Ariette: Hiya guys! I'm here with a new story for you all! This time it's an Alternative Universe with lots of fun!

Yuma: Finally! You delayed a lot. I was beginning to fear you stopped writing.

Ariette: OAO How can you say that? NEVER! I will NEVER leave my awesome readers! I belong to them!

Black Mist: Look what you've done! Now she'll never shut up!

Yuma: How was I supposed to know?!

Ariette: My soul will forever be for those who read my stories. I will always write every word with dedication so their hearts can overjoy when they read.

Astral: Look likes we have to continue the story.

Yuma: Agreed!

Black Mist: Yugioh Zexal doesn't belong to this insane woman.

Yuma, Astral and Black Mist: Enjoy!

-The strange new guys-

It was morning, and a certain black haired boy with red antennae-like bangs was waking up. As usual, he dashed out of his room, changed his clothes and exited the house only to be stopped by his grandmother.

"Yuma. Aren't you going to have breakfast first?" The old lady asked.

"No grandma. I'm late for school, I have to leave now!" The boy said running away before his grandmother had time to speak.

The lady sighed but then smiled. She was already used to his grandson's answers.

"He left again without breakfast, right?" A woman with bright orange hair asked.

"That's right. But that's Yuma for you. He's a very energetic child." The old lady laughed.

"Yes, that's true." The woman smiled.

"Mom! Dad's messing again with me!" A feminine voice yelled from inside.

"I'm coming Akari!" The mother yelled back. She smiled towards the old lady and entered the house. "Kazuma! I told you to not mess with Akari."

"I know honey."

Yuma was running quickly, hoping to reach school in time. His friend, Tetsuo, challenged him again to a race. To every person it was obvious who was going to win the race since Tetsuo had a skateboard and Yuma was on his feet. But Yuma never gave up, he thought that one day he was going to win.

"Kattobingu!" Yuma yelled running faster.

"Sorry, Yuma. This race is mine!" Tetsuo quickly passed him.

"It's not over yet! You'll see!" Yuma smiled. He kept running quickly without looking. And because of that he bumped into someone, making the two fall.

"Haha! See you in school!" Tetsuo grinned continuing in his skateboard and leaving his friend behind.

Yuma heard that but wasn't able to answer back. He put a hand on his head were it hurt the most. "Ouch. That hurts a lot. What are you made of? Stone?" The boy looked up, hoping to find one person, but instead he found two.

"What are you? Blind? You bumped into us!" One of the two said angrily.

Yuma stared a moment at the two. It was two boys. One had completely black hair while the other had light blue hair. But what surprised him the most was their eyes. They were dual-colored. The black haired had a golden and a black eye, while the light blue haired had a golden and a whitish blue eye. Yuma opened his mouth slightly and pointed at them.

"Your eyes are different colors!" Yuma said.

The black haired narrowed his eyes angrily. "You bump into us and you just say 'your eyes are different colors'?" He said, imitating Yuma's voice mockingly.

"Leave him alone, Mist. You know it is normal for others to say that." The light blue haired said calmly.

"I know. It just gets me mad that everyone's always asking about our eyes!" Mist answered.

Yuma watched quietly the two boys. They were strange; and not just because of their eye colors, there was something else... But Yuma couldn't point what was it. He then stood and bowed.

"Gomen!" Yuma apologized.

The two other boys quickly stopped talking and looked at Yuma. They stared for a minute and then both stood at the same time. "You are forgiven." Both spoke in perfect synch.

Yuma looked at them and soon noticed how much alike they were. They were brothers and not just any brothers, they were probably twins. "You're twins?" Curiosity was strong in Yuma, he had to ask.

Mist snorted. "Yes, we're twins. Another question Mr. I-have-to-know-it-all?" He spoke sarcastically.

"Well, aren't twins supposed to be identical?" Yuma asked again, not sensing the sarcasm in Mist's words.

Mist looked at Yuma angrily and was about to shout at him when his brother stopped him. "Mist, please do not. And we are fraternal twins, that is why we are not identical."

"Oh! That's so cool! You're so cool!" Yuma exclaimed happily.

The twins widened their eyes in surprise. "You think so?" Both asked.

Yuma grined. "Of course! I've never seen someone like you two. This is my first time and I think it's really cool!"

Mist narrowed his eyes suspiciously while his brother smiled a little. Suddenly, music started sounding. The light blue haired looked at his phone and widened his eyes when he saw it.

"Mist, we are late for school!"

"What?!" Mist looked as his twin's phone and also widened his eyes. "Crap, we're late! We have to leave now!" He took his brother's arm and started dragging him.

Yuma watched his actions curiously until he realized something. He was also late for school! "AH! I forgot!" And with that he started running again.

When Yuma reached school he was seriously late. Not like the times before, this time he was really really late. The moment he entered the classroom his teacher scolded him. For being late he was punished and had to go to detention later that day. Yuma said nothing and took his seat beside a green haired girl.

"Yuma, why were you this late?" The girl asked.

"I accidentally bumped into a pair of twins with different colored eyes and was talking to them." Yuma whispered so the teacher wouldn't hear him.

"You bumped into a pair of twins with different colored eyes?" The girl whispered-asked.

Yuma nodded. "You should've seen them Kotori. They were so cool!"

Kotori was about to talk back when the teacher interrupted.

"Please, may I have your attention students?" The man with glasses said kindly. "Today we have two new students that will be accompanying us for the rest of the year. You can enter now. "

Two students entered. One had black hair and mismatched golden and black eyes. The other had light blue hair and mismatched golden and withish blue eyes. Yuma quickly recognized the two boys.

"It's them!" Yuma yelled and stood pointing at them.

Everyone was staring at him like he was crazy. Yuma noticed this and blushed. He sat down again and covered his face with his hands. But unknown to him, the twins were looking at him curiously. Of course, they recognized Yuma too.

The teacher cleared his throat and spoke to the twins. "Can you please introduce yourselves?"

The twins nodded. The black haired took a step foward. "My name is Zexal Mist. Yes, we are twins and yes this is our real color eye, they're not contact lenses. I look foward to pulling pranks on you." He smirked.

"Finally! A partner!" A orange haired boy yelled from the bottom of the class.

"Mr. Shingetsu, please control yourself." The teacher scolded the orange haired student.

The orange haired boy sat reluctantly. He then eyed Mist and gave him a knowing grin. Mist grined back.

The other twin then took a step foward too. "My name is Zexal Astral. Actually, we are fraternal twins and that is why we are not identical as other twins. The right term to our mismatched eyes is heterochromic. And do not worry, I shall watch over my brother so he would not pull pranks on you." He spoke expressionless.

Yuma looked up a little and eyed the twins. "Astral and Mist Zexal, huh? Where have I heard that surname before...?" He thought to himself.

He continued staring at them as they sat in their assigned seats. The class continued, but Yuma kept looking at them. Though he hid it well. The hours passed and so the classes, but Yuma always was looking at them. He was really curious about the twins. It was lunch time and the students parted their ways. Everyone was talking happily to their friends and went to every direction to share lunch.

Yuma went with his group of friends to their usual spot. It was actually a large group. At first he didn't have many friends, but slowly he met a lot of people and he considered them his friends. But he had a feeling his group was still going to get larger.

In his group was Ryoga 'Shark' Kamishiro, one of the best duelist in school if not the best, Rio Kamishiro, Shark's twin sister and the only person who was good at every sport, Kotori Mizuki, Yuma's childhood friend, Tetsuo Takeda, a good duelist, Takashi Todoroki, the class representative, Tokunosuke Otomeura, a short weird guy who was nice, Cathy Katherine, a feline lover, Fuya Okudaira, an otaku who's bigger dream is to be an actor, Anna Kozuki, an otaku with a large rocket launcher that you must run away from, Rei 'Vector' Shingetsu, a bipolar psychopath, Alit B'Arian, a good fighter and a very energetic boy, and Gilag Tanuki, a bulky guy who was surprisingly bullied because of his surname.

And that's without counting his other friend that aren't in this school. Kaito Tenjo, a very smart guy, Haruto Tenjo, Kaito's little brother, Mizael Tenjo, Kaito's rival and cousin, and Durbe Katherine, Cathy's older brother and Mizael's friend.

Yup, Yuma definitively had a large group of friends, though he didn't mind, he liked them all.

After they reached their spot (which was the school's roof), they sat and took their lunches out. Everyone quickly started eating or talking between them, it was a nice moment. Shingetsu started annoying Alit, who was today's victim, while Gilag tried to stop him. Rio was talking with Kotori and Cathy about girl things. Fuya and Anna were reading a manga Fuya brought. Tetsuo, Takashi and Tokunosuke were eating and doing bets and challenges they usually do. Shark was just eating calmy looking at the others. Yuma was watching them but actually he was deep in thought. Ryoga seemed to notice this and went near him.

"Yo, Yuma." The purple haired duelist spoke, sitting next to Yuma.

Yuma took a moment to understand what Ryoga said and looked at him. "You're talking to me?"

Ryoga frowned. "Well, yeah. What's in your mind?"

Yuma stared blankly for a minute and then answered. "The strange new guys."

Ryoga frowned more in confusion. "The strange new guys?"

Yuma nodded. "Astral and Mist Zexal. They're twins."

"Oh." Ryoga now understood. He heard rumors of two new students that were entering Class 1-A, they must be who Yuma was talking about. He was older than Yuma, so they didn't go to the same classroom. "What about them?"

Yuma looked at his friend for a minute, like if he was deciding if he should tell him or not. He decided he should. "It's just that they're really strange. I mean, they're twins and they're always togheter. And their eyes are mismatched! But I've never seen their eye colors before. And then there's their surname..."

Shark raised an eyebrow. "Their surname? Zexal? What's with that?"

"Well..." Yuma started playing with his hands, a symbol that he was nervous, indecisive or ashamed. "I think I've heard that surname before, but I'm not sure where."

Shark sighed. "Maybe you heard it from some teachers that mentioned it some days before their arrival."

Yuma shook his head but said. "Yeah, maybe."

Shark noticed the action but decided to say nothing. At that moment Kotori came near them with Cathy and Rio behind.

"Hey, Yuma. Your cousins are coming today, right?" The green haired asked with a smile.

Yuma looked at them confused for a minute. "My cousins...?" He then gasped. "That's true! They're coming today! I totally forgot!"

A that moment the others stopped doing whatever they were doing and also came near them.

"You have cousins?" Tetsuo asked.

Yuma nodded happily. "Yes, I do."

"But how's that possible?" Fuya asked.

"I thought you had no more family Yuma." Anna said.

"Well, my mom has a sister. She married and went to another country with her husband and they had children. It's been years since I last saw her. I almost don't remember her." Yuma explained.

"I never thought you had cousins, ura." Tokunosuke spoke.

"To summarize, it's impressive." Takashi said thoughtfully.

"Have you met them before, nyan?" Cathy asked.

Yuma eyed his friend. "Mom says we were really close when we were little, but I don't really remember them."

Rio clapped her hands togheter. "We should welcome them!"

Yuma smiled. "Yeah! That's a great idea! But I think it's better if it isn't today. They're going to be tired from the journey."

Rio smiled back. "I know. We can welcome them tomorrow or the weekend."

"Oh! I have an idea!" Alit exclaimed. "Do they like duels?"

Yuma understood what Alit was thinking. "That's a great idea Alit! I think they do. Hopefully. "

"Can I pull a welcome prank on them?" Rei asked.

"NO!" Everyone yelled at him.

"Ok. Geez! And I was trying to be polite." The orange head mumbled.

Yuma laughed sheepishly at that. Vector was really weird.

And at that moment the bell rang, indicating that it was time for the next class. The friends bid their farewells and they went to their classes. But before leaving, Shark looked at Yuma and spoke.

"I never thought you could have family aside from your mother, father and sister."

"And grandma. I also have my grandma." Yuma said matter-of-factly.

"And grandmother, of course." The purple haired corrected himself.

"Well, I kinda forgot about them so I was surprised when mom told me they were coming." Yuma laughed.

Shark smiled and then left to his classroom. A moment later, Yuma did too. He entered his classroom quietly trying to not get attention because he was a couple of minutes late. But since Fate and this writer are so evil to Yuma: he accidentally bumped into someone, making him, the someone and a couple of books fall to the ground making a lot of noise. [Insert evil laugh here.]

Everyone quickly looked at his direction and Yuma laughed sheepishly. "Uh, hi."

The teacher crossed her arms and looked at him with a scolding scowl. "You're late, you push a classmate to the floor and you dare interrupt my class with noise. You'll go to detention Mr. Tsukumo."

Yuma lowered his head. "Yes, sensei." He then stood and reached out his hand to the one he bumped. "Gomene. Let me help-"

The one he bump into was Astral, again. The mismatched eyed boy looked at Yuma expressionless. He accepted Yuma's hand and slowly stood. "You are forgiven."

Yuma smiled warmly at him and Astral looked away. Yuma frowned at the action and was about to ask when Astral moved away and sat beside his brother. Meanwhile Mist was glaring daggers at Yuma for bumping into his twin.

"He's an idiot. He should have seen you." Mist whispered to his brother, but Yuma was able to hear it.

"He was distracted, Mist. And it is alright, I am fine." Astral whispered back.

Mist crossed his arms and said nothing, but it was obvious he was still angry.

Yuma then sat quietly in his seat and the teacher continued the class. During class, Yuma couldn't stop looking the twins. They were really strange indeed. Both were quiet during class and they were always togheter. When the teacher asked a question, they would both raise their hands and answer at the same time. Yuma could even swear they wrote at the same time because when they were writting, they always made the same movements with the pencil. [Who said Yuma wasn't a stalker?]

The classes passed and it was the end of the school day. The students were cheering happily that classes already finished. Everyone went outside the school to hang with friends or go to their homes. Well, everyone minus Yuma, who had detention. He had to stay two more hours, one for coming late early that day and the other for interrupting a class. He was starting to get used to detention. He went to the room where detention was going to be held, but before he could open the door he heard something.

"I told you but you never listen." A male voice said.

"Well, excuse me for having fun!" Another male voice answered.

Yuma stopped and stood quietly, hearing the conversation. The voices were so similar that it was really hard to know who was who.

"You could have hurt someone. That is not fun."

Yuma recognized the voice now. It was the Zexal twins. That was probably Astral since he was very proper when speaking.

"But nothing happened. Everyone's safe!"

And that was probably Mist. Yuma wondered what was happening.

A sigh. "Father is going to be angry..."

"Yeah. I know..."

Silence. Yuma was about to enter when Mist spoke again.

"I'm sorry. I should've listened to you..."

"You are forgiven, Mist. Just, please be careful. After all, this is our first day in here and I do not want Father to be dissapointed."

"I will... Dad wanted to visit Uncle and Aunt today, right?"

"Yes. But it seems that we cannot since we are here."

Yuma felt sorry for the twins. They sounded really sad. It seems they really wanted to visit their uncle and aunt. Hold on. They wanted to visit their uncle and aunt. This is their first day here. Yuma's cousins were coming today. They were in another country so probably this is their first day here. The surname Zexal was familiar... Could it be...?

Yuma's train of thoughts was disrupted by someone tapping his shoulder. Yuma looked up, and noticed his homeroom teacher looking at him.

"Ukyo-sensei!" Yuma jumped.

"Hello Yuma. What are you doing here?" The kind teacher asked.

"Huh. Well, I'm on detention. I thought you knew because, well, you're the one who punished me. Though I have one extra hour because I interrupted another class." Yuma mumbled the last part.

Ukyo chuckled. "I know that Yuma. I was wondering why were you outside the classroom and not inside."

Yuma laughed sheepishly. "Huh... Well... I was going to enter just now."

"I see. Well, what are you waiting for?" The teacher said, opening the door slightly.

Yuma sighed and entered the room. Effectively, the Zexal twins were inside. Mist was sitting in a chair near the window and Astral was sitting beside him. The twins looked up at Yuma. Astral's face was expressionless while Mist's face quickly changed to one of anger. It was official that Mist hated him somehow. Yuma smiled sheepishly and sat in the other corner of the room. If glares could kill, Yuma would be 96 meters underground. [Get the joke? 96? XD]

"Astral Zexal?" The teacher called.

"Yes, Kitano-sensei?" Astral spoke, standing.

"Your detention has finished. You may go home now." Ukyo said kindly.

"If you excuse me, sensei, I wish to stay with my bro-" Astral started, but was interrupted by his twin.

"Thanks Mr. Kitano. Astral's leaving now."

Astral stared at his brother with expressionless eyes but Mist was able to read what they were saying. He made a movement with his head and smiled softly. Astral nodded and quietly left the room. A moment later the teacher left too.

Yuma was watching this from afar. His eyes widened the moment he saw how Astral and Mist talked without even opening their mouth. That made him curious. What they were saying? And how did they learned to do that? He slowly stood and walked near the other boy. Mist didn't notice this and if he did, he ignored it completely. It wasn't until Yuma sat beside him and talked that Mist dared to eye the energetic boy.

"Hm. Hi. I... Huh... I think we didn't start the right way. My name's Yuma and-"

Mist interrupted him. "Look. I don't care who you are as long as you don't get near me or Astral."

Yuma blinked a couple of times. "Well, I thought we could be friends. Maybe if we-"

Mist glared at him angrily. "Shut up! I know people like you. I know your true intentions. Just leave me and my brother alone. Did you thought I didn't notice all the stares you were giving us? Astral may be naive sometimes but I'm not. I don't want to see you near him again. Ever in your life. Am. I. Clear?"

Yuma froze at Mist's words. The guy was serious. There was no way to know what was he thinking, but whatever it was it wasn't pretty. At that moment Yuma wanted to run away, but his spirit wouldn't allow that. Deep inside he wanted to befriend the new guys.

"I don't understand. I just want to be your friend. I'm not hiding anything, there's no need to." Yuma said quietly.

Mist narrowed his eyes. "You're brave, I'll give you that. No one ever before has answered me after I talked to them like this. Your name is Yuma, right?" Yuma looked up and nodded happily. Maybe he was getting on Mist's good side. "Don't get me wrong, idiot. This doesn't mean I want to be your friend. In fact, I still want you as far as the sea and the mountains are, if you get what I mean."

Yuma looked at him curiously. The sea and the mountains are usually really far away one from the other. Does that mean he wanted him kilometers away? "You mean, like a restraining order?"

Mist fought the urge to facepalm. This boy was more stupid than he first thought. "Not literally, you dumbass. It was an expression. But yes I don't want you near and the less I get to see you, the better."

Yuma frowned. "That isn't polite."

"Well, I don't care. Deal with it." Mist crossed his arms.

"I still want to get near Astral though. He seems nice..." Yuma thought aloud.

Mist quickly stood and banged the table with incredible force. "I think I told you to not get near my brother! I don't want you to talk to him, to touch him or even see him! I'm not going to let someone else hurt him! Not again!"

Yuma stared surprised for a minute. Mist words were ringing in his head. "Hurt him again...? Astral..." Yuma slowly lowered his head, feeling guilty for something he didn't even knew.

"That's what I thought. Scum like you always retreat at the last minute. I'm glad you understand that." Mist spoke coldly and sat again with his arms crossed.

Yuma said nothing and stayed quietly until detention was over.

Yuma sighed as he walked back to his home. His mother was probably worried about him. He forgot to call her and tell her that he was on detention again. But probably she already knew it. After all, when she gets worried she starts calling over and over again, which she didn't do today.

He stood in front of his home and eyed the door. His mind was still thinking about Mist's words. He slowly opened the door and entered the house.

"I'm home." He called.

"Oh, honey! I'm so happy you're home!" His mother quickly greeted him. "What took you so long?"

"Detention." He said simply.

His mother nodded understanding. "I see... Anyways, go take a shower and change your clothes. Your aunt will come anytime soon!" She smiled happily.

Yuma nodded and started walking upstairs when he remembered something. "Mom... What's my aunt's surname?"

The woman blinked a couple of times and then laughed happily. "It's been a while since I last said it. Her husband's surname is Zexal and so is hers." After that she entered the kitchen.

Yuma stood there. Frozen. A couple of minutes passed until he was able to react.

"NO WAY!"

Ariette: Did you like it? Did you like it, my beautiful reader?!

Yuma: Hmmm...

Astral: ...

Black Mist: Meh.

Ariette: So what do you guys think? Are the twins Yuma's cousins or are they not? The answer will be in the next chapter! :D

PS: I feel so happy to finally publish this story. I've been pretty excited with it. I got a lot of surprises for you all! [Insert evil laugh here.]