Six months passed since the Dark Signers were defeated with everyone living their lives in peace, however that would be short lived. One day, a giant stone tablet crashed somewhere outside the city. Yusei tried to see the tablet, but failed. Not too long after, trouble started to happen.
Someone was attacking and killing Turbo Duelist, he even sent Trudge to the hospital. Refusing to stand by, Yusei set out to find the mysterious Duelist and defeat him. At night, Yusei found 'him', and challenged him to a Turbo Duel. A man had a monster unlike anything Yusei has ever seen before. 'He' called it Meklord Emperor Wisel, a monster that was five monsters put together. It was beyond powerful, and it proved it by absorbing Yusei's Stardust Dragon.
Despite his setback, Yusei managed to defeat the 'Duelist' and his Meklord Emperor with Majestic Star Dragon. Later, Yusei found out what he Dueled wasn't actually a man, but a machine. Even the machine's deck was gone. Deciding to figure out what this means later, Yusei could focus on his main objective.
The World Racing Grand Pix.
It was a tournament to celebrate the unity of the Satellite and New Domino City. Yusei, Jack and Crow decided to enter the tournament. It would be a while before it began, so Yusei waited patiently. During the wait, many things happened.
Yusei dueled a teacher from Leo, Luna and Akiza's school called Rudolph Heitmann to save a class from being expelled. Crow dueled an old man named Bashford so that he could live at Martha's house. Jack dueled a business man called Don Piero to help a family suffering from him. Leo dueled the spirit of a boy named Haley and won.
Yusei was kidnapped by some men who wanted him to duel in the World Racing Grand Pix for them, only to be saved by Akiza. However, a woman Turbo Duelist known as Sherry LeBlanc came out of nowhere and challenged Yusei to a Turbo Duel. She was very skilled, reducing Yusei's Life Points to 100. However, before the Duel could have a conclusion, it was canceled by those same men who kidnapped Yusei. They tried to drop a truck on Yusei and Sherry, but Akiza saved them with her psychic powers.
Sherry had challenged Yusei because she wanted to test him, she apparently wanted him on her team for the World Racing Grand Pix. Her goal for entering was to get revenge on a group called Iliaster, who had killed her parents when she was very young. After explaining her reasons, she left with her guardian Elsworth.
Yusei started to recall his duel against the ghost and was beginning to fear the monster he used. He tried to stop using Synchro monsters, even trying to Duel Jack without them, but got schooled. Later on that day, the gang was invited to the WRGP party, a party for the contestants entering the tournament.
The gang met one of the teams entering the tournament, a team called Team Unicorn. Team Unicorn was three males called Breo, Andre and Jean. Yusei was still being hunted by the ghost and had a bit of an attitude, but that was the least of his concerns. Some hotshot called Dobocle tried to crash the party, but failed with Akiza giving him a whiplashing with her Black Rose Dragon.
Dobocle tried to escape, but he caught the attention of someone he shouldn't, which resulting with him crashing his Duel Runner. Yusei thought that someone that chased after Dobocle was the ghost and rushed to confront him. However, a man by the name of Vizor appeared and blocked their way. He said that Yusei couldn't defeat the 'Ghost' in his current state until he found the 'Synchro Solution'. The two had a Turbo Duel, where Vizor showed Yusei something unbelievable.
Accel Synchro.
Accel Synchro was amazing; it allowed Vizor to Synchro Summon on Yusei's turn. Vizor used a Synchro monster and a Synchro Tuner monster to Accel Synchro Summon his Accel Synchro monster, T.G. Blade Blaster. Yusei was in disbelief at witnessing Accel Synchro, but continued on.
Yusei played a combo to destroy Blade Blaster with his Drill Warrior, but Vizor removed it from play, allowing Drill Warrior to attack him directly. Despite winning, it didn't feel a victory to Yusei. He questioned Vizor why he let it end like that, but Vizor that he couldn't reveal all the Accel Synchro secrets yet, before he drove off, leaving Yusei with a goal in mind.
The next day, Yusei, Jack and Crow finished building Akiza's new Duel Runner. Akiza had decided to become a Turbo Duelist herself after watching Sherry and Yusei's Turbo Duel. To get her Turbo Duel license, she needed to pass a Turbo Duel test. It took a few days and crashes, but Akiza succeeded and was ready to pass the final test.
Yusei taught Akiza a lesson, but she had difficulty to learn it. To help, Yusei took Akiza skating rink to help her. Leo and Luna tagged along with Leo seeing it as a date. Yusei didn't say it out, but he enjoyed his 'date' with Akiza, who felt the same. Akiza was ready and duel Trudge in a Turbo Duel. She emerged as the winner, officially becoming a Turbo Duelist.
Jack helped Trudge arrest a criminal organization after accidently getting an undercover officer by the name of Kaz. To fix his mistake, Jack defeated Syd, the thieves' leader with Kaz's ace monster, Chaos King Archfiend. Despite his lose, Syd and his gang tried to hurt Jack, who actually fought the whole gang and won. With his mistake fixed, Jack returned Kaz's card to him, with the two forming a friendship.
One day, Yusei and Akiza were having a friendly Turbo Duel with Leo and Luna watching them. Seeing Yusei and Akiza Turbo Duel, Leo was determined to become a Turbo Duelist himself. However, another stone tablet came from the sky and crashed outside the city again. Like last time, Yusei and the gang couldn't get close to it.
The next day, a new kid named Lester came to Leo and Luna's Duel Academy School. Luna was a bit infatuated with Lester as he seemed to pay more attention to her, while Leo didn't like him. One day when Leo wasn't by Luna's side, Lester invited Luna to his 'house', where he showed her something spraining.
A Duel Board.
It was a board like device that would allow even children to Turbo Duel. Leo, having snuck into the house, saw the Duel Board, before he took off towards Yusei in hopes that he could build him one. Lester gave Luna the Duel Board he showed her and took her home. Leo spent the night at Yusei's place as he built Leo's Duel Board.
Soon with his Duel Board complete, Leo took off to do some training. Later on, Yusei's mark glowed, alerting him that Luna was in trouble. He set off with Jack, soon joined by Crow and Akiza to find the twins. They found them in the Turbo Duel lane, dueling another child with a Duel Board, however this child had a Meklord monster like Meklord Emperor Wisel, only this one was called Meklord Emperor Skiel.
Despite the twins' best efforts, they were defeated by the child, who was revealed to be Lester. The next day, the gang set off towards Lester's house to get payback, but was in for a surprised to see no house there. They tried to talk to some of Leo and Luna's classmates who met Lester, but were surprised that they claimed to know no one by that name.
A few days later, Yusei was testing out a new engine he created around the city, before he stopped to think about his past. He thought about his Duel against the Ghost and how he only won thanks to Majestic Star Dragon. Jack and Crow soon met up with Yusei, where the three old friends had a discussion.
Yusei came to the conclusion that Iliaster was behind everything, thinking back to when Roman had told him that it was a man from Iliaster who set him down the path of becoming a Dark Signer. Furthermore, they appeared to be using the WRGP for some mysterious plan, if Sherry was to be believed. The three decide to work towards mastering Vizor's Accel Synchro as a means to effectively combat Iliaster's plot and to protect the city.
A few days later, Trudge and Mina took Yusei, Jack and Crow out for a fancy dinner at a fancy restaurant. Apparently, they found a male whose lost his memories and they want them to take care of him. At first they weren't willing to accept, but were reminded about the dinner they were having and agreed. However, the guy never showed, much to Crow's relief.
Down at the car park, Yusei, Jack and Crow spotted someone working on Jack's Duel Runner. Angered, Jack punched the guy to the floor, before he took off on his Duel Runer. Yusei helped the guy up as Trudge and Mina ran over. They recognized the man as 'Bruno', the one they wanted Yusei, Jack and Crow to look after.
Suddenly, Jack came riding back. He literally just grabbed Bruno, said "I'm gonna borrow this chump" before taking off with Bruno on board. Surprised at first, Yusei and Crow chased after Jack, leaving Trudge and Mina. Later at the garage that they were staying, Jack was interrogating Bruno on what he did to his Duel Runner.
Apparently, Bruno gave Jack's Duel Runner a tune up. This immediately got Yusei's attention. Before they knew it, Bruno and Yusei were working on Duel Runner programs, ignoring Jack and Crow and it was settled that Bruno would stay with them. Yusei and Bruno finished a program after a few days without rest and went to sleep, leaving the program undefended.
The next morning, everyone was in for a surprise. Someone broke in and stole the program that Yusei and Bruno worked so hard for. Worse of all, they deleted the original copy, leaving them with nothing. However, the thief left one clue for them. While waiting for the program to be copied, the thief had one of the GoGo cup ramen.
Bruno carefully picked up the plastic covering one of the Gogo cup ramen with a metal chop stick. Bruno spotted a finger print, which was their ticket to finding who robbed them. Bruno and Yusei hacked into Security's database to find a match on the finger print. Just mere seconds, they were in and close to finding their thief, but one last thing stood in their way.
It was a simulation Duel, and a complicated one. Crow and Jack tried, but failed miserably. Bruno took the last chance and succeeded thanks to Crow and Jack's attempts. It turned out their old friend Lazar was their thief. Yusei, Crow, Jack and Bruno immediately head out to find the little clown and introduce them to a world of pain.
They found him on the road and chased him. The little clown led them to the mail in hopes to lose them, but Crow and Jack managed to get him in a grid lock. However, the clown proved to be a true clown because his circus tricks enabled him to escape the grid lock and run away. He even used toys to distract the gang. Jack and Crow were fooled, but Bruno figured out Lazar's little trick.
Bruno and Yusei chased after him to a closed-down factory. They entered to find Lazar and get the program back, but the alarm went off and separated Yusei from Bruno. Yusei continued on to find Lazar, while Bruno went back to get Jack and Crow. Yusei eventually found Lazar, who tried to run, but tailed.
However, Lazar tried to play innocent, but it didn't work. Suddenly, a giant yellow robot came out of the floor and locked the two in the room with it. The only way out was to Duel the robot and defeat it. Yusei accepted the challenge and Dueled the robot, with it proving to be a tough challenge. It was programmed with Yusei's Dueling data and hand countermeasures for every one of Yusei's moves.
Eventually, the factory' self destruct system activated, making it more important that Yusei quickly wins the Duel. Eventually, Yusei defeated the troublesome robot with his ace Stardust Dragon, but the countdown was too low, but Yusei and Lazar managed to escape thanks to the clown man's clown tricks. However, they failed to retrieve the program and Lazar escaped.
A few days later in the middle of the night, Sector Security barged in and arrested Jack. They took him, his Duel Runner and his deck. Yusei, Crow and Bruno went to Sector Security headquarters to know why Jack was arrested. Trudge and Mina explained that 'Jack' has been assaulting Turbo Duelist and crashing Duel Runners.
The gang tried to find evidence when one day, Jack broke out of prison, Yusei and Crow went to search for him. They found 'Jack' on the Turbo Duel highway, next to a broken barrier with a purple Red Dragon Archfiend. 'Jack' left with a smirk, confusing the two Signers. Eventually, Carly came to them with proof that the 'Jack' they saw was a fake.
With the truth out, Yusei and Crow went out to find the fake Jack. They met up with Kaz, who was chasing the fake Jack, who wasn't Dueling, but ramming into them. He even rammed into Crow and forced him off his Duel Runner. Suddenly, the real Jack came out of nowhere and Dueled his counterpart.
The fake Jack was powerful, having three Red Dragon Archfiends, all with different colours than the original. However, thanks to a card Crow gave to him, Jack kept Red Dragon Archfiend and eventually, Synchro Summoned Majestic Red Dragon. With Majestic Star Dragon, Jack won and found out his counterpart was actually a robot. They couldn't analyze it because Jack destroyed the thing.
With his name clear, Jack took Yusei and Crow to a cave he was being held hostage, but it wasn't there anymore, like it never existed. Even though they didn't like it, they had to stop their search of finding out who created the robot Jack.
Later on, Zora, the woman who allowed Yusei, Jack, Crow and Bruno to live in the garage was feeling depressed because cuckoo clock that she has cherished was decided to be replaced. She did have good news, her son Lyndon was coming to visit, but the two were having an argument, so she was practicing on Crow.
Later on when the gang, along with Akiza, Leo and Luna were in the garage, were working on their Duel Runners. Out of nowhere, Lyndon came out of nowhere and he was excited to get to know everyone. The gang asked him why he and his mother were arguing and Lyndon explained because he wanted to be a Duelist, while Zora wanted him to follow in his father's footsteps.
Lyndon left to study clocks and has returned to repair the broken cuckoo clock. The gang helped him out a bit to make up with his mother, but things didn't go as planned. Zora and Lyndon had another argument with Zora revealing that it was Lyndon who broke the clock. Lyndon tried to run, but Crow wouldn't allow it and challenged Lyndon to a Duel.
Lyndon accepted the challenge and the two dueled. Lyndon managed to win thanks to a 'Time Wizard', a card his father gave to him. Although, Crow could have won because he had the Trap card Mirror Force, but allowed himself to lose. However, thanks to the Duel, Lyndon and Zora made up because Lyndon finally realized what he wanted to be. Lyndon even managed to fix the clock.
One day after waking up from a nightmare about Zero Reverse, Yusei went out, thinking about what happened all those years ago. Jack and Crow decided to have a Turbo Duel with their old friend to cheer him up, which worked a bit. However, suddenly some masked man riding a white Duel Runner came out of nowhere and challenged Yusei to a Turbo Duel. Yusei accepted the challenge and Dueled him.
The masked man was powerful, but was still losing. To finish things up, Yusei Synchro Summoned Stardust Dragon, however that was what the masked man wanted. He brought out a blank card and somehow stole Stardust from Yusei. Shocked at what happened, Yusei questioned who the masked man was, but somehow he disappeared in fast speeds.
The three Signers returned to the garage, trying to figure out just what happened. Then Akiza, Leo and Luna came in, they found something shocking. Luna showed Yusei an old article about the greatest Duelist in history.
Yugi Moto, the King of Games.
Ever since he heard of Yugi in his childhood, Yusei admired him a great deal. However the next page shocked him. In the past, Stardust Dragon appeared in Europe. Knowing that Stardust Dragon didn't exist back then, Yusei zoomed in on the picture and saw the masked man. Somehow, he time traveled to the past.
Suddenly outside New Domino City began to disappear right before their eyes. Yusei then remembers that Paradox gloating about how their era and time would soon be coming to an end. The Signers marks began to glow as the complete Crimson Dragon mark appeared on Yusei's back. Yusei's Duel Runner also began glowing with the Crimson Dragon's power. He decided to ride his Duel Runner, telling the dragon that he'll go wherever he takes him so long as it gives him a chance to stop the masked man.
The Crimson Dragon took Yusei back into the past, where he saved a male known as Jaden Yuki from the masked man. Jaden was an interesting boy, he had the ability to summon his monsters to life, communicate with a dead man and communicate with Duel Spirits like how Luna does. The two decided to team up to stop the masked man. However, Jaden's time began to fall apart, so Yusei acted quickly and took both him and Jaden further into the past.
There they met Yugi Moto himself and went back a little further because the masked man killed both Yugi's grandfather and Maximillion Pegasus. The three teamed up to stop whatever the masked man was plotting and unknown to Yusei was that in Yugi's Millennium Puzzle was the spirit of an ancient pharaoh, who agreed to help as well.
Jaden's friend Yubel used her powers to scare innocent bystanders off so that they wouldn't get caught in the crossfire, along with hoping that it'll keep Pegasus from coming. Then the masked man appeared before them and revealed his face and name. His name was Paradox and he has come from beyond Yusei's time to destroy Duel Monsters. And if that meant killing people, he was fine with it.
Refusing to allow this, Yusei, Jaden and Yugi all Dueled Paradox, who was a powerful opponent using monsters called Malefic, which were dark versions of monsters he stole from Duelist around time, including Yusei's Stardust Dragon. However, together Yusei, Jaden and Yugi defeated Paradox and his ace monster, Malefic Truth Dragon with their aces, Stardust Dragon, Elemental Hero Neos and Dark Magician.
With time secured, the three watched atop a building as people enjoyed a tournament that Pegasus was holding and how everyone loved Duel Monsters. The three enjoyed their time together and even though they might never see each other again, formed a bond that would exist forever, beyond time itself. Yusei took Jaden back to his time, before he returned to his timeline, where he reunited with his friends, who were happy to see that Yusei was unharmed and safe, who was happy that despite what happened, learned important lessons from Jaden and Yugi. At times, he would think about them and wondered if he'd ever see them again.
A few days later after the battle with Paradox, Yusei received a letter from a woman named Barbara, asking him to come to Crash Town to help an old friend of his. Yusei traveled to Crash Town, which looked like an old cowboy town, they even had cowboy themed Duel Disks. Yusei saw three men try to escape two Duelist, but failed. One of them threw a pendant at Yusei. Yusei saw the Duelists latterly shock the three men, who were wearing collars. Yusei questioned the Duelist what they were doing, who replied that they were keeping their workers from leaving. The two Duelist carried the three men away, with Yusei continuing to Crash Town.
The welcome comedy was VERY welcoming, three guys tried to challenge Yusei, but before the Duel could even start, a woman stopped it. The woman was actually Barbara, the one who sent Yusei the letter. Barbara and Yusei talked on the cliff overlooking Crash Town. She told Yusei that the time that the town's true troubles come is at sunset, which is soon to begin.
Two groups of Duel Runner gangs entered the town from opposite directions. Barbara explained to Yusei that the group with the red scarves is the Malcolm Group, led by a man called Malcolm, while the other group is the Radley Bunch, led by a man named Radley. Yusei questioned what was going to happen, and Barbara told him to just watch and see.
The two gangs were Dueling for something called dyne, which is used in the construction of Duel Runners. Yusei's old friend Kalin had joined the Radley Bunch because he wanted to die. Apparently, the losers of these Duels were sent to the mountain to work there for the rest of their lives, until they die.
Yusei watched as Kalin Dueled and defeated a man from the Malcolm Group, who was sent to the mountain against his will. When Kalin was leaving with the Radley Bunch, Yusei tried to call out to him, who didn't respond and left. Barbara explained to Yusei that she had a plan to 'help' Kalin.
First, Yusei needed to join the Malcolm Group and defeat Kalin. Deciding it was the best option, Yusei joined the Malcolm Group after defeating those three amateurs from before. The Malcolm gang accepted Yusei and hired him, and the next day, Yusei Dueled Kalin as a member of the Malcolm Group. Kalin was a strong as ever even without One Hundred Eye Dragon and Ccapac Apu, he had a new Synchro Monster called Infernity Doom Dragon.
However, Yusei still obtained victory and Kalin would be sent off to the mountains. With Kalin defeated, Yusei turned to Barbara for the next part of the plan. However, it turned out she deceived Yusei. She was actually Malcolm's fiancé and tricked Yusei into defeating Kalin for them.
It things weren't bad enough, Malcolm's little brother Lawton showed, challenged Radley in one turn and took control of Crash Town. Kalin, Yusei and Radley were sent to the mountain, but Yusei had no intention of staying. Kalin however had every intention of staying; wanting to suffer for everything he did as a Dark Signer. Yusei had to temporarily knock him out. When Kalin woke up and saw he was out of the mountain, he and Yusei had a fight, before they saw a graveyard full of Crash Town Duel Disks.
Two kids named Nico and West came up to them, having been pushing Yusei's Duel Runner with them. They were planning on breaking Kalin and Yusei out to help them save Crash Town and their father, who had been sent to the mine. West spotted the pendent that Yusei had, recognizing it as his father's pendent.
Yusei wanted to help everyone in the mine, but before he could try, Lawton showed up on his Duel Runner. Kalin, Nico and West ran to escape, while Yusei had a Turbo Duel with Lawton. Lawton was powerful even without Synchro Monsters, but Yusei adapted. Kalin soon joined in, using a Duel Runner he borrowed from one of the lackeys of the Malcolm group, with Nico and West riding besides him.
They came close to escape, but Lawton played a Trap called Explosion Wall and used dynamite to blow the mountain up. Kalin and Yusei were separated from Nico and West, who were captured by Lawton and taken back to Crash Town. Barbara was a sly woman, it turned out she was married to Lawton and was only pretending to be Malcolm's fiancé so that he'd give authority of the town over to her. She even kicked a table in his face. Even Malcolm's gang betrayed him to serve Lawton.
Yusei and Kalin were down, but not out. Kalin, fueled by his promise to Nico and West's father to protect his children, refused to give up. They grabbed a couple of Duel Disks from the graveyard and went to Crash Town to defeat Lawton and save Nico and West. The two teamed up on Lawton in a Duel and were beginning to defeat him.
Fearing for her husband's defeat, Barbara tried to stop the Duel. However, the people of Crash Town wouldn't allow it. Lawton proved to be a man without honour when he brought out a shock gun and tried to shoot Yusei and Kalin, but Crow came in and saved them by knocking Lawton's gun away with one of his cards.
Barbara tried to hold Nico and West hostage and chock them, but Jack saved them by kicking her whip away and shoving her to the ground. Together, the Enforcers were back together. Jack and Crow even brought Sector Security along, who quickly arrested Lawton's lackeys in the mountain and freed all the prisoners there.
In a last ditch effort to escape arrest, Lawton blew Crash Town up, even leaving Barbara and escaped on his Duel Runner. Kalin first checked on Nico and West, before he chased after Lawton. When he caught Lawton, Kalin continued the Duel with him and won through the effect of Infinity Doom Slinger. With Lawton and Barbra arrested, Crash Town began to heal and rebuild.
Kalin had decided to stay in Crash Town to look after Nico and West and help rebuild it. Yusei respected Kalin's choice and returned to New Domino City with Crow and Jack. A few days later, Yusei and Bruno met up with Trudge and Mina to discuss if they've found out who Bruno is, but still haven't found the answers, but promised to keep trying.
When they were leaving, a bomb went off in the building. An evacuation was announced to everyone inside, but Yusei spotted Sherry and her guardian Elsworth in the building. It turned out they were responsible for the bomb and wanted access to the central computer terminal.
Elsworth Dueled Yusei to distract him long enough for Sherry to use the central computer terminal, but Bruno managed to get through him. It took Synchro Summoning Stardust Dragon to defeat Elsworth, but Yusei won. Yusei didn't want to stop Sherry, having learned from Elsworth that she did this to see what the card that the people who killed her parents wanted, really was.
Yusei and Elsworth hurried to the central computer terminal to join Sherry and Bruno. Bruno wanted to help Sherry too so he assessed the central computer for her. The analysis has finished and Bruno and Sherry were surprised to find that no anomalous features have been discovered in the card. But even this surprise was surpassed when the terminal surged with a storm of energy. Yusei and Elsworth ran to them, before Yusei, Bruno and Sherry were enveloped in a burst of light.
The three find themselves in a cyber-like plane. Looking around, they saw a strange mechanical object with an eye staring right at them. Even as they look at it, they were scanned with a strange frequency and were rendered unconscious. They woke up back in their world, though they were now far from the headquarters.
Elsworth, who knew nothing after the burst, acknowledged his debt to Yusei for not turning them in to Security. He carried the still-unconscious Sherry away, leaving Yusei and Bruno to wonder what just happened.
A few days later, Yusei and Bruno were trying to figure out a strange problem that Crow's Duel Runner was experiencing. They were even resorting to use a chainsaw, a hammer and a flame torch. Trudge and Mina came in and requested to talk to Crow. They've found a lead on what happened to Crow's friend Robert Pearson.
On the night Pearson died, he was Dueling someone, who defeated with a card called Crimson Mefist. The owner of the Synchro Monster was a mystery, so Crow went to visit another old friend of Robert Pearson. A man named Bolton, who was Pearson's partner. Crow showed the Crimson Mefist card to Bolton, he got a reaction.
Bolton tried to get Crow to forget what happened, but he was determined. Bolton challenged Crow to a Duel and if he won, Crow would give him the Black-Winged Dragon. Crow said he didn't have the Synchro Monster, but Bolton didn't believe him. He made a bet if Crow defeated him, he'd reveal what he knew.
Crow accepted the challenge and two days later, they Turbo Dueled. Crow forced Bolton to reveal that he was actually the person who killed Pearson. He revealed at one point in the past, Bolton's and Pearson's Duel Runner research had been put on a halt since they did not have enough funds. Some men from New Domino City heard about this problem and came to them to offer the two men an enormous investment to continue their research. However, much to the shock and anger from Bolton, Pearson refused for he wanted the kids he looked after to learn that they could do anything without the City's help. Infuriated, Bolton stole the research, planning to go to the city and challenged Pearson to a duel, during which "Crimson Mefist" knocked down a lamp that started the fire that resulted in Pearson's death.
Angered, Crow continued the Duel, but was beginning to lose. Before Crow began his last turn, the children he looked after showed up and cheered him on, giving Crow more strength. Crow's mark glowed as a card came out of the Duel Runner. The card was Pearson's ace monster, the Black-Winged Dragon.
Crow Synchro Summoned Black-Winged Dragon and used a combo of its ability and the ability of Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite to defeat Bolton and Crimson Mefist. During Crow's last turn, he got through to Bolton and made him realize that what he did was wrong. Bolton turned himself in, but before he did, he gave his company an order to provide Crow and his friends with financial backing and technical support for the WRGP.
Rick, Bolton's assistant gave Yusei, Jack and Crow's Duel Runners new engines, which gave them all a major tune up. Later on, Leo and Luna burst into the garage to see the new upgraded Duel Runners and even Yusei and Crow's new Duel Runner outfits. It was there that they settled on the team's name.
Their name was Team 5D's.
5D's name came from the Signers' marks of the Crimson Dragon. The seven of them put their hands together and said that from today onwards they are Team 5D's. At the Turbo Duel lane, Yusei, Jack and Crow were testing their new upgraded Duel Runners out. Their Duel Runners had improved big time.
Soon their time on the lane came to an end, but Crow was too excited to stop and he ends up crashing with Team Unicorn's Jean. Angry at first, Jean forgave them. Yusei, feeling bad, asked if they was anything they could do to make up for the crash. Jean said he wanted to Duel Yusei, so he accepted.
Jean's teammate Andre was a powerful opponent, but before the Duel could be decided, the time limit went off, Yusei and Jean shook hands as a good show of sportsmanship. Later, Yusei was doing laps with Akiza watching him. Then Sherry came up to them and had a little talk with the two Signers before she left. The next morning, Yusei, Jack and Bruno were relaxing, until they received a call that Crow crashed and is now in the hospital.
The three quickly took off towards the hospital to check on their friend. They found out that Crow had fractured his shoulder bone and it will fully heal in a month, meaning he wouldn't be able to participate in the first round of the WRGP. Seeing her friends in trouble, Akiza volunteered to Duel in Crow's place. At first Crow was in misery that he wouldn't be able to participate, but cheered his friends on.
Soon the WRGP finally began with Team 5D's first opponent being Team Unicorn. Jean was really good, using a different deck he used against Yusei and tricked them into sending Jack out first, which he defeated him soundly. Jack was hurt from the Duel, but managed to pass the baton onto Akiza.
Akiza did really well, she Synchro Summoned both Black Rose Dragon and Stardust Dragon at the same turn. Yusei gave her his ace monster to use against Jean. However, despite her best efforts, Jean defeated her. However, she at least kept Stardust Dragon on the field for Yusei.
As the last member of Team 5D's, Yusei had trouble at first, but managed to defeat all three members of Team Unicorn. Andre gave up the rest of his Life Points to reduce Yusei's Life Points to 2000. Breo came close to getting Yusei to deck out by sending cards from his Deck to the graveyard, but Yusei countered attack with Junk Destroyer and won.
Jean was especially tough, predicting all of Yusei's moves. Yusei at first didn't know what to do, but seeing his friends and how Jack got back on his feet to support him, Yusei countered attack. Yusei used the Speed Spell – Speed Fusion to fuse both Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior to Fusion Summon Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste, which helped him big time. Eventually, Yusei defeated Jean by reigniting his spirit as a Duelist, which caused him to attack Yusei's Rapid Warrior with his Hypnocorn, but Yusei used his Stronghold Guardian to increase Rapid Warrior's DEF Points, reducing Jean's Life Points to 0000.
Everyone cheered for Yusei's victory and for Team 5D's. Even Team Unicorn congratulated Team 5D's for their victory. Later that night in the garage, the gang had a party to celebrate their hard earned victory. However surprisingly Sherry came into the party and had a discussion with the Signers.
Since Yusei didn't join her team, she entered the WRGP with just Elsworth, but passed the first round. Team 5D's and Sherry discussed events that has happened so far, especially the ones involving the Meklord monsters, and the duels where the damage was real, especially with the absence of the Dark Signers. Trying to link the events together, the name of Yliaster comes to mind.
They even learned that Sherry knew they were Signers. Eventually they discussed about the strange mechanical object with an eye that Yusei, Bruno and Sherry saw. Finishing their discussion for now, Sherry left the Signers to their party. Later that night, Yusei was looking up at the sky, thinking about the floating eye he saw, which for some reason felt familiar to him.
The next morning, Yusei and Jack were working on their Duel Runners, before Crow came up and reminded them that Team Unicron's match against Team Catastrophe would begin again. They all hurried to the stadium, but the match was already decided when they arrived. Jean and Andre had both crashed their Duel Runners, giving Team Catastrophe the victory. Team 5D's had a bad feeling about Team Catastrophe, so they decided to investigate. Even Breo helped.
Breo retrieved the data from Andre's and Jean's Duel Runners, and Bruno analyzes it. They found out that they both experienced a rapid change in their functionality during their Duels. His diagnosis was that both Duel Runners crashed because their rear wheels were jammed. When Crow heard this, he explained that just before his Duel Runner crashed, the wheel felt weird. He agreed with the idea of a jammed wheel. But that still didn't answered what would cause the same malfunction three times over.
Just then, Carly brought out a tape she had of Team Unicorn's Duel against Team Catastrophe. Jack scolded her for not mentioning such a valuable clue earlier. They all watched it, slowing it down just before each of the crashes. Nobody can see anything unusual about the Duel Runners, but Yusei noticed something else: just before each crash, the same monster was on Team Catastrophe's field. Bruno looked the card up and found out it was a monster called "Hook the Hidden Knight".
It was a start to their answers, and since Team 5D's will be Dueling Team Catastrophe next, they had to be ready. This raised the question of what their opponents' next move might be. With a shock, they realize that one of them wasn't there. It was Akiza they targeted next.
Later, they raced to the hospital, where Akiza was recovering from a crash she had on the highway. When Yusei saw what Team Catastrophe did to Akiza, he felt unyielding rage at what they did to her. And the feeling was mutual for Crow. To avenge Akiza, Crow shrugged off his injured shoulder, determining that he will participate. The next day, Team 5D's and Team Catastrophe square off for their battle.
Crow faced off against Team Catastrophe's Hermann. Hermann started off Summoning Hook the Hidden Knight. It took everything from Crow, mentally and physically, but he defeated Hermann and Hook the Hidden Knight. With his goal accomplished, Crow passed the baton to Jack, who faced off against Team Catastrophe's leader Nicolas.
Nicolas used another Shadow Card called Doom Ray, but Jack was able to avoid the Trap's effect and obtain victory. Nicolas couldn't pass the baton, so Team 5d's were victories. However, celebrations would have to wait. Out of nowhere an army of Ghosts showed up and started a Battle Royal in the city, attacking other Duelists.
Refusing to allow innocent people to be hurt, Team 5D's, Sherry, Elsworth and Kaz all set off to stop the army of Ghosts. Yusei teamed up with Sherry and Elsworth, while Jack teamed up with Kaz. At first things were going well, until all the Ghosts began focusing on Yusei. The army of Ghost managed to take out Elsworth and Sherry and came close to getting Yusei.
However, out of nowhere Vizor joined the battle with T.G. Blade Blaster and took out all the Ghost using a combo of Blade Blaster and a monster called Buster Blaster. With the Ghost taken care of, Vizor began to lead Yusei to safety. However, a 'man' named Primo appeared out of nowhere riding his own Duel Runner. Apparently, he was the one controlling the army of Ghost.
Vizor kept Primo from challenging Yusei, before he began to explain to Yusei about Accel Synchro. The Ener-D of one's Duel Runner was connected to the feelings of one's heart, so to achieve an unlimited acceleration; one must have a Clear Mind. With this new knowledge and overcoming his fear of the Meklord Emperors, Yusei teleported to where another Stone Tablet crashed outside New Domino City.
When Yusei touched the Stone Tablet, he was taken to another plane, where he saw a machine. Yusei recognized it as the same one he has seen before with Sherry and Bruno. It gave him a blank Synchro Monster card, though it did say it wasn't his to give. The machine said that the card belonged to Yusei and saw many possible futures, but it was Yusei's choice to make. Yusei wanted more information about this, but he was transported back to the crater where he found the tablet.
With the blank Synchro Monster card, Yusei took off back towards New Domino City on his Duel Runner to stop Primo. He quickly found Primo and Vizor, who were in a Turbo Duel. Yusei took over for Vizor, who went to take care of the army of Ghosts. Primo was no joke, having Summoned Meklord Emperor Wisel in his Duel against Vizor.
Yusei had trouble, having failed his first attempt to Accel Synchro, Stardust was absorbed by Wisel, but eventually Yusei Accel Synchro Summoned his new ace monster.
Shooting Star Dragon.
It was a beautiful dragon, powerful and majestic. With Shooting Star Dragon, Yusei defeated Primo and Meklord Emperor Wisel. However, that was when Yusei met Primo's comrades, Jakob and Lester and together the three of them were the three emperors of Yliaster. Jack and Crow joined Yusei as Jakob explained their goal.
They were supposedly trying to guide the world in the right direction, but Yusei and the others didn't buy it. Sherry and Elsworth came out of nowhere and attacked Jakob and Lester, but failed their objective. If things weren't bad enough, another Stone Tablet came down, but Jakob stopped it. He absorbed the Stone Tablet and summoned his own Meklord Emperor, Meklord Emperor, Grannel.
Jakob and Lester took Primo and disappeared from view. Because of the Ghost Invasion, the WRGP would be on hold for some time, allowing the city to recover. With the faces of Iliaster's faces revealed, Team 5d's and Sherry knew who they had to defeat. Akiza and Crow had fully healed and were ready for the upcoming battle against Iliaster.
One day, Yusei and Jack received a message from Greiger, asking them to meet him. The two traveled to the Nazca region, where they saw sights they hoped to never see again. They saw the geoglyph of the Earthbound Immortals. It was a very unwelcoming sight, but they continued on. Jack had been having problems; having heard about Yusei's Accel Synchro and has been thinking of obtaining a new power himself. The only reason he came was because Greiger's letter said "If Jack Atlas does not acquire a new method of fighting, he will be overwhelmed by his own monster." Jack initially seems to dismiss the premonition but retains a firm belief in his power-pressure tactics.
Soon they met with Greiger and met his siblings Annie and Max. Both of Greiger's siblings were fans of Jack, Max even based his deck off of Jack's deck
Greiger had created a temple in order to appease the Earthbound Immortals, whose geoglyphs have returned to their rightful places. Greiger has been traveling with his siblings to escape from his crimes. Even though he knew that everyone makes mistakes, Greiger decided to move on knowing that he had done the wrong thing. So, he took himself and his siblings to where the Earthbound Immortal geoglyphs were, built a temple, and hoped to serve as guardians of the geoglyphs. Greiger noted that recently, villages have lost various livestock, and the villagers think a "crimson devil" is responsible for this, and is trying to resurrect something from the land.
Yusei asked if Iliaster was involved, while Jack was worried that the Earthbound Immortals would rise again. Greiger conceded that it may be impossible to seal the Earthbound Immortals away permanently. That's when he had the dream about Jack. Greiger believed that he was seeing a premonition, because he used to be controlled by an Earthbound Immortal himself. When Jack heard what Greiger described in his dream, he dismissed it as merely repeating the questions Jack himself had been asking. To give Jack a chance to prove himself, Greiger challenged him to a Turbo Duel.
However instead of him Dueling, Greiger had Max Duel Jack instead with him driving for his little brother. Before the Turbo Duel began, Greiger, Annie and Yusei light up a line of gas lights with fire torches. Eventually, it was shaped as the Killer Whale geoglyph. Greiger explains that it can be used as a lane for Turbo Duels. The Turbo Duel between Jack and Max began.
However, something was wrong. Max's deck had changed. The cards were different and Max had different monsters. Max used two Traps called Smoke Mirror, which increased the DEF Points of a monster called Ancestor Bird to 6000. When Jack attacked with Red Dragon Archfiend, he was damaged from Ancestor Bird's DEF Points being greater than Red Dragon Archfiend's ATK Points.
Jack was knocked off his Duel Runner, which interrupted the duel. Jack barked at Max, then left on his Duel Runner, more determined than ever not to abandon his ideals. Jack had road off to a village, where he met an old man. The old man was saying that 'the crimson devil' did something to his village because there was nobody else there, but him.
Jack figured out that this was the village Greiger told him about and asked what happened to the villagers. Thankfully, they all just left. Suddenly, Jack heard a chilling laughter before he saw some kind of shadow. Jack chased after the shadow, which looked like live flames, but found his way back to the old man. However, the old man was being controlled.
Jack saw the flames of a campfire turn into the crimson devil, before somekind of image appeared in his head. The creature controlling the old man was the Crimson Devil's servant, who told Jack that his master could grant his wish for more power. The Crimson Devil's servant told Jack to go to the shrine, where his master will grant his wish before the campfire returned to normal and the Crimson Devi's servant released the old man.
Meanwhile Yusei was discussing with Greiger why he let Max Duel Jack. Greiger at first didn't know why he had Max Duel Jack, but he realized that he was being controlled by the Crimson Devil the whole time. They rushed to the shine, where Max told them that Jack went inside of the shrine towards the Crimson Devil.
There, Jack met the Crimson Devil's servant who controlled the old man. The two had a Duel where if Jack won, the Crimson Devil would give him new power. However if he would lose, the Crimson Devil would take over his body. Yusei, Greiger and Max arrived in time to watch the Duel between the Crimson Devil's servant and Jack. It turned out the Crimson Devil was actually an Earthbound Immortal, that's been sealed away way longer than the others. The Crimson Devil's name was Red Nova and its come for Jack.
At first Jack was getting beaten very badly, but he began Dueling using a different approach. It was very effective as Jack began gaining ground. Apparently, Jack was the reincarnation of a legendary Signer who had a Burning Soul. The legendary Signer helped in Red Nova's defeat and sealed it away. This was the reason why the Crimson Devil wanted to take over Jack's body.
To do this, Red Nova appeared in front of Jack, but that proved to be a mistake. Jack's Burning Soul wasn't afraid of Red Nova and would fight to protect his friends. Jack unlocked the power of Burning Soul! Red Nova tried to stop Jack, but the Crimson Dragon appeared and aided Jack. With Jack's new power, he created a new Synchro Summoning called Double Tuning.
Jack absorbed the power of Red Nova into his Red Dragon Archfiend, allowing it to evolve into a new dragon called Red Nova Dragon, a truly powerful dragon. Together with Red Nova Dragon, Jack obtained victory and defeated Red Nova's servant. With their business done, Yusei and Jack went home. Yusei had Clear Mind and Jack had Burning Soul, new powers that will help them defeat Yliaster.
A few days after returning to New Domino City, Yusei, Jack, Crow and Bruno were shopping for Oshiruko Noodles. However, they ran into a disguised Lazar, which was a stroke of luck. The four tried to corner him to interrogate him, but the sneaky clown got away because Jack was still angry about Lazar having his noodles. The four met up with Akiza, Leo and Luna, who were disappointed in them for allowing Lazar to get away.
However Jack came up with an idea, which was sure to get Lazar's attention. They held a 'Red Demon's Noodles event, an event where people would Duel Crow and if they win, receive a year supply of Red Demon's Noodles. Crow had to wear an embarrassing costume, but that didn't stop his winning streak.
Eventually Lazar came out in another disguise, but it didn't fool the gang. They tried to capture him again, but the clown got away again, however Yusei acted quickly and threw a tracer on him. Yusei, Crow, Jack and Bruno went after Lazar and found his hideout. They tried to interrogate him about Yliaster, but he wouldn't speak.
Crow suggested a Duel between him and Lazar. If he won, Lazar would talk but if he losses, Lazar can go free, which the clown accepted. Lazar tried to use the same strategy he used against Crow in their last Duel, but Crow was ready. He made a comeback, however that was when Lazar's family came out of hiding. Seeing Lazar's son cheer for his father, Crow tried to lose on purpose, but Lazar didn't allow it and let Crow defeated him.
Lazar wouldn't run or hide anymore and would help defeat Yliaster. Yusei called the rest of the gang, plus Sherry over and they began the interrogation. At first Lazar told everyone about his life, on how his family used to run a circus, but closed down and how noodles had an important impact on his life. Jack was moved by this as he remembered in his childhood how he, Crow and Yusei all enjoyed noodles themselves.
However, they got back on track. After Lazar had told them everything he claimed to know, he asked if they need any help. Crow noted that Iliaster's goal was to destroy the place, while their goal is to reveal their identities. Crow thought Iliaster was weird as Yusei reflected on his meeting with the Three Emperors of Iliaster. Jakob said that their goal was to change the future. In the present, Jack repeated that their goal was to change the future and recreate Ener-D. To achieve that, they needed to erase New Domino from existence. Lazar was shocked to learn that this horrible thing was Iliaster's true motive. Crow pointed out that that is why they told him to listen. Fed-up with Lazar, Jack started taking back the ramen he gave to the clown, unless he starts talking. Lazar desperately apologized and claimed to remember something else. He told them about a time when he got a phone call from an outside company who sent the three directors.
Yusei asked what their name is. Lazar informed him that most of the stuff had been recorded in a database by the Public Security Maintenance Bureau. Bruno asks where the database is, which Lazar replied with a grin. He took the gang to a arcade called Game Paradise, apparently what they wanted to know had been stored in game that resembled a Duel Terminal with three levels and they had to clear them.
Lazar, Jack, Akiza and Yusei took chances at the Duel Puzzles, but Jack and Lazar failed at their attempts. Yusei and Akiza were successful, though only with help from Jack and Lazar after watching their attempts. They learned that the company that sent Iliaster was the Moment Express Development Organization.
Yusei, Bruno and Sherry went in the Moment Express Development Organization undercover to learn about their connection to Iliaster. Eventually Bruno was able to hack in, but didn't find out their connection to Iliaster. To learn more, they decided to check a Level 10 doorway that Yusei spotted.
To do this, they needed an access key, so they went to the owner's officer. Yusei was separated from Sherry and Bruno when the owner, a man named Clark appeared and had a Concentration Duel. Yusei Dueled him to buy Bruno and Sherry time. It was tricky with this different type of Duel, and unfair because Clark cheated, but Yusei won thanks to his every trusty Stardust Dragon.
However Clark set off the alarm as Yusei hurried to join up with Bruno and Sherry. They managed to find a file about Iliaster. Yusei caught up with his friends, who showed him that they have gotten hold of a file on Iliaster. They were spotted by Momentum Express employees. They ran and Yusei lead them into a large room containing a shuttle. Sherry suggested that they hide inside the shuttle, which the two males agree to.
When they got inside, the door quickly closed behind them. They realized that they've been tricked and ran up to the front of the shuttle. They started banging on the window as the shuttle was transported across the room. Clark watched on his monitor and said that Yusei will now disappear between two time periods. The shuttle stopped over a device called Infinity, which activated, causing Ener-D to swirl around the shuttle.
Clark Smith appeared on a screen, where he identified Yusei and Sherry by name and called Bruno their friend. Sherry questioned how he knew her name and Yusei informed her that Clark had already been aware of their identities. Clark explained that they have fallen for his trap. The fact that Momentum Express would do such a thing was proof enough for Sherry that they were connected to Yliaster. She questioned Clark if he knew the man who murdered her father. Clark explained that Dr. LeBlanc was a good human being, but he asked too many questions. He was in charge of creating control cards to complete the Infinity device, but asked too many questions, and came to know Infinity's true power to traverse time, which Yliaster will use to falsify history. This was taboo not yet known to the world. Dr. LeBlanc realized this so he tried to get rid of it. Upon discovering this, Clark authorized the execution of Dr. LeBlanc. Sherry was enraged at finally knowing the reason for her father's murder.
Since they had that conversation, Clark couldn't allow Yusei, Sherry and Bruno to return safely. He explained that their shuttle lacked a control card and will thus be thrown out of the wormhole and into a dimensional distortion. Clark mockingly bids them farewell, before the screen shut off. Infinity activated, and the ring of Ener-D circling the shuttle changed to an infinity symbol, and a beam of Ener-D was shot through it into the sky.
Yusei, Sherry and Bruno's trip started off badly, they were knocked unconscious and the shuttle was starting to be torn apart. To save them, Sherry used the Z-One card that her father left for her, which stabilized the shuttle. However, the glass broke apart and Sherry was lost in the wormhole. Yusei tried to save her, but Sherry made the ultimate sacrifice to allow Yusei to live. She let herself go into the wormhole, allowing Yusei and Bruno to escape.
The shuttle took Yusei and Bruno to somekind of apocalyptic future, where Yusei met his father's spirit once more. Dr Fudo told Yusei that he couldn't allow this future to come to pass, for it would lead to mankind's destruction. Dr. Fudo disappeared, leaving his son with unanswered questions. The shuttle's controls are active, meaning that Yusei and Bruno could go home.
Unknown to them was that Iliaster used some kind of mysterious power to alter the world, erasing the Moment Express Development Organization from existence and allowing them to enter the WRGP. The Signers' marks kept them safe from the mysterious power and allowed them to keep their memories from the phenomenon. Lazar and Elsworth were with them, enabling them to be protected as well.
The shuttle took Yusei and Bruno home to New Domino City, where they reunited with the rest of the gang. However, the island that Yusei and Bruno saw in the future had appeared in the sky with only the Signers able to see it. The island was called the final moment, which lead humanity to destruction.
They tried to return to Moment Express, but it was gone, as if it never existed. The gang returned to the garage with Yusei and Bruno telling Elsworth of Sherry's fate. Elsworth refused to believe that Sherry was dead and set out to find her. Crow showed Yusei that Jakob, Lester and Primo were part of the WRGP as a team called 'Team New World' and Sherry and Elsworth's team had disappeared.