Introduction: There's been a lot of stress going on in my life recently. One of the major things is that my elderly cat has been sick. He's actually a lot better than he was (which means I should probably update the special announcement I put in my one Digimon fanfic), but I've lost the drive to do any of the other stories I've been working on. So instead I've decided to work on this one idea for a ZEXAL story I've been developing for the last few weeks. The inspiration for this little story comes from a little movie called Lifeforce, which was a film I suggested for Luminous107's story, At the Movies: With Yuma, Kaito & Ryoga. It's a pretty amusing story, especially if you're familiar with the movies mentioned in it. This is also something of an indirect sequel for the 5D's Alternative series that I did last year. It's not necessary to read that trilogy to know what's going on in this story, but I do suggest that everyone reading forget what they know about the 5D's anime since it doesn't apply here.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.
Prologue
It was night as Droite walked the streets of Heartland alone. The place she was headed for was Heartland Tower. It had been a few months since Droite had been back to the city due to being on the road with Gauche and she wanted to see Kaito again. She thought that perhaps maybe this time she'd be able to tell Kaito her true feelings for him. Things were certainly calm enough in Heartland for her to do so. Since the incident with the Barians two years ago, the city had been at peace.
After only a few minutes of walking, Droite finally reached the tower with its familiar heart-shaped structure on top. Upon walking inside, the dark-haired woman found that the place hadn't changed all that much. It still had the same dim lighting, for one thing. As Droite began walking down the hallway in search of Kaito, she came upon a familiar blue-haired boy with golden eyes. Droite instantly recognized the boy as Kaito's younger brother, Haruto Tenjo.
Upon noticing Droite, Haruto smiled and quickly walked over to her. "Hi Droite!"
"Hello, Haruto." Droite greeted back with a small smile. "You're looking well."
"I bet you're here to see my brother, huh?" Haruto deduced. "He's down in the lab with Christopher working on something."
Droite became a little nauseous upon hearing that Kaito was working with the young man she knew as Christopher Arclight, formerly known as V. Christopher being in the lab with Kaito, then there was a good chance that Christopher's father was there as well.
"I see…" Droite finally responded. "So does that mean Tron is here too?"
"Nah, he and my dad are on a trip with Mr. Tsukumo." Haruto answered. "They probably won't be back for at least a week."
Droite breathed a small sigh of relief. Ever since her little duel with Tron at the World Duel Carnival, Droite hated to even be in the same room with the twisted little man-child. It didn't matter to her that he had reformed and was no longer considered an enemy.
"So how long are you going to be in the city?" Haruto asked.
"For a few days, at least." Droite answered. "Right now, there's something I'm hoping to talk to Kaito about."
"Oh, well then I'll let you go see him then." Haruto replied. "See you later."
With that, Haruto walked off and Droite headed for the tower's lab. Within a few moments she had reached a familiar large chamber scattered with bits of scientific equipment. Right away, Droite saw Kaito standing in the middle of the room wearing his typical black outfit. A serious expression was on the blonde's face as he stared at a large device in the room with his arms crossed. Just a few feet away Kaito's robot, Orbital 7 was furiously typing away at a computer console.
As Droite walked into the room, her footsteps caused Kaito to turn around and notice her. "Droite. What are you doing here?"
"Gauche is taking part in a few special event here in the city, so I thought I'd swing by since I was here." Droite answered.
"So you just came to say hi?" Kaito asked, still with a serious expression.
"Actually… there's something I want to talk to you about." Droite answered as she looked away a bit.
"Well it will have to wait." Kaito told her as he turned back to the device he had been staring at. "Right now, Christopher and I are in the middle of a very important experiment."
As if on cue, walking out from behind the large device was a familiar young man with long white hair dressed in blue. This of course was Christopher.
"Kaito, I just finished making the adjustments to the generator" Christopher reported. He then noticed that he and Kaito were no longer alone in the room. "Oh, hello Droite. I certainly wasn't expecting you to show up. You look well."
"Thanks." Droite replied with a slight hint of irritation in her voice. "So what is this experiment that you guys are working on?"
"We're going to attempt to use a Momentum Reactor to try and open portals to other dimensions." Christopher explained.
"Wait, you mean you're going to use the kind of generator used to power cities like Neo Domino to create gateways to other worlds?" Droite asked.
"I've done several months of research on this, and theoretically a Momentum Reactor should be powerful enough to create stable portals." Christopher answered.
"If it works, not only will we be able to open a stable door to Astral World, we'll be able to explore other dimensions as well." Kaito added.
"M-Master Kaito." Orbital 7 called from his workstation. "We're ready to begin."
"Droite, you're more than welcome to stay here and watch." Christopher offered.
"…Sure, why not?" Droite agreed.
As Kaito and Christopher walked over to the control console where Orbital was, Droite went over to lean against the lab wall and sighed. It was starting to seem like her coming to the lab was a waste of time. Droite began to think that there would never be a time for her to tell Kaito how she truly felt about him. There would always be something else that required his focus. First it was getting his hands on the Numbers in order to heal Haruto, then it was fighting the Barians, and now it was some kind of complicated experiment.
The large cylindrical device in the center of the lab began to hum to life. In front of the device were two metal poles that began to crackle with red electricity. Droite watched as a small black vortex started to form between the two poles. Suddenly a bolt of purple lighting shot out of the tiny vortex and struck Droite. Droite blacked out as she slid down the side of the wall to the floor.
Droite regained consciousness a few moments later to find a concerned Kaito kneeling down next to her. She also found her entire body felt somehow numb.
"Are you okay?" Kaito asked.
"Yeah… yeah, I think so." Droite answered.
"We should get you to a doctor." Kaito told her as he helped her to her feet.
"I'm fine, really." Droite insisted. "Just a little shaken up. What just happened, anyway?"
"We're not sure." Kaito answered. "But whatever it was caused the reactor's emergency shutdown system to engage."
"We should've waited for the specialist we called in to come before trying this first experiment." Christopher spoke.
"Droite, are you sure you're okay?" Kaito asked.
"I'm fine, but I think I should get back to my hotel." Droite decided.
"You're more than welcome to stay here for the night." Kaito offered.
"The place I'm staying that isn't far from here, I'll be fine." Droite replied.
"Well… okay." Kaito finally agreed. "But call me if you need help with anything. And you should see a doctor tomorrow morning to make sure you're okay."
Droite nodded before silently walking out of the room. As she headed down the hallway, the numb feeling she had continued to persist. It was almost as if her whole body was asleep while she was wide-awake. The only feeling she had was a kind of cold sensation that was all over. Droite almost felt like she had become a walking corpse.
Author's Note: I apologize if Christopher or any of the other characters were OOC. This is my first time writing a major ZEXAL fanfic, so I may not have some of the characters down quite right. I'll try and get better at it though. Anyway, chapter one is already done. So if those of you reading like what you see so far, feel free to move on.
Also if you like, please review and let me know what you think.
