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Day 5: Placeholder
Selena was at a loss. Her life until now was full of certainty. She was an Academia soldier, fighting with her comrades honorably for the noble cause of uniting the four dimensions in one. Or that was how she wanted it to be. She was ashamed of being the only one not sent to the front lines.
But now she had lost her place. When Yuzu first told her what had happened to the XYZ dimension, she did not believe her. Laughing as if it were a Hunting Game? Ridiculous. How did that girl expect her to believe such a thing? Besides, that girl was from Standard. There is simply no way she would know. So she followed Yuzu's suggestion and searched for the XYZ remain, Kurosaki Shun. She would learn the truth, defeat him and prove her worth and abilities to Professor. Three birds in one stone.
She could never possibly predict what followed.
Once she arrived at the Ancient Ruins area, she saw a fellow Academia soldier with a crazed look on his face and his eyes full of sick glee ordering the final attack. "Send Kurosaki to his grave!". Kurosaki. The XYZ remain. She could only watch frozen, as she heard his scream full of pain, rolling down the stairs like a rag doll. His injuries were horrible. Yet the man still tried to get up. She heard the blue haired boy above them asking 'Yuzu' to get away from his prey.
That moment Selena found herself not knowing her place. She did not know what possessed her to help Kurosaki. But right now this felt like the most important thing. She had to get Kurosaki out of there, go somewhere safe and ask him the countless questions that had started forming in her head.
She did not understand a thing. She did not understand why there were this many people trying to help her. Why the Obelisk Force was laughing as they turned those weak and foolishly selfless duelists into cards.
The boy named Yuya was crying tears full of rage. Like he had lost the very earth under his feet. He was crying for that girl that looked like Selena.
And then there was that Action Field. Future Metropolis, Heartland. Only that the beautiful vity was not a thing of the future but of the past. And even during a simple duel, watching the fake yet wonderful city crumble into ruins was painful.
But that sight was nowhere as shocking as the tortured whispers of the XYZ rebel who was struggling just to stay on his feet and not have an emotional breakdown on spot. The tales of the laughing soldiers who kept hunting defenseless people like it was a game, an image that would forever be carved in his eyes and ears…
And then there was a tortured question. "Why do you look like Ruri so much?".
Selena looked like Yuzu. Selena looked like Ruri. Selena had lost her place in the world but she had found a new one. She would take Yuzu's place and comfort them whenever she had to. She would take Ruri's place and fight against the Academia the best she could.
She would be their placeholder. That was all she could do.