Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh Zexal!
Niisama = older brother
"Shark…!" said Yuma both confused and surprised.
"I finally found you, IV!" said Ryoga angrily.
You could actually feel the waves of anger coming from Ryoga. I suppose they were coming from me as well.
"Ryoga, Rima," said IV still smirking, "I actually forgot. You both really are my biggest fans out there"
"IV…" I snarled at the guy. Man, seeing him again was shocking. III was also there which made me confused. Is he somehow connected with IV?
"Then allow me to repay the debt I owe you!" retorted Ryoga.
IV closed his eyes, "Debt, huh?" He reopened his eyes, chuckling, "Oh right, how are you doing, Hik- I mean, Rima? Weren't you in the hospital- Oh wait, my mistake, wrong girl"
My eyes widened before I glared at him. He did that on purpose. And what was he going to say before he cut himself off. Damn it, who cares?
IV laughed a bit at my expression before turning to Ryoga, "How's your 'precious' younger sister doing?"
"Younger sister?" repeated Yuma confused. I'm not surprised, he doesn't know our past.
Ryoga stiffened and scowled at IV. Rio…Rio was the same…she hasn't woken up.
"You set up everything…" said Ryoga heatedly, "It's all because of me…because of me…She…"
"Ryoga…" I whispered. It wasn't his fault…I put a hand on his arm.
He growled at IV, "I will exact revenge on you here and now!"
"Shark…you…seek revenge?" asked Yuma shocked.
IV chuckled, "Excellent. I really like people like you"
III reacted to that. He shot his arm out and a red beam locked onto Ryoga. Is that…a duel anchor?! That's the same one Kaito uses!
"This is…?!" asked Ryoga as he stared it.
III was smiling, devilishly, "It's a duel anchor. You cannot escape without finishing the duel with me"
III was still smiling. He looked like a demonic angel.
"III!" I shouted shocked. He was asking Ryoga to duel? He…I was sure III was a numbers user.
"III," said IV angrily, "This guy is my prey! Get lost!"
"IV-niisama, Ryoga's deck doesn't have any numbers," said III smiling, "Therefore, it wouldn't be necessary for you to become his opponent, right? Plus, Tron's order is absolute"
IV looked annoyed, "Cheh…"
"I'll duel with you, IV," I said staring at him.
IV stopped and looked to me, "You, fairy-hime?"
I didn't like him calling me that but who cares? I pointed at him, "You're looking for number-users, right? Well, you're looking at one!"
III and IV's eyes widened, "Numbers-user?!" I don't understand why III didn't use numbers in our duel but…
IV looked as if he wanted to, "Let's duel"
"IV-niisama!" interfered III making us all look at him. He glanced at me before looking to IV, "IV-niisama, leave her alone. She's my prey"
IV looked a bit surprised and…something else I couldn't place. IV smirked, "Stealing mine but I can't steal yours, III? Or maybe…are you just protecting her from being hurt like the rest of my victims?"
III stiffened before glaring at his brother, "Rima is my prey, IV-niisama. I will be the one to duel her"
I was so confused. Why did he care? III was protecting me…? Or does he just want to duel me again, a real duel? His protective look…it seemed so familiar. I haven't met III before though…have I?
IV turned away, "The fanservice is over"
Ryoga reached out for him, "Wait, stop! Are you going to run away, IV?!"
IV held up his heart piece. It was full, "I already finished collecting my heart pieces"
A purple tattoo on his hand caught my attention…It was like the green one III had on his own. I didn't really think of it much, I was too busy with our duel but…what are with those tattoos?
"I will wait for you in the finals," said IV and a puff of smoke blocked our view from him. The smoke died and only the ringing of his cackling was left. Where did he…?!
"IV!" shouted Ryoga angrily.
"Calm down," said III 'innocently', "My niisama is quiet busy. Plus, your opponent is me"
Ryoga just scowled in response. I was studying III. This boy is so strangely familiar, and strong.
I then remembered Yuma and Astral behind us. There's not enough time to fill them in. Kotori and Tetsuo picked up Inchou who I looked worriedly at.
"In any case, we have to get him to a hospital!" said Kotori urgently.
"Right," said Tetsuo in agreement.
"Kotori, Tetsuo!" shouted Yuma worried.
III and I were having a bit of a staring contest. I was staring in confusion and he was the same.
"You can observe this duel for yourself and we won't have any problem on this side!" said Tetsuo.
"But…" said Yuma hesitantly.
"Yuma, I agree with him as well," said Astral.
"Astral…" said Yuma before agreeing, "I got it. Take care of him!"
"As you wish, I will clobber you first," said Ryoga as I went to go stand near Astral, "Here I go!"
III also threw his D-Pad, "Duel mode, change!"
"Duel disk, set!" shouted Ryoga.
III's feather-like D-Pad appeared on his arm.
"D-Gazer, set!" said Ryoga.
III's golden D-Gazer tattoo appeared around his eye which turned pink.
A/R VISION LINK ESTABLISHED
"Duel!"
"Be careful, Ryoga," I warned, "III is a super strong duelist!"
"How do you know?" Ryoga asked me.
"I dueled him yesterday," I answered.
"Did you win?" he questioned.
I blinked before saying, "Yeah but we both weren't at full strength" I looked at III, "Now were we?"
III was surprised, "I was at full strength, Rima. I just didn't use numbers…"
"I didn't either," I said, "I was at full strength too…"
III was a really nice person. How in the world is he related to IV?
"I will go first," announced III, "My turn, draw! I activate the field magic card, Deep Sea Monarchy – Sunken Kingdom!"
"This is different from the other field magic card…" I said to myself. We were then plunged into water, sea life surrounding us. We are also surrounded by ancient ruins. "Is this Atlantis?" I asked III as I looked around amazed. I shouldn't be though!
"Yes, it is!" said III happily, losing himself in his world. He then shook his head and snapped out of it, "This card increases water-attribute monster's attack power by 300 points!" he explained.
I blinked, does he not know about Ryoga's deck…? And III had an OOPArts deck…I suppose they could be water-attributes but when he dueled me they were earth or light.
Yuma overreacted. He was holding his breath. He couldn't hold it any longer and gasped. He covered his mouth, trying to not suck in water. I just watched amused. I was enjoying this.
"The field has gone underwater!" shouted Yuma not realizing its A/R, "Where's my oxygen tank?!"
"Yuma, this is A/R space," said Astral ruining my fun.
Yuma fell forward after hearing that because he was trying to 'swim up'.
"Astral~" I whined.
He took my hand into his and I just sighed defeated. Okay…But when I glanced at Astral's face, he was in full duel mode.
III smiled, "I summon OOPArts Mayan Machine (Atk: 1500-Lvl: 3)!"
This monster again…! Ugh, it counts as two material for a tribute summon.
III continued, "Then I set a card face down and end my turn!"
"What the heck are OOPArts?" asked Yuma confused.
I let go of Astral's hand to motion my explanation, "OOPArts stands for Out Of Place Artifacts"
Astral continued with me, "OOPArts were art 'works' that were built in the ancient civilization with seemingly impossible technology at the time. Their existence was still wrapping under mysteries"
Ryoga was up, "My turn, draw! I summon Hammer Shark. Then, due to the field magic, Sunken Kingdom's effect, Hammer Shark gains 300 Atk (Atk: 2000)! Looks like you weren't aware that I use a water-attribute deck"
III was still smiling though, "But in the field magic, Sunken Kingdom, you cannot attack OOPArts monsters with level four or lower monsters"
"I knew there was something up with that field magic…" I said to myself.
"So that's your insurance, huh?" asked Ryoga, "But…magic card, Downward Current! During this turn, this card can change my monster's level from any number between 1 and 3! I will decrease Hammer Shark's level by 1 (Lvl: 3)!"
"You duel so strangely," noted III lightheartedly, "What exactly do you plan to do by lowering its level, desu?"
He's so cute!
"I special summon Big Jaws!" answered Ryoga, "When I use a normal magic card during this turn, Big Jaws can be special summoned, from my hand (Atk: 1800)! Due to Sunken Kingdom's effect, Big Jaws will gain 300 Atk too (Atk: 2100)!"
He has enough materials for an Xyz summon!
"There are 2 level 3 monsters…" I heard III say to himself. He still looked confident…or maybe that was just his personality.
Ryoga continued not noticing, "I overlay the level 3 Hammer Shark and Big Jaws! I build the overlay network with these two monsters! Xyz summon! Come forth, Black Ray Lancer (Atk: 2100)! Xyz monsters don't have levels to begin with so Sunken Kingdom's effect won't work!"
"Nice one, Shark!" complimented Yuma happily.
I narrowed my eyes in suspicion, why was III still smiling? No matter how cute it was~ It was still weird. I couldn't shake off that feeling of suspicion.
"Go, Black Ray Lancer!" declared Ryoga, "Attack Mayan Machine! Black spear!"
I smiled as III's monster was destroyed.
III: 3400LPS Ryoga: 4000LPS
III's smile finally dropped and he looked serious, "Trap, activate! Stonehenge Method!"
Stonehenge appeared around us. In other words, stones bigger than twice our size, appeared around us. Just like the real one!
III explained, "With this card, when an OOPArts monster was destroyed, I can special summon one level 4 or lower OOPArts monster from my deck in face-up defense position! Come forth, OOPArts Colossal Head (Def: 1600-Lvl: 4)!"
Ryoga just stared at it unimpressed, "I set one card and end my turn"
III went again cutely smiling, "My turn, draw! I summon OOPArts Golden Shuttle (Atk: 1300-Lvl: 4)! Then I activate the continuous magic card, Orichalcum Chain! When this card is face up on my field when I performed an Xyz summon, I can use one less overlay unit"
Well, that's not good. Especially since he's a number-user.
"Say what?" asked Ryoga astounded.
"But Orichalcum Chain has risks as well," explained III confidently, "When this card is destroyed, the Xyz monster summoned by this effect will have its control switch to my opponent!"
If I were him I wouldn't have said that. Oh well, III is just like that, I suppose. But…that's a big risk to take.
"I overlay level 4 Colossal Head, Golden Shuttle and Orichalcum's effect!" announced III, "I build the overlay network with these two monsters and Orichalcum Chain's effect! Xyz summon! Show yourself, No. 32! The biggest, most powerful ruler of the deep sea! Its sharp fang shall exterminate everything! Sea biting Dragon, Shark Drake!"
It was a shark, with legs, and much scarier looking (Atk: 2800-Rank: 4)! That's a really strong number! And III didn't have the number mark and he didn't seem effected. I think it might have to do with his tattoos…They might work like my Empress Key.
"A number!" said Yuma shocked.
"Indeed he is…" I heard Astral say to himself.
Ryoga needs to be more careful now.
"So it finally appears," said Ryoga.
III continued, "Due to the Sunken Kingdom's effect, Shark Drake gains 300 Atk (Atk: 3100)! Go, Shark Drake! Attack Black Ray Lancer! Depth bite!"
I watched as Black Ray Lancer was destroyed. Oh no!
III: 3400LPS Ryoga: 3000LPS
III kept at it, "I activate Shark Drake's effect! When it destroys my opponent's monster by battle, once per turn, by detaching one overlay unit, the destroyed monster will lose 1000 Atk, and special summon that target to my opponent's field (Atk: 1100)! And it can battle with that monster again!"
That's really bad! Ryoga won't lose this turn but that's a serious amount of damage!
"So that number can attack twice?!" questioned Yuma incredulously.
"But it's more than just 'attack twice'," said Astral seriously, "It's a very overpowering effect!"
"It will bite into you until you have no bones left!" yelled III making me feel weird. III talking like that was weird, "Shark Drake attacks Black Ray Lancer once again! Depth bite!"
Ryoga was knocked backwards with a scream.
"Ryoga!" I shouted worriedly.
"Shark!" shouted Yuma in the same manor.
Ryoga fell onto his back grunting.
III: 3400LPS Ryoga: 1000LPS
"Hey!" shouted Yuma, "Are you alright?!"
"Ryoga!" I said staring at him, "Get up!"
He did and wiped his brow, "You shut up, Yuma!"
I noticed how he didn't mention me. Yay, I'm special.
"Do you honestly think I would get defeated like this?" he asked Yuma angrily.
"Then I set one card and end my turn!" finished III, "Well, if you can't think of a way to counter Shark Drake, you have nowhere to escape!"
I noticed this in my duel with III as well…At the beginning, he's all cute and happy. Then, during the middle, he turns serious but is still a bit outgoing.
Ryoga needs to think of something soon.
"That Shark, if this continues…" said Yuma worried.
"But there is a way to bring a reversal under these circumstances," said Astral staring at the duel.
"Eh?" asked Yuma confused.
I nodded, "That's true, Astral. Ryoga just needs the right card" He needs to destroy that magic card.
"But that would require…" Astral didn't finish making Yuma still confused.
Ryoga scowled, "I need to take away his numbers. My turn, draw! I summon Skull Kraken (Atk: 600-Lvl: 3)! I activate Skull Kraken's effect! When this card is summoned successfully, it can destroy one magic or trap on my opponent's field! I destroy Orichalcum's Chain! Thus, I gain control of Shark Drake!"
Shark Drake growled viciously as it went to Ryoga's side of the field. He broke the magic card! Yes! Wait…Shark Drake's a number though!
Shark Drake turned red and it also surrounded Ryoga. Ryoga grunted in pain. I shouted in worry, "Ryoga!" He was going to be taken over if he can't fight it!
"Shark!" shouted Yuma as well.
Shark clenched his hand and he looked like he was in a lot of pain. I must've looked like this when Galaxy Queen almost took over…! Shark was screaming a bit but mostly it was grunts. I was really worried now, Ryoga…I was flashing back to when Galaxy Queen took over me. I mean, almost took over me.
Flashback
I glared at my Empress Key, "I don't care if Astral and Yuma are dueling! Let them solve their problems without me!"
My key wouldn't stop trying to drag me. I got sick of it and ripped my key from its cord and threw it onto the grass.
I immediately regretted it. I felt to my knees and my hands held the ground in front of me. What…was happening? I felt so tired, so weak now without my key.
My eyes widened at what I saw. On my hand, my left one, was the mark. It was the mark of the numbers!
It was No. 83…Galaxy Queen's number. What did this mean…? Was she trying to take control of me?!
She then cackled once more, "Give in to your anger!"
"Anger…?" I asked as I was still on my knees.
"Your darkness!" she said as I stared at her, "You're sad, neh? That Astral guy is hurting you, neh? Make him pay for making you upset! Make him pay for doing this to you!"
"Why…?" I whispered. Astral? Why does he need to pay?
"You're sad because of Astral! He's causing you sadness! You hate him, neh? You hate Astral! Embrace my power and you will have your revenge!"
I…hate Astral? I want to get revenge? Yes…Yes! Astral made me upset. He's hurting me. He's making my heart ache.
Flashback end
My eyes widened as I felt my heart pounding in my ears. That can't happen to Ryoga. That hurt me so much before…I can't let him go through the same thing!
Ryoga suddenly screamed in utter pain. He fell to his knees. I put my hands over my ears, I don't want to hear that sound! I watched Ryoga keep grunting or screaming in pain. I then couldn't handle it anymore! I ran over to him and knelt down in front of him, "Ryoga! Ryoga!"
Ryoga was so strong…He was fighting against it. I whispered incoherent words of comfort into his ear, "Ryoga, Ryoga…Please, fight against him!"
He was still struggling, still hurting.
"Do it for her then," I said trying to help. I could barely here myself when I said this, "Do this for your little sister…do it for Rio…"
I think that helped a lot. Yuma was also shouting at Ryoga, "Shark!"
Ryoga then screamed, "I'm not…the same as I used to be!" I knew he was talking to Shark Drake, "As if I'd ever be controlled by the likes of you!"
Ryoga stood up with newfound strength, "Because I am who I am!"
I smiled in relief and stood up. Ryoga was strong enough to fight it. I stared at the number, Shark Drake, angrily. He didn't seem to like me either. We both growled, his louder of course, but with the same amount of ferociousness.
I walked back over to Astral's side who was staring at Ryoga.
Astral look at Ryoga surprised, "So he finally surpassed the numbers power, huh?"
"Shark…" said Yuma shocked as well.
I glanced at III to see his expression was one of astonishment. I think he thought Ryoga was going to be taken over.
Ryoga clenched his fist, "As long as I have this guy's power…Go, Shark Drake! Attack him directly!"
"Go, Ryoga!" I rooted.
"Yes!" cheered Yuma, "If this connects, he'll receive huge damage!"
But III has a set card!
"I won't let that happen!" shouted III, "Trap, activate! Antikythera Gear! When there are 2 or more monsters on my opponent's field, and my opponent declares a direct attack, I can gain control of the monster besides the attacking one, and put it in defense position!"
Shoot…
"Dream on!" shouted Ryoga, "Trap card, Hyper Water Pressure! With this card, by destroying one monster on my field, I am allowed to draw one card from my deck! Now your trap is useless!"
III frowned in frustration.
Ryoga was able to counter perfectly! But…that trap, Antikythera…It seems familiar. Man, everything about III seems familiar! I can't place my finger on it though! I'm so frustrated by that!
"Resume your attack, Shark Drake!" ordered Ryoga bringing me back to reality
III braced himself but he was still thrown backwards. He screamed in pain before falling onto the ground. Somehow…it hurt seeing that.
III: 300LPS Ryoga: 1000LPS
"I set 2 cards face down and end my turn," finished Ryoga.
"Nice one," commended III but he was still frustrated. He closed his eyes before reopening them with confidence, "My turn, draw! I activate the magic card, OOPArts Technology! By banishing one OOPArts monster from my graveyard, I can draw two cards from my deck, and send one card to my graveyard. I special summon OOPArts Crystal Bone! When only my opponent controls a monster, I can special summon it from my hand (Atk: 1300-Lvl: 3)!"
He's up to something…
"When this card is special summoned this way, I can also special summon OOPArts Crystal Skull from my graveyard! Revive, Crystal Skull (Atk: 900-Lvl: 3)! I overlay level 3 Crystal Bone and Crystal Skull! I build the overlay network with these two monsters! Xyz summon! Show yourself, OOPArts Crystal Alien (Atk: 2100-Rank: 3)!"
An actual 'crystal alien' appeared on the field.
"With this card," continued III, "By detaching one overlay unit, it cannot be destroyed by battle this turn and the battle damage inflicted to this card will inflict to my opponent instead!"
That means if III attacks…Ryoga loses! But, Ryoga has two set cards.
"What?!" asked Ryoga shocked.
III rephrased, "In other words, the difference of Atk between your Shark Drake and my OOPArts Alien is 1000. You shall receive damage equal to that value!"
Ryoga can't afford that! He only has 1000 life points!
"Go, Crystal Alien!" ordered III, "Attack Shark Drake! Reflect Flash!"
"Shoot!" said Yuma, "If this attack connects…"
I stared in shock, "Ryoga…!"
"It's over, Ryoga!" said III smirking.
Ryoga reacted quickly, "Quickplay magic card, Plate Salvage!"
"Oh, I hate this card!" I complained. He used it against me a few times when I had Sanctuary in the Sky on the field!
Ryoga explained, "Plate Salvage negates the effect of a field spell for 2 turns!"
We rose above the water, onto an island. We were all on the ruins still though.
"Awesome!" said Yuma, "Now we are finally above sea level!"
"That's not all…" I said thinking about Ryoga's strategy. He's destroying the effect of 300 extra attack points. The damage is still a lot for him but he survives.
"Now, Sunken Kingdom's effect disappears!" said Ryoga, "Shark Drake's Atk will return to 2800 (Atk: 2800)!"
Shark Drake pierced Crystal Alien's chest with a huge growl. And then, a beam from Crystal Alien hit Ryoga with some damage.
III: 300LPS Ryoga: 300LPS
"They're now tied in life points," I stated watching.
"Amazing," commended Astral, "By negating the field magic's effect, he decreased Shark Drake's Atk to preserve his life points!"
"But, both Shark and III have only 300 life left," noted Yuma.
"The next blow will decide the outcome," said Astral.
I tried to see who would win. They're both such strong duelists…Ryoga still has a set card so that's probably protection.
III finished, "I set one card and end my turn!"
Ryoga was up, "My turn, draw! I attack Crystal Alien with Shark Drake! Depth Bite!"
"Yes!" cheered Yuma, "Now it's Shark's win!"
I wouldn't be so sure…III has a set card.
"Not yet," said III, "I activate OOPArts monster Colossal Head's effect! By banishing this card to the graveyard, I switch one monster on my field from attack position to defense position!"
I watched as his monster was destroyed. III winced at the destruction, "Darn!"
"It's no use," said Yuma staring, "His life points won't be depleted if his monster was in defense position!"
"No…" retorted Astral.
I guess he remembered the numbers ability.
Ryoga continued, "But at this moment, I activate Shark Drake's effect! When it destroys my opponent's monster by battle, by detaching one overlay unit, that monster loses 1000 Atk and special summons itself to my opponent's field!"
Crystal Alien came back to the field (Atk: 1100).
III frowned in response, knowing what was going to happen.
"Do you think I would forget Shark Drake's effect?" Ryoga asked III smugly, "Go, Shark Drake!"
Shark Drake dived in for the attack.
III suddenly smiled making me groan inwardly. Of course he had a backup!
He then sang, "Fortunately, I haven't underestimated you one bit. I knew you would be able to control this number! Trap, activate! OOPArts Ley Line Power!"
"What?" questioned Ryoga stunned at the fact he countered.
III explained, "With this card, when a monster was special summoned during the battle phase and battles, I switch the Atk of the battling monsters! Now Crystal Alien's and Shark Drake's Atk are exchanged!"
Now Crystal Alien's was 2800 while Shark Drake's was 1100! That's bad!
III then spoke, "Then I win the duel!"
Ryoga smirked making me blink, "As I expected"
III gasped, "Eh?"
Ryoga enlightened us, "I am the fortunate one for not underestimating you. I knew you would expect me to use Shark Drake's effect"
So he had a backup for III's backup? Does this mean Ryoga will win? I looked at III to see he was utterly shocked.
Ryoga spoke, "Trap activate! Deep Sea Lord's Judgment! This card negates the effect of the trap activated during the battle phase!"
III was dazed, "How could that be?!"
Ryoga destroyed III's trap card. Now nothing was stopping him!
"That's impossible!" said III, eyes wide.
"Resume your attack, Shark Drake!" shouted Ryoga.
Shark Drake tore apart Crystal Alien! I watched in stunned astonishment as III flew backwards screaming.
III: 0LPS Ryoga: 300LPS
Ryoga is the winner!
A/R vanished as I took of my D-Gazer.
"Great!" cheered Yuma, "Shark won!"
"What a breathtaking exchange of offense and defense," appraised Astral. He was right though, that was an amazing duel!
I paused before walking over to III. I held out my hand to him, "III"
He stared at my hand before taking the offer and I helped him stand up. He was a bit shaky but he was fine.
III smiled at me, "Arigato"
I smiled back slightly. Even if he was a numbers-user and was IV's brother, he was pretty nice.
He then looked to Ryoga with a frown, "I see, you are quite good. I lost to you for today" He then threw Ryoga something. I'm pretty sure it was a heart piece.
III then smiled a bit but it didn't reach his eyes. He was holding up a full heart, "But I am going to the finals. It won't be easy for you if we meet next time!"
I blinked, "How did you get a full one before me…?" That was strange.
III just smiled innocently.
"So that guy finished collecting heart pieces as well?" questioned Yuma impressed.
"You can keep that number," said III to Ryoga making me inwardly hiss. Ryoga…keeping that number? It might attack him…
"Consider it as a reward for winning this duel," said III. He then turned to still smiling. It reached his eyes this time, "Until next time, neh, Rima?"
I nodded, "Until next time," I smiled back.
He leaned into me and kissed my left cheek making me blink. He then moved back and said, "See you"
He held up his hand and the green tattoo/mark glowed. We all looked away at the brightness. When we all looked back, III was gone.
"He disappeared…?" questioned Yuma surprised.
I lifted my hand to my cheek, where III kissed it. That kiss wasn't normal…It had some sort of message I think.
I looked to Astral to see that he was a bit irritated. I blinked at that, "Astral…?" I think he might be jealous of III.
Suddenly, Yuma's D-Gazer rang. He answered it as I walked over to look too.
"Yuma!"
It was Kotori.
"Kotori!" said Yuma surprised.
She was smiling, "I'm in the hospital right now. Inchou is okay for the moment"
I sighed in relief, "That's good"
"I'll come over there as well!" said Yuma happily.
I heard the starting of a motorcycle. The three of us looked up to see Ryoga in his motorcycle.
"Shark!" shouted Yuma.
Ryoga glanced back at him, "Yuma, don't get involved with me anymore…"
He also looked to me, "You better be careful"
And then he left. I hope he's careful as well…Numbers are a dangerous thing.
"Shark…" whispered Yuma, "Something about revenge…Shark!"
"Yuma, stop it," I ordered.
Yuma stopped and looked at me confused, "Why…Why does Shark want revenge, Rima?!"
"I want revenge too but Ryoga forbids it…" I said staring after Ryoga, "IV…IV is horrible. Because of him…"
I sighed in sadness. I didn't want to talk about this, "Yuma, it just…it just has to do with Ryoga's little sister, a very close friend of mine…"
Yuma stared at me, still confused, "Little sister…?"
Astral floated towards me, still a bit mad, "Rima, stay away from him!"
"I'm not staying away from Ryoga!" I shouted at him, angry that he even said that.
To my surprise, he shook his head, "Not Shark"
"T-then who…?" I asked confused.
"III!" he answered, "I do not want him near you"
I blinked, "Why, Astral? Is it because he's a number-user?"
He sighed before saying, "Partially…"
"He's just jealous because III kissed your cheek," said Yuma as he put his hands behind his head, "Right?"
I smiled at Astral, "Oh, come on, Astral~ I love you, not III"
Astral crossed his arms and looked away, thinking.
I sighed before going on my tippy-toes and I pressed my lips to his for a few seconds. I smiled, "All better?"
He sighed happily before saying, "I suppose"