Yes, At last chapter 7 is finally here! This has been an amazing month so far when it comes down to writing. Although, I have lost a love one close to me. I made a promise to her that I will be happy, and that is what I am going to do. I hope I will not let my fans down. This is a crucial moment in which Alesia will have to make a decision on her choices before the bad guys capture her!

Disclaimers:

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL and all things 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'belongs to it's creators and to them only. My OC's, and made up cards belong to me. No exceptions! Don't like it, it's just too bad

LAST TIME ON 'ACCESS THE DIMENSIONS'!:

Alesia finally returns back to the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL and is doing her best to remain upbeat in a crazy world, where the plot line has changed drastically.

Now trying to fight back the fear that binds her emotionally, she realizes that she is the 'key' to the power of Eternia — With the help of Yuma,Astral and their friends, Alesia restarts her life again as a friend and fellow duelist. However, after learning the fate of her new friend Eri, Alesia and Yuma discovers that Tori, Bronk, Caswell and Flip are kidnapped by Fortuno; a seer with powers of the stars. Though knowing that the said character is a fake, Alesia rushes along with Yuma, Astral, and the no longer possessed Cathy to the broken down mansion. The now hideout for Fortuno and a trap to capture his victims.

As a Number user as well; Fortuno proclaims he is working for Kite Tenjo, and is collecting Numbers cards for the sake of his worship for him. But when he summons out Number 11: Big Eye, Fortuno declares a shadow duel, in which Alesia's powers and secret will be forcefully revealed…


Chapter 7: The Phase of Destiny Begins S01-07


Fortuno has got Yuma and Astral on the ropes after successfully summoning out his Number 11: Big Eyes. However that was not stopping Yuma from doing his counter attack, and Astral ready to help him despite his impending fear of Kite. The shadow duel has already begun, and now the ending result of the battle was about to unfold before my eyes…

"You realize that by now when this duel is over, her memories will soon be mine, and your Numbers Card and soul shall belong to Master Kite!" Fortuno declared. I rolled my eyes at this, I mean, come on. How in the world are you gonna claim that you are on the same team as Kite, when he works by himself? Idiot…

"There is still time Yuma! We must join forces and work together." Astral suggests. "Right, lets do it Astral!" They had already have Number 39: Utopia out on the field and tried their best to stay on top. But Fortuno had other plans. He isn't going to stop until he takes everyone's Number cards. And Utopia was no exception, when he was forcefully being controlled by Fortuno now. It was only less then 7 turns and already this duel is well out of control, shadows began to come from all directions, and even Yuma began freaking out.

"Huh? What in the world is this?!" Yuma cried out alarmed. "Patience Yuma…, we must focus on this duel no matter what." Astral advises. "But don't you see the crazy shadows appearing everywhere?! Or it doesn't matter to you? What if these things are here to hurt Alesia, then what do we do?!" Yuma complained further. "If we don't win this duel, then we won't be able to save anyone at all. That includes your friends, and me disappearing from existence." Yuma's eyes went wide for the moment while I had to ponder on this.

This is absolutely crazy. Yuma is right. What if these shadows are here to consume me, then what now? The shadow duels are not supposed to happen or show up until later in the series, I'm already clear on that. But how is it that Fortuno is able to do all of this? The Numbers are limited when it comes to granting powers to it's users.

"We have to take a chance at this Yuma, for your friends sake and for ours. If he attempts to harm Alesia in any way, we will stop him before that happens." Astral promises. Yuma nods and returns back to the duel.

"Bring it on, Fortuno! I'm ready for yah!" Yuma declared pointing his fist towards Fortuno's direction. "You really are foolish, boy! Now 'Utopia' — Attack Yuma's 'Kurivolt' with Raising Sun Slash!" Utopia's sword spun in the air before returning back to its hand, leaping into the air, as the illuminated sword sliced the poor 'Kuri' monster to bits. But then something went wrong…

When Yuma got hit will life point damage, suddenly my heart felt like it wanted to pound out of my chest. I clanged onto it with my hand and the other on my head, as I saw memories of my home before I got here begin playing before my very eyes like I was in a movie theater. It was all so fast, yet my breathing was really out of control and I felt my body beginning to heat up all too quickly. I gasped for air when the whole light show was over and began to faint immediately.

"Alesia! Alesia what's wrong?!" I hear Cathy say as she grasped me before I fell. Yuma and Astral looked behind them to see Cathy holding me. Yuma's eyes went wide with worry. "Cathy what's going on over there?"

Cathy turned to Yuma immediately, after I began to slightly open my eyes. I was conscious, but it was hard for me to determine what was happening, even when I can hear it unfold before me.

"Oh Yuma! Alesia fainted the moment you took battle damage from your 'Utopia' attacking 'Kurivot'…" Cathy explained. Now both Yuma and Astral was in shock. "WHAT?!" Yuma screeched.

"This is not good…" Astral started. "What do you mean, Astral?! Of course we know that it isn't good. How could Alesia all of a sudden pass out like that?" Yuma protested, before hearing Fortuno's boastful laughter. "You think this is funny?! You nearly killed her you fiend!" Cathy hissed at him, but Fortuno wasn't done, until a smirk appeared on his face. "Ah, dear girl — you do not seem to understand."

Yuma's eyes became fixed with suspicion. "What do you mean Fortuno? What have you done to Alesia?!"

Fortuno tsked at him and swayed his index finger from side to side. "Now, now dear Yuma, you mean to tell me you have forgotten already?" Astral realized something that they forgot and turned to Yuma immediately. "Yuma! It's the shadow duel!"

Yuma's eye brows raised. "Shadow duel…ah! You mean the stake of having to expose everything about Alesia?!"

"Now you're catching on. However it isn't what I did… [he pointed an accusing finger at Yuma's direction]…, but of what YOU did, Yuma! For you see, every time you take battle damage from my monsters, Alesia's memories of her world and the secrets of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL will be mine. Her power will begin to drain, [he holds a crystal ball in free hand], and the rest of it along with her memories will be absorbed into my crystal!" He laughed wickedly, before Yuma and Astral was able to do anything.

My eyes began to form tears that began to silently fall because of the amount of pain from both my head and chest.

Nohow will Yuma be able to win like this? Fortuno's

I couldn't finish my thoughts because I began to moan in pain, and shivered as spasms began to have run throughout my entire body. And I felt myself getting weak, my strength beginning to leave me. Nothing was able to satisfy my body's thirst for air to breath, and the relief of true peace of mind.

"Alesia, you have to hang on. I won't let anything happen to you." Cathy said determinedly. "Thank you…" I told her with a raspy voice, and felt the need to watch the duel some more. Not knowing what else Fortuno have in-store for me, let alone all of us!

The duel continues…but this left Yuma below 3300 life points. Once he was attacked again, more of my memories were being absorbed into Fortuno's crystal! I felt so weak, that even when Yuma and Astral was about to do Chaos XYZ evolution and bring out CXYZ: Utopia Ray, I wasn't able to really hold on, and I passed out immediately…

Why does this keep happening to me?

"Alesia…Alesia…!" I hear the voice of my friend Jenny, who sounds very worried for me. "Jenny…, is that really you calling for me?" I asked unsure. "Of course its me silly, can't you tell the difference?" I looked around to see that I was in a dark void, wondering how did I get here, or is able to hear Jenny at all.

"Jenny…?" I called out.

"Yeah, Less?" Her voiced echoed lightly and calmly, but I still kept my head down. "Do you know how I got here?" There was a pause before Jenny answered. "Um…to tell you the truth, I don't know how to explain it. But I can basically see you on your computer screen…"

My eyes went wide when she said that. "You mean that I'm in the show?!" Jenny sighed. "I guess. But I hardly believe that's the case." I frowned at that now. "Well, what do you mean?"

"Well, I think that maybe after Hart left and sent you back to the ZEXAL world, he sort of gave me this ability to watch everything that is ever happening to you. I guess the important ones though. Because when I went to take a break for the bathroom, you weren't on screen, and then for a snack break, all of a sudden…"

"—I was there, huh? Right…" So this is starting to confirm my suspicion. Everything really is changing because of me. And now I'm putting few of my closes friends in danger.

"Alesia…, when do you think you'll be able to come home? I don't know what to say to your mom, if she were to find out that you're not here." Jenny said in a panicked voice.

"To tell you the truth I really don't know. I guess I would have to be in an intense duel in order for me to do that." I explained. "What do you mean by that?" Jenny asked. I sighed, trying to piece the words together.

"Jenny, Do you remember when I told you that I had a duel with Kite, and then everything spiraled out of control from there?" I waited for her to reply. "Yeah…, what does that have to do with you?"

"I'm starting to think that maybe I need to be in serious danger again during a duel, in order for my powers to work and send me back home." I explained hoping she would get the picture. But a sense of confusion can be clearly heard in Jenny's voice. "Powers? What powers?! You never told me you have powers now!"

"That's because I just found out. Astral and Yuma figured that out with Master Roku's help that I'm the one with the power of Eternia." I said sadly. I really don't want these powers. I never asked for them, nor did I want to come here. Sure, I may always wondered what it may be like, but nowI'm really starting to regret it. "But Alesia, you never had powers in the real world." Jenny tried to convince me that I was normal. I really appreciated that of her. However, I'm starting to believe that now, it is far from the truth.

I sighed. "I know, I said the same thing. But you saw what happened earlier with Fortuno right? He basically said the same thing."

"… … Alesia, if it's true then…" she paused feeling very unsure, I can tell. "…then you have to come back home! You're in great danger being there, and who knows what may happen to you. An adventure like this isn't worth your life! I bet Kite is bound to find out very soon, and and Heartland won't rest until they capture you for sure. Please Alesia, I'm begging you. Stop this and come back before you get seriously hurt or…!" She begged me. She really wanted me to come home.

"We'll don't jump to conclusions just yet, Jenny. They may not even know yet. And at this point, as long as I am here in the ZEXAL world, I rather that it says that way…" I told her reassuringly. "And about mom, just tell her that I made a choice to come. I have no other choice. Its like I'm fated to be here for a reason, Jenny. It may not be for them, they can handle themselves, but for the sake of both our worlds. Please tell me that you will promise to keep all of this a secret? I'm sure Hart wouldn't have expose to me the nature of his world in front of you, without trusting you first."

Jenny was really quiet until she finally spoke. "Okay…"

"Thank you, Jenny…"

Suddenly everything was returning back to normal, and my vision became really blurry when I finally opened my eyes. "Alesia…,Alesia…!" Yuma cried out desperately. "Oh Yuma, will she be alright?" Cathy's voice could be heard afterwards. "Maybe that shadow duel took a lot out of her, we need to get her to a hospital!" Caswell said in horror. Wait…Caswell…?!

Finally my vision came back to normal, and everyone in the gang was finally looking at me. "Hey guys…so how much did I miss…?' gave a small smile as I was still weak.

"Alesia, Don't worry about that now, what does matter is that your safe." Astral spoke with a kind voice with deep concern written all over his face. I sighed mentally, I guess that means that Astral trusts me now.

Tori placed her hands on her hips. "Well, what are we waiting for? We gotta get Alesia out of here and fast!"

The others nodded and tried to get me up, but I already had a feeling that Fortuno had lost. But my mind automatically went to hectic mode, when I remembered what he did to me. "Wait! What about my memories?"

"Yuma was able to break his crystal ball without a problem. So your secret is safe, regardless to what happens with Fortuno." Astral pointed out again. I nodded slowly and closed my eyes. Hoping to let the information all sank in, but I still couldn't help but remain uneasy…


Normal POV


A few minutes later, Kite was staring at his new capture of a Number card and defeated Fortuno in a duel. He then remembered exactly what Fortuno had said, before his soul and Numbers card were taken.

FLASHBACK

"…Please Master! I have found some value information on that girl, Alesia Bennet!" Fortuno begged before Kite was about to attack Fortuno with 'Galaxy-Eyes'. "So you do, hmm? Well then tell me…"

"That annoying brat Yuma thought by destroying my crystal ball, that he was able to preserve her secret. But that was a farce! All of her memories so far are actually in the data chip I stored within my duel gazer, thanks to Number 11's power."He explained being quite proud of himself. Kite smirked wickedly, before attacking.

"Well, then in that case…'Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon'! Attack Fortuno's 'Big Eye' with Photon Stream of Destruction!" 'Galaxy-Eye's Attack had hit Fortuno hard, as he screams in pain before his life points dropped down to 0. Making Kite the victor once again

Kite took a step forward towards Fortuno before he did anything."P..P..Pleasehave mercy Master!" Fortuno begged fearfully. "It's a little too late to be begging for mercyIn fact Consider this a payment of atonement for harming my investment." Kite narrowed his eyes angry. Fortuno's however grew really wide. "What do you mean? I never…"

"Shut up! Don't you know how valuable that girl is to me now? More then your life…" Kite went ahead and used Photon Hand on Fortuno

END FLASHBACK

"An investment indeed…" Kite also grabbed the duel gazer that belonged to Fortuno. He gave it to Orbital next to him. "Orbital!"

"Y..Yes, Master K..Kite?" Orbital asked a bit confused. "I need you to analyze the data that this idiot collected for me. And while your at it…,make sure that you keep this secret between you and I. I don't want that idiot Heartland and Dr. Faker get a hold of this information." He stated. "But wouldn't they want this information for the sake of saving Heartland City?" This time Kite snapped.

"Are you out of your mind?! If we did that, then they are bound to take advantage over everything that we worked hard to accomplish, and I am not about to let that happen!" Orbital shuttered back. "I unders…stand…"

"Good…now let's get back to work…" Kite said as he walked out of the location with Orbital. Leaving behind a very soulless Fortuno in the background, eyes wide open and a shocked look on his face. Horror continued to show on it, even in the mist of the darkness.


Kite's Lab


About 30 minutes later after the information was downloaded from the duel gazer, Kite took from Fortuno, Orbital translated the data, and had it stored until the mega computer. Kite and Orbital have been watching the video stream for a long time, both extremely shocked from the scenes showed before them. A time Alesia watched her video recording of her birth, her mom and dad getting a divorce, her sister abandoning her, the first time she watched Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, as well as her time with her old friends Kate, Melody, Jason and Jenny. Then her memories with her dreaming about Hart, which freaked Kite out the most.

He was very surprised to see this, as he would have never dreamed that his younger brother, Hart Tenjo, would ever lie to him about someone like Alesia. Orbital looked at Kite as the video stopped, and the computer screen went back to normal. "What do you m..ma..make of this…,Master…K..Kite?"

Kite didn't answer Orbital right away. His face shown shock, anger, confusion, sadness and being heartbroken. "I don't know what to make of this…Our world is nothing more then a television show and a comic book for…children…?!"

"I didn't expect that either…" Orbital commented as well. "All this time, Hart was protecting Alesia…He KNEW her before I ever did, and is protecting her from me and Mr. Heartland or Dr. Faker? And she is the one who has the power of Eternia? Aghhh!" He placed both hands on his face. "None of this ever makes sense to me anymore! Collect the Numbers, Defeat Number Holders, Find the original Number, FIND the Holder of the power of Eternia…, and now all of this has to do with this one girl?!"

Orbital frowned at Kite's reaction. He didn't know what to make of it either, even as a robot. He wasn't without feelings, and he knew what he wanted to do when he did it. But for now, he was just as shocked as his master was. And he didn't know what to say or how to comfort him in a time of being in distress.

"So now that w…we know the truth, shouldn't we be looking for her now?"

Kite looked on with determination once her regained his composer. "Now I really want answers, Orbital. And I will stop at NOTHING, until I get it from her."

Kite began walking out of the room, and Orbital began to panic. He knew what that serious look was for. He wasn't just going to go after her, he was going to do something to that girl. "Have a room prepped for our 'guest',Orbital. Tomorrow, the hunt for our prey will begin…" Kite spoke with venom in his voice.


The Next Day


I was told to take a day off from school today, AGAIN. Due to the fact of what Fortuno did to me, not expecting a Shadow Duel with Yuma and Astral. However he was able to preform that during their duel, was beyond me. But when Fortuno said something about having all my memories being sent over to Kite, that really freaked me out, and had me scared out of wits, hadn't Yuma and Astral think of a way to destroy that crystal. But the feeling deep inside of me, kept telling me that it was a ruse. Something bad may have happened while I was passed out.

I sighed to myself, and wondered about all of the victims of the Numbers are doing. Particularly Eri, when she was involved. Ever since Fortuno did what he did to them, I couldn't hold it in. I must duel him, but Yuma did what he and Astral was supposed to do.

What was I thinking? If I had taken over that scene of when Yuma and Astral is supposed to duel, I would have screwed up the whole entire ZEXAL timeline. And the future of this world would have been doomed!

Once again I sighed feeling more irritated then ever before. I have never felt so stressed out in my entire life. I really didn't know what to do, but I knew that I couldn't stay here any longer.

I have to go. If I stay with Yuma and the others, they are going to be placed into more danger being with me. If my powers are a problem to everyone, then its best that I leave this place, and focus on finding a way of getting back home. I hate knowing that I'm potentially hurting people that I love, and is forced to carry on a burden that is too much for the human spirit to handle.

So I began to put some lotion on my tan skin. And pulled my hair into a loose ponytail. My white blouse covers my heart shaped neckless that Jenny had bought me. I kissed it, and closed my eyes. Before looking down at my sky blue shirt with a floral arrangement of cherry blossom petals. My white leggings fitted so well with my black one inch shoes.

I got my dueling equipment and my little back pack before creeping out of the house without anyone noticing. It was now 1:10pm, and walking to the docks, where Shark had found me may have left me some clues. I was starting to get into one of the most seclusive parts of the city, despite it being so big. My heart was beginning to speed up because of all of the excitement.

Stay calm, Alesia. No one is following you

And boy, was I surely wrong. I came across this voice of an evil chuckle in front of me. I stopped and began to investigate. "Who's there? Show yourself!" I demanded, before I hear multiple voices in the background.

"Hey boss, I think we've found ourselves a cutie here, what do you think?" A teenage male's voice is heard. "Yeah, she looks like a sweet little thing, don'chu agree?" Someone else said with an excitement in their voice. My body began to get nervous, and my heart was pounding very fast. I was becoming alert to my surroundings, and it began to feel stifling. Until I felt someone lift up my skirt quite high, from behind. I have never felt so violated in my entire life!

"But hey, she sure has a nice figure. Maybe we can start having some fun…" I lightly gasped and a furious blush appeared on my face, before I slapped away the hand that did it. "Back off!" I yelled out while I leaped from where I stood, towards the corner of the wall. I was nearly surrounding by five different men.

One had red hair standing upwards, with blue eyes, freckles, and was very tall. The second one had green hair, and light blue eyes, a red bandana stood out over it. The third one had black hair with blue tips to it, and brown eyes. Another one had black hair, brown eyes, and they were quite scary as he smirked lustfully towards me. And finally was a medium tall tan skinned dude with blond hair and red eyes, he had a tattoo on his left check that was in a shape of a naruto noodle.

"Hey she's quite the feisty one. I like feisty…makes me wonder what else she's got…" The guy with the red bandana said with an evil smirk. My whole body wanted to go stiff at any given moment, but I was not gonna let that happen. "What do you creeps want?"

"Oh you know what we want, babe." But before I was able to make a move, time suddenly slowed down all of a sudden. I looked around in shock, wondering what had happened. The men were frozen in time, and then my heart was beginning to pound.

Did Kite do all of this?

I began to hear footsteps coming from the back way of the alley, and an eerie whistle echoing in my ears. I have to get outta here!

So I wasted no time and made haste to escape the said Number Hunter. I didn't care if he yelled, or attempted to chase me. All I cared about was getting to safety, until I remembered what Hart had told me and Jenny…

"…Mr. Heartland is looking for you, and is using my brother to do it. Try to keep a low profile for now while you still can. I don't know how much longer I can keep this up…"

"Yeah, they're looking for me, but how am I going to escape out of this mess?" I asked myself in frustration, and now I was beginning to lose my breath from running to no where. "There is no escaping for you!" I heard from somewhere, before I felt something tight wrapped around my left wrist. I gasped as I tripped on myself from the pull, and fell down onto my side. It felt like my body weight caused me to break something!

Then Kite was finally able to come into view along with Orbital. "K..Kite…, what do you want? My Number card again…?" I asked in an attitude as well as getting fearful of him a bit. "Close…" Orbital spoke up. "—Your time!" Kite said before he grabbed me by the arms while releasing the duel anchor from around my wrist. I was struggling to get free. "Let me go! Let go of me! Kite!"

But he wouldn't let go, and had wrapped an arm around my waist to restraint me while he had an expressionless face. "Orbital…" Orbital's eyes blinked red before he gave Kite some type of stick with small rounded spiked needles, and some type of liquid in it, sealed up inside. My eyes widened at the thought of what he was going to do to me, with that thing. And I forced my left leg up and kicked upwards between his crouch, very hard. He might not have kids one day after this, but aww well!

Kite's face turned red as a tomato as he bended down some, and cried out with a painful cry. "Why…you little…" Kite struggled to say, as he forcefully released me and he held near his groin with both arms. He slid down to the ground as I stumbled away from him, all while Orbital was panicking at Kite's distress. "My dear M..Master K..K..Kite! Are you okay?" Orbital asked while he slowly rolled over near his master, however Kite was furious when he asked that question before I tried to make a run for it. "Does it look like I *sound* okay you stupid tin twit!? That girl just went ahead and kicked me where Ioh darn it, it hurts!" Kite's voice sounded very stressed, and is trying his best not to whimper in pain.

I tried so hard not to laugh, because it really sounded like he badly wanted to curse in all kinds of colorful languages. I think Jenny would be so proud of me right now. "So you think this was funny, huh you stupid girl?!" He struggled to get up as the forming smirk was dropped from my face instantly, and he stepped slowly towards me.

Oh man, he looks extremely pissed off right now! I thought in fear. "You're going to regret kicking me there, because now I'm angry!" I gasped and began running away from the area, until I ran to the opposite end to try and escape from Kite again. But I somehow ran into a dead end of a street corner. "Oh no, I'm trapped!"

"That's right…" I hear Kite say behind me. "And now that your trapped here. I won't let you escape me now. You and I are going on a little trip." Kite spoke dangerously, but I've noticed that Orbital was no where in site. And suddenly I felt the ground shake and I grabbed onto something for dear life. "Why is the ground shaking?!" I yelled before something bursted out of the ground, and I screamed to the top of my lungs from all of that excitement. Orbital 7 emerged from the ground in his super robot form and a red drill that was already spinning.

"Now h…h..how would y..you like to take your m…meal? Charcoal or grilled?!" Orbital said with glee. "Orbital! Stop trying to scare her, and restrain her already!" Kite ordered before Orbital returned back to normal size and saluted him quickly as I was trying to regain my strength. "Yes, sir!" I felt Orbital's hands restrain me very securely where even if I used all of my muscle strength, it would all be in vain. But regardless to what was actually happening, I was still doing my very best to get of Orbital's clutches.

"Now you c…c…can't move." Orbital said still a bit giddy. However Kite still stumbled towards me and pulled out the same injection from before, but this time he unlocked it by twisting it open, and pulled off the cap before discarding it. "No…no…don't do this…" I begged him fearfully now for my life! And when I had looked into Kite's grayish blue eyes, he showed no emotion in them. He just stared at my trembling form and continued to come closer as I struggled more. "…Kite, please… I will give you my word, I won't run away. Just don't…"

"Save it, already…" He said before grabbing my left arm and rolled up my sleeve. He pinched the area where he saw a good vein was available, before placing the needle closer to my skin. My eyes went wide in fear more, and my heartbeat wanted to burst out of my chest. Tears were automatically beginning to fall, and I whimpered even more. My breathing was becoming erratic, and it felt like I was going to pass out immediately while looking at the site. "Master Kite…, she's…" Orbital started.

"I know that, Orbital. This will help her calm down a bit once it settles into her system." Kite said before, I really panicked and cried out fearfully and screamed. "Stop it! Let me go, Kite!" Kite didn't listen and pressed the injection to my skin, and I felt a slight pinch before I felt the needles dig deeper and released the liquid inside. My heartbeat was beating faster and I felt dizzy, disoriented, nauseous and in pain. My eyes were starting to become blurry as I gasped for air, and the only thing I saw besides feeling the wet stains of my tears on my face: was Kite's frowned expression as he held the empty vile in his hand and he suddenly came near me as I felt a pair of hands carried me as if I was being held.

"That anesthetic will have you knocked out for a while — And help you with the anxiety. But don't worry…, it won't harm you in any way. I won't hurt you…" Kite said while I was in a daze, and felt my face completely flushed. I could tell that he had a determined look on his face, but at the same time it was serious and soft looking as well.

What is wrong with me? What did he do to me? I feel so weak, and feel as if my strength has been drained from my body. I feel so confused, is this the effects of the drug he gave me?

"Orbital, how is her vitals?" Orbital's eyes flashed red as the bright stream of light hit my body and went up and down just as quick. "She's still erratic, b..b..but she will r..recover." Kite frowned a bit and narrowed his eyes right afterwards. "Good, now let's get back."

Orbital went towards us, and latched onto Kite's waist and back. I began to feel the effects of the drug working it's way into my body. And all of a sudden I felt the need to pass out immediately. But there is no way, I'm gonna let Kite win. How could I been so stupid? I scolded myself. Kite saw me resisting the drug, and gave a concerned look. "If you keep resisting it, your just going to strain yourself even more. So just rest already." He said nearly getting agitated. "Alesia!" Kite noticed Yuma coming towards us, but he was not able to see Astral yet.

"Yuma…" I voice was becoming strained as I called out for him. But Kite tightened his grip slightly on me and held me a bit too close for my comfort. However even if I wanted to fight back, I couldn't because I was beginning to feel paralyzed, due to the effects of the drug. "Yuma Tsukumo…, never thought I would see you again so soon…"

Yuma and Astral stopped a few feet away from us, looking at me very shocked and confused. Astral didn't know what to make of this situation, and then Yuma pointed an accusing finger at Kite. "Kite…! What are you doing with Alesia? Let her go!" Yuma demanded. "Not a chance…, I still have unfinished business with your little friend here. And until I get the answers that I need, I will not release her." He said stubbornly.

Astral looked on feeling very concerned. "This isn't good Yuma…, I get the feeling that Kite somehow found out about…, Alesia's secret." Yuma's eyes went wide as he turned towards Astral confused. "What do you mean by that? There is no way that Kite could possibly know all of that. We're the only ones who know about it, remember?" Yuma protested. "Oh but I beg to differ, Yuma…"

Yuma turned back around to focus his attention on Kite. "Huh…?" Kite gave an evil smirk. "That's right, I know all about your little friend from 'Astral World'…, and the fact that Alesia is from the Real World…" Astral and Yuma's eyes went wider at his confession. "Oh man, we are so screwed…" My eyes widened as well.

So it is true, he really does know that I'm from another world. Now what I'm supposed to do? The plot line is changing drastically, and yet I'm supposed to save the world from something? I can't even get myself out of this hectic situation!

"And now I bid you farewell, until the next time Yuma!" Kite said as Orbital turned into a glider and lifted Kite and me off the ground. I wanted to hold on for dear life. But already as Kite held onto to me closer then before, I felt all of my strength leaving me in a matter of seconds, and darkness began to cloud my vision not too far behind…

"Alesia….!" That was the last time I heard or seen Yuma call out to me…


I felt like everything came crashing down on me at once. My eyes finally began to open and I see myself in some kind of room, that was dark, and I was under the covers of the bed. I looked underneath to see that my clothes are still on, just that my jacket was taken off. My shoes was somewhere near Kite…KITE?!

I gasped at the sight of him as he looked up at what he was doing and looked towards me in shock, before calming down. "So you're finally awake huh, took you long enough." I narrowed my eyes at him. "Where's Orbital?" I asked curiously, before he just closed his eyes and turned back to looking at some cards. "I had him work on some data collection." He answered without paying attention to me. "Data collection on what?"

"Number Holders…, but then again you should already know that, since this world is part of some TV show, right? That is what this world is, isn't it, Alesia?"

"Stop it!" I demanded as my body trembled in fear all over again. I know that now wasn't the time to feel weak, but this guy is beginning to get on my nerves, literally. Kite frowned a bit before turning very serious. "So you really are afraid of me…" I didn't answer the question, and did my best to ignore it. "You should be, after what you did to my brother Hart. I know your the one who brain washed him." Now my eyes widened in shock. "What?!" I asked him now. "But why would I do that? I haven't done anything to…"

"Be quiet!" He yelled at me. He got up from his seat and placed down the cards on the desk before he stomped over to me. I wanted to leave, but he had already grabbed me by my wrist lifting me with him. His grip on me was so strong that he was able to pull me near his face, as I nearly dangled off the bed.

Okay, despite him looking very thin, he can seriously pull off some strength!

"Your gonna regret doing what you did to Hart, now tell me…what have you done to him?" Kite demanded. "I didn't do anything to him — Are you even listening to me?!" I looked at him straight in the eyes this time. His seriousness in his eyes tells me that he wasn't going to back down. "You say that now, but ever since he has been talking to you, my brother wouldn't even look at me in the eyes without lying to me. My bother never lies or hide things from me. So tell me, Alesia, how is it all of a sudden you come here, and start changing everything?!" Kite's grip on my wrist tightened as I felt the pain shooting up and down my left arm. I began gasping for air, as the pain made my heartbeat sped up faster.

"Please stop…" I begged him. "You want me to stop? Then you better start answering my questions then." He said before continuing. "In fact, you won't be going home anytime soon, so don't even think about it. And by home, I mean the Real World…"

I gasped at the realization of things."But…how did you…" Kite interrupted me. "…I know all about your little trip here from the Real World to the ZEXAL world. And how my brother visited you in your sleep, or how your father left your mother for another woman, and your sister decided to move out of your life. You're only real friend is Jenny, and how your considered the socially awkward oddball of your whole entire class. Honestly, Alesia, it truly makes me wonder who or what gave you such a power that can either bring about peace or destroy the world. Let alone got you thinking that you're so special." Kite finished, and he just allowed my wrist to slip from his right hand. I slouched back onto the floor in shock and in pain.

"Why is Hart protecting you, when it's obvious you have what it takes to save him and yet you refuse to do it?" Kite's eyes showed confusion and feeling conflicted. He was about to show his vulnerable side to me, unintentionally. His emotions is now ruling him over logic at the moment. "I don't know why…, all that he told me is how you were looking for me, because Mr. Heartland ordered you to. So then, are you going to take me to Mr. Heartland?" I asked nervously. "No…,no I'm not." Kite answered.

"Why, because I have the power of Eternia or something and you want it for yourself? Kite, look, I have no idea how or why this is all even happening in the first place. I was just now being told I have it, but I don't even know the first thing on how to use it. Or what the power is all about. So then, how can you expect me to go ahead and save your brother, Hart?" Kite was silent and didn't even peep a sound. His eyes were very transfixed on me, and he didn't want to break contact.

However this look that he was giving me was starting to get me startled. There is so many emotions running through this guy. Yet, I could not even ignore the smell of his scent. He smells so much like the plains and forest, but it didn't stink. It was more so refreshing sort of smell. And then there is his soft features that his face was expressing. Even though he was quite serious looking, the skin tone he possess just pretty much tells me that he really is nice inside. And his eyes reflected that of confusion, hate, fear, hurt, pain, and conflict…I was beginning to get lost in them…

"How long are you going to keep staring at me, like you have nothing else better to do?" Kite asked with an attitude even though there was a small blush forming on his cheeks. I did the same, and turned my head around so that I wouldn't see him like this. "Well, I wouldn't be staring at you had you not forcefully pull me up towards you. Gezz, why do you like putting me in such vulnerable situations?!" I bit my lip when I realized that this was so much like the time, when Shark almost ran me over with his runner. We both practically said the same thing, it's just that now it's…different…

Kite rolled his eyes before looking back at me. "Oh please, like you're not a tease yourself." I folding my arms and looked at him directly. "Yeah, well you better not even think about hitting on me, you crazy Number Hunter." Kite raised an eye brow and scoffed. "Me — hit on you?" He began laughing hysterically in my face, and to tell you truth, I was really getting annoyed by it.

"Oh man, you are really funny. It is never gonna happen in this life time, Alesia. I plan on getting Yuma's Number cards, and of course all of the others. You know where the other Number cards holders are, do you?" A devious smirk appeared. "I can make you a deal…"

"No way, Kite! You will not force me to ruin the series anymore then what I already have. It's just too risky, and I can end up hurting a lot of people, and I refuse to do that!" I yelled out at.

"It's pointless now. You should have figured all of that out, before you even came back into this world. I know that that's what happened when you had disappeared into that pinkish light. After all, if it wasn't for you, you would still be at home watching you're favorite Saturday morning anime show, while I'm here collecting Number cards, being a part of you're enjoyment and entertainment. I'm doing my job…, and things were bound to turn up normal. But if you wouldn't have come here, nothing would have changed, and all of these plot twists wouldn't have never occurred. Did you really think that you was going to have an adventure of a life time, Alesia? Well, I'm sorry to burst your bubble in that little fantasy of yours, but I'm no longer going to be part of your sick entertainment! My brother and family's suffering is not for you to enjoy! This is REAL Alesia…not your stupid TV show! I'm Real…, and I will NOT have some outsider like you screw it up for me!" He countered back.

I remained silent again. He pretty much laid it all out for me in less then 5 minutes. "Your gonna help me cure Hart, or there will be consequences. And the last thing that I do not want to do, is to hurt you in front of my little brother. He's already confused as it is." I looked at him like he was crazy. "Did you not hear me the last time? I told you, I don't know how to use it!" He narrowed his eyes at me. "Then we'll just have to get it out of you, now won't we?" He went to something and tossed some items to me.

I looked in shock at what he gave me. "Hey! My dueling equipment…and my deck! You were looking through my stuff?!" Kite didn't react, but spoke. "I wouldn't even dare go looking through my opponents deck."

Yeah, except for Reginald, but that was all a set up from the beginning.

"Yeah, but I know that you were the one who attempted to take my soul and Numbers card while I was unconscious!" I argued. Kite's eyes widened in shock and he looked a bit fearful, and ashamed. "You…,you knew about that?" I rolled my eyes. "Obviously! My mom freaked out the moment she saw me unconscious and badly hurt, I was stuck in the hospital for four days on account of you!" I pointed my finger at him pissed off at him. He looked even more upset at what I truly felt about him. I used to feel sorry for him, but now I can't take this anymore. "I had no idea…" He muttered.

"Yeah well you better have an idea!" I couldn't believe that he's getting a bit soft on me now, but that all really changed when I didn't let up. "Look, I'm sorry okay! I really had no idea that you were that badly injured, because of me. Yes, it's true I attempted to steal your Numbers card, but I only did it so that I can save Hart! If I would have known sooner that you were from another world, and have the power of Eternia, I wouldn't had done that to you." All of a sudden he's eyes shown that he was really sorry, as if begging me to forgive him. "I'm not asking for forgiveness from you, just for you to understand that, Alesia. Please…help me save my brother. If you care so much about Hart, you would do it." He stepped closer to me and looked at me with a sorrowful face.

My eyes widened more, and my body was trembling. Why would Kite be begging me? I can't do anything to help him. Suddenly Orbital popped into the room without knocking. "M..Master Kite! We have a problem!" Orbital cried out loud, only for Kite to sigh as his kind demeanor changed, and gave Orbital a pissed off look. "What is it?!" Orbital stood back and began examining the situation and how close Kite was to my body. "Um…d..d..did I interrupt s…something…?" Orbital asked confused and scared. And man, did I feel like I wanted to die right now.

"What does it look like you bucket of bolts?!" Kite yelled at him furiously. "Can't you see we're in the middle of something? What is so darn important that you have to interrupt us?! And it better be good, or I will have you shut down permanently!"

"Eeep! Agh…it would appear that,s..someone is c..close by…" Kite raised an eye brow. "Did you bother you see who?" Orbital flashed a screen of a recording in the air. " Here, is the intruder." I gasped at the site of the person on the screen. "It's Yuma…" I spoke out shock. "Impossible, how did that little twerp find this place? Grrr!" Kite growled before grabbing me by the wrist and forced me out of the room, with Orbital following. I had to quickly put on my shoes and jacket before he even did this. Somehow..."Wait…, let go…, please Kite you're hurting my arm!" I begged in pain.

Kite lightly gasped before loosing his grip, but not letting me go. He turned back around with a serious face. "If I let you go, you better not run, or I swear…"

"—I won't run…" I quickly told him, before he nodded let go of my sore wrist. "You better not. Orbital…" Kite commanded, and Orbital trailed directly behind me just in case I was to try and escape. We entered into some warehouse looking spot, once Kite opened the doors. "Now where is that little twerp?"

"Kite…!" I hear the voice of Yuma approaching us from below. It turned out that we were on the second floor, and a large stairs on the left side was my only escape. "Yuma…, you came…" I said with tears starting to form out of my eyes. Kite notices this and just gave me a gentle look before narrowing his eyes at Yuma. "Orbital…Watch her…" Kite commanded before heading towards the stair case.

"What are you going to do, Kite!" I yelled at him for an answer, before he was gone. " That's simple…, teach this little duelist how a real champion duel's. You just sit back and watch me mop the floor with him…"

I silently prayed that Yuma and Astral doesn't do anything stupid. I can't believe that I'm messing up the storyline again. How is this saving the world?! "Alesia…! Are you all right, up there?! Did he hurt you?!" Yuma yelled to me. "You can relax now Yuma,… she's been perfectly safe with me." Kite answered with a devious smirk on his face. "Kite…" Astral acknowledged his presence. "You jerk, what have you done to Alesia?!" Yuma demanded as Kite stopped a few feet away from him.

"Nothing — if you're trying to imply something." Yuma growled in anger, and Kite closed his eyes. "But you should be more worried about what I'm going to do to you next, my little hot-headed friend!" He finally looked at Yuma. "So I hope your prepared to—"

Suddenly their was an explosion near the area. And then sounds of rumbling began to get louder and louder. The ground began to shake uncontrollably, and Orbital's sensors started to go haywire. "M..Master Kite…! We have a problem!" Orbital said in a panic, and I was holding onto the railing for dear life. "What is it!" Kite ordered. "There s..s..seems to be a…problem at t..the city! A series of dimensional d…d..disturbances is c..coming from around the a..area!"

"Tsk! Just great!" Kite said grudgingly. He turned towards Yuma. "We will settle the score later! And when we do meet again, I'll —"

"Aghh!" I screamed when I felt myself being tossed over from the impact of the ceiling collapsing from above us. Orbital dodged out of the way pretty quickly. But hey, he's an animated robot. I'm the one that's real for crying out loud!

Yuma, Astral and Kite saw this as I was about to quickly plummet to the ground. Yuma and Astral looked on in shock. "Alesiaaaa…!" Yuma cried out in horror. "Oh no! She'll get hurt!"Astral commented. But I never felt myself hit the ground, and I landed on something with a thump, and heard someone shouted in pain! The debris from the ceiling came crashing down from all around me, and then I kind of passed out for a bit from the shock.

"Alesia!" Yuma's muffled voice echoed all around me. "Alesia…! Alesia can you hear me? Answer me!" Yuma continued to yell desperately.


Normal POV

Yuma and Astral ran all the way to the crash site where all the debris from the ceiling came crashing down on Alesia and now Kite. Who had surprisingly went ahead and lunge himself for impact, and caught Alesia in his arms as he held her tightly and close to him before he gave a look of shock and fear as the glass and stones came down. Forming a dome surrounding their bodies, while the others don't know wither they are dead or alive.

"Alesia! Please answer me if you can!" Yuma yelled again. "Yuma, I'm afraid it's pointless…we need to find a better way of getting them out." Astral said. "I'm not gonna stop trying, Astral! Alesia wouldn't give up on us, so why should we give up on her? Plus Kite is under there with her as well, remember? If we don't get them out soon, they could suffocate underneath there!" Yuma argued his point before Astral sighed to himself. "Well, at least explain to me HOW are you going to try to get them both out?"

"Master Kite!" Orbital's voice was heard by both Yuma and Astral, as Orbital came zooming very fast into view from all of the smoke and debris still falling from the warehouse. "Aghhh! N..N..No! M..Master Kite, please say something!"

"It's no use, can you see if you can scan in there to check and see if they are okay?" Yuma asked. Orbital looked at yuma like he is crazy. "Hmph! And why should I t..t..take orders from you?!" Orbital asked with an attitude. "Because if you don't, then I will turn you to scrap metal!"Orbital froze at the response as Tori's voice could be heard, and the rest of the gang came closer to where Yuma is while running.

Yuma and Astral was shocked at seeing their friends. "Tori…, guys you made it!" Yuma said excitedly. "Hey Yuma, sorry that we came late. We got the news as soon as you told us that Alesia ran away from home." Bronk said with a smirk. "And don't you worry my dear Yuma, we'll get her back as soon as possible!" Cathy said joyfully. However Tori didn't look to happy about the way Cathy addressed Yuma.

But Caswell knew something wasn't right. "Hey, isn't Alesia trapped underneath there?!" Yuma nodded. "Yeah, and so is Kite." Everyone but Yuma, Astral and Orbital looked very shocked at the news. "Um…,who's that?" Tori asked confused. "Never mind about all of that. Alesia is in serious trouble, you guys!" Caswell pointed out. "And we need to find a way to flip this thing over." Flip commented. "Yeah, but how…?" Cathy asked next. However the gang couldn't come up with a solid answer…


My POV


I have no idea of what just happened to me. It all happened so fast…

Ouch..! That hurt'swhy does it feel like my body is numb? And it feels like something is on top of me, and it's crushing me

"… … Ale…sia…" I hear someone say my name, and I opened my eyes to see who. Only for me to see that Kite was right on top of me, laying on my chest, trying to become conscious himself. I blushed at the thought and attempted to move him off of me, the situation was awkward as it is. He groaned when I did this. "…stop…your gonna make it worse…" He said while gritting his teeth. It was then I realized that some debris hit him from the back and he has a cut on his face. My eyes widened from the shock.

"So then… your hurt…?" I asked gently,… in shock and nearly in tears. "This is all my fault…" I wanted to cry right then and there. But Kite opened his eyes and lifted himself up without caring. When he saw where his head was, he blushed and pulled up immediately, but realized there is very limited space to move. "No Alesia…this was all mine, I shouldn't have…left you up there with Orbital like that. I'm the one who put you in danger…" Kite said as he surveyed the small space we have, as well as examining me and body quickly. I blushed more even though I knew he could see it. But wouldn't you be embarrassed by this?

"How are we gonna get out?" I asked fearfully. I began to tremble and he noticed. He frowned before speaking. "I need for you to calm down. I'm going to contact Orbital." I looked at him confused. "How…?" He gave me a smirk. "You should know by now how its done, Alesia. After all, I am a Number Hunter." He groaned in pain as he activated his duel gazer without using Photon Transformation. I was shocked to see this for the first time. He opened his eyes , showing one bluish grey and one red. "Orbital…! Orbital 7 can you read me?"

"M..M…Master Kite…?" Orbital responded, and Kite smirked further. "Is that really you?" Orbital asked so concerned. "Of course it's me to tin twit! Who else?" I rolled my eyes at this comment. They had their little convo before you can start to hear the rocks being moved from the space. I sighed in relief, until I started to hyperventilate. Something was aggravating my symptoms again! Kite noticed, and looked towards my way concerned. "Alesia, what's wrong?!"

"I…can't…breathe…" I struggled to say while my voice was sounding hoarse, and I began coughing very badly. My heartbeat was racing and I felt hot and then cold, and then hot again with a mixture of feeling sweaty. Kite immediately came over to me and held my face with both hands. He narrowed his eyes, but in them you can tell that he was greatly concerned. "Orbital! Hurry up! Alesia is suffocating!" Kite yelled immediately. "Yes…Master…K..Kite!"

Kite held my face a little more, making me look up at him. "Alesia…calm down…you have to calm down…" He tried helping me. "But…I…"

"I know that it's hard to breathe, but you have to try…Are you not getting enough air?" Wow Kite, pretty stinking obvious here! Kite looked all around him, wondering how to help me. "Orbital! Can you make a hole into the rocks?!" Kite asked. "But I..if I do that…I can…cause the whole d..d…dome to collapse further! And then you and A..Alesia will be crushed!" Orbital protested. Damn, could this not get any worse? I thought.


Wow, I had a lot of plans for this chapter, but this was far beyond what I was expecting. Well, thank you all for reviewing and reading the story. This really makes my day. My mom's funeral is coming up in two days, so I have to be prepared for that. I will update as soon as I get back.

Now for Reviews:

Redfrost7: Thanks for reviewing for the first time, and adding me and my story to your list of favorites! :) I'm very glad you like the story. I hope to hear from you more.

CatLoverx33: Yeah, a sibling relationship between Yuma and Alesia is what I had in mind. I always saw them like that, and plus Yuma really likes her, just not romantically. Alesia's freedom will for now on, will always be on the line. And now that Kite knows her secret, it's going to be very difficult in keeping it a secret from Mr. Heartland and Dr. Faker. The secret of her power will be revealed in the next few chapters.

Lee-Lee2306: Thank you for your condolences it all came so unexpectedly. My mom was quite young, but it came all so fast like a run away freight train, and you can't do nothing to stop it from crashing. :( But I'm happy that you enjoy it being this way. I in fact love long chapters too. As long as it gets straight to the point, isn't boring, and catches my interest. Idk though, I don't think a lot of authors are putting enough into their work. I'm not saying no one is creative, it's just that stories should be more about how the reader can connect with the main character. And how their journey and interactions with others, effect's their lives and how it changes them in the end.

Zexalloverforever39: Yep It's settled, you're an Alesia x Sharky fan! ^^ I will continue on!

De hearts 26: Shadow duels in this chapter was needed in order for the story to move forward. Fortuno knew exactly what he was doing when he did it. Don't know if he knew his own fate or not. And yeah, maybe Shark likes her, but We will see in the next chapter. And that would be funny for Rio to start testing him, it will be more funny then him not liking Onions! ^^

Well, now that you know what Kite had planned, you wanted to know who is my favorite Zexal character? Wow, I never really thought about it. All characters are good. Um,my Number 1 is Yuma: because he never gives up in a time of peril. Number 2 is Kite: because he's just like me, family orientated, will do anything for his little brother, and has a good heart despite his sinful past as a Number Hunter. And Number 3 is a tie, Reginald and Rio Kastle: they ended up finding out that they are Barians, but despite the past life and being an alien as stuff. These two are amazing as siblings. Rio is tough and smart, kind and gentle at heart. She never lets guys stomp all over her. It's just like she saids and the philosophy I live by: "There just upset to see that a girl is more then just a pretty face." Tell it Rio. Preach it! And then there is Reginald: he's noble and loyal to his family, but he had the heart and has the ability to change his rebellious ways thanks to Yuma.

Well, guys, this is it. Hope to get through this, and prepare for Chapter 8 of Access the Dimensions! No dueling action in this one technically, but their will be soon! Ja ne!

~Sapphire100