Chapter 10: A Vision of History

Yuya woke up in a bed that was unlike anything he'd ever slept in before, 'I didn't think the Xyz dimension would have these left over' he thought, getting out of the bed and heading to the curtains to open them. He threw them open, and saw a massive city scape very much unlike the ruins of Heartland. 'Where am I?' he questioned and he decided to get changed, as it seemed that he was in some nightwear instead of his usual outfit, which lead to the second confusing thing, being that his wardrobe only had one outfit in it, being a black shirt with a white jacket that has blue shoulders, trimmed with the orange Yuya was used to seeing on his effect monsters, accompanied by brown pants that had two knee guards, as if they were used to slide around occasionally, and there was also a pair of brown gloves and matching shoes. He put them on, and then headed into the bathroom where he saw his reflection. "What the?" he exclaimed out loud, "What happened to me?" Yuya looked several years older in the mirror, his eyes now golden, and his hair much spikier but also silver with lime green highlights in the bangs. "First I wake up in an unknown city and then I look rather different? What is going on?" He wondered, but he was soon interrupted by a knock on his door,

"Sir, the transportation to your duel is here. He is also ready to see you when you arrive at the stadium."

Almost immediately, as if it were instinct, Yuya said "Thanks. I'll just be a minute." Which surprised him as he hadn't intended to speak there, and if he was, he wouldn't say that. Something in his body told him to grab the deck on his nightstand which he did. Despite his efforts to check it, he somehow couldn't, 'I guess I'll find out the deck's theme in that duel that was mentioned' he thought, also subconsciously grabbing a lime green version of his pendant, putting it around his neck.

Yuya entered the car that was waiting outside the apartment building and was driven to the stadium. Upon arriving, he was greeted by a man wearing a curious suit of armour. It was silver with green trims on it, the same colour as the pendant around Yuya's neck. "Right this way Sir. Your armour is ready, are you?"

"Of course, I am," Yuya growled, now getting used to not being able to say what he wanted, "By the end of the day, my dragons and I shall add to my collection!" Yuya was lead to a man who to his surprise resembled what he could remember of his father,

"Ah, milord, I have made the requested modifications," the man who resembled his father said, "Just enter that room and your armour will be put on for you."

"Thank you." With that, Yuya entered the room, and once the door closed, some robotic arms put a set of golden armour on him, the same green lines on it. He picked up the duel disk that was sitting on the table, and attached it to his wrist, inserting the deck. He then picked up a face plate that resembled a dragon that Yuya couldn't recognise and put it on his hip.

"Alright everyone!" A man said through a speaker, "Welcome to the Champion's match! Young Yutaku Kosiaki has managed to make his way up the ranks, and now he will be facing our undefeated champion in a battle to see if he can gain the title of Champion! And speaking of which, here is your champion, the one and only Supreme King, ZARC!" A massive cheer went up, and Yuya exited the changing room and entered a massive stadium full of people cheering "Zarc! Zarc!" 'Where have I heard that name before?" Yuya wondered, but he couldn't stay on it, as he saw his opponent,

"Now then, you are the weakling who is going to fall to my hands next?" Yuya snarled,

"I will dethrone you Zarc! I will be the first to defeat you!" Yutaku replied, readying his duel disk, Yuya doing the same. When the duel disks activated and registered each other as an opponent, Yuya noticed that the field was different to what he was used to, with a zone connecting the two fields above the middle left and right monster zones labelled the 'Extra Monster Zone'. 'Weird, but I doubt it will affect me too much' he thought, drawing his opening hand, which he looked at. 'This is!' He thought seeing Astrograph Sorcerer in his hand. "Duel!" Both duellists declared, and the duel began.

Yuya/Zarc: 4000 LP

Yutaku: 4000 LP

Turn 1: Yutaku

"I'll go first and activate my Dragon's Link spell card! Whenever I Link Summon this turn, I can use monsters in my hand, also I can use one less material! So, I use my Backup Secretary, Cynet Commander and my Bitrooper to link summon a Link-4 monster! Go, build the circuit that brings us closer to Victory!" The three cards that were declared appeared on Yutaku's field, before turning into tornados of energy that entered a portal with eight arrows on it, "The summoning conditions are any 4 monsters, but due to Dragon's Link, it becomes any 3 monsters! Appear the dragon that brings us closer to a new day, no, a new dawn! I link summon, Link 4, Corrupting Tail Link Dragon!" A blue and grey dragon emerged from the portal roaring its dominance, placing itself in one of the zones that Yuya didn't recognise.

Corrupting Tail Link Dragon: Link 4, 2500 ATK, Arrows: Up, Down, Left, Right

"So, you have the last dragon?" Yuya found himself asking, "I'll just take that card later!"

"No, you won't! Especially when I can rebuild my circuit and use my dragon as all the material for my next monster!" The portal appeared again, and the dragon on Yutaku's field split into 5 components. "The summoning conditions are 5 monsters, but I can use my Corrupting Tail Link Dragon as all the material! Now enter the circuit that brings us closer to Victory! Evolve into my true ace, the dragon that will allow me to enter my new future! Link 5, Destructive Soul Link Dragon!" An even larger version of the monster used to summon it emerged, the blue on it even brighter, and it roared to herald its arrival.

Destructive Soul Link Dragon: Link 5, 3000 ATK, Up, Left, Right, Down Left and Down Right Arrows

"I now activate Link Dragon's Claws which increases Destructive Soul's ATK by 200 for each Link rating it has, so it gains 1000 ATK!" The blue and grey dragon's claws suddenly got sharper, and it roared as its ATK increased.

Destructive Soul Link Dragon: 3000 ATK - 4000 ATK

"I end my turn there." Yutaku smirked.

Turn 2: Yuya/Zarc

Yuya started his turn by putting on the face plate, hiding his face from everyone as he drew, "My turn! I summon Supreme Sacrificial Lamb to my field in attack mode!" A lamb that looked like it had seen much better days appeared, a green line across its face.

Supreme Sacrificial Lamb: Level 1, 0 ATK

"A monster with 0 attack points? This will be much easier than I thought!" Yutaku taunted,

"You're wrong!" Yuya shouted, "I take no damage from attacks involving my Sacrificial Lamb, so it attacks your Link Dragon!" The lamb charged at the dragon but was easily swatted away. "I now activate my Astrograph Sorcerer's effect! Since a card I control was destroyed, I can special summon him!" The blue robed sorcerer appeared on his field, but Yuya wasn't done.

Astrograph Sorcerer: Level 7, 2500 ATK

"I use my Sorcerer's ability! By banishing it along with my 4 dragons from my Deck and Extra Deck, I can combine with them! Go, work you magic!" Astrograph Sorcerer started to spin his staff, and ghostly images of the 4 dragons residing in Yuya's deck appeared before being absorbed into the staff. The pendant on Yuya's neck then shattered, a green dragon emerging from it before entering the staff as well. "Say goodbye to everything that you have ever loved! I now combine with my Sorcerer and dragons to allow me to INTERGRATION SUMMON! Arise, Supreme King Z-ARC!" The sky started to darken, lightning crackling around as Astrograph disappeared, and a mass of darkness emerged beneath Yuya which soon coalesced into a massive dragon the size of the stadium. "This is my true strength!" He declared.

Supreme King Z-ARC: Level 12 (Also Rank 12), 4000 ATK

"My ability now activates! When I am summoned, I can immediately destroy all the monsters you control, then you take damage equal to the attack points they had on the field!"

"NO!" Yutaku yelled, realising that with one move, he'd been defeated,

"Supreme Destruction!" ZARC declared, a beam of energy emerging from the dragon's mouth, annihilating the Link Dragon, and defeating Yutaku.

Yutaku: 4000 LP - 0 LP

ZARC WINS

"Now, I shall take you all on!" ZARC declared, his dragon form not disappearing, and the Link Dragons flying into his body, having been willed by ZARC to join their brethren, "Who is brave enough to challenge me?" Upon seeing that no one was taking up his offer, ZARC released a blast of energy, ripping through the stadium, and to Yuya's horror, who was now just watching from inside, likely killing dozens of people. ZARC then decided to destroy more of the stadium, killing countless people. As ZARC exited the stadium, Yuya saw a mass of people standing under a banner that had a crest that he recognised, the one on the Chaos Number he had summoned. 'Does this mean that crest is Zarc's?' Yuya wondered. ZARC continued destroying the city, vaporising and even eating people left and right, laughing as he went. Before long he was floating near a cliff, looking down on the destroyed city below him, banners bearing his insignia flew all over, and as ZARC started to laugh, he and Yuya heard some footsteps that were rather rapid and when ZARC turned around, he saw a girl that was about his age with marron and brown hair tied into twin tails. To Yuya's surprise, she also resembled an older looking Zuzu and Celina. "ZARC!" She called, "I, Ray Akaba, shall challenge you to a duel."

'Ray Akaba?' Yuya thought, 'Is she related to Declan?'. When this was thought, he was also assaulted with thoughts from ZARC, some that definitely belonged locked in a book in a safe under the sea.

"Well then, Ray," ZARC growled, "After I defeat you, it shall be the destruction of this world that follows!"

With this, a massive duel disk appeared on ZARC's wrist, and a blade emerged, and Ray activated the duel disk on her wrist.

"Duel!"/"Duel" they both called, starting the duel.

ZARC: 4000 LP

Ray: 8000 LP

"Given my new form, I will be starting with Supreme King Z-ARC on my field, but I'll let you start with double the life points! Not that they will do anything!" ZARC laughed, taking the first turn.

Turn 1: ZARC

"I play 5 face down cards and end my turn." ZARC stated, passing the turn with a smirk on his draconic face.

Turn 2: Ray

"I draw, and due to the cards in my hand, they will allow me to win! I start things off by activating Pot of Greed, drawing two additional cards, then 3 copies of Extremely Foolish Burial which allows me to send three copies of three different monsters from my Extra Deck, so I send three copies of Tornado Dragon, Junk Warrior and Dark Paladin to my graveyard, and by banishing one, I draw one more card," Ray said, placing the cards in her graveyard slot and drawing the card, "This then allows me to activate 4 continuous spell cards that my father made! En Flowers, Birds, Moon, and Winds!" She called, placing the 4 spells in her duel disk.

"That doesn't matter. Like any card could do anything to me!" ZARC snarled,

"Oh no, they will! My spells strip your dragon of the four attributes it has: Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Effect! And when you only control Normal monsters, my En Flowers destroys them all and deals you damage equal to the attack points those monsters had! And that's not the best part! You are unable to activate any spells or traps in response!" Ray shouted, raising her arm in the air. Suddenly, her arm started glowing as four bracelets appeared on her wrist, each silver with a differing gem on them.

"WHAT IS THIS?" ZARC screeched as the spells on Ray's field started to emit a massive amount of light, and Yuya could feel ZARC's essence being split apart by the sheer power of the spells. "No, I am the Supreme King! I cannot fall! NOOOOOOOOO!" And with that, Yuya's vision went white as ZARC's scream echoed in his head.

"Is he waking?" He heard a familiar male voice say,

"I'm not sure," Another voice, unfamiliar, but still male, this time, replied, "Just make sure he's alright."

Following this, Yuya opened his eyes, seeing Yuma and a man with purple hair looking on. "Where am I?" Yuya asked, almost instinctively,

"The headquarters of what remains of the resistance," Yuma informed him, "Before you ask, you were hit in the head with a massive chunk of concrete that crumbled off a building. Surprisingly, you exited that encounter unscathed, and you've been unconscious ever since, so we carried you here. Shark here was just checking on you when you started muttering something about death and destruction."

"Must have been a dream or something." Yuya said, his voice trailing off,

"Well, it seems as though something else might have happened, as the two dragons in your deck started glowing. The one in Yugo's as well. Strange." Yuma said,

"Wait, the apparently stronger dragon user is awake?" a blonde man wearing a grey-ish suit and a pauldron that perfectly matched with it, in the shape of another dragon Yuya didn't recognise on his shoulder, pink gems on the suit, announced, "My name is Mizar, and I challenge you to a duel to show you my dragon and compare its strength to yours."

"Mizar, give him some time to truly wake up!" Rio chided, "Sometimes I wonder about your sanity when it comes to dragons."

"It's alright," Yuya said, standing up, "I'm fully able to duel right now."

"Good," Mizar said, "Meet me out back in 5 minutes!" And with that, he was off, Yuya getting his duel disk ready, also making sure that all his cards were in the right place. As he was about to exit, Yugo pulled him aside, holding out Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.

"Look," Yugo said, "I don't know why, but I get a feeling that I should give you Clear Wing for this duel."

"You do know I don't have any Tuner monsters right Yugo?" Yuya questioned his Synchro counterpart,

"I know, but something is willing me to lend it to you. I really can't explain it." Yugo replied,

"Well, if you're sure," Yuya responded, taking the card and placing it in his extra deck, a roar being heard in his head, "I'll make sure that Clear Wing makes her way back to you."

"Good luck!" Yugo called as Yuya exited to duel Mizar.

Next Chapter Preview: After waking up from his strange dream, Yuya is challenged by the self-proclaimed 'Master of Dragons' Mizar! With his deck in hand and his dragons, plus Yugo's, ready to fight, will they be able to triumph?

Custom Cards

Dragon's Link

Spell

This turn, when you Link Summon a Dragon-type monster, you can treat one monster you control as a LINK-2 monster, even if it isn't naturally. You can only activate one 'Dragon's Link' per turn.

Corrupting Tail Link Dragon

DARK

LINK-4

Dragon, Link, Effect

Arrows: Up, Down, Left, Right

2+ monsters

You can target one monster you opponent controls and one monster you control that is next to this card's link: destroy both targets. If this card you control battles a monster next to this card's link: you can increase this card's ATK by half that of a monster you control's. You can only use each effect of this card once per turn.

2500 ATK

Destructive Soul Link Dragon

DARK

LINK-5

Dragon, Link, Effect

Arrows: Up, Left, Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right

3+ monsters

For this card's Link Summon, you can use one 'Corrupting Tail Link Dragon' you control as all the required material. If this card is Link Summoned: You can destroy one Level/Rank 5 or LINK-3 or higher monster your opponent controls. Once per turn; you can target one card next to this card's link: until the End Phase, replace this card's effects with that card's. If you target a card your opponent controls for this effect: You can negate that target's effect(s).

3000 ATK

Link Dragon's Claws

Equip Spell

Equip only to a Dragon-type Link monster you control: The card this card is equipped to gains 200 ATK for each of its LINK ratings.

Supreme Sacrificial Lamb

DARK

Level 1

Beast/Effect

You take no damage from battles involving this card.

0 ATK/0 DEF

Extremely Foolish Burial

Spell

Send up to three copies of one monster from your extra deck to your GY. You cannot send the same type of monster (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Link) to the GY by this effect again, also, you cannot summon that type of monster for 3 of your turns. If you have three copies of this card in your GY, you can banish all three to draw one card.

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Author's Note section of the special chapter, in which we see Yuya have a dream vision/memory of Zarc's last duels. Now, on to the important points revealed in this chapter: First, Link monsters existed in the Original Dimension, and the Link Dragon was also revealed, Corrupting Tail Link Dragon, and its evolved form, Destructive Soul Link Dragon, both owned by Yutaku Kosiaki, and, yes, I know that the name is incredibly similar to the name of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS protagonist Yusaku Fujiki, but that's only because I couldn't think of anything better. Second, Zarc wasn't just a duelist who rose to power, but rather a seeming warmonger who was using the tournaments to gain more power.

Now regarding how the En cards still worked, despite there not being a Link one, and Zarc's absorption of Corrupting Tail, since Zarc only obtained the Link Dragon prior to fusing with his dragons, it doesn't have the Link attribute, thus the spells still work.

Also, Ray FTKing Zarc was something that was going to happen, who could have guessed? Given that in the scene where Ray and Zarc are fighting, we don't see any other cards having been played, why not have the BBEG of the show FTK'd by big good?

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you all on Thursday when chapter 11 is uploaded – NightWingBOI