Serena grabbed an Action Card and played it.

"I play Damage Banish! Battle damage is made zero!" Serena said.

"But I still destroyed your Monster so you take her attack as damage!" Yuzu replied.

"I also don't think so! I sense another one!" Serena charged up the track as the red energy chased after Serena. Serena saw the card she wanted and grabbed it. "I play Damage Advantage! When I would take damage by any means, by sending Polymerization to my grave from my hand, it's made zero!"

A force field blocked the attack as Yuzu gritted her teeth.

"But now since Dianah left the field, all your Monsters are wiped out!"

"I tribute Queen Knight: Majestic Griffith to stop the destruction of my other Fairy Monsters!" Griffith flew into the sky and took the hit instead. "I end my turn." Yuzu replied.

Turn 7

Serena LP: 1000 Hand: 0

Yuzu LP: 1600 Hand: 0

"Time to end this! DRAW!" Serena yelled. "I play Crimson Moon! I fuse two Fusion Monsters in my graveyard! Go Cat Dancer and Dianah!"

When the crimson moon spreads over the horizon, the queen of the beasts will awaken again to expand her murderous rage! FUSION SUMMON!" Lunalight Cat and Dianah spun around in the whirlpool which had taken a more darkened look. "Appear Kaira the Queen of the Lunalight Beasts!"

A long-haired fox appeared whose hair curled around its head. It had red amour on with flames coming out of its gauntlets which were placed on its wrists.

Kaira the Queen of the Lunalight Beasts ATK: 4000 DEF: 4000 Dark/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 10

"Damnit… the ultimate one." Warrior said.

"Next I use Wolf's effect! I fuse in my grave again! GoYellow Marten and Black Sheep!" Both fused to form a second Cat Dancer.

Lunalight Cat Dancer ATK: 2400 DEF: 2000 Dark/Beast-Warrior/Fusion/LVL 7

"I banish Queen's Fusion and target Kaira! She cannot be destroyed in battle since I can now equip Dianah to her!"

"What?!" Yuzu replied as she sped up to get an Action Card.

"And next… when Kaira is Fusion Summoned Warrior loses halve of her attack!"

Warrior ATK: 2100

"Karia can attack all Monsters you control and is unaffected by card effects! I also banish Sabre to grant Kaira another 3000 attack until the End Phase!"

"Give me a break!" Yuzu said as she took an Action Card.

Kaira ATK: 7000

"Give Serena the trophy! She's going to win!" MC yelled.

"HURT HER!" roared the crowd.

"Enough of these games…. DIE YUZU! Kaira…. Howling Darkness!"

Kaira launched forward towards Warrior who stood firm, the red gauntlets burning.

Warrior raised her sword and clashed with Kaira, her sword pressing against the gauntlets.

"I won't let you win Serena! Not now or ever! I use my Pendulum effect of Swordswoman! Since she changed places with Warrior, I can destroy her and stop the destruction of Warrior and halve the damage!"

"But that still isn't enough!" Serena yelled as Warrior

"I still have this Action Card! Miracle! I halve the damage again!"

"WHAT?!" Serena said as she saw on her D-Wheel screen that Yuzu would take 1225 damage.

Yuzu LP: 1600 – 375

Each Monster Yuzu controlled appeared behind Warrior and flowed into her sword. The sword was strong enough to knock Kaira away.

"Then Cat Dancer ends this duel!"

"Give us the strength Emma!" Warrior Dancer slammed into Warrior who remained on the field due to Swordswoman's effect. Cat Dancer went to slash her again but Warrior blocked it with her sword. She threw Cat Dancer's paw into the air and as a result, Warrior's face was scratched.

Yuzu LP: 300 – 75

"75…. you're a cockroach. I end my turn!" Serena said.

"Warrior? Are you okay?" Yuzu said.

"I'm fine! Better than ever!"

Yuzu looked and the flower on her and Warrior's chests were intact. After the two interacted, Serena's chest begun to hurt again.

Turn 8

Serena LP: 1000 Hand: 0

Yuzu LP: 75 Hand: 0

"It's time to end this and save Serena! I draw!" Yuzu yelled. "I play Overlay Fusion from the Fairies!"

"Don't tell me…!"

"Yes! Ciel made these two to combine the forces of five worlds!"

"That's why my chest hurt?!" Serena said.

….

"Yes! Go Yuzu!" Ruri said as she watched from above.

"Come on Serena… don't throw this away!" Yuri thought as all he could do is watch.

….

"I can overlay Monsters in my graveyard as long as they are in my graveyard only! I overlay Melodious Prima the Exceptional and Queen Knight: Star Crimson!"

"Your Ritual and Synchro?!"

"That's right! Fallen warrior of the ancient world arises once again to your revolution and serves on my side, Come forth rank seven Queen Knight: The Revolutionary Xyz Black Paladin!" Both shot into the sky as a dark beam came down from the sky to the field.

This Monster had dark huge armour with two swords in both hands. While on his back he had two metal wings that radiated energy.

Queen Knight: The Revolutionary XYZ Black Paladin 3000 ATK / 2500 DEF / Light / Rank 7 / Warrior / P.S.10 / Xyz / Pendulum

"Now I Fusion Summon with cards in my extra deck! I banish Bachta andArgerich! Ancient warriors who fought in an ancient time… fuse your power and form a new hope…. I Fusion Summon! AppearQueen Knight: The Brave Paladin!"

A warrior who wore bright red amour with a yellow badge in its centre appeared. It had black legs which were also armoured. The warrior was female with pink eyes and wore a helmet with yellow stripes. It also had black wings made of pure energy. It held a large yellow sword.

Queen Knight: The Brave Paladin ATK: 2000 DEF: 1400 Light/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 7

"I can take out Cat Dancer but it won't be enough to win the duel…." Yuzu said. "But I can reduce Cat Dancer's attack down by 200 for each Fairy in my extra deck and graveyard!"

"Don't think so!" Serena sensed another Action Card. She grabbed one as the two took a corner on the track. "Invisibility blocks Cat Dancer from being affected by card effects!" Cat Dancer glowed in blue aura.

"So she has two Monsters which cannot be destroyed in battle or be affected by effects?! Wait…. Yuzu looked at her graveyard on his D-Wheel screen and saw something which surprised her.

"You finally worked it out." Ciel said.

"I can do this?"

"It's very rare that such a thing can happen but yes, you have the requirements!" Ciel said.

"Then I'll do it! I banish the two Spell Cards, Overlay Fusion from the Fairies and Synchro Ritual Harmony of Fairies!"

"Now what are you up to?" Serena asked.

"If I have an Xyz, Ritual, Fusion and Synchro in my field or graveyard, by targeting a Pendulum Monster on my field… I can target one of them and increase that Pendulum Monster's attack by that amount!"

"What?!"

"I'm passing Revolutionary XYZ Black Paladin's attack to Warrior!"Revolutionary handed Warrior its sword which Warrior took with pride.

Warrior ATK: 5100

Serena took yet another Action Card. "I play Action Reuse! I reuse an Action Card in my graveyard! Quick Defence allows me to switch Cat to defence and since Karia is 7000 attack, she's your only target!"

"I can't beat Kaira…. yet… my cards have one more effect! When they are banished, Warrior can attack directly and this cannot be negated!"

"NO!" Serena yelled.

"Warrior end this!" Warrior launched forward, past Kaira and went to Serena. "You can build strong walls Serena, but we will get past them somehow!" As Warrior approached, Yuzu and others above could see Serena crying.

"Why is she crying?" Ruri said as Yuzu could see the others.

"Guys?!" Yuzu said.

"Yuzu!" Yuya added.

"Serena…." Yuri said slowly. As the group saw Serena cry, they could see visions of her getting zapped as a child along with Leo ordering Serena around.

"This is….?" Rin stuttered.

"Her tears…. Ciel?" Yuzu said to her angel.

"Yes… It seems Elisa's control is slipping now Serena has lost and we're now seeing the true Serena…." Ciel added.

"I failed… again…" Serena said as she closed her eyes as the attack went through.

Serena LP: 1000 – Yuzu Wins

"Serena!" Yuri yelled as her vision went back to normal. Yuzu realised she had won as Serena sat on her now stopped D-Wheel, depressed. The crowd all roared as Yuzu won.

"YUZU WINS! YUZU WINS!" Mellissa Claire yelled. "SHE DUELS THE QUEEN FOR THE TITLE!"

"YUZU! YUZU! YUZU!" all yelled the crowd. Yuzu didn't care about any of that as she went up to Serena.

"Serena… I saw what you went through… join us and we can save Yuri and stop Academia!" Yuzu said.

"Let's hope…" Ciel added. Warrior observed the two, hoping in her mind.

Serena stood up and walked to the tunnel, she went past Yuzu without a glimpse of emotion. There Security took her and walked her off.

"She gave herself up?" Yuzu said.

"She can't do it; she is a soldier first before anything." Warrior said.

"Yuzu will duel Aki in tomorrow's grand final!" MC yelled.

Yuzu looked into the crowd and saw Aki in her box standing up. She then walked out.

Tunnel

Yuzu pulled up in her D-Wheel as a female with security around her approached. The female had long red hair and in a blue dress with a beaded necklace.

"Yuzu… Hiiragi?" said the female.

"Um yes? Can I help you?" Yuzu said.

"Please come with me." she said.

"I can't… I'm tired…" Yuzu answered.

"You shall go along at the request of the wife of the councilman." said a guard.

"Wife?!" Yuzu said in surprise.

Aki Home

Yuzu stood outside of Aki's parent's home. As expected it was a giant mansion as it was home to the councilman, Aki's father.

Yuzu went in as Aki's mother was already sitting down. Yuzu went to sit in the chair opposite her. Yuzu looked at a table near the chair and on it was a picture of the woman with a small female with long red hair.

"So you're… Aki's… mother?" Yuzu stuttered, she didn't want to say the wrong thing.

"Yes and I'm sorry about my guard… as you can probably tell my husband being one of the council makes them very protective… I must say your duel earlier was quite impressive."

"Thank you, Mrs Izayoi." Yuzu replied

"No need to be so formal! It's Setsuko! I must ask though… where did those other summoning methods come from? I have never seen anything like it?"

"I…erm…."

"You're not from this world are you?" Setsuko said.

"You… know?"

"Well I actually did listen to a lot of what you spoke about during your duels… The crowd didn't listen while I did, plus my daughter has physic powers… I'm used to the strange!" she said cheerfully.

"So why am I here?" Yuzu asked.

"I know you've saved my husband. He mentioned you before after someone kidnapped him."

"It's a very long story." Yuzu said. "But I know your husband believes strongly in the ideals of the city system… while also wanting to reunite with Aki."

"Yes…. it's a complicated relationship with them two. I have a favour I need to ask. "

"Favour? Yuzu replied.

"I need you to save Aki… and stop this tyranny with the Commons and Tops!"

"Wait? You.. disagree with your husband?" Yuzu said.

"Hideo doesn't see it… or what he's doing to Aki. Aki ran away to join Arcadia after we didn't give her the care and treatment she deserved… I've realized that but my husband won't! This city… needs to be united…. since I've heard you and your friends… I see that now."

"Roget and Arcadia are-"

"I know that voice…. Yuzu!" Yuzu looked up the stairs and to her shock she saw a figure in a yellow coat… Mina.

10 Minutes Later

"So that's why Mina is staying here. She's on the run from Roget and Arcadia." Setsuko said.

"Yeah... I understand." Yuzu said in the least sarcastic way she could. She knew Mina still had a bomb underneath where Roget was blackmailing her to act as his eyes and ears.

"It's great to see you again Yuzu!" Mina said.

"Now if you two will excuse me, I will go and sort out food for both of you!" Setsuko said as she departed. The two young girls now were in the room alone.

"So you snuck in here?" Yuzu said.

"You know how good I am at getting people to trust me…..!" Mina gave a wink to Yuzu.

"So you're free of Roget?" Yuzu hit back, annoyed.

"Of course not…. Roget has a guard from Security undercover here. He was able to get me in here without the others seeing my…. bombs…"

"And Roget will kill you if you disobey?"

"Duh. You know Roget and Arcadia are joining forces… for when Academia arrive. Roget controls the council thanks to Mikage being under his control…. Roget holds all the pawns. One word and the council cut Arcadia's funding and turn the whole Tops on them."

"Under control? I should've guessed." Yuzu said.

"Roget wants me here to… stop the wife of the councilman…."

"How? I won't let you!"

"By any means." Mina replied. As she finished, Setsuko returned with soft food on a tray. She placed it down as she sat.

Mina looked at it and for a brief minute, felt something she hadn't felt for ages.

"This food…. it's kinda like the food my mother gave me." Mina said.

"I'm glad." Setsuko said. "So she's a Tops?" Setsuko asked.

"Um… yes, but we don't get along anymore." Mina stuttered.

"And you Yuzu… your parents are from the other world as well?"

"Erm yes. But I only have a father…."

"What is he like?" Setsuko asked kindly.

"Oh? A mess… always with bad jokes… burning food…. making little kids laugh at our school. He's always there if you need him… always watching out for me." Yuzu replied with a degree of sadness.

Marina, Edo

After saving Edo from Security, Marina and Edo had been talking in the alleyway.

"Amazing job! Now we're free to return home! Me and Serena have had to play the long-game to survive here." Marina said.

"Well you're still here… and Serena is dueling right now?"

"Yeah, regardless of what happens, we have a plan. Thanks to Dennis still pretending to be under Roget's control we know where Yuri is and where the Lancers are." Marina explained.

"I also… have some bad news…."

"What is it?"

"Leo's condition is worsening and… it appears he's losing more control." Edo said. "Also… he removed all commanders from their jobs."

"What?!"

"Leo is assuming all that pressure onto himself… he had enough of our failure." Edo added.

"He…. no way…"

"We have to prove to him why he chose us in the first place!"

"Agreed. That role means everything to me! It's who we are!"

"Yes." Edo replied. "I think at least…."

"Edo, are you… stuttering?"

"Well…. of course not!" he stuttered once again. "I…. is Leo really of sound-mind anymore?"

"Leo might be going through a bad time but…"

"He's dying!"

"Wait? What?!"

"I found out recently….. Cobra is working on a system to keep him alive until we have all 10 pieces of theangels and dragons!" Edo shouted.

"D….dying…?" Marina said weakly as she sat down.

"How can we trust a guy who…."

"SHUT IT!" Marina hit back. "Cobra will find a cure. Leo is still the same man as when he saved our world! Everyone gets sick… it doesn't change them!"

"It does!" Edo yelled.

"Bite your tongue!"

"He's not the same guy anymore….!"

"You made a vow of honour to serve the man who saved Fusion! We support those we care for, through any situation!" Marina said back. "Now I know why you got demoted."

"You dare disrespect me?"

"Yes! You dare disrespect the man who looked after you when your father died?! I should duel you right now and card you…. you're no different to any You Show School scum!"

"S….scum?" Edo stuttered as the words hit him. Marina sighed.

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have said that. But you know Leo looks out for both of us; I don't understand your doubting." As Marina replied, she thought about Gloria getting her mind messed up thanks to Leo's punishment but she ignored it as she still fully believed in Leo.

Marina put her hand out to Edo to remind them of being friends. Despite Edo and Marina's differences they both needed each other right now. Edo took the offer and shook on it.

"Where's Dennis?" Edo asked.

"Passing a message onto Yuzu…. now time to check in on Serena's duel."

Marina opened up her duel disk and saw that Serena had lost.

"No way…." Edo said while looking at the results.

"So Serena will be heading towards where Yuri is…. we have to go and save them." Marina said.

"And Gloria?"

"She's in the Facility. We need to free both and now!"

"Ok." Edo said. "We need to get Dennis back to our side, recall him and then we can talk."

"Will do."

Mina Yuzu

"So what is Aki like… up close?" Yuzu said.

"Well before Arcadia got into her mind, she was fun loving person. She didn't have her powers appear until she was about ten…. it was then the years of neglect begun. We just didn't treat her well." Setsuko answered. "We both got busier and busier."

"But what about now?"

"We don't speak anymore. When we tried, Aki would never return our calls."

"What does she think about this world's system?" Mina added.

"She doesn't care; she's only for Physic Duelists. Arcadia is planning something but who knows what."

"Sounds like Serena, only caring about her world." Ciel said who emerged and spoke to Yuzu within her mind.

"It is exactly like Serena. It's scary how similar they are." Yuzu replied.

Yuzu had a message appear on her duel disk. She opened it and looked surprised.

"I take it you need to go?" Setsuko said.

"Um yeah… sorry, it's tournament stuff." Yuzu said as she stood up.

"Okay, I'll have my driver drop you off."

"It's okay! I can go myself! Mina, you coming?" Yuzu said in a convincing tone, Mina looked surprised.

"I'm on the run… it's okay!" Mina replied.

"Maybe it'll be better to have you in a different location with a strong duelist." Yuzu said.

"That's a great idea!" Setsuko said. "Yuzu can keep you safe more then I could!"

"….. Fine…." Mina said begrudgingly.

"Okay take some cake first." Setsuko said as she hugged both girls. "Be safe."

"Oh we will!" Yuzu said as both departed. As Mina left with Yuzu, her mother was in her mind once more.

….

"I could die now!" Mina said to Yuzu. The two were now in the streets of Tops, keeping a low profile.

"If Roget wanted you dead he would have." Yuzu said. "Now wait." Yuzu allowed Ciel to take over as her eyes lit up. Mina begun to glow in a pink aura as the bomb from underneath slowly detached.

The bomb came off and Ciel threw it the sky. She was able to make it explode without any damage or harm done below. Yuzu returned to normal afterwards.

"If you want me to say thanks then I-"

"I don't care." Yuzu said. "Now tell me, why have I got a message from Dennis telling me where my friends are?"

"I don't need to tell you anything… " Mina said as she walked away.

"Wait!" Yuzu said.

"You're on your own! Until next time!" Mina replied as she continued to walk away.

"We could unite Mina!"

"Our end goals are so far apart Yuzu… no chance!"

"Fine, then I won't let you harm the others!" Yuzu said.

"Then we shall duel soon." Mina replied with a smirk. "My mother will be very happy once I succeed….. She's dead you know."

"Dead?"

"Yes. Once I gain your bracelets and the dragons under my control, I will bring her back… and so much more!" Mina said with glee.

"That's messing with things out of our control!"

"Humans are there to push the limits of existence! And you and your angels are that!" Mina replied.

"I didn't know your mother but…. would she really approve of you bringing her back by killing others?!"

"There's only one way to find that out!" Mina departed with a smirk.

Ray, Yuya

Ray and Yuya had returned to themselves and were wondering as to what to do next.

"We need to find the others!"

"So now what?" Yuya replied.

The two paused and heard a D-Wheel. They quickly looked out of the window of the abandoned house and saw a pleasant sight. It was Rin and Sora who looked up and waved.

….

"I scouted the abandoned houses before." Sora said. "It was a matter of time before we found you guys."

"Thank you Sora… and Rin." Ray said.

"Yes it's nice to meet you in person and not…. you know."

"Yeah Academia's control is gone." Ray replied

"What happened with you guys?" Yuya said.

"Long story short we know where the others are, Shinji told us." Rin answered.

"Shinji?"

"Yeah, he said his underground forces were making a move now… he left to join them." Rin replied.

"Well… on foot…. we kinda stole his D-Wheel!" Sora said with a small laugh.

"Ringo got wrecked." Rin said with a degree of sadness. "But the fun was building it!" Rin perked up.

"Okay so let's go and save our friends!" Yuya said.

"Yeah." Rin said. "We start with underground!"

Underground

Tsukikage had tied up Damon and the others while they were knocked out. The remaining Lancers and the allies from underground had departed.

Shinji had walked into the underground as the front had been left open due to the riots.

A little while later inside Shinji saw Damon and Tony tied up along with the rest of the Revolutionaries.

"Guys!" Shinji rocked them and Damon slowly woke up.

"Shinji?" Damon said.

"Hey? What happened?" Shinji said.

"Ruka and her group….."

"Ruka? Of course…!" Shinji untied Damon. "Get up and free the others. Tonight, Tops will burn."

Security Tower

Security guards dragged Serena into the tower and threw her in. Inside were already Yugo, Yuri and Ruri.

As Serena was thrown in, she looked down and depressed after losing.

"Serena…?" Yuri stuttered.

"Yuri?" Serena replied as the two saw each other for the first time in a while.

"Oh great…" Yugo said.

"So you've had to share this room with these two… sucks to be you." Serena joked.

"Ignore them. How are you?" Yuri said.

"I lost a final Yuri, how do you think I feel? Leo won't forget that."

"He won't care. Now you're safe." Yuri added.

"Yeah… and help is coming." she whispered into his ear. Yuri placed his hand onto the glass wall in the prison.

"I'm glad your well Serena, and don't ever forget, you're strong." Serena blushed at it and rolled her eyes to the side.

"Thanks Yuri…."

Ruri and Yugo behind them spoke as Yuri and Serena were talking.

"They're so different like this…" Yugo said.

"Yeah…. there is a heart under that evil." Ruri added.

"We can hear you!" Yuri and Serena said at once as they both punched the wall in frustration. This caught Yugo and Ruri out.

Roget

Inside Roget's office was Euridice on the screen.

"Academia is coming, get your school around the designated points." Roget said.

"My students shall not get hurt ahead of your police force; you put your officers first!" Euridice replied.

"Your freaks are stronger, may I remind you with Mikage under my control I can turn the council and Tops against Arcadia! You'll lose any support before the final with Aki!" Roget said. "You know that an angry crowd would easily overwhelm your inexperienced kids!"

"Aki is a weapon, waiting to fight! She's worth more than any of your force!"

"I don't disagree… but money and reputation talks!" Roget hit back.

"Once this is over…. I'll have Aki destroy you first."

"We won't have an "over" if Academia run riot!" Roget said. "Now do it!" Roget ended the call.

At this point Roget stood over his workers in his office. He looked at a CCTV with Serena and the others in the jail cell.

"I still have Dennis, Mina and Mikage. I have all my bases covered." Roget said to himself.

"Director Roget." said a female who appeared.

"What is it?"

"Mina's bomb has somehow been removed and Dennis' control chip has been removed also…. And it seems there are riots beginning in Commons." Roget watched the woman speak and his hopelessness feeling got worse and worse with each second. The director slowly slumped to his knees, his whole plan up in flames within seconds.

"Um…. are you sure?"

"Yes sir."

"Okay…. fine…. activate Martial Law …. kill any resistance….. and anyone who resists…."

"Director… are you… sure?"

"Just do it… no lives spared….!" Roget got up and threw his chess board into the air. Roget slammed his fist into the wall of his office.

Facility

"Destiny Hero Dangerous and Dystopia, end them!" Edo yelled. The two Destiny Heroes charged up dark balls in their hands and fired them across the Facility. Edo had already broken in with the guards standing no chance. The ground floor was badly damaged with guards knocked out across the ground.

Edo walked forward and looked at all the guards.

"All these people who could become energy…. but I need to find Gloria." Edo bent down to a guard who was injured but not knocked out.

"What… what do you want?!" said the guard, in fear for his life.

"Gloria Tyler… where is she?!" Edo said while holding his shirt collar.

"Up… there….!" The guard pointed as Edo dropped him on the ground.

…

"Please! Let me live!" yelled a large guard. It was Armstrong the chief of the Facility. He was on the ground as Edo loomed over him.

"This is Gloria's cell… give me the key!"

"Ok.. okay!" Armstrong threw Edo a ring of keys as Edo put them in his pocket.

"Thank you for your contribution!" Edo smirked as he hit the duel disk button and it glowed. Armstrong looked petrified as his body became engulfed in purple. Seconds later a carded Armstrong dropped onto the floor.

Inside the cell which Edo opened up, there was a surprising sight.

It was Gloria fighting to free herself from chains which were connected to the roof and floor. Gloria looked almost rabid.

"Oh I forgot, you still have Cobra's conditioning on you… I guess being chained up made you into an animal…. I hope you don't remember me saying that…." Edo said to himself as he went to her ear and said the word to free her. "Freedom."

Gloria closed her eyes and reopened them quickly, looking around the room.

"E… Edo?" Gloria said.

"Welcome back…. you've missed a lot…"

Marina and Dennis – Security Tower

Marina and Dennis looked from a rooftop at the Security tower where everyone was being held.

"Edo has Gloria and they're coming here now." Dennis said as he read his duel disk.

"Awesome, but now it's our turn!"

As they looked on, dozens of guards with various Goyo Monster's blocked the entrance but Marina had an idea.

Commons

Ruka, Tsukikage, Mercy, Shun along with the allies from underground including Ushio and Ran from Arcadia all now were in an alleyway. They had escape from the underground and were planning to get to Tops.

"Ok we use the same way I take to get to Tops." Ruka said. "We need to move." All the duelists now had their duel disks back and had seen Yuzu was in the final.

"Correct and to save Ruri… wherever she is…" Shun said.

"We meet up with Yuzu first." Ruka added. As she finished her sentence, the group could hear chanting and marching.

"What's that?" Mercy said.

"It can't be….?" Rally added.

Tsukikage leapt up onto a roof and saw a group of all the people from the underground with Shinji in front just a few streets away.

"TIMES UP COMMONERS! IT'S OUR TIME TO RAISE UP!" Shinji yelled as they marched down with the group behind.

"This is our chance!" Damon added.

"Throw away the suppression of Tops! Tonight we strike!" Tony added.

"They're rioting?" said a bulky Commoner who saw the protests.

"I knew Shinji would pull through!" said another as they both joined in the protest march.

The group who marched down the street were soon being joined by other Commons who supported their cause. As the group got bigger so did the shouting.

"This isn't good." Ruka said. "Shinji is now starting…."

Ray/Rin/Yuya/Sora

Ray was riding on the back of Shinji's D-Wheel which Rin was riding. Sora was leaping from buildings to buildings as Yuya was on the back of his Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix. The four had easily gotten down to the Commons as there was no sign of all guards on the border.

"This is too easy." Rin said. "I don't like it."

"What is happening?" Ray said.

"Well now that Yuzu beat Serena…. she is in the final… could it be Security have move there?" Yuya said.

"I don't think so." Sora said. Sora stopped as did the D-Wheel and Yuya on his Monster. Ahead of them were Shinji and his now large group coming down the streets.

"Oh no… Shinji…" Rin said.

Shinji stopped and up ahead he saw Rin and the others. The group all stopped as well.

"You dare… show yourself!" Shinji yelled.

"Shinji we can explain!" Rin said as Sora jumped down to the ground.

"You stole my D-Wheel! Common to Common! We have a code!" Shinji yelled in fierce anger.

"You're code is wrong! I saw sense, why can't you?!"

"Because Rin…. you might come from Commons… but you're not one of us! Martha spoilt you!" Shinji replied.

"Spoilt?! You're not even making sense anymore?!" Rin hit back.

"No-one gets in our way! GO!" yelled Shinji as his group all begun to run at Rin and others.

"Damnit!" Yuya said. "Phoenix!" Yuya's words caused his Monster to unleash fire at the ground which stopped the rioters; the four quickly used this chance to find a different route as the flames dispersed.

"It doesn't matter." Shinji said. "We will hold them to account when we rule this city. Let's go!" Shinji and his group continued their march to Tops.

….

Rin and the others laid down in an empty alleyway, they were tired after escaping the angry mob.

"Remind me to never become like that…." Rin said.

"It's okay; you made the right call not to join him." Yuya said.

At this point Sora was able to sense something coming. He got up and leapt onto the building.

"Someone is coming!" Sora said. There a shadow was leaping between the roofs and Sora launched forward to stop him.

There was a silence as Rin and the others didn't know what had happened.

"Sora?" Yuya said. As they waited, they saw Sora walk to the edge of the rooftop along with Tsukikage, all of them looked pleased to see each other.

20 Minutes Later

"So Ruri is in that tower?" Shun said as he stood up.

"Yes." Yuya said.

"I was there with Sora, we were going to find you guys first then head there." Rin replied.

"What about Yuzu?" Mercy asked.

"I haven't spoken to her since I lost in the semi-final yesterday. Me and Sora had been running from Security." Rin added.

"Well with Serena losing, she must be in the same tower. We need to go and be careful." Shun replied.

"Okay, we strike now!" Yuya said with excitement.

"Wait!" Ushio said. "Before you kids start playing like heroes… we have a riot going on…. Security will be guarding the tower while the rioters get a free pass to the City."

"Yes we can't let anyone get hurt." Ran said. "Even the ignorant ones."

"Then we break up into teams." Shun said, displaying his leadership skills which got him the Xyz Resistance leader job.

"Agreed, we need to hit the tower with speed while we need strength to stop the protests." Tsukikage said.

"I will go!" Yuya said.

"No." Rin said. "Yuri and Yugo are there… even with Clear Wing now on our side… we can't predict what could happen … especially without Linette." Rin looked sad when she mentioned that.

"Good point." Shun said. "Ray, Yuya and Mercy will go to find Yuzu."

"Me, Sora and Shun along with Rin will go to the tower." Tsukikage said.

"I can go along with you to the tower. I want to knock some sense into Roget!" Ushio added.

"Then Ran, Rally, Jill, Hunter and everyone else will stop protests." Rin said. "We will all meet in the Tops docks if all goes right."

"Okay, we all know our jobs." Yuya said. "Good luck everyone!"

Tower

Marina and Dennis watched from afar as they saw the Lancers arrive. They approached the main gate which had guards in front.

"HALT!" said the guards as Rin charged forward on Shinji's D-Wheel with Shun on the back.

"Now!" Shun yelled. The guards looked behind as Sora and Tsukikage appeared behind them. Tsukikage and Sora charged between them all, knocking them all out with hits on the back of their heads.

Rin and Shun broke through the barrier as they then stopped outside the tower. There they saw more guards appear on the roof holding net guns and more guards around the base.

"Now!" Shun said as she and Rin summoned various Monsters to block the net guns. Rin's Monsters unleashed a cold breeze freezing the officers legs on the spot. Tsukikage leapt into the air and threw some small ninja bombs down onto the ground. A green cloud emerged from them which slowly made the remaining officers sleep.

"Okay, let's go!" Rin said as the Monsters were recalled to their cards.

Inside the tower the corridor was blocked off by guards in suits and masks. It appears they knew any intruders would try sleep bombs and it was clear they wouldn't be affected.

"No-one stops me getting to my sister!" Shun yelled. "Raidraptor Skull Eagle go!" The guards were caught out by the bird and dodged it, Shun quickly ran past them as they made a small breach in their wall of shields.

"Me too!" Rin yelled as she summoned a Monster. "Callistis!" The white-winged warrior emerged and Rin took her hand.

"Hold on!" Callistis said as she used her Synchro energy to make her and Rin shoot forward at a high speed.

"What was that?!" yelled another guard.

"After them!" said another.

"No you're dueling us!" Sora said as Tsukikage blocked them with his Ninja Monsters. Ushio had finally caught up as he had been running behind.

"Finally…. you kids with your young legs…" Ushio said out of breath.

Upstairs

Rin and Shun made it to the cell floor but ahead of them was a shocking sight. It was Dennis and Marina finishing off a duel.

"Go Performage Trapeze Magician!" The Performage kicked the last guard onto the floor as he joined his fellow five guards in being knocked out.

"Ho… ho….how?!" Shun said.

"Oh Shun…. it's been a while!" Marina said. "Thanks for using all the guards up!"

"What?!" Shun gritted his teeth.

"We knew Lancers would come here… we could break in at any time but we wanted you to take the majority of the guards away from here!" Dennis said smugly. "It all went to plan!"

"Then duel me!" Shun said.

"You and the girl are irrelevant. We have her bracelet… we're here to free Yuri and Serena! You can have your sister back!" Marina said.

"And Yugo?!"

"Coming with us!" Dennis said with glee.

"NEVER!" Rin yelled.

"You don't have a choice!" Dennis said as he took a key card from one of the guards and swiped it, opening the door.

"Mar… Marina….?!" Yuri said as he rushed out along with Serena.

"Yuri, Serena… you're safe." Marina said gratefully.

"I'm fine." Yuri said. "I never forgot the mission!" Inside the cell Yugo and Ruri were about to exit but Serena nodded to Yuri. Serena kicked the jail cell shut, sealing Ruri and Yugo back inside.

"NO!" Rin and Shun all yelled.

"Good job." Marina said.

"I guess we will be taking Ruri as a card after all!" Dennis smirked.

"No… not happening!" Rin yelled.

"No-one will stop me…..!"

Every looked towards the jail cell as they saw Yuri looking at the ground with a dark aura appearing around him.

"Um… Yuri?" Serena said.

"Being locked up for all that time…. Clear Wing is my battle!" Yuri yelled as his eyes lit up in purple.

"Oh no…." Rin said.

"Yugo get back." Ruri said as she stood in front of Yugo.

"This isn't good…." replied Yugo as Yuri had a wide grin on his face as a dark shadow shot towards the jail. Ruri and Yugo saw it coming and jumped to the ground as it clashed with jail cell door, blowing it off its hinges and making everyone except Yuri hit the ground due to the flying debris.

"Only from the inside could this cell stop me!" yelled Starving Venom, now in full control. "But now…..!" Starving wait for the dust to settle as he saw Yugo struggling on the floor with Ruri knocked out.

"Fine… I'll… duel you…" Yugo said.

"Good! Now get up!" Starving added.

"Damnit…." Behind Starving, Marina spoke. She had reached out for her duel disk and hit the emergency escape button.

"No!" Starving yelled as he, Dennis, Marina and Serena all teleported away, leaving the Lancers in the tower.

Ray, Mercy, Yuya

Yuya had now sent a message to Yuzu and had agreed to meet in a park. As Security was busy elsewhere, the three had been able to walk freely.

"I hope she can find the place." Mercy said. "I gave her clear instructions."

"You did!"

The three saw Yuzu enter the park as Yuya and the others all looked relived and happy to see her.

"Yuzu…." Yuya said as she had and Yuya smiled at each other as she got closer.

"Yuya… I'm glad you're safe. And you as well Ray and Mercy." Yuzu replied.

Warrior appeared alongside Ray's Samurai and Yuya's two Magicians.

"It's good to see you again…. Samurai." Warrior said.

"We missed you too…." Time sarcastically added.

"Being serious, I'm glad you're safe. All of you. " Warrior said. "Yuya… I wish to say sorry for the Smile World idea."

"What? No need to say sorry! It's just a shame Odd-Eyes didn't respond to it!" Yuya added.

"What is the next plan?" Samurai said. "Only Ciel remains."

"Yes but we can't worry about that. Yuzu won't lose!" Warrior said.

"So what now?" Yuzu said.

"We meet up with the others at the docks! There are riots about to happen with Shinji in charge so once we meet up there, we will go to help stop them by finally bringing Tops and Commons together!"Yuya said.

"But Yuzu needs to duel Aki?" Mercy said.

"We will only bring more attention to ourselves if she doesn't." Ray said.

"It's not until tomorrow, it's okay." Yuzu said. "I need to see the others anyway."

"Okay." Yuya said. "Let's get going now."

As the four were about to head off, giant blue holographic screens emerged across the city. It had Roget on them.

"Ladies and gentleman of the city, as Director of Security, it has come to my attention that rioting has begun in Commons. As per the request of the council and the Tops demands, I am declaring martial law!"

"Martial law?!" Yuzu snapped.

"I am now assuming full control of the city; the council feel it is best that I make such decisions! Officers have been moved to secure Tops and make it safe." Roget continued. "Any Commons found entering shall be dealt with fully. We have also deployed our special forces so Tops shall be safe."

"What a snake!" Mercy said.

"Security for the first time has declared an alliance with Arcadia to make our border even stronger!"

"Arcadia?!"

"Let me be clear, Commons will be put back in their place. I promise." Roget said as the screens faded.

"Martial law?" said a Tops.

"Good!" added another.

"We should go." Yuzu said as the others nodded.

Arcadia

Roget had finished speaking to a camera within Euridice' office and now looked at Euridice along with Aki next to her.

"Send Aki to watch over Yuzu, I'm sure we will find her." Roget said.

"I take my orders from Euridice only!" Aki hit back. Roget looked at Euridice who reluctantly agreed.

"Please do it Aki." Euridice said. Aki looked annoyed but walked out of the office, listening to the leader's orders. As she departed, Roget shut the door behind her.

"You're still calm after losing your captives?" Euridice said.

"It matters not." Roget said. "When something goes wrong, you adapt. I might not have a bargaining chip anymore for Academia but it means I had a bit more time to work on something else….!" Roget smirked as he departed.

Roget had a phone call once he left the room. He answered it.

"Is it done?" Roget said.

"Yes." said Mikage.

In the council room Mikage sat down with Yegar and Akiza's father, all who looked blank-minded.

"The council now belongs to you." Mikage added as Roget burst out in laugher.

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