"See ya, Oppy!" Kris yelled as she ran into the school entrance. She ran over to her locker, still giggling from the run. As the young Prime opened up her locker to empty her book bag, a shinning glint of something caught her attention. Kris looked down and saw a strange necklace on the ground against the wall.

"Huh, I wonder who lost such a nice necklace." Kris wondered as she bent down and picked up the necklace. "Looks important." Suddenly, the five-minute-warning bell sounded, making the teen jump before rushing to collect her books and run to her first class.

~During First Period~

All throughout chemistry, Kris sat there looking at the necklace. She kept trying to see if anybody in her current class originally owned it or knew who did but that didn't work out too well. Nobody had ever seen the necklace before or know of anyone who could've lost it.

As the little Prime continued to stare at the strange necklace in her hand, she couldn't help but note how enchanting it was. It looked like a golden, up-side down tower with a round green gem that connected to the chain of the necklace. It almost looked like a strange key, too.

'No harm in wearing it, right? I mean, I can't just put it in my pocket all the time. I could lose it.' Kris thought as she put on the necklace.

"What is that?" Raiza the Storm Monarch asked as he appeared from Kris' deck, successfully making the duelist jump in surprise.

"It's a necklace I found." Kris answered simply. "I still can't find who lost it, but until then, I'm just gonna wear it so I won't lose it." Raiza hummed at Kris' statement before gazing at the necklace. Gagaga Magician appeared out from the deck.

"I sense something strange from that necklace, Kristie." Gagaga Magician stated cautiously. Kris looked up at her spirit friends before looking back down at the necklace around her neck curiously.

'Let's just hope it's not a bad kind of strange.' the young Prime thought to herself before the bell rang, signaling the end of the first period.

~Duel Period~

"All right! Time to duel!" Kris cheered as she put on her duel gear.

"Hey! Kris!" Raf called as he approached his friend.

"Hey, man! Wassup?"

"Wanna duel?"

"Hell yeah!"

Both children gave each other a high five before going to their respective spots in the area to duel.

""Duel disk, go! Duel gazer, let's rock and roll!""

-Augmented Reality Vision Link Established-

""Let's duel!""

Kris: 4000 LP

Raf: 4000 LP

Kris smirked and gestured to Raf as she said, "Losers first."

"Hm, fine then, I'll go first. I draw!"

Raf looked at the card he drew and smiled.

"I'll start off by summoning Constellar Algiedi in attack!"

Level: 4 ATK: 1600 DEF: 1400

'Here we go…' Kris thought. She has dueled Raf enough times to know most of the effects his cards have, including this monster.

"With this monster on the field I can summon another 'Constellar' monster onto the field. So I summon Constellar Kaus!"

Level: 4 ATK: 1800 DEF: 700

Kris chuckled, "I think I already know what you're gonna do now."

"Indeed." Raf laughed. "Now I overlay my level 4 Constellar Algiedi and Kaus and build the Overlay Network!"

Both monsters went through the xyz portal for the xyz summon.

"I Xyz summon Constellar Omega!"

Rank: 4 ATK: 2400 DEF: 500

Raf smiled at his achievement of bringing out a powerful monster in one turn. It was also a proud smile too. Proud of his Constellars.

"I two cards face down and end my turn." Raf placed two face downs and smiled up at Kris. "Your move, Prime." Kris smirked and set her hand over her deck, ready to draw a card.

"Alright, but you asked for it. My turn! I draw!"

She looked at the card she drew and smiled to see Old Vindictive Magician.

'Awesome! I can totally use this card to throw him off!' Kris thought to herself.

"I set one monster card face down and set three other face downs and end my turn." Kris said as she set the three cards.

Raf looked at Kris suspiciously. He knew that every time Kris did something strange, she was up to something.

'I'm gonna have to fix that then.' Raf thought to himself.

"It's my turn! I draw! Constellar Omega, attack Kris' face down!"

Constellar Omega ran up to the face down monster as it flipped face up before demolishing it. Suddenly, Constellar Omega exploded after the battle. Raf's eyes widened.

"Huh? What happened to my monster!?" Raf exclaimed.

"The effect of my monster activated. See, when Old Vindictive Magician flipped face up, I was allowed to destroy your monster due to its effect." Kris smiled widely.

"That's not fair!" Raf yelled childishly. Now he had no monsters on his side of the field. Raf looked at his hand. He couldn't summon the monsters in his hand because they would need tributes. The boy genius groaned in frustration.

"I set a card face down and end my turn."

Kris smiled widely. "Awesome! My move! I draw!"

She was looking at the card she drew, which was Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, someone spoke.

"Interesting duel strategy."

The young Prime duelist looked up at her right to see some strange glowing being with markings and gems all other its body. Kris was confused by his appearance.

"I'm sorry but, who are you?" the being seemed surprised that she spoke at all but got over it quickly.

"My name is Astral. You happen to have a special necklace of a good friend of mine." Astral said simply. Kris' eyes shined in realization.

"You know who owns this!? Perfect! I've been wondering who lost their necklace!"

"What do you mean 'lost'?" Astral asked, face clearly showing his confusion of the word.

Kris held up the necklace. "I just found it laying on the ground and I've been trying to see who really owns it." she answered. Astral seemed to be in deep thought about what she had just told him.

"Hey, Kris! Who are you talking to?" Raf asked, concerned about his best friend talking to herself. Kris looked back to Raf before looking back at Astral.

'He can't see him…' Kris thought.

"I-It's nothing, Raf! Let's just get back to the duel!" she reassured the boy before looking at her hand to continue her plan for the turn.

"I activate my trap, Call of the Haunted! This card allows me to special summon a monster from my grave. Came on back, Old Vindictive Magician!"

Level: 2 ATK: 450 DEF: 600

Old Vindictive Magician appeared back on the field giving Raf a 'face', successfully creeping him out. Astral just watched the duel intently.

"But he won't be staying for long because I'm gonna tribute him to summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch!"

Level: 6 ATK: 2400 DEF: 1000

Raf frowned at the sight of one of her Monarchs. "Oh crap." was all he could say.

Kris smirked. "Now his effect activates! A random card in your hand gets sent to the graveyard, and if it's a monster, you take damage equal to its level times 100."

Suddenly, one of Raf's cards lit on fire and was sent to the graveyard.

"Constellar Alrescha!" he exclaimed as he took effect damage via a fireball from Thestalos.

Kris: 4000 LP Raf: 4000 LP — 3400 LP

"And now, Thestalos, attack Raf directly!"

"I don't think so! I activate the trap, Negate Attack! This negates your monster's attack." Raf said as Thestalos stopped and went back to Kris' side of the field.

"Shame," Kris started. "you could've survived."

Raf's eyes widened in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"I'll show you! I activate the quick spell card, Double or Nothing! Since my monster's attack was negated, Thestalos' attack points double and I can attack again!"

ATK: 2400 — 4800

Astral perked at this. 'Yuma…'

"What!?" Raf exclaimed. "I-I activate shadow spell! This makes Thestalos lose 700 attack points and it can't attack."

ATK: 4800 — 4100

"Counter-trap, Dark Bribe! I negate the activation of your trap and destroy it while you get to draw a card."

ATK: 4100 — 4800

Raf watched as his trap was rendered useless and saw Thestalos charging up to him for his attack. He braced himself for the hit.

"Go! Firestorm Rain!" Kris yelled as Thestalos attacked Raf directly.

Kris: 4000 LP Raf: 3400 LP — 0 LP

Kris Prime Wins!

"Hey, Raf! That duel was awesome, man!" Kris exclaimed as she went up to Raf with Astral following from a distance. Raf looked at his best friend and smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, it was! I swear, though, that your Monarchs are out to get me." The two laughed as the bell rang for the end of school. They packed up and walked outside. Astral kept following Kris with interest.

'Perhaps I can allow Kris to hold the Emperor's Key for now, until I can find my way back to Yuma. Perhaps this duelist can help me find more Number cards.' Astral thought as Kris ran up to a huge semi.