Title: If One Steps into the Gentle Darkness

Genre: Adventure/Humor

Summary: Being the Herald of Gentle Darkness sure was hard work, even without a new power manifesting on a daily basis. And just where did Judai land himself this time? "You'd think Flying would be the first in Traveling, right?"

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX or 5Ds or anything. Anything you recognize is not my property. I am just a poor college student who barely get by anyway, so please don't sue! Thank you!

Chapter Three: Flying with the Dragons of Five

It took the better part of the rest of the day to sort everything out, and by the time they finished, night had fallen and Judai was asleep on the sofa, from where he was promptly moved to Yusei's bed. Aki and the twins had left a while ago, and Team Ragnarok did drop by after that and the meeting between Judai and the Team was hilarious, to say the least. Especially when Yubel got involved.

"Who'd have thought that Team Ragnarok would bow down to anyone, much less a kid that fell from the sky." Jack was getting the most kick out of this, it seemed.

"I'll have you know, Jack Atlas, that Yuki Judai will be the key to saving the world!"

"I thought you guys believed we were going to be the ones saving the world?" Crow said good-naturedly.

"Actually," Jack snickered, "They thought they were going to save the world until we beat them in the WRGP."

A tick began to grow on Dragan's forehead.

"Jack…," Yusei sighed.

"It does not matter, Fudo Yusei," Harald said dismissively, "But after hearing the Herald's story, it seems like the matter is much graver than we originally thought."

"Aa," Yusei nodded, "I can't say that I understand the part about the Nothingness, but stopping Synchro Monsters from ever existing, that does sound like something Yliaster would do."

"But what I still don't understand is why Judai-san came to this time period," Bruno said, "Shouldn't he have traveled back in time to stop the agents of Yliaster when they were meddling with the creation of Synchro Monsters? That would have made more sense."

"And this whole time-traveling business is too complicated!" Crow groaned, "I mean, if Synchro Monsters never existed in Judai's timeline, then why do we still have Synchro Monsters here in our timeline? Shouldn't the effects have reached this period by now?"

"I think I can explain that," Bruno said, "It has to be Judai-san's presence that's causing the shift. Judai-san is the Herald, someone who helps others right? Keep the balance of the world in check and all. Well, the balance has been tipped, and the Nothingness, which I actually interpret as entropy, is increasing at an abnormal rate. Entropy increase and the end of the universe has always been linked together, and if the entropy was increasing that fast, maybe Judai-san's timeline never actually reached ours, but since the Herald is here, and we are all here, something must have happened to disconnect our two timelines, so that until everything is fixed, we are actually not in the same dimensional zone as the timeline that Judai-san came from; we have been, ahh, removed, I suppose, from the old dimensional zone."

Harald nodded slowly, "That does make a lot of sense. But it still does not change the fact that we have to somehow change the past as well as save the future from this time period."

"No, it doesn't. And frankly, I would say that I am glad we have someone here who knows what's going on." Dragan agreed.

"But that someone is a kid!" Jack hissed, "A kid that just fell from the sky! How can you all just trust him like that?"

"I understand where you are going at, Jack," Crow said as he moved to fix everyone a cup of coffee, "But you saw how the Crimson Dragon stepped in to save the kid, and he isn't even related to us in the slightest. And remember how chummy the Dragon was with Judai. I'd say we trust him, since the Dragon obviously does."

"And anyone who could speak to a God-like deity with such familiarity is bound to be powerful in his own right," Brave added, "so I really don't see the problem of going with this kid and seeing what happens."

Jack knew when he was outnumbered, "Fine, do whatever you want, but until the kid proves himself, I will reserve my right to not trust him."

It's the week of the New Year! No school and good food for at least a week is on your list of things to do. But, first things first, you open the computer to check your email account. You are intrigued to see that there is a new update for If One Steps into the Gentle Darkness. This Author has disappeared off your radar for at least 2 weeks now. Good to know she is still alive. You glance at the living room, filled with holiday cheer and tasty treats and family members waiting to hear about your year… Ahh, all that can wait for a while, right? You click on the link and begin reading the new chapter.

Judai slowly opened his eyes; he still felt tired and half-dead, but it was bearable, at least.

"Welcome back to the world of the living, Judai."

"Yubel! Are you okay? Are you hurt? What's going on?"

"Calm down, Judai! Everything is fine, for now, at least."

Judai breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good to hear."

Then he scrunched his eyebrow together, before a look of dawning horror appeared on his face, "Oh no."

"What? What's wrong, Judai?"

"I thought something was missing! We've lost Pharaoh and Daitokuji-sensei somewhere in the Traveling! I don't even know if cats can survive in the Darkness for any long period of time! What if they die? What if that Yliaster captures them? Daitokuji-sensei has too much useful information, and they are going to torture it out of him! Oh, no! I should have kept a better eye on them…!"

"Judai, stop hyperventilating!"

"What's going on?" By now, the gang had heard Judai, and they crowded into his room.

Judai turned panicked eyes to them and almost wailed, "I've lost my cat!"

Everyone just blinked at him.

"Your cat…?" Brave muttered with the strangest expression on his face, "The world is collapsing and you are worried about your cat…?"

"You don't understand!" Judai cried, "That cat has my sensei's soul in it! And sensei is very knowledgeable on many things, and I have to find him! What if the enemy get their hands on Pharaoh? This is really bad!"

"Pharaoh?"

"Your sensei's soul is in a cat?"

"You are still in school?"

"Why would Yliaster want a cat of all things?"

"You don't understand!" Judai repeated impatiently, "This is Pharaoh and Daitokuji-sensei we are talking about!"

"Calm down, Judai!" Yubel's voice shouted over all the din. Yubel materialized, scaring half the room.

"You are always with him?" Crow yelped.

"Of course, Crow," Yubel said impatiently, "I am part of his soul, of course I am always by his side."

"Talk about no privacy."

Yubel glared. Crow wisely shut his mouth.

"Judai," Yubel turned to the distraught young man, "Pharaoh will be fine! We can go look for him when you are better. If you don't stop to recover, you are not going to help anyone, least of all Pharaoh and Daitokuji-sensei. And what about Yusei and everyone else? There is trouble in this Time and if you are at anything less than your best, who's to say that you won't be knocked out of the game before you are even in it?"

Judai sighed, lowering his eyes, "I suppose you are right, Yubel, but I have made so many mistakes in the past, and I don't want to lose anyone again, not Pharaoh, not Daitokuji-sensei."

Yubel smiled gently at him, "I understand, Judai, but you have to think rationally."

"Besides, Judai-san, we'll help you find this wayward cat of yours," Yusei smiled at the other duelist, "maybe he also came to this time and is just lost."

Judai smiled brilliantly, "Thanks, Yusei. I really appreciate that."

You, the Reader, nods in approval. So the Author didn't just forget about Pharaoh and leave him in the darkness of a plot hole. For some time now, you have been afraid that's exactly what happened. At least the Author did something right.

The next morning dawned bright and early. Yusei woke from the makeshift bed on the couch and stretched. It felt good to finally be released from the pressure of the Machine Emperors. Life was finally back to normal. Or as normal as it was ever going to get with a Time Traveler around. Talking about Time Travelers…

Yusei gently creaked open the door to his bedroom, expecting to see the brunette sleeping peacefully, but an empty room greeted him, instead. Yusei groaned, talk about baby-sitting a Time Traveler! A note floated down in front of him, written in a messy scribble. Yusei grabbed it, and read:

Hey Yusei, or whoever finds this first, I suppose:

I'll be back soon, but I just had this really weird feeling coming from across the water, and I thought I'd check it out. Don't worry about me! I'll be back when I'm done snooping around. I'll look for Pharaoh along the way, but I'd appreciated it if you guys can keep an eye out, too. I drew a picture of what he looks like on the back.

Anyway, see you guys later!

Judai

Yusei flipped the paper over; an equally messily scribbled picture of a fat tabby cat was on the back. Yusei groaned again. Why couldn't Judai just stayed still until everyone woke up? But, Yusei supposed that he couldn't really blame him for acting alone; hasn't he been acting alone for a long time now? And wasn't Yubel with him, too? So Judai's not totally alone.

Well, Judai's definitely in Satellite, if that "across the water" reference was anything to go by, and Satellite was the place Yusei was most familiar with. He'll just have to track him down there.

"Good morning, Yusei, Jack, Crow!"

The voices of Rua, Ruka and Aki floated from the entrance. He'll have help, too, it seems.

"Remind me again why we are going after the kid?" Jack's voice came over the intercom, annoyed.

"Well, technically, he is our guest."

"You mean he's a freeloader!"

"Oh, and like you aren't Jack?" Crow said tauntingly.

"YOU…!"

"Stop it, you two." Harald's voice joined in the conversation.

"And remind me why they are tagging along, too?"

"Because we can't just leave the Herald in only your care; the fate of the world depends on this guy!" Brave said good-naturedly.

"You think we can't protect him!"

"Nooo, it's not that we think so; we know so!" Brave laughed over the com system.

Jack growled and glared at Brave's face on his screen.

"You know," Bruno said, trying to change the subject before a war broke out, "for some reason, I don't think Judai-san is going to be pleased to know that we are protecting him."

"I agree," Aki voiced her own thoughts, "Judai-san must be very used to doing things by himself. He may not appreciate the fact that we are going after him."

"Just say we thought we had a lead that his cat was here or something." Crow provided.

"How about trying to find him first? Satellite is a big place, and I don't think Team Ragnarok is familiar with it?"

"No," Dragan replied, "We knew about Satellite, but we have never been there before."

"How about we split up into groups when we reach Satellite?"

"That's a good idea."

"Alright, we are taking the next exit off the bridge. Crow, you go with Brave; Jack, take Dragan along; Aki, go with Bruno and take Ruka with you; Harald, you are coming with me and Rua. Meet back at Martha's by sundown if we have no luck."

"Got it!"

"Alright! Let's rev it up!"

Wait, what? Isn't that Yusei's catchphrase in the dub? O..kay? You thought this was based on the subbed version? What is the Author thinking anyway, mixing dubbed and subbed? Oh, well, you suppose you could overlook one mistake, right? Or maybe two…or three…

"I think we are lost." Judai said, standing in a huge crater in the ground, looked around the desolated landscape.

"That's the understatement of the century." Oh, Yubel was annoyed, alright, "Didn't I tell you to wait until Yusei and the rest woke up so you guys can go together? No, you just had to act by yourself."

Judai ignored her, "Wait! I think I see the water! And isn't that Neo Domino City right across?"

"At least you are in the right place. You might be getting the hang of this Traveling business after all. Didn't you say you felt something coming from across the water?"

"Yea," Judai muttered, looking at his surroundings again, before staring down at the ground with a pensive look, "you know, Yubel, I think we are standing right on top of it."

Yubel looked down as well, "What, exactly, are we looking for again?"

"I don't know," Judai said, as he started digging around, "I just have a really bad feeling, that's all."

"Are you sure it isn't because you are tired?"

"No, seriously, Yubel. I woke up because of this. There is definitely something weird going on here."

"What could be weird about a dirt crater? There is nothing around here for miles!"

"No, really…" Judai stopped abruptly, and his eyes turned golden, the color of the Supreme King.

"Judai! What's wrong?"

"There is nothing wrong with him, Guardian." A woman's voice came from behind Yubel, startling her, "He is just reacting to the power of the Old Momentum; after all, you don't see that kind of energy lying around in a dirt crater every day."

Yubel whirled around, ready to attack, "Who are you?"

The woman with long golden tresses smiled, "My name is Sherry LeBlanc, and it's nice to meet you too, Herald and his Guardian."

Behind them, Judai fell onto his knees, "This kind of power…"

Yubel was torn: on the one hand, she was worried about Judai and wanted to attend to him; on the other hand, she didn't want to turn her back to this Sherry LeBlanc, there was something definitely off about this whole situation.

"Looks like the Herald's power is reacting quite violently with Momentum's power; they are the same brand of power after all. Momentum seems to sense the amount of Duel Energy coming from the Herald and is trying to pull it out." Sherry smirked at her own words, "This is not a safe place for the Herald, Guardian, especially with his powers not recuperated nor controlled; I am truly surprised that he is even here."

"Why we are here is none of your business, woman!" Yubel spat at her.

"Oh, but that's where you are mistaken," Sherry said with a smile, "You see, it was Zone-sama and I who guided the Herald here. We wished to speak with him."

"You…!" Yubel was livid with rage, "What do you want with Judai? Why did you make him come to this place?"

Sherry turned her back to the Duel Monster spirit, "We wanted to make a trade: we have something of the Herald's and we want something from the Herald in return. Why we chose this particular place, well I am sure you can see why, Guardian: it's much easier to deal with one than to deal with two at the same time."

"You knew Judai was going to be overwhelmed," Yubel hissed as she pulled the unresponsive Judai into her arms, "Well, I can tell you right now, mortal, that anything you want from Judai, I will not allow him to give to you!"

"Even if I have his precious sensei and the fur ball?" Almost out of thin air, Sherry pulled a struggling, clawing, and yowling Pharaoh into view, "From what I understand, this fur ball is the Herald's companion; surely he would be upset if anything were to happen to this cat, right?"

"Ma…make it s..stop," Judai groaned as he slowly adjusted to the draining of his already depleted energy supplies, "please…Don't…hurt Pharaoh…or Daitokuji-sensei."

Judai opened his eyes, which had faded into brown, "What…do you want? Give Pharaoh…and sensei back to …me!"

Sherry smirked, "I knew you would see it my way. Let's go somewhere else to settle this, shall we?"

"Has anyone found anything yet?" Yusei's voice came over the com system.

"No," Crow replied, "we've hit nothing, and we've asked around, and no one's seen anyone like the kid."

"We have nothing either," Jack growled over the intercom, "the kid probably never came to this part of Satellite."

"Judai-san is not in our area either," Aki's voice joined the others, "no one has seen anyone like him at all here."

"We've got nothing either," Yusei sighed over the com system, "Let's keep looking."

"Roger that!" Crow said cheerily.

"I expect payment for babysitting the kid!" Jack muttered.

"We'll contact you if we see anything, Yusei."

"Thanks, minna."

Yusei closed the com system in his D-Wheel.

"Where do you think he would be, Yusei?"

"I have no idea. As far as I know, Judai-san doesn't know Satellite at all, and I don't know why he would even come here in the first place."

"He left you a note, didn't he?"

"Yea, but all he said was that he got a bad feeling from across the water and that he was going to investigate. Not much to go by if we want to find him in Satellite."

"Bad feeling…?"

"Bad feeling…Wait, could he have meant the Old Momentum site?"

Yusei veered suddenly, "I think I might know where he went!"

Suddenly, the com system screen flared to life, "Yusei," Crow's panicked voice sounded over the system, "I think there's something going on at the Bridge! Me and Brave, we are heading over there right now, but I think you might wanna see this, too."

"The Bridge? What's going on there?"

"I don't know, but I heard some people say they saw a woman and a guy up there and something about a cat?"

"I got it," Yusei said, "We are on our way."

"Why did you bring us here, Sherry?" Judai stood across from Sherry on the Bridge while Yubel hovered behind him protectively. Down below, D-Wheels and cars rushed past, while the ever-calm Neo Domino Sea moved peacefully underneath them all.

The blonde-haired woman raised an eyebrow, "Would you rather we bargain while you are writhing in pain, Herald? I have no objections to that."

Judai winced, "Never mind. What do you want from me? Why do you have Pharaoh?"

"To trade." Sherry said simply, "Yuki Judai, I am sure you know of the future that is waiting for us if Synchro Monsters are allowed to progress. Destruction, desolation, and death. Surely, the Herald of Gentle Darkness would not want something like that to happen to the world."

"No, of course not."

"Then why are you still hindering Yliaster's efforts to bring about a better future? First, you and Yusei and Muto Yugi dueled and defeated Paradox. If he had succeeded, there won't even be Duel Monsters, and the bleak future that we see now would have been averted. But, I'll admit that getting rid of Pegasus and the creation of Duel Monsters was a too big a move. However, why are you meddling in our erasure of Synchro Monsters? It would not really affect your time period at all! The lives of people will continue, just not towards destruction and ruin!"

"No," Judai shook his head, "You are wrong. Without Synchro Monsters, the world would have ended before this time period even began. I don't know of this Zone-sama that you speak of, but if this whole plan is his, you had better ask him to stop meddling in affairs that he can't possibly know the consequences of. Synchro Monsters may have brought the destruction of a future, but if Synchro Monsters are never created, it will bring about the destruction of not only the future, but also the present, and the past."

Sherry narrowed her eyes, "You lie, Herald."

Judai, too, narrowed his eyes as they turned golden, "I have seen the encroaching Nothingness threatening the balance of the world, and I can tell you that it only sped up drastically after Yliaster meddled in my time period."

Sherry turned around, "I am not here to argue with you about the rights and wrongs of Synchro Monsters; I am only here to trade the lives of your cat and sensei with your cooperation; I can give them back to you if you come quietly with me."

"There is no way in the twelve dimensions I am allowing you or your master to lay a finger on my Judai!"

Sherry ignored Yubel's heated words, "I am waiting for your answer, Herald."

Judai bit his lip; on the one hand, he really wanted to could not afford to not save Pharaoh and Daitokuji-sensei, but he also had his own duty to the world as the Herald of Gentle Darkness.

"Perhaps you need a little incentive, Herald."

The yowling cat once again appeared in the blonde's strong grip, but this time Daitokuji-sensei's orb was floating in the air.

"Nya," the ancient professor's youthful voice cried out, "Don't listen to this mad woman, Judai-kun! It's way past my time to go, and I am sure Pharaoh would want it this way as well. Don't worry about us, Judai-kun! Go, run, get away from here, and never come back!"

Judai eyes widened, "Daitokuji-sensei…"

"Could you really leave your sensei and the cat here, Yuki Judai?" Sherry slowly stepped towards the edge of the Bridge, holding on to the furry tabby, with the spirit orb trailing behind, "After all, I am sure you know what's going to happen if you fail to listen to our…demands."

"NO!" Judai cried, "Please, don't…" He took a step forward.

"Judai, you can't!" Yubel grabbed on to Judai's arm, only for it to go straight through.

Sherry smiled, and suddenly let go of Pharaoh. There was a split second when the world seemed to stop and all was silent in the sphere of Time and Space...

"MEOWWW!"

"AHHHHHH!"

"Sensei! Pharaoh!"

"NO, JUDAI!"

Absolute chaos reigned as Judai dove after the falling tabby and his sensei. Yubel would have followed, but due to lack of solid form and some strange power that was keeping her from moving .

Yubel glared at Sherry and yelled heatedly, "You are doing this on purpose! You don't want Judai's cooperation; you want him dead!"

"I can't say that that isn't on our list of things-to-do, but if the Herald is this easy to kill, then I think Zone-sama would be disappointed. Guardian, shouldn't you have more faith in your charge?"

Yubel growled and continued to struggle against her invisible bonds; just as Sherry continued to look down into the glistening Sea; and Judai continued his fatal fall.

Judai had managed to catch Pharaoh, arresting Daitokuji-sensei's free fall as well, but if something didn't happen soon, the three of them were heading towards certain death.

"Judai-kun!" Daitokuji-sensei's voice was both relieved and a bit exasperated, "You shouldn't have…"

"I shouldn't have, but I did. Sensei, don't worry, I'll get us out of this mess." The fire in Judai's eyes burned as they turned golden and began to subtly glow.

Judai knew that he probably won't be able to call out his Duel Monsters if Yubel's loss of solid form was anything to go by; he could only rely on his own powers as the Supreme King. And there was that nagging feeling in the back of his mind all day, like an itch that desperately need scratching, but he just couldn't pinpoint it yet.

He supposed he could try that Space Distortion Traveling thingy, but he really wasn't sure it would work while he was in the air…

The glittering Sea rushed up at them with impossible speed. Judai closed his eyes; he needed a miracle and he needed it fast.

To the thousands of cars and D-Wheels rushing past on the Daedalus Bridge, they saw a red blur suddenly plummet downwards and just as suddenly, the blur vanished in a golden orb that shimmered with shadows and Darkness. However, for all the breathtaking beauty and power the orb exhibited, it could not defy gravity, and was pulled relentlessly into the waters with only the heart-wrenching wail of a broken Duel Monster that few could actually hear to signify any change in the fabric of the Universe.

Sherry turned away from edge of the bridge; she had seen enough. It seems like Zone-sama's fears had been unfounded; Yuki Judai was the Herald, true, but he was still too young and had too little time to have harnessed enough control over his powers. Whether he survived or not, and all signs pointed towards his demise, this surely would set back any plans he might have had, and that time would be used to further Yliaster's own plans.

A screeching of tires, and a surprised gasp, "Sherry?"

"How nice of you to join us, Yusei, Chosen of Odin" Sherry did not look at her one-time friend, now enemy, "If you are after the Herald, I am afraid you are too late."

"Sherry? What's going on? What do you mean 'too late'? How did you...Where have you been?"

"Zone-sama saved me," she interrupted, "and I intend to help him with his cause. The Herald is no more, and with him gone, Yliaster will move with more efficiency and force. I would advise you and your friends to abandon Neo Domino City while you still can. After all, this place is where it will all start and end."

"Sherry," Yusei's gaze had hardened slightly, "how could you side with the enemy? What about your revenge; what about your father and mother; what about Mizoguchi?"

Several more screeching tires as the whole gang arrived and cries of "Yusei, Harald! Sherry, what are you doing here?" were heard. However, it was Ruka's voice that carried the most urgency, "Yubel? Yubel, what's wrong?"

Ruka's small form darted between D-Wheels and duelist, hand reaching out to an invisible figure. The instant Ruka's fingers made contact, the slumped form of Yubel appeared.

"He's gone," she muttered, her three eyes wide with horror and pain, "I…couldn't protect him, and now, he's gone…"

Gasps sounded all around as the reality of the situation seemed to sink in.

Yusei rounded on Sherry, "What is the meaning of this? What have you done to Judai-san!"

Sherry ignored him, "There is nothing you can do for the Herald now. He is…"

However, words failed her as an immense presence filled the surroundings; 5 immense presences to be exact. Cards glowed in their holsters as first Stardust, then Red Demon's Dragon, followed by Black Rose Dragon and Ancient Fairy Dragon, and finally Black Feather Dragon appeared in the air above them.

"They are calling to their brethren," Ruka said in awe as she listened to their cries, "they are lending him their strength; strength to…"

A sudden whoosh interrupted the haunting melody as black feathers began to fall all around them; feathers that glowed golden and disappeared just before they reached the ground.

"I am not that easy to get rid of."

Judai was floating in the air on wings of pure black, making him look like an avenging fallen angel, except angels don't normally hold a fat tabby cat in their arms. Without warning, the wings glowed golden and disappeared but Judai was able to fall gracefully to his feet.

"Judai!" Yubel was beside herself. Her invisible bonds had mysteriously dissolved, and she rushed to her young charge and hugged him close, smothering Pharaoh, who meowed with indignation. "Don't ever do that again."

"Relax, Yubel," Judai gave his signature grin, and tried to pat her back, albeit awkwardly, "I'm fine. Pharaoh and sensei are both fine, too! So there is no harm done, right?"

The others kept silent, giving the two their own moment, but Rua was bursting with excitement at seeing someone fly, with wings no less!

"Wow, Judai-san! You can fly!"

The spell was broken and everyone chuckled at Rua's obvious remark.

"Well, I've been wondering when this was going to pop up; would have been helpful if I could fly when I first came here, so I didn't crash right into that duel with Aporia. You'd think Flying would be the first in Traveling, but noooo, Traveling through Space and Time was apparently more normal than Flying. Go figure."

It wasn't until later, when everything had calmed down a bit, and Judai had been thoroughly fussed over by Yubel, Daitokuji-sensei, the gang and Team Ragnarok, did anyone notice that Sherry had mysteriously disappeared.

Author's Note: Thank you for all your kind reviews! And a "thank you" to everyone who put me on alert or fav~ I truly appreciate it! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter~ Also, I am thinking about putting this in the crossover section for GX and 5Ds, so I'm just giving everyone a heads up, and from the next chapter onwards, this story will be moving~~

And to the anonymous review plummy-kins, thank you for your kind review as well~ I suppose you are referring to the italicized portions of the story? Well, (begins to chuckle nervously) like I said in the first chapter in the author's notes, this story is an experiment in a different style of writing. And those portions of the story, while irrelevant to the story of Judai and whoever he comes across in his travels, do hold meaning. Or at least I hope they will by the time this story is finished. Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing!

Rant: So, apparently there is going to be a new Yu-Gi-Oh series coming out spring of 2011. Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal. OMG~ Wasn't 5Ds supposed to be the last one! And 5Ds is way too short. A lot of the characters did not have time to develop yet! Why do the Yu-Gi-Oh series get shorter with each new one they think up? I am going to miss 5Ds so much! Just like I miss GX and DM...But, Zexal might be interesting, so who knows? I checked up on the previews, and it seemed okay, but the whole thing seemed a bit too much like Hikaru no Go...Does anyone else think Sai when they see Asutoraru (Astral)? Duel no tensai and all...

EXTRA: I am curious, but does anyone have an idea where the inspiration for this story came from? I mean formatting and style-wise, not content-wise; that's obviously from Yu-Gi-Oh GX and 5Ds. I did say I was influenced on the sub-atomic level by my Short Fiction English class…

And a sneak peek on what's coming up next:

Chapter Four: Without Fear of the Evils that Emerge

One quote that may or may not appear. Who knows, ne?

Quote: "What is this? The twelve presents for the twelve days of Christmas? I can hardly keep my Traveling streak in check and now they mess me up with Reading? What's next? Using my Life Force to Heal others whenever someone gets hurt with a paper cut?"