Aurasoul: Hey everyone! Welcome to Yugioh Zexal.
Manami: So this is where we all get to know Shane and Antares?
Aurasoul: Yeah first everyone of the house meeting Antares and then the next day the group meeting them both and to know more of the Shinori family history too I thought it would be a good idea to get that out there.
Darka: Fair enough.
Aurasoul: Alright so disclaimer anyone?
Astrana: I'll do it. Aurasoul doesn't own Zexal only her OCs while Sirius and Antares are owned by Durbe the Barian and they share Lyra and Shane belongs to Shane Kor.
Aurasoul: Thanks so enjoy.
Chapter 3
"So you're Darka's guardian"?
"Yes ma'am".
It was dinner time in the Shinori house everyone except Hotaru who was asleep were all eating after introductions Kasumi speaking with Antares. "Well ok but what about that other one Shane was it"? Tsunayoshi asked Darka.
"He was sent by the Lords of the Stars", Darka said.
"But how did you know he'll show up"? Shark questioned.
"The lords spoke to me in my dreams telling me their chosen one shall come to help me", Darka said leaving out most of the message.
"Man Darka you have more bodyguards then a queen", Manami remarked.
"Tell me about it", Darka sighed.
Rio then noticed Kasumi looking worried as she ate. "Is something wrong Kasumi"? Rio asked.
"Oh Rio its just I'm worried about Hotaru she hasn't come down for dinner yet", Kasumi frowned.
"Well mom sis has been working on those plans for the tower for a while she must be exhausted", Darka said quickly.
"True", Kasumi said.
Antares roughly swallowed his rice feeling the guilt again Sirius and Lyra looking at him.
'Arrows flew hitting soldiers as others died in clashes of swords blood and death everywhere she flew with another following after her she wished to escape it all yet she knew she couldn't she was trapped'.
Hotaru woke up gasping and quickly ran to the bathroom slamming the door shut and began vomiting until she finally finished she panted trying to stand with her legs buckling as she looked at the mirror to see she looked horrible pale and sweating and her the light in her eyes dimming she groaned as she turned on the faucet to splash water on her face then grabbed the towel drying her face then sighed. 'Ok keep a calm face for a bit so they don't worry so I can go back to my room plain and simple', she thought.
Hotaru took a deep breath then walked out the bathroom and slowly walked down the stairs to the dining room and they all looked up to see her. "Hey guys", Hotaru said giving a weak smile.
"Woah you look horrible", Shark remarked.
"Ryoga"! Rio scowled.
"No its fine Rio I feel horrible", Hotaru chuckled softly.
"Are you hungry dear? I could get you your dinner", Kasumi said about to get up.
"No mom no food", Hotaru said, her stomach flopping of the idea.
"I'll be fine I just might get something light like some fruit or something".
"Well if you sure dear", Kasumi said sitting.
"Look don't worry so much just a weak stomach I'll be fine after some rest", Hotaru assured.
"Firefly-chan I", Antares began.
"Antares relax I'll go to bed soon I just need some water and a snack then I'll be going I promise", Hotaru said smoothly.
Hotartu gave him a look which Antares quickly understood of not mentioning what really happened as she went in the kitchen then later came back with a water bottle and red apple. "I'll be in my room", she said.
They all watched her go once she left Kasumi sighed softly. "That girl", she said.
Once dinner was over Antares went to Hotaru's to see her on her bed she had changed her clothes now wearing a crimson tank top and gray sweatpants her hair in a lose braid she was reading as she ate her apple Antares then knocked the doorframe she looked up and smiled. "Yo Antares thanks for not saying anything back there", she said.
"If I can ask Hotaru. Why didn't you want your mom to know what really happened"? Antares asked.
Hotaru gave a small smile as she bit her apple. "Mom can be a worrywart from time to time no I don't think that's the whole reason its just I hate worrying her heck I hate to worry anybody I don't want her to have a heart attack about what happened so lets keep it our little secret", she said.
"Well if you say so. But isn't that her job to worry about you"? Antares asked.
"Maybe but I rather she didn't though", she said.
Antares looked at Hotaru and gave a nod. "Ok I get it and I'm sor"-
"Don't apologize you didn't knew that would happened if you asked the question", she assured.
"R-right well I'm going to see if Darka-chan needs help on the dishes", he said.
Antares was about to leave until. "Oh wait Antares I got an answer to the question", she said.
He stopped turning to face her and softly gasp to see her eyes flash green as she gave her answer. "I would say I blame the master it was his fault not the dog's fault", she said.
Antares grew wide eyed then quickly walked off out the room Hotaru rubbed her face with a sigh as she then drank some of her water and kept reading her book unknown of Darka had watched them with a worried look.
"Ok everyone so this is Antares and Shane they'll be helping us now".
"Hi everyone"!
"Hello".
The next day the others had all met up at the Shinori house after Darka had did introductions and such. "Geez Darka you sure need a lot of bodyguards", Yuma said.
"Yet I don't need bodyguards", Darka groaned, from where she was which was by a bookshelf grabbing a book.
"You should try tell their bosses that", Tetsuo said.
"That's for sure", Takashi said.
*WACK*WACK*
"OW"! Tetsuo and Takashi winced rubbing the bumps on their heads from the wacks from Darka.
"I rather appreciate that you don't state the obvious you two", she sighed sitting on the couch.
"What is that book you have Darka"? Astral asked.
"Yeah it looks pretty old", Yuma said looking at it.
They all looked at the book it was colored crimson lined in gold looking pretty worn. "Well it should its what you would call a history book of sorts of important events of the Shinori Family history", Darka sighed, rubbing the cover that had engraved marks of two dragons.
"I didn't know you were reading that book", Hotaru said.
"Well considering my family history was kept secret from me for 16 years of my life I thought why not read about it now", Darka said glaring at Hotaru and Manami darkly.
"We thought you were human Darka! Cut us some slack"! Manami squeaked.
"Next time do your check ups right"! Darka growled.
"If you may Darka. May you read it to us"? Astral asked suddenly.
"Huh? You want me to read it"? Darka asked.
"Even I always wondered how a family of humans, Astral beings, Barians, and half species of them formed in the first place", Astrana said.
"I want to hear it myself", Kaito admitted.
"Same here"! Yuma grinned.
"Even I want to hear this", Shark said.
Everyone all voiced their agreement of hearing the story causing the Shinori sisters to sweatdrop and looked at one another. "Well I guess it wouldn't hurt", Manami said.
"Might as well", Hotaru said.
"Well ok then you guys might as well get comfortable", Darka told the others.
They all did so as Darka opened the book. "Should I"? She asked.
"You tell stories the best", Manami smiled.
Hotaru smiled and nodded Darka nodded. "Well alright this all began in the very beginning the beginning of the universe", she said.
Darka then looked at the book taking a breath as she began reading her voice becoming soft and wise.
"When the universe was formed the Crimson Dragon had come bringing life some saying it had formed the life for Earth and Astral World and as it did the Crimson Dragon along with another deity formed a life that would watch both Earth and Astral World and watch the reincarnation between them seeing where the souls would go either reincarnated as a human or Astral being, to be sent to the heaven like afterlife, or in the deepest and darkest part of the underworld they formed this being as human and Astral being and called her the Giver of Life.
For years the Giver of Life watched as life flourished in the two worlds she was born to protect but had decided to make her home in Astral World seeing that it needed to be watched and so began forming a civilization for the planet but gave leadership to two Astral beings who were once king and queen of a kingdom in their past lives for she didn't seek leadership only to protect and guide but knew she would need help and so formed the will of Astral World so it shall serve the king and queen and help her protect Astral World while she would also sometimes come to Earth to watch over the humans.
But as time moved on the Giver of Life began seeing that Astral World seemed to began to weaken which had grown to worry her and had even seen the core of the world itself to see it was being weakened at the time she also began to reincarnate beings that had a strange power in them in which she decided to dubbed Chaos it was a power so unknown even to her but during a meeting with herself, the king, queen, and Will the Will of Astral World had declared that it had to be the Chaos that was weakening their world but the Giver of Life had disagreed wanting to find another way to find out.
But the Will of Astral World refused to wait to find another way seeing as Astral World continued to weaken and the king and queen agreed to this all three thinking that removing the Chaos would save Astral World the Giver of Live wished to find another way but seeing they had no other choice and so with heavy heart the Giver of Life agreed and used the power bestowed upon her by the Crimson Dragon and other deity she had formed a new world for the Chaos and the beings to go and that world was Barian World".
"Wait so the Giver of Life created Barian World"?! Yuma gaped.
The three Barian Guardians were shocked by this of their home world being created by this being of the story as Hotaru nodded.
"That's right an ancient power but we're not really sure on what it is though it was in the past", Hotaru said.
"Brother", Astrana said softly.
Astral gave his sister a soft look in assurance as Darka continued reading.
"Once the beings with Chaos went to Barian World their forms had changed themselves making them Barians but one of the few Barians had not agreed to such decision his Chaos making him powerful and decided to go against the Giver of Life to battle the Giver of Life knew she had no choice but to do so but before doing so took precautions and forming two Astral Beings to tell them her secrets, to fight by her side against the Barian who had challenged her, and to be the embryos of Astral World together they battled against the Barian which had ended when the Giver of Life and the two Astral Beings formed a miraculous power which had ended the battle but had destroyed much of Astral World and destruction to the Earth.
The Barian was defeated turned into life energy sealed away by the Giver of Life in Barian World but the two Astral beings were the same formed into life energy yet her saved and sent to Astral World before unfortunately before the Barian had been fully sealed he had managed to land a fatal blow on the Giver of Life, she knew she didn't had much time and so with the last of her power she reincarnated an Astral Being and Barian to be the sages of Astral World and Barian World to tell them to wait to soon reincarnate a Crimson Priestess to become the next Giver of Life and to relay the message to the people of Astral World and they had agreed to do so the Giver of Life then used the last of her powers to then seal away her given powers and died where she had hided it along with the secret of where the power was".
"No wonder the people of Astral World didn't know where the Numeron Code was the Giver of Life hadn't told anyone not even those sages the location of where she hid it", Shane said, as Darka continued reading
"Many years had passed the beings of Astral World mourned of the lost for the Giver of Life as the sages patiently looked for the Crimson Priestess but had no such luck so far Astral World had recovered from the ancient battle same with Earth and even Barian World had grown as well as the years had gone forming their own civilization themselves which had become the 7 Barian Emperors who had then declared war on Astral World and so a new battled and begun and as that had gone on the sages' search and patients had came through for they had finally the priestess the deceased Giver of Life had spoke about those years ago.
The priestess had died young from grief of losing a beloved the sages' had then took her soul to Astral World to then reincarnate her with their power given to the deceased Giver of Life to reincarnate her as a human, Astral being, Barian hybrid".
"Just like Darka"! Kotori gasped.
"Wait is this true"? Darka asked shock.
"Why do you think we were surprised too when you became one"? Hotaru asked her sister.
"Point taken I'll keep reading", Darka said.
"The new Giver of Life was unsure of herself and of her power she didn't think she seemed fit to be someone as important as the Giver of Life but the sages had helped her see that she was needed by many beings and so she had embraced her title she formed a friendship with the rulers of Astral World and its Will when she had began reincarnated the first several became a council then after several years she then decided to see Barian World after hearing such about it she wished to see it herself wondering why also she was unable to reincarnate Barians and which the sages' agreed to take her there.
Upon seeing Barian World the Giver of Life was stunned by it for it was unlike either Earth or Astral World".
"I bet she wasn't impressed", Sirius scoffed.
But to everyone's surprised the sisters giggled as Darka read.
"The Giver of Life explored Barian World stunned by it all seeing it as a beautiful new world wondering why she hadn't come to it sooner but the sages' warn her of dangers of the world but the Giver of Life refused to listen as they continued to explore until reaching a tower the Giver of Life was stunned by it asking the sages' if this was where the Barian Emperors lived but they had told her it wasn't for it belonged to a group of Barian Guardians".
Everyone except Hotaru, Manami, and Shane gasped by this Darka looked at her sisters but Hotaru only motioned Darka to continue Darka looked at her but nodded continuing to read.
"The Giver of Life questioned about the Guardians to her sages' and they explained to her they had formed around the same time as the Emperors but were unsure of their motives it was then the Giver of Life had went to the tower and knocked the gate asking to meet the guardians of Barian World in a strong and loud voice".
"She did"?! Yuma gaped.
"According to the book", Darka said equally stunned.
"No way", Lyra said shocked as Darka read again.
"At first there had been no answer until finally the gate had opened to show a female Barian the Giver of Life was stunned to meet another Barian besides her other sage the female Barian had spoken telling that she was the leader of the Guardians and asked who they were the Giver of Life introduced herself and her sages' much to their shock and annoyance to her the Guardian Leader was surprised to see the Giver of Life herself and ask why she was here and what the Giver of Life said had shocked them all".
Darka was silent her own face surprised as she read the line. "What did she said"? Cat asked.
"Yeah don't leave us in suspence", Tokunosuke said.
"What did she said Darka"? Kaito asked gently.
Darka gave a small chuckle as she read.
"She had said 'I, the Giver of Life, wish to form an alliance with you leader of the Barian Guardians so we may finally form peace between Astral World and Barian World'".
"She didn't"! They all, except Hotaru, Manami, and Shane, gasped shocked.
"No she did", Darka smiled.
"The Guardian Leader was stunned by the Giver of Life's words as the sages' yelled at her never had she would've thought that the Giver of Life would actually ask of something like that from her she had asked the Giver of Life why would she ask something like that and once again the Giver of Life had stunned Guardian Leader by her answer. 'The reason is that I am the Giver of Life my sworn duty is to protect the three world even if it mean from each other and I do not wish for the Astral Beings to fight for they no we all were once the same being we should not fight we should get along as allies and friends'. The Guardian Leader was stunned once again as the sages once again yelled at the Giver of Life until to their surprise the Guardian Leader chuckled speaking herself.
'Alright Giver of Life I shall form an alliance with you for I only wish for Barian World's safety and this war between the two worlds isn't helping so let us help form peace between them together'. The Giver of Life was filled with joy with these words and having formed a connection with another Barian and so together with the sages and soon enough with the Queen of Astral Being began hoping to form plans to form peace with Astral World and Barian World".
"But wait why didn't they"? Kotori questioned.
"And when does your family come in"? Antares asked.
"Relax this part is with our family", Hotaru assured, Darka reading again.
"Few years passed yet as they formed plans the Giver of Life couldn't help but worry if any of the other Barians and Astral beings would even could get along with each other to form peace between the two worlds unsure with herself she had decided to go to Earth by disguising herself as a human to think yet as she reached Earth in a desolated forest she had then saw a female Astral being surprised to see one come to Earth she had decided to follow the Astral being to see why she was there but upon following the Astral being to a grotto the Giver of Life was shocked to see a male Barian there, at first the Giver of Life thought that the Astral being and Barian would fight but instead to her shock the Astral being ran to the Barian hugging him who hugged the Astral being back".
"So then", Yuma began but was hushed by Lyra as Darka continued.
"The Giver of Life was stunned and then showed herself to them in her real form the Astral being and Barian were shocked to see her and to the Giver of Life's surprised the Barian shielded the Astral being threatening the Giver of Life if she would harm the Astral being".
"No way", Shark said shocked.
"It says it right here Shark", Darka said.
"Its the full truth Shark, keep reading Darka", Manami smiled.
Darka nodded as she read.
"The Giver of Life assured the Barian that she wouldn't harm the Astral Being but asked how their relationship had formed it was the Astral being who had stepped up and spoke her name was Koharu and in her past life she was a simple merchant girl who had fallen in love with a prince named Shun and in a turn of events met the prince who had also fallen in love with her as well but Prince Shun's family had refused for him to be with Koharu but didn't showed it and had decided to murder Koharu but had killed them both in the end Koharu had been reincarnated as an Astral being but deeply missed her beloved she had then one day went to Earth to go to the spot where she had met Shun when they were human but upon finding it a Barian was there.
At first when they had first saw each other they were at once hostile to one another and questioned one another why they were there but to their shock of each others answer and Koharu had then realized that the Barian standing in front of her was really Shun they were to have found one another but knew that their people wouldn't approve of them and so had decided to meet each other in secret on Earth".
"Aw that's so romantic", Kotori said.
"That's for sure", Rio agreed.
"Oh please", Sirius sighed.
"Sirius-san", Lyra said.
"The Giver of Life was stunned by this shocked that the separation of Astral World and Barian World would cause such heartache as she looked at the couple she then decided she told them that she would help them by allowing them to stay in Earth staying far from the war between the two worlds the couple were stunned by this but thanked the Giver of Life owing her everything the Giver of Life helped them formed new lives disguising themselves as humans and giving them the given name Shinori and so forth the Shinori family bloodline had began the Giver of Life saw how few other Barians and Astral beings didn't wish to be involve with the war either and so with help from the royal family of Astral World and the Barian Guardians they helped some leave and live in Earth and becoming part of the Shinori family some had even fell for humans and so the Shinori family grew to this day".
"So that is how it happened", Astral said.
"The family pretty much grew over the years ever since then the bloods of Astral beings, humans, and Barians running through it forming it as it is today", Hotaru shrugged.,
"Out of curiosity spoken. How big is your family"? Takashi asked.
The sisters looked at one another. "How big is Japan"? Manami asked.
"Oh dear lords", Shane groaned.
The sisters laughed at everyone's paled faces. "Oh calm down its not like they would all come here they have their own lives all over the world so you wouldn't have to worry about all of them visiting", Hotaru assured.
"Oh thank Barian World", Sirius sighed in relief.
"So why didn't the Giver of Life formed the peace she hoped for after all those years"? Yuma asked getting them back to the subject.
Hotaru sighed reaching the book flipping a few pages. '"Here Darka this is actually a bit new part added in the book read this", she said.
Darka nodded and began to read again.
"Years had gone by and the Shinori hoped that soon the Giver of Life would soon enough end the war between the two worlds but unfortunately it had never came to pass for 22 years ago the Giver of Life had disappeared no sign of her what so ever the sages had came to the Shinori family to speak that the Giver of Life had died but the Shinori family refused to believe it and so to this day the Shinori family searches for the Giver of Life hoping so she would finally end the war between their home worlds".
"She disappeared"?! They gasped.
"It happened 22 years ago around the time I was born we had received the news but we refused to believe we think she might've reincarnated herself somehow and had decided to try to find her but so far we haven't had any luck", Hotaru sighed.
"But why would she do it"? Rio asked confused.
"We're not sure ourselves that's why we need to find her maybe she really might be the key to help us in the war", Manami said.
"It would be a reliever to have someone like her to help us", Tetsuo said.
"Believe us when we say we would appreciate it too", Hotaru sighed.
Kotori then noticed Darka looking around confused. "Is something wrong Darka"? She asked.
"Astral and Astrana. They're gone", Darka said.
"Hey you're right", Yuma said looking around to see Astral gone.
"Wonder where they went off to", Manami said.
In the Empress's Key Astral and Astrana were in the silver space ship by the Numbers, Astrana looking worried. "Brother could it be possible that the power the original Giver of Life had be the Numeron Code that the Number showed us"? Astrana questioned.
"It could be possible if it had allowed her to form Barian World", Astral said.
"And of the two Astral beings she formed as well... Could they be us"? She asked softly.
Astral was silent as he looked out at the aquamarine lands of the Empress's Key. "It would explain why we know of the Numeron Code in the first place and of the very Barian that Darka spoke of in the book", he said.
Astrana clutched her arm tightly nodding. "Yes the deity of Barian World our true enemy", she whispered, her red rose eye glowing dark.
"Don Thousand".
Aurasoul: And there we go sorry if you guys might've got bored with having to read all of this.
Darka: Next time the group hear of a strange rumor. Could it have something to do with the Barians? Or of a Number card?
Aurasoul: So until then.
Astrana: Read and review.