Chapter 5: Luni v. Psycho
Luna was nice for the whole week, giving the boys plenty of chances to speak up. That weekend, she went out and didn't come home till Monday morning. When she went back to school she wouldn't even talk to the boys. She couldn't even stand being in the same room as the boys at her school. She wouldn't even talk to Bakura. Luna was a lot nicer to the girls and they were the only ones she would talk to without her snapping or yelling at them. A few weeks went by with her behaving like that when Yugi decided on Friday that he needed answers. He followed Luna and her sisters A quarter of the way to their house before all three of the girls knew he was there. Then they walked down an alley pretending that they didn't know he was following them. The alley they went down had nothing for Yugi to hide behind accept an alley that not only was a dead-end, but it also had nothing for him to hide behind. Yugi continued to follow them, and when they knew that he was close to the dead-end alley, they slowly turned around, giving Yugi enough time to try to hide in the alley. Luna ricocheted up the walls of the alley so she could climb onto the roof. Yugi didn't hear or see her get on the roof, and stayed perfectly still. Luna got off the roof on the side where the only exit to that part of the alley was without him knowing. Kyra and Layla let Luna handle it, but with the way she's been acting lately they thought that they should check out who it was from the roof.
"What are you doing?" Luna asked obviously angry.
"Ahh! L-Luna! I-I, umm…" Yugi said obviously scared of her.
"Well?" Luna said still mad.
"I want answers, Luna. What happened to you last weekend?" Yugi asked after taking a deep breath trying to get the courage to talk to her. Luna's eyes widened and her sisters came down and landed on both sides of her.
"Yeah, what did happen last weekend Luna?" Kyra said with her arms crossed looking at Luna as Luna just looked at her like she was afraid.
"I-it's none of your business!" Luna snapped facing Kyra and taking a step back.
"If it gets you acting like this then it is. Just tell us what happened. It's okay, Luna. It can't be that bad." Layla said with a gentle smile making Luna calm down.
"Okay. Last weekend, one of the boys finally had the courage to ask me out. It was that rat Duke. He took me to some party, pretending like I was some prize he had won. That was when I said 'well then if I'm a prize then here's your reward,' slapped him and left. Then I came across some stranger. When he saw me he followed me and I couldn't shake him off my tail. Then he did a front flip and landed right in front of me. He took out a strange duel disk and challenged me to a duel. It was in the shape of a sword, I think. He was wearing a cloak so I couldn't get a good look at him, but I can still remember his face. He had this crazy look in his eyes. We dueled nonstop the whole weekend. He barely even broke a sweat! My life points where at 100 and he still had 4000! I left without finishing the duel, and now he's after me." Luna said with a look of regret and then revealed some cuts and bruises on her arm.
"This is why I've been wearing a jacket all week." Luna said with a little smile.
"And now, you can't tell anyone this, okay Yugi?" Luna asked with a smile.
"Okay." Yugi said and left. Then, Luna, Kyra, and Layla got a text on their phone at the same time.
"That's odd, it doesn't say who it's from." Kyra said looking at her phone.
"Same here." Layla replied and Luna agreed. They all got the same message. After reading it Luna dropped her phone as the text had a name at the end, and then flashbacks of everything she knew about him from her dimension came flooding back to her.
"Luna, what is it?" Kyra asked not knowing why she froze. Luna looked at them frozen.
"It's Yuri." was all she said.
"I-it's who?!" Kyra said dropping her phone as well. Layla looked at the message being the only one who hadn't read the text yet.
"Looks like you decided to change the game. We'll finish what we started soon. Have fun running for now. This little game will end soon, so enjoy it while you can. Then you'll be coming with me to the professor, he's been looking forward to meeting you." Layla said reading the text out loud.
"It doesn't say a name." Layla said looking up from her phone.
"Do you guys still have that charm?" Luna asked getting an idea.
"Yeah, why?" they asked.
"If you guys see Yuri, I want all of us to hold on to each charm. Everyone needs to be touching each of them or else it won't work. Okay?" Luna asked making sure they understood.
"My question is, how is that going to help you? Besides help you lose, that is." a voice said from the roof behind them.
"What do want with me?" Luna asked turning to look at him.
"I thought you said it was a boy? Who's this girl?" Layla said confused.
"A...girl?!" Yuri said furious. Luna then cracked up laughing.
"That's a boy." Kyra said with a chuckle.
"Are you sure?" Layla replied.
"Oh, I'm sure." Kyra said still laughing.
"Remember what I just said about the charms?" Luna said and they touched each of the charms at the same time. Then a blast of light hit them and they merged back into one. Luna was lying on the ground and when she sat up she was on her knees and Yuri was walking over to her. Luna's hair turned back to white but it was chest-length and wasn't styled, and half of her hair was white and the other half was black, and two strands came down to frame her face, a black strand on the white side and a white strand on the black side.
"I'm offering you the easy way, but I hope you refuse because I'd prefer the hard way!" Yuri said with a crazy look on his face and his hand stretched towards her. She knocked his hand away and did four back handsprings and ended by doing a backflip.
"Wow, nice moves there. You remind me of Zuzu and Rin, a lot in fact. Tell you what, Luna, how about we duel. and if I win you come with me, and if you win you go." Yuri said smiling.
"I don't have to do anything. But you, on the other hand, have to leave." Luna said looking more mad than scared.
"But it's so much fun here. I think I'll stay a bit longer." Yuri said smiling.
"Alright, Mr. Fun, let's duel." Luna said pulling out a duel disk that Yuri was used to seeing.
"Now, let's finish what we started." Yuri said smirking.
"Yes, let's." Luna said as they inserted their decks. The duel raged on and Yuri took a big hit, but Luna took a bigger one. Yuri's life points went down to 500 while Luna's went down to 100.
"So tell me, are you going to drag this out or end this on your next turn?" Luna asked smiling knowing how he liked to duel.
"I guess you'll just have to wait and see." Yuri said smiling.
"Alright. Yuri, I have to say, this has to be the best duel I've had since I came to this universe." Luna said with a smile.
"But you're losing? I really don't get you, Luna." Yuri said scratching his head confused.
"Don't worry, neither do I." Bakura said coming out of the shadows and Luna thought he was being dramatic.
"Hello, Bakura. Or should I start calling you Mr. Dramatic?" Luna said with a smile.
"Ha ha, very funny Luna." Bakura said sarcastically.
"This is Bakura, but I think I'm going to start calling him Fluffy, Cat Man, Bun bun, or Mr. Dramatic." Luna said and Yuri cracked a smile.
"Do that and I can guarantee that you'll be dead by dusk." Bakura said.
"Why can you be more like Yuri? He thinks I'm funny." Luna said winking at Yuri.
"Did you merge back into one person, Luni?" Bakura said with a smirk.
"Sorry, guy, were in the middle of a duel here, but if you want to join in I have no problem defeating both of you." Yuri said cocky.
"Come on Bakura, why don't you join? On second thought, never mind." Luna said realizing that he would probably team up with Yuri.
"So, since you two seem to know each other, do you have any tips on capturing her?" Yuri said plainly looking at his hand.
"Yes, don't. But if you do, I've found it best to exhaust her so she'll faint. Just steal her IPod and play one of her playlists. By the end of it she'll be passed out." Bakura said.
"Thanks, Bakura, you're a real pal." Luna said sarcastically and made her move. In a few more turns Yuri defeated Luna. Then Yugi came running and saw Luna being taken by Yuri.
"Let her go!" Yugi said. Yuri just gave a grin.
"We can either do this the easy way or the hard way." Yugi said.
"I do love the hard way." Yuri said as he set Luna down and took out his duel disk.
"Mind if I join in? I have a score I'd like to settle with him." Bakura said coming out of the shadows with a duel disk.
"The more the merrier!" Yuri said as Luna was starting to wake up. When Luna realized what was happening she sprung up in the air and landed with a duel disk in hand by Yugi.
"Do you want a tag team or battle royal, Yuri, since I know you're too much of a drama queen to share the spotlight." Luna said with a grin.
"Luna?" Yugi said looking at her bruises from her last duel. Luna then almost collapsed but caught herself just in time.
"Luna are you okay?!" Yugi said worried.
"I'm fine. So Yuri, tag team or battle royal, the choice is yours." Luna said standing up.
"I think, battle royal." Yuri said. The duel raged on and Luna held her ground. When Luna was about to be defeated by Bakura Yuri saved her.
"I don't think you're quite ready to go yet. I want you to be conscious when they lose." Yuri said. Yuri kept saving Luna and Luna kept taking hits. Bakura was the first one out, then Yugi. It was between Luna and Yuri now and Luna was just barely holding on.
"This is your last chance to forfeit the duel. I'd suggest you take it." Yuri said.
"Yuri, I think I've just found something else we have in common besides the pink hair and the ability to look amazing in purple. We both prefer the hard way." Luna said with the same smile that Yuri likes to give. Then Luna's eyes turned the same color as Yuri's.
"This'll be fun!" Yuri said looking excited at the new Luna.
"You're right about that!" Luna said giving the same expression back. A few turns went by and Luna attacked with one of her best cards at only 50 life points left, and Yuri activated a trap, causing Luna to lose the duel. Luna was knocked out and her eye color went back to normal. Yuri threw her over his shoulder and went back to the Fusion Dimension. When he was with the professor he set her down.
"Well done, Yuri." the Professor said. Luna started to wake up, but remained perfectly still once she realized where she was. Luna was wide awake and pretended like she was still sleeping.
"She made a lot of friends in that dimension. I had to duel her three times before she was finally out. That girl doesn't give up easily." Yuri said. Obelisk Force then grabbed Luna going to take her to her cell when she opened her eyes and threw them to the ground fighting back.
"You're right. I don't give up easily." Luna said looking at Yuri with a smile.
"How many times do I have to defeat you for you to stay down?" Yuri asked.
"Heh, a lot more than three that's for sure!" Luna said.
"Luna, was it?" the Professor asked.
"Yes, and you must be the Professor that I've heard about. Quick question, can that metal piece on your head come off or is it built in?" Luna said as Yuri gave a "seriously?" look on his face, Obelisk Force just looked at each other and the Professor looked like he didn't know how to answer.
"What? If you didn't want me to ask random, luni, and obvious or unanswerable questions then you shouldn't have brought me here." Luna said frankly.
"I bet this is going to be the most annoying one yet." one of the Obelisk Force whispered.
"First of all, Obelisk Force member on the north-east corner of the room, I heard that and you're probably right." Luna said and everyone looked at the soldier she was talking about.
"What did he say? I didn't hear anything." Yuri said.
"He said, and I quote, 'I bet this is going to be the most annoying one yet.'" Luna said mimicking the soldier's voice exactly when she told Yuri what he said.
"Put her in a cell." the Professor said and Luna turned and looked at the Professor.
"I told Yuri but I didn't tell you, I prefer the hard way." Luna said with a smile. Then her eyes changed to the same color as Yuri's and she did a flip to get behind him, stopped and looked like she was going to fight and ran away. She made it outside and jumped in the water and swam down to see if there was some kind of cave or somewhere that she could hide in she was almost completely out of air when she found a small cave. She used all the strength she had left to get to the cave and get air. She didn't make it. She was right at the surface when she couldn't hold her breath any longer. Ten seconds later, she was saved. It was Sora Perse. He rescued Luna but she was still unconscious. He did compressions on her and Luna coughed up a bunch of water.
"S-Sor-a?" Luna said weakly.
"H-how do you know my name?!" Sora answered confused.
"I'll... tell you… later…" Luna said as she fell asleep. Sora left and went up to the surface. He was told by Dennis that some girl tried to run away and that she was now being hunted down by Yuri. A few minutes after Sora left Luna woke up and turned on her IPod and played the song Ain't It Fun by Paramore and both danced and sang to the song. When Sora came back he saw her singing and dancing and was amazed. Then when he listened to the lyrics she was singing he realized that she was no delicate little flower. After the song was over she sat down and started drawing. She drew two pictures in two minutes and Sora thought that she didn't see him.
"Hey Sora, can I get your opinion on my sketches of my attacker and my hero?" Luna said keeping her eyes on her pictures. Sora walked over and saw to sketches, one of him and one of Yuri. They were amazing.
"So, I guess you're going to turn me in now." Luna said sadly smiling and still looking at her drawings.
"Uhh…" Sora said stepping back wide-eyed.
"It's okay. You saved me, so I'll go along." Luna said standing up.
"Wait, what's your name again?" Sora said confused.
"Luna, you probably heard of me while you were up there." Luna said with a kind smile.
"Yuri's supposed to be the one to deliver you." Sora said sadly.
"Then you can tip him off. I'll get wet again and pretend that I'm unconscious. It's the least I could do. Besides, I want to see if I can do something, but I can't have them always chasing me to see if I can. And what better way to have someone stop chasing you if they already have you?" Luna said with a hopeful smile.
"Alright, I guess." Sora said a little confused about why she was smiling. Sora went and tipped off Yuri on Luna's location, and Luna did her part. When Yuri found her he was almost surprised that she wasn't up yet.
"Finally she's done." Yuri said. He saw the sketches that Luna forgot to hide and started to get the idea that she might be faking again. This time, he took her bag before he took her so that if she woke up, she couldn't get to it. He took her back to the Professor, and this time she stayed still. They put her in her cell, and she still acted like she was unconscious. The truth is, she wasn't pretending. Luna had fallen asleep as soon as she laid on the floor being exhausted from her duels and escaping. She was asleep for two days straight and the guards started to wonder if she was okay. On the morning of the third day Luna finally woke up. The guards didn't hear her wake up so she snuck up as close as she could to them, stuck her IPod as close as she could to their ears, and played a random song on full volume.
"WHAT THE?!" the guards both said turning around and backing away from her cell with their duel disks at ready. Luna then turned off the music and cracked up laughing to the point where she had to sit down.
"Oh, sorry! No one told me it was nap time!" Luna said sarcastically and then continued to laugh. The guards growled and told her spitefully to be quiet.
"Where's the fun in that? By the way, what time is it? And how long was I out?" Luna asked calming down.
"You were out for about… two days. And it's about 7:00." one of the guards said. Luna replied with a simple "okay" and took out a pair of headphones from her bag and started listening to music. Luna stayed in her cell for about a week so then they'd stop watching her every move. Then, Luna started to see if she could do the "something" that she had told Sora. That "something" she had said was trying to make portals to the other dimensions with her hands. Luna thought that if she could split herself into multiple people, then it couldn't hurt to try. Luna started to feel her energy draining quickly when she saw the blue rim of a portal. She tossed herself into it running out of energy and was teleported to another dimension. She was teleported to the Standard Dimension.
