At the stadium, the audience was roaring with excitement. The Battle Royale was finally over! Since the cameras had gone out, they couldn't watch the Duel to see who moved on, so now they could.

"The victors of the intense 24-hour battle royale now return to the LDS centre court!" Nico Smiley spoke through his microphone. "Please welcome them with a rousing round of applause!" The audience cheered and clapped as the victors came into view, not bothering notice that there were 10 people instead of what should be 8. Yuto, Serena, Gongenzaka, Tsukikage, Dennis, Mieru, Sawatari, Shun, Shark, and O'Brien walked into the stadium.

"That's Yuya-oniichan!" Tatsuya pointed out, mistaking Yuto for Yuya.

"Yuzu-oneechan's there too!" Ayu added with a smile.

Shuzo looked at the victors, but immediately noticed a few things off. The 10 people walked to Nico.

"Yuya and Yuzu both look as tired as you'd expect." Shuzo faked a statement, still noticing that something was off.

"Wait, I count 10 people, weren't there supposed to be 8?" Futoshi questioned.

"Also, what's with Yuya-oniichan's clothes?" Tatsuya added another question. "They are tattered, and they are also different color, so is his hair! Was he wearing a wig the entire time earlier?"

So he took off the disguise. Yoko thought to herself. She then noticed the 3 elephants of the 10.

"What is Sawatari doing there? He lost to Yuya-oniichan in the first round, so why…?" Ayu asked in confusion as she looked at Sawatari, who was waving towards the audience with a smile on his face.

"Speaking of which, that girl Mieru should have lost to that ninja, Tsukikage. Also, Shark lost to Kurosaki Shun in the second round, and O'Brien didn't even participate in the championship at all." Yoko informed the others.

"I noticed that also." Shuzo spoke.

The audience paid no attention to O'Brien and Mieru in the slightest, however, they did take notice of Shark and Sawatari, who had lost to Yuya (before being absorbed by Yuto) and Shun respectively.

"Isn't Sawatari a politician's son?" A man asked from the audience.

"Oh, the city councilman?" Another woman asked the same man to be sure.

Sawatari's ears perked up as he grit his teeth and looked in the direction of the voices. When he did, he heard "Using your father's influence? How dirty!" and "He must have stopped the live recording with some underhanded trick!" One more comment was said, but it was directed towards Ryoga. "Shark probably did the same thing!"

"Grrr…" Sawatari growled while Shark just stayed calm.

"Yeah, that's right! I don't care if you're a councilman's son, don't think you can get away with this!"

Nico looked around nervously at the audience as they continued to egg on Sawatari. The latter snatched the microphone out of the former's hands, and spoke into it in a loud voice. "ALL OF YOU SHUT UP! I don't know about Shark boy here but I didn't cheat my way here! I got a pass to participate in a revival round by going straight to Akaba Reiji! I'm standing here right now as a Lancer because I won and advanced!" Sawatari forgot that the audience didn't know what the Lancers were.

Looks of confusion appeared on many of the faces in the audience, most people saying "Lancers?"

Mieru put her hands in front of Sawatari, much to his surprise. "Mi-Mieru's not part of that."

Then, the camera showing Sawatari and Mieru changed, showing Akaba Himeka, making an announcement.

"This may be sudden, but as a representative of the organizer of this tournament, I have an important announcement for everyone. As of noon today, the Miami Championship…will be discontinued." Himeka got yells and jeers of surprise from the audience. "The reason for discontinuing the Championship: In the midst of the Battle Royale, an opposing force invaded our world. These invaders come from a dimension beyond our imagination and intend to wage war against our home. Their vanguard has advanced upon us. They use the game Duel Monsters as a weapon, and they attacked us with Monsters Summoned through Real Solid Vision. We did not broadcast the Battle Royale in real time so that the people of Miami City-no, so that the people of the world would not panic unnecessarily. Please understand."

Many questions came through the audience. "Other Dimensions?" "Invaders?" "Using Duel Monsters as a weapon?" were of the many things said from the audience.

"In case you think what I say is nonsense, then please warch the following segment of the live footage." Himeka told the audience.

The screen in the stadium showed a member of the Obelisk Force Carding a Knight of Duels.

"NO!" Multiple people cried. Moms were covering their children's eyes so they wouldn't see. "Wh-what was that?" "Turned into a Card in an instant?"

"Don't tell me that's why Hokuto's been missing?" Yaiba, who was in the audience, thought out loud.

"Turned into a Card, just like that?" Masumi asked in concern.

"That's correct. Academia defeats their opponent in a Duel. And then turn the defeated into Cards without mercy." Himeka informed the audience.

Yuto, Shark, and Shun had a reaction from that statement, one of anger because off their experiences with people being turned into Cards, however, they controlled themselves from snapping.

"Turning people into Cards when defeated? Something as ridiculous as that-" Shuzo trailed off, lost for words.

The 3 kids looked on in worry.

"However, please out your worries to rest. Those cruel invaders have been repelled by the brave Duelists who participated in the Battle Royale, no stone left unturned!" Himeka was replaced with Shun declaring an attack on the remaining Obelisk Force members with Revolution Falcon from the Duel earlier. Revolution Falcon let out a shriek as the bird bombed the Obelisk Force's Monsters, showing said soldiers being defeated.

"Alright!" "Great!" and "The enemy was annihilated!" was heard from the audience. The clip then switches to Yuto Summoning Dusty Robe and using the effect, along with declaring an attack on Sora.

"No way! That's-"

"Sora?!" The 3 kids finished Shuzo's sentence in disbelief. The boy didn't seem like he was with the enemy. He seemed like just some ordinary kid. Was Sora deceiving them the whole time he was with them?

"They are the heroes who protected Miami City! I wish to grant upon them the honorary title of Lance Defense Soldiers-the Lancers!" The audience erupted in cheers at the statement. They soon began cheering "Lancers!" multiple times.

"Repel the enemy...so that means Sora is the enemy?" Shuzo asked in shock.

"It has to be fake! Something like that can't be true!" Ayu denied the harsh reality.

"That's right! Sora's one of us!" Tatsuya backed up Ayu's statement.

"But Sora wasn't in the Battle Royale…" Futoshi murmured.

"Maybe, just like Sawatari, he was part of a revival round." Ayu proposed.

"But then why did Sora Duel Yuya-oniichan?" Futoshi threw another question out of his mouth. "The others were fighting the enemy…"

But why were Shark and O'Brien there? Shuzo thought to himself in confusion.

"Thanks to the efforts of our esteemed Lancers, we have averted a crisis for now. However, we do not know when the enemy will attack again." As Himeka talked, Yoko continued to stare at Yuto, who had a grim and serious expression on his face. "In preparation for that, from now on I encourage all of you to hone your Dueling skills even further in order to protect yourselves. We at LDS will provide the premises as well as the curriculum for you to do so. The next Lancer may be one of you." The LDS tower appeared on screen with the silhouettes of multiple Monsters.

The audience pondered on the thought of becoming a Lancer for a bit, until…

"The world has gone through a complete change." A voice spoke, the screen changed to Akaba Reiji. This sudden appearance immediately caused the crowd to shut up. If the CEO of LDS was speaking, then it had to be very important.

"The peace we knew yesterday is now a thing of the past. Be aware that we are now entering an era of battle. The Leo Duel Schools of the world, LDS...from this day onwards, they will be the Lance Defense Soldiers, the front lines of our defense." Akaba Reiji halted and stood up from the chair he was sitting on and formed a fist. "And I, Akaba Reiji, will be fighting alongside the Lancers you see before you. A Lancer wields their lance on horseback to break through enemy lines." A Knight with a spear on a galloping horse wa shown on screen. "We will eliminate the enemy at all costs. This is a promise to the entire world." The audience all clapped and resumed to cheer "Lancers!" numerous times.


Later-Outside the Stadium

The You Show crew was together, except for Serena, who was disguised as Yuzu, O'Brien, Shark, and Yuya, who was inside Yuto, so the latter was there instead.

"Where is Yuzu-oneechan?" Ayu asked in a worried tone.

"Why isn't she here?" Futoshi also questioned.

"You were together earlier…" Tatsuya trailed off, waiting for an answer from Yuto.

Yuto closed his eyes and held up Yuzu's clothes. This action shocked Shuzo.

"That's...Yuzu's…" Shuzo looked at the clothes. Yuto grit his teeth as his grip on the clothes tightened. "Yuya, where is Yuzu?"

"Sorry...I...I couldn't protect your daughter." Yuto apologized. He had failed to protect another person who he cared for. This was exactly the feeling he had when Ruri was kidnapped. Sorrow. Despair. Pain. Loss. Inside, deep inside, he could feel Yuya's depressed and angered soul, hiding himself from looking at anyone. Shuzo gaped at Yuto, confused by what he meant, worrying about his daughter.

"Couldn't protect her? But wasn't she there? At the center court, right Yuya-oniichan?" Futoshi asked.

"You're wrong. That wasn't Yuzu...and you're also wrong on thing. I'm not Yuya." Yuto revealed with a grief-stricken look on his face.

The news hit Shuzo and the 3 kids really hard. Both Yuya and Yuzu were gone!

"Wait! That explains why you were acting weird before your match with Kachidoki...along with the fact that you're wearing different clothes!" Shuzo connected the dots. "But you look so much like him! Of you aren't Yuya, then who are you?"

"I am Yuto." Yuto quietly introduced himself, composing himself. "I am a resident of the Xyz Dimension, the place where Academia started their ruthless reign of terror. For reasons I don't know, Yuya and I have the same face. Anyways, Yuya and Yuzu aren't here."

"What?!" Shuzo exclaimed in shock. He took of the fact that Yoko wasn't making any reaction.

"What do you mean?" Ayu asked,

"That girl you saw was someone who had Yuzu's face, her name was Serena." Mieru informed.

This info shocked Shuzo, the 3 kids, and even Yoko.

"During the Battle Royale, they switched clothes and swapped places." Gongenzaka said.

"Switched clothes? Why?" Tatsuya asked.

Yuto had a flashback to when Serena gave him back Yuzu's clothes. (I'm skipping the flashback, it's the exact same except Yuto replaces Yuya.)

Shuzo took the clothes in anger and lifted them up. "I'll go too! Where is it?! This Academia! Tell me! Tell me now!"

"That's impossible." Yuto spoke in a somber and depressed manner.

"What's impossible? I used to be a Pro Duelist. I'll go to Academia, beat the culprit, and save Yuzu-and save Yuzu…" Shuzo broke down in tears as he held the clothes closely to his chest.

"Yuzu is in another dimension." Yuto revealed. Shuzo dried his tears and looked at Yuto. "That's why us Lancers are going."

"You also said that Yuya was in another dimension." Yoko said.

"Both in other dimensions?" Shuzo widened his eyes.

"Wait, I thought Yuya resided inside of you!" Gongenzaka exclaimed.

"Wait! You lied about Yuya being in another dimension! So that means Yuya is…" Yoko trailed off, hoping for the worst not to happen, hurt that Yuto would lie to her.

"No, Yuya has not been Carded. It is something else. It is...complicated."

"Wait, why do you have Odd Eyes then? And Yuya's Monsters?" Shuzo interrogated Yuto. He was interested to see why he was using Yuya's Deck.

"He trusted both his Deck and Odd Eyes to me. Anyways, sadly, there isn't much we can do about Yuya, us Lancers are going to stop Academia, so things like this doesn't continue. So everyone else won't have to suffer like the people in the Xyz Dimension did."

"Who cares about the Lancers, you couldn't protect Yuya-oniichan OR Yuzu-oneechan!" Futoshi exclaimed as he and Ayu started crying. Futoshi ran up to Yuto and began to pound on his waist, although it didn't cause any pain to Yuto.

"Wait, Yuto didn't know what was going to happen to Yuzu, and Yuya...is just another story!" Mieru defended Yuto.

"So what did happened to my son?" Yoko demanded for an answer.

"Huh?" Yuto looked at the mother of Yuya.

"You lied! But from the sound of it, you know what happened to him! I've already lost my husband 3 years ago! And now I've lost my son! I deserve to know what happened to him!" Yoko exclaimed.

"Your husband, Sakaki Yusho, correct?" Yuto asked. He already knew the answer, but he had to be sure.

"Yes." Yoko confirmed.

"Well, 3 years ago, a man named Sakaki Yusho mysteriously appeared in Heartland, the Xyz Dimension." Yuto revealed.

"What?!" Everyone exclaimed in shock. They always knew Yusho disappeared from Miami completely, but to think that he went to another dimension is unreal.

"What happened to him? That's probably what you're going to ask next, right? Well, I don't know. When the Fusion Dimension attacked the Xyz Dimension, Sakaki Yusho mysteriously disappeared. It hasn't been confirmed if he was sealed into a Card, but most people think he just ran away." Yuto explained.

"And what about Yuya?" Shuzo asked the next question Yoko wanted to say.

"Days earlier, the night after the first round of the Championship concluded, I entered the hospital to interrogate Shiunin Sora, who had came out of his Duel with Kurosaki Shun, my comrade. Anyways, we got caught, and we met up in the park to Duel, Yuya came in the middle. Eventually, a green light came, and he went off to where it came from. He found a boy named Yugo, a person who has the same face as me. A misunderstanding occurred, and a Duel commenced between the two." Yuto paused and closed his eyes, letting what he has said so far sink in before continuing, knowing that the next part would hurt them. "Yuya lost the Duel, and he disappeared into thin air while laying in my arms, he entrusted me his Odd Eyes and Entermate Deck. For all I know, Yuya IS in fact in another dimension. I decided to fill in for him in the Championship, so people wouldn't make fun of him for his absence." Well, most of that explanation wasn't a lie. The only part that was a lie was that Yuya was in another dimension. Yuto gave Gongenzaka a look that said keep quiet.

Inside Yuto, Yuya was listening. He was looking down at his feet, tears dropping from his eyes as he formed a fist. He wanted to be with his mom and the others so much, he wanted Yuzu with him, he just wanted to hold her in his hands and tell her how much he cared for her. However, neither of those things can happen. He could just hijack Yuto's body again, but last time that happened, a big argument occurred between him and Yuto. He seemed like he was really mad at Yuto, but in reality, he felt guilty.

"I'm sorry, guys…" Yuya whispered to himself as he let his mind sleep in the empty landscape of darkness so he could sooth his pain a little bit. "Father...he left me...for three years...Yuzu's gone...I don't even have my body, and my friends are right here and I can't tell them how I feel right now...I want to tell my Mom how much I miss her, that I am fine. But that would be a lie, I don't feel fine really." Yuya pondered in his thoughts, his anger raising. "Academia...I hate you...and I will do at nothing to destroy you! Father, you left me, you didn't even tell me and Mom. The least you could do was leave on some other day and not on such an important day! You could have brought us with you! Yet you just head to some other Dimension for no other reason at all without telling us! You just left your family like that! With me gone, Mom has no one." Yuya's eyes turned up with a lighter shade of red. "If you had at least stayed, Mom would have had you! No, too much has happened, I hate you father...I hate you!"

Yuya gasped as he realized what he was saying. His eyes returned to their normal eye color. "What did I just say?!" He said he hated his father. No, he didn't. He couldn't. His father was the figure of his life. His father WAS his life.

"You knew that and didn't bother to tell me!" Yoko yelled.

"No, it's just that…" Yuto stopped himself. He knew ever since Yuzu told him that day that Yuya was the son of Sakaki Yusho. He never did tell Yoko. Great, just another thing he messed up. He failed to make sure Yuya and other people wouldn't get included in this war, he failed to save Yuzu, or anyone else during the Battle Royale for that matter, and he failed in Heartland.

"One second, Yuto-" Mieru was cut off by Gongenzaka.

"Stop. Understand how Yuto must feel, he has to harbor all of this failure on his shoulders." Gongenzaka paused as he and Mieru turned around. When they did, Gongenzaka saw a familiar man a little bit in front of him. The man was staring at him dead in the eyes. "Father." Gongenzaka walked over to the man he called father.

"I'm sorry. Really. But, I will save Yuzu, and I will find Yuya along with Yusho! And I will stop this war! As much as I don't want to, I will fight as a Lancer with Akaba Reiji." Yuto declared with determination in his eyes.

Yoko stares at Yuto for a while. She softened her gaze slightly. "Come with me." She grabbed Yuto by the wrist and started to walk away. "We're going home, I'll be seeing you!" Yoko called out to the others.

"Wait, What is this for?" Yuto asked.

"Just follow me." Yoko commanded in a strict manner, as if Yoko was his own mother.

Damn it! She is just like my Mother. Oh crap, my mother! I just left her at Xyz. She's in danger! Maybe she is already a-No! I must not think like that! Mother has the protection of the others. So does my little brothers. I will get home, soon. Yuto thought to himself.

Shuzo and the others merely looked on as Yuto was being dragged by Yoko.


Later-At Yuya's house-Night

"Why the hell did she drag me all the way here?" Yuto asked himself. Yuto heard a drawer close nearby. He then saw Yoko walk towards him with a Card in her hand.

"What is this?" Yuto asked.

"For you. I was going to give it to Yuya when he was older, and when he started to reach for his goal of making people smile, but now it seems like a good time for this Card. Take it." Yoko held out the Card for Yuto.

Yuto gently took the Card and looked at it. The Card was called Smile World.

"Now, Yuya and I will be fighting with you. Look, I don't know how I feel about you not telling me about Yusho. But you can do good things for the world. Just like Yuya wanted to do." Yoko smiled as she glanced at a picture of a young Yuya and Yusho smiling together. "Anyways, Yusho always Dueled to make people smile, Yuya wanted to follow in his footsteps. Don't blame yourself about Yuya or Yuzu. Keep in fighting the good fight. 'Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.' Yoko unknowingly quoted Charles R. Swindoll. "When life beats you up, you get back up and take a step forward with courage. You'll be crossing dimensions, so you have a long way ahead of you. I wish you the best of luck."

"I-I'm sorry." Yuto apologized once more.

"You don't need to say sorry." Yoko quietly laughed. "You are a lot like him, Yuya I mean. You know that, right?"

"No, I didn't know Yuya that much."

"Yuya wouldn't give up no matter what life throws at him. You are like that, too. And I can see that you are considerate and kind. Now, when you travel dimensions to fight Academia, give them one for me and the others!" Yoko told Yuto.

Yuto looked at the woman in shock. He thought she would be pissed at him, after he lied and didn't say anything about Yusho. He gave Yoko a small smile. "All right! I'll do it! I'll carve a better future for all of us, no matter what! And I'll fulfill my promise to Yuya"


Meanwhile-Gongenzaka Dojo

"UAAAAAAH!" Gongenzaka yelled in pain as his life dropped to 100, he had multiple bruises on his face from his serious Steadfast Duel with his father.

"What's wrong Noboru! You don't have the strength to face me like a man! If you are going to cross the dimensions, you are going to have to prove yourself to me that you are ready to go out on your own! So far, this won't do! Prove your resolve to me in this Duel, Noboru!" Gongenzaka's father shouted at his son. Who was slowly getting up from the ground.

"Yes, father! I, the man, Gongenzaka, will show you an iron-steeled resolve in this Duel! My turn, draw!" Gongenzaka drew his Card with much Force as he faces his father.


Meanwhile-At Sawatari's house

"You're what?!" Sawatari's father shouted in shock. They were in Sawatari's room...which was, interesting to say the least. I won't bother to describe Sawatari's room, who knows what he would have in it!

"I'm crossing dimensions as a Lancer." Sawatari said again.

"No! I refuse it! Unacceptable, I will not allow you to go!" The future Mayor denied Sawatari's request at going.

"But father! Akaba Reiji has put his trust in me and the other Lancers to fight with him against Academia!" Sawatari rebutted at his father.

"No!"

"Pop! Sawatari pleaded.

"I said NO!" The short man named shouted. "Son, you are my only child, I cannot afford to lose you, not like your mother."

"Don't you mention her!" Sawatari snapped at his father. "If she were here, she would let me go!"

"Your Mother was many things! An easygoing person she was not! If you told her that you were going to travel the dimensions, she would never let you hear the end of it!" Furio scolded his son.

"Pop! I have the rest of my comrades if anything goes wrong! I will be fine! Now will you stop being an overprotective parent and LET ME DO WHAT I WANT TO DO!" Sawatari raised his voice on his father, leaving the man speechless. "If the Lancers lose, Academia could attack this place, and this dimension could end up in shambles!" The normally cocky and egotistical Sawatari finally started to say some real things that was unlike him.

"I-I...ugh...as much as I don't want to...I'll let you go...be careful, my son." Furio proceeded to give his son a hug, however, it was a little weird since his son was like two times taller than him.

"Uhh...Dad, that's really awkward when you do that, please don't." Sawatari spoke as he struggled to push his father away.

"Don't you dare lose son, if you do, then I swear with all of my power that I will not let Academia hear the end of it!" Furio turned FURIOus (Haha, see what I did there, actually more like see what the dub did there since Furio is the dub name and Sawatari's father's first name isn't known in the subbed. I'll shut up now.)


Later-The Sakaki Residence-Yuya's Bedroom

Yuto was lying in Yuya's bed, pondering on what has happened today. He suddenly remembered his argument with Yuya. Damn, did he let out his anger at that time.

"Yuya. Yuya. Can you hear me?" Yuto asked the kindred spirit slumbering in his body.

"Yeah, with you constantly calling out my name." Yuya spoke to Yuto.

"I only said it twice." Yuto said with a smirk.

"Still..." Yuya trailed off, with nothing more to say. Then, the air around them turned cold, with tension building up.

"So…"

"So..."

"About today...in the Duel with Reiji…" Yuto started.

"Don't say you're sorry! If anything, I should be the one saying sorry. I thought that my experiences in your memories sparked something in me, and I was blinded by rage. I forgot that you and I are different people, despite our...similarities. We feel differently, we think differently, we act differently in many situations. I should have realized that. And I shouldn't have forced you to use Fusion."

"It's ok. That encounter has taught me something. I shouldn't hate the Summoning Method, it didn't do anything to the Xyz Dimension. It was the people who used Fusion, they are the ones to blame. I should have realized. I don't think I will use Fusion...but...of I am ever in a bad spot, then...maybe, I'll use it." Yuto told Yuya.

"Hmph, maybe you should rest. Tomorrow is a big day." Yuya said.

"Yeah, I know." Yuto replied to his Standard Counterpart as he dozed off to sleep.


The Next Day-LDS Building

Yuto and Gongenzaka were being escorted by Nakajima to the room with the rest of the Lancers.

"Gongenzaka, your face…" Yuto muttered to the giant, who had multiple bandages on his face.

"I had a serious Duel with my father. It was to test my resolve." Gongenzaka explained the reason for the bandages on his face.

They stopped at a door, which opened automatically. They found Dennis, Sawatari, Tsukikage, Serena, Shun, Shark, and O'Brien. Shark and O'Brien had reluctantly stayed at LDS for the night, preparing themselves for what was to come. Shun had to stay at LDS to be watched, much to his distaste.

"You're late, Yuto." Sawatari spoke first. "It's a 100,000 years too early for you to make me wait!"

"I don't really know whether you're getting at early or late with that analogy." Dennis murmured to Sawatari.

"Shut up! No one asked you!" Sawatari muttered.

"You're all gathered?" The voice of Akaba Reiji asked. Both Yuto and Yuya, who was inside the former, looked at Akaba Reiji with distaste as he walked down the stairs to the Lancers.

"So Mr. President shows up last." Sawatari grinned.

As Reiji reached the bottom, Dennis ran in front of him and saluted him. "All 9 members of the Lancers have been gathered, Captain!"

"It's not 9." Reiji spoke.

"Oh, 10 if we include you." Dennis said.

"It's eleven." Akaba Reiji corrected Dennis' error. "Reira will come along, too." Everyone looked up to the girl at the top of the stairs.

"We're not going to play games. A kid like that, fighting Academia with us? He'll just get in the way!" Shun dislikes Reiji's idea.

"Shun-"

"Reira's ability is equivalent to any of yours." Reiji interrupted Yuto from saying something. "He will absolutely not be a hindrance."

"Equivalent to us? A Junior Class kid with strength that matches that of Sawatari's era, the masters of Pendulum!" Sawatari boasted at himself. Reira closed her eyes and turned her back.

"What is the Sawatari's era? The first one to create Pendulum was Yuya." Gongenzaka stated. "Don't act as if you're the one who came up with it."

"In any case, I won't accept this! A kid like that marching into Academia with us?"

"We're not going to Academia." Reiji informed Shun, shocking the people in the room. "What did you say!?

"Our destination is the Synchro Dimension."

"Synchro...Yugo's home...why?!" Yuto questioned Reiji's decision.

"The Synchro Dimension has not been dragged into the war between the dimensions as of now. We'll recruit comrades there. Our foremost motive is to have them bind with Standard and form an alliance to take in the Fusion Dimension together."

"But what about Xyz?" Shark asked with worry.

"They will have to fend for themselves." Reiji answered simply, shocking the Xyz residents in the room.

"Cut the bullshit Reiji! We shouldn't waste our time before entering the Fusion Dimension to crush Academia! Isn't that what the Lancers are for?!" Shun demanded for an answer.

"I only play games I can win. Expansive preparations are necessary to aim for victory. At this stage, we have no chance of defeating Academia if we challenge them in battle."

"Joining forces with you was a mistake. I'll march into Academia myself and save Ruri."

"There is no way you can do it alone. Academia assembles Duelists from all over the Fusion Dimension and provides them with a top-tier education. Every day, it produces tough Duel Soldiers trained in endurance. What can you accomplish by marching in their alone?" Shun glances at Serena. "I approve of Reiji's plans. For now we have to be ready for the threat of war and make preparations for the sake of victory. It's okay, the Professor will treat Ruri kindly. You'd know if you saw how he treated me. I look like a Ruri, right? And Yuzu too. Why does Professor want to gather those who look like me? Academia capturing Ruri and trying to bring me back...those were his orders. It's most likely like that with Yuzu. I don't know what he's planning to do by gathering us. But we seem important to him. That's why Ruri must be treated with care."

"What about Yuzu?" Yuto asked, knowing that Yuya wanted to know.

"She is not with Academia. Reiji should know. It looks like he saw it." Serena said, making the group look at Reiji. "That Yuzu disappeared with a Duelist if the Synchro Dimension.

"Ehhhhhhh!" Dennis quickly covered his mouth after realizing the noise he made, which could raise suspicion.

A Duelist from Synchro?! So Yuri didn't succeed in capturing Hiragi Yuzu! Dennis panicked in his thoughts.

"Wait, Duelist from Synchro, maybe Yugo...is that true?"

"Yes. That a Duelist also took out 3 members of the Obelisk Force in one turn. It was then that I was convinced. We will ally with the Synchro Dimension." Reiji responded to Yuto.

"Yuzu is in Synchro, no doubt about it. Yuzu helped me. I won't let her fall into Academia's clutches!" Serena told Yuto. "To make sure that we can save Ruri, we have to form an alliance with Synchro."

"I still don't like the sound of that, but...I'll do it." Reiji nodded as all of the Duelists strapped in their Duelists, except Shark and O'Brien.

"Something the matter?" Reiji asked.

"I cannot leave Xyz alone. I want to go there." Shark told Reiji, O'Brien nodded in agreement.

"O'Brien, Shark, as much as Shun and I don't like it, we have to go to Synchro. The Resistance is strong, they won't fall!" Yuto assured his friends. They hesitated for a moment, but they closed their eyes and strapped on their Disks as well.

"This is a Duel Disk equipped with a newly invented dimensional transportation device. I took Kurosaki's Duel Disk as a reference one night." Reiji revealed.

"Wait, What?" Shun widened his eyes in shock. "You stole my Duel Disk from me while I was sleeping?! You bastard!"

"Geez, something is wrong with Akaba Reiji." Dennis whispered to himself.

"Let us continue. This Duel Disk is also fitted with a function that allows the activation of an Action Field. We have also made the same modifications on Serena's Duel Disk, and Kurosaki's."

"You bastard!" Shun yelled.

"The Pendulum Summon and Action Cards are our greatest weapons." Reiji continued, ignoring Shun. "Use those to your heart's content. Now, please prepare the Cards that were distributed to you." Reiji held up the Card, while everyone else did the same. "We've inputted the Synchro Dimension's coordinates in them. Set them and activate them at my signal." Everyone did so. "Now, it's time to depart." Reiji clicked a button on his Duel Disk. "Onwards to the Synchro Dimension, Dimensional Mover, activate!" All of the Lancers dissolved into blue particles as they started to go to Synchro. (Reira is included.)


You Show Duel School-Ryo's Room-Fusion Dimension

"Good job." Ryo congratulated his Solid Vision Monster that was on his computer. With some luck, he managed to hack some Academia files, and he found out that two girls are being held captive at Academia. Ryo already knew this before leaving Academia, but for some reason, they weren't Carded, which perked Ryo's interests. Normally, Academia just Card people who disobey the rules or people who are enemies, they don't lock them up. In fact, in the file he saw, it said that the two girls were being held captive in two different towers. "Maybe a rescue mission is in order. I can't go alone. Too many people will attract attention, so one other person will do. I have to sneak away though, Yusho will most definitely say no to the mission. I know the perfect person. Oi! Tenjoin Asuka, I know you are out there hiding. Come out already."

The girl, Asuka, gasped in shock at how Ryo knew where she was. She entered the room, making her presence known.

"You're going back to Academia?" Asuka asked.

"For a rescue mission, I need help though. I was wondering if you could lend me your assistance?"

Asuka pondered in her thoughts about it for a bit. There is a chance of getting captured and Carded, but it was also a chance to get more comrades. "I'll do it."

"Don't tell Yusho, he will override the mission, we have to sneak out. Those girls are being held captive, we have to save them."


A no Duel chapter, sorry about that.

So, about Sawatari's Mum, well, she's dead. She died to a sickness. Kind of cliche but, it will work.

Here is the preview.

Ryo and Asuka head to Academia to go the East and West towers to rescue Ruri and Rin. There, they split up to both towers, where they Duel the guardian.

So, before we head to Synchro, we will focus a bit on the other characters. But other than that, yay, the Standard Arc thing is over!

rgriffin8999: If Yuzu were to get Synchro, which she most likely will, she will probably get it by a similar way that Yuya gets his new Monsters in the anime.

Yuka Kuroshiro: #Reiji's an ass

Bridgey: Glad you understand why I had them lose. I'm kind of excited for the Synchro arc.

Matrixnis: Some of the scenes from here actually were created thanks to your review, mostly with Sawatari. The next chapter was my idea though, I know that I have been focusing on Yuto and Yuya specifically so far.

Ok, so, now that the Standard Arc is over, I guess I will ask you guys a question for you to answer. So far, what is one thing that I have done good with this fic, and something that could improve, AND IT CANNOT BE GRAMMAR OR SPELLING, I'm not perfect.

See you guys next chapter, hope you enjoyed this one.

Take care, goodbye!