So school just closed down because of stupid Coronavirus so now I have way too much free time. And I was hit with a burst of inspiration, so I decided to let it out by writing! Cuz why not?

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Song recommendation: Stand Up! Blaze Up! by iMarine (or Aya Uchida)

Artist recommendation: Tanjiro Taidana

Anime Recommendation: Your Lie in April (if you watch this have a tissue box ready)

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-Idol

I woke up to a throbbing pain in my temple. Blearily opening my eyes, I sat up while rubbing my temples and groaning. I looked around myself when I could see clearly. I was in a living room, walls painted yellow. The sofas were light blue. There was a doorway leading somewhere and the smell of freshly baked bread filled my nostrils. I took a deep breath, inhaling the sweet scent, and then I stood up.

Just as I did, the two little kids from earlier dashed in the room. The girl gasped when she saw me standing upright. "You're awake!"

I chuckled. "Yeah, I am. What happened to me anyway?"

The boy scratched his head. "I honestly don't know myself. You were looking at your Bey like you've never seen a Bey before, and then you just fell. Oh!" His eyes lit up in realization. "You don't even know our names! I'm Tokonatsu, and she's Nika."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Yuya Sakaki," I introduced myself to the two kids. They smiled back at me. Were they Valt's little siblings? He was lucky to have siblings as nice as them.

A familiar boy entered the room just them. I recognized him as Shu Kurenai. He looked at me in surprise. "Oh, Sakaki-san, you're awake! I just came to call Tokonatsu and Nika to dinner. Are you alright?"

"Never better," I grinned at him.

"Great. Valt's in the kitchen; we can talk there." He walked out of the room with all three of us following behind.

I must say, Aoi-san is an amazing cook. She cooked us pasta with bread, which was scrumptious. Then she brought out a basket of bread that was shaped a lot like the spinning top that fascinated me earlier. That made me remember what I wanted to ask the two boys sitting next to me.

"So, Valt," I took some of the 'Beybread' as he had called it as I addressed the boy. "What's a Bey?"

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT BEYBLADE IS!?"

"Calm down!" Shu shouted at the screaming midget, covering his ears. I did the same; who knew someone so small would have such a big voice?

I brought out the Bey again from my deck box (someone must have put it back; I don't remember putting it back there) and I looked at it. The Bey glinted at me, but the sensation was nowhere near what I had experienced last time. "I've never seen it before. What is it?"

Shu, ever the sensible one, answered my question. "A Bey is a spinning top used in the sport called Beyblade. The wielders of these are called Bladers. You put the Bey into a Launcher and pull the ripcord to launch it. Your Bey battles against other Beys and the last one left standing is the winner. There's a lot more to it, but that's the basics." He took a bite of his Beybread.

Valt excitedly pointed to Shu. "Shu's one of the best Bladers in Japan!"

"That's cool," I nodded at the albino, who smiled in return. "So it's popular?"

"Yeah, it's like the most popular sport EVER!" Tokonatsu informed me excitedly.

"What school do you go to?" Valt's eyes shone in excitement; for what he was excited for I couldn't place my finger on.

But that aside; I didn't know any schools in this area, and it was obvious that the You Show Duel School didn't exist in this 'dimension'. "Uh...I don't know?"

Shu's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean, you don't know?"

"Uhh...I travel a lot?" It came out sounding like more of a question.

Shu looked like he wasn't buying it, unlike the others in the room (except Aoi-san; she was somewhere) but he let the matter drop for now. I was internally grateful to him.

But then he had to bring up another matter of concern: "So, if you're traveling a lot, where do you live?"

Valt's eyes widened. "That's right! I found you sleeping on the side of the road!"

"Gah-" I tried to stop Valt from saying that, but I failed. I sighed and slumped in my seat. "...I just got here so I don't have a place to stay…"

"That's not a problem, you can stay with me."

My eyes shot open at that statement. Shu was completely serious. "Well, I know for a fact that the only space Valt has is a small corner in his room. I have a guest room you could use. How long are you going to be here?"

"I'm gonna stay awhile," I answered in between chewing (Beybread tastes amazing!)

Shu nodded. "Alright, it's settled then."

"Wait," Nika spoke up. "If Yuya has a Bey, what's its name?"

"Oh yeah!" Valt looked like a light had been flipped in his brain. "You never told me!"

"Bro, I don't even know what a Bey is!" I laughed.

Shu chuckled along, then addressed me seriously again. "I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out if you just think about it. Try it."

"Think about it?" I mused, thinking of what would fit my Bey. I didn't think it was an Entermate; it didn't give off that kind of vibe. I use Entermate monsters when I duel, but the aura I felt was definitely not Entermate. It was similar, though.

I brought out the Bey and gazed at it. It glinted at me again. Suddenly, I realized where I knew the aura from.

It must have shown on my face because Shu noticed and prompted me again.

"Odd-Eyes…"

"Say that again?" Valt asked, since I had basically whispered that.

"It says its name is Ocular Odd-Eyes," I said with more conviction. I knew it had told me its name from the soft growl I heard in the back of my head. I could understand it for some reason. Was that normal?

Was any of this normal?

No, I decided.

Shu groaned when I said that and put his head in his hands. Valt jumped up, laughing. "See? I told you! Beys DO talk!"

"Only you, Valt. Only you." Shu mumbled, making Tokonatsu and Nika cheer in agreement. I had to grin as well when I saw Valt's shocked face.

"B-But I saw you talking to Spriggan when you were training!" Valt pointed his finger at Sh u.

Said albino male shot his head up instantly. "Valt, you must have heard wrong. Why were you stalking me anyway?" He tried to sound serious, but I cracked up when I noticed how pink his face was. He shot me a glare, but Tokonatsu and Nika were laughing with me, as was Valt, so he just huffed in annoyance.

If anything, we laughed harder.

"Ahh…" I sunk into the leather couch. Shu's house was really clean, but it was so white and bland. Luckily the sofas were amazing. "This is life…"

"We have to go to bed soon, Yuya," Shu entered the living room with an apron on. "Dinner will be ready in a few."

"Huh?" I looked at Shu in surprise. "Where's your parents?"

Shu flinched a bit, but it wasn't that noticeable. "Like you're one to talk."

"Yeah," I chuckled. "Need any help?"

"I could do it by myself, but you're welcome to help me," Shu gestured behind him, where the kitchen was. I could already smell something delicious from there, so I got up and followed him over.

The kitchen was about the size of my kitchen back home, but a lot more organized. Mom usually left out everything while she was working and if you entered the kitchen, you'd be really surprised. There would be animal food everywhere because she LOVED taking in random stray animals. Once I accidentally ate a dog treat meant for one of my dogs, En!

I absentmindedly chopped the vegetables, wondering what my mom was doing right now. She probably saw what happened; she was at the stadium after all. I was most likely disqualified from the Battle Royale; I wondered how many of my friends made it through. Hopefully, Gongenzaka and Sora were fine, but last time I saw Sora, he went berserk on this Xyz user, Shun. It was really scary to see the usually sweet, bubbly Sora turn into a monster-hunting menace. His Fusion monster was horrifying as well. Shun was a creepy person, but Sora became terrifying that day, and he collapsed right after beating Shun too! His Fusion monster was horrifying as well.

Thinking about my friends made me remember something else that had happened; though I tried to put it to the back of my head earlier. The day Sora escaped from the hospital and we all went searching for him, I went to the park and I saw these two guys. They both had the same face as me!

One was called Yuto and the other was called Yugo. Yuto kept calling Yugo a Pawn of Fusion, whatever that meant, and they were dueling. From what I had gathered, someone had kidnapped their best friends, and that person had the same face as us too, so they mistook each other for the kidnapper. So they were Dueling when suddenly their eyes started glowing. They looked like they were in pain and they started going berserk.

I knew I had to calm them down, but I could only really get through to Yuto because Yugo was riding around the place on a motorcycle. But by then it was too late, and Yugo delivered the finishing attack. Yuto was supposed to lose, but the attack swerved to hit me instead. I would have been mincemeat-but Yuto saved me. Then, as I tried to save him since he was pretty seriously hurt, he gave me his ace monster, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Then he faded into white light.

I remember pain right after; blinding, searing pain similar to what happened to me the first time I looked at my Bey, Odd-Eyes. The next thing I knew, I was in my bedroom. Yuzu had apparently found me and brought me home, where I was in a coma for a week. I nearly missed one of my tournament matches!

I still remember how worried Yuzu was and how shaken she seemed when I showed up feeling fine. She, and the rest of my friends, had been extremely concerned when I didn't wake up for so long.

How are they holding up now?

This time is worse than back then; they have no idea where I could be or what happened to me. Are they worried sick? I hope they're doing fine because I don't see any way out of this dimension.

But Yuzu was dragged here with me. I overreacted a bit when I first realized that she was here too, but even so, I needed to go find her soon. But there would be almost no time for that since I knew that Shu was going to find a way to get me enrolled in school. Then I would have to get better at Blading since that was basically the Dueling of this world. Doing all that, I might not even have time to scour the city, let alone search for Yuzu!

"Hey, look out-YUYA!" Shu's sudden screaming brought me back to reality. I looked down to where I was chopping vegetables, only to see a lot of uneven slices and a puddle of blood under my hand. I flung my hand away from the chopping board, only spreading the blood in the process. Shu told me to stay still while he retrieved the first aid kit.

"Sit down," Shu ordered, pointing at the dining table. I obliged; I mean, nobody wants to see an angry Shu. He held my hand tenderly while he sprayed something on the wound to disinfect it.

I hate first aid. I've always hated it. So I pulled back on reflex once I registered the sting of the antibacterial. The worst part was that I had a cut across my entire palm that was bleeding like crazy, so it hurt even more. But when I pulled back, Shu glared at me, so I complied and gave him my hand again. He wiped away the blood and bandaged my hand securely. "There, all done. Be more careful next time." I nodded in response.

Shu sighed. "You know what, the pasta will be ready any minute. Just relax for a bit." He went into the kitchen while I sat at the table.

The good thing about his kitchen is that the dining table is connected to it, only separated by a wall half the size of us, so while Shu prepared dinner, we could still chat. As such, I brought up a question that was bugging me. "How long have you lived alone, Shu?"

Shu flinched a bit, though again, it wasn't noticeable, and hummed as he thought about it. "Since I was nine, I guess." He answered. "My parents were always busy, but when I was nine, they got promotions, which they accepted. Their new jobs required them to go overseas, so they went on a cruise ship to America. That was the last time I saw them. Of course, they taught me how to fend for myself before I left."

"I see…" I felt bad for Shu. He was only eleven and he already had to live by himself, without support from his parents.

"What about you?"

"Eh?"

"Where are your parents?"

I swear my heart stopped beating for a second when he said that. But it wasn't like I could come up with a lie on the spot! I didn't mind telling him about my mom, but if he found out about my father...he didn't seem like the type, but you never knew.

"Something the matter? He looked at me with a puzzled expression when I failed to answer quickly. He had finished the pasta by then and had brought it over to the table, serving me some. "Neapolitan," He answered my unspoken query about what kind of pasta it was.

"Thank you for the meal," I took a bite. "Mmm, it's really good!"

"Thanks," Shu smiled at me before digging into his own pasta. "But don't think you can change the subject that easily."

I already knew I couldn't and was thinking of an answer to his question. Finding no plausible lies, I decided to just tell him the truth.

"My mom is at home. She's amazing and her pancakes are to die for. As for my dad, he was an entertainer."

"Was?" Shu asked as he took another bite of pasta.

I finished chewing my mouthful before answering. "Where I come from, instead of Beyblade, we do Duel Monsters. It's a card game where two people verse and play. They have contraptions on their arms called Duel Disks that can turn their cards into holograms with mass, and they duel on an Action Field, which is also a holographic field with mass so you can feel all your surroundings. My dad specialized in Action Duels, where while you played the card game, you could run around the field collecting Action Cards to help you out. It was really fun, and he was an Entertainment Duelist, so his Duels would make everyone watching, even the opponent, smile." I smiled at the memory of watching his duels live. How he pulled himself out from a pinch with such splendor that it drew the eyes of all the viewers...it was still ingrained in my memory.

Shu must have noticed my little moment of nostalgia, for he smiled with me. "So, what next?"

My face darkened when I recalled the next events. "Well, he was challenged to a Duel with the reigning champion, Strong Ishijima. But the night of the Duel, he didn't show up. He disappeared, just like that," I snapped my fingers. Shu was a bit shocked at hearing this, but that was only evident by watching his eyes. I continued, looking down at my pasta as I spoke.

"I never saw him again after that day. He was branded a coward by everyone, even his most devoted followers. And since I was his son, I got the worst of it. They all started picking on me, beating me up because I was weak; because I was the son of a 'coward' who ran away from a Duel." I gritted my teeth, waves of emotion suddenly overwhelming me. "But he didn't run away, I'm sure of that. He's going to come back. Everyone, even my mom, lost hope of his return, but if I did, then I'd be a failure of a son. I only realized this recently when I discovered the joy of making people smile. So I'm going to continue on his legacy as an Entertainer and show the world that my dad didn't run away from the battle!" I looked up at Shu, whose eyes were wide with surprise, and...fear?

What did he have to be scared about?

"You're eyes…" His voice shook slightly as he gestured towards my eyes. I

blinked, confused, before realizing that my eyes were burning with heat. I looked at my hand to see small waves of black energy rolling off my palm. "What the…"

Then, suddenly they were gone, and my eyes were relieved of the heat. I was hit with a sudden wave of tiredness and I had to fight to keep my eyes open. My pasta was only half done, however.

What is going on with me?

Shu noticed, and gave a light laugh, but it was a bit high-pitched. I knew he was still a bit shook after witnessing what had just happened to me, even though I didn't know exactly what he saw. He suggested I go to bed and I happily agreed, dragging myself to the guest bedroom. I think he said something about spare clothes, but I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

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