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"This place just opened and the pizza is great! I come here with my friends all the time," said Yuma as he proudly opened one of the Italian restaurant that was located in the center of Heart-Land City.
The place inside was just plain amazing in terms of... everything! The size of the restaurant was enormous and the place was crowded with people. What amazed both Yugi and Yami were the fact that the waiters and most of the workers were these oval shaped robots with happy faces. They served guests drinks, food and also received bills. The second floor was made out of see through glass and there were decorations of hearts on the walls. On the center of the first floor, there was a giant word that read: Heart Burning (For those that watch Zexal, you know what this is haha)
"T-This place is so... futuristic," Yugi in his spiritual form murmured next to his darker half.
Yami just stared at the whole place with amazement while Yuma just grinned at their reaction.
"You call this place futuristic?" said Yuma as he waved at one of the robots, "Geeze, now I really wonder where you guys came from."
"How many guests?" asked the oval shaped robot.
"Four I-I mean two please, hehheh" Yuma felt a small sweat drop on his forehead when he almost made a mistake. Sometimes he had to keep reminding himself that other people currently cannot see Astral and Yugi.
"Two guests! Two guests! Please come this way!" said the robot as it directed to one of the seating area on the first floor that was near the window seating.
"Indeed this place is a lot more upgraded than where we come from," Yami finally added when they all sat down.
"Wow you guys seriously have a lot of things to tell us," said Yuma. "Oh and I guess I should do the ordering since I know this place the best."
When Yami and Yugi simply nodded in an agreement, Yuma picked up a thin looking menu that looked more like some kind of tablet and touched the pictures of pizza and drinks that he wanted to get. When the ordering was done, Yuma placed the menu down onto the table beside him.
"That's it?" Yugi blinked a couple of times, "Wait, so... you guys don't call people over and order the food?"
"Haha I mean, there are some stores that still keep up with the old tradition but not here," answered Yuma, "So you have to tell me now! Around what year are you guys from? How did you guys even get here in the first place? Is it like a time travel?"
"Well, I guess you could put it that way," replied Yugi.
"Cool! I didn't know those things were possible!"
"Yugi and I are also curious to see what the time line is in this world as well," said Yami.
"From where we came from, the year is still around 2013."
As soon as Yuma heard the date, his eyes went wide open and couldn't keep his mouth closed for several seconds.
"2013? How far back is that Yuma?" The blue spirit asked his partner since he was not aware of how humans distinguished time with various numbers.
"That's like a huge amount of years gap Astral!" said Yuma as he scratched his year, "You guys are old enough to be in my history text book! No wonder you guys thought this pizza place was futuristic."
"I presume this place is hundreds of years into the future compared to where we came from then..." murmured Yami.
Just then, the kitchen door opened and the robot waitress came in with the large food tray on its hand. When the huge pizza arrived, Yuma had his mouth all watering with saliva while Astral shook his head but slightly smiled at Yuma's funny behavior. A lot of the toppings that were used on this particular pizza had heart shapes all over but the smell was delicious.
"Yugi do you want to switch over so you can eat?" Yami shifted his attention to the other spirit who just gently shook his head in response.
"I have pizza all the time back in my world, Yami. You on the other hand don't so consider this as a fun experience for you," Yugi smiled.
"Oh right you said he's a spirit from ancient Egypt right? Then you got to try this," chuckled Yuma.
Yuma used the knife to carefully cut the pizza into smaller slices and placed on of them onto Yami's plate before handing it over.
"At least pizza looks similar to the ones in our timeline," bantered Yugi as Yami picked up the slice and gently took a bite before placing it down. Yuma and Astral just continued to stared at the former pharaoh until he finished chewing and swallowed the food.
"Well? Well? How is it?" asked Yuma as he picked up his own slice.
"It's... pretty good," replied Yami, "It might not have been so bad if I was born in this time line." Yami picked up the pizza again and continued to eat slowly.
"Ha! I knew it! Everyone loves pizza!" yelled Yuma and he started to gulp down his own.
Yugi continued to watch his darker half enjoying the food and he just couldn't help to softly chuckle at how happy and amazed the spirit of the puzzle looked. Usually it is considered rare to see the pharaoh making a happy expression since his personality is serious most of the time especially during duels. Yugi was glad that the taste suited Yami and was a little upset at himself for not treating Yami to these sorts of food when they used to share the body together.
"Observation thirty one. Difference between pancake and pizza is that pizza has numerous decorations which humans seems to enjoy more while pancake is plain most of the time with an occasional dressing called syrup," noted Astral and Yuma, Yugi and Yami were all able to hear that as well.
"Well, I guess you can put it that way Astral. I mean, I do love pizza more than pancake," laughed Yuma and he already went for a second slice. Yami was slightly shocked to see that the boy was already done with his first piece while he was still finishing his.
"Why does Astal make observations?" Yami asked, "Is it because he is not from Earth?"
"Yup it looks like it. When it comes to human world, Astral is clueless as ever."
"Which is the reason why I try to learn by making observations and keeping them in my memory bank. You should try making observations during schools as well, Yuma," said Astral and this caused Yuma to get flushed in red.
"Thanks Astral! You don't have to say that in front of my new friends!" said Yuma with his cheeks colored in red now.
"You're welcome." Astral sounded pretty confident and Yuma gave himself a face palm before laughing away.
"I was being sarcastic! Remember I told you about sarcasm that people make when you were saying-"
"One thousandth customer! One thousandth customer!" two of the oval shaped robot suddenly came to Yuma and Yami's table with a white box that had a label which read: Duel Disk Sets. People who sat nearby our two main characters clapped their hands and said few congratulation remarks. Couple of people wished that they could have been selected as this week's one thousandth customer.
"Um... did we win something?" Yugi was still perplexed at the whole situation and Astral was just as confused as he was.
"Sweet! I'm guessing we're their one thousandth customer! I didn't know this place had secret events going on!" Yuma smiled.
"Gift set! Gift set! Gift set for one thousandth customer!" chirped two robots as they raised both of their metal hands and placed the white box on top of the pizza table.
"Duel disk set?" Yami read the label.
"You should keep this as a souvenir from the future, Yami," said Yuma as he pushed the white box to the darker spirit. "This must be the new duel disk that recently came out this month!"
"But Yuma we can't... I mean you were the one who payed for all this so maybe it's fair if you get it," said Yugi.
"Yugi's right. If this is something new then don't you wish to have it as well?" added Yami as he opened the white box since he was also curious to see how much the duel disks have evolved compared to the timeline where he and Yugi came from.
"It's cool I already have my own duel disk. Wait, it kinda sounds like you guys know what a duel disk is. Don't tell me, are you guys also a duelist as well?!" Yuma swallowed the last piece of pizza and waited for Yami to speak.
"Yes, Yugi and I are also duelist from different time line. When we first started dueling, there was no duel disk to began." Yami's purple colored eyes carefully observed the duel disk that was folded neatly in the gift box. There were a couple of new features that he was not aware of.
"But we have duel disk now and it is nice to have things more portable!" Yugi laughed as he witnessed a strange device in the white box. "What's that?"
Yuma looked at where Yugi's finger pointed.
"Duel Gazer. Also commonly known as D-Gazer," replied the blue spirit. "I noticed that humans use this when they are dueling in order to see the duel setting in an augmented reality."
"They certainty did not have this in our timeline." Yami picked up the Duel Gazer which had yellow color for the screen and had dark purple color surrounding it. Yugi noticed that the former pharaoh was also interested by the new technology and couldn't help but to ask him the next question.
"Why don't you try putting it on your eye?" asked Yugi and Yuma nodded his head in an agreement.
"W-Well, it is a little odd.. don't you think?" Yami tried to back out from the offer since trying out new things that he didn't know too well was not really his style.
"Yeah Yugi's right! Or better yet do you currently have your deck?" Yuma was eager to know if Yami or Yugi had duel monster cards from the past. It would be an exciting duel and maybe they can become a lot closer after this! Yuma had the tendency to make a strong bond with people whom he dueled with.
"Yugi?" Yami turned to his partner who is in his spiritual form.
"Yup check your left pocket Yami. My deck should be there and don't worry all the cards are the same as before."
"Cool then let's finish eating here and go out to duel!" Yuma hurriedly went to his third slid while Yami went for his second.
"Wait Yuma, I thought we have some questions to why Yugi and Yami came to this world in the first place? Don't you think we should settle that first?" Astral suggested.
"But Astral~~~! Don't you want to see how great Yugi and Yami duel? Just one short one please?"
-Well... It's no use walking around in this place and looking for that guy who's working with Bakura. If we duel with Yuma, maybe our duel could attract him?- Yugi sent the mind link message to Yami.
-Indeed. If we are into the future, I'm also guessing that our monsters could potentially attract many people including Bakura's servant-
-Yeah and maybe after this duel, we can ask Yuma more about this place that could aid us in our mission- Yugi quickly glanced at Yuma and Astral before sending another message to his darker self. -Their lives are so similar...like us. I think it would be beneficial for us to become closer with them as well-
-I just hope Priest Seto is doing okay back in my time...- Yami didn't really meant to send this last sentence to Yugi but it just happened by accident. Yugi on the other hand didn't really say anything but he placed his hand gently on top of Yami's shoulder letting him know that he worries for Yami's friend.
"It's alright Astral. I think one dueling couldn't hurt and we could learn more about each other," said Yugi to the blue spirit.
"Are you sure, Yugi?" Astral once again looked at the deck of cards and was curious to see what kind of cards Yami and Yugi possessed.
"I accept your challenge, Yuma." Yami also agreed with this lighter half. Yuma's eyes sparkled in excitement as he raised his right hand in the air, attracting some nearby customers.
"Yeah! This is going to be super awesome! Kattobingu da ore!"
"Kattobingu?" Yugi mimicked what Yuma said in confusion. "What's that?"
"It's what my father taught me that I use it more like my catchphrase when-"
"When Yuma is in a good mood or during duels." Astral finished for his partner.
"Thanks for the explanation again, Astral," Yuma said with full of sarcasm but of course, Astral failed to catch this again.
"You're very welcome Yuma," said Astral proudly and Yugi chuckled again at their funny interaction.
"Anyways, what Astral forgot to add is to never give up and always go up for the challenge. But let's hurry go outside and duel first!" Yuma pulled out his wallet and called out to the robot. "Can you give us a check here?"
"Alright! Let's start this duel! Duel Disk Set!" Yuma's red duel disk on his left hand opened as he reached out for his next gadget and placed it over his eye, "D-Gazer, Set!"
"W-wait hold on Yuma!" Yugi waved his hand to the duelist in front of him, "You have to tell us how this... works! We don't have D-Gazer in our word!"
Yami on the other hand wore the violet colored duel disk on his left arm but looked at the D-Gazer with a hint of confusion.
"All you have to do is just wear that," Yuma pointed his index finger at the new D-Gazer Yami held in his hand. "Just wear it and the augmented reality should start by itself."
"Well you heard what Yuma said Yami. Let's see how you look like in that new D-Gazer," Yugi laughed when he saw the unsure look that was written all over the pharaoh's face.
"Are you sure you don't want to duel him?" Yami complained a little as he placed the D-Gazer onto his left side of the eye.
"Hey it suits you, Yami! Wish there was some kind of mirror near by so you can see how you look like!"
As soon as Yami wore the yellow screened D-Gazer, he saw numbers mostly zero and one covering up the whole area near him and the small computer that stated: Augmented Reality Link Completed. Everything still looked the same around him but now Yami was able to see a medium sized screen floating in front of Yuma with his name and the life point that read 4000.
"Wow.. it's some kind of hologram," murmured Yugi since he was also able to see exactly what Yami was seeing without the D-Gazer because they currently shared one body.
"I'm surprised how much duel disk evolved so much in the future." Yami blinked several times.
"Yami are you ready to duel now? I'm so curious what kind of cards you have from the past!" yelled Yuma and Astral simply sighed in his partner's childish behavior.
"Hmph, it's been a while since I dueled ever since I returned to after life," said Yami as he selected five cards from his deck that was set onto his duel disk.
"I'm pretty sure you're as excited as Yuma is," answered Yugi as Yami showed him the five cards.
"Let's began this," Astral called out to both of the duelist although, the blue spirit couldn't help but to feel strange power which came from the former pharaoh. He decided to keep this information to himself instead of telling Yuma since Astral didn't know too much about this strange sensation yet.
"Duel," both Yami and Yuma cried out at the same time.
"Hey I think those people are going to duel," two couples pointed where Yami and Yuma located as they both wore their D-Gazer. "Let's go have a look!"
"Isn't that Yuma? The winner from World Duel Carnival?"
"There is a duel nearby! Let's check it out!"
Soon enough, there were crowds of people wearing their duel disk in order to see the match between the known Tsukumo Yuma and mysterious person named Yami. What people also didn't know was that Yuma was up against a king of games himself.
-Wow look at all these people we attracted- Yugi sent another mind link to his darker half.
-Yes but I don't sense anything cryptic in particular. Let's hope that this duel can also bring out our suspect as well-
"Since I asked for the duel, I guess I would start this off. First I play one monster in defense mode and place one card face down to end my turn."
Two face down cards appeared in front of Yuma which one of them was in a defense mode for an unknown monster.
"Very well then, I draw." The card that Yami drew was his favorite card, Dark Magician.
-Dark Magician already? That was a pretty good draw- Yugi complimented.
-Hmmm but I don't plan to summon the Dark Magician yet. If we want to gain attention of Bakura's servant in this world then we have to summon something obvious-
-What do you mean by obvious... oh wait... are you planning to summon one of the Egyptian God cards?- Yugi's eyes went wide open.
-It seems that Three Egyptian God cards followed us when we traveled into the future. I can sense one of the God cards right now-
-I guess that would attract Bakura's servant for sure- Yugi nodded in agreement.
"I am a little curious what kind of duel monsters exist in this world, Yuma so I would be making the first attack movement," said Yami as he placed one monster card into the field. "I summon King's Knight in an attack mode. Next I play two cards face down."
A man with long yellow hair and yellow armor with large sword came out into the battle field.
"Now King's Knight, attack Yuma's face down card!" Yami pointed and Yugi was slightly surprised at Yami's duel strategy. He was usually not the type that would attack on his first turn but at the same time, Yami probably wanted to learn more about Yuma's monsters and his defense skills.
"The card you placed face down... it's Gogogo Golem, correct?" Astral whispered to Yuma and the boy grinned in response.
When King's Knight (Attack: 1600) was about to attack Yuma's face down monster, the card flipped and revealed Gogogo Golem (Defense: 1500)
"King's Knight is going to destroy that... rock looking monster," said Yugi.
But instead of seeing destruction, Gogogo Golem managed to push back King's Knight back into his side of the field.
"What? Why didn't the monster get destroyed?" Yugi was surprised but the pharaoh thought that it had something to do with the monster's effect.
"When Gogogo Golem is in defense mode, it cannot be destroyed once per turn," Astral explained before Yuma had the chance to open his mouth.
"Thank you Mr. Smart" said Yuma but quickly added to his dueling partner, "And yes that was sarcasm!"
"That's a pretty cool monster with defense effect," Yami commented, "I don't think I've ever seen that kind of monster in my time. I will end my turn here for now."
"I think it's pretty clear that Yuma is going to win!" One of the girl shouted as Yuma drew his card from his deck.
"Heh if you think that's cool wait until what I can really do!" yelled Yuma as he presented another monster card directly to the spirit of the puzzle.
"That monster looks really similar to Dark Magician," Yugi whispered to his partner and Yami was amazed to see that Yuma also possessed a similar looking card.
"I summon Gagaga Magician to the field," said Yuma as the magician that resembled Dark Magician with metal chains wrapped around his body appeared into the field.
"Gagaga and Gogogo...future duel monsters have funny names," Yugi laughed a little and Yami also smiled at his lighter half's reaction.
"Now I'm going to use XYz summon and..." Yuma was about to make his next move but Astral quickly interrupted him.
"Yuma activate GagagaMirror in order to increase the tribute monsters," Astral pointed at the card with his glowing blue finger.
"I-I know that Astral!" Yuma grumbled "I was just testing to see if you were paying attention to this duel, heh. Next I activate GagagaMirror."
"Gagaga.. Mirror?" Yami tilted his head in confusion.
"It's a spell card that allowed Yuma to use Gagaga Magician as two tribute XYz instead of one," Astral explained again.
"Geeze Astral let me explain sometimes!' Yuma jumped up and down in frustration and couple of the people in the crowd that Yuma's action was quite strange. But then again, it was believed that Yuma would talk to himself as a good luck during the duel since normal people obviously cannot see Astral.
"What's Xyz summon?" Yugi whispered and Yuma managed to hear his question.
"I'll show you. Now I overlay Gogogo Golem and two Gagaga Magician!" Yuma raised his hand as three monsters each turned into bright yellow balls and literally got sucked into a huge shiny vortex that appeared in front of Yuma and Yugi. "Now the network of these three monsters will create XYz summon! Come out Number 39: Kibou Hope!"
A giant robot looking monster with yellow and white color appearance made it to the stage with three yellow circle things floating around the monster.
"W-what just happened? Xyz summon? Number monster?" Yugi stared at the giant monster that had number 39 written on the shoulder.
"Since I just summoned Hope, I can't really attack so I play another card face down and end my turn. Oh and I should warn you guys, Hope is a Number monster and Number can only be defeated by another Number," Yuma winked.
-That's not possible. We don't have Number monster, Yami- Yugi turned to his partner who doesn't seem to have too much worried look on his face.
-Then I guess summoning one of our God cards is a must play now- Yami grinned as he pulled one card from the deck.
"I draw. Next I summon Queen's Knight form my hand and because I have King's Knight and Queen's knight together, this also allows me to summon Jack's Knight from my deck."
As soon as Yami played both monster cards down, a woman with red armor and another knight with blue armor appeared facing Yuma's Number monster.
"Next I activate Pot of Greed from my hand which allowed me to draw two more cards," said Yami.
"Pot of Greed? I haven't heard that card before," said Yuma while Astral watched the former pharaoh draw two cards. Suddenly, Astral felt a great intense energy coming out from the specific card that Yami picked out from his deck.
"What's this... this power... it's something greater than Numbers..." The dueling spirit accidently spoke what was on his mind which caused Yuma to focus his attention to his friend.
"Hey what's wrong Astral?" Yuma asked with worry.
"Yuma... be careful," Astral stated.
-It looks like Astral sensed the Egyptian God card I pulled- Yami looked at his right had and no doubt, there was Slifer the Sky Dragon in his hand."
-I think Astral has some kind of special powers like you do, Yami-
"Get ready Yuma," Yami warned the boy as he continued the duel, "I sacrifice Jack's Knight, Queen's Knight and King's Knight in order to summon..." Yami raised his hand with the Egyptian God card between his fingers. "Slifer the Sky Dragon! Show yourself my divine beast!"
"The wha..wha... what?!" Yuma yelled and just then the whole sky turned dark as if it was night time already and thunder storm came out of nowhere.
"What did that guy say? Slifer?" Few watchers asked each other as wind continued to blow onto their faces.
"Astral! What's going on?" Yuma asked as he placed both of his hands on top of his head in order to block out the thunder noises.
"Just as I thought... Egyptian God card," Astral murmured.
Sorry nothing too interesting happened so far! I don't want to suddenly jump into fluffy scenes just yet
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