizzled out.

"What?! What about Crossover?!" Mieru said looking around.

"I said nothing could interfere with this duel.. not even a Acton Field!"

"Damn you…" thought Mieru.

Turn 1

Mieru LP: 4000 Hand: 5

Gloria LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"I will start!" Mieru yelled. "And this is a perfect opening hand! I set my Pendulum Scales!"

"Pendulum already?!"

"I set scale one Prediction Princess Runemermaid and scale seven Prediction Princess Palmcentaur!" Mieru slammed down the two Pendulum Cards. Runemermaid was green-tailed mermaid with a blue body while holding a rock in her right hand. Palmcentaur was a mutli-handed centaur with different signs on its open palms.

Runemermaid 1 – 7 Palmcentaur

"I use Runemermaid's Pendulum effect! I can add a Ritual Monster from my deck once per turn! I add Prediction Princess Tarotrei!"

"How fitting that you will become a card in the Ritual Dimension." Gloria bragged.

"Not on my watch! I Pendulum Summon and via Palmcentuar, I can Pendulum Summon Monsters face down!"

"Not bad!" said Gloria as two beams of light shot out of the Pendulum portal, each card was set face down.

"I end my turn!"

Turn 2

Mieru LP: 4000 Hand: 2

Gloria LP: 4000 Hand: 5

"My turn!" Gloria yelled as she drew. "I summon Amazoness Swords Woman!" A woman in battle amour appeared with red hair and a long sword.

Amazoness Swords Woman ATK: 1500 DEF: 1600 Earth/Warrior/LVL 4

"Amazoness?" Mieru said.

"Yes and my ladies will hunt you down! IuseAmazoness Spy's effect in my hand! By revealing another Amazoness in my hand, I can bring Spy out! I reveal Amazoness Queen and now, appear Amazoness Spy!" Spy had a red mask on around her face while wearing a cape. She held a dagger.

Amazoness Spy ATK: 800 DEF: 1200 Earth/Warrior/LVL 3

"Now I attack! Go my Amazoness Spy!" Spy launched her dagger into one of Mieru's set cards. A pink flower fairy appeared.

"That's my Prediction Princess Petalelf! Yes she's destroyed since she has 700 defence, but her Flip effect if quite good! This puts all your Monsters into defence and you can't change their positions until the end of this turn!"

"Damn you!" Gloria yelled. Petalelf was destroyed by Spy and Swords Woman was forced into defence. "I set two cards and end my turn!"

Turn 3

Mieru LP: 4000 Hand: 2

Gloria LP: 4000 Hand: 2

"My turn, I draw!" Mieru said. "I flip my Prediction Princess Arrowsylph and use her Flip effect!" It was a green elf like monster.

Prediction Princess Arrowsylph ATK: 1000 DEF: 1400 Wind/Fairy/Flip/LVL 4

"This allows me to add a Ritual Spell to my hand. I add Prediction Ritual and this Spell allows me to use Monsters on my field and hand. "I tribute level nine Pot of The Forbidden and it allows me to bring out Prediction Princess Tarotrei! Priestess of ancient times who foresees everything! With the ancient description, now, be revived! Ritual Summon! Level nine! Prediction Princess Tarotrei!" A giant female monster in a purple dress appeared. She had a moving card pattern on her dress.

Prediction Princess Tarotrei ATK: 2700 DEF: 1200 Light/Fairy/Ritual/LVL 9

"When I Ritual Summon a Monster, Runemermaid allows me to draw a card!"Mieru drew her card with a smile.

"I wouldn't smile if I was you." Gloria said.

"We shall see about that! I set a Monster! And now I attack, go Tarotrei! Tarotrei fired a beam at Amazoness Spy, wiping it out. Gloria held up her duel disk to protect her from the blast.

Gloria LP: 4000 – 2100

"Well done Mieru!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"Well how about this! I play a Trap in Amazoness Willpower! I Special Summon an Amazoness from my graveyard!"

Amazoness Spy ATK: 800 DEF: 1200 Earth/Warrior/LVL 3

"I set a card and end there!" Mieru replied.

"Annoying little girl… but that's a compliment, you're better then I gave you credit for!"

"I don't need praise from a student of an evil school!" Mieru hit back.

"Evil? How is creating a world where everything is so much better, evil? We will be wiping away the filth from the five dimensions and starting anew!"

"Turning people into cards and using them as fuel is evil!"

"And a whole new world is waiting for future upon future generations. Can you seriously say any of the worlds are good?"

"Each dimension has their faults but that doesn't mean you have the right to just burn it away!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"Clearly the Professors words don't reach you Lancers, regardless, you still have to die!"

Turn 4

Mieru LP: 4000 Hand: 0

Gloria LP: 2100 Hand: 2

"I draw!" Gloria yelled. "Now I use this! Polymerization! I am fusing Amazoness Queen in my hand with Amazoness Spy!" Each Monster fused together as Gloria smirked. "This is your end! Appear Amazoness Empress!"

Amazoness Empress ATK: 2800 DEF: 2400 Earth/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 8

"I now place Swords Woman back into attack! NOW-"

"Tarotrei's effect! I can Flip Summon a Monster during your turn! Appear my Petalelf again!"

"That little grunt…" Gloria said in annoyance.

Prediction Princess Petalelf ATK: 800 DEF: 700 Earth/Fairy/Flip/LVL 2

"All your Monsters change to defence!" Empress and Swords Woman were forced to kneel.

"No one forces my Monsters to kneel!" Gloria yelled in anger. "I will enjoy turning you into a card!"

Turn 5

Mieru LP: 4000 Hand: 0

Gloria LP: 2100 Hand: 1

"I won't become a card! I draw!" Mieru said.

"Come on Mieru, win this!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"I wonder what it's like being a card?" Gloria said. "Is it horrible?!"

"SHUT UP!" Mieru said.

"No, I'm merely just pondering… Soon all your friends will become cards and Yuya will die!"

"Leave them alone!" Mieru said.

"Why?! You're a little girl who can't do anything!"

"I've proven I'm not just a little girl, and I'm beating you anyway!" Mieru hit back.

"The duel isn't over until I hit zero! You lost this duel you moment you saw me!" Gloria replied.

"I learnt that I deserved my place on this team, and I will show you why!" Mieru replied. "I Pendulum Summon!" Another Monster was set on Mieru's field. "I now switch Petalelf back into defence!"

"This is boring." Gloria hit back.

"Well how about this! I attack with Tarotrei and I play a Trap! Prediction Power! I banish a set Monster and then Tarotrei card can inflict piercing damage! I banish my Petalelf and now Tarotrei attacks your Swords Woman!" Tarotrei slammed down a beam on Swords Woman and wiped it out.

Gloria LP: 2100 – 1500

"Due to Empress, no Amazoness Monster on my field can be destroyed in battle!"

"Damnit…."

Turn 6

Mieru LP: 4000 Hand: 0

Gloria LP: 1500 Hand: 1

"I DRAW!" Gloria yelled. "First I switch Empress back into attack position!" Empress stood back up. "Next I play the Spell Amazoness Call! I can either send an Amazoness Card from my deck to my graveyard or add it to my hand! I add the Equip Spell Amazoness Dagger! I now equip it to Empress! This bumps her attack up by 800 points!"

Empress ATK: 3600

"It means nothing!" Mieru shouted. "Tarotrei's effect switches your Monster into defence!"

"Dagger prevents Amazoness from being affected by your effects! Now I banish my Amazoness Call, this allows me to target Empress and it can attack all your Monsters!"

"What?!" Gongenzaka said in surprise.

"Now go my Empress! Wipe out the Ritual Monster!" Empress slashed Tarotrei across the chest, wiping it out.

Mieru LP: 4000 - 3100

"Attack her set Monster!" Empress destroyed a second Arrowsylph. "Empress inflicts piercing damage!"

"NO!" Mieru yelled as she lost more lifepoints.

Mieru LP: 3100 - 900

"MIERU!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"I'm… I'm fine." Mieru replied.

"No you're not! I play a Trap! Queen's Pawn! When an Amazoness destroys your Monster, I can summon a level four or lower Amazoness from my deck! Appear Amazoness Paladin!"

Amazoness Paladin ATK: 1700 DEF: 300 Earth/Warrior/LVL 4

"She gains 100 attack for each Amazon on the field!"

Paladin ATK: 1900

"MIERU!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"It's fine Gongenzaka, you need to run!" she yelled.

"I'm not leaving you!" he said.

"I'm stuck regardless!" Mieru cried out. "JUST GO!"

"Mieru…." Gongenzaka slowly said, he knew Mieru was doomed.

"I know that I've played my part in winning this war." Mieru said proudly. "Now you and the others need to finish the job."

"I'll save you Mieru!" Gongenzaka said as he held in the tears as he ran to Kaiba Corp.

"Now you let my prey escape! END THIS PALADIN!" Paladin slammed into Mieru which sent her flying.

Mieru LP: 900 – 0 Gloria Wins

Mieru landed on the floor and she knew she was done. Gloria walked over and held out her duel disk.

"You won't win this…" Mieru said. "You called me a little girl… I'm more of a person then you'll ever be!"

"ENOUGH!" Gloria hit her duel disk and Mieru was turned into purple aura. She disappeared and a card popped out of the duel disk slot. It showed Mieru with a calm look on her face. Gloria looked and it and then dropped the card. Gloria smirked as she walked away. "Good riddance."

Fusion Base

Marinna was on her chair and watched with mixed emotions at Gloria's victory.

"Ma'am, we have a confirmed Lancer carding!" said a worker at the CCTV. There were signs of joy among the workers.

"Yes, very good." she said. "But Gloria disobeyed me!" she thought. "What about finding Yuri?" she asked.

"No one has found him." the worker replied. "The Obelisk Blue students are finding small groups of hiding duelists."

"Fine… I won't attack the Lancers until we find Yuri!" she said. "Tell Gloria to return."

"Yes ma'am." the worker replied.

"Sighting of Yuri and Serena!" said another.

"What?!" Marinna said as she stood up. Marinna looked at her screen and there was CCTV footage from their drone of Serena waving upwards while Yuri was knocked out on the floor. "Send a squad to their position!"

Five Minutes Later

Yuri was in a bed, recovering after Serena had knocked him out. Marinna was looking at the group in their mini-medical room within the base.

"Serena… why did you punch him?!" she said. Marinna turned away and then gave a firm tap with her fist into Serena's head.

"OUCH! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!" she replied. She held her head and a small lump appeared.

"It's the way you and Yuri talk….. now why did you punch him?"

"I…. I…. um… I had a vision." Serena said.

"A vision?!" she replied. "Tell me about it later." Marinna left the room. Yuri slowly begun to wake up.

"Serena?" he said.

"Yuri!" Serena ran to his bed. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah… apart from your punch!"

"Sorry about that.. I had a vision and you scared me."

"Vision… you don't mean?"

At the front of base, Marinna sat back down and hit a button on her chair.

"This is Commander Marinna, this is to all Field Commanders, Yuri and Serena have been found. Proceed to attack Kaiba Corp."

Kaiba Corp

Reiji, Kisara, Kaiba, Yuzar and Ray remained in the room with Masumi still knocked out. Reiji had found out what caused her brainwashing and now had an idea how to wake her from her coma.

"Her mind control was caused by a Real Solid Vision Monster; her coma is just tiredness I think." Reiji replied. "We can get her moving via a little shock." Reiji placed some small shock pads onto Masumi's arms.

"Are you sure this will work?" Kisara asked.

"Well I need to start earning back trust… this has to." Reiji said. Reiji hit a small machine which charged up. The shock travelled through the wires and jolted Masumi, but to no avail.

"Damnit…" said Ray in disappointment. Just then, the group heard footsteps. Everyone who had them, activated their duel disks.

"It's me." said a voice. It was Yuzu who came in with a gutted look on her face.

"Yuzu? What's wrong?" Yuzar asked. Gongenzaka followed into the room.

"I… um… I met Gongenzaka on the bottom floor; we came at the same time." Yuzu said.

"What about Mieru?" Reiji asked.

"She…. um….." Yuzu stuttered.

"She was turned into a card." Gongenzaka said with a weak voice. "Academia has her now."

The look on each of the group's faces were all different. Some were in pure shock like Ray who put her hands over her mouth while Kaiba had his mouth open in a regretful way.

"No…." said Kisara.

"Wh… where am I?" The group all turned and saw that Masumi was opening her eyes.

A/N

Thanks to Rom as ever and the new favourites and follows. RIP Mieru. And thanks to Guest for the review.

Royal2 – Because she was scared from the vision. And I will use your cards within the next three chapters. We will go back to Synchro for two or so chapters.

O.C Cards

Gloria

Amazoness Dagger/Equip Spell

Equip to an Amazoness Monster only. Increase its ATK by 800 points. It's unaffected by your opponents card effects.

Mieru

Prediction Princess Runemermaid ATK: 300 DEF: 600 Earth/Fairy/LVL 2/Pendulum – Scale: 1

Pendulum Effect: You can add a Ritual Monster from your deck to your hand once per turn. When you Ritual Summon, draw one card.

Effect: Banish this Card from your graveyard to Special Summon a Ritual Monster from your graveyard.

Prediction Princess Palmcentaur ATK: 2300 DEF: 1800 Earth/Fairy/LVL 6/Pendulum – Scale: 7

Pendulum Effect: You can Pendulum Summon Monsters face down.

Effect: When Tribute Summoned, Special Summon one Flip Prediction Princess Monster from your deck to the field face down.

Prediction Power/Trap

Banish a set Monster you control, target one Prediction Princess Monster you control, it can inflict piercing damage.