I've been pondering this story in my head for quite some time now, so I've decided to take a chance with it and hope for the best. You could say that this story could take place before the events of my first story 'Yuma's Girl Trouble'. Since this story would be considered AU-ish to the main Zexal series, I apologize in advance if any characters seem too OOC to you, but I'm simply a guy who's a math-master, not a novel master, wanting to get these ideas out of my head. I do not own Zexal, or any of its character's. I hope you enjoy.
A rainstorm was occurring within the depths of the Barian World. In the throne room where the Barian emperors resided, one figure, namely Dumon, was staring at a series of screens in front of him. One of them showed Shark winning a duel with Shark Drake Veiss against a possessed Art Stanley. Another screen depicted Kite dueling Mizar in a Barian Sphere Field. Particularly, the moment where both duelists had summoned their upgraded forms of their respective Galaxy Eyes, causing the Sphere Field to collapse and force Mizar to cancel the duel before they could proceed any further. The last screen which Dumon had been viewing showed Yuma defeating not only Alito with Utopia Ray, but also Girag with his newly acquired Utopia Ray V that Dumon couldn't help but notice was summoned using a Rank-Up spell card that appeared to be rather identical to Rank-Up Magic – Barian's Force. As if that didn't frustrate him enough, the footage wouldn't show just how Yuma got his hands on what appeared to be his new trump card.
Nevertheless, Dumon did not like what he was seeing and removed the screens from his sight. He then turned to face a beaten Alito and Girag who were now resting within Baria Crystals to regain strength from their defeats.
"The actions by Yuma and his friends are increasing the jeopardy that are world is in," he mused to himself, "Not only have they secured half of the Number cards and put Alito and Girag temporarily out of commission, but Yuma somehow obtained a Barian card which doesn't possess him, thus allowing him to use it against us without worry," Dumon looked out a window to see the rainstorm, "The power of the 100 Number Cards is our only hope. If we cannot secure them, we will not be able to obtain the Numeron Code. If we do not have the Numeron Code, we will not have the power to create a universe where our world can survive. Therefore, something much worse than frequent rainstorms may be in store for us!" he shouted that last part out angrily, then turned around and walked to the center of the throne room where he paced, pondered and worried about how much longer they would have before their world would begin to collapse.
"But how are we going to deal with Yuma when he has the messenger of the Astral World by his side to aid him?" Dumon asked to no one in particular, "He has most of the numbers in his grasp after all which would make it more beneficial to target him, but if he was able to defeat two of us seven Barian emperors, who knows how many of the other emperors his capabilities can match? Even his friend Kite has proven to be a difficult obstacle when he battled Mizar."
"I heard that!" shouted a new voice from the doorway to the throne room. Dumon turned to see Mizar standing there. He had been listening in on most of Dumon's summarization of the Barian World's current state and casually began walking towards Dumon to converse with him, "I must say, Dumon, you have a bit of nerve complimenting humans who should be our enemies when we have other things to worry about, especially the claim that Kite can match me in terms of skill when it is I who should be the master of both Galaxy-Eyes."
"Say what you will, Mizar," said Dumon, "But I just saw a viewing of him managing to destroy your Tachyon Dragon."
"So what?" asked Mizar, "Defeating my monster in its regular form does not prove a thing. I assure you I would have had Kite on his knees if my monsters true form was able to enter the battle."
"But it was for that reason that your attempt to secure the numbers yourself was in vain," Dumon shot back.
"I am aware of that, but I am also certain that you are just as annoyed as I am about the fact that our only means of securing Numbers is by either picking a random human to brainwash or using a little device from our world that still limits our capabilities in the human world," said Mizar, referring to their Barian Sphere Field's.
"Yes…it does trouble me," Dumon admitted.
"So I thought. And just for the record I clearly had Yuma hanging by a thread on my first turn. Maybe if I did not unleash everything I could possibly muster at that time and made sure he could still stand on his own two feet, perhaps I would have been able to carry on with dueling him to the end without having Kite cutting in. Then I could have secured Yuma's Numbers and carry on to Kite with nothing else on my plate.
"I understand what you are saying," Dumon began, "But even if you wanted to do that whole ordeal over in that fashion, we are all out of Barian Sphere Field's right now."
"Then what are we supposed to do now?" questioned Mizar, "Go right back to brainwashing humans and press our luck with them? Girag tried that seven times and failed seven times. And on top of that, Alito targeted Yuma and Yuma alone, even going as far as being the one responsible for one of Girag's many failures as he was the one who defeated Girag's mob of brainwashed students, just to be able to battle Yuma on a level playing field. As for me, you think my power is too great for this situation. So aside from us three, who else could be able to lend us a hand in this matter?"
Dumon lowered his head a little and sighed. He remained silent for a few minutes trying to think of what other options they could possibly try. Although he did not want to admit it, possibly everything Mizar had told him was spot on. They had few options to begin with for securing Numbers, and had little to go on now. Then he thought he would pull an idea out of thin air.
"Well…," Dumon began sarcastically, "I have yet to send Vector to the human world myself, but what could he do that would be out of the ordinary? You know how he is after all."
"Indeed I do," Mizar agreed.
"Did somebody call for me?" a third voice called out. Dumon and Mizar look at each other with "oh great" looks. A new figure leaped through the doorway into the throne room and landed on his feet next to the two Barian emperors who were just having a back and forth conversation, "Guess who," the figure said in a sing song voice.
"Oh, Vector. What a nice surprise," said Mizar as if he did not mean it.
"Why are you sounding so down?" Vector inquired, "I am sure a pleasant greeting would not hurt anyone."
"We have bigger problems right now, Vector," cut in Dumon, "Mizar and I have a reason to feel down right now, so you better have something to say that can cheer us up."
"Oh, I believe I do," Vector replied, getting his comrade's attention, " I was overhearing the little spiel you were having about brainwashing humans being our only hope to survive. Well…I was able to study Yuma from afar and have put together a plot related to brainwashing that could make him less capable in a duel and easier to beat."
"Alright, I'll bite," said Mizar, who was now a little interested, "How would you go about this plot?"
"Well, to start," Vector began, "Yuma, when he was little, appears to have been taught to never give up, even in the face of a crisis, even made a catchphrase revolving around it which he calls 'Feeling the flow.' As long as he remembers that teaching, he will always remain positive, always continue to duel in any predicament, and always succeed, or as he likes to say 'High five the sky.'
"Okay…" said Dumon stretching the word out a little, "But what can we learn from that that can help us?"
"Don't you see?" Vector continued, "If he will remain unstoppable and successful in a duel when he remains in high spirits, we simply need to do something that will make him forget what he was taught and dampen his spirits, causing him to lose his positivity so he has none of it to help him succeed in his duels."
"Even if that was entirely true," Mizar interrupted, "How can we dampen his spirits if to our knowledge, he is upbeat about almost anything?"
"Mizar, my pet dragon," Vector replied, angering Mizar with Dumon holding him back, "Even the most positive people have some weak points. Even you hit one of Yuma's when you dueled him."
"Yes, but he seemed to get back on his feet in no time," Mizar argued, "Do you have a method that could dampen his spirits long enough to secure his Numbers?"
"Indeed I do," admitted Vector, making Dumon and Mizar look a little surprised, "Most people in Heartland City now seem to look up to Yuma quite a lot having become the champion of the WDC and thwarting the plot we created with Faker and Arclight, not to mention Yuma always wanted to become a duel champion. So all we need to do is make a little rumour revolving around it to make some people stop seeing him in the spotlight. These might help out a little," Vector then pulled something out of his sleeve like a magician to reveal three cards with auras radiating from them. Dumon and Mizar noticed them instantly.
"Numbers!" Dumon gasped.
"Where did you get those?" questioned Mizar.
"I happened to come across them by chance," was Vector's answer, "And it just so happens that when given to someone not immune by their effects, they will form maliciousness even in a saint, and they will be hard even for Astral to track. They will be given to the lucky humans who shall duel Yuma when the time is right, and by that I mean when he loses his 'Feeling the flow' spirit." Dumon and Mizar were able to sense malicious power from the cards Vector was holding, and therefore, they felt certain that Vector knew what he was doing. Knowing they didn't have a lot of options, they decided to give this plot a go.
"Okay, Vector," Dumon declared, "If it means having even a small chance of obtaining the Numbers, you may put your plan into motion. But remember, we have had enough failures from Alito and Girag already, so I will not tolerate another one."
"Yes sir," teased Vector, "Vector, out," and a portal opened behind him and he disappeared into it.
"I do hope he knows what he is doing," said Mizar, getting a nod from Dumon.
It was the middle of the night in Heartland City, and in a newspaper factory, the workers had left for the day and the machine was preparing to print the main headline. Then Vector materialized in his human form by one end of the printing machine, checked to make sure no one was around and took a look at the headline.
"Time to begin phase one of Operation: Yuma's Ultimate Fall," he said, as held out a hand and made the Barian Emblem appear on the headline and started to change what it said. Then he took out the three cards he showed earlier, "and time for you to get to work," and he tossed them out a window, leaving them to fly around and search for someone to possess.
In the Meadow's residence, the Catherine's mansion and the Kaboom's residence, Tori, Cathy and Anna were all sound asleep, when at each location simultaneously, one of the three cards had flew in through the windows and on top of each of the sleeping girls, causing a little glow around each of them before fading out.
Hmmm. It appears Vector has put together a plan which will end up involving three girls that Yuma knows all too well. ow exactly will this plot of his lower Yuma's spirits. Stay tuned to find out.
Note: I just left the starting gate with this story, so it might take a while. And for those of you canon fans out there, you could imagine that the plot of this story and my previous story take place between episodes 93 and 94 of Zexal. Also, since Yuma and Co. have yet to find out the truth about Rei, it would be best to picture any scenes involving Vector as a human doing Barian related work with his face, along with the other Barians humans faces, hidden in shadows.