Hello and welcome to Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V: Dimension Crisis. Basically, it's a re-telling with minor changes, and by minor I mean a lot of them. Check the bottom for a longer author note. Now what's the word I'm looking for, oh yeah…

ENJOY!

(Events: Episode 7)

This day wasn't going anything like Yuzu thought it would. First Yuya and co. decide to make her and Ayu go out on an ice cream run, then she finds out Shingo has an out for Yuya and now him and his lackeys had trapped her inside a warehouse.

"Too bad I don't feel like it, one bit! You cowardly, sore-loser, hundred-rate duelist!" Shingo scowled at that comment, even if it was completely true. "That ignorant attitude of yours…" he growled as he put on his duel disk. "I'm going to make you regret not knowing your place!

Before Yuzu had a chance to even grab her duel disk, a pained shout rang out. Turning around, she saw one of Shingo's flunkies one the floor. There, standing in the doorway, was a mysterious figure wearing a black cloak that concealed their identity. The figure began to walk forward, staying silent.

"Who are you," Shingo asked. The figure, now standing in front of Yuzu, spoke at last. "Back down, this is my fight," the voice identifying the stranger as a female. "Huh, what's with you," a confused Yuzu questioned. "Showing up all of a sudden and challenging me, you've got to be crazy or brave to do such a thing."

The stranger did not respond. Instead she pulled out a duel disk, one with an irregular shape no one else present had seen, and placed it on her arm. Within a few seconds, the device buzzed to life and activated, projecting the blade in front. Yuzu's eyes wondered for a second when she noticed something. On the stranger's wrist was a bracelet that looked sort of similar to the one she always wore. The differences were that it had only one band, with a wing-shaped design framing a yellow, diamond-shaped jewel. Something about that bracelet was familiar to Yuzu, it was almost as if she had seen it somewhere before.

"You don't plan on backing down do you?" "What do you think you're doing butting in like this," Yuzu furiously asked the person. "This is my duel!" "No!" The person said in a voice that made it clear not to get involved, "I will take care of this."

"If you two girls are done gossiping I'd like to duel now," an impatient Shingo said. "So do us all a favor and butt out." Once again, the mysterious person didn't answer. "Well then, I guess this will be the perfect chance for me to test out my new deck," Shingo smugly boasted as the green blade of his duel disk came to life. "I'll crush you first and then I'll make you pay for your comments, pinkie!"

Yuzu scowled, Shingo's attitude was starting to get on her nerves. "Fine, you can duel. But you better not make me regret stepping down," she said as she put down her duel disk. "Don't worry. I'll finish this in just one turn," the figure calmly stated. "I'd like to see you try," Shingo retorted with a smirk.

"DUEL!" The two shouted.

[Unknown LP: 4000 Hand: 5 (VS.) Shingo LP: 4000 Hand: 5]

[Turn 1: Shingo]

"I'll go first," Shingo declared. "I activate the Spell card, Cost Down. I send Escher the Frost Vassal to my Graveyard to reduce the levels of all Monsters in my hand by 2 for this turn only. [Hand: 5-3] And now that its level is low enough, I can Summon Mobius the Frost Monarch from my hand without release!" [Hand: 3-2]

Sawatari played his move, and the large, caped ice giant appeared on the field. [2400 ATK/ 1000 DEF/ WATER/ Level 6/ Aqua] "Alright! In an instant he summoned a 2400 ATK monster," one of Shingo's lackeys commented.

"Now I activate the Spell, Double Summon, allowing me an additional Normal Summon! And because it is now level 6, I can summon it with only one tribute. I release Mobius the Frost Monarch to Advance Summon Mobius the Mega Monarch!" [Hand: 2-0]

Mobius disappeared, and in a burst of icy winds, was replaced by a larger version with spikes protruding from its knees, shoulders and arms. [2800 ATL/ 1000 DEF/ WATER/ Level 8/ Aqua].

"He released Mobius and summoned an even stronger Monster," Yuzu gasped. "Cool!" Shingo's lackeys commented. "I know, I know, I'm too much," Shingo said, letting their comment inflate his already large ego even more. "Neo Sawatari-san, end her!" "I've already used up my hand, so I think I'll end my turn."

"Summoning a 2800 ATK Monster on the first turn, you must feel very unsure of victory to do so," the stranger said bluntly. Shingo raised an eyebrow at that comment. "Excuse me, but what makes you think I won't win? It's just as you said, I've already summoned the powerful Mobius on my first turn." "And yet, I have not made a single move yet. I haven't even drawn a card and you play a Monster that powerful and you practically claim victory. And here I thought chivalry was dead," the stranger said, sarcasm oozing from her voice.

"What's your point?" "I'm just saying that you pulled out your strongest Monster, it is your strongest I assume," Shingo nodded yes, "and yet you do so without knowing if I have a monster that could counter it. A reckless play by an amateur duelist." "Now see here!" Shingo shouted angrily, "But I don't recall ever asking you to get involved in this! So the least you could do is lose so that I may take my revenge on Yuya Sakaki!"

"Sakaki," the stranger whispered, "As in, Yusho Sakaki?" She asked aloud. "Yes, Yuya's his son," Yuzu answered, now curious as to why the stranger was wondering about Yuya's father. "Why do you want to know?" "That is not important for the moment." The stranger dodged the question. "Now then, I believe I was up."

[Turn 2: Unknown]

"My Turn. Draw!" [Hand: 5-6]. "As I control no Monsters, I can Special Summon Lyrical Luscinia – Turquoise Warbler from my hand. And when she is Special Summoned from my hand, I can summon one more Lyrical Luscinia from my hand. Appear! Cobalt Sparrow!" [Hand: 6-4]

The girl placed the two cards on her duel disk, and on her field appeared two humanoid bird girls. The first was yellow, with light blue tips on the feathers of her wings. She wore a helmet that resembled a bird head with more feathers sticking out behind it and matching blue gems for eyes. [100 ATK/ 100 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast]. The second one was a brown feathered one. She had pale hair sticking out from under a sparrow head shaped helmet. [0 ATK/ 100 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast].

"When Cobalt Sparrow is Special Summoned, I can add one level 1 Winged Beast monster from my Deck to my hand. I choose Lyrical Luscinia – Sapphire Swallow!" [Hand: 4-5] "As I control a Winged Beast Monster, I can Special Summon Sapphire Swallow, as well as another Winged Beast, from my hand. Come, Sapphire Swallow, Azure Chickadee!" Two more bird girls flocked to the field. [Hand: 5-3].

The first one had blue feathers and a swallow cap on her head. [100 ATK/ 0 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast]. The second one was dark gray, with a chickadee helmet on her head. The helmet was patterned two-thirds white with the final third being black. Like Turquoise Warbler, she had blue gems on her helmet that took the place of eyes. [300 ATK/ 0 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast].

"Azure Chickadee's effect activates! As she was Summoned, I can decrease the ATK of one monster on the field by 300. I choose Mobius the Mega Monarch!" Azure Chickadee swiftly flew towards Mobius and perched herself on the giants shoulder. She began pecking the ice giant's head as its ATK was shown changing to 2500.

"Is your turn going to end this century?!" Shingo complained. "Alright I won't prolong this any more than I have to," the duelist shot back. "From my hand, I summon Lyrical Luscinia – Amethyst Dove!" [Hand: 3-2] A final bird girl appeared on the field, her feathers a light, sandy color. Hanging from her neck on a chain was a beautiful purple jewel. [200 ATK/ 200 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast]. Yuzu was impressed that this duelist who had barged in and took her duel had been able to swarm her entire field. Shingo however…

"Hmph, I knew you couldn't have topped Mobius' ATK. If a bunch of low level ATK birds are the best you can do, than it appears you over estimated yourself. And after you had acted so cool when you came in here to," he said with a hint of superiority.

Okay it was less of a hint and more of a truckload. "Well, I hate to disappoint you, but now that I have all the conditions met, I can win this duel in one turn, just as I said I would," the duelist said, sounding sure of it but calmly, unlike Shingo.

"What is this girl saying," one of the lackeys said, another laughing it up. "Cut it with the jokes. Even if Mobius is weaker, it's only by 300, which is more than enough for Sawatari-san to deal massive damage on his turn." The last one said. "Are you sure about that?" Everyone was stumped at what she meant. "While you were focusing on my monster's ATK, you overlooked the fact that they all share the same level. And when there are two or more monsters on my field with the same level, my Deck's evolution manifests." The mystery duelist declared with absolute confidence.

"Using level 1 Lyrical Luscinia – Cobalt Sparrow, Sapphire Swallow, Turquoise Warbler, Azure Chickadee and Amethyst Dove, I construct the overlay network!" She said as the five monsters turned into streaks of green energy. In front of her, a spiraling block and yellow portal opened up and the monsters disappeared into it. "No way!" "That's…" Yuzu and Shingo gasped.

"Birds with beautiful wings! Gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight!" She chanted. "Xyz Summon! Dance in the Sky! Rank 1! Lyrical Luscinia – Assembly Nightingale!"

From out of the portal came yet another bird girl. This one however, was visibly more mature and taller than the others. Her dress was a pattern of light blue, pink and white. Her skin was a shade of green, complimenting her eyes, and on her head was a blue headdress that resembled a bird. Five green lights circled around her [0 ATK/ O DEF/ WIND/ Rank 1/ OVU: 5/ Winged Beast].

"No way! How did you do that! Xyz Summoning is a class that can only be taken by top LDS Students!" The three lackeys said in shock. "Where I come from, Xyz Summoning is very common," the duelist coolly explained.

While everyone else was shocked, Shingo was clapping slowly. "I admit you had me there with your Xyz Summon, but you went through all that trouble to get a low level one with zero ATK, it still looks like I'm going to win this duel." "First of all, Xyz monsters poses Ranks, not Levels, and no before you ask, that does not make them level 0," she added that part when Shingo opened his mouth. Second, the true power of Xyz monsters is their souls, their Overlay Units." "Assembly Nightingale's effect!" The duelist declared as she held out her hand towards her monster. "For every Overlay Unit attached to her, she gains 200 ATK, and she can attack that many times!" The Xyz monster glowed as her ATK was seen rising to 1000. In addition," she pointed towards Shingo "Assembly Nightingale can also attack directly!"

"WHAT!" "Battle, Assembly Nightingale, direct attack!" Assembly Nightingale flew up and flapped her wings creating a powerful gust. The winds hit Shingo, knocking him back [LP: 4000-3000]. "Okay that hurt," Shingo said as his eyes widened. "Wait that HURT! I felt that attack even though we weren't dueling on an Action Field!" "How is that possible?!" "She's some kind of witch!" Shingo's lackeys said as they cowered in fear. "No way," Yuzu said.

"The second!" Assembly Nightingale flapped her wings again, knocking Shingo into a crate [LP: 3000-2000]. "The third! [LP: 2000-1000]" Shingo hit a wall, with enough force that left a crater. Shingo gritted his teeth as he looked back at his opponent, and gasped. The force of that last attack had also blown off her hood, revealing a face that looked almost identical to Yuzu's. Almost being the key word, in that her eyes were pink in contrast to Yuzu's blue ones. Also her hair was dark purple, with lilac side tails. Even so the resemblance was shocking.

"What? How do you have the same face as me?" Yuzu gasped. The duelist stayed quiet, looking towards the ground before saying, "A reason that even I don't know." She looked back up as she declared her final attack. "Lyrical Luscinia – Assembly Nightingale, the fourth attack!" The monster responded quickly, and lifted her wings up one more time. "Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait WaitWaitWait!" Shingo begged, flailing his arms about. The duelist ignored his pleas, and with a flap of her wings, Assembly Nightingale created the final gust of wind, pushing Shingo into a wall once more. [LP: 1000-0]

Winner: Unknown

"Let's get out of here!" One of the lackeys said in fear as the other two grabbed a half conscious Shingo as they ran out of the warehouse, leaving the two girls alone. Yuzu backed up a bit when the other girl took a few steps closer. "You have nothing to fear, I'm a friend." The stranger said, trying to calm her lookalike down.

"Really because I don't really see much of a reason right now." Yuzu aggressively replied. Despite her tone, her doppelganger could see a hint of worry. Considering the circumstances and what just occurred, she couldn't blame her. "How about I tell you my name, is that a start?" Yuzu narrowed her eyes but nodded yes. "My name is-"

"YUZU!" she was cut off by the sound of another person's voice. Yuya's voice. Yuzu turned her head for one second, and when she turned back the stranger person had put her hood back on and was running out the door. "Where are you going?" She asked before the other person had gone too far. "Please don't tell anyone I was here." She answered, her eyes filled with worry. "What do you mean?" "A lot of people I care about, as well as those you care about would get hurt if anyone found out about me!"

That part really caught Yuzu's attention, but before she could ask further, the gems on her bracelet began to glow a bright pink, blinding Yuzu with its radiance. When she opened her eyes, her strange lookalike had disappeared, presumably running off during the flash.

"Yuzu?" Yuya had arrived on the scene and was a little out of breathe. "Yes, I'm fine." "What happened here?" He asked once he saw the destruction caused by the duel. Yuzu took a moment before answering. "I don't know." "What do you mean?" "I mean I have no idea what happened."

The next thing Yuto knew was he was back in the hideout he and Shun had found for the 'last minute' trip to Standard. The last thing he remembered was a blinding light and…

"She's here." He muttered. He couldn't believe it even if he saw it again. Ruri was here, in Standard. "How did she escape? Why didn't she come back to Heartland as soon as she did? Why did she come here? Why were Ruri's card different from before?" The questions ran through his mind a million times, and on top of that there was that other girl.

At first he thought she was Ruri, but that changed right at the end of the duel once her hood was blown down. Why did that girl look like her? Was it a similar case with him and that motorcycle riding Pawn of Fusion? And what she meant by people being hurt if she was found out?

"Yuto?" In all his questions he didn't realize Shun was already in the hideout as well. "What happened, how did you do that?" "I found her?" "What?"

"I found Ruri."

So what do you think? Good? Bad? Let me know.

So as you saw, things are defiantly different then how they happened in cannon. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC – V (I have to say this, it's a law), but they hasn't stopped anyone else from writing fanfiction, so I thought, what the heck, get my hands on writing.

Also I'm writing this because the Bracelet Girls needed better representation then they got in show proper. Yuzu didn't get a single duel in Season 3 and is probably not going to duel again (love to be wrong though) Serena only got one in like, 40 episodes (Also just putting this out there: Was she using her own deck modified with Parasite cards, or was she playing a pure Parasite deck, because either way she didn't use her real deck), Rin only had one duel (though at least she won), and Ruri didn't get a single win. ARC – V, I love you, but you really pulled a Season 2 Aki on us with the female characters.

Seriously, I actually thought that during those last couple episodes of the Synchro Arc, Yuzu was starting to look relevant again (she was kidnapped, but she wasn't going down without a fight! She literally pushed Roger out of the way and exposed him to the entire city, even when she being dragged off to Academia, she was still calling Roger out) and when Season 3 started she was going to get her own subplot during the Xyz Arc. Then there's the whole aforementioned Parasite thing mentioned above…

So bottom line, Bracelet Girls need a better showcasing.

One little thing to mention is that, because of how little when got to see of Ruri and Rin's Decks (and in Rin's case I mean little, she only showed 10 cards: 2 Ice Bells, Snowbell, that disgusting Parasite, Winter Bell, 2 Crystal Bells, 2 Spells and a single Trap!) there are going to be a lot of fan made cards for their Decks. Problem is, I can't create a whole lot of cards, so I am accepting fan submissions. Please leave your fan cards in the comments or if you have a lot (at least 5 at one time) PM me.

When submitting fan cards, please use this format:

MONSTER

Name/ ATK/ DEF/ ATTRIBUTE/ Level-slash-Rank/ Pendulum Scale (if possible, abbreviated as P.S.)/ Type X/ Type Y/ Type Z/ (X being if it's a Spellcaster, Machine, Insect, etc. Y means it's an Extra Deck, Pendulum or Ritual. Z is Effect as well as any other info, as in if it's a Gemini or Tuner)

Materials for its Special Summon (if necessary)

Effect(s) (Pendulum Monsters have their Pendulum Effects go first, then their Monster Effects.)

Please also provide a description of the monster. It can a brief couple words or it could be describing the monster down to the very last detail.

SPELL/TRAP

Property (Normal, Continuous, Counter….)| Description of the card image

Effect(s)

All those who submit will be credited, because they deserve it for coming up with those ideas. As for those who don't want to submit, then don't, simple as that. Also I will be accepting any fan made cards for Archetypes that have been used in the show (a fan made Phantom Knight, Predator Plant, Superheavy Samurai, etc.)

I don't really have an update schedule, and writing duels aren't really easy, so I have no idea when I may update next, but I will try to keep it within a month of the last update.

Thank you all for reading thus far. Now am I forgetting anything? Oh right, the fan cards that appeared in this chapter:

Lyrical Luscinia - Azure Chickadee (Original Concept: Me)

300 ATK/ 0 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast/ Effect

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 face-Up monster on the field, it loses 300 ATK. If this card is destroyed by battle or by card effect: You can Special Summon 2 Level 1 Winged Beast-Type monsters from your Deck or Graveyard. You can only use each effect of "Lyrical Luscinia – Azure Chickadee" once per turn.

Lyrical Luscinia – Amethyst Dove (Original Concept: Me)

200 ATK/ 200 DEF/ WIND/ Level 1/ Winged Beast/ Effect

You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard: Draw 1 card for every face-up Level 1 Winged Beast-Type monster you control. A WIND Xyz Monster that was summoned using this card on the field gains this effect:

When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: You can add 1 Level 1 Winged Beast-Type monster from your Graveyard to your hand. You can only use this effect once per turn.

Thank you and see you next time!