"Where are we?" Yuzu said as she looked around.

She was back in the Commons and in an alleyway. As her eyes adjusted to the bright morning sky, she saw Ruri also opening up her eyes.

"Ruri!" Yuzu ran over and helped her up.

"Where are we?" Ruri asked. "What happened…. what happened to you and Yuya?!"

"I…. I don't remember… it's all blank…" Yuzu said. "It was like…. I faded out of existence.." Yuzu replied.

"How could you not know about that battle you had with Yuya… I mean… the angel and dragon…." Ruri said.

"I… I have no memory…we battled?! What happened?"

"It was a draw and a bright light emerged. I guess…. we might've teleported away?" Ruri said. Yuzu looked at her bracelet.

"I guess… what happened…" Yuzu looked around and saw a shocking sight. There across the alleyway were two figures…. Yuto and Yuya, still knocked out.

Martha's

Ruka and Mercy also felt their heads. They had landed in Martha's yard and they looked around. Martha appeared with them.

"We came back here?" Ruka said.

"I guess…. what on earth did we witness…" Mercy added.

"You two just… teleported out of nowhere!" Martha replied.

"But… where are the others?! It's morning?" Ruka said.

"I don't know where your friends are… the group who went to save Rin from Security… haven't returned." Martha said.

"What?! I need to find the-" As Ruka tried to get up she fell back down to the floor.

"Not in that condition you can't." Martha replied. "You need to eat first."

"I hope they're okay…" Mercy said looking to the sky.

Security

"This is not okay!" Shingo yelled while handcuffed in a Security truck. Yuzar was also locked in the van. "My dad is the mayor, let me out!"

"I do not deserve to be in here!" Yuzar said. "I'm a champion!"

"What about me?! I don't want my pretty face being marked!" said another voice. It was Yugo who had also been arrested.

"QUIET BACK THERE!" shouted a guard via a speaker. "I swear!"

The Night Before… Commons

Tsukikage, Shingo and Yuzar walked down an alleyway in the dark. Yuzar walked slowly behind.

"Is this safe….?" Yuzar asked.

"Of course. With the greatest duelist with you, you'll be fine." Shingo bragged.

"Well that would be me." Yuzar replied with his ego.

"You what?!" Shingo yelled. "You don't even know me!"

"I beat you before… didn't I?" Yuzar smirked back.

"That was a fluke! And you know it!"

"Enough." Tsukikage ordered. "We are already in a dangerous place and we must now head to Security HQ."

"But… how do we get there?" Yuzar asked as they looked at the towering Security building. "If only that Ruka girl had teleported us…."

"She's not the only one who can teleport." Tsukikage grabbed Shingo and Yuzar's jackets while the two were looking at the tower.

"What do you mea-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!" Yuzar and Shingo both said before being teleporting high into the air, they were all quickly taken by surprise.

Tops

"I feel sick…!" Shingo said as he got his composure back. The trio had landed in an alleyway again, this time as they walked out, the area was different.

The road was filled with many shops which had closed for the night along with well lit streets.

"This place is…. different." Yuzar said in awe.

"Yeah, it's fitting for someone like me!" Shingo said.

"We must first find out where they're keeping Rin." Tsukikage said. "I shall scout around, you two wait here." Tsukikage disappeared.

"Hey! Don't leave me here with him!" Shingo yelled.

"Why? Scared?" Yuzar teased. As Yuzar finished talking, a sound of a D-Wheel could be heard.

"What now?!" Shingo said. Yuzar's pocket glowed and Yuzar took out his deck.

"Ancient One Ritual Dragon is… glowing?" Yuzar questioned.

"Move out of the way fools!" yelled a voice. The white D-Wheel was going too fast for Shingo and Yuzar to dodge. The D-Wheel was forced to spin to brake and the spinning D-Wheel knocked Shingo and Yuzar to the ground.

"YOU ALMOST KILLED ME! ...ALSO THAT SHINGO GUY TOO!" Yuzar yelled as he looked up. There was Yugo who took off his helmet.

"Eh?! You scratched Ringo!" Yugo yelled.

"What's a Ringo?!" Yuzar snapped back.

"How dare you! My D-Wheel!"

"D-Wheel?! What's that?!"

"How could you not know?!" Yugo hit back.

"Enough!" Shingo added as he stood up. "It's like being with two babies."

"Stay out of this!" Yuzar and Yugo said at once.

"Hang on…." Yugo said.

"Yeah…." Yuzar added.

"You're so handsome!" the two said at once. Shingo looked at the two with a mixture of disturbed but surprise.

"Hey you two! You have the same face!" Shingo stated.

"We do….?" the two said at once.

"No wonder I thought you was good-looking… I mean.. I am…" Yuzar went off in his ego manner.

"You're one of my counterparts… from another dimension?!" Yugo said.

"Yes! I'm Yuzar from the Ritual Dimension."

"Yuzar? I'm Yugo… and this is my home, the Synchro Dimension!"

"Well this is weird…" Yuzar said. "We bumped into each other…."

"I was captured by Arcadia… I was going back to Martha's for help!" Yugo replied.

"Well we just came from there! We're going to save Rin!"

"RIN?!" Yugo grabbed Yuzar by the shirt. "Where is she?! Is she okay?!" he said in a panicked tone.

"She's been captured by Security!" Yuzar said.

"I need to save Rin! And the others from Arcadia."

"Don't worry! Ruka is saving them with help from Yuzu and another girl."

"Yuzu? Rin's Standard counterpart….? My head hurts…." Yugo said.

"So… we had better get out of here." Shingo said. "We need to hide while Tsukikage is away."

"Screw that! I'm going to barge right into there!" Yugo said.

"Hey! We can't do that!" Yuzar said. "Please!" he pleaded.

"Move! I will get to Rin!"

"Fool! Security will arrest you!" Shingo said.

"Not if they can't catch me!" Yugo yelled. He sped up his D-Wheel's wheels. As Yugo was about to drive off, several Security sirens could be heard.

"Damnit!" Shingo said. "I told you!"

"They must've been called due to the noise!" Yuzar said.

"I'm coming Rin!" Yugo sped off on his D-Wheel and before he could leave, a giant wall formed. He slammed into it.

"Real Solid Vision!" Shingo said. Yuzar looked and the Security cars were able to ride through the wall. Four cars appeared at each end of the street, the three were cornered.

"Hands on your heads!" said an officer. "You cannot resist!" Yugo had already been restrained.

"I don't think so!" Shingo played a card on his duel disk but it failed.

"Fool! You cannot duel within these walls! Your Real Solid Vision is stopped!" Two officers knocked Yuzar and Shingo to the ground and quickly cuffed them thanks to red Real Solid Vision cuffs.

"Director!" said another as a holoscreen appeared. "We have three caught."

"Yes, fine, whatever. Send them to the Facility; I have no time for thrash." Roget replied.

"THRASH?!" Shingo yelled. "How dare you!"

"We'll take them to a holding centre before moving them to the Facility." said another guard. "It's too late to take them in."

Flashback End – Security Van

"We're here." said the driver as the van arrived at the Facility. Grey gates opened up and the van entered. Inside the yard, officers were waiting.

The three all got out with their duel disks still attached to their wrists. They all looked angry.

"Where is my D-Wheel?!" Yugo yelled.

"Commons aren't allowed D-Wheels fool!" said an officer. "It will be sold off to the highest bidder!"

"WHAT?!" Yugo ran forward to knock over the guard but before he could, Yugo was shocked by a Security officer who used a tazer.

"Now let's read you your charges!" said another. "Too much noise, five years. Being Commons in Tops… ten years…. having a D-Wheel, fifty years!"

"You're just making this up!" Yuzar yelled.

"Abuse of Security…. one hundred years! I sentence you all to life behind bars!" The officer smirked. "Take them in!"

"Stop this!" Shingo yelled. "Do you have any idea who I am?!"

"Yes I do." said an officer.

"Thank you! Now free me!"

"You're the new toilet cleaner! NOW GO!"

Inside

At the doors of the prison, the three stood in their cuffs. An officer turned off the handcuffs. The three now had now had their duel disks taken away but had their decks.

"Now.. enjoy….!" said an officer.

"What, you're not taking our decks?!" Yugo replied.

"That duel disk means a lot to me!" Yuzar added. "Give it back!"

"You'll figure out how things work around here!" said the officer. "Plus your property now belongs to Security…. now, get in!" The doors of the prisons opened and the three had no choice but to walk in.

"You will hear from my father!" Shingo yelled as the doors came slamming down. A guard entered in with them.

"What is this place?!" Yuzar said. The prison was built high up with cells on every level. The people inside all wore various street clothes and some looked through the bars, smirking down at the new blood.

"Well they call it hell…." Yugo said.

"Enough chatter! Get moving!" said the guard.

The three boys made it to a wide cell and the guard opened it. Inside were six beds, the three entered.

"I will sue you!" said Shingo just you wait!" The guard slammed the cell shut on them.

"Sue?! People won't listen to Common's scum like you! Now enjoy your new home, you're here until you die!" The officer laughed as he walked down the hall.

"Hey!" Yugo and Yuzar both yelled as they gripped the bars.

Commons

"Yuya?!"

"Yuto?!" The two girls spoke to their own friend.

"Yuzu?"

"Ruri?" the boys replied. The four ran to each other and embraced their own friend. Ruri and Yuto held firm while as Yuzu hugged, rage burned in her eyes. She slammed her fan down hard on Yuya. Each time harder and harder.

"You absolute fool! How could you have run off back then when we were being chased! You left me worried! Do you know how much trouble you've caused?! You're in so much trouble when we get home!"

"Yuzu….. er…." Ruri stuttered.

"Just… leave them to it Ruri." Yuto said slightly scared.

"I missed you too!" Yuya said as he grabbed Yuzu arm to stop the hitting. The two then looked at each other, as they stopped, Ruri and Yuto could focus on each other.

"Yuto… you're actually here though… last time I saw you was.."

"I was… I was inside that boy… Yuya…." Yuto replied. "Somehow, after my duel with that Sergey, I ended up… fusing with him…"

"Not just that though… I could sense you within Yuya when you two were dueling." Ruri replied. Yuya and Yuto looked at each other.

"So… um… this is awkward." Yuya said. "I better introduce myself properly, I'm Yuya."

"Yuto." The two boys put their hands out and shook them.

"So… we fused then… and now we're not." Yuya said.

"How much of this dragon thing do you know about?" Yuto asked.

"Only that Academia wants me… I mean us." Yuya added. "I also had flashbacks from…. the original world."

"Yes… I had them too." Yuto replied. "It feels like… all of us had those visions…"

"You did." Ruri said. "Me and Yuzu had something similar."

"I can't remember what happened just before though… how'd we get here?" Yuzu added.

"I can't remember either." Yuya and Yuto said at once.

"I can…. it was scary." Ruri replied.

"What on earth is going on…." Yuya said as he looked to the sky.

"I can help with that." said a female voice. Mina walked around the corner holding her head. She had just awaked in another alleyway.

"Mina!" Ruri said.

"That girl who came to help at Arcadia!" Yuzu said in reference to Mina.

"She saved me from Academia." Yuto said. "She's an ally."

"From Academia?!" Yuya and Yuzu both said in total shock.

"Yeah… she worked as a duel disk creator." Yuto said.

"We can't trust her!" Yuzu replied.

"Wait Yuzu… if Yuto and Ruri trust her… so should we." Yuya said.

"Yuya! She's from the same place which wishes to capture you!" Yuzu snapped back.

"She's helping us…. we need to give her a chance."

"Damnit… fine." Yuzu said. "But we need a proper talk later."

"Of course." Yuya said.

"Mina… are you okay? You escaped with Yugo."

"Yugo?!" Yuya said. "He got caught as well?!"

"Yes." Mina said. "But I got him to freedom. I got caught though so Yugo went off ahead… he should be back at Martha's."

"I'm glad you're fine." Ruri said innocently.

"Anyway, I can help you guys out… my duel disk recorded it all." Mina said.

"Recorded?!" Yuzu replied.

"It'll clear everything up." Mina replied.

A While Later

The group watched Yuya dueling against Yuzu, all but Ruri and Mina had shock on their faces.

"We were dueling." Yuzu said to Yuya.

"Yes…. and that dragon… took me and Yuto over."

"That wasn't us…." Yuto said. "That's what Academia want… the dragon which lives within us."

"And that Ciel person… that must be the name of the angel who lives in Yuzu… I was called Fiona…" Ruri added.

"So let me get this straight…." Yuya said. "We're all linked to this past world where these dragons of destruction fought against these angels of creation."

"Yes. That's basically it." Mina said. "That's what Academia knows."

"How do you know what Academia knows?" Yuzu said. "It sounds like Leo Akaba would keep this stuff a secret?"

"No… in fact everyone knows your faces and such." Mina added. "When Academia first spotted you two via Himika Akaba at LDS… they sent Sora to watch over you until Academia were ready to invade. Academia has been planning this for three years and scouted these things out."

"The invasion?! Hang on… Yuzu… what happened?!"

"Um…. we should talk elsewhere." Yuzu said.

"Yuzu… please tell me." Yuya looked desperate.

"We'll give you some room." Ruri said as she, Mina and Yuto walked away.

Yuzu looked distressed, she might've been able to deal with her anger and sadness over losing her father but it still hurt…. telling her best friend was not going to be easy.

"Well…. I might as well say it straight away…. Yuya… my… my dad got turned into a card along with the rest of You Show… Ayu, Futoshi… Tatsuya

"WHAT?!" Yuya's eyes begun to glow red and the ground begun to slowly vibrate.

"Yuya! Please don't…!" Yuzu yelled.

"Damn, they took away the most precious thing for you! What about my mom?!"

"Yuya don't! Please! I'm tired of this; I do not want to see you like that! Just liste- "

"But your father…. the kids…. all gone…." Yuya calmed down before falling to his knees.

"Yuya! I know it hurts… but we can't stop fighting because of it. They're still alive… we can still bring them back.. we need to focus on that."

"How?! How can you be so upbeat?!" Yuya replied with tears flowing out.

"Because… your mother told me Yuya! She's still alive!"

"I…. I… she's alive?!" Yuya said as the tears stopped.

"Yes.. she helped me move on and continue fighting… she's safe and well. Reiji built a dome around Standard to protect it."

"And… my dad….?"

"Yuya… I'm sorry… but he's still missing." Yuzu said.

"I… I see…" Yuya said as he stood up. "But Yuzu… you lost your only parent?"

"Yeah but…. we need to keep fighting to save him and the others… it hurts I know but…. we are in a war, we need to be brave. I'm sure your father is out there and safe."

"What happened while I was here in Synchro?" Yuya asked.

"Well…we split up in groups to fight Academia as the Lancers…. Masumi was brainwashed by Academia and we saved her… Ritual Dimension fell to Academia…."

"Wait?! Ritual?"

"Yeah we went to Ritual and I met Yuzar and Ray…. we did our best but Academia was able to card most of the people." Yuzu said with regret.

"But you saved people? And you got allies… why the sad tone?"

"Because… in my battle with the Commander of the Ritual invasion… I …. made her lose an eye in a dueling accident…" Yuzu said.

"An eye?" Yuya said in shock.

"Yeah… it was an accident and I still feel terrible… but… thanks to Kaiba and your mom, I understand it was just an accident. My point is Yuya, life goes on… with or without people… it might still hurt but we need to keep fighting to end this Academia threat!"

"Yuzu… you've grown strong…." Yuya said. "But I'm not surprised… you always were an amazing….

"Stop it! We did the cute stuff before! "Yuzu said as she faced blush red and got her fan out.

"They are quite the pair… aren't they." said Ruri to Yuto as they watched from around the corner.

"Like you two lovebirds, don't forget what did you did when I left…!" Mina said.

"We didn't do any of that stuff!" " Ruri said innocently, Yuto looked confused.

"Yeah sure, I bet you guys kissed all night. I can tell these things!" Mina had a wicked smile while Yuto and the innocent Ruri blushed hysterically.

"Regardless…" Yuto said. "We've all lost people to Academia…. my parents fell…. my friends…." Yuto said.

"And mine…" Ruri said. "At least Shun is still…"

"He'll be fine." Mina said. "He's clearing Xyz of the Academia soldiers."

"I hope he's fine…." Ruri said. "At least I have friends here…" Yuya and Yuzu walked up to the two.

"Oh so you two are a couple then?" Yuya asked.

"No! No we're not! You don't know us!" Yuto burst out while his face was all red, the same was happening with Ruri.

"Behave and do not ask those questions to someone you just met!" Yuzu hit him with the fan while Ruri tried to stop her from hitting poor Yuya.

"If I remember correctly, the angel said he had a relationship with the dragon, so it may be possible that you were all lovers." All the counterparts started to pouring smoke from their heads due to their blushing after hearing Mina. Yuzu tried to deny it but Yuya started to put his fingers together and moved them apart before connecting them again.

"Well ... Yuzu may not be the most loving girl ... girl ... but I sure would not have a problem with being her boyfriend."

"Well, Yuto would also be a good match for me." said Ruri. Yuzu blushed as she prepared to use her fan against Yuya while Yuto was leaning in a corner so that Ruri would not see him.

"Anyway, so you did not share memories or anything?" Mina asked.

"Um ... no ... not that I know of anyway." Yuya replied

"Interesting…" thought Mina. "I would've assumed that wouldn't have been the case… anyway… how did they unmerge themselves…?"

"We should get back." Yuzu said. "All this weirdness... I almost forgot that Arcadia could be looking for us."

"And Security." said another female voice. It was a welcome one though as they saw Ruka appear, she had been able to find them.

"That girl…" Yuto said.

"She helped us out before." Ruri said.

"Ruka!" Yuya said.

"We need to get back." Ruka replied.

….

Dark Room

In a dark large room was a plastic box. Inside was Rin with all the necessities of a cell. She was locked in this box for a week and had not seen or heard from anyone. Regardless, the girl who grew up on the streets remained calm.

She stood up every now and then and saw CCTV cameras' move each time she moved. She looked into one.

"Come on! Show yourself!" Rin yelled. "Why am I here?! It's been a week!" Rin had done this everyday but still no answer. She had food and other needed things given to her by a robot with a plate on top of it via a hatch, she was completely alone.

A camera zoomed in on her once more.

…

In a viewing room with loads of TV feeds, a large dark-skinned figure with a police outfit on watched. He had a black beard and he was leaning back in a chair watching all of them, including Rin. The figure was picking his nose, as he did, a holoscreen appeared.

"What now?!" yelled the man.

"You fool! You know I can see you!" yelled a male voice. It was Roget.

"Director Roget!" the man jumped up to a straight position.

"Our special guest is getting restless…" Roget said. "I think you should duel her.."

"But si-"

"Enough you fat, blubbering moron! Armstrong, you will do as I say!" Roget yelled. "I need her to duel anyway… do you understand?!"

"Yes Director Roget!" the holoscreen faded. He looked at his duel disk and smirked.

A/N

Thanks to Rom as ever. His ideas for this included D-Wheel Crash with Yugo, Armstrong returning and other things. Thanks dude.

Thanks for the reviews as ever and new favs/follows.

Exelion Heart – Thanks and nice card, will try and use it at some point. Thanks!