Okay, so I've got a title for my foursome fic, provided by Theabridgedkuriboh. Thanks, friend! I'm going to edit it a bit and it should be up for reading around after I post this chapter. It is called "A Spirit's Questioning". Again, thanks to Theabridgedkuriboh for providing the name.

This one was fun to write. I am really fond of Fuya A.K.A ESPer Robin. Hoping he comes back later! :3

Anyways, I own nothing. Enjoy!

Word Used: "Hope"

Hope…Hope is what I hold a lot of.

I looked at the card in my hand. No. 39: Aspiring Emperor Hope. The first Number I have ever had. All because of Astral.

I hope for a lot of things. I hope I can find dad again. I hope I can become a Duel Master. I hope I can make a lot of friends and keep the ones I already have. But, above all, I hope I can help Astral retrieve the Number cards.

Why put Astral before my friends? Because Astral…isn't exactly a friend to me. He's a friends, yes, but I kind of want him to be something more.

Now that I think of it, do I really want to help him gather the Numbers? If I do, he'll return to Astral World and I'll never see him again. The thought made my chest clench painfully. I looked over the side of my hammock, seeing him immersed in an episode of ESPer Robin. He knew I was awake. I'd explained Insomnia to him, because I had a mild case of insomnia. Akari doesn't know yet. I'll tell her tomorrow.

Back to Astral. I smiled softly, seeing how childlike he was as he watched Fuya, disguised as ESPer Robin, resisted the Galaxy Queen's powers and hugged her, returning her to her original form as his mother. The Episode filmed after my duel with Fuya. Astral had told me that this was his favorite episode. He said it amazes him how much a human child cares for their mother, and vice versa.

Unknowing to him, when he had said this, I got sad. I missed my own mother. She was…she was long gone. But I can still find Father!

I looked back at Hope, feeling a strange but comforting warmth in my chest. Astral…I really hope I can help him. But at the same time, I don't want him to go. It may sound selfish, and I admit that it is indeed a selfish thought. But I don't want Astral to leave and go back to Astral world. I don't want Astral to leave me.

I only hope that when the time comes, I will be able to handle it.

Theabridgedkuriboh: I like that name. thanks! And yeah, that dreaded talk. XD

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vividRegulator: yeah, his curiosity and tendency to be naive is adorable. XD and yeah, sometimes others review. But only you and one other person review constantly.

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