Author's Note - Sup guys! I feel like a broken record saying this but, hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter! You know how this goes. Let's get down to business! Hope you enjoy! Please review after reading the chapter!
Last time, Maiko had decided to pay Rito a little visit. After some time playing around with him (or annoying him), she revealed that she witnessed Rito being rude to Yumi yesterday and also noticed that Rito has been acting strange since their duel. Maiko then came to the conclusion that Rito is acting the way he is because he lost the duel between him and Maiko. Further more, Maiko has also had a theory that Rito didn't just want the power of the Star God, but he actually needed it, which shows Rito had some kind of motive for wanting to use the Star God's power and that explains why he's acting so upset. That wasn't the only thing that pushed Rito over the edge. Maiko had also revealed that she doesn't believe that the Star God exist, even though she's a Star user herself. Before Maiko could push anymore of Rito's buttons, Yuza rushed into the Astro Cafe to ask Rito to meet with him and it seems urgent. Meanwhile, Yuki and Yumi find themselves trapped somewhere that is made of metal and what is apparently off the ground. Where could Yuki and Yumi be and what does Yuza need to show Rito that is so important? Are they related? Read and find out!
Chapter 25: Regret to Find Your Resolve
Yuza was now in Rito's room and was waiting for Rito to arrive. Unlike last time, Rito's room was lighter thanks to the light shining through the windows from the sun. You could see that there was a large closet with clothing and other things like old toys. There was a 2nd door that led into a bathroom with no windows and also other things you'd expect to see in a bathroom. The placement of Rito's bed was in the very center of the room with two tables on each side. One table had a grey laptop with it's lid shut, while the other table had a cup with pens and pencils in it, a small stack of novels, and a deck of cards. Finally, in front of Rito's bed was a large and fat TV which was standing on a glass table, completely taking up all of the room. Rito later came into his room, looking a bit tired, which was the first thing Yuza noticed.
"Rito, are you ok? You look kind of stressed out." asked Yuza, worried
"I-It's fine. Don't worry about it. More importantly, what did you need to show-" replied Rito
While Rito was talking, he noticed some strange about Yuza's right hand.
"Whoa! Yuza, what happened to your hand?! It's bleeding!"
"Hmm? Oh, this. I actually completely forgot about this." said Yuza, looking at his bloody hand
"Forgot?! How could you forget something like that?! What even happened to it?!" shouted Rito
"Calm down, it's no big deal. I just got stabbed by a splinter is all. Actually, now that I'm looking at it, it's starting to sting a bit." replied Yuza
"Well, before we start talking, we gotta get that patched up first. It could get infected." said Rito
Rito walked over to the desk with the laptop and opened up one of the drawers. He took out a red bag that had "First Aid" on the front of it, which he then put on top of the laptop and opened it to reveal a numerous amount of medical supplies. Yuza walked over and looked in the first aid kit from behind Rito's shoulders.
"Dang! That's a lot of medical stuff you've got there." Yuza stated
"Yeah. I keep it here in case of emergencies. Now let's get that hand all patched up. We'll first need to wash off the blood. Give me your hand." Rito demanded
"Look, I'm fine! Besides, we don't have the time to-" said Yuza
"I'm not going to listen to what you have to say until we fix that hand. Now give it here!" Rito demanded, again
"Argh. F-Fine." grunted Yuza, admitting defeat "God, this is so embarrassing!" thought Yuza
Yuza gave his hand to Rito and Rito held it in his. Once they both sat down on Rito's bed, Rito, using his only free hand, took out one of the supplies out of the first aid kit.
"Okay, this may sting a bit." warned Rito
"Just hurry it up." urged Yuza
Rito began patching up the wound in Yuza's hand. It didn't take that long to wash off all the blood, since it was only a small wound. Rito ended the procedure by putting a bandage on top of the hole in Yuza's hand.
"There. All done." said Rito, letting good of Yuza's hand
"Wow. Thanks, Doctor Rito." Yuza joked, with a smirk
"Oh shut up!" yelled Rito
Rito got up from his bed and put all the supplies he used back into the first aid kit. After that, he put the first aid kit back inside the drawer and turned around to face Yuza.
"Now that that's done, what did you want to show me? You said it was REALLY important."
"Oh right! Look at this! I got a pretty creepy message on my phone." said Yuza, showing Rito his phone
"Creepy message? Yuza, I thought we were over those messages where if you don't reply, something bad will happen to you. I told you those aren't real and you should probably change your phone number." said Rito, sighing
"What?! No, not that! Besides, that was 2 years ago! Why even bring that up now?!" shouted Yuza, blushing
"Relax dude, I was kidding." stated Rito "Why am I suddenly joking around now though? Don't tell me Maiko's annoying, positive attitude is rubbing off on me." thought Rito, with a shudder
"A-Anyways, look who sent it to me." said Yuza
Yuza handed Rito his phone and Rito looked at the message's sender.
"Yumi Usamura? Yumi sent this? What's the problem with that?" asked Rito, cocking his head
"The problem is what's attached to the message! There's a video!" replied Yuza
"Oh. You mean this?" asked Rito
Rito tapped on the video attached to the message and it immediately started up. Rito began to watch the video that would later put him in a horrifying mood. He saw a familiar, gelled up, purple haired man.
"Is it on?" asked the purple haired man
"No, it isn't." replied the camera man
"Turn it on then, you buffoon!" exclaimed the purple haired man
"He he. I'm kidding dear brother. It's on." said the camera man, with a chuckle
"Why you-" said the purple haired man
The purple haired man quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and cleared his throat before speaking again.
"Hello Yuza Zugaki, Rito Astro! I pray that this message gets to you."
"W-What?! How did he know our-" shouted Rito, jumping out of his bed
"Don't worry about that now. Keep watching!" said Yuza
"I bet you're wondering, "how did he know our names?" Well, don't worry, that's not important now. What's important is what I'm about to show you. Get ready to be horrified in despair! A 1, a 2, and a 3!" shouted the purple haired man, happily
The purple haired man literally spun out of the camera's shot. Rito wasn't ready for what he saw behind him, as his eyes popped open. There, in front of the camera, was both Yuki and Yumi, unconscious in an opened, metal box.
"Surprised? I present to you, the kidnapped victims, Yumi Usamura and Yuki Amizaki!"
"Brother, that name is such a yawn." said the camera man, literally yawning
"Shut up and keep recording!" commanded the purple haired man
The purple haired man cleared his throat again and began to talk once more.
"Well, what do you think? I'm sure you're wondering "W-Why are our dear friends, Yuki and Yumi, there and are unconscious out no less?!" Well, of course it's because we knocked them out and kidnapped them!"
"If it wasn't that obvious." mumbled the camera man
The purple haired man was about to speak back to the camera man again, but decided to just ignore him and get on with it.
"Just so you know, we're planning to do something very terrible to these two. Something that will make them not present in your lives anymore. However, you can still save them! I'd like to make a proposal. Attached to this message are coordinates to our location and where your friends are being held. Come there and we'll give you all of the details! Oh and do make sure both of you come. If only one of you come, Yuki Amizaki and Yumi Usamura will be punished! I will also be implementing a time limit. If you do not come to the location specified on the map an hour after receiving this message, Yuki Amizaki and Yumi Usamura will receive their punishment! If you value the lives of your dear friends, I suggest you make it here as fast as you can! Toodles!" waved the purple haired man, with a grin
The video ended. Rito stood there in shock and dropped Yuza's phone.
"Wha...what the heck! What was that?! If this is a prank, I'm not laughing Yuza! No way Yuki and Yumi got kidnapped!" shouted Rito
"Believe it or not, they did and I had nothing to do with it. This video proves it. Besides, why would I even do something so horrible like that in the first place? Yumi and Yuki obviously looked hurt in that video." said Yuza
"No way. That can't be." said Rito
"It be. In fact, what I saw earlier makes sense now." said Yuza
"Huh? What are you talking about?" asked Rito
"Earlier today, on my way to school, I passed by Yuki's house. There, I saw police officers talking to a woman at the front door. After seeing this video, I'm betting that woman was Yuki's mom and she probably called the police because she's missing. There's one more thing that was strange today. Yuki and Yumi weren't at school today. I know that because I have classes with both of them. Their disappearance and this video, it just can't be a coincidence and it definitely can't be some prank!" explained Yuza
"Yeah, but...but..." said Rito, trying to refute
"Face it Rito. Yuki and Yumi got kidnapped. What I don't get was why my messenger said Yumi sent it." said Yuza
"...They...they probably recorded that video with Yumi's phone and sent it. That's why it said that Yumi sent the message but, she didn't!" shouted Rito
Rito clenched his hand into a fist and punched his desk really hard!
"D-Dang it! You're right. This can't be some prank! Yuki and Yumi...really got kidnapped? I...I can't believe this! Why?!"
"It's my fault." said Yuza, suddenly
"What?" asked Rito
"The fact that the police came to Yuki's house this morning, I'm assuming that they were kidnapped since yesterday. I'm such a terrible friend!" replied Yuza
"Wait, what are you say about Yuza?!" shouted Rito
"Yesterday, I met up with Yuki and I was so cold to her. I told her to leave me alone and all she wanted to do was talk to me. Instead of acting like that, I should have hung out with her. Maybe then, I could have prevented this from happening! I could have saved both her and Yumi! I'm such an idiot!" exclaimed Yuza, clenching his fist tightly and is about to cry
"Yuza...I'm a terrible friend too." said Rito
"H-Huh?" said Yuza, his voice choking
"I...ran into Yumi on my way home from school yesterday. I was in such a bad mood that I yelled at her and told her to leave me alone. She was just worried about me and I just yelled at her! I...I could have saved her if I stayed by her side that day!" exclaimed Rito "Man! I hate to admit it but, this just proves that Maiko was right. I was taking my depression and anger out on my friends and look where it got them! What the heck's wrong with me!" thought Rito
"...I see. Now that I think about it, we haven't been acting like ourselves, have we?" asked Yuza
"...Yeah. Ever since the Team Duel." replied Rito
"I guess it's understandable right? The place that held all our childhood memories are gone. Of course we'd be upset." said Yuza
"...Y-Yeah." agreed Rito "What Yuza doesn't know is that I'm really upset about...no, now's not the time think about that. Right now, we need to think about what to do. Obviously, since they went out of their way to make that video and send us their location, there's definitely some trap waiting there for us. However, if we do nothing, they'll do something to Yuki and Yumi. We can't have that. We absolutely can't! We could have the authorities handle this, but they can just use Yumi and Yuki as hostages, or do something even worse! So, what do we do?!" thought Rito
"...I feel so bad right now. I'm so frustrated with myself. I was upset but, that's no excuse to be jerk to my friends and ignore them...So I'm going make it up to them! exclaimed Yuza
Rito jumped when Yuza suddenly screamed out. His full attention was now on Yuza.
"I'm going to that location and I'm going to rescue Yumi and Yuki no matter what! You're coming too right, Rito?"
"Uh. Um." said Rito, being indecisive
"Come on Rito! That guy said he wanted both of us to be there. Both of us has to be there, or they'll give Yuki and Yumi their "punishment". I don't want to know what that punishment is and I won't allow them to receive it! I need you Rito! Please! We have to save our friends! I...don't want to live with this burden!" begged Yuza
"Yuza." said Rito
Rito suddenly smiled.
"Ha. That's just like you huh. I don't think you'll make up your mind. In fact, you'd probably force me to if I said no."
"That means you'll help me, right?" asked Yuza
"Oh no, I'm not...Of course I am you idiot!. I don't want anything to happen to my friends! I don't want to carry a burden either. I'll...no, we'll fix our mistakes!" replied Rito, his voice filled with determination
"Alright! I knew I could count on ya!" said Yuza
"Of course man. That's what friends are for, right?" asked Rito
Rito held a fist up.
"Yeah! You bet!" replied Yuza
Yuza put up a fist and fist bumped Rito.
"Ow! It probably wasn't a good idea to use the hand with the bandage on."
"As usual, you just do things without thinking...but that's probably one of your best traits...or your only one." laughed Rito
"I'll just take that as a compliment." said Yuza
"How long has it been since you got the video?" asked Rito
"Uh...crud! 20 minutes have passed!" replied Yuza
"That means, we have 40 minutes left. We still have a lot of time. As long as we follow the map, we should make it!" said Rito
Rito walked over to the desk with the stacked books and opened it's drawer to reveal his duel disk. He placed it on his arm and took his deck that was on the table. Finally, he placed the deck in his duel disk.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah! We got some friends to save and apologize to!" yelled Yuza
Rito nodded in agreement. After getting a firm grip on their motivation and resolve, ran out of the room to rescue Yuki and Yumi.
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