Happy VERY Late Thanksgiving EVERYONE! YES, I'm BACK!

But… What am I going to do? These chapters so far I've been writing is insane! Why do my brain come up with some really insane stuff?! *breaths in deeply and sighs* Anyway… As you probably all know, this is another really long chapter in general. So expect a lot of reading. I'll be sure to include a stat update on how well this story is doing. Just to give you an idea of how much I've written. And perhaps inspire a lot of you to write and learn to write more! I highly encourage it, since some of you will be graduating to high school or get into college. Where you will do a LOT of this at some point. So get used to it!

Overall! I hope you all are settling into the school year, everyone. It's going to be a short year a head of us. And as a final reminder, this chapter will have some Spanish with English Translations. It took me a while just to plan and write this out! Again, I am so, so sorry! I don't know Spanish. Save for being beaten down in H.S with Rosetta Stone. Killed me with that one. Well, the good news is that I was able to finish this chapter, so no complaints for me. There will be more information at the end of the chapter.

I know it's been crazy these days. So why not take the moment to enjoy this chapter?

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, the characters, real cards, or anything that belongs to Konami and Kazuki Takahashi~san. Let alone what 4k Media owns. I only own my OC's, made up cards and places that you cannot find on the map. See? It's not that hard to figure out! Right…? Alright?! …Good!

WARNING: Some scenes in this chapter is going to be rated T+ for some references to sensuality, brief nudity, some profanity, drugs and other suggestive material that may not be appropriate for young readers.

You have OFFICIALLY been far warned!

LAST TIME ON 'ACCESS THE DIMENSIONS'!:

Dumon grows suspicious that one of his comrades, Alito, is plotting something that can cause problems for all of the Barians. But to much to his surprise, Alito confesses that the only way they can assure their victory is to find the other Eternia Holders, and kidnap them. With everything spiraling out of control in the lives of Alesia's family. Julie is shocked to learn the truth about what her boyfriend of nearly 2 years have done. After confronting the man, she leaves him, and focuses on helping her daughter. As she goes to meet up with Alesia, Yuma and Shark.

The original Eternia Holder, Cara and her best friend Yukito discuss things that have happened in the past, as well as with their current issue. With still struggling with their own emotions, Cara makes her decision to confront the Barians on her own without Yukito's help. As Alesia continues to shape the events that is happening in the ZEXAL World, she begins to realize her mistakes can have grave consequences in the current as well as the future. Now without her powers, she deals with the issues regarding relationships and trust at home. As does her friend Jenny. Learning that Astral is fine and safe. They visit him at the hospital. Only to see he is human and needs to recover from hypothermia.

With the gang arguing and planning a way to get back home, the Barians are also on the move as well. Plotting when they can make their next strike next without anymore problems. As they too, begin to shape and make their own existence known to the world. Earthquakes that have appeared in the ZEXAL World, is also affecting ours as well.

Now the only thing these two families and their friends have to deal with other than their trust issues, is with each other…


Chapter 48: Showdown in Homecoming PT.2 S02-12


All while I turned on the TV, I waited for the news to come on at 10:30. Mom had ordered us some pizza, which was something that the boys were quite happy about. Neither of them ever had such a treat. Orbital was just moving around examining the home. Yuma suddenly yawned again very loudly where all of us could hear. It was getting to be annoying. Kite sighed and turned his head around in annoyance. He hated being like this.

"Yuma. Why don't you go and take another nap?" I suggested. Until mom came in and interrupts me. "Um, no. He is going to eat first and then he can take a nap AFTER he gets washed and dressed. I will head over to the corner store real quick, and buy them some toothbrushes and some other things." I nodded as I understood. "Okay mom."

Mom got her light jacket and looked sternly at me. "Here. This is the change to get the pizza. I'm sure your friends are hungry." I got up from the couch and took the $50 dollars from her. I felt really bad that it was coming out of her pocket. "I want you to go into the linen closet and get the sheets and pillows that they can use. Dust off the rooms and vacuum. When I get back, I will look into the storage room and get your father's old clothes he was supposed to donate to the local church." All those chores?! For real?!

I gulped. "All this before you come back?" I was stupid to ask. Because now mom gave me the 'Look'. "Do you want the boys to take your bed?" She retorted back. I panicked and wanted to sweat at her dangerous glare. Her tone alone was scary as it was!

"On second thought, I'll hop to it now!" I ran out of the living room and got right to the easiest task first before the delivery guy comes. Yuma and Kite were confused about what my mom and I was saying. But she was right. It wasn't fair that I get a clean bed. While my friends would be forced to sleep on the floor. And, not to mention that Kite is hurt, and he needs to feel comfortable. Yuma's tired and he's already been through enough for the day. Getting beat up by Mizar and worrying about Astral took a lot out of the guy. But as taking care of our guest… That has always been the Hernandez way. 'Never leave your guest uncomfortable '.

What I am saying? This whole thing is totally nuts.

I went to the linen closet and pulled out some sheets and extra pillows. It was a mess to clean up after some things fell down. Mom was pretty much lazy when I was away, from the way you can see how things were set up. I had to stop what I was doing just to pile things back up in there. Yuma sounded concerned. "Hey, Alesia! Are you okay up there?"

I froze. "I, ah…Yeah! I'M okay!" I tried to sound convincing. "Are you sure? That sounded like a pretty nasty fall. What happened?" He continued. "Some things from our linen closet fell down on me, that's all. Don't worry about it. I got this. " I reply struggling to get the sheets off!

"Are you sure?" He repeated again with worry. "Yuma. You are very annoying. She already told you that she is okay. Nothing major. When are you going to get that? Relax." I can hear Kite's aggravated voice emerge from the silence. He sounded very touchy today. Wonder what's up with him. I hope he will be able to give me some answers, once all of this is over and done with. But at least he's not acting anti-social. That s for sure… I thought smiling to myself.

After doing so in making the bed and wiping the dust from the furniture,I can hear some areas on the floor leaving creek sounds. I soon found myself trying to figure out what has caused this to happen. The home wasn't settling, so now what was the problem? Could it be…Another tremor approaching?

The doorbell ranged downstairs. But the voice of a very excited Yuma frightened me. "Yay! Hooray! The pizza guy is here!" He celebrated and hoped around all over the living room. Yes, I can hear all of that. Kite sighed in annoyance and shook his head. " This is what happens when you hang around with kids…"

Yuma looks at him offended now. He narrowed his eyes in response. "Hey, Hart is also a kid!" Kite shrugged. "Hart is my little brother. That's different… unlike you and… well, Alesia is about to be a young woman so technically she doesn't count." Yuma started throwing raspberries at him for that and hopped onto my couch to bounce on.

So when I got that straightened out upstairs, I rushed myself out the guest room and down the steps. I went as fast as I could, while hoping I won't miss the guy. "COMING!" I paused. And then looked at Yuma. "Yuma! Stop bouncing around like your in the anime." I scolded in a harsh whisper. Kite shook his head slowly again as he were quite fixated on the television. And so was Orbital.

"Like that little pipsqueak is gonna listen to you." He answered. And Orbital couldn't help but agree. Yuma turned around and narrowed his eyes at the blond and teal man. " Shut up, Kite!"

"Make me…" Kite tempted with a smirk. Orbital narrowed his eyes and turned to Yuma. "Y-Yeah! Make h-h-him, you annoying p-p-pest!" He egged him.

"Says the robot who stutters all the time…" Yuma challenged. Orbital looked like his face was completely frozen and his mouth hanging open. Ouch, What a blow for Orbital. If he keeps his mouth opened like that, it may get stuck. I rolled my eyes and focused on seeing who was at the door. By looking through the peephole, I could tell it was the pizza guy. "Great!" I said before opening up the door.

"You know what! You wanna…" Yuma's voice was drowned out by me speaking up to the man. "Yes?"

"I uh, is this for Hernandez?" The man seemed a bit young. About in his 20s, Darkened skinned, green eyes and brown short hair tied in a bun. Huh… " Um, yes?"

He looked at the receipt taped onto the pizza box and see the price on it. "That will be $20.65." I paid the man the money and finally got our pizza for us to eat. Minus Orbital, but he at least helped me cleaned up the room that Kite and Yuma can share. I decided to go where mom told me to find some spear clothes. So I got that for them immediately. At least it didn't smell too bad, but we have no choice right now. Mom finally came back and we had focused on getting ourselves settled down. I guess I will talk to Jenny and Shark tomorrow then.


A few hours later…


I walked into the living room downstairs to see that Yuma was fast asleep on the pullout bed. With his legs spread out all over the mattress. His mouth drooling as some of it were getting on his shirt. Snoring away as if he had no worries or care. It was a good sight to see, since we all had a very stressful day. And I was quite surprised to see his shoes were tucked away neatly by the couch itself. I smiled and quietly went over to him and ruffled his now black hair. Strangely enough, I see the red roots coming from his head.

"That is so weird…" I muttered before releasing his loose hair. It was then I sense somebody was behind me, and I turned slowly to see Kite standing there by the staircase, some water dripping from his blond hair. Just staring at me…

I froze when I caught him looking. "…Kite, ah. Everything okay?" I asked awkwardly. "Yeah, it's cool. Figured you wanted to take a shower so I came looking for you. Saw you weren't in your room, and decided to come down here." He explained with a calm demeanor. I looked down wondering if what he was saying is a lie or not.

"You don't have to be shy, you know? I won't tell Yuma." He spoke after my brief silence.

"That's not it…" I interrupted. " Then what is?" He continued to push the issue. I never saw this kind of concern from him towards me like this before. He came over to where I was near Yuma, and he grabbed me by my hand. It frightened me a bit, before he escorted me out of the living room and lead me upstairs to my bedroom. Mom was already sleep in her room, snoring in her comfortable King sized bed, after we had our talk. She is quite the heavy sleeper. Orbital can be heard from the kitchen snoring also, but is on standby. Seems like everybody is snoring but Kite and me. I was growing wary by the second as I began to realize what is going on here.

And what made it worse is the alarms blaring off in my head! "K-Kite…" I stuttered. He hushed me and lead us to my room. "You want to wake people up in this house!" He whispered to me with such urgency. "I don't want my mom to get the wrong idea!" I whispered back. "Like were going to do something she wouldn't approve. I'm not that dumb. Besides it's not like that at all. I just want to talk for a minute."

I sighed in defeat and just gave up. "And I already gave her the heads up in case she hears us." Now I did a double take at him. "What?!" I asked in disbelief, but had to remember to not be so loud. It's hard not to be that expressive. My mom would never…

I was speechless. I can never imagine my mom telling anybody else, let alone me or a guy that it's okay to basically 'talk'. Mom, allowing a guy in my bedroom! The world must be ending! I'm sure of it! I continued to panic more.

"So, what was that about downstairs with Yuma?" Kite asked me while observing my dresser and the room. I sat on the bed and just felt completely nervous about this. "Well… I just wanted to give Yuma a kiss goodnight ,until I noticed something about his hair." Kite raised his eye brows. He was quite taken back at what I said. "Since when do you ever do stuff like that?" He asked me curiously.

Feeling somewhat confident now, I began talking. "On and off, here and there. He usually comes to visit me before we go to bed. Back in the ZEXAL world." I told him. "And about the hair?" He mentions again.

I shrugged. "It's doing exactly like how Cassie described during her experiences. Remember when we had that duel, with Yagumo?" Kite nodded. "Of course I remember…" I hear him mumbled while looking quite serious and distant with me. I was beginning to become concerned about it. "What's wrong? Kite?"

"That day…I could have lost you, Alesia…" Kite said looking down with a sad look on his face. What he said had a tug on my heart. And now I felt even worse for him saying that. He was reminded what Yagumo did with his Lancelot, when I got stabbed. Just the thought about it remind me of it. I held my stomach. "And I was helpless to do anything…" He closed his eyes and just slid down to the floor.

"Well…It wasn't your fault Kite. You did what you could and that's all there is to it. It was somewhat my fault. This happened because I tried to protect Shark with my power. Not knowing that I even had any powers." I clenched tighter to the edge of my bed, as my mouth pulled inwards with my lower lip. "To be honest – I've already forgave you. So why are you still beating yourself up over that? Usually, you're not the emotional type."

Kite just scoffs. "I guess I've changed somewhat…" I shrugged. "Partially because of Yuma…" I stated.

"Not just because of Yuma — You too…" he said with a small smile and a hint of a blush on his face. Until he looked up at me. Still with that same look on his face. I did my best to try and keep my cool with a poker face. But even my heartbeat was speeding up than normally. Great, Kite. Thanks. Just when I was about to relax! Stupid boys…

I shifted uncomfortably. "Um…last I checked; I thought that nobody can change you but yourself by your own free will?" I tried redirecting the subject. But that look on his face reminded me of something from the anime. Like when he spoke to Mizar or something in the near future. Does that mean, they'll be friends at some point?

"You should go to bed now. It's late…" He spoke. I rolled my eyes. "Looks whose talking?" Kite tried to stifle a laugh, until he couldn't hold it in anymore. And I couldn't help but do the same. We tried keeping our voices down since everybody was asleep.

Suddenly, I have a dream that I never had before. A white library filled with many books from head to toe. It designed like it was from the early 1700s. I knew something had to be up. "What's going on? What is this place?"

The Tubular bells ranged from above as if it came from a church. But this place looks nothing like that. Ever since I was speaking a bit with Yuma and Kite, I never felt so alone in my dreams like this since before I met them.

Walking towards the windows I see that it was very sunny and it was hard to see where I am. The buildings was being covered mostly in white due to the large blur of the sun. And it was killing my eyes. That was new. Since when did I have eye problems?


Meanwhile…


Yukito walked past the mountainside, and just stood there as he was panting and trying to catch his breathe. He was hiking for the while. Trying to feel out and get a clue as to why this town of all places, was the target of the distress in the earth's crust. He went to college in New York City after he went to complete his internship at a paper company. He needed an excuse to add his work into his resume, since he worked the job his older brother had. It was a load of fun. Working with Cara, and all of their friends who helped them defeat the notorious group who plagued the dimensions. Now that they are no more, everything can go back to normal.

Or could it?

He most certainly didn't know anymore. He thought that he had all of the answers. But the moment him and Cara tries to accept the fact that they can no longer get back to how it used to be in the past. Things changed. Just thinking about it real made things worse between his mind and his heart. In his heart, he loves Cara. In his mind, he knows it is impossible to get through to her. He knew it since they were only teenagers. Still young. But he had no desire to be with anybody at that time. He cared for no one but himself. His mom was all he had. Including his sister… But even trying to get along with her at the time was nearly foreign. She really loved him as his younger sister. His younger brother, only now in Elementary school is working hard to pass all of his classes. Since he was struggling in the very beginning.

If only he can truly go back. Go back in time and change all of this. It would have made things so much easier. He wouldn't have to worry about being different. He didn't need to move for the sake of his brother's shop falling apart. He would only go to the U.S just to explore and have fun. Like a normal kid.

Around 9:10 PM, The Barian's found themselves an apartment to use for the time being. It wasn't much, but it was cheap. And he found a way to rewrite some of the people's memories in order to do so. He needed somebody who was able to get them fake ID's, and infiltrate the High School Jenny and Alesia goes to. The others still have no idea how Dumon was able to come up with all of this at such short notice.

Alito was taking a shower currently while everybody else in the apartment were settling. As he was washing his hair in the hot water, Alito mentally cursed at himself for the way things are turning out. From all the memories he had made coming to Earth in the ZEXAL World, to the time he was infatuated with Tori. Whom he is no longer concerned about. And also the time he had started dueling Yuma, meeting Alesia and Jenny, etc. "Tch! I should have known that nothing good was going to come out of this…" He muttered to himself. He turned off the shower, and pulled back the shower curtain before he heard a knock on the door.

His dark tan skin looked rough due to the hot steam drying out his sensitive skin. He almost growled in irritation until he remembered that somebody had knocked. "Who is it?" Alito called out. "It's me…" Girag answered back. Alito was shocked to hear his best friend on the other side of the door. "Open the door." Alito ordered. As his friend did so, he was confused at what he saw. He was embraced seeing his only friend naked as he was. Still in the tub, looking for something on the bathroom counter. This was all so new for him. He gawked and began to freak out.

Alito looked at Girag concerned about his reaction. "What?"Alito had asked innocently towards the big Barian in the room. "Gah - Gah, Alito! Why did you tell me to come in!" Girag whined. "Oh, come on! We're all men here. It's not like there is a female in the house. Grow up." He stated in an annoyed tone. That didn't settle well with Girag at all. Now he was becoming more self-conscious about himself. "Yeah but…"

"Look, if you can't handle it, then wait for me outside and we can talk about whatever you want when I'm done." Alito said this time in annoyance. He got his underwear and slipped them on from below, before finding some body lotion in the cabinet that he can use to help with his dry skin. Girag sighed and closed the door as soon as he saw that the tanned Barian wasn't going to say another word.

When he was free from Alito, Girag looked around to see if anybody was looking, and went to one of the rooms he was sharing with Alito. In the spacious 3 bedroom apartment, 1 bathroom, kitchen and living room. Girag decided that he was going to go look at the night sky from the window. As he counted the stars, he can see how bright they are. Yet they were so far away. He wondered where was Barian World out of all of them. But then remembered that in this world, there was no such thing as Barian World. Let alone a 'Barian' in the first place. They were the only ones. And he began to think about how were they able to do all of that just to get here on this side of the dimension. But knowing how they have Barian powers, things just worked the way it did. He's surprised that it was going well so far.

"The stars in this universe are almost as if it is alive. Yet the ones in ours, are like dead…" Girag laments. "What nonsense are you talking about now, Girag?" Alito walked in after getting dressed. He wore a long white T-shirt with some boxers underneath. When he saw the look on his tall friend's face, it was something that he hasn't seen once in his entire Barian life. "Ah…Alito…" Girag noticed at the last minute. Alito raised his eyebrows at the scene. "So what's going on with yah? Sense anything that could be useful?"

Girag finally became serious and shook his head. "Not that I know of…Just admiring he stars of this world." He said turning back to look outside. Alito came over to look at them as well. "You know. I never really thought about what humans do when they can't reach the stars." He begins. "All that got to do is look, imagine, such a shame…" Alito looked on. "Since when have you've been the reflective guy? Thought that was my job?"

"Since when you haven't?" Girag countered. Much to Alito's shock. Seriously, he thought. Since when was the last time he had a chance to do that? Now he remembers. When things got a lot more serious and out of control. He narrowed his eyes and clenched his hands into fists. "When I get my hands on the power of Eternia. I'll use it to restore my glory." Alito's eyes glowed a strange red color that wasn't normal. It scared Girag now, since he can actually see what is happening. "Ah, Alito?" He cautiously asked his friend.

Alito didn't say anything. It was like he was in a deep trance. Almost as if it was taking him back into a time of when he was alive and well. A warrior and a fighter… Respected, worshipped and loved by all who followed him. Cheering him on, and calling his name. He was happy. He was glad. The glorious days of victory he won over his opponents, and they were no match for him. He knew it. They knew it. All of them knew it. He would fight and train everyday. He grew up without parents. But that didn't stop him to become a better person. He got into street fights since he was young. There were times that he had to go hungry, because he was poor. Like most folks who couldn't afford a job, they were beggars on the streets.

The rich hardly did ANYTHING to do something about the crisis. It was an epidemic to the society. Though they cared more for knowledge than anything else. It was during the time when ancient gods and goddesses ruled. Mystical powers all but somewhat of the past. Hence why it is called a 'MYTH'. Alito was in the ring, ready to fight as the spectators called for introductions. Being in the ancient city, many chanted and cheered when the judge told Alito and his heavy weight opponent to fight.

What is happening with Alito? I better put an end to this. If his Barian powers go out of control…. He didn't want to think about it. He went to go stand in front of Alito. But the shortest Barian in the room didn't move an inch. It was clear that he was in something deep. Girag placed both hands on each side of Alito's shoulders. Trying to shake the hot-headed boy out of whatever he is in. He was still his friend. And friends weren't meant to abandon each other. "Hey…Hey, Alito! Snap out of it!" Again, Alito said nothing.

"If you don't try and wake up, and you can cause your power to get out of control. We don't need anymore problems…" Still there was silence. But he was willing to try again. He stepped on Alito's foot deliberately. And all that did was send shockwaves throughout the room. Tearing up the walls, sending cracks to the glass. The floor suddenly had shook violently. Causing the occupants down below them the feel the tremors, as it was traveling through the supporting beams of the building itself. The air vents that was neatly tucked away by the almost enclosed dresser, began sucking in the red shockwaves that were visible now in the room. Filling it's air ducks with Barian power. If the whole building was able to light up like Christmas lights, this would be it possibly. Until…

"GIRAG! ALITO!" Dumon said suddenly being seen from the front door horrified. The building suddenly shook, and cause the Barians except for Alito to drop to the ground. The area surrounding the building felt the earthquake like tremors. And caused the people to suddenly react, and panic. Something that nobody wanted to experience. When Dumon stepped in, he was pushed back by a strong force surrounding the now glowing red Barian. Soon after, Mizar also came inside after his walk in the hallway in the building. He sensed something wasn't right where him and his Barian allies were staying in.

Mizar gasped when he sees that Dumon is trying to stand up after being pushed back. "Can somebody explain to me, what the bloody hell is going on here!" Mizar demanded. "That's exactly what I came here to find out myself." Dumon looked towards Girag who was still holding on. The windows panel's beginning to crack little by little. "If he keeps this up, this whole building is going to fall apart!" Mizar stated with worry.

"Not onlythat, but the buildings surrounding it also…" Dumon dreaded. Mizar was sweating with doubt. He then realized what to do. "How about we utilize our powers together and neutralize the negative energy?" He suggested. "ANYTHING AT THIS POINT WOULD HELP! ALITO COULD BE DYING!" Girag screamed desperately.


Meanwhile outside of the Apartment building


People were murmuring and having concerns after a few of them were told to evacuate the building. Others came from outside of their homes to find out what was going on. Police sirens can be heard trying to rush through. But somehow a barrier is being put up all around the parameter, in the shape of a dome. As it is materializing, Cara rushed to leap inside before closed up. The police officers who are driving immediately came to a halt. While another one unbuckled his seatbelt as his partner and him jumped out of the vehicle. Landed, and rolled on the ground. The car crashed upon impact and went up in flames, that resulted in an explosion.

Yukito, who is not too far away in the woods, turned around and noticed it. That strange power again. He gasps when he see smoke filled the air as it rises. More police sirens and fire trucks wails echoed in the distance. Yukito grew worried as the minutes passed. "This can't be good. Are those guys starting to cause a ruckus?" He questioned himself before kicked the dirt. "Damn! Just what am I supposed to do!" He curses. "Cara… Why didn't you listen to me? Why! Sometimes that girl never listens to reason…" He asked before he picked himself up. He was thinking about the past. Their friends and their adventures before it even led up to this point. What would have Atem done? He thought before the image of the Pharaoh flashed in his mind.

Yukito! Save her!

A strange feeling inside of him emerge out of nowhere. Yes… it was his power. He felt it. Yukito gained the strength that he was missing all this time. He had to go do something. His friend and his love needed him.

Inside of the Dome, the people that were stuck inside were panicking and crying. There was also a baby boy crying as well. While his mom, a Puerto Rican woman held him and tries to hush him gently. There were still tremors going on. And nobody knew what to do. Stay or flee. If they stay, they could die. If they run, where would they go? They were stuck in some kind of dome. And it wasn't something off of some fictional show.

Cara dusted herself off before she felt the need to cough. She looked around while squinting. Trying to grasp what had happened until she remembered. Oh yeah, that's right… I jumped into the enclosed dome before it closed shut. She pulled her hair behind her and then turned around to see where she had landed from. It was pretty high and quite risky to be jumping off a roof top like that. She was shocked that she was able to land safely onto somebody's red Volvo.

And that's when she knew. "This can't be right…does it mean that some power from the Yu-Gi-Oh world is being poured into our reality?" sounds of cracks can be heard next to her. But by the time she looks towards her left, she can see the ground leaving spider cracks. It traveled underneath her, and went further and further back. When she looked behind her, it dawned on her that this was something extremely serious.

"This is very bad. If I don't do something, this can get far worse than what it should be." She ran to the apartment building where she sense and know where the energy spike was coming from. She didn't care if anybody else seen her. But soon afterwards, more people were escaping from the building itself. She tries sneaking in from the back alley door. But then she sees that there was a hidden camera on the top corner of it building. She was not in a good mood at this point. Here she is, trying to get to the bottom of this, and now a piece of technology was in her way. Recording everything it's lens catches.

Suddenly a power surge happened into the securitycamera's. Cara saw that opportunity to unlock the door and go inside immediately.


The Next Day


Spencer Residence

"Ahhh!" An old woman cried out when she saw Shark had just come out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist. Much to his embarrassment, he was mortified that this had to happen to him of all things. "Why me…?" He mumbled to himself and tried to relax before speaking. "Uh…Miss…" Shark attempted to speak to the old woman, as she was horrified by the looks of him. That was when Anna came running in as she heard her mother's scream from the kitchen. And she was shocked to find out what the situation real was. Let alone the reason why her mother even screamed in this first place. This was not a good start to an early morning. She forgot to tell her mom that they were having a guest stay over last night. It completely slipped her mind, and she was not happy about it. Not bit bit, at all.

Why NOW of all mornings? Shark said in his mind as he keeps trying to find a way to escape out of this mess.

Well Anna, dear. You really out did yourself this time. Now how are you going to explain this…situation to ma?! I knew I should have stuck to that gingko drink from the health food store… And secretly whined in her thoughts.

Anna sighed at this and gave an apologetic look to Shark.

"Justo lo que en el mundo está pasando por aquí, Anna! (Just what in the world is going on around here, Anna!)" Her mom, Yulia, spoke. Jenny and her brother Jessie finally showed up and were surprised. Shark threw his hands up. "It isn't what it looks like!" Jennifer screamed and buried her face into her younger brother's shirt as her mom and grandmother gasped completely in shock and turned the opposite way, while Jessie just stared. "DUDE! Just pick up the damn towel man!" Jessie said.

Anna wanted to scold Jessie for using that word in her house, but she couldn't help but agree with her son. Shark immediately took the towel and hide back inside the bathroom. He closed it shut and wanted to just die. Literally… His second day in the real world, and he wasn't enjoying this one bit…

He hated it.

After Jessie was able to persuaded him to come out of the bathroom, since he had to share some of his clothing with the non naive animated character. Shark took the black and orange T-shirt kindly and forced it down his head, not caring if it gets messed up or not. Another worse thing he hates about this world. His hair isn't as bouncy and refined as if it was in the ZEXAL World. "I can't believe that just happened to me…" He said annoyed. He placed on his new boxers and pants over it before he zipped it up tight.

Jessie began drinking his juice in his water bottle he takes to school with him often. "Hey man, no worries. It wasn't like it was done on purpose."

"Are you kidding me? I had no idea that your grandmother was in here." Shark protested before he went to try and fix his hair after examining it closely. Jessie shrugged. "Yeah, well, at least you scared my sister for dear life with that one."

Shark blushed tremendously when thinking about the horrified look that happened to Jenny. Now he is uncertain how things are going to be between him and her now. "Great, now I have to apologize to her…" Shark growled before he slammed his fist to the wall next to him. "Damn, now what I am going to do!"

Jessie raised a brow. "You can start by apologizing to her?" he repeated.

"You just shut up…" Shark warned.

A few minutes later, Jenny got ready and saw Shark already sitting at the table. The twin Tony and Tami were fighting with each other for the cereal box, after Jessie told them to calm down before their mom get's mad at them again. Meanwhile in the kitchen…

"¿Quién trajo a este chico desnudo en la casa? Si quería ver a un chico en una película de porno, habría mirado el … (Who brought this naked boy in the house? If I wanted to see a guy in a porno flick, I would have watched the…)" Yulia said before she was interupted by Anna. "OK madre, eso es suficiente! Puedo explicar lo que pasó … (OK mother, that is ENOUGH! I can explain what happened…)" Just hearing that from the kitchen just made Jenny wanted to puke! She was getting a lot better in Spanish than she did a few months ago.

Yulia took a seat slowly to a bench chair in the kitchen while she was cutting some apples. "ŻPuedes explicarlo? Me puedo quejar! Estaba buscando usar el baño, y veo a este chico desnudo aquí. ¿Quién lo invitó aquí, y de dónde vino? Hmm? Contestame eso. (You can explain? I can complain! I was looking to use the bathroom, and I see this naked boy in here. Who invited him here, and where did he come from? Hmm? Answer me that.)"

Anna sighed and rubbed her temples as her coffee had finished brewing. She was making a cup for her and her mom. The eggs were ready and she began separating them into groups of 3. Before trying to make another batch. "Mamá, el nombre de este joven es Reginald. Él es un invitado aquí y un amigo de Jennifer. Vino de la ciudad de Nueva York buscando un lugar donde quedarse, y de pronto apareció de manera inesperada. Estabas durmiendo cuando llegamos tarde a casa. (Mama, this young man's name is Reginald. He is a guest here and a friend of Jennifer's. He came from New York City looking for a place to stay, and he just so happened to show up unexpectedly. You were sleeping when we came home late.)" Anna explained to her mother.

Yulia stopped peeling the apples and set them on the plates after they were cut. She eyed her daughter. "¿Estás seguro de que me estás diciendo la verdad? (Are you certain you are telling me the truth?)" Anna froze. Yulia nodded in acknowledgement that it was a lie. "Puedo sentirlo, ¿sabes? Este chico, no es un chico corriente, Anna, querida.(I can sense it, you know? This boy, is no ordinary boy, Anna, my dear. )"

"Puedes decir… (You can tell…)" Anna dreaded what her mother must have known. It was apparent that they weren't going to get away with this easily. Not like the way she had intended it.

Yulia nodded again. "Un. Sé que las cosas no han sido fáciles para la pequeña Jennifer en estos días. Dijiste que siguió su vocación. Pero estaba tan preocupada por mi nieta.(Un. I know that things hasn't been easy on little Jennifer these days. You said that she went on vocation. But I was so worried for my granddaughter)" Then she turned fully to address an issue. "¿Le gusta este chico?(Does she like this boy?)"

Anna nodded now. "Sí. Por lo que puedo recordar bien. (Yes. From what I can remember well.)"

"No dejes que suceda, Anna. Ella no puede estar con eso que no está allí.(Don't let it happen, Anna. She cannot be with that what is not there.)"

Anna felt very confused. "No entiendo lo que quieres decir(I don't understand what you mean.)" Yulia then sat up. "¿Quieres decir que no te has dado cuenta? Ese chico apenas puede echar una sombra … ( You mean you haven't noticed? That boy can barely cast a shadow…"

I finally turned on the TV again since it was getting boring sitting in the house. I had such a bad nightmare last night, I just don't know how am I going to get any kind of sleep together at all. And I already have school tomorrow! I mentally groaned. Not only that, but now Kite is acting weird too. I mean, what was all of that last night?

"…We are coming in to you now live for the 12'o clock news. Hi, good afternoon everyone! I'm Dina Finwich…" A lady in a deep red dress, tan skin, green eyes and black hair said. " And I'm Andy Vandamore. Today we are having such a beautiful day!" I sighed as they keep on talking about what they have planned. Yuma came in tired and yawning all over the place. "Man, Yuma. What is up with you today? You slept in all morning." Yuma frowned when he realized that I had told him what happened. "You're kidding me. You have GOT to be kidding?" I shook my head 'no' at him, and now he was stunned by this.

"Aw man… And I wanted to go see Astral today!" Yuma whined.

"Don't worry. My dad is still over at the hospital. So you can relax, Yuma." I reassured him with a smile. But he still didn't seemed convinced. "Are you sure?" Now I pouted as he was doubting me, that I would tell him something that I already known. "Do I ever give you a reason to doubt me?" I asked. He shook his head. "Nah ah!"

"Okay then. So then please don't ever ask me that stupid question again. Besides, I have my cellphone with me, remember? If anything goes wrong, I would be sure you would be the first one to know about it. Anything that could be sent to him, would get sent right back to me. So, again! No worries!" I smiled again. Suddenly on the flat screen TV, they showed a scene taking place from last night. I gasped when I see what it was!

Yuma frowned and then turned around and noticed it too. His eyes widened as he witnesses what I am seeing. "What the…" I hushed him in a warning, and took the remote control for the TV, and upped the volume some more. "…and as the storm we are tracking in our forecast today is getting nearer to central Penn State and the Northeast. A fire broke out in the middle of the late night yesterday, when residents of Alpine Apartments was suddenly surrounded by some kind of dome. Officials say that they have no idea how can anything like this could have happened. And just to make matters worse, residents of the upscale apartments had to be evacuated for safety and to avoid further damage. However, according to a few witnesses, earthquake like tremors became the main reason, why such a situation struck fear into people's hearts. Becky Tan has the story for you today…"

"If this is what I think it is, then we have a serious problem." Kite can be heard behind us, as he was dressed in a short white T-shirt and some blue jeans. He looked at the flat screen with such focus, that he had his hands on his hips, and pretty much ignored all eye contact with me and Yuma. "What do you mean, Kite? Do you think something bad is going to happen if we stay here longer?" Yuma questioned.

"If I knew the answer to that, then I would have said that was the case. But then again, I suppose that it is possible for that to be it." Orbital 7 came out from the kitchen with three plates full of breakfast food on. I was shocked when I saw it for myself. How did he do that? "B-B-Breakfast is s-s-served!" He said enthusiastically setting them on the table. He made some eggs, pancakes and bacon?! "Um Orbital, where did you get all of this?" I asked uncomfortably.

He tilted his head. "Oh! I-I-I got it from t-the kitchen." Yuma began taking the plate willingly and started chowing down, with all of our disgust. "Ew…" I said now seeing how the sloppy eating looked even worse than what you see on TV. Kite on the other hand was wide-eyed, and Orbital had his mouth opened. "Man, this is so good!" He said with a stuffed mouth. However, when he tried to swallow it all, he was chocking and looking for a way to get it all down. Orbital rushed to the kitchen while I tried get it out. Kite got the water and gave it to me. When I offered it to Yuma, he snatched it and took the water. Swallowing hard, it somehow got down. Much to our happiness of him not chocking anymore…

We all sighed except for Yuma.

"…Man that was close…" Yuma stated. I narrowed my eyes. "Are you kidding me? You almost could have died!" I scolded. "I think right now we should focus on the task at hand." Kite said as he tried to avoid look at me. And surprisingly l couldn't help but feel sort of guilty. He took his plate and the cup of coffee that he and used to make. "Orbital asked if I wanted something to drink. I just said some Orange Juice if we had any. He nodded and went to the kitchen right away as I thanked him. I paused the news on the screen with the remote, while backtracking some since we were talking a lot.

Yuma looked impressed. "Wow, I didn't know that you guys had that kind of technology here."

"Yuma, these days most of our technology came from this era. Haven't you learned this is school yet?" Kite asked as he took a bite at his bacon. Yuma took a drink of his water and sheepishly smiled. "Ah…I guess?"

I rolled my eyes while seeing Orbital coming with the Orange Juice. I placed back on the news as soon as I placed the cup of my juice down on the table.

"…Right now we are determining what is happening in our quiet community. But, things may not be as quiet sadly." The man in a tan suit spoke. "My husband was only watching his favorite TV show, when all of a sudden, we felt strange tremor in the building. Oh, I help in was only just construction." An old lady stated to one of the reporters. "There was no construction scheduled to happen in this area." The old lady was in shock. "There isn't?"

"This is getting old. Don't they have something else more useful?" Kite asked in annoyance once more as it was clear that it was getting to him. And with good reason too…


FLASHBACK

NORMAL POV

"So I take it that you guys had such a nice trip here?" Shark said with his sarcasm. "Heh. You wish. You try landing in the middle of nowhere." Kite said in return getting the hint. Shark didn't seem happy about the comment sent back to him. "We did land in the middle of nowhere!"

"Are you even kidding me, right now, Shark? Please don't bother asking." Jenny said rubbing her lower backside. Now Astral was quite motivated to hear the experiences Kite, Orbital and Jenny went through. "Please explain, what happened that lead you all to come here?" Astral asked in deep concern for his friends. Everybody else was quiet. And the parents were interested in that exact same question. This was already weird for them as is. And as much as they didn't want to admit it. Everything that their daughters was talking about was in fact truer than anything else they had to experience here.

Jenny began to start first. "It was Kite. Kite told me what happened to Alesia, Yuma and Shark, and then the whole gang found out." This perked up Yuma's curiosity. "EVERYBODY?"

"Yes, Yuma, EVERYBODY… anyway's, with all of that going on, we came up with a plan to send me here, alone to try to relay the message about the Barians plotting to show up. Besides, trying to get all of you back to the ZEXAL world." Kite stepped in after her. "However, we were already too late. The Barians got here before we did. And the diary that belonged to Cassie held clues on what to do concerning the Power of Eternia."

Yuma, Astral, Shark and the parents were all stunned at the revelation Kite shared. "Clues to the Power of Eternia? That would explain things. You were trying to get that information over to us." Astral concluded. "AND? What did it say?" Shark pressed the matter. Kite shook his head very slowly. "Nothing that wasn't already personal and surprising. We didn't get to that part yet. But that's where our bigger problems lies. Before we had the chance to even do anything, the portal leading to the real world that Vetrix opened up for Jenny, went out of whack. And if that doesn't scare you, wait till you hear this. Our world is about to go with a bang if we don't get back home immediately."

This scared everybody but Alesia in the room. "WHAT?" Julie spoke up now. "But…That would mean that…"

"Your world is disappearing…!" Walter finished. Now he was holding his forehead in deep shock and a stressful headache trying to come in. "I anticipated something like this was going to happen." Anna and Greg looked at Walter once they heard it. "How so?" Anna said. "Explain." Greg ordered afterward. Walter tried finding the right words in his mind before he calmed down and settled on what to do. "Alesia showed up with Yuma and Shark, while Astral was already in his key. But now materialized as a human." He said trying to be sensible of everyone's position.

"By having almost all of the main characters here, things in your world are shifting towards annihilation of everything. I know, because I've been keeping tabs since my first mission 8 years ago. I was assigned to watch over Hailey's friends after it was reported that she went missing at the bay. Not only that but the mysterious college freshman who suddenly disappeared along with her. Her name as you already know by now, is named Cara."

The name alone shocked everyone but they remained quiet. Now everything is starting to make sense. Alesia's journey started a long time ago before Alesia was even aware of her power. With that girl… Shark thought in his mind. Cara, huh? I take it that she must be the 1st person to hold the power of Eternia. And then this Hailey girl, but who was the other one that came before Cassie or Alesia? Kite also questions in his thoughts.

"I remember the letter. The one that was written for you before we went back to the ZEXAL world. She wrote something about the power being attracted to our innocent minds? And our dreams and desires as well? What does that supposed to really mean?" Jenny questions to Walter. "I honestly don't have a clue."

"Could it be something relating to dream 'dreams'? You know, like, what do you want to be when you grow up? Kind of thing?" Yuma guesses. "That makes a lot of sense. Good job, Yuma! Now we have a clue."

"Pause. Doesn't that sound way too easy? Surely it's a lot more complicated than that." Greg interjected. "What else can they do, Greg? It's better of a guess than nothing. Only those last girls have a clue to what is really going on. And where running out of time. And besides… [she turned to look at the characters.] their home is dying out, and that could even mean with their friends and family too. Innocent people will die…" Anna said in a sad voice.

Kite lowered his head as well as the rest of them. "So what can we do, if we can't get back to the ZEXAL WORLD?" Yuma looked around wondering what the answer will be. "We can't build our lives here…can we?"

"Of course not! Where are we even going to live? I'm just happy that we have some type of disguise to pull this off with. Things could have been worse. A whole lot worse…" Shark pointed out in anger towards Yuma's naiveness.

END FLASHBACK

I felt a hand touch my arm and I looked to see that Yuma gave me a concerned look on his face. "Alesia, are you okay?" He asked me tenderly. I almost blushed at the strange though and shook my head trying to snap out of my trance. "Um, Yeah! Sure…Sorry about that guys." I tried to brush the whole thing off. The news had changed to the weather. Much to everybody else's borden at the moment, I decided to get up and excuse myself from the room.

"HEY, where are you going Alesia?" Yuma started. "I'm just going to the bathroom. Relax."


Normal POV


Yuma, who was so perplexed about what happened looked over to the Blond and teal colored young man staring at the direction Alesia went. "Is it just me, or does she seemed a bit out of it today?"

"No, it isn't you. I think your right about something." Kite concluded all to himself. Orbital looked on and then rolled out of the living room so that he can watch the sky from the window, silently keeping a look out for potential danger. "Yeah, but…but what do you think it could be?"

"Don't know…." Kite mumbled as he continues to stare at the hallway leading to the bathroom. Yuma narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "No…I think I know…" Kite swiftly turned over to look at Yuma shocked. "What do you mean?" He asked sharply. "I'm not stupid Kite. Something happened between you and her yesterday, I can feel it."

Kite narrowed his eyes. "Nothing happened. We just had a serious talk about somethings. Not that it concerns you. And besides, I say that we need to focus a lot more about what to do with our current situation. I don't want to muse about something that's not important."

Yuma frowned and then leaned forward to pay attention to Kite. "You have an idea on how to get home?"

"First we have to find out the Barians plans. Where they're hiding, and how to ship them back to our universe, before that cause…"

"We have a breaking news reporting now surrounding the town…" Alesia walked out of the bathroom as the toilet is flushing down the water. "Hey, what's going on?" She asked.


Alesia's POV


When I got out from the bathroom after turning off the light, the boys looked at me in confusion. "So…?" I continued to question them. They seemed pretty serious about something. And I don't know what. Or why…

Kite leaned back and turned to the news. Seemly ignoring me in the process…

"It's nothing important…" Kite stated calmly. Before Yuma looked at the news in shock. "Guys, take a look at this!"

I hear the doorbell ranged, and I sighed as I have a feeling I know who it could be. Orbital blinked and turned to me. "It's o-o-okay! It's our friends!" I sighed again, this time loudly. "Thanks for letting me know Orbital. Can you please check out what is going on in the news?" I asked respectfully. He saluted, and rolled away so nobody would suspect anything. Looking through the peephole I see Shark and Jenny at the door. I opened it and smiled.

"I take it you guys got along on the way here?" I teased. "Just. Shut. Up." Shark said as he just waltzed right in. Jenny looked really sad and didn't seem like in a talkative mood. I pulled her to the side so that we can speak. "You okay? Did something happen?" I whispered to her. She just shook her head. "No…" She look like she wanted to cry. I was feeling very uneasy about what I'm sensing from her. It was like heartbreak.

She walked to the living room and didn't say a word. "Alesia! Come quick!" Shark called over. I quickly locked my front door after closing it. I rushed over to catch up with what was going on. "So, what?" I asked anybody willing.

Jenny gave me a disturbed look. "We got a problem."

"A real big problem…" Shark pointed out while staring at the TV. He was sitting next to Yuma. I decided to lean against the chair Kite was sitting in. He somewhat moved over so I could get a bit comfortable.

"…We've been getting a wave of different stories going on here in our area alone. A local Sanitation dump site has been experiencing some strange issues regarding their security cameras, and the weather. More than 200 members were stuck yesterday for nearly 4 hours. And that doesn't include the power plant that almost went through the exact same thing. Witnesses have claimed that the strange weather can be the cause. But one employee have a lot to say about it." A woman finished.

A man somewhere his 50's looked terrified and scared. "It was some mess, I tell you." He stuttered. "I don't even know what to describe it."

"Jon, you don't have to say anything…" Another young employee said this time. "BE QUIET!" He shouted at him. Basically startling everyone in being interviewed. And us…

Orbital was growing curious about the man's behavior. "It was these kids! Or what I think are kids. They just…Showed up from out of nowhere. They blew out one of our cameras!" Now he was starting to sound deranged. But somehow his story is making some sense here. "Can you describe how these kids look like? And how many they were?"

"Um…3… There were 3 of them. 1 was tall, and fat. The other two are slim. One definitely looked like some kind of drag queen of something and the other seemed like one of those bad boys who dresses too nice for the ladies. But you can tell he works out!"

"Were they black or white? How about approximate age?"

"Hey! Isn't that information supposed to go to the cops, and not you news anchors!?" Another male employee talked down to the lady reporter. "Sir, this is public information that should be accessible to everyone. If the cops haven't been called, then that is not our problem. No offense…"

"They were white or I don't know! But they have to be no older than 15 or 16!"

The feed was cut to the newsroom of the studio. "We apologize for that ladies and gentlemen. We had some issues regarding getting on to the next story. But in relation to that, we had the same issues of these 'so-called kids', described being spotted at a local gas station, when the owner of that place said that one of them, teared down the front door?" The male news anchor looked on confused.

My eyes were wide after getting all of this news. After we found out all of this happening, we began talking amongst ourselves now.

"Great! This world is turning into our world, now. But I don't know what's worse! Being in our world, or adapting to this one? I thought this place is supposed to be the rational side of our wacky lives?" Shark complained. "Well, complaining about it isn't going to solve anything now is it? But I do have an idea on what is going on." Kite said in response to Shark's panic. "Oh yeah? Like what?"

I looked to Kite to see what he had planning.

"I say that this is the work of the Barians, there is no doubt about that. But they have no idea what's happening around them either. At least the dimwitted ones at least…"

"Which explains why they showed up at the sanitation dump site, the local gas station, and now the apartment complex further up from town…" I put it together on my own, while Jenny just looked really horrified of the information we're gathering about this. Yuma was staring at the television screen still trying to figure out how to get all of this news to Astral. "Shouldn't we go talk to your dad on your phone about this?" Shark suggested. I turned to him and thought about it. "Yeah…"

"I went to go get my cellphone from the pocket my long dress since I decided to wear a light blue dress and black flats to go with it. While placing my hair behind me so I can reach Dad. I finally got his answering service. Since he wasn't at the phone, I had to leave a message. When I finished I just made my way to the kitchen so that I can help clean the dishes that Orbital made. I really didn't feel like talking to anybody right now. It just wasn't going to happen.

However, Jenny made her way to the kitchen and I was about to say something. "Please, don't tell me that you don't feel like talking right now. Tell me what is bothering you." Jenny pushed. I shook my head and began turning on the water to hot to begin cleaning the dishes. "I should be asking you the same thing, about you and 'you-know-who'…" I started, so that she can leave me alone.

Jenny frowned and then leaned next to me on the counter top. "Let's just say that my Grandma got the shock of her life this morning."

"You mean that she didn't know that you were having a guest over at the house?" I questioned her finding that this was really strange. "It was an accident. Okay? I didn't know that Grandma was staying over with us, and she just found out this morning. Mom had to try and calm her down before everything got out of control. And then mom told me some strange things Grandma was saying about him." She whispered to me seriously. I turned to her as I washed the forks before placing them in the drainer.

"Like what?" I asked curiously. "That he wasn't human, and he casts no shadow." I froze at that answer. Shark doesn't cast a shadow? "How can that be? How come we didn't notice it?"

"Maybe it's from us being in the ZEXAL world from too long. At least, that's my guess on the matter. But strangely enough… she was right…" Her both cracked. "He doesn't cast a shadow!" I stopped washing the dishes and began holding her tightly as she cried. "Alesia, what are we going to do?"

I don't know what else to her. I mean, what can I tell her? All of this is completely new to me. And I don't even think that this is going to get any easier for us. Just when I thought, just for one-second, that we would be able to get a break. But… it sounds like things aren't going to go as planned. So, is this how it's going to be for now on?


The Late Afternoon


Mom came back home from work and she decided to drive us over to see Astral. Orbital decided to stay behind as did Kite. He said that he didn't want to over crowd. Talk about an excuse if you ask me…

"So wait, we got school tomorrow?" I asked Mom. She nodded. "Yeah, your principal sent in a letter that came by today. I guess that they want to make sure that everybody that attends your school, gets it. Though I would have liked it if they have done this sooner."

I grumbled to myself as I hate knowing that I have school here, and then school there, plus the Barians on our tail. "Not only that, but Homecoming is on the way in less than 3 days!"

"Why didn't I think about this before?" Jenny spoke confused. "Because nobody would have thought that we were going to come back here soon before then…" I answered in annoyance.

"…Oh yeah, that's right…" Jenny started to figure it out.

On out way to front desk, Yuma and Shark looked around again still trying to grasp all of this mess. I couldn't blame them. I did the same thing when I entered their world. So it would make sense why they would do the same thing as well. We signed in and made our way to get our visitor's passes before getting the elevator to take to Astral floor. I hope that Dad is doing okay.

When we knocked on the door, Astral called for us to come in. When we did, I can see dad sleeping on the chairs completely knocked out. While the television was on for Astral to watch. "Oh…Astral, you were here watching TV by yourself?" I asked surprised. He smiled at me. "Yes, for the time being I was watching it. However, your father needed some rest. He stood up all night making sure I was safe."

We all looked towards dad as he was breathing slowly where he slept. Thanks dad…

"Can I stay with Astral this time?" Yuma begged. "Okay, okay. We get it." My mom has said before she went over to wake Dad up. When she nudged him a bit a few times, his eyes fluttered awake and he was almost shocked to us here. "Yuma would like to stay with Astral for a while. Do you think its safe to do so?" She asked. "It should be okay. I doubt the Barians know where we're located at the moment. But since we cannot be naive at this time, I'm going to stick around the hospital with them just in case." Dad turned over to look at Yuma and Astral. "That okay with you boy's?"

They nodded and smiled at the same time. "Sure, I don't mine it. I mean your the only one around here that have Alesia's number."

"While Yuma and Astral catch up, I take it that school for you guys start tomorrow?" Shark questioned. "Yep, that's what their letter said." Mom confirmed with him. "Hey! Can we go?" Yuma asked excitedly, while Jenny and I turned to him angrily. "NO!" Jenny, Shark and I said at the same time with Yuma scared. Even Mom and Dad were freaked out.

"B-B-But why NOT!" Yuma whined while pulling his mouth inwards on the verge to cry. "BeCAUSE! There is just no way we can have animated characters running around, possibly around in a real world school!" I scolded in nearly a whisper for everyone else to hear — but not others who could possibly hear from outside the room.


THE NEXT MORNING


"I can't believe mom approve of them going to school with us…" I dreaded as I got breakfast as early as 7:10am. Yuma yawned so loudly that it's still bothering me that he's here in my kitchen, trying to eat ALL OF OUR FOOD! Kite looked so disgusted. "Remind me to have the cooks make a batch of food to feed an army when we get back." Kite ordered feeling complete disturbed at the sight. Orbital agreed with his master.

"Kite. You need to…"

"I know, I know. I'm staying here so I won't stand out too much." Kite looked over to mom. "By the way, Julie, Thank you for getting these change of clothes for me while my other ones are getting washed. I wouldn't want to stink up your home with my mess." Mom surprisingly smiled. "No problem, Kite — you needed fresh good clothes, and maybe you can take some with you before you all have to leave."

She then looked at the time. "Oh my goodness, Alesia, hun, it's almost time, we have to get a move on! Orbital, I…"

"D-D-Don't you worry ma-ma-ma'am! I'll clean up the rest of the dishes while your out." Orbital saluted.

Mom finally dropped Yuma and I off to the school lawn as I was already frozen with fear. What are my classmates are going to think? Will they think that Yuma is my boyfriend or something? Who knows, maybe it would be a good thing, to stop people starting those crazy rumors about me.

"Hey, so this is your school?" Yuma asked. "Yeah…I wonder where's…" I started. Suddenly we can hear a group of girls squealing and shouting. Much to everyone's shock and annoyance. I slapped my head knowing what's coming. "Hey…isn't that…" Yuma pointed over to where the crowd was gathering and I can see WHY the girls were squealing they seen a celeb. It's SHARK and he's with Jenny coming out from her dad's car. Struggling to not stay close to Shark like that before she gets attacked.

Yuma frowned. "Hey, how come they aren't goo-goo gaga-gaga over to ME!" He whined…again! "Will you stop embarrassing me over here!" I warned him in a whisper. People will stare at us. "Oh finally! I was wondering when this was going to END!" Jenny complained. "You got that right! They're worse over here, than it is over THERE! I'm starting to miss my world." Shark commented.

Yuma sniffs as if he's about to cry. "…me too…" He began to daydream about his time at Heartland Academy after the events of the World Duel Carnival. As soon as he looked like he wanted to drool, and immediately closed his mouth. "You. Are. An. Embarrassment…" I told him again in annoyance.

"Ah, can we, like, just, GO! I'm starting to get a really bad feeling about…"

The girls starting screaming and shouting again, and while Jenny and I looked confused as to why, Shark and Yuma directed our attention to what's going on. "Jenny, Alesia, look!" They warned. I was in shock, and I wanted to internally panic!

Two boys, One with strange grey hair and another with the long blond, but now in a long ponytail walked seemingly almost guarded for some reason. With the blond giving dirty looks, and the grey looking quite determined. Trying to give a charming expression to show the girls that they were acknowledged in a polite way. With some of the shy boys looking very much emasculated right now, the ones on the football team looked at them. Even pointed at them with no sense of respect.

Murmurs surrounded us and them at the same time. Even one or two teachers even seemed surprised as they never met them before. And that was before both of them turned to their left and they spotted us!

They gave us strange looks in their eyes. And I couldn't help but feel myself tremble at their strong enticing eyes. Eyes similar to that of baby blue was tracing my every expression. While the one with sky blue eyes was piercing and determined. Almost like he wanted to ensnare me with it. It was then it hit me.

"… … Are they…?" Jenny started. "Who knows — It could be. But we have to be careful. We can never be too sure." Shark started calmly while having a reassuring hand of Jenny's upper right arm. "Are you kidding me, Shar — I mean… Reginald, one of them looks almost like Mizar."

"Yeah, I totally agree with you there. But whose the other guy with the Grey hair? That can't be too normal around here." Shark observed. "Actually, it's quite possible for one to go through premature greying at a young age. Maybe he's one of them?" Jenny guessed. I couldn't help butto agree with Jenny on this one. However, those strange looks they just gave us, was no mere coincidence.


1st PERIOD CLASS


Our teacher Ms. Linch who also handles our Science Class finally began calling in for attendance. Strangely enough, Cyan's seat has been empty today. Sadly I want to know why. I was separated from Jenny, besides Yuma and Shark. They were assigned to our classes on and off unless together. Yuma had to lie about his age so he can be in H.S with us. Ms. Linch began her speech.

"So, as you guys are aware, the Homecoming dance is tomorrow starting at 6:30pm due to delays with construction. So the gym is entirely off limits until then. UNDERSTAND?" She pressured. "YES, Ms. Linch…" We all said in complete boredom. Please tell me when this nightmare can be over?

"Also to add, you remember that Cyan has left us recently after getting caught in that tragic accident a few days ago. Since his condition hasn't improved, we won't be seeing him for the reminder of the school year." I gasped when I heard the news. WHAT?! "You mean he's still in that coma? Can we do anything to help him and the family? Do a fundraiser or something?" A female classmate named Clara Bryan in the deep blond suggested, as everybody else agreed on the matter. I'm still trying to get over the news. What happened to Cyan!?

A knock came from the classroom door. Ms. Linch noticed and then began walking over to the door before even opening it. On the other end the door revealed the ones of the boys we saw this morning!

O.M.G…

The room seemed deathly quiet for some strange reason, and then that's when I sensed something in the air! A strange sensation began to overcome me. I felt a bit light headed and a pinch near the back of my head. It was almost as if it was nagging me to let go of…something. And then that's when I snapped out of it, and heard the class whispering amongst each other.

"Hey! Settle down!" Everyone became quiet again in a split second. And it didn't take the other kid in the front of the class to realize that Ms. Linch can have such a bad temper if provoked the wrong way. "Now, to get to the point, yes, we can start a voting session something during lunch period if anybody is willing here in this classroom. However, we have a brand new student here today who will be joining our class. So everyone…Meet Sam Verdant…"

The boy named 'Sam' looked directly at me with his glasses on. Funny, last I checked, he didn't have glasses… He still remain frozen as our teacher continued to speak. And then he began to introduce himself.

He slightly bowed, much to the amusement of some people, had Ms. Linch not gave them a stern warning slightly. Even pointing at one kid in the back. "Greetings, you may call me Sam if you would like. I'm 15 years old, and was born here before leaving for the UK. I graduated from an Academy in England. I've studied there for quiet some time before moving back to the United States. I currently live with my brothers as our parents are still in England. I can't wait to finish the school year with you all, and would like for us to be friends, if that's alright with you. Anything you want to ask me, I'm willing to help out. Thank you."

Surprisingly a lot of people began clapping at his introduction. Man, he's good. "That was an outstanding introduction, Sam. I believe you will excellent in our school for the next coming years. However, 2nd period is about to start in a few minutes. So if anybody has any questions for Sam, now is the time."

A few students have their hands up for some questions for him to answer. Like:

When did you move from the states? In which he said when he was 4 years of age.

Why is his hair grey? Although Ms. Linch was about to reprimand the male student, Sam gladly answered that its due to a rare condition that he developed when he only 1 years old. Surprisingly that one seemed a bit fishy to me.

How come he moved back to the states? He pointed out that one of his brothers wasn't well, and the stress back in England was getting to most of us, so they allowed us to be sent back.

Is his parents rich? In which he replied 'Yes, my whole family is actually.' Yet nobody even heard of them. And they all originated from England? Hmmm…

Does he has a girlfriend? Nope… He's surprisingly single and had no time to mingle with the ladies. Has been focusing on studying at the top level in education in England, that it was becoming to be so demanding of his time. The girls would only be a distraction for him. But he did state that perhaps he may try dating this year or at some point before graduation. And boy, did the girls start their gossip going on. So if what he was saying is true, why come to the educational system of 'lower status of the world' according to the rest of the world?

The 2nd Period bell started and some of the student began shifting off to the 2nd period class. I had to stay since Science is on my schedule. No Jenny or Yuma and Shark…

"Okay, Sam. You may take your seat next to Alesia Bennet to her left. Alesia, please raise your hand so that Sam knows where to sit." I gulped slightly before awkwardly raising my left hand. 'Sam' gave a small smile before taking his shoulder bag and unwrapped it from his shoulder. I felt nothing but intense energy coming from him. And then what was strange was that my poor heart started speeding up. And you know what that means. That means something isn't right. And I should know. My intuitive side of me never failed me yet. So who are you really 'Sam Verdant'?

And as if to answer my silent question, Sam turned to me curiously before giving off a sideways smirk. "So, Alesia, right? I hope I didn't startle you when the teacher called you by your name. You looked like you were pale as a ghost." Now my heart rate was starting to speed up very quickly but I'm trying to give my best poker face here. "Your point?" I started annoyed. He chuckled a bit before getting out his notebook and pens. And continued to smiled. "None really… [he paused while folding his arms across the desk leaning forward up front] Just trying to strike up a friendly conversation. After all, you are quite the looker…"

Okay. Is he REALLY trying to get me pissed off? Because I'm starting to get into a really foal mood. I'm tired of getting HIT ON!

He chucked lightly again, seeing my overall reaction. He somewhat frowned at this. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. It's just that it's my first day here and my first time speaking to someone like this. I never had much friends back in England. So…"

"You mean to tell me that you never had any friends?" I questioned curiously. He shrugged before speaking up. "When you're a nerd, it comes with the territory." When he said that, it gave me a sense of familiarity in his words. Though his actions, voice and mannerisms seems to remind me of someone. I can remember what it feels like to not really belong anywhere. I felt so alone growing up and leaving some of my old friend behind. Whom eventually stopped being my friends, until all I had was Jenny…


At the Last Bell…


Shark, or should we call him Reginald began moving as fast as possible away from the coming fangirls that tried chasing him all day to ask him out to homecoming. And he was relentless in telling all of them 'NO' and he is not interested in going out with either of them. Jenny even seemed very upset at this, since she doesn't have anybody else to go with. The last guy she was talking to already began seeing somebody else. When Jenny saw him and the new girl kissing, she ran the opposite direction in tears. Shark saw it happen, and he began placing two and two together. He was very confused about it. But he nonetheless stopped Jenny and comforted her just like last time.

'Typical Teenage Drama' Shark called it. And even Yuma agreed though he began patting Jenny on the back. A cute girl who was shy with glasses had asked if Yuma, who is under the alias 'Eli' to homecoming. And he even said yes. I was like 'Wow, somebody is moving fast.' And then I really thought about it and was like 'WAIT. What about Tori? She is going to be so livid when she finds out Yuma took out another girl to homecoming. But then again, would she really at a time like this? I mean, they both are just 1st years in middle school. Homecoming for them probably wouldn't happen till high school. They still got like 2 proms and that to look forward to.

"Okay. Somebody please tell me that those two boys showing up at our school was no coincidence." Jenny started as we walked out of the school building. "Definitely…The guy in the blond… Yuri I think, had some real serious issues when looking at the three of us. And showed you up in Science class too. I mean, what the hell is his problem?" Shark began feeling annoyed at this. I turned to looked at him. "What? So you guy's too?"

"What do you mean, you too? What the heck is going on with your classes?" Shark pursued. I just took a deep breath before exhaling. "You have no idea… And let me guess, this kid's surname just so happened to be 'Verdant'?"

Jenny slapped her forehead. "Oh hell no…" She muttered. "Yeah, how you'd guess?" Yuma asked surprised. "Didn't have to. Sam and that other kid are related." I answered. But to their shock. "RELATED?!"

"Get out!" Shark said. "I'm not kidding. Sam personally told me all about it. And to the rest of the class…said his family was from England, but he was born here…"

"…But they had to move back to the states because one of their brothers got sick? Parents also rich? Went to an Academy? Yeah, we heard the whole story too. Though Yuri didn't want to say much." Shark confirmed the worse.

Yuma looked around to see if he can spot Either Sam or Yuri. "So, where do you guys think they really come from?" he asked us randomly. "Don't know. They could be telling the truth, or they could be telling a big fat lie. Only God knows what's really going on." I pointed out. "So in other news, how was everyone's day?" I changed the subject.

"Good…" Yuma said. "I really like your school. But I hate the classwork! Why couldn't we just use our D-pad's or something? Everything but computer class was done on paper." Yuma slouched feeling sad. "Well, Yuma. We don't use Tablets here in school. Such electronics other than our cellphones are not allowed here. And nobody has ever heard of a dueling technology that can also be used for practically everything."

"Well, those tablet things you're talking about can be one day used for that if your technology advanced more. But by then you two would probably be old ladies, no offense." Shark said embarrassingly thinking about it.

Mom finally showed up and offered to drive us home since Jenny's parents had something's to get for us. "What?" I asked her. "We're going to get you guys some prom clothes to rent for tomorrow since I know all of you plan on going."

Yuma just realized something. "You know what Ms. Julie, I think I made a mistake agreeing to taking that girl out for homecoming. How am I going to see Astral?"

"Speaking about him — The doctors said that he can be released tomorrow afternoon. So he can go with you guys to homecoming since you all would be going, right?"

I began blushing. "Whoa, whoa, dad, time out here. Who said anything about all of us going? We have even more bigger problems to worry about here." I started. Dad suddenly became looking serious. "What do you mean by bigger problems? I don't think we need any more problems than what we already have."

Shark stepped up a bit before he got he blue backpack he carry's with him. "Exactly what she said. You wouldn't believe that we weren't the only ones who showed up at the school today."

"Yeah! We think that the Barians may have shown up at the school too!" Yuma testified. Astral seemed shocked. "I suppose that we better start finding our way home, and fast…" he stated.


And there you have it, everybody. I apologize for such a long wait! I'm working on the next chapter now as we speak! I had no time hardly for the past two months for anything. But let me get straight into the dedication to reviewers!

De hearts 26: Glad you enjoyed this chapter. Surprisingly it seems like they're causing a lot of trouble already here. Now Cara and Yukito have to place themselves in the middle of the fight! But as far as if it's the first time a ygo character came here? Well, you'll have to wait and see the next installment! X) It will tie into Zexal. How Cara's story came to be will shock everyone. But let me just finish this and Cassie's story. I'm working on her's as well. I won't spoil much!

And to the Guest reviewer/s: Right now I'm leaving things pretty open for Alesia to decide what she wants to leave with. With or without romance in the end. But wait until the next 3 chapters from now. It will all make since to you. And yes, it will get intense once Shark and Rio remember who they are. But until then, still tuned!

Everybody, please be willing to leave a small review. It gaining feedback helps a lot with my writing. And I will continue to fix the errors and mistakes on the other ones little by little. Anything you think is missing. Please do not hesitate to PM or have it in the reviews. Thanks everyone! Stay warm!

~Sapphire100