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We're starting right around Episode 10 of Zexal just so you know.
Yuki's POV
I stretched slowly as I got to the door and unlocked it, flipping on a few lights to get ready for the day. As was my not normal life the world kept on ticking and I adapted, now I live in a place called Heartland City and run a small game shop of all things, you'd think I'd want to get away from dueling but it's what I'm good at and know best so might as well make an easy living.
"Hey Yuki have you seen my necklace?" Luna came down stairs.
"You need to keep a better eye on this." I tossed her the five gemmed piece of divine jewelry "I found it nearly slipping down the bathroom drain."
"Sorry." She laughed hooking it on.
Luna has taken as well as one can to a life like ours, at first she was fine with it, but then…everyone else got old, and she stayed a young teenager. She's changed up her look over the years and is now sporting a knit hat, sweater and skirt combo, it's cute. There are some advantages to her being stuck as a teen despite being an older woman, it makes getting set up in a new town easy, just have her pretend to be my daughter and we're golden.
"Say, how's school going?" I asked.
"Well I've got straight A's." she shrugged "But this is also the third time I've gone to highschool now so it's a given I would think."
"Still, how's he coming along.?" I asked.
"Who the next chosen one?" she asked "School just started so I can't say but…"
"But what?" Cleo floated over as I wiped the glass counter off.
"I saw him duel the other day…he's bad." Luna said "Like…real bad. Then again I heard he beat Shark the other day."
"Try and convince him to come in here." I said "If he is the chosen one we need to prepare him."
"Nothing a few lessons from us can't fix." Cleo laughed.
"There's another thing, I noticed a spirit following him, but no one else did." She told me "This mission, these number cards the Gods told us to look out for."
"It's all quite strange, but we've got a few of them." I said "So we should be sure to protect them, bring the kid after school, and be ready."
"Of course." She sprung up and grabbed her backpack "I'm off."
"Bye." I nodded.
Luna's POV
"Yuma!" I ran up to the boy "You like dueling right."
"Heck yeah!" he yelled "Uhh but-."
Yuma Tsukumo the newest chosen one set up to decide the fate of humanity and the one Yuki, Cleo and I are supposed to assist. He's loud, dumb and frankly I don't know what the universe sees in him but a chosen one is a chosen one.
"I've noticed, you're not the best…" I hummed "You know my Mom runs a card shop, you should come by and she'll give you a few tips."
"I don't know Yuma." Tori, his friend who's a girl but not his girlfriend tried to discourage him.
"You don't have to buy anything, just come see." She smiled "And bring your favorite cards, Mom would love a look."
I looked past him at that strange blue white spirits floating behind him.
And don't forget to bring him too.
Yuki's POV
"So this is the chosen one?" Cleo said as I looked over Yuma's deck while he ran around the store.
He came with a couple of friends, a green haired girl named Tori, a larger boy named Bronk, A girl who acted like a cat, a kid in a top hat and a nerdy boy.
He's got quite the posse, but this deck, this is a lot of these number cards, just what are these things.
"I've seen worse, but to really gauge how good you are I'd love to see you in action." I smiled and looked passed him.
"Of course we'd love to see what you have to my dear." Cleo told his little spirit friend.
"You can…" the ghost gasped.
"We are Cleopatra and Yuki, messengers of the Gods of Light, as is Luna." Cleo told him "I'm sure since you are intertwined with him you are aware something is coming for Yuma, and you as well…what is your name?"
"Astral." He said.
"Come one let's try this out." I said "I've got an arena attached to the back room, I wanna watch you duel."
I led the kids into the back and unlocked the door, flipping the power on and firing up the spotlights.
"Get set up." I told Yuma.
"Where's your Disc, and Gazer?" he asked.
"Oh shrimp you're not dueling me, I'd crush you." I laughed.
"You're dueling me Yuma." Luna smiled across at him, clipping a purple and gold Gazer on over her eye.
The Duel Gazer, a new invention that used a sort of virtual reality to add to the duel experience.
"Shall we begin?" Luna smiled "Since you're the challenger you go first okay?"
I looked over and saw Astral was already trying to lead Yuma with tips.
"I'll start and summon Ganbara Knight!" Yuma said playing a knight with twin shields.
Ganbara Knight: LVL 4 ATK 0 DEF
"Since I summoned a level 4 monster I can special summon Kagetokage from my hand.
A shadowy black lizard appeared.
Kagetokage: LVL 4 ATK 1100 DEF 1500
"Heh." He smiled "Now I overlay the two of them and summon Number 39: Utopia!"
Number 39: Utopia: Rank 4 ATK 2500 DEF 2000
"I'll lay a facedown card and end my turn." He smiled.
"Then I'll start." Luna drew a card "First I'll play foolish burial and discard a card from my hand, then I'll summon Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman!"
A pathetic little rabbit dragon appeared and fluttered near Luna.
Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman: LVL 1 ATK 400 DEF 300
"When I summon this monster, I can add a Destruction Sword card from my deck to my hand." She said grabbing a card "Then I activate its next effect and tribute it to summon a Buster Blader card from my hand or grave, so I'll bring out the card I discarded! Buster Blader!"
"HMPH!" a large purple armored swordsman with a long blade appeared.
Buster Blader: LVL 7 ATK 2600 DEF 2300
"Now I'll play the spell Destruction Swordsman Fusion!" she smiled "This allows me to fusion summon a monster in my extra deck with the name Buster Blader in it using materials in my hands."
"A fusion summon!" the kids gasped.
You don't see many of these nowadays.
"So I fuse Dragon Buster Destruction Sword and Buster Blader, the Destruction Swordmaster to summon Buster Blader, The Dragon Destroyer Swordsman!"
Another Buster Blader this one with more armor, some of which was white appeared.
Buster Blader, The Dragon Destroyer Swordsman: LVL 8 ATK 2800 DEF 2500
"Now it's my turn!" Luna smiled "So Buster Blader attack Utopia!" she smiled.
"HM!" Yuma looked smug "Number cards can only be destroyed by other number cards."
"That's fine." Luna smiled "You'll still take damage though."
Yuma- 4000 to 3900.
"Buster Blader The Dragon Destroyer Swordsman you can attack too!"
Yuma 3900 to 3600
"That's all for my turn." She said playing one facedown.
"Interesting, he's not as phased as I thought he'd get…what's he planning?" I wondered.
"I play Flip Flap!" Yuma played a spell "It lets me change a battle position, so I'll move Buster Blader into Defense mode and then have Utopia attack!"
"TSK!" Luna hissed when her monster was destroyed "I trigger the trap Prologue of the Destruction Swordsman!"
"Huh?" Astral even looked surprised "Oh dear."
"By sending a Buster Blader and Destruction Sword card in my deck to the grave." Luna smirked dispatching some cards "I can special Synchro summon Buster Dragon from my Extra Deck but it will be destroyed at the end of the next turn!"
A huge purple black feathered and scaled dragon filled the room.
"End the turn Yuma." Astral warned him.
So he sees it…but Yuma doesn't…
"My turn." Luna drew "Perfect…Level Tuning! This spell reduces the level of all my monsters by one for the rest of the turn."
Buster Dragon- LVL 8 to LVL 7
Buster Blader the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman- LVL 8 to LVL 7
"It's ready! I overlay Level Seven Buster Dragon with Level Seven Buster Blader, The Dragon Destroyer to summon!" Luna held her hand up as her necklace glowed "Number 74!"
"A Number!" Yuma gasped.
A swirled appeared in the air and absorbed both of Luna's monsters as a Arabian like man appeared, with baggy pants, large hat, cape and boots, you couldn't see his face but he was magical with glowing eyes.
"Number 74: Master of Blades!"
Number 74: Master of Blades- RANK 7 ATK 2700 DEF 2300
"I can destroy your monster now." Luna smiled.
"You don't have to worry." I told Yuma and Astral "Losing here won't lose your number cards to us, this place is protected by God."
"Master of Blades attack Utopia!" Luna smiled.
"I detach a material to activate Utopia's effect and negate an attack." Yuma said.
"No don't!" Astral yelled.
"Too late, I'll detach a material too." Luna smiled "When Master of Blades is targeted for an effect or attack I can detach and XYZ material to negate that activation and destroy that card!"
Luna's monster flipped and threw out a dozen spectral daggers that perforated Yuma's monster.
"Now you're open!" Luna attacked.
"That's enough." I said "I saw what I needed to see."
"Hmm…right." Luna stopped her attack.
"Listen Yuma, as someone who's worked with a voice in her head for a hundred years I have one piece of advice." I told him "You need to trust your buddy there more, it's fine to react if it's tight but listen to him as well. But…you've got a lot of potential so…"
"We'll take you under our wing." Cleo took over my body and laughed.
"How did you get that card?" Yuma asked Luna "I need it…"
"And you can have it once the world is saved." Luna smiled "Same with her card."
"You have one too?" they looked at me.
"Yes." I nodded "You'll see it eventually, now you want to collect all these Number cards and restore Astral's memory correct?"
"How'd you-."
"I have a lot of ways, but trust me, Luna, Cleo and I are on your side, if you're gathering these Number Cards we'll help you out." I smirked flashing my rings "Come on kids, let's have a little chat."
I've found beating around the bush just makes things awkward so I told him straight up, I was a servant of the Gods sent here to ensure he saved the world from something and achieved destiny, in this case it was likely about the Astral world, but that would come later, first I had to teach him to not suck so hard.
AN
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Pick Up- EP 11
So Luna's running a Buster Blader/Destruction Sword deck this series, You'll see Yuki and Cleo's new deck next chapter.
Oh and even though it can go probably go unsaid and just be obvious, the reason Yuki/Cleo and Luna aren't corrupted by the number cards is because of their divine protection.
Till Next Time!
