Yuya and Yuto noted that Lulu wasn't herself, and they explained that they were Yuto, urging Lulu to regain her true self. This caused Yuya to be momentarily taken over by darkness and he angrily confronted Sora, telling him that he was wrong. Yuya jumped on and rode with them to the Duel Palace, where Melissa Trail was waiting and started a news report on what was going on. When Frederick, Tate, and Allie asked him where he got his boots from, Yuya explained that they were a gift, but he couldn't remember who had given them to him. However, any respect Yuya had towards Declan was immediately lost when Declan revealed that the Battle Royal was a test to recruit Lancers and that he plotted for his friends to fend off the Fusion Dimension invaders which resulted in many of them being sealed in cards. Yuya instead had Moon Shadow give a letter to Zuzu, reassuring her that he would win the tournament in order to bring smiles to the people of New Domino, and to return home with their comrades.

Yuya witnessed the Professor seal the Doktor into a card, freeing the girls. This bond culminated in Zuzu's speech to Z-ARC that she believed that Yuya was not a demon despite being the reincarnation of the destroyer of the Original Dimension, allowing for Yuya to break free of Z-ARC's control and allow Ray/Riley to defeat him. [81] His Deck now includes more "Odd-Eyes" monsters, even some that are not Dragon-Type. Dennis, who still wanted to Duel Yuya, stopped him, revealing to Yuya's surprise that he had been one of Yusho's students. The Obelisk Force taunted Yuya by mockingly showing the Knight of Duels' Duelists' cards and told him he would share the same fate, enraging Yuya further. Zuzu quickly and violently shoved Yuya away, much to his surprise. [24], Yuya is also immune to The Doktor's Parasite Monsters. They witnessed a man being sealed into a card by three Duel Academy students and found the woman's house, eventually managing to convince them to take their food back. He asked if Declan knew his father, to which Kit and Dipper shouted from the sidelines that of course they knew him; he was the coward that ran away.

[114], After the Duel, Allen accepted Yuya as a comrade before the Obelisk Force arrived. Both registration and sign in support using google and facebook accounts. Shay then arrived with two Resistance members and explained that the Lancers were indeed his comrades. No one expected Jack to actually have a hidden upgrade to his ace monster and the fact that he may have been concealing the true extent of his strength up until now.

Roget told the officer to let him go. They value their friendship as Crow attempted to protect him and did not want Yuya to be in trouble if the prison breakout fails and Yuya wanting to have a close relationship despite Crow's intentions. Another student emerged in terror; Sylvio and Crow ran after the student, and Yuya and Gong soon lost them. Yuya intentionally attracted the Battle Beast's attention, as Gong's Heavystrong style would limit his defensive options. Declan began to laugh, and he claimed to have seen the possibilities for further evolution in Pendulum Summoning.

After using Zuzu's "Polymerization" in one of his Duels,[26] Yuya starts using cards like "Performapal Trump Witch" to Pendulum-Fusion Summon Fusion Monsters like "Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" and "Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon". This made Yuya stop and remember Skip's words and lessons that Yuya must be the example of other people for being the pioneer of Pendulum Summoning, just as his father was the pioneer of Action Duels, and in turn, Yuya realized that Pendulum Summoning was his own doing, not borrowed from someone else. Yuya realized what his mother meant, and Pendulum Summoned "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" on his next turn, then used Yoko's "Smile World" to power up his monsters and defeat Yoko. Yuya asked how he knew that, and Kit replied that he wanted to say good luck, although it might be difficult for him, and he left.

However the ship that Yusho had boarded left and they tried to find a boat to catch up with it. Yuya apologized for putting him on the spot. Yuya freaked, but it was too late to fix his mistake. This in turn allowed Reed to bring out his "Royal Cookpals," which, when Yuya Pendulum Summoned next turn, force-fed his monsters until they were destroyed, but returned to Reed's hand. The reminder of the events awakened Yuto inside Yuya, and Yuto revealed his anger to Yuya, asking if he understood it.

This action further shocked the audience at the Duel Palace, as well as Yuya, Frank, Amanda, Tanner, Sam, and Chojiro. The Lancers were separated, though the Council reassured them that they would be unharmed, and Crow urged Yuya to crush Jack, who he called a traitor. However, they heard a scream and ran to the location only to find a card containing a Duel Academy student.

Deciding to find his other friends out of worry, he and Gong split up with Reed and Trout. Yuya mused that the conflict between Sora's people and Shay's seemed to be larger than an inter-school rivalry, but before they could talk further, they overheard the guards looking for Sora, who had escaped. Tate believed in Yuya, and Gong encouraged Yuya to support his fans. Great! He put up a good performance with "Performapal Hip Hippo" and used the Action Cards that were scattered around the battlefield to save himself. He claimed that he would put an end to this.

Security arrested all the Lancers save Declan's younger brother, who was nowhere to be found, much to Yuya's panic. Yuya is also supportive of Zuzu and is grateful for all her help over the years.

[122], After scaling the cliff, they were surrounded by Duel Academy students before utilizing their plan to split into two groups with Yuya, Gong, Sylvio, Crow, and Moon Shadow Dueling the students while Declan's group continued to the lab. Etsy may send you communications; you may change your preferences in your account settings. Theorizing that it might only work when he was in a pinch, he urged Zuzu to attack him with all she had, but the Summon failed again and Zuzu defeated him. He asked Crow how they made it to the Fusion Dimension, but Sora reminded him the Duel was still continuing.