The streets of Neo Domino were filled with people. The city was full of life with hologram signs flashing over on news and products, music blaring through the colorful maze of this utopia. Everyone seemed happy to be alive and well since the Ark Cradle incident. All of the citizens were feeling blessed that they get to keep their precious home. From this sweet, blissful feel in the air, Judai was happy and ever so curious. "Awesome!" he shouts at everything new to him, getting looks from others as if he came from the past and is seeing all this for the first time. If only they knew..
The young boy runs into a mall and is in dazzle. So many floors, so many people, so many things he's never seen or even expected the future would have. Judai sprints happily across the first floor, making sure his glimmering brown eyes not miss a single thing of this heavenly place. From the corner of his eye, he spots a card shop, Fortune Card. He skips happily to the window, dodging through people. He hasn't felt this way since he first tried out for Duel Academy. He stands outside of the window, pressing his face against the large glass as he studies every card on display. Several kids that are by the window look at him, whispering amongst themselves. A mother quickly moves a kid away from Judai.
"Awesome, awesome, awesome, freakin' awesome!" he chants to himself, wearing a gigantic grin. "So many cards! They have more of those Synchro Monsters Yusei and Paradox used. They upgraded Six Samurai? Legendary Six Samrai...Freaking-A! Oh, oh! Trishula looks sooo cool! No pun intended, of course," he says to himself, giggling. He bends down with his knees, checking everycard. "They still use Fusion monsters, too! The future has some good taste then. Ohhh Gem-Knights? Wow, they look like the mix of Johan's cards with my HEROs!" By now, he was smudging his face across the glass. The store owner inside was glaring at the brunette. " So cool, so cool, so cool~!"
"Judai, for the love of humanity, stop embarassing yourself!" Yubel scolds from behind. Judai looks over his shoulder towards the spirit, pouting like a small child. "But, but, but, these cards! They're so great!" Another parent moves a child away from Judai after seeing him talk to himself. Yubel grunts, crossing her arms as her patience wears thin. "I understand you are overwhelmed by all of this, and I will admit, this era really is astounding. Still," Yubel cuts off, looking around at the nearby people. "I sense there was some sort of distress not too long ago. These people seem happy because it seems it was averted." Judai turned around, looking at everyone. "What could have happened to these people?" he asks himself.
A roaring stomach quickly cuts off Judai's thinking process. "Oh, I'm hungry!" he laughs, crossing his arms behind his head. "Off to the food court, then!"
The duelist was scarfing down food in the mall's cafetria. He had several trays of different sorts of food at his table, all to himself. He was taking several bites and scoops from each entree. "Dish curreh ramen ish sho good! Mmf! And dish pizza, jus' amazing! Roh my God, MMM~ dish shrimp ish the very besh I ever had ashide from Daitokuji's!" Again, in the usual daily life of Judai Yuki, people were staring in disbelief at the guy. Yubel's spirit was hovering by his side. "Speaking of Daitokuji," she notes as she looks around, "we need to find him and that cat. They could be lost and get in trouble." Judai looks up at her, munching down on a turkey leg. "I'm shurr dey are jus' fine!"
Meanwhile, across the city of Neo Domino, Pharaoh was exploring through the city, meowing around. "This is not good, this isn't good at all!" Daitokuji exclaims inside the feline. "Pharaoh, we must find Judai or we'll be lost here!" The feline ignores his master's worries, walking through the Tops area. The cat then stops at a gate nearby a pent house. He jumps onto the wall, bundling itself into a ball. "This is no time for a cat nap, Pharaoh!" the professor panics as the cat still ignores him. Just before the small animal can doze off, his ears perk up at the sound of two voices from beyond the gate, coming closer.
"You sure you got the plans for our class?" a female voice asks
"Of course I do! They're in my bag and all set. This school festival will be amazing!" a male voice claims.
"Rua, you don't have your backpack on you..."
"W-what? Oh no no no no, its gone! I must've left it in my room!" Rua shouts, holding the sides of his face. The boy quickly springs back up the walkway to the twins' home. "Be quick, Rua! We're late as it is," Ruka sighs as she waits by the gate. Rua waves his arm as he runs. "Ten seconds flat!"
"Rua, I honestly have no idea how you passed finals this year," the girl says under her breath, crossing her hands behind her back.
"Meow~"
Ruka jumps slightly and looks up at the wall. Pharaoh was perched there, looking down at the girl. The young green-haired twin smiles brightly. "A cat! Here kitty, kitty." The cat leaps down and rubs against her legs. Ruka giggles as she bends down on her knees, petting the cat. "You're pretty big. I wonder if you're a spoiled little cat," she smiles as the feline began to pur.
"You...You have the same ability as he does?"
The girl gasps and looks around. Who was that? she wondered. I thought I heard a voice.
Judai was leaning back in his seat, one hand over his stomach and the other picking a toothpick into his teeth.
"You sometimes make me sick, Judai," a disgusted Yubel says to him.
"Prove it," Judai smirks as he opens his eyes.
In his view, he sees a teenage girl with green short hair adorned in some sort of a red school uniform stands before him. Judai blinks and quickly straightens up, tossing the toothpick away. "Y-yes?" he asks. The girl stares at him as she then takes her index finger to cheek. "Nice cosplay! Are you participating at the festival's cosplay contest?" she asks him, wearing a curious smile. Judai tilted his head. "Cosplay?"
The girl giggles. "Wow, you're a dead ringer for that legendary duelist. And that wig, wow! It almost looks like his actual hair." The boy was being thrown into more and more of a spiral of confusion. "Wig? But, this is my real hair!" he says as he tugs one of his bangs. The girl goes into another fit of giggles. "You sure did your homework! You even sound like him, too! You'll totally win the contest." Judai's eyes were twitching at this point, not knowing what is happening. The girl places her hand over her chest. "I don't mean to be rude. My name is Yuma. Are you a student from Duel Academy?"
A spark flares inside of Judai as he quickly stands up, his hands hitting down on the table. "Did you say Duel Academy? There's a Duel Academy here, too!" The girl gets taken back, blinking. "Um, yeah?" she nervously answers. Judai's chocolate eyes were sparkling. "Could you take me there?"
First of all, this Yuma is NOT Zexal's Yuma. If you play the Tag Force games 5 and 6, there is a Duel Academy student named Yuma who plays Elemental HEROs like Judai, and looks up to Aki. And yes, I'll be using characters from those games in the next chapter of the school festival. This is gonna be so much fun guys~