7 Days after Marina Returned to Academia – Hospital Wing

Marina sat up in her bed, it had been a week to the day since she had her operation to save her life as well as gaining a new look.

Marina had a glass, white eye in her right eye socket. The two scar marks ran down the face. Beside her was Gloria, Grace along with Yuri and Serena.

"So… how does it look?" Marina asked. This was the first day her bandage came off.

"Disgusting." Yuri said. Serena looked annoyed and elbowed him in the chest. "OW! I mean… cute?"

"I think it looks cool!" Grace said.

"It looks fine." Gloria said. "Fitting tribute to remember the war."

"Thanks guys." Marina said. "Now… could I speak with Gloria alone for a minute?"

"Sure." the three said as they left the room. As they departed, Gloria pulled the curtain around her hospital bed, giving the two some privacy.

"So… when is the trial?" Marina asked in concern.

"Tomorrow." Gloria said. "They found out today…"

"You told them like you said you would?"

"No, I couldn't in the end… they… they read your mind while you was in the coma." Gloria said sadly.

"Damnit." Marina said to herself.

Throne Room

"So tell me Jean… you still don't know where Dennis or the Lancers are?" Leo asked on a holoscreen to Academia agent, Roget.

"No Professor." Roget replied. "My Security forces are continuing to look."

"How is this possible? You control the whole system?!"

"Trust me Professor, I feel the same. Dennis is nowhere to be seen."

"Fine." The holoscreen disappeared.

"Cheer up." said Himika as she entered the room. "We have carded enough from Ritual and Xyz now. Soon we move onto Synchro."

"Ritual is empty yes but that Resistance still remains…" Leo replied.

"In other news, must Marina and Gloria still face trial?"

"Of course." Leo said. "They're two effective people who I wish not to lose to carding and they're far too strong-willed to be brainwashed so punishment it is. Both tried to cover their disobedience up."

"Very well and you're also meeting the four other Commanders as well?"

"Let's just say I have a few words for them…" Leo said as he stood up. Leo took out Ray's bracelet from his jacket.

"Two out of five down." Himika said. "And with Serena on our side, it's technically three."

"Yes but those dragons are still out there! Yuri failed and so did Serena. She might've won, but if Marina's memories are accurate, it seems Serena failed to control herself. They must be punished once more."

"I agree. Reiji hasn't left his room in a week, what shall I do about him?" Himika asked.

"That's your job, not mine." Leo replied.

"Of course Leo." Himika left the room with a concerned face on. A holoscreen appeared and Leo looked at Reiji looking out his window with bars on them. He also looked at Ray, who was looking for ways to escape in her cell.

"An angel right here, I might have a use for you yet. It looks like that Mina girl left far too soon…" Leo thought.

Court Room

The court room was an old theater. It was grey and crumbling. There were seats along the sides which overlooked the ground floor. Many old statues were located around.

Five podiums were positioned above the bottom of the floor. Each one had a throne. The bottom was for the suspected criminals, a fitting place where the crowd and the higher-ups looked over you.

There was a packed room of Fusion residents as the trial was taking place on the main island. On the podiums sat Academia higher-ups. Himika sat down on one podium with an uncomfortable Reiji sat next to her. Serena and Yuri were located on another with Grace.

The doors opened up and Marina along with Gloria walked forward in chains. Obelisk Force was behind them to make sure they didn't escape. As they entered, the crowd booed and jeered. Serena and Yuri looked on with concern as did Grace.

The two were pushed into the centre of the floor and looked around as the baying crowd begged for punishment.

A short brown-haired man appeared. He wore a navy blue coat over a red waistcoat. He had a watch attached to it.

"Noro?!" said Gloria in shock.

"Him?!" Marina said unimpressed.

"You're late!" said Noro. "Regardless, this trial must begin."

"This is a joke!" Gloria said. "We basically conquered the Ritual Dimension!"

"Yes you did but disobedience is not tolerated." Noro said. "Let's start with you Gloria since you seem so happy to talk."

"Okay! I stepped out of line but I carded a LANCER! I deserve credit not a trial!"

"Cool it Gloria." Marina whispered.

"No! Rules were meant to be broken! I carded a Lancer! Did Edo or anyone else do that?!"

"This isn't about Edo!" Noro said. "So you admit fully to break the rules!"

"Of course! But I fail to see how it's wrong! I got what we achieved to set out!"

"Regardless you know that the law is the law and that's it!" Noro said. "Academia comes above anything else!"

"Oh Gloria…" said a worried Grace.

"This is bad…." Serena said.

"Yes but rules are rules… and Academia comes first!" Grace said.

"Even above your own sister?" Serena said.

"Of course!" Grace said back. "Are you questioning the Professor?"

"No, no she isn't." Yuri said. "She's just..."

"Enough talking!" Noro shouted to the crowd. "So Gloria Tyler, you have admitted your guilt. What shall the punishment be?!" Noro raised his arms up as he asked for judgement.

"CARD HER!"
"Fight her in the coliseum!"

"TORTURE!"

Reiji looked around the room as the crowd all chanted different punishments. He looked disturbed.

"What is wrong with this world?!" Reiji said. Himika looked at him with a grin.

"This world is great, isn't it?" Himika said. Reiji said nothing back. "Very well son, but soon you'll understand what we're doing here."

"As Academia's head of law, I must declare your punishment! I sentence you to ten duels in the coliseum with the highest voltage along with re-education!"

"WHAT?!" Gloria said.

"Be grateful that's it. You carded a Lancer so you do get a second chance, but if your loyalty remains faltering, you shall power the Arc Area Project nicely." Gloria gritted her teeth with frustration.

"Fine…" Gloria said.

"Wait!" Marina said. "It's my fault! Don't punish her!"

"We read your mind, watch your tongue, we don't want more lies!" Noro replied. "Now for you Commander!"

"It was just a misunderstanding! It's my fault Noro! I didn't make my point clear enough!" Marina shouted back.

"We've seen what you said and you did a good job, shame that one reason let it all down…"

"What reason?!" Marina replied.

"This was Gloria's fault… but you broke two laws! One trying to cover it up… and for having a relationship!"

"Relationship?" Marina said. "What on earth are you talking about?"

"Uh oh." Serena said.

"Oh dear." Yuri said.

"Eh? What are you two talking about?!" Grace asked.

"Any form of relationships or feelings are illegal by Academia law! You have been getting far too close… to Gloria Tyler!"

"What?!" Gloria snapped.

"No… it's not like that!" Marina said.

"Any form of romantic relationship is strictly prohibited!" Nico said.

"Marina…" Gloria stuttered.

"I…. I accept that statement." Marina said. "I'm sorry Gloria."

"Good, now as you did such a good job in Ritual, your punishment will be reduced. You are to retrain in all the summoning methods! You shall now use your deck as a badge of disgrace until further notice!"

"SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU!" shouted the crowd. Marina looked around.

"Xyz scum!"

"Get out of here!"

"This is my fault!" Gloria said.

"Enough! Judgement has been passed! Take them away!" Obelisk Force restrained Marin and Gloria and begun to walk them off. Serena, Yuri and Grace all watched as they were taken away.

"Damnit!" Grace said.

"There has to be something we can do!" Serena added.

"Like what? What can we do? If the Professor wants this…"

"Gloria and Marina shouldn't have misbehaved." Grace said. Reiji who was sitting on the other side looked across to the three talking, he remained calm.

Throne Room

Leo stood firm as five figures were before him. It was the five Commanders.

It included Marina and Sora. Edo also was there. He looked ashamed. They stood alongside two other figures. Sora had a lollypop.

One wore a long black coat with blue hair. It was the Xyz Commander Ryo Marufuji. Alongside him was a male with a purple commander outfit on with a long red cape. He had purple hair which was resembled tentacles. He was the Fusion Commander, going by the name of Ryoga Kamishiro.

"Well this is embarrassing." said a cocky Ryo. "We have four other disgraces here."

"Watch your tongue!" Sora snapped.

"Well let's review. We have a failed Commander in you Edo, you was unable to break through the Standard dome. Sora… you're brainwashed after failing before. Marina, you're using a scum deck now and you…." Ryo pointed at Ryoga. "You're a Xyz SCUM! Why is he here?!"

"Ryo, remember who you're speaking to." Leo said.

"I'm just saying." Ryo said. "I'm the only loyal and powerful duelist here."

"I'd card you before you could even take your first turn!" Sora said. Sora crunched done on his lollypop. "But why is a Xyz scum here?!"

"Xyz scum… last time I checked I'm a Fusion Dimensionist as well now." Ryoga replied.

"And he's lying..." Ryo said. "What did you do? Brainwash him as well?"

"No, he joined Academia of his own free will." Leo replied. "Now silence all of you!"

"Yes sir!" said all of them.

"Edo, you had enough time and you failed." Leo said.

"I understand Professor." Edo said in shame.

"But since Reiji is here and… time is running out… you must work with my son!"

"Yes sir." Edo replied.

"Professor, what do you mean time is running out?" Marina asked.

"You don't get to ask those questions!" Leo shouted as he slammed his fist down.

"Yes sir…." Marina said.

"Now, since we're waiting for Dennis to be found, the Synchro invasion must wait. Standard is sealed away and Xyz as well as Ritual are done."

"With all respect sir, but those Resistance rats still remain!" Ryo said.

"Ah… I thought you were the best." Sora said snarky.

"Hm.. I don't need to talk down to a five year old." Ryo replied.

"ENOUGH!" Leo yelled.

"All I'm saying is that the Resistance has one of their best return… Shun someone."

"Since you insist, fine, Ryoga will help." Leo replied.

"I refuse to work with a Xyz scum!"

"Enough Ryo!" Leo said. Leo placed a duel disk on his arm and walked forward to Ryo as it begun to glow.

"If you must Professor, go ahead." Ryo said.

"Your brother Sho… you carded him without any care in the world… what do you even feel Ryo?" Leo said.

"As long as I inflict and feel pain, that's all I wish to feel!"

"Good." Leo said. Leo raised a fist and punched Ryo in the face, sending him flying across the room. Marina and the others all looked in shock.

"Now, as I was saying… Marina and Sora, you are to meet with Saunders. He is preparing a special gift for if the Lancers arrive."

"Yes sir." said Sora and Marina. Ryo got up, blood dripping from his mouth. He smirked.

"Now if you would all leave, me and Ryo will continue to have… words."

Laboratory

Cobra watched from his lab as he saw Gloria being electrocuted in the coliseum. He was taking a break from building a new device. The door opened and Leo walked in.

"Leo… I didn't expect you." Cobra said.

"Thelonious, the device needs charging." Leo said as he referenced his head device.

"You've been getting stressed? That'll wear it down." said Cobra as he put down his device.

"This device won't last much longer, I'm dying and we still need all the items and dragons!" Leo replied as he took a seat. Cobra took out a lead from the wall and a socket appeared in Leo's head device. Cobra placed it in.

"Well it won't end yet… you should focus on getting the bracelets not the dragons." Cobra said.

"I need to rid this world of that filth… I need both!"

"Well it's your call Leo." Cobra said. "How is that Xyz duelist doing?"

"He's fine." Leo said. "Rewriting his memories was a good move. The Doctor and his parasites are soon coming to an end. Now that Reiji worked out a way to free that Masumi, we need a new technique and you found it."

"Yes and this new device will give us another choice. We should test it on someone." Cobra replied.

"I have a new guest here who would be a good test choice." Leo replied.

"Fair enough. I presume you mean that Ritual angel? I shall test her out before we do anything else."

"Good, and remember… keep these things secret."

"You know I will Leo." Cobra replied. "Do you not trust me or something?"

"Not you… it's everyone else." Leo said.

A while later, Leo had departed and Cobra was working with his assistant Austin in building the device.

Standard Dimension – Leo Corp

"We need to go now Kaiba!" Yuzu said. "Yuzar might not be fully ready but he's better than before."

"I don't care; you need to train more in Action Fields!" Kaiba replied.

"I've been here for four days… or a week for you guys, we need to save Yuya!"

"And like I said, we still don't know where they are!"

"Can't you ping their duel disks?" Yuzar asked.

"If we could, I would've." Kaiba replied.

"Damnit…" Yuzu said. "They have to be somewhere in Synchro… let's just go and find them!"

"That's just stupid. Go to a random place you don't know." Kaiba replied. "Only Reiji's duel disk had a device to track people."

"My Monster responded to my feelings and sent me here." Yuzu said. "Maybe they can respond again."

"It was just luck, nothing more." Kaiba replied. Yoko and Kisara entered.

"Seto… it's time, we need to trust Yuzu and Yuzar."

"Trust Yuzar? I wouldn't trust him with my suitcase!"

"You lost to Yuzu, who's the dummy now!" Yuzar snapped back in glee. "You owe me that duel Kaiba once this is over!"

"Yuzu is a semi-decent duelist… you're just an ant." Kaiba replied back in a gloating manner.

"Boys… stop it." Kisara said. "You need to get a room or something…"

"Mr Kaiba." Yoko said. "We need to trust what Yuzu and Yuzar say." Kaiba looked at the two and closed his eyes.

"Fine." Kaiba said. "I'm outvoted."

A while later, Yuzu and Yuzar returned to the officer and Kaiba threw them their duel disks. They caught them.

"I've installed a new variety of Action Fields rather than Crossover." Kaiba said.

"And this can be passed onto the others?" Yuzu said.
"Yes, once it's in-range of a duel disk you wish to transfer it to."

"Sweet." Yuzar said. Yoko and Kisara entered once more.

"Go bring them home Yuzu." Yoko said.

"You too Yuzar." Kisara added. Yoko hugged Yuzu while Yuzar winked at Kisara.

"Did you just wink at my girlfriend…." Kaiba said.

"I have no idea what you mean." Yuzar said innocently. "You can hug me if you want Seto."

"Just get out of my sight." Kaiba got up and left the room.

"Okay…. time to go!" Yuzu said. She held out Mozarta and her Pendulum Warrior cards. "I need your powers… I need you to show me to Yuya…." Yuzu's deck begun to glow and a portal begun to slowly open, much to Yuzu and Yuzar's surprise. The energy created by the portal created a huge wind in the room.

A white portal formed and Yuzu and Yuzar nodded at each other. They both walked through. The portal disappeared and Yoko as well as Kisara looked surprised.

"I miss it when things were simple…." Yoko said.

Synchro Dimension – Arcadia

Yuya awoke from his coma. He looked around in shock.

"Where.. where am I?" he questioned Yuya looked behind and there stood a face who looked just like him also looking around in concern.

"Who are you?!" both said once.

A/N Thanks to Rom as ever. And so the Synchro Arc begins… and yes Shark is here and yes his memories are rewritten as an obvious call back to Zexal.

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