Chapter 53: The Plan
After that 30 minutes that Kenji was unconscious, classes were over. He rushed past students making his way towards Yura's dorm room. He made it right before she was about to walk in. "Wait a minute Yura," he said, panting. "Kenji? What's wrong?" Yura asked. "She took him..." Kenji said, "Kira took Zurui!" Yura didn't believe what he said at first but then realized Aru could've been next.
She opened her dorm room. "Aru?!" Yura called out. There was no answer. She checked around the usual placed Aru would hide but she was nowhere to be seen. "Aru would never leave the room on her own," Yura muttered. But how did she get in here? The door is locked, Yura thought. She then noticed her window slightly open. Realizing how Kira got in, Yura fell to her knees and banged on the floor in anger. "What did you want with them Kira?" she wondered.
Meanwhile, back under the school, Kira returned to her father with Aru and Zurui in hand. "Oh, you've not only returned with Kenji's familiar but Yura's as well. Did you duel them both?" he asked. "I dueled Kenji and beat him but I snuck into Yura's room to get this one," Kira explained. "Would've been faster if you'd done that the first time," her father pointed out. "True, but I wanted to actually see how strong Yura was," Kira said. With everything said and done, Kira strapped Aru and Zurui inside a chamber. Inaho was already in her own chamber. "What will you do with them father?" Kira asked.
"First, let me ask you something," he said. He opened a drawer and pulled out a book. "Do you know what this is?" he asked. The book he showed Kira looked similar to "The Book" back on hEARTH that contained photos about hEARTH's past. At that moment he showed her the book, Zurui had awoken and immediately noticed the book in Kira's father's hand. "Hey! What are you doing with that?!" he yelled. "This book fell to Earth 10 years ago," Kira's father explained, "The text that was in this book was unreadable at first, but as a man who was interested in this kind of thing, I couldn't resist trying to decrypt it. After spending the next 2 months at the library and learning ancient symbols, somehow the words slowly became clearer for me to read. "The person who masters the methods of the past shall have their greatest wish granted. This wish shall be bestowed by the Child of the current hEARTH ruler."
"While I didn't understand this hEARTH stuff," Kira's father continued, "I did understand that first sentence. Basically, you would have to master ALL the Summoning Methods that were implemented by past generations, including Ritual Summoning. Only by continuing the book did I understand hEARTH. An interesting fact about this book was that it foreshadowed the Child of the current rulers to appear here on Earth. That Child becomes part of the key to granting the wish I desire. It also became apparent that I needed 2 people from hEARTH. That's where the other two come in. All I have to do is harness the hidden power that even they don't know about and once I've mastered all the Summoning Methods, the Child of the rulers will grant me that wish."
"And what is this so-called wish of yours?" Zurui asked. "To be the most powerful human being that ever existed! No one will disobey me because I would crush them where they stand. People will do what I say when I say it. What I want is control of the people! During my time here at this school, I've come to learn up to 4 of the 6 methods of summoning: Synchro, Xyz, Ritual, and Future. Once, I've mastered Fusion and Pendulum Summon, my wish will come into fruition! And as long as my daughter Kira stays faithful to me, and of course she will, no one will come close to stopping me! Now then, as for you three..." He pulled a lever and electricity shot through the chambers, causing pain and discomfort to all three familiars.
"Scream all you want, but no one knows where this place is," Kira said, "It will take aproximately 30 minutes for the transfer to complete itself." Gases slowly emitted from each of the familiars which was sucked into a tube and into a vile. "Why are you doing this Kira?" Aru asked through the pain, "I thought you were Yura's friend."
"Friend?" Kira questioned, "My sister was the only friend I needed and now she's gone unless my father gives me answers." "And you're very close to getting those answers," her father said, "Now I have a new job for you. Make sure no one reaches this place. Continue your classes, but do your best to avoid Yura and Kenji." Kira nodded her head and left.
The next day, Yura barely got any sleep. She was very drowsy in her class. All she could think about was Aru. However, today was a day where no one needed to attend classes, so Yura decided to leave school grounds and do some thinking. "Even when I thought I was getting stronger, I still wasn't able to keep Aru protected." She sat in a local park and cried.
To be continued in Chapter 54: Short term friendship
