Phantom's Requiem
Chapter 15
Rebirth
Darkness. Just a dark void. A dark void, devoid of life. Aside from two people. Yuto could hardly believe his eyes. Yuya Sakaki, someone he thought dead, was standing right in front of him.
"Yuto. I don't know if you'll remember any of this, but… I'm not dead. I can't really explain it, but it feels like I… became a part of you, somehow. You've felt it… right? Sometimes, when you're dueling, everything goes dark, and the next thing you know, you've won. The first time it happened was against Yuzu, wasn't it? That was me. It feels like it was your attempt to Pendulum Summon that triggered it. Ever since that duel against Yuri, the one where you teamed up with Yugo, I've been trying to contact you. I'm not really sure what caused me to be able to attempt communication, but that duel was the first time I was able to appear like this. Every time I try to break through while you're awake, you can't hear me. I thought that maybe if you were able to see me like this, my voice could reach you, if you listened for it. So, please. Listen for me. Just once."
As Yuya faded into the void, everything went dark again. Even Yuto was gone. Suddenly, a pair of eerie yellow eyes shone out from the darkness. A sinister laugh rang out, and everything began to burn. A gargantuan black dragon in the distance, with what appeared to be corrupted versions of Odd-Eyes, Dark Rebellion, Clear Wing, and Starving Venom at its side. The most frightening thing, however, was that the one commanding the dragons… was Yuto. With those eerie yellow eyes.
Awakening in a cold sweat, Yuto darted upright, panting. Gazing out the window, he saw that it was still dark outside. Unable to banish those final images from his mind, he decided that sleeping further was a lost cause. Remembering the beginning of the dream, he focused on listening.
"Yuya, I'm listening. Was that just what I wanted to see and hear, or are you really there? Please, answer me. Just once."
"Yeah, I'm here. It's been a long time, hasn't it? You don't need to bring me up to speed on everything that's happened. I saw what happened… with Isao, with Yuri…"
Sorrowfully, he added, "And what happened to Gongenzaka." It was clear from his voice that he was desperately trying to hold back the tears that threatened to spill out upon remembering the fate of his childhood friend.
"Sergey Volkov was his name, right? He's the one person I can never forgive. Please, Yuto… defeat him. I know that it's wrong to feel like this. I'm an entertainer, I shouldn't hate anyone, but I can't hold back this grief. This rage. I…"
"I know how you feel. How it feels when a comrade dies, and you're helpless to stop it. I hate it. I learned the hard way that you can't save everyone. You can't make everything perfect."
"Yuto… I…"
"But you can try. Even if you can't save everyone, try to save everyone you can."
"Yuto…"
"The sun will rise soon. I'm going to make a few adjustments to my deck before my first match. Would you like to help, Yuya?"
A familiar smile graced the other boy's features. "Yeah, let's do it."
Sorry that this one was short. I know you guys were expecting something big for the return of this fic, and I'm sorry. I actually plan to have chapter 16 up 1-2 days early to make up for it. This one was short for two reasons.
1.) I wanted to have a nice little breather chapter after all that action.
And 2.) I felt that it was a good place to end this one off on, and that anything past the end of this chapter would feel like padding, which, let's face it, is pretty boring.
Anyways, on to your regularly scheduled-
Review Response Corner
Ulrich362's Review: Ok... interesting new monster for Shun, I'm not entirely sure where it came from but I like it. Dennis of course is defeated and exposed which is going to be interesting since there are more duels to come and Yuto hasn't dueled yet. Though no early Raging but an "Overload", trying to recall and I'm not sure what you're referring to there... makes it interesting when it comes up though. I think it would be given a proper errata. Very interesting, looking forward to the update.
My responses
1.) Glad you liked it.
2.) Yep, Dennis being exposed is going to create quite the chaotic spiral. Normally, I would've changed the match-up, but Shun VS Dennis is one of my all-time favorites from any YGO, not just ARC-V.
3.) Oh, trust me, I have plans for Yuto.
4.) Look up "Legendary Gold Box" on the YGO Wiki, and you'll know what I mean by "Overload."
5.) The update has arrived, after more than 2 months. Sorry for the wait, writer's block is a pain.
Slimslam's review: I'm not like Leo who told others about his plane for mine shall be kept secret from all seeing eye so watch out your hype and great chapters are on the line for I can make them beond hype but that is all you shall see of my plan Done And Done Bring On The Next p.s. No way you have a great book going your way cooler
My responses
1.) Oh? I guess we'll just have to see about that, won't we?
2.) The next has been brought.
3.) Thanks, man!
Digital Christian's review: Just wondering how Yuto will act in the duel with the mind control disk with how angry he is probably not good. Can't wait for the next chapter.
My responses
1.) Trust me, it will not end well.
2.) The next chapter is FINALLY here.
