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I don't own Yugioh Arc V

Chapter 21

The clouds covered the moon for a brief moment as the man walked forward towards both Xyz Users. When the clouds slowly moved out of the way, the moon illuminated the street and the man who was walking to them came into view. He was a tall man the same height as Shun Ruri made sure to note as her hand clenched on her duel disk.

"And you are...?" Shun asked as he stepped in front of his younger sister with his duel disk at the ready.

"Akaba Reiji. Leo Corporation's current president." The man said pushing up his glasses.

"Akaba...Reiji..." Shun said with a twitch of his eyes.

"Leo Corporations'... Current president..." Ruri said as she processed his words as the moon lit up the whole area.

"The fact that you helped continue to assault parties related to Leo Corporation such as LDS in Maiami city means you wished to meet me. Am i mistaken?" Reiji said.

"Helped? No, It was all me." Shun said glaring at the man before him. Reiji just stared at him for a moment then looked at Nakajima who nodded at Reiji and took out a computer. Shun and Ruri looked at what appeared to be a surveillance video. They both felt their breaths hitch when they saw Allen card an LDS top and pick up the card that he put next to a picture of Marco as the other picture cleared showing Teo then leave the area they had left earlier.

"You really are Akaba Reiji... The son of Akaba Leo. We've been waiting for this moment! Now come with us!" Shun said with a smirk as Nakajima put the computer away as he and Ruri put their duel disks on. Ruri had a troubled look as she stared at the man who might be their only chance to get their comrades who were taken back and Reiji noticed this and just fixed his glasses.

"Let me ask something first," Reiji said after he took his eyes off Ruri and looked at Shun.

"What?" Shun said getting fed up with all the talking but as for Ruri she was the more rational of the two as she straightened from her crouched position just a bit letting Reiji know at least one of them was listening.

"Why are you fighting me," He asked.

"I don't need to answer that!" Shun yelled at Reiji

"We're trying to get back our kidnapped friends," Ruri said taking a step forward.

"Ruri!" Shun yelled at his sister.

"So that's it. The girl behind you testified that a boy with red hair called a boy by the name of Sakaki Yuya 'Yuto' before this girl jumped off a roof and said that that boy isn't 'Yuto' before they disappeared." Reiji said looking at Ruri who nodded at him while Shun looked at his sister in shock.

"What does he mean?" Ruri asked his sister but all she said was she will tell him later.

"From there, I deduced that Ruri is to you...No, to all of you, a dear comrade. And it would seem that he is currently being held hostage by your enemy, that's why you helped that other boy with attacking LDS like this." Reiji said as he eyed his passed out students after Ruri calmed her brother down while giving a slight glare at the man before them. He knew too much about them.

"There's no doubt that Yuto is still in captivity right now, but we will save him!" Ruri said looking at Reiji with a fierce fire in her eyes that wasn't there when he first came before them.

"Yeah...And in order to do that... We just need you!" Shun said standing right beside his sister with the same fire in his eyes that she had.

"Just as I had suspected... So you simply wish to use me as a hostage to exchange and kept attacking LDS and sent me those cards with Marco and Teo's picture on them as a way to lure me out." Reiji said with his hand on his hip as both Ruri and Shun said yes at the same time.

"If we have his son as a bargaining chip, then even Akaba Leo can't say no." Shun said as Reiji just watched them.

"I wonder about that...I hardly believe he values me that much." Reiji said confusing both Xyz users.

"What do you mean?" Ruri asked when she finally got her voice back.

"Never mind...But if you still wish to fight me, I have no objections. But I have one condition" Reiji told them as he fixed his glasses then looked at them.

"Condition?" Shun said as he finally lowered his duel disk.

"If you both can fulfill my condition, then I'll gladly be your opponent, and if you win..."

"Then what?" Ruri asked as Reiji turned around getting ready to leave.

"You can do whatever you want." He said then walked away. Ruri and Shun both shared a look then followed right behind him with the other people following them after retrieving Msumi, Yaiba, and Hokuto...

The next morning

At the Sakaki household, Yuya picked up his deck remembering what Nico told him over the Video function of his duel disk when he got home after dropping Yuzu off home.

Flashback:

"You've grown just as I had expected in these past three matches. In your first Duel, you showed there are no perfect plans in cooking or Dueling and learned that having flexible state of mind and the ability to improvise on the spot create the best hospitality. In the second Duel, you learned that you won't improve through complacency and that it's important to communicate with the opponent and audience. And in the third Duel, you finally surpassed my imagination and left the entire gallery in awe! However, the next match is the most important! This is the fourth and final match I will produce for you, Yuya-kun! This is your 50th match this year and if you win you will qualify for the Junior Youth Leauge Championship. Show me the summation of your acquired skills in the next battle! And make your first step towards becoming a pro!" Nico told him then told him to get a good nights rest for his final match in the morning.

Flashback End:

'Today, my future will be decided. No matter who my opponent is, I'll believe in myself and make it through with my Entertainment Dueling. Watch over me...Dad!' Yuya thought as he looked at a poster of his father right above his bed. Then he left his room to get breakfast but found the kitchen empty. Not even the plate that was usually placed for Sora was on the table. Heck, there was nothing on the table as Yuya walked to the fridge to see if his mom happened to put his plate in the fridge but saw nothing. He then walked to You Show depressed since she wasn't there to see the most important match that will determine whether or not her son will become a pro to see if anyone was there but found it empty. Not even the Principal, who was always there was present to greet him well complain since he learned Fusion from Sora.

"I wonder! Just what could have happened?" Nico said spooking Yuya as he appeared behind him from out of nowhere again.

"Nico!"

"At your service! Good morning, Yuya-kun. Did you get enough rest last night?" he said bowing to Yuya when he calmed down and turned to look at Nico.

"Yeah, but where is everyone?" Yuya asked.

"Is it bothering you?" Nico asked.

"It is! Where is everyone?" Yuya asked but Nico didn't answer as he pushed Yuya out the door towards his final match saying they needed to hurry or they will be Late.

(Watch the Duel between Yuya and Gongenzaka in Episode 25 and episode 26)

"Yuya-oniichan" Yuya heard three voices say before he was attacked by Ayu, Tatsuya, and Futoshi as they hugged him after his final win. Yuya was shocked about them being here as they congratulated him on his win.

"You saw?"

"Yeah! Nico told us we couldn't cheer you on in person, so...We were watching secretly!"Ayu said with Tatsuya finished up for her.

"If you're aiming to be a pro, then you have to be able to win when you're the away team after all," Yoko said before she hugged her son.

"And you pulled off a splendid victory, you were on fire, Yuya! Hot-blooded!" Shuzo said skidding to a stop next to Yuya and Yoko as they separated with fire surrounding him.

"No kidding, even I got a bit excited watching that! I never would've thought you'd use a Pendulum Effect to do a Fusion Summon!" Sora said with his lollipop in his mouth.

"Yuya! Congratulations!" Yuzu said coming right next to Yoko.

'I see...I didn't notice, but they were all watching over me!' Yuya thought but before tears came to his eyes Gongenzaka walked up to him and pulled him into a bone-crushing hug cutting off his air as Gongenzaka cried congratulating Yuya. When he finally released Yuya he watched the boy take gulps of air back into his lungs.

"Ah! Since I won, your entry in the Junior Youth Championship is..." Yuya said but Gongenzaka cut him off telling him that he still had a week until the tournament and he still had a chance to enter and that being able to push him this far made him very happy as they shook hands.

"AHHHHH!" Sora yelled shocking everyone in the room.

"What?!" Ayu asked the boy.

"WE CAN FINALLY HAVE OUR PARTY!" Sora yelled reminding them of the promise they made the day before. Everyone was silent for a few seconds before the whole gym was filled with laughter as everyone left to get the things for the party at You Show for Yuya and Sora. With Gongenzaka's father being proud of his son, Yuzu hitting her father for being too loud and Nico being really glad he placed all his cards on Yuya when he decided to be his manager as he followed the group after he was invited to the party that he agreed to when his stomach growled.

Leo Corporation

"It appears Sakaki Yuya's entry into the Junior Youth Championship has just come in." Nakajima said holding up a clipboard as Reiji sat in his chair looking outside.

"And?"

"He qualifies for the championship," Nakajima said.

"I see. Then that means all of the Duelists I've had my eye on are accounted for."

"Yes, sir. Also regarding the incident with Koutsu Masumi, Toudou Yaiba, and Shijima Hokuto..." Nakajima said after he put his arms down with the clipboard down at his side.

"Have you finished erasing their memories yet?" Reiji asked and Nakajima replied with a yes, sir and that the Duel against Kurosaki Shun and anything concerning him and the red-haired boy has been erased. Reiji just nodded his head and replied with a good job as the environment for the Kurosaki sibling into the tournament is prepared. He then touched a tablet and a diamond appeared on the screen with a man on a horse holding a lance with the words Lancer Selection written on it looking at different pictures of kids, including Sora was in their but he continued with him stopping on the picture of Hiragi Yuzu.

'From among these few, how many of these Duelists will become lancers to fight for our world?' Reiji thought as he looked at the picture of Yuzu smiling at the camera and then going to a picture of Sakaki Yuya.

In a Hotel room, Ruri was taking a shower in the bathroom as her brother was sitting on the window sill looking at the moon shining brightly in the sky. He remembered the talk he had with his sister that morning.

Flashback:

"You have a lot of explaining to do Ruri" Shun said looking at his sister. She released a sigh and sat on the bed as her brother sat on the window sill.

"Okay. I'll tell you everything I learned after following that boy who looked like Yuto around after our first meeting in the Warehouse." She said. She told him everything she observed when watching Yuya. She even told him about him learning Fusion alongside a girl that looked like her in this dimension from another boy who was always eating candy. When Shun heard the part about Yuya learning Fusion his eyes opened wide.

"I'm sorry...I should have told you earlier but I had to make sure..." she said looking down feeling really bad. She knew that Yuto is Shun's best friend. When she looked up after not hearing anything she saw that her brother had his hand covering his mouth as he was thinking.

"Don't you worry! You're already well-known at LDS. Although we didn't know about you, I remember that girl who looked like Yuzu and that red-haired boy and was the bait for either of them but I guess it's fine since we now have the person behind all the attacks. " He remembered that girl Masumi saying. So the girl who looked like his sister was also someone close to his friend's lookalike.

"Shun...When that boy was learning Fusion he had a smile on his face and not a smile that was conceding. Also, I dueled that girl and when she used Fusion I couldn't feel anything but a pureness coming off it. They are not our enemies Shun." She said as she got in the bed getting ready to go to sleep. Shun nodded at her but she wasn't sure if he was even listening after she told him the fact about Yuya learning Fusion. He sat on the window sill and stare at the moon as she fell asleep.

Flashback End:

Ruri stepped out of the shower drying her hair with a towel wearing the yellow dress that she used to always wear before the invasion happened. She took a brush and began to brush her hair getting ready for the tournament that was going to happen in a week getting ready for bed as her brother continued to stare at the moon contemplating whether Yuya is an enemy or not and wondering who Yuzu is...

TBC….

And here it is! The Junior Youth League Championship is going to start and we all know when shit will hit the fan pretty soon! Thanks to the people who are still reading and I'm sorry for the long update. See you in the next chapter! Bye.