A/N Well update time. I can't think of much else to say but another slow chapter. I hope I don't lose anyone's attention because I'm to explanatory but I guess that's my fault. Enjoy the chapter!


Yuma sighed as he walked to the hospital. It had been one hell of a week for him. It started with his best friend, Kotori, getting kidnapped and a new girl, calling herself Astral, transferring to his school, and even though he wouldn't openly admit it, he did have a bit of a crush on her. Then, when he was watching Tetsuo duel Shark, the school bully, he found out that he, too, had taken a liking to her and somehow Yuma got mixed up in their personal shit. This leads us to why he is going to the hospital: Shark put Astral there for supposedly cheating on him. Yuma then forced Shark to duel him for her safety, only to find out that his love interest was actually some sort of blue alien chick who'd lost her memories.

'Well, at least I won.' Yuma thought as he walked into the hospital. There was one good thing about Astral, though, she was indeed a master duelist. Even if he and Astral had dueled only two people together, he could tell she had skill, especially after they defeated Mr. Kay. She used his whole 'perfect strategy' against him. He walked into the room Astral was staying in. She was sitting on her bed, looking at the 3 number cards they now owned.

"Hey, Astral." Yuma said as he walked up beside her. She looked at him and smiled before she put her cards on the table beside her.

"Good morning, Yuma, did you finally do what I asked you to?" She said kindly, making Yuma groan inwardly. For the past week, "May I live with you?" is the only thing she's been asking him . He still remembers the conversation with his grandma and sister.

(Last Night)

"Hey, Grandma, Kari I have to ask you something." Yuma said as they ate their supper.

"What is it dear?" His grandma questioned as she put her bowl down on the table. Yuma took a deep breath.

"There's a transfer student in my class who doesn't have anyone to live with so, can she please stay here?" Yuma said quickly. Kari slammed her bowl on the table.

"What?!"

"Well, a girl transferred to school a few days ago but see she doesn't have anyone to live with." He said meekly.

"And why are you the one she has to live with?" Kari said in a to calm voice.

"Well, she asked me." He replied. His sister gave him a blank look that quickly turned angry.

"Why did she ask you? I bet you barely know her. So why does that entitle you to have to care for her?!" Kari huffed.

"Well," Yuma started. He really didn't think this through at all."Well the reason she asked me is because I'm the only person that really talks to her."

"So what?"

"Well, I also kind of put her in the hospital." Yuma laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head. Kari slammed her fists on the table.

"You put someone in the hospital?! Why didn't you tell us!?" She screamed across the table. Yuma covered his face with his hands and cowered in response to his sister fierce response.

"Hey, I didn't actually put her in the hospital. I just kind of caused it." Yuma said trying to not get yelled at more. Haru got up and put a hand on her granddaughter's shoulder.

"Kari, calm down, we're trying to enjoy a peaceful meal as a family but we can't do that with you yelling at your brother." Kari sat back down in her chair and continued eating but would occasionally glare at Yuma. "Now, Yuma, how did you put this girl in the hospital?"

"Well, like I said before I didn't really do it. I was going to watch Tetsuo duel, and she kinda followed me and well, Tetsuo's opponent took it the wrong way and beat her up."

"But, honey, that's not your fault."

"Well, I feel like it is because I dragged her there, and the only reason she asked to live here is because I said I owed her for the trouble I caused." Yuma said as he looked at down at his food sadly.

"How kind of you, taking responsibility for something you didn't do and for someone you barely knew." Haru praised her grandson.

"Yeah, I just didn't expect her to ask something like that." Yuma said under his breath.

"Yes, that is true but she must trust you enough to ask you such a question."

"So, let me guess you're actually going to allow this?" Kari said finishing her meal.

"Why of course, there's nothing wrong in helping someone who needs a place to stay." Haru said. "Now, Yuma, you tell this girl she's allowed to stay here as long as she wants, okay?"

"Yes, grandma." He said as he got up and hugged her. "Astral will be happy to know that."

(End Flashback)

"Yes, you can stay at my house." Yuma finally said. Astral clapped her hands together in delight.

"Wonderful!" She said in a cheerful tone.

"Hey, Yuma, is that you?" Someone said from the other side of the curtain that was dividing the room.

"Oh hey, Kotori, I forgot that you were in here, too." Yuma said with a small laugh as he pulled the curtain back.

"What, you remember the girl you barely know but forget about one of your friends." She said crossing her arms.

"N-no. I just needed to talk to Astral first, that's all." Yuma said trying to defend himself. Kotori laughed.

"I was just messing with you."

"Oh, okay then." He said in relief. "Hey, when do you get out of here?" He said changing the subject.

"Today, same as Astral. I was actually planning on going shopping with her today, to show her around." Kotori said as Astral nodded in agreement.

"It's true. She said she could show me around the city." Astral added. She was happy that she was put in the same room with Kotori, even though at first she was nervous that somehow she would remember her. Luckily, for Astral, she didn't recognize her and they soon were able to restart the friendship that she'd made Kotori forget.

"But I think we might need to do it a different day." Astral said sadly.

"Too bad."

"Okay, well, that's all I came here to tell you. So I'll see you this afternoon." Yuma said as he left the room.

"Bye, Yuma." Kotori and Astral said in unison as he left.


"So, you'll sleep in this room and I'll be in the attic." Yuma said as he showed Astral around.

"Alright, then, but I'll tell you now: I don't really need sleep." Astral said as she looked around her new room.

"You're kidding me, right?"

"No, why would I?" She said as she stared at Yuma in confusion.

"Well, it's unnatural for anyone to go without sleeping and now that I think about it, weren't you sleeping when Shark put you in the hospital?"

"No, I wasn't sleeping. I was in an unconscious state." Astral corrected.

"But what's the difference?"

"When I'm in said state, my body is really just resting. My spiritual form, like what you see when we're dueling is still awake and usually in my ship, or with you, depending on the case." Astral explained as she sat on the bed in the room.

"So you're telling me you don't sleep?"

"Yes. I mean I can sleep about once a week but I don't need to."

"God, is there anything else I should know about you and your weird needs?!" Yuma said putting a hand to his face.

"More like 'lack of', anyway, I don't need to eat either."

"Really?" He said in surprise.

"Nope."

"I'll say it again, weird."


"Here's the bathroom." Yuma said opening the door.

"And what is this room meant for?" Astral asked, curiously. He blushed.

"We'll this is where you can bath, if you need to." Yuma said hoping he wouldn't need to explain further.

"Oh, okay then. What's that?" She pointed at the shower.

"That's a shower."

"And what is it used for?"

"That's where you can clean yourself." Yuma explained.

"I see."

"Okay... So, dinner will be ready in a few minutes so, if you want to, you can shower later." He said as he turned to leave the room.

"Yuma! Supper, and don't forget to wash up!" His grandma called.

"Coming. Come on, Astral." Yuma said as he grabbed her hand.

"But, Yuma I don't eat." She said as he dragged her down the stairs. He looked back at her.

"Oh yeah, that. Um, I'll think of something." He said as he walked away. Astral sighed. 'Sometimes, Yuma, I question your intellect.' She thought.


"Wow, everything looks great, Grandma!" Yuma said as he sat down at the table and started eating. Astral sat in the chair next to him and looked at the food before her. Yuma stopped eating when he noticed that she was just staring at her food.

"Hey, why aren't you eating anything?"

Astral rolled her eyes.

"I already told you: I don't eat." She said, with an irritated sigh.

"Hey, what are you two whispering about?" Haru questioned.

"Oh, nothing." Astral said quickly as she picked up a bowl of rice and stuck her chopsticks into it.

"Okay, then." Haru said as she went back to her food. Astral picked at her rice until an idea popped in her head.

/Yuma, do you hear me?/ She thought.

"What?!" He said out loud making everyone look at him. He quickly returned to his food.

/Yuma, talk with your mind/ Astral instructed.

/Like this?/ He questioned as her voice rang through his head.

/Yes, like that. Now, what are we supposed to do with this?/ Astral thought as she stirred her rice, trying to emphasize what she was talking about. He went silent for awhile until finally coming up with an answer.

/How about this. Every time someone isn't looking I take something from your plate./

/That is... a pretty good idea./ Astral thought, amazed that he had actually thought something through.

/Good, but I would suggest at least eating the rice or something. You know, so it looks like you're eating./

/Okay./ She thought as she ate a small amount of rice.

'Well, this isn't that bad.' She reasoned as she started to pass her food to Yuma while they weren't being watch.


"That was great." Yuma exclaimed as he walked into his room, rubbing his stomach.

"Yes, it was a good meal." Astral said, walking in after him.

"What do you mean? All you had was rice."

"Yes and it was really good."

"That's beside the fact, Astral." Yuma said. "Well I'm bored. I think I'll go through my cards or something like that." He said as he got up and started climbing the ladder that lead to the attic.

"What should I do?" Astral questioned as she stood in the middle of the room.

"I don't know. Go take a shower or something but stay out of my way." He grunted as he climbed up and out of sight.

"I bet you'd like me to take a shower, you peeping Tom."

Yuma simply glared at her and mumbled as he resumed his ascent.

'What's with him all of the sudden?' She thought as left the room and walked into the bathroom.

"So, how do I work this?" She pondered as she examined the shower.


"So, if I use this card, I can the summon this kind of monster?" Yuma said as he looked over his cards that were spread out in front of him.

"Gah! This makes no sense!" He exclaimed as he rubbed the back of his head and threw down his cards. "I have to learn how to use these things some day." He said in frustration as he picked another card and looked it over.

"YUMA!" A voice called him from downstairs. He dropped everything and ran towards the location of the voice which so happened to be the bathroom.

"What is it?" He said as he ran in the room. He found Astral sitting on the counter top of the sink with a frustrated look on her face.

"Yuma, I can't figure out how to work this thing." She huffed, pointing at the shower. He did a facepalm.

"You've never used a shower before?"

"Well, no."

"Why do I have to teach you everything!?" He complained.

"Because you have lived on this planet all your life and you know how to do these things." Astral reminded. "And I just asked you a simple question."

"Fine." He said as he walked up to the shower. "You twist this knob for hot water and you twist this one for cold, and since you don't seem to know anything, you're not supposed to wear your clothes in there." He said sarcastically. He turned to leave only to find her taking off her clothes. He put his hands over his eyes.

"You're supposed to wait until I leave!" He said embarrassed.

"Sorry." She said holding her cloths in front of her small figure.

"Here." Yuma said, throwing a towel at her and slowly heading towards the door. "Please put this on and don't do that in front of me again! Ever!" He said as he left, giving her no time to answer.

"I wonder why he gets all worked up over these things?" She asked herself as she walked into the warm water of the shower.

"This feels wonderful." She said as the water cascaded over her entire body, slowly washing away the makeup she had been wearing since her arrival. 'There are many luxuries on this planet.' She thought as she looked at the shower head. 'Like the ability to have water magically come to their place of residence.'

Yuma sat in his attic, thinking. "This whole mess with Astral is nuts." He said out loud. "Not only do I have to collect a hundred of these number card things, but I also have to win ever duel or Astral will die." He said hanging his head.

'I didn't ask for this. All I wanted to do was play a card game, but now the fate of the world, or some crap, is left in my hands.' He heard the door to his room open.

"Hey, Astral, is that you?" He asked, not bothering to get up and look.

"Yes, it's me." She answered.

"Good. Um, hey, there are some cloths on your bed for you to sleep in. Kari told me to give them to you, so you can use them if you want." He said. He received no answer back and went back to his own thoughts.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" A voice said from behind him. He jumped, turning to find Astral floating behind him.

"Holy shit, you scared me! And how come you're floating?"

"Sorry and to answer your other question: because I can." She said with a sly grin. Yuma turned around trying to ignore her but found it very difficult because he could feel her eyes burning into his back.

"Will you just leave already!" He snapped, jerking his head back to look at her. She sighed, propping her chin on her hand with her elbow resting on her knee.

"I'll leave when you answer my question." She said in a bored tone.

"It's nothing. I'm just thinking about everything that's happened so far." He said forcing his eyes on her. She looked at him.

"You mean me and the numbers? Am I correct?"

"Well, yeah, I guess so."

"It can't be helped. It is a lot for someone of your intellect to understand." Yuma glared at her.

"Sure, let's go with that. Now can you leave, I want to sleep and I can't do that with you watching me." He said getting up and into his hammock.

"Whatever you wish." Astral said as she left the attic and laid down on her own bed. She then waited until all she could hear was Yuma snoring above her. She left her body, deciding it should rest and went up to where he was.

"You're really are something." She said softly, looking down at him. "I still can't fathom why I was paired with you." She said. "Was I supposed to take your body and collect numbers that way?" She asked. She then remember what she was told before she had awoken and the fact she had her own body.

"No, I don't think that's right, but that still doesn't answer anything. I mean, why you? You have barely any skills at the game, your knowledge non-existent, and you're so stubborn." She ranted to herself, her anger slowly rising. She looked down at the sleeping boy again, who was mumbling something about a duel.

"It's fine... I'll keep you safe... Astral, I'll help get your memories back." Yuma rambled in his sleep. Astral felt her anger diminish hearing him say such things.

"What he lacks in knowledge and skill, he makes up with confidence and kindness." She said smiling. "Maybe this partnership isn't all that bad."


A/N I once again have nothing to say. So I guess I'll see you all later with my next update. Yami Gir signing off!