Welcome all to my second Arc V Story! Well third, because I did a parody one shot where Yuya and Yuto talked about shipping, but enough self-promotion you came here to read an Arc V Story.

Now let's get on with the show.

Yuya stood outside You Show, patiently waiting for Yuzu's arrival. He stared at the setting sun, the fading light shining its last rays until morning. Street lights began to turn on, casting their own lights onto the car filled streets. The warmth of the summer air beginning to cool as night fell, it felt like a regular day.

Of course, Yuya's life recently wasn't exactly 'normal'. First he discovers the existence of other dimensions, fights in a war that involved traveling to three new worlds, finding out he is the reincarnation of a Pro-Duelist turned demon named Zarc, watching as Zarc is revived in his body and seeing his friends and allies be defeated in a duel while he could only watch from within, and having briefly forgotten about all of this and Yuzu, his best friend and the person he had scoured all of the dimensions looking for, he had a very tough few weeks.

That was all just two months ago, but things have been changing for the best. The Xyz Dimension is well under repair and the citizens are learning to forgive Academia, the people of the Synchro Dimension are becoming a whole and equal society, and the child soldiers of Academia were learning how to act like normal kids and not Duel with life-or-death stakes.

Of course, Yuya couldn't forget the three new voices in his head. After the clash with Zarc, his counterparts from across the dimensions, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri, were reborn inside of his body, believed to have been a side effect of preventing Zarc's soul from being separated again. It was an interesting experience to say the least, he had already done this with Yuto for the longest time prior to Zarc's revival, but now he had to room with three other people. Speaking of which…

"I'm keep telling you they're just running a little late! Rin would never do something like that!"

"And I keep telling you Yuugou, that they just said that to mess with Yuya! They're girls, you can't trust um."

"YUUGO JA NE, YUGO DA!"

"Okay cool it you two other wise I'm getting involved."

Yup, same old same old. Yuri would say something that would get on Yugo's nerves, they would go back and forth at it a little before Yuto would tell them both to knock it off. Worst part is that they couldn't separate Yugo and Yuri, because again they are sharing a body.

"Oh please like you could handle either one of us in a fight!" Yuri snapped, a trollish grin on his face.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Yuto asked, puzzled by Yuri's retort.

"All I'm saying is if you were really a good Duelist, you wouldn't have been the first to-ulgch." Yuri answered as he slid his finger under his throat.

"Again, if you hadn't tricked Yugo and I into thinking the other was you, we would have avoided that."

"That reminds me, it's been weeks and you still haven't apologized for everything you did!" Yugo barked, pounding his fist into his palm. "So start apologizing, you effeminate bastard!"

Silence passed for what seemed like ages before Yuri answered. "No, I don't think I will." He said, turning his head away from his angered 'roommates."

"Why not?" Yuto snarled through gritted teeth.

"Because before I earn you forgiveness, I need to forgive myself first." Yuri said, staring at the setting sun. "I was the one who gave into Zarc first, if anyone is to forgive me, I need to pay for my crimes first."

It wasn't entirely Yuri's fault though. Had Leo Akaba not prevented him and Serena from meeting, and not encouraged Yuri to act in a bloodthirsty manner, Yuri would have avoided Zarc's influence for the most part. But that was how it happened, and Yuri became another Zarc, which set the stage for his revival even further. Though he was now stuck in the body of another, presumably for the rest of his life, an unable to commit more atrocious acts, Yuri would still forever bare the marks of his previous crimes.

Yuya felt saddened by this. Unlike Yuto and Yugo, he did forgive Yuri, though it wasn't easy. Yuri had not only carded his own father right in front of him, but it was by the two of them dueling that Zarc was reborn. He had every right to hate Yuri, but he didn't, because he had seen how Yuri was beforehand.

He didn't tell anyone this, but sometimes at night, he would have dreams, visions of his counterparts' pasts prior to Zarc's revival. He had seen Yuto struggle to hold on to the dream of peace as he clashed with Academia in the Xyz Dimension, Yugo and Rin work on their D-Wheel to achieve their dream and earn a better life for themselves in the Synchro Dimension, and he had seen and felt how lonely Yuri was.

Sometimes Yuya wondered how it would have been had Yuri and Serena meet. Would they have been friends, rivals maybe? If the Professor had not gotten involved, maybe Yuri wouldn't have been so alone, and he would have had someone to help stray him from the path Zarc had wanted them to take.

"Yuri," he said, earning the attention of the others. "It's okay for you to want to repent, but you can't do it just by yourself. We all share this life, we are one. You don't have to do this alone, you have us."

Yuri gave a small smile, one that was hard to read. "Easy for you to say, the only crimes you committed were under Zarc's influence. But mine, they were because I willing did them. And anything these yahoos did were out of self-defense."

"HEY!" An offended Yuto and Yugo exclaimed.

Yuya frowned, Yuri felt so guilty that he wouldn't listen to him. "But still-"

"No Yuya." Yuri said, cutting off his other half (or fourth) to do so. "This isn't something you can magically get rid of through smiling. These is something only I can do." With that Yuri disappeared, retreating back into their shared mind.

"Angst much." Yugo whispered.

"Do you really think you can make him forgive himself?" Yuto asked, doubting if Yuri could in fact forgive himself.

Yuya looked at his Xyz Counterpart with a determined look. "Yes," he answered determinedly. "I was able to make Zarc smile from within Reira, and I will make Yuri smile as well."

"Yeah, but the difference is that Zarc did want to make people smile before he became corrupt. Carding people was the only thing Yuri had to live for, and now that he's seen what really was going on, he has nothing to live for."

"Maybe, but I will change that. Yuri may have a closed heart now, but I can open it." Yuya replied, hand over his heart. If he could help Zarc find his way back to the light, then he can bring Yuri out of the darkness that surrounded him.

Yuto smiled softly, somewhat amused by his main counterpart's strong will. "Alright, I support you."

"Me too." Yugo added, though if only to get Yuri to apologize.

"Thank you." Yuya said, before noticing a head of pink hair coming his way. "Oh, she's here, could you guys uh-"

"Say no more." Yugo waved. "We understand." The two boys disappeared back into their mind just as Yuzu approached.

…...

A few moments earlier…..

Yuzu started running the second the light said go. Yuya had asked that she meet him in front of You Show at sunset, but things got a little off track. He father had asked for some assistance, and then there was a little issue regarding the voices in her head.

Like Yuya, she had three counterparts from across the dimensions: Serena, Rin and Ruri. They had an important role in Leo Akaba's plan during the war, to be merged back into one and revive his daughter Ray, the only one who could stop Zarc. During the final clash against Zarc, Ray was only partially revived, and had to duel Zarc through Reira, who had absorbed Zarc into himself after the duel.

Ray's spirit was not revived after the duel, and Leo Akaba worked day and night to see if she would come back. It was only when Zarc, through a now female baby Reira, smiled that Ray was revived as herself. Of course she wasn't exactly alone in her body now.

"I told you stopping to watch that duel would take up time, Rin!" Serena shouted, furious at the girl's insistence on watching a replay of one of Jack Atlas' duels on T.V.

"Yes because your insistence on shouting throughout the whole thing and making us rewind had nothing to do with it." The Synchro Girl sarcastically replied, much to Serena's annoyance.

"Now, let's calm down." Ruri said as she stepped in. "It's no one's fault, and if we are putting the blame on anyone, I fell the need to remind us that I was the one who keep insisting we help Mr. Hiragi with, well you know."

"I'm never using the garbage disposal again." Yuzu said, feeling nauseated as she recalled the mess when the drain in her kitchen sink exploded and spewed old and mushed up food everywhere. "I was lucky enough to get the lasagna stench out of my hair."

"See it's no one's fault. So shake hands and say you're sorry." Ruri said to Serena and Rin, who did so rather awkwardly.

"This feels weird on your end to, right?" Rin asked.

"Ugh, yeah." Serena replied, puzzled by how much of a nun Ruri could be at times.

This was how it was now for Yuzu, sharing a body with three other girls that she barely knew. Between Serena's aggressiveness, Rin's tough yet motherly nature, and the ever nice and polite Ruri (which Rin and Serena jokingly refer to as her 'Mary Sue' personality), it was never a dull moment. It wasn't so bad though, she had three new girl friends that she could always hang out with, and she now has a pseudo-brother in the form of Ruri's brother.

Yuzu kept running until she eventually reached the school, where Yuya appeared to be talking to his counterparts. "Sorry I'm late, long story that I don't wish to relive." She said as she approached.

"Its fine, it didn't really matter if you were late or not, just that you showed up," Yuya replied.

Yuzu tried to conceal the small blush on her cheeks, but it showed none the less, concealed by the fading light of the sun as it disappeared. "So what did you want to talk about?"

"Did you remember the day we first met all those years ago?" Yuya asked.

The answer was of course yes, she remembered it. The You Show Duel School had officially opened, and Yuya's father had done a little show for the children who attended. It was a heartwarming and sweet moment that Yuzu still remembered to this day.

"Yeah, and after that day we were basically joined at the hip. There wasn't a day that went by were the two of us weren't together." Yuzu answered.

"Yeah," Yuya replied, a saddened look creeping onto his face. "At least, until the Battle Royal and the Dimensional War," he said as he wiped his eyes. Taking a step forward, he grabbed Yuzu's hand, much to her surprise.

"Yuzu I can't tell you how worried I was when you disappeared. I felt so afraid that something might off happened to you and that it was my fault I wasn't there to protect you." Yuya said, looking into her eyes. Yuzu didn't really know what to do except blush a little more. "After what happened with Zarc and you didn't come back I felt so worried you'd wouldn't come back, but I wouldn't give up hope."

Yuya turned his head out towards the now city, where lights in houses and office buildings where turning on at a rapid pace. "I guess what I'm trying to say Yuzu, is thank you. I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for you."

Yuya looked back at the girl's face to see that tears where now flowing from her eyes, and he felt guilty. "Yuzu? What's wrong? I didn't mean to say anything wrong, I just-"

He didn't get the chance to finish that sentence, because Yuzu grabbed him by the collar and brought his lips to hers. The tomato haired boy momentarily felt shocked, Yuzu, his best friend, is kissing him for crying out loud. The confusion vanished as Yuya melted into the kiss. He cupped her cheek with his hand and she wrapped her arms around him, a symphony of emotions and feelings flowing between them.

Neither one knew how long it lasted, or who broke first. But what they did know was that they were both incredibly in shock and awe at what just happened. "Sorry." Yuzu said as she pushed one of her pigtails back behind her head. "I just don't know what came over me."

"No, no, it's-it's fine," a flustered Yuya answered back. "You know," he said while blushing, "there's this movie coming out next week, and I wouldn't object to you accompanying me to it."

"Yuya, are you-are you asking me out on a date," A surprised Yuzu questioned.

"Well, if-if that's what you want it to be, then yes. It's a date," Yuya said as he locked his gaze with hers.

"Then yes, I'd love to go out on a date with you." Yuzu answered. The two teens smiled at each other as their hands unconsciously grabbed each other. A beautiful silence filled the air, beautiful because it didn't need words to describe the feelings that surrounded the two of them.

Love.

From within his mind, Yuya's counterparts reacted to the scenes as one might have expected.

"You go lover boy." Yuto said as he clapped, overjoyed that Yuya finally asked Yuzu out on a date.

"About time. If I had to see one more pair of yearning looks and doey eyes, I was going to snap." Yuri remarked, also glad that Yuya finally made a move with Yuzu.

"Hey, Yuya doesn't yearn."

"Maybe, but he does." Yuri gestured to Yugo, who was off staring into space muttering somethings.

"Oh he's so lucky. Rin, if you can hear me, just know I feel that way about you." The banana headed boy shouted, much to the annoyance of Yuri.

Meanwhile Yuzu's counterparts were cheering Yuzu on as well.

"Whew! You go girl." Serene cheered, which was a little odd considering she probably knew the least about romance between the four girls.

"Hey Rin." Ruri whispered to the Synchro Girl, "Do you think, that maybe one day, we might get our own bodies back and have what Yuya and Yuzu have with Yuto and the others?"

Rin didn't answer back right away. She personally felt like there was no way that the fusion between the counterparts could be undone, but she didn't want to crush Ruri's hope. "Maybe someday we will."

Yuya and Yuzu were too caught up in their moment to notice their counterparts' rambling, right now they just wanted to have much needed and much deserved alone time.

...

Two Years Later…

"Unbelievable! Sakaki Yuya has been driven into a corner," Nico Smiley declared, earning cheers and shouts from the massive stadium audience, all of them stoked with excitement from watching the duel.

Yuya and his opponent, it was Sawatari, were dueling in the Action Field "Duel Theater", meaning they were dueling in a Solid Vision materialized Opera theater. Fitting for the two Entertainment Duelists.

"Sawatari is really going all out." Gongenzaka commented. Over the years, Sawatari had gotten progressively better, even finally managing to win duels without assistance. Yesterday he had challenged Yuya to a duel, saying he would end his losing streak against Yuya.

"I know." Yuzu added, slightly frustrated over the sounds of the people behind her.

"Sawatari-san, go for it!"

"Show that clown what a true Entertainment Duelist is all about!"

"Oh My God! I think he winked at me!"

"Somebody's gained quite the fan club." Yuzu dryly said. It was true, Sawatari had become one of the most popular Entertainment Duelists over the years, and with that came fan girls. Speaking of fan girls….

"Come one Darling, show that pretty boy why you're my fated person!"

"Go Yuya, so us a more entertaining show!"

Both Yuzu and Gongenzaka looked down a few rows of seats to see both Mieru and Grace Tyler holding up fans and homemade posters with Yuya's face on them. Next to her sister, Yuzu could Gloria face palming with embarrassment, apparently muttering something that looked like 'Why me?'

"He's not the only one." Came a new voice, which momentarily startled both teens. They looked over to the right to see Sora chilling in a seat and eating a lollipop.

"How do you keep doing that?!" Yuzu asked. Sora had developed a habit of popping up when people least expected it over the last few weeks. "Is this what it was like for Yuya when we first met you?"

"Pretty much." The bluette casually responded, not even looking at his friends as he continued to suck his lollipop. "Never thought Yuya would be in this big of a pinch, less that Sawatari of all people would be the one who put him in that position.

Just as Sora said, Sawatari had a huge advantage. While he had no cards in his hand, he had the advantage of 2500 Life Points, Abyss Actors Sassy Rookie and Twinkle Littlestar in his Pendulum Zones, while on his field was an army of Abyss Actors Wild Hope and Pretty Heroine in Defense Position and Abyss Actors Big Star and Devil Heel in Attack Position. In addition, he had one card Set in his Spell and Trap Zone.

Yuya however was in almost dead, for lack of a better term. His hand consisted of three cards (one of which being an Action Card), a palsy 100 Life Points, and a naked field, with the exceptions of Stargazer Magician and Entermate Odd-Eyes Unicorn in his Pendulum Zones.

"Well that makes two of us." Came the voice of Kurosaki, who sat down next to Gongenzaka. "Sawatari has grown since then. He might actually win this duel."

"Aw, but let's not underestimate Yuya-kun. Who knows what surprise he might have in store for us." Came yet another voice, this one popping up behind Gongenzaka.

"You said it Dennis-wha, Dennis!" The rotund male said when he realized who had appeared behind him.

"That's me." the red head jokingly said with a wink.

"Okay this is going to get old." Yuzu said, tired of people seemingly appearing out of nowhere. "Rin, could you teach me how to do that trick of yours? You know, just in case something happens?"

Rin sighed. "You knee smash someone one time and you're labeled for life."

Serena and Ruri looked at their green haired doppelganger with confusion. "Um knee smash?" A bewildered Ruri repeated.

"Yeah when did that happen?" An equally puzzled Serena asked.

"Oh I didn't tell you that story?" Asked Rin, who had not told the two about the events that transpired when Yugo rescued her from Academia two years back. "Well it all started right before the whole Parasite incident…"

From down on the field, Sawatari began to laugh evilly. "Well Yuya, it appears the time has finally come for me to step out of your shadow! Now I, the Neo New Super Mega Ultra Supreme Hyper Strong Duelist Sawatari Shingo, will claim my rightful place as the top Entertainment Duelist in all dimensions while you will be the mere acolyte crawling in the shadow of my glory!"

"Um, what is he doing?" A stunned Yuri questioned.

"He's playing the heel." Yuya answered, which just confused Yuri even more. "He's pretending to be the bad guy."

"Oh. You think someone like me would have recognized villainy, but nope. Yoke's on my face." Yuri said half-heartedly. Over the years, he had managed to start moving on from his past, if only slightly. He'd gotten on better terms with Yuto and Yugo, though he and Yugo still had a couple spats.

"Yeah if anyone would know villainy it would have been you!" Yugo added. "I mean even if you've gotten better, you're still probably the 'evil' one out of all of us." The banana headed boy's words stung Yuri, though he didn't show it.

Both Yuya and Yuto glared at Yugo for the insensitive comment, who didn't seem to realize why. "What? Do I have something on my face?"

"Yugo, you're a good person but you are so dense." Yuto replied before looking at Yuya. "So, how are you going to win? Unless you draw the right card you're going to have a tough time making a comeback. And even then you don't have everything to get all four Dragons on the field."

"Actually I wasn't thinking of using the others this time around." Though the four Dragons had become his Ace Monsters over the years, Yuya had been working on newer strategies with other monsters from the Extra Deck. After all, a good entertainer can't use the same tricks every time.

"If you're done talking to the voices inside of your head Yuya, just come on and try to topple me!" Sawatari declared, sounding sure of victory.

"Of course, a duelist always-" Yuya started to answer back, before starting to laugh. "'Voices inside of my head', that's actually pretty clever."

Said voices weren't amused. "Come on, that was funny." The three didn't answer back, instead they retreated back into Yuya's mind, somewhat offended by the comment. "Hmm, tough crowd. Anyways, Sawatari," he said turning his attention to his opponent, "You really are a skilled opponent, but I won't give up a duel that easy. My turn, Draw!" Yuya stole a glance at the card he drew, and he was very happy to see what it was.

Suddenly the entire stadium was covered in darkness, except for a pair of spotlights that pointed at Yuya. "Ladies and Gentlemen," he loudly declared, the audience cheering. "My opponent, Sawatari Shingo has proven to be a tough challenge, and I'm glad to call him a rival. However this duel is coming to a close." Moans of disappointment escaped from the audience, though Yuya still smiled.

"But…. The Fun is Just Getting Started!" Disappointment changed to excitement, they knew that whenever Yuya said his famous line, the duel was going to get entertaining.

Some people cheered louder than others. "GO YUYA/DARLING!" Mieru and Grace shouted, loud enough that people outside the stadium heard them. Gloria however, merely face palmed.

"Hmph, just try and overcome my wall of monsters!" Sawatari boasted. Even if Yuya did managed to Summon enough Monsters to overpower his own, Sawatari had a set a copy of Mirror Force in advance.

"For the first part of the finale, I turn your attention to the cards in my Pendulum Zones." Yuya said as he pointed to the monsters in his Pendulum Zone. "I have Scale 1 Stargazer Magician in my left and Scale 8 Entermate Odd-Eyes Unicorn in my right. With this I can Summon monsters whose Levels are between 1 and 8, in other words, Levels 2 through 7!"

Both Stargazer and Odd-Eyes Unicorn bowed towards the audience, before a stylized number '1' and '8' appeared under each one respectively. Soon after, a gigantic version of the Pendulum that Yuya wore around his neck appeared in the sky and began to draw a circle of light. The audience, especially younger children, stared in awe of the beautiful display of light.

"Swing, pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Shoukan!" Yuya chanted! "Appear now! My monsters!"

The circle drawn by the pendulum suddenly opened up and turned into a hole of light! From it, a ball of blue light flew out of the portal, followed by a ball of green light, then a ball of purple light and finally a ball of yellow light.

"First from my Extra Deck! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Appearing first on the field was Yuya's signature monster, the dragon that had come to be known as the symbol of the Pendulum Dimension. The beast's red scales covered it from head to tail, with massive pieces of white armor sticking up from on its back. Odd-Eyes' defining trait, it's red and green dichromatic eyes, glowed brightly as the beast roared, declaring its entrance. A holographic indicator appeared next to it, showing a Level of 7 and an ATK of 2500.

"Next is Dragonpulse Magician!" Descending next to Odd-Eyes was a young mage, wearing a white cape similar to Yuya's jacket. In his hand he carried a long bow-like weapon, and his long braided ponytail whipped around as he slashed the weapon in the air. An indicator showed he was Level 4 and had 1800 ATK.

"Now from my hand, Odd-Eyes Saber Dragon!" The third monster appeared, this one being similar in appearance to the first monster Yuya summoned. What differentiated the two monsters was that this one wore silver armor and had four swords sticking out like wings. Its Level was 7, and its ATK was 2800.

"Finally, the Tuner Monster, Nobledragon Magician!" The last monster appeared, this one being a young girl in white and purple magician's clothing, lined with gold trim. In her right hand she carried a massive white tuning fork, with gold trim and a glowing pink orb in between the end of the fork. A holographic indicator revealed her to be Level 3 with her ATK being 700.

"Tuner!" Sawatari gasped. Looking at his duel disk, he saw that Yuya now had two monsters who were Level 7, and a Tuner monster on his field. "With a field, you must be planning…"

"That's right." Yuya said, before holding his hand out to the sky. "First I Overlay Level 7 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Odd-Eyes Saber Dragon!" The two monsters transformed into streaks of light, with the colors matching their respective Attributes, Pendulum being purple and Saber being yellow. A black and yellow galaxy portal appeared in front of Yuya, and the two lights flew into the center before a pillar of lightning erupted.

"Dragon of dual colored eyes! Dwell within the depths of the frigid sea, and awaken the power of the infinite cold! Xyz Shoukan! Come forth, Rank 7, Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon!"

As Yuya's chant finished, a cold and freezing mist began to envelope the stadium, much to the audience's confusion. On the arena floor, a pair of eyes, one blue and one red, opened up. With a massive roar, Yuya's monster revealed itself and dispelled the mist, revealing the field to now be covered with massive clusters of ice that sparkled brilliantly and reflected the light of the sun. Absolute Dragon resembled the two Odd-Eyes monsters that were used to summon it, only it was covered in crystalline blue armor that resembled ice. On its back the armor formed an 'x' shape that sort of resembled wings. Finally, this dragon had a silver spike protruding from the armor on its right eye. Two orbs of blue light circled the dragons like the planets orbiting the sun. A holographic indicator displayed an ATK of 2800.

The crowd cheered at monsters arrival, though Sawatari was in shock. Yuya had never used that monster before, so he had no way of knowing how to counter it. "Well I guess I should have expected him to summon a new monster out of nowhere." Sawatari whispered through gritted teeth. "But you still don't have anything to overcome my monsters!" The blonde declared before laughing like he had won.

"Settle down Sawatari." Yuya humbly spoke. "After all you seem to have forgot my other monsters. I Tune Level 4 Dragonpulse Magician and Level 3 Nobledragon Magician!"

Sawatari growled "Tsk. How'd I forget about that?"

The female Magician grabbed her staff and flicked one of the two ends, causing the staff to resonate as she transformed into three glowing stars. Those stars quickly transformed into rings of light and surrounded Dragonpulse Magician, who transformed into four stars that aligned themselves within the rings.

"Dragon of dual-colored eyes! Descend from the summit of the heavens, and shake the world with your power! Synchro Shoukan! Come forth! Level 7, Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon!"

As the chant reached its end, a large flaming meteor appeared out of nowhere and fell right on to the field, creating a small explosion. The crowd could only look on as the smoke disappeared, and from within appeared another dragon monster. This Odd-Eyes beast was covered in fiery red armor, the design enhanced by the sparkles of light created when the explosion destroyed the ice clusters. Its right eye was red and its left was blue, both surrounded by a golden mask like plate with a red flame like spike appearing over the blue one. A hologram showed it had 2500 ATK.

The stadium's cheers intensified with the appearance of a second dragon, one that Yuya had also never used before. Yuya smiled as he took in the crowd's cheering, which was only overwhelmed by the roaring of his two dragons. He stole a glance over at Sawatari, who was looking at the small spectacle of light that had been created when Meteorburst Dragon made its entrance. This was the dueling he believed in, the kind he had work so hard to prove was true during the Dimensional War, and seeing it now, years late, it was worth all the hardships.

"I thank you all for your enthusiasm, but the cast isn't all assembled yet." Yuya said as he took out a card from his Extra Deck and held it up to his ear. "Hmm, you want to come right now? Well who am I to deny you your wish!" Yuya momentarily placed the monster's card down before playing the card he had drawn at the beginning of his turn.

"I activate the Spell Card, Pendulum Fusion! With this card, I can perform a Fusion Summon using cards in my hand, on my field, or in my Pendulum Zone! I fuse Odd-Eyes Unicorn and Stargazer Magician in my Pendulum Zones!" Yuya declared.

"Oh come on! You can Fusion Summon with those cards now to!" Said Sawatari, who was beginning to question how Yuya's Deck wasn't illegal.

Both Stargazer and Odd-Eyes Unicorn left the columns of light they had been levitating in, and spiraled together in a display of red and blue as Yuya chanted.

"Dichromatic eyes that illuminate the dark night! Become one with the magician who watches over the stars and point to a new path! Yuugo Shoukan!" He said as he placed the palms of his hands together as if he was saying a prayer. "Come forth! The storming dragon with electrical eyes! Level 7, Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon!"

Coming out of the portal was a whirlwind of green winds that spiraled upwards. Once they reached the top of the stadium, the gusts dispelled to reveal a new Odd-Eyes monster. This one now wore green armor and had a set of four, small wings on its back. Over its left blue eye, while the other was red, was a green spike that resembled a lightning bolt. A holographic indicator reveled its ATK to be 2500.

"Incredible!" Shouted Nico Smiley, who was just as thrilled as the audience. "Sakaki Yuya has not just summoned one, not two, but THREE new monsters in a combination of consecutive Pendulum, Xyz, Synchro and Fusion Summons!"

Sawatari laughed, not in an arrogant way but more in a sense he was enjoying the duel just as much as the crowd. "Not bad Yuya, incredible even! But you still don't have any monster with more ATK than mine!"

"Don't be too sure!" Sawatari's attention turned to Yuya as he pointed towards his Fusion Monster. "Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon's monster effect! When this card is Special Summoned, I can return 1 Attack Position monster my opponent controls to their hand!" Sawatari gasped at that statement. He only had two monsters in Attack Position, and one of them just so happened to be the one with the highest ATK on the field. "So of course, I pick Abyss Actor - Devil Heel!"

Vortex Dragon reeled its head back and delivered a gigantic roar. From underneath it, a massive tornado formed underneath, which began to spread and surround he entire arena. Most of the monsters, as well as both duelist, were able to keep a steady hold on the ground. All except for Devil Heel, who was swept up in the winds and transformed into a card that flew into Sawatari's hand. Once he grabbed the card, the winds disappeared.

"Now Yuya-kun has the stronger field!" Dennis declared

"Don't get to a head of yourself. Even if Yuya destroys all of Sawatari's monsters, he'll only have been able to deal 300 damage." Kurosaki reminded.

"Plus all of Sawatari's monsters are Pendulum monsters." Sora added as he popped another lollipop in his mouth. "They'll just come back next turn."

"And Yuya doesn't have enough monsters to deal enough damage to win." Said Gongenzaka, who was starting to think Sawatari might actually win.

"Don't even think it!" Said Yuzu, which earned the attention of her friends. "If anyone has a plan to overcome this problem, it's Yuya."

"Battle! Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon attacks Abyss Actor – Pretty Heroine!" Yuya declared as he jumped on the green dragons back. The dragon roared as a small tornado appeared under Pretty Heroine, startling her as it lifter her off the ground and towards the sky.

Sawatari smirked. "I was prepared for this! Trap activate! Mirror Force! With this, all Attack Position Monsters you control are destroyed!"

Yuya smiled back at his opponent. "Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon's other effect! Once per turn, if a card effect is activated, I can shuffle a Pendulum Monster from my Extra Deck to my Deck, and Vortex Dragon both negates and destroys that card! Reverse Hurricane!"

Yuya took the face-up Stargazer Magician from his Extra Deck and placed it into his deck. Vortex Dragon's eyes glowed as a tornado formed around Mirror Force, throwing it up into the air and destroying it. Sawatari gulped, that was the only card he had in case Yuya could come up with a strategy to beat him.

After the card was destroyed, Vortex Dragon flew up into the air, same distance as Pretty Heroine, who was trying her best to keep her skirt down. Paying no attention, Vortex Dragon opened its mouth, and a small series of green winds flew into it, creating a ball of wind. Pretty Heroine took note and sweatdroped, realizing what was about to happen.

"Gale Storm Break!" On command, Vortex Dragon fired a spiraling blast of green winds that completely enveloped and destroyed Sawatari's monster. Once she disappeared, Yuya jumped off of the dragons back and began to plummet towards the arena floor. The crowd gasped at this risky move. Mere feet before Yuya landed, Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon appeared and caught Yuya, who now rode on the dragons back. The audience now cheered at Yuya's stunt.

"Wow! Didn't think he'd ever do something like that. Don't you think Yuzu?" Sora sked, only to be denied an answer as Yuzu just stared at Yuya. A little annoyed, Sora waved his hand in front of her, which broke her concentration and brought her back to reality.

"Huh, sorry. Rin was a little ticked off. She's pretty sure Yugo told Yuya to do that." The pinkette said, wishing she could avoid Rin's shouting from within her head.

Down on the battle field, Meteorburst Dragon dropped Yuya off next to Absolute Dragon. Yuya gave the dragon a look of gratitude before turning his gaze to Sawatari's field and pointing towards Wild Hope. "Next is Meteorburst Dragon! Attack his Wild Hope! Solar Flare Crush" The fiery dragon leaped towards the sky, and was suddenly surrounded by a massive ball of fire, practically a miniature sun.

Sawatari meanwhile, ran around the field, looking for a way to counter the attack. "Action Card, Action Card, I need an-" He stopped and slapped himself on his forehead. "That's right, he got the last one!"

He had no more time to react as Meteorburst Dragon descend down at the cowboy/actor monster and crushed it in a gigantic fireball. Sawatari was thrown back by the massive force of the attack.

"Next!" The tomato head said as he jumped on the back of Absolute Dragon, leaving Sawatari no time to react. "Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon, attack Abyss Actor – Big Star!" The Xyz monster began to charge towards the demon actor, who throw his arms up, as if asking to be spared. "At this time, I activate the effect of Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon! When either of our monsters attacks, by detaching an Overlay unit, I negate that attack!" Absolute Dragon lunged at one of the orbs of light circling around it and swallowed it whole, and then stopped moving all together.

Unable to comprehend what had happened, Sawatari let out a chuckle. "Well, I knew you didn't have what it took the end the duel!"

"You didn't let me finish, there's more to Absolute Dragon's effect! After negating an attack, Absolute Dragon lets me summon an Odd-Eyes monster from my Graveyard, and of course that monster is…. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"

Absolute Dragon roared before firing a frigid blast at the ground below. The beam opened up a shadowy portal, and from it, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon reappeared on the field with a majestic roar. It looked at Yuya with its dichromatic eyes, and he smiled at the dragon as he played his last card.

"And now I activate the Action Magic, Wonder Chance! With this, I give one monster on the field the ability to attack an additional time. The monster I pick is Absolute Dragon!"

"This duels' over." Yuzu said, her friends agreeing with her.

""Yup." Sora.

"Totally." Dennis.

"Completely." Kurosaki.

"I never doubted Yuya for a second." Gongenzaka.

"Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon! Continue your attack on Abyss Actor – Big Star! Absolute Zero Freeze!" Absolute Dragon fired another beam of freezing light right at Big Star, who attempted to shield himself with his hands, to no avail. The blast struck him, and disappeared to reveal he had been transformed into an ice sculpture. Absolute Dragon walked over to the statue, and nonchalantly flicked him on the forehead, breaking the sculpture into a million pieces. Sawatari stood at the scene in shook as his Life Points dropped to 2200.

"Finally! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attacks you directly! Spiral Strike Burst!" Odd-Eyes leaped into the air, and fired a swirling mass of red energy right down at Sawatari, who did nothing as the energy consumed him as his Life Points dropped to an absolute zero.

"There we have it ladies and gentlemen!" Nico shouted as the crowd's cheers skyrocketed in sound. "With an incredible display of skill, Sakaki Yuya has won the duel!"

"Yuya…" Yuzu remarked. She looked down at Yuya, who was standing with a massive smile on his face as he warmly embraced the crowds cheering. After all that chaos and pain from two years ago had not left her mind, but seeing how far everyone had come since then, especially her and Yuya, it made her feel….

"DARLING! NOW COME HERE! I NEED TO GIVE YOU A HUG!"

And moment's over. Joy was replaced by anger and Yuzu whipped out her trademark fan. "Okay, that's it let me at her!" She screamed, aiming to run over to Mieru's location only to be stopped by Kurosaki restraining her.

"Someone's jealous." Dennis commented before giving Yuzu a reassuring smile. "But you really shouldn't be Yuzu-chan. After all, we all know you're the only person Yuya-kun would ever have eyes for."

"I know." Yuzu admitted, slowly putting down her fan. "But she needs to take a hint, I'm Yuya's girlfriend." She said before looking at Sora, who had made that abundantly clear when the two of them first told everyone else they were finally dating, he screamed 'About time' at the top of his lungs. "You know all about that, don't you?"

"What I couldn't have been the only one who saw the yearning looks and doey eyes." The blue headed boy said in his defense, although he was basically the captain of the Yuya/Yuzu ship.

"Yeah even I noticed it." Kurosaki added as he let go of Yuzu. Even before the invasion of Heartland, he wasn't one who wore his heart on his sleeves, but he did known when people had feelings for each other. Most of the time anyways, he failed to notice that Yuto and Ruri had been dating for three months before they told him.

Back on the arena floor, Yuya helped Sawatari back to his feet. The blonde was disappointed in himself, once again he had lost to Yuya. "Man, I thought I had you that time."

Yuya laughed. "I know, it was a close Duel. But it was fun, and I think our audience agrees."

Sawatari gave a haughty, but friendly smile as he held out his hand. "You know some day, I will beat you. And when I do, no one will stand above Sawatari Shingo." He boasted.

Yuya gave a return smile and shook his rival's hand. "I look forward for our next duel."

"DARLING!"

Oh no, Yuya knew what that meant. Without giving Sawatari any clue, he started running in the opposite direction of Mieru's screaming, dragging the poor blonde with him. "Hey you could at least let me go first!" Sawatari shouted.

Yuya's counterparts chuckled. "Nice to see somethings never change." Yuto said, finding the whole scene funny.

"Hey I've been thinking about something." Yugo said, sounding concerned. "Do you think something's going to happen?"

The other two boys stared at him. "What do you mean by that?" Yuri asked as he folded his arms.

"I don't know, I just keep getting the feeling that something major, like mind-blowingly huge is going to happen soon and it, ugh, I don't know how to explain it." Yugo explained.

Yuto and Yuri exchanged glances, not sure what to say. They both secretly hoped that Yugo's feeling was just something ridiculous and not real. The last time major events had happened to them, they ended up becoming a demon that tried to destroy the world, and their friends had barely managed to win in the end. It may have been years, but what they did as Zarc would forever live with them, and they prayed that nothing like that would ever happen again.

Of course, fate always found a way of meddling with their lives…