Yu-Gi-Oh! Tetrodyne Chronicles: ARC-V Return to Origin: Episode 2: Duel in the New World

Episode 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh! Tetrodyne Chronicles: ARC-V Return to Origin
It was a bright, sunny day, and Yuya Sakki was driving his to school (normal school, not Duel school).

“It’s been a week since the Duel in my mind.”, thought Yuya, “And everything seems the same….”

Yuya then stops in front of a jumbotron broadcasting a news report, one being conducted by.

“And when we return from the break,”, said Carly, “we’ll have our regular update on the mass disappearance that occurred seven months ago, in which hundreds of people from around the world, including famous Duelist Jack Atlas, vanished.”

“…but everything’s changed.”, thought Yuya.

-

At school, Yuya tried to focus on his classes, but his mind keeps wandering.

“A week ago, I woke up and the whole world was different.”, thought Yuya, “Heartland City was instantly rebuilt, New Domino City was radically different, and even Paradise City had changed a little. When Declan called me, my dad, Zuzu, and the other Lancers to Leo Corp, I hoped he could explain what happened, but....”

Flashback to Declan’s office at Leo Corp, with Declan sitting behind his desk and Yuya, Yusho, Zuzu, Gong, Silvio, Sun Shadow, and Moon Shadow are sitting in chairs in front of him.

“…our world’s fused with a fifth dimension?!?!”, exclaimed Yuya.

“Yes,”, said Declan, “we became aware of its existence a few days before the fusion. We named it the “Origin Dimension”, because, due to the high levels of all types of summon energy that predate Pendulum Summoning, we believe it’s the dimension where Dueling originated.”

“The place where Dueling originated…”, said Zuzu.

“But why did we fuse with it in the first place?”, asked Silvio, “After all, it had no relation to the United ARC Dimension.”

“Silvio’s got a point.”, said Gong.

“Actually, you would be mistaken in that regard.”, said Declan, much to the surprise of everyone, “With what Yuya has told me, I now believe the United ARC Dimension was originally supposed to fuse with the Origin Dimension, with Zarc and the combined form of the four dragons guiding the process, but they were corrupted and became “Supreme King Z-ARC” instead. The Duel in Yuya’s mind seemed to be about purging the last remaining traces of that corruption, enabling the dragons to begin to fulfil their true purpose.”

“Begin?”, asked Yuya.

“Yes, begin.”, replied Declan, “For reasons unknown, only the Pendulum Dimension was fused with the Origin Dimension. Ideally, we’d be able to travel to the other dimensions to find out why, but the dimensional fusion has caused the Interdimensional Corridor to vanish, and our Interdimensional Transport Technology is currently malfunctioning. Until we get it fixed, we’re basically unable to do anything.”

“Including finding out if Celina, Lulu, Rin, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri are alright….”, said Zuzu.

“They should be fine.”, assured Declan, “Considering that the Dark Rebellion, Clear Wing, and Starving Venom cards disappeared at the same time the other boys vanished from Yuya’s mind, and with what that "Phoenixian Fighter" said making it most likely that none of them were true counterparts to yourselves, I am absolutely positive that they have been reborn in their home dimensions.”

Declan then turned toward Yusho.

“Now,” said Declan, “about what else the flame creature said….”

“I think I do recall it happening.”, said Yusho, “I always thought it was just some odd dream, one that I had from time to time, but the more I think about it, the more real it becomes. Unfortunately, I can’t quite remember that Duelist’s face. I do remember he had brown hair and wore glasses, and that he used a Dinosaur Deck, but that’s it.”

“It’s a starting point.”, said Declan, “I’ll begin inquiries, hopefully he was in Paradise City when the dimensions fused. He obviously has powers and abilities previously unknown to us, and he may be the key to restoring our ability to travel between dimensions.”

“Doesn’t the Professor have some idea what’s happened?”, asked Silvio, “After all, traveling between dimensions is his specialty.”

“Unfortunately,”, replied Declan, “my father isn’t here. He was in the Fusion Dimension, trying to fix the damage he had done, when the Pendulum Dimension fused with the Origin Dimension.”

“Oh.”, said Silvio.

The school bell rings, rousing Yuya from his daydream.

-

A short while later, Yuya and Zuzu are readying their Duel runners to leave.

“Ready to go to the Duel School?”, asked Zuzu.

“Not yet.”, replied Yuya, “I need to drive and clear my head a bit”.

“It’s a lot to take in….”, said Zuzu, “The fact our city combined with another city in a world that’s so similar, yet so different, to the one we knew.”

“Yeah.”, agreed Yuya, “I’m still getting used to how much larger and more complicated everything is.”

Zuzu nods in response, then smiles.

“Alright, then I’m meet up with you later at the school.”, said Zuzu.

“Count on it.”, replied Yuya with a smile.

They then drive off in opposite directions. Shortly afterwards, two new riders on Duel Runners arrive, wearing helmets that obscure their faces.

“The signals have split up,” said the first rider, a woman, “and are now heading in opposite directions from each other.”

“Then we need to split up too.”, said the second rider, a man.

“I’ll go left, you go right.”, said the female rider, “Make regular contact every half-hour.”

“Understood.”, replied the male rider.

They then drive off, the female rider heading off in Yuya’s direction, and the male rider heading toward Zuzu’s.

-

As Yuya drives along the freeway, he things about what happened when the Pendulum Dimension fused with the Origin Dimension.

“Paradise City combined with a smaller city that already existed in the Origin Dimension,”, thought Yuya, “so stuff from that city, like the roadways being equipped to handle Turbo Duels, became part of Paradise City. The same thing happened with every other city in the world. People’s memories were changed so that they thought it had always been like this, with only a few people remembering the world the way it was before, similar to what happened when the Standard Dimension became the Pendulum Dimension. If a person had a counterpart, they fused together as well, but most people don’t even realize it, since, like the flame creature said, the two counterparts were identical in appearance, personality, and most of the time even led nearly identical lives. Any major differences in the lives of the counterparts was just written off as “weird dreams” after the fusion, a product of their now combined memories trying to sort themselves out.”

Yuya maneuvers into a new lane as traffic increases.

“According to Declan,” continued Yuya, “the Origin Dimension itself seems to be altering itself slightly to accommodate all of the events and histories of the Pendulum Dimension and its inhabitants, albeit in slightly altered form, and Declan theorized even the Interdimensional War to become part of the Origin Dimension’s history, once the other dimensions fuse with it.”

At this moment, the mystery women catches up with Yuya, and begins to signal him.

“Huh?”, wondered Yuya, “Who’s that?”

“Hey, kid!”, shouted the Mystery Women, “I need you to stop!”

“Why does she want me to stop?”, asked Yuya, “This raises all sorts of red flags, I’d better get off the freeway and…. WHOA!!!”

A car in the lane ahead cuts in front of Yuya, and as he slows and swerves to avoid it, he nearly collides with the Mystery Woman.

“HEY!!!”, shouted the Mystery Women.

“Sorry!”, replied Yuya.

“Just pull over already!”, said the Mystery Women angrily.

“Uh, actually, I really think I should be going now…”, said Yuya.

“Oh no you don’t!”, shouted the Mystery Women, “I’ve been looking for you for over seven months, so I’m not going to let you get away now! Activate Duel Mode!”

“Duel Mode Engaged.”, said Yuya’s Duel Runner.

“Wait, you can’t force me to Duel!’ exclaimed Yuya.

“I just did.”, replied the Mystery Women, “Now, chose the Duel Mode you want!”

Four options appear on the screen of Yuya’s Duel Runner: Standard Mode, Turbo Mode, Action Mode, and Full Mode.

“Right,”, thought Yuya, “Field Spells that activate at the start of the Duel, like Action Fields and “Speed World”, are called “Base Fields”, and are unaffected affected by card effects, except for cards that specifically say they interact with them. The person being challenged gets to pick the Base Field, and in a Turbo Duel, the chosen Base Field Spell can alter the rules of the Duel.”

“Let’s see…”, continued Yuya, “If I remember correctly, “Speed World” has no effects and “Speed World Neo” is a standard Action Field, but “Speed World 2” is designed to work with “Speed Spells”, and “Speed World Infinity” has the effects of both Neo and 2, so I should probably pick Neo….”

Suddenly, the autopilot of Yuya’s Duel Runner causes it to swerve to dodge another car, causing Yuya’s hand to brush the screen.

“Base Field Spell chosen.”, said Yuya’s Duel Runner, “Speed World Infinity.”

“Uh-oh….”, said Yuya, as the Duel Lane appears, and Duel Runners drive onto it, “Well, at least I can still use Action Cards, now I just need to remember what that online video about “Speed Spells” that Declan sent me said….”

“It’s time to Duel!”, said the Mystery Women, “I’ll go first!”

“Action Cards distributed.”, Said the CPU as "Action Cards" appear and scatter across the Duel Lane.

The Mystery Women gains 1 “Speed Counter” and looks at her hand.

“Right,”, thought Yuya, “In this type of Duel, we both gain 1 “Speed Counter” at the start of each turn, now if only I could remember what they were they used for…”

“Alright, I set one monster in defense position, and end my turn!”, said the Mystery Women.

A face-down monster card appears on the Mystery Women’s side of the field.

“My turn!”, said Yuya, “I draw! Next, I summon “Performapal Silver Claw” in Attack Position!”

“Performapal Silver Claw” appears with a howl.

“Now, I attack your face-down monster with Silver Claw!”, declared Yuya, “And thanks to its effect, it gains 300 ATK!”

Silver Claw begins to attack, but a thick cloud of fog appears the second the face-down card is flipped. Sliver Claw slashes the fog, but apparently dose no damage.

“What happened?”, said Yuya, “Did my attack not work? And what’s with that weird fog?”

“It’s not fog, it’s steam.”, said the Mystery Woman, “Whenever my “Steamtech Clank Defender” is flipped face-up by battle, it creates a thick cloud of steam that blocks all attacks!”

The steam cloud clears, revealing “Steamtech Clank Defender”.

“Of course,”, said the Mystery Women, “the steam cloud only lasts for one battle, so if you had other monsters, you could attack my Defender, but they’d need to have over 2000 ATK to even scratch it!”

“Urg…”, replied Yuya, “Since my Battle Phase is over, Silver Claw’ ATK goes back to normal. I’ll set 1 card face-down, and end my turn.”

“My move!”, said the Mystery Woman, “I draw, and since I drew a Spell Card, I’ll swap it for one random "Speed Spell" from my Turbo Deck!”

“Now I remember!”, thought Yuya, “Speed Counters” can be used to pay for the activation costs of “Speed Spells!” You don’t have to pay a “Speed Spell’s” cost with “Speed Counters”, but the non-“Speed Counter” cost is usually higher, or the “Speed Spell’s” effect is weakened or it gains negative effects. And in this type of Duel, in addition to any “Speed Spells” in their Deck, players also get an up to 30 card Turbo Deck made entirely of “Speed Spells” they can swap out for whenever they draw a Spell Card! Thank goodness the card they get is chosen at random…”

“I summon my “Steamtech Sherlock of Mad Science” in Attack Position!” said the Mystery Women.

“Steamtech Sherlock of Mad Science” appears with a “Hmmm….”.

“Next, I’ll activate my Sherlock’s effect, letting me look at your face-down card.”, said the Mystery Woman.

Yuya’s face-down card flips up, revealing that it’s “Command Performance”.

“It’s a Trap!”, said the Mystery Women, “Well, we can’t have that! Sherlock, would you kindly get rid of it?”

Sherlock holds up his magnifying glass, which emits a light that causes Yuya’s trap to vanish from the field and reappear in his Hand.

“Huh?!?”, said Yuya, “My Trap card….”

“That’s the other part of my Sherlock’s effect.”, said the Mystery Woman, “If your face-down is revealed to be a Trap, then it’s returned to your Hand. And my Sherlock has one more trick up his sleeve….”

Yuya spots an Action Card ahead of him.

“In that case, I’d better be prepared!”, said Yuya, as he speeds toward the Action Card.

“Nice try, kid, but I saw that card too!”, said the Mystery Woman, “And it’s about to go bye-bye! I activate the Field Spell “Steamtech City” and perform a Field Overlay!”

A thick fog of steam emerges from the card and engulfs the field, destroying the Action Card in the process.

“Field Overlay?”, thought Yuya, “Oh, right, that’s when a Field Spell is played when your opponent already has a Field Spell out or there’s an Base Field active. The Field Spell visually merge together to create a new Hybrid Field, even though they remain separate cards. What’s bad for me is that all unclaimed Action Cards are destroyed and replaced by new cards next turn!”

“And now,”, said the Mystery Woman, “for my Sherlocks next trick, he’ll make himself and my Defender disappear and leave a more powerful creature in their place!”

“Wait, dose that mean…”, said Yuya.

“I now tune my “Steamtech Sherlock of Mad Science” with my “Steamtech Clank Defender”,”, said the Mystery Woman, “in order to Synchro Summon my “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science”!”

Sherlock transforms into Synchro rings that surround Defender, there is a bright flash, and “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science” appears with a “Skreee….”

“And thanks to my Field Spell, my Cannon Beetle gains 200 ATK and DEF points!”, shouted the Mystery Women, “Now, Cannon Beetle, blast his Silver Fang! Cannon Fireburst!”.

Cannon Beetle shoots a fireball from its horn, disintegrating Silver Fang and clearing the fog, revealing “Steamtech City”.

“Next, since I have a “Steamtech” monster on the field, I can Special Summon this monster from my hand in Defense Position, the “Steamtech Ojaminions of Mad Science”!”.

The “Steamtech Ojaminions of Mad Science” appear with a cry of “OJAMA!”.

“I end my turn.” Said the Mystery Woman.

“My move!”, said Yuya.

“Action Cards distributed.”, said the CPU as new "Action Cards" appear and are scattered.

“Alright!”, said Yuya, “I’ll place my “Timegazer Magician” and “Stargazer Magician” in my Pendulum Zones, and with them, I’ll build the arc of victory!”

“Stargazer Magacian” and “Timegazer Magician” appear in the Pendulum Zones.

“Now, I Pendulum Summon!”, shouted Yuya, “Give a warm welcome to “Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon” and the return of “Performalpal Silver Fang”!”

Both monsters appear, “Odd-Eyes Penduulum Dragon” with a roar, and Silver Fang with a howl.

“And for my next trick, I’ll fuse my two monsters together, without the use of a Spell Card!”, said Yuya, “Odd-Eyes! Silver Fang! Fuse together to became “Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon”!”

A swirling vortex engulfs Odd-Eyes and Silver Fang, there is a flash, then “Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon” appears with a roar.

“Now, Beast-Eyes, attack her Cannon Beetle!”, shouted Yuya, “Blazing Spiral Storm!”

Beast-Eyes unleashes a flaming breath attack at Cannon Beetle, but it is obscured by a cloud of steam, and when Beast-Eye’s attack cuts through the cloud, it hits the Ojaminions instead.

“Huh?!?”, said Yuya, “Why’d my attack hit them?!?”

“It’s because of the effect of my “Steamtech City”,”, said the Mystery Woman, “Once per turn, I can redirect an attack on one of my “Steamtech” monsters to any other “Steamtech” monster I control.”

“So that’s why you summoned those Ojaminions…”, said Yuya, “But since my attack still destroyed a monster, you take damage equal to Silver Fangs ATK!”

Beast-Eyes blasts the mystery woman with a shockwave.

“Ugh!”, said the Mystery Woman.

“I set one card face-down and end my turn.”, said Yuya.

“My move!”, said the Mystery Woman, “And first off, I’ll activate my Cannon Beetles effect! That lets me destroy any one card you control! And guess which card I choose?”

"It’s going to be my Beast-Eyes, isn’t it?”, replied Yuya.

“Got it in one.”, said the Mystery Woman, “Cannon Beetle, give his Beast-Eyes a black eye!”

Cannon Beetle shoots a fireball that disintegrates Beast-Eyes.

And if you think that’s bad,”, said the Mystery Woman, “wait until you see the effect of my “Race Against Time!” Spell Card!”

Train tracks appear alongside the road, and with a “Tooooot”, a train engine (Steamtech Clank Engineroid) pulling a flat car and some boxcars appears and begins driving alongside the duelists. Cannon Beetle then jumps onto the flat car.

“Your Spell Card gives your monster a train ride?”, asked Yuya, “Uh, how is that worse than your Cannon Beetle blowing-up Beast-Eyes?”

“You haven’t looked ahead yet.”, replied the Mystery Woman.

“Huh?”, said Yuya, “What’s ahead…?”

Yuya spots the flashing lights of a railroad crossing in the distance.

“Is that a…. train crossing?”, said Yuya, “I still don’t…. wait…”

Yuya’s eyes then grow wide and he quickly looks at the train and then the crossing.

“YOU MEAN YOUR SPELL IS GOING TO RUN ME OVER WITH A TRAIN!?!?”, exclaimed Yuya.

“Yep.”, said the Mystery Woman, “At the end of your next turn, you and my train will have a close encounter at that crossing, and you’ll take damage equal to my Cannon Beetle’s ATK.”

“Not good, definitely not good!!!”, panicked Yuya,

“And to further ruin your day, here’s my “Wavering Eyes” Spell Card!” said the Mystery Woman. “It destroys all cards in the Pendulum Zones, then gain’s effects based on the number of cards destroyed!”

“Satargazer Magician” and “Timegazer Magician” are destroyed, then a piece of “Timegazer Magician’s” armor bonks Yuya on the head.

“Ow!”, exclaimed Yuya, as his LP dropped.

“Since 2 Pendulum Monsters were destroyed’, said the Mystery Woman, “you take 500 damage, and I get to add 1 Pendulum Monster from my Deck to my Hand.”

The Mystery Woman adds “Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science” to her Hand.

“I’ll set 1 monster on the field in Defense Position,”, said the Mystery Woman, “then end my turn”.

“My move….”, said Yuya.

“And possibly my last move if I don’t stop her train…”, thought Yuya, “Wait, her Cannon Beetle’s still on the field, and she said the damage I’ll take depends on its attack, so maybe if I destroy it, I can stop that train!”

“Okay!” shouted Yuya, “First, I summon my “Performapal Friendonkey” in Attack Position, and when I summon him, I can Special Summons my “Performapal Longphone Bull” from my Hand!”

"Performapal Friendonkey” and “Performapal Longphone Bull” appear with a braying laugh and a “Mooo!”.

“Next, my Longphone Bull gets to call up a friend!”, said Yuya, “Namely, any non-Pendulum “Performapal” monster from my Deck. And I know just who to call!”

Longphone Bull’s phone rings, and he answers it, then removes a card from it, which he then hands to Yuya.

“Now, my Friendonkey will leave the stage to make room for out next performer!” said Yuya, “Everyone, give a big round of applause for “Performapal Slight Hand Magician”!”

Friendonkey vanishes and “Performapal Slight Hand Magician” appears with a “Ta-DAAAHHH’.

“Let me guess,”, said the Mystery Woman, “you can Special Summon him by tributing one “Performapal” monster.”

“You are absolutely correct!”, said Yuya, “Now, it’s time for my magician to perform one of his best tricks! At the cost of one card from my Hand, he’ll make one of your monsters disappear!”

Yuya discards “Performapal Kaleidoscorp” from his Hand, and Slight Hand Magician conjures several giant playing cards, which surround Cannon Beetle, then fall away to reveal that Cannon Beetle has vanished, and causing the train to stop.

“Now, my Longphone Bull will attack your facedown monster!” said Yuya.

Longphone Bull punches the Mystery woman’s face-down monster, briefly revealing the “Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science” before it's destroyed.

“When my “Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science” is flipped face-up,”, said the Mystery Woman, “I get to draw one card!”

The Mystery Woman draws a card.

“And for our final act of this evening,”, said Yuya, “Slight Hand Magician, attack her life points directly!”

Slight Hand shoots a magic blast from his staff, but a large blue beetle appears and blocks it!

“What is that?!?”, said a shocked Yuya.

“This is my “Steamtech Armored Beetle”, and whenever I would take a direct attack, I can summon it from my Hand, and thanks to my Field Spell, it gains enough defense points to fully block your attack!”

“Ergh, so close…”, said Yuya, “I end my turn.”

Yuya and the Mystery Woman cross the Railroad Crossing without incident.

“My move!”, said the Mystery Woman, “I draw, and I choose to swap the Spell Card I drew for one random Speed Spell from my Turbo Deck! Next, I activate “Speed Spell – Graceful Angel Baton”! It lets me draw two cards, then, since I have at least 4 “Speed Counters”, I discard one.”

The Mystery Woman looks at her Hand.

“By revealing the “Speed Spell – Miracle Speed Fusion” in my Hand and removing seven “Speed Counters”,", said the Mystery Woman, “I can destroy your face-down card!”

Yuya’s face-down “Command Performace” is destroyed.

“Now,”, said the Mystery Woman, “I activate my “Speed Spell – Miracle fusion”! Even without “Speed Counters”, it still acts like a “Polymerization” card, letting me fuse my “Steamtech Armored Beetle” with the “Steantech Clank Engineroid” in my Hand in order to create the “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon”!”

A swirling vortex engulfs “Steamtech Armored Beetle” and “Steantech Clank Engineroid”, there is a flash, then “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon” appears with a mechanical roar.

“Wah!”, said Yuya, “This monster has even more cannons than her last one!”

“Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon”, attack his Slight Hand magician!”, said the Mystery Woman.

Cannon Dragon shorts a fireball from its head cannon, disintegrating Slight Hand Magician.

“But wait, there’s more!”, said the Mystery Woman, “When my Cannon Dragon destroys a monster by battle, up to twice per turn, I can flip a coin.”

“Why do I have a feeling I’m not going to like where this is going….”, said Yuya, as a coin appears on his Duel Runner’s screen, flips, and comes up heads.

“It’s heads, which is good for me, since that lets my monster attack again!”, said the Mystery Woman, “Cannon Dragon, make steak out of his Bull!”

Cannon Dragon shorts a fireball from its left arm cannon, disintegrating Longphone Bull.

“And I flip again!”, said the mystery Woman.

“If this comes up heads again, I’m finished!”, thought Yuya, as a coin appears on his Duel Runner’s screen, flips, and comes up tails, much to Yuya’s relief.

“You lucked out this time, so I end my turn.”, said the Mystery Woman.

“That was close.”, thought Yuya, as he draws, “Since decks that use more than one Summoning type are common in the Origin Dimension, dueling is much more intense, but also much more fun. I don’t think I’ve had this much fun since my duels with dad and Declan!”

Yuya looks at the card he drew, and smiles.

“Ladies and Gentlemen!”, said Yuya, “It’s time for me to introduce our final act! But first, let me call our performers to the stage with my “Amazing Pendulum” Spell card! This lets me add my “Stargazer Magician” and “Timegazer Magician” to my Hand from the Extra Deck!

Yuya adds the two magicians to his hand, then places them into his Pendulum Zones.

“And with these monsters, I’ll set the Pendulum Scale and build the arc of victory!”, said Yuya, “Go, Pendulum Summon! Welcome back my “Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon”, and give a warm welcome for my “Performapal U Go Golem”!”

Odd-Eyes appears with a roar and “Performapal U Go Golem” appears with a sound like rocks rubbing against each other.

“And since I Pendulum Summoned my U Go Golem, it’s effect activates letting my fuse my Golem with my Odd-Eyes in order to make my “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon”!”

A swirling vortex engulfs Odd-Eyes and U Go Golem, there is a flash, then “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon” appears with a roar.

“I now activate my “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon’s” effect!”, sad Yuya, “When it’s Summoned, I can return one card you control back to your hand! And since you only have one card….”

Odd-Eyes Vortex creates a tornado that blows away Cannon Dragon.

“You’re a good Duelist, and the second scariest woman on a motorcycle I know, but it’s time for me bring this show to a close!”, said Yuya, “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon”, attack her directly with Vortex Flame!

Odd-Eyes Vortex unleash a flaming breath attack that hits the Mystery Woman and brings her LP to zero. The Mystery Woman does not look happy abut this.

“Well, I think it’s time for me to be going!”, said Yuya, as he quickly drives off of the Duel Lane and onto the surface streets, “You’ve been a great audience! Bye!”

-

A short while later, Yuya nears the You Show Duel School.

“Man, that was close.”, thought Yuya, “That lady still looked pretty angry, so it’s a good thing I got out of there when I did.”

Yuya parks in front of the school and notices a strange Duel Runner.

“Hmm?”, said Yuya, “Who’s runner is that? Wait, that lady from before said she’d been looking for me, so maybe others are as well! Or, worse, they may be after Zuzu!”

Yuya rushes into the school and heads to the common room…….

……where he nearly stumbles in shook upon finding Zuzu, Allie, Tate, and Fredrick having tea with a large, brown-haired, glasses-wearing man.

“….and then all Yuya can say is “so embarrassing”!”, said Zuzu, much to the laughter of Allie, Tate, Fredrick, and the Mystery Man.

“I’m pretty sure everyone’s thought that way about their parents at least once.”, said the Mystery Man with a chuckle.

“Huh?”, said Yuya, “Wha?”

“Oh, hi Yuya!”, said Zuzu, “I was just telling Darwin here about your Duel with Reed Pepper, though I’m still not sure if it’s actually part of the timeline now….”

“Ah, so you’re Yuya!”, said the Mystery Man, “Allow me to introduce myself.”

The Mystery Man holds out his hand.

“I’m Darwin Tetrodyne.”, said the Mystery Man, “I work for Kaiba Corp.”

“Uh, pleased to meet you.”, said Yuya, shaking Darwin’s hand, “Wait, did you say Kaiba Corp.? As in THE Kaiba Corp.?”

“The one and only.”, said Darwin.

“Darwin says he works in the R & D section, where they design new Duel Disks, and Duel Runners, and all short of other stuff!”, said Tate excitedly.

“And he came here specifically to talk to you and Zuzu!”, said Allie.

“I have the goose-prickles with excitement!”, said Fredrick.

“Wow!”, said Yuya, sitting down, “But why would you want to talk to us?”

“That’s a long story.”, said Darwin on the sofa, “But the short version is that shortly before the mass disappearance seven months ago, my brother went on a business trip and vanished. The Kaiba Corp. Duel Disk tracking system briefly detected an odd energy signature when he vanished, one which reappeared during the mass disappearance, and about a week ago, we detected it again. My sister and I managed to eventually track the source of it to here, and, well….”

“You fallowed it to me and Zuzu.”, said Yuya.

“Yes.”, said Darwin, “And with what Zuzu’s told me, I think I know what happened to my brother, though that’s little help in finding where he is now….”

They then hear a Duel Runner pull-up in front of the school.

“That would be my sister.”, said Darwin, “I recognize the sound of her runner. She was looking for you, so I’m surprised you haven’t met her yet….”

Darwin then notices that Yuya is trying to hide behind the sofa.

“Ah, so you have met her….”, said Darwin with a sigh, as he got up and stood by the door.

The Mystery Woman then storms into the room, but is then restrained by Darwin.

“Wha…?”, said the Mystery Woman, “HEY! Let me go, bro!”

“Not until you calm down, sis.”, said Darwin, “What’s put you in a mood this time?”

“That little punk tried to run me off the road!”, said the Mystery Woman, struggling against Darwin’s grasp.

“Yuya!”, scolded Zuzu.

“It was an accident!”, stammered Yuya, “There was traffic!”

Yuya then sighs, gets up, and bows.

“I’m sorry I almost ran you off the road.”, said Yuya, “It was an accident, and I didn’t mean to.”

The Mystery Woman stops struggling, then sighs herself.

“I should apologize too….”, said the Mystery Woman, “It was kind of obvious it was an accident, and I overreacted. Sorry…”

“Everyone,”, said Darwin, releasing the Mystery Woman, “let me introduce you to my sister, Leia.”

Leia removes her helmet, revealing she has brown hair and wears glasses too.

“And I’m really sorry that I scared you. said Leia, “I’ve been on edge lately and it’s made my temper even worse than usual.”

“Because you’re worried about your other brother, right?”, asked Zuzu, to which Leia nods.

Leia then turns to Darwin.

“So, any leads?”, asked Leia.

“Only that I’m certain he’s in another dimension.”, said Darwin, “Unfortunately, I have no idea which one.”

“I’ve kind of traveled through several dimensions,”, said Yuya, “so maybe I’ve seen him. Do you have any pictures of him?”

“Of course.”, said Leia, handing Yuya a photo, “His name’s Specs.”

The photo is of another brown-haired man with glasses, though not as muscular as Darwin, and for some reason, he reminds Yuya of the Flame Creature he encountered in his mind.

“Hang on….”, said Yuya, “I think I need to show you a couple of cards I found in my Deck last week…”

Yuya hands Leia and Darwin two cards, “Super De-Fusion” and “Phoenixian Possession”.

“Super De-Fusion?”, said Leia, “Yeah, Specs has this in his Deck. It’s rare, but not that rare….”

“Sis, I think you need to look at this card….”, said Darwin.

“Phoenixian Possession? He has that too.”, said Leia, “Again, rare, but not…. wait….”

“You feel it too?”, asked Darwin.

“Y-yeah…”, said Leia, who then turn toward Yuya and gravely asks “Where did you get these cards?”

“It’s a long story.”, said Yuya, “I’ll tell you on the way to Leo Corp. I think you two really need to meet a friend of mine….”

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Duel Script
Yuya Sakaki Vs. Leia Tetrodyne

Turn 1: Leia, LP: 4000, Hand: 5, Speed Counters: 0

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Field: Empty

Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 1, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 1). Sets “Steamtech Clank Defender (Level 4 ATK 1000 DEF 2000)” in face-down Defense Position (Hand -1 = 4). Ends turn.

Turn 2 Yuya, LP: 4000, Hand: 5, Speed Counters: 1

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Field: Empty

Draws 1 card (Hand +1 = 6). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 2, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 2). Summons “Performapal Silver Claw (Level 4 ATK 1800 DEF 700)” in Attack Position (Hand -1 =5). “Performapal Silver Claw” attacks Leia’s face-down “Steamtech Clank Defender”, going 300 ATK via its own effect (“Performapal Silver Claw” +300 ATK = 2100 ATK), but “Steamtech Clank Defender” is not destroyed due to its own effect. Yuya ends the battle Phase, returning “Performapal Silver Claw’s” ATK to normal (“Performapal Silver Claw” -300 ATK = 1800 ATK). Sets 1 card face-down (Hand -1 = 4). Ends turn.

Turn 3: Leia, LP: 4000, Hand: 4, Speed Counters: 2

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Field: “Steamtech Clank Defender” in Defense Position.

Draws 1 card, and swaps the drawn Spell Card (“Steamtech Des Ray”) for a random “Speed Spell” from her Turbo Deck. (Hand +1 = 5). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 3, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 3). Summons “Steamtech Sherlock of Mad Science (Level 3 ATK 1000 DEF 1000)” in attack Postion (Hand -1 = 4). Activates “Steamtech Sherlock of Mad Science’s” effect, allowing her to look at Yuya’s face-down card, which is “Command Performance”, and, since it is a trap, return it to Yuya’s Hand (Yuya Hand +1 = 5). Activates the Field Spell “Steamtech City”, destroying all Actions Cards currently not in anyone’s Hand (Hand- 1 = 3). Uses “Steamtech Clank Defender” and “Steamtech Sherlock of Mad Science” to Synchro Summon “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science (Level 7 ATK 2600 DEF 2100)” in Attack Position, which gains 200 ATK and DEF because of “Steamtech City’s” effect (“Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science + 200 ATK/DEF = ATK 2800 DEF 2300). “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science” attacks and destroys “Performapal Silver Claw” (Yuya LP -1000 = 3000). Special Summons “Steamtech Ojaminions of Mad Science (Level 2 ATK 0 DEF 1000)” in Defense Position, which gains 200 ATK and DEF because of “Steamtech City’s” effect (Steamtech Ojaminions of Mad Science + 200 ATK/DEF = ATK 200 DEF 1200) (Hand -1 = 2). Ends turn.

Turn 4: Yuya LP: 3000, Hand: 5, Speed Counters: 3

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Hand: “Command Performance”.

Field: Empty.

Draws 1 card (Hand +1 = 6). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 4, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 4). New Action Cards are distributed across the field. Places “Stargazer Magician (Level 5 ATK 1200 DEF 2400)” and “Timegazer Magician (Level 3 ATL 1200 DEF 600)” in his Pendulum Zones (Hand -2 = 4). Pendulum Summons “Odd-Eye Pendulum Dragon (Level 7 ATK 2500 DEF 2000)” from his Hand in Attack Position and “Performapal Silver Claw (Level 4 ATK 1800 DEF 700)” in Attack Position from face-up in his Extra Deck (Hand -1 = 3). Fusion Summons “Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (Level 8 ATK 3000 DEF 2000)” in Attack Position. “Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon” attacks “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science”, but it’s attack is redirected by the effect of “Steamtech City” to “Steamtech Ojaminions of Mad Science”. “Steamtech Ojaminions of Mad Science” is destroyed, and Leia take 1800 Damage due to “Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon’s” effect (Leia LP -1800 = 2200). Sets “Command Performance” face-down (Hand -1 = 3). Ends turn.

Turn 5: Leia, LP: 2200, Hand: 2, Speed Counters: 4

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Hand: 1 “Speed Spell”

Field: “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science” in Attack Position, “Steamtech City”.

Draws 1 card (Hand +1 = 3). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 5, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 5). Activates “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science’s” effect, targeting and destroying “Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon”. Activates “Race Against Time!” from her Hand and targets “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science” for its effect, which will cause Yuya will take damage equal to “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science’s” ATK if it is still on the field at the end of Yuya’s Next turn (Hand -1 =2). Activates “Wavering Eyes”, destroying Yuya’s “Timegazer Magician” and “Stargazer Magician”, and infecting 500 damage to Yuya and adding “Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science” to her Hand. Sets 1 monster in face-down Defense Position (Hand -1 = 1). Ends turn.

Turn 6: Yuya LP: 3000, Hand: 3, Speed Counters: 5

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Field: Face-down “Command Performance”.

Draws 1 card (Hand +1 =4). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 6, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 6). Normal Summons “Performapal Friendonkey (Level 3 ATK 1600 DEF 600)” in Attack Position, then Special Summons “Performapal Longphone Bull (Level 4 ATK 1600 DEF 1200)” in Attack Position with “Performapal Friendonkey’s” effect, then adds “Performapal Slight Hand Magician” to his Hand with “Performapal Longphone Bull’s” effect (Hand -1 = 3). Special Summon “Performapal Slight Hand Magician (Level 7 ATK 2500 DEF 2000)” by Tributing “Performapal Friendonkey” (Hand -1 = 2). Activates “Performapal Slight Hand Magician’s” effect, discarding “Performapal Kaleidoscorp” from his Hand to target and destroy Leia’s “Steamtech Cannon Beetle of Mad Science” (Hand -1 =1). Attacks Leia’s face-down monster, “Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science (Level 2 ATK 500 DEF 500)”, which gains 200 ATK and DEF because of “Steamtech City’s” effect (Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science + 200 ATK/DEF = ATK 700 DEF 700), with “Performapal Longphone Bull” and destroys it, and Leia draws 1 card due to “Steamtech Luggage Mimic of Mad Science’s” flip-effect (Leia Hand +1 = 2). Attacks directly with “Performapal Slight Hand Magician”, but Leia Special Summons “Steamtech Armored Beetle (Level 5 ATK 1000 DEF 2300)”, which gains 200 ATK and DEF because of “Steamtech City’s” effect (Steamtech Armored Beetle + 200 ATK/DEF = ATK 1200 DEF 2500), from her Hand in Defense Position with its own effect (Leia Hand -1 = 1). Ends turn.

Turn 7: Leia, LP: 2200, Hand: 1, Speed Counters: 6

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Hand: 1 “Speed Spell”.

Field: “Steamtech Armored Beetle” in Defence Position, “Steamtech City”.

Draws 1 card, and swaps the drawn Spell Card (“Steamtech Fusion”) for a random “Speed Spell” from her Turbo Deck. (Hand +1 = 2). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 7, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 7). Activates “Speed Spell – Graceful Angel Baton”, drawing 2 cards, then discarding 1 (Steamtech Beast Soldiers of Mad Science). Activates the effect of “Speed World Neo V”, removing 7 “Speed Counters” to target and destroy Yuya’s face-down “Command Performance”. Activates “Speed Spell – Miracle Speed Fusion” and uses “Steamtech Armored Beetle” and “Steamtech Clank Engineroid” to Fusion Summon “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon (Level 7 ATK 2600 DEF 2200)”, which gains 200 ATK and DEF because of “Steamtech City’s” effect (Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon + 200 ATK/DEF = ATK 2800 DEF 2400) (Hand -2 = 0). “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon” attacks and destroys “Performapal Slight Hand Magician”, then activates “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon’s” effect to flip a coin and gets heads, allowing “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon” to attack again (Yuya LP -300 = 2700). “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon” attacks and destroys “Performapal Longphone Bull”, then activates “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon’s” effect to flip a coin and gets tails (Yuya LP -1200 = 1500). Ends turn.

Turn 8: Yuya LP: 1500, Hand: 3, Speed Counters: 7

Base Field: Speed World Neo V

Field: Empty.

Draws 1 card (Hand +1 =2). Both players gain 1 “Speed Counter” (Yuya Speed Counters +1 = 8, Leia Speed Counters +1 = 1). Activates “Amazing Pendulum”, adding “Stargazer Magician” and “Timegazer Magician” to his hand (Hand + 1 = 3). Places “Stargazer Magician (Level 5 ATK 1200 DEF 2400)” and “Timegazer Magician (Level 3 ATL 1200 DEF 600)” in his Pendulum Zones (Hand -2 = 1). Pendulum Summons “Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (Level 7 ATK 2500 DEF 2000)” from face-up in his Extra Deck, and “Performapal U Go Golem (Level 4 ATK 1600 DEF 1000)” from his Hand (Hand -1 = 0). Activates “Performapal U Go Golem’s” effect and uses “Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon” and “Performapal U Go Golem” to Fusion Summon “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon (Level 7 ATK 2500 DEF 3000)”. Activates “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon’s” effect, targeting and returning “Steamtech Clank Cannon Dragon” to Leia’s Extra Deck. Attacks directly with “Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon” (Leia LP -2500 = 0).