Yuto stood over his defeated enemies, still not himself. He turned around and walked in a certain direction. He glanced over to a temple to his left. Gongenzaka looked over to where Yuto was looking, and saw someone jumping back out of the entrance of the temple.
"Kurosaki!" Gongenzaka identified the person. "Is he going to Duel with Kurosaki?" Gongenzaka glanced to Yuto's right to see a column with cracks in it. Suddenly, part of the column broke, and it was falling down on Yuto!
"Yuya!" Gongenzaka called out to Yuto. He still wasn't sure if Yuto wasn't Yuya. For all he knew, Yuya was wearing a temporary wig to hide a new hairdo earlier. And that it happened to fall off during the Duel. "YUYA!" Gongenzaka dove for Yuto and tackled him to the ground. Mieru shrieked, covered her eyes and looked away as the pillar hit Gongenzaka in the back, causing a yell to be heard from him. Mieru peeked and saw the pillar on Gongenzaka's back, who was pinning Yuto to the ground, protecting him from the pillar and restraining his movements.
However, Yuto took no notice of the danger that he was in from the pillar and tried to force Gongenzaka off him. "Kggg...RAAAAGH!" Yuto writhed in pain as he tried to escape.
"Hurry! Go get someone!" Gongenzaka commanded Mieru, who was still frozen from fear and shock. "I'm counting on you!"
"O-okay!" Mieru replied as she ran off to get help.
Meanwhile
"Now, time for the finish!" Mitchie exclaimed. "By returning Princess Pudding and Knight Napolitan to my hand, I can destroy one Monster for each Card returned by this effect!" Halil and Olga's Monsters were destroyed, causing them to gasp in shock. "At this moment, I activate the Trap Card, Metabolic Storm! I deal damage to my opponent equal to the Attack of the Monsters destroyed by my Royal Cookmates' effect!" Both Halil and Olga yelped as they were sent to the ground as their life dropped to 0. "I hope you can dine with me again." Mitchie took a bow.
"All right, you won!" The fish guy exclaimed in joy. "Hurry up and give me your Pendulum Cards!"
"You didn't even do anything!" Olga stated.
"How shameless." Halil spoke as they both handed over their Pendulum Cards.
The fish guy, named Teppei, swiped the Pendulum Cards from their hands as he smirked. "Thanks, come again! This is good! I'm looking forward to working with you, partner!" Teppei looked back to Mitchie, who was talking to Mieru.
"What?! Yuya-kun is-?!" Mitchie questioned, wondering what was wrong with him.
"You too! If you're his partner, then come with!" Mieru pointed to Teppei.
"Huh?" Teppei gasped in confusion. At that moment, the feed to the audience was cut out. This caused a very negative reaction from the audience.
"Hey! Why can't we even see Mitchie now!?" A woman in the audience demanded for an answer.
"Umm, from what I have been told, it seems a non-participant or a fan has snuck into the Battle Royale." Nico reported to the audience, referring to Mieru.
Meanwhile, Yoko was deep in thought.
That person who was on the screen for an instant was...that one girl who came to our house before...I thought I heard her say something about Yuya. But, Yuya is missing. So she must be referring to Yuto. What's going on? Yoko thought to herself in confusion.
In the observatory
"We cannot confirm the presence of any Duelists in the Iceberg Area." A woman informed Akaba Reiji.
"After detecting such a powerful Synchro Summon…(Remember, when Yugo teleported to the Iceberg Area, he beat Takeda and Umesugi, I'm not showing that scene) it must have been a Duelist of the Synchro Dimension. And he might be that lookalike of Sakaki Yuya that Kurosaki spoke of…" Reiji whispered to himself. "Find them! Continue your search!"
"Yes sir!" The 3 workers responded.
"And Sakaki Yuya, or, Yuto, in disguise as Sakaki Yuya?" Reiji asked Nakajima.
"He was moved to the Jungle Area by the people who went after him."
Meanwhile
Yuto was heard screaming out in pain trying to get out as Teppei and Mitchie pinned his arms while Gongenzaka pinned his legs. Next to Gongenzaka was the wig Yuto was wearing. Yuto fidgeted his head like an animal who has lost control.
"How did this happen!?" Mitchie asked Gongenzaka.
"I don't know. It's almost as if something is possessing Yuya! Well...I don't even know if this is Yuya!" Gongenzaka told Mitchie.
"What? Don't say stuff like th-" The next thing heard from Teppei was a yelp of pain as Yuto bit his hand. Because of this, he let go of Yuto's hand, who then proceeded to punch Teppei in the chin, causing the latter to immediately regrab the former's hand. (Yes this actually happened in the anime, except it was Yuya who did it.) "Why do I have to go through this? Now that I think about it, I'm not even this guy's friend or anything!"
"And I wasn't your friend either. But I listened to your request and decided to be your comrade. Because I believed that if I worked with you, I could get plenty of Duels and further polish my skills. Now it is your turn to listen to my request! Please help Yuya-kun with me!" Mitchie pleaded.
"But...how do we even do that? In fact, we don't even know if this is Sakaki Yuya, this guy has different hair!" Then, a crystal ball came into Teppei's view, and he saw Mieru holding it.
"First, we should determine what is it that is possessing Darling." Mieru said.
"You can see that?" Teppei asked.
"I'm Houchun Mieru." Mieru introduced herself. "I'm a Divination Duelist with the greatest fortune-telling abilities of my school. If I use that power then…" Mieru trailed off as her ball glowed a bright purple. "I see it…I see it…" Mieru then gasped.
"What's wrong?" Gongenzaka asked in concern.
"There are two souls inside of Darling." Mieru revealed.
"Two souls?" Gongenzaka, Mitchie, and Teppei questioned in unison.
"No...not just two! Deeper inside, there's something else that's trying to overwhelm the other two! I don't know what it is, but it's a very terrifying existence." Mieru stated.
"Terrifying existence?" Gongenzaka repeated.
"C-cut that ou-" Teppei then jumped out of fear as Yuto let out a surprise yell of pain, before calming down and losing consciousness.
"Yuya!" Gongenzaka called out to Yuto.
"Yuya-kun!" Mitchie joined in, concerned.
"Wait. So if one of the souls is Yuya, then who is the other one?" Gongenzaka asked.
"I don't know. But...I have a feeling this isn't Darling. Darling's soul is one of the two. However, Darling's soul seems to be the less dominant of the two. I think Darling's soul is sleeping inside, slowly reawakening. The person here isn't Darling. He's just someone who looks like him and dressed up as him." Mieru told the three.
"Wait, looks the same!? Could this be...that man who assaulted Sawatari? That man named...Yuto?" Gongenzaka asked to no one in particular to answer.
In the Iceberg Area
"Let me go! Get your hands off me, you masked ninja!" Serena shouted at the red ninja carrying her, who sweat dropped. "Let me go!" Finally, the red ninja put her down. Serena backed up. "What are you after!? It doesn't seem like you're working with them! Tsukikage, I'll leave these two to you." The red ninja told the blue ninja, now known as Tsukikage. "There might be more of them nearby, I'm going to go check out the situation."
"Understood, Hikage. Be careful, brother." Tsukikage told the red ninja known as Hikage as the red ninja disappeared.
"Who are those guys?" Yuzu asked Tsukikage, referring to the Obelisk Force in the Volcano Area.
"From what we know, they are from Academia in the Fusion Dimension." Tsukikage answered.
"Academia?!" Yuzu repeated in shock. Yuzu turned to Serena. "Then you must be Ruri after all!? Did you escape from the Fusion Dimension on your own? Those people from Academia are chasing after you…"
"I'm Serena!" Serena told Yuzu. "My name is certainly not Ruri."
"Serena…" Yuzu repeated the name.
"It's true that they are from Academia and are out to capture me. But I won't be captured! Even without this ninja's help, I would have fended them off myself!" Tsukikage just simply closed his eyes and turned around, not facing Serena.
"Out to capture you? Why are they after you?" Yuzu asked.
"It's obvious! They are obeying the Professor's orders!"
"Professor?"
"In Academia, the Professor's orders are absolute. We are not allowed to disobey them. But I disobeyed those rules in order to prove to him my own power! If I eliminate the remnants of the Xyz Dimension in Standard, the Professor will regret not sending me out to the front lines! That's why!" Serena explained.
"That's why you Dueled Dennis?" ]
"I had the wrong idea about him." Serena said simply. Unknown to the trio, Dennis was hiding behind a piece of ice on a building, listening.
"So that means you are from Academia? And by the front lines you mean the Xyz Dimension?!"
"That's right! All of my comrades went to the Xyz Dimension and were able to display their skills honorably! But I was alone to stay behind by the Professor's orders."
"Do you even know what Academia did to the Xyz Dimension?" Yuzu questioned Serena. Serena made a sound in response that told Yuzu that she was listening. "Xyz Dimension, Ruri's homeland, was a peaceful place. Until that day…"
The words of Shun in his Duel against Sora played in her head. On that day, our enemy attacked us without warning and turned our town into a battlefield.
"I heard that the people of Academia constantly attacked the people of the Xyz Dimension with smiles on their faces. As if they were taking part in a hunting game…"
"Ridiculous!" Serena denied, shocking Yuzu. "Laughing as if it were a game? The Duelists of Academia are warriors. They would never do something that foolish!"
"Are you saying that they are lying?" Yuzu interrogated.
"Academia has a noble objective! The objective to make all worlds one!" Serena revealed to Yuzu.
"Make the world's one?"
"The invasion of the Xyz Dimension was for that purpose. Eventually, we will assimilate the Synchro Dimension and this Standard Dimension and unite the worlds! All of Academia's Duelists were trained to achieve that noble objective! Prideful warriors wouldn't do something like that!"
"What pride is there in bringing tons of people grief!?" Yuzu asked.
Serena smiled in amusement. "What do they have to grieve over? The Xyz Duelists should have their own pride as well! Even if they were to lose their lives, if they fought with their all, they should be able to accept the results and-" Serena was interrupted as Yuzu placed her hands on Serena's shoulder, shocking the girl.
"Are you telling them to shut up and accept it when they lose their families as well!? Academia didn't just bring grief to Xyz Duelists, but to their friends and families as well!" Yuzu exclaimed.
"Are their families not Duelists?" Serena asked.
"Kurosaki and Yuto are fighting to save Ruri, Kurosaki's little sister, from Academia!" Yuzu informed Serena.
"To save her?"
"Kurosaki Shun is the Xyz remnant you're after! If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then go check with him yourself!"
Meanwhile-In the Jungle Area
Mitchie put a spoon with something in Yuto's mouth. After he removed the spoon, Yuto slowly started to open his eyes. He saw Gongenzaka, Mitchie, and Teppei looking down at him.
"You...Gongenzaka?" Yuto recognized the oaf.
Mieru's face came into Yuto's view.
"You're…" Yuto thought back to the day when he filled for Yuya the first time, this person was trying to hug him if he remembered correctly.
"Darling! Darling is back to the usual Darling!" Mieru exclaimed in joy.
Later
There was food lying on a grill in front of the group of 5.
"Well, it was nothing, the reason you came back to normal is because of my help! By the way, the soup you just drank was made with the fish that I caught from the sea! I don't need your thanks, but...if you insist on giving me your Pendulum Cards then...hey! Are you even listening?!" Teppei shouted.
"All I remember is...those damn soldiers from Academia showed up, and then the Knight of Duels were…" Yuto hesitated to say the words, but eventually found the courage to say it. "Turned in to Cards."
"What?! People who lose to them in a Duel are turned into Cards?!" Gongenzaka repeated in shock.
"Impossible!" Mitchie exclaimed.
"I can't remember much after that...did I beat them?" Yuto asked Gongenzaka.
"Yeah, by Xyz Summoning a dragon I've never seen before." Gongenzaka told Yuto.
"This doesn't make sense…" Mieru whispered to herself as she looked through her crystal ball with Yuto's face on it. "Darling...isn't the same Darling...but he isn't the same as that vicious beast. Before, I saw another soul inside you." Mieru told Yuto.
"Another soul inside of me?" Yuto questioned. So his assumption was right, Yuya's soul might have merged or...absorbed with his own.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, care to explain this?" Gongenzaka asked as he showed Yuto the wig, shocking him.
Crap! The wig's gone! I think I blew my cover! Yuto thought to himself as a drop of sweat rolled down his face.
"You're not Yuya, are you? You're that man, Yuto right? Yuzu told me about a man named Yuto who assaulted Sawatari one day. That would happen to be you, correct?"
To say Yuto was shocked was an understatement. He was almost amazed that Gongenzaka could find this out just by finding out he was wearing a wig. For all he knew, Yuto's hair could just be another wig. But then again, there were some other factors. He botched up Yuya's voice at times, and also his eye color was gray, Yuya's was red.
"Yes. You are correct. I am not your friend Sakaki Yuya. You are also correct in the fact that I am, Yuto."
A long sea of silence filled the area as everyone could only look at Yuto in shock. They couldn't believe what they were hearing. Yuya wasn't here? Then where was he? Was he the second soul inside of Yuto? And why was Yuto taking his place?
In Academia
The doktor was currently in his lab, laughing maniacally, after performing something successful.
"Muahahaha! I'm finally finished! You!" The doktor pointed to a student in blue, who jumped in place out of shock.
"Y-yes sir!" The student stuttered.
"What are you waiting for? I said I'm finished! Go get some people and get one of the stupid girls! I really don't care which!" The doktor commanded.
"Yes sir!" The student began to walk out, however, the doktor called him again. "What?"
"Never mind. I'll pick which girl for you. Pick a Card." The doktor held out two different Cards. "One is an Xyz Monster, one is a Synchro Monster. Pick one and rip the Card."
The student hesitated and decided to pick the Card on the left. He ripped it to shreds.
"Guess what."
"What?"
"I lied. These Cards weren't a Monster at all." The doktor gave a sadistic smile as he ripped the Card in his hands in halve. The remains of both Cards flew to the ground, faceup. And, to the horror of the blue student, they were the Cards of two students. One of them, he didn't know, it was just some random Carded student. However, the Card the doktor ripped, had a person sealed inside also. And he knew the person all too well. It was none other, than the brother of Marufuji Ryo...Marufuji Sho.
"You ripped the random student. Get the Synchro girl. Now!" The doktor shouted, causing the student to shriek in fear and run away to go get Rin.
"Hahahaha, hahahahahahaha! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! COUGH COUGH...oh shit!" The doktor cursed as he coughed hardly.
Finished! This was a repeat chapter, so I decided to add this little part with the doktor. I decided to add this to signify the doktor's sadism and how he took joy in ripping Sho's Card.
So, I had the doktor rip up the Card of Sho Marufuji, who is Syrus Truesdale in the dub of Gx. Which, I think means Sho is dead...I think. Anyways, I had the doktor rip up Sho's Card for the irony of the fact that Sho is the younger of Ryo. If the student picked to rip Sho's Card, Ruri would be picked for the "experiment." And Ruri is the sister of Shun, I had to include some small meaning in that, so that's part of the reason why I had Rin. Sorry Rin. I said part of the reason, there is another reason.
Here's the preview!
Yuzu and Serena decide to switch clothes so Serena can talk to Shun. They both go their separate ways. However, Yuzu runs into a boy with a similar face as Yuya and Yuto. However, unlike them, this boy, is more menacing and creepy.
There will be more to that chapter, don't worry. I just couldn't come up with anything to include for the other stuff.
Matrixnis: Yuya is going to speak with Yuto very soon. A small chance it might happen next chapter. Probably going to happen in the chapter after that though.
Mekyaku: That was an error on my part, sorry! The Scale 8 Phantom Knights Monster is called Phantom Knights Paladin, he was already used one in the story before this Duel. Also about Yugo, that scene actually happened in the anime, so I'm not making him more stupid in this regard.
Guest #1: Yep. Gongenzaka knows for sure now.
rgriffin8999: Yuzu won't Duel Yuri...no I'm kidding. The Duel is going to end in the same way probably, but I will make sure to show it. I think I'll have Yuzu at least put up a bit of a fight. Don't worry about that.
Des lightning: We will have to wait and see how the Synchro Dimension goes.
Guest #2: You mean karma? Because I don't know what kauma is.
That's all for now guys.
Just one last note. From now on, if you're a guest reviewer, put down a name for yourself like des lightning. Nothing too big, just put down a name for if you send a review.
Hope you guys enjoyed!
Take care, goodbye! :)
