Author's Note - Yo! ...Ya'll know what I'm about to say. Hope you enjoy the previous chapter and I hope you enjoy this one too! Please review after reading the chapter.

Last time, Yuza had shown Rito a strange message that he recently got on his phone. The message had a video attached to it and Rito was left in complete shock and horror at the end. In that video was the purple haired man who has revealed that he's kidnapped Yuki and Yumi and states that he'll do something terrible to them if Yuza and Rito doesn't do what he says. After the video, Yuza and Rito were beating themselves up over what had happened as they might have been able to prevent Yuki and Yumi's kidnapping if they had just stayed close to them and not distance themselves from them. But behind these regrets was a newfound determination to save Yuki and Yumi from their kidnappers, so they could atone for how they treated them. Now they're on their way to the location of the purple haired man! Will they make it in time before Yuki and Yumi meet their end? Read and find out!

Chapter 26: Rescue

Yuza and Rito were running as fast as they could to the location provided on the map that they got from the message. After a while, they finally reached it and were out of breath.

"This...is...it right?" asked Rito, breathing heavily

Yuza looked at his phone that had the Map App opened up to confirm the location.

"Y-Yeah. I...think so." replied Yuza, breathing heavily as well

Yuza and Rito looked at their destination and it was the Abandoned Junkyard.

"Is this...a junkyard? W-Why?"

"Does that really matter?" Rito stated, after fully recovering his breathing "As long as this is the right place, we can go save Yuki and Yumi."

"You're right, but still, a junkyard? They could have picked a better place, don't ya think?" Yuza added

"Moving along. How much time do we got left?" asked Rito, with a sigh

Yuza looked at his phone to check the time.

"I'd say 20 minutes."

"Well, that's at least enough time to look around. Come on." said Rito

Rito started casually walking toward the junkyard's opened gate.

"Hey, wait up! My legs still feels tight from all that running!" whined Yuza

Yuza tried to catch up to Rito and they began to traverse through the Abandoned Junkyard.

Meanwhile, with Yuki and Yumi

Yuki and Yumi were doing nothing but sitting around. Yuki's still holding her side, making sure not to move too much so that she can rest. She then started to dig through one of her pockets, using her only available hand, but all she was grabbing was air.

"Yumi, did they take all of our stuff before locking us up here?" asked Yuki

"Yep. They took everything except our decks from us." replied Yumi

Yuki checked her other pocket and found her deck inside.

"You're right. Why'd they let us keep these though?"

"I don't think they even need to take them away. They're just cards. It's not like we can do anything with em. Especially without our duel disks." stated Yumi

"I see. Still, I'm glad they didn't take them." said Yuki

Yuki looked at the bottom of her deck and found that her Extra Deck monsters were placed there. At the very bottom was Royal Knights Warrior Princess.

"Just cards, huh? Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?" thought Yuki

Right when Yuki thought that, more of her memory came back to her. Scenes of her interactions with Royal Knights Guardian and Royal Knights Warrior Princess played in her head.

"Oh! That's right! During the duel, I was able to speak with my monsters! How was I able to do that?"

Yuki decided to try seeing if she could talk to Royal Knights Warrior Princess again. tapping on Royal Knights Warrior Princess' card. She even put it up toward her ear to see if she could hear anything from the card. Yumi noticed this and gave Yuki a questionable look.

"Yuki, what're you doing?"

"Hmm?! Oh! N-Nothing!" replied Yuki, blushing with embarrassment

"...Uh huh." said Yumi

Yuki moved her eyes away with her face growing redder. At that instant, Yuki saw another flash in her mind. The last pieces of her memory came back to her. Scenes played in her head once again, for the final time. Once she remembered everything, she gripped her deck tightly and her body began to shake.

"Y-Yuki?! Is something wrong?!" shouted Yumi, swiftly getting up and coming toward Yuki

"Huh? W-Well besides our predicament, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" asked Yuki

"It's because you're crying." replied Yumi

"Huh?!" shouted Yuki

Yuki touched her face and felt wet substances on her cheeks. She realized that she was indeed crying.

"O-Oh. Wow, I am. I-I didn't even notice."

"Are you sure you're ok, Yuki?" asked Yumi, worried

"...Yeah. I'm fine." replied Yuki, wiping away her tears

"Are you sure? There's no way you'd be crying so suddenly for no reason." stated Yumi

"Don't worry about it! I think...it's because my side was starting to hurt a lot and the pain must have made me cry." replied Yuki

In an attempt to put Yumi's worries to rest, Yuki let out a small smile, trying to show that she was, in fact, ok.

"...Okay. Just don't move around too much. That's probably the reason why it started to hurt." Yumi suggested

"Alright. I-I'm sorry I worried you." said Yuki

Yumi nodded and went back to the spot she was originally sitting at. Yuki looked back at her deck, specifically Royal Knights Warrior Princess. Yuki's eyes began to throb. Until finally, Yuki couldn't hold the tears back any longer. They came out so fast that it looked like the tears were just freed from a tight space.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! You and Royal Knights Guardian did everything you could to help me and I let you down!" thought Yuki, gripping her deck even tighter

Yumi looked back to check on Yuki and could clearly see that Yuki was crying.

"I knew it. She's upset over something completely different." thought Yumi

Yumi turned to go toward Yuki so that she could try to comfort her, but froze.

"It'd probably be best to give her some space, so that she can let it all out."

Yumi turned around again and leaned against the metal wall with her shoulder. There was a light thump that quietly echoed from the contact of her head to the metal wall.

"Jeez Yuki! You're so apologetic for making me worried and then you make me even more worried about you!"

Yumi placed her hand against the wall, which then led to her leaning her entire shoulder against it, and as if being affected by the atmosphere of the situation, tears leaked from Yumi's eyes.

"I should be the one being apologetic! If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't be in this mess! If only...I wasn't so weak!"

Yuki and Yumi continued cry and cry for as long as they desired.

Back to Rito and Yuza

Rito and Yuza are currently traversing through the Abandoned Junkyard. They both glanced around as they walked, hoping to see someone like Yuki and Yumi or even the purple haired man. After minutes of walking, Yuza let out a long and loud sigh.

"Argh! Where are they?! That purple haired dude could have at least inputted his exact spot in this junkyard instead of just giving us the location!" Yuza complained

"I don't think you can do that with the Map App, can you?" Rito asked

"Uh, well...I don't know! I've never used the darn thing!" Yuza replied

Rito looked at Yuza with both an confused and surprised look.

"You can't be serious. You've never used the Map App?!"

"Nope!" Yuza bluntly replied

"No way. You're lying! You were using it right when got here, remember?" stated Rito

"I didn't actually use it. I just kept the location on my phone without touching it." replied Yuza

"...Well that explains why you have terrible navigation skills." said Rito

"I do not!" Yuza rebutted

"Says the guy who got lost during our trip to the Zoo in the 3rd grade." said Rito

"Oh come on! Don't you know how big our city's Zoo is?! Anyone could've gotten lost there!" yelled Yuza

"Yeah, unless they had a map, which we all got the moment we arrived there...and yet, you still got lost." Rito rebutted back

"Grr. Well, at least it's not as bad as the ti-" said Yuza

"Shh!" shushed Rito

"Huh? Why're you s-" said Yuza

Rito hovered his index finger near Yuza's lips, indicating that he wants him to stop talking. After that, there was silence...silence...and gears. Gears that sounded like they were currently operating. They got louder and louder.

"You hear that, right?" asked Rito, in a hushed tone

"Yeah. It sounds like some sort of machine and I'm pretty sure it's nearby." replied Yuza

"Not just nearby, but it sounds like it's getting clos-" said Rito

All of a sudden, Rito was interrupted by an ear splinting crash. Sounds of operating gears were at their maximum, as the source of that sound was now right in front of Yuza and Rito. Yuza and Rito's eyes widened, as they stared at two, monstrous, machines, one being orange and the other a dark blue. They both had large, wide, rolling wheels, under them and both had humongous arms, capable of crashing something the size of a car, maybe even a truck. Finally, their chest were big and wide, as well as having a sign that reads "Property of the City Junkyard" and under that text was a black symbol that resembles a trash bag.

"...What the heck?!" shouted Yuza

"What are th- no way! Can it be?!" yelled Rito

"Wh-"

The interruptions continued, this time being the orange machine rushing towards Yuza and Rito with no signs of stopping.

"Move!" shouted Rito

Rito and Yuza simultaneously jumped away from each other to dodge the rushing orange machine. Yuza was somehow able to keep his balance. However, Rito tripped and fell to the ground. With no time to react, Yuza yelled:

"Rito! Look out!"

Rito heard Yuza's cry and looked ahead of him to see the blue machine rushing as well, only unlike the orange machine, was about to smash Rito with its enormous hands. Rito was caught off guard, but managed to slide away by a hair the moment the blue machine slammed it's fist to the ground like a hammer.

"What is this, a sci-fi movie?! What are these things and why are they here?!"

"They're this junkyard's Junk Robots!" replied Rito

"The what?!" exclaimed Yuza

"No time to explain! Just focus on making sure not to get crushed into oblivion!" replied Rito

Rito heard another gear operating from behind. He quickly looked behind him and yelled:

"Yuza! Behind you!"

Yuza took notice of the orange Junk Robot, rushing back for round 2. Yuza dashed out of the way. Unfortunately for him, the orange Junk Robot was expecting that and took advantage of Yuza's guard being down by trying to grab him with one of its hands.

"Yuza!" Rito cried out

"Oh crud!" yelled Yuza

Yuza tried his best to dodge again, but couldn't and was instantly caught between the orange Junk Robot's hand. The orange Junk Robot gripped him and put him near its face.

"Uh, you wouldn't happen to be a nice robot and just planning to give me a ride, right?"

The orange Junk Robot had no reaction to Yuza's joke, of course. Suddenly, Yuza felt himself being squeezed.

"A-Ah. Nice grip ya got there, but I can't breathe!" said Yuza, with a creaking voice

"No, Yuza!" Rito cried out, again

Rito was going to try to save Yuza, but he was already having troubles of his own. The blue Junk Robot came at him, trying to grab him as well.

"Shoot! If I don't think of something now, we're done for!" thought Rito

The blue Junk Robot continued it's charge, moving nearer and nearer to Rito while Rito just stood there, staring at the charging robot. Perhaps he was in such shock to see a Junk Robot in person that he couldn't move an inch.

"R-Rito...!" Yuza weakly yelled, gasping for air

The distance between the blue Junk Robot and Rito was closing and lifted its enormous robotic hand to capture Rito so he could face the imminent consequences. It reached out and Rito's head was nearly in its palms. After that, it swiftly clasp its hand to grab Rito...

Card of the Day

Elemental HERO Energy Man

If this card is sent to the graveyard, you can activate 1 of the follow effects

*Target 1 HERO monster you control; that monster gains 1500 ATK.

*Target 1 monster your opponent controls; that monsters ATK becomes 0.

You can only use 1 of these effects per turn, and only once that turn.

Question of the Day

What's your goal in Yu-Gi-Oh!?

My goal is just to have fun and continue to have a good time with the game. I also want to finish all the Yu-Gi-Oh! animes. (Finished ARC-V, ZEXAL, and GX, currently on 5D's).

Final Comment

...Yo! Long time, no see! Sorry it's been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG since the last time I posted a chapter! School's just been tough and I've been dealing with some stress recently. Also, I kept getting frustrated every time I did try to do a Fanfiction because for some reason, I keep accidentally X ing out of the tab without saving. So yeah, really sorry this took so long. I'll try to be faster. Ya boi ain't giving up yet! Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I would REALLY appreciate it if you guys dropped a review telling me your thoughts and tips! I'm always trying to make this Fanfiction better! See y'all in the next one!