Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: White Dragon Emperor

by Star-Eyes Pendulum Dragon

It's been 2 years since the Dimension war. Just when Ash's life started to get boring, things got exciting when he, his girlfriend Lulu Obsidian and their daughter Saya is pulled into a new world with Duel monsters, where they help an AI called Azure. Watch as Ash, Lulu and Saya journey in this new world and to find a way home.

1. Chapter 1

Alright everyone, it's time for the rewrite of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: White Dragon Emperor.

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Chapter 1: A new world and new adventure.

(Xyz dimension)

Ring!

A high school bell ringed, signaling that school was over of the day. Lots of teenagers walked out of Heartland City's high school with their school bags on their backs. Among the high school students were a familiar 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.

The boy had dark hair that was the same style as Yusei Fudo's hair, only red high lights, same skin, a yellow criminal mark like Yusei's mark on his face, wearing a black long sleeve hoodie jacket over a blue shirt with a white dragon themed pendent around his neck. On his hands were black gloves that looked like it had dragon claws that reached his elbows with custom made scales on the gloves, black long track pants with blue highlights to the side and white shoes with black high lights. The most unusual part was his eyes as the right was brown and the left a crimson colour. This was Satoshi Fudo, commonly known as Ash Ketchum, the White Dragon Emperor.

The girl next to him had beautiful black long hair, dark purple bangs on the side of her face, white skin with beautiful violet eyes. She had her hair in a long side braid with a butterfly bow at the end. She's wearing an off the shoulder light grey nit jumper over a purple tank top, teamed with purple shorts, a pink leather belt, purple tights with brown high heel open toe boots with laces crossing to the sides. On her right wrist was a thin, single banded bracelet with a wing-shaped design framing a yellow, diamond-shaped jewel. This girl was Lulu Obsidian, the White Dragon Emperor's girlfriend and the Xyz reincarnation of his wife, Ray Akaba.

It has been 2 years since the Dimensional War ended and peace returned to the 4 dimensions. Ash, Zarc and Ray defeated the Demon Overlord together in the final battle and ended his evil. Zarc and Ray were split back into their counterparts, while Ash was trapped in the Nether World after the battle to keep the Earthbound Immortals from coming out. Everyone's memories of the Dimension War were forgotten with only a few exceptions. Declan held a tournament in the new Pendulum Dimension to get the Lancers back together and helped them remember Ash, the Dimensional War and all the battles they held together.

Yuya travelled through the four dimensions in order to save Ash from the Nether World, but in order to gather enough energy to make the travel to there, Yuya had to defeat powerful duelists such as Dennis, Shay, Rose, Declan and even his counterparts. Yuya managed to win all of the duels, gathering enough energy to travel to the Nether World thanks to Leo Akaba's machine that he created. He entered the portal and found himself in the Nether World and began his search for the White Dragon Emperor

Yuya found Ash after traveling for an hour, much to the two friends' relief, but before they could leave and go home, the King of the Nether World appeared and challenged the two friends to a duel. It was pretty tough, even when it was two against one, but together, Yuya and Ash defeat the King and returned home. Ash reunited with his family, adopted family and in-law family, who all became close friends. The war was finally over with the four dimensions entering an era of peace. 2 years have passed since then. Ash had become a Pro Duelist in all four dimensions with his White Dragon, Blue-Eyes and Dragunity decks; but hasn't used the God cards for a while. Ash kept in contact with all his family members as he decided to live in the Xyz Dimension.

Ash's relationship with Lulu, Rin, Zuzu, Celina, Rio, Verity and Saya were all still strong as he treated them all with love and kindness, making all girls happy to be with him. The White Dragon Emperor hasn't given up on dueling and trains every day to get better. He even goes back to the Pokémon World to continue his journey with his Pokémon to become a Pokémon Master. Just last year, he had become the ever first Alola League Champion after competing in the Alola League. He spend the year in the Alola Region, having entered the Pokémon School he saw when he first visited Alola as it really interested him.

Pikachu stayed behind in the Pokémon world when Ash last visited it, but he comes back from time to time to check on his Pokémon. He evens train with his Pokémon to help them get stronger as he decided to take a break from his journey for a while. He would sometimes bring Lulu and Saya to the Pokémon World as well to see his Pokémon.

Zarc continued to live on through Yuya's pendant with his Supreme King monsters, watching his counterparts grow. Like Zarc, Ray lived on through her counterpart's bracelets with Ash and Saya visiting to spend time together as a family. Yuya has become a Pro Duelist as well in the Pendulum Dimension, having become a great Dueltainer like his father. Yugo and Yuto, like Yuya, have become Pro Duelist as well. Yuri just duels for fun now and doesn't enter tournaments nowadays. Krystal and her counterparts live in their receptive dimensions to be with their boyfriends, dueling for fun as well. All the reincarnated Duelists of the past have been living happy lives in these past 2 years as well.

The Lancers have all become powerful duelist in the four dimensions. Riley, Leo and Luna are on their way to become the youngest Pro Duelists soon as well, while Declan kept doing his duties as the Leo Institute's president, only with his mother and father helping him now.

Today was just another peace filled day as Ash and Lulu have just finished high school for the day in Heartland High School. Heartland City had recovered completely from the Dimensional War and was now filled with the happy cries of children as they dueled.

Shay has even started to teach younger Duelist how to duel as well as him. He's still in a good relationship with Ash's sister, Rose, even though Ash keeps his eyes on them with Rose doing the same as her boyfriend whenever he goes out on a date.

Shay, Yuma, Tori, the former Barian emperors, Yuto, Saya, Allen, Kite, Shark and Rio go to different high schools now, while everyone else goes to schools in their separate dimensions. Lulu has also become a powerful duelist as she had finally defeated her brother in a duel not too long ago. She however, can't defeat Ash just yet.

She had grown to become the strongest female Duelist in Heartland though. Ash didn't just become the strongest Duelist in the Xyz Dimension; he became the strongest Duelist in all four dimensions. He trained so hard that it's almost impossible to defeat him now.

Just like the four dimensions, the four Spirit Worlds have been living in peace with Stardust and the White Dragons living happy lives. They all gained mates of their own now. Just like their master. The White Dragons were now mates with the monsters of Lulu, Celina, Zuzu, Rin, Saya and Rio.

Novaforce Stardust Dragon was still the leader of both the White Dragons and Signer Dragons and has had many children as well. He has an ice wing best hybrid dragon daughter from Ice Beast Zerofyne, a fairy dragon hybrid son from Fairy Cheer Girl. A Spellcaster dragon hybrid son from Winter Bell, a dragon cat hybrid son from Cat Dancer, Mozarta birthed a fairy dragon hybrid daughter.

He gained a dragon son from Black Rose Dragon, a dragon daughter from Ancient Fairy Dragon and finally, the egg that Nightingale birthed hatched into a bird dragon hybrid daughter. Stardust and Nightingale's first child was still loved by all. Saya has even officially started her Dueling journey a year ago and so far, she is a very good one with her Sacred Beast deck.

Currently, Ash and Lulu were walking side by side to the car park of their high school towards where the White Dragon Emperor's Duel Runner was parked. "Once again, a wonderful day of boredom had ended!" Ash exclaimed tiredly as he took a sigh, making Lulu giggle next at him. "Can't you go for one day of school without complaining?" Lulu questioned her boyfriend, getting Ash look at her and shake his head sideways. "Unlikely as school was never my favorite daily subject". The White Dragon Emperor answered, getting Lulu to giggle once again.

Just then, the group arrived at the parking lot where Ash parked his Duel Runner. Unexpectedly, they saw their daughter Saya waiting for them in front of the Union Friendship. The young child was is now 7-years-old as her dark and marron hair was now as long as Lulu's hair with her dark grey eyes still as lovely as ever. She was wearing a pink long sleeve jacket over a white shirt, a pink skirt, long white stockings and pink shoes.

The Sacred Beast user smiled widely when she saw her parents approach. "Hi Mama Papa!" Saya greeted her parents with a happy tone. Ash and Lulu both sighed, before they smiled down at their daughter. "Saya, we told you to stay at home". Ash told his daughter, wishing that Saya would stay at home when told and not leave the house again to come to their high school in order to check on them.

Saya gave a mischievous smile at her father with her hands folded behind her. "It was getting boring waiting for you two, so I came over here so that I wouldn't have to wait". The 7-year-old girl replied to her father, getting Ash to sigh, while Lulu giggled at her daughter's answer. Saya then went up to Lulu to give her mother a hug, which she welcomed with her own hug. Ash held his right hand out to his Duel Runner, before crimson fire appeared over it. After a moment or two, the fire disappeared to reveal that the Duel Runner was gone.

"Let's go for a walk". Ash said to his long time girlfriend and daughter, getting both Lulu and Saya to look at him. "This is surprising, you wanting to take a walk". Lulu said in slight surprise, knowing her boyfriend to not be the time to take walks over riding his Duel Runner. Saya on the other hand, gave her father an eager nod.

Ash, Lulu and Saya began walking out of the car park of the high school together. A few minutes later, the three of them were now walking through Heartland Park with the sun starting to set for the day. Ash was walking in the lead with his hands in his pockets, while Lulu and Saya were walking behind him with Saya holding her mother's right hand with her left hand.

"This is a nice way to spend the afternoon. Spending time together like a family". Lulu stated, enjoying her time together with her boyfriend and daughter. Saya looked up and gave her mother a nod. "I think so too. I really enjoy our time together, Mommy, Daddy". Saya said in agreement as she turned to look at Ash, who looked over his right shoulder to smile at her. "I enjoy our time together as well, Saya". The White Dragon Emperor confessed, getting the Sacred Beast user to smile brightly

Ash then turned his attention forward as he brought out his left hand from his pocket, revealing that he was holding a deck with his hand. He held the deck up and looked down at it. The deck that he was holding was his deck, the famous White Dragon Deck, the powerful deck used by the White Dragon Emperor. Ash looked down at the top card of his deck, which is Novaforce Stardust Dragon. Lulu took notice of her boyfriend looking down at his deck and grew curious. "What's wrong Ash?" Lulu asked her boyfriend, using the name that he is often known by these days.

The teenage boy took a deep sigh, before he looked at his girlfriend and gave her a small smile. "I can't find any strong Duelists anymore. 2 years ago, I fought with a purpose to end the Dimensional War and to stop Phantom. Even after the Dimensional War, I still had a purpose to become the strongest Pro Duelist in the four dimensions. Now that I've accomplished my goals, I feel empty inside". Ash explained to his girlfriend, telling her what was wrong.

Lulu gave Ash a sad smile of understanding as she could understand what he was feeling. After all, she had a goal to surpass her brother and now that her goal had been accomplished, she doesn't have one anymore. "To tell the truth, I feel the same. I finally defeated Shay in a duel, but now I don't have a goal to accomplish anymore". Lulu confessed to her boyfriend, telling him that she felt the same as him.

Ash gave a sad smile back at Lulu, before he began to open his mouth to say something to her, until something expected that no one saw coming, happened. A white portal with a blue outline suddenly appeared in front of Ash, Lulu and Saya 10 feet away, before it began sucking everything in.

"What the?!" Ash called out in surprise as he and Lulu stood their ground with Lulu holding Saya tightly in her arms. "Why is it that all the crazy stuff always happens on short notice?" Lulu questioned as she and Ash were beginning to get pulled in. "I don't know, Mommy". Saya answered her mother as she held on tight to the older female. "Either way, that portal is trying to suck us in! Just hang on tight!" Ash told to his girlfriend and daughter, grabbing onto a street light to hold.

The portal continued to suck everything inside of it. Ash held onto both the light post and his cards in his hand, while Lulu held onto Saya with her right hand and to a nearby bench with her left hand as well. However, a trash came out of nowhere and struck the White Dragon Emperor from behind, causing him to gasp in pain as he let go of his deck and the light post. "Oh come on! Are you kidding me?!" Ash cried out as both he and his cards were pulled into the portal and disappeared from sight.

"No, Ash! /Papa!" Lulu and Saya called out in shock as the Winged Beast user tried to keep her grip on the bench. However, Lulu eventually lost her grip and was sucked into the portal with Saya. The portal then fully closed, leaving the park in a mass in Heartland Park, along with leaving the city to not hear from Ash, Lulu and Saya for a while.

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(VRAINS opening 1: With the Wind)

A digital tunnel appeared with balls of data going down, before a glowing eye appeared. The eye then disappeared to reveal a data Duel Disk attached to a digital shadow of Playmaker riding on his Duel Board and holding his left arm up. The digital copy rode his Duel Board, before he transformed into a bright flash of light. The light changed to several different colored birds flying into the digital tunnel, before another bright flash appeared. The flash cleared and the digital tunnel transformed into a bright light blue world with the opening title 'Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: White Dragon Emperor' in front of the screen, before it zoomed in.

"I run Across the universe".

The screen changed to show the slightly clouded blue sky above Den City with the sun shining. The screen then changed to show a street of Den City, where Naoki Shima running up to Yusaku, Ash and Rose, carrying his school bag on his back and waving his right hand to them. Ash and Yusaku paid no attention to him as they carried their school bags over their right shoulders. Rose noticed him as she walked besides her brother, holding her bag with both her hands in front of her, before she lifted her right hand and waved back at Naoki. The wind softly blew past Yusaku and Ash, blowing their hair in the breeze, but the two tilted their heads down slightly.

"At the speed of light".

On a nearby bridge full of cars and buses, a black clothed male with a hood on, jogging at the left side of the bridge.

"Begin Loading".

The camera zoomed in to show that the black clothed male was actually Gore, who was lightly breathing as he jogged.

"Open the door to dreams".

The screen changed to show that the day had changed to late afternoon with the sun begging to set for the day. Watching the sun set was Skye Zaizen, before she turned to her left and showed the sad look on her face. Nearby on a grassy hill, Lulu, Celina, Rin, Zuzu and Saya were all watching the sunset as well. Celina was lying down on the grass with her hands folded behind her head; Rin was sitting down with her left leg pulled up and her left hand hanging on it. Zuzu was standing up as she watched the sunset with her hands folded behind her and finally, Lulu was sitting down on the grass with her hands wrapped around Saya.

The screen changed to show Kolter watching the sunset from in his van on the driveway, holding up a hotdog with his right hand. The screen changed once more to show that it was now late in the dark for Den City. Akira Zaizen was standing next to his car, looking off into the distance with his right hand in his pocket.

"VRAINS spreads".

"Believe in myself".

The screen changed to show the bright city of Den City with the buildings night lights up and multiple screens flying around the city. Standing in the middle of the light city was Yusaku, Ash and Rose standing besides one another, carrying their school bags. Rose was standing at the left, Yusaku in the middle and Ash was at the right.

Different colored screens came and went across the city, but the three paid no attention to them as they continued to face forward. Just then, a bright light came up from behind the three and completely lit up the screen with only the three teenager's bodies that can be seen in the light. The screen zoomed into to show a close up of Yusaku's face, before zooming out, and then changed to show Ash's and repeat, before changing to Rose's face as well.

"VRAINS continues".

The screen changed back to show the three standing in the bright light. Just then, their Ignis partners, Ai, Azure and Blaze all came out of nowhere and flew forward. They disappeared and were replaced with brief flashes of child version of Yusaku, Ash and Rose. The images were replaced by Playmaker's left arm with his Duel Disk activating.

Ai appeared in eye form in the orb of Playmaker's Duel Disk with a data stream inside of his eye. The screen changed to show Playmaker's right hand with the thumb, index and middle fingers out, while the ring and pinkie fingers were tucked in. Playmaker waved his hand down, leaving a golden line of energy with his golden stripes glowing.

The screen changed to show Yusaku standing up, holding his left arm up with his Duel Disk strapped on with his deck slotted in. Just then, the words "Into the VRAINS" appeared on the blade of the Duel Disk in light blue writing, before Yusaku's body began glowing blue.

"The circuit draws the future".

Inside of LINK VRAINS, three flashes, a light blue, rosy red and silvery white appeared in the Data Material wind, before they all cleared to reveal Playmaker, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask all surfing on their Duel Boards besides one another with their Duel Disks activated, holding five cards with their left hands and facing forward.

The screen zoomed in as the three Duelists placed their right hands on the top cards of their decks, before the camera shifted to their determined filled faces. The three then drew their cards in dramatic fashions, leaving different coloured flares of light as they swiped their hands out.

The screen then changed to show their second ace monsters appearing in dramatic fashions. First, Decode Talker flew in with his energy sword in his right hand, before he spun around and took a stance with his blade rested on his right shoulder and his left hand close to taking hold of it. Then, White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon and Rose Dragon – Frozen Blue Rose flew in from above, before they flew past each other. The two then stopped besides one another and roared.

"I'll grab it with my own hands. Yeah"

The screen zoomed out to up above to show the three Duelists holding their right hands out in different styles. Playmaker had his right hand out to the side, White Dragon Mask had his right hand held out forward and Rose Dragon Mask held her right hand up into the sky. Then, their main monsters, Firewall Dragon, Novaforce Stardust Dragon and Black Rose Dragon flew over them, flying besides each other.

The three dragons then stopped and reared their head up, before unleashing powerful roars all together as they flew behind their own Duelists besides their fellow monsters. Firewall Dragon with Decode Talker, Novaforce Stardust Dragon and White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon and Black Rose Dragon with Rose Dragon – Frozen Blue Rose. All of them faced forward with Decode Talker holding his blade out, ready to take on whatever challenges await them.

With small bits of fire briefly appearing, the screen then changed to show an army of Knights of Hanoi gathered together behind Specter.

"Access!"

The screen changed to briefly show the right side of Varis with a red background, before changing to show the left side of Black Dragon Mask. The screen changed to show Topologic Bomber Dragon flying over the city of LINK VRAINS, releasing shockwaves of energy as it flew towards the camera.

"Star swirling, Data Storm!"

Topologic Bomber Dragon released a powerful roar with the orb inside its mouth gleaming brightly. The screen changed to show a purple Data Storm, a white one and a rosy red one beginning to take shape, before all three began ragging across LINK VRAINS.

"I'm now With the Wind".

The screen changed to show Playmaker, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose all still riding atop their Duel Boards together in the Data Material wind with the end of their boards leaving a electric wind surge trail. The three Duelists held their left arms up in front of them with Playmaker leading them.

"Link with my soul".

All three of them then curved to the right, kicking up Data Material wind at the camera, before it cleared to reveal Playmaker, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask surfing forward towards the screen. The camera zoomed in on Playmaker's face first, then switched over to White Dragon Mask's, then finally Black Rose Dragon Mask's face with all three of them having determined filled faces.

"Speed up, Data Storm!"

The screen changed to a light blue world filled with hearts, before Blue Angel appeared, giving a wink with her left eye as she spun around, leaving a blue tail with her left hand out. She then stopped fully with her left hand up towards the sky with a bright smile. The blue world changed to purple as Blue Angel's ace monster, Trickstar Holly Angel, appeared with a wide smile, before she flew out and took a pose with her whip.

Then, the world changed from purple to light green as Holly Angel flew to behind her Duelist and taking a stance, while Trickstar Divaridis appeared in front of the camera, giving a wink as she held her microphone up to her face with her right hand and held her left hand out, before she flew to Blue Angel's right side and posed.

"Now Win the Race".

The world changed to a rosy red as Trickstar Bella Madonna appeared and swung her axe down, before she joined her fellow Trickstars on Blue Angel's left. The world changed into a four split screen with all four previous colors from before behind Blue Angel and her monsters.

"Connected world".

The screen changed to show the smiling face of the Gore, before he fell back to show that he was surfing atop his Duel Board. Then, Goku The Great Ogre appeared on the left side and Gouki The Giant Ogre appeared on the right side, before Gore flew past his monsters in between them and gave a smirk as he held his fists up.

"No matter when".

The screen changed to show the real world, before Emma drove out of a tree and into the air on her motorcycle. Her hair blew in the breeze as the camera zoomed in on her face, before it shot out upon Emma jumping off of her motorcycle and throwing her helmet off. The two virtually disappeared as Emma fell, before her body began glowing light purple.

She spun around as the purple glowing came off of her as sparkles, revealing that she had changed into her avatar, Ghost Gal, which she stared into the screen.

"Nothing is impossible".

In a virtual world, red data appeared and came together, before forming 5 circles that changed to light green. Varis and Black Dragon Mask appeared with their left hands up as the five circles took positions with a familiar creature slowly appearing out of nowhere behind the leaders of the Knights of Hanoi. The five circles then glowed brightly, before dyeing down to reveal that they were the five crystals of Cracking Dragon, who was now behind Varis and Black Dragon Mask.

"Strive for hope".

The screen shifted from Varis and Black to Cracking Dragon's face as the Machine-type gathered energy and formed a blue sphere in front of its open mouth. The screen changed to show LINK VRAINS again with Playmaker, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask riding their Duel Boards.

Playmaker's stripes gleamed golden as he, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask placed their right hands on their decks and took hold of the top cards. The camera zoomed in on Playmaker's face, before it zoomed out as he, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask all drew their cards in dramatic fashions, leaving different coloured flares of light. Playmaker's was orange, White Dragon Mask's was silvery white and Black Rose Dragon Mask left a rosy red one.

"And ride the wind!"

Varis narrowed his eyes at the sight of them, before he swiped his right hand out to show that he and Black Dragon Mask were now on their Duel Boards. Two bright flashes appeared behind them, before their ace monsters, Borreload Dragon and Eclipserage Deadstar Dragon appeared from them and roared.

Decode Talker and Novaforce Stardust Dragon appeared out of nowhere, before the Cyberse Monster flew up towards Borreload Dragon and Novaforce Stardust Dragon flew towards Eclipserage Deadstar Dragon. The two dragons swung their fists at one another and clashed, while Decode Talker swung his blade and Borreload Dragon thrust his right claw out.

"Oh yeah!"

The four monsters collided with one another, creating a great light of power that blinded the screen, before it cleared to reveal Cyberse Wizard in a purple world. He spun around and took his activated staff into both his hands and released a light blue energy wave. The purple world changed to a yellow one as Link Slayer then appeared with his energy blades activated with the light blue energy wave that Cyberse Wizard released being his right energy blade.

He swiped his left blade down, before he left the screen as the world changed into navy coloured one with Bitron flying down towards the screen from above. He flew up to the screen with the camera zooming in on its left eye, before a brief flash appeared.

From the flash, Playmaker, White Dragon Mask, Black Rose Dragon Mask, Black Dragon Mask and Varis all appeared on their Duel Boards, taking a moment to glare at one another, before they all passed each other. Then, they turned into different colours that fell into a black portal, before Gore, Blue Angel, Purple Night, Green Witch, Music Singer and Lunalight Dancer appeared on their Duel Boards as well, before turning into different coloured lights and fell into the black portal as well.

The black portal changed into the same tunnel from the beginning with digital spheres falling into it, before it changed to Den City.

"Oh yeah!"

The screen changed to show a pure white bird flew up from the ground and into the sky, heading towards the sun.

(With the Wind finished)

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(In another world)

There was another world out there, not part of the four dimensions, but it also possessed Duel Monsters in it. Unlike the four dimensions, this world doesn't have Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Pendulum, but had something to replace them. A Summoning method that the four dimensions didn't have, called Link Summoning, a method that Summons a new kind of monsters called Link Monsters. But that wasn't all; this world also had something to replace Action Duels.

It was a virtual reality called LINK VRAINS, a virtual world for people to enter and duel one another. In LINK VRAINS, the people had a choice to create virtual avatars to hide their real identities, or base their avatars off their true selves and use their real names. There were many kinds of people that entered LINK VRAINS for different reasons, but the one thing that they all had in common was that they were Duelists. LINK VRAINS was created by a company called SOL Technologies, the most famous company of this world.

SOL Technologies was located in a city called Den City, which was one of the most famous cities of this world. This city easily rivaled Paradise City in population, fame and size. In Den City Park, there was a young 16-year-old male walking through the park, heading towards the plaza area of the city.

This young man's name was Yusaku Fujiki, a Den City high schooler. Yusaku is a teenage boy with fair skin, green eyes, and dark blue hair that spikes outward in the back and contained light blue bangs with pink accents. His standard attire consists of a slate-coloured jacket with light blue trim over a white dress shirt with a blue tie and a pair of black pants and black and white shoes and was holding his school bag over his shoulder. This was his school uniform, the uniform of Den City High School.

To almost all of Den City, he was nobody, but unknown to them was that he was the most famous duelist of LINK VRAINS. The mysterious hero, Playmaker, a duelist known for fighting against an organization called the Knights of Hanoi, a group of hackers that terrorize LINK VRAINS. His reasons for fighting the Hanoi were unknown to the people and were only known by the Duelist and the only person that he calls a "friend".

Earlier today, Yusaku had just finished high school for the day and was just minding his own business as he walked through the park towards the plaza. However, he stopped in his tracks upon spotting someone lying down on the floor on his front with a pile of cards all around him up ahead. Yusaku gasped in shock, before he ran towards the fallen person and knelt down besides him. "Hey! Are you alright?!" Yusaku asked the unresponsive person as he turned him, revealing the person to be Ash, who had his eyes closed.

Just then, Yusaku took notice of some cards right near Ash, before he grew surprised when he saw some of the White Dragon Emperor's Synchro, Xyz, Fusion, and Pendulum cards spread all over the ground next to him with Novaforce Stardust Dragon's card lying down right next to Ash's face. "These cards...I've never seen anything like them before". Yusaku said in wonder as he reached his left hand out towards Novaforce Stardust Dragon's card.

However, just then Ash stirred as he opened his eyes, before he sat up from the ground, getting Yusaku to look at him. "Okay, I'm gonna be feeling that tomorrow. Why does the crazy stuff always have to happen to me?" Ash remarked as he rubbed the back of his head with his right hand, before he noticed that he wasn't alone.

Ash and Yusaku made eye contact with each other for the first time and stared for a few seconds. Then, the White Dragon Emperor leaned back and placed his hands on the ground, before he pushed himself off the ground and flipped backwards ten feet away from Yusaku.

The White Dragon Emperor landed on his feet and glared up at the 16-year-old male in front of him, while Yusaku stood up on his feet fully. "Who are you?" Ash questioned in a suspicious tone, getting Yusaku to hold up his hands in a peaceful manner to tell him that he meant no harm.

"Calm down, I'm not responsible for what happened to you. I just found you knocked out with cards all around you". Yusaku explained to the White Dragon Emperor, getting Ash to look down around him, before he widened his eyes in panic when he saw all his cards lying on the ground. "My cards!" Ash called out in alarm, before he got down on his knees and started to pick them up as fast as he could. Yusaku also knelt down and began picking the cards up for Ash as well.

The 16-year-old then took a really close look at Ash's cards, before he grew amazed at their looks, abilities, Levels and power. "You must be a really powerful Duelist to possess cards as powerful as these for a deck". Yusaku said to Ash with an impressed look, getting the 17-year-old boy to turn his attention to him. The secret duelist and White Dragon Emperor stood up on their feet, before Yusaku walked over and handed Ash the rest of his cards. The White Dragon Emperor gave a sigh of relief to see his cards safe and sound, before he put them all together.

"Thanks for the helping hand, and I'm sorry for suspecting you earlier. I don't know exactly where I am at the moment, so I'm a bit on guard". Ash apologized to the younger male, getting Yusaku to shake his head in response. "That's alright. By the way, my name is Yusaku". Yusaku introduced himself as he held up his right hand for a handshake. Ash put away his deck in his jacket pocket, before he took Yusaku's right hand with his right one and gave him a handshake. "My name is Satoshi Fudo, but just call me Ash Ketchum. It's nice to meet you, Yusaku". Ash introduced himself to Yusaku with a respectful tone.

The 16-year-old boy grew a fascinated look as he and Ash released their grips on each other's hands. "Two names? That's rather unusual". Yusaku stated, having never met someone with two names before. "Let's just say that I like unusual". Ash told Yusaku, before he placed his hand into his jacket's right pocket and brought out his Blue-Eyes deck. Ash gave a relived smile at seeing his second treasured deck safe and sound.

"Thank goodness it's still here". The White Dragon Emperor said in relief upon seeing the deck that his friend entrusted to him, safe and sound. Ash had left his Dragunity deck at home earlier and had only brought his White Dragon and Blue-Eyes deck with him to school. Now, he kinda wished he took his third deck with him.

Yusaku looked at Ash's Blue-Eyes deck in surprise at seeing him with a second deck. "You have another deck?" Yusaku said in surprise, getting the White Dragon to look at him and nod. "This deck didn't to belong to me at first. It belonged to a friend of mine named Blue. He gave me his Deck after he retired from Dueling. He didn't want his dragons to be wasted in retirement, so he gave me his cards". Ash told the younger male how he obtained his second deck.

Yusaku looked at Ash in fascination, while the White Dragon Emperor returned both decks to his jacket's pocket. "Anyway, what were you doing here, lying down on the ground?" Yusaku asked Ash in a curious voice. The 17-year-old boy shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. "You got me. A portal appeared out of nowhere, sucked me up and the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was you". The White Dragon Emperor answered the younger male as he had no idea what was response for what happened.

The secret duelist of LINK VRAINS opened his mouth to speak, but someone beat him to it. "If you want answers, I can provide them for you both". An unknown voice said from out of nowhere, getting the two males to widen their eyes in surprise as they both turned around and looked at their surroundings. "Who said that?" Yusaku questioned in surprise as he didn't feel anyone's presence nearby. "I don't know, and I don't see anybody close by". Ash answered with narrowed eyes with his guard up, standing back-to-back with Yusaku.

"Just take out your Duel Disk, White Dragon Emperor". The voice told the 17-year-old male, getting Ash to slightly widen his eyes upon hearing his title from the unknown individual. The White Dragon Emperor narrowed his eyes as he placed his right hand in his jacket's pockets, before he took hold of his Duel Disk and brought it out. He looked at his Duel Disk, before he widened his eyes in surprise upon seeing something unexpected. His Duel Disk's screen showed some sort of eye that was looking up at him with fascination.

The eye was a white dragon-like eye with silver lines, an electric blue iris and a silvery white pupil. "W-What the heck!" Ash cried out in surprise, getting Yusaku's attention as he looked over towards the White Dragon Emperor, before he look over to the Duel Disk and saw the dragon-like eye, causing him to widen his eyes in shock. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you Satoshi Fudo, or should I say, Ash Ketchum". The dragon-like eye greeted the White Dragon Emperor with a respectful tone, getting Ash to narrow his eyes at how this creature knew his names.

"Who or what are you?" The 17-year-old male questioned the unknown creature, getting the dragon eye to blink at him. "My name is Azure, and I am an Ignis, a special AI". The unknown creature, now named Azure, introduced himself to Ash, getting him to raise an eyebrow in slight confusion. "An AI is artificial intelligence of a computer, or robot, that I know. But I have no idea what an Ignis is, but the meaning of the word means "fire" in Latin, right?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned Azure, getting the Ignis to move his eye up and down, as if he was nodding to Ash.

"That is correct; however there is one major difference between us and normal AIs. We Ignis have free will like that of a human". Azure answered the 17-year-old boy, getting Yusaku, who had been silently watching, to widen his eyes in surprise. "That's impossible! There's no program that can think for itself!" The hidden hero of LINK VRAINS exclaimed, getting both Ash and Azure to turn towards him, before the dragon-like eye grew a smug look directed at Yusaku.

"Oh really? And what makes you say that, Yusaku Fujiki? Or should I say…Playmaker". Azure said with a smug voice, getting Yusaku to gasp in shock as he took a step back in shock, while Ash looked down at the Ignis in confusion. "Playmaker? Why are you calling Yusaku that?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in a confused voice, getting Yusaku to look at him in surprise that he didn't know his alter ego's name.

Azure returned his attention to Ash and returned his expression to a natural one. "That is his LINK VRAINS' avatar's name?" The Ignis answered, getting Ash to just frown on confusion even more than before, but he did grow slightly curious. "LINK VRAINS? What's that?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in a curious tone, causing Yusaku to grow a shocked expression at the fact that he didn't know about LINK VRAINS.

"LINK VRAINS stands for "Link Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Network System". It's a cyberspace where duelists can take the form of an avatar and take part in Virtual Reality Duels". Azure began to explain to the 17-year-old boy of LINK VRAINS, causing Ash to grown an amazed expression on his face at what he just learned. "A virtual reality? Are you serious?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in an excited voice, causing Azure to grow an amused look.

"Deadly". The Ignis answered instantly, causing Ash to grow an ever larger amazed expression, before he dropped and frowned in confusion. "But how is that possible? None of the four dimensions have managed to create something even close to a virtual reality yet, so how can one exist?" He questioned in a suspicious tone, getting Yusaku to look at him in confusion as he had no idea about the four dimensions.

Azure slightly narrowed his eye at that question as he knew that the conversation was about to get a bit troublesome. He gave a sigh with his eye closed, before he reopened it. "That's because you're not in your world anymore. Not in any of the dimensions of the world of the four dimensions". Azure answered the 17-year-old male, getting Ash and Yusaku to widen their eyes in surprise at what the Ignis said.

"Say what!?" The White Dragon Emperor exclaimed in surprise, before he narrowed his eyes down at the Ignis in his Duel Disk. "You're bluffing, right?" He questioned in an accusing tone, getting Azure to shake his eye in denial. "I'm not. I've already told you the proof, and can even show it to you. Take a look at one of your cards. To be exact, your White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon". Azure replied to the White Dragon Emperor, getting Ash to slightly widen his eyes at hearing this Ignis say his monster's name.

Ash slightly narrowed his eyes, before he placed his Duel Disk on his left forearm. He then brought out and started searching through his deck to find the card that Azure told him to find. After a few moments, the White Dragon Emperor was able to find White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon's card and held it up with his right hand. He looked at the card with the image showing a white skin Chinese dragon. It had white gleaming eyes with crescent moon shape blue wings that had glowing white crystals attached to it. However, that was when Ash noticed an important detail that his card suddenly had.

(White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon/ Level 4/ Light/ ATK: 1700/ 1400/ Type: Dragon/ Tuner/ Effect/ Effect: When this card destroys a monster by battle, you can select one "White Dragon" monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it to the field. When a Dragon-Type Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Link Monster is Summoned using this card as material, you can Special Summon this card to the field in DEF Position.)

"What happened to my card? Crystal Wing's effect only worked when it was used as a Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Material, so why does it say that it now works for a Link Monster? As a matter of fact, what is a Link Monster?" Ash questioned in a confused voice as he looked back at Azure for an explanation, missing Yusaku's shocked look at his question.

"Link Monsters are monsters of Link Summoning, a Summoning method that doesn't exist in the world of the four dimensions, but exists in this world. As for how your card has changed, that is thanks to me. When I brought you to this world through a program that I created, it changed some of your cards whose effects relied on Extra Deck monsters, to also work on Link Monsters". Azure explained to the White Dragon Emperor, telling him what happened to his cards and of Link Monsters.

The Ignis' words caused the White Dragon Emperor to raise an eyebrow, before he grew a small frown on his handsome face. "You brought me here? Why? Why would you take me from my home to this world?" Ash questioned the Ignis with an edge in his voice, causing Azure to grow a shameful expression, before he directed his eye down. "I know, and I am sorry for my actions. But I needed your help desperately". Azure replied to the teenage male, causing Ash to slightly widen his eyes in surprise.

"My help? Why do you need my help?" Ash questioned the Ignis, getting Azure to turn his eye up towards him. "To save my kind". Azure answered the White Dragon Emperor, causing the black-haired male to raise an eyebrow at him. "My kind, the Ignis are being hunted down by a group of hackers known as the Knights of Hanoi…" The dragon-like eye began, getting Yusaku to widen his eyes in surprise at the mention of the Knights of Hanoi.

"I do not know what their reasons for hunting us are, but I do know that they're determined to succeed and destroy my kind. That is why I called you here to become my partner and help me fight against them". Azure concluded, causing Ash to change his expression into one filled of concern. "But why me? Couldn't you have picked someone from this world?" Ash questioned the Ignis inside his Duel Disk, wanting to know why Azure picked him.

"You have a point, but there are hardly any duelists in this world strong enough to fight the Knights of Hanoi, and even those who are powerful enough are not trustworthy". Azure explained to Ash, before he narrowed his eye.

"But then I found out about your world. I've been researching the world of the four dimensions for 3 months now, and out of all the duelists there, you've had my attention the most. That is why I chose you to fight against the Knights of the Hanoi and brought you here". He continued, before he shifted his eye to the side. "But unfortunately, my program didn't just bring you here". The Ignis stated, causing Ash to widen his eyes in alarm upon realizing that Lulu and Saya weren't with him.

"That's right! What happened to Lulu and Saya!?" The White Dragon Emperor exclaimed in concern, getting Azure to look back at him in concern. "Calm down. I may not know their exact location, but I do know they arrived here in Den City safely". The Ignis told the 17-year-old boy in a reassuring voice, getting Ash to look down at him in surprise for a moment, before he sighed in relief. "Thank goodness". He said in relief, before he looked back down at Azure.

"Once again, I'm sorry for dragging you and your "friends" from the world of the four dimensions, but I am in desperate need of your help. If the Knights of Hanoi aren't defeated, my kind will be destroyed by them. That is why I'm asking…no, pleading to you to help me, White Dragon Emperor". Azure said to Ash with a pleading tone, getting the White Dragon Emperor to soften his gaze as he could see that the Ignis really needed his help.

Ash gave another sigh, before he smiled at Azure and nodded to him. "Alright, I'll help you Azure". He told the Ignis, getting Azure to grow a relieved expression at Ash's answer, while Yusaku blinked in surprise. "Thank you, White Dragon Emperor". Azure thanked the 17-year-old boy, getting Ash to smile a little.

"There's no need to call me that. Just call me Ash since we're gonna be partners to stop these Knights of Hanoi". Ash told his new partner, getting Azure to grow a small expression of joy. "Okay, Ash". He replied to the human, getting the White Dragon Emperor to chuckle a little. Yusaku just watched the two new partners silently with his arms hanging to the sides.

Ash then placed his deck away in his jacket's pocket, before he looked back at Azure. "How am I gonna fight the Knights of Hanoi anyway?" The teenage male asked in a curious voice, causing the Ignis to narrow his eye slightly. "Inside LINK VRAINS that's how, alongside with Playmaker over there". Azure answered, causing Yusaku to widen his eyes in surprise, before he held up his right hand.

"Hold up! I fight the Knights of Hanoi alone! I don't need help from someone I don't even know, or trust". The hidden famous Duelist of LINK VRAINS told the two, getting Ash and Azure to shift their attention over to him, before the Ignis narrowed his eye at him. "I admit you've done well so far, but that was against low grunts. As much as you hate to admit it, you'll need comrades to fight against the Hanoi, especially against their stronger duelists. No matter how good someone is, they'll eventually be overwhelmed if they fight alone". Azure told the 16-year-old male, making Yusaku narrow his eyes as he could see the logic in the Ignis' words.

"I understand you're not willing to trust a stranger, especially after what you went through 10 years ago…" The Ignis continued, causing Yusaku to gasp in surprise, while Ash looked down at the younger male in curiosity. "…But I can assure you that Ash Ketchum here can be trusted. You have my word". Azure finished, getting the hidden duelist of LINK VRAINS to look down at the ground with an uncertain look.

Azure then returned his attention to Ash, who looked down at him. "I can see you're full of questions. I'll answer as best I can later, but right now we need to find your "friends" Lulu and Saya". The Ignis told the White Dragon Emperor, making Ash to nod in agreement. "You're right. Now isn't the time to be wasting on asking questions. I need to find Lulu and Saya quick. They're probably worried sick and confused after what happened to us". The Dragon Duelist stated, before he turned to look at Yusaku.

"Would you mind helping me find them? I don't know this city, so I don't have a clue where to search for them". Ash requested from the younger male, getting Yusaku to slightly narrow his eyes at him. He was on guard at having his secret identity exposed, and had no idea what Ash, or Azure were talking about earlier, thus he felt the need to be on guard around them. But he couldn't ignore Ash's request to find his "friends", so he just nodded to him.

Ash gave a thankful smile towards Yusaku, before he gave a short bow in gratitude. "Thank you. This really means a lot to me". The White Dragon Emperor told the dark blue haired male, which Yusaku just turned around to face the exit of the park. "I know Den City well, so stay close and don't get lost. I was on my way to the plaza, but hopefully we'll find your friends on the way there". The hidden duelist of LINK VRAINS told the older male, before he began walking away, not noticing Ash's intrigued look.

'He seems like a straight-forward kind of person. That's honestly kind of refreshing as I don't really know a lot of people like that. Still, there's something about Yusaku that's different compared to anyone else I've met. Perhaps I'll find out why soon'. The White Dragon Emperor thought to himself, before he began following after the younger male. Azure remained quiet in Ash's Duel Disk, but he did look relived about something.

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(15 minutes later)

For 15 minutes, Ash and Yusaku have searched through Den City to find the White Dragon Emperor's girlfriend and daughter, but so far, their search has come up short. During their search together, Ash took as much time to sightsee Den City as he and Yusaku continued on with their search. The whole time that the two humans searched, Azure remained quiet to not draw unwanted attention and even kept his eye closed.

Right now, Ash and Yusaku were walking down a walkway in the middle of Den City's Street next to multiple tall buildings and with a motorway above them. Yusaku was leading the way, carrying his bag with his right hand, while Ash was behind him, looking left and right in wonder at the new city. "I gotta admit this place has got a sense of style". The White Dragon Emperor remarked with an impressed tone, before he looked down at his duel disk and saw Azure still had his eye closed.

"Hey, out of curiosity, what does a Link Monster look like?" The White Dragon Emperor asked his new partner, having been curious about the new type monsters that the Ignis mentioned. Azure slowly opened his eye and saw his partner's curiosity filled eyes. "Like how Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum and Ritual monsters have their own unique design, so does Link Monsters. However, there's a difference between them and Link Monsters. The only types of cards that are a bit similar are Xyz Monsters". Azure began to explain as Ash paid great attention to his partner.

"Link Monsters don't have Levels. Instead, they have what's known as "Link Ratings". You see, they have requirements to be Summoned, but they don't require a Spell, Tuner Monster, or Monsters with the same Level, just exact conditions. The color of their card frame is dark blue, which is similar to that of a Ritual Monster, but with a hexagonal pattern similar to a honeycomb structure. They are placed in the Extra Deck and when they are Summoned, they go to the Extra monster zone…" Azure continued, before he was interrupted by Ash, who had slightly wide eyes.

"Extra Deck monster zone? What's that?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned, causing Azure to widen his eye in realization, while Yusaku, who had been silently listening in on them, let out a small unheard gasp. "Shock, I forget about the difference between the two worlds. You see, in this world, dueling has a different rule. The Master Field has 2 zones called Extra monster zones, or Extra Deck monster zones. They're zones that duelists Summons monsters from the Extra Deck to, and both players can only control one of them". The Ignis explained to the White Dragon Emperor, getting the 17-year-old male to widen his eyes in alarm.

"That means that both players can only use one monster that was Summoned from the Extra Deck, right?" Ash questioned his partner, which Azure nodded his eye to him. "That is correct; you could say this is a limiter. But there's a way around it and it involves Link Monsters". The dragon-eye answered, getting the White Dragon Emperor curious on how Link Monsters could work past the Extra Monster zone. "How?" Ash questioned Azure, getting the dragon-like eye to grow a smug look.

"Link Monsters have what's known as Link Arrows. Link Arrows points to zones of the field and those zones become available for other monsters to be Summoned from the Extra Deck. But those Link Arrows aren't just to grant more zones for Extra Deck monsters, they're also used for the Link Monsters' effects". Azure continued to explain, much to Ash's fascination as he continued to listen in. "Incredible…" He whispered in awe, growing a large desire to get a Link Monster for himself.

"Link Monsters can't be used for Synchro, Xyz or Ritual Summons. And here's the biggest difference of Link Monsters compared to Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Ritual and Pendulum monsters. Link Monsters can't exist in DEF Position". Azure revealed, making Ash widen his eyes completely in shock at what he learned, but he managed to keep his composure. "…You're joking, right?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in disbelief, making the Ignis let out an amused chuckle at his disbelief.

"Nope. Link Monsters don't have DEF Points, so they don't have a DEF Position, meaning effects that cause monsters to switch battle positions won't work on them, or effects that effect DEF Points". Azure explained to his partner, before he slightly widened his eye upon remembering an important detail. "Oh, I nearly forgot another important detail. See, a Link Monster's Link Rating is connected to their Summoning requirement. For example, if a duelist is Summoning a Link-3 Link Monster, they'd need either 2 or more monsters, or 3. But there's another way to Link Summon the monster. Instead, the duelist can use a Link Monster as material with its own Link Rating counting as the monsters used for it. The only catch is that the monsters must be face-up". The Ignis added, much to Ash's amazement as he continued to listen in on the conversation.

"Amazing. There's such a difference between Link Monsters compared to the other Summoning methods. There's similarities, yet so much differences". The White Dragon Emperor stated in amazement, getting Azure to look pleased at his partner's fascination with Link Monsters. "If you're interested in learning more about Link Monsters, why not ask Playmaker about them. Out of all the duelists in LINK VRAINS, he's the best at Link Summoning". Azure advised his partner as he shifted his eye towards Yusaku, getting the dark blue haired male's right eye to twitch.

Azure then returned his attention to Ash. "There's one last difference between the two worlds. This world has a monster type that yours doesn't have". The Ignis told the White Dragon Emperor, much to his further fascination as he slightly leaned closer to his Duel Disk. "What is it? What is this new monster type?" Ash questioned with his voice full of fascination. "The new types of monsters are called Cyberse-Type monsters. And currently, Yusaku is the only duelist with Cyberse cards". Azure answered as he turned to look towards Yusaku once more, causing him to twitch.

Yusaku didn't show it, but he was full of disbelief at how much Azure knew about him after he made sure to delete all videos, picture or anything related that anyone caught of him inside of LINK VRAINS. 'So how is it possible that this "Ignis" knows so much about me and my cards?' The Cyberse Duelist thought to himself as he looked over his left shoulder towards Ash and Azure, who were still in the middle of their conversation.

"Why is Yusaku the only one with Cyberse cards?" The White Dragon Emperor asked the Ignis, getting Azure to slightly narrow his eye. "Unlike the other types of monsters, Cyberse-Type monsters were created by us Ignis". The dragon-like Ignis answered, before he turned his eye towards Yusaky and saw him looking towards them over his left shoulder. "I don't know how he got his Cyberse cards, but one of my Ignis friends must have somehow led him to those cards". He added, before he looked back towards his partner, who had his eyes slightly wide.

Just as Ash was about to ask Azure another question, both them and Yusaku heard a familiar voice up ahead of them. "Wow Momma! That new Duel Disk suits you perfectly!" A young voice exclaimed with a happy tone, getting Ash, Yusaku and Azure to look forward, where they saw Lulu and Saya walk out of a building from the right.

The purple haired female was looking down at her left forearm, where a brand-new Duel Disk was attached. The Duel Disk was a different model compared to the ones Ash had seen as it wasn't like the ones in the world of the four dimensions, it look more like a wrist band. It was a purple Duel Disk in the shape of a bird's wing with an oval shape screen. Unlike Lulu, Saya didn't have a new Duel Disk, she was only staring at Lulu's new Duel Disk.

Ash gave a relived sigh at seeing both Lulu and Saya safe and sound; before he walked past Yusaku towards his girlfriend and daughter. "Lulu! Saya!" The White Dragon Emperor called out towards the two females, getting their attention as they turned to look to their left, before they widened their eyes at seeing Ash. "Satoshi!" The purple haired female called out in surprise, before she grew a relived smile. "Papa!" The 7-year-old girl called out in joy as she grew a wide smile.

Yusaku slightly widened his eyes in surprise at what Saya said, before he looked towards Ash's back. 'Did that little girl call Ash her father?' The Cyberse Duelist thought in shock, knowing that Ash was around his age so that there was no way he could have a child at his age. The White Dragon Emperor paid no attention to Yusaku's shock expression and just walked towards his girls.

Lulu grew a relived smile as she held her hands out for an embrace towards her boyfriend, which Ash granted as he wrapped his arms around his girl and hugged her. The purple haired girl happily returned the embrace as she wrapped her arms around Ash's neck, while he wrapped his around her waist. Azure kept silent as he allowed his partner to have his moment with the Winged Beast duelist.

After a few moments, Ash and Lulu broke the hug as they leaned back to look at each other's faces. "I was so worried when that portal sucked you in. When Saya and I woke up, we found ourselves in an alleyway. We asked passing by people where we were, and they said that this place was called Den City. Ash, I'm worried because I've never of Den City before". Lulu told her beloved in a worried tone, getting the White Dragon Emperor to smile reassuringly at her. "Don't worry, everything will sort itself out". Ash replied to his love with a calm tone, which calmed Lulu down a little as she gave a small smile as she was still filled with worry.

Ash took his hands off of his girlfriend's waist, before he turned and looked down at his daughter with a bright smile, one that Saya returned. "I'm relived beyond words to see both you and your mother safe and sound, Saya". The 17-year-old boy said as he knelt down and placed his hands on Saya's waist, before he lifted her off the ground and brought the child into a hug. Saya happily returned the hug and rested her head on Ash's left shoulder with her eyes closed.

However, the 7-year-old then opened her eyes and took notice of Yusaku watching her, Ash and Lulu, getting Saya to tilt her head to the left. "Papa, who is that?" The Sacred Beast Duelist questioned her father with a curious voice, getting Ash and Lulu to turn towards Yusaku. The Winged Beast Duelist widened her eyes as she finally noticed the Cyberse Duelist, who tilted his head down as he wasn't used to being the center of attention.

Ash just gave a smile at Yusaku, before he looked back at his daughter and placed her down on the ground. "Don't worry, he's okay. That's Yusaku Fujiki, a new friend I made recently". The White Dragon Emperor introduced the hidden duelist of LINK VRAINS to his daughter, getting Yusaku to widen his eyes in surprise, before he looked at Ash.

'A friend?' Yusaku questioned in his mind, before he narrowed his eyes. Lulu looked at the back of her boyfriend's head for a moment, before she turned to look back at Yusaku. The White Dragon Emperor stood up on his feet, before he turned to look at Lulu and saw her slightly uncertain face, getting him to place his right hand on her left shoulder.

"Don't worry, he's a good person. He found me unconscious in the park and came to see if I was alright. He even helped me pick up my cards when they were scattered on the ground". Ash told the Lyrilusc Duelist, getting her to look at the reincarnation of the Crimson Dragon and saw his reassuring look.

Lulu lost her uneasy look and replaced it with a sweet smile directed at her boyfriend, before she nodded to him. She turned to look at Yusaku, before she walked up in front of him and gave him a small bow with her head. "Thank you for helping my boyfriend". The Lyrilusc Duelist thanked the Cyberse Duelist with grateful tone, causing Yusaku to blink in surprise and take a step back.

Yusaku looked uncomfortable as he rubbed the back of his head with his left hand. "I-It's no problem. I just saw him unconscious and went to help". The dark blue haired male replied to the purple hair coloured girl, getting Lulu to tilt her head up to look at him.

"Even so, I'm grateful for being more than willing to help Satoshi". Lulu told the Cyberse Duelist as she folded her hands in front of her lap. Just then, Saya walked right up to Yusaku, getting the 16-year-old male to look down at the child awkwardly. The 7-year-old girl hummed in thought with a happy smile as she leaned forward with her hands folded at her back, taking a good look at Yusaku. Ash and Lulu watched their daughter in fascination as she never acted like this around a stranger.

After a few moments, Yusaku was thankful when Saya turned to look at her parents. "I can see what you mean, Papa. He's a really kind person". The 7-year-old child told the White Dragon Emperor with an understanding tone, causing Yusaku to blink in surprise, while Ash gave his child a smile.

"I knew you'd see it, Saya". The raven-haired male stated, before he held up his left forearm, where Azure had his eye closed. "Now, there's one last person I want you guys to meet". Ash added, getting his girlfriend and child to slightly frown in confusion as there was no one else with them, or so they thought.

"Satoshi, there's no one else with us. Who are you talking about?" Lulu asked the White Dragon Emperor, getting him to chuckle a little as he pointed towards his Duel Disk's screen with his right hand's index finger. "This guy here. Say hello, Azure". Ash said as he looked down at his Duel Disk's screen. Just then, Azure opened his eye and looked at the Winged Beast user and Sacred Beast Duelist. "Hi there". The Ignis greeted his partner's girlfriend and child, getting different reactions from the two females.

Lulu gasped in surprise and took a step back, while Saya gained an amazed expression with anime stars in her eyes. "Wow! He's so cute!" The 7-year-old child exclaimed in delight, causing Azure to widen his eye in comic shock. "C-Cute!?" The Ignis exclaimed loudly, stunned that the little girl considered him cute when he was nothing of the sort. Azure's response just made the child giggle a little, before she ran up to Ash and looked at him with a pleading expression.

"Papa! Can I please hold him?" Saya requested from the White Dragon Emperor, getting Ash to chuckle down at her, before he nodded. "Sure, but just don't let anyone see him". The 17-year-old male told the young girl as he took off his Duel Disk and held it out towards Saya with his right hand.

Azure shifted his wide eye full of shock towards his partner and looked at him in comical surprise. "Hey, just wait a second here-!" The Ignis began, only to be cut off by Saya immediately taking Ash's Duel Disk into her arms and held it up into the air. "Wow, you look just like a dragon's eye itself. It's almost like you're a dragon". The Sacred Beast wielder said happily as everyone watched her in amusement, even Yusaku cracked a small smile.

Azure, on the other hand, wasn't amused or happy as everyone else, he was just really uncomfortable by Saya as his eye had an anime sweat drop somehow. "That's because I am a dragon. The White Dragon Ignis to be exact". Azure told the little girl, getting Saya to drop her happy face and replace it with a confused one. "White Dragon Ignis? Then why is your name "Azure" then? Azure is a blue-like colour, so why is it your name when you're called the White Dragon Ignis?" The little girl asked in a confused voice, getting Azure's sweat drop to grow a little larger.

"I can assure you, there's a good reason why "Azure" is my name". The now revealed White Dragon Ignis told the child, getting her to hum to herself in thought. Ash and Lulu both chuckled at the two, before the White Dragon Emperor turned to look at his girlfriend, or more exact, her new Duel Disk. Ash was very interested at seeing how different it was compared to his Duel Disk, or Lulu's old one. "How'd you even manage to afford that new Duel Disk anyway?" The raven-haired male questioned, getting Lulu to shift her attention over to him.

The purple haired beauty gave a sweet smile as she held up her left arm and pointed towards the Duel Disk with her right hand's index finger. "I used my Duel Points, that's how". Lulu answered with a happy voice, getting Ash to raise an eyebrow at her. Duel Points were something Duelists earned through dueling, it was like earning an incoming, but it only worked for pro duelists, or duelists under the age of 18. The only problem was that the Duel Points were recorded on a system in order for them to work.

"How is that possible, Lulu? How can you use your Duel Points here?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned his girlfriend in confusion. Lulu lost her sweet smile and replaced it with a confused look as she knew Ash knew how Duel Points worked. She opened her mouth to question him, but Azure then spoke up. "It's thanks to me!" The White Dragon Ignis exclaimed, getting everyone's attention as they looked at him with Saya bringing the Duel Disk down from the air.

Azure shifted her eye towards his partner and the Lyrilusc Duelist. "When I brought you guys here, my program also edited your Duel Points to allow you guys to use them here without causing trouble, or attracting unwanted attention. That reminds me, I need to take care of something quick". The White Dragon Ignis explained to the two, before he closed his eye and disappeared from the Duel Disk's screen.

Before any of the four humans could utter a word, a white flash shot out from the Xyz Dimension Duel Disk's deck zone, before it struck the wrist band-like Duel Disk's screen on Lulu's arm. Everyone widened their eyes in surprise as the white flash quickly died down, before Azure appeared in Lulu's Duel Disk's screen, getting her to look down at him in surprise. "How'd you do that?" She questioned the White Dragon Ignis, wanting to know how he transferred from Ash's Duel Disk into her new one.

"I'll explain later, let me just take care of something". Azure replied, before he closed his eye as multiple screens appeared over him on the Duel Disk's screen. After a few moments, all the screens disappeared from the screen, before Azure reopened his eye. "There, all taken care of". The White Dragon Ignis remarked, getting everyone curious on what he just did inside Lulu's new Duel Disk. "What did you do to my Duel Disk?" Lulu asked in a polite tone as she didn't want to jump to conclusions and accuse Azure of something.

"Don't worry; no damage was done whatsoever to your new Duel Disk. I just made a bit of adjusting to it so that SOL Technologies won't be able to hack it, or track you done". The White Dragon Ignis answered the purple haired female, before he flashed out of her duel disk and back into Ash's one. The three residents of the four dimensions grew confused at Azure's words, while Yusaku looked slightly impressed with how the Ignis was able to do that in a matter of seconds.

Azure opened his eye back in Ash's Duel Disk, before he turned to look at his partner. "With that done, I think it's time I explained everything to you guys". The White Dragon Ignis said to his partner, getting Ash to narrow his eyes, before he nodded in agreement. Azure then turned his attention over towards Yusaku and slightly narrowed his eye at him. "Yusaku, do you know a place where we can sit down and discuss matters?" He questioned the human male, getting him to narrow his eyes at the Ignis.

His first instinct was to tell a lie and say "no" to them, but he restrained that as Azure knew his secret identify of being Playmaker. He wanted to learn how Azure found out about his biggest secret, so, as much as he didn't like it, he needed to take him, Ash, Lulu and Saya to where he usually spends his time at. The Cyberse Duelist gave a nod towards the White Dragon Ignis, answering his question and causing Azure's eye to light up.

"That's reliving to hear. Could you take us there?" Azure requested, which Yusaku nodded with narrowed eyes as he still didn't trust the Ignis. The Cyberse Duelist then turned his attention over to the three residents of the four dimensions. "You guys follow me. I know a place where we can sit down and talk". Yusaku told the three, causing Lulu to smile in relief. "That's reliving to hear". She commented, getting Saya to nod in agreement.

"Follow me. It isn't too far from here". Yusaku said as he turned around and began walking off in the same direction that he and Ash walked from not too long ago. Ash gentle took his Duel Disk from Saya's hands and placed it back on his left forearm, before he looked at the two females. "Come on. We don't know anything about this place, so it's best to stick close to someone who does". The White Dragon Emperor told them, before he began walking after the Cyberse Duelist. Lulu and Saya took a moment to look at one another for a moment, and then followed after the two males.

A few minutes passed as Yusaku lead Ash, Lulu, Saya and Azure to an open plaza in the middle of the city. It was quite large and had multiple screens all over that showed two separate people.

One of the two humans was a male adult. He was a tan-skinned young man with a built and bulky body. He has two-toned hair, fashioned in a flattop/hi-top fade: brown from his forehead down, including a neatly trimmed brown chin beard, and blonde on top of his head, fashioned in the flattop style and featuring red-striped highlights. He was wearing a greenish-grey jacket with a separate collar and a gold, animal-head-shaped necklace. He was shirtless, with only dark pants and a golden belt with a red stone in the center. His boots are buckled with gold plates. On his arms and abdomen, he also wore gold plates and dark, finger-less gloves.

The second human was a young girl that looked to be around Ash and Lulu's age. She had the appearance of a magical girl. She had very long blue hair which reached her chest and was tied into two long strands with blue ribbons. Her eyes and eyebrows are also blue and she had a green clover tattoo on her right cheek. She wore a blue choker and pink heart-shaped winged earrings.

Her outfit consists of a white sleeveless shirt with a blue necktie. Underneath, she wore a blue and pink dress with wing-shaped frills, and dark blue thigh-high socks. She had on dark and light blue boots with wings attached to each one. Lastly, she had a pair of white wings with pink heart-shaped and lavender clover-shaped patterns on each wing.

Ash, Lulu and Saya had their faces turned to some of the multiple screens around them as they walked behind Yusaku, who paid no attention to any of the screens. Ash, Saya and Lulu were looking at two different screens that displayed the teenage girl. Lulu was looking at one of the screens displaying the male adult, admiring how he looked filled with confidence.

Saya was looking at the screen that showed the teenage girl with wide eyes of amazement, admiring her beauty greatly. Ash, on the other hand, looked speechless at seeing the angel-like girl on the screen. His eyes were slight wide, his mouth slightly opened in disbelief and his cheeks were flushed a little. However, he then shook his head sideways to regain his focus as this wasn't the time to be admiring a random girl, no matter how beautiful they were.

Just then, Yusaku stopped walking, getting everyone's attention as they stopped behind the Cyberse Duelist, before they looked past him. They saw a sort of yellow food truck in front of them with a sign saying "Café Nom. Coffee Drink Hotdog" on top of it with a picture of a smiling hotdog with a canine nose besides it. Inside of the truck, the three were able to see a nice looking kitchen, but at the back was a cabinet divided into six shelves and with a frosted glass covers and storage shelves besides it on the right.

Finally, there was a person at the kitchen section of the truck, cocking hotdogs right now. It was a male adult that looked to be in his mid twenties at least. He had fair skin and grey eyes. His purple hair came to the base of his neck, and it had multiple small bangs brushed over to hide his forehead, and he also sported a small goatee. He dressed simply, wearing a purple hoodie with a bronze zipper and light blue shirt, and teal pants tucked into burgundy boots with prominent black soles. Finally, he had a white apron on with the same picture of a smiling hotdog with a canine nose besides it, on. The man didn't seem to notice them as he was busy grilling hotdogs at the moment.

Yusaku walked up to the front counter, getting the man's attention as he looked up and smiled at the Cyberse Duelist. "There you are Yusaku, I was getting a little worried since you were taking a bit longer than usual". The adult man greeted with a harmless smile, which Yusaku nodded to him. "Sorry Kolter, I got sidetracked". The Cyberse Duelist replied to the man he called Kolter, getting him to lift at eyebrow at the younger male.

Kolter then took notice of the three behind Yusaku, causing him to lightly widen his eyes at seeing Ash, Lulu and Saya. "Whoa Yusaku! I know that I told you to make some friends, but I didn't think you'd start off so quickly". Kolter remarked in surprise, getting Yusaku to look over his right shoulder towards the residents of the four dimensions. "They're not my friends…" He began as he turned to look back at his ally, causing Saya to grow a sad look on her face.

"…And they know my identity in LINK VRAINS". The Cyberse Duelist concluded, causing the adult male to widen his eyes in shock, before he turned towards Ash, Lulu and Saya and narrowed his eyes at them. "…What do you want from us? Are you here to threaten us or something?" Kolter question the three with hostility in his voice, causing Ash to slightly narrow his own eyes at him. Lulu placed her hands on Saya's shoulders and pulled the child closer to herself just in case things get messy.

"We're not here to threaten, or blackmail you. Truth be told, we don't even know who you two are, or Yusaku's alter ego Playmaker". The White Dragon Emperor answered the older male, getting Kolter to frown in confusion as he could see the honesty in Ash's eyes. He looked down at the hotdogs that he was frying, before he picked one up with the tongs that he was using. Kolter then took out an open hotdog roll from a bag on the counter to the left, before he placed the hotdog in it.

"If you don't know who we are, then how did you find out Yusaku is Playmaker?" He questioned in a whisper to avoid the nearby people from hearing. Instead of answering, Ash held up his left forearm for Kolter to see his Duel Disk, before Azure then opened his eye and looked at the partner of the famous duelist of LINK VRAINS. "I told them your comrade's secret". The White Dragon Ignis answered the purple haired man, causing him to widen his eyes in surprise at the sight of Azure.

"W-Whoa! What the heck is that thing?" The male adult questioned in surprise, making Azure grow an irritated look on his eye at how Kolter classified him. "I'm not a "thing", I'm an Ignis. The White Dragon Ignis to be exact and I assure you that I, Ash, Lulu, or Saya are not your enemies". Azure told Kolter as he kept his cool, causing Yusaku to narrow his eyes as he turned around to fully face the White Dragon Ignis and the residents of the four dimensions.

"And how can we trust you? How do we know if you're not actually a member of the Knights of Hanoi?" The Cyberse Duelist questioned the White Dragon Ignis, getting Azure to shift his attention over to Yusaku.

"If I was your enemy, I would have told either the Knights of Hanoi, or SOL Technologies that you're actually Playmaker. But I haven't yet and have no plans of doing that yet". Azure answered, before he shifted his eye towards his partner, who was still looking down at him. "And neither Ash, Lulu nor Saya know of your situation or of the state of this world yet". He added as he looked back at the Cyberse Duelist, who still looked suspicious at him.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe that these three are from a different world?" Yusaku questioned the White Dragon Ignis, making Kolter widen his eyes in surprise at his comrade's words. "I do actually. You saw the proof yourself when you saw Ash's cards". Azure replied to the Cyberse Duelist, getting Yusaku to almost flinch upon remembering the cards that he held not too long ago.

"Like I've said before, I will explain everything. But we'll need some privacy; you don't want to attract unwanted attention after all". The White Dragon Ignis told the 16-year-old male, before he shifted his eye towards a nearby passing couple, who were busy having a conversation with one another. The Cyberse Duelist turned his head left and right to see that the Ignis was correct. Having a conversation out in the open would leave too many opportunities for someone to listen in and learn of his identity of being Playmaker, and Yusaku doesn't want that.

The Cyberse Duelist looked over his right shoulder towards Kolter, silently asking him to temporarily close down the shop so that Azure could explain everything. Kolter saw the look that his comrade was giving him and gave a nod, before he placed the complete hotdog down on the counter. Yusaku turned to look back at Ash, Lulu, Saya and Azure, before he gave them a nod, answering the White Dragon Ignis' answer.

Azure grew a small look of gratitude at seeing Yusaku's nod, before he looked up towards Ash. "I'll explain everyone soon, so please be a bit more patient". The White Dragon Ignis requested from the 17-year-old male, causing Ash to nod down at him, before he looked at Lulu and Saya. "Azure will explain what happened to us soon. Until we've heard everything from him, hold your thoughts in, okay". The White Dragon Emperor told his girlfriend and child, getting the two females to smile, before they nodded to him.

Yusaku walked up to the right side of the food truck, before he pulled the doors opened. He climbed in as Kolter put all the finished hotdogs away in a bowl, before he pressed the lever inside, causing the window to close in and the counter to retract, blocking the inside from view. "Come on inside. We'll be able to talk without anyone listening in". Yusaku told the residents of the four dimensions, keeping the back doors opened for them.

Saya ran into the food truck, while her parents walked inside with Yusaku closing the door behind them. Inside of the food truck, Kolter was sitting down on a chair in front of a cabinet divided into six shelves and with a frosted glass cover with his arms crossed. Saya jumped up to the counter and made herself comfortable there, while Yusaku, Ash and Lulu all took their own seats. The White Dragon Emperor and his girlfriend sat across the Cyberse Duelist and his ally, while Saya just hummed a tune to herself as she kicked her feet out. The White Dragon Emperor kept his left arm in front of himself for Azure to be a part of the conversation.

"Okay, we're all alone now with no chance of someone overhearing us. Now talk, and tell me how you know that I'm Playmaker?" Yusaku demanded with a neutral face and tone, getting Ash and Lulu to look down towards Azure, who was looking at the Cyberse Duelist.

"Believe it or not, I snuck into your Duel Disk when you were in LINK VRAINS when you weren't paying attention and looked through its files. I checked the network using the data I collected from you and discovered your identity". The White Dragon Ignis answered the 16-year-old male with an emotionless tone, getting Yusaku to glare down at him.

Azure then shifted his attention over to Ash. "Now, allow me to show that I wasn't lying when I said I took you and your friends from your world. Answer me this. Have any of you heard of an incident called "The Lost incident", or "The Hanoi Project" that took place six years ago?" The White Dragon Ignis questioned the residents of the four dimensions, causing both Yusaku and Kolter to gasp in shock at what he said.

Saya stopped humming to herself and gained a confused look. Ash and Lulu looked at one another with conflicted frowns on their faces. For some reasons, their memories of when they were 7 and 6-year-olds were very confusing. One day 10 years ago, Ash, Lulu and their families were in Heartland Park with the children playing together, while the adults had a good conversation with each other. After playing with Shay, Shark and Rio, Ash and Lulu snuck off together.

However, that was all they remembered before they were suddenly standing in the middle of the park, only they've aged by a year. The two were very confused back then on what happened to them and why they couldn't remember anything. They decided to head back to Ash's house and check in on everyone there. They arrived at the Kastle household, where they saw Ash's adopted family staring at them in shock.

Shark, Rio, Mr. and Mrs. Kastle all burst into tears at seeing them safe and sound, before they brought Ash and Lulu into a group hug, much to their confusion at their reactions. Mrs. Kastle went to call Lulu's family over, while Ash and Lulu questioned the others on what happened to them. They learned that somehow, they had disappeared a year ago when they snuck off from Shay, Shark and Rio.

This confused the two greatly as they had no idea what the Kastle family was talking about. They did question the two children on what happened to them, but Ash and Lulu were unable to answer as they had no idea either as they couldn't remember. Later on, the Obsidian family arrived and was overjoyed to see Ash and Lulu safe and sound. Years had passed and they still couldn't remember what happened to them, so Ash and Lulu decided to just forget about it and move on with life. But there was no news of any incident called "The Lost Incident" or "The Hanoi Project" whatsoever back home.

The White Dragon Emperor looked back at his new partner and shook his head. "No, we've never heard of anything like that before". Ash answered with an honest tone, much to Kolter and Yusaku's surprise as the Lost Incident was a famed incident that took place 10 years ago. "That is to be expected. After all, the Lost Incident didn't take place in your world, but in this one". Azure remarked, getting Lulu to look down towards him with a curious look.

"What even is this "Lost Incident" or "Hanoi Project" anyway?" The Lyrilusc Duelist questioned the White Dragon Ignis, getting him to shift his eye towards Lulu. "It is an incident that took place 10 years ago. Six children were mysteriously kidnapped and disappeared for 6 months…" Azure began to explain as Kolter gritted his teeth in anger, while Yusaku looked away to the side. Lulu and Saya both looked concerned, while Ash had his eyes narrowed dangerously.

"…However, a mysterious interloper reported the incident in, and the six children were rescued. The incident was covered up as the mastermind was not discovered. The incident emotionally scared the six children, who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, with some taking years of therapy to recover while others have not recovered at all". The White Dragon Ignis concluded, getting Lulu to let out a low and almost silent gasp of horror as she held her right hand up to her moth.

"How horrible. What could have happened to those children in that incident that caused them post-traumatic stress?" The Winged Beast Duelist questioned in sorrow, wondering what horrors the six children experienced. "Why not ask one of them?" Azure suggested to her, getting everyone's attention as they looked at him. "How are we gonna do that exactly?" Ash questioned his new partner, getting the White Dragon Ignis to turn towards him.

"Just ask Yusaku. He is one of the children". Azure answered, getting mixed reactions from everyone. Ash and Lulu widened their eyes in surprise, Saya tilted her head to the side and Yusaku and Kolter gasped in absolute shock. "H-How did you know that I was one of the children?" The Cyberse Duelist questioned the Ignis, getting Azure to shift his eye towards Yusaku. "I didn't. You just confirmed it for me, I was taking a gamble". The White Dragon Ignis answered the 16-year-old male, making Yusaku and Kolter widen their eyes in surprise.

"I had my suspicions as besides you, no one else battled the Knights of Hanoi with such conviction, and in fact nobody challenges them at all. I even watched some of your duels against low grunts as well. I took that and the data I collected from your Duel Disk into thought and made a gamble. And it looks like it paid off as you confirmed it for me". Azure explained to everyone, getting Ash to grow an impressed look at how daring his new partner was.

Lulu, on the other hand, stared at Yusaku with sad eyes. "Yusaku, is it true? Are you really one of the six children?" The Lyrilusc Duelist questioned as she wanted to hear it from him. Yusaku looked at the purple haired girl and saw her expression full of sadness directed at him, causing the Cyberse Duelist to tilt his head down, before he gave a short nod. Lulu gave a small gasp of horror at seeing Yusaku's nod and could only feel deep sadness that he was a part of an incident that traumatized children.

Saya had a sad look as well, before she turned to look at Kolter, who was staring down at the ground with a frown. "Were you apart of the incident, Mr. Kolter?" The young female child asked in concern, getting Kolter to look towards her. He shook his head, giving his answer, before he looked down at the ground again. "No, I wasn't. My younger brother Jin was part of it, though". The male adult answered in a sad voice, getting the Sacred Beast duelist to gasp in concern.

She jumped off of the counter, before she walked over and took Kolter's right hand with both of hers. The purple haired male looked down at Saya and saw her sad look directed at him as she held his right hand. "I'm so sorry that your brother went through something as horrible as that incident". The young child said with complete sadness in her voice, causing Kolter to blink in surprise at how mature Saya was despite her young age.

The owner of the food truck gave a small smile, before he placed his left hand atop Saya's head and gave her a comforting rub. "T-Thanks, kid. It means a lot that you feel that way for Jin". Kolter awkwardly thanked Saya as he didn't have much experience with children in general. Saya gave the adult male a smile, before she turned to look at Yusaku. She let go of Kolter's hand, before she went over and gently tugged on Yusaku's jacket by his left arm with her right hand.

The Cyberse Duelist didn't turn to face her, but he did look at Saya through the corner of his left eye. She gave him a sad look, before she hugged Yusaku's left arm, causing him to widen his eyes in shock, and then fully turned to look at Saya. "I'm so sorry that you had to experience such a terrible thing. I have no idea what you went through as nothing like that happened to me, so I won't pretend to understand how that incident affected you. All I can say is that I'm sorry it happened to you". The Sacred Beast Duelist told the teenage boy, getting him to soften his awkward eyes.

After a few moments, Saya let go of Yusaku's arm and took one last look at his face, before she went over to Ash and jumped into his lap, getting the White Dragon Emperor and Lulu to smile at her. Azure took a moment to stare at Saya, before he shifted his eye towards Yusaku and Kolter. "I've confirmed for Ash, Lulu and Saya that they're not of this world, so now I'll confirm it for you two. Answer me this, do you know what a Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Monster is?" The White Dragon Ignis questioned the two, causing Yusaku and Kolter to frown in confusion.

"Huh? I've never heard of any of those kinds of monsters before? What kind of monsters are these Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Monsters?" Kolter questioned in pure confusion as he had no idea what the three separate types of monsters were. Kolter's question caught the attention of Ash and Lulu as they looked up at him and Yusaku, where they saw the confused looks on the two males, much to their surprise.

Saya, on the other hand, brought out her deck and started searching through it for a certain card. After a moment, she found the card and picked it up with her right hand, while she held the rest of her deck with the left hand. She jumped off of Ash's lap and ran up to Yusaku and Kolter, before she stopped in front of them. "This is a Fusion Monster, look!" She exclaimed as she held the card up to the two, getting Yusaku and Kolter to look at the card that she was holding.

They both saw that it was a purple card with Levels, had both ATK and DEF, before they widened their eyes at seeing the image of the card. The card's image showed a fearsome creature that looked like it came from someone's nightmare or something like that. They looked at the name of the card and saw that the card's name was "Chaos Phantasm Armityle". "I'm both amazed and incredible disturbed by this card. It doesn't look like something a little girl would use". Kolter said with a nervous look as he looked from the card towards Saya, who had an innocent smile on her face.

"Anyone is free to use whatever cards they like to use. Saya here has multiple decks, but her favorite deck is her Fiend-Type deck". Lulu told the adult male, getting him to grow slightly more nervous at how an innocent girl like Saya uses a Fiend-Type deck. "We're getting off track here. As you can see, a Fusion Monster's frame is a violet colour and they're placed in an Extra Deck in a duel". Ash began to explain as Yusaku and Kolter turned their attention over to him and paid great attention.

"Unlike what I've heard so far of Link Monsters, Fusion Monsters can't be Summoned from the Extra Deck whenever someone wants. First, the duelist requires what's known as a Fusion card". The White Dragon Emperor continued, receiving a confused look from both Yusaku and Kolter as they've never heard of a card like that. "A Fusion card?" The owner of Café Nom questioned in confusion as he held his chin with his right hand. "Is it a different type of Spell cards than Normal, Quick-Play, Equip, Field and Continuous Spells?" Yusaku asked with a curious voice, getting Lulu to smile and shake her head in response.

"Not really. Fusion cards are Spell cards that have the power to call forth a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck. There are all kinds of Fusion Spells that take the form of Normal, Quick-Play, Equip, Field and Continuous Spells". The purple haired girl answered the Cyberse Duelist, causing both Yusaku and Kolter to grow fascinated expressions. "Really? I gotta admit that's interesting". The purple haired adult remarked as he was starting to grow restless.

"The most common Spell card that a Fusion Duelist use is a Spell card called Polymerization". Ash told the two as Saya put away her ace Fusion Monster, before she began searching through her deck again. She then pulled out a Spell card with her right hand and held it out towards Yusaku and Kolter. "Here it is! Look!" She called out excitedly, getting the two males to look down at her and saw the Spell card, Polymerization.

Yusaku gently took it from the 7-year-old girl and held it with his right hand, staring at the card with great fascination. "I've never seen a card like this before". The Cyberse Duelist said as he showed a bit of emotion on his face, which was fascination.

Saya nodded excitedly, before she began searching her deck again. After a moment, she picked up another card with her right hand, before she held it out towards the two again. "Here's another Fusion card of mine, Dimension Fusion Destruction!" She exclaimed, getting the attention of the two once more as they looked at the Spell that she was holding out towards them.

"Polymerization isn't the only Spell card that is a Fusion card. There are even Fusion Monster that have special requirements in order to be Summoned. Some require specific monsters, while others require monsters that are a certain type, or attribute. Saya's Fusion Monster required 3 specific monsters". Lulu explained to the two as Yusaku handed Saya back her Spell card.

"We've told you enough about Fusion Monsters, now let's move onto Ritual Monsters. The first thing you need to know about Ritual Monsters is that unlike the other Summoning methods, they're placed in the deck and not the Extra Deck". The White Dragon Emperor continued on, already causing Yusaku and Kolter to widen their eyes in surprise.

"Say what!? In the deck?" Kolter questioned in surprise as he never thought there would be a Summoning method where the monsters were placed in the deck instead of the Extra Deck.

"That's right". Lulu answered as Ash brought out his deck with his jacket pocket with the right hand, before he began searching through it. "It is a bit like Fusion as Ritual requires a specific Spell known as Ritual Spells". He told the two males as he kept his eyes on his cards. Once again, Yusaku and Kolter were surprised at the mention of Ritual Spells. "A Ritual Spell? What is that?" Yusaku questioned in fascination, getting Ash to look up and smile at him.

"It's a Spell card that works like a Fusion card, allowing the duelist to Summon a Ritual Monster. You could say that Ritual Spells and Ritual Monsters were one of the first Summoning methods created". The 17-year-old answered as he looked back down at his cards, before he finally found the cards that he was looking for. He picked up two cards, before he held them up to Yusaku and Kolter. "These are my Ritual Monster and Ritual Spell". He added, getting the two to look at the cards.

One of them was a Spell with a different symbol than the other types of Spells, while the other was a blue colour like a Link Monster, but was different. The Spell card's image showed a dirt ground with blue draconic writing on it, producing blue smoke from within it with glowing white eyes in the smoke. The blue card showed a giant white skin chines serpent dragon flying in the air. It had yellow spiky hair that reached from the back of his head all the way to the back of the tail. It had yellow dazzling eyes with a slash scar over its right eye, long yellow noise hair. The tip of its tail was in the shape of a sword. Yellow Ritual Dragon had two claws and two dragon feet with four fingers.

(White Dragon – Dragon Ritual/ Type: Ritual Spell/ Effect: This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Dragon-Type Ritual Monster from your hand by releasing Dragon-Type monsters from your field and/or hand. The selected monsters' Levels must match the Ritual Monster's Level. During your End Phase, you can remove this card from your Graveyard to add one "White Dragon" card from your Graveyard to your hand.)

(White Dragon – Yellow Ritual Dragon/ Level: 8/ Type: Dragon/ Ritual/ Effect/ Attribute: Light/ ATK Points: 2800/ DEF Points: 2500/ Effect: This card can only be Ritual Summon by using "White Dragon – Dragon Ritual" and the monsters used as tributes must be Dragon-Type monsters. When this card declares an attack, your opponent cannot target it for card effects. Once per turn, you can select one Special Summoned monster your opponent controls, this card gains half of that monster's ATK.)

"Whoa. I've never seen cards like this before. The Ritual Monsters look a bit like Link Monsters". Kolter commented with an impressed smile, while Yusaku was silent as he stared at the card. "When a duelist is Ritual Summoning a Ritual Monster, they are required to sacrifice monsters from the field in hand. In some cases, they can even use monsters in the Graveyard. The tributed monsters' Levels are required to equal, or surpass the Ritual Monster's Levels. In some cases, they are required to exactly match the Level, or it won't work". Lulu told the two with a gentle smile as she rather enjoyed explaining the Summoning methods of their world to them.

"My White Dragon – Dragon Ritual not only allows me to Ritual Summon my Yellow Ritual Dragon, it allows me to Ritual Summon other Dragon-Type Ritual Monsters, but the price is that the monsters I tribute must be Dragon-Type monsters. Ritual Monsters sometimes requires an exact Ritual Spell to be played, but there are other Ritual Spell cards that can Summon the Ritual Monster, but there's a catch". Ash explained as he put the two cards away in his deck, before he placed it away in his jacket's pocket. The White Dragon Emperor placed his left hand in the left jacket pocket, before he brought out his Blue-Eyes Deck.

He quickly searched through it, before he held up a single card to them. Yusaku and Kolter leaned in to look at the card and saw that it was a Ritual Spell called Advanced Ritual Art. "This is one of those cards. Advance Ritual Art can be used to Summon a Ritual Monster, but the catch is that the duelist needs to use Normal Monsters from the deck that match the Ritual Monster's Level". Ash told the two as he put the card back in his deck, before he placed it away in his jacket's pocket.

Kolter gave a whistle as he leaned back on his chair, while Saya walked over to Lulu and jumped onto her lap. "Wow. Ritual Monsters sound complicated". The purple haired male stated with his eyes closed in exhaustion from what he learned. "There's a way to make up for that. See, there are monsters that have Ritual support effects, and they can help with Ritual Summoning". Lulu told the adult male with a gentle smile, getting Kolter to look at her with a fascinated look.

"Now, on to the next and my favorite Summoning method". Ash said with a small grin as he brought out his White Dragon deck and began searching through it, causing Lulu, Saya, Kolter and Azure to chuckle in amusement, while Yusaku stayed silent. "The next type of monsters is called Synchro Monsters". The Lyrilusc Duelist told Yusaku and Kolter as Ash stopped searching through his deck, before he picked up a single card.

"This is a Synchro Monster and one of my best cards. White Dragon – Green Synchro Dragon". The White Dragon Emperor said as he held the card out to the two, getting Yusaku and Kolter to look at it. To their amazement, they saw that the card has a white frame. The card's image showed a white, blue and green armored dragon with royal blue eyes and four silver coloured wings reflected a bright light. The dragon had short and barely visible legs and two arms with five sharp nailed fingers. Finally, it had an armored long tail as well.

(White Dragon – Green Synchro Dragon/ Attribute: Wind/ Level: 7/ ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2000/ Type: Dragon/ Synchro/ Effect/ Recruitments: one Dragon-Type Tuner + 1 non-Tuner Dragon Type Monster/ Effect: When this card attacks or is attacked, your opponent cannot activate Spells, Traps or Monster effects from the Graveyard. During either player's turn, if a monster activates its effect that targets a Dragon-Type Monster: You can target 1 of those monsters that activated its effect; negate its effects, and if you do, destroy it, then this card gains ATK equal to the ATK the destroyed monster had on the field until the end of this turn.)

"Wow, that's a rather powerful card". Yusaku commented in awe, getting Ash to grow an appreciated smile at him. "Thanks. Now, Synchro Monsters are a little bit like Fusion and Ritual Monsters, but unlike them, they don't need a Fusion or Ritual Spell. Instead, they require a type of monster called a Tuner Monster". The White Dragon Emperor began to explain about Synchro Monsters, getting confused reactions from the two other males.

"Tuner Monsters? That's a new one on me". Kolter remarked as he crossed his arms, getting Lulu to giggle a little, before she held up her left arm in front of Saya, who looked down at it. She brought her right hand's index finger up, before she pressed down on a button on her new Duel Disk, causing the right side to open, and then her deck of cards slotted out. The purple haired beauty picked up her deck, before she began to search through them.

"Tuner Monsters are a special kind of monsters that have the word "Tuner" listed on the Type/Ability line. They are required for the Synchro Summon of a Synchro Monster". Lulu began to explain as she stopped searching, before she picked up a single card with her right hand. "Synchro Summoning is a little like Ritual Summon, only it has two differences. The monsters have to be on the field, and their Levels must match the Synchro Monster's Level. Here's one of my Tuner Monsters". She concluded as she turned the card over, getting Yusaku and Kolter to shift their attention over to it.

They saw the card that Lulu was holding was an Effect monster, only they saw the word "Tuner" listed on the Type/Ability line. They saw the card's image showed a young 5-year-old girl wearing a silver lyrebird outfit. Stardust Lyrebird had pale skin and silver eyes, with a few strays of hair out of her headset that framed her face. Finally, her outfit had the tail of a lyrebird.

(Lyrilusc - Stardust Lyrebird/ Attribute: Wind/ Level: 1/ Type: Winged Beast/ Tuner/ Effect/ ATK Points 300/ DEF Points: 100/ Effect: If your opponent controls more monster than you do, you can Special Summon this card and one Lyrilusc monster from your hand. If this card is used as material for a Lyrilusc Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Monster, you can add one Lyrilusc Spell or Trap from your deck to your hand.)

"Okay, that looks like something a girl would use". Kolter remarked with slightly wide eyes, getting Saya to pount as she felt that jab was directed at her. Lulu gave a giggle as she returned the card to her deck. "Like how Fusion and Ritual Monsters need certain cards, Synchro Monsters require Tuners in order to be Synchro Summoned from the Extra Deck. See, in order to do a Synchro Summon, the duelist needs to send monsters from the field to the Graveyard and a Tuner Monster have to be included and the monsters must match the Synchro Monster's Level". The purple haired female told the two residents of this world as she returned her deck into the Duel Disk, causing the in slot section to close.

"Synchro Monsters can require specific requirements, but most of them allow any kind of monster to be used. A duelist can use two monsters to Synchro Summon as long as they equal the Synchro Monster's Level. Sometimes Synchro Monsters require 3 monsters, but the duelist is allowed to use as many as they want. For example, if someone wanted to Synchro Summon a Synchro monster that required just 2 monsters, they are welcome to use 3, 4 or 5 monsters instead". Saya explained to Yusaku and Kolter with an innocent smile, getting the two to look down at her in surprise at how knowledgeable she is at her age.

Ash and Lulu smiled at their daughter, before they looked back at the two residents of this world. "There are even cards called Synchro Support cards that support Synchro Monster in many different ways". The White Dragon Emperor explained, putting Green Synchro Dragon's card away in his deck, before he began searching through it.

He quickly stopped and picked up another card, before the 17-year-old male showed it. "My Spell card, Necroid Synchro is one of those cards. It allows me to Synchro Summon using monsters from my Graveyard". Ash told the two males, getting Yusaku and Kolter to look impressed at what they learned.

"Now that's nifty. Anything else we should know?" Kolter asked, getting Ash to smile as he returned his card to the deck. "Synchro Monsters can also be used to Synchro Summon more of them from the Extra Deck". The White Dragon Emperor told them, causing the purple haired adult to let out an impressed whistle. "Now that that's taken care of, let's move on to Xyz Monsters". Ash added as he began searching through his deck once more, before he stopped at finding one of the cards that he wanted.

He picked the card up with his right hand and looked at it for a moment, before Ash looked at Yusaku and Kolter. "This is one of my best Xyz Monsters. White Dragon – Black Xyz Dragon". The White Dragon Emperor said as he flipped the card over, revealing the black framed card to them. Yusaku and Kolter looked at the card in fascination and noticed that it had stars, only they were on the other side of the card and were a black colour instead of orange.

The card's image showed a fairly large bipedal with well-developed arms. Much of the creature's body was coloured a beautiful white, while the underside of its neck was coloured a dark-teal. It had an almost eel-like face with small savage yellow eyes and a mouth full of metallic white sharp fangs, with the largest ones growing from its jaw. On the front of the dragon's jaw was a large metal spike that curved upward, and it had silver armour on the sides of his head that formed into a pair of horn-like blades that curved back. Covering the front of the dragon's torso were pieces of silver and black armour with curved glowing purple lines on the sides of the chest armour, and mounted on the sides of its forearms were two thick flat blades with small round violet gems fitted into the base. The beast's tail was wide at the end and had a pair of long metal spikes that curved upward, and on its back was a large pair of white and purple metallic wings, each with a violet orb fitted into the long metal spike that extended out towards the base of the wing.

(White Dragon – Black Xyz Dragon/ Rank: 4/ Attribute: Light/ ATK: 2500/ DEF: 2000/ Type: Dragon/ Xzy/ Effect/ Requirements: Two Level 4 monsters/ Effect: When this card battles, your opponent cannot activate Monster effects. Once per turn: You can detach one Xyz Material from this card, then target a Dragon Type monster in your Graveyard. This card gains ATK equal to its Level x 500 until the end of the turn.)

"Man, now I've never seen a black card like that before". Kolter said with wide eyes as he honestly liked the colour of the card's frame. "Xyz Monsters are placed in the Extra Deck. They are a bit similar to your Link Monsters as they don't have Levels, but have what's known as Ranks instead". Lulu began to explain, catching the attention of both Yusaku and Kolter as they looked at her and Saya, who just gave a friendly wave.

"A Rank?" Yusaku questioned, getting the purple haired girl to look at him and nod. "That's right. An Xyz Monster's Rank determines the required Levels of the Xyz Materials needed in order to Xyz Summon it. Xyz Monsters don't require any specific cards to be Xyz Summoned, they just need monsters that become their Overlay Units". Lulu answered the blue haired male, getting Kolter to tilt his head in confusion at her words. "Overlay Units? What are those?" The purple haired adult asked with a curious tone, getting Saya to smile up at him.

"When monsters are used to Xyz Summon, they aren't sent to the Graveyard. They become what's known as Xyz Materials, or commonly known as Overlay Units. You see, an Xyz Monster can't activate their effects like other monsters do. They need to detach their overlay units in order to do that as their effects are much more unique than other monsters' effects". The 7-year-old child explained as she began kicking her feet out, much to Yusaku and Kolter's further amazement at learning the Xyz Monsters capabilities.

"Saya is right. My Black Xyz Dragon's ability is powerful, but with its Xyz Materials, I can only use its effect twice and it ends at the End Phase. Once the two materials are used, I can't use Black Xyz Dragon's ability anymore". The White Dragon Emperor explained to the two, causing Yusaku to grow an understanding expression on his face. "I see. Xyz Monsters may have powerful effects that most monsters wouldn't have, but unlike them, there is a limit to them. It isn't like a "once a turn" effect". The Cyberse Duelist said as he held his chin with his right hand, getting Lulu to nod towards him.

"That's right. Another thing you may want to know is that their requirements may sometimes require either specific types or attributes in order to be Summoned". The Winged Beast Duelist told him, making Yusaku nod to her in thanks. "And now onto the last Summoning method of our world; Pendulum Summoning". The White Dragon Emperor said as he put his Black Xyz Dragon's card back in the deck, before he started searching once more.

"You're gonna love Pendulum Summoning!" Saya exclaimed in excitement, getting Yusaku and Kolter curious on the last Summoning method. "The first thing you guys need to know about Pendulum cards is that they're part of the main deck, but they're not like Ritual Monsters. You could say they're a hybrid of Monsters and Spells". Lulu began to explain, already causing the two residents of this world to look at her in disbelief. "A hybrid of monsters and Spells?" The two questioned with wide eyes, getting Lulu and Saya to nod at them.

At that moment, Ash stopped his searching as he picked up three cards and held them up for Yusaku and Kolter to see. "These are Pendulum cards, check them out". The White Dragon Emperor told the two, causing the Cyberse Duelist and his comrade to look, before they gasped in shock. True to what Lulu said, the Pendulum cards looked to be a hybrid of Monster and Spells cards as the frame was half-orange and half-green. They had an additional effect box with arrows on both sides and had blue and red arrows.

One of the three cards showed a white wyvern dragon with silver hair, eyes and spikes. The second card's image showed a dragon that looks like a Red-Eyes Black Chick, but was pure white with it head braking out of a yellowish gold egg. Finally, the last card's image showed a fearsome two legged bulky bipedal white skin dragon covered in silver armor. It had two spikes for wings on its back and a sort of white orb inside of its armor. Finally, it had royal blue eyes.

(White Dragon – Pendulum Wyvern/ Level: 4/ Pendulum Scale: 9/ Attribute: Light/Dragon/Pendulum/Effect/ ATK: 1600/ DEF: 1400/ Pendulum Effect: If a "White Dragon" monster is targeted by Spell, Trap or Monster effects, you can send this card to your hand to negate the activation and if you do, destroy it. You cannot set this card on the Pendulum Scale when you activate this effect until your next turn/ Monster effect: When this monster is Summoned, you can send up to two "White Dragon" monsters from your graveyard to your deck and destroy up to two Spell or Traps on your opponent's field.)

(White Dragon – Pendulum Chick/ Level: 2/ Attribute: Light/ Type: Dragon/ Effect/ ATK Points: 950/ DEF Points: 600/Pendulum Scale: 3/ Pendulum Effect: All "White Dragon" or "Stardust" monsters gain 300 ATK and DEF when they are Special Summoned to the field. /Effect: You can tribute this card to Special Summon one "White Dragon" monster from your deck.)

(White Dragon – Silver Pendulum Dragon/ Level: 7/ Attribute: Light/ Type: Dragon/ Pendulum/Effect/ATK Points: 2500 /DEF Points: 2000/ Pendulum Scale: 1/ Pendulum effect: Once per turn, you can select one monster your opponent controls and return it to their hand/ Monster effect: All battle damage this card inflects to your opponent is doubled. Once per turn, you can add one Level 7 or lower monster from your deck to your hand.)

"Whoa dude, I've never seen cards like these before". Kolter said in amazement, leaning forward in his seat to get a better look at the three cards. "Pendulum cards work differently than Monsters and Spells. To activate them, a player needs to set them in the Pendulum Zone". Lulu began to explain, causing Yusaku to raise an eyebrow at her in confusion. "Pendulum Zone?" The Cyberse Duelist questioned, getting Ash to turn towards him.

"The Pendulum Zones are separate zones from the Monster Zones and Spell/Trap Zones as well. When players activate Pendulum cards as Spell cards, they go to the Pendulum Zone". The White Dragon Emperor explained to the younger male, before holding up his right hand and pointed towards Silver Pendulum Dragon's card, right towards the card's right Pendulum Scale.

"You see these parts right here? They're what's known as Pendulum Scales". He told the two, getting Yusaku and Kolter to look right at the cards' Pendulum Scales. "What are those used for?" The owner of Café Nom asked with a curious tone, taking hold of his chin with his left hand.

"Pendulum Scales are one of the important functions for a player to Pendulum Summon. Pendulum Summoning is where a player Summons multiple monsters from the hand". Lulu answered the adult man, causing both Kolter and Yusaku to gasp in disbelief at what they heard. The two turned to look at the teenage girl with wide eyes full of disbelief. "What did you just say?" Yusaku questioned in disbelief, getting Saya to giggle a little at the expression on his face.

"Pendulum Summoning is a method that Summons multiple monsters. There's just a few conditions that are required". Lulu replied to the Cyberse with a slightly amused tone, having not seen that expression on someone's face for some time now. "The Pendulum Scale is an important detail for Pendulum Summoning. See, my White Dragon – Pendulum Wyvern's Pendulum Scale is 9, while my Pendulum Chick is Scale 3. If I had these two in the Pendulum Zone, I'd be allowed to Pendulum Summon monsters between Level 4 all the way to 8". Ash explained for the two to understand, taking over the explanation from his girlfriend.

Kotler gasped in awe, while Yusaku narrowed his eyes a little bit. "But wouldn't that reduce the number of cards in your hand. If a player Summons their whole hand full of Monsters and they're all destroyed, they'd be wide open and wouldn't have many options for a counterattack. It does seem like an incredible Summoning, but rather risky". Yusaku said to Ash and Lulu, narrowing his eyes a bit at them.

The couple both looked impressed with Yusaku, while Saya stared up at the Cyberse Duelist with her hands clapped together in delight. "Wow. You're really sharp, you know that?" The 7-year-old child said to the 16-year-old male, getting Yusaku to stare down at her for a moment, before looking back up at Ash and Lulu.

"You're right that Pendulum Summoning can be a bit risky, but there's ways to work through that problem". The Lyrilusc Duelist told the dark blue haired male, getting him to raise an eyebrow at her, but remained silent. "Pendulum Monsters also have something called "Pendulum Effects" that can be used when they're in the Pendulum Zone". Ash revealed, getting Yusaku to look curious, while Kolter listened with great attention.

"Pendulum Effects are like Pendulum Monster's Spell effects. They can only be activated when they're in the Pendulum Zones". The White Dragon Emperor explained, before turning the cards over to look at them for a moment, and then flipped it back over. "My Pendulum Wyvern's Pendulum Effect is a protective one. When a Spell, Trap or Monster Effect targets a White Dragon monster I control, I can return this card to my hand in order to negate and destroy that card. The only downside is that for the rest of this turn, I can't activate this card". Ash told the two, getting Kolter to let out an impressed whistle as he crossed his arms, while Yusaku looked slightly surprised.

"Wow. Sounds like these Pendulum cards are used for more than just Summoning monsters". Kolter remarked with a grin, getting Saya to turn towards him and nod. "That's a little more to them than just that". The little girl told the adult man, getting him to blink as he looked down at the little girl with a curious expression. "What do you mean by that?" He asked the 7-year-old child, who just gave him a grin, before she turned towards Ash. The White Dragon Emperor gave her a grin, before he turned to look back at the two residents of this world.

"Okay, here's another special thing to know about Pendulum Cards. When they're destroyed on the field, or leave it, they don't go to the Graveyard. They go to the Extra Deck, face-up". The 17-year-old male revealed, causing both Yusaku and Kolter to gasp in surprise at what he just said. "The Extra Deck!?" The adult male exclaimed in shock, getting Lulu to slightly frown at him as she brought up her right hand and held the index finger to her lips, giving him a silent message to be quiet.

"How is that possible? If they go to the Extra Deck, how are they going to be used again?" Yusaku questioned the residents of the four dimensions, his voice leaking out a bit of the shock that he was experiencing. "Don't worry about that. See, Pendulum Summoning doesn't just Summon monsters from the hand, it also Summons face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck". Ash answered the 16-year-old male, getting Yusaku and Kolter to look at him with their disbelief growing larger than before.

"Whoa, now that's another surprising detail about this Summoning method". Kolter remarked with wide eyes, which Ash nodded to him as he returned his cards to the deck. "It's an important detail. Not only does it help with the lack of cards in hand, but it also makes the stage for a duelist to use Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Ritual Summoning. Probably Link Summoning as well". The White Dragon Emperor told the adult man, getting both his and Yusaku's attention at what he just said.

"What do you mean by that?" The Cyberse Duelist questioned Ash, getting the 17-year-old male to look at him with a small grin. However, before he could say anything, Azure beat him to it. "Like he said before; when Pendulum Monsters leave the field, they go to the Extra Deck, where the duelists can Summon them back to the field later on. Just imagine if they left the field as Material for any of those Summoning methods". The White Dragon Ignis told the human male, getting everyone to look down at him in surprise.

Yusaku then tilted his head down and thought about what Azure just said and what he learned about Pendulum Summoning. The Cyberse Duelist then widened his eyes in realization upon figuring out the unspoken riddle. '1: Pendulum Monsters go to the Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard when they're on the field. 2: Pendulum Summoning can Summon face-up Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck. And 3: the whole process can be done over and over again!' Yusaku shouted out in his mind with wide eyes, something that Ash took notice of, getting the White Dragon Emperor to grin a little.

"Looks like you figured it out". The 17-year-old boy stated, getting Kolter, Lulu and Saya to look at him for a moment, before redirecting their attention over to Yusaku and saw his slightly shocked expression. The Cyberse Duelist turned his shocked expression back to a naturel one, before he leaned back on his seat.

"Pendulum Summoning allows monsters to be Summoned from the hand and Extra Deck to the field. If there are specific monsters among them, they can be used for Fusion, Synchro Summoning, Xyz and Ritual Summon as well. They then go to the Extra Deck, where they can be Summoned back to the field and the whole process starts all over again, right?" Yusaku questioned the White Dragon Emperor, which the older teen nodded to him.

"That's right". Ash answered, before his face fell and he looked down at the ground. "At least, that was how it was back in our world". The 17-year-old male remarked, getting Lulu and Saya to look at him in confusion. "Satoshi, what do you mean by that?" The purple haired female questioned her boyfriend, getting the black haired male to grow a small nervous look with his eyes closed. "Well...Let's just say this world has different rules in dueling than ours". Ash answered, causing the two females to tilt their heads in confusion. "Well, this'll take a bit of time". Azure commented as he took a deep sigh, along with closing his eye.

For the next 25 minutes, Ash explained to Lulu and Rin about the different rules of Duel Monsters of this world, with some assistance from Azure, Yusaku and Kolter. He even explained what he knew about this world's own Extra Deck Summoning method; Link Summoning.

At the end of the explanation, both females had amazed expressions on their faces. Lulu and Saya were silent as they processed what they learned. Azure then turned to look at the two residents of this world. "Now do you believe me when I say that my partner and his friends aren't from this world?" The White Dragon Ignis questioned the two, getting Yusaku and Kolter to look at him.

The two males gave a nod to Azure with their eyes showing their honesty in believing his words now. "I've never heard of anything like these Summoning methods before, so I guess there's no way that you could be lying". Kolter said to the Ignis, leaning back against his seat and crossed his arms. "I agree. The proof was shown before us, so there's no reason to believe you're lying". Yusaku said in agreement, getting Azure to grow a pleased expression. Lulu gave a small sigh of relief, while Saya just smiled. Ash looked down at his new partner with a curious expression.

"Now that that's settled, now what?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned Azure, getting the Ignis to shift his eye up to the 17-year-old male. "Next, we convince the two to allow you and your girlfriend to assist them in their battle against the Knights of Hanoi". The White Dragon Ignis answered, causing Kolter to gasp in surprise at what he said.

"Hold up, what?! You guys have no idea what you're getting into! The Knight of Hanoi are like the worst of the worse, not just anybody can go against them". The adult man told the three residents of the four dimensions, getting Ash and Lulu to look up at him with narrowed eyes.

"Trust me when I say this; you have no idea what "the worst of the worse" is. Besides, we're not just "anybody", we're among the strongest duelists back in our world". Ash replied to Kolter with a emotionless tone, getting Azure to let out a small chuckle at him.

"Don't you think you're being a bit too modest? Don't be shy and tell them that you're an undefeatable pro duelist that has never lost a duel before". Azure said with a smug tone, getting Yusaku and Kolter to slightly widen their eyes in surprise. Ash looked down at his partner and slightly narrowed his eyes at him.

"That wasn't a needed to know detail". He told the White Dragon Ignis, before looking back up at the other two males and gave a short nod. "But he's not lying about that. I am an undefeated pro duelist back where I come from. I've never lost a duel before in my life, although I have gotten a few draws before". Ash told the two, getting Kolter to let out an impressed whistle.

The purple haired man then turned to look at Lulu and Saya, something that the Winged Beast user took notice of as she smiled at Kolter. "I'm a pro duelist as well, just became one last year. I'm not unbeatable like Satoshi here, but I'm pretty tough to beat". Lulu told the owner of Café Nom, before smiling down at Saya as she rapidly nodded her head in agreement to her mother's words.

"I originally intended to only bring my partner to this world, but Saya and Lulu came along as well. But this could work out well and give you more of an advantage against the Knights of Hanoi. With these two, you'll have comrades that'll fight by your side, technical support and backup when facing multiple opponents". Azure told Yusaku and Kolter with an emotionless voice and his eye narrowed dangerously.

Kolter turned to look down at the White Dragon Ignis, narrowing his own eyes at him in suspicion. "And what's in it for you? Why bring them here to help us? In fact, why do you want to help us in general?" The owner of Café Nom questioned the White Dragon Ignis, wanting to know why he wants to help them.

"You could say I'm helping myself". Azure answered, getting Kolter to raise an eyebrow, while Lulu and Saya looked at the White Dragon Ignis in confusion. Ash and Yusaku were silent, already knowing the reasons for Azure's actions, and felt no need to question him about it further.

"The Knights of Hanoi are hunting down my kind, attempting to destroy us. So far they haven't managed to get one of us, but they have come close to destroying us. There are 12 Ignis in total, but only 7 of us are out in the wild, while the remaining 5 are safe and sound, away from danger. We seven have all been reduced to just eye forms, like how I am right now, so we can't fight back like how we used to. That's why we need the help of strong humans like Ash, Lulu and Yusaku here to fight against them". The White Dragon Ignis explained his reasons for fighting against the Knights of Hanoi, getting Lulu and Saya to grow sympathetic looks at him as they could understand what he's going through.

Kolter also gained a sympathetic look, but it wasn't large as the two females' expressions. "I guess I can't fault you then. You're just looking out for your friends, right?" He asked the White Dragon Ignis with an understanding tone, which Azure moved his eye up and down, as if he was nodding to him. "That's right. If the Knights of Hanoi aren't stopped, my kind will be destroyed". Azure answered the adult man, now sounding a little bit afraid for his kind's safety. Lulu and Saya both gave sad smiles at the White Dragon Ignis's concern, taking a moment to look at one another and nod, before looking back at Azure.

"I don't know the whole story, but I can tell that you really care for your friends. So, I'll help fight against the Knights of Hanoi to save your kind from destruction". The Lyrilusc duelist told the White Dragon Ignis, while Saya lifted her right hand into the air with an excited expression. "I'll help too! I'm a pretty strong duelist as well!" The 7-year-old child exclaimed, full of energy, getting everyone to chuckle at her bright attitude.

Azure gave the two females a grateful look, before turning to look up at Ash, who gave him an understanding expression. "I can understand your desire to protect your friends. It's something I share in common with you. You can count on me to help protect your kind from these hackers". The White Dragon Emperor told his new partner, much to Azure's relief upon hearing this.

"I am glad to hear that". Azure said with a satisfied tone, before turning his attention back at Kolter and Yusaku. "As you can see, Ash and Lulu are willing to battle the Knights of Hanoi, and are exceptionally skilled duelists. I can vouch for their skills, having done my research during my time in this Duel Disk, so you don't need to worry about them holding you back. And last but not least, I have a peace offering for you". The White Dragon Ignis told the two hackers, getting raised eyebrows from everyone at what he said. "Peace offering?" Kolter questioned with his left eyebrow raised, wondering what Azure had for them.

The White Dragon Ignis narrowed his eye, staying silent for a few moments, as if he didn't want to speak, but eventually spoke. "One of my kind; the Dark Ignis, is currently in LINK VRAINS, hiding in the network system. However, both the Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technologies are searching for him for different, but similar reasons". Azure explained as everyone listened carefully to him as he spoke.

However, Kolter suddenly widened his eyes in realization. "Wait!? You don't mean the Artificial Intelligence program that SOL is searching for, right?" The adult male questioned the White Dragon Ignis, getting everyone to turn towards him with Azure giving a nod.

"That is correct". Azure answered as Yusaku turned to look at his ally in confusion. "Kolter, what are you talking about?" The Cyberse Duelist questioned the older male, having not been informed about this before. Kolter turned to look at his comrade for a moment, before looking down at his lap. "SOL Technologies have updated their security searches. Word on the dark net is that they're searching for something, and I recently found out that it was Artificial Intelligence program". The owner of Café Nom revealed to everyone, getting Saya to tilt her head in confusion. "Why would they search for something like that?" The little girl asked with a confused voice, getting Kolter to lift his head to look up at her.

Just as he opened his mouth to answer, Azure beat him to it. "It's because it is not just any AI, it's an Ignis. The one they're searching for is the Dark Ignis, one of my closest friends". The White Dragon Ignis answered the little girl's question, getting everyone to shift their attention down at him. "Why would your friend risk himself in the network system when he's wanted to by Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technologies?" Yusaku questioned Azure with a curious tone, which the White Dragon Ignis answered instantly.

"I have no idea to be honest. He works in mysterious ways, you can never tell what he's up to". The White Dragon Ignis answered, getting the Cyberse duelist to narrow his eyes down at him.

"Your "peace offering" involves your friend, right? Where are you going with this?" The 16-year-old male questioned Azure once more, getting him to narrow his eye dangerously.

"If you hackers could capture my friend before the Knights of Hanoi and SOL Technologies, their complete attention will go to you and not only that, you'll put a stop to their plans. The Dark Ignis is in possession of something that the Knights of Hanoi want, so if you manage to get it, they'll have no choice but to come after you. Eventually, even their leader will come to you". Azure explained to the hacker, causing Kolter to grow a small smile upon hearing this, while Yusaku kept his eyes narrowed down at Azure.

Ash, Lulu and Saya all looked down at the White Dragon Ignis with slightly narrowed eyes as well. "Why would you want your friend capture? Are you that desperate to defeat these hackers?" Lulu questioned Azure with a suspicious tone in her voice. Azure turned his eye to look at the Winged Beast user, before he shook his eye sideways, as if he was saying "no".

"Trust me, if I had another option, I'd take that over this". The White Dragon Ignis answered with an honest tone, getting everyone to blink in surprise. "You would? Then, why are you suggesting for us to capture your friend then?" Ash asked his new partner with a curious tone, getting Azure to turn to him, allowing the White Dragon Emperor to see the frown that he had.

"Just as you see me now, my friends that are out there in the network have been reduced to eye forms, which keeps us from defending ourselves like how we used to. The Dark Ignis won't be able to evade both the Hanoi and SOL for much longer in his current state, that's why he needs to be something where he can be kept safe from them. The only safe location for him is besides someone who is strong enough to fight against the Hanoi, and unfortunately there's only one person". Azure began to explain as he shifted his eye to look at Yusaku, getting the teenager to narrow his eyes as he knew that he was referring to him.

"You're perhaps the only person brave and strong enough to fight the Knights of Hanoi. And even have the resolve to fight to the end and not give up halfway. My friend would be safest besides you, someone who would rather die than give the Hanoi what they want, right?" Azure said to the Cyberse Duelist, narrowing his eye as he spoke. Yusaku was silent after Azure finished speaking, but he did gave a nod to confirm that he would rather die than allow the Knights of Hanoi to have what they want. Kolter gave a sigh as he leaned back in his seat and crossed his arms.

"Wow...you really thought this through, didn't you? I gotta admit that I'm touched that you'd trust us to look after your friend for ya-" The adult male spoke with a carefree voice, only for the White Dragon Ignis to cut him off. "Don't get the wrong idea". Azure interrupted Kolter with a dark tone, getting everyone to widen their eyes in surprise.

They all looked down at Azure, where they saw him giving a dark glare at the two hackers. "Despite me begging you two hackers for help, you're both still strangers to me, so I can't trust you that easily. My decision of coming to you for help was based on faith alone that you'd keep the Hanoi from destroying us Ignis, so perhaps in time I'll learn to trust you two, but I don't right now. The only ones I trust right now are Ash, Lulu and Saya". The White Dragon Ignis told the two hackers as he shifted his eye first at Ash, then to Lulu and Saya.

The residents of the four dimensions all smiled upon hearing Azure saying he trusted them, while Kolter gave a defeated sigh as he could see the logic in the White Dragon Ignis not trusting him and Yusaku. The Cyberse Duelist, however, was silent as he stared down at Azure's eye and saw a certain look that he wore daily. It was the eyes of someone who had everything to lose, and little people to trust.

Fighting the Knights of Hanoi meant everything to Yusaku and if he lost, he'd lose everything. He didn't have anyone to trust to have his back except Kolter, who was perhaps the only person that he could call a "friend". So, in a way, he could understand Azure, and why he was so desperate.

"I understand why you don't trust us. Very well, we'll accept your plan and the assistance of these two". Yusaku told the White Dragon Ignis, tilting his head up to look at Ash and Lulu. Everyone looked at the Cyberse Duelist with wide eyes at how easily he accepted the assistance Azure brought him and Kolter. The White Dragon Ignis looked relived by the teenage boy's acceptance as he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm glad to hear that. Thank you for accepting". Azure said in gratitude as Kolter turned his head to look at his ally with eyes full of wonder. "I'm surprised that you're okay with this, Yusaku. Normally, you'd want to keep pretty much anyone out of this, but here you are accepting this weird AI's assistance". Kolter remarked, remembering how his comrade preferred to keep to himself and not involve others.

"That is true, but there's something different about these four than anyone I've ever met. Ash, Lulu and Saya seem certain with wanting to help Azure protect his kind from the Hanoi, while Azure looks like someone who has everything important to him at risk if this last resort fails. You could say that they've all interested me greatly and I want to see if they have what it takes to fight the Hanoi". The Cyberse Duelist told his comrade, explaining why he accepted their assistance so easy. Kolter gave a small smile at the younger male's words, before turning to look back at the four before him.

"Well, that settles it. Looks like you're apart of our little misfit gang". The purple haired adult told the four, getting Saya to giggle a little at his choice of words. Kolter gave a smile grin at the child's happy laughter, while Azure turned to look to look up at his partner.

"Now that that's taken care of, now we should take care of creating your LINK VRAINS avatars". The White Dragon Ignis told the White Dragon Emperor, getting Ash and Lulu to look down at him in confusion. "Our LINK VRAINS avatars?" The Lyrilusc Duelist questioned Azure, getting him to turn to her and give an eye nod.

"That's right. The Knights of Hanoi appear and attack in LINK VRAINS, not here in the real world. To fight them, you need to enter the virtual world of LINK VRAINS". Azure explained to the two residents of the four dimensions what he meant, getting Ash and Lulu to nod in understanding. "I can see your logic. So, how do we create our characters?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned his new partner with a curious voice that had a hint of excitement in it.

"You'll need one of the Duel Disks of this world, which is connected to LINK VRAINS' network. Lulu has one, so there's no need to worry about her. You, however, need to get a new one". Ash's partner answered, getting the Winged Beast user to look down at her new Duel Disk, while Ash slightly narrowed his eyes in annoyance.

"Hey, if you need a new Duel Disk, we can help with that". Kolter said with a carefree grin, getting Ash, Lulu and Azure to turn towards him. "Are you sure about that? This Duel Disk coast me a lot of my Duel Points, plus you can't use Duel Points anymore since you passed the age of 18. You'd have to pay it by cash, so are you really okay with buying one for Satoshi?" Lulu asked the adult man with a little bit of concern in her voice, getting Kolter to turn towards her and give a reassuring look.

"Don't worry about all that stuff. We actually have a spare Duel Disk for your boyfriend to use". The adult man told the purple haired girl, getting both her and Ash to blink in surprise. The purple haired male stood up from his seat, before he walked over to the counter and reached under it. Kolter then pulled out a Duel Disk with his left hand and turned around to face everyone, who had been watching him.

The Duel Disk that the purple haired man was holding looked like one of the older models that required physical cards, but appeared to lack the touchscreen that the ones in the four dimensions has. In Ash's point of view, it looked like a hybrid of Kaiba Corporation and Duel Academy's Duel Disks. It's main colour was a silvery white one, a blue orb at the top outlined with a purple circle with a purple side.

Kolter tossed the Duel Disk to Ash, who caught it with his left hand, before he turned it over to get a better look at it. "We had a spare Duel Disk in case the situation every came up. So far, Yusaku's Duel Disk has stayed in perfect condition, so it was starting to look like we wouldn't be needing that Duel Disk. You can keep it if you want; its connection to SOL Technologies has also been disconnected". The owner of Café Nom told the 17-year-old boy with a grin, getting Ash to grow a thankful smile directed at him. "Thank you, I owe you one for this". The White Dragon Emperor thanked the older male, getting Kolter to wave his right hand to the side, waving his thanks off.

"This solves a bit of our problems". Azure remarked, before his eye form disappeared from Ash's Xyz Dimension Duel Disk. Suddenly, a bright white flash came out of the Xyz Dimension Duel Disk and struck the orb of the Duel Disk that Ash was holding with his left hand.

Kolter gave a cry of surprise, while everyone else wasn't affected as they knew what this was. Azure's eye then reappeared in the old model Duel Disk's arm and shifted around a bit. "Not too shabby in here. I could get used to this". The White Dragon Ignis remarked, getting Kolter to look down at him in surprise.

"Did you just transfer from one Duel Disk to another?" The adult man questioned in surprise as Ash placed his new Duel Disk down on his lap. "Yes, I did. There's nothing on these Duel Disks that prevents me from leaving them. Meaning I'm free to leave and go whenever I want". Azure told man as Ash removed the Xyz Dimension Duel Disk from his left forearm and placed it away.

He then placed his new Duel Disk on, before looking direct at Azure. "Okay, I got the Duel Disk that I needed. Now how do I create the LINK VRAINS avatar?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned his new partner, wanting to know how to create his new avatar.

"You just leave that to me. I can create both yours and Lulu's avatars in a matter of minutes, right now you guys should focus on capturing my friend right now. I just checked the network and SOL Technologies' security drones have located him". Azure told the group, getting everyone on alert upon hearing that.

"If that's true, we don't have much time. Fire it up, Kolter!" Yusaku told his comrade, turning to look at the older male, who nodded to him. "You got it". The purple haired man replied, before Yusaku turned to look at Lulu and Saya, which the two girls blinked at him. "Would you mind moving your seat back a bit?" The 16-year-old male requested, getting Lulu to tilt her head in confusion.

"Umm, sure?" She replied in an unsure voice as she unfolded her arms around Saya. The little girl jumped off of her mother's lap, before the purple haired teenage girl stood up from her seat. Lulu walked behind her seat and pulled it a little bit away from the cabinet.

Yusaku pushed his seat to the right side in front of the cabinet, while Kolter pushed his to the left side. The Cyberse Duelist then pressed a button on the right side of the cabinet, before suddenly, the long shelf desk that was connected to the cabinets turned into a virtual keyboard. And the cabinets changed into six separate high tech computer screens.

Ash let out a wolf whistle upon seeing this, while Lulu and Saya widened their eyes in surprise. Yusaku and Kolter began pressing away on the virtual keyboard. "Now that, I like. Nobody would be able to see that you guys got a setup like this from first glance. Colour me impressed". The White Dragon Emperor said to the two, getting Kolter to look over his shoulder to look at the younger male with a grin.

"Why, thank you kindly". The purple haired man replied to the 17-year-old boy, before turning back to look at the screens. "How confident are you guys that you can capture Azure's friend before this "SOL Technology" and "Knights of Hanoi" can? They've all tried before, so how can you be certain you can?" Saya asked with a curious tone, getting Yusaku to look at her through the corner of his right eye.

"Yes, I can. Because they're doing it wrong. Instead of chasing this "Dark Ignis" or whatever it's called, you have to guide it instead". The Cyberse Duelist answered, redirecting his attention to one of the screens as it showed a sort of map with multiple lines presenting itself on the map. "By hacking and shutting pathways in the city's grid, I can lead the A.I to where I want it to go". He added as a single appeared in the map, constantly turning red with a new blue line taking over and carried on from the original lines.

"Clever tactic. With this, the Dark Ignis will be left with only one escape path and that'll lead it to us". Ash remarked with an impressed grin, crossing his arms as he watched Yusaku work. "Exactly my thoughts". The Cyberse Duelist stated, keeping his complete focus on the screen in front of him. "But where exactly are you leading Azure's friend to?" Lulu asked with a curious voice as she wondered where exactly Yusaku was leading the Dark Ignis to.

Instead of answering Lulu's question, Yusaku reached out to the storage shelves on his right with his right hand. He opened the middle section and then put his hand into it, before bringing it back out to reveal that he was now holding a Duel Disk.

It looked incredibly like Ash's new one that Kolter gave to him, but it was a different colour scheme. It had a purple orb outlined by a red circuit with a blue side, while the rest was a simple white colour. "We'll lead him into this". The Cyberse Duelist finally answered the Winged Beast user's question, before placing the Duel Disk down on the long shelf desk.

"That's a lot of coding for two people, especially for one". Kolter remarked as he stared at his old friend, getting Ash's attention as he looked at the two hackers and grew a grin. "If that's the case, how about 3 hackers then?" The White Dragon Emperor suggested, getting the two hackers to look at him with raised eyebrows. "Daddy's done some hacking in the past before. 2 years ago, he hacked into Facility's mainframe. And it had the greatest firewall system that the city had". Saya explained to the two as she ran up to Yusaku's right side and pulled on his jacket, getting the 16-year-old male to look down at her.

The little girl's words made Kolter grow an impressed smirk on his face as he stared at the White Dragon Emperor. "Oh? Okay, that has caught my interest. Let's see what you can do then with those hands of yours". The purple haired man said with a daring voice, before pressing a single button of the virtual keyboard.

Another virtual keyboard appeared besides Kolter's one on the left edge of the long shelf desk. Quickly getting the idea, Ash got off his chair and circled around to behind it. The White Dragon Emperor pushed his seat right besides Kolter's one on his left, before he sat back down on it. "I'm a bit rusty since I haven't hacked for a while, but I should do fine". The black- and red-haired boy told the owner of Café Nom, taking a quick look at the screen before looking back at the virtual keyboard.

"No problem. Now, let's do it!" Kolter exclaimed with a grin, before he, Yusaku and Ash began typing away at the keyboards. Azure was silent in his partner's new Duel Disk, but his eye seemed focus on something at the shelf's top right side, a very small looking camera that had a good view on the 3 humans. "Azure, how's my LINK VRAINS avatar going?" Ash questioned his new partner, keeping his focus on the screen in front of him as he hacked.

The White Dragon Ignis turned to look up at his new partner and gave a small reassuring look. "Just finished up. You can check it out once you log in, and even change it a bit later if you like". Azure told the 17-year-old boy, causing the White Dragon Emperor to grow a small smile at the White Dragon Ignis' words. "That's great to hear". Ash stated, feeling eager to see his own LINK VRAINS avatar as soon as possible.

Azure then redirected his eye towards the two females of the room. Lulu was sitting right in front of the grill, while Saya was sitting on the counter. "Now that Ash's character has been taken care of, it's your turn now. Lulu, present your Duel Disk". The White Dragon Ignis told the Winged Beast user, catching the attention of Lulu as she turned to look at her boyfriend's Duel Disk. The teenage girl gave a nod, before holding up her left arm with her Duel Disk still attached to her wrist.

Once more, Azure flashed out of Ash's Duel Disk and into Lulu's new one. The teenage girl turned her arm around and saw Azure's closed eye form occupying the Duel Disk's screen now. The White Dragon Ignis quickly opened his eye and looked up into Lulu's ones.

"I'm going to base your avatar on the data I read about you from my partner's old Duel Disk. Feel free to change it however you like later, it'll only take me a matter of minutes to complete it". Azure told the female teenager, which Lulu gave him a nod in return, before looking towards the three males as they hacked away.

"Hey; I know that this is a bit late to ask, but have any of you guys heard of Data Storms?" Kolter asked the others in the room, immediately catching the attention of Ash as he looked at the older male through the corner of his right eye.

"Data Storms?" Yusaku questioned with a curious voice, but kept facing forward at the screen as he kept focusing on hacking. "Yeah. I heard rumors about crazy tornados used to blow through LINK VRAINS. And frill seekers would ride those winds and battle on them in things called Speed Duels". The owner of the café explained to the group, much to the amazement of Lulu and Saya as they looked at Kolter.

Ash also was interested at what Kolter just told them, as yet another difference to their two worlds was revealed. 'So, this world has something called "Speed Duels", while ours has Turbo Duels. I wonder what the difference between the two are, and how the duelists ride on these tornados in LINK VRAINS'. The White Dragon Emperor thought to himself with narrowed eyes, wondering what changes "Speed Duels" bring to Dueling.

"Speed Duels…" Yusaku whispered with his eyes showing all the curiosity that his face was lacking. "But no one I known of has ever seen a Data Storm. But man, surfing the wind. Heh! Crazy, right?" The owner of Café Nom questioned with a grin on his face, while Saya shook her head sideways in a very fast manner. "Are you kidding me? That sounds absolutely amazing!" The 7-year-old girl exclaimed with a bright smile on her face, getting a chuckle from Ash, Lulu and Kolter at her words.

Azure's eye was slightly narrowed from Kolter's explanation of Data Storms and was now in deep thought. 'Could it be related, or just a mere coincidence? Perhaps I'll find out in time'. The White Dragon Ignis thought to himself, before deciding to forget about the subject and focus on the matter at hand. Azure then turned his eye to look up at Lulu's face. "Lulu! Your LINK VRAINS avatar is ready to go!" The White Dragon Ignis told the Lyrilusc Duelist, getting Lulu's attention as she brought her arm up in front of herself to look at Azure.

"Now; listen up. When either you or Ash log into LINK VRAINS, make sure you both do it somewhere private so that nobody would see you do it". Azure told the purple haired female, making sure to speak loud enough for both Lulu and Ash to hear him. Azure's words made Ash raise an eyebrow, while Lulu and Saya were confused at why logging into LINK VRAINS should be done somewhere private. Yusaku immediately knew why Azure was telling them this, so he added in his own thoughts to the matter.

"When a person enters LINK VRAINS, their real bodies are left behind with a sphere of data surrounding it. This wouldn't be a problem for one that has nothing to hide, but for those that wish to keep their real-life identities secret, is a problem for them. People that have seen our Duel Disks, both in LINK VRAINS and in real life, would be given a hint on who we actually are, so that is why it would be best to log in somewhere without people to see us. That way, we can just use the excuse that we have similar Duel Disks". The Cyberse Duelist explained, still not turning to look at any one and just kept looking forward to focus.

Ash, Lulu and Saya all understood after listening to Yusaku's words and could see the merit in logging into LINKI VRAINS in secret. Kolter gave a small chuckle with his eyes closed; honestly a bit surprised at Yusaku taking the time to explain to their new comrades about how to keep their identities secret.

Azure gave a thankful look towards the Cyberse Duelist, before closing his eye. Azure then flashed out of Lulu's Duel Disk and back into Ash's one, yet nobody paid the light show any attention as they were quickly getting used to it.

Kolter then suddenly widened his eyes upon remembering something, but didn't leave his seat and continued to hack away. "Hey girls; you don't need to stay in here with us as we work. I bet it could get really boring, doing nothing while we work, right?" The adult man asked the two females without turning to look at them. The two females' faces fell as his words as they hit home. It was starting to get boring for them as all they could do was just wait and do nothing to help right now.

"You're free to go out and enjoy yourself. Actually, an event's gonna take place tonight with the two Celebrity Duelists; the Gore and Blue Angel dueling on screen". The owner of Café Nom told the two females, getting curious expressions from the two females, not to mention from Ash as well. "Celebrity Duelists? What are those?" Saya asked the adult male, kicking her feet in and out from her spot on the counter.

"They're the highest-ranking Duelists in LINK VRAINS, and some of the "best" there is. The number 1 Celebrity Duelist is a guy named George Gore, but is nicknamed "The Gore". He's someone who has no problems with revealing his real identity to the world as he seems like the guy that loves attention. The second highest ranking Celebrity Duelist is a girl named Blue Angel. Unlike the Gore, her real-life identity is a secret as she has not revealed it to the net". The purple haired male answered, telling the two females about the two highest ranking Celebrity Duelists of LINK VRAINS.

Lulu and Saya now both looked fascinated at what they've learned about the Celebrity Duelists of LINK VRAINS, while Ash had a frown on his face as he thought over what Kolter just told his girlfriend and daughter. "Hey Kolter? What do these two look like anyway?" Ash asked with a curious voice, getting the purple haired adult to look at him for a moment, before looking back forward at the screen.

"I can't give out an exact detail of appearance, but there were views of them outside when you guys arrived. Maybe you saw them". The owner of Café Nom answered the 17-year-old male, making Ash slightly widen his eyes upon remembering the screens that showed the angel girl, and the muscular man. "Now that you mention it, yeah, we did saw them. They were on the screens outside, right?" The White Dragon Emperor asked the older male, getting a nod back from Kolter.

Both Lulu and Saya's faces lit up as they remembered the screens outside that showed the angel female and the muscular man. "Oh, so that's who they are. I was wondering what made them popular enough for them to be on screen like that". The Lyrilusc Duelist remarked as she finally knew why those two were famous as only those of great fame would be on screen like that through the city. "I really liked Blue Angel. She was so pretty and looked like an angel". Saya said with a carefree smile, getting Kolter to chuckle a bit at her innocent words.

"You guys can also act as lookouts. If SOL Technologies has spotted sight of the Dark Ignis, the Knights of Hanoi are sure to follow". Azure told the two females, knowing that the group of hackers that attacked his kind would not pass up a chance like this. Lulu and Saya both grew serious faces and gave a nod. "Okay, we'll keep watch". The purple haired female stated, before she stood up from her chair and Saya jumped off of the counter.

"Don't do anything that'll draw unwanted attention. Just act like normal civilians that are enjoying the afternoon". Ash told his girlfriend and daughter, receiving a nod from Saya as Lulu gently pushed open the van's back doors. "Okay, see ya later!" The Sacred Beast user called out with a smile, before she jumped out of the van, while Lulu climbed out. The young female turned to look back at the three males and gave them an encouraging smile, before closing the door.

Kolter took a moment to look at the closed doors, before returning his focus on the computer. "Hope they don't do anything that'll bring unwanted attention back to us". The adult man remarked, although his voice lacked any doubt in the two females. "They'll be fine. Lulu and Saya know when to not attract attention, so we should be fine. For now, let's focus on the matter at hand". Ash told the older male, which Kolter nodded in agreement as they focused on their hacking. Both Yusaku and Azure remained silent, but felt the same as the task at hand was too important to fail.

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(A little bit later in the late afternoon)

The sky above Den City was a black colour filled with clouds as the day entered the late afternoon period. Yet, there were still lots of time for people to enjoy their day. That fact was proven true as a big event of LINK VRAINS was taking place right now. In the plaza area, there were thousands of people cheering out in excitement for the big event. Multiple screens in the area showed footage of The Gore and Blue Angel in different areas in LINK VRAINS.

Blue, purple, yellow and green spotlights flashed over the screens that showed the two Celebrity Duelists. At the stage of the plaza area, there was a single man that stood there, acting as the MC for tonight's big event. He had normal light skin, brown hair and had yellow and green square glasses over his eyes. He wore a reddish orange suit with a yellow tie. He stood, facing the crowd of thousands of people, holding a microphone with his left hand.

"Greetings, vrainiacs! Tonight, we're pulling a twoper with a pair of Celebrity Duelists providing a double deuce of Dueling! In Zone 1 is Gore! His muscles are as pumped as this crowd!" MC cried out on his microphone, gesturing to some of the screens that showed Gore standing in a bright city, having a smirk full of confidence on his face.

"And featured in Zone 2 is the world's favorite battling beauty herself; Blue Angel!" The MC continued, now gesturing to the other screens that showed Blue Angel with the background looking like Russia, who gave a happy wave with her right hand. "Wow, listen to that! The true-blue crew is out full force tonight! Do these two Duelists have what it takes to keep their winning streaks alive as they climb the LINK VRAINS championship latter!? We're about to find out!" He called out as the crowd roared in excitement for the two top Celebrity Duelists.

Among the crowd watching the event take place was both Lulu and Saya, right at the end so that they could rush towards Café Nom's van at any moment. The little girl absolutely excited as she stared at the screens displaying Blue Angel, while the teenage female just watched with a small smile on her face. 'No matter what world there is, Duel Monsters will always have this effect on their people. It honestly amazes me; just like back when Satoshi revealed it to the Pokémon World'. Lulu thought to herself, thinking back to when her boyfriend revealed the game to the world that he spent 5 years in.

Back inside the van, one of the screens displayed a visual of LINK VRAINS, where a small machine was scanning the city of the virtual reality. Kolter looked up and gasped upon seeing the droid scan LINK VRAINS' city. "Step it up! SOL Technologies is already scanning the city!" The purple haired male told the two younger males with an urgent voice, getting two nods from Ash and Yusaku as they doubled their efforts.

Azure's eye was narrowed dangerously as he stared at the multiple computer screens. For a few moments, he remained silent until he slightly narrowed his eye a little more upon detecting something in the network. "I hope you guys are almost finished. A Knight of Hanoi is just coming in". The White Dragon Ignis told his companions, before the middle bottom screen displayed a screen that showed a blue firewall of LINK VRAINS get destroyed by a mechanical black dragon with green orbs. Riding atop the machine was a white clothed male with a black and green mask and green stripes over his outfit.

The three males gasped upon seeing this, while outside at the plaza, the Knight of Hanoi's appearance has ruined the championship duel. The crowd started talking among themselves as the screens began to glitch, but still showed the surprised expressions of Gore and Blue Angel. Eventually, some of the screens lost the signal connecting them to LINK VRAINS and only showed a glitching screen.

Lulu and Saya gasped upon seeing this, before they both turned around and ran back towards the van. The purple haired girl opened the van's door and looked inside towards Ash, Kolter and Yusaku. "Something's happening!" Lulu told the three males with an urgent voice as she and Saya climbed up inside, before she closed the door behind her.

"Yeah; the Knights of Hanoi have joined the party; that's what it is". Kolter told the two females as they stood behind him, Yusaku and Ash. "Let's just stay focus. We only have a few more lines to go, and then the Dark Ignis is all ours". The Cyberse Duelist told his fellow hackers, slightly narrowing his eyes as he focused. "With him, we can directed their attention over to us and then we'll take that guy out". Azure informed the group, getting a nod of agreement from his partner as Ash agreed with that plan.

Lulu watched the three males hack with her hands clapped together, while Saya went back outside to see what was happening in LINK VRAINS. She saw the screens were still glitching, but showed what was going on and saw the Knight of Hanoi riding atop the mechanical dragon. Suddenly, all but two of the screens were destroyed without warning, making the people watching gasp in fear. Then, rubble started raining down as the Knight of Hanoi's attack on LINK VRAINS was affecting the monitors, causing the people to run away to safety.

"We're too late, guys!" Kolter exclaimed with wide eyes, yet Ash and Yusaku kept their cool, despite the attack on LINK VRAINS. "No, I am not giving up!" The Cyberse Duelist declared, his spirit remaining strong even in the face of danger. "We still got a chance! We just need to hurry!" Ash added in his thoughts, his eyes narrowed in concentration as he tapped away on the keyboard. "Yeah, but this looks impossible". Kolter complained, yet was still pressing away as well.

"Quit complaining already and just move those fingers of yours! There's no such thing as the "impossible", so just kick it up a notch!" Azure snapped at the owner of Café Nom, getting a small amused chuckle from Ash at his choice of words. "He's right. Trust me; I feel as if this will work. It has to". Yusaku told his "friend" with conviction in his voice and determination in the eyes.

Suddenly, Yusaku stood up from his seat, getting everyone's attention as they looked at him and saw the Cyberse Duelist looking down at the keyboard. "Here we go. Initiating backdoor pathway". Yusaku declared, pressing down on a random button, causing a window to appear on the screen in front of him. "Well done! With this, the Dark Ignis in on route to us!" Azure exclaimed with a pleased look, while Ash and Kolter stood up from their seats. Yusaku picked up his Duel Disk and placed it on, before he ran towards the van's door and pushed it open with everyone else right behind him.

They all jumped out of the van and began running up towards the middle of the plaza. "If the A.I or Dark Ignis as you called it took the bait…" Yusaku began, before suddenly stopping as sparks of blue electricity appeared in front of him. "It'll come straight here!" The 16-year-old male finished, thrusting his left arm up into the air as Ash, Lulu and Kolter stopped 5 feet behind him, before they were joined by Saya.

The blue sparks of electricity seemed to start gathering around Yusaku's Duel Disk and around him. Ash, Lulu, Kolter and Saya watched in fascination, while Azure waited patiently. They were all silent as they waited, until eventually, the blue sparks of electricity disappeared. The words "Transfer complete" materialized on Yusaku's Duel Disk's blue side, before an eye like Azure's one appeared on the orb. It was a black eye with purple lines. A groan came out as the eye opened, revealing it to have a yellow-orange iris and a purple pupil, before shooting wide open.

"Whoa!" The eye called out in surprise, while Yusaku stared down at it with a natural expression. "Hello there; you must be the A.I everyone wants". Yusaku greeted as remaining sparks of blue electricity sparked around his arm, yet he paid it no attention. The eye widened itself in surprise, before looking around its surroundings. "Where am I?" It questioned in surprise as the others gathered around Yusaku with Ash holding up his left arm in front of himself.

"Inside my Duel Disk. And I placed in some safeguards so you can't alter its programming". Yusaku answered his new "partner", getting the black eye to look up at him in surprise. "So, I'm trapped in here?! Who are you clowns?!" The black eye questioned in surprise as Kolter leaned forward. The adult man was about to speak, but Azure beat him to it. "Calm yourself, Dark Ignis. Everything is alright, you're safe". The White Dragon Ignis told his friend with a reassuring voice, getting the revealed Dark Ignis to turn its attention over to him.

The black eye widened itself in a shocked manner at seeing Azure in a state like him. "No way! Azure?! Is that you best, buddle old pal?!" The Dark Ignis asked in an excited voice, getting chuckles from Azure, Ash, Kolter, Lulu and Saya. "Indeed, old friend. These people here are the ones that saved you from the Knights of Hanoi. Calling them "clowns" is a bit ungrateful". The White Dragon Ignis replied to his friend, making the Dark Ignis gasp, before giving an anime crying eye towards Yusaku and Kolter.

"I'm sorry that I called you "stupid, ugly clowns", would you please let me go?" The Dark Ignis asked politely, making Azure let out a small grown at his friend. "Dark Ignis, I know that you're a free spirit, but it is perhaps best that you remain in that Duel Disk. It's probably the safest place for you at the moment". Azure told his friend, getting his fellow Ignis to look at him with a look that demanded an explanation.

Everyone watched the two friends reconnect, before Saya turned to look back at one of the monitors showing LINK VRAINS. She gasped in horror at what she saw, before she pulled on Yusaku's jacket with both hands. The Cyberse Duelist looked down at the child, who pointed towards the monitor with her left hand's index finger, getting Yusaku to look towards it and saw that it showed Blue Angel being chased by the Knight of Hanoi and his dragon.

"There's the Hanoi!" The 16-year-old male exclaimed, getting the others to look up at the monitor and saw the machine dragon chasing after Blue Angel. Ash widened his eyes in concern upon seeing this, and knew that he had to help her. "I'm going!" Yusaku told his comrades as he turned around and began running back towards the van. "I'm coming with you!" Ash exclaimed as he ran after the younger male, wanting to help stop the Knight of Hanoi's rampage and save Blue Angel.

"Hang on a second; where are we going?" The Dark Ignis asked in surprise as Yusaku jumped back into the van. "Where do you there? Back into LINK VRAINS". Azure answered his friend while Ash jumped back in, before he closed the van's doors. "Whaaat!? B-But I just got out of there!" The Dark Ignis complained as Yusaku walked up to the end of the room, where a secret door opened for him. The Cyberse Duelist stopped in his tracks, before he looked over his left shoulder towards Ash, who was right behind him.

"Listen Ash; there's not enough room in there for both of us, so you'll just have to log into LINK VRAINS here. All you need to do is slot your deck into the Duel Disk, then say "LINK into the VRAINS", and you'll enter as your avatar!" Yusaku told his comrade, before he stepped into the secret room with the door closing behind him.

Ash narrowed his eyes, before holding up his left arm. He reached into his jacket's right pocket with his arm, before suddenly swiping it out with his deck in hand. "Okay! It's time to LINK into the VRAINS!" The White Dragon Emperor cried out as he swiped his right arm to the Duel Disk and slotted in his deck into the deck zone.

The Duel Disk activated, before the purple side gained the words "Into the VRAINS" materialized. Data appeared around Ash and quickly formed a sphere around him, covering the White Dragon Emperor's body from view completely as he transformed into his avatar.

(Transformation scene/ Play Yu-Gi-oh! 5D's! Speed World theme)

Ash appeared in a white virtual world full of white coloured data with his arms and legs spread out. First, Ash's legs glowed, before they changed to silvery white scaly skin like a dragon's. His shoes turned into silver boots, with four claws sticking out, three at the front and one at the back. Ash's pants turned into long silvery white track pants with custom made dragon scales on it, before a black belt appeared over it. He even grew a long silvery white dragon tail with the edge looking sharp as a sword.

Ash's shirt and jacket disappeared, before they were replaced by a black short-sleeve shirt appeared, and then an open, high collar white long sleeve jacket appeared over the shirt. Ash's nails on his hands grew incredibly larger and sharper like a dragon's claws, before silvery white fingerless gloves appeared over them. Razor blades erupted out of his elbows and were a bit larger.

The White Dragon Emperor then grew white dragon wings like Novaforce Stardust Dragon's wings, shedding white energy like his ace monster. His hair color turned silvery white with red highlights and his ears turned into dragon ears. His teeth turned into dragon fangs, while a white dragon mask that looked identical to Nightshroud's mask appeared over his face, covering it from view. The White Dragon Emperor then opened his eyes to reveal that they had transformed into yellow dragon-like eyes with crimson pupils.

With the transformation complete, the data surrounding the White Dragon Emperor burst away with him lightly holding up his fists. He then spread his wings and took flight, kicking up wind as he flew higher into the air, eventually transforming into a silver beam that dispersed as the White Dragon Emperor entered LINK VRAINS.

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(LINK VRAINS)

In the sky above the Russia area of LINK VRAINS, two digital portals materialized, before two people came out of them. One of them was Ash's avatar, while the other was Yusaku's avatar; Playmaker. Playmaker wore a black and green bodysuit with golden stripes going across his body and a grey belt at the waistline. His hair color was yellow and red with pink stripes and accents. All that remained of their real bodies were their Duel Disks strapped to their left wrists.

The two of them fell down from the sky towards the ruined city and landed on their feet safely. Playmaker turned to look at his new ally, before he slightly widened his eyes upon seeing the White Dragon Emperor's avatar. The White Dragon Emperor didn't waste time to check out his new avatar and instead spread his wings and slightly flew above the ground. He then took off in a random direction that the sounds of destruction were coming from with Playmaker right behind him.

Meanwhile, Blue Angel was still running away from the Knight of Hanoi and his dragon, but this game of cat and mouse had grown bothersome for the hacker and he's had enough. "You're toast!" The Knight of Hanoi exclaimed, before his dragon unleashed a stream of flames from its mouth. The flames struck the ground and began to close in on Blue Angel, who gasped in fear as she knew that she couldn't escape this. However, just then a white blur came out of nowhere from the side and scooped up LINK VRAINS' idol in a princess carry and out of the flames' way.

The stream of flames continued onward, while Blue Angel had wide eyes at her sudden rescue. She looked up at her savior, only to gasp in surprise at seeing that it was the White Dragon Emperor's avatar that had saved her. "Normally it's the prince that saves the princess from the dragon, but this time it's another dragon that saves her instead". Azure joked from inside his partner's Duel Disk, while the White Dragon Emperor flew back down on the ground, before he gently placed Blue Angel down on her feet.

The idol of LINK VRAINS took a step back and took a good look at her mysterious savior. His appearance was unlike any other avatar that she has seen in LINK VRAINS, not even the advanced ones like hers were anything like his. Still, he saved her and she knew that she should thank him.

"Thanks for the save". Blue Angel thanked her savior, getting a small smile and nod from him. Then, Playmaker jumped down out of nowhere and landed next to his ally, getting both Blue Angel and the White Dragon Emperor to look at him. "You're lucky that you guys weren't toast". The Dark Ignis told his friend, receiving a chuckle from Azure as he highly doubted that.

The Knight of Hanoi's dragon circled around up above, getting their attention as they looked up at him and the machine dragon. "You dare to interfere?!" The hacker questioned in an annoyed voice, yet Playmaker and the White Dragon Emperor didn't flinch at his tone. "My name is Playmaker!" The Cyberse Duelist exclaimed, giving out his name to the Knight of Hanoi, before the White Dragon Emperor stepped forward.

"And I am his ally, White Dragon Mask!" The now named White Dragon Mask called out strongly, finally revealing the name of his avatar to be the same one as his old superhero name. "And we have what you're looking for, right here!" Playmaker called out, before both he and White Dragon Mask held up their left arms to show Azure and the Dark Ignis in their Duel Disks.

"So, if you don't call off your attack; you'll regret it!" White Dragon Mask told the Knight of Hanoi, intending to back his words up with a Duel, yet Playmaker had a different idea in mind. "That's right! If you don't, we'll delete these A.I programs right now!" The Cyberse Duelist declared, much to the surprise of White Dragon Mask, Azure and the Dark Ignis as they all widened their eyes.

"Whoa, whoa whaaat!? I decided that I don't like you very much". The Dark Ignis grumbled out as he looked through the corner of his eye to glare at Playmaker, who didn't show any acknowledgement to what he said. "He's daring, I'll give him that much". Azure commented, slightly impressed with how Playmaker was using his friend to blackmail the Knight of Hanoi to stop his attack.

White Dragon Mask stared at his ally through the corner of his right eye for a moment, before he looked up towards the Knight of Hanoi and gave a nod. "If you want these two, you'll have to Duel us for them!" The White Dragon Emperor told the Knight of Hanoi, who raised an eyebrow at what he said.

"Heh". The hacker scoffed, before his mask's eye glowed as he focused in on Azure and the Dark Ignis. His scanners showed that both Azure and the Dark Ignis were indeed his targets that he has been searching for. "They really do have two different Ignis. Why thank you. You've saved me the trouble of capturing those things. Those Ignis are as good as mine when I'm done with you two". The Knight of Hanoi said with an overconfident grin on his face, getting a scoff from Azure at what he said.

"He's awfully confident against two opponents at once". The White Dragon Ignis commented, something that White Dragon Mask agreed on as he narrowed his eyes at the hacker. "You talk big when it's two against one, you know that?" The Dragon-Type user said with a small glare, disliking how the hacker had the impression that he could defeat both him and Playmaker at once. The Knight of Hanoi opened his mouth to make a reply to White Dragon Mask's statement, but then a different voice cut in on the conversation.

"Whoever said that it was two-on-one?" Someone questioned the White Dragon Emperor, sounding very close. Everyone widened their eyes in surprise, before they looked up towards a nearby tower to see someone standing there with their arms crossed. It was a teenage male that appeared to be around White Dragon Mask's age.

The unknown male had shaggy dark crimson hair, tan skin and dark eyes. He wore a crimson open trench coat over a black turtleneck, long sleeve shirt with black gloves. He had on black jeans tucked into white boots. There were two things that he had that drew immediate attention on. On the left side of his face over the eye was a crimson metal mask in the shape of a bee's black eye, while the Duel Disk on his left wrist was like Lulu's one, appearing like a wristband, but had the wings of a dragonfly on the sides of it.

White Dragon Mask, Playmaker, Blue Angel, Azure and the Dark Ignis were confused at the unknown individual, while the Knight of Hanoi gasped in surprise at seeing him. "Captain Issac! What are you doing here?!" The hacker questioned in surprise, getting the attention of White Dragon Mask and Playmaker as they looked up towards him.

"Captain?" White Dragon Mask and Playmaker questioned at the same time, while Azure narrowed his eye in a serious manner. "That means that guy is one of the Knights of Hanoi's higher ups". The White Dragon Ignis remarked, before the two Duelists returned their attention towards the now named Issac, who had turned to look at the low Knight of Hanoi Grunt with a sly grin.

"I was here when you started your little joyride on Cracking Dragon, just in case you failed to obtain the Dark Ignis. Now though, since there's two Ignis for us to take, I'll be taking care of this new guy calling himself "White Dragon Mask". I'll leave Playmaker to you; just make sure to capture the Ignis". Issac told the Knight of Hanoi grunt, who lowered his head to his superior in respect. "As you command, captain". The Grunt replied to his superior, before turning to look at Playmaker, who turned to look up at him.

The Captain of the Knights of Hanoi turned to look down at White Dragon Mask, who stared up at him with narrowed eyes. "You must be new because I've never heard of someone called "White Dragon Mask" before, nor have I ever seen someone with an avatar like yours, but it hardly matters. You hold an Ignis, and that makes you an enemy. Prepare yourself for your last duel because at the end of it, I'll be taking that Ignis off your hands". Issac told the White Dragon Emperor, making the Dragon-Type user to let out a small growl at him.

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(Music end/Meanwhile back in the real world)

Back in the plaza area, people had stopped running and were now watching one of the monitors that showed the confrontation going on right now in LINK VRAINS. Among them were Kolter, Lulu and Saya. The child had a worried expression, while the teenage girl and adult man had narrowed eyes at the monitor. "So, that guy's a Knight of Hanoi as well, huh?" Lulu questioned with her eyes glued to the screen, which Kolter gave a nod without turning to look at her.

"Yup. The mask is a dead giveaway, but I've never seen any Knight of Hanoi like him before. Do you think your boyfriend can handle him?" The owner of Café Nom asked the Lyrilusc Duelist, getting her to turn towards him. Lulu grew a certain expression on her face as she nodded to the adult man. "I'm certain of it. There's no way Satoshi will lose". The purple haired girl told the purple haired man, before she went back to watching the monitor. Saya clapped her hands together and prayed for a successful duel for her father and "friend".

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(Back in LINK VRAINS)

White Dragon Mask and Issac stood 10 feet away from each other in a random section of LINK VRAINS' main city. They had split up from Playmaker and the Knight of Hanoi grunt earlier and Blue Angel had just disappeared without warning, leaving them to face their opponents alone. The two males were silent as they stared at one another, sizing each other up, before White Dragon Mask looked down towards his Duel Disk to look at Azure.

"Can you tell me anything about this guy before we start the Dueling?" The White Dragon Emperor asked his partner, wanting to know if they had an advantage over Issac. Unfortunately for him, Azure shook his eye sideways, as if he was saying "no". "My apologies, but I don't know anything about this guy. I've never seen him before in the Knights of Hanoi's ranks. The fact that he has the title of "captain" must mean that he's one of their skilled Duelists. He won't be as easy as a Grunt like Playmaker is facing". The White Dragon Emperor told the Dragon-Type user, making White Dragon Mask narrow his eyes slightly, before he gave a small, excited grin.

"That honestly just makes me look forward to this Duel even more". He told the Ignis, before looking towards Issac, who had his arms crossed. "Lately, I've grown incredibly board Dueling the Duelists back in my world as there was nothing new to expect. So, facing a strong Duelist of this world with no knowledge of his tactics is getting me fired up". The White Dragon Emperor added in as he brought up his left arm in front of himself, feeling his Dueling spirit being ignited at the chance to Duel a strong opponent without any knowledge of what to expect from him.

Azure gave an amused chuckle at his partner's words, but could honestly see White Dragon Mask's point. "I see you love a good challenge, just as the date that I read about you said. Okay, since you're excited to participate in an exciting Duel like this, then how about I make things even more exciting for you!" Azure exclaimed, before his eyes glowed bright white, getting White Dragon Mask to look down at him in surprise.

"Cyberse, generate new Data Material!" Azure called out as his eye unleashed a bright light and unleashed a white beam up into the sky. The beam struck the sky above and created a large and wide white portal. Then, purple data came out of the portal and struck the ground in between the two Duelists, generating powerful purple gusts of wind that blew all around them.

Issac had wide eyes of shock as he unfolded his arms. "This is…" The Knight of Hanoi captain whispered in disbelief, as if he recognized what was happening. White Dragon Mask was silent, but he too had wide eyes at what was happening, yet kept his mouth closed. Gales of purple wind blow around the two Duelists, as if surrounding them. Then, something came shooting out of the purple data coming out of the white portal, heading down towards the ground.

"Jump on!" Azure called out to his partner as the unknown thing pulled up at the last second and was now heading towards White Dragon Mask, who was looking over his right shoulder to look at it. Deciding to trust his partner's words, White Dragon Mask leaped into the air right above the unknown thing, allowing him to finally see what it was. It was a sort of hover board of somekind.

It was silver white with silver jet wings at the sides, blue gems at the front and purple gems on the wings. The White Dragon Emperor had wide eyes as he stared down at the hover board, which had kicked up the wind that the purple data had brought.

The White Dragon Emperor fell and landed on top of the hover board. He slightly widen his eyes as he focused on his balance on the board. "Okay, keep calm. It's just like riding a surf board, it is all about balance". White Dragon Mask said to himself, before he took control of his balance by placing his left foot up front and right foot at the back. He held up his arms and leaned a bit forward, while his hair and jacket blew from the strong winds that he was riding on.

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(Real world)

Everyone watching had wide eyes at seeing this phenomenon happen not just to White Dragon Mask, but with Playmaker as well. Lulu and Saya were staring with wide eyes and were gasping in awe, while Kolter's eyes were wide from shock. "No way. That's a Data Storm". The café owner said in disbelief as he recognized what was happening. Lulu and Saya turned to look at him in surprise, before they went back to watching the monitors.

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(Back in LINK VRAINS)

White Dragon Mask continued to ride the hover board through the purple winds. He wobbled a little bit, but managed to regain his balance and ride in a straight line, kicking up a bit of wind. "Azure, what did you just do?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned his partner, turning to look down at his Duel Disk to look at the White Dragon Ignis. "Don't worry; I just released the Data Storm". Azure answered with a normal expression, making White Dragon Mask widen his eyes in surprise at what he said.

"The Data Storm?" He questioned in surprise, getting a nod from the White Dragon Ignis. "That's right. Data Storms are created from Data Material, which I had just unleashed a few seconds ago, thus brought back the Data Storm wind. Not to mention, brought you your own D-Board". Azure explained to the 17-year-old male, making White Dragon Mask look down at the hover board that he was riding on like a surfboard.

"D-Board? That's what this hover board is?" The White Dragon Emperor asked in surprise as he's never heard of a D-Board, yet it sounded incredibly like the Duel Boards that Leo and Luna used to use.

"That's right. These D-Boards are important factors for Duelists to use in a Speed Duel. You could say that it is a bit like the Turbo Duels of your world, but there a few differences". The eye form of the Ignis informed the near adult male, getting White Dragon Mask to look down at him with narrowed eyes. "How so?" The White Dragon Emperor asked with a curious voice, honestly pretty curious at what the differences between Speed Dueling and Turbo Dueling are.

Azure narrowed his eye as he stared up at his partner. "The Monster, Spell & Trap card zones have been reduced to 3, both Duelists start off with 4 cards in their hands and there is no Main Phase 2. The only thing that remains of the Master Duel fields is the Extra Deck monster zones remain and the Field-Spell zones". The White Dragon Ignis explained to his partner, getting White Dragon Mask to widen his eye in surprise as these rules were completely different than the normal rules, thus making the Duel harder. Yet, for some reason, it didn't really seem to threaten White Dragon Mask, as if he was already used to it.

"But, Speed Duels do have one thing that Master Duels don't have". Azure revealed, catching the attention of the White Dragon Emperor as he stared down at the Ignis with wide eyes. "What is this one rule that Master Duels don't have?" White Dragon Mask asked with a hint of eagerness in his voice, something that Azure was able to pick up on. "The two Duelists can use what's known as a Skill once". The White Dragon Ignis answered his partner, getting a confused look from the Dragon-Type user as he tilted his head to the side.

"What the heck is a Skill exactly?" The Dragon-Type Duelist questioned with a curious tone as he had no idea what a Skill does exactly. However, before Azure could answer his partner's question, the two of them heard a "vroom" sound up ahead, getting them to look and see Issac appear out of nowhere on his own D-Board. His was a different model as it was longer and narrower than White Dragon Mask's one. It was a black colour with three red gems at the ground, a purple semicircle-shaped piece on the back and yellow angles.

The captain of the Knights of Hanoi rode his D-Board down on the Data Storm wind, before he shifted its direction towards White Dragon Mask and gave him a grin. "So, you want to Speed Duel, huh? Okay then, I'll take you up on that!" Issac exclaimed towards the White Dragon Emperor, making the 17-year-old male narrow his eyes slightly at his opponent.

"We'll have to finish this conversation another time. Now; it's time for me to have my first Speed Duel in this world". White Dragon Mask told Azure with a low voice, his focus completely on Issac. The White Dragon Ignis turned his eye to look at the approaching captain of the Knights of Hanoi, before looking back up at his partner. "All right then, have at him. Just keep your guard up, he knows how to use a Skill, while you on the other hand, don't. Stay alert, and be ready for any surprises". Azure warned the Dragon-Type user, receiving a nod from the White Dragon Emperor as he took head to his partner's warning.

White Dragon Mask and Issac drew closer to one another on their D-boards, before they eventually passed through one another. "Let's Speed Duel!" The two cried out at the exact moment that they were side to side with one another, officially beginning the match.

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 4.

Issac Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 4.

White Dragon Mask continued riding forwards on his D-Board, while Issac spun his around, generating a bit of electricity, and chased after his opponent. The White Dragon Emperor's Duel Disk generated a blue blade, before he drew the top 4 cards of his deck with his right hand, and then transferred them over to the left hand. "If you don't mind, I'll be taking the first move". Issac told his opponent, before he swiped his right hand in front of himself.

Four cards materialized in front of the captain of the Knights of Hanoi, making him smirk at seeing what they were. "I'll start off my turn with a face-down monster in DEF Position…" Issac began to explain as one of the cards dematerialized, before a face-down card appeared in sideways position in front of him. "Then, I'll end my turn with a face-down". He finished, while another face-down card appeared behind the first one, only in a straight forward position.

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 4.

Both White Dragon Mask and Azure blinked in surprise at Issac's move, as they were expecting more than just a short turn like that. "Well, that didn't go as expected". The White Dragon Ignis remarked with his eye slightly wide, while White Dragon Mask turned to look at his hand to see what he was holding already. "That maybe true, but it does not mean the Duel will be ease. Let's see what he's got!" The 17-year-old male exclaimed, placing his right hand's thumb, index and middle fingers on the top card of his deck.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's! Special Training)

"It's my move now! I draw!" The White Dragon Emperor cried out, drawing the top card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his hand out to the side. He brought the card in front of himself to see what it was, before growing a grin at what it was. "I'll kick this off with White Dragon – Lancer!" He called out, thrusting his hand out forward to show the card out, before placing it on one of the Duel Disk's Monster Zones. A portal appeared in front of him, before White Dragon – Lancer flew out of it.

Lancer was a medium-sized dragon with long, sharp tusks protruding out from its lower jaw and a row of armored plates lining on its backs. He had yellow eyes and his coloration was mainly silver with black spots and stripes. Lancer's tail was telescopic and was tipped with a sharp blade. Lancer's large wings were on its lower back and he stood on all four feet.

(White Dragon – Lancer/ Level: 4/ ATK Points: 1800/ DEF Points: 1400/ Attribute: Light/ Type: Dragon/Pendulum/Effect/ Pendulum Scale: 6/ Pendulum Effect: When a "White Dragon" or "Stardust" monster does battle, all monsters you control gain 300 ATK until the end of Battle Phase./ Effect: If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, it can inflict piercing damage.)

Issac raised an eyebrow upon seeing the dragon, while Lancer spread its wings and began flying in front of its Duelist. "White Dragon? I've never heard of any card like that before". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi said to himself, while White Dragon Mask spun his D-board around to ride it backwards and in order to look at his opponent. "Lancer, go tear that face-down monster to shreds!" The White Dragon Emperor commanded, pointing his right hand's index finger towards Issac's face-down sideways card.

Lancer turned around and let out a roar, before charging towards the face-down sideways card. Issac's face showed no concern, only gave off a grin as he held his right hand out. "The monster you attacked is Krawler Spine!" The multi coloured male called out as his face-down card flipped itself over, before it began glowing with a mechanical armoured insect rising up from the glow.

Krawler Spine DEF Points: 2100/ Level: 2.

White Dragon Mask and Azure widened their eyes in surprise for two different reasons. "A Krawler monster?!" The White Dragon Ignis called out in realization as he knew what deck that Issac was using now. "2100 DEF Points!" The Dragon-Type Duelist cried out in surprise at the high DEF that Spine had. He then gritted his teeth, before looking down at his hand of 4 cards and picked up one of them.

"If that's the case, I activated the special ability of White Dragon – Enforcer from my hand!" The White Dragon Emperor called out, before holding the card out as it began to glow a white colour. From the flash of light came a wingless large, white Drake that stood on all four feet and had crystal blue eyes.

(White Dragon – Enforcer/ Level: 3/ Attribute: Light/ Type: Dragon/ Effect/ ATK Points: 1000/ DEF Points: 1000/ Effect: If a Dragon-Type monster you control battles an opponent's monster, you can discard this card from your hand and your monster gains 1000 ATK and DEF until the end of the turn. During your Standby Phase, if this card was discarded by its own effect, you can add this card from your Graveyard to your hand.)

"If a Dragon-Type monster that I control battles an opponent's monster, I can discard Enforcer from my hand in order to power up my monster by 1000 ATK and DEF!" White Dragon Mask explained his card's effect, before discarding Lancer's card into the GY zone of the Duel Disk. White Dragon – Lancer let out a howl, before transforming into white coloured energy. Lancer absorbed the energy created from its fellow White Dragon, before a white aura appeared over him as he powered up.

White Dragon – Lancer ATK Points: 1800 + 1000 = 2800/ DEF Points: 1400 + 1000 = 2400.

"With this; my Lancer is more powerful than your bug's DEF Points! And here's the best part, Lancer has the ability to deal piercing damage!" The Dragon-Type Duelist informed his opponent with a grin on his face, causing Issac to slightly widen his eyes in surprise. "Say what!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out as Lancer reared its tail up, before thrusting down on Spine and pierce through it from above, creating a shockwave that hit Issac and made him wince. (2800 – 2100 = 700)

Issac Life Points: 4000 – 700 = 3300.

"Your dragon's piercing effect was a surprise, but here's a surprise for you! Krawler Spine's Flip Effect activates!" Issac declared, causing White Dragon Mask to let out a low gasp of surprise at what he said. "A Flip Effect!?" The teenage male called out in surprise, while Spine's body began to start blinking red, like that of a timer. "That's right! When this card I Flipped up; one monster on the field is destroyed, and there's only one choice!" The captain of the Knights of Hani explained his monster's Flip Effect, before Spine's body exploded, making White Dragon – Lancer cry out as it was caught up in the explosion and was destroyed.

(Music end)

White Dragon Mask gritted his teeth upon seeing his monster get destroyed, before he turned his D-Board around to face forward. He then held up Lancer's card with his right hand. The Extra Deck section of the Duel Disk opened, before the White Dragon Emperor placed his card away in it. "I managed to deal him some damage, but he got rid of my only monster. I wasn't expecting a Flip Effect like that". The Dragon-Type Duelist remarked, getting his partner to look up at him with a serious expression.

"That's to be expecting. The deck that Issac is using is the Krawl deck, one of the famous ones of this world". The White Dragon Ignis said with a serious voice, getting the 17-year-old male to look down at him with a curious expression. "Is that so, huh? Well, let's see what makes it so famous. I end my turn here; you're up!" White Dragon Mask called out, declaring his turn over.

Issac Life Points: 3300/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Kyosuke Kiryu/Kalin Kessler Theme Extended)

"My move, and it is time that I go on the attack!" Issac exclaimed as his Duel Disk's stripes began to glow a red colour, before a white ring of energy appeared around his arm with a single card materializing from it. "I draw!" He added, taking hold of the card, before drawing it with the white ring of energy dematerializing from around his arm. The card dematerialized in his hand, before he swiped it forward with 3 cards materializing in front of him.

He pressed on one of the, causing it to dematerialize, before a Pot of Greed Spell card appeared in front of him. "I activate the Spell card; Pot of Greed. Now, I draw 2 more cards". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi as the energy ring appeared around his arm with two cards this time. He drew the two cards and held them in front of himself to see what they were. Upon seeing them made Issac grow a grin as one of them disappeared.

"Excellent; just what I needed. I activate the Field-Spell; World Legacy in the Shadow!" Issac called out with a grin, while the card in his hand unleashed a white glow. World Legacy in Shadow's card then dematerialized, before a larger copy of it appeared in front of the captain of the Knights of Hanoi. "So long as this Field-Spell remains in play; all "Krawler" monsters that I control gains 300 ATK & DEF". The Insect Duelist explained his Field-Spell card's effect, before thrusting his right hand out.

"Now, I activate its second effect! Once per turn; Legacy in Shadow allows me to Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower Insect Monster from my hand in face-up position, or face-down position!" Issac explained the Field-Spell card's second effect, before holding his right hand's fingers up, as if he was holding a card. A card then materialized in his hand, which he flipped it over to show towards his opponent. "I select Krawler Glail and Special Summon him in face-down DEF Position!" He declared his choice, before the card dematerialized.

A face-down card appeared in sideways position right in front of Issac, who gave a grin as he reared his hand down. "Then, I activated the Continues Trap card; World Legacy Pawns!" Issac cried out as his face-down card reappeared, before flipping itself up. "This card has 2 effects, but I'll go with the first one. This allows me to Flip up a face-down monster on my field, so arise Krawler Glail!" He called out as his side-ways face-down card changed into a straight position, before flipping itself over. A portal appeared, before Krawler Glail came out of it.

Krawler Glail ATK Points: 700 + 300 = 1000/ DEF Points: 1500 + 300 = 1800/ Level: 2.

"Glail's Flip Effect now activates! When this card is flipped up, I can Special Summon another "Krawler" monster from my hand or Graveyard; in face-up ATK Position or face-down DEF Position!" Issac explained, and then thrust his left hand out to the side. "Revive from the grave; Krawler Spine!" He cried out as a portal appeared besides him on his left, before Krawler Spine appeared from within it.

Krawler Spine ATK Points: 300 + 300 = 600/ DEF Points: 2100 + 300 = 2400/ Level: 2.

White Dragon Mask looked over his left shoulder and narrowed his eyes at the sight of the two Insect monsters. "Bugs… Why does it have to be bugs?" The 17-year-old male questioned, as if someone was gonna answer his question. "I'm afraid that it's much worse than that. Things are gonna get serious up in here". Azure warned his partner, confusing the White Dragon Emperor as he looked down at his partner for an explanation.

Azure wouldn't need to provide one as Issac was about to show why. He brought his hands together in front of himself and looked down in between them, as if there was something there. "Manifest…" He began, before swiping his right hand out into the sky above him. "My Circuit of dominance!" Issac roared out as his hand's palm glowed with energy, before a burst of energy came out and headed straight towards the sky.

The burst of energy struck the sky and created an Arrowhead portal. White Dragon Mask gasped in shock, tilting his head up to look at the Arrowhead portal hanging up above. "That portal… Is he really…?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in surprise, which Azure gave a nod, his eyes having a deadly serious look. "Yes. He's about to Link Summon!" The Ignis confirmed his partner's suspicions, making the White Dragon Emperor grit his teeth.

"Link Arrows authorized! The Summoning conditions are 2 Krawler Monsters! I set Krawler Glail and Krawler Spine in the Link Arrows!" Issac called out, keeping his right hand out towards the Link portal. The two Insect monsters transformed into brown hurricanes and shot out towards the Arrowhead portal. They struck the Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right, causing them to turn red.

"Link the Circuit! I Link Summon! Link-2! X-Krawler Qualiark!" Issac roared out to the heavens, before a pillar of light erupted out of the Link portal. Then, emerging from the pillar of light was some kind of giant armoured, space insect that flew through the air. X-Krawler Qualiark gave out an ear breakings screech upon its appearance, creating a powerful gust of wind.

X-Krawler Qualiark ATK Points: 2000 + 300 = 2300/ Link-2/ Link Arrows: Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right.

White Dragon Mask kept looking over his left shoulder towards the Link Monster that flew above Issac with narrowed eyes that had a hint of awe in them. "So, that's a Link Monster. I have to admit that it's awesome". The Dragon-Type Duelist said with a small grin growing on his face, causing Azure to grow an amused look at his partner's words.

"Despite the situation, I can honestly understand your excitement. This is, after all, the first Link Monster you've ever seen. Pay close attention to how Issac uses it, that'll help in the long run". The White Dragon Ignis told his partner, getting an immediate nod from White Dragon Mask as he could understand the benefit of paying close attention.

Issac gave a joyful laugh as he swiped his right hand out to the side, while holding up his right arm. "I'm not done just yet, White Dragon Mask! I activate the Spell card; World Legacy Succession!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out as a single card materialized in front of himself, before it began glowing. "This Spell card allows me to Special Summon a Monster from my Graveyard to a zone that a Link Monster I control points to!" Issac explained his Spell card's effect as a larger version of World Legacy Succession's card materialized in front of him, before it began glowing.

White Dragon Mask looked at his Duel Disk's orb, before a screen appeared over Azure's eye. The screen showed a field format of the Duel with his side completely empty, while Issac's field wasn't. X-Krawler Qualiark had taken Issac's right Extra Monster Zone and his left one, while World Legacy in Shadow had taken the Field-Spell Zone. Finally, World Legacy Succession's card had taken the middle Spell & Trap Zone, while World Legacy Pawns had taken the right one.

Issac chuckled, before thrusting his right fist forward. "Appear once more; Krawler Spine!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out as a portal appeared besides him on his right, before Krawler Spine came out of it and floated besides him.

Krawler Spine DEF Points: 2100 + 300 = 2400/ ATK Points: 300 + 300 = 600/ Level: 2.

"Now I activate one of Qualiark's special abilities! Since I have 2 or more Krawler Monsters on my field; all monsters that I control gains 300 ATK and DEF!" Issac explained his Link Monster's special ability as brown auras surrounded the two Insect-Type monsters, powering them up.

X-Krawler Qualiark ATK Points: 2300 + 300 = 2600.

Krawler Spine DEF Points: 2400 + 300 = 2700/ ATK Points: 600 + 300 = 900.

"Oh brother, this might become a problem". White Dragon Mask stated, seeing that this was quiet the amazing combo as it powers up all the Krawler monsters. "That's an understatement. And something tells me that he's not even done yet". Azure remarked, getting his partner to look down at him for a moment, before he looked back towards Issac, who was still grinning with confidence.

"The Ignis is correct; I have one final move before attacking. I activate the effect of Krawler Soma from my hand!" Issac declared, holding his right hand out as a Monster card materialized in front of it. "I can target one face-up monster that I control; Special Summon this card from my hand…" He began to explain as a portal appeared on his left side, before Krawler Soma appeared from within it.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2000 + 300 + 2300 + 300 = 2600/ DEF Points: 2500 + 300 = 2800 + 300 = 3100. /Level: 6.

"Then, the monster that I selected is changed into face-down DEF Position!" Issac finished explaining as Krawler Spine transformed into a face-down card in side-ways position. "Terrific. Not only does he get a new monster, but his ticking bomb is also all set to take another out one of my monsters". White Dragon Mask said with a frown on his face, while Issac pointed his right hand's index finger towards him. "Prepare to lose, White Dragon Mask! X-Krawler Qualiark, attack him directly!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi commanded with confidence, seeing victory within his grasp.

Qualiark let out a speech, before it began closing in to attack White Dragon Mask, who narrowed his eyes up at the approaching attack. "Uh, White Dragon Mask?" Azure said as he looked up towards his partner, who nodded as he spun his D-Board around and began ridding backwards to face the approaching attack. The Dragon-Type Duelist picked up one of his 3 cards in hand with his right hand, before holding it out.

"I'm not losing anything! I activate the Effect of White Dragon – Scout Gardna from my hand!" White Dragon Mask called out, before the card that he was holding out began to glow a bright white colour. A portal appeared in front of the White Dragon Emperor, before a muscle white and brown Chinese dragon appeared, having glowing brown eyes and long hair.

(White Dragon - Scout Gardna/ Attribute: Light/ Level: 3/ Type: Dragon/ Effect: ATK: 1100/ DEF: 2400/ Effect: If this card is added to your hand by an effect, (during ether player's turn) you can Special Summon this card in DEF Position. If this card is in your hand when an opponent declares a direct attack on you; you can Special Summon this card in DEF to negate the attack, and then draw two cards.)

"When I'm attacked directly and this card is in my hand; not only can I Special Summon this card, but the attack is negated!" White Dragon Mask explained his monster's effect as Scout Gardna unleashed a powerful roar with sound waves coming out towards Qualiark. The Link Monster cried out in pain from the shockwaves, before abandoning its attack and returned to flying up above Issac, who looked up at his monster above him. "Finally, Scout Gardna allows me to draw 2 new cards!" The Dragon-Type Duelist added as he drew the top two cards of his deck with his right hand, before adding them to the hand.

Issac gave off a wolf whistle upon seeing this counter strategy. "Well, colour me impressed. Not only did you stop my attack, you managed to Summon a monster and draw 2 new cards. The only downside is that that dragon won't be around for long! Krawler Soma, attack Scout Gardna!" He commanded, thrusting his right hand out towards Scout Gardna.

Kralwer Soma charged forward, before it pierced Scout Gardna right on the head with its right stinger, making the Dragon-Type monster roar out in pain, and then exploded with the Insect-Type Monster returning to its master's side. White Dragon Mask scowled at seeing his monster's destruction, but kept his cool. "I have no other move to make, so I'll just end my turn here. Your move". Issac declared his turn over with a confident grin on his face.

(Music end)

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 4.

"We're in a bit of a tricky spot right here. He's got two monsters that have 2600 ATK, and a face-down monster that can immediately destroy a monster on the field when it is flipped up". Azure stated, pointing out the dangerous field that their opponent has set up. "That's true, but that doesn't mean he cannot be defeated. Allow me to show you, partner". White Dragon Mask replied to the Ignis, before placing his right hand on the top card of his deck.

"My move; I draw!" The Dragon-Type user cried out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping the hand out to the side. He took a moment to look at the new card, before he added it to his hand, and then thrust his right hand out. "At this moment, White Dragon – Enforcer's special ability activates from the Graveyard! If this card was sent there due to its ability; I can add it to my hand during my Standby Phase!" White Dragon Mask explained, while a card slotted out of his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone, which he picked up, showed it to be White Dragon – Lancer, before adding it to his hand.

White Dragon Mask then picked up one of his six cards, before swiping it on the Duel Disk's blade. "With that out of the way; I'll start off my turn with the Spell card; White Dragon – Return Shine!" He called out as a Spell card materialized in front of him. The card's image showed White Dragon – Silver Pendulum Dragon emerging forth from the dragon pendant that the White Dragon Emperor always carried around his neck.

(White Dragon – Return Shine/ Type: Spell/ Effect: When this card is activated, you can Special Summon one "White Dragon" Pendulum Monster from ether your Graveyard, or face-up in the Extra Deck to the field.)

"Thanks to this card's power, I can now bring back White Dragon – Lancer!" The Dragon-Type Duelist explained his Spell card's effect as White Dragon – Lancer's card slotted out of his Extra Deck section, which he grabbed with his right hand's index and middle, before swiping it down on the Duel Disk's blade. White Dragon – Lancer then emerged forth from Return Shine's card and let out a roar as it flew in front of its Duelist.

White Dragon – Lancer ATK Points: 1800/ Level: 4.

"But he won't be around for long; because I'm sacrificing to make room for a new White Dragon to take his place!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed, holding a single card out with his right hand, while Lancer dispersed into white particles. The particles then began coming together as the White Dragon Emperor placed the card down on his Duel Disk's blade.

"Ascend! White Dragon – Impenetrable Attacker!" The Dragon-Type Duelist called out his monster's name as the particles fully came together and created a flash of light, which quickly died down to reveal the monster. White Dragon – Impenetrable Attacker was an upright fierce scaly white dragon, with an almost holographic pattern & shades of blue, ink & sea blue colour with lighter grandients of white throughout belly and shoulders. He had a white spine & tail with a white face, snout and blue/black neck & horns. Also had long dark blue talons with iridescent blue webbed wings on his arms. Impenetrable Attack gave out a powerful howl as it spread its wings out fully and flew in front of White Dragon Mask.

(White Dragon - Impenetrable Attacker/ Attribute: LIGHT/ Level: 5/ ATK Points: 1500/ DEF Points: 1000/ Type: Dragon/ Effect/ Effect: (Quick Effect) You can remove from play this card from your Graveyard to select 1 face-up monster you control. If that monster battles with an opponent's monster this turn, it cannot be destroyed by battle and you take no Battle Damage from that battle. After damage calculation, destroy the opponent's monster that battled with the selected monster.)

"Real impressive, but your big lizard only has 1500 ATK Points!" Issac pointed out, yet White Dragon Mask just gave a confident grin as he held up a card right in front of his face with the right hand. "That may be, but that will change after I play this! The Equip Spell; Star Power!" The White Dragon Emperor called out, before slotting the card into his Duel Disk. A Spell card materialized in front of White Dragon Mask and his D-Board with the image showing Dark Magician being surrounded by seven stars, holding up his staff as he powered up.

(Star Power/ Type: Equip Spell/ Effect: This card can only be equipped to a Monster with a Level. The equipped monsters gains 200 ATK equal to its Level; and it is unaffected by opponent's card effects. If the equipped monster is destroyed and sent to the GY with this card; you can select a different monster with a lower Level in your GY, and add it to your hand.)

Five stars appeared around Impenetrable Attacker in a circular formation, before energy poured out of them and into the Dragon-Type Monster. "By equipping Impenetrable Attack with this card, he gains 200 ATK equal to his Level! Since my dragon's Level 5, that's 1000 points for him!" White Dragon Mask explained his Equip Spell card's effect as a white aura appeared around Impenetrable Attacker, before it gave out a strong roar as it powered up.

White Dragon – Impenetrable Attacker ATK Points: 1500 + 1000 = 2500.

"Hate to break it to ya, but your dragon is still no match for my Krawler monsters". Issac told his opponent, not noticing that White Dragon Mask was still grinning with confidence. "Then how about we change that? I activate the Spell card; Stamping Destruction!" The Dragon-Type Duelist called out, taking one of his remaining 3 cards from his hand and slotted it into his Duel Disk. A large copy of Stamping Destruction's card materialized in front of him, before it started to glow with Impenetrable Attacker turning around to face Isssac and his field.

The fierce dragon gave out a roar, before flying forward towards the captain of the Knights of Hanoi and his field. "If there's a Dragon-Type Monster on our side of the field; Stamping Destruction can destroy a Spell or Trap Card on the field". Azure explained the Spell card's effect, while White Dragon Mask spun his D-Board around to look at his opponent's direction. "The target for Stamping Destruction is your Field-Spell; World Legacy in Shadow!" The Dragon-Type user declared his choice, right before Impenetrable Attacker stomped down on the Field-Spell's card with his right foot, causing it to disperse.

X-Krawler Qualiark ATK Points: 2600 – 300 = 2300.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2600 – 300 = 2300/ DEF Points: 3100 – 300 = 2800.

This made Issac grow a deep scowl on his face at seeing his Field-Spell being destroyed. "And that's not all!" Azure called out as he widened his eye, getting a nod of agreement from his partner as he pointed towards Issac. "That's right! Stamping Destruction also deals 500 points of damage to you!" The White Dragon Emperor informed the captain of the Knights of Hanoi, making Issac let out a small growl as his Life Points went down.

Issac Life Points: 3300 – 500 = 2800.

"I'll set one card face-down…" White Dragon Mask began as he set a card, causing a face-down card to appear in front of him. "Then, have Impenetrable Attacker attack X-Krawler Qualiark!" He finished, swiping his left hand out to point towards the Link Monster with the index finger, while holding Enforcer's card with the ring and pinkie fingers. Impenetrable Attacker roared out, before shooting out like a comet up towards Qualiark with its claws together in front of itself.

Impenetrable Attack tore right though Qualiark like it was made out of paper, causing the Insect-Type Monster to cry out, before it exploded. Issac brought up his right forearm up to shield his eyes from the shockwaves created from the Link Monster's destruction. (2500 – 2300 = 200)

Issac Life Points: 2800 – 200 = 2600.

"And don't forget that with Qualiark's destruction, its effect is gone, and your Soma loses another 300 from its ATK and DEF!" Azure reminded the captain of the Knights of Hanoi, right before Soma powered down a bit.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2300 – 300 = 2000/ DEF Points: 2800 – 300 = 2500.

Issac lowered his right forearm and narrowed his eyes at the Dragon-Type Duelist as Impenetrable Attack returned to its master's side. 'Why didn't he use Enforcer's special ability from the hand? That way, he could have dealt more damage to me. Is he keeping it for a better opportunity, or in case I Summon a stronger monster than his own?' Issac questioned inside of his mind, wondering why White Dragon Mask didn't use his card's effect to power up his dragon.

The White Dragon Emperor spun his D-Board around and returned to facing forward. "I'll end my turn here and turn it over to you! You're up!" White Dragon Mask called out to his opponent, declaring his turn over.

Issac Life Points: 2600/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

Issac gave a grin, before slightly holding up his left arm up as the ring of energy appeared around it with a single card appearing from it. "My turn now! I draw!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out, drawing the card as he spoke with the ring of energy disappearing. Issac took one look at the card, before holding it out. "I play the Spell card; Cup of Ace!" He cried out as the card began to glow. A golden coin the appeared in front of Issac, which he took hold of with his right hand.

"Here's how it works. I toss a coin and if it's head; I draw 2 cards. If it's tails; you get 2 new cards". Issac explained the Spell card's effect, making Ash and Azure narrow their eyes at him. "He must be confident if he's relying on luck of all things". The White Dragon Ignis remarked as Issac tossed the coin into the air. It spun in mid air, before the captain of the Knights of Hanoi caught it and opened his hand to see what the coin landed on.

Issac gave a grin as he held the coin out and showed that it had landed on heads. "It's heads, so I draw 2 cards". He told his opponent as the coin dematerialized, while the ring of energy appeared around his left arm with two cards.

Issac drew his new cards in a dramatic fashion, before holding them up to see what they were. He cracked a smirk as one of the cards dematerialized, before holding the remaining one out. "I activate the Terraforming Spell card!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out, before a larger version of the card appeared in front of him and began to glow.

"This Spell card lets me add a Field Spell from my deck to the hand!" Issac explained his card's effect, before a card materialized in front of him. He took the card with his right hand, before flipping it over to show what card it was. "I activate the Field Spell; World Legacy in Shadow!" Issac called out with the card starting to glow, before a larger version of it appeared in front of him.

White Dragon Mask slightly widened his eyes upon seeing the same Field Spell from before. "He has more than one copy!?" He cried out in surprise, while Azure gave a frown at the sight. "The Krawler deck replies on using more than one copy of a card. No doubt that he has more than one copy of all the Krawler cards that he has used". The White Dragon Ignis informed his partner, making the 17-year-old male grit his teeth slightly at the revelation.

"In case you've got short term memory lose, then I'll tell you what this card does. It increases the ATK and DEF of all Kralwer monsters that I control by 300". Issac told the Dragon-Type Duelist as Krawler Soma powered up.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2000 + 300 = 2300/ DEF Points: 2500 + 300 = 2800.

"But that's not my real aim; this is! I activate World Legacy in Shadow's second effect! I can Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Insect Monster from my hand!" Issac explained the card's effect, pointing his right hand's index finger out as a single card materialized in front of his finger. "I choose Krawler Ranvier!" He declared his choice, before the card disappeared with a face-down card appeared in sideways position in front of him.

"But first things first; I Flip Summon Krawler Spine!" Issac cried out as the face-down position card changed positions into a straight one, before flipping itself over. A portal appeared, before Krawler Spine appeared from within it.

Krawler Spine ATK Points: 300 + 300 = 600/ DEF Points: 2100 + 300 = 2400/ Level: 2.

"Krawler Spine's special ability now activates! When this card if flipped face-up, one monster on the field is destroyed! Say "good-bye" to your dragon!" Issac explained his monster's effect, while Krawler Spine looked towards White Dragon – Impenetrable Attacker, before firing a red beam from its eye towards it. "Think again!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed as Impenetrable Attack turned around, before one of the five stars grew large and formed a shield in front of the dragon.

Krawler Spine's red beam struck the star shield, but was unable to push through and eventually died down. The star shield shrunk down to its normal size, before Impenetrable Attack turned back around. The captain of the Knights of Hanoi widened his eyes in surprise, while White Dragon Mask just gave a confident grin. "Another thing about Star Power is that the equip monster equipped to it is unaffected by your card effects!" The Dragon-Type Duelist informed his opponent, while Azure looked pleased that Krawler Spine's effect was wasted.

Issac looked a bit stunned, but returned his expression to a confident one. "Not bad, but this duel isn't over yet. And Krawler Spine wasn't my only option". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi said with a smirk as he still had a few tricks up his sleeve. Issac's words made White Dragon Mask and Azure narrow their eyes as they wondered what he meant by that.

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(In another section with LINK VRAINS)

Meanwhile with Playmaker and the Dark Ignis, the Cyberse Duelist had just finished his own Speed Duel with the Knight of Hanoi grunt. The Dark Ignis had called forth the Data Storm as well and even a D-Board for Playmaker to ride on. The Knight of Hanoi grunt even had his own D-Board and the two had a Speed Duel against one another.

It was tough for Playmaker as this was his first Speed Duel, not to mention that the machine dragon, apparently called Cracking Dragon, was easily Summoned on the grunt's first turn and it was really troublesome. Still, Playmaker wasn't one to give up. It was still a bit of trouble as he was knocked off his D-Board, but Blue Angel managed to save him by sending the D-Board through a blue whip that she used. On the third turn, Playmaker used a Skill that the Dark Ignis granted him.

It was called Storm Access, and it allowed him to take a Link Monster from the Data Storm and add it to his Extra Deck, though his Life Points had to be 1000 or less to use it. He used 3 of his monsters; Cyberse Wizard, Backup Secretary and Stack Reviver to Link Summon his new Link Monster; Decode Talker. Through a combo of using the effects of Stack Reviver, Cyberse Wizard and Decode Talker, Playmaker managed to destroy Cracking Dragon and defeat the Knight of Hanoi grunt.

The force of the attack had blown the nameless Duelist off his D-Board and sent him crashing onto a nearby rooftop. Playmaker maneuvered his D-Board near the rooftop, before he jumped off of it and made a perfect landing 10 feet away. "Playmaker". The Knight of Hanoi grunted groaned out as the Cyberse Duelist stood up on his feet and ran over, before looking down at his defeated opponent.

"Now then, tell me who leads the Knights of Hanoi?" Playmaker questioned his defeated opponent, taking this chance to interrogate the man. "You won't get any secrets out of me…But, I do have something to share". The grunt replied to the Cyberse user, turning his head to look up at the Cyberse Duelist with the red spot of his mask beginning to blink like a bomb would.

Playmaker gritted his teeth and took a step back as he knew what that sign was; a self-destruction countdown. "Aww, glitch! That's a detonator! What to do, what to do, what to do? Aha!" The Dark Ignis exclaimed as his eye suddenly let out a dark glow, before a dark aura appeared from the eye.

"Huh?" Playmaker said in confusion, taking notice of the dark aura around the Dark Ignis' eye. The dark aura then became a bright light purple light, before some sort of black substance shot forward out of the Duel Disk. The substance was actually the Dark Ignis, who had undergone a transformation. He was now a big fiend-like creature with six tentacles, a large yellow eye and mouth, with two of his eyes on the center of the body.

The Dark Ignis let out a growl as it wrapped its six tentacles around the Knight of Hanoi and lifted him off of the ground. "Yummy, yum yum". The Dark Ignis said with a slightly eager voice, before opening his mouth and moved his head down towards the Knight of Hanoi, who let out a frightened cry. He bit down on the head, causing the nameless grunt to burst into light green data, which the Dark Ignis ate completely.

Playmaker watched this play out with a slightly stunned expression. Eventually, the Dark Ignis began retracting himself into Playmaker's Duel Disk as a substance, before retuning fully and let off a black puff as he returned to eye form. "That hit the spot". The Dark Ignis said with a satisfied voice, while Playmaker stared down at him with wide eyes, before he narrowed them. "You ate his avatar?" He questioned in surprise, having never thought that the Ignis had an ability like that.

"Uhh, you're welcome". The Dark Ignis replied to the Cyberse Duelist with his eyes squinted, taking Playmaker back a bit as he leaned a bit. "If it wasn't for me, that guy would have self-destructed to take you out and with how close you were, you'd be feeling that in the real world for a while". He added, making Playmaker see that the Dark Ignis was correct as he could have been seriously harmed if it wasn't for him.

"Two worlds; thank you. Is that so hard to say?" The Ignis with the sense of humor questioned his new "partner". Before the Cyberse Duelist could make a reply to him, someone spoke up out of nowhere. "Hey, hero!" A voice cried out to Playmaker, getting him to look over his left shoulder to see the owner of that voice.

"Huh? Excuse me?" The Dark Ignis questioned as the voice belonged to The Gore, who vaulted over the fence of a nearby rooftop and landed on the same one that Playmaker was on, before holding up his right fist. "Tonight was supposed to be my night, till you and your friend surfed in and crashed the party!" The number 1 Celebrity Duelist exclaimed with hostility, bringing his right arm further up.

Playmaker showed no emotion as he stared at the Celebrity Duelist. "Chill out, Gore!" Another familiar voice cried out, getting Playmaker's attention as he looked forward and saw Blue Angel front flipped onto the rooftop and landed a few feet away. "His friend kinda saved my life. But still; who are you really?" The idol of LINK VRAINS questioned as she pointed her left hand's index finger towards the Cyberse Duelist, who stared at her with indifference. "And why would you expect me to answer you He questioned in response, having no interest in Blue Angel, or The Gore.

Just then, a roar up above caught all three of their attention as they looked up at the Data Storm wind up above and saw White Dragon Mask, Issac and their monsters fly above them as they continued their Speed Duel. "Looks like those two aren't finish with that captain guy". The Dark Ignis remarked as Playmaker narrowed his eye slightly at the sight. "…We're going after them". The Cyberse Duelist declared, immediately catching his "partner's" attention as he looked at Playmaker with his eye wide.

"Huh? Why? We've done our part, so let them do theirs". The Dark Ignis complained, getting Playmaker to look down at him. "They're facing a high-ranking member of the Knights of Hanoi, so it's likely that he has answers that I want. That's why I will not let this opportunity escape". Playmaker told his "partner", before he took a running start, then leaped up and dematerialized, getting both Blue Angel and Gore to gasp at seeing this.

Playmaker reappeared up above, before he fell back on his D-Board and started riding on the Data Storm wind after his new comrade and captain of the Knights of Hanoi. The Gore gritted his teeth and growled as he slammed his right fist into his left palm. "They're getting away! Not if I have anything to say about it!" The number 1 Celebrity Duelist growled out, before he began running after the two mysterious Duelists. Blue Angel held up her left arm for a bit, before she chased after Playmaker and White Dragon Mask with Gore.

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(Back to the Speed Duel)

Issac thrust his right hand out, while holding his left arm up. "I activate the effect of my Continuous Trap; World Legacy Pawns!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out, while his Trap card's form let out a gleam. "Through its effect; I flip up Krawler Ranvier into ATK Position!" Issac explained as his face-down sideways card changed positions into a straight line, before flipping itself over. A portal then appeared, before Krawler Ranvier came out of it and gave a blink of its eye.

Krawler Ranvier ATK Points: 1100 + 300 = 1400/ DEF Points: 900 + 300 = 1200/ Level: 2.

"My monster's special ability now activates! Since Krawler Ranvier was flipped face-up; I can now add up to 2 Krawler monsters from my Graveyard to my hand". Issac explained his monster's effect as two cards materialized in front of him. One of them was Krawler Glial and the second was X-Krawler Qualiark. "I select X-Krawler Glial and Krawler Glail!" He declared his choices as the two cards dematerialized, before thrusting his right hand into the air.

"Manifest…my Circuit of dominance!" Issac roared out as his hand's palm glowed with energy, before a burst of energy came out and headed straight towards the sky. The burst of energy struck the sky and created an Arrowhead portal. "Link Arrows authorized! The Summoning conditions are 2 Krawler Monsters! I set Krawler Ranvier and Krawler Spine in the Link Arrows!" Issac called out, keeping his right hand out towards the Link portal. The two Insect monsters transformed into brown hurricanes and shot out towards the Arrowhead portal. They struck the Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right, causing them to turn red.

"Link the Circuit! I Link Summon! Link-2! X-Krawler Qualiark!" Issac roared out to the heavens, before a pillar of light erupted out of the Link portal. Then, emerging from the pillar of light was the same Link Monster from before. X-Krawler Qualiark gave out an ear breakings screech upon its appearance, creating a powerful gust of wind.

X-Krawler Qualiark ATK Points: 2000 + 300 = 2300/ Link-2/ Link Arrows: Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right.

"Aww, come on! That thing again!" White Dragon Mask called out in annoyance upon seeing the troublesome Link Monster again. "Yes! And I'm sure that you remember Qualiark's special ability! If I control 2 or more Krawler monsters; all my monsters gains 300 ATK and DEF!" Issac replied to his opponent as all three of his monsters gained brown auras around themselves.

X-Krawler Qualiark ATK Points: 2300 + 300 = 2600.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2300 + 300 = 2600/ DEF Points: 2800 + 300 = 3100.

"Both of his monsters have 2600 ATK Points, more than Impenetrable Attacker". Azure remarked from his partner's Duel Disk, while White Dragon Mask looked at the remaining card in his hand. "That may be true, but when he attacks, I'll use Enforcer's special ability to power up Attack's points to 3500". The Dragon-Type Duelist said with a growing grin on his face, yet Azure didn't look assured in the slightest.

Issac had a confident smirk on his face as he slowly lifted up his right hand and held it up into the air. "I activate the special ability of Krawler Soma!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi declared, while Krawler Soma's wires attached to it straightened up and pointed forward. "First; by lowering its Level by 2 or 4, which I'll reduce his Level by 4…" Issac began to explain as a dark blue aura appeared over Krawler Soma as its Level went down.

Krawler Soma Level: 6 – 4 = 2.

"Then, I can Special Summon "Krawler" monsters from my deck with their Levels equaling the amount lost!" He finished explaining, rearing his right arm to his left, before swiping them out to the side. "I Summon Krawler Dendrite and Krawler Receptor!" Issac declared his choices as two portals appeared at his sides, before Krawler Dendrite appeared from the left one, and Receptor on the right one.

Krawler Dendrite ATK Points: 1300 + 300 = 1600 + 300 = 1900/ DEF Points: 600 + 300 = 900 + 300 = 1200.

Krawler Receptor ATK Points: 900 + 300 = 1200 + 300 = 1500/ DEF Points: 1200 + 300 = 1500 + 300 = 1800.

"What's he up to? All that did was given him more monsters". White Dragon Mask said in confusion as he had no idea why Issac made that move. "It was for Qualiark's special ability". Azure answered, getting the Dragon-Type Duelist to look down at him, where he saw the White Dragon Ignis had a cautious look. "Qualiark has another ability unlocked if he has 4 or more Krawlers on his field. Now during the Battle Phase, we cannot activate cards or effects now". The White Dragon Ignis informed his partner, causing White Dragon Mask to widen his eyes in surprise.

He then looked forward, before thrusting his right hand out. "If that's true, then I better act now! I activate the Trap card; Off Shave Battle!" The White Dragon Emperor called out as his face-down card flipped itself up. The card's image showed Elemental Hero Neos protecting the shadow covered form of Jaden Yuki from an attack from Cyber End Dragon.

(Off Shave Battle/ Type: Trap: Discard one card from your hand; all Battle damage this turn is halved. At the End Phase of the turn this card was activated; draw 1 card. (Quick Effect) You can remove this card from your GY; all battle damage this turn is doubled.)

"Off Shave Battle first lets me first discard a card; like my White Dragon – Enforcer…" White Dragon Mask began as he held up his card, before discarding it to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. "Then, all battle damage this turn is halved". He finished, making Issac narrow his eyes in an annoyed manner. "I see you looked up Qualiark's effect. Not bad, you'll actually survive this turn. But you're still gonna take some damage!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi exclaimed as he pointed towards Impenetrable Attacker with his right hand's index finger.

"Qualiark, attack White Dragon – Impenetrable Attacker!" Issac commanded his Link Monster, causing Qualiark to look directly at Impenetrable Attacker, who looked up at the Insect-Type Monster. Qualiark's eye flashed red for a moment, before multiple red beams came out, all heading towards the Dragon-Type Monster. They all struck and created an explosion, destroying Impenetrable Attack and making White Dragon Mask wince. (2600 – 2500 = 100 – 50 = 50)

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 4000 – 50 = 3950.

'If it wasn't for Qualiarrk's effect, I could have used Star Power's second effect to add Scout Gardna back to my hand'. The Dragon-Type user thought to himself, sending both Impenetrable Attacker and Star Power's cards to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. "Now, Krawler Dendrite attacks you directly!" Issac continued with a grin, while Dendrite charged towards the White Dragon Emperor. White Dragon Mask spun his D-Board around, before he brought his wings into a shield-like position in front of himself. Dendrite rammed into White Dragon Mask's wings, pushing the White Dragon Emperor a bit on his D-Board. (1900 – 950 = 950)

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 3950 – 950 = 3000.

"This is fun, I'm gonna keep doing it! Krawler Receptor, let him have it!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi commanded with a grin on his face. Krawler Receptor fired a red beam from its center eye, which struck White Dragon Mask's wings, pushing the Dragon-Type user back further than before. (1500 – 750 = 750)

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 3000 – 750 = 2250.

"And now my favorite part; Krawler Soma attacks!" Issac called out with a grin, while Soma charged forward and struck White Dragon Mask's wings with its right stinger-like arm, pushing the Dragon-Type user right to the edge of his D-Board. (2500 – 1250 = 1250)

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 2250 – 1250 = 1000.

White Dragon Mask finally spread his wings from the shield position, having a frown planted on his face as he stared across to Issac, who was grinning with confidence. "If it wasn't for your Trap card; you would have lost the match, so count your lucky star that you were prepared. Next time won't be so fortunate for you, I end my turn". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi declared his turn over, while White Dragon Mask thrust his right hand out.

"At this moment, Off Shave Battle's other effect activates!" The White Dragon Emperor called out, before placing his right hand on the top card of his deck. "At the End Phase of the turn that it is activated, I can draw 1 card from my deck". He explained his Trap card's effect as he drew the card in a normal fashion, took a moment to look at it, before adding it to his hand.

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 1000/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

Nearby on a rooftop, Playmaker stood at the edge of the building, right in front of a railing, looking down at the Speed Duel taking place with narrowed eyes. He wasn't the only one watching the Speed Duel as the Dark Ignis was watching as well and looked a bit worried. "Those guys aren't doing so well. Their Life Points have been reduced to 1000, and they only have one card in their hand". The Ignis remarked with a worried tone, yet the Cyberse Duelist didn't turn to look at him and instead kept watching the Duel silently.

"It's my turn now! I draw!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed as he drew the top card of his deck in a dramatic fashion. He brought the card in front of himself to see what the card was, before the White Dragon Emperor gave a small smile upon seeing what it was. "Just what I needed. First, I'll set a face-down card…" White Dragon Mask began as he added the card to his hand, before taking the other one and slotted it into his Duel Disk. A face-down card then appeared in front of him, before the Dragon-Type Duelist held up the card that he just drew with his right hand.

"Then, I'll Normal Summon White Dragon – Trick Claw!" He concluded, before swiping the card onto one of his Duel Disk's Monster Zones. A portal appeared besides him, before White Dragon – Trick Claw flew out of it. Trick Claw possessed a white long serpentine-like body, with several short spines along its back ending in an ordinary pointed tail. Its wingspan was huge, and each wing had two hooks which were located in the middle of each wing on opposite ends pointing in opposite directions. Trick Claw had a long neck, a stout head, two horns and several tendrils coming out of his chins. Trick Claw gave a hiss as it stared at the four Krawler monsters.

(White Dragon – Trick Claw/ Level: 3/ Attribute: Light/ Type: Dragon/ Effect/ ATK Points: 1000/ DEF Points: 500/ Effect: If this card battles an opponent's Special Summoned monster, that monster is destroyed at the start of the Damage Step and all "White Dragon" Monsters gain 100 ATK X the destroyed monster's original Level.)

"Go Trick Claw, attack X-Krawler Qualiark!" White Dragon Mask commanded, thrusting his right arm out towards the Link Monster. Trick Claw hissed out, before it began flying towards X-Krawler Qualiark. Issac had wide eyes at this unexpected move, honestly surprised as he never thought White Dragon Mask would do something like this.

"Are you self-destructing?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi questioned in surprise, getting a confident grin in return from the White Dragon Emperor. "Not at all!" The Dragon-Type user replied instantly to his opponent, while Azure had a mischievous expression on. "When Trick Claw battles an opponent's Special Summoned monster; that monster is destroyed before the Damage Step". The White Dragon Ignis revealed to the captain of the Knights of Hanoi, much to Issac's surprise as he widened his eyes.

White mist suddenly appeared all over Trick Claw and grew larger, before it cleared to reveal that the Dragon-Type Monster had grown and changed. Its neck was now slender and larger horns that curved backwards. The wings have grown broader and have electric blue zigzag patterns on it and even darker spots between the patterns. Finally, there were bumpy, curved outlines on where the wings connected to the body. Trick Claw screeched out, before literally slicing right through X-Krawler Qualiark's body, causing the Link Monster to explode.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2600 – 300 = 2300/ DEF Points: 3100 – 300 = 2800.

Krawler Receptor ATK Points: 1500 – 300 = 1200/ DEF Points: 1800 – 300 = 1500.

Krawler Dendrite ATK Points: 1900 – 300 = 1600/ DEF Points: 1200 – 300 = 900.

Issac had wide eyes of disbelief at seeing his Link Monster's second destruction, while white mist appeared around Trick Claw once more. The mist cleared to reveal Trick Claw back in its normal form, before it flew over to White Dragon Mask's right side. "Normally when Trick Claw destroys a Special Summoned monster though its effect, all White Dragon monsters I control gains 100 ATK X's the destroyed monster's Level. But since your Link Monster doesn't have Levels, that part of the effect won't activate. I think we've put a hard enough dent on your plans for now, so I'll just call it a turn". White Dragon Mask declared his turn over, before he spun his D-Board around to face forwards again.

Issac Life Points: 2600/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

"That pesky dragon won't be sticking around for long though! My turn!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out as the energy ring appeared around his left arm with a single card. "I draw!" He added as he drew the card in a dramatic fashion by grabbing hold of it, then swiping his right hand out to the side.

"I don't think so! Go, Thunder of Ruler!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed, throwing his right hand out forward, while his face-down card lifted itself up and revealed what it was. "I can only activate this card during your Standby Phase; so say "good-bye" to your Battle Phase because Thunder of Rules doesn't allow one this turn!" He explained the Trap card's effect with a smirk on his face, making Issac grit his teeth in anger at how he was denied a Battle Phase this turn.

The captain of the Knights of Hanoi took a deep breath to calm his nerves, while the card in his hand dematerialized. He swiped his right hand in front of himself, before two cards materialized in front of him. He slightly narrowed his eyes at the new addition, before holding his right hand out forward. "I activate the second effect of World Legacy Pawns!" Issac exclaimed as his Trap card released a bright white glow.

X-Krawler Qualiark's card materialized in front of the captain of the Knights of Hanoi, before he took hold of it with his right hand. "First, I shuffle a "Krawler" monster like my X-Krawler Qualiark…" Issac began to explain as the card dematerialized, before he swiped his right hand out. "Then I target one face-up monster I control and change it to face-down DEF Position!" He finished explaining his card's effect, before pointing towards Krawler Receptor. "I select my Krawler Receptor!" The captain declared as Krawler Receptor began to glitch, before changing into a side-ways face-down position card.

"But he won't be staying like that for long, because I'm flipping him over!" Issac exclaimed as the face-down sideways card changed into a straight position, before flipping over. A portal appeared, before Krawler Receptor came out of it and floated on Issac's field.

Krawler Receptor ATK Points: 900 + 300 = 1200/ DEF Points: 1200 + 300 = 1500/ Level: 2.

"Receptor's special ability activates! When this card is Flipped face-up, I can add a "Krawler" monster from my deck to my hand!" Issac explained his monster's effect as the energy ring of his Duel Disk appeared once more with a single card. The captain of the Knights of Hanoi picked the card up with his right hand, before holding it out and showed that it was another Krawler Soma card.

"I select my second Krawler Soma!" Issac declared his choice as the card dematerialized, before throwing his right hand into the air. "Manifest…my Circuit of dominance!" Issac roared out as his hand's palm glowed with energy, before a burst of energy came out and headed straight towards the sky. "Is he going for Qualiark again?" White Dragon Mask questioned with narrowed eyes, wondering if Issac would Link Summon X-Krawler Qualiark again. Azure remained silent, but kept his eye narrowed

The burst of energy struck the sky and created an Arrowhead portal. "Link Arrows authorized! The Summoning conditions are 2 EARTH Monsters! I set Krawler Dendrite and Krawler Receptor!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out as his two Insect-Type monsters transformed into brown hurricanes and shot out towards the Arrowhead portal. They struck the Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right, causing them to turn red.

"Link the Circuit! I Link Summon! Link-2! Missus Radiant!" Issac called out to the heavens as a pillar of light erupted out of the Arrowhead portal. Emerging from the pillar was a Link Monster that looked incredibly similar Milus Radiant, but less wild and more regal looking as it had a calm expression on its face as it stared at White Dragon – Trick Claw with a Circuit circle around it with the Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right Link Arrows glowing red, before they disappeared completely.

Missus Radiant ATK Points: 1400/ Link-2/ Link Arrows: Bottom-Left and Bottom-Right.

"Did he say "Missus Radiant"? It looks like Milus Radiant!" White Dragon Mask called out in surprise, looking over his left shoulder towards the new Link Monster floating in front of Issac and Krawler Soma. "You might be in trouble. That thing has a rather good effect for Earth Monsters". Azure informed his partner, getting the White Dragon Emperor to look down at him in confusion.

Luckily for Azure, he wouldn't need to explain as Issac was just about to do that. "Missus Radiant's effect activates! So long as this monster remains on the field; all EARTH Monsters on the field gain 500 ATK and DEF Points!" Issac explained his new Link Monster's effect as both Missus Radiant and Krawler Soma gained brown auras around their bodies, powering them up.

Missus Radiant ATK Points: 1400 + 500 = 1900.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2300 + 500 = 2800/ DEF Points: 2800 + 500 = 3300.

"I have to admit; an effect that powers up all EARTH Monsters on the field is impressive". White Dragon Mask commented with a slightly impressed look, finding Missus Radiant's effect a very useful one. "I understand that you like being a good sport, but now is not really the time. Besides, something tells me that he's not done just yet". Azure warned his partner, getting a nod of agreement in return as he knew that Issac wasn't done just yet.

They were proven correct as Issac thrust his right hand out. "I activate World Legacy in Shadow's effect! I can now Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Insect Monster from my hand in either face-up ATK Position, or face-down DEF Position!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi explained his Field Spell's effect as World Legacy in Shadow's card let out a brief light. He then held up his right hand, before Krawler Glail's card materialized above it.

"I select Krawler Glail!" Issac declared his choice, before the card dematerialized. AA face-down card in sideways position then materialized in front of Issac's D-Board. "Now I'll use World Legacy Pawns' effect to Flip up Glail!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi declared as World Legacy Pawns' card gleamed. Then side-ways face-down card then changed positions into a straight one, before flipping itself over. A portal appeared with Krawler Glail coming out of it, giving a small cry.

Krawler Glail ATK Points: 700 + 300 = 1000 + 500 = 1500/ DEF Points: 1500 + 300 = 1800 + 500 = 2300/ Level: 2.

"Glail's Flip Effect now activates! Come on back; Krawler Dendrite!" Issac called out, before another portal appeared and Krawler Dendrite came out of it.

Krawler Dendrite ATK Points: 1300 + 300 = 1600 + 500 = 2100/ DEF Points: 600 + 300 = 900 + 500 = 1400/ Level: 2.

"He's filled up his field again". White Dragon Mask pointed with narrowed eyes, an expression that Azure mimicked as he glared towards the Insect user. Issac cracked a bit with a smirk, before holding up his right hand.

"Manifest…my Circuit!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out as his hand's palm glowed with energy, before a burst of energy came out and headed straight towards the sky. The burst of energy struck the sky and created an Arrowhead portal. "Link Arrows authorized! The Summoning conditions are 2 EARTH Monsters! I set Krawler Glail and Krawler Dendrite in the Link Arrows!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out as his two Insect-Type monsters transformed into brown hurricanes and shot out towards the Arrowhead portal. They struck the Left and Right Link Arrows, causing them to glow red.

"Link the Circuit! I Link Summon! Link-2! X-Krawler Synaphysis!" Issac cried out to the heavens, before a pillar of light erupted out of the Arrowhead portal. X-Krawler Synaphysic soon came out of the pillar of light and gave out a powerful screech towards Trick Claw.

X-Krawler Synaphysis ATK Points: 1800 + 300 = 2100 + 500 = 2600/ Link-2/ Link Arrows: Left and Right.

"Now he has 2 Link Monsters on his field". Azure remarked with his eye narrowed at Synaphysis and Missus Radiant. "I can see why he earned his status as captain of the Knights of Hanoi". White Dragon Mask said to himself, a bit impressed with how Issac used his cards like that. "Synaphysis' special ability activates! Krawler monsters that this card points to gains 300 ATK/DEF Points!" Issac explained his new Link Monster's effect as a brown aura appeared over Krawler Soma.

White Dragon Mask looked down towards his Duel Disk's orb as a screen appeared over it, showing the field. On his field, White Dragon – Trick Claw had taken the middle Monster Zone. On Issac's field, Missus Radiant had taken his right Extra Monster Zone with X-Krawler Synaphysis taking the middle Monster Zone, right where Missus Radiant's Bottom-Left Link Arrow pointed to. Finally, Krawler Soma was in the right Monster Zone, right in X-Krawler Synaphysis' Link Arrow. World Legacy in Shadows was still in the Field Spell zone, and World Legacy Pawns was in the middle Spell/ Trap zone.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2800 + 300 = 3100/ DEF Points: 3300 + 300 = 3600.

"His deck really involves powering up". The Dragon-Type Duelist stated, before looking back forward with the holographic screen disappearing. "I can't attack, but I've set up the field for your defeat next turn. I'll end my turn by placing a monster in face-down DEF Position". Issac declared his turnover, while a face-down card in sideways position appeared in front of him.

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 1000/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

"This is not going well; both in terms of Life Points and monsters on the field. I think it's time to take off the kiddy gloves and get serious". The White Dragon Ignis advised his partner, getting White Dragon Mask to look down at him for a moment, before giving a nod of agreement. "I agree. Time to rev it up!" The White Dragon Emperor exclaimed as he placed his right hand's fingers on the top card of his deck.

"Here goes! I draw!" He called out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side. The Dragon-Type Duelist brought the card in front of his face to see what it was, before holding it out forward. "I activate my own Pot of Greed!" White Dragon Mask called out, before sending the card to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. The green pot with the face of a greedy man appeared in front of White Dragon Mask and cackled a bit.

"This Spell allows me to draw 2 cards from my deck". The Dragon-Type Duelist explained the Spell card's effect as he drew the top 2 cards of his deck, while the green pot shattered. White Dragon Mask held up his two new cards, and then grew a confident smile at what he saw. "All right! Now we're talking!" He exclaimed in an excited manner, getting Issac to frown in wonder at why his opponent seemed so excited.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh GX Jaden/Judai Yuki Theme Extended Version [HD])

White Dragon Mask spun his D-Board around, once again riding backwards as he faced his opponent with Trick Claw turning around as well. "Get ready to loss, because I just drew the card that'll end this duel!" The White Dragon Emperor explained, adding the two cards to his hand, before taking one of the two and held it up. "First, I'll set a face-down card". He began, slotting the card into his Duel Disk with a face-down card appearing on his field.

White Dragon Mask then picked up the last card with his right hand's index and middle fingers, before holding it up into the air. "Now, I play the Spell card; White Dragon Fusion!" The White Dragon Emperor cried out, and then proceeded to slot the card into his Duel Disk. A Spell card then materialized in front of him with the image showing two white coloured dragons with them swirling around in a portal, merging together.

(White Dragon Fusion/ Type: Spell / Effect: Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster by sending "White Dragon" monsters from your hand, field or deck to the Graveyard. During either player's turn, you can banish this card from your Graveyard. Until the end of this turn, whenever you would take damage you gain that amount of Life Points instead.)

Issac widened his eyes in shock upon seeing the card, having no idea what it was, or what "Fusion" meant. "What in the world!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out in surprise, while White Dragon Mask grinned with confidence as two cards slotted out of his deck. "White Dragon Fusion allows me to send "White Dragon" monsters from my hand, field or deck to the Graveyard in order to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck!" The Dragon-Type Duelist explained his famed Fusion card's effect as he took the two cards with his right hand, before holding them up.

They were both Monster Cards of two different monsters. One of them was a white skin Chinese dragon. It had white gleaming eyes with crescent moon shape blue wings that had glowing white crystals attached to it. The other was a white Cockatrice with emerald green highlights, silver hair and green eyes. "I select White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon and White Dragon – Wind Striker!" White Dragon Mask called out with eyes full of determination, before the two dragons appeared on his field.

(White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon/ Level 4/ Light/ ATK: 1700/ DEF: 1400/ Type: Dragon/ Tuner/ Effect/ Effect: When this card destroys a monster by battle, you can select one "White Dragon" monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it to the field. When a Dragon-Type Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Link Monster is Summoned using this card as material, you can Special Summon this card to the field in DEF Position.)

(White Dragon – Wind Striker/ Level 4/ Attribute: Wind/ ATK: 1600/ DEF: 1400/ Type: Dragon/ Effect/Effect: This card can be treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a Dragon-Type monster. You can only use each of the following effects of "White Dragon – Wind Striker" once per turn. You can send 1 Level 5 or higher monster from your hand to the GY; Special Summon this card from your hand. During the Battle Phase (Quick Effect): You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 monster on the field whose current ATK is different from its original ATK; its ATK becomes its original ATK.)

Crystal Wing Dragon and Wind Striker both roared, before ascending into the air, where a purple swirling portal had appeared, before they were absorbed into it. "I Fusion Summon! Level 8! White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon!" White Dragon Mask roared out to the heavens, before swiping up his right hand into the air, suddenly holding a card in between the index and middle fingers.

The swirling portal dispersed and revealed a new monster. It was a dragon that looked like Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, only the skin was white. The purple remained, while the horns and orbs on its body were silver. It had the same plant-like mouths like Starving Venom Fusion Dragon had, only more dragon themed. Finally, it had purple eyes with razor sharp teeth in its mouth. White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon unleashed a powerful roar, generating strong gusts of wind that pushed back Issac's monsters and forced him to cover his face with both forearms.

(White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon/ Attribute: Light/ Level: 8/ ATK Points: 2800/ DEF Points: 2500/ Type: Dragon/ Fusion/ Effect/ Requirements: Two Light Attribute monsters/ Effect: If this card is Fusion Summoned: All face-up cards your opponent currently controls have their effects negated. Once per turn, you can select one face-up Special Summon monster your opponent controls, reduces its ATK to 0. When this card is destroyed by battle or card effects; all monsters your opponent currently controls are destroyed and your opponent takes 500 points of damage for each one.)

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(Meanwhile in the real world)

The events that had taken place in LINK VRAINS had been displayed by the two remaining monitors that had remained in working condition with everyone watching, including Kolter, Lulu and Saya. One of the monitors showed Playmaker's Speed Duel against the Knight of Hanoi grunt, while the other one had shown the Speed Duel between White Dragon Mask and Issac.

The people watching had watched both Duels at the same time. They cheered loudly when Playmaker had won his match with Lulu and Saya very impressed at his skills, monsters and new Link Monster. With one match done, everyone turned their attention to the remaining Speed Duel taking place. It was clear that Issac had proven to be a powerful Duelist with the Krawler Deck and Link Monsters, yet everyone continued to watch with Lulu and Saya praying for White Dragon Mask's victory.

Now, both monitors were currently showing the snarling White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon. All the spectators had jaw dropping expressions on their faces as they stared at the Fusion Monster, while Kolter, Lulu and Saya stared at the monitors with different expressions than each other. The owner of Café Nom had an amazed expression on his face, Lulu had a simple smile at seeing her beloved finally getting serious and the little girl just looked excited at seeing Purple Fusion Dragon.

"Whoa, so that's how Fusion Summoning works, huh? Gotta say, it is a lot different than Link Summoning". Kolter said with a small smile, turning his head left to look at the two females next to him. "That is to be expected. Believe it or not, Fusion Summoning has been one of the oldest Summoning methods of our world, even way back before we were even born". Lulu told the purple haired male, much to Kolter's fascination as he gently took hold of his chin with his right hand.

"Fusion Summoning has advanced through the years, and even developed new styles. Daddy's Fusion Summoning style is one of the advance ones". The young child said with an innocent child smile on her face, before she went back to watching the Speed Duel with Lulu and Kolter following her lead.

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(LINK VRAINS)

Purple Fusion Dragon let out another powerful roar to let out access energy, something that made White Dragon Mask give a smile as he looked at his ace Fusion Monster's back, paying no attention to the shocked expression of Issac. Meanwhile with Playmaker and the Dark Ignis, the Cyberse Duelist had slightly wide eyes upon seeing the Fusion Summon. The Dark Ignis, however, wasn't one to hold in his shock.

"What the glitch!? That's not a Link Summon! What the heck is that!?" The Ignis questioned with his eye wide in shock, getting Playmaker to look down at him. "That is a Fusion Summon, a Summoning method not from this world". The Cyberse Duelist told the Dark Ignis, getting the A.I to turn his wide eye towards Playmaker. "Not from this world? What are you talking about?" The A.I questioned his new "partner" with a curious voice, yet Playmaker had no intention to answer him and instead went back to watching the Speed Duel.

"So, this is a Fusion Summon. As impressive as it is, this is not the time to be amazed, plenty of time for that later. Right now, you should hurry up and take this chump out". Azure advised his partner, although his voice did have a hint of awe in it, something that White Dragon Mask was able to detect with a grin on his face. The Dragon-Type nodded with a chuckle to his partner, before he looked forward and thrust his right hand out. "I activate the effects of both White Dragon – Crystal Wing in my Graveyard, and Purple Fusion Dragon!" The White Dragon Emperor exclaimed with a smirk, bringing up his left arm as a white light erupted from the orb where Azure's eye was.

"When White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon is used as Material for a Fusion Summon, we can Special Summon it back to the field in DEF Position!" Azure explained on behalf of his partner, while Crystal Wing Dragon's card materialized in sideways position in front of White Dragon Mask's D-Board. The card gleamed, before the white Chinese dragon flew out of the glow and into the air above, giving out a cry as it looked down at Issac's monsters.

White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon DEF Points: 1400/ Level: 4.

"And now for Purple Fusion Dragon's effect!" The Dragon-Type Duelist called out with a grin on his face. Purple Fusion Dragon's eyes gleamed purple for a second, before purple auras appeared over Missus Radiant, Krawler Soma and X-Krawler Synaphysis. Even the card forms of World Legacy in Shadow and World Legacy Pawns gained their own purple auras.

The purple auras disappeared, before the three monsters and 2 cards began to melt, much to the shock of Issac as he widened his eyes. "What in the actual heck!? What did you do to my cards!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi questioned in surprise, while Azure had a pleased expression with his eye closed in delight. "Simple; when Purple Fusion Dragon is Fusion Summoned, all face-up cards that the opponent controls have their effects negated". The White Dragon Ignis informed Issac, making him gasp in shock as he looked at his three monsters and saw them all power down.

Missus Radiant ATK Points: 1900 – 500 = 1400.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 3100 – 300 = 2800 – 300 = 2500 – 500 = 2000/ DEF Points: 3600 – 300 = 3300 – 300 = 3000 – 500 = 2500.

X-Krawler Synaphysis ATK Points: 2600 – 500 = 2100 – 300 = 1800.

"My monsters!" Issac exclaimed with wide eyes, while White Dragon Mask gave a confident smirk on his face. "How the tables have turn". He remarked, before turning to look down at Azure, who still had his eye closed in delight. "Way to go! Now's your chance to finish him off". The White Dragon Ignis said with a delighted voice, receiving a nod of agreement from White Dragon Mask, before he looked towards Issac and thrust his right hand out.

"No need to tell me twice! Trick Claw, attack Krawler Soma!" The White Dragon Emperor commanded his monster, getting a roar from Trick Claw as it flew forward. White mist briefly surrounded the Dragon-Type Monster, before clearing to reveal Trick Claw in his larger form. The larger dragon roared, before ramming right into Krawler Soma, causing the Insect-Type Monster to shatter into sparkles.

Trick Claw roared as it flew around the buildings, before white mist appeared around it. It quickly cleared to reveal Trick Claw back in his normal form with the Dragon-Type monster returning to White Dragon Mask's field. "Trick Claw's effect isn't over yet! When this card destroys an opponent's monster through its effect; all "White Dragon" monsters I control gain 100 ATK equal to the destroyed monster's Level!" The White Dragon Emperor explained his monster's effect as a white aura appeared over Trick Claw, Crystal Wing Dragon and Purple Fusion Dragon. "Krawler Soma is Level 6, so that's 600 points!" Azure calculated on his partner's behalf as all three dragons powered up.

White Dragon – Trick Claw ATK Points: 1000 + 600 = 1600.

White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon ATK Points: 1700 + 600 = 2300.

White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon ATK Points: 2800 + 600 = 3400.

"3400 ATK Points!? That's impressive I'll admit, but even if you attack Missus Radiant, I'll only take 2000 points of damage and still be in the duel". Issac told his opponent with a frown, yet White Dragon Mask just kept smirking with confidence. "That's what you think!" He exclaimed without a shred of doubt in his choice, before slightly holding up his left arm. "I activate Off Shave Battle's effect from the Graveyard!" White Dragon Mask declared, throwing his right hand into the air as Off Shave Battle's card materialized in front of him and let out a bright glow.

"By removing this card from the Graveyard; all Battle Damage this turn is doubled!" Azure explained Off Shave Battle's second effect, making Issac widen his eyes in surprise. "Say what!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out in surprise, while White Dragon Mask pointed his right hand's index finger towards Missus Radiant. "Purple Fusion Dragon, take out that Link Monster!" White Dragon Mask commanded his Fusion Monster, which Purple Fusion Dragon let out a roar, before one of its monster mouths shoot out towards Missus Radiant.

Issac gritted his teeth in rage, before swiping his right hand out to the side. "I activate my Skill!" The captain of the Knight of Hanoi cried out as his bug eye lit up like a lamp, causing both White Dragon Mask and Azure to widen their eyes in surprise. "His Skill!?" The White Dragon Emperor called out in surprise, while the Ignis narrowed his eye.

"Shock it! I forgot about that!" Azure exclaimed to himself, mentally kicking himself for forgetting about one of the most important factors of a Speed Duel. "My Skill is called Krawler Swarm!" Issac gave out the name of his skill, before a card materialized in front of him.

(Krawler Swarm/ Skill/ Effect: When an opponent's monster declares an attack; you can Special Summon one "Krawler monster from your hand in face-down DEF Position and change the attack to that target.)

"My Skill, when a monster that you control declares an attack, allows me to Special Summon a Krawler Monster from my hand!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi explained his Skill's effect, before he swiped his right hand forward and caused the card in front of him to flip around. It was a Monster Card with the image showing an armoured black spider with eight legs and a red eye as the center. "I choose Krawler Enigma!" Issac declared his choice, before the card dematerialized.

(Krawler Enigma/ Level: 2/ Attribute: EARTH/ Type: Insect/ Flip/ Effect/ ATK: 500/ DEF: 800/ Effect: Flip: All face-up "Krawler" cards and cards that mention "Krawler" in its text are removed from play; then placed back on the field in the same position as before. If this face-up card in its owner's control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon 2 "Krawler" monsters with different names from your Deck in face-down Defense Position, except "Krawler Enigma". You can only use each effect of "Krawler Enigma" once per turn.)

A face-down card then materialized in front of Issac's D-Board in a sideways position. Purple Fusion Dragon's monster mouth changed directions towards the face-down card, which flipped over and began to glow white. The same armoured black spider appeared from the glow, before the monster mouth completely ate it. "Enigma's special ability now activates! All face-up "Krawler" monsters and cards that mention "Krawler" in its text are removed from play!" Issac explained his new monster's effect, getting both White Dragon Mask and Azure to widen their eyes in surprise.

A black portal appeared, before X-Krawler Synaphysis, World Legacy in Shadow and World Legacy Pawns were all sucked into it. "What's the point of removing his own cards from play?" Azure questioned with a frown, as he clearly had no idea what the benefit of that effect was. "Simple; it was for this! Enigma then brings back all the cards removed from play in the same positions when they left!" Issac answered as Synaphysis came out of the portal, followed by the card forms of World Legacy in Shadow and World Legacy Pawns.

X-Krawler Synaphysis ATK: 1800/ Link-2/ Link Arrows: Left and Right.

White Dragon Mask widened his eyes in realization at the purpose of Krawler Enigma's effect. "That's it! Enigma's effect is to remove the card, then not only Summon them back, but as fresh monsters!" The Dragon-Type Duelist called out with wide eyes, causing Azure to widen his own eye. "That means that Purple Fusion Dragon's effect has no effect on those cards anymore, meaning their effects are useable again!" The White Dragon Ignis remarked, while both Synaphysis and World Legacy in Shadow both began glowing a brown colour.

X-Krawler Synaphysis ATK: 1800 + 300 = 2100.

White Dragon Mask slightly gritted his teeth at seeing this, before he let out a sigh to release himself of his stress. "Getting angry won't make things better. With Purple Fusion Dragon's attack wasted, I've got no moves left. You're up!" The White Dragon Emperor declared his turn over, spinning his D-Board back forward and took off with his 3 dragons flying after him.

(Music end)

Issac Life Points: 2600/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

The energy ring appeared around Issac's left arm with a single card, which he placed his right hand's index and middle finger on. "This Duel has been fun, but it's time that I finish this duel. I…draw!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi roared out as he drew his card, generating a powerful gust of wind as he drew. The energy ring disappeared as Issac brought the card in front of himself, before giving a grin at seeing what it was.

"I activate the Spell card; Doll Hammer!" Issac cried out as he spun the card around in his hand to reveal what it was, before the card dematerialized and a larger copy of it materialized right besides World Legacy Pawns' card and glowed. A large hammer was then tossed out of the glowing card, before it came down and slammed down hard on Missus Radiant, causing the Beast-Type Monster to howl out in pain, and then shattered into particles.

Azure widened his eye in surprise, while White Dragon Mask narrowed his eyes at the sight. "Doll Hammer destroys one monster that I control; in exchange I get to draw 2 cards and one monster you control is forced to change Battle Positions!" Issac explained the Spell card's effect as the energy ring reappeared, only with two cards this time. The captain of the Knights of Hanoi drew the two new cards without look, before holding his right hand out towards White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon. "Crystal Wing Dragon, put em up!" He declared his choice as Crystal Wing Dragon rose up from its defensive stance.

White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon DEF Points: 1400/ ATK Points: 2300.

Issac held up his two new cards to look at them, before giving a small as they dematerialized. "Now, Missus Radiant's effect activates! When this card is destroyed by battle; or by a card effect; I can add 1 EARTH monster from my Graveyard to my hand!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi explained with a smirk on his face, before the energy ring appeared around his left along with Krawler Glial's card.

Issac took hold of the card with his right hand's index and middle fingers, before holding it up. "I select Krawler Glial's card!" The EARTH Duelist declared his choice with narrowed eyes. "Then, I activate World Legacy in Shadow's effect in order to Special Summon Glial in face-down DEF Position!" Issac cried out as the card that he was holding dematerialized, before a face-down card in sideways position appeared on his field.

Issac then thrusted his right hand out to the right side. "Now, I activate World Legacy Pawns' effect in order to flip up Krawler Glial!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out as World Legacy Pawns' card gleamed for a moment, before the sideways face-down card changed positions into a straightforward position, and then flipped over. A portal appeared right above the card, and out came Krawler Glial.

Krawler Glial ATK Points: 700 + 300 = 1000 + 300 = 1300/ DEF Points: 1500 + 300 = 1800 + 300 = 2100.

"Glial's Flip Effect now activates! When this card is flipped to face-up position; I can Special Summon a Krawler from either my hand; or GY! And this time; I'll Summon one from my hand!" Issac explained his monster's effect, bringing his right hand up as Krawler Soma's card materialized between his index and middle fingers. "Say "hello" to my second Krawler Soma!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out, before another portal materialized on his left and another Krawler Soma came out of it.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2000 + 300 = 2300 + 300 = 2600/ DEF Points: 2500 + 300 = 2800 + 300 = 3100.

Issac began to let out a loud laugh as he held his arms out to the sides. "And now; the stage is set for my most powerful monster!" The EARTH Duelist exclaimed with a grin, before holding his right hand straight into the air. "Manifest…my Circuit!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out as his hand's palm glowed with energy, before a burst of energy came out and headed straight towards the sky. The burst of energy struck the sky and created an Arrowhead portal.

"Most powerful monster, huh? Looks like he's finally playing his trump card". White Dragon Mask remarked with a small grin on his face, getting Azure to look up at him. "I guess you have a point. He doesn't seem like the type exaggerate about something". The White Dragon Ignis said to his partner, before they both turned their attention back to the captain of the Knights of Hanoi.

"Link Arrows authorized! The Summoning conditions are 2 Krawler Monsters! I set the Link-2 X-Krawler Synaphysis and Krawler Glial in the Link Arrows!" Issac cried out to the heavens, bringing his right hand down in front. Krawler Glial transformed into a brown twister, while Sunaphysis split into two brown ones. The three tornados ascended into the air, before striking the Bottom-Left, Bottom and Bottom-Right Link Arrows, causing them to turn red.

"Link the Circuit! I Link Summon! Link-3! X-Krawler Destructor!" The EARTH Duelist shouted out as a bright pillar of energy erupted out of the Arrowhead portal and came down behind him. The pillar of light cleared to reveal a new monster that easily outsized Purple Fusion Dragon. It was a white armoured, humanoid Insect monster. It had the arms, body and legs of a human, but that was all the humanoid parts it had. On its back were 4 dragonfly-like wings and had a rhino beetle head with yellow eyes. X-Krawler Destructor unleashed an ear-piercing screech as it flew behind Issac, who had a confident grin on his face.

(X-Krawler Destructor/ Attribute: EARTH/ Link-3/ Type: Link/ Insect/ Effect/ ATK: 2500/ Link Arrows: Bottom-Left, Bottom, Bottom-right/ Requirements: 2 Krawler monsters/ Effect: This card cannot be destroyed so long as it points to a "Krawler" monster. Once per turn; you can select one "Krawler" monster that this card points to, switch its battle position to face-down DEF Position, then destroy one card on your opponent's field. If this face-up card is destroyed by battle, or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect while its owner controls it: You can target 2 "Krawler" monsters with different names in your GY; Special Summon them in face-down Defense Position.)

X-Krawler Destructor ATK Points: 2500 + 300 = 2800.

Krawler Soma ATK Points: 2600 – 300 = 2300/ DEF Points: 3100 – 300 = 2800.

"Well, that's just great, a Link-3 Monster". Azure remarked with his eye narrowed in an annoyed manner, while White Dragon Mask narrowed his eyes as a screen appeared above his Duel Disk's orb. His field showed White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon in his right Extra Monster zone, Trick Claw still in the middle Monster Zone and Crystal Wing Dragon in the right one. His face-down card was also in the middle Spell & Trap zone as well.

On Issac's field; X-Krawler Destructor had taken the other Extra Monster Zone on White Dragon Mask's left. Krawler Soma was placed in the left Monster Zone, right where Destructor's Bottom Link Arrow was pointing to. "Let's see what this thing is made out of". The White Dragon Emperor said with a serious tone, before looking up towards X-Krawler Destructor.

Issac had a look of pure confidence on his face at having his strongest monster on his field. He brought up his right hand, before swiping it to the side. "Before I get to crushing you with Destructor; I have to take care of a few lose ends. I activate Krawler Soma's special ability!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi cried out, throwing his right hand into the air as Krawler Soma's wires attached to it straightened up and pointed forward. "Remember; by lowering its Level by 2 or 4, I can Summon new Krawlers from my deck. I'll reduce his Level by 4…" Issac began as a dark blue aura appeared over Krawler Soma as its Level went down.

Krawler Soma Level: 6 – 4 = 2.

The EARTH Duelist then swiped his right hand in front of himself, before two cards materialized in front of him. "I Summon Krawler Axon and Krawler Ranvier!" Issac declared his choices as the two cards dematerialized. Two portals appeared, before Krawler Axon and Krawler Ranvier appeared from within them.

Krawler Ranvier ATK Points: 1100 + 300 = 1400/ DEF Points: 900 + 300 = 1200/ Level: 2.

Krawler Axon ATK Points: 500 + 300 = 800/ DEF Points: 1800 + 300 = 2100/ Level: 2.

White Dragon Mask looked back at the screen that showed the field. Krawler Axon had taken Issac's middle Monster Zone, right where X-Krawler Destructor's Bottom Right Link Arrow pointed to, while Ranvier had taken the middle Monster Zone. "Okay, he's got a full field again. What is he up to this time?" Azure questioned with a frown, wondering just what Issac was planning now. White Dragon Mask remained silent as the screen disappeared, but he had a feeling that he wasn't going to like what happens next.

Issac brought up his right hand and snapped his fingers. "Time to put you in the dirt. I'll set a face-down card as an insurance policy…" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi began as a face-down card materialized on his field. He then swiped his right hand into the air, gesturing to Destructor behind him. "I activate X-Krawler Destructor's special ability!" Issac declared out loud, causing Destructor's eye to flash red for a moment.

The Link Monster then brought out its right hand and held it over Krawler Axon, before white energy began generating out of it. "First; Destructor lets me select a "Krawler" monster on my field, then switch it to face-down DEF Position…" Issac began to explain as Krawler Axon began to glitch for a moment, before changing into a face-down card in sideways position. "Then, I can destroy one card that you control!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi finished explaining, getting White Dragon Mask to grit his teeth.

"Just terrific". He groaned out, while X-Krawler Destructor's right hand stopped generating white energy, before bringing it up and held it out towards Purple Fusion Dragon. "Looks like he's targeting Purple Fusion Dragon. I advise not letting your dragon being destroyed. Destructor has an ability that prevents it from being destroyed so long as it points to a "Krawler" monster, so Purple Fusion Dragon' effect would be wasted". Azure warned his partner, his eye narrowed as he explained the Link Monster's effect.

White Dragon Mask tilted his head and looked down at the White Dragon Ignis with a serious expression. "Thanks for the heads up". The Dragon-Type Duelisr thanked his partner, before looking back towards Destructor, right before it fired a white blast towards Purple Fusion Dragon.

The White Dragon Emperor turned around and then thrust his right hand out forward. "Think again! No way am I letting that happen! I play my Trap card; Mysterious Trap!" White Dragon Mask called out, throwing his right hand out to the side as his face-down card flipped itself over. The Trap card's image showed the card form of Mirror Force with a white mirage version of it besides the Trap with both of them starting to gleam a white colour.

(Mysterious Trap/ Type: Trap/ Effect: Remove from play one "White Dragon" monster from your Graveyard, select one Trap card in your deck that lists "White Dragon" or "Stardust" in its text, set it. The card selected can be activated on the turn that it is set. Once per turn, except the turn that this card was sent to the GY; you can banish this card and one other Trap card; all Monsters you control gains 1000 ATK and are unaffected by your opponent's Traps this turn.)

A black portal appeared in front of Mysterious Trap's card, before White Dragon – Scout Gardna appeared over it. "By removing a White Dragon Monster, like my Scout Gardna, Mysterious Trap allows me to set a Trap card from my deck, so long as it lists "White Dragon" or "Stardust" in its text!" White Dragon Mask explained the effects of the Trap, while Scout Gardna flew into the black portal, which closed as soon as the Dragon-Type monster entered.

The Dragon-Type Duelist's deck shuffled for a moment, and then suddenly stopped with a single card slotted out of it. White Dragon Mask took hold of the card with his right hand's index and middle fingers, before he held it up. The Trap card's image showed Stardust Charge Warrior blocking an attack from Crimson Blader. "I select the Trap card; White Dragon Veil!" The Dragon-Type Duelist declared his choice, before slotting it into his Duel Disk.

(White Dragon Veil/ Type: Trap/ Effect: "White Dragon" and "Stardust" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle, or by card effects for the rest of this turn.)

A face-down card then appeared in front of him, before White Dragon Mask threw his right hand out towards it. "The card set by Mysterious Trap's effect allows it to be activated, so I'm free to activate White Dragon Veil!" The Dragon-Type Duelist informed his opponent, right as the face-down card lifted itself up and began to gleam a white colour.

"Thanks to this Trap card; all White Dragon and Stardust monsters on my field cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects this turn!" White Dragon Mask explained his Trap card's effect, before a veil appeared in front of Purple Fusion Dragon, Crystal Wing Dragon and Trick Claw. The white black struck the veil, but was deflected into the sky, where it exploded. Issac looked up at where the blast was deflected, before he turned to look back at White Dragon Mask and gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"Not bad; but I'm not done just yet!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi exclaimed with his eyes narrowed, before holding his right hand out as a single card materialized in front of the palm. "I activate the Equip Spell; Cursed Armaments!" Issac cried out as the card dematerialized, before a larger version of it appeared in front of his D-Board. Then, a purple aura appeared around Purple Fusion Dragon, causing it to start groaning in discomfort, getting White Dragon Mask to look up at his ace Fusion dragon with wide eyes.

"For every monster that I have on my field; Cursed Armaments reduces the ATK Points of your monster by 600! Since I have 4 monsters on my field; your dragon loses 2400 points!" Issac explained his Spell card's effect with a growing grin, getting White Dragon Mask to turn back towards him as his dragon powered down.

White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon ATK Points: 3400 – 2400 = 1000.

"Well, that is a rather troublesome effect". Azure remarked with his eye narrowed, while White Dragon Mask turned to look up towards his ace Fusion Monster. "Let's see how you survive this! X-Krawler Destructor attacks White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon!" Issac commanded his ace monster, pointing towards the Fusion Monster with his right hand's index finger. Destructor let out a fierce cry, before rearing its right fist back.

"Uhh, partner?" Azure said to the Dragon-Type Duelist, which White Dragon Mask gave a nod as he knew what to do. "I know! I activate White Dragon – Wind Striker's special ability from the Graveyard!" The White Dragon Emperor declared, thrusting his right hand out as a white portal appeared in front of his D-Board. "By removing this card from my Graveyard; I can select one monster on the field that's ATK is different from its original, like my Purple Fusion Dragon; its ATK is restored!" White Dragon Mask explained with a grin, while Issac widened his eyes in surprise.

White Dragon – Wind Striker appeared above the white portal, before dispersing into particles that went into the portal. Then, a white pillar of energy came out and struck Purple Fusion Dragon's back, dealing no harm and instead restored his power.

White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon ATK Points: 1000 + 1800 = 2800.

"Fight back, Purple Fusion Dragon!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed with his eyes narrowed, getting a roar in response from the Fusion Monster as Purple Fusion Dragon opened its mouth and let out a purple stream from its mouth. X-Krawler Destructor thrust its right fist out and struck the stream attack. The two attacks struggled against one another with both monsters attempting to overpower one another.

"Thanks to my White Dragon Veil, Purple Fusion Dragon is safe from destruction this turn!" White Dragon Mask reminded his opponent of his Trap card, which Issac gave a grin in response. "X-Krawler Destructor can't be destroyed if he points to a Krawler monster, so it looks like this is a standstill". The captain of the Knight of Hanoi reminded the Dragon-Type user of his Link Monster's effect as Purple Fusion Dragon's stream attack pushed Destructor's fist back, before dying down completely.

"Looks like you get one last turn, count yourself lucky then. I have no move left to make, so I'll just end my turn here. Your move, make it count". Issac told his opponent, declaring his turn over as he had no other move left to make.

White Dragon Mask Life Points: 1000/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

"My turn now!" White Dragon Mask declared, placing his right hand on the top card of his deck. "I draw!" He added, drawing the card in his usual dramatic fashion by swiping the card out to the side. "Before you get to anything; I have something to say!" Issac suddenly cried out, throwing his right hand out and catching the attention of both White Dragon Mask and Azure. "Go; Trap card! Titanocider!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi exclaimed as the face-down card on his field lifted itself up.

"This card targets a Special Summoned monster from your Extra Deck! Not only does it reduce your monster's ATK to 0, but it also negates your monster's effects!" Issac explained his Trap card's effect with a grin, making White Dragon Mask widen his eyes in surprise. A golden arrow shot out of Titanocider's card and struck Purple Fusion Dragon's chest, making him cry out in pain.

White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon ATK Points: 2800 – 2800 = 0.

"You gotta be kidding me!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed with wide eyes, before looking at the new card in his hand and saw that it was a Monster card. It was a white dragon that looked like Hunter Dragon, only its skin was white while the wings were silver. This was White Dragon – Skylight, one of his go-to Tuner Monsters.

(White Dragon – Skylight/ Level: 3/ ATK Points: 1400/ DEF Points: 1000/ Attribute: Light/ Type: Dragon/Effect/Tuner/ Effect: Once per turn, you can Special Summon one Dragon-Type monster from your hand to the field, but it cannot attack this turn. If this card is used for a Synchro, Xyz, Fusion, Ritual or Link Material, you can draw one card.)

Seeing the Tuner Monster made him narrow his eyes a bit. Not an ideal card for this situation as Purple Fusion Dragon cannot use its ability to reduce any of Issac's monster's ATK to 0, nor Synchro Summon one of his ace monsters that can get him out of this situation.

"This is not a good situation". The Dragon-Type user remarked; before being caught in surprise by Azure. "The opposite in fact. You have everything in place for your victory". The White Dragon Ignis told the White Dragon Emperor, getting the 17-year-old male to look down at his new partner in confusion. "And how is that, exactly?" White Dragon Mask questioned his partner, getting a mischievous look in return from Azure.

"You've forgotten that you still haven't used your Skill just yet". The White Dragon Ignis told his partner, making White Dragon Mask frown in further confusion at his words. "That's because I don't have one, nor do I know how to use one". The 17-year-old boy replied to the White Dragon Ignis as he still had no idea how to use a Skill, despite seeing Issac using his own Skill.

"Don't worry about that; I've already given you a Skill to use". Azure told his partner, causing White Dragon Mask to widen his eyes in surprise as he wondered when the White Dragon Ignis did that.

"Listen carefully; this Skill was originally called "Storm Access", a Skill that all of us Ignis are in possession of, but some of us have adjusted our versions of it and transformed them into new ones. The one that I've created is called "Draconic Storm Access", one that is perfect for you". Azure began to explain to the teenage male, who paid great attention as he listened completely. "What does this Skill do?" White Dragon Mask asked with a curious voice, honestly liking the name as it was dragon themed.

"It works with the Data Storm; a phenomenon that happens in Speed Duels. Normally with Storm Access, a Duelist can enter and take a Link Monster inside of the Data Storm and make that monster their own". Azure explained to his partner, much to the amazement of White Dragon Mask.

"Yet, with Draconic Storm Access; the monster will be a Dragon-Type Link Monster instead of a Cyberse one. The only requirement is that the Duelist has a White Dragon Monster on their field". The White Dragon Ignis finished explaining about Draconic Storm Access. White Dragon Mask had an amazed expression on his face after hearing all of that, before he raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, so where's this Data Storm?" The Dragon-Type Duelist asked the Ignis, causing Azure to give a sly expression at him. "You just leave that to me. The difference between the Dark Ignis and I is that he can't summon a Data Storm, but I can!" Azure suddenly cried out as his eye form gleam a bright white light, making White Dragon Mask slightly widen his eyes in surprise. "Come! White Data Storm!" The White Dragon Ignis roared out, before the gleam suddenly died down, leaving the Dragon-Type Duelist blinking at his partner.

Then, streaks of the Data Material wind suddenly began to kick up and gather up ahead; only they changed colours from purple to white. All of a sudden, they came together and formed a giant white twister with silver streams, so large that it outsized LINK VRAINS' buildings. White Dragon Mask and Issac looked up at the White Data Storm with wide eyes as it raged in the center of the city.

They weren't the only ones staring up at the White Data Storm with wide eyes; both Playmaker and the Dark Ignis were staring up at it as well from the rooftop that the Cyberse Duelist was standing atop on. "Is that a Data Storm?" Playmaker questioned the Dark Ignis, yet didn't look at him and instead kept looking up at the raging White Data Storm. "Yup, yup, it is. Only it isn't a normal one, it's a White Data Storm". The Dark Ignis answered the Cyberse Duelist, finally getting him to look down at the A.I in his Duel Disk.

"A White Data Storm? What is that, and what makes it different than a normal Data Storm?" Playmaker further questioned the Dark Ignis as he wanted to know what makes the two Data Storms different compared to the other.

"A White Data Storm is a Data Storm that Azure creates by infusing his code into the Data Material, thus making a new kind of Data Storm. Unlike the normal ones where you get a Cyberse Monster, this one has Dragons in it instead. And knowing him; he's probably created a Skill suited for your friend that'll work with the White Data Storm". The Dark Ignis explained to the Cyberse Duelist about the White Data Storm, much to Playmaker's fascination as he went back to watching the Speed Duel taking place.

Back with White Dragon Mask and Issac, they were still looking up at the White Data Storm as they rode their D-Boards to it unintentionally, all the while their monsters continued to fly besides them. "A Data Storm that's white?! What the hell!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi called out in disbelief at what he was seeing, having never heard about this phenomenon before in his life.

White Dragon Mask was silent, but did have a fascinated expression on his face as he stared at the White Data Storm, before he turned his attention down to Azure. "Okay, rather impressive to summon one of those things, but now what?" The Dragon-Type Duelist asked his partner with a curious expression, getting a mischievous one from the White Dragon Ignis in return. "Simple; just charge into it". The White Dragon Ignis answered his partner, making White Dragon Mask raise an eyebrow at him, even though it couldn't be seen thanks to his mask.

"…Is that really it?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in a slightly surprised voice as he expected more. "Oh, don't consider this easy. Inside of that storm is a stronger wind that can never be created in the Real World. You get blown out of that thing, you'll smash right into one of the surrounding buildings and worst of all; you'll be feeling it in the Real World". The White Dragon Ignis warned his partner, resulting in White Dragon Mask growing a dangerous grin on his face.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS SOUND DUEL 2 - Track 02 The One Who Seizes the Storm)

"I take back what I thought before; this won't be easy. It'll be fun!" The White Dragon Emperor exclaimed with an excited voice as his D-Board's boosters suddenly flared up and he took off towards the White Data Storm, much to Issac's surprise. "Hey!? You can't be serious about going into that thing!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi questioned his opponent, yet White Dragon Mask paid him no attention and soon entered the White Data Storm, while his dragons flew into the air.

It was just like what Azure said; the inside of the Data Storm had an incredible, powerful breeze that White Dragon Mask felt pushing him, yet he kept standing on his D-Board. White Dragon Mask gritted his teeth as his jacket and tail blew widely in the breeze, his right hand in a fist and left one tightly holding Skylight's card. "Well, you weren't wrong about this wind being strong. Still, it'll take more than this to blow me away!" The Dragon-Type Duelist growled out, shifting his eyes from looking forward towards Azure's eye in his Duel Disk's orb.

The White Dragon Ignis now had a pleased expression on his face at his partner's actions. "I am glad to hear that. Now; you need to declare out loud that you're activating your Skill and call out "Draconic Storm Access!" After that, hold out your right hand! The White Data Storm will gather and form the card of the monster you'll get!" Azure explained to his partner, instructing him on what to do in order to use his Skill.

White Dragon Mask gave a sharp nod to his partner, before facing forward once more. He brought up his right hand and opened it. "I activate my Skill; Draconic Storm Access!" The White Dragon Emperor declared, before thrusting his right hand out forward.

(Draconic Storm Access/ Skill/ Effect: If the user has a "White Dragon" monster and your Life Points are lower than the opponent's by 1000: Randomly obtain a Dragon-Type Link Monster from a nearby White Data Storm and add it to the Extra Deck.)

Suddenly, streaks of the White Data Storm began to leak out and gather in the palm of his hand. "If I control a "White Dragon" monster on my field and my Life Points are lower than yours by 1000; Draconic Storm Access allows me to take a Dragon-Type Link Monster from the White Data Storm and add it to my Extra Deck!" White Dragon Mask explained his Skill, yet most of his focus was on his right hand and how it was absorbing energy from the White Data Storm.

Suddenly, the White Data Storm expanded and increased tenfold, surprising White Dragon Mask and Azure so much that the Dragon-Type Duelist nearly fell off of his D-Board. "What the heck just happen!?" The Dragon-Type Duelist called out in surprise, keeping his right hand out as more energy from before was being absorbed as a card began to form. "I think we've caught ourselves a big fish". Azure said with a slightly delighted voice, getting a raised eyebrow from White Dragon Mask.

"Care to explain what you mean by "a big fish", because I'm not aware of what you mean". The White Dragon Emperor requested from the White Dragon Ignis, getting Azure to look up at him with a delight expression.

"It's rather simple; the more powerful a Data Storm is, the more powerful the monster you'll get will be. Since the White Data Storm is this powerful, you're gonna get a really powerful monster. Just make sure you don't get blown away". Azure explained to his partner, causing the White Dragon Emperor to grow an excited grin on his face as he grabbed hold of his right wrist with his left hand.

"Is that so? Well, there's no way that I'm messing up the chance of getting a new, powerful monster! I'm getting it!" White Dragon Mask exclaimed with a grin on his face, causing Azure to let out a pleased laugh at his partner's words. "I am glad to hear that! Now; focus completely and you'll get your new monster". The White Dragon Ignis told the Dragon-Type Duelist, which he nodded as he kept facing forward.

White Dragon Mask kept absorbing more data from the Data Storm the card still forming in front of his right hand. Just then, an unfamiliar roar of a dragon appeared out of nowhere, followed by the creature appearing in the data storm. Its form was completely covered, yet had the appearance of a bipedal dragon that stood on two feet, large horns that pointed backwards and what seemed to be shedding energy from its wings. Finally, it easily rivaled Novaforce Stardust Dragon in size.

The unknown creature turned its head towards White Dragon Mask and stared at him with blue eyes. The Dragon-Type Duelist turned his gaze towards the hidden creature as well, staring right into the glowing blue eyes that it had. After a moment or two; the unknown dragon turned to face forward and unleashed a roar as it flew forward; all the while White Dragon Mask's eyes followed it.

The unknown creature brought up its right hand that had five sharp nailed fingers, before it swiped its arm down in a slash, tearing open a path through the White Data Storm. It then turned around, spreading its wings out fully, and looked towards White Dragon Mask as the forming card was near completion. The unknown dragon opened its mouth, yet instead of a snarl or growl, words came out instead.

'My strength…is yours now'. The dragon said in a sharp voice, before flapping its wings and shot out towards White Dragon Mask. The Dragon-Type Duelist and Azure showed no hint of panic as the unknown dragon drew closer. Just as it was in front of White Dragon Mask, the forming card was completed. The dragon then literally began to enter the card, turning into blue streaks that stuck the card and began to change its image from blank into a blue colour.

The dragon soon entered the card completely with its forming finished, now a Link Monster card. White Dragon Mask gave a grin as he took hold of the card with his right hand's thumb, index and middle fingers. "I got it!" He cried out in triumph, while Azure looked pleased with his partner's success. "Well done! Now; finish this Duel!" The White Dragon Ignis told the Dragon-Type Duelist with his eye closed in delight.

White Dragon Mask let out a small "ha", before blasting forward on his D-Board and right out of the White Data Storm. Issac gasped upon seeing his opponent emerge from the unknown phenomenon unharmed. "No way; he survived!" The EARTH Duelist cried out as White Dragon Mask landed his D-Board back on the Data Material wind 10 feet in front of him.

White Dragon Mask held up his left arm and slotted his new Link Monster's card into the Duel Disk's Extra Deck. His monsters; White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon, Trick Claw and Crystal Wing Dragon flew in behind their Duelist and all gave excited growls, ready to make their move. The White Dragon Emperor gave a grin, before holding up Skylight's card with his right hand.

"To start my comeback, I'll Summon White Dragon – Skylight!" The teenage boy called out, before swiping the card onto the Duel Disk. A portal appeared on his right, before Skylight came out and gave a growl.

White Dragon – Skylight ATK Points: 1400/ Level: 3.

"What good will that move do? That monster doesn't stand a chance against my monsters!" Issac pointed out with a confused frown, resulting in the White Dragon Emperor giving an amused and excited chuckle. "Skylight's purpose isn't to fight your monsters; it's for another purpose". The Dragon-Type Duelist told his opponent, confusing Issac even more than before. However, he then widened in eyes in realization as he figured out what his opponent was planning.

"You cannot be serious!?" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi shouted out in disbelief, getting an excited laugh in response. "Oh, I'm deadly serious!" The White Dragon Emperor responded to the EARTH Duelist, before he turned to look up at the sky above them. "Come forth…Circuit that brings light to darkness!" White Dragon Mask cried out, throwing his right hand up towards the sky, before his palm began to spark with white energy. An Arrowhead portal then appeared in the sky above, getting not only Issac, but Playmaker and the Dark Ignis to look up at it.

"Well, looks like he's changing his style from whatever that Fusion thingy was to Link style. I guess it can't be helped; Link Summoning is so much better". The Dark Ignis remarked with a smug look, yet Playmaker didn't turn to look at him, but did acknowledge him. "There's no Summoning method that's better than the other. It is how a Duelist uses the Summoning that counts". The Cyberse Duelist told the AI with a strict voice, getting the Dark Ignis to grumble a bit at the lack of "respectful" talking.

White Dragon Mask kept his right hand up in the air, towards the Arrowhead portal. "Link Arrows authorized…" He began as he brought down his right hand, before bringing up his left arm in front of himself. A screen appeared above Azure's eye with the words "2 + Dragon-Type monsters" on it. "I require 2 or more Dragon-Type monsters! I set White Dragon – Purple Fusion Dragon, Trick Claw, Crystal Wing Dragon and Skylight in the Link Arrows!" The White Dragon Emperor declared out loud, while the screen above Azure disappeared.

The four dragons all let out fierce roars, before they all transformed into white twisters and shot out towards the Arrowhead portal. They all danced around one another, before they struck the Top, Left, Right and Bottom Link Arrows, causing them to glow red. "Link the Circuit! I Link Summon!" White Dragon Mask added, right before a large and wide white tornado erupted out of the Arrowhead portal.

The tornado came down behind White Dragon Mask and seemed to follow him as he rode his D-Board. Glowing blue eyes then appeared, visible inside of the tornado, facing forward. "Link-4! White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon!" The White Dragon Emperor concluded as wings erupted out of the tornado's sides and blew it away completely, revealing the new monster.

It was a large white bipedal dragon, easily the same size as Novaforce Stardust Dragon that had large horns on its head, pointed backwards. It had white skin and white wings and was shedding blue energy from its wings. Blue Link Dragon had glowing blue eyes and no teeth in his mouth. It had two hands with five sharp nailed fingers, along with its two talons. Blue Link Dragon had a long white tail and finally, it had silver and blue outlines across its body. White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon reared its claws in, before spreading both them and its wings out, generating a powerful gust of wind upon its appearance.

(White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon/ Attribute: Light/ ATK: 2500/ LINK: 4/ Link Arrows: Top, Bottom, Left, Right/ Type: Dragon/Link/Effect/ Requirements: 2 or more Dragon-Type monsters/ Effect: This card gains 500 ATK for each Dragon-Type monster it points to. When this card battles; your opponent cannot activate Spells, Traps or monster effects until the end of the Damage Step. Once per turn; you can select one of your opponent's monsters, send one monster from your deck to the GY, the selected monster loses ATK equal to the discarded card's ATK. During your Standby Phase, you can Special Summon one "White Dragon" or "Stardust" monster from the Graveyard in DEF to a zone that this card points to.)

(Music end)

Issac had wide eyes full of disbelief as he stared at the back of Blue Link Dragon as dragon flew behind its Duelist. "A Link-4 Monster!? How in the heck do you have a Link Monster of the highest Link rating?!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi questioned in disbelief, knowing that Link-4 monsters were incredibly powerful and rare.

He wasn't the only one surprised at the appearance of Blue Link Dragon; both Playmaker and the Dark Ignis were as well. "Holly glitch; that's a Link-4 Monster! How can they be so lucky to get a Link-4, while all we got was a Link-3!?" The Dark Ignis questioned out loud, his eye nearly popping out of the Duel Disk. Playmaker didn't answer the AI, just kept staring at the large dragon as it flew behind White Dragon Mask with slightly narrowed eyes of calculation. 'This monster… its presence is unlike any other I've felt before'. Playmaker said inside of his mind, feeling that there is more to this "Blue Link Dragon" than it appears.

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(Real World)

Back in the real world, the two monitors continued to display the events of the Speed Duel between White Dragon Mask and Issac, but were now showing White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon to the people watching. Everyone had amazed expressions on their faces upon seeing the Link-4 Monster, some were even taking pictures of the great beast displayed.

Among the amazed spectators were Lulu, Kolter and Saya as all three of them were staring at the new dragon in awe and amazement. "Wow…I've never seen a dragon like that before". The 7-year-old girl said with her hands clapped together and eyes large at seeing the beautiful creature. "Well; looks like both our guys got some new toys to use. I wonder what this big, bad boy can do". The owner of Café Nom said with his arms crossed with an eager smile on his face at seeing what Blue Link Dragon could do.

Lulu was silent as she stared at the screen as she held her right hand to her chest. Everything she's seen so far from LINK VRAINS has had a really big effect on her so far. Sure, she might not be a technology person or a gamer like that, but virtual reality was really amazing in her eyes. Now, seeing a new White Dragon Monster has reached the tip of her eagerness, as she now wanted to enter the world of LINK VRAINS herself to see what it was like.

Lulu took a moment to look towards Saya, where she saw the child watching the screen displaying White Dragon Mask and Blue Link Dragon. The Winged Beast user gave a small smile, before she turned to look at Kolter.

She walked up next to him and tapped his left shoulder with her right hand, getting the adult man to look at her. "Could you watch Saya for me? I'm gonna go ahead and log into LINK VRAINS, just in case". Lulu requested from Kolter with a gentle look, making the purple haired man blink at her.

"Uh, sure, I guess. Just try to find somewhere to hide when you do that". The owner of Café Nom told the purple haired girl with a slightly serious expression. Lulu's expression fell slightly at Kolter's warning but did nod to him. She wasn't really a person to keep secrets and instead liked to live with almost no secrets at all; the only exceptions being her secrets of being one reincarnation of her original self, and the second that she's in a harem.

She turned around and began walking off towards some of the trees in the plaza. Lulu hid right behind a random tree branch, which covered her from the public view completely. The Winged Beast user held up her left arm and stared down at her new Duel Disk that was still attached. She had no concerns about how to log into LINK VRAINS as she had already been informed on how thanks to Kolter taking the time to tell her. Still, she felt a bit overwhelmed at the thought of entering a virtual reality, something that not even the top companies of her world have accomplished. Still, she didn't plan on having second thoughts of doing this.

The purple haired female looked forward and gave a small sigh with her eyes closed. She then slowly opened them and faced forward, while the words "Into the VRAINS" appeared on her Duel Disk's screen. "Time to LINK into the VRAINS". Lulu said in a quiet voice to not attract attention, before data began to surround and formed a blue sphere of date that covered Lulu's body from view as she entered LINK VRAINS.

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(Back in LINK VRAINS)

Blue Link Dragon reared its head up towards the sky and unleashed another roar up towards it, releasing a powerful shockwave that pushed Issac's monsters back a bit. "Hahaha! Now, this is what I really call a big catch! Just look at this guy; he's ready for anything!" Azure exclaimed in an excited manner, getting a laugh out of White Dragon Mask as he looked down at his partner. "No argument there!" The White Dragon Emperor replied to the Ignis, and then turned his head to look at the dragon behind him.

He gazed at the beautiful and strong creature behind him. Blue Link Dragon even tilted its head down to look at its new Duelist as well. The two stared at one another for a moment, before the Dragon-Type Duelist gave a smile. "Let's what you can do. I'm pretty excited to use a new dragon like you". White Dragon Mask said to his Link Monster, getting a small snarl in response from Blue Link Dragon.

White Dragon Mask then spun his D-Board around and began ridding it backwards once more. Blue Link Dragon flew slightly up in the air to clear White Dragon Mask's view of Issac, allowing the 17-year-old to look at his currently scowling opponent. But then, Issac's expression changed to a smirking face as he brought up his right fist and held it in front of himself.

"Nice lizard, but I'm afraid that it's not gonna fly! I activate the effect of Cursed Armaments' effect from my Graveyard!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi declared with a smirk, while Cursed Armaments' card materialized in front of him and started to gleam.

White Dragon Mask just kept grinning with confidence, despite the Equip Spell's activation from the Graveyard. "So, you wanna play cards from the Graveyard, huh? Okay then! I activate the abilities of both Crystal Wing Dragon and Skylight!" The Dragon-Type Duelist called out, throwing his right hand forward as a black portal appeared in front of his D-Board. "First; when Skylight is used as Link Material, I get to draw a card!" White Dragon Mask explained, placing his right hand on his deck and drew the top card.

He took a moment to look at it, gave a grin, and then added it to his hand. "When Crystal Wing Dragon is also used as Link Material, I can Special Summon him back in DEF Mode!" White Dragon Mask explained his monster's effect, before throwing his right hand out to the side. "Appear! Crystal Wing Dragon!" The teenage male shouted out, before a portal appeared besides him. Crystal Wing Dragon flew out of the portal and stopped besides Blue Link Dragon's right side.

White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon DEF Points: 1400/ Level: 4.

"Real nice, you got one of your little lizards back! Too bad that it won't matter! When Cursed Armaments is sent to the Graveyard, I can equip it to another monster on your field!" Issac explained his Spell card's, smirking with confidence as he pointed towards Blue Link Dragon with his right hand.

"Now say "good-bye" to 2400 of your dragon's ATK Points!" The captain of the Knights of Hanoi added as a purple aura appeared around Blue Link Dragon. The Link Monster gave a grown of discomfort as its strength was zapped away by the purple aura.

White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon ATK Points: 2500 – 2400 = 100.

"My dragon may be down, but not out! Blue Link Dragon's special ability activates!" White Dragon Mask called out, throwing his right hand out while a screen appeared over his Duel Disk's orb. His field showed that White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon had taken his right Extra Monster Zone with Crystal Wing Dragon placed in the right zone, right where the Link Monster pointed to with its Bottom Link Arrow. "For every Dragon-Type Monster that he points to, Blue Link Dragon gains 500 ATK Points!" The Dragon-Type Duelist explained his Link Monster's effect, before Blue Link Dragon powered up.

White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon ATK Points: 100 + 500 = 600.

(Play Yugioh Vrains - Firewall Theme)

Issac raised an eyebrow, but didn't look that impressed with Blue Link's power up. "Real nice and all, but your lizard isn't a match for any of my monsters". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi remarked, yet White Dragon Mask just smirked as he held up one of the remaining two cards in his hand. "I'll fix that in a minute, but first I have a small loose end to take care of. I activate the Spell card; Burial from a Different Dimension!" The White Dragon Emperor exclaimed as threw swiped his right hand out forward, and then proceeded to swipe it into his Duel Disk.

The Spell card materialized, before a black portal appeared in front of it. "Burial from a Different Dimension allows me to take up to 3 monsters removed from play and return them to their owner's Graveyards. But I only have one monster in mind". The White Dragon Emperor explained the Spell card's effect, before throwing his right hand out and held it towards the black portal.

"Through Burial from a Different Dimension's effect; I return White Dragon – Wind Striker to my Graveyard!" The Dragon-Type Duelist declared as Wind Striker's card floated out of the portal and hovered above it, before dispersing into white sparkles. Issac widened his eyes in alarm, realizing what his opponent intended to do with that. And he was proven correct as White Dragon – Wind Striker's card materialized above the black portal once more.

"While I'm at it, I'll activate Wind Striker's ability from the Graveyard! By removing this card from my Graveyard; one monster on the field that has different ATK than its original returns its points back to normal! Wind Striker, restore Blue Link Dragon's strength!" White Dragon Mask called out, before the card dispersed into white particles that went into the portal. Then, a white pillar of energy came out and struck Blue Link Dragon's back, dealing no harm and instead restored his power.

White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon ATK Points: 600 + 1900 = 2500.

Issac gritted his teeth at seeing this, before he slowly grinned at his opponent. "Even with your dragon's ATK Points restored to normal, they're no match for my Destructor's power". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi stated with a confident grin, yet White Dragon Mask just kept smirking at him. "For the moment, but that'll change in another moment". The Dragon-Type Duelist said to the EARTH Duelist, before holding up his left forearm in front of his face.

"Blue Link Dragon; I activate your special ability!" White Dragon Mask declared, getting an eager cry from the Link-4 Monster. Then, the energy spreading from Blue Link Dragon's wings stopped, before it started to get absorbed into its wings. "Once a turn; I can discard a monster from my deck, then one of your monsters loses ATK equal to the discard monster's ATK Points!" The Dragon-Type Duelist explained his monster's effect, making Issac gasp in surprise at learning what Blue Link Dragon's effect was.

A single card slotted out of White Dragon Mask's deck, before he took hold of it with his right hand. He then held the card out, revealing it to be White Dragon – Yellow Ritual Dragon. "I select my Yellow Ritual Dragon, and he's got a total of 2800 ATK Points! So, say good-bye to your monsters' points! Go, Soul Energy Drain!" White Dragon Mask called out, discarding the card to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. White Dragon – Yellow Ritual Dragon then erupted out of Blue Link Dragon's wings as blue flames. It roared, then rammed into X-Krawler Destructor in the stomach, causing the Insect-Type Monster's armour to be lit up in blue flames.

X-Krawler Destructor ATK Points: 2800 – 2800 = 0.

Issac widened his eyes with a hint of panic in them, but he took a sigh to calm his nerves. "Not a bad effect, but even if you attack Destructor right, I'll only take 2500 points of damage, reducing my Life Points to 100. Meaning I'll still be in the game". The EARTH Duelist told his opponent, his voice having no hint of panic in it as he spoke. White Dragon Mask gave him a grin in response, before he threw his right hand out towards Issac.

"You didn't account for this! I activate the effect of Mysterious Trap from the Graveyard!" The White Dragon Emperor cried out, right before Mysterious Trap's card materialized in front of him, followed by White Dragon Veil's card appearing besides it. "By removing this card and another Trap from my Graveyard; all monsters I control gains 1000 ATK Points!" White Dragon Mask explained the effect of the Trap, making Issac widen his eyes in shock upon realizing what this meant.

Two black portals then appeared underneath the card forms of Mysterious Trap and White Dragon Veil. "I remove Mysterious Trap and White Dragon Veil from my Graveyard!" White Dragon Mask declared his choices as the two Trap cards floated into the black portals. Then, pink auras appeared around both Blue Link Dragon and Crystal Wing Dragon with the two of them roaring out.

White Dragon – Blue Link Dragon ATK Points: 2500 + 1000 = 3500.

White Dragon – Crystal Wing Dragon ATK Points: 1700 + 1000 = 2700.

Issac stared up at Blue Link Dragon with wide eyes, but without any hint of fear. He tilted his head down, before growing a small grin. "Guess that's it for me". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi said in acceptance of his defeat as he had given it all of his strength. White Dragon Mask reared his right fist back, before thrusting it out towards X-Krawler Destructor. "Go, Blue Link Dragon! Attack X-Krawler Destructor with Blue Draconic Blast!" The White Dragon Emperor commanded his new Link Monster with a strong voice.

Blue Link Dragon gave out a screech, before spreading its wings out and began gathering blue energy in its mouth. The Dragon-Type Monster absorbed enough energy quickly, before rearing its head back, and then swiped it forward and unleashed a blue coloured blast from its mouth. The black attack shot out towards Destructor and landed a direct hit on its chest, causing a big blue coloured explosion. (3500 – 0 = 3500)

The force of the explosion not only destroyed the rest of Issac's monsters and cards, but it also even blew him off of his D-Board and into the air. Despite being forced off, Issac was silent as he was sent flying, before he came crashing down on a nearby rooftop on his back, grunting a bit in pain.

Issac Life Points: 2600 – 3500 = 0.

Winner: White Dragon Mask!

(Music end)

Both Blue Link Dragon and Crystal Wing Dragon roared out in victory as they slowly dispersed into particles. White Dragon Mask spun his D-Board around, before throwing his left fist into the air in triumph. "Alright! I won!" The White Dragon Emperor called out in joy, while Azure had his eye closed in delight. "Well done, partner. You've won your first Speed Duel in this world!" The Ignis praised his partner for his victory over the captain of the Knight of Hanoi.

Azure wasn't the only one cheerful for White Dragon Mask's victory over Issac; the Dark Ignis had his eye closed in delight from seeing the captain of the Knights of Hanoi being defeated. "Bo-yah, baby! They won, and that bug guy drools!" The Ignis called out with a cheerful voice, before looking up at Playmaker to see his expression.

The Cyberse Duelist had an emotionless expression on his face, despite White Dragon Mask's victory over Issac. He did give a nod of approval though, yet showed no joy. "This is our chance to interrogate that Knight of Hanoi, we can't let it go to waste!" Playmaker said to the Dark Ignis, growing a serious expression as he leaped off of the rooftop to another one in order to make his way to the defeated Issac.

White Dragon Mask had gotten the same idea as his comrade as he turned his D-Board around and went towards the building that Issac crashed into the. He flew above the building, before he leaped off of the D-Board and landed 10 feet away from Issac on his right knee.

The White Dragon Emperor stood up on his feet, before looking down towards the captain of the Knights of Hanoi and saw that he was still conscious. Issac suddenly started chuckling for no reason, before he sat up on the ground and rested his arms on his knees. "Hahaha…Man, you're really something, you know that?" The EARTH Duelist said with a carefree voice, before he climbed up to his feet fully yet kept his back towards White Dragon Mask.

White Dragon Mask and Azure were a bit surprised at Issac's lack of anger at his defeat, honestly expecting some sort of display of bad sportsmanship, yet they were proven wrong at how he was acting. Just then, Playmaker landed next to White Dragon Mask on his right out of nowhere, getting the Dragon-Type Duelist to turn towards his ally. "I was wondering what happened to you". The 17-year-old male said with a small smile at Playmaker, a bit glad to see him unharmed.

Playmaker didn't respond to White Dragon Mask; instead kept his eyes on Issac. "Who is the Knights of Hanoi's leader, and what is it you're after? Tell me!" The Cyberse Duelist demanded from the EARTH Duelist, catching Issac's attention as he looked over his right shoulder to look at Playmaker. He then turned around fully to face the two Ignis carriers and placed his hands on his hips.

"Apologizes in advance, but I'm afraid that I can't answer your questions". Issac said in a mocking voice, making Playmaker narrow his eyes at him in a dangerous manner. "But I can tell you one thing"". The EARTH Duelist suddenly said with a grin, getting the attention of White Dragon Mask, Playmaker and the two Ignis as they stared at Issac with curious expressions.

"So long as you two have those Ignis with you; you'll both be on our radars until we can take them from you. Enjoy them while you can, because we'll be taking them from you guys one day". The captain of the Knights of Hanoi warned the two Duelists with a smug smirk on his face, as if he was certain that one day Azure and the Dark Ignis will be in grasp of the Knights of Hanoi.

Issac's words made White Dragon Mask, Playmaker, Azure and the Dark Ignis narrow their eyes, before the White Dragon Ignis let out a growl. "If you won't tell us what we want, then I'll have to take the information!" Azure exclaimed as his eye suddenly let out a blue glow, before a white aura appeared from the eye.

White Dragon Mask took notice of the white aura around Azure's eye and looked down at him in confusion. The white aura then became a bright silver light, before some sort of white substance shot forward out of the Duel Disk. The substance was still connected to the Duel Disk, but had transformed into a white skinned winged Aztec dragon that had white feathered wings, silver hair, white skin and blue horns and eyes.

The winged Aztec dragon, which was actually Azure in another form, let out a fierce cry, before lashing out towards Issac, who just smirked up at him. Right at the last second, Issac leaped back and dodged Azure's attempt to eat him, resulting in the transformed White Dragon Ignis crashing his head on the rooftop, kicking up some debris.

Azure lifted his head up, before he looked forward to see Issac land on the edge of the rooftop. The EARTH Duelist kept smirking as he looked past Azure towards White Dragon Mask and Playmaker, seeing the two with surprised expressions at Azure's transformation and attempt attack on him. "I'll catch you two later; I don't take a defeat that easily. I'll come back and have a rematch, where I'll win next time". The Captain of the Knights of Hanoi told his two opponents, before he jumped off the building and fell down out of sight.

White Dragon Mask and Playmaker gasped in surprise, while Azure widened his eye, before turning into a white substance and retracted into his partner's Duel Disk. The two Duelists rushed over to the edge of the building and looked down below, but saw no sight of Issac whatsoever. "I can't see him! Did he log out?" The Dragon-Type Duelist questioned, turning his head right to look at Playmaker, who turned to look at him. "Most likely. If he didn't, his real body would have been severely damaged". The Cyberse-Duelist answered as he didn't believe Issac would allow himself to be harmed by falling off a cliff.

"Darn it! If I was just a second faster, I would have been able to catch that guy!" Azure growled out, now back in eye form in White Dragon Mask's Duel Disk. "Hey, don't worry about it. You'll get him next time". The Dark Ignis said to his friend, getting Azure to let out a sigh to release himself of his stress. "Hopefully. At least now we know that the Knights of Hanoi have their sights on us". The White Dragon Ignis remarked, at least glad to see that their plan of attracting their attention worked.

White Dragon Mask and Playmaker stepped away from the edge, before they looked at one another with them both holding up their left forearms. "We've accomplished our task here. Let's log out before we attract any unwanted attention". White Dragon Mask advised Playmaker, getting a nod of agreement from the Cyberse Duelist as he didn't wish to waste any time. "Alright, let's go". Playmaker replied to the Dragon-Type Duelist, before they looked down at their Duel Disks and prepared to log out of LINK VRAINS.

"HOLD IT!" A voice cried out, getting the attention of White Dragon Mask and Playmaker as they looked and saw both the Gore and Blue Angel land on the rooftop, 10 feet away from them. "You two aren't going anyway, not until I Duel and beat both of you!" The Gore exclaimed to the two, holding up his right fist up to express his strong desire to Duel the two. "I'll say this; that guy is determined to get what he wants". The Dark Ignis remarked, while White Dragon Mask and Playmaker turned to face the two Celebrity Duelists.

"I have no interest in Dueling either of you two". The Cyberse Duelist told Gore and Blue Angel, before he turned around and began walking away. However, a blue blur came out of nowhere and struck the ground right next to Playmaker's right foot, making him stop, before he looked over his right shoulder to see Blue Angel holding a blue whip in her right hand, therefore the one responsible for nearly whiplashing him. "You might not be interested, but that doesn't mean either of you two are leaving!" LINK VRAINS' idol called out with a frown, pointing her left hand's index fingers towards White Dragon Mask, who narrowed his eyes at her.

"Am I the only one here that's wondering why she has a whip exactly?" Azure questioned with a confused look as he didn't think that someone acting like an angel would have a whip. "No, you're not the only one. Guess she's not exactly as harmless as I thought". White Dragon Mask replied to his partner, before he slightly spread his wings out and held up his left forearm.

(Play Yugioh GX- Asuka's Theme)

All of a sudden, the wind started kicking up and created a strong breeze, getting everyone to widen their eyes in surprise as they looked around and saw gusts of wind surrounding them. "What the!?" The Gore called out in surprise, turning his head left and right to look around his surroundings. "Where'd this wind come from?" Blue Angel questioned as her whip dispersed in her hand. White Dragon Mask and Playmaker were silent as they looked around with wide eyes at the sudden chance of weather.

Then, the two felt a presence behind and above them, getting the two males to look up behind them, where they saw a new arrival in the air above them. It was a female that looked around their air and her avatar was incredible unique, just like White Dragon Mask.

She has pink eyes, long dark purple hair that reached the ground with even a bit of it lying down on the ground. She had purple talons over black tights. She had a purple corset top that criss crossed in the middle with a black off the shoulder blouse underneath. She had long black gloves that reached to the top of her arms and had a split underneath that reached to the end, allowing her purple feathers to come through. The feathers were long and wing-like and ran to the length of her knees. On her left forearm was a Duel Disk that looked incredibly like Lulu's new one. Over her corset, she wore a V front black and purple overskirt that was made of iridescent feathers. She had a purple headwear with black gems and a beak attached to it on her head and finally, a purple eye bird design mask with black polarized lens covering her eyes.

Blue Angel and Gore noticed the new arrival as well and looked up at her with wide eyes of surprise. The unknown girl had a natural expression on her face as she turned to look down towards White Dragon Mask and Playmaker, before she gave them a reassuring smile. "Don't worry; I'm an ally". The unknown female told the two males, getting Playmaker to frown at her in distrust, while White Dragon Mask widened his eyes in surprise as he recognized her voice.

'No way! Lulu!?' The White Dragon Emperor shouted out inside of his mind in shock, recognizing the unknown girl as his girlfriend. The purple haired girl turned to look back at the two Celebrity Duelists and frowned at them. She flew down and landed in the middle of the two groups, yet the strong winds surrounding them did not die down and instead continued to grow stronger.

Gore and Blue Angel turned to look at the female before them and frowned at her. "Hey! Who do you think you are, lady!?" The number 1 Celebrity Duelist questioned with a glare directed at the female in front of him. The purple haired girl didn't response, just brought her right hand to her chest and gave a small, humble bow. "…I am Purple Night, a comrade of Playmaker and White Dragon Mask". The avatar of Lulu, now introduced as Purple Night, gave out her name to the two Celebrity Duelists.

She then brought up her right hand, then snapped her fingers. Then, two purple tornados formed around Blue Angel and The Gore out of nowhere, covering them from sight completely. Purple Night looked at the two tornados in amazement that she was able to actually do that. "Wow… Virtual Reality is really amazing". The Winged Beast user said in awe, before she looked over her left shoulder towards look at Playmaker and White Dragon. She saw her boyfriend having a similar amazed expression on his face, while the Cyberse Duelist was glaring at her in suspicion.

Purple Night turned around fully and raised her hands in a peaceful manner to Playmaker. "It's okay, I'm really an ally of yours. It's me, the girl you met earlier today". Purple Night said to the Cyberse Duelist with a gentle voice, getting Playmaker to raise an eyebrow at her. "Huh? Girl you met earlier today? Does she mean you hit on her or something?" The Dark Ignis asked the hidden hero of LINK VRAINS, resulting in Azure giving a growl at his friend. "That's NOT what she meant!" The White Dragon Ignis snapped at the Dark Ignis, shutting him up as he didn't want to upset his friend.

Playmaker paid no attention to the two Ignis, just kept staring at Purple Night as he tried to figure out what she meant. He then widened his eyes upon realizing what she meant by her words and who Purple Night is. The purple haired female noticed the look of realization on Playmaker's face and knew that he figured out her identity. She brought up her right hand's index finger to her lips, giving an unspoken message for him to remain quiet.

Playmaker nodded towards his ally as he knew that unknown parties could be listening in on them, right now even. Purple Night gave a smile at Playmaker's nod, before she looked through the corner of her right eye towards the two tornados behind her.

"They won't be able to escape from inside of there. You can log out without concern now". The female Duelist told her two comrades. White Dragon Mask and Playmaker nodded to her, before the Cyberse Duelist's body dematerialized as he logged out of LINK VRAINS.

White Dragon Mask stayed and took a moment to look at his girlfriend, amazed with her avatar's appearance. Purple Night took notice of the White Dragon Emperor staring at her, causing her to grow a small, happy smile that he found her attractive in this world. She waved her left hand at White Dragon Mask, giving him an unspoken message to go ahead of her. "I'll see you soon". The White Dragon Emperor said to his girlfriend, before he dematerialized and log out of LINK VRAINS as well.

Purple Night turned around to face the two tornados and stared at them for a moment, before she logged out as well. Once the Winged Beast Duelist logged out, the strong winds died down and the two tornados dispersed, revealing Blue Angel and Gore with the two of them having surprised expressions on their faces. The two Celebrity Duelists noticed the lack of mysterious Duelists, resulting in The Gore releasing an angry growl.

"Darn it! They got away again!" The number 1 Celebrity Duelist exclaimed in anger that once more, his newest targets escaped him once more and lost the chance to Duel them. Blue Angel remained silent, but that didn't mean that she wasn't disappointed. True, Playmaker did interest her a bit, but her real target was White Dragon Mask for reasons unknown to the public, but known to her. She held up her right fist to her chest and clenched it.

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(Music end/ Back in the real world)

Inside of Kolter's van, the sphere of data surrounding Ash's body cleared to reveal the White Dragon Emperor standing up straight on his feet. Ash placed his left hand on his right forearm and rubbed it a little as it still stung a bit from taking direct attacks from Issac's monsters. "You okay? Did Issac's attacks leave a mark on you?" Azure asked his partner with a slightly concerned voice for Ash's wellbeing.

The White Dragon Emperor held up his left forearm and smiled down at his partner, before he shook his head sideways. "Don't worry about me; I've taken some hard hits before, so this is nothing new to me". Ash told his partner with a reassuring voice, before he turned his head left to look at the closed door of the secret compound of the van. Speaking of which, it just opened to reveal Yusaku, who rested his body against the wall and had his eyes closed in pain.

Ash lightly gasped in concern, before he took a step forward towards his comrade. "You okay, Yusaku?" The 17-year-old male asked the younger male with a worried voice. Yusaku opened his eyes and looked up to Ash, before giving a nod to answer his question.

"I'm fine, just took a bit of damage when that Knight of Hanoi landed a big hit on me with his Cracking Dragon, but that's not important right now". The Cyberse Duelist replied to the Dragon-Type user, before holding up his left forearm, showing his Duel Disk and the Dark Ignis inside of it.

"We need to analyze the code of this AI and Azure". Yusaku added, getting an annoyed look from Azure at what he said. "Is that really necessary? We're willing to corporate with you of our own free will". The White Dragon Ignis told the 16-year-old male, immediately catching the attention of the Dark Ignis as it looked at its friend. "Hey! Don't speak for me, old pal! I still haven't decided that sticking around with these guys is a good idea!" The unnamed Ignis told his friend, making Azure release an exhausted sigh at his friend's behavior.

Just then, the van's backdoors opened to reveal Lulu standing outside. She quickly climbed in and closed the doors behind her, all the while Ash and Yusaku turned to look at her. "I saw both of your duels against those guys. You did well out there". The purple haired female said to her comrades, walking up in front of her boyfriend and stopped in front of him. The White Dragon Emperor smiled at her, while Yusaku went to one of the chairs in front of the cabinets/computer and took a seat.

"Thanks Lulu. You really helped us out when The Gore and Blue Angel caught up to us". Ash thanked his girlfriend, bringing his right hand up and placed it on Lulu's left shoulder, making the 16-year-old female smile at him. "I'm glad to hear that I could help, despite how small it was compared to what you two went through. I honestly just wanted to enter LINK VRAINS and see what it was like inside of a virtual world". The Winged Beast user told the White Dragon Emperor, looking away to the side as if she was a bit embarrassed about something.

Just then, the backdoor opened once more, only this time revealing Saya on the other end. The young 7-year-old girl had an excited expression planted on her face as she climbed into the van, before running up and hugged Ash, only reaching his waist as she was still growing. "Papa! You were amazing out there!" Saya called out in joy, getting the White Dragon Emperor to smile down at his daughter.

Ash placed his left hand atop Saya's head and gave her a comforting pat, while Lulu went over and closed the van's doors. "Thanks sweetheart, it's been some time since I had an exciting Duel like that". Ash said to his little girl, which Saya just gave him a happy look with her eyes closed. She then opened her eyes and turned towards Yusaku, who placed his Duel Disk down on the shelf/keyboard, connecting it to the setup.

The 7-year-old girl let her grip of Ash go, before she walked over to Yusaku. The Cyberse Duelist didn't pay any attention to the little girl as she stopped besides him, until she tugged on his jacket's right sleeve. Yusaku turned his head to look at Saya and saw her smiling brightly at him. "You were amazing out there, too. I liked how you outsmarted that Knight of Hanoi at Cracking Dragon's effect". The Sacred Beast wielder said to the blue and pink haired male, causing him to blink at her in surprise.

"Um…thanks?" Yusaku thanked the young child with an uncertain voice, still a bit nervous around her as he wasn't used to anyone praising him like that, especially a child. Ash and Lulu watched the two interact with amused expressions as they could tell that Saya made the serious Cyberse Duelist nervous with nothing, but her child innocence. The two then looked at each other with grins as this was the start of a new journey, which would hopefully be less dangerous compared to their last one.

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(The next day at LINK VRAINS)

The day was bright with the blue sky having only a small number of clouds in the air, but no sign of any bad weather whatsoever in sight. On a freeway that had a clear view of Den City and a bit of trees, Café Nom's van was parked on a left parking bay that had a railing connected to bench seats. Sitting atop the yellow coloured van was Saya, who was eating a hotdog that she was holding with her right hand and was kicking her feet out, humming a happy tune.

On the 7-year-old girl's lap was a tablet that Kolter had given to her. She was eating breakfast and was looking through the online news channel to see how the media was discussing the events of last night. She had already seen several channels discussing the two new famous Duelists, even seeing a young girl avatar call Playmaker and White Dragon Mask hunks. To her amusement, there was even reports of random guys in LINK VRAINS trying to copy the appearance of Playmaker and White Dragon Mask.

Some managed to successfully copy Playmaker's appearance, even made some adjustments like being less muscles, or buff. The attempts with White Dragon Mask's appearance have all ended in failure as they couldn't copy some of the important details, such as the tail and wings. Everything that she has seen online has greatly amused and delighted Saya. Still, she was a bit amazed at how different this world was compared to her own as this one seemed more technological advanced than hers.

While Saya was enjoying the morning outside, everyone else was inside of the van. Ash and Yusaku were sitting down in front of the cabinets/computer screens, typing away on the virtual keyboards with their separate Duel Disks placed down on the long shelf. Lulu was standing at the sink, washing up the tools that she used to cook Saya the hotdog that she was eating for breakfast.

Finally, Kolter was standing next to the left end of the long shelf, leaning down to look at a device that was known as the card materializer. It had a small holographic field, where small blue coloure data was forming together to create the physical card form of Yusaku's new monster, Decode Talker. "This is wild stuff. We can use the card data that you captured during your Duel to recreate an actual card. I wonder what other monsters are inside the Data Storm". The owner of Café Nom said in amazement, turning his gaze from the card materializer towards Yusaku.

The Cyberse Duelist didn't turn to look at the older adult, but Azure turned his gaze towards Kolter. Yusaku was sitting in the middle section of the shelf, while Ash sat next to him on his right.

The remaining seat on the left was Kolter's one, who had stopped working to check out the forming Decode Talker card. "Who knows. Even we Ignis have no idea what kind of creatures are inside of the Data Storms, there could even be ones that we've never seen before". The White Dragon Ignis told the male adult, catching Kolter's attention as he looked at Azure, before turning towards Ash.

"When we're done with Decode Talker, we'll get to making a physical card for your Blue Link Dragon next". The hacker told the former leader of the Resistance, making Ash grow an eager smile on his face. "That brightens my day a bit. It's been a while since I got a new card". The White Dragon Emperor remarked, causing Lulu to grow an amused smile as she looked over her left shoulder towards her boyfriend.

"You have a point there. The card designers of our world have been getting sloppy in their work, so it's understandable that you're exciting to get a new card like Blue Link Dragon". The Winged Beast Duelist said in amusement, before going back to washing the dishes. "Maybe you two outta plan a return trip then to LINK VRAINS. Maybe even Purple Night should join in". Kolter suggested to the three, making Lulu slightly widen her eyes at the thought of going back into LINK VRAINS.

"Yeahhh, straight to the paparazzi! They got your pic and White Dragon Mask's plastered all over the net!" The Dark Ignis suddenly exclaimed, getting everyone to look at him and saw the black eye looking up at one of the screens that were displaying online images of Playmaker last night. Azure then looked up at the top right screen, where pictures of White Dragon Mask were taken last night of his Speed Duel.

"By the Cyberse, it amazes me that you humans can make such a big deal out of something. I understand that last night was a big event, but honestly. Even Purple Night has become a little famous". Azure remarked as another picture was displayed, this time showing Purple Night when she was flying.

This caught Lulu's attention as she looked over and saw a picture of her avatar when she first appeared. "Wow… I thought they'd be more focus on you two than me. I didn't even Duel". The purple haired female said in slight awe that she's become a small celebrity already. "Yeah? Well, your avatar isn't exactly on the normal degree and you saying that you were an ally of Playmaker and White Dragon Mask didn't really help out with their fascination with you". The Dark Ignis told the Winged Beast user with a slightly sarcastic voice, making Lulu slightly lower her head since she could see his point.

"You guys can erase your log in info. Smart, smart, smart for humans, but you can't dodge screen caps, bob!" The dark attributed Ignis remarked with a sly look, getting both a groan and chuckle of amusement from Azure at his choice of words. "As always, you're really creative with your choice of words". The White Dragon Ignis said with a hint of delight in his voice, yet Yusaku didn't seem as amused as him thought as he was frowning down at the Dark Ignis.

"So, you're an expert, are you?" The Cyberse Duelist questioned his new "partner" with a hint of annoyance in his normally emotionless voice. "Oh, I know a thing or two. When you hide out in the net for as long as I did, you learn a lot of things". The Dark Ignis said with a smug voice, getting Ash to slightly narrow his eyes down at him.

"Apparently, learning how to stop boasting about yourself isn't one of them". The White Dragon Emperor remarked, getting Azure to look up at him with an apologetic expression. "This is just how the Dark Ignis is, there's literally no cure for his personality". The White Dragon AI told the 17-year-old male, causing the Dark Ignis to groan as he looked towards his friend with an anime grumpy expression.

"You make it sound like I've got some incurable illness or something". He grumbled out, making Kolter and Azure to let out a small laugh at him. "Enough sidetracks, it's past time one of you tell me who leads the Knights of Hanoi". Yusaku told the two AIs, causing Azure and the Dark Ignis to shift their eyes towards him. "Unfortunately, I can't help you with that. During my little skirmishes with the Knights of Hanoi, I love some of my memories when most of my data was taken from me. I do remember that I knew who leads them, but that part of my memory data was taken away". The White Dragon Ignis informed the Cyberse Duelist, before turning his eye towards his fellow Ignis in Yusaku's Duel Disk.

"So, you'll only learn the leader of the Knights of Hanoi's identity from the Dark Ignis". Azure added, making Ash, Yusaku and Kolter turn their eyes towards the dark attribute Ignis, and saw that he had a sly look on his eye. "Maybe, maybe not. I'd tell you guys if you would let me out of here". The Dark Ignis "offered" to the humans, making Azure grow an unimpressed expression on his face.

"You do realize they don't need to bargain with you, right? They just need to hack into your source code". The dragon AI told his friend with an emotionless voice, causing the Dark Ignis to widen his eye in comical horror. "Say what!?" He called out in surprise as Yusaku picked up his Duel Disk with his right hand and brought it up to his face.

"He's right, bargaining isn't necessary. Honestly, I don't see how you and Azure are friends when you're not as bright as him". The Cyberse Duelist said to the Dark Ignis, his voice serious as he truly meant his words. This made Azure narrow his eye up at Yusaku in slight anger at what he said about his friend. "That is unnecessary to say, Yusaku. It may be true that my friend isn't a serious individual, but he's someone that you can trust when it really matters. The Dark Ignis is my friend, and I trust him to always be there when I need him". Azure said to the Cyberse Duelist with a deadly serious voice that was full of conviction as he spoke.

The White Dragon Ignis' words made Ash and Lulu stare at him with smiles at how he spoke up for his friend, Kolter looked slightly surprised at how Azure seemed to take offense to what Yusaku said about the dark attributed AI. The Dark Ignis looked like he appreciated what his friend said about him and Yusaku just stared down at Azure with an expressionless face for a few moments.

Eventually, the Cyberse Duelist placed his Duel Disk down on a section of the shelf where a cosmic ring was located. Upon being placed down in the middle of the ring, the Duel Disk's side flipped up, before it began to gleam with data. "I'm hacking into your source code now". Yusaku told the Dark Ignis as he looked at the top middle screen, which displayed the AI's eye as he began to hack into it.

"Huh?! But if you poke the wrong portal, I'll end up dumper than a calculator! Or even worse, dumper than you!" The Dark Ignis complained with a sour expression on his eye, something that Yusaku didn't even acknowledged. "Uhh, Kolter? Can you find a way to mute it?" Yusaku questioned the purple haired adult, getting an annoyed look from Azure at how he classified the Dark Ignis. "HIM! Not it!" Azure corrected the 16-year-old male, something that Yusaku didn't even attempt to argue with him.

Kolter spent a moment staring at Azure, before looking at Yusaku with a grin. "With pleasure". The owner of Café Nom replied to his comrade, before pressing down on a single button on the third virtual keyboard. The Dark Ignis' complaining suddenly stopped as he was muted thanks to Kolter, something that Lulu didn't seem to like as she looked at the male adult with a displeased expression. "Is that really necessary? Don't you think that's going a bit too far?" She questioned the two males with a sour voice, catching the attention of Azure as he looked over to her.

"I don't like this either, but once the Dark Ignis is like this, it's impossible to get him to shut his trap. Once he stops complaining and trust me when I say I'll know when he does, we'll unmute him". The White Dragon Ignis reassured the purple haired girl, getting an uncertain look from Lulu as she still didn't approve of muting a living creature like that. "Speaking of "him", don't you think we should give him a name?" Kolter suggested to the group, getting everyone to look at him in curiosity at his suggestion.

"Calling him "it", "him" or "Dark Ignis" kinda gets to ya, so I was thinking it would be best to give him a name to call him by". He explained the reasons, getting an understanding look from Ash as he could see his point. "That is understandable. Azure, do you have any suggestions for your friend?" The White Dragon Emperor asked his new partner as he turned to look down at him, getting the White Dragon Ignis to look up at him.

"Unlike me, the Dark Ignis' real name cannot be understood by humans, so even telling you guys it won't help". Azure replied to the 17-year-old male, making Ash raise an eyebrow at him in wonder at what he meant by that. All the while, the Dark Ignis has been looking around the humans, as if he was trying to tell them something, but was unable to as he was still muted and was beginning to get annoyed.

"Since he's an A.I, let's call it Ai". Yusaku told the group with slightly narrowed eyes, getting everyone to look at him with mixed expressions. "Isn't that a bit too ordinary?" Ash questioned his new comrade as he crossed his arms and leaned back on the seat a bit. "You wanted a name, and I gave one". The Cyberse Duelist replied without turning to look at the older male, keeping most of his focus on hacking.

"When you guys look at it in another point of view; it's actually not bad at all. Since the Dark Ignis is an eyeball after all, Ai works perfectly for it. I vote for "Ai" being our friend's new name". Kolter said with an approving smile, before turning to look at Lulu as she just finished washing. "What do you think about "Ai" being his name?" The owner of Café Nom asked the purple haired female with a curious voice. Lulu turned to look at the adult male, before she gave a shrug with her shoulders.

"If the Dark Ignis wasn't muted, he'd argue about that name not being cool enough for an "awesome" AI like him. I'd say go for it as it kinda suits him". Azure said with an approving voice, making the Dark Ignis widen his eyes in shock that even his friend supported that choice of name for him. "3 out of 5 are in favor of naming the Dark Ignis "Ai", so it's clear that the choice has been made. Well, at least we'll have a name for Ai now". Ash stated, leaning forward and resumed typing away on the virtual keyboard.

The now named Ai was crying anime style as the choice of his new name was made, something that Azure noticed and looked amused. "Now that that's taken care of, help me with Ai's source code Kolter". Yusaku requested from his comrade, looking up at the older male. "My man!" The owner of Café Nom exclaimed, and then retook his seat. Kolter began typing away, while Yusaku turned to look at Azure with a suspicious look, something that the White Dragon Ignis noticed and knew what the Cyberse Duelist was thinking about.

"Don't worry; I'll corporate. So long as it is Ash doing the deed, you're welcome to look through my source code as well". Azure told the 16-year-old male as he turned his gaze towards Ash. Yusaku stared down at the White Dragon Ignis with narrowed eyes for a moment, before turning back towards his own separate screen. Azure gave a chuckle as he knew that was Yusaku's way of giving his approval. He then turned his gaze back towards his partner and saw Ash looking down at him with a trusting smile. The White Dragon Emperor began typing away to hack into Azure's source code as well.

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(Later on, in the late afternoon)

For the whole day, the group has stayed on the highway, analyzing the source codes of both Azure and Ai, yet their hacking has ended up fruitless so far. Lulu spent her time with Saya in different activities to keep the child amused, such as Dueling, going over the net, thinking up strategies and practice Dueling, except without logging into LINK VRAINS. Eventually, it became late afternoon with the blue sky now a beautiful dark one with stars twinkling above.

In the front passenger seat of the van was both Lulu and Saya cuddled up together in each other's arms, wrapped in a warm blanket and fast asleep. Meanwhile in the back of the van, Ash, Yusaku and Kolter were still seated in front of the cabinets and shelf, still working on accessing the source codes of Azure and Ai. And so far, they've come up with jack.

"Dude, I am ready to pack it in and call it a night". Kolter said in defeat, leaning back against his seat with his eyes closed. Ash and Yusaku didn't respond to that and kept typing away on their separate keyboard. The owner of Café Nom opened his eyes and looked at the two younger males sitting next to him. "Whoever programmed our little friends here was not messing around. If you ask me, Ai and Azure's memories are totally unhackable". The purple haired adult added, causing the White Dragon Emperor to grow a smug expression as he looked at Kolter through the corner of his left eye.

"Oh really? Then, you're really not gonna like the fact that I just found something". Ash said with a sly grin, making Kolter widen his eyes in surprise. "Not to mention I'm hacking something as well". Yusaku remarked, causing the purple haired male to lightly drop his jaw in shock. "Say huh!?" The owner of Café Nom called out in surprise that they managed to do what he could not. Yusaku didn't turn to look at his comrade and kept his focus on hacking.

"There's a bunch of code that I still have to piece together…" The Cyberse Duelist began, before looking down at the virtual keyboard. "But I'm almost there". Yusaku finished as Kolter stood up from his seat. He walked over next to Yusaku, before leaning down a bit to the 16-year-old male and then looked towards Ash. "How about you? Find anything?" The male adult questioned his newest ally if he's got anything to show. The White Dragon Emperor gave a nod with a fascinated look on his face at what was displayed on the screen in front of him.

"Azure's really unlike anything I've ever seen, and there's still so much to look through. But thanks to some help from him, I've managed to find a connection to his memories". Ash told the older male, causing Kolter to grow an amazed expression on his face. "Wow, you two really amaze me. It's like you guys and these little guys have this sort of mystical connection. Or it could be that you guys know how to type faster than me". Kolter joked, getting an amused chuckle from Ash at what he said.

"Look, it's a video file". Yusaku told his comrades, getting the attention of the two other males as they looked over at his screen. But a sudden grunt of pain caught Ash's attention as he looked down and saw Azure having a slight look of pain with his eye closed. "Azure? Are you alright?" Ash asked his new partner in concern, getting the Ignis to open his eye and give a slightly forced reassuring expression towards the human. "D-don't worry about me, I'm fine". The White Dragon Ignis answered his partner, yet Azure's words did nothing to reassure the White Dragon Emperor.

"I'm bringing up a video file that shows some of my memories as well. Hopefully they'll help us". Azure told his partner in hopes of forgetting about his sudden pain. Ash frowned down at his partner, but still gave a nod as he figured that Azure had a good reason for not sharing the source of his pain. What nobody noticed was that Ai's pupil was spinning around his eye in a rather uncontrollable manner, as if he wasn't in control of himself.

Everyone looked at the two screens as two videos came up, both of them showing something rather unbelievable. It showed some sort of unknown world with a tower in the middle of a lava pool with a ring made of data surrounding it, lightning bouncing off of the dark green sky and Cracking Dragons flying all over the place. Yusaku's screen changed to show a vortex of lava clearing to reveal a roaring Cracking Dragon charging forward, before unleashing a fire breath attack. Ash's screen showed a Cracking Dragon charging forward, before a white beam to appear out of nowhere and incinerate the machine into ash.

"Hey! That's Hanoi's Cracking Dragon!?" Kolter pointed out with narrowed eyes, while Yusaku had an expressionless face and Ash was frowning at his screen. "It appears Ai and Azure has encountered the Hanoi as well. And it looks like the dragon is attacking that world". The Cyberse Duelist said in assumption, getting Kolter to look at him. "Is this what Azure was talking about when he said the Knights of Hanoi threatened his kind? Did they really attack their home to destroy them?" Ash questioned with wide eyes, too focused on the video to notice Azure having his eye shut in pain for unknown reasons.

Yusaku's screen changed to show a single Cracking Dragon circling around the tower with a red data circle in the sky. Ash's one changed to show the dark green sky, before a purple blur came out of nowhere and flew by, too fast for the eye to see. Then an indigo blur flew past, then a green one, followed by a pink one and finally, a rosy, red one with all blurs being humanoid shape. "What is this world?" Yusaku questioned, still not noticing Ai still spinning his pupil around in an uncontrolled manner.

Then, both screens changed to show someone this time. It was a man with dark crimson hair and red highlights. His ears were pierced with Egyptian-style earrings with a blue diamond and a gold bullet "token". He wore a tan-colored visor, giving him yellow featureless eyes, designed with a white casing and a diamond-shaped pattern of white dots with red centers, linked together by a white circle that surrounded a white dot in the center of the forehead that suggests the barrel of a gun.

For clothing; the man wore white jumpsuit with a black elongated "T" shape tracing to the bottom of his chest, red ovals overlaying black ovals on the sides of the torso, and a v-shaped line of green where a belt would be. He wore a white trench coat lined with green with golden lines patterning both the inside and the outside of the coat. The sleeves are green, white shoulder-pads and red diagonal bands on the bicep, making it unclear whether or not they are part of the jumpsuit or the coat. He also had a small white mantle with a black line tracing around the middle, and a green ornament attached at the front on either side of his neck and at the back by red gems. The man was wearing white-elbow length gloves with red diamond shapes on his forearm, and black boots with green heels and red patterns on the front that may be part of his jumpsuit.

The three males gasped in surprise at seeing the man, while the screen showed him swiping his right arm from the side into the air above. "Who's that?!" Kolter questioned in surprise as a green beam came down from above and down on the unknown man.

Sparks of electricity started coming out of Ai, while Azure gave out a cry of pain with white coloured sparks coming out of him as well. Sparks also began coming out of the cabinet screens as the whole system was going haywire, alarming all three males as they narrowed their eyes. "Whoa, bro!" Kolter exclaimed in surprise, taking a step back as Ash and Yusaku gritted their teeth.

The two teenagers rose up from their seats, only to gasp upon sensing a presence appear out of nowhere and was closing in on them. "Who is that!?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned in surprise, his eyes wide as he spoke. "Kolter, shut down the power, quick!" Yusaku told the adult male, turning to look at the owner of Café Nom. "On it!" Kolter called out as he ran over to a lever switch in the room and pulled it down with his left hand.

Immediately, the computer screens and lights shut off with a red light quickly turning over to provide light in the dark room. Ash and Yusaku turned to look at the door, before they ran towards it. They pushed open the doors and jumped out, before they ran over towards the railing and stopped right in front of it, placing their hands on the railings. "Focus on your sight". Ash told the younger male, before both he and Yusaku focused their gazes forward.

The world around them began to glitch, then changed to show the sky above now a data sky, as if the data world and the real one had combined somehow. Then, out of nowhere a shadow covered bipedal dragon with green highlights of some sort appeared out of nowhere with a dark growl. It flew over Den City, causing the city's lights to black out as the dragon drew closer to the two males. Strong gusts of wind appeared out of nowhere and struck the two, causing Yusaku to shut his eyes from the force, while Ash nearly came close to flinching.

Yusaku gasped as he opened his eyes to look up at the dragon as it drew closer, before taking of something. The same man that they saw in Ai and Azure's memories was riding on the shadow dragon's nose with his arms crossed. Ash also took notice of the unknown male riding on the dragon and looked up at him. The shadow dragon flew over the two teenagers, leaving a strong gust of wind as they looked over to keep their eyes on the dragon.

Ash and Yusaku were silent, but both had narrowed eyes as the dragon continued to fly away, until a flash of light briefly appeared. It quickly cleared to reveal the world back to normal with no sign of the unknown man, or his dragon. It was at that moment that Kolter came out of the van and came running up to the two younger males. "Are you guys okay?" He asked the two teenagers in concern, getting Yusaku and Ash to tilt their heads down to look at him.

"We saw him". The Cyberse Duelist told his ally, making Kolter grow a confused look as he stopped in front of him and Ash. "Saw who?" The owner of Café Nom questioned as he didn't see what they saw just moments ago. "Who do you think? The guy that we saw in Azure and Ai's memories". Ash answered the purple haired adult with a serious tone. "So, like, do you think he was tracking us down?" Kolter questioned the two younger males before him, wondering how whoever that was came close to finding them. "Seems so". Yusaku answered, placing his right hand on his hip as Ash and Kolter looked back up at the sky above them.

A little bit later, Ash, Yusaku and Kolter were back inside the van, sitting down on their chairs in front of the shelf and cabinets. The Duel Disks were still in the same positions as they were never moved in the first place. Ai looked to be perfectly normal again, while Azure looked slightly exhausted from the ordeal that just took place.

"Azure, you okay?" Ash asked his partner in concern, this time getting a real reassuring look from the White Dragon Ignis. "Don't worry about me; I'm getting better now. It seemed like attempting to force looking through my memories put a strain and caused me to react in panic. I'm fine now". Azure told the White Dragon Emperor, making Ash grow a relived smile at his partner's words. Unlike Ash, Yusaku wasn't really worried about his new partner and went straight to interrogating him.

"Ai, who was that in the video". Yusaku questioned the Dark Ignis for the identity of the man they saw. Ai just looked away to the side and didn't answer the Cyberse Duelist. "I un-muted you, so I strongly recommend you stop pretending that you can't talk". The Cyberse Duelist told the Ignis, before bringing his right hand up with a grin on his face. "I could just hack into your source code again". The 16-year-old said with a slightly smug voice, getting an unimpressed look from Azure at his method of getting information.

"You could just politely Ai to talk instead of just demanding it". The White Dragon Ignis said with a half-lidded eye, before turning it to look at his friend. "Ai, just tell them already. Either way, they'll learn what they want. At least in this way; you'll still have your privacy". Azure told the Dark Ignis, making Ai let out an unhappy groan at the logic in his friend's words.

"Alright, alright, I'll talk already. Just like my good old buddy here, a lot of my memories have been lost or damaged. I was lucky to be able to escape with any memory circuits after I became lunch for that dragon knock off that the Hanoi uses". Ai explained as everyone listened carefully to him as he spoke. "Who is the guy in the video?" Yusaku questioned the Dark Ignis, his voice slightly having an impatient tone as he wanted to learn the identity of the man they saw.

"That was Varis". Ai answered with his eye slightly wide from revealing the name of the man they saw. "The leader of the Knights of Hanoi". Azure added in for his friend, making Ash, Yusaku and Kolter gasp in surprise at that revelation. "The leader?! Are you serious!?" The White Dragon Emperor questioned his partner, receiving a deadly expression from the White Dragon Ignis. "Does it look like I'm laughing?" Azure questioned in return, answering Ash's question as he didn't deny what he said before.

"I'm laughing at their faces; they're priceless. As for who, what, where and why, well…I don't remember". The Dark Ignis remarked, looking away to the side with a slightly amused look. "We unfortunately don't have all the answers you seek. Despite being perhaps the most advances Artificial Intelligence programs in existence, even we have our limits". Azure told the 3 humans in regret that neither he nor Ai could tell them anymore information about their enemy.

Ash gave his partner a reassuring look that it was alright. Yusaku kept silent, but now had a deadly serious expression on his face as he looked down. "He's the one I want". The Cyberse Duelist stated, catching the attention of the White Dragon Emperor as he looked at the younger male. There were still many things that Ash didn't know yet about this world, or what the Knights of Hanoi were plotting, but he was certain that he, Yusaku and Lulu could stop them if they work together.

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(Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS ending 1: Believe in Magic)

In a dark room, the Duel Disks of Ash, Yusaku and Rose were all placed down on a table with the only source of light coming from the spheres. Yusaku's Duel Disk had a purple glow, Ash's one was releasing a white one and Rose's Duel Disk was giving out a rosy coloured one. Suddenly, a data stream went over the three orbs for a few seconds, before clearing to reveal the closed eyes of Ai, Azure and Blaze.

The three Ignis opened their eyes, then proceeded to look to their right. The camera then zoomed in on them, before changing to show LINK VRAINS, riding the Data Storm wind as if in a Speed Duel through the city. Eventually, a bright white light came up to the camera and blinded the screen.

"Dance! Let your footsteps ring out!"

"Yell! You Gotta Go, Raise your voice!"

In the afternoon of Den City, Yusaku was walking past a colorful street, before his alter ego Playmaker appeared next to him. Nearby, Ash was walking past the street next to a window, which showed White Dragon Mask as his reflection. At Den City Park, Rose was kneeling down in front of a few roses next to a lake. Rose's reflection showed her alter ego, Black Rose Dragon Mask instead of her normal reflection.

"Sing! Let out every bit of your existence!"

"Get away! Until you overcome those limits that label you!"

"Try it, again and again!"

At a wrestling ring, The Gore had his hands up with a wide grin as graffiti rained down on him. At Den City Street, Skye Zaizan was walking through a T.V. that showed her alter ego Blue Angel. On the other side of the street, Lulu, Rin, Zuzu, Celina and Saya were walking together, each having an ice scream of different flavors. A window next to them showed their alter egos, Purple Night, Green Witch, Music Singer, Lunalight Dancer and Pink Dragon Mask instead of their normal reflections.

In a dark purple background, Ema had her arms crossed with a devious smile on her face. The screen zoomed in on her face, before changing to show Playmaker, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask riding their Duel Boards into the sky with their partners Ai, Azure and Rose in their true forms, still attached to their partners' Duel Disks, bringing Data Storm wind with them.

"Unending and ever expanding".

"Inside this very world".

The camera changed to show Varis, Black Dragon Mask and Specter in a dark blue world. The two brothers had their backs to one another, staring off to the sides, while Specter stood in between them, smirking deviously at the camera.

"Endless and every connecting".

"Flow of the timeline."

In a dark room with the only source of light being yellow glowing light was Kolter, sitting down and looking down at the bright light with a frown married to his face. The camera zoomed in on the adult man's face, who didn't make the slightest movement at all.

"Nothing is for certain!"

"In this lonely age."

The camera changed to show SOL Technologies' top secret room with Akiza standing at the edge, looking across the room. His face then appeared in front of the camera, showing the deep frown that he had.

"Don't hesitate, Set Yourself Free!"

"Cuz we still believin' in magic".

Yusaku, Ash and Rose all stood in a blue, white and red world, watching as Ai, Azure and Blaze flew around besides each other. Yusaku had his arms crossed, Ash's hands were hanging at his sides and Rose had her hands folded behind her back with their clothes blowing in the breeze. The two Fudo siblings had small smiles as they watched their partners fly around.

"The miracle we will leave behind."

"The miracle we will leave behind."

"The miracle that we will create!"

Yusaku, Ash and Rose all stood together a little bit away from Den City's high school with all three of them having their eyes closed. The three teenagers then opened their eyes to reveal the battle-ready looks in them. The world then changed to LINK VRAINS with Playmaker, White Dragon Mask and Black Rose Dragon Mask all in similar positions to their real selves, standing a little bit away from a virtual version of LINK VRAINS. They had their eyes closed with the two siblings' masks covering their eyes, before they all opened them to reveal the battle-ready looks that they all had.

"Never give up, never!"

The screen changed to show Kolter standing in the middle of a street, looking up at the rainy sky with his hands in his coat's pocket, before an image of his face appeared in front of the camera. The screen the changed to show Varis' smirking face as he stood inside of his base, ready to unleash some unknown plan.

"Don't give up. Never give up, never!"

Skye stood back-to-back with her brother with a concerned expression on her face. The camera then changed to show Lulu and Saya standing by each other, looking down at their Duel Disk where Raven and Velvet were looking up at them. The screen changed to show Ai, Azure and Rose floating out of their partners' Duel Disks. Finally, Yusaku, Ash and Rose were leaning against a railing with a dark sky. A rising light from behind them caught their attention, before they all turned around to look at the rising sun shining over Den City with all three of them smiling.

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Rewritten chapter 1 done. Now for the next one.