I have an idea for the yugioh book about shinobu's past life before the story hope you like it:
What if Shinobu was from the xyz dimension and friends with yuto and shay, and became a pro duelist and all that. Anyway during the invasion he joined the resistance, but was brainwashed and used as a exterminator extinguishing his former comrades, but during a fight with yuto ruri and shay he briefly gains control and tells them to finish him off which they do with Xyz rebellion dragon, lyrilusc - assembled nightingale and Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon. During the aftermath a building comes down on ruri, but shinobu comes to the rescue and gets crushed and presumed dead by the resistance and academia, but little did they know the collapse resulted in his transporter glitching and teleporting him to the standard dimension and do to the collapse it caused him to have amnesia.
I feel like this makes sense due to his resolve and coldness from the war and his proficiency in xyz.