"My turn, draw!" Yuya drew his Card and glanced at it, he held it in front of him as Yuto appeared right next to him. "That's weird, I've never seen this Card in my Deck before. Is this one of your Cards, Yuto?"

"No. It's not. It's like what happened with Dark Requiem and Dark Redemption…" Yuto answered as he sunk into his thoughts.

"This what happened to my Fusion Monsters and my Odd Eyes Absolute Dragon...one moment I don't have them, the next moment, I do." Yuya told Yuto.

"Well, we have no time to dwell on this now. We have to beat Sora." Yuto spoke to Yuya.

"Right! Well then this approach should do! Sora, I'm sure you remember these!" Yuya took two Cards from his Hand and showed them to Sora.

"No, not Pendulum!" Sora widened his eyes as he saw the Cards, much to his dismay.

"I set the Scale 8 Synthesis Magician with the already set Scale 1 Entermate Gumgumouton!" Yuya quickly placed a new Card on the other side of his Duel Disk. The word PENDULUM appeared.

Gumgumouton: Scale 1

Synthesis Magician: Scale 8

"With this I can simultaneously Summon Monsters whose levels are from 2 to 7! Swing, Pendulum of my Soul, carve an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my Monsters!" Yuya chanted as a blue portal opened up between his two Scales, 3 beams came flying out. "First, from my Extra Deck, Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon! And now from my Hand, Entermate Longphone Bull, Entermate Whip Viper and Scales Magician!"

Odd Eyes: Level 7, 2500 Atk, 2000 Def

Longphone Bull: Level 4, 1000 Atk, 1200 Def

Whip Viper: Level 4, 1700 Atk, 900 Def

"Longphone Bull's effect activates! When this Monster is Special Summoned, I can add an Entermate Monster with 1000 or less Attack from my deck to my Hand. I add Entermate Rain Goat to my Hand!" Yuya showed his desired Card to Sora. At that moment, Yuto appeared next to Yuya.

"Want to save yourself from some effect damage?" Yuto questioned Yuya just to make sure.

"Yes, who knows what could happen. I've got to stay cautious." Yuya said.

"Hmm...odd...but from your memories that I have...ahem…'seen…' it looked like you loved taking risks in a Duel." Yuto raised an eyebrow at Yuya, surprised at his response.

"I used to...but after looking at your memories...basically experiencing the attack on your homeland, I've decided that taking risks is only going to get in the way. Dueling for smiles...I don't know if that's an ideal goal anymore. I can't forgive Academia now for what they did. Sora...on the other hand...it's only because of the time he spent with the You Show crew, I can tell that the feelings he had with us were genuine. I'm done messing around Yuto, I'm done treating myself like an idiot anymore, making fun of myself so that other people could laugh at me. I'm done with it all!" Yuya exclaimed as he narrowed his eyes.

Yuto stared at his Standard Counterpart. He closed his eyes. This wasn't the time to start arguing now.

"Let's worry about this later. Of course, my power is at your disposal. Good luck, Yuya." Yuto wished the Entermate user luck as he disappeared.

"Alright, Yuto. And I will use some of your power right now! I, using the level 4 Entermate Whip Viper and Entermate Longphone Bull, overlay!" Yuya declared as his two Monsters flew into the portal that appeared in front of him.

"Xyz! Don't tell me...Dark Redemption again!" Sora widened his eyes in fear.

"Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now, descend! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Yuya Xyz Summoned Yuto's ace Monster as said Monster flew into the air and let out its wings with a roar as a bolt of lightning struck behind him before crashing to the ground behind Yuya.

Dark Rebellion: Rank 4, 2500 Atk, 2000 Def

Sora formed a fist with his hand at the sight of Dark Rebellion. He grit his teeth until they hurt. "That Monster…"

"I activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect! By detaching an overlay unit, I can halve the Attack of a level 5 or higher Monster you control, and then, until the end of the turn, Dark Rebellion gains the lost amount! Treason Discharge!" Dark Rebellion let out its wings and shot towards Sora's Wheel Saw Lio, the Monster slumped from weakness as Dark Rebellion roared.

Wheel Saw Lio: 3200-1600 Atk

Dark Rebellion: 2500-4100 Atk

"No, not again!" Sora growled in anger.

"I'm not done yet, Sora! I once again activate the effect of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Treason Discharge!" What had just occurred was repeated again as Dark Rebellion's second overlay unit was detached. This time however, the selected Monster was Sabre Tooth.

Sabre Tooth: 3200-1600 Atk

Dark Rebellion: 4100-5700 Atk

"Battle! Go, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Attack Deathtoy Wheel Saw Lio! Rebellious Lightning Disobey!" Yuya declared battle as Dark Rebellion flew towards Wheel Saw Lio with electricity surging through his fangs as he flew upwards, trying to stab Sora's Monster.

"Continuous Trap, activate! Wall of Fusion!" Sora revealed his set Card to Yuya. "When I control 2 or more Fusion Monsters, I can send one of my Monsters to the Grave to negate the battle and end the Battle Phase! I send Sabre Tooth to the Grave!" Wheel Saw Lio jumped over Dark Rebellion, the latter wheeled around and flew back to Yuya. "Since Sabre Tooth is gone, Lio loses the Attack boost!"

Wheel Saw Lio: 1600-800 Atk

"Kgh…I set a Card and end my turn." Yuya concluded as a Card materialized in front of him. "At this moment, Dark Rebellion's effect ends, and the Attack of our Monsters returns to normal."

Wheel Saw Lio: 800-2400 Atk (Umm...so, if you want, you can correct me if I got this wrong, but I think the Attack returns to 2400.)

Dark Rebellion: 5700-2500 Atk

"I won't lose to you again! My turn, draw! I activate Wheel Saw Lio's effect! Once per turn, I can destroy a Monster you control, and then I can inflict damage to you equal to the Attack of the destroyed Monster! I destroy Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Wheel Saw through a saw at Odd Eyes. The saw struck the Monster, destroying him.

"Not so fast, from my Hand, I activate Entermate Rain Coat's effect! When I would take effect damage, I can send this Card to the Grave instead!" Yuya countered.

"Grr! I Summon Edge Imp DT Modoki!" Sora placed the Card onto his Duel Disk.

DT Modoki: Level 4, 1300 Atk, 1300 Def

"I will show you my power! I won't lose again! When DT Modoki is on the FIeld, it is treated as a Deathtoy Monster! Now, I activate the Magic Card Deathtoy Fusion! I banish Deathtoy DT Modoki, and the Wheel Saw Lio on my Field with the Sabre Tooth in my Grave! Unusual plaything possessed by demons! Root out and destroy the plebeians who dare rebel against you! Fusion Summon! Come forth and appear, chimeric fusion of all toys! Deathtoy Mad Chimera!" Sora brought his hands together as he widened his eyes. His Monster appeared and destroyed some of the stalactites, which fell into the lava.

Chimera: Level 8, 2800 Atk, 2000 Def

"Battle! Go, Chimera, destroy Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Sora yelled as he pointed at Dark Rebellion. Chimera shot a rocket at Dark Rebellion.

"I activate the Pendulum effect of Entermate Gumgumouton! Once per turn, when a Monster I control would be destroyed, I can have that Monster not be destroyed by that battle!" Yuya lifted his hand up to Gumgumouton as Dark Rebellion and the rocket collided with each other, causing a massive explosion, shaking the area, causing more stalactites to fall. When the smoke cleared, Dark Rebellion was still standing.

Yuya: 1500-1200 LP

Sora jumped to his left and grabbed an Action Card, which he activated. "Action Magic, Single Distraction! When there is one Monster on your Field, I can destroy that Monster. Say goodbye to Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Sora bellowed as a lightning bolt flew towards Dark Rebellion at great speeds, destroying the dragon. Yuya covered his eyes as his Monster was destroyed.

"I end my turn. Face it, it's over! Dark Rebellion is gone! Those two scales are useless, and if Chimera attacks or is attacked, you can't activate any Magic or Trap Cards! And even if you do Pendulum Summon Odd Eyes again, it's only delaying the inevitable!" Sora taunted Yuya.

He's right, my set Card is Shuffle Reborn! I can only activate that when I control no Cards. This Phantom Knights Card in my Hand isn't going to do anything for me either! I could Pendulum Summon back Odd Eyes, but Sora is right, he could just destroy it again, and he could just get another Monster to finish me off. This one draw is all I have left. Yuya thought as he closed his eyes and placed a hand on the top of his Deck. I need to do this, to keep everyone safe! So please, my Deck, give me the Card I need.

"My turn!" Yuya shot open his eyes. "Draw!" Yuya eyed the Card and widened his eyes with a gasp. He didn't ever have this Card in his Deck either. And even still, he couldn't do anything with this Card. Unless…

"Yuto...I think we should unleash the final plan. When it all goes wrong, we have to give into...that Monster." Yuya said.

"You're talking about that new Monster we got against the Obelisk Force, Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon?" Yuto asked with a serious expression, remembering that the Card was still in the Extra Deck. Like he had with Dark Requiem, he didn't trust the Monster. Unlike Dark Requiem, Odd Eyes Rebellion had a never ending anger and darkness to it. It was like an undomesticated animal.

"It's our only chance. If we don't take the chance, we will lose." Yuya told Yuto with determination in his eyes. "We won't be taken over by that darkness! We can fight it. Besides, most of the time the darkness has only been initiated by rage before, if I remember correctly."

"Hmm…" Yuto pondered on Summoning the deadly dragon. It was powerful indeed, but the dragon was dangerous. However, considering the circumstances. "Do it." Yuto sighed in defeat.

Yuya nodded in response.

"Come on, hurry up!" Sora rushed Yuya, getting impatient.

At that moment, Shark, O'Brien, Shun, Sawatari, Tsukikage, Gongenzaka, Dennis, who was carrying Mieru, and Serena walked into the arena, looking at the Duel immediately with interest.

"Shiunin Sora! Yuto! " Shun noted the two Duelists. However, he didn't know Yuto was inside Yuya, and that Yuya was in control.

"Sora! What is the meaning of this?! Are you really ok with siding with Academia?!" Gongenzaka asked the boy who he thought was his friend. "What about the friends back at You Show?!"

"Friends? Ridiculous." Sora whispered, causing Gongenzaka to look on in confusion. "I only faked being your friend. Now, it's time that we end this."

"You're right, Sora." Yuya spoke. It was at this moment that Gongenzaka took note of the voice.

"Yuya! You're alright!" Gongenzaka exclaimed in joy. "Is that actually you?!"

"Yeah." Yuya gave a thumbs up and smile at Gongenzaka, before looking back at Sora. "Sora, I thought you were our friend, but it seems like I was wrong. It's time to end this! From the Grave, I activate Entermate Spring Goose's effect! By banishing this Card from the Grave, I can target two Cards on my Field and return them to the Hand. I return Synthesis Magician and Entermate Gumgumouton!"

"Wait! When did that Monster go into the Grave?!" Sora wondered out loud.

"It was on the very first turn of the game." Yuya reminded Sora.

"Wait, you mean that in the first turn, when you Summoned Rusty Helmet, and you discarded a Card, you mean to tell me the discarded Card was…" Sora trailed off, waiting for Yuya to answer.

"Yes, the discarded Card was Spring Goose." Yuya confirmed.

"On the very first of the game? If that's true...then that was a good thought out plan for the future, being prepared for a situation like this." Serena admitted.

"Anyways, now that I control no Cards, I will activate my set Card Shuffle Reborn! With this, I can Special Summon a Monster in my Grave with its effects negated. Revive, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon." A portal to the Grave opened as Dark Rebellion emerged from it like a vampire, roaring as he let out his wings.

"Dark Rebellion?!" Shun gaped at the sight of his best friend's ace a Monster.

"Together, Yuya!" Yuto told his counterpart.

"Let's do this, Yuto." Yuya's red eyes glowed gray for a second, before switching back to red as he showed Sora two Cards. "I, using the Scale 3 Antithesis Magician…"

"And the Scale 8 Synthesis Magician…" Yuto continued.

"Set the Pendulum Scale!" Both counterparts spoke in unison as they threw the Cards on to each side of the Duel Disk as the two magicians flew into the air on both of Yuya's sides.

"With this I can simultaneously Summon Monsters whose levels are from 4 to 7! Pendulum Summon! Show yourself, my Monster!" Yuya lifted his hand into the air at the blue portal that opened as a big beam of red light came out. The Monster revealed himself to be Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

"Once again Odd Eyes...I remember that I got done in last time by the fact that Pendulum Monsters are sent to the Extra Deck when destroyed." Sora informed Yuya with a smirk.

"I activate the Pendulum effect of Antithesis Magician! Once per turn, I can target one Xyz Monster to have it gain a level equal to its Rank!" Yuya explained as three beams of blue light came from Antithesis, raining down on Dark Rebellion as the dragon howled to the air.

"I grant Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon a level of 4!" Yuto revealed as he continued Yuya's explanation.

"Giving an Xyz Monster a level?!" Sora froze out of shock and fear.

"Synthesis Magician's Pendulum effect! Once per turn, I can target a Monster to make it the same level as another Monster! I make Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's level the same as Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon's, 7!"

"Now he has two level 7 Monsters…" Sora murmured as the lollipop he had in his mouth almost fell to the ground. The people watching the Duel only looked on in interest.

"Wait! Don't tell me he's going to Summon that Monster!" Gongenzaka realized. "Yuya, don't!"

"I, using the level 7 Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, overlay!" Yuya declared.

"With these two Monsters, we construct the Overlay Network!" Yuto finished.

"Dragon of dual colored eyes. Unleash that black scale of wrath, eradicate all opposing enemies! Xyz Summon! Come forth, Rank 7! Dragon with eyes of rage! Supreme King Black Dragon - Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!" Both boys chanted as Yuya's pendant glowed blue as the infamous Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon took flight.

Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon: Level 7, 3000 Atk, 2500 Def

While having a look of fear on his face, it quickly disappeared as Sora grinned. "This is fun! This is really fun, Yuya! An Xyz Pendulum Monster?! This is why Duels with you are always exciting!"

"Fun?" Yuya spoke in a questioning manner. Sora gasped as he heard the tone in Yuya's voice. "Ridiculous! With Academia doing horrible things like Carding people and invading a place out of the blue when they did nothing wrong, there IS NO ROOM for fun! Not anymore!" The trauma and pain he experienced when his Dad disappeared, along with the fact that he basically experienced Yuto's memories as if he was there, it changed Yuya, he was no longer the boy who Dueled for smiles. "I hate Academia. But Sora, I could tell that the smile and joy you had with us at You Show, the feelings you had, I could tell they weren't fake. The truth is Sora, even if you don't come back, you still got something from being here!"

"No! You're wrong! I didn't get anything!" Sora denied the fact quickly, a panicked expression on his face.

"If you didn't get anything from your stay here, then why were you using Action Cards this Duel? Why did you even bother to teach Yuzu Fusion Summoning?!" Yuya interrogated, leaving the boy speechless. "Admit it Sora, you must have felt something in your time with us! And I'm going to make you open your eyes! I Summon Phantom Knights Dusty Robe!" The knight in purple and red robes with a ghostly face took to the Field.

Dusty Robe: Level 3, 800 Atk, 1000 Def

"Dusty Robe…" Shun whispered to himself so that no one could hear him.

"I activate Dusty Robe's effect, by changing this Card to Defense Position, I can increase the Attack of a Dark Monster I control by 800!" Yuya took the Card of the ghost and switched to the Defense Position. "I increase the Attack of Odd Eyes Rebellion!"

Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon: 3000-3800 Atk

"Battle! Go, Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon, attack Deathtoy Chimera! Rebellious Wrath Strike Disobey!" Odd Eyes Rebellion dove into the ground as he charged at Sora's Monster.

"I activate Wall of Fusion's additional effect, when I control only 1 Fusion Monster, I can increase the Attack of that Fusion Monster by 1000 by sending this Card to the Grave!" Sora declared as his Trap was sent to the Grave.

Chimera: 2800-3800 Atk

Both Yuya and Sora eyed an Action Card, which got blown onto the ceiling on a stalactite. They made a mad dash for it, Sora could have made it first, but he had to slow down to avoid getting hit by Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon. Both Duelists jumped for the Action, letting out a yell as they reached for it. However…

A bell rang as the Action Card they were reaching for disappeared, much to the shock of everyone in the room. Both Yuya and Sora landed on the ground and quickly turned around to face each other. The next thing everyone knew, the Action Field disappeared.

"The Battle Royale is over!" Nico's voice was heard from afar.

"Yuya!" Gongenzaka called out to his friend.

Yuya turned to the voice and gave a smile, glad to see that his friend was ok. "Gongenzak-" Yuya was cut off by a sharp pain. He crouched down to the ground and panted in pain. He felt very drained now. The next thing Yuya knew, his sight was fading, soon, Yuya blacked out, and Yuto found himself back in control of the body, much to his surprise.

"Yuya?! Yuya?!" Yuto tried to call out to the Odd Eyes user. Yuya appeared next to Yuto with a look of confusion on his face. They didn't have time to talk as Yuto stood up and turned over to the spectators. "Shark! O'Brien! And...Yuzu!"

Dennis heard a sound coming from Mieru. He looked at the girl, who opened her eyes. She gasped out in shock and immediately jumped off Dennis.

"Hiragi Yuzu! You were making moves on another guy while seducing Darling!" Mieru accused Serena, taking notice of her and mistaking her for Yuzu.

"I am not Yuzu." Serena revealed, shocking everyone.

"Wait, then where is Yuzu?" Both Yuya and Yuto unintentionally spoke at the same time, although everyone could only hear Yuto.

"I looked, but all I found was this girl." Dennis answered as he looked at Mieru, who was holding her head in pain.

A realization hit Yuto and Yuya. "Don't tell me!" Yuto turned to Sora, who jumped and pressed a button on his Duel Disk, his body was enveloped with a blue light before disappearing. "Shiunin Sora!"

"I saw all of your Duels." A voice said from above. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw…

"Akaba Reiji!" Yuya exclaimed.


Meanwhile-At Academia

Sora returned to Academia in the courtyard. He appeared right in front of a student in a red jacket, who jumped out of fear and ran away. Sora noticed that other than the guy who ran away, there wasn't anyone in the area.

"Damn it! A No Result!" Sora cursed at the fact that he couldn't beat Yuya. "But what was that? One moment, I'm Dueling the Xyz bastard, and then I'm Dueling Yuya...did I really feel something from my time at Standard? And also...Yuya calling having fun in a Duel ridiculous?! He basically threw away his ideals right there...that's nothing Yuya would do. From what I heard, he would keep talking about how his father was his role model and taught him to Duel with smiles and have fun...but then there is Yuzu...was she taken...and what happened to the Xyz guy who looked just like Yuya? After the Duel, Yuya crouched down and he looked like he was in pain...then after when he got up, he started acting like the Xyz guy...what is going on here?"


Card Catalog

Wall of Fusion Continuous Trap: When you control two or more Fusion Monsters and an opponent's Monster declares an attack, you can send one of your Monsters to the Grave, negate the Attack and end the Battle Phase. When you control only 1 Fusion Monster, you can send this Card to the Grave, that Fusion Monster gains 1000 Attack.

Also, I changed Shuffle Reborn a bit so that it can only be activated when you control no Cards, and so its second effect where shuffling a Card into the Deck and drawing a

Card was an optional thing.

Finally, I forgot to mention all the other times Dusty Robe was used, but I changed the effect slightly so Dark Monsters could have the Attack increased, not just Phantom Knights Monsters unlike the anime, still not going to have the Grave effect from real life though.


Here we are!

Finally, a new chapter. So for this, I was debating on whether I should have the Duel be a No Result or in Yuya's win, since I haven't given Yuya a win that he hasn't already gotten in canon. However, I decided to end it in a No Result cause I looked back on the story yesterday and realized that I kind of have been bullying Sora a lot. So, for Sora's Duel ratio, I decided to end a Duel in a No Result instead of him losing.

Next chapter is the end of the Standard arc…(I think)

Here is the preview.

Yuya, who is stricken with anger inside of Yuto, challenges Akaba Reiji to a Duel, claiming that he will make him grovel since Yuzu could have been Carded. As the Duel goes on and Yuya and Yuto repeatingly fight over control of the body, certain things are revealed to everyone present.

Venomous Blade: Glad to have you back, I always wanted Yuya to take the war more seriously, and actually give up the smile thing for a while, kind of like Judai/Jaden in late Season 3 and Season 4 in Gx and Yuma near the end of Zexal.

Yuka Kuroshiro: The writers definitely could have done more with the fact that Yuya and Yuto were stuck together, and since they are basically each other's foils, but the chance was wasted and the interactions were just meh most of the time.

Bridgey: I'm still debating on if I should include Aki, I'm thinking of something that I could do for her, but it might get some controversy from people, so that's why I'm thinking about it, my plan kind of had to do something with Yugo. (No not a relationship)

Matrixnis: Technically, the lowest life points was Yugi and Dartz in their Duel, where they both had Cards that kept them in the game when they didn't even have any life points.

rgriffin8999: For the sake of removing spoilers, I am not going to state my plan for Ruri here.

That's all for now guys.