New Allies and an Old Enemy

-Back in New Domino City, the next morning-
It was around ten o'clock, and currently, we find Akiza; sound asleep in Yusei's bed, but after several more minutes of peaceful sleep, Akiza began to stir, before she felt around the bed and couldn't find Yusei.
It was then Akiza opened her eyes to see Yusei was not in bed with her, and after Akiza got out of bed, revealing all of her beautiful naked body, she made her way to a wardrobe, where she got out a matching black bra and panty combo and her Duel Runner outfit, as she had a good idea where Yusei was and would be needing her Duel Runner to get there much faster.
Meanwhile, Looking over New Domino City, we find Yusei, leaning against a crash barrier, staring off into the distance, as he was currently thinking about all that has happened to him and his friends after Z-one perished and about his bad dream.
Yusei thought back to how he had defeated Z-one and prevented the Divine Temple from destroying New Domino City, and as Director/Mayor of New Domino City, Lazar, awarded the apartment Yusei was born in at Tops as a way of saying thanks, and not only that, Yusei was given a job as head researcher for New Domino City, leading a team of operators working on the Planetary Particle.
His crew had worked on the Ener-D and the energy gearing system, and thanks to Yusei was functioning perfectly, in which Yusei was confident that the future of Z-one would never happen.
However he was unsure about his own future and wondered if he wanted to continue as a researcher or continue as a Duelist, however Jack told Yusei that he was his own boss, which meant he got to decide when to work and when to Duel, which surprised Yusei as to something he found so difficult took Jack seconds to resolve, and after a discussion with Lazar, Yusei was able to organize his work schedule, so he could continue his career as a researcher and continue on as a Duelist.
Jack had received an invitation from the Ride Ace Dueling league and was given the chance to become the World King, which he gladly accepted and had left New Domino City, after he had defeated Grieger, Kalin and Sherry to prove his strength and skill.
Just like Jack, Crow had been given a similar opportunity to become a great Duelist, as Crow had been given an invitation from the Pro League oversees, which he too accepted, leaving New Domino City behind him, but promising he would one day return, not only for his friends, but for the orphans that looked up to him.
Just like Crow and Jack, Leo and Luna had left New Domino City and moved to London to reunite with their parents and become a family again.
However, at first Leo and Luna had doubts and even regrets leaving New Domino City and the people who had become like a second family to them, but in the end, both were sure they had made the right choice, as they knew they had a strong bond with Yusei, Akiza, Crow and Jack, and with the advanced technology at their disposal, they could communicate with Yusei and the others whenever they wanted, just to say 'hi' or see how they were doing.
But the biggest changes over the last months happened to Akiza, as she had been given the chance the study medicine at Dian-Keto Medical College in Germany and if she studied hard enough, she could become a doctor in seven to eight years.
However, one week before she would depart, she had worked up the courage to express her true feelings to Yusei, in which Akiza went over to Tops, made her way to Yusei's apartment and once she was inside, he confessed to him that the night after Yusei and Jack had their final Turbo Duel, when she said 'I've always loved that I met you', what she was actually going to say was that 'I've always loved you'.
In response, Yusei told Akiza that he had always loved her too, it was then realizing their feelings for one another, both closed their eyes, moved their heads forward and met in a passionate kiss, tasting each others tongues and sampling each other's saliva.
It was after the pair broke from their kiss for air, that they stared lovingly into each other's eyes, and it wasn't long before both Yusei and Akiza were in his bedroom, making love.
The next morning, after a long night of passionate lovemaking, Akiza opened her eyes and looked up to see her lover, quietly sleeping.
Akiza smiled lovingly as she continued to watch Yusei sleep, but after several minutes of relaxing on her beloved's strong, firm, and muscular chest, enjoying the feel of his naked body against hers, Akiza decided it was time to wake Yusei up and tell him her news.
Akiza then kissed Yusei on his forehead, causing the 'King of Turbo Duels' to stir, slowly open his eyes and saw Akiza gently smiling at him, in which, he smiled back.
It was then Akiza told Yusei that she had decided to renounce the opportunity to study at Dian-Keto Medical College, so they could be together.
However, Yusei didn't want Akiza to relinquish her dream just so she could be with him, so he arranged a meeting with Lazar, where Yusei asked if Lazar could find any way to give Akiza an education in medicine, in which thanks to Yusei linking New Domino City to other cities and Lazar's position as Director and Mayor, they were able to hire one of the teachers from Dian-Keto Medical College who would personally tutor her at New Domino City hospital every weekday, so she wouldn't have to leave, something Akiza was eternally grateful for.
And it was sometime later that Yusei and Akiza learnt that the first time they made love, Akiza had unknowingly transferred her psychic powers to Yusei, making him a psychic Duelist, just like her, with the ability to make Duel Monster Cards real, in which, Yusei learnt to control these new powers rather quickly, which Akiza believed was because Yusei had such a strong bond with the Cards in his Deck.
All that had happened nearly a year ago, but that wasn't as big as what happened four months after Akiza had moved in with Yusei and continued to study under one of the teachers Dian-Keto Medical College had sent to help her become a doctor.
Lazar hosted a massive tournament, to decide who would become 'The Third King or Queen of Games, in which many skilled Duelists partook in the event, including Akiza, Andre, Breo, Broder, Dragan, Elsworth, Halldor, Hunter Pace, Jean, Sherry, Shira, Yusei and many more skilled Duelists, however in the end the two remaining Duelists who would face off against each other were Yusei and Akiza, and even though they did love each other, they gave it their all in the outstanding Duel, but in the end Yusei emerged victorious, thanks to his ever faithful, Stardust Dragon.
It was then announced that Yusei was not only 'King of Turbo Duels', but was also 'The Third King of Games', which caused the crowd to cheer and Akiza to smile, knowing that Yusei deserved the title more than her.
It was then Lazar made his way over to Yusei and congratulated the new 'king', before he asked if Yusei had anything he would like to say, in which he did, which made everyone, including Akiza and everybody in the stands, minus Hideo and Setsuko Izinski, as he had told them what he had planned some time ago, wonder what he wanted to say.
Yusei made his way over to Akiza, before he got down on one knee, pulled out a small black box from his pocket and when he opened it, Akiza's eyes widened to see a wedding ring, with a beautiful crimson coloured gem in the centre.
Yusei then asked Akiza, as he took her left hand, if she would marry him and in an immediate response, Akiza said yes, it was then Yusei placed the ring on Akiza's ring finger, before he got back up and the pair engaged in a passionate kiss, not caring that thousands of people were watching and cheering.
It was then Yusei's thoughts turned to his nightmare. But before he could get too deep into thinking about it, he heard a female voice call out. "I knew I'd find you here."
Yusei didn't bother turning around, as he would recognize Akiza's voice anywhere, and then asked curiously. "How'd you know I was here?"
"Because I'm your wife. And I know you just as well as you know me. And I know this is the place where you always turn to think." Akiza replied, as she made her way over to Yusei, stood next to him, leaned on the crash barrier, just as he was doing, before she asked curiously. "So what bugging you, still that dream?"
Yusei let out a small sigh, before he replied. "Yeah. No matter how hard I try. I just can't get my mind off it."
"Don't worry, Yusei. It was just a bad dream." Akiza told Yusei in a reassuring tone.
"I don't know if it was. It's just that dream felt so real. But it just doesn't make sense. I thought I had seen the last of Paradox when I travelled back in time and defeated him, alongside Yugi Muto and Jaden Yuki." Yusei replied, before he asked. "I know my bad dream involved people I have never seen before, unusual looking creatures that go by the name of 'Digimon' and a man, who I thought was erased from existence. But what if my dream wasn't a dream?"
"What do you mean?" Akiza asked in a curious tone.
"What if the dream was some sort of vision or warning of the future?" Yusei asked Akiza in reply, before he told her. "But you probably think I'm crazy for thinking any of that could happen."
"I would never think that about you." Akiza replied, as she placed her hand on top of Yusei's, causing Akiza's husband to turn his head to see Akiza was staring at him, with honesty in her eyes.
"Sure your dream or whatever it was may seem unusual and farfetched, but if you believe it was more than a dream, then I believe you." Akiza said truthfully, before she added. "And I know you will prevent whatever disasters you foresaw from happening."
Hearing Akiza's words and seeing how much trust she had in him made Yusei smile, and caused him to say happily. "Thank you, Akiza."
It was then Yusei wrapped his arms around Akiza's waist, as she wrapped her arms around Yusei's neck, as they stared lovingly into each other's eyes for a moment, before they closed their eyes and were about to meet each other in a passionate kiss, however before their lips could make contact, they were interrupted when they heard a loud explosion.
Quickly, the pair separated from their embrace and looked over to New Domino City, to see that smoke was emerging from a portion of the city, and from what they could tell; it was near the Sector Security building.
Not wasting anytime, Yusei made his way over to his Duel Runner, Yusei Go, while Akiza made her way over to Duel Runner, better known as Bloody Kiss.
It was then the pair put on their helmets, revved up their engines and drove back to New Domino City as fast their Duel Runners could go, hoping to stop whatever this new danger was that was causing destruction in their city.
Back in New Domino City, chaos had erupted in the streets, as the area around the Sector Security building looked like it had been the center of a war zone, as all the Sector Security vehicles had been destroyed and were reduced to flaming metal wrecks, the road just out front had been severely damaged and the Sector Security officers, who had yet to turn tail and run, had withdrawn their handguns, as they had tried to use their Duel Monsters against the devastator of this disaster, which looked like a massive orange coloured tyrannosaurus Rex, that was wearing what looked like a brown helmet, with antler like horns on the sides of his head and a single horn on his nose, that they believed to be a nothing more than a hologram, though they learnt that this creature was as real as them, when any attempt of an attack with a Duel Monster went right through the t. rex.
And it was proven that the tyrannosaurus rex was no hologram when the monstrous dinosaur let out a scorching inferno from his maw that hit several squad cars, which exploded from the contact of the devastating blaze.
Anyway, the officers began to fire bullet after bullet at the orange behemoth, at the hopes that would take the creature down, however, it seemed that bullets were ineffective and only enraged the dinosaur, who let out a loud and aggressive roar, which caused several of the Sector Security officers to drop their firearms and run away, causing Trudge, who was ordering them, to turn around and yell at the fleeing officers in an aggressive and commanding tone. "You cowards! Get back here!"
It was then the savage dinosaur picked up one of the smouldering remains that once used to be a Sector Security squad car and threw it at non other than Trudge, in which Kaz, who had yet to abandon his post, called out. "Trudge, look out!"
But it seemed that luck was his side when the sound of two Duel Runners could be heard, followed by a voice Trudge had heard countless times that called out! "Go, Junk Gardna!"
The Monster known as Junk Garda then appeared in front of Trudge, used its thick armoured arms to act as a shield and deflected the flaming vehicle, protecting he, who stood behind the green armored defender.
It was then everyone looked to the direction of the voice, and sure enough Trudge was right, as he saw Yusei and Akiza, ridding their Duel Runners side by side.
"Yusei. Akiza. Am I ever glad to see you two?" Kaz said in a pleased tone, as Yusei and Akiza pulled up the Duel Runners beside Trudge.
"I am too." Trudge said happily, before he asked in a serious tone, as he pointed at the destructive dinosaur. "But, do you think you could take that thing down before we catch up!?"
"Alright then." Yusei replied, as he Drew the top Card from his Deck.
"I Summon Nitro Synchron." Yusei announced, as he placed the Monster Card on his Duel Disk, which appeared beside Junk Gardna, before Yusei declared. "And now Nitro Synchron, tune with Junk Gardna!"
Nitro Synchron then transformed into two green rings that surrounded Junk Gardna, transforming the armored Warrior to a transparent state.
As Yusei got out his ace Card from his Extra Deck, he chanted out in a strong voice. "Out of two will come one, and out of one will come great cosmic might! Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"
A column of light then appeared where Junk Gardna and Nitro Synchron were standing, and out of the light emerged the one and only, Stardust Dragon.
It was then the t. rex let out an angered roar, which was either caused by his failure to crush Kaz, Mina and Trudge or the arrival of Stardust Dragon, either way, flames began to pool within the creature's mouth, before he roared out aggressively. "Mega Flame!"
"Go, Stardust Dragon! Attack with Cosmic Flare!" Yusei called out, in which Stardust Dragon did as Yusei ordered and fired a blast of cosmic energy that clashed with the tyrannosaurus' blazing breath attack.
It seemed that both Dino and dragon were equal in power, as the battle between blasts continued, cosmic power clashing with conflagration.
"Don't worry, Yusei. Help is on the way." Akiza told her husband, as she Drew the top Card from her Deck.
"I Summon Twilight Rose Knight." Akiza announced, as she placed the Monster Card on her Duel Disc, which appeared beside Stardust Dragon.
"And since Twilight Rose Knight was successfully Summoned, his special ability activates, which allows me to Summon any Plant Type Monster that is four stars or below from my hand." Akiza declared, as she placed another Monster Card on her Duel Disc. "And the Monster I choose is Hedge Guard."
"Next, Twilight Rose Knight will tune with Hedge Guard!" Akiza called out, in which Twilight Rose Knight then transformed into four green rings that surrounded Hedge Guard, transforming the Plant Monster to a transparent state.
As Akiza got out the Card her Deck was famous for from her Extra Deck, she chanted out in a strong voice, just like Yusei. "Let the spirit of the earth intertwine with the essence of the sky. I Synchro Summon the Black Rose Dragon!"
A column of Amethyst colored light then appeared beside Stardust Dragon and out of the light, emerging through a swirl of rose petals was the Black Rose Dragon.
"Black Rose Dragon, help Stardust Dragon and Attack with Black Rose Flare!" Akiza called out, in which Black Rose Dragon let out a loud roar before releasing a wave dark violet flames from its maw, which clashed with the t. Rex's inferno, but with the combined power Stardust Dragon's cosmic blast and Black Rose Dragon's violet fire, Yusei and Akiza's Dragons broke through the opposing monster's torrent of flames and hit the him, causing the creature to roar loudly in pain, before he, closed his eyes, fell forward and collapsed onto his stomach, but it seemed that the orange behemoth was down but not out, due to the creature's chest slowly going up and down, indicating the dinosaur was still alive, but it looked like his time would soon be up.
Yusei and Akiza were about to order their Dragon's to finish the unconscious creature, but before they could, they were interrupted when a male voice filled with concern called out. "Agumon!"
As Yusei, Akiza, Kaz, Mina, Trudged and the remaining Sector Security staff, who had stayed through the whole ordeal searched for the mysterious voice, they noticed that the tyrannosaurus rex began to fade away, before the creature had completely vanished, just like when a Duel Monster Card would be taken off a Duel Disc.
It was then Kaz could see on the very top of the building on the opposite side of the Sector Security precinct were three figures, however, the building was fairly tall, as it was somewhat difficult for Kaz to determine who the trio were, but from what he could tell, the group consisted of two females and a male.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Trudge asked impatiently, before he told Kaz in a commanding tone. "Round up all the men you can and bring those three down for questioning!"
"Yes sir." Kaz replied, before he quickly gathered four other Sector Security officers and then proceeded inside the building.
As the Sector Security employees continued to make their way up to the ones who seemed to have knowledge of the creature, or were the ones who organized the attack, Akiza noticed that Yusei was deep in his thoughts again, which caused her to ask him in a curious and slightly concerned tone. "Yusei, what is it?"
"That thing we just faced. It looked similar to those dragons from my nightmare." Yusei replied, before he began to rev up his engine and told Akiza. "It's time we get some answers and I know just who can give them to us."
After Yusei had answered Akiza's question, he placed his foot on the accelerator and drove away from the Sector Security building, with Akiza following him, as the pair drove to a man who Yusei believed could provide him with the information he craved.
Meanwhile, in the mayor's office, we find non other than the Director and Mayor of New Domino City, Lazar, who, after cowering underneath his desk when he learnt that a gigantic, aggressive and orange colored dinosaur was attacking the Sector Security building office, had just gotten word from the Sector Security chief that Yusei and Akiza Fudo were able to defeat the creature and the people behind the tyrannosaurus' attack had been apprehended.
Currently, Lazar was relaxing in his chair, as he enjoyed a cup of Red Demon's noodle, savoring the taste of each mouthful and was just about to finish the remnants of noodle at the bottom of the cup, but before he could, the door to his office opened up.
"Well, if it isn't my favorite researcher in all of New Domino City and his lovely wife." Lazar stated happily, as Yusei and Akiza made their way into Lazar's office, as he managed to gather the last portion of noodles with his chopsticks, before he told the pair. "I was just informed by the Sector Security chief that thanks to your combined efforts you took down some kind of orange t. rex that was causing all sorts of problems for Sector Security."
That's right. And we were hoping you could answer some questions." Yusei replied.
"But of course, Yusei. Anyone who saves my city deserves any questions they may have answered." Lazar happily replied, before he asked in a curious tone, "So, how can I be of assistance?"
After Lazar had asked his question, he placed the noodles on his chopsticks in his mouth, but before Lazar could so much as bite down on the delicious noodles, Yusei asked his question. "What can you tell us about Digimon?"
The second Lazar heard the last word; his eyes widened as to how Yusei knew about Digimon, and he couldn't help himself but to immediately spit out the somewhat chewed up noodles over his desk, from the shock of the question.
"Di...Digimon? What's a Digimon? I... I've never even heard of these so called Digimon." Lazar nervously said, before he began to laugh nervously, before he explained, with the same amount of nervousness in his voice. "And even if I did, which I haven't. What possible information could I have that could prove to be any use to you?"
"Lazar, listen to me. I know that creature we fought was a Digimon. And if you don't provide us with the information we need about Digimon then all of New Domino City could be in danger." Yusei told Lazar in a serious tone.
"What are you talking about?" Lazar asked in a curious and worried tone.
"What I'm saying is that Digimon was just the start of something much bigger. And it's likely he was only the one out of five Digimon." Yusei replied.
"Hold on. You're telling me there are others?" Lazar questioned nervously.
"That's right and something tells me that these Digimon are a lot stronger than the one we faced. And if we do encounter them, we won't stand a chance and all of New Domino City will be destroyed." Yusei replied.
Hearing the seriousness of Yusei's voice and realizing the possibility of another attack on his town, Lazar let out a sigh as he gave in, and told Yusei and Akiza in a serious tone. "Very well. I'll tell you everything I know. But this information is highly classified and cannot leave this room. Got it?"
Immediately, Yusei and Akiza both nodded their heads, in which Lazar began to tell them something that had happened many years ago.
"When I was still working for Goodwin, long before you and Jack escaped the Satellite, Goodwin had set up a team of scientists to monitor for any signs of Signer or Dark Signer activity, but it seemed that all their time and effort was for naught, until one day, they found something, something completely unexpected. A gateway to another dimension."
"Another dimension?" Yusei asked curiously, in which Lazar nodded his head in response, before he continued his story.
"It was after Goodwin learnt about this, he immediately sent the science team into the unknown dimension, with yours truly leading the expedition. However, none of us knew what to expect from this other dimension. And the second we had successfully made our way into the other dimension, we found ourselves in a small town, but there was one thing wrong with that town. What was it again? Oh, yeah. It was full of monsters!"
"Let me guess, these monsters were Digimon?" Akiza asked curiously.
"Indeed. As you could imagine we were all surprised, and I admit afraid of these creatures, and just as we were about to exit that dimension and return to our own, a Digimon that looked like a sphere wielding a chainsaw blocked our path. I thought for sure that would be the end for me, but instead of attacking. The Digimon asked me some questions, such as where we had come from, what we were doing in town and what we were? In response I told the Digimon we known as humans that had come form a place known as New Domino City and were given instructions to explore his world. After that, the Digimon introduced himself and was known as Giromon, before he told us to follow him, so he could show us around town and answer any questions we had. As we traveled through the town with Giromon, he told us that the world we were currently in was known as the Digital World. And that he and the other creatures we had seen were living organisms that were made of data and digital information, better known as Digimon. However, we soon learnt that not all Digimon were as friendly as Giromon, when a Digimon known as LadyDevimon appeared from the sky and began to attack the town. Giromon told us to head back from where we came, as he would hold off LadyDevimon for as long as he could. And after we made our way back to the dimensional gateway and back into our world, the portal was immediately closed. It was after I had personally told Goodwin about what we had seen and learnt, that Goodwin ordered the scientists to create an impenetrable firewall between our world and the Digital World, so no Digimon, no matter how strong could ever make their way into our world." Lazar told Yusei and Akiza, before he let out a sad sigh and said sadly. "Sometimes I wonder if Giromon managed to defeat LadyDevimon. I still remember how he revved up his chainsaw, pulled out a small red coloured bomb and told us, with a big grin on his face. 'I may not be as big as her, but I bet my bomb blasts sure are!' I hope they were too, Giromon."
"But I don't understand, if this firewall was supposed to keep Digimon from entering our world. How did the Digimon that attacked the Sector Security building manage to enter our world? And why did it choose to attack that specific location?" Akiza asked in an intrigued and confused tone.
"That's something I would like to know too, Miss. Fudo." Lazar replied, before he stated seriously. "But it's not like the answers are going to be knocking on the door anytime soon."
As if on cue, someone began to knock on the door, before Trudge's voice called out from the other side. "Director Lazar. I need to speak to you about the attack by that unknown creature. Actually it's the culprits who wish to speak with you."
"Well, if that isn't a coincidence. Then I don't know what is." Lazar thought out loud, before he called out. "Alright, officer Trudge. Bring them in."
"Right away." Trudge replied, before he opened the door, and Marcus, Yoshi and Rhythm, who had their hands behind their backs, as they had been handcuffed, and each girl had a Sector Security officer behind them, who held their arms, while Trudge was behind Marcus and was holding his arms, just incase they tried to escape, were escorted into the room.
"So, why did you three come to me? Hope you could prove your innocence?" Lazar asked curiously.
"We are innocent! We're the good guys!" Marcus retorted.
"If you're so good then why did you order that monster to attack us?" Trudge questioned, trying to sound as intimidating as possible, however, it seemed his effort was in vain, when Marcus snapped back. "We didn't!"
"Then why did you call out to that monster when Stardust Dragon and Black Rose Dragon were about to finish it off?" Trudge questioned.
"First off. That monster is my best friend. And second, his name is Agumon." Marcus replied.
"So this 'Agumon' does belong to you?" Trudge questioned, before he exclaimed angrily. "Therefore it was you who ordered him to attack! Just confess!"
"No! Like I tried to tell you before we're from another universe. And we came to this one to save Agumon from some guy who took him away from us." Marcus replied in frustration.
"Nice story, but it's obvious you're lying. I bet you're really a psychic Duelist, who used a new Duel Monsters Card to attack the Sector Security building." Trudge said.
"Psychic Duelist? Duel Monsters? Sector Security? What are you talking about?" Marcus asked in a confused tone, before he told everyone in the room. "Look. Like I just said before, we're from another universe. And we have no idea what you're talking about."
"Alright, you want to play hardball?" Trudge asked, before he told the potential criminals. "That's fine by me. Maybe some time in the Facility will make you more willing to cooperate."
"Cooperate with this!" Marcus replied aggressively, as he pulled his head forward, before he quickly shot his head back and hit trudge in the face, causing a great deal of pain to Trudge's face, in which he let go of Marcus' arms from the shock, which was a big mistake, as he learnt when Marcus quickly turned around and performed a sweep kick, knocking Trudge to the floor.
Seeing Trudge had been attacked, the Sector Security officers who were holding Yoshi and Rhythm let go of their arms and ran over to assist their fallen comrade and bring down his attacker.
"It's fighting time!" Marcus exclaimed, as he charged at the Sector Security officers.
'I knew it was only a matter of time before Marcus would get into even more trouble.' Yoshi thought to herself in a discomfited tone, as she let out an embarrassed sigh.
Meanwhile, the two Sector Security guards soon learnt that for a man who had been handcuffed could still fight extremely well, as shown when the first officer threw a punch at the offender, however, Marcus, with great speed, ducked the punch and quickly shot up, slamming his head into the officer's gut, causing the officer to fall to his knees, as the air was knocked right out of him.
Seeing that Marcus had taken down two of his coworkers, the second officer, realizing that Marcus was too dangerous to fight close range, pulled out his taser, but before he could pull the trigger, Marcus leapt onto the fallen officer's back, shot forward and kicked the second officer in the side of the head, knocking him to the ground, and even though he was wearing a helmet, the impact from the kick still hurt.
It seemed Marcus had the upper hand, as he had taken down all three officers, but before he could react, an arm grabbed his right leg, pulled it backward, causing Marcus to lose his balance and forced Marcus to fall on his stomach.
A foot then pressed down on Marcus' back, preventing him from getting up, and when Marcus turned his head, he looked up to see Trudge angrily staring down at him.
"Alright, you punk! For that little stunt the second we arrive at the Facility you're getting marked!" Trudge said in a furious tone, in which Marcus had no idea what that meant, but from Trudge's tone, it wasn't going to end well.
It was then Rhythm made her way in front of Lazar's desk, bowed her head and said politely. "Please, sir. Hear me out."
Lazar was surprised by the girl's manners, and seeing as how neither she, nor Yoshi tried to escape when they had the chance, decided to listen to what Rhythm had to say, and told her. "Very well. I'm all ears."
"Marcus is telling the truth. In our world Agumon, Marcus and myself were pursuing a man, who was riding a white motorcycle and was wearing a mask. However, when we cornered him in an alleyway he pulled out a blank card and used some kind of energy to suck Agumon into the card, before he took off."
Immediately, Yusei remembered a similar situation that had happened to him over two years ago, and said. "Trudge, let them go. They're telling the truth."
"But Yusei..." Trudge tried to say, but was interrupted by Lazar, who trusted Yusei's decision and told the officer. "Do as he asked, Trudge and release the prisoners."
Trudge let out a frustrated groan before he told the other officers. "Do what the Mayor said."
"Yes, officer Trudge." Both members of Sector Security replied.
While the two officers followed their orders and immediately removed the handcuffs around Yoshi and Rhythm's wrists, Trudge reluctantly helped Marcus up, before he unlocked the handcuffs and told Marcus in a serious tone. "You're lucky Yusei was here to stick up for you and your friends."
"And you're lucky my hands were restrained behind my back when I hit you. Otherwise you would've gotten more than a bruised nose." Marcus replied smugly, as he rubbed his wrists.
"Why you!" Trudge exclaimed, angered by Marcus' back talk, but again was interrupted by Lazar. "Now, now, officer Trudge. Don't you and your men have a city to patrol?"
Taking the hint that him and his men were no longer needed, Trudge let go of his anger and replied. "Very well, Director Lazar." Trudge and the two accompanying officers then exited the Mayor's office, leaving Yusei, Akiza, Lazar and their guests from another reality, in which Marcus made his way over to Yusei, smiled and held out his right hand.
"Thanks, pal. I guess I owe you one." Marcus said happily, before he introduced himself and his friends. "The name's Marcus Damon. The girl with the pink hair is Rhythm and lastly, my girlfriend Yoshi."
"Hey, Marcus. Don't forget about me." A familiar female voice called out.
"Who said that?" Lazar questioned, as he looked around the room.
"Yoshi, could you please release me, so I can properly introduce myself?" The female voice asked curiously.
"Sure thing, Lalamon." Yoshi cheerfully replied, before she took out her Digivice and out came Lalamon, which surprised Yusei, Akiza and Lazar.
"Hi there. I'm Lalamon, Yoshi's Digimon partner." Lalamon cheerfully announced.
After Marcus and his friends were properly introduced, Yusei held out his right hand, before he shook hands with Marcus and made a similar introduction. "I'm Yusei Fudo. The woman beside me is my wife, Akiza. And that's the Director and Mayor of New Domino City, Lazar."
"From all the questions you asked Trudge. You don't have Duel Monsters in your universe?" Yusei questioned.
"'Fraid not. But I'm guessing from you're not used to seeing Digimon?" Marcus replied, in which Yusei nodded his head, before Marcus asked. "So what exactly is Duel Monsters and all that other stuff that Trudge guy was going on about?"
"Allow me to answer that, Yusei." Lazar said, before he told Marcus, Yoshi and Rhythm. "Duel Monsters stared off as a simple Card game that was created by a man known as Maximillion Pegasus. In which the rules were as followed, two people would Duel against each other where the main objective was to reduce your opponent's Life Points to zero by Summoning the most powerful Monsters in combination with Spell and Trap Cards to strategically ensure your victory. As Duel Monsters became more popular, the owner of KaibaCorp, Seto Kaiba, created a field known as a Dueling Arena, which turned the Cards into three-dimensional holograms to make the game more exciting. And it wasn't long before Pegasus hosted a tournament, known as Duelist Kingdom, on his private island, where the Duelist who could defeat the very creator of Duel Monsters would be given the title as 'The King of Games', which was rewarded to a young boy named Yugi Muto. Sometime after, KaibaCorp invented the Duel Disc, which allowed people to Duel anywhere they wished, Kaiba hosted his own tournament, known as Battle City, which was his attempt to prove he was the best Duelist, however, he was proven wrong when Yugi defeated him and kept his title. After Kaiba accepted the fact Yugi would always manage to emerge victorious, Kaiba opened up a school on a private island, known as Duel Academy, where students would learn how to become better Duelists, but one student, who I admit didn't have the best test scores, far surpassed every student and teacher in Dueling, and his name was Jaden Yuki. Jaden fought in many Duels, and even when it looked like it was over for him, he would always turn things around and would come out on top. And after Yugi Muto retired, and through a lot of tough work and even tougher opponents, Jaden was soon known as 'The Second King of games.' It was many years later that KaibaCorp released the Duel Runner, which were motorcycles that had been customized, and allowed Duelists to face off in Turbo Duels as they drove on the road, but only in designated areas. The previous director, and my boss, Rex Goodwin hosted a tournament, known as the Fortune Cup, to decide who would be given the title as the 'King of Turbo Duels'. And that person is in this very room. No, it isn't me. That title belongs to Yusei. And some time after I became both Director and Mayor of New Domino City I held my own tournament, to determine who was worthy to become 'The Third king of Games'. And not surprisingly, Yusei became the bearer of that title too."
"Whoa. That's something else." Marcus commented; impressed by the information he had just learnt, before Marcus asked Yusei. "But how did you know we were telling the truth and weren't making up Agumon being transferred into a blank Card by a masked man?"
"Because the same thing happened to me two years ago by the same man." Yusei replied, before he took out Stardust Dragon from his Deck holster on his belt, handed it to Marcus and then told him. "Only he used the same trick to steal my Stardust Dragon."
"Why did he want it?" Marcus asked curiously, as he handed Stardust Dragon back to Yusei, who put Stardust Dragon back in his Deck and told Yusei of his encounter against the masked man.
"The masked man, better known as Paradox, was a being from our future, who tried to travel back in time to kill Pegasus, with the best Duel Monster Cards ever created, because he believed Duel Monsters was the cause of the grim future he had come from and if it never existed then things would be better. However, I used a power known as the Crimson Dragon that gave my Duel Runner the ability to travel back in time, where I teamed up with Yugi and Jaden to challenge Paradox in a Duel that would determine the fate of our future. It seemed like it was over for the three of us when Paradox Summoned and even fused with his ultimate Monster, Malefic Truth Dragon. But through the belief we had in our Cards and in each other, we were able to raise Stardust Dragon's Attack points up to ten thousand, which was more than enough to defeat both Malefic truth Dragon and Paradox, and that was the last I ever saw of him."
"But if you defeated him, how is it that he's still alive? Not to mention how did he make it into our universe?" Yoshi questioned.
"I don't know." Yusei replied, before he stated. "It seems the more questions we answer, the more questions arise."
"Indeed. And speaking of questions I have to know, how exactly was it you were able to travel from your world to ours?" Lazar asked, in which Marcus told Yusei, Akiza and Lazar that they were used their technology to track Agumon's energy signature to their world, used a teleportation chamber, which they had used in the past to travel to the Digital World, before he began to tell the Duelists what had happened after they had arrived in New Domino City.
-FLASHBACK: Before the attack on Sector Security-
Standing atop of the building where Marcus, Yoshi and Rhythm were going to be arrested, we see the masked man, now revealed as Paradox, a fair distance away from the protective railing of the building, as he stared down at the Sector Security building.
'So, that's where Aporia's old Duel Runner now lies?' Paradox thought to himself, as he had learnt that after Aporia's failure to defeat Yusei at the WRGP, his Duel Runner, Trinidart Ouroboros, had sunk into the ocean and was beyond repair, but was salvaged, some time after Z-one was defeated, and stored with the other confiscated Duel Runners.
"Now to test the power of my new Digimon." Paradox said to himself, as he placed the Card Agumon had been sealed in on his Duel Disk, in which Agumon appeared in front of Paradox, but just stood in place as he stared vacantly into the distance.
"Agumon, I order you to bring me Trinidart Ouroboros." Paradox told Agumon, before he commanded the amber lizard Digimon in a wicked tone. "And if anyone or anything gets in your way. Destroy them."
After Agumon was given his orders, he immediately ran forward, leapt onto the railing, jumped into the air and as the seemingly freewill challenged Digimon fell down the building, Paradox pulled out a somewhat familiar looking white Digivice, with black buttons, in which he held the Digivice in the direction where Agumon had jumped and all of a sudden, the screen began to glow with ominous black energy, and in turn Agumon's form turned black as well.
Quickly, the silhouette of Agumon began to grow larger and larger by the second.
His entire body, including his head, chest, arms and legs had grown beyond his original size.
Agumon's tail had become much longer and three familiar horns had emerged from the silhouetted Digimon's head.
And when the shadows dissipated, we see that Agumon had Digivolved into his Champion form, GeoGreymon, who landed on the ground, greatly damaging the concrete, before he let out a loud roar, terrifying all those around him and alerting Sector Security of his presence.
Immediately, five Sector Security officers came rushing out of the building to see what was causing all the commotion, and were confused and shocked to see what it was.
"What is that thing?" One of the officers questioned in confusion and worry.
"I dunno, and I'm not staying around to find out!" Another officer replied in a panicky tone, before he quickly ran away and made his way back inside the Sector Security building.
After the cowardly officer made his way back into the safety of the Sector Security building, a more confident officer asked. "Can't you guys see it's just a Duel Monster?"
"Well, I've never seen that Monster before." A less confident officer replied nervously.
"Here, I'll show you." The confident officer replied, as he activated his Duel Disc and drew six Cards.
"I Summon Assault Dog!" The officer announced, as he placed the Card on his Duel Disc, in which the weapon wielding Doberman appeared before him.
It was then he exclaimed in a commanding tone. "Go, my Beast! Attack with Gatling Gunfire!"
Assault Dog did as he was told and fired a barrage of bullets from the submachine guns mounted on the sides of his body, however, all of the officers were shocked and confused when all the bullets hit, but dealt no damage as they passed right through GeoGreymon, causing the officer to question out loud. "What happened? Why didn't my attack have any effect?"
"Maybe your hound is all bark and no bite." One of the officers who had yet to talk replied jokingly, before he said seriously, as he activated his Duel Disc and drew six Cards. "Let me try."
"I send Gate Defender and two Handcuffs Dragons from my Hand to the Graveyard in order to Summon Montage Dragon!" The officer called out, as he placed the three aforementioned Monster Cards in his Graveyard and then placed Montage Dragon on his Duel Disc, which appeared before the officer, before he informed his colleagues. "Now Montage Dragon's Attack becomes equal to the combined stars of the Monsters I Discarded times three hundred. And since I Discarded a total of fourteen stars, that raises Montage Dragon's Attack power up to forty two hundred!"
"Montage Dragon, take down that oversized salamander with Power Collage!" The officer ordered.
Obeying their summoner, each head began charging different colored energy in their maw, the left head green, the middle head yellow and the right head red, before each head released a different stream of colored energy at GeoGreymon, however, just like with Assault Dog's attack, Montage Dragon's triple beam attack shot through GeoGreymon and had no effect on him.
"What in the? Montage Dragon has over four thousand Attack points, and yet my attack didn't work either?" The officer questioned in disbelief.
"Maybe that Monster cannot be destroyed by Monster attacks." The officer who had Summoned Assault Dog replied, before he said, as he tried to look on the bright side. "But the good news is that Monster was attacked twice and didn't respond. Maybe it cannot Attack?"
However, the officer was about to learn just how wrong he was, when an intense conflagration began to build up in GeoGreymon's mouth.
"Mega Flame!" GeoGreymon roared out, before he launched out a wave of flames from his mouth, which hit several squad cars, which exploded from the contact of the devastating blaze, terrifying the four officers, and not wanting to end up like the like the incinerated squad cars, they all turned back and ran away, all the while Paradox had been watching and was amused at their pitiful attempts to stop GeoGreymon.
"That's it. Turn tail and run, you miserable little insects." Paradox called out, before he began to laugh darkly, before he said out loud. "A mere Duel Monster, no matter how strong, is still just a hologram and is no match for a real monster."
Seeing as how there were no more Sector Security officers to bother him, GeoGreymon made his way over to the Sector Security building, but stopped when stepping out of the front door was Tetsu Trudge, who showed no signs of fear, as he walked toward the dinosaur Digimon, and after he stopped, fourteen officers, including Kaz, emerged from the sector Security building and ran beside Trudge, in which seven officers got down on one knee and pulled out their handguns, while the other seven stood behind the kneeling officers and pulled out their handguns, and all fourteen aimed their firearms at GeoGreymon.
"Open fire!" Trudge exclaimed in a commanding tone, in which all the officers did as they were told and began to fire bullet after bullet at GeoGreymon, however, bullets proved to be no match for GeoGreymon and only enraged him, causing the destructive Digimon to let out a loud and aggressive roar, which caused eleven Sector Security officers to drop their handguns and run away.
"You cowards! Get back here!" Trudge ordered aggressively, however, none of the officers listened to him.
"Trudge, look out!" Kaz called out, in which Trudge looked behind him to see a flaming Sector Security issued squad car heading right for him, but before the destroyed vehicle could reach Trudge, Yusei's voice called out strongly. "Go, Junk Gardna!"
It was then Junk Gardna appeared before Trudge and used its thick armoured arms to protect Trudge.
While everyone who saw Yusei save Trudge was happy to see 'The King of Turbo Duels and Games', one person wasn't.
'Yusei! I should've known he would show up and interfere with my plans!' Paradox thought to himself angrily, distracted by the arrival of the man who had defeated him and ruined his plan to rewrite history, Paradox failed to notice the flash of light behind him and that he was no longer alone, until he felt someone grab his shoulder, forcing him to turn around to see Marcus staring at him angrily, before he grabbed Paradox by the shirt with both hands, preventing him from escaping.
"Alright, you masked jerk! Where's Agumon!?" Marcus demanded in an aggressive tone.
"Why don't you see for yourself?" Paradox replied calmly, before he motioned with his head that Agumon was behind him.
Marcus then released his hold of Paradox, throwing him to the floor, before he made his way over to the railing of the building, followed by Yoshi and Rhythm, and were mystified to see a man riding a red Duel Runner, they would soon learn to be Yusei Fudo, controlling a silver coloured dragon and Akiza, assisting the silver dragon with a dragon of her own, a dragon that was blooming out of a rose.
Both dragons were engaged in a battle against GeoGreymon, and it looked like GeoGreymon lost when the dragon's blasts shot through GeoGreymon's fire and painfully struck GeoGreymon, caused Marcus' Digimon partner to collapse forward.
Seeing his best friend was in trouble, Marcus called out in a concerned tone. "Agumon!"
It was then GeoGreymon vanished, before the sound of a Duel Runner's engine starting could be heard, in which Marcus Yoshi and Rhythm turned their heads to see Paradox sitting on his Duel Runner, holding the Card he used on Agumon, only now it had GeoGreymon's image on it, in his left hand, almost as if he was displaying it just to taunt Marcus.
"Damon, I may not know how you or your friends were able to follow me. And as much as I'd love to stay and catch up. I've got other places I need to be. So long, Damon!" Paradox told Marcus, before he applied pressure to the accelerator and shot forward, letting out a quick evil laugh, as his Duel Runner broke though the protective railing, as his Duel Runner jumped the edge of the building and, in midair, began to glow.
And as the Duel Runner successfully jumped over the gap and landed on a nearby roof, the Duel Runner speed up and flashed out of sight, just like before, leaving behind Yoshi, Rhythm and a furious Marcus, who exclaimed aggressively. "Damn it! He got away again. Man, I hate that guy!"
Suddenly and without warning, Kaz and the four officers burst through the rooftop door with their firearms drawn, and Kaz called out in a commanding tone. "Don't move! Sector Security!"
Seeing that these people had guns, Marcus, Yoshi and Rhythm cooperated, their arms were placed behind their backs, before they were handcuffed and lead down the stairs.
-END FLASHBACK: Back in Lazar's office-
"...And after we were taken out of the building, we tried to explain that we weren't the bud guys, but good guys from another universe who had come to save my Digimon partner, but none of the officers believed us and were really confused whenever we used the word 'Digimon'." Marcus explained.
"And if my hands were free at the time, I could've released Lalamon from my Digivice to show we weren't lying." Yoshi said, in which Lalamon nodded in agreement.
"But fortunately I spoke to an officer, I believe his name was Kaz, and I told him I was a Digimon, in which he managed to convince Trudge to bring us to you, Mayor Lazar." Rhythm told Yusei, Akiza and Lazar.
"And you know the rest." Marcus stated simply.
"Hold on. Rhythm, you're a Digimon?" Akiza asked in a surprised tone, in response, Rhythm nodded her head, before she faced away from Yusei, Akiza and Lazar, took off her hat, and surprised the trio of Duelists as they could see a set of small wings were poking out of the back of Rhythm's head, and it was proven they were real when Rhythm fluttered her wings for a moment, before she turned around and put her hat back on.
"But there's something I don't understand." Rhythm said, before she asked in a puzzled tone. "If Duel Monster Cards are just holograms, how come Yusei and Akiza's Monsters were able to hurt Agumon?"
"It's because Yusei and myself are known as psychic Duelists." Akiza replied.
"I remember Trudge calling Marcus that. But what exactly is a psychic Duelist?" Yoshi questioned curiously.
"A psychic Duelist is a person who was born with the ability to give Duel Monsters a physical presence and cause actual damage when Summoned." Akiza replied, before she informed Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon with a blush, as she remembered the 'passionate night' she experienced with Yusei, which turned him into a psychic Duelist. "Of course there are other ways for people to become psychic Duelists."
"And since Trudge nor any of the other officers have never seen a Digimon before, that must've been where he got the idea I was a psychic Duelist and GeoGreymon was a Duel Monster Card they had never seen before." Marcus theorized.
"GeoGreymon?" Yusei questioned, before he asked Marcus in a confused tone. "I thought you said his name was Agumon?"
"Agumon and GeoGreymon are the same Digimon, only GeoGreymon is Agumon's Champion form." Marcus replied, but seeing the confused looks on Yusei and Akiza's faces, he knew he would have to explain further.
"Agumon can obtain his Champion form, which is far stronger than his Rookie form, but only through the action of me invoking a Digital Natural Ability Digivolution, or a D.N.A. Charge." Marcus informed, before he took out his Digivice and explained. "I can perform a D.N.A. charge by filling my hand with D.N.A and can then use that D.N.A. in combination with my Digivice to Digivolve Agumon to higher levels of Digivolution."
'But how was it that Paradox was able Digivolve Agumon?' Marcus thought to himself seriously.
"Just how many levels can Agumon Digivolve to?" Akiza asked curiously.
"I believe I can answer that question, Miss. Fudo." Lazar replied, as he pulled out a laptop and began typing, before he told everyone in the room. "It just so happens I have access to the information the science team had gathered during the time we spent in the Digital World, including data relating to Agumon. So if could all please come around I will show you."
All stood around Lazar, as he accessed the archives on the Digital World on his laptop, and a small amber colored reptile, better known as Agumon, appeared on the far left of the screen.
"That's Agumon?" Akiza questioned, as how something that small could turn into the massive and vicious t. rex she and Yusei fought.
"It looks like him." Yoshi replied, before she stated. "But it doesn't look like the Agumon we know."
"There's a simple explanation to that." Lazar said, before he explained. "Many Digimon species, including Agumon's, may have similarities, but there are some Digimon within those species who have differences when they Digivolve. Such as height, weight and differences in appearance, which can be caused when they Digivolve, or the Digimon intentionally changes its appearance to distinguish itself from its species, like wearing a pair of sunglasses, even at night."
"Then we have GeoGreymon, Agumon's Champion form." Lazar informed, before he told Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon in an archly tone. "But here's something I bet the four of you didn't know. Agumon can Digivolve into two Champion forms." It was then the fives humans and two Digimon, minus Lazar, were surprised to see the monitor display two arrows, one going in the top right direction, while the other was pointing down right, in which an image of GeoGreymon appeared beside the bottom arrow, while another GeoGreymon appeared beside the top arrow, only that GeoGreymon had no red markings on his helmet and no shoulder spikes.
"Hold on! You're saying Agumon can Digivolve into two Champion forms?" Marcus questioned in an astonished tone.
"Well, yes and no." Lazar replied, which confused Marcus, before Lazar explained. "Like many Digimon species, Agumon's Digivolution form depend on various factors such as how and where he was raised to determine whether he Digivolves into Greymon or GeoGreymon, and in your Agumon's case, he chose the GeoGreymon path of Digivolution, and can't change it."
"Now that we're up to date, next we have Agumon's Ultimate forms." Lazar said, as the monitor displayed two right facing arrows, that were both pointing beside Greymon and GeoGreymon, before two Ultimate level Digimon appeared parallel by the arrows, which Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon recognized RizeGreymon, but the top one looked similar to Greymon, only the top of his head was encased in a metal helmet and spiky red hair was growing out the back of the helmet.
His left arm had grown larger than his right and undergone a metallic transformation, while a large portion of metal looked like it had been infused within the cyborg dinosaur's chest.
And lastly, six purple coloured shredded wings had appeared out of the Ultimate Digimon's back.
It was then Lazar introduced the Ultimate Digimon with a joke. "Behold, MetalGreymon and ShineGreymon. And believe me, these are two Digimon you don't want to run into in a dark alley or make mad. Or make mad in a dark alley."
When nobody responded to Lazar's joking, not even letting out a small snigger, Lazar sighed before he got serious again.
"Alright. Let's move on. And at long last, we have Agumon's Mega forms, WarGreymon and ShineGreymon." Lazar said, as the screen brought up two more arrows beside the Ultimate level Digimon, showing the aforementioned Mega Digimon, in which Yusei's eyes widened in shock as he recognized the two dragon Digimon.
It was then Akiza asked Yusei in a concerned tone. "Yusei, what's wrong?"
"WarGreymon and ShineGreymon are the first and the fifth dragons from my nightmare." Yusei replied, which shocked Akiza and confused Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon.
"Nightmare?" Rhythm questioned curiously.
"Yeah. But I fear my nightmare may actually be a warning of what could happen if Paradox isn't stopped." Yusei replied, as he remembered the distressing events of his nightmare, before told them. "In my nightmare, Paradox had five dragon based Digimon lined up as they were going to take out all these people and Digimon I had never seen before, including you guys. Unfortunately all the dragons were shrouded in shadows, so I could only see their outlines. But seeing these images, there's no doubt in my mind that WarGreymon and ShineGreymon are two out of the five dragons Paradox wishes to obtain and control."
"Ok, so we know Paradox has control of only one out of five Digimon from Yusei's nightmare, and has yet to Digivolve him to his Mega level. That's a good thing right?" Lazar questioned, before he turned his swivel chair around, faced Yusei and asked. "Alright what's the plan, Yusei?"
"Too be honest, Lazar. I don't have one." Yusei replied, in which Lazar became nervous again and asked Yusei in the same nervous sounding tone. "You...You're joking right? Because you're Yusei Fudo, the same Yusei Fudo who saved all of New Domino City from the evil that was the Dark Signers, Z-one's Divine Temple and even managed to defeat Paradox before. So you have to have a plan."
"I'm afraid not. I'm not sure what to do or what I can do." Yusei replied, in which Lazar whimpered in a pleading tone, as he grabbed onto Yusei's right arm. "What do you mean you're not sure? You have to have a plan, otherwise it's all over for all of us, especially me!"
When Yusei was about to try and remove Lazar's hands off of his arm, he hesitated when his arm began to glow a bright crimson, which surprised everyone, even more so when the Head of the Dragon appeared on Yusei's arm, followed by the Mark of the Dragon's Hand appearing on Akiza's arm, in which Yusei and Akiza could feel the power of the Crimson Dragon flow through them, and felt as though the Crimson Dragon had returned in order to help them, while at the same time returned to tell them that others needed their help, and most likely wherever they were, Crow's Mark of the Dragon's Tail, Jack's Mark of the Dragon's Wings, Leo's Mark of the Dragon's Heart and Luna's Mark of the Dragon Foot had appeared on their arms.
It was then everyone in Lazar's office marveled as Yusei and Akiza's Marks of the Dragon vanished for a moment, only to appear seconds later as the completed seal of the Crimson Dragon on Yusei's back.
"It's the Mark of The Crimson Dragon!" Akiza said, amazed, as she thought she would never see that ever again.
"Really? THE Mark of The Crimson Dragon?" Lazar questioned, as hope filled through him, knowing the Crimson Dragon was back and on their side, before he told Yusei in a somewhat commanding tone. "Yusei, as your Mayor, I insist you turn around so I can see it."
However, Lazar would have to wait, as Marcus had stopped looking at the Crimson Dragon Mark on Yusei's back and was now staring out the large window behind them, before he called out and questioned. "Hey, Yusei. I may not be from around here, but is it normal for your Duel Runner to be glowing red?"
Immediately, everyone went to the window and look down at when Yusei's Duel Runner was parked and were awestruck to see Yusei's Duel Runner was engulfed in a crimson coloured light.
Seeing this, Yusei knew what he had to do, as he turned around and began to run out of Lazar's office. Realizing what Yusei was going to do, Akiza quickly took off, followed by Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon, as they something was up with this Crimson Dragon business and could be a way to find and save Agumon from Paradox's twisted hold on him.
-Outside the front of the Mayor's building, some time later-
Yusei had just put on his helmet and gotten on his Duel Runner, which was no longer covered in Crimson light, but Yusei could still feel the power of the Crimson Dragon surging through his Duel Runner. It was then Akiza showed up, and before Yusei could react, Akiza took a seat behind Yusei, put on the spare helmet Yusei kept and wrapped her arms around his waist, before she told him. "Don't think you can get rid of me that easily."
Yusei smiled at her remark and told her wholeheartedly. "I wouldn't dream of it."
It was after Yusei started the engine that Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon exited the building and Marcus called out. "Hey, Yusei!"
Yusei and Akiza then turned their heads to see Marcus and the others making their way over to Yusei's Duel Runner.
"I don't know what this Crimson Dragon thing is that you were talking about. But if it's a way of going after Paradox and getting back Agumon, we're coming too." Marcus said in a determined tone, as he and his friends were now standing next to Yusei Go.
"Alright then. But I have something to ask you guys." Yusei replied, before he questioned in a serious tone. "Do you trust me?"
"More than we trust anyone else we've met in this world." Marcus replied, in which Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon nodded their heads, as Yusei was the one who trusted them, and got him, his girlfriend and Digimon out of Trudge's prison sentence.
"Listen, guys. I want you stay here while I circle the block to get enough speed, so I can call upon the Crimson Dragon's power." Yusei said, before he told them honest filled tone. "But don't worry. What happens next won't hurt you, trust me."
After Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon showed their trust with a nod of their heads, Yusei placed his foot on the accelerator and drove off, leaving the two humans and two Digimon alone for a while, until they heard the sound of a loud cry behind them and when they turned around, they were confused and astounded to see a large red coloured dragon, which they guessed must've been the Crimson Dragon Yusei was talking about, coming right at them.
Although logic and the feeling of trepidation told them to move, remembering Yusei telling them to trust him about what would happen gave them the strength to stand in place, showing no signs of fear, as the Crimson Dragon got closer and closer.
It was then the Crimson Dragon opened its mouth, and with one quick snap, 'swallowed' Marcus, Yoshi, Rhythm and Lalamon, before the Crimson Dragon vanished through a multi-coloured tunnel, leaving New Domino City, and the dimension the Crimson Dragon originated from, along with all the heroes inside it, to answer the call of those who need help from Paradox's evil.