(Don't own Yu Gi Oh Arc V and its characters.)


Yuto opened his eyes and sat up. Yuto rubbed his eyes and looked at the window and saw that it was still daytime outside. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was high in the sky, indicating that it was the afternoon. He stared around him and saw that the rest of the boys were still sleeping. Yuto slowly climbed out of bed as to not wake up the three boys. He tiptoed out of the room and closed the door behind him softly.

Yuto wasn't fully adjusted to their nocturnal times yet. He still wakes up in the middle of the day, which could count as midnight for him. He mostly just goes back to sleep, since he has no idea what to do and also he is very tired during the daytime.

However, today was different. Yuto decided to stay up and use his time wisely. He headed to the library and started to pick out books to study. Zarc has been merciless this week. He kept pushing tests and quizzes on to the boys. Yuto breezed through them easily, but he doubt the rest was fortunate. Well, maybe except Yuri. No. Scratch that. Yuri must have problems on math.

Yuto may have been able to pass through the tests easily, but recently Zarc was getting used to their intelligence levels. They all now have different tests and the ones that Yuto have been getting are really hard. He was even having a hard time with the test. This is why Yuto decided to study while he can.

"Alright 7 hours left till I get my test..." He said as he entered the library.

Yuto sat down quietly and flipped open the textbooks that were left on the table. His first pick was history. The library was completely silent with the only exception of the flipping of pages coming from the textbook.

Yuto suddenly heard footsteps and jumped at the sound. He whipped his head around to the entrance and saw Yuya yawning at the doorway.

"Yuya what are you doing here?" He walked over to Yuya.

"You weren't in your bed so I came to find you." Yuya said drowsily.

"Oh. Well, you found me and you can go back to bed now."

"But...Yugo snores too loud. I can't really sleep. I still can't believe Yuri can sleep through the noise."

Yuto sighed and thought about the situation for a second, then said, "Fine then you can sleep here until night comes. Just don't make any sounds. I am studying for the tests that are coming up."

Yuya nodded and sat down on the seat next to Yuto and fell asleep on the table. Yuto stared over at Yuya and wondered how he can sleep on the hard surface of a table, but he didn't want to question is even further.


Hours ticked by and Yuto was halfway done studying. That is until he encountered a problem he was having lots of trouble with. Yuya was still asleep beside him.

Yuto grumbled at the question and suddenly he heard a voice behind him.

"Hmm...So you have troubles to huh?"

"What the-" Yuto squeaked as he turned around.

He saw Zarc bending over and staring at the question that he was working on.

"Zarc! What are you doing here!" Yuto hissed quietly.

"Why can't I? I live here." He replied.

"That is not what I meant."

"Alright alright. I couldn't sleep and decided to go check out my pets."

Yuto stared at Zarc and thought, 'since when did he have pets?'

"Just kidding. I don't own any. Unless you guys count as my pets." Zarc snickered.

Yuto ignored him and went back to work on the question.

"Hey hey, don't just ignore me. Anyways, do you need help on that question or what? You are taking an awfully long time on it. Always thought you were that one kid who just knows everything and gets perfect scores on everything. Seems like you get problems to."

"Shut up. Just leave me alone" Yuto said blushing.

Zarc chuckled and sat down across from Yuto. He grabbed the textbooks and paper from Yuto and did the question.

"That is the answer to this question."

Yuto stared at the answer and stared at Zarc with the expression that says 'How?!'

"Well. First off you bring this number over here and you divide this by that...then you do this and bam. Done." Zarc said as he wrote down the method.

"Oh. That makes so much more sense..." Yuto stared at the answer in awe and silently muttered, "Thanks"

"What was that?" Zarc said as he held up a hand to his ear. Clearly indicating that he was being a jerk to Yuto.

"I said thanks!" Yuto hissed.

Yuya stirred in his sleep and Yuto looked at him. He sighed in relief when Yuya didn't wake up.

"Woah. You shouldn't raise your voice in the library, let alone when someone is sleeping next to you. Heck, why is Yuya sleeping here?" Zarc asked.

"He couldn't sleep because of Yugo's snoring." Yuto replied.

"Fair enough" Zarc picked up a pen and started to play around with it in his fingers.

Yuto watched the pen spin in Zarc's hand before he zipped his eyes back onto the textbooks. He kept the reading the same verse over and over again, but for some reason nothing is getting into his head. He can't even think straight now. Yuto sighed and closed the textbook in front of him and stood up.

"What? Getting tired? Giving up?" Zarc said.

"Shut up. I am just taking a break. The brain remembers things better when you take a break" Yuto said coldly.

Zarc shrugged and started to play with Yuya's hair. Yuto stared at Zarc and wondered why a demon like him has so much free time. More like why isn't he scary and demanding? From the stories he heard back in the village, the demon was supposed to be a scary beast that was merciless on mankind. However, from his experience, the stories are all fake.

Yuto wondered what would happen if he went back to the village. Then a thought hit him. Where are they anyways? He has never been outside of this building and he has never seen the landscape surrounding this building.

"Hey Zarc. Where are we?" Yuto asked.

"Hmm? Well, we are in the library of course"

Yuto gave Zarc a look and Zarc chuckled, "Alright. Time to be serious. How far is here "from your the spot where I found you" is what you want to ask don't you? Well, not that far actually. We are located in a dimension that only I can access. I am also the only one that can get out here. Meaning you guys are trapped here with me forever"

Yuto stared at Zarc and bit his lip. He really didn't want to stay with this guy forever. The other boys he can tolerate, but for some reason not this guy.

Zarc giggled and said, "Ha! You should have seen the look on your face. I was just fooling with you. You guys can get out of here and come back in as you please, but you can only do it once you learn how to control your powers and from me just looking at your daily lives, you guys didn't even scratch the surface of your powers. Not that I care"

Yuto sat back down on the table and stared at the ceiling. So many thoughts are going through his head right now. First off, what are they even anyways? Yuto knows that they aren't humans anymore, but that doesn't mean that they know what they actually are. Second, if they do manage to control their so called powers, what are they going to do? Get out of this building? If they do get out, will Zarc get mad? What happens outside? Third, the test is in 2 hours and he was getting tired. His eyes weren't staying open. He laid his head on the table and stared at the wall.

"What? You getting tired?" Zarc said as he stared at Yuto in the eyes.

"Be quiet. I'm just resting" Yuto said as he closed his eyes and gave in to sleep.


Yuto opened his eyes and turned his head. He saw Yuya in the bed beside him and the room was dark. He sat up and looked around him. Yugo and Yuri were still asleep. He then remembered that he was in the library studying, then he fell asleep. What happened after he fell asleep? Yuto decided not to question that thought and got out of bed. He stared out the window and saw that the moon was bright in the sky. A waxing crescent huh? Yuto thought to himself.

Yuto walked over the Yuya and said, "Wake up Yuya. It's time to get out of bed"

Yuya stirred in his bed and then made no more movement. Yuto said and grabbed the bed sheets and pulled it off of Yuya.

Yuya opened his eyes and sat up. "Wha-?" He stared around him with half open eyes and saw Yuto.

"Oh. It's you. Why did you have to do that?"

"You weren't getting up" Yuto said.

"Fair enough" Yuya got out of bed and yawned.

"Well looks like you guys are awake" A weak voice sounded across the room.

Yuri slowly got out of bed and walked over to the two boys.

"Can you go wake up Yugo? I can never wake him up" Yuto said.

Yuri sighed and walked over to Yugo. "Oi. Wake up sleepyhead." Yuri gently tapped Yugo's cheek and nothing happened. He sighed and pinched the muscle between Yugo's shoulder and neck. As usual, Yugo woke up with a start and screamed. Scaring Yuya in the process.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD?! YURI! STOP WAKING ME UP LIKE THAT" Yugo yelled.

"Can't. You won't ever wake up to anything else"

Yuto sighed and tried to calm them both down. Yuya was wide awake from the scream. The door opened and they all turned their heads towards the door. Zarc was in the doorway waving at them.

"Hey sleepyheads. You guys finally awake huh. You slept in late today" Zarc said.

All four boys ignored him and went back to deal each other.

"Hey that's cold." Zarc walked towards them and help out four bells.

"What is this?" Yuri asked.

"A present from me to you four"

"Oh. Thank you." Yuya said as he took one.

"This seems useless..." Yugo took one as he muttered.

"Don't be rude Yugo. I'm pretty sure Zarc here prepared this useless present for us because he clearly has too much time on his hands" Yuri said as he smiled and gently took one of the bells out of Zarc's hands.

Zarc glared at Yuri, but turned his gaze back to the boys. He waited for Yuto to take one.

"I don't need it" Yuto said as he turned his gaze away from Zarc.

"Why not? You might as well accept my present" Zarc dangled the bell in front of Yuto's face.

"I-I don't need it. You can give it to someone else." Yuto turned his face away from the bell and headed out the doorway.

"What is his problem?" Yugo said.

"Beats me" Yuya muttered.


As the day lingered on, the four boys studied, and each took their seperate tests. Hours ticked by and Yuri was finally the first one to finish, then it was Yuya and finally Yugo. What surprised all of them was that Yuto was still working on his test. Sure, they understand that his test was on another level than theirs, but even if it was that hard, he was always the first one to finish.

The library was completely silent, with the exception of Yuto's pen scratching on paper. Zarc sat in front of Yuto tapping his index finger, waiting for Yuto to finish. Many more minutes pass and finally Yuto finished his test. He walked out of the room quietly and saw Yuya with the other two boys standing there and waiting for him.

"Hey..." Yuto said quietly.

"How did it go?" Yuya asked.

"Did you fail?" Yuri asked.

"Was Zarc annoying you or something? You seem really off today" Yugo said.

"It was okay and I don't know if I failed or not. Also no Zarc was not annoying. He was silent the whole time. I just had a hard time with a few questions. I mean my tests are way harder than all of yours" Yuto replied.

Yuya held out his hand to Yuto. Yuto looked at Yuya's hand and saw that the same bell that Zarc was giving to them was in his palm.

"Here. Have this." Yuya said.

Yuto sighed and swatted Yuya's hand away, "I don't need it. You can keep it"

"Why not just take it? It's not like it is going to hurt you" Yuri groaned.

"Don't pressure him Yuri" Yugo said.

Yuya stared at Yuto offering the bell. Finally, Yuto sighed and surrendered. He took the bell and walked away. Yuya smiled with triumph. Yuri and Yugo looked at each other and then stared at Yuto in confusion.

"What is his problem?" Yugo said.

"Beats me." Yuya said.


Yuto lied on his bed reading a book he took out the previous day. The words "The Adventures of Xavis" titled across the cover of the book. Yuto heard a knock on the door and averted his eyes to the sound. Zarc walked in and stared at him. He walked over to Yuto and took the book from Yuto's hands and stared hard into Yuto's eyes.

"Yo. I heard from the boys that you were being weird." Zarc said.

"What do you want? It has nothing to do with you anyways." Yuto said and he turned onto his side, facing away from Zarc.

"Look even if it isn't my problem, it sure is Yuya, Yugo and Yuri's problem." Zarc said.

"I understand about Yugo and Yuya, but Yuri? He is as cold as ever. I doubt he cares about anyone" Yuto said as he sat up.

"Oh boy. Even if he looks like it, he sure cares about you guys. Probably more than you think. He is just crappy at expressing it."

"I knew it..." Yuto muttered to himself.

"Anyways what is your problem?"

"Nothing. It really is nothing"

"You think I will believe that Yuto?"

"No." Yuto stood up and started walking across the room.

"Honestly, I came to talk to you because the other three boys would not stop talking about you. They seemed very very worried. You don't want to worry them do you?"

Yuto stopped in his tracks and turned around. He surrendered and sat down across from Zarc. Zarc's face held a wide grin glowing with triumph.

"Now why don't you talk to me?" Zarc said.

Yuto sighed and opened his mouth, "Many things are just on my mind right now you know. Like, what is going to happen to us now? What will happen once we learn how to use our powers? Will we die? What happens to you? What happened back at my village and all these sorts of things. I know I am not supposed to be thinking about these complicated stuff, but you know I can't help it. I tend to think about the future a lot. I...just want what's best for all four of us. Of course, I don't hate you, but you just appeared out of nowhere and now you are acting like you're our guardian and I can't seem to trust you. I just kind of wish our old life was still existing. I wish the plague never came and we were still alive and playing around with the village kids and..." Yuto's words stopped and he didn't believe that he just blurted his entire thoughts out.

"Hmm...Seems tough. You're only a kid and you are already thinking about these kinds of things huh? I always thought you were a silent kid and doesn't have much going on in his mind, but seems you surprised me. Well, you and the others need to answer these questions yourself. Also I think all four of you guys think the same thing. You wish you were never killed in the first place. Why don't you set aside these thoughts and just live in the present? Stop thinking about the future and live your life to the fullest. I mean you did get a second chance at life. You should enjoy it. If you want to get these answers off your head, talk to your friends." Zarc said as he stared at the ceiling.

Yuto didn't say anything and stared at the floor. He let Zarc's words run through his mind and he stood up.

"Ya...I guess you are right. I really shouldn't be worrying about these things. I can't change the past, but I can create a future." Yuto smiled.

Zarc stared wide eyed at Yuto. It was the first time he saw a smile from Yuto. He grinned.

"So you can make a smile huh?" Zarc taunted.

Yuto blushed and looked away. "Alright sheesh I get it..." He then faced Zarc and smiled, "Thanks I guess."

"Huh? I didn't hear you." Zarc chirped.

Yuto rolled his eyes and ignored Zarc. He walked out of the door and let Zarc alone in the room.

"Hey! I wasn't done here! Get back here!" Yuto smiled as he heard Zarc shout from his room.

For some reason he felt like a heavy weight has been lifted off of his back. He was beginning to see that it was not so bad to live with this demon. Even if meant that it's forever.


Back at the library, Zarc was handing back to tests to the boys. Yuya stared at his score and sighed in relief. He just nearly escaped a bad mark. Yugo had the face of concern and looked like it was about to cry. Judging from his facial expressions, he probably barely just passed or he failed. Yuri has not expression as always and Yuto stared at his mark. He just could not avert his eyes away from the mark. It was so unusual and also surprising.

"Hey Yugo what did you get?" Yuya walked over to Yugo.

"Ugh. I barely just passed. I wished I could have gotten higher though." Yugo groaned.

Yuya peeped at his papers and smiled. "At least you got full marks on your languages."

"Yuya. Academics are more important. At least you got a decent mark on all your tests."

"Oh. I see Yugo has failed again" Yuri sneered.

Yugo gritted his teeth in anger and glared at Yuri.

"Alright alright. We get it. Now please don't fight." Zarc sighed.

Yuya turned his head towards Yuto and saw that he was still staring at his papers. Yugo noticed Yuya and also stared at Yuto.

"Yo. Is something wrong?" Yugo asked.

"No it's nothing." Yuto said as he lowered his tests from his face.

Yugo shrugged and went back to talking with Yuya. Yuto out of the library quietly, no one even noticed that he disappeared. He walked down the hallways and smiled to himself as he held his test papers in his hands. On top of the paper marked a eighty eight and not the usual one hundred. Maybe Zarc was right. Enjoy yourself to the fullest and not worry about a single thing. He didn't care about the mark he got, since he decided that he will protect the other three boys while enjoying himself. He doesn't need to worry about anything anymore. Not even the pain that was starting to grow on his lower jaw.


(Okay ya...umm...I got busy with schoolwork...Also I feel like this chapter is just going everywhere and not as exciting? I don't know...)