Rei just sat there with a disbelieving face, occasionally pulling out her phone to double check the info. "Sherry... Where's the duel," Rei asked.
"Don't ask me. I come out here and all I see is this," Sherry said and nodded towards Kaze and James, who were sitting side by side, and actually getting along.
"Hey... Is it me, or do those guys look like father and son," Rei asked, seeing James lean over towards Kaze to get a better view of how he was tinkering with the small wrist device that James has.
"Now that you mention it," Sherry trailed off.
"They do kind of look the same," I muttered.
"Sooo," Rei asked, causing Sherry and I to turn towards her.
"What is it," Sherry asked.
"Well if Kaze is the dad, then who's the mom," Rei asked, causing Sherry and I to blush. "Well, its clearly me! I mean, you guys have too bright of hair! Mine's the closest to James' shade," Rei grinned.
"My hair may be blond, but my father had black hair, which means I still have his genes, regardless of my mother's blond," Sherry said.
"Yeah... I had a blond and black haired parent too... If I can come out with a totally different color than that, doesn't it mean it wouldn't matter about our hair," I asked.
"Let's just rock-paper-scissor over it then," Rei mumbled.
"How about we just forget about such a weird fantasy. James obviously has his own parents, regardless of similarities," Sherry sighed as James and Kaze made their ways over to us.
"I take it you fixed James'... Dueling... Momentum, whatever," Rei asked.
"He did. It was amazing. I've never seen anyone tinker with it and make it work but Father," James said.
"I think you owe him an apology then," Rei said as she placed her hand on James' head, causing him to twitch slightly.
"Come on, let's not go and get fighting again," Kaze sighed.
"Besides! I have to go catch up with Jullian," James said.
"That's the blond guy you're usually with, right," Rei asked, in which James nodded before walking off.
"Why would you help him? You should have let his device be ruined so he wouldn't bother us with his constant duels," Sherry said.
"Duels or not, he had a problem, and as long as its in our power to fix it, we should-," Kaze started.
"That's right! How could you even think of leaving poor little James alone with a device that sparked out," Rei finished as she inched towards Kaze, who didn't notice the advance, or didn't seem to care as much as Sherry and I did. Sherry and Rei started to glare at each other, as if they were going to start fighting, but Kaze put his hands up between them before things got worse.
"Come on... We haven't seen each other in a long time. We shouldn't waste time fighting," Kaze muttered.
"Yeah! We should go have a picnic," Rei said and wrapped her arm around one of Kaze's.
"No, we should take a walk around the island," Sherry said and wrapped her arm around Kaze's free arm.
Were Sherry and I like this before...? Oh, I hope not... I'm not even involved and the tug-a-war fight was making me sick.
"Guys," Kaze moaned.
"Why can't we just... I don't know, take a walk, and then have a picnic," I asked, causing Rei and Sherry to stop.
"Perfect idea! How about you go get Rua," Rei said with an all to fake smile before letting go of Kaze for a second to nudge me towards the hotel.
"B-but can't it be just us," I asked.
"What kind of sister are you! We have to include your brother," Rei said.
"If you guys are going to act this crazy, maybe we should just forget it," Kaze muttered. "Why is everything such a big fight now? Why can't we just sit down and watch the ocean or something? We don't need to do anything fancy, right," Kaze continued.
"So you're saying us meeting back up isn't important and is something casual," Rei prodded.
"I'd rather have it casual then us fighting," Kaze muttered, causing Rei and Sherry to look away. Although, not out of sorrow or anything like that, clearly. They were searching for ideas. Kaze just sighed lightly before running his hand through what was visible of his hair, grumbling some complaints before walking away.
"K-Kaze! Hold up! I'll... I'll make the best sandwich ever! Just wait for me," Rei shouted before darting off for the hotel, nearly knocking me down along the way.
"So its a cooking contest, is it," Sherry asked before briskly walking after Rei. I just sat there, blinking a few times before remembering that Kaze was walking away.
"Kaze," I called out before running after the brown haired teen. He didn't respond, or even stop, and I couldn't blame him. He probably thought I was going to start a tug-a-war fight with him again, but since he was walking, and I was running, I still managed to catch up with him fairly quickly.
"Let me guess. You want to know my favorite food or something," Kaze grumbled.
"No... I'm not cooking or anything. Its dangerous out here, and I don't think you should be wander alone, no matter how talented you are," I smiled. Kaze just stared at me, slightly surprised, as if he was doubting that this place was dangerous, before smiling and looking forward.
"What makes you think that hanging out with me will make you safe," Kaze asked.
"If you can save the world a couple times, I think you'll manage," I smiled. "But just in case, we should stick close together, you know," I asked. Kaze just chuckled before wrapping his arm around my shoulder and pulling me against his chest.
"That close enough for you," he asked before we both started laughing until I heard a soft growl. Both Kaze and I looked down at his duel disk and he pulled a card out of his deck. "What is it," Kaze asked. I heard a few more growls, surprising me. "That so? Alright," Kaze said before returning the card to his deck. "You ready," Kaze asked.
"W-what did it say," I asked.
"You couldn't understand," Kaze asked, clearly surprised. I was more surprised than him though. I've heard the spirits since I was at three, maybe even sooner! Now... Now I can't understand them at all...?
Kaze suddenly pulled the same card back out and a few more growls came out of it, in which Kaze sighed with relief after it finished. "Seems like he just didn't want you to hear, I guess. Good news that nothings wrong, right," Kaze asked.
"Why wouldn't he want me to hear," I asked softly.
"I dunno... Uruquizas is just shy, I guess," Kaze chuckled, although that didn't calm my worry. "He just wanted to let us know that he could sense Sherry and Rei, but they're a little ways to the left. Nothing wrong, see," Kaze asked. Even with this, I still wasn't satisfied. What was so secretive about that..? No other spirits usually reserved themselves. Not even an opponent's monster in a duel. Regardless, when Kaze walked the other way, I followed him, making some conversation in an attempt to get Uruquizas' shyness, and hopefully only that, of my mind.
Notes:
- Sorry for the lack of updates. High school has me getting hit with test after test and they drain us dry, so I've been busy with homework/studying. I've also been working on Tag Force one-shots, with Hat Guy pairings to make up for the lateness (and for the fact that polygamy won't be a factor in the story, so everyone is kind of satisfied)