Me: This is an AU of "Black and White" and "Barian Rebel Group/Little Astral Child". I'm planning on re-writing "Little Astral Child" with some stuff from BRG, meaning, they'll be the same fanfic. Of course, baby Astral will make an appearance too, along with the BRG!

Rinko: Back to the point, this is a fanfic, centered around me and my brother, Ethan. The characters, plus relationships, are from BW, but some of the characters are from BRG and "Execution", such as Miharu or Hokai. Basically, all of Ao's OCs from different AUs, mixed up together, to make another AU.

Mishka: This AU has dueling, too! Ao's been practicing how to type duel scenes, and.. er, they're decent, I guess. Anyway! In this AU, everything from the canon Zexal still exists! Except Barian World, and Astral World..but some duelists here have rare powers, plus numbers, and stuff like that.

Ethan: This has to be the most confusing thing we have ever explained.. We do not own Zexal, or any of it's characters and cards. Some characters are Ao's, though. This is practically based off a weird idea Ao had.

It was another destructive and quite noisy day at Heartland City, the city of destruction and death. There wasn't a peaceful day that had passed in the city, and it would be a miracle if there was. The place was covered with walls, and secured by a thousand guards, so nobody could escape the polluted city. There had to be a hundred people always being sent to the hospital daily, because of how filthy the city was. Heck, even the doctors and nurses don't mind not being payed anymore, as long as it meant surviving with the rest of the innocent people at the city.

The city had two dueling companies. Both of them were always fighting with each other, competing who was better. They were obviously fighting for rare cards called "numbers". They were cards that were rumored to give whoever collected all of them enormous power, and that was why those two companies always battled to the death for them.

The first company's name is "White Moon". The boss of the stated dueling company is Eliphas Origin, a stuck-up, serious, and "grumpy" man. He always appeared to wear his golden armor. As stated, he was very serious, and was obsessed with perfection. Most of his soldiers have become as stoic as he is, but some remained the same. He couldn't care less, as long as his soldiers were collecting the numbers, and defeating the rival company.

The other company's name is "Black Star". The boss is Don Thousand, a threatening, insane, but laid-back man. He never takes anything too seriously, unless it involved the numbers. His main attire consisted of everything black and red, and unlike Eliphas, showed much more emotions. Most of his soldiers have acted a lot like him, and started by always mocking the "weak ones". Like Eliphas, he didn't care in the slightest.

Both companies had been fighting for years now, and they were betting their soldiers, plus the innocent people, for the power of the numbers. No one had dared to step foot inside the destructive city, and no one had even attempted to escape.

The city was locked, and the people had lost hope of the city being peaceful, clean, and quiet.

-White Moon, Floor 12: Dormitory Section D-

Most of the soldiers had just finished training, so they were doing their own business. Others were just making plans, others were fixing their deck, and others were simply doing their hobbies. And not a single person was relaxing, as it seemed.

Three teens made their way across the busy floor. All at same age, they were close with each other, even though their were a couple more teens their age. One of them was quiet, and was simply following his two friends, one was annoyed at the noisy buzzing of the people, and one was just happy. Happy to have a little break from their number hunting.

"C'mon guys!" The happy teen grinned. "It's break time! We could visit Kotori in the medical station, or hand out with Alit at the training room! Stop being so serious all the time guys!"

The other teens stared at the happy teen. The quiet teen nodded slowly, shyly smiling. "Y-yes.. Yuma's right, Rinko.. maybe we could be a bit laid-back? If we don't, exhaustion might be the cause of our deaths, right?"

The annoyed teen, Rinko, huffed. "Am I literally the only one here who remembers our break time only lasts for ten minutes? That's not enough time to do your damn business in the toilet! The only thing we can do at break time is eat a cracker, take a sip of a bottle of water, and stare at your cards for the remaining time!"

Yuma wasn't shocked by Rinko who had just snapped. Rinko was quite the short-tempered one, but he had gotten used to it. Rinko was probably like that due to the abuse and taunts she received as a child.. "Rinko, don't be too cranky! You're gonna make Kotori and Astral worried! Look at the poor guy! He's probably scared right now!"

Rinko had turned to see their quiet friend, Astral, shivering. Unlike Yuma, he wasn't used to seeing Rinko throw too many tantrums and yell a lot of curses. He was probably the only soldier here who was easily scared. Rinko felt a bit guilty for scaring the youngest teen in the group, so she sighed, and mumbled an apology for her outburst.

Astral faked a smile, hopeful to make Rinko ease her guilt. "N-No worries! B-Break time is almost over, so let's continue our chat on the elevator, shall we? S-Sir Eliphas doesn't like it when soldiers are late, after all.."

As Astral pretended to happily make his way to the elevator, both Yuma and Rinko felt incredibly angry with their boss, Eliphas, right now. The three teens, plus Kotori, Alit, and their missing friend, were the best of friends, before the numbers appeared. When those cursed cards appeared, their freedom and happiness were taken away from them.

During that time, when people that were sensed as "decent enough to gather numbers" duelists, they were kidnapped from their friends and family, for the sole purpose of collecting the numbers.

Yuma was taken away from his happy family. He had heard his mother became very depressed of hearing of her son's capture, and had died. His grandmother was weak at that time too, so she had probably already left.. His father was still alive, and he was helping the innocent people hide and heal. As for his sister.. he didn't know.

Rinko was abused by her parents, and neglected by a couple of her female classmates, for playing a "scary and boyish FIRE deck". She had heard one time while eavesdropping from her parents that she had a sibling, that was separated from them during a boat trip. Her parents were too devastated, and decided to put the blame on her, as her sibling had in fact, sacrificed himself or herself to save her. She didn't know what gender her sibling was, or who they were.. but she was probably happy that the company took her away from her insane parents. But she was angry that the company made her friends, who she considered family, suffer from collecting numbers.

Astral was an orphan, though. His mother had died of giving birth to him, and his father had left him for another family. But Astral had an older brother, who always protected him, and acted like a parent. Unfortunately, when Astral was taken away from his brother, the shock was too much, and he had forgotten everything about him. What's worse was Astral was the weakest one in their group, so he could probably die from any sickness any second.

Kotori wasn't much of a duelist, and was better at aiding her friends after a serious duel. So she was captured, and was positioned as the nurse. She didn't mind, as long as her friends were alive and well. Her father had died during a plane crash, and her mother.. was probably worried sick about her, along with the other innocent people.

Alit was as good as Yuma, but he was put in the training department, and was positioned to train duelists. He didn't mind his job, because he got to make sure his friends, plus the other soldiers, were safe enough to be sent to a number war. He had a big crush on Kotori, and was flirty with every girl he met, minus Rinko.

Their other friend, who wasn't with them at the moment, was named Vector Shingestsu, nicknamed as "Rei". He was bipolar, because he was torn by his parent's decisions of raising him. His father had wanted him to be rough, rude, and "manly", but his mother had wanted him to be gentle, polite, and "a bit clumsy". So, he decided to make another self, for the sake of his parent's wishes. He was currently missing, and the friends didn't know if he was at the other company, or with the innocent people.

Rinko and Yuma had made their way to the elevator with Astral leading the way. Before they went in, they found two of their older friends, Taimi and Haruki, chatting.

Taimi was a mature girl, by the age of seventeen. She had a little brother, who she knew was at the other company. She and her brother were raised outside the city, before they aged by ten. That explained why they were both ninja-like in so many ways. Taimi was quite playful, seductive, and bit of a pervert, but she acted like a good big sister to Astral, as she was very close to his brother. Too close that people often mistook Astral's brother and Taimi as a couple!

Haruki was a mysterious older boy, who met Rinko at school. He acted like a brother figure to Rinko, and was as polite as Astral. He was nice to everyone, and acted a like a gentleman. Haruki also happened to know Astral's brother and Yuma's sister, so he acted like a sibling to both boys too. As for Alit and Vector, he was as playful as them.

"Hello, Taimi-neechan!" Astral greeted happily. "Hello to you too, Haruki-niichan!"

The older teens found Astral's greeting adorable, and they returned a smile. "Hello, Astral-kun!"

Haruki then turned to Rinko and Yuma. "Hello to you too, Yuma-kun, Rinko-chan."

"Yo." Was all Rinko replied, her arms crossed. "Same to you too, Taimi."

"What's up, guys!" Yuma happily greeted. "It's good to see you guys are doing well!"

The group occupied themselves by talking inside the elevator, waiting for them to be dropped down at the basement. Of course, Yuma was preparing himself for another boring speech made by Eliphas himself.

Me: That's it for first chapter! Taimi is from BW, while Haruki is from BRG/LAC. Both OCs from different AUs are friends, ah-hah!

Rinko: Next chapter will present the members of Black Star. Presenting: Dark, Ethan, Akari, Tairo, and Hidenagi. Mentioned: Ryoga, Rio, and Mishka.

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