Remembering Some Friends
Hey everyone! Here's the second chapter! I hope I did okay and that you enjoy! Anyway, I don't own Yuma, Kotori, and the other Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal characters. I also don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. P.S. Italics are thought bubbles. P.S.S. Bold texts are flashbacks.
The next day, Yuma quickly ran to school. When he entered the classroom, he found Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo waiting for him at his desk. "Hey guys!" Yuma greeted, sitting down in his chair. "Hey! So, what happened yesterday? Did you see Kotori?" Tetsuo asked him, curious. Takashi and Tokunosuke looked at Yuma and waited for him to answer. Just when Yuma was about to explain, Professor Ukyo walked into the class. "I'll tell you guys after school." Yuma said, gesturing to the teacher. Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo looked at what Yuma was gesturing to and nodded. They quickly got back to their seats and sat down.
After school, Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo dashed up to Yuma at the front of the school. "So, did you see Kotori yesterday?" Tetsuo asked again. "Well, I did but she was in the hospital." Yuma explained sadly. "What?!" they cried out, surprised. "Why was Kotori in the hospital?" Takashi asked him. "Well, she got hit in the head really hard and now she has amnesia." Yuma explained. "Hey, I got an idea. Why don't you guys come along with me to the hospital? I was about to go there now." Yuma suggested.
"Sure, maybe we'll be able to get Kotori to remember something, Ura." Tokunosuke said, grinning. "Okay then. Let's go!" Yuma shouted, running ahead. Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo quickly ran after Yuma to the hospital. When they got to the hospital, Yuma walked to Kotori's room and knocked on the door. "Come in." Kotori's voice called out. Yuma opened the door and spotted Kotori looking out the window from her bed. Kotori turned her head around and smiled when she saw Yuma. "Yuma! You came to see me!" Kotori exclaimed cheerfully.
"Of course I would! I did say that I would come yesterday." Yuma replied, walking into the room. Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo moved into the room from behind Yuma. "Who are they, Yuma?" Kotori asked him, noticing the three. When Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo heard that, they felt sad that Kotori couldn't even remember them. "This is Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo. They are our friends." Yuma explained, gesturing to each of them.
"They are? Huh, I wish I could remember you guys." Kotori said, sadly. It was quiet for a while in the room. "Well then. I got something for you, Kotori. It's really good, Ura." Tokunosuke told her, breaking the silence. He grabbed his bag and rummaged through it. He then pulled out a lollipop and handed it to her. "This is a Flaky-licious lollipop I got from the candy store. I was going to eat it but you can have it, Ura." Tokunosuke explained.
Kotori smiled and took the lollipop from him. She pulled the lollipop out from its container and took a bite. "This is delicious! Thanks Tokunosuke." Kotori said happily. Suddenly, she felt something click in her mind. Many memories of Tokunosuke started to appear in her head. She closed her eyes and watched the memories, especially a certain one.
Kotori was sitting down on a bench near the candy store with Sei. They were both eating a Flaky-licious lollipop from the candy store. The desserts today were 50% off there so it was crowded at the store. While they were eating their treats, Kotori started to talk to Sei. "Because of that, really…" Kotori began to say. She then stopped when she noticed her lollipop was in her hand upside down. Sei noticed that her own lollipop was upside down too. "Upside down..?" she murmured, confused. Kotori then noticed that Tokunosuke had passed them by when their lollipops had flipped. "Ah…that guy!" she realized, angry.
"Kotori?" a voice called out. Kotori opened her eyes and spotted Yuma and the others staring at her weirdly. "You just zoned out for a few minutes there. Are you okay?" Yuma asked her, a worried look on his face. "Yeah, I'm okay! My memories of Tokunosuke just came back!" Kotori replied back, cheerfully. "Wait, really?" Takashi asked, surprised. Kotori nodded at them, smiling. "How did you remember me, Ura?" Tokunosuke questioned, curious. "Well, in one of the memories of you that I saw, there was this memory where my friend and I were sitting down on a bench near the candy store. You passed by us and our lollipops turned upside down in our hands. So, that's how I remember you." Kotori explained to him.
"Oh yeah, I remember that, Ura." Tokunosuke said, scratching his head. "When did that happen, Tokunosuke?" Yuma asked him, confused. "That happened before I challenged you to a duel and became you friend, Ura." Tokunosuke explained. "Oh, that's interesting." Yuma and Tetsuo commented. Meanwhile, Takashi was thinking about something. After a few seconds, he stopped thinking and walked towards Kotori. "Hey Kotori, please look at this duel card." Takashi told her. He took his deck out of his pocket and shuffled through it. When he came across the card he wanted, he took the card out and handed it to her. "Huh? Crashbug X?" Kotori read, looking at the card. "It's a nice card but why are you showing me this?" she asked him, confused.
Suddenly, Kotori felt something click in her mind again. She then started to see many memories of Takashi, just like when she saw her memories of Tokunosuke. She closed her eyes again and watched the memories, especially a certain one.
Kotori was sitting in her chair at school. Suddenly, Yuma came running in and dropped into his seat next to her, his face falling flat onto the table. "Made it on time…" Yuma murmured softly. "Okay! Listen up, everyone!" Professor Ukyo shouted. "Due to yesterday's communication error, the entire school's broadcasting computers are currently down as a result. So we can't access the textbooks." he explained sadly. "The cause of the error was…" he began to say. "Me! Please let me answer this!" Takashi cried out, jumping out of his seat.
"Oh? Committee Chairman, you know something about this?" Professor Ukyo asked him, surprised. Takashi dashed to the front of the room and faced everyone. "I do! I simply used my programming skills to mentally place myself in a similar setting. To summarize, the malfunctioning issue was caused by someone infiltrating the city's host computer." he explained while smiling. "So if I were to create…" he started to say. "Sensei!" a voice called out. Kotori and everyone looked toward the voice and spotted Yuma standing up from his chair. "How 'bout we make today into a Duel tournament!" Yuma shouted.
"Hmm…perhaps." Professor Ukyo told him. He pondered for a moment and then smiled. "Why not?" he said, agreeing. "Booyah! I'm going to bring it to every last one of you today!" Yuma yelled. Everyone else in the classroom was excited and happy too. "All right!" one student cried out. "That's Ukyo-sensei for you!" another student cheered. Takashi growled at the sight of everyone cheering. "Just when I was on stage…" he grumbled, angry. "In that case, Yuma-kun!" he shouted, pointing at him. Everyone stared at him, wondering what he was going to do. "To summarize, you duel with me!" Takashi told him. "Sure! It'd be my pleasure!" Yuma replied, excited.
"Duel disk, set!" they both yelled out, their duel disks unfolding. "D-Gazer, set!" they both shouted. Everyone in the room placed their D-Gazers on, ready to watch the duel. "Duel Target: Lock-On!" the two cried out. "Link established between A and B." the computer said when it was done loading. "Duel!" they screamed, finally ready to start. "You can do it, Yuma!" Kotori exclaimed, cheering him on. "Yuma-kun, is there any merit to the rumors that you defeated Shark?" Takashi asked, curious. "You bet! It's true!" Yuma told him, grinning. "I just can't believe that. That you did, despite having never defeated me in your entire life." Takashi said, frowning at him.
"It's the truth, Committee Chairman." Tetsuo assured him. "We're the witnesses!" Kotori told him. "So I see. Meaning that if I were to win this duel…" Takashi muttered, smirking. "To summarize, it would mean that I am stronger than Shark, correct?" he asked. "You keep saying 'to summarize'…" Yuma muttered, looking at him weirdly. "It'd be really bad if your throat was sum-mothered by that sea lion-sized sentence!" he joked. "'If my throat was smothered'?!" Takashi cried out, his eyes widening. Tetsuo and Kotori sighed and sweat dropped at Yuma's weird joke.
"Okay, let's get it on! I got me a Numbers card!" Yuma shouted, opening his extra deck container. He looked inside and gasped. The Numbers card wasn't in there! "It's gone! The Numbers' gone!" Yuma yelled while flailing around. "Here I come! My turn! Draw!" Takashi said, drawing a card. "H-HOLD ON A MINUTE!" Yuma shrieked, causing the birds outside to fly away.
A few minutes later, Takashi still had 4,000 life points while Yuma just had 100 life points left. "Go, Crashbug X!" Takashi said, summoning the monster. A monster with a bomb for a head appeared onto the field. Crashbug X quickly flew into Yuma's empty field and headed towards him. Yuma gasped and his eyes widened as Takashi's monster floated closer to him. Crashbug X placed its hands together and formed an energy beam. "Direct attack!" Takashi ordered. Crashbug X then released the energy beam it was holding. The beam zoomed forward and crashed into Yuma, causing him to fly onto his back. Yuma's life points then dropped to zero and the duel ended.
"You got to be kidding!" Yuma moaned, surprised. Everyone in the room then started to murmur about the duel. "4,000 to zero…" Tetsuo groaned while his hand was on his face. "Y-Yuma…" Kotori stuttered sadly. "He totally wiped the floor with you!" she suddenly cried out. "As expected, someone like Yuma-kun who never studies could never beat me!" Takashi said while the field turned back to normal. "To summarize, a fool can't hope to win a duel." he spat. "What?!" Yuma yelled angrily while standing up. "Don't be like that, now." a voice called out. Yuma and Takashi looked towards the voice and saw Professor Ukyo.
"Life and dueling are one and the same. It never goes just as you plan." he told Takashi. "One should learn through messing up. Bugman, for example, lives off of failure." Professor Ukyo explained, taking the card off of Takashi's duel disk. He then showed it to the entire class. "Bugman…an electrical fairy that lives off of the other bugs. It becomes extremely powerful because it lives off its bug friends. It's said that those who witness its full moon like appearance may forever live in happiness." he read. "Sensei, to summarize, there's no such thing as stuff like that in real life!" Takashi argued. Professor Ukyo looked surprised at his outburst but then smiled. "There is. I'm sure of it." he assured him.
Professor Ukyo then turned towards Yuma. "Yuma, it's fine that you lost just now. You just have to learn from it. Isn't that the challenge spirit you like to call bringing it to 'em?" he told him. "Ukyo-sensei! You're right! I'll always keep bringing it to 'em!" Yuma cried out, his eyes glistening. Professor Ukyo just smiled and chuckled when he heard that.
"Kotori!" a voice yelled out. Kotori's eyes snapped open when she heard that. She looked up into the face of a very worried Yuma. "This time, you were really zoned out. You were out for like almost an hour!" Yuma told her. "An hour?" Kotori repeated, surprised. "Yeah. But what happened, Kotori?" Tetsuo asked her, curious. Kotori was about to explain when she heard someone chuckle a bit. She looked towards the sound and spottedTakashi. "What's so funny, Ura?" Tokunosuke asked, confused. "My calculations were correct." Takashi told them, smiling. "What calculations?" Tetsuo questioned.
"Well, you see, when Kotori took a bite from that lollipop, it caused her memories of Tokunosuke to appear back into her mind. So, I thought that if I showed her something, it would trigger more memories to come back. And I was right!" Takashi said, cheerfully. "So, Kotori. What memory were you watching?" Yuma asked her, curious. "Well, it was when the computers were down. You and Takashi were dueling in the classroom. That's the memory I was watching before you snapped me back to normal." Kotori explained. "I remember that so clearly. I beat Yuma without even taking damage!" Takashi shouted while smiling. "Grrr! You beat me because I didn't have my Numbers card with me that time!" Yuma yelled, angry.
Before Yuma and Takashi could argue, the door opened and a nurse walked in. "Sorry for intruding on your conversation but it is time for Kotori's treatment." the nurse apologized. "It's okay. We'll go now, Ura." Tokunosuke told the nurse. Takashi, Tokunosuke, Tetsuo, and Yuma started to walk out the door. "Kotori! I'll see you tomorrow!" Yuma called back while waving. "Okay! See you then!" Kotori called back, happily. Takashi, Tokunosuke, Tetsuo, and Yuma walked out into the lobby.
"This is awesome! Kotori remembers us, Ura." Tokunosuke said. "Yeah, it feels good to be recognized." Takashi said, grinning. Yuma and Tetsuo looked at both of them and frowned. "Well, you guys are lucky. Kotori doesn't remember us yet." Yuma muttered. Tetsuo nodded, agreeing with him. "Well, I'm going to have to come every day to help Kotori! She'll probably remember me then!" Yuma shouted, determined. Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo looked at him and pondered for a moment. They then started to smile weirdly at Yuma and began to chuckle.
Yuma looked at them like they were crazy. "What's wrong with you guys now?" Yuma asked them, confused. "We know why you want Kotori to remember you so badly." Tetsuo told him while grinning. "It's because you love her, right?" Takashi teased. When Yuma heard that, his back got stiff and his eyes widened. "W…What? I…I don't…love her!" Yuma stuttered, his cheeks red. "Yeah you do. You're blushing now, Ura." Tokunosuke told him, smiling. "Ummm…come on guys! Let's just go already!" Yuma shouted, dashing outside. Takashi, Tokunosuke, and Tetsuo followed behind him. "Kotori…someday…I hope I can tell you my feelings. But, not today." Yuma murmured in his head.
That night at the hospital, Kotori was still awake. As she looked outside, she thought about her uncovered memories. When she was watching her memories, she saw that Yuma and Tetsuo's faces were blurred. "Yuma…just…who are you?" Kotori wondered. She suddenly felt really tired. She laid her head onto the pillow and fell asleep, thinking about Yuma.
Well, that's chapter 2. I really hope that you liked this chapter because I really worked on this hard. I even stayed up all night, trying to get this done for you guys. Well, to those people who are reading this, I hope you enjoy. Here are the episodes where each flashback comes from:
Remembering Tokunosuke: Episode 5
Remembering Takashi: Episode 3
I don't own the episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. Anyway, please review and bye!
