Embarrassing confession time: I have never and I mean NEVER watched Yugioh 5D's, GX or even the original! Zexal is my first ever Yugioh. XD I mean, I know the main protagonists and their rivals of the other series, sort of-Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba, Jaden Yuki and Chazz Princeton (I think) and Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas (again, I think that's right but am not sure)-but that's about it. :/ oh, and synchro summoning. Oops. ^^; who cares~?

So no more updates until Saturday because of School. :( I'm gonna miss you guys! I hate school! DX I own nothing.

Just imagine this one in the P-O-V of whoever you want, guys. That's what I did. XD Enjoy~!

Word used: "Lost"

I cursed at how much of a labyrinth this forest was. If only I'd paid closer attention to the map before the wind blew it away!

I wrapped my thin arms around my being. God it was cold! What didn't help me was the fact that this forest was known for 2 things-demons and the infamous clearing.

Demons lived in this forest since beginning times. It's oe of the reasons we were constantly warned away from it. Personally I'm not afraid of demons. Who really cares, anyway? People were just so paranoid sometimes.

And as for the infamous clearing, there was a rumor passed down through generations that once, a long time ago, there had been a pair of twins. They were polar opposites, though-one was dark and sadistic, and the other was bright and kind. The bright one was well loved. One day, the dark one killed his brother out of jealousy and sealed his soul into the clearing. So basically, his soul haunts the clearing. The details were a little unknown, though, such as how it's known that he still roams there.

Didn't I already pass that tree? Damn it, I'm way too lost for it to be funny! I sighed and trudged on, a frown on my lips.

I paused when I noticed an opening in the trees. I tiptoed towards it. I looked inside and gasped.

Inside were two individuals. One was a boy around my age with black hair that suck out in four points at the back with red bangs that stuck upwards like antennae and bloody red eyes. His skin was tan and he wore a black shirt, black pants and a black cape-like thing. On the back of his neck was a strange mark. He was a demon.

The other hovered above the ground, and had light blue skin, matching hair that curved upwards and mismatched silver and gold eyes. Strange green gems and patterns decorated his skin, and he seemed to glow. He was also transparent, and I realized with a chill he must have been the ghost. That meant this was the clearing I had heard so much about!

I got a little closer while remaining in the shadows so I could listen in on their conversation.

"…scared, Astral," the demon said, "Shingetsu is still hunting me." His fist clenched. "I despise that fire demon so much. I'm scared that he's gonna find you and…" he trailed off.

The spirit-Astral, I guessed-placed an intangible hand on his shoulder. "There is no need to worry, Yuma. I can defend myself well enough, despite what you might believe. I may be dead, but how do you suppose I've managed to remain unseen until I met you?"

Yuma chuckled. "I suppose your right. It's just…" he sighed. "I can't lose you, Astral. As a Shadow demon, I've always been ignored. I've only really been talked to by Ryouga and Kaito, and even then, I very rarely see them. Meeting you was one of the best things to ever happened to me and if I lost you…" I felt myself grow cold as he said he was a Shadow Demon. Crap! He could probably sense my presence!

The spirit wrapped his arms around Yuma, resting his head on Yuma's own bowed one. "I will let nothing separate us, Yuma. I promise."

Yuma smiled. "Thanks Astral." He sighed. "I have to go. And by the way, you might wanna hide. Someone's in the shadows." With that, he melted into shadows. Astral briefly glanced around, eyes skimming over me for a moment, before vanishing.

I felt my beating heart slow softly and sighed, continuing on through the forest until finally reaching the village. As I lay in my bed, thinking, I remembered the sight of Yuma and Astral and smiled. Those two were really adorable together. And I decided that, as long as it was in my power, I would make sure they stayed together while not making myself known. That was a promise.

I'm glad I got lost in the forest. Because if I hadn't, I'd never have seen those two. I guess that, despite what most people might think, getting lost was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Theabridgedkuriboh: agreed!

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