Ryo and Asuka managed to sneak away without being seen by anyone. They got a small boat and started to ride away to Academia on it. While on the boat, they laid out their plan.

"Ok, apparently, the two girls are in the two big towers. You can't miss them. I'll take the East Tower (the one Rin is in) and you take the West Tower." Ryo told Asuka.

"What about the guards? Surely the towers will be guarded." Asuka said.

"Sneak past them. If you have to, Duel them." Ryo told Asuka. "We will stop at the docks and go our separate ways. Once both girls are safe, we meet up, taking this boat back is too risky. We might have to take a teleporter. Except instead of going to another dimension, we teleport back to the You Show Duel School (the one in Fusion.)"

Asuka nodded her head. Ryo narrowed his eyes at the girl.

"Didn't you have a brother who used to go to Academia?" Ryo asked Asuka in interest.

"Yes. But that was before Akaba Leo came. He disappeared soon after he did. I haven't heard anything from him since." Asuka replied in a sad tone.

"So it seems we have both lost a brother."

"Poor Sho, he didn't deserve to be Carded." Asuka spoke.

Ryo made a fist. "I'll make sure Academia pays for that. But I must not let anger cloud my judgement. The path of a Duelist comes with sacrifices. Unfortunately, Sho was one of them. It all just comes down to shrugging it off and going on."

"You do miss him though, right?"

"Of course, what sort of brother would I be if I didn't?" Ryo threw out a rhetorical question. "Sho was an interesting person to have as a brother. He was very timid, but he stuck up to his beliefs, whatever they were. Sho and I were never close. I mean, we were as brothers but, not like brothers usually are. Despite that, we still look out for each other, well, it's only me who is looking out for him. Sho was really the only person I communicated with during my time in Academia. I was the best Duelist there, so people learned to either fear me, respect me, or stay away from me. The first and third choices were normally the ones. Because of this, I didn't really have any friends, Sho was the only one who I talked to, and even still, Sho just hid behind me, he never forged his own identity, he always looked up to me for the answers to a situation, never tried to get out himself. Sho never did get the time to prove himself as a real Duelist."

Asuka pointed behind Ryo as she saw the island. "Over there!"

"It seems that no one is there. That's odd." Ryo sharpened his gaze. Something was wrong here.

"Maybe most of the soldiers are in Xyz, and the others are just inexperienced." Asuka proposed. It was a long shot, but that could have been the case.

"Either that or Academia wants to give us a false sense of relief. And then, when we least expect it, they come out of nowhere and attack us full on."

The boat reached the docks. Both Duelists jumped out.

"All right. Let's do it. Take this." Ryo handed Asuka an earpiece, which the latter accepted. "Use that to communicate with me. Let's go!" With that, Ryo turned to the right and ran towards the East Tower, leaving Asuka to herself.

Asuka placed on her Duel Disk and went her own way to the West Tower.


Meanwhile

Leo looked at the camera, seeing Asuka and Ryo. "So the traitors return. Where would they be going?" The camera switched, he saw both running off towards the towers. Akaba Leo's usually stoic face twitched in annoyance. "Damn it. They are going after Rin and Ruri. I don't think Diana and Apollo can handle this. I should send it backup."

Leo pressed a button on his chair as he spoke. "Sent backup to the towers. Send anyone, I don't care. Barrett is busy preparing to go to Synchro at some point and Yuri is somewhere on the island."

"Yes sir." An old man saluted the Professor through the communicator as the com turned off, leaving Leo to talk to himself.

"I will not lose those girls, we are almost there." Leo stood up and walked behind his throne, looking at the Arc-V Reactor. "Almost there...you will be back soon."

At that moment, a door to the Professor's room slid open, a student in blue walked in and took a knee down to the Professor.

"What do you want?" Leo asked with disinterest as he sat back down on his throne.

"Word from Dennis Mackfield. He has the trust of something called the Lancers. Apparently, they are going to be traveling to the Synchro Dimension. He's going to work undercover. But that's not the only thing, it's the leader of the Lancers. It's your son." The blue student reported to Leo.

"Reiji is not my son!" Leo scolded the student for saying such a thing. "As far as I'm concerned, the only child I had was…" The Professor stopped himself before finishing. "I thought I told Reiji to stay put in Standard. Well, it looks he didn't take my advice. Your presence has been appreciated."

"Th-thank you s-sir." The student stuttered as he waltzed out of the room.

"To think that this is the only way to get her back…" Leo muttered to himself.


Meanwhile-With the Doktor-In his lab

The Doktor was in his lab, he was holding his Deck. And he was rubbing it, as if he was trying to calm it. "Don't worry my precious little things, you'll have your time to strike soon."

At that moment, an alarm went off, the Doktor looked at the cameras next to the alarm, and saw Ryo and Asuka, scaling up the East and West towers respectively.

"Hoh, it seems that help has arrived for my little experiments. Hmm…maybe I should do that thing...on second thought, I want to see how this plays out, and just enjoy watching those two suffer. Hohohohohohohoho!" The Doktor cackled maniacally.


With Ryo

Kaiser reached the top of the tower, where he saw flat ground. He saw a man in front of him. The man wore a long red robe under a short white toga. He also wears brown sandals, and an elaborate maroon collar lined with gold and with attached orange shoulder page. He has a large golden pendant around his neck with the design of the sun, and and orange helmet and greaves, both lined with gold; the helmet obscures his eyes.

"Apollo…" Ryo mused at the sight of the man as he walked towards him.

"Yes...me, Kaiser Ryo." The man now known as Apollo replied. "So you have betrayed Academia and its noble cause."

"Pff, to hell with your so called noble cause." Ryo scoffed. "I'm here for the prisoner in the tower. You can either leave me to my business, or you could try and defeat me. However, I don't think you will be able to."

"Of course I will Duel you! The Professor has entrusted me the duty of guarding this tower! I won't go against him!" Apollo exclaimed as he activated his Duel Disk.

"Fine." Ryo activated his Duel Disk as well, accepting

the challenge.

"DUEL!" Both Duelists shouted in unison.


Meanwhile-With Asuka

As she reached the top of the tower, Asuka noticed a woman standing a couple of feet away from her. The woman gave Asuka a dirty look.

"So the traitor returns, and what do we owe this visit?" The woman asked in a sarcastic tone.

"As you probably know, I came here to save the girl in this tower." Asuka responded in a serious tone.

"Well, as you should know, I'm not going to let you pass without a Duel." The woman proclaimed as she activated her Duel Disk.

"I'm not going to lose, Diana!" Asuka activated her Duel Disk in response to the woman now known as Diana.

"DUEL!"


With Ryo and Apollo

"I'll take the first move." Apollo told Ryo. "I activate the Magic Card Fusion! From my Hand, I fuse Guardian Tryce with Sun Soldier! When the radiant sunlight hits the twin blades, the two warriors become one! Fusion Summon! Sun Protector! Descend!"

Sun Protector: Level 7, 2400 Atk, 2100 Def

"I activate Sun Protector's effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon a Keeper Shield Token." Apollo explained as a token appeared right in front of him.

Keeper Shield Token: Level 1, 0 Atk, 0 Def

"I set two Cards and end my turn." Apollo concluded.

"My turn!" Ryo put a hand on the top of his Deck.


At the same time-With Asuka

"My turn!" Diana declared. "I activate the Magic Card Fusion! I fuse Guardian Baou and Moon Soldier Lady! When the shining moonlight hits the Flamberge, the two warriors become one! Fusion Summon! Moon Protector! Descend!"

Moon Protector: Level 7, 2100 Atk, 2400 Def

"I activate Moon Protector's effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon a Keeper Shield Token! I set two Cards and end my turn." Two Cards materialized in front of Diana as she ended her turn.

"My turn, draw! I activate the Magic Card Machine Angel Ritual!" Asuka placed her Card into her Duel Disk as the Card appeared in front of her. "I can Ritual Summon any Cyber Angel Ritual Monster using Monsters on my Field or in my Hand whose levels are exactly equal to the Monster I desire to Summon. I release the Cyber Prima in my Hand! Ritual Summon! Show yourself, level 6, Cyber Angel Benten!"

Benten: Level 6, 1800 Atk, 1500 Def

"I activate the Continuous Trap Admiration of Keepers! I can target a Special Summoned Monster, when this Card is activated, I can Special Summon two Keeper Shield Tokens! Now, the targeted Monster's effects are now negated, however, your Monster can now Attack all of my Shield Tokens at least once, but if it doesn't attack all of them, the targeted Monster is destroyed at the end of the Battle Phase."

"I activate the Equip Magic Card Ritual Weapon! I can only equip this Card to a level 6 or lower Monster, the equipped Monster gains 1500 Attack and 1500 Defense!" Asuka told Diana as Benten grabbed a new weapon.

Benten: 1800-3300 Atk, 1500-3000 Atk

"Battle!" Asuka shouted as she pointed at Moon Protector.

"Not so fast, you can't declare an attack on Moon Protector while a Keeper Shield Token is on the Field.

"Then how about this! Benten, attack Keeper Shield Token!" Asuka attacked Diana's Monster.

"I activate my other Continuous Trap, Moon's Radiance!" Diana clicked a button on her Duel Disk as her remaining set Card was revealed, a Card with a full moon in the picture. "When I gain Life Points, you take damage equal to the amount that I gained!"

"The attack still continues!" Asuka reminded Diana as the Benten's attack connected with Keeper Shield Token, destroying Diana's token.

"Moon Protector's effect activates, when a Monster you control destroys a Keeper Shield Token I control, your Monster loses 800 Attack, and I gain 800 Life Points!"

Benten: 3300-2500 Atk

Diana: 4000-4800 LP

"The effect of Moon's Radiance activates now, since I gained 800 Life Points, you take 800 points of damage!" Diana thrusted her hand towards her opponent as her Trap glowed with a yellow light. A blue ball of light came flying towards Asuka, enveloping her as she screamed in pain. She crouched down and clutched her chest in pain as she closed one eye and looked at Diana.

Asuka: 4000-3200 LP

Asuka stood up and opened her eye. If I destroy those other tokens, I will take 1600 damage in total, leaving me with 1600 Life Points. And my Monster will lose 1600 points. However, I can then attack her Monster. In that case…

"Benten, attack the second token!" Benten swung her weapon at the Shield Token, destroying it.

"Once again, Moon Protector's effect activates!" Diana exclaimed.

Benten: 2500-1700 Atk

Diana: 4800-5600 LP

Diana's Trap shot a blue ball of light at Asuka again. The ball hit Asuka in the stomach, causing her to grimace in response.

Asuka: 3200-2400 LP

"One more time. Attack, Benten!" Benten destroyed the last Shield Token, the same process repeated as it did twice before.

Benten: 1700-900 Atk

Diana: 5600-6400 LP

Once more, Diana's trap let out a ball of blue energy at Asuka. Asuka was blown back as she rolled across the ground, face down.

Asuka: 2400-1600 LP

"I set two Cards and end my turn." Asuka ended her turn.


With Ryo and Apollo

"Draw!" Ryo drew his Card and glanced at it. "When my opponent controls a Monster and I don't, I can Special Summon this Card. Show yourself, Cyber Dragon!"

Cyber Dragon: Level 5, 2100 Atk, 1600 Def

"If I Normal or Special Summon Cyber Dragon, I can Special Summon this Card from my Hand in Defense Position, appear, Cyber Dragon Vier!" Ryo slammed his Monster onto his Duel Disk, a machine showing a resemblance to Cyber Dragon appeared and took a defensive stance.

Cyber Dragon Vier: Level 4, 1100 Atk, 1600 Def

"This Card's name becomes 'Cyber Dragon' when on the Field or in the Graveyard. Also, every Cyber Dragon I control gains 500 Attack and Defense." Ryo spoke as both of his Monsters gained a yellow aura.

Cyber Dragon: 2100-2600 Atk, 1600-2100 Def

Cyber Dragon Vier (Cyber Dragon): 1100-1600 Atk, 1600-2100 Def

"Continuous Trap, activate! Admiration of the Keepers, I can target a Special Summoned Monster you control and then Special Summon two Keeper Shield Tokens, your Monster's effect is negated and you can attack all Keeper Shield Tokens, at the end of the Battle Phase, if the targeted Monster doesn't attack all of the Keeper Shield Tokens, that Monster is destroyed. Also, you can't attack Sun Protector when a Keeper Shield Token is on the Field. Next I chain the Continuous Trap Sun's Rays! When you take damage, I gain Life Points equal to the amount you took." Apollo chained his Trap.

"It doesn't matter! You'll still fall here! Battle! Go, Cyber Dragon, destroy the Keeper Shield Token!" Ryo yelled. "Evolution Burst!" Cyber Dragon let out a fireball at Shield Token, destroying it.

"I activate Sun Protector's effect, if a Monster you control destroys a Token, I can decrease the Attack of that Monster by 800, and then inflict 800 points of damage!" Apollo revealed. A scorching fire came out of his Card as it burned Ryo, causing him to wince. Meanwhile, Cyber Dragon slumped slightly from weakness.

Cyber Dragon: 2600-1800 Atk

Ryo: 4000-3200 LP

"Due to Sun's Rays, I gain 800 Life Points." A yellow aura appeared around Apollo.

Apollo: 4000-4800 LP

"Attack the other Tokens!" Cyber Dragon ate a Token and hit the other one with its tail, destroying them. The same process happened again. The fire torches Kaiser, causing him to clutch his chest in pain.

Cyber Dragon: 1800-200 Atk

Ryo: 3200-1600 LP

Apollo: 4800-6400 LP

"I set a Card and end my turn." Ryo closed his eyes as he took his hand of his chest.

"My turn, draw! Now this is the end! Go, attack Cyber Dragon!" Sun Protector threw its spear at Cyber Dragon.

"Not so fast! Trap activate, Cyber Resort Fusion! When a Machine Type Monster I control is targeted for an attack, I can Fusion Summon a Monster from my Extra Deck by fusing the Materials that are in my Hand or on my Field! I fuse the Cyber Dragon Vier treated as Cyber Dragon along with the Cyber Dragon on my Field! Two dragons of evolution form their power into one, to give birth to a new power! Fusion Summon! Appear, Cyber Twin Dragon!" Ryo Fusion Summoned his Monster.

Twin Dragon: Level 8, 2800 Atk, 2100 Def

"Damn it, I call off the attack! Also, " The spear disappeared and reappeared in front of Sun Protector.

"I activate the effect of Sun Protector, I Special Summon a Keeper Shield Token. I end my turn."

"Hmph, it will be over this turn." Ryo told Apollo.

"What the hell are you talking about! You can only attack the Shield Token, then, I will gain Life, you lose Life, and your Monster loses Attack, as far as I'm concerned, I'm in control of this Duel!"

"Are you sure? I have two Cards that I can use to beat you, and that's not even including the Card that I can draw next. If you won't believe me, then I will have to show you, my turn, draw!"


Meanwhile

"My turn, draw! Battle, go, Moon Protector, destroy Cyber Angel Benten!" Moon Protector threw its spear at Benten.

"Trap activate, Doble Passe, when an attack is declared on an Attack Position Monster, the attack is changed to a direct attack, then, the Monster who was originally targeted for an attack can attack you directly! Next, I chain the Continuous Trap Spirit Barrier, when I control a Monster, I don't take any damage!"

"What?!" Diana exclaimed in shock as Moon Protector jumped over Benten and threw its weapon, Asuka jumped to her right to dodge it, taking no damage.

"Now, Benten, attack her directly!" Benten jumped over Moon Protector and hit Diana with her weapon. The woman yelped as she took a step backward.

Diana: 6400 LP-5500 LP

"I activate the effect of Moon Protector, a Keeper Shield Token is now Special Summoned. I end my turn." Diana wiped the annoyed look on her face off and smirked. "You've finally done damage to me, and you kept your Monster, but with it only at 900 Attack, is there even a point in keeping it?"

"Yes! Now, you only have one Keeper Shield Token! And now, I can win this, my turn, draw!" Asuka glanced at her Card and let out a smile. "I activate the Magic Card Pot of Greed in order to draw 2 Cards! Perfect! I Summon Cyber Angel Sorceress!" Asuka quickly Summoned her Monster to the Field, which was a girl with a purple hat and black robes with blue hair.

Angel Sorceress: Level 4, 1100 Atk, 400 Def

"When Angel Sorceress is Summoned, I can add any Ritual Magic Card in my Grave to my Hand, I add Machine Angel Ritual, which I will now activate! I use Angel Sorceress and Cyber Angel Benten as sacrifices! Angel of light hiding eternal power. Now show your form to this vast world, and illuminate all creation! Descend, Level 10! Cyber Angel - Vishnu!" Asuka Ritual Summoned her Monster.

Vishnu: Level 10, 3000 Atk, 2000 Def

"When Vishnu is Special Summoned, I can destroy all Special Summoned Monsters you control, excluding Tokens, and then I can deal 1000 points of damage to you for each one destroyed! Say goodbye to Moon Protector!" Vishnu brought her hands together and charged a ball of yellow energy as she sent it towards Moon Protector, destroying the Monster. Diana covered her eyes and grit her teeth.

Diana: 5500-4500 LP

"Battle, I attack your Defense Position Token!"

"But even if you do that, I won't take any damage!" Diana reminded Asuka.

"Are you sure about that?" Asuka questioned, causing Diana to have a confused look on her face. "A Ritual Monster Ritual Summoned using Cyber Angel Sorceress as a sacrifice can inflict piercing damage, along with that, when the Monster deals damage, it is doubled! So with 3000 piercing damage doubled, you will be taking 6000 points of damage!"

"No way!" Diana took a step back out of fear as she trembled. Vishnu destroyed the Keeper Shield Token, sending Diana flying backwards while screaming, she dropped to the ground unconscious.

Diana: 4500-0 LP

Asuka deactivated her Duel Disk and ran past Diana's body, to the entrance to the tower.


With Ryo

"I activate the Quick-Play Card De-Fusion, I return Cyber Twin Dragon to my Extra Deck and Special Summon its Materials! Revive, Cyber Dragon and Cyber Dragon Vier! Due to Vier's effect, the Attack and Defense of all Cyber Dragons increase by 500!" Both of Kaiser's dragons gained a yellow aura, roaring as they got powered up.

Cyber Dragon: 2100-2600 Atk, 1600-2100 Def

Cyber Dragon Vier (Cyber Dragon): 1100-1600 Atk, 1600-2100 Def

"Next, I Summon Proto-Cyber Dragon!" Ryo slapped his desired Monster onto his Duel Disk.

Proto-Cyber Dragon: Level 3, 1100 Atk, 600 Def

"When on the Field, Proto-Cyber Dragon's name becomes Cyber Dragon! And since it is named Cyber Dragon, it gains 500 Attack and Defense because of Vier." Ryo explained.

Proto-Cyber Dragon (Cyber Dragon): 1100-1600 Atk, 600-1100 Def

"Next, I activate the Magic Card Power Bond! I send all 3 of my Monsters to my Graveyard! 3 powerful dragons, merge their power into one as they form a new stage of evolution! Fusion Summon! Show yourself, Cyber End Dragon!" Ryo Fusion Summoned his ace Monster as it roared behind him in glory.

Cyber End Dragon: Level 10, 4000 Atk, 2800 Def

"4-4000 Attack?!" Under his helmet, Apollo widened his eyes. His shock soon turned into cockiness. "But even still, you can't attack my Monster! You have to attack the Token!"

"Although I had the option to, I'm not going to destroy your Monster. Due to the effect of Power Bond, the Fusion Summoned Monster's Attack is doubled!" Ryo revealed.

Cyber End Dragon: 4000-8000 Atk

"From what the records say about you, it says that your famous Card, Power Bond, comes with a very big risk. You take damage equal to the original Attack of the Special Summoned Monster. You can't finish me, so at the end of the turn you will take 4000 points of damage!"

"Cyber End Dragon can deal piercing damage to a Defense Position Monster it attacks!" Kaiser closed his eyes, knowing that the match was now over.

"What?!" Apollo shook in his place as he dropped his hands in defeat. "I played right into your hands...what are you?:

"I'm the one who is going to save the one in that tower and avenge my brother's fall, and with Cyber End and my other Monsters by my side, I won't fail! Battle, go, Cyber End Dragon, attack the Keeper Shield Token and finish this! Eternal Evolution Burst!" All three heads of Cyber End Dragon charged up their attack as they let out three streaks of light at Apollo, engulfing him, causing the man to yell in pain and drop to the ground unconscious.

Apollo: 6400-0 LP

Ryo walked over to the man and put a hand to his Duel Disk, ready to Card him. He stood their for a good couple of seconds, contemplating. This guy was part of the same society that took this brother and many other people's lives, why shouldn't he get what he deserved? But to be fair, Ryo AND Asuka used to be in the same society themselves. Plus, what would Sho think of him if he did this? He put his Duel Disk down, and walked past Apollo's unconscious body alone, and to the entrance of the tower.


In the Tower

Rin sat on her bed, with a sad look on her face, while looking at the wall, wondering when she would get out. During her time at Academia, she was tortured, beaten, and held captive. Rin didn't know how she was holding on, but she could only think of one thing during her stay. Yugo.

The idiot must be worried sick since she's not there. However, the thing Rin is worried about most, is what Yugo might be doing to find her. Yugo was a reckless idiot, he could do something bad looking for her, if he was looking for her that is. Yugo might accidentally hurt someone. That and Rin is just worried sick about him. Yugo was her only friend, she didn't want to never see him again.

That's not all, Rin felt scared at Academia, and wanted Yugo to be there to protect her. A day or two ago, she was forced into a lab, and she was knocked out, ever since she woke up, she had a bad feeling Academia did something bad to her.

Lastly, Rin was going through a living hell! She wanted to get out, but even if she did, she can't forget the things she experienced, it would stick with her for the rest of her life.

Rin sighed. "Yugo...where could you be?"

At that moment, Rin heard the door to her room getting hit once. She looked at the door with a confused look on her face. The door was hit again, Rin was very scared now. It was probably an Academia Soldier trying to scare her and put her through another torture session, or maybe to beat, or maybe even to experiment on her. The very thought of it brought to tears. The door was hit a third time, and this time, it was pried wide open. Rin saw a man in a blue uniform looking at her with a serious face. The man had dark blue hair and looked like he was a couple of years older than her.

"Let's go." The man commanded Rin.

Seeing the Obelisk Force uniform, Rin panicked. "NO! Don't put me through that again! I refuse!"

"What? No, I'm here to break you out!" The man raised his voice so Rin could hear him over her own panicking. Rin stopped and took a look at the man, she wiped her tears.

"Wait, but you're wearing the uniform!" Rin spoke in a more calm, nervous manner.

"I recently defected from Academia. I'm here to break you out. We have to hurry, so it's either you come with me or I leave you here!" The man rushed Rin.

"I'll go! I'll go!" Rin quickly stood up from her bed. She was having some suspicions, this guy didn't really seem like the trustworthy type.

"Now we need to find your Duel Disk so you won't be some damsel in distress who can't defend herself." The man said calmly.

"I have my Duel Disk and my Deck with me. For some reason, Academia gave it back to me a couple of days ago. I didn't search through it though, I was scared of what I would find, if Academia did anything that is."

"Good, now we just need to find something that could zap us back to where I came from, as in, safety." The man started to walk out of the room. "Let's go, Academia might send reinforcements!" Rin hurried after him when he said that.

"What's your name?" Rin asked.

"Ryo, Marufuji Ryo, at my time at Academia, people called me 'Kaiser,' because of my skill." Kaiser introduced himself. "What about you?"

"I am Rin, I come from the Synchro Dimension, one night, I was suddenly kidnapped by someone from Academia."

"Synchro Dimension? Kidnapped?" Ryo whispered to himself in interest.

"Yes, the shocking thing was the person who abducted me had the same face as my best-no, my only friend, Yugo." Rin said.

"Wait! Once, when Academia forced me out of the tower, I saw another girl, she had the same face as me, and she was captured also. Academia left us for a bit, so we had time to talk to each other. Her name is Kurosaki Ruri! She's in the other tower, we have to save her!" Rin exclaimed, not wanting to leave Ruri.

"A person with the same face as you? Interesting...anyways, I have a comrade breaking her out of the tower as we speak. Anyways, enough chit chat, we need to hurry!" Ryo started to run as Rin also picked up her pace to follow Ryo.


In the West Tower

"Yuto...Shun..." Ruri mused the name of her boyfriend and her brother respectively. She had missed them so much, during the war, they had made her feel safe, it made her have hope that they could win the war. However, when she was abducted by that mysterious boy who looked like Yuto, that hope was snatched away from her. During her time at Academia, she was beaten, tortured, basically everything Rin experienced.

Ruri's moping was interrupted by a bang on the door. She looked at the door in shock, an Academia Soldier? Maybe it was Shun or Yuto, or someone from Xyz who came to save her! Regardless, Ruri had to stay strong, despite the pain she might experience from the person who comes through.

The door was hit four more times, each time raising Ruri's anxiety. After the 6th time, the door finally opened (hey, don't judge me that it took Asuka 6 hits to open the door, I am pretty sure Ryo is physically stronger than Asuka,) Ruri saw a girl with dark blond hair, who was wearing an Obelisk Blue uniform that was short, who also sported a black sleeveless tank top.

"So you're the girl I'm here to save. Don't worry, I defected from Academia a while ago, I'm here to help save you. I'm Tenjouin Asuka, what about you?" Asuka questioned the girl with a soft voice, knowing that she went through a lot based on the look on her face.

"I am Kurosaki Ruri." Ruri tried her best to be polite, she took a bow of respect. "Thank you, Asuka-san."

"Please, just call me Asuka, we need to hurry out of here, let's go!" Asuka told the Xyz user as she ran, Ruri quickly followed, the girl seemed trustworthy, so she decided to follow her.

"So how did you get here?" Asuka asked with interest.

"I was abducted by a boy who looked like my best friend. I was taken from the Xyz Dimension, my home, to here. For some reason, Academia gave me back my Duel Disk a couple of days ago, but I decided not to check my Deck in the case that Academia did something to it...well...I guess I was just scared on what I would find." Ruri admitted as they left the tower and ran down the stairs, Ruri was lagging slightly behind thanks to fatigue and the pain she was feeling throughout her body, but she wanted to book it from Academia.

"I have a friend here, saving another girl from the other tower, we are going to meet up with them and find a way to get out of here, the boat we took was only for two people. We couldn't get one that could hold more without the risk of being caught by someone." Asuka explained.

"Wait, another girl from another tower, you mean Rin! She has the same face as me, we met at one point in our stay here. I'm glad she's okay, hopefully she can reunite with that Yugo guy I heard about." Ruri let out a smile, hoping the best for Rin.


Later

They four met up, and Rin and Ruri were overjoyed at the sight of each other. However, the four had to move quickly. Ryo knew exactly where the teleportation room in Academia was, it was a room where there was teleporters that weren't on Duel Disk's were. It was not in the actual school building of Academia, it was outside on the island, as its own small building.

They made it to the building. There were multiple pods to travel to a random place in the other Dimension. Then, there was a custom pod where you could teleport to a specific area in the Fusion Dimension itself.

"We're almost there." Ryo spoke as they walked into the building. They made their way over to the custom pod. All of the pods were on, they had a button right next to them to send the user to where they want to go.

Suddenly, Asuka's ears perked up. "Wait, I hear something!" The four looked towards the doorway to hear multiple footsteps from the outside, he saw a figure in the doorway.

"So, you thought you could escape Academia that easily?" The voice questioned as Ruri and Rin shuddered at the familiar sound of the voice. As the man came into view, Ruri and Rin grew terrified, it was the man who was the cause of most of their suffering at Academia. The man was middle aged, fair-skinned, and he sports a large messy mustache. He wears a black military outfit with a red lining and cuffs over a close-collared white shirt that has a green pattern below the collar, giving the white beneath it the shape of battlements, and he also wears a maroon belt with a gold-plated buckle.

"You..." Asuka trailed off.

"Sanders!" Ryo narrowed his eyes at the man.

"That's not all." Sanders said with a serious expression on his face. From behind him, a large man walked into the room, a man no one recognized. The man was young, yet tall and muscular and he had a sort of roman gladiator style for his clothes. His hair was very long and it was colored reddish-brown. "I introduce you to Battle Beast! You won't be making it out of Academia! We will stop you, ANY. MEANS. NECESSARY."


Card Catalog

Moon's Radiance, Continuous, Trap: When you gain Life Points, you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the amount that you gained.

Sun's Rays, Continuous, Trap: When you inflict damage to your opponent, you can gain Life Points equal to the damage given.

Cyber Resort Fusion, Trap: When a Machine-Type Monster you control is targeted for an attack, you can Fusion Summon a Monster from your Extra Deck using Monster's from your Hand or Field as Materials.

Cyber Angel Sorceress: When this Card is Summoned, you can add any Ritual Magic Card from your Grave to your Hand. When this Card is used as a sacrifice for the Ritual Summon of a Monster, the Summoned Monster can deal piercing damage, and, any damage the Monster deals is doubled.

I made a change to the effect of Admiration of the Keepers, I made it so the target can be any Monster, not just Monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck.

I also made a change to Vishnu, so it can destroy any Special Summoned Monster, except tokens. I always found it stupid how the effect could only destroy Fusion Monsters and not others.


And here we go! I'm gonna be honest, I thought this chapter would be much shorter than it really was, like maybe only like 3000-4000 words or something like that.

Here is the preview.

Sanders and Battle Beast appear. Asuka and Ryo step up to Duel them, however, Ruri and Rin tell them to get the custom teleporter ready, while the two of them Duel Sanders and Battle Beast.

Ok, now here is something that I will do. On my Profile, soon after this chapter is uploaded, there will be a poll. You guys can vote on whether, A. Ruri and Rin do a tag Duel against Sanders and Battle Beast, or B. They will do 1v1 Duels against the two. No matter what the outcome of the poll, it won't change the story too much. This will be the first time I will be uploading a poll onto my profile, so bare with me, since I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. If you guys just don't care about voting with the poll, you can just PM me, leave it in a review, or not even vote at all!

Yuka Kuroshiro: It isn't Zarc, but is related to him.

Bridgey: Asuka won't play much of a role for now, but I'm going to try something with Ryo, you'll see what is in either next chapter or the chapter after that.

Matrixnis: Yuri won't appear right now, however, next time he does, oh the heel faces will come.

Guest: Thanks.

Neonecrodarkman: That's kind of funny. I agree with you on the Synchro arc, if it wasn't being dragged on, it could have been a much better arc. However, another reason the arc was mediocre was because Dark Side of Dimensions was in production at time I believe, I'm not complaining since Dark Side of Dimensions was a really great movie, but I agree the Synchro arc could have been better.

Thetiger39: Thank you, just gonna let you know, I have a plan for Ruri next chapter, I don't know how you will react to it though.

That's all for now guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Take care, goodbye.