"Next up is Duel News!" A woman was heard from a TV in You Show Duel School. Yuto sighed in boredom and worry. He needed to make sure that Shark was ok. He seemed fine when he left the Field, but maybe the pain would get to him later.

The woman continued talking. "After intense battles over the past few days, in the Miami Championship's Junior Youth Class, Round Two has finished and the Top 16 have been determined." Shuzo walked to the group watching the TV. "Now then, let's get right into introducing those players!"

Everyone except Yuto perked up and got excited. (Also, remember Gongenzaka isn't here.)

"Our first player is You Show Duel School's Hiragi Yuzu!" A picture of Yuzu holding up a peace sign is shown on the screen, making Shuzo go on the fritz in excitement.

"Here it is! So cute! My daughter is the best!" Shuzo gloated as party streamers flew across Shuzo. The entire group sweatdropped as Shuzo kept on ranting. "Burning! Hot-blooded!" Yuzu reached her limit. The next thing Shuzo knew, he was bending down in his pain as her own daughter smacked him with her fan. (Damn, talk about disrespectful, lol.)

"And from the same You Show Duel School and Entertainment Duel style. He's been making a name with his Pendulum Summoning, Sakaki Yuya." A picture of Yuya came up on screen...the real Yuya.

Yuzu's annoyed expression turned into a sad one. She has totally forgotten about Yuya. Soon, she will need to ask Yuto about this.

Meanwhile, Yuto narrowed his eyes at the picture. Yuya...I will definitely fulfill your wish.

"He defeated two fierce opponents, LDS' Sawatari Shingo in the first round and Ryouzanpaku's Kachidoki Isao in the second!" At that statement, Yuto thought back to the Duel between him and Kachidoki. "He's qualified for Round Three in this tournament."

I can't lose myself again like with what happened with Kachidoki. I need to make sure I keep my anger in check. Yuto thought to himself.

The group kept silent. Until the Kirigakure Cooking School's Mokota Michio was called. When that happened, Yoko came out of nowhere and instantly became fangirl Yoko. "Yaaaagh! Mitchie! You're amazing!"

"Y-yoko-san…" Shuzo whispered the adult's name, surprised that she was there.

Then the woman announced some fish guy and Gongenzaka for Round 3, calling Gongenzaka one of the tournament's "dark horses."

"And another one of those dark horses is LDS' Kurosaki Shun." The woman slightly quivered as she read off his name. A picture showing a serious Kurosaki was shown.

"Shun…" Yuto repeated the name of his best friend.

"His shocking first round victory over You Show Duel School's Shiunin Sora is still very clear in our minds!" With that, everyone grew serious. "Kurosaki also pulled out his second match in a close victory against You Show Duel School's Kamishiro Ryoga. I wonder what kind of Duel he'll show us in the third round." In reality, the woman was actually terrified.

"What kind?!" Tatsuya repeated in confusion. "No matter how you look at it, he went too far!"

"I bet it's his fault that Sora is gone too!" Ayu declared.

"I'm so frustrated I've got the shivers!" Futoshi bellowed.

"Shiunin...Sora…" Yuto said.


Meanwhile-In the Fusion Dimension

"You said you wanted to go to Standard once again, is that correct?" The Professor asked Sora.

"Yes sir! There are Xyz remnants in Standard!" Sora revealed to Leo. However, Leo probably already knew.

"Hmm...I will grant that wish." Leo accepted Sora's pleads.

"Thank you very much!"

"But, this time, you won't go alone."

"Wait, what?! Oh, please don't let it be Edo Phoenix...that guy is a major jackass!" Sora insulted the Commander-In-Chief who wasn't present.

"No. You'll be going with them." Out of nowhere, from the columns, came members of the Obelisk Force.

Sora turned around and gave a look of surprise. "Obelisk Force?!"

"Finding those Xyz remnants is only a secondary objective." Leo informed Sora coldly. "Your target...is her." Leo showed Sora a picture of the girl with Barrett.

"Yuzu!" Sora exclaimed.

"No, she is Serena." Leo revealed the girl's name to Sora.

"Serena...but...I keep seeing Yuzu. Why?"

"You have no need to know that. Your objective is to capture Serena and bring her back to this world. You are authorized to engage the local Duelists in combat in order to accomplish this. You MUST bring Serena back." Leo commanded Sora, putting emphasis on "must."

"Yes sir!"


Back at You Show

"Don't worry, Sora will definitely come back! Definitely. I believe it!" Shuzo formed his hand into a fist.

"Dad…" Yuzu looked at her father.

Yuto kept a serious expression on his face. Yeah, and when he does come back, something tells me that things aren't going to be good.

"I'm sure Sora would be happy if you work hard for first place! It'll motivate him to try harder and come back!"

"That's right! He only entered the Championship because "if Yuya is going to enter, then I will too!"" Futoshi quoted Sora.

"If you guys keep winning, he'll be so frustrated he'll have to show his face!" Tatsuya remembered how Sora would normally act if something similar happened.

"You're still winning in the Junior section too, Tatsuya." Ayu reminded Tatsuya.

"Yes, you're right. Yuya, Yuzu, and Tatsuya, do your best and frustrate Sora! And work your hardest to get first place!" Shuzo cheered for the 3.

"But...I, personally, would like Mitchie to aim for first as well…" Yoko murmured, loud enough for everyone to hear, ruining the moment entirely.

Wow, if that's called going against your own son I don't know what is! Everyone thought.

"Tomorrow, we'll finally have our match to determine the Top 8. I hope all of our competitors will fight with no regrets tomorrow!"


Meanwhile

Akaba Himeka snapped her fingers, switching off the TV she and Reiji were listening too. "It seems like it's finally happening…"

"No. I won't let it. We will hold off the enemy's invasion in this town. No matter what." Reiji told Himeka as he looked out the window.


Meanwhile-At the hideout

"Damn…" O'Brien cursed as he threw away another wad of paper at the door, hitting the person entering, which was Shark.

"What's your problem?" Shark asked as he slowly walked in, still hurt from his Duel with Shun.

"I'm trying to recreate my Dimensional Transporter." O'Brien told Shark as he looked at him. "What happened to you?"

"Shun, Duel. Two things that don't go well on days like this. Anyways, I've got a question now that you mention Dimensional Transporters."

"Sure. What do you need?"

"You used a Dimensional Transporter to get here. So why did you take one of the Transporters back in Heartland?" Shark asked.

"It malfunctioned as I entered Xyz. It doesn't work anymore." O'Brien told him.

"Then couldn't you have shown Faker your broken Transporter?" Shark lifted one of his brows in interest.

"You guys didn't have the resources needed for it, we had to make a completely new design." O'Brien answered, not even looking at Shark.

"Worry about that later." Shark told O'Brien as he walked away, ready to get some rest.

However, O'Brien kept on working.


At the Sakaki Residence

"Hey, Yuy-I mean, Yuto. Come here!" Yoko called out to Yuto, who was sleeping in Yuya's bed, in his Resistance clothes and no wig.

"Ok." Yuto said groggily as he slid down Yuya's pole.

He came into the kitchen to see Yoko sitting at a table with Yuzu.

"Why is Yuzu here? I thought she was back home sleeping."

"We need to talk, Yuto." Yuzu told Yuto.

"About?"

"Yuya. What happened to him?" Yuzu questioned Yuto.

"Tell us from the beginning, please." Yoko pleaded Yuto. Yuto started at both her and Yuzu. They wanted to know. Yuto felt bad for them. Yuzu lost one of best friends and from what he knew, Yusho disappeared 3 years ago and left Yoko, and now she lost her son...However, Yuto was going to have to give the truth.

"I don't know what happened to him. I'm being honest. I don't remember after Yugo beat Yuya." Yuto closed his eyes, thinking back to that night.

"Come on, Yuto! Please try to remember, Yuto! Yuya is someone we care about very much, it just pains me-no, us to hear that he disappeared without a trace." Yuzu out her hands together and looked at Yuto in a pleading manner.

"I'm sorry. I don't-" Yuto was cut off as a memory flashed into his head. The purple void, Yuya was there.

"Actually...I might know. I think Yuya is-" Yuto was cut off by a sharp pain. He held his head and closed his eyes. When he opened them, they were crimson red, like Yuya's eyes. "In another Dimension." Yuzu and Yoko gasped as this. They were shocked. Now that Yuzu thought about, it made sense, her bracelet shone, and Yuya could have disappeared instead. They were shocked by this so much that they didn't notice that Yuto's eyes were red. "I'm sure he is fine." His eyes changed back to gray. He silently gasped. He didn't want to say that. He wanted to say that Yuya could be inside his soul. But, he said something else. He could also feel something, a feeling of sadness inside. A feeling of regret. He could also feel that something didn't want him to tell them the truth. Could it be that…

"Thank you, Yuto." Yoko's voice broke Yuto out of his thoughts. "You can go back to bed now. Yuzu, you better hurry home or else Shuzo will get worried."


The next day

The Top 16 were in a line as the entire crowd cheered for them. A flock of birds flew over the stadium as Yuto and Yuzu looked at the people in the line. (Yuto's back in disguise by the way.)

"Kurosaki didn't come, didn't he?" Yuzu asked as she saw no sight of the Raid Raptors user.

"Where would he be?" Yuto asked himself.

"Everyone, thank you for waiting!" Nico Smiley appeared on the screen and in front of the competitors. "Right now, instead of a Round Three to determine the top 8, a Battle Royale between these 16 Junior Youth competitors will take place!" This caused the audience to go silent. However, soon the audience began to cheer in approval again.

"Ba-Battle Royale…?" Shuzo, Yoko, Ayu, Futoshi, and Tatsuya spoke in unison.

From above the stadium, Akaba Himeka and Reiji were looking out the window where they could see the stadium.

"A city-wide Battle Royale. You've really thought this out, Reiji-san." Himeka said.

"If we broadcast that invaders from another dimension are going to arrive at any moment, the city could dissolve into panic. So instead, we will release the top 16 of the Junior Youth class into the city, and have them take out the enemy in the Battle Royale. However, the ones who will actually intercept the invaders will be these 8. These are the 8 best of the Youth class. The plan is made even smoother by the fact that all of them are LDS." Reiji explained his plan.

"For the honor of LDS, and to protect our world, we're counting on you." Himeka placed her fate in the 8.

"Yes mam!" All 8 responded.

Reiji looked at the man near the entrance door, standing with his arms crossed, waiting. "I'm sure you know already, but Kurosaki, your orders are to find fighters with potential among the remaining 15 in the stadium, who are suitable to become Lancers to provide for any emergencies."

"So you don't want me to fight the enemy then? I can't promise that." Shun replied as he held out a hand to the Top 8. "If those eight get knocked out, I will have no choice but to fight."

Yu looked at him and gave him a stern face. "You're just Junior Youth and you're running your mouth!"

Shun opened the doors and walked out of the room as he said, "Do your best to stay alive."


Back at the Stadium

"Now then, let's explain the rules! The match will begin promptly at noon! At that time, Action Cards will be spread out! And here is the important part! There are Pendulum Cards from Leo Corporation hidden in the city!" Nico revealed.

"Pendulum Cards hidden in the city?" Yuto repeated.

"The competitors must find at least two of them and then Duel!" Nico held up two fingers.

"Everyone had to get Pendulum Cards?" Yuzu questioned.

"So that means everyone can Pendulum Summon." Shuzo pointed out.

"The matches will be held under the Ante Rule with the Pendulum Cards included! The winner the takes the amount of Pendulum Cards bet by the loser and acquires them as their own! The time limit is twenty-four hours!" Nico explained.

"Wait! An entire day?!" Yuto exclaimed in shock.

"Also, the city will be split into four areas based on the Fields in the Field Magic, Wonder Quartet!" A Field Magic appeared on the screen in front of Nico, revealing four areas. "Competitors are free to battle in any of these four areas!"

"The entire city will be an Action Field!" Tatsuya noted.

"Four of them!" Ayu added.

"Shivers!" This time, Futoshi actually did shake his butt when he yelled out his catchphrase.

"Now we wait!" Nico announced as a big wave of silence filled the stadium as the clock was 14 minutes away from noon. They waited for only a minute, and no one made a sound. A baby could be heard crying the background.

"Well...this is awkward…" Nico chuckled. "So...the weather is nice out today...hey does anybody else feel cold?"

"It's 70 degrees out." Gongenzaka told Nico.

"Oh…"

9 minutes of torture later

"The starting time is almost upon us! All entrants please prepare your Duel Disks!" Nico yelled as everyone activated their Duel Disk.

"Battle Royale Mode." The Duel Disks of all competitors said as the audience began to cheer time kept ticking towards noon.

"Gate open!" On his command, an entire section of the audience was lifted up, revealing the outside to the city.

Outside, Serena was the shadows. The Xyz remnants are in there…

"Now then, let's get this started! Duelists locked in battle! Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their Monsters! They storm through this Field" The clock ticked down to 15 seconds to noon. "Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! Actioooooooon!" Nico lifted up his fingers.

"DUEL!" All 16 competitors shouted in unison as Nico snapped his fingers. The clock struck noon, and a bubble holding Action Cards exploded, scattering all of the Action Cards.

The Duelists ran out of the gate, ready to determine the top 8 who would move on. Little did they know…

Something bigger was going to happen soon.


Finished! No Duel this chapter, sorry.

Whooh, finally a quick update! There wasn't really much to this chapter so I wanted to get it out as fast as I could for you guys.

Next chapter will be similar to Episode 42 in the anime so I don't think a preview is needed.

Cybresamurai: To be fair, Shark doesn't have the Cards related to Chaos Numbers and all of that, since I took out the Numbers and Chaos Numbers. The closest to a Number in this story is my recreation of Silent Honor ARK.

Guest: Yeah, and Yuri didn't have a real Duel until episode 106. The anime never showed any of his Duel with Yuzu, and when he Dueled Yugo, all they did was Summon their dragons and just stand in one place in berserk chanting "We will become one."

Mekyaku: I read your PM, and you were wrong on your guesses. Also, I said the Monster was a Rank 5 Xyz Monster, unless I said 6 on accident. Both of the Monsters you guessed were Rank 6. Good try though.

Matrixnis: Oh shoot yeah, my mistake. Even still, Shark didn't draw a Monster, and also, no matter what Field Wild Vulture was on, Silent Honor could still absorb since I made the effect absorb any Card on the Field. Regardless, thanks for catching my mistake.

ThePlotHand: How did you find music that partially fit those scenes?!

Anyways, that's all for now guys. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

Take care, goodbye!