Me: Good news! OCs for the White Moon, Sei and Selena Arclight, are gonna appear in this chapter. And so are Lunar (Luna) and Siri, by DarkInsanitySoul and Dragonwolf416. Because of this, "Sei Jen", the canon Zexal girl who likes Astral in BW, will be renamed as "Seika Jen" in this story.

Rinko: Well, that's a lot. And aren't me and Astral gonna duel in this chapter? Astral's deck is a "Psychic" one, but he has a lot of made-up cards that will appear in future chapters, plus that annoying Krebons in his deck. Mine? You'll see... and yes, my second name is "Pyra" and Ethan's is "Ceres". Just.. don't ask. My parents were drunk when they named us, probably.

Tairo: ..I have to admit, Lunar-chan and Siri-san are pretty. But of course, prettiness is determined by men of Black Star, who think my nee-chan is the "pinnacle of pretty". Pfft. Lunar-chan and Siri-chan are prettier than my nee-chan! (Even if she does have.. a big.. bust.)

Rinko: *Grabs collar* Don't attempt to date any of them, since romance is not the focus of this story right now. It's about uncontrolled powers, death, amnesia, mind-control, betrayal and anything you don't wanna see in a romance fic.. Enjoy.

Quick note: In this fanfic/AU, Astral is a meek, weak, and cowardly child. He's practically Yuma's Kattobingu-less self. This is the reason he can't defend himself well when Rinko's dueling him: He's easily scared of her monsters.


-Black Star, Floor 56: Dueling Training-

"Those two sure are taking their time." Commented Dark, as he ran his fingers over his still-wet hair. It was a good thing that he didn't smell like blood and vinegar anymore, and only smelled like what Ethan would call, "suffocating perfumes". Ah, but it was better than smelling like someone's intestines popped out of their body.. well that was just gross. "I hope Tairo does good in Turbo Dueling practice. That guy sucks at even riding a bike."

"Well, ninjas tend to travel with only their feet, so I think it's not surprising he cannot ride a bike or anything similar." Ethan chuckled. "Although, it would be hilarious if Tairo and his older sister did go here to Heartland with only their feet."

As both of them laughed at Ethan's joke, an ear-piercing screech echoed throughout the room. It sounded somewhat familiar, and was accompanied by laughter that sounded it was from an animal.. it was, indeed, from an animal. The animal was quite smug, and he was laughing victoriously, as if he had managed to kill another animal for dinner.

Hidenagi was a person raised by wolves, so.. yeah. He was practically, an animal. "Ahahahaha! Ya couldn't keep still on the duel runner, ya freakin' spider! Ya failed more than I can count, I lost track! Ahahaha!"

Tairo was beside the laughing wolf-boy, and he was blushing with humiliation. "Y-yeah.. just don't announce it, I know how much I failed.. but I can make up for it by dueling!" Tairo said, taking out his black d-gazer. It had yellow lens, and was a bit square in appearance. "I-I'll show you! I'm good at actual dueling!" declared Tairo, as he ran towards Dark and Ethan, who were probably pretending as if they didn't know who the loud-mouths were.

"Keep your voice down, seriously." scolded Dark. "We'll get in trouble if you two keep yelling like that."

"B-But it was Hidenagi's fault!" He cried like a kindergarten student. "He made fun of me, just because I fell of the duel runner during our turbo duel!" Tairo whined. "I had no idea how speed spells worked! Gah! They were so confusing! How do speed counters work, anyway?!"

As Tairo whined loudly, accompanied by Hidenagi's loud laughter, two girls who were watching the others duel, marched up to them with a bit of annoyance. Again, Dark and Ethan pretended they did not know who Tairo and Hidenagi were. The older-looking girl look slightly irritated, while the younger girl appeared shy. Most likely, the younger was trying to stop the older from scolding them as if they were her own children.

"Excuse me." Ah, she sounded as old as Taimi.. maybe younger? "But you seem to have caused a bit of a private noise-party here. I don't think it would kill to be quiet, hm?" She said. "Lunar-chan here seemed to be a bit irritated too."

The younger girl turned to her friend, her face full of shock. "W-Wait! I never said anything, Siri-san!"

Ethan seemed to have gotten the hint that Tairo and Hidenagi were making a scene earlier. "We're sorry, girls. We won't cause too much of a ruckus again." He said apologetically. Lunar was relieved by the fact that she didn't offend anyone, and neither did Siri, who finally relaxed a bit around them. Probably due to Ethan's calmness.

"Well, since you apologized politely, we won't have too much of a trouble now, would we?" Siri grinned. "Nice to meet you! I'm Siri Elder, a sixteen-year old number hunter here in Black Star. This little lady right here is.." Siri pulled Lunar's arm, who flinched. "Is Luna. She's a thirteen-year old number hunter like me, but.. she doesn't have a last name, considering she was adopted by the boss when he made the company. She kinda has amnesia."

Lunar shyly waved her hand. "Er, um.. nice to meet you.. sorry if me and Siri-san angered you guys by.. ya know, scolding.."

Dark shook his head. "It's fine. Both Tairo and Hidenagi need a bit of a parental figure around to scold them for being loud. And you didn't do anything bad, so I don't care." Dark said boredly. He realized Ethan's hand was outstretched towards the girls.

"I'm Ethan Ceres Yutora-Mikoron! Currently, I'm fourteen years old. Nice to meet you!" He said eagerly. Siri shook his hand, while Lunar shyly shook it. "This guy next to me is Daruku Orianel Mist, my dueling-teacher and room-neighbor. He's a year older than me."

Dark only nodded, before leaving the group to prepare his deck. Ethan then grabbed Tairo's arm, but refused to grab Hidenagi's, fearing that the latter would bite his arm off. "This is Tairo Shikuro. He's the same age as Dark. And the guy that looks like a wolf is Hidenagi Garu Yuki. They didn't mean to start annoying noises, right guys?"

Both only mindlessly nodded, and were currently still laughing/crying over the turbo duel incident in their minds. Siri made a huff noise, while Lunar remained silent.

"Nice to meet you. Well, it was fun talking, but me and Lunar gotta go now. See ya guys around, hope we can chat again!" Siri said with a smile, before dragging the white-haired girl with her. As they walked towards the elevator, Siri commented about the group of rowdy boys. "They're interesting, aren't they? One of them has mismatched eyes, like you, one of them looks like a wolf, and has a bit of a problem speaking properly, one of them is a ninja, and looks like a spider, and the last one.. has a rather unique name. Two last names, though.."

"I wonder why. Maybe his parents never got along that much, so he used their last names?" Lunar asked. "But you're right. They're an interesting bunch. Although.." Suddenly, Lunar flushed and sighed dreamily. "Although, the rude one, despite his said personality, is quite cute, but I wonder why he seemed so sad.."

Siri stopped in her tracks to grin mischievously. "Ohhhhhhhhhh. So you like that 'Daruku' guy, huh? I didn't know you go for men like those, Lunar-chan! Your tastes in men are quite different than I imagined!~"

"E-Eh?! N-No! Siri-san!"

"Man, they're the one makin' a ruckus now." Hidenagi told Tairo, who was watching Siri tease Lunar as they headed towards the elevator. They didn't know the reason, but ah, who cares?

Meanwhile, Ethan was helping Dark prepare for dueling training. "Dark-kun, why did you seem.. more upset than usual when you saw Lunar-san and Siri-san? They seemed like nice people!"

Dark grumbled. "It doesn't help, Ethan. It just doesn't."

"What doesn't help?" Asked a confused Ethan. Dark buried his face in his hands.

"That Lunar-girl looks like him.. She looks a bit like Astral.. their hair is a light color, both have one white eye, and they're both pale. Other than that, the shy personality was also like Astral's.. I feel like this place is tormenting my emotions."

Ethan frowned. "Probably just a coincidence, Dark-kun. In the mean time, why don't we take our minds off it with a friendly duel?"

"You're right.. the fact that she looks and acts like him is probably just a coincidence."

-Later, White Moon, Floor 97: Stadium-

Rinko and Astral, along with their duel spirits, made their way towards the five leaders, who were standing side by side. Astral was nervous. He had only seen Ena, and maybe even talked with her a few times, and only saw Eliphas during meetings. The other three were staring at them, since they didn't know who they actually were. They heard Miharu's child-like voice, but they never expected him to be so young! And the other two, Eika and Hokai, were staring at them so intently.

"Don't be shy." Ena said with a smile. Rinko was walking carefully, trying to make sure they weren't going to be ambushed, while Horus kept an eye on the leaders. Krebons was literally guarding Astral by going around in circles, while Astral slowly walked behind the fiery girl.

"May I ask why are we needed?" Rinko politely asked. Usually, Rinko would never show such manners, but no doubt that Astral would be scared to death if Rinko said something rude to the leaders. "And why are our dueling spirits needed as well for this task?"

Eika approached them and quickly poked Krebons, who yelped. "Ah. He seems healthy. How about the dragon?" She then poked Horus on the stomach, causing the little dragon to yelp in surprise before falling on the floor. "They're healthy. And they definitely don't like being touched by people they don't know of yet."

"True that!" Krebons snapped. "Look lady! Don't touch me like that! I'm more fragile than I look!"

Rinko huffed and grabbed the annoying tuner monster, and proceeded to throw him against the wall, resulting on Astral panicking and Eika being a bit impressed. The other leaders, plus Horus, sweatdropped at the girl's violent demeanor and temper.

Astral sniffled. "R-Rinko-san! K-Krebons could be seriously hurt!"

Rinko crossed her arms. "The only thing that hurts duel spirits are White Moon and Black Star weapons, technologies, and them being in a duel. Physical-human attacks, such as that throw I did, won't hurt him. Give him a headache, sure, but not seriously hurt him. So chill." She assured him.

Astral pouted, then stared at his currently dizzy duel spirit. "I-If you say so.."

Eika placed her hands on the young boy's forehead, who flinched and looked at her with fear. "You seem to be experiencing multiple emotions as of now. Fear, mostly." Eika grinned. "You look younger than Miharu-kun, despite being a year older."

Rinko frowned. This woman was creepy beyond creepy. Astral shuddered and ran behind Rinko. "S-She's scaring me.."

Ena went forward and grabbed Eika's arm. "Stop scaring the child, Eika."

"Fine." Eika whined. "Although, the kid himself needs to toughen up a bit. You can't be a good soldier if you keep cowering behind your friends." Eika pointed out. "Brutal truth, kid, but if you keep being soft and refuse to kill, you may end up killing yourself, or one of your friends can get in danger thanks to you."

Astral's elf like ears twitched, before he looked down. True.. he had always been hiding by allowing the others to protect him. Somehow, that made Astral feel weak. Tears threatened to spill again, but he forced himself not to. Eika was right.. he was a coward, and often hid behind his friends for comfort. He could place them in danger.

"As if anything could hurt me." Rinko huffed. "I'm fast enough, and I won't care if one of my friends would hide behind me. I'd protect them. So, I won't care if Astral has to hide behind me for protection. I'll take anything anyone throws at me.. except for lemons that life gives away for free."

"Quite proud of your speed, little girl? And you seem to be tough, too." Eika teased.

Eliphas coughed, causing the two leaders to nod and make way for Eliphas. As he was walking, Hokai and Miharu followed him from behind. "Astral Orianel Mist and Rinko Pyra Mikoron-Yutora, was it? Quite interesting names. It's rare for me to talk to soldiers in private, since Ena here does that most of the time. I shall introduce myself properly, then. I am Eliphas Origin, the leader of White Moon. You know Ena Asuka, the one who regularly checks up on the soldiers."

"Hello, dears." Ena greeted sweetly.

"The woman with curly hair is Eika Akumen. She sometimes checks on duel spirits to make sure they're tame. Kind of like a veterinarian." Eliphas explained, while the curly-haired smiled devilishly. "This boy behind me is Miharu Futami. And, this may be hard to believe.. but despite his young appearance.. Miharu is eighteen years old, as of now."

Astral and Rinko became confused. "No joke?"

Miharu blushed a bit. "I look like I'm twelve, eh? But I'm just the same height as Astral over there.. I'm the one who kinda calls the soldiers and gives them tasks."

"And lastly, this is Hokai Enigma." Eliphas pointed to the man behind him. He wore.. was that a mask? "He doesn't want his face to be seen, so Hokai hides it with a mask. He is the one who assists in research about the numbers."

"Pleasure to meet you, children."

Rinko somehow felt relaxed now. Eika and Eliphas made her a bit wary, but Miharu, Ena, and Hokai were nice, as it seemed. Astral seemed to have relaxed too, as he finally went forward, along with Rinko. Krebons, who now had a bump on his head, was still glaring at Eika for poking him, but Horus wasn't hostile anymore. "So." Rinko crossed her arms again. "You did not answer my question earlier. Why were we needed here?"

Eliphas cleared his throat. "While we only called for your spirit partners to see if they were still tamed and healthy, we summoned you two here to check your dueling abilities."

Astral squeaked out something. "I-I beg your pardon? What do you mean by that, sir..?"

Ena smiled softly. Astral was still scared of them, as it seems. Well, Astral had never been near adults much. "We simply want to watch you duel. If it's not too troubling, I suppose?"

"Not at all." Rinko replied. "But, I prefer to start duels with my special rule."

"We heard of that." Hokai said. "Both players start with their life points doubled, am I correct?"

"Y-Yes.. Rinko-san's special rule applies like that.." Astral answered for her. "S-So.. we were only asked to duel..? N-Nothing to lose, right?"

"Nothing at all." Miharu replied. "Although, I suggest that both of you take it easy. Rinko has injuries from earlier training, and Astral.. you have a lot of hospital records, and we certainly don't want to add anything."

"Fine." Both teens replied.

~Seconds later~

Astral was on the other side of the arena, his left sleeve rolled up to make room for his duel disk. Rinko did the same, although she exposed some of her bandages. The leaders were watching on the other side, as the spirit partners were beside their masters.

"D-Gazer, set."

Rinko took out her D-gazer, a flame-shaped one colored with orange and yellow, like her hair. Astral, however, held his hand to his right eye, making the gold eye shine a bit more.

"So.. Astral's gold eye is a d-gazer.. I wonder where he got it?" Thought Ena. "Ngh.. this supports my suspicion of Astral being the wielder of Numeron.." she whispered to herself.

"Duel disk set."

Astral's arm started glowing, until a weird looking duel disk, colored in blue, appeared. It looked sharp enough to poke someone's eye out, Miharu noticed. Rinko's duel disk was shaped like a flame, but it's color was orange and black. Both duelists stood in a fight-like position, before shouting.

"Duel!"

Turn 1

Rinko, LP- 8000, Hand- 5

Astral, LP- 8000, Hand- 5

"I'll go first, draw!" Rinko announced. "I activate the spell card, Burning Land. Both players take 500 damage during their respective standby phases. I set one monster face down, along with two cards. Turn end!"

Turn 2

Rinko, LP- 8000, Hand- 2

Astral, LP- 8000, Hand- 5

"My t-turn.. draw!" Suddenly, a fire ball appeared and hit Astral straight in the face. "Gwah!"

Astral, LP- 7500, Hand- 6

"Geh.. I summon Telekinetic Shocker.."

Telekinetic Shocker, LV 4, ATK- 1700, DEF- 700

"I use Telekinetic Shocker to a-attack your face down monster..!" Rinko's monster flipped face up, showing a metallic green turtle.

UFO Turtle, LV 4, ATK- 1400, DEF- 1200

As the turtle got sent to the graveyard, Rinko activated one of her face down cards. "Continuous trap, activate! Backfire! Whenever a FIRE monster is sent to the graveyard, my opponent takes 500 damage!"

Astral, LP- 7000, Hand- 5

"I then activate UFO Turtle's effect!" Rinko announced. "When this card is destroyed by battle, I get to special summon one FIRE monster with 1500 or less ATK from my deck in attack position! I choose.. Magna Drago!"

Magna Drago, LV 2, ATK- 1400, DEF- 600

"I s-set one card face down. Turn end..!"

Turn 3

Rinko, LP- 8000, Hand- 2

Astral, LP- 7000, Hand- 4

"My turn, draw!" Like the same case with Astral, a fire ball hit Rinko straight in the face. "Gwah! My cards are really risky.."

Rinko, LP- 7500, Hand- 3

"I special summon Inferno in defense position, by removing one monster in the graveyard from play."

Inferno, LV 4, ATK- 1100, DEF- 1900

"I now synchro summon with Magna Drago and Inferno! Synchro summon.. Flamvell Uruquizas!"

Flamvell Uruquizas, LV 6, ATK-2100, DEF- 400

"T-Trap activate! Threatening Roar! Y-You cannot attack this turn!" Astral stuttered.

"Hah! Chain! Continuous Trap, activate! Chain Burst! Whenever a trap card is activated, 1000 damage is given to the player who controlled that card!"

"Kyaaaaaaaa!" Astral cried.

Astral, LP- 6000, Hand- 4

"Turn end." Said Rinko.

Turn 4

Rinko, LP- 7500, Hand- 2

Astral, LP- 6000, Hand- 4

"D-Draw.." Another fireball had hit Astral. "W-Waaaaaaah!"

Astral, LP- 5500, Hand- 4

Astral started to sniffle. Rinko made a worried expression. "Hey! Don't cry! I'm sorry if the card hurts you so much, but you do know that my deck focuses on cards that deal effect damage, right?!"

"I-I'm sorry!" Astral sobbed. "I promised myself not t-to cry! I really am sorry, R-Rinko-saaan!"

Ena made a sad face. Astral was too fragile, and that wasn't helping at all. Rinko, and even Flamvell Uruquizas started pitying the younger teen. Rinko was about to forfeit, in order to stop her friend from taking too much damage, until Astral started glowing.

Wait, what? Glowing?

"What the..?" Miharu muttered. "What's happening to Astral?! This can't be any normal phenomenon!"

"Interesting." Eika commented. "I guess this means he's the wielder of Numeron, then!"

"The wielder of what?!" Rinko had heard the weird name, and decided to question it. However, the glow got brighter, and soon, all monsters and cards on the field vanished, signifying the game had ended. Astral's duel disk had disappeared, and Rinko put away her dueling gear, and ran to the glowing teen. "Astral! What in the name of Exodia, is going on?!"

"No MoRe paIn. I wAnT to bE strOngeR. I dONt wanT To HIdE aNYmorE. I doNt waNT To CrY anYMorE."

Astral sniffled, and the glow suddenly vanished. Once that was done, Astral stared at Rinko with confused, tear-filled eyes. "W-What happened..? Why has the du-duel ended?"

Rinko made another confused look. "Hey, I should be asking that! You glowed all of a sudden! But, are you alright?!" She then looked at the leaders with anger. "And you! What the hell is 'Numeron'?! Who wields it, and what on earth is it?! More importantly, why do you suspect that Astral wields whatever Numeron is?!"

Eika gulped. "So much for keeping it a secret, then.."

-Meanwhile, White Moon, Floor 1, Lobby-

"Takashi and the rest are taking a while.." Yuma commented. "I hope those Black Stars didn't hurt them! If they did, I'm gonna pummel 'em! Or.. talk to them in a friendly-manner.."

"I hope so as well, Yuma." Haruki replied. "It is rather worrying that they have not come back yet. I dearly wish they have gotten the number safely, otherwise.. we have lost another member, plus, a couple of our dear friends.."

Taimi was tapping her foot impatiently, her eyes glued to the entrance of the building. She was expecting Takashi and the rest to come back sooner. They were one of their friends after all.

As they were waiting, Haruki noticed two teens, the same age, walking side by side. One was being serious, while one was being a bit care-free. It reminded Haruki of the serious Dark, and carefree Hidenagi. They appeared to look alike, and they were chatting about some topic Haruki couldn't understand.

"Sis, we should visit uncle Michael. He's been working too much lately, so I wanna see if he's made any progress in the research he's been doing." One of the twins suggested. "He worries about us occasionally, so I want to help him as best as I can."

"I know, Selena. But we're busy with number hunting, remember? Once the boss gets some other soldiers to hunt, we'll visit uncle Michael on the lab, okay?" The older of the twins replied. "Ah, we should wait for Takashi-kun and the rest."

Haruki adjusted his uniform's collar quickly, and made his trademark smile. "Hello. It appears you are also acquainted with Todoroki-kun." He smiled brightly.

While one of the twins hid behind her sister as she appeared to be quite meek, the other shook his hand. "Nice to meet you.. I'm Sei Arclight, niece of Michael Arclight, one of the scientists here. Behind me is Selena, my younger twin."

"H-Hello there!" Selena greeted, shyly hiding behind Sei. Haruki made another smile, seeing as the girls were nice.

Suddenly, the alarm started beeping, and all soldiers looked to the screen, where Ena was. She seemed to have a panicked expression. Everyone, including Yuma, Sei, and Selena, stared at the screen, while Haruki and Taimi noticed something unusual behind Ena.

It seemed to be a twelve year old boy, and next to him was.. Rinko? Astral was there too! And so were Horus and Krebons! Taimi was about to say something, when Haruki cut her off. "Shush. I think this is a private matter, Taimi-chan."

"B-But..!" Taimi stuttered. She let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine.."

Ena started flipping the pages of a clipboard, before coughing awkwardly. "Dear soldiers of the White Moon, today, we bring out bad news. Today's number hunting ended in a failure, since the Black Star got the number first. But.. other than that." She made a sad look. "A black-haired soldier from Black Star has murdered our fellow members; Takashi Todoroki, Tetsuo Okeda, and Tokunosuke Omoteura. Our cameras saw them fighting with all their might, but in the end.. they died.."

"What?!" A girl shrieked. The gray-haired catgirl, known as Cathy, teared up. She was one of Yuma's friends, and was really close to Takashi. Taimi felt sad for the heartbroken teenager. "I-It can't be.. Takashi-kun said he wouldn't leave without me, nya!"

"T-Takashi!" Yuma yelled. "Tetsuo.. Tokunosuke..I.. won't forgive those Black Stars! They'll pay!" Yuma yelled, tears falling. "They killed my friends! OUR FRIENDS!"

"Yuma-kun." Taimi said sternly. Although, it was obvious that she was as shocked and angry as Yuma was. "We can't do anything at the moment! So stop yelling at the screen, and listen to what Ena-san has to say!"

"Sacrifices shall not be in vain!" Ena announced. "New hunters will take their place! Members have already been chosen!" Ena then turned around, revealing a still angry and confused Rinko, along with the scared Astral. Yuma's eyebrow raised, and many soldiers were heard whispering. Haruki and Taimi stared at Rinko, who was yelling at the twelve-year-old-looking boy. Astral was trying to calm her down.

"Soldiers Rinko Yutora and Astral Mist are the first two members chosen for daily hunting, chosen by Sir Eliphas himself. Soldiers Sei Arclight and Selena Arclight were chosen by Sir Eliphas, and me, Ena Asuka. These four soldiers shall be on a higher rank of soldiers, sorry 'bout that!"

More whispers were heard, as Haruki turned to the twins. "It seems you two are in a more important task than us. We are back-up soldiers, and you are lucky to be some of the main soldiers."

Sei frowned. Selena was still crying over the death of Takashi and the rest, so Sei tried her best to stay strong. "Still. They already picked members these fast? It's as if they knew Takashi and the rest were going to die! Just a theory, though. And who are those soldiers at the back of Ma'am Ena?"

Haruki crossed his arms. "They are our friends, Astral and Rinko. We do not know why they are with Ena-san, we advised Rinko to stay still at her room. She was injured from today's training."

"Maybe they were called for this reason?" Selena squeaked out. "Then again, if they were, why weren't me and Sei-neechan called too?"

"Who knows." Taimi joined in. "I think I'm going to make Cathy cheer up, along with Yuma-kun and Kotori-chan. See you later, Haru-kun."

As they waved goodbye, Haruki turned to the twins again. "Whatever is the reason, you are working with some of our friends. I wonder why they were chosen though.. Rinko is reckless, and Astral is a bit weak, so there must be a reason they were chosen."

"Whatever is the reason.." Sei then shows her metallic glove. "I can still fight with my powerful gun, Morphtronic."


Me: Summary of this chapter should be; Astral can glow, Rinko is a rude bastard, Sei and Selena are precious twins, Lunar is a cutie, Siri is the big-sister type, Haruki is kind of a flirt, Takashi dies, Tetsuo dies, Tokunosuke dies, Yuma is angry that his friends are dead, Taimi is trying to act not-sad, and Eika is a creep.

Rinko: Lunar belongs to DarkInsanitySoul, Siri belongs to dragonwolf416, and the twins belong to AoLady. Thank you for letting them join the story of "TMOFTKON".

Tairo: This chapter focused on the White Moon. Next chapter will feature more Luna and Siri interactions, along with Ethan and Dark.

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