Yuya and his friends have been through a lot over the last year. They have traveled to and even saved different dimensions from the plot of the Leo Akaba and the power of the demigod Zarc. With Leo now defeated and Zarc sealed away once again, along with the rescue of his childhood friend Yuzu, Yuya only has one thing standing in his way of starting his path as a professional Entertainment duelist. His father Yusho.

"Alright my boy, it's time to see for sure if you really are ready to take my place. Get ready!" Yusho said to his son with a smile as he activated his duel disk.

"I'm ready, dad! Don't hold anything back against me!" Yuya said as he did the same as his dad.

"Of course! I will hold nothing back against you!" Yusho replied.

DUEL

The Action field was deployed and everyone was awed at its appearance. The action field selected for this duel was a large city during the nighttime with plenty of colorful lights being lit up to provide a truly breathtaking sight. The buildings were tall and short, and the lights were of all colors. The name of this Action Field was The Illuminated City.

Yuya: LP: 4000, H: 5

Yusho: LP: 4000, H: 5

"I will take the first turn!" Yusho announced. "I will start things off by activating the Continuous Spell, Magician's Appearance! When this card is activated, I can special summon one Spellcaster-type monster from my hand with its attack and defense reduced to 0. I special Summon Performapal Revue Dancer from my hand!"

A female monster dressed in a black leotard attire with green details on the belly button and her thigh, blue hair with decoration on it, and a large red bow on her appeared on the field with a whip; 800-0/1000-0, Level 3, Spellcaster, LIGHT.

"Furthermore, since Revue Dancer counts as 2 tributes, I will Tribute Summon this card. Come, the master performer of my show, Performapal Sky Magician!" Yusho exclaimed as his ace monster appeared on the field. The large monster dressed in white attire with a cape resembling wings and no legs appeared on the field holding its trademark rings; 2500/2000, Level 7, Spellcaster, WIND. "I will hereby end my turn with a face-down! Now, Yuya, show me how much you have grown!"

"I will! My turn, I draw!" Yuya drew his card, then looked over his hand. He had a solid formation he could make, and if this worked, he could get rid of his father's ace and deal some good amounts of damage as well. "Using the Scale 1, Performapal U Go Golem, and the Scale 6, Performapal Guitartle, I set the Pendulum scale!" Yuya declared as he placed the cards on his dueling disk, the word 'PENDULUM' appearing on it. "With it, I can now summon monsters with levels from 2 to 5! Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether!"

The pendulum swung above the field, "Come!" Then 2 streams of light descended from it, becoming his monsters. "Performapal Cheermole and Performapal Odd-Eyes Viper" 2 new monsters appeared on the field. One of them looked like a little pink mole dressed like a cheerleader that was shyly hiding behind her pom-poms; 600/1000, Level 2, Beast, EARTH. The other one resembled a horned viper with heterochromia of blue and purple with red scales and a black diamond-shaped model on its back and a yellow underbelly. The monster was wearing a tie alongside a hat on its head; 1000/200, Level 4, Beast, DARK.

"Oh? Already pendulum summoning? But what can you hope to achieve with those 2 cute helpers?" Yusho's comment was well-received by Cheermole who hid her face more.

"When Performapal Odd-Eyes Viper is Pendulum summoned from the hand, he gains an attack equal to that of another Performapal monster on my field! Meaning that Viper gains Cheermole's 600 attack points!" 1000-1600; Yuya stated before Viper slithered around Cheermole, letting out a low hiss. "Then Cheermole's effect! I target Viper since its attack is higher than its original value and have him gain 1000 more attack points!"

Cheermole lifted her arms in the arm, offering the snake a cheer as its attack increased. 1600-2600. Yusho gave a small whistle seeing that move. He didn't expect Yuya to increase his monster's attack that much, but that worked for him.


"Yuya really has changed… to be able to counter his dad's monster so easily. He's way different than the idiot who couldn't even pendulum summon before." Yuzu remarked in her own sort of way.

"My boy really has grown up." Yuya's mother, Yoko, added with tears of joy in her eyes.


"Odd-Eyes Viper, attack Performapal Sky Magician!" The snake did as commanded and began to crawl towards Yusho's monster, then jumped at it, biting its arm. Sky Magician was destroyed soon after, followed by Yusho letting out a grunt that he lost LP. He couldn't really run for Action Cards due to his injury.

Yusho: LP: 4000-3900.

"Not bad, Yuya, but that works for me as well! Trap activate!" Suddenly, from behind Yusho, smoke arose. Yuya was looking confused, but that was dismissed quickly as he saw Sky Magician emerge from the smoke and up into the sky. But this time, his father was holding onto the rings. "Illusionary End! When my Spellcaster monster is destroyed in battle, I get to special summon it right back, then I can draw 1 card." Yusho stated, drawing his card.

"Tch. He is back. But I guess it wouldn't be any fun if he was gone too quickly. I move on to my Main Phase 2, then I activate the spell, Pendulum Card Burst! Due to its effect, I destroy Viper and Cheermole to draw 2 cards!" Yuya started as both of his monsters bowed down before they vanished, after which he drew his cards. "Good. I set 2 cards face-down then end my turn! At this moment, the effect of the destroyed Performapal Odd-Eyes Viper activates! During the End Phase of the turn in which he was destroyed by battle or card effect, I can add one Odd-Eyes card from my deck to my hand!" Yuya declared as a card popped from his deck ."I add Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to my hand!"


"Makes sense that Yusho would counter like that. No way is he gonna make this easy for Yuya." Yuya's best friend Gongenzaka remarked.

"Yusho kept his magician on the field. I don't think I'd have a chance against him honestly." Sawatari replied.

"But Yuya will turn this around! He always does!" Gong replied.


While the people above were enjoying their duel above, even Leo Akaba being there and leaving this place unguarded, someone snuck within the ARC-V chamber and began to work on the console, turning the device on again. "Leo Akaba, for all your faults and sins, there is no doubt in my mind that you have been one of the greatest minds to ever live." The mystery person said as the reactor's color changed from green to blue to red to yellow, before starting to slowly fade. " However, I cannot leave things as such, even though I wish I could. I am forced to fix my mistakes, even if it means bringing pain to everything."


Back to the duel.

Yusho: LP:3900, H: 2

Yuya: LP: 4000, H: 3

"My turn! I draw!" Yusho announced, drawing his own card. However, he began to fly around with Sky Magician instead. Yuya, seeing that, deployed his roller boots, and began to run around looking for the same thing as his father; Action Cards. Eventually, Yusho spotted one on top of a small building and decided to have Sky Magician fly there. However, Yuya was hot on his tail, and his son saw what his father tried to do. But Yuya had to way of getting up there, which allowed Yusho to land and get the card, smirking at what he had found. "I activate the second effect of my spell, Magician's Appearance! By discarding one card from my hand I can then add one Spellcaster monster from my deck to my hand. I discard the Action Spell, Miracle, to add Performapal Fire Shaman to my hand!"

Yuya wondered why his father didn't hold on to that Action card but decided not to ask himself. He was wide open, he needed an action card if he was to survive this turn. Yusho, however, was not going to make it easy on him. "I will now have to put some breaks on you, boy! I activate the effect of Illusionary End in my graveyard! By banishing this card from my graveyard, I can target one monster I control and have it gain 500 attack points until the end of this turn!" Sky Magician's eyes glowed as it brought out its rings, extending them. 2500-3000. "Furthermore, for the rest of the turn, Trap cards cannot be activated!"

"What?" Yuya gasped hearing his father's words, but he focused on trying to find an action card. He eventually spotted one underneath a street lamp, but his father beat him to it by having Sky Magician throw his ring above Yuya's head, forcing the boy to duck. However, as soon as he got up, he saw his father standing at the same street lamp with the action card in hand.

"Too slow, son! Sky Magician, attack Yuya directly!" Yusho commanded his monster.

"I activate my face-down card-"

"But you cannot use Trap Cards, Yuya!" At that moment, the boy smiled.

"It is not a Trap! I activate the Quick-Play spell card, Performapal Replacement! Due to its effect, I summon one Performapal monster from my pendulum zone onto the field then activate another pendulum monster from my hand in its place!"

"Oh?" Yusho mussed.

"I summon Performapal U Go Golem in Defense position!" Yuya's monster jumped from the pendulum zone onto the field; 1600/1000, Level 4, Fiend, DARK. Yuya's monster was swiftly destroyed by Sky Magician, but at least he saved himself from taking damage. "Then, I place Performapal Lebellman in my pendulum zone! Then, thanks to the pendulum effect of Guitartle, I draw 1 card!"

"Not bad, Yuya, but you need to do better to dodge one from your old man! I activate the action card, Wonder Chance! My Sky Magician gains another attack!" Yusho's monster swiftly lifted itself in the air, throwing its rings at Yuya. The rings flew right past the boy, but the damage was done.


"I'm surprised. Yusho has been gone for a long time but not only does he seem to have not gotten any weaker… he's actually gotten stronger." Reiji remarked in surprise. He had always known that Yusho was strong but for someone gone for so long, Reiji figured that Yusho's skills had slipped.

"Indeed. It's a shame that neither he nor his son will join the Akaba corporation. Stubborn fools will be stubborn I suppose." Reiji's mother Himika replied.


Yuya: LP: 4000-1000.

"You clearly improved, Yuya, but you still have a bit more to learn if you wish to avoid an attack from your old man. I end my turn!" Yusho declared. 3000-2500.

Yuya got up, then he began running around. Yusho knew what this was; Yuya was looking for an action card. Well, he was not going to let it happen that easily! He grabbed the rings of Sky Magician again, flying into the air and chasing his son. "My turn! I draw!" Yuya said as he drew his card, putting on a small smile as he saw it. "With my set pendulum scales, I pendulum again! Come out, Odd-Eyes Vier, U Go Golem, and Cheermole!" Yuya's monsters returned to the field. Then he took the card in his hand, giving it a good look. With Yuto, he had the Phantom Knights of Possession, so it is only fair the others chimed in to upgrade his deck as well.

"Summon him. Starving Venom is lusting for another round against that infuriating Sky Magician. This time, however, he desires to do it without the help of another dragon." Yuri said inside Yuya's mind.

"Very well. I activate the spell card, Intoxicating Mist! Due to its effects, I sent the necessary materials to the graveyard in order to Fusion summon one Fusion monster from my Extra Deck!"

"Fusion?" Yusho then remembered something, looking at Yuya's monster he noticed 2 DARK ones. "I see. So you are planning to call out that dragon, are you? I won't allow it! I activate Sky Magician's effect to return Magician's Appearance to my hand and activate the Continuous Spell, Magician's Right Hand! Due to its effect, Intoxicating Mist's effect is negated and the card is destroyed!"

Sky Magician brought up his right hand, then snapped his fingers, destroying Yuya's spell. "Then, due to Sky Magician's own effect, he gains 300 attack points!" 2500-2800. "Nice try, Yuya, but not good enough!"


"Woahhhhh, I'm surprised that Yuri's dragon got blocked out. Maybe it was only luck that he beat Yusho before?" Sora said while having one of his usual snacks, a bar of chocolate.

"The circumstances were different at the time so whether it was luck or not isn't relevant. He couldn't have survived in our dimension without being strong." Edo Phoenix replied.


"Are you sure about that?" Yuya replied with a smug smirk on his face, reminding Yusho of Yuri a bit. "Since Intoxicating Mist was destroyed and sent to my graveyard, I can use its second effect! One monster my opponent controls has its effects negated and attack and defense reduced to 0!"

2800-0. A purplish smoke emerged in Sky Magician's path, enveloping the monster. Shortly after, it dropped out of the sky and onto the ground along with Yusho, but the older man was not hurt. His monster, however, was struggling to stay awake. "The effect of Magician's Appearance in my hand activates! If this card was returned to my hand using a card effect this turn, I can send it to the graveyard to increase my monster's attack points by 1000 for each Continuous Spell currently on my field!" Sky Magician was enveloped with a green aura, restoring some of its strength. 0-1000

"Tch. I cannot believe he was able to dodge my Starving Venom. That old man is not too bad when he tries after all" Yuri remarked. Just then, Yuya was able to grab a new Action Card. He looked at it, and he knew what he had to do. Yuri could read his thoughts, so he caught on as well. He chuckled. "Looks like you are up, Yuto."

"Alright! Let's go, Yuya!" Yuto exclaimed in his mind.

"I overlay my Level 4 Viper and U Go Golem!" Yuya declared as the 2 monsters turned into streams of light, entering a galaxy-like portal that emerged on the field. " 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!" The Xyz Dragon took the field, roaring out; 2500/2000, Rank 4, Dragon, DARK, OU: 2


"Dark Rebellion?! Yuto…" Shun remarked. He wouldn't admit it but he really missed Yuto. If he had been there during the invasion of his dimension, maybe things would have gone differently. That's what was running through the young man's mind.

"I wonder if it will be enough to bring down Yusho," Kaito added.


Whoever it was that was working on the ARC-V reactor, they were certainly coming close. "He was so close as well. A couple more calibrations here, some more time to gather energy there, and the process would've been instant even. However, he rushed himself, and it failed." The person muttered. "Now it falls onto me to fix this"


"Dark Rebellion? Yuto's dragon!" Yusho exclaimed, recalling the boy from Heartland who used this monster. "It is somewhat nostalgic to see it again, but this time as my opponent. "

"I use Dark Rebellion's effect! I detach one overlay unit to target one level 5 or higher monster, half its attack points, then add the reduced amount to his own! Treason Discharge!" Dark Rebellion's wings opened themselves and launched lightning at Sky Magician, who let out a painful groan as its attack was reduced. "Then I use his effect again! Treason Discharge!" The process repeated itself, leaving Sky Magician at 250 while Dark Rebellion's attack went up to 3250. "Then I use Cheermole's effect to increase his attack by another thousand!" 3250-4250.

"4250 attack points?" Yusho exclaimed in surprise.


"Oh, that should definitely be enough attack to bring down his dad. Kick his ass Yuya!" Grace shouted.

"Hey now, don't get your hopes up too much. If it was this easy to bring down Yusho then he wouldn't have been able to lead the rebellion against our dimension." Gloria replied.


"Battle!" Yuya declared. "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, attack Sky Magician! Lightning Disobey of Rebellion!" Dark Rebellion attacked, but Yusho smiled.

"I tribute Sky Magician!" Suddenly, Yusho's monster vanished, but the attack simply switched to a direct one towards him. But Yuya saw the smile on his father's face. "To activate the trap card, Swinging Rings from my hand!"

"Swinging Rings?" Yuya echoed, but a strange feeling hit him when he heard that name. "No way. Even you, Dad?"

"What can I say? I have to keep up with the times or else I will end up in the dust! Due to my trap's effect, I can place 2 Performapal Pendulum monsters from my deck in my pendulum zones! Furthermore, since the monster I have tributed for it was Sky Magician, all battle damage for the rest of the turn is cut in half!"

Dark Rebellion struck Yusho, sending him flying back a little bit, but the old man simply looked back up with a large smile on him.

Yusho: LP: 3900-1775.

"Now, I set the scale 3, Performapal Ice Shaman, and scale 8, Performapal Ritual Dancer in my pendulum zones! Now, at this moment, Sky Magician's effect activates. When this card leaves the field, I can target and destroy one card on the field. Bye, Dark Rebellion. " 2 monsters arose in 2 separate columns of light on either side of Yusho. The first one had a pale female monster in it wearing an icy-blue leotard that sparkled in the light along with a white cape, long blonde hair, and blue eyes. The second one was male, black skin, wearing a suit similar to that of American Indians on him, but with bluish feathers. Then, a ring appeared from the ground, launching itself at Dark Rebellion and destroying the dragon.

"Pendulum summoning?" Yuya gasped in surprise seeing his father's own pendulum scales. "I didn't see that one coming, dad." But yet, the boy smiled. "And I bet you have even more to show me, don't you?"

"Exactly, my son! While I might not be able to do a lot of things such as you, I did pick up a trick or 2 during my travels!" Yusho declared.

"In that case, I set one card face-down and end my turn," Yuya said, setting his card


"Impressive. Yuya's father is no weakling. I'm glad to see the man that the one who defeated me wanted to imitate." Jack remarked.

"Don't give up Yuya! Kick your old man's ass!" Crow shouted. The entire audience was cheering loudly for the duel that they were witnessing.


Yusho: LP: 1775, H: 2

Yuya: LP: 1000, H: 2.

"My turn! I draw!" Yusho declared, drawing his card. "I summon Performapal Fire Shaman." A monster resembling a male wearing a leather tunic on its lower parts with his upper body exposed and wrist covered in bracelets of fire appeared on the field; 1200/1400, Level 4, Spellcaster, FIRE. "Due to Fire Shaman's effect, whenever he is Normal summoned, I can destroy spell and trap cards you control up to the number of cards in my pendulum zones! I have 2, so I am afraid your pendulum zones will go away now, son" Fire Shaman let out a yell as it raised its hand, the fire on his wrist expanding and striking Yuya pendulum cards.

"I need an action card," Yuya muttered as he became mobile once again. Without his monster, Yusho was limited due to his injury, but he knew some tricks still.

"I activate the pendulum effect of Ritual Dancer! I destroy Magician's Right Hand in order to add the ritual spell, Magician's Ascension from my deck to my hand!" Yusho declared. "Then, I use Ice Shaman's first pendulum effect! Since I control a Spellcaster-type monster, I can draw 1 card, and if it is a Continuous Spell I can add it to my hand. I draw!" Yusho declared, then he smiled seeing his card. "The card I drew is Smile City, Continuous Spell. As such, I add it to my hand. But it won't stay there for long, because I now activate it!"

Yusho declared as the entire field was filled with smiling faces. Even the monster smiled all around. Yuya stopped in his tracks and looked back at his father, who was standing there in the middle of his scales and next to his monster like a ring leader to a show. This filled his heart with nostalgia as he remembered his father's duels from the past. Now he was in the center of it as well.

"Due to Smile City, for each monster on the field, it gains one Smile Counter!" Smile Counters: 0-2. "Now, I use the second effect of Ice Shaman in my pendulum zone. By revealing the Ritual Spell, Magician's Ascension, to you, I can add one Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand!"

Suddenly, the lights within the city went out, making everyone look with awe at the field as one single spotlight showed Yusho. "Ladies and Gentleman! Tonight, as I make my return to you, I am also going to show my evolution! In my hand, I now hold the Ritual Monster, Performapal Celestial Sky Magician, who is the very evolution of my long-time partner, Sky Magician. Now, let us begin! It's showtime!" Yusho declared, throwing his arms around.


"I didn't teach it to him so he must have learned how to ritual summon just by watching me. I guess I shouldn't be surprised considering it is Yusho" Asuka remarked in surprise.


"Fire Shaman's additional effect allows me to use him as the entire tribute for the Ritual Summon of a Spellcaster-type monster!" He revealed. The crowd was cheering all around, filling the entire field. Yusho missed this, a lot. The show, the smiles he brought to people. He missed all of this. "I activate the Ritual Spell, Magician's Ascension!" Yusho declared, then suddenly, a beam of light shot towards the sky, clearing the clouds as 8 stars began to fly in circles above them. "Oh, the wonderful magician who reached the sky and the stars above! Accept this here contract and descend on the world with your mysterious light!" Yusho chanted with a large smile on his face.

Fire Shaman looked up, then spread his arms, letting his entire body catch fire that soon shifted to a dark blue that matched that of the night sky. The fire eventually consumed him whole and flew above, exploding in all directions and catching each of the stars. Then, slowly, the new monster descended on the field. It was similar to Sky Magician at first, but his attire was different. Its clothing was now colored in a deep blue and the inside of its cape was sparkling like a night full of stars. 4 arms were now present on its body, each holding a ring, and 2 more shining rings now floated around the lower section of the monster; 2800/2300, Level 8, Spellcaster, LIGHT.

"Woah…" Yuya said in awe at his father's new monster. This was proof that his father's growth did not stop either, and that even he could still grow.

"Prepare yourself, Yuya! This is the climax of our show!" Yusho declared as he grabbed onto a ring, his monster taking off into the sky above. "Celestial Sky Magician's effect! When he is Ritual summoned, I can discard up to 2 cards in my hand to activate the same number of Continuos spell from my grave or deck! I activate Magician's Right and Left hand!" Yusho declared as his monster threw 2 of its rings up, intertwining them with the ones on its upper set of arms. In the meantime, his lower arms changed color, his right glowing yellow while his left glowed purple. "Battle! Celestial Sky attacks Performapal Cheermole!" Yusho declared as his monster threw a ring at Cheermole, the smaller monster letting out a yelp of fear as it was struck.

"I activate the trap card - "

"Useless! Due to Magician's Left hand, its effect will be negated!" Yusho stated.

"Not this one! I first activate the trap, Last Minute Cancel, then I chain the trap card, Pendulum Reborn!" Yuya stated, making Yusho widen his eyes at the play. "Due to the order in which they were activated, your Left Hand will negate Reborn, but not Last Minute Cancel! Due to its effect, Cheermole is set to defense and instead of being destroyed she is sent back to my hand!"

As Yusho's monster attacked, destroying Cheermole, no damage was dealt towards Yuya, who put on a cheeky smile. "Nice trick, Yuya, but it won't save you! Celestial Sky Magician's effect allows him to attack twice if I have 2 or more Continuous Spells on my field!"

"I activate the effect of Acrobatic Magician in my hand!" Yuya said quickly. "Since you negated my trap's effect, I can special summon him!" A monster resembling a magician with a large, strange scepter appeared on the field in defense; 800/2300, Level 5, Spellcaster, DARK.

"Oh? In that case, Celestial Sky will destroy Acrobatic Magician!" Yusho's monster raised its lower set of arms at the monster, sending out 2 beams that took it out.

"When Acrobatic Magician is destroyed, I can place him in my pendulum zone," Yuya said as Acrobatic Magician rose onto the Pendulum zone.

"Good defense, son. However, how long can you last? I end my turn! During this time, Celestial Sky's effect activates. He gains 100 attack points for each Continuous Spell card currently on the field! I currently have 3, so he gains 300 attack points." 2800-3100.

Yuya flinched seeing the high attack of the monster, but he knew he had to find an action card/ He ran around, noticing how Celestial Sky and his father were chasing him, even with the roller boots he was not capable of out-running them. However, he saw it, an action card was stuck in the frame of a window. Yuya went to it, the window being at the first-floor level, allowing him to grab it. "My turn! I draw!" Then he officially began his turn. "I activate the Action Card, Sparkling Daze! Due to its effect, I can destroy all spell and trap card on the field, then my opponent takes 500 points of damage for each card! There are currently 3 cards in the pendulum zones, and 3 spell cards on the field! That means that the total damage is 3000!"

"Good move, but not good enough! Magician's Right Hand negates the card and destroys it!" Yusho stated. True enough, Action Cards were still treated as spell cards. "Sorry to say, son, but it seems you are out of moves." That was when Yusho noticed something on Yuya's lips. A smile.


The light emitted by the ARC-V was already blinding, and it was no longer darkness that covered the individual, but blinding light. "Almost there."


"You took the bait, dad! I activate the spell card, Dual-Colored Eyes! I send one Pendulum monster from my hand to the Extra Deck to draw 2 cards!" Yuya declared, placing Odd-Eyes in his Extra Deck and drawing his new cards. His smile widened seeing them. "I now set Permormapal Cheermole in my free pendulum zone!" Yuya declared as the scales were complete.

"So, you can summon things between level 3 and 4? I half-expect that Pendulum Tuner monster to summon the Synchro Dragon, but I doubt you'd make it that easy, son. Now…" Yusho said, then his monster took off into the sky, leaving a dazzling trail behind it. "Show me what you can do, Yuya! Give the crowd a great show and put a smile on their faces!"

The lights turned off again, with Yuya appearing in the middle of the spotlight. But this time, he was quiet at the beginning. "Yuri, Yugo, Yuto, be ready."

"We are with you until the end, Yuya," Yugo replied.

"Whatever you have better be good. That old man's negation of Starving Venom's appearance irked me " Yuri replied, sounding a bit sour.

"Do not hold back, give him everything you got!" Yuto replied.

Slowly, Yuya spread his arms towards the audience. "Ladies and Gentleman!" He shouted, referring to the crowd. "I cannot begin to express my gratitude for your support until now! And tonight, as I face my own father, I promise to give you one of my greatest shows yet, for tonight, I will expand on the possibilities of Pendulum summoning right here and now!"

Yusho watched with pride as his son talked to the crowd, but he couldn't help but notice his words. " Expand the possibilities of the pendulum?"

"Since I have Odd-Eyes in my Extra Deck and 2 cards in my pendulum zones, I can summon this card in my hand by giving up on my pendulum summon for the turn!" Yuya said, then, looking above, the pendulum swung across the aether, but as it did it grew larger, swinging in bigger arcs. " Swing further pendulum of my soul! Draw your mark across the aether and open the new gate that lies beyond our sight! Transcendent Pendulum Summon! Appear, Odd-Eyes Phantasma Dragon!"


"That card he summoned! Even now he still continues to grow… just how much stronger do you intend to get, Yuya Sakaki?" Reiji remarked with a shocked look on his face at the sight before him.


As soon as Yuya said those words the portal opened, and a singular rainbow beam descended onto the ground, revealing the new monster within, At first sight, the shape of it resembled Odd-Eyes a bit, but that is where all similarities end. The summoned dragon had grey armor all over its body with gems of many colors in it, with one eye shining red and the other shining a blinding silver, with 2 horns bend backward with yellow lines in them. The dragon stood on its 4 legs, each ending with razor-sharp claws, and roared out, and as it did it revealed the greatest trait yet. Its wings erupted to life, a beautiful display of colors on the dragon's back which took everyone's breath away; 3000/2500, Level 8, Dragon, DARK.

"It's beautiful…" Yusho muttered looking at the dragon below, but he noticed something. "Nice try, Yuya, but your monster is 100 points shy from matching my own, let alone stronger!"

"Don't count on that, that!" Yuya said as he mounted the dragon, the being then flying off. "Phantasma Dragon, attack dad's Celestial Sky Magician!" He commanded, then his dragon roared out, spreading its beautiful multi-colored wings as it flew towards Yusho. "At this moment, I activate his effect! For each pendulum monster in my Extra Deck, your monster loses 1000 attack points! Furthermore, since Cheermole is in my pendulum zone, Phantasma Dragon gains 300 attack points!" Sky Magician: 3100-2100; Phantasma Dragon: 3000-3300.


"Yuya…" Yuzu said quietly.

"That idiot really is putting up a fight… I wonder if it's because of that guy's help from my dimension."

"Oh, you haven't met your dimension's Yugo? That's a shame. I think he deserves a nice ass-kicking to be honest. I don't like that guy."

"Yuto… I miss you so much…"

"..." Yuzu stood there dumbfounded at hearing voices in her head but she quickly regained her composure.

"Wait… Serena… is that you?" Yuzu remarked. Thankfully, the noise of the audience made it so no one could hear her seemingly talking to herself.

"Yeah, it's me. I don't remember much except that we fused together from the reactor. I guess this is the result of that. Feels really weird though. I want my own body back damn it!" Serena shouted in Yuzu's head.

"Please be quiet, we are all in this together." Ruri, said, trying to be the voice of reason. "None of us chose this, but we have to learn to live with this."

"She is right, you know," Rin said, backing Ruri up. "At least we haven't disappeared completely from existence."

"I assume the one who spoke first after Serena is...Ruri? Then Rin? I heard from Yugo about you a little, and you seem to be her." Yuzu said.

"That's us" Ruri replied.

"Looks like Yugo is not the only one with roommates and a body he cannot control," Rin remarked. "I am Rin, Yugo's friend"

"Nice to meet you all?" Yuzu replied, trying to be polite but this situation was weird.


"I see! But I won't back away in fear! Fight back, Celestial Sky!" Yusho commanded his monster which then charged in to meet Yuya's head-on, the magician catching and grabbing onto the dragon's horns. Yuya and Yusho both jumped off, landing on the roof of one of the buildings, their monsters were above them, clenched in the fight.

But Yusho still had the last ace up his sleeve. "The effect of Smile City activates! During the Battle Phase, when my monster battles, I can send this card to the graveyard when it has at least 2 counters to activate this effect! Since my monster's attack point are different then their original value, I set them back to the original value and you take damage equal to double that amount!" Yusho stated. "The difference is currently 700, so you take 1400 points of damage Yuya! It's over!"

Yuya was surprised by that effect, but in the end, while his father's hand was at zero, Yuya still had one last card in his own hand. "I activate the effect of Performapal Net Magician in my hand! When an effect that would deal damage to me is activated, I can discard this card to negate the damage, then my opponent takes damage equal to the negated amount!"

Yusho's eyes widened hearing that, seeing the damage turning into a ball as a net appeared in front of Yuya, catching the ball and then throwing it right back at him.

Yusho: 1775-375

"Then the battle continues! Phantasma Dragon! Phantasma Shade!" Yuya shouted out as his dragon flew through Sky Magician, destroying it.

"Good job, Yuya…"

Yusho: 375 -0.


"Done" With one push of a button, a timer was set that would activate the new purpose of ARC-V. "Forgive me, children." A tear ran down his face as he whispered those words. "I just hope you can all forgive me" With that, he left, leaving the ARC-V in a state where it was counting down to something no one could have seen coming.


As the action field disappeared, Yuya and Yusho both walked to the middle of the field.

"My boy, you've grown up so much… I'm proud of you," Yusho said while crying tears of joy for his son. He then gave Yuya a big warm hug.

"D-Dad stop!" Yuya was embarrassed to be hugged in front of the entire crowd. Everyone simply felt a warm wholesome feeling at the sight before them.

"The time is here…" The man who meddled with Arc-V said from the sidelines, then the deed began. A loud thundering sound echoed as the sky grew dark. The people were asking themselves what was happening, yet no one knew.

Leo received a message from the reactor, telling him it was acting up. But when he brought up the remote console, he didn't know what to do. What was happening was beyond him, as the calculations had been redone. It was like someone meddled with it and did modifications he couldn't foresee. "Who did this?" He asked, but then it happened. A white pulse of energy came from the reactor.

No one was affected but 2 people; Yuzu and Yuya, who dropped on the ground feeling nauseous. The connection to the other 3 personalities inside each of them being cut. Then in one blink of an eye, the reactor erupted and everything was surrounded by a white, blinding light. The only one able to see through it is the very stranger who did this. When it died down, however, nothing was damaged. No one was dead, hurt, or even changed in any way.

Except for Yuya and Yuzu. They were passed out, and around them were the others: Yuto, Yugo, Yuri and Serena, Rin and Ruri. They were separated.

"What has happened?" Leo asked, looking awestruck at this. Separation should have been impossible, yet here he was. Being proven wrong.


Yo, Nerds here. Finally back with some more Yugioh. I and my partner here have been busy with other series which is why it's been on hiatus. Go ahead and explain the series buddy.

Bloody: I need a drink...Let us hurry it up here, we got Ashen and Arc of Hell to write as well.

Yeah yeah, don't be a dickhead. Anyway, I hope you guys like this. It takes immediately after the end of the anime. Please let me know in the reviews what you think so far. Also, be sure to check out my Vrains and Zexal sequels as well. Anything else you want to say Bloody?

Bloody: Other than the fact this will be a clusterfuck to keep up with the timelines and shit, nothing.

Lol, it won't be that bad. You got me here after all :) anyway, stay tuned for next chapter guys!