A/N Well here's a short story to make up for my long absence. Rest assured I'm not giving up on my other fic's, just taking a little break and writing a new concept.
"You're finished Vector."
"But how?"
"Hope Ray Victory: Obliterate Shining Masquerade!" 39 pulled out his mighty sword and brought it down on 104. The clashing powers of the two numbers created and explosion that sent Vector flying. The world beneath their feet began to shake.
"What's going on?" Yuma asked Astral through their mind link.
On the opposite ends of the Sargasso, the two remaining Barian lords were already making their leave.
"Mizael, we must retreat."
"I can't! Not until I beat Kaito and show myself as the true Galaxy-Eyes's master!" Mizael argued.
"If you stay any longer you'll be trapped in the Sargasso for an eternity." Durbe said calmly. Mizael glared at him and turned to Kaito.
"This battle is not over, for the next time we meet I will prove I am the true Galaxy-Eye's master!" he said triumphantly as a portal came up behind him. He faded away along with his monsters.
Vector looked at Zexal II with hatred.
"This isn't over Yuma! Not by a long shot!" He glared at them intensely as though he could see past the red-hair warrior and into their very mind.
"The dark strain on your heart will only grow Astral." Vector said with an evil laugh as he teleported away. They looked on slightly worry before getting transported to the Key ship.
"That was amazing Yuma!" Kotori said gleefully as his friends gathered around.
"Way to bring something new to the table you guys!" Tokunosuke congratulated.
"I guess, in the end you just need the extra push to unlock this new power." Todoroki said. Yuma laughed nervously.
"I guess that's a good way to say it." He quickly closed his mouth. Was that really his voice?
"What's wrong Yuma?" Kotori asked.
"Hey Astral?" Yuma asked.
"Yes?"
"Why do I sound so weird?" he questioned.
"Yuma, are you going to say something?" Kotori asked again, a little worried.
"Is it me, or do I sound different to you?" he finally said. His voice sounded so different. Like his, but not. It was quieter, softer, like Rio or Kotori's voice.
"Well you do sound a little different. Maybe it because of Zexal, I mean it's not really your body so that is probably the reason." Yuma nodded, that was probably it.
"Hey, can we get out of this form, Astral? I want to go back to my own body." Yuma asked. Astral sighed.
"I wish you would have not released the so soon…" he said in a grim tone.
"What does that mean?" Yuma worried.
"I've been trying to break the bond since we finished Vector, but we seem to be stuck."
"YOU MEAN WE'RE STUCK LIKE THIS!?" Yuma blurted out.
"Stuck? What do you mean?" Shark asked, deciding it was his turn to speak.
"Astral says he can't break our bond." Yuma said in Zexal's voice making him sound even more distraught.
"Maybe it's the affects to what happened to Astral." Kaito said boredly.
"But I want my own body, not this one! Besides, I can't go home like this, Akari will freak!" Yuma raged.
"Maybe it will fix itself before we get back to earth." Kaito said, "but then again, it might be far worse than what it is." he finished grimly.
Yuma sank to his knees. "I just want my own body"
"Well we have a few hours, maybe that will be enough." Kotori said trying to change the mood.
Hours passed and nothing happened. Yuma thought about talking to Astral, but went against it so he wouldn't break his concentration. He looked out a port side window. He was tired. That duel wore him out and there was also the fact the the armor Zexal II was wearing kept him from sitting down.
"You okay?" Kotori asked as she came up from behind.
"Yeah, just tired."
"Then come sit down."
"I can't, this stupid armor keeps getting in the way." he huffed grabbing the 2 pieces that hung at their hips.
"Well, maybe you can take them off." she suggested.
"I've been trying but I haven't gotten to far."
"Then let me help." she offered. She moved closer to him and trying to look for away to take off their chest plate.
"Hey, Kotori, could we do this somewhere else?" Yuma stammered.
"Um, okay, I guess." Grabbing her hand, he lead them out off the main deck.
"I didn't think you would be embarrassed over something like this." Kotori said when she noticed his face was red.
"It just feels weird. I don't know this body so it feels like I'm doing something wrong." He said looking at the ground.
"Well you are in it now, so I guess it is technically yours."
"Still feels weird." He huffed. She sighed and walked around him.
"Lets try to take this off first." She said pointing at the duel disk. Grabbing the two ends that jutted out at the back she tugged. Yuma pulled the opposite direction and it slowly slipped off.
"Well that's off." Yuma said with relief. "It might not be that heavy but it still gets uncomfortable after awhile." He said moving his arm around, trying to get the feeling back in it. Setting it to the side, Kotori to his back.
"Why do you have these green markings on you hair?" she asked.
"I don't know why, this body is so weird." He said with a sigh. Moving his hair out of the way she noticed something. Like the front of the armor there was also a blue diamond shape on the back. Going on a hunch she pushed the diamond and waited for something to happen. Yuma felt the chest plate loosen. He sighed in relief. He didn't realize how tight that thing actually was.
"Hey, what did you do?"
"Press that diamond thing." she responded, not really answering him. Looking down he pressed it. The armor disconnected and fell off.
"Thank goodness." He said happily. "That was so uncomfortable and tight." He said stretching his arms above his head. Kotori walked back around and started staring at him. He looked at her confused.
"What's wrong?" She didn't respond. Slowly, she more her heads and set them on her chest. Unsure of how to respond he repeated her actions. He opened his mouth in shock. Instead of feeling his flat, somewhat muscular chest, he felt soft flesh.
"What the...?" He slowly looked downwards and confirmed his suspicions. He slightly squeezed his hands and felt the sensation in his chest. He let go and slowly slid his hands down his body. He noticed how curvy his body was now and how much his hips jutted out. Stopping at his abdomen he moved a hand in between his legs. Instead of feeling a lump he felt nothing. Looking up at Kotori, he was lost for words.
"Yuma...?" He screamed. A high-pitched, shrill screech that sounded like a teenage girl who lost her cell phone.
The door that connected to deck slid open and the numbers club ran with Shark and Kaito coming in last.
"What happened?! We thought we heard Kotori scream!" Todoroki questioned. Kotori shook her head and pointed to Yuma.
"That was all him, or, should I say, her." She said.
"I'm a girl!" He yelled again. Looking at the group that now surrounded him, he felt his cheeks heat up. Crossing his arms he turned around trying to ward off the views of the others.
Inside the mind link Yuma was fuming.
'A girl, a girl!' Why him, yeah sure he lied to Astral about Rei, but he was sorry, truly! Was this a punishment for that.
"Yuma, why are you sad?" Astral finally said after his long silence.
"It because I'm a girl now!" he whimpered.
"What so wrong about that?"
"What so wrong? What so wrong about this! It wrong because I'm a guy! Stuff like this only happens in cartoons!" Even though he was nothing more than a though right now, Yuma felt as though he was on the verge of tears. "I don't want to be a girl." Astral remained silent, not sure really on how to comfort his partner.
Standing around him, Yuma's friends watched with worry.
"What should we do? He is just standing there." Todoroki whispered.
"I don't know. Hell, I don't even know what we should called him. I mean he's still Yuma, but a girl..." Tetsuo asked out loud. Shark pushed past the group and grabbed Yuma's shoulder.
"Snap out of it!" Shark said turning him around. Yuma stared at him in shock.
"But Shark..." he started.
"No buts. Are you really going let something like this upset you? Don't be so weak, so what if you're in a different body that doesn't affect who you really are." Shark said sternly. Yuma though about what he said and smiled.
"Thanks Shark, I see what you mean now."
"Good." He turned to leave. "Oh put this on too," he pulled off his jacket and tossed it to him. "That spandex is too revealing for my comfort." Yuma at first didn't understand what he meant until he say his reflection in a near by window. Shark was right, what ever Zexal cloths were made out of was extremely tight. The new curves of his new body could be seen and his chest was the most noticeable. His face turned a dark shade of red. Quickly he pulled on the jacket and turned to face his friends. Kaito had left with Shark leaving only the numbers club and Rio behind. All the guys wore smirks while the girls seem to look more sympathetic.
"Hey! This isn't funny!" Yuma yelled at the group, his face still bright red.
"Oh, don't be so emotional Yuma. Or should we start calling you Yuna?" Tokunosuke said with a grin.
"What? No!"
"Or should we call you Zexal, being that is whose body you're in?" He mocked. Yuma crossed his arms again and glared at the group.
"Maybe you guy should stop teasing him and start showing a little bit of concern for him." Rio said boldly.
"You're only saying that because he's a girl now." Tokunosuke complained.
"No, it's not that, I doing it because you don't need to pick on him for something like this." she said crossing her arms.
"Yeah, what she said!" Yuma blurted out. The boys murmured an apology and quickly left.
"Okay," Kotori said looking at Yuma, "lets see if we can get the rest your armor off."