To the Guest reviewer who wondered if it was Eric that caught Melody while swinging from the rope: You were right. I don't own a copy of the movie and I can't watch YT at home, and any script I look up of the movie only has the dialogue with no actions being done or who says what (literally one character's lines are very spread out instead of put together), so my whole lack of memory caused that mix up to happen. Don't worry I'll make sure to give Yuya some time on here instead of being sidelined like a regular YGO female lead.
Thirteen years have passed since Grace proclaimed that she will find King Skip and Allie and she has not been seen again. Currently, it's the day of Allie's thirteenth birthday and right now her parents are looking all over the palace for her. Yuya has an inkling that Allie might be out exploring the water, she is half-mermaid and the sea is a part of her; he has suspected that she might be sneaking into the sea for some time but doesn't how to bring it up with Zuzu without her freaking out.
Currently Yuya is sitting with Declan, Kite, and Allen as they all prepare for Allie's birthday ball, seeing some of the towns people come in, especially the people who have children around Allies's age. Yuya hopes that maybe she will meet some people who may possibly become her friends. Yuya knows his daughter and knows how isolated and alone she feels, a feeling is all too familiar with and doesn't want Allie going through the same.
"I don't understand why you don't make a little section in the wall that will allow Allie some time in the sea, and with the supervision of Yuri and Selena, she will be fine. I have seen those two fight and they will take on anyone who they believe will bring harm to Allie." Declan says.
"You all were there when Grace took Allie and threatened to turn her into shark food if Skip didn't hand over the trident over. We still don't know where she is-"
"Exactly!" Allen interjects. "We don't know. For all we know she could be far off in the arctic, which is very far from here."
"Not knowing also means that she could be close, ready to strike when we let our guards down and Allie is all alone." Kite reminds him. "If we allow Selena and Yuri to go back to Atlantia while Yuya and Zuzu run the kingdom and we all do our respective jobs, then no one is watching Allie and if she goes into the sea all alone one day she could get kidnapped."
"Way to dampen the mood." Allen tells him.
"It's realistic. If we get too overly optimistic we could be playing straight into her hands. Besides, don't let your yearning to see Saya blind you."
Seeing that a fight is about to break out between his friends, Yuya intervenes and tells Kite that it is a low blow bringing Saya up and that Allen is only trying to give them hope. He turns to Allen and tells him that Kite is also bringing up a good point that Grace could be close by and the reason why they need to keep Atlantia and them apart for protection for the people in both kingdoms.
I hope Zuzu is having better luck than I am, Yuya thinks as he and the others leave to continue their search.
"Allie, Allie!" Zuzu is calling out as she looks in the ball room for her daughter but doesn't see her, but sees Kit and some others setting up for the party. She walks over to Alexis, their new head maid after Saya left to go live in Atlantia when Allie was just two-years-old, that is really the only time since Grace's attack that the two kingdoms have interacted. Not even Selena and Yuri go back to see what is happening. "Alexis, have you seen Allie?"
"Not since this morning, Your Highness." Alexis replies. "But my I suggest checking with Dipper? I don't think I've ever met someone who loves food as much as her."
The two chuckle as Zuzu leaves to go check the kitchen. Opening the wooden door Zuzu sees many pots and pans that is still cooking some food and others that are splattered with batter. The sight of the ladder catches Zuzu's attention and she looks up to see Dipper placing candles on the top of the very tall cake. "Dipper, is Allie in here?"
"No, Your Majesty, but her birthday cake is. Thirteen layers with thirteen petite candles." Dipper informs as he tries to strategically place one of the final candles on top the top of the cake only to see it wobble; thankfully it doesn't, but with a sneeze he turns away and because he is not holding on to the ladder the ladder falls on to the ground; with the crash of the ladder the cake comes down.
Dipper sighs as he gets up from the mess and wipes off the ruined cake and frosting and starts preparing to make another. Zuzu fondly shakes her head as she closes the door and continues her search, hoping that Yuya is having better luck. As she continues to look, she is unaware of a familiar seagull that has been flying through the air for most of the day, knowing what the day is.
Sylvio lands on the windowsill of an open window in the ballroom and sees hundreds of plates and utensils and cups out and some people starting to enter as they talk, waiting for the party to officially begin. "Whoo-eee! This is gonna be some kind of shindig. Yes, sir, a real swanky soiree, as they say. There's just one thing missing: The guest of honour!"
As he flies off to go see if he can find Zuzu, he doesn't think about flying just a little ways over the wall where a young girl with amber eyes and red-hair wearing her tan-white undergarment shirt and pants that has a dark pink bow on the top of her shirt. She is diving in and out of the ocean getting anything she can find and putting in her bag; most of the things she is finding are seashells, not that she minds. Anything that she can explain that what little ocean washes up on their land so her parents don't worry about her sneaking into the sea.
"'Yuri, Selena, you watch over her,' he said." Yuri mumbles as he and Selena swim in the ocean trying to find Allie. One would think that two people who were born as merpeople and have had years of practice of swimming with their humans legs and know the sea like the back of their hands would be quicker than a thirteen-year-old who has been sneaking into the ocean for the last year and a half, but that's wrong. Allie's swimming skills impress Yuri considering that she is only half-mermaid. "We're too old for this. People are age should be-OW!"
As a crab Selena pinches Yuri on his finger for his comment. "We're only in our twenties, it's not like we should be playing sea golf all day! But I could go for a tuna colada." She admits.
"We shouldn't be babysitting a teenager, not like Shay had to. . . . " Yuri stops when he sees the sad look that crosses Selena's face at the mention of her brother. She remembers the few days that they all thought Shay and Zuzu were kidnapped or dead because they didn't know where they were. Now, Selena has the chance to quickly go home if only she could transform back into a mermaid and see how the rest of her family is doing. Especially her father who has lost a grandchild and two daughters because of Grace. She just wishes that Shay gave her and Yuri more than just the shape-shifting ability to turn into crabs or humans.
Seeing red-hair pop up from the sea, Selena shouts her niece's name only for Allie to not hear her as she walks on to a rock and empties out the content of her bag.
"Allie!" Hearing her name, the young woman turns her head and sees Yuri with Selena and Sylvio flying her way.
AN: So I'm thinking of doing four stories of the counterparts prior to the events of Arc-V but in an AU style. So far I'm thinking of giving the Society of Light to Yuri and Serena, Tron to Yuya and Zuzu (yes, I know he was Zexal, but I feel like Yuya is closer to Yuma than Yuto), and I'm torn between giving fighting the Arcadia or the Shadow Riders to Ruri and Yuto or Rin and Yugo (though I am considering possibly giving the Shadow Riders to Yuya and Zuzu) so let me know which situation you want to give to each counterpart pair!
Also, I have a Sleeping Beauty AU! up and running with Ruri and Yuto as the main pairing!