Introduction: This next story is a passion project of mine that I've been developing off and on for the past couple of years. Yugo became my favorite character from ARC-V almost immediately after I first saw him in the anime, and his Speedroid monster made me fall in love with Synchro Monsters again. Later around the time when ARC-V began its second season and we learned more about Yugo's backstory, I knew I wanted to do a major fanfic featuring him and Rin. I put a lot of time into developing the concept for this story, and now I'm thrilled to be finally getting it off the ground. I'd like to take this moment to thank the following authors on this site, as they were a big help in getting this story to where it is now.

~Firebolt the Blazing Saint

~DragonKnight15

~x Chloe Price x

Now without further delay, I'm pleased to present this thrilling AU based on the Synchro Dimension of ARC-V.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.

Chapter 1: Pyramid

In the darkness of unconsciousness, Yugo Sakaki began to hear what sounded like a feint beeping noise in the distance. The noise became louder and louder as slowly woke up. When the fourteen-year-old turbo duelist finally opened his eyes, he was greeted only by more darkness. With his gloved hands, Yugo could feel some sort of curved door in front of him. It soon became clear to him that he was standing upright in some sort of cylindrical metal coffin. Frightened that he might've been somehow buried alive, Yugo frantically began to pound on the door and called for someone, anyone to let him out. After a few short moments of pounding though, the door to his casket suddenly opened on its own with an upward motion.

Yugo staggered out of the metal coffin feeling groggy, like he had just woken up from being drugged. He had only taken a couple of steps when the lights of the room he was in suddenly turned on, blinding him for a few moments. When Yugo's green eyes finally adjusted to the light, he saw a red-orange office chair on wheels only a few short feet from where he was and immediately sat down in it. As Yugo slowly began to shake the cobwebs from his brain, he started to take in his surroundings. He was in a small room with walls that were painted battleship-grey. To Yugo's right were several computer screens that were connected to a small terminal on a table that projected out from the wall. The metal coffin that Yugo had emerged from was built into the wall he was now facing, and built into the opposite wall across the room was a red metal door.

As the fog finally started to lift from Yugo's mind, he desperately tried to figure out how he had ended up in that coffin. The last thing that Yugo remembered was going to confront the newest champion of the city's Friendship Cup tournament, Jack Atlas. Jack was supposed to have faced Yugo's mentor in the final duel of the tournament, but when the time of the duel finally came, Yugo's mentor failed to show up. Yugo suspected that Jack had something to do with his mentor's mysterious disappearance, so at the first opportunity he had called Jack out and challenged him to a duel for answers. Jack had agreed to duel Yugo at a secret location in the Commons, but when Yugo arrived all he found was a squadron of City Security officers waiting for him. Yugo had of course tried to escape, but was captured in a matter of seconds. The last thing that Yugo remembered was one of the officers knocking him out with a punch to the jaw as he was being taken away.

It seemed clear to Yugo both now and at the time of his arrest that Jack has lured him into a trap, but that didn't answer the question of where he was. As Yugo glanced around the room, he saw a large full-length mirror on the wall to his left and got up to take a better look at himself. The young duelist was still wearing his mostly white riding suit, and there were no yellow markings on his face. The lack of facial markings was what surprised Yugo the most, as it was standard procedure to tattoo criminals of the city with a special ink that acted as a tracking device. If Yugo was indeed in a prison, it was unlike any prison facility he had ever heard of.

Yugo went over to the door of what he was starting to think was his cell to see if anyone would answer if he knocked. As soon as Yugo came near the door though, it opened automatically. The young duelist cautiously peeked his head through the doorway and found the room beyond it to be dark and empty of people. After a moment, Yugo stepped through the door and a spotlight began to shine down from the ceiling on a distinct white, black and gold motorcycle. Yugo instantly recognized the vehicle as his D-Wheel.

As Yugo came closer to his vehicle, he soon realized that the room he was in was some sort of garage, for on his right was an upward incline that led to a large metal door. It quickly became clear to Yugo that he was not in any sort of jail. Though where he was and why the security force had placed him there was still a total mystery. Yugo decided to put that mystery aside and decided to do a standard maintenance check of his D-Wheel. He was relieved to find that the cycle was still in proper condition, and that his deck had been placed with it without a single card missing.

Once Yugo finished checking over his gear, he quickly found the switch on the wall that theoretically opened the door. The door opened on command, and Yugo promptly put on his helmet and mounted his D-Wheel. Yugo sped up the ramp and out the garage door, emerging from the side of a building neighboring a vacant lot that was between two other large buildings. After cutting across the lot, the young turbo duelist made it onto the street. It was then that Yugo was finally able to get a clear look at where he was, and what he saw totally stunned and baffled him.

It seemed to Yugo that he was still in his hometown of Neo Domino City. The skyline of titled white hexagonal pillars with mansions and skyscrapers on top were unmistakable. Yet the bottom level of the city, the slums where Yugo grew up known as the Commons, were totally transformed. Most of the rundown buildings lining the sides of the street had either been renovated or totally replaced with newer and more technologically advanced buildings. The streets themselves were also totally clean or pristine, without even a trace of litter or any of the metal barrels that people would light on fire at night to keep warm. There were even cars on parked on the sides of the road, and they all looked as though they had come off the showroom floor. For a moment it almost seemed to Yugo like he was up in that skyline of pillars knows as the Tops, only everything was colored white.

The other striking difference from the slums that Yugo originally knew were the people he saw out walking around. They all appeared to be clean and well fed. Some of them were even carrying briefcases as if they were on their way to work, which was even more strange since most of the people living in the Commons were either unemployed or at least didn't have a job that required a briefcase. The crumbling slums where Yugo had grown up had somehow become a bustling metropolis overnight. One strange thing about all these people that Yugo quickly noticed though was that they all walked around with blank expressions on their faces and wore the same outfit, consisting of a buttoned white jacket and a pair of white slacks. Yugo also noticed that everyone seemed to have some kind of large grey earpiece covering the left ear.

Yugo stopped his D-Wheel at the first street corner he came to and dismounted to find someone he could ask about what happened to the city. A brown-haired young man who appeared to be in his early twenties walked right past Yugo without even seeming to notice him.

"Hey!" Yugo spoke as he grabbed the young man's arm. "Can you tell me what's going on here? What happened to the Commons?"

The young man merely turned to look at Yugo with a cold stare. A second later, the street had suddenly become eerily quiet. When Yugo looked, he saw that everyone who had been out walking on the street had stopped and was giving him the same cold stare. Yugo quickly let go of the man and slowly started to back away towards his D-Wheel. He didn't know what he did wrong, but at that moment it seemed to Yugo like everyone was about to gang up on him.

Suddenly Yugo heard the all too familiar sound of a siren from a security D-Wheel coming towards him. Without a moment's hesitation, he got back onto his D-Wheel and rode off towards the nearest onramp to the highway. The last thing that Yugo needed at that moment was to be arrested again, and his chances of losing his new pursuer was to get out of that part of the city and onto the open road. As Yugo neared the onramp, he glanced back to get a better look at the officer that was chasing him. What he saw when he looked back totally startled him.

The security officer who was riding after him looked to be some sort of robot. Its body was mainly silver in color, with black hands and pronounced black ball joints. On the front of the machine's flat chest was a black symbol that looked like a figure eight. The robot's head had a white helmet with a black vertical stripe down the middle. Meanwhile its face consisted of a single red eye that went back and forth on a thin black screen, and a chrome faceplate that looked like the upside down grill of an old car from the 1930s. The D-Wheel that the robot rode upon was much more sleek than the D-Wheels used by duel chasers that Yugo had encountered in the past, and was colored white and black with two red siren lights on the rear end.

"What the hell?" Yugo exclaimed. "What kind of security officer are you?"

"This unit is designated as XJ-72," the robot answered in an inflectionless mechanical voice. "Its duty is to eliminate all rogue elements that may threaten this society, and as of this moment has been charged with your capture. Surrender, and you will not be harmed. Resistance is futile."

"Like hell!" Yugo told the machine. "The only way you'll arrest me is if you chase me down! And there's no way that's gonna happen!"

"Attempts at negotiation have failed," XJ-72 stated. "Initiating duel."

Just as Yugo and his pursuer got onto the highway, the screen of his D-Wheel showed the image of a Field Spell card.

"Duel initiated," announced the female computer voice of Yugo's vehicle. "Activating Action Field, Crossover Accel."

Suddenly the highway system began to change and certain roads were cut off to prevent traffic from entering the lane that Yugo and XJ-72 were to use for their duel. Black hexagonal pillars rose out of the ground and raised other sections of highway for the two duelists to use. As the other sections of road connected, an explosion of light went off in the sky and caused several cards to rain down onto the road. Cursing, Yugo sped ahead and turned onto the corner to the assigned duel lane before XJ-72 could.

"My turn!" Yugo announced. "I set one card on the field! Then I summon Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke in Defense Mode!"

Materializing in the air beside Yugo's D-Wheel was a short humanoid robot wearing a blue military-style uniform with lavender sleeves and pant legs, yellow epilates, and a red sash with gold trim. On his hands were white gloves with thick blue and orange rings around the wrists, and covering his feet were yellow shoes with points on the front shaped like lightning bolts. The small robot also had on a long red cape with a collar that covered the lower half of his face. He also had on a large hat with a giant yellow plume on the top and a small yellow lightning bolt-shaped blade on the side. The robot had long dark-brown curled hair, and the only part of his face that could be seen was a large blue eye. In his left hand was large blue staff with a thin yellow stripes and a large white and red drumhead on the top. Connected to the sides of the drumhead by thin red strings were two red balls with long tufts of yellow hair attached.

"That ends my turn!" Yugo announced.

XJ-72 drew its first card. "For its first action, this unit shall summon Meklord Army of Wisel in Attack Mode."

Appearing in the air next to the security droid's D-Wheel was a slender white humanoid robot with a thin grey neck and midsection. It had a large white almost dome-shaped head with a black screen for a face. On this screen were three lines that formed the appearance of a face with angry expression. The robot's right forearm was almost totally covered by a thick greenish-grey shield. Meanwhile its left arm ended with what looked like a thin white blaster.

Yugo was quite surprised by the appearance of XJ-72's monster. He was expecting the robot to use a Goyo deck like the ones commonly used by Neo Domino's human security officers, but this was something quite different.

"For its next action, this unit activates the Spell card, Deployment of the Meklords," XJ-72 continued. "When a Meklord Army monsters is on the field, Deployment of the Meklords enables the summoning of two other Meklord Army monsters with the same name from either the hand or deck. XJ-72 summons two copies of Meklord Army of Wisel from the deck."

Two portals of blue light appeared to the left and right of the Wisel Army robot. From these portals emerged two other Army of Wisel machines identical in every way from the first.

"Each copy of Meklord Army of Wisel gains 100 additional ATK points for every other Meklord monster on the field," XJ-72 continued. "As a result, the ATK of each Army of Wisel monster is increased from 1800 to 2000. Initiating Battle Phase. The first Army of Wisel monster attacks Den-Den Daiko Duke."

The original Wisel Army monster charged forward as a blade of blue energy extended from the blaster-like device on its left arm. The enemy machine slashed Den-Den Daiko Duke across the chest, causing to explode with a flash of fire and smoke. Yugo's life points dropped from 4000 to 3000.

"Each Meklord Army of Wisel monster is able to inflict piercing damage when attacking a monster in Defense Mode," XJ-72 revealed. "The second Army of Wisel monster now initiates a direct attack."

"In activate my Trap card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" Yugo announced. "This card negates your monster attack and sets itself back on the field!"

Just as the second of the white robots came in striking distance of Yugo, a wooden cross that was decorated with an old helmet, gloves and scarf appeared in front of Yugo and blocked the robot's attack with a transparent spherical barrier. After the robot's attack was repelled, the scarecrow of junk disappeared and the large card representing Yugo's trap set itself back on the field.

"Your resistance is pointless," XJ-72 declared. "The third Army of Wisel monster initiates a direct attack."

A few feet ahead on the road, Yugo spotted a multicolored bubble containing a card. As the third Army of Wisel monster chased after him, Yugo sped up his D-Wheel and tilted to the right to scoop the card up.

Yugo managed to grab as the white robot chasing him came in striking distance. "I activate the Action Card, Evasion! This card negates your monster's attack!"

Just as the Wisel Army monster was about to swing down its energy blade, Yugo tilted his D-Wheel to the other side and narrowly avoided the attack.

"Calculating countermeasures…" XJ-72 spoke. "This unit sets one card on the field and end its turn."

Yugo drew his next card. "Because I have no monsters on the field, I special summon Speedroid Terrortop!"

Materializing next to Yugo's D-Wheel was a cluster of thirteen red metal tops with yellow spikes on the top and bottom. The tops all seemed to be connected together somehow like a worm or centipede. On the sides of the front top were two black and yellow blades that acted as a pair of pincers.

"When Terrortop is summoned to the field, I can add another Speedroid monster to my hand," Yugo continued. "I add Red-Eyed Dice to my hand using Terrortop's effect. Next I activate the effect of Den-Den Daiko Duke! By banishing Den-Den Daiko from the Graveyard, I can special summon another Speedroid Tuner from my hand or Graveyard. I special summon Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice!"

Appearing on the track next to Terrortop was a blue pyramid-shaped object with yellow tips and a red eye-like mark decorating each side. Orbiting around this pyramid were three black metallic spheres that were all giving off a yellow aura.

"I tune the level three Tri-Eyed Dice into the level three Terrortop for a level six Synchro Summon!" Yugo announced.

Tri-Eyed Dice glowed orange and changed into three rings made of green light. The rings encircled Terrortop and converted the cluster of tops into three white stars.

"Magical sword in the form of a cross! Use your power to rend all enemies!" Yugo chanted. "Synchro Summon! Appear now! Level six! Hi-Speedroid Kendama!"

The stars flashed and changed into a horizontal beam of white light. In seconds the light faded to reveal an ornate almost spacecraft-like object with a long blue lance-like object on the front of a dark-blue spherical core. On the top and bottom were two large round blue handle-like projections. Hovering next to the right side of the ship was a large black and gold object shaped like half of a sphere. Meanwhile attached to the left side of the ship was something that appeared to be a small blue robot with red eyes and a yellowish faceplate, and connected to the left side of the robot's body was another black and gold half-sphere like the one attached to the right side of the ship.

"I'm just getting warmed up!" Yugo continued. "Because I have a Wind monster on the field, I can special summon Speedroid Taketomborg from my hand!"

Appearing next to Kendama was a small blue and yellow aircraft that immediately began to change shape, taking the form of a robot with a blue body and a head with two large dragonfly-like eyes. On the top of the robot's head were two long yellow blade-like horns. The four wings that the robotic aircraft once had changed into flat arms and legs, with the limbs on the right side of its body being yellow and red while the limbs on its right side were yellow and green.

"Next, I summon Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice in Attack Mode!" Yugo announced.

Appearing next to Taketomborg was a metallic yellow cube resembling a die. On the front side of the cube was a large red and white eye-like marking resembling the number one, while the other five sides of its body had smaller red and white markings to represent the other numbers of the die. Orbiting around the cube were six black metallic spheres that each gave off a red aura.

"When Red-Eyed Dice is summoned to the field, I can change the level of another Speedroid monster I control to a level from one to six," Yugo continued. "I change Taketomborg's level from three to four! I now tune the level one Red-Eyed Dice into the level four Taketomborg for a level five Synchro Summon!"

Red-Eyed Dice changed into a single ring of green light and immediately encircled Taketomborg, changing the dragonfly robot into four white stars.

"Overflowing with the throb of life, soul of the sword's dance!" Yugo chanted. "Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level five! Hi-Speedroid Chanbara!"

The stars flashed and became a horizontal beam of light, fading to reveal another spacecraft-like object resembling a large red and yellow saber that had a large thruster on the back in place of a handle. Attached to the top of this saber towards the hilt was the upper body of a red and grey robot that carried a sword in each hand.

"I activate Kendama's effect!" Yugo announced. "By banishing a Machine-Type monster from my Graveyard, Kendama lets me inflict 500 points of damage. I banish Takatomborg from the Graveyard!"

Kendama fired a beam of blue light from the tip of his lance at the security droid. The blast struck XJ-72 in the chest and dropped its life points to 3500.

"And now I'm gonna wipe out all your monsters!" Yugo declared.

"Your strategy is in error," XJ-72 told him. "Only the 2200 ATK points of Hi-Speedroid Kendama surpasses the ATK of this unit's Army of Wisel monsters. The ATK points of Hi-Speedroid Chanbara are only at 2000. Furthermore, this unit's monsters outnumber yours by three to two."

"You're right about that, but Chanbara can make two attacks during each turn," Yugo revealed. "Plus whenever Chanbara does battle, his ATK goes up by 200 points! Time to send your monsters to the scrapheap! Kendama, attack the Wisel monster in the middle!"

"Activating Trap, Meklord Destruct Protocol!" XJ-72 announced. "When a Machine-Type monster is attacked, Meklord Destruct Protocol immediately ends the Battle Phase. The card then destroys one Meklord Army monster its user controls."

Just as Kendama moved in to skewer the first Wisel Army monster with his lance, the white robot exploded with a flash of fire and smoke. After a few moments, the smoke cleared and a new and much larger robot was in the destroyed monster's place. It was white in color and had a humanoid build. The machine's legs were almost stilt-like and ended in points. Its head was shaped almost like a snake and its face was black with glowing red lines. A single slender blade was mounted on the robot's left forearm, while its right forearm was shaped almost like a shield. But what Yusei noticed about the machine was its torso. On the front of its spherical torso was a black window in the shape of an infinity symbol, and glowing inside its chest was a blue-green light.

"What the hell?" Yugo exclaimed. "Where did that monster come from?"

"Because a monster this unit controlled was destroyed by a card effect, it was able to special summon Meklord Emperor Wisel," XJ-72 explained.

"Dammit!" Yugo cursed. "I end my turn."

XJ-72 drew its next card. "For its first action this turn, this unit activates the Spell card, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your set Scrap-Iron Scarecrow."

A twister of wind picked up on the road right next to Yugo's D-Wheel and shattered the large representation of his Trap card.

"Next, this unit summons Meklord Controller of Wisel in Attack Mode," XJ-72 continued.

Materializing on the track was a while spherical drone with two solar panels on the sides like the wings of a satellite, and a long white fin-shaped projection on its underside. On the front of the machine was a round black screen with red lines that formed an angry face like faces of the Wisel Army monsters. Right above the machine's face was a small rectangular green light.

"That monster has zero ATK points," Yugo observed with a quirked brow. "And you summoned it in Attack Mode?"

"Meklord Controller of Wisel cannot be selected as an attack target while Meklord Emperor Wisel is on the field," XJ-72 revealed. "Additionally, while Meklord Emperor Wisel is on the field, other monsters in the control of Wisel's user are unable to attack. However, while Meklord Controller of Wisel is on the field, Meklord Army monsters become able to attack and gain an additional 500 ATK points while Meklord Emperor Wisel is on the field. Furthermore, with the presence of Meklord Controller of Wisel on the field, the two remaining Army of Wisel monsters gain an additional 100 ATK, bring the total ATK of each one to 2600."

"Not good!" Yugo exclaimed.

"This unit now activates the primary effect of Meklord Emperor Wisel," XJ-72 announced. "Once per turn, Wisel can equip itself with a Synchro Monster the opponent controls. This unit selects Hi-Speedroid Kendama as the target of Wisel's effect."

Wisel's chest opened up and six cables of blue-green light launched out of it and wrapped themselves around Kendama. The cross-shaped robot was pulled towards Wisel and changed into blue-green energy as it was pulled into the humanoid robot's chest.

"Wisel gains the total ATK points of the monsters equipped to it through this effect," XJ-72 continued. "With Kendama now equipped to Wisel, its ATK points rise from 2500 to 4700. Meklord Emperor Wisel now attacks Hi-Speedroid Chanbara."

A flaming blue aura suddenly appeared around Wisel's sword arm and took the shape of Kendama. As Wisel loomed towards Chanbara, Yugo saw another bubble containing an Action Card up ahead on the road and sped up to grab it. The young turbo duelist scooped up the card just as Wisel moved in closer.

"I activate the Action Card, Encore!" Yugo announced. "With this card, I can activate the effect of another Action Card already in my Graveyard. I use Encore to replay the effect of Evasion!"

"Negative. This unit activates Wisel's secondary effect," XJ-72 announced. "Once per turn, Wisel can negate the effect of an opponent's Spell card and destroy it."

Wisel fired a beam of light from its face and struck the large representation of Yugo's Action Card, causing it to shatter to pieces. At the same time, Chanbara flew towards Wisel in a futile attempt to take down the enemy robot. Chanbara's ATK rose to 2200 as he moved in to strike, but Wisel cut the large blade of the sword-shaped robot in half, causing him to explode. The attack caused Yugo's life points to plummet to 500.

"Dammit!" Yugo cursed. "Because Chanbara was sent to the Graveyard, I can add one of my banished Speedroids to my hand. I choose to return Den-Den Daiko Duke to my hand with Chanbara's effect."

"Irrelevant," XJ-72 remarked. "This unit attacks directly with one of the remaining Army of Wisel monsters."

"I activate the effect of Tri-Eyed Dice!" Yugo announced. "By banishing Tri-Eyed Dice from the Graveyard, I can negate your monster's attack!"

Just as one of the Wisel Army monster charged in to strike Yugo with its energy blade, a ghostly image of Tri-Eyed Dice appeared on the track and shattered apart as the three black spheres orbiting it flew away and formed a triangular barrier of multicolored light in front of the young turbo duelist. The robot soldier's blade struck the barrier and was repelled. Afterwards, the barrier shattered to nothing.

"Your struggles are futile," XJ-72 declared. "The final Army of Wisel monster attacks you directly."

Yugo frantically looked around for another action card as the remaining robot soldier moved in for the kill. He quickly found another card contained in a bubble atop the wall on the left side of the track. With nothing to lose, Yugo drove his D-Wheel up the side of the wall. When Yugo reached the wall's edge, he quickly grabbed the card and turned his cycle so that he was launched into the air back towards the road.

"Activate the Action Card, Evasion!" Yugo quickly announced just as the Wisel soldier was about to strike.

The Wisel Army monster's blade missed and Yugo's D-Wheel landed with both wheels onto the pavement of the highway. Breathing a sigh of relief, Yugo continued to speed forward and turned the next corner to the right as the white robot fell back towards its master.

"This unit ends its turn," XJ-72 announced.

Yugo knew that he had ended up in a very difficult spot in this duel. With Meklord Emperor Wisel on the field, every Synchro Monster that he summoned would simply be absorbed just Kendama was an only add the machine emperor's power; every Synchro Monster that was, except for one. Unfortunately none of the few cards left in Yugo's hand could help him bring that monster out. His survival depended on the next draw.

Yugo drew his next card, and upon seeing what it was he smirked. "I summon Speedroid Double Yoyo in Attack Mode!"

Appearing on the road was a machine resembling a large remote controlled toy vehicle with two large green wheels on its sides. The midsection of the vehicle was grey and almost resembled a knight's helmet.

"When Double Yoyo is normal summoned to the field, I can use his effect to summon a level three or lower Speedroid from the Graveyard!" Yugo announced. "I summon Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice!"

The large yellow metal die reappeared on the track next to Double Yoyo.

"Because Red-Eyed Dice was just summoned to the field, I can change Double Yoyo's level from four to six!" Yugo continued. "I now tune the level one Red-Eyed Dice into the level six Double Yoyo for a level seven Synchro Summon!"

Red-Eyed Dice flashed orange before turning into a single ring of green light. The ring encircled Double Yoyo and changed the two-wheeled machine into six white stars.

"Spread those wondrous and beautiful wings and strike down your enemies at the speed of light!" Yugo chanted. "Synchro Summon! Appear now! Level seven! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"

The stars flashed and became a horizontal beam of white light that expanded outward, fading moments later to reveal a large dragon covered in white and black cybernetic armor. The dragon's face was black with yellow eyes and a fanged mouth, and attached to the white armor from the dragon's snout was a long blue metal horn that went back, along with two smaller blue horns that had silver tips on the sides of its head. A piece of blue armor with two large grey spikes projecting from the bottom covered the dragon's chest. The beast's well-developed arms each had hands with six fingers tipped with black claws, and large pieces of blue and black armor covering its wrists. Attached to the dragon's upper arms were two artificial green transparent wings, and there were four more diamond-shaped wings attached to the dragon's waist. Its long tail was covered in segments of white and black armor that gave the appearance of stripes. In place of legs, the dragon had a pair of large blue and grey thrusters.

On the road up ahead, Yugo saw another bubble containing an Action Card. The young turbo duelist scooped the card up as he drove, and he smiled upon seeing what the card was. Everything that Yugo needed in order to win was now in place.

"I end my turn!" Yugo announced.

XJ-72 drew its next card. "For its next move, this unit activates Meklord Emperor Wisel's effect to equip it with Clear Wing Synchro Dragon."

"Big mistake! I activate Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's effect!" Yugo enthusiastically announced as Wisel's chest began to open up. "When a level five or higher monster is targeted by another monster's effect, Clear Wing negates that effect and destroys that monster! Dichromic Mirror!"

Just as the energy cables from Wisel's chest launched forward to snare Clear Wing, the dragon's lit up with circuit paths. Clear Wing roared and fired massive beams of light from his wings. The blast repelled Wisel's energy cables and kept on going right into the machine emperor's open chest, causing Wisel to explode with a massive flash of fire and smoke.

"Error! Error! Error!" XJ-72 repeated. "Unable to calculate countermeasure! Error!"

"When Clear Wing destroys a monster with its effect, he gains that monster's original ATK until the end of the turn. Which means that Clear Wing's ATK jumps from 2500 to 5000," Yugo continued. "Now I activate the Action Card, Road Rage Battle! When a monster on the field is destroyed by a card effect, Road Rage Battle switches all monsters on each side of the field to Attack Mode and begins the Battle Phase. Not only that, every monster belonging to the player whose turn it is has to attack this turn. And since I have no other monsters on the field, all of your monsters will have to attack Clear Wing!"

"Error! Negative! Error!" XJ-72 spoke as its neck began to give off blue electrical sparks. "The ATK points of each Army of Wisel monster have fallen to 2000 due to the absence of Meklord Emperor Wisel. Controller of Wisel has zero ATK points. Such an attack would be fatal to this unit's life points. Error!"

"Clear Wing! Send those robots to the junkyard where they belong!" Yugo commanded. "Whirlwind Helldive Slasher!"

As XJ-72's three remaining robots began to charge towards Clear Wing, the armored dragon rose up higher into the air and became enshrouded by a green whirlwind. Yugo's dragon roared as he flew back down towards the three Meklord monsters and crashed into them, shredding the machines to pieces with the twister surrounding its body. The pieces of the three robots exploded and XJ-72's life points crashed from 3500 to zero in an instant. With the duel finally over, Clear Wing vanished and both Yugo and his pursuer came to a stop on the road.

"Error! Error!" XJ-72 repeated as its head began to tremble. "Does not compute! Error! Error! ERROR!"

Suddenly XJ-72's head exploded, leaving nothing in its place but an exposed neck with flames and sparking wires.

A bewildered Yugo removed his helmet. "Holy crap! That guy really was a robot!"

As Yugo dismounted his D-Wheel and slowly began to approach the remains of the robot, he saw a beam of green light shoot up into the sky from the city below. The light vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. Yugo went over to the edge of the bridge to get a better look. With his duel over, the walls lining the sides of the highway had retracted and Yugo was able to get a clear view of the city. Out in the distance in the very center of Neo Domino was a gigantic white metal pyramid. On each side of the pyramid was a black symbol that resembled a figure eight, just like the symbol that was on XJ-72's chest. Suddenly another blast of green light shot from the top of that pyramid into the sky.

Yugo could also get a much clearer view of the Commons from where he was standing. The decaying slums where he grew up had been totally transformed; replaced with glistening white buildings that almost looked like they had come out of a sci-fi move. It was then that an alarming question had come to Yugo's mind. Just how long had he been asleep inside that metal coffin? For all he knew, it could've been years, perhaps even decades. Yugo had read a few sci-fi stories in the past, stories that had dealt with things like suspended animation; the kind of stories where the characters would be frozen in pods and wake up fifty years later. Yugo realized that the same thing could've just happened to him.

Yugo began to panic a bit as he tried to figure out what had happed to the world he knew. His first thoughts were of his childhood friend, Rin Akaba. Yugo wondered what had became of Rin after he had gotten arrested and if she existed in the world he now found himself in. For all Yugo knew, Rin could've been dead for the past hundred years while he was in that metal casket. At that moment, Yugo felt the most alone as he had ever felt in his entire life.

"Dammit!" Yugo cursed as he threw his helmet to the ground. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"

Author's Note: I hope everyone enjoyed my first attempt at writing an Action Turbo Duel. Incidentally, we won't be seeing any Fusion or Xyz Monsters in this story. AU or not, this story is based in the Synchro Dimension after all. Plus if there were characters who could use Fusion and Xyz Monsters, the Meklord decks used by the city's automated security force wouldn't be nearly as much as a threat.

Those of you reading may have also noticed that I've given Yugo and Rin last names in this story, something that the anime never did. The origin of Yugo's last name is self explanatory. As for Rin's last name, technically the Bracelet Girls are all related to Yuya's archrival, Reiji Akaba... along with one other major character from the anime.

Please review and let me know what you think.