"So why do we need to do this?" Yuzu asked.
Inside Martha's were all the angel and dragon counterparts including Ruka and Mina. Shingo, Mercy and Tsukikage had been asked to stand guard outside. The kids and Martha had moved to one of the outer buildings.
"If Ruka can contact the duel spirits which live within the cards and since we have more of the angels and dragons with us, we might be able to learn more." Mina said. "Academia would kill to have this chance."
"Did you really…. need to say… kill?" Yuzar said nervously.
"If they get their utopia… everyone outside of Fusion and those who swear loyalty to the new world will be killed." Mina replied sternly.
"Well that ruined the atmosphere." Yugo said.
"At least you didn't say killed." Yuya said.
"Stop saying killed!" Yuzar begged.
"Moving on…." Mina said. "Ruka's power can connect all of us to the original world; we need to get ahead of Academia with the power."
"Ruka… can this work?" Ruri asked.
"Yes, the way my power works is by connecting to duel spirits. I was given this gift… maybe it was to help you guys in this mission…" Ruka pondered.
"Then let's do it!" Rin said. "We need all the information we can get!"
"I shall agree." Yuto said confidently. "We must do this."
"Then let's stop talking and do it!" Yuzu said. "Um… how do we do it….?"
"I'll need a link to your past." Ruka explained. "When we were in Arcadia… we saw a vision of the past world didn't we?"
"Yeah we did…" Yuzu said.
"You did?" Rin asked.
"Yeah, you were in prison at the time." Ruri replied.
"Well… Pendulum Warrior has contacted me before…" Yuzu said as she got it out. "When I was thrown off the tower in Ritual, Pendulum Warrior saved me. I could feel her… along with Mozarta."
Yuzu placed Pendulum Warrior on the table and Ruka positioned it in front of her.
"But is it safe… for us?" Yuya asked.
"What do you mean?" Mina asked.
"Well we're a part of this dragon group." Yuto said. "As you said to us before Mina, our cards and inside of us contain each halve of the dragons… won't we awaken and go berserk?"
"Or would the angels try and…. remove the dragons from play?" Yuzu said.
"I don't know." Mina said. "I only know what Academia know… but we should be prepared none the less." Mina got out her duel disk, Ruka did the same.
"This is not very reassuring…." Yugo added.
"Let's get on with it." Ruka said. Ruka took a breath in and placed her hand onto the cards. Pendulum Warrior begun to glow. Yuzu and the rest of the counterparts were all slightly nervous, even if some didn't show it. Yuzu and Rin's bracelets glowed along with the cards.
"Here we go!" Ruka said. Mina smirked as a bright green light flashed across the room, blinding everyone.
….
The eight counterparts and Mina as well as Ruka all reopened their eyes. The group found themselves in a complete wastelands. Nothing but dead trees with mud instead of grass everywhere. There was ash floating around the air and a dark, bleak sky was above.
"This is that world we were in before." Ruri said.
"When me and Yuya battled?" Yuzu asked.
"Yeah." Ruka replied. "It's the right place."
"When me and Yuto were… one." Yuya said. "What on earth is happening…."
"DIE YOU FIENDS!"
Everyone heard a voice from the sky and they looked up. It was a pink long haired female. She had red, old style amour on with a red cape. She leapt up and charged down with her swords.
"That's my Pendulum Warrior?!" Yuzu yelled. "And she's coming right towards us?!"
Pendulum Warrior saw Yuya and was about to slash right at his neck, no-one could move due to sheer panic, however Yuzu was able to snap out of it and ran to block Yuya.
Pendulum Warrior saw Yuzu and tried to stop but it was too late. Yuzu's bracelet lit up in its pink light and Pendulum Warrior was blocked. Yuzu slowly opened her eyes after being blinded by her bracelets light, there she saw Pendulum Warrior stare at her with a spooked look on her face.
"What on earth was that?!" Rin yelled.
"My… my… my dear Ciel…. it's you….." Pendulum Warrior stuttered. She immediately went to her knees to bow and grovel for forgiveness.
"Ciel… my… my angel name." Yuzu said.
"Please forgive me." Warrior pleaded. Yuzu walked closer.
"I'm sorry but… I'm not Ciel…. well…. not at the minute."
"What…." Warrior looked up. "You're…. you're Ciel's other-self… Yuzu…"
"Yeah, I own you as a card…." Yuzu said awkwardly.
"You're with the dragons… I must eradicate them all!" Warrior yelled. All four boys looked nervous, including Yuto.
"Please don't!" begged Ruri.
"The others are here… Ruri and Rin. Fiona and Linette…."
"No she's called Ruri, not Linette!" Yugo randomly yelled in annoyance.
"She means my other-self you dimwit, plus not the time Yugo!" Rin replied.
"However I sense no Fiona…" Warrior looked at Ruri. "You lost your bracelet."
"Um… yeah…. sorry." Ruri replied.
"I'm sorry but my loyalty is with the angels, I serve as Ciel's top warrior, I must destroy all five before they merge into one!"
"NO!" Yuzu's words went unheard as Pendulum Warrior charged up her sword.
Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuzar's decks all lit up and their eyes begun to slightly glow.
"Stop it!" Yuzu begged to her Monster, her Monster didn't listen. Warrior went to attack and all four boys emitted an energy which shot Pendulum Warrior back once more.
"Stop it!" Ruri begged. "Yuto… you guys… stop!" Yuya and the others shook their heads and returned to normal.
"That was weird…!" Yugo said.
"The dragons within… Damnit!" Warrior yelled to herself.
"Just stop, please, Pendulum Warrior." Yuzu ordered. "They're not here; you attacking them will break the seal!"
"The seal? You seem to know a lot about your past life!"
"Yes, Ciel's been popping up frequently; the memories of her taking over are sticking with me more and more."
"Where exactly are we?" Yuzu asked.
"This is my memory of the original world; you've entered my duel spirit card. When the angels split the original world into five, all the people became duel spirits and became cards. The magic of this world became Spells and Traps." Pendulum Warrior said.
"What was this world?" Rin asked.
"This was one world. A world where many creatures existed, the Monsters you know as Monster Cards are all former residents before the dragons wrecked this world."
"And the angels created the game of Duel Monsters?" Yuto asked.
"I will not answer a question from the dragons!" Pendulum Warrior yelled.
"Fine I'll ask that question for him!" Yuzu hit back.
"Yes, the angels created everything with their will before the five dimensions became real. They angels intended to keep the dimensions separated forever more… Since my connection with Ciel was strong, I vowed to be by her side always…."
"And that's why you came out of my duel disk to save me back in Ritual?" Yuzu said.
"Yes, I shall save Ciel. I will always be with her; she was my best friend… basically a sister. When we were young… Ciel saved my life… and I vowed to always be with her." Warrior replied.
"But… who are the angels?" Ruri asked.
"And the dragons!" Rin said.
"We've been playing this game for too long, time to tell us!" Yuzu yelled.
"Very well." Pendulum Warrior said. "But first… the dragons must depart!"
"What?!" said Yuya.
"I'm not leaving Ruri!" Yuto said.
"Your other two friends as well." Warrior said.
"Ruka is how we got here and Mina is from Academia, she knows a lot about all this stuff. They need to be here!" Ruri replied.
"A girl with the power to connect to duel spirits…. Quite amazing." Warrior said. "Fine, I shall tell you all."
Mina slowly smirked as Pendulum Warrior was about to explain.
"This world was just one universe, filled with Monsters, humans and magic. Everything was at peace… thanks to the angels and dragons."
"Angels AND dragons?!" Yuzu said in shock.
"The titles they each have… Angels of Creation and Dragons of Destruction… those titles only came about after the event which changed everything. The death of the king… or the crazy king."
"King?" Mina repeated to herself, she didn't know this detail.
"The king was a fair-person. He was loved by his people. The angels and dragons were the guardians of the world; they have served numerous kings and were serving the current one with as much loyalty."
"What happened?" Rin asked.
"The king theorized that the two most powerful groups, the dragons and the angels, were able to create something new. A new type of power by combining their two powers. The powers in this world became your summoning methods."
"What?!" the group all said.
"And the new power would've been…. Pendulum?" Mina said.
"Correct. Pendulum was the theorized power, the king wished to form a new power to for his people… and himself, an eternal power-source."
"Eternal? A power which lasts forever?" Yuzu replied.
"Correct. A power which would never have an end… like a Pendulum."
"Pendulum?!" Yuya said.
"This source would be the king's legacy, an eternal power source which would help not just the current generation of people but for hundreds of years to follow. The angels would provide one side of the energy, while the dragons would provide the other."
"Both sides would combine. Each one would power one side of the energy… making it infinite." Mina replied.
"But why did the angels and dragons go to war?! It makes no sense if they were on the same side?" Yuzu asked.
"The angels felt that power would end up being misused, it would end up making the king and others more crazy with that infinite power!"
"That makes sense." Yuya added. "But how did we end up as… killers?"
"It'll be easier if I showed you all…. how you brought my world to ruin!" Pendulum Warrior pointed at the four dragons. Pendulum Warrior slammed her sword into the ground, creating a bright light.
..…..
Five winged girls, the five angels appeared inside a castle. They all looked like the five girls but each had wings with different colors. Besides them were five other people, besides Ciel was Pendulum Warrior.
Inside and before them was a male who wore a red royal outfit. The group looked down from above with Pendulum Warrior.
"This is your memory?" Rin asked.
"Yes, this is your angels past lives." Warrior replied.
"They look just like us." Ruri said as she looked at herself with black wings. "Who are those other people… those warriors beside the angels? One of them is you!" Everyone saw a younger looking Pendulum Warrior beside Ciel.
"Yes… that is me." Pendulum Warrior said.
"Wait… that looks like that new card I gained…. besides me is Callistis!" Rin pointed at her new Synchro Monster she gained during her duel with Armstrong.
"And that's my one…" Ruri looked at a Monster shad had not gained yet. It was a half-black on the left and half-white on the right. Each side had six wings and she wore a helmet.
"That's Uriel." Pendulum Warrior replied. "And next to Ray is Monsters called Dianah, Queen of the Fusion Lunalight and Ray has Spiritual Samurai."
"Spiritual Samurai?" Yuzar asked. "I don't recall her having that card?"
"She'll gain it soon if she hasn't already." Pendulum Warrior replied. Those people beside the angels are their close friends, loyal warriors of the angels. Our will to protect the inner-angels brought us to your decks."
"Why didn't we have them before?" Yuzu asked her Monster.
"Our will to help the angels comes through the shells will. The angels placed a seal upon the dragons… and they did on all Monsters as well…."
"But where's us?" Yugo asked.
"Hang on… that man…. that king… it can't be!" Yuya said.
"No way, that's Leo Akaba!" Yuzu yelled.
"WHAT?!" Ruri and Yuto said at once.
"The leader of Academia?!" Yuzar added.
Back down below the man was indeed Leo Akaba however this version of Leo didn't have his head device and instead was a bald man.
Below
"Leo, listen to us!" Ciel asked. "This energy will be nothing but devastation!"
"We cannot allow for this to occur!" said the green-haired Linette, Rin's angel-self.
"Enough!" Leo said as he stood up. "You've been the guardians of this world for centuries however I am king! I know what is best and the dragon-five also side with me!" As the angels looked on, the five dragons emerged in their dragon form besides Leo.
"Causing trouble again Ciel?" Dark Rebellion said. "I see your foot soldiers are here as well!"
"Shut it Dark Rebellion! They're not soldiers! They are our close friends; they help us to maintain the peace on the ground!" Ciel replied.
"Pathetic." Ancient One Ritual Dragon said.
"Yes we know you guys are loners, unlike us!" Elisia hit back, she resembled Serena.
Pendulum Warrior and You know this is wrong Odd-Eyes, you can't side with Leo over this?" The angel leader replied.
"Infinite power to help this world? Monster and human alike? How can we not do that? This is for the good of the world!" Odd-Eyes replied.
"Don't do this Odd-Eyes." Ciel asked. "I know you're the most reasonable of you five, please."
"This is too big to ignore Ciel. I understand your concern but we need you to use your sister's power to unite with ours to make the energy!"
"He said no!" Clear Wing replied with Yugo's impatience showing.
"Oh just button it!" Elisia said.
"Not happening!" Ciel replied.
"Then I must act." Leo said.
"What do you mean?" Fiona said, Ruri's angel counterpart.
"You'll regret this!" Maria added. She was Ray's counterpart. Leo stood up and put out a small circular device on his arm.
"Then I shall extract the energy from you!" Leo yelled.
"What?!" Ciel said.
"No you can't!" All the angels' warriors said. Each one appeared before the angels. They were going to stand firm before their friends.
"We're all on the same side!" Odd-Eyes yelled. "We might not all get along but this is vital that we agree on this!"
"Well the angels have made it clear, they don't!" Pendulum Warrior said.
"Dragons!" Leo ordered. The dragons all launched into the air and sent an attack at each angel's faithful warrior, they were all easily sent flying into the wall.
"Guys!" the angels all yelled as they looked back.
"We're… okay…." Callistis replied.
"Not for long!" Leo yelled. "You shall witness your angels fall!"
"Don't…. don't do this…" Uriel begged. Ciel's hands quickly glowed and she slammed them onto the ground and a bright land flashed.
"What now!" Leo yelled. As the light disappeared, everyone including the dragons had disappeared.
….
The angels with their warriors all dropped down into a wasteland and outside the castle.
"Everyone okay?" Ciel asked. Everyone else nodded.
"Where are the dragons?" Warrior asked.
"I teleported us all away… we need time to clear our heads…." Ciel said. "The king has gone crazy!"
"Then we kill him!"Elisia said, Serena's angel.
"No Elisia!" Linette replied.
"If we kill him, it won't happen!"
"Get that thought out of your mind!" Ciel hit back.
"If we acted more fiercely, people wouldn't take us so lightly!" Elisia said. "The dragons are tougher then us… they get results!"
"We might all protect this world but we are nothing like the dragons! We have a duty to protect and save!"
"The dragons save and protect people?!"
"Yes, but they are a risk… they are…. more… heavy-handed." Maria said.
"THEY GET RESULTS!" Elisia yelled.
"ENOUGH!" Ciel yelled back. "Elisia… I sometimes wonder how you're our sister…."
"I wonder that too! My way would save us all!"
"ANGELS!"
The five girls with their five warriors stood firm as they saw Leo walking forward with a sword.
"Stand down Leo!" Ciel yelled.
"No! This new energy would power the world forever; I need this to by my legacy!"
"Screw legacy!" Linette yelled.
"No! I shall take your energy from you! By carving you each open!"
"Not with us around!" Pendulum Warrior declared as the warriors jumped before the angels.
"Well with us, you will all fall!" Four dragons emerged except Odd-Eyes, Starving Venom smirked.
"Well they found us….." Ciel said. "Where's Odd-Eyes?!"
"He's a softy… he didn't want to be here for this…." Dark Rebellion said.
"You'll really kill us?!" Linette said. "We work together?!"
"You angels had the choice…. but now we must move forward." Clear Wing said.
"The dragons were always the best!" Ancient One said with Yuzar's ego.
"So you wish to take us out and become the only saviours of the world. No-one to stop you from being the destructive force you all are!" Ciel yelled. "At least Odd-Eyes is decent!"
"He's not here stopping us either… is he?" Starving Venom said.
"Odd-Eyes was only decent one of the dragons... what have you done to him?!" Maria asked.
"Let's say our brother is in time-out until he sees sense!" Dark Rebellion replied.
"And now…!" Starving Venom yelled. Many Darkwurms appeared from below along with numerous magician Monsters.
"We have loyal friends to fight alongside us; you have to make your own slaves!" Ciel yelled as her warrior friends prepare to battle.
"The dragons still side by me!" Leo declared.
"You fool! They just want the energy! They'll remove you from the picture before you even get a chance to use it!" Ciel added.
"I doubt that. Now, attack!" Leo ordered. As Leo lifted his sword, all the Darkwurms and magicians shot forward to attack. The angels shot in the air to face the dragons, the warriors below were left to fight the Monsters.
Leo charged forward to Pendulum Warrior, fighting alongside the servants of the dragons. Pendulum Warrior held up her sword and the two clashed amid the fierce fighting.
The angels and dragons both launched attacks at each other; there was no difference between the two sides in power, even with Odd-Eyes no longer there.
The angel's loyal warriors were able to quickly destroy the slaves of the dragons, Pendulum Warrior was dealing with Leo.
"I want let you hurt Ciel nor her sisters!" yelled Pendulum Warrior.
"Yeah, well I'll hurt you instead!" As Warrior was listening to Leo, he saw an opening on her body. Leo slashed at her and sent her flying. Pendulum Warrior screamed.
"No!" yelled Ciel as she quickly flew down to see her friend.
"COWARD!" Starving Venom yelled as the angel left the fight.
Leo walked forward to the wounded, bloody, Pendulum Warrior. The rest of the warriors were unable to leave the fight, Pendulum Warrior was on her own.
"One down!" Leo rose his sword up and was going to slam it down, but a force field appeared and it deflected the sword to the ground. Ciel appeared once the force field disappeared
"Of course you show up!" Leo yelled. Ciel helped her friend up; Pendulum Warrior had to hold her side. Ciel rested her against a tree.
"Stand down Leo!" Ciel said firmly.
"That won't happen! This ends now!" Leo activated the device on his wrist, and slowly Ciel felt weaker.
She collapsed to the floor and looked up; streams of her energy were slowly leaving her body.
"Now you're giving me your power… and your friends and sisters can't help you!" Leo declared. "And since you're now weak…. I can take you out!" Leo picked up the sword and held it above Ciel's neck. Ciel couldn't move and could only look on.
"NO!" Pendulum Warrior dashed forward and pushed herself into Leo, Pendulum Warrior's sword dropped as she and Leo fell to the ground.
"You dare!" Leo yelled. He slammed his fist down onto Warrior's wound, making her scream in pain. Ciel slowly grabbed the sword in her weak state.
"I won't let Ciel die!" Pendulum Warrior said. "We've been best friends forever… and that shall stay that way!"
She's weak and you're injured…. you're in no room to talk!" Before Leo could do or say anything else, the sound of a sword slicing its way through was heard.
Leo looked down and saw a wound in his chest, his hands shook. Leo looked down and collapsed onto the floor; Ciel was behind him, holding a now bloody sword.
Yuzu
"NO?! I killed Leo?!" Yuzu said.
"Not you, your angel-self." Rin reassured her. As Rin tried to comfort, the group saw all the fighting stop, everyone had sensed Leo's death by the hands of Ciel.
It was a dead silence. The king had fallen.
Panicked by her actions, Ciel created a beam of light which teleported everyone of her allies away.
The flashback disappeared and Yuzu and the others returned to the wasteland.
"So… the angels had to resort to…. that." Ruri said.
"Yes. Ciel had no other choice, her energy soon returned later but at that point, she had to kill Leo."
"What happened next?!" Yuzu asked quickly.
"When we all left the scene, we had no idea what to do next." Warrior replied. "Everyone understood Ciel for killing the king but…. of course the residents of the kingdom thought differently. The entire kingdom begun to turn against us…. and the dragons…."
"But… then what?" Yuzu asked.
"We tried to stop the fighting but the violence continued…. each time we appeared… we made things worse. You see once the dragons returned home and freed Odd-Eyes…. Odd-Eyes begun to think Ciel was evil…. and that the angels were beginning to be corrupted…. though he still disagreed with his brothers way of dealing with things… he begun to agree with them."
Warrior walked forward with sadness. Yuzu and Yuya were in pure shock.
"The residents knew where the dragons lived… they came for blood. The dragons were caught by surprise and their whole land was destroyed. The rage which built up in the dragons hit boiling point…. the dragons snapped…. including Odd-Eyes!" Warrior pointed at Yuya with a sharp look.
"No way would I do that…. would I?" Yugo questioned.
"No, we're not them! Yuya… is not Odd-Eyes…. you are better than him." Yuzu said as she looked into Yuya's eyes.
"You're all just mere-shells!" Warrior explained. "But the shells contain the beast-within!"
"You won't hurt them!" Yuzu yelled.
"Listen!" Warrior yelled. "The angels and the dragons then went head to head in the final battle! You've all seen it in your recent visions…. When the two clashed, the energy that Leo wanted was created. The angels and the dragons formed the Pendulum energy."
"I remember something…. back in Ritual I saw… I saw you…. die." Yuzu said to Pendulum Warrior.
"I died battling the Darkurms, yes." Warrior replied. "During the final battle with the merged dragon and the angels, we had to fight to keep the residents safe, we didn't succeed."
"But before the angels sealed everything away… they were able to save people… even the dead?" Rin asked.
"Yes…. when the two sides made the Pendulum energy, it gave them immense power. The power was given to the two who were at the front of the battle… Ciel and Odd-Eyes."
"What does that mean?!" Yuya said.
"It means the leaders evolved with the power. Ciel changed energy forms from what you call Tribute to Pendulum…. the increase in power allowed her to save the dead and seal all in card form. Odd-Eyes used it to merge into the supreme dragon. However there was still no winner, both were evenly matched."
"Which is why the five dimensions were made." Yuzu added.
"Yes, Ciel knew the angels couldn't win so they created five worlds instead, to keep the dragons in-check with the dragons being sealed, half into a human, half into a card. The pendant the Odd-Eyes shell wears is a remnant of his power."
"And our bracelets…?" Yuzu asked.
"Ciel only had enough power to seal the angels into one item rather than two like the dragons. She made the bracelets."
"Which explains why Leo wants the bracelets and not us." Rin said.
"But he wants us along with our cards…" Yuzar said, speaking for the dragons.
"Exactly." Warrior said. "Which is why we need to kill all five dragons!"
"Not happening!" Yuzu said. "I don't care who you are, Yuya, Yuzar, Yugo and Yuto are going nowhere!"
"What about Yuri?" Yugo said. Rin smacked him.
"Yes…. even that purple freak." Yuzu added.
"If they merge, which is what Academia wish… the whole five worlds will fall! Academia can't contain the supreme dragon!"
"There's always another way!" Ruri yelled.
"Shells…. weak…. and stupid!" Warrior yelled.
"Listen! I'm your owner, I am Ciel… you will not speak to my friends like that!" Yuzu yelled.
"How dare you disgrace Ciel's name… you are nothing like HER!"
"Wait! Before we all get shouty…. what about Serena and her dark angel thing?" Yuzar said. "I saw it when she took Ray…. it was… scary." Yuzar said.
"Serena's angel form was always a bit different as you now know…. once she knew Ciel wished to purify the dragons and not kill them… she opted to change herself… her darkness grew to the point of no-return. She wished to kill all."
"But Leo… he's still alive." Yuya said. "How?"
"The humans of the world were transferred into one of the five worlds while the spirits were turned into cards…. it's all Ciel and the angels could do…"
"Reiji said that Leo was able to sense the energy from the old world… it's how he found out about the other dimensions… by analysing it…." Yuzu said.
"All false. Leo is a smart man, clearly looking at the old world energy and being from the old world, he was able to see the full picture." Warrior replied.
"Fine…. can we go home now?!" Ruri said.
"Yes… you should never have come here…. it's only made me feel worse about the fate of my angel friends!" Warrior said. "We had other allies… Mozarta…. your other aces…. however the dragons pulled the vocal cords out of Mozarta before destroying them…. only us warriors remained…. I'll never see any of them again! Yes Mozarta and the others were sealed into cards but that's not good if Ciel can't return!"
"She will! Trust us!" Yuzu asked.
"Trust you.. for siding with the dragons?!"
"YOU CAN'T TALK!" Yuzu yelled. "It was your fault that the Ritual Commander Marina lost her eye! I shouldn't trust you!"
"That was an accident, plus…. it needed to happen." Warrior said.
"No it didn't!" Yuzu yelled back in fury. "I will not use you anymore if you respond like that!"
"Whatever! Yuya is the leader…. Yuya is the only one who can absorb people! Yuya is the main threat!" Warrior yelled.
"We're done here." Ruka said. A bright light emerged and Yuzu could barely see Pendulum Warrior.
"You are not Ciel.. and you never will be." Warrior said firmly.
…..
The bright light exploded in Martha's house, each of the group were sent across the ground. Yugo was slammed into the kitchen; a frying pan fell onto his head from a shelf.
"Ow…" Yugo said.
"Everyone okay?" Ruka asked. Everyone except Mina were dizzy. Mina was only smirking after obtaining all the new information.
Yuzu looked at Yuya… they know knew everything. Yuya went to Yuzu to calm her down. Yuzu ignored Yuya and ran out of the house. Her duel disk fell onto the floor, scattering her cards.
Yuya picked up a card. It was Pendulum Warrior, except it was now blank.
A/N
Well… that was a lot. Thanks to Rom for all his help as per usual, it wouldn't be the story without him. Rom owns Mina.
Bridgey – Thanks and yes not good for Roget. And yeah thanks for the Mercy compliment, full credit goes to Royal2 for the great character basis they gave me.
Plothand – Friendship Cup starts soon and won't drag as much as Synchro arc did in anime (imo) The numbers aren't know yet but it won't be large. Sora and Barrett are here for Roget at the moment.
Summer Landsdown/Exelion Heart – Thank you and since you both raise the same point… yes I'll try and sort out what ideas you two have given.