First of all, I want to say that I am back to writing fictions. The semester was short but was also very tiring. Then I think that, I deserve at least a short break before continuing with this.

Next, I want to thank HolyMage Mouto for pointing out the mistakes I made in chapter 3. The chapter was amended. The ruling around the Heavy Samurais are very confusing and I had to search everywhere to understand how they tick, like will my monsters be destroyed in battle when attacking them in defense position. Also, I want to thank a guest for pointing out that it is Maiami City and not Miami City. I will update on this soon.

Anyway, enough with the announcements, here you guys go, as promised.

The Battle Royale is over at last. But the victors were not in their best moods, especially Yuya. After learning about Yuzu's fate, he broke down. So did I… but unlike Yuya, mine was more of guilt. I was too engrossed in my work to remember about Yuzu. And I have only myself to blame.

When Reiji appeared, and told us about his plans, which I already know, Yuya did not take everything too kindly. In fact, he is currently blinded by despair to even think rationally. While it may be true that Reiji did use the contestants to fight the enemy, even if the contestants are inexperienced. However, we must also keep in mind that he is also the President of Leo Corporation. One thing that I learn about this world is that they use a monarchy system of governing. Reiji is both the president of a company as well as the entirety of Maiami City, so he is also responsible for the lives and safety of the people as well. On top of that, Reiji is a smart king. Instead of reinforcing martial law, he held a grand tourney to gather the people in one area and then quarantines it. That way, he has prevented a forest fire panic. And when people are afraid, they can do the unthinkable.

When Reiji called for an Action Field, the area around us soon turns into Heartland. The Xyz Dimension. Kurosaki's home.

I approached the shinobi and handed him the card that contains his red counterpart. He was grateful for this gesture. I said nothing else as an act of respect to their shinobi code. I turn to Kurosaki. He is telling Selena about the events that occurred during the invasion. The bluenette is visibly shaken by the revelation. I lightly grasp her shoulder. She leaned onto my hand for support. After all, one of the many worst things that can happen to a person, is when they learn that everything that they had believed and lived for has been a lie. Selena was raised to believe that everything that Academia did was noble. I don't blame her for her one-sided beliefs. It is an effective learning process albeit harsh.

Finally, I turn to Yuya, who have receive the brunt of them all. He is undergoing, in my opinion, the worst method of maturing, lost. He had assumed the worst when he learnt that Yuzu was abducted. Guess he is not the typical clueless protagonist. He is now venting his hatred at Reiji through a duel. Needless to say, the older teen is simply toying with the green and red haired boy. Reiji is constantly driving Yuya in a corner by playing on his emotions as if pushing him… to grow stronger. Seems like I have been a bad influence. After all, most of these techniques is just so similar to mine, however, instead of resulting in fear… Reiji's taunts and insults made Yuya more determined and stronger.

The duel is over, and to no surprise, Reiji won. It was an interesting duel to me because I get to witness an Xyz monster gaining level. In fact, I can see a lot of potential strategies and synergies when a card like this is released. The duel was so close… for Yuya, but Reiji played an unexpected effect. It was a mediocre effect, but effective for the situation he was in. Basically, all his spells and traps were negated, but this effect allows him to destroy all his spells and traps and then resets them.

…

A nasty though came to me as I eyed the president hungrily like a predator.

Reiji's final word of wisdom snapped me back to reality. After he gave his piece of advise to Yuya, he left for the stadium. The others were to report back to the LDS Stadium. I encouraged them to go while I stay behind and rested. Once I felt better, I move to the LDS building, gave Reiji a call and proceed through the elevator that will lead me to Reiji's office.

Along the ride, several thoughts came to me. First, is the fact that I want to duel the president. Next, I want to learn about the casualties during the event, especially with Yuzu. Last but not least, the future plans. I sorted my priorities before proceeding down the hallway leading to the president.

He was standing by the table with his arms crossed while looking distant.

"Kaichou." I called him. "A moment."

He said nothing.

I began my first question. "Yuzu… is she with Academia now?"

"No," he answered instantly, to my surprise. No? "She isn't." I was relieved when I heard this information. "I took your words into account and had asked Hikage to watch her."

"Hikage?" I then remembered the shinobi that Reiji hired. I turn to the ceiling and immediately spotted a blue shadow in the room. The shinobi was surprised by the sudden move and descended from the ceiling. "Nice hiding spot, I guess that the 'no one ever bothered to look up' rule does apply to the shinobis."

"It's a humble mistake that I will improve from," the shinobi responded humbly.

"No need, you did well enough. I am just…" I look for the word to best fit myself while making sure not to brag too much about myself, "Unpredictable."

"Indeed," the shinobi responded, "But a lesson well learnt nonetheless." My respects for this shinobi is skyrocketing. "I am Tsukikage. Hikage is my brother."

"Kyou Yuuki, an honour, and my gratitude to your brother." I responded with a bow. So, Hikage watched over Yuzu. "What of Yuzu?"

"I'm sorry, my brother was distracting some of the Obelisk Force away from her. When he was surrounded, he escaped from the place at once." The blue ninja, now named Tsukikage, relayed.

The shinobis are dishonourable warriors that does not fight on fair grounds. If they have the advantage, they take it. A major stereotyping of shinobis is that they will stand their ground and fight… yeah I'm talking about Ninja Gaiden here. Don't get me wrong, that game is still fun, but it is a complete misinterpretation of shinobis. When a Shinobi is caught, they will face only a brutal public execution, no questions asked. So it is a 'flee or die' situation for them.

But back to the ninja's statement. If Hikage were distracting the Obelisk force, does that means that the 6 tweedles I took out single handed were the ones chasing Yuzu? Something's missing. Because my first impression about Obelisks is that they are elites, this means that they must be like the top of the rankings kind of people, so they won't simply abandon their duties just to chase an unimportant target.

"I was keeping an eye on her while everything was happening." Reiji interrupted. "From everything I see, Yuzu is most likely in the Synchro Dimension now."

That… may be the reason. But there's still something missing. In any case, the fact that Yuzu is not in captured and is in the Synchro Dimension is good news… but bad news as well. Good because she is momentarily safe from Academia's hands and bad is because the potential problem the Synchro Dimension can bring to a person of her status.

I relayed to Reiji about what I know about the Synchro Dimension, in other words, the 5Ds series. I gave him two possibilities of the dimension. The first is the positive scenario where the city is just as great as Maiami City, meaning the post Dark Signer Arc. The second is the worst scenario, meaning that there will be a class system that splits the society apart.

Reiji narrowed his eyes when he learn of these information, no doubt beginning to suspect something from me. I remain unfazed under his gaze. Reiji relented before telling me his future plans.

Tomorrow, sometime before noon, he will have all the Lancers gathered in this room. These Lancers, other than me, includes Sakaki Yuya, Gongenzaka Noboru, Selena, Sawatari Shingo, aka banana peel head, Kurosaki Shun, Dennis Macfield, whoever that is, Tsukikage, Akaba Reiji, and to my surprise, Akaba Reira.

While I may have only seen the boy once, I immediately know that the boy is no doubt very strong. However, no matter how one look at it, Reira is just a child who has about the same age as the three kids in You Show Duel School. I did not question further as I respect Reiji's decisions even if it means bringing a child to the battlefield.

This means that there will be a total of 10 Lancers. However…

"Our destination will be your dimension, Yuuki."

I froze at once at that declaration. He plans to travel to my home dimension, no doubt to recruit some more capable duellists of my calibre. Well this isn't going to be good. It's too early for me to showing my entire hand! I guess I have no choice-

-but to duel him.

"President… can you repeat that?" I said to my leader slowly as I make small and slow steps to him.

"We will travel to the fifth dimension and recruit more people there." He explained, proving my theory right. "I have witnessed how you handle the situation with 6 elites from Academia, so I've come to the conclusion that if we have more comrades from your dimension, we will definitely win this war."

It is true. I am very sure that people from my… reality can definitely destroy Academia at a heartbeat given our… let's say creativity, resource, options, etc. However, my reality is not Yu-Gi-Oh focused. Card games are only just that, a game, and a hobby. So the numbers will be scarce at best, unless you know where to look. On top of that, the idea of using a game as a tool of war is too farfetched and… unreal. No. The point is, if war really broke out in my reality, the people won't be as forgiving. And that is just putting things lightly.

As solid as this plan may seem,-

"No." I cut my leader off as I now stood in front of his desk.

Reiji only narrowed his eyes.

"Reiji," I stoically called his name. At this point, the atmosphere became heavy. Tsukikage involuntarily took a step backwards as the ninja felt the growing tension between me and the president. "I understand your need to recruit strong duellists… however, I will not stand by idly and do nothing if my home is involved." The grey haired teen remained unfazed and silent. "Akaba Reiji…" this time, the atmosphere has become intense as I called his name again, "Pick your next words carefully…" I threatened further with a dark look that promises death, "Or else, you will learn what happened to Ryozanpaku Duel School."

At the mention of the school, Reiji's eyes twitched with revelation and surprise. If I am right, he must be thinking about how I can destroy the school's unwavering spirit. Also, I think I see a sweat inched from his cheek. The grey haired teen closed his eyes and let out a sigh. "Very well," he began, "we will leave your dimension alone."

"Glad you see it MY way."

The atmosphere subsided.

OH POOOOOOO! That didn't go well at all. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE 'DUEL' AND SH-

I cleared my throat.

"If I may, Kaichou," back to familiarity, now that that debate is over, "if you wish to recruit any allies, then I suggest that we travel to the Synchro Dimension instead." I suggested, mainly due to my unsated curiosity for the dimension. If you ask me which Yu-Gi-Oh series is my favourite, then I'll answer 5D… card games on motorcycles. "I'm concerned about Yuzu's safety." Not at all.

"I have already thought about it."

"Ara, that's good, when will we depart?"

"Tomorrow morning, we will depart for the Synchro Dimension when everyone is here tomorrow. I'll prepare a room for you."

"Ah I appreciate that." I sighed as I stretched my sore body. So much for running around the city for a whole day, and on top of that, without sleep. I suppose I ought to make the most of this short period of rest.

Third Person's Point of View

As soon as Yuuki left the office, Reiji leaned against the comforts of his chair as relief and comfort took over him.

"Tsukikage," Reiji began, "What do you think of him?"

"I think that he is the most dangerous person in our group –de gozaru." Tsukikage responded, "He is definitely a person you want on your side, otherwise the Lancers… no, the Standard Dimension, will be annihilated."

Reiji nodded, "That is true. I made the right choice of recruiting him as soon as I pick up on his readings. To think that there is a fifth dimension out there that can destroy all of us with such ease."

"Why do you think that Yuuki is against going to the fifth dimension?"

"I have a few speculations but all of them just doesn't add up. My first speculation is that he is exactly like Shiuin Sora, a spy for his dimension. But he doesn't have the professionalism of a spy… or maybe he is just toying with us." Reiji turned to his D-Disk and brought out Yuuki's profile. "Kyou Yuuki, age 23, currently living with Sakaki Yuya as a guest." Reiji repeated after what he read, "Other than these basic information, we know nothing of him… So far he has only lost 2 duels, to which he claims, I just don't feel like winning."

"He's not being serious." Tsukikage concluded, "The entire time, he was not even serious."

Reiji nodded, "Serious or not, Yuuki is the most dangerous and strongest duellist in the Lancers." He pulled one of the desk drawers and brought out an untouched deck, "I wonder…"

Yuuki's Point of View

I enter the room that I was designated to accommodate. I immediately scan the room for the bed. As soon as I did, I kicked my shoes off and slumped on the soft surface. Sleepy… sore… tired…

Ah, I'm a little too old for these things.

I then heard screeching coming from the door. Wait… did I forgot to close the door? I asked myself internally since my back is facing the entrance. No, no, calm down. Let's see who could it be and what mo-

"Yuuki?" a familiar feminine voice shattered my train of thoughts. Selena? What's she doing here? Now of all times, because last I checked, it's around 8 in the evening. "Are you asleep yet?"

Is that a trick question? I'm too lazy to deal with what she wants now.

I hear muffled footsteps approaching me and W-! I managed to suppress myself through sheer reaction and willpower as I felt her jab my sides.

"Guess he is…" I heard her sighed with a rather disappointed tone.

Yes, I am 'sleeping' now, so please leave me alone.

"I guess this is fine." Her voice is now equivalent to a whisper.

Oh, what now.

"It's strange you see," she began, to which I added, don't care. "All these times, I thought that everything Academia did was noble."

I can see where this monolog is going. So I'm just going to try and tune them out.

"I-I don't know what to do anymore."

I have nothing to say to this.

"Anyway, good night, I think." I heard the door whined until an audible click pierced through my ears.

I really don't like being involved in people's problems, but then again, it comes with being a teachers. I need to understand students' problems so that I won't… well, regret my judgments. For example, if a student misbehave in class, I am obligated to understand their reasoning and circumstances for misbehaving before delivering the verdict. This practice carried over throughout my entire life, unfortunately.

Selena's dilemma kept me awake for a good hour and within that hour, I have made plans to help the bluenette. As I doze off to sleep, I made a promise to myself.

"After all the war, I WILL help you."

Help, as in, guide her to a new lifestyle, change her view on things, see her… well, do things girl her age should be doing.

But first… sleep.

…

KNOCK. KNOCK.

KNOCK. KNOCK.

Ugh… what now.

I jerk awake as the sound of knocking woke me up. I grumble in response.

"Yuuki-san, are you awake?"

No. Go away.

"The president request your presence now."

The president? Wait…

"Wh-ack," I cleared my sore morning throat, "What time is it now?"

"It's eleven now."

…

"FFFFFFFFFFFFFF" My eyes are now snap awake and I'm up at once at that declaration. I immediately left my accommodations and head straight for the office.

As soon as I got to the office, I am greeted with 9 familiar faces and a boy by Reiji's side. The boy is short and pale with light grey hair and… blank blue eyes. He had a simple turquoise hooded jacket over a simple blue and yellow striped shirt and grey cargo pants. He was holding a white teddy with a purple patch around its left eye.

This must be Akaba Reira, Reiji's brother.

Oh and did I mention that Gongenzaka-dono have patches around his face?

"HMPH! You're late! Whoever you are, you're one million years too early to make me Sawatari Shingo wait!" a rather arrogant voice filled the room. I look around and to no surprise, find the voice belong to a… banana peel.

Then there was a pause.

"GAH!" the banana peel gasped in realization, "Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-YUUKI!"

"Yuuki-san? Reiji, do you mean that the tenth Lancer is…" I heard Yuya gasp.

"Yes, Yuuki is our tenth member." Said Reiji.

"But he wasn't even a part of the Championship." Yuya protested? I'm not sure. He sounded like he was against me being a Lancer. "I mean, Yuuki is a strong duellist but he-"

"Don't let it go to your head Sakaki Yuya!" The banana head interrupted, "This guy took out 6 Academia all by himself." He boasted as if he was the one who did it.

"What?"

"It's true Yuya, this man, Gongenzaka, was there as well," Gongenzaka added. With that remark, Yuya turned to me. It was evident that he had a shocked expression on his face, with a little bit of admiration.

"Sniff! In any sniff case," I interrupted despite the growing irritation in my nose, "Kaichou, is everyone briefed on the situation?" Reiji nodded, "Great, then I suppose we'll be off to the Synchro Dimension then. But the question is… how do we get there?"

The answer to that is when Reiji handed each of us a D-Pad.

"This is a duel disk equipped with a newly-invented dimensional transportation device. We use an item from the Xyz dimension as reference." With this revelation, Kurosaki then confronts Yuya regarding his friend. The matter was abruptly diffused. Strange. "Let's continue the conversation. This duel disk is also fitted with a function that allows the activation of an Action Field. We have also made the same modifications to Kurosaki and Selena's Duel Disks. The Pendulum Summon and Action Cards are our greatest weapons. Use those to your hearts content."

Making the most of our advantage now are we.

"Yuuki," The president called out to me. "I have one more thing for you." He approached me and handed me a… deck? "We've developed a deck specifically for you alone."

A deck? I stepped forward and took the cards. I turn the deck to reveal a new archetype that goes by the name EE.

"EE?"

"Eclectic Emperor."

I look at the deck in my hands before pocketing them away. Eclectic Emperor. Things are getting very interesting.

"Now, please prepare the cards that were distributed to you." Reiji continued with his instructions as he raised a spell card called Dimension Mover. We did the same. "We've inputted the Synchro Dimension's coordinates in them. Set them on your disks and activate them on my mark." We did as told.

I sniffled again… I think I'm catching a cold. I ran a hand to my head. It's slightly hot. Yeah, a fever. This sucks.

"Is everyone ready?" Reiji asked in confirmation. We nodded, while I did so reluctantly. "Then it's time to depart. Onwards, to the Synchro Dimension – Dimension Mover, activate!"

We activated the spell card and one by one, we vanish into blue wisps of light and fade away.

Well, it only look like we are fading away. I beg to differ. As one of the ten who is traveling through this method, I find that I felt lighter. My vision became blurry and bright. I would like to say that it is similar to a dying person's final moments, but I won't because I have never been in that predicament before. I suppose it is like… a sci-fi hyper drive thingy? Basically, it is similar to moving at the speed of light.

"Took you long enough."

Huh?

I opened my eyes and was greeted by complete darkness.

How long has it been since my last visit here? About a week I suppose.

"Sorry." I began.

"No, it's fine. I suppose that was my fault for not telling you to come visit me soon. It's very boring here you see." Said the-voice-in-me-head. "Then again, we really are alike." It snickered, "Oh poo indeed." It snickered again as it mocked the moment I booed the president. Wait… come to think of it, during our first meeting… yeah we really are similar to each other.

"In any case," the voice catch my attention again, "I'm here on business. First of all, regarding your interventions." Uh oh, "I'm sure you remember your previous actions like destroying Ryozanpaku Duel School." I nodded, "You should consider yourself lucky that they are only minor plot convenience."

… Yeah, I guess I am only lucky so far. When I arrive to this… reality, I am very concerned about the potential dangers I might bring to this reality. One of it being polluting and disrupting the storyline. My existence here can potentially destroy the reality that everyone knows. So to avoid that, I kept a low profile to myself, evidently through my duels with Sakaki Yuya and Gongenzaka. I was afraid of what kind of disasters I might bring to this reality.

"Yet, you still challenge Kurosaki, knowing the dangers."

Yeah… honestly, I was bored of being silent and decided to take things into my hands, consequences be damned. I was ready to face my consequences by then.

"I see. If you're ready to face whatever consequences that your actions may bring, then let me enlighten you about one thing." The voice paused dramatically. "I'm sure you know the dangers of… Shadow Games."

Shadow Games! That is one of the series' popular points. Essentially, Shadow Games, or Game of Darkness is basically a contest where two people are involved. Unlike a normal game, the loser will undergo a heavy penalty…

"Are you interested?"

A Shadow Game…

I gave a dark grin in response to the offer. Looks like I am going to be very busy now.

As you can see in this fiction, I try to bond my OC with Selena without trying to make things too cheesy like those stereotypical love story of boys meet girls then girls start fawning all over boys. NO!

Selena is a strong and stubborn girl, and on top of that, she is also very naïve with social interactions so I want to develop this relationship between the two slowly.

HOWEVER! I can't guarantee that this fiction is an OC X Selena. It all comes down with how I will develop their interactions in the future. I will try to make them as intimate as possible, but in the end, my immature mind will decide their union.