Me: (takes breathe) HELLOOOOOOOOO PEOPLE!
Astral: Calm down.
Me: No thank you I actually managed to finish this and we are at the plot finally jeez what was I doing all that time! Anyways, I STILL don't own Yugioh Zexal, onto the story, IT'S THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER DAMNIT I MANAGED TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH THIS!
Chapter 15: Hmmm….
"Hmm…" Yuma thought.
"Hmm…" Kotori wondered.
"Hmm…" Sarah hummed.
"Aaaah! I don't get it!" Yuma flopped down onto the bed. "Why would some random dude just show up and challenge me to a duel! And what's with the whole Shingetsu thing!"
"Shingetsu-kun wouldn't attack someone, would he?" Kotori asked.
"Of course not! There's no way he could do something like that!"
"Who's this Alit anyways." Sarah said. "I couldn't find anything about him online anyways." She looked around. "Where'd Astral go? Does he know anything?"
"I don't know." Yuma held his pendant. "He suddenly started hurting when we around that guy Gilag and had to go back into the Key to rest."
"That could mean this Gilag is a Barian." Kotori said. "Are you really going to go tomorrow?"
"Yeah." Yuma said. "But I can't bring Shingetsu."
"What? But he was so serious about it! Are you really not going to bring him?" Sarah asked.
"I'm not. So could you try and keep him busy while I go settle things."
"I dunno if that's a good idea though…" Sarah made a face. "Ah well, we can do it, right Kotori?"
Kotori nodded. "Be careful."
"Since when am I not careful!"
". . . I'm not going to answer that."
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"This doesn't make much sense for us either." Misael said to Gilag in the Barian World. "Alit was attacked by someone from a parallel world? Only us Barians and those two annoying Numbers can travel across worlds."
"You're sure Astral beings can't then?" Gilag asked.
"While they exist in all universes at the same time, unlike us, they cannot."
"Tch." Gilag growled. "Then when I defeat them I'll beat the answer out of him!"
Misael looked at him and sighed. "Fine. I have business elsewhere anyways." He disappeared into a Barian portal, and after a while, so did Gilag.
From behind a Barian crystal, Number 96 floated out. "Oh, so that's the deal? You didn't tell us that?"
"You don't need to know information like that." Vector replied. "All that matters is that things keep going our way."
"And you're fine with us Numbers doing that?" 96 asked, smiling wickedly.
"If you wipe out the Astral World, it's good for me too."
"So let's continue then." The Numbers said. "After all you have some things to take care of."
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"Kotori-san, are you sure we shouldn't be worried about Yuma-kun? He had to leave early." Rei asked her in the library.
"Yeah, he just got a cold. He'll be fine after some rest. It would be bad if we went to disturb him." Kotori replied. "Now, onto the next math question…"
Rei didn't seem satisfied with the answer, and then looked at Sarah. "Sarah, do you know about Yuma-kun? We should really go check up on him."
Sarah didn't look at him. "Oooh, he's Yuma. He'll probably be better in a few seconds. There's nothing wrong at all. What's the square root of 2850?"
"53.38539 rounded down, and we should really go to visit Yuma-kun so we can—"
"Oh I'm sure he's fine there's nothing going on he's totally not doing something he didn't want you to know about!" Sarah said quickly. The two stared at her. She covered her mouth when she realized.
"Whoops." She said.
"He went to fight that Barian guy, didn't he?" Rei asked.
"No! No! No he didn't! He totally didn't!" Sarah yelled, waving it away. "Yuma didn't sneak off to fight that weird Gilag guy without you!"
They looked at her.
"Why didn't Yuma-kun trust me?" Rei asked quietly.
"He trusts you! There's really nothing wrong!" Sarah said.
"Yuma just didn't want to involve you in something dangerous like that." Kotori said.
"Where's the duel happening?"
Both girls looked at him.
"Yeah I'm cowardly and useless, and I'm terrible at dueling, but Yuma's my friend! I wish he told me, and we could go together then!"
Kotori nodded. "I know where. Follow me."
"K-Kotori?!"
"I'm worried too." Kotori said to her. "About Yuma and Astral. That Gilag person might give Yuma a hard time since Shingetsu's not there, and we need to be able to trust that they can do this."
Sarah stared at her. "Kotori…."
"Let's go!" Kotori said, and Rei nodded.
"Oh jeez." Sarah mumbled, then followed them.
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"It's over here! Let's go!" Kotori yelled as they ran down the street. She lead them down a corner until they reached a large open space in the middle of an abandoned factory. "There they are!" She said, seeing Yuma and Astral talking with an angry Gilag.
"Please wait!" Shingetsu yelled as the three of them arrived. They stared at them.
"Shingetsu?!" Yuma stared. "Why are you here? This isn't just some regular duel!"
"But he said I needed to come too!" Shingetsu said back.
"Well…"
"So you can't trust me? So you don't need me?"
"That's not it!"
"I know I can't duel well, but I'll try my best!" Shingetsu was near tears. "Don't leave me out!"
Sarah stared. "Don't leave… your friends….out?" She whispered. "Friends…"
Yuma smiled apologetically. "Sorry." He put a hand on Shingetsu's shoulder. "I got it! Let's do this together!"
Shingetsu smiled, along with Kotori.
"But don't get too reckless, I'll protect you." Yuma said to him, who nodded happily.
"Enough already!" Gilag yelled. "You guys shouldn't think you're getting of easily!" He threw something into the air. "Barian's Sphere Field, expand!"
A red sphere appeared, growing larger and larger in the air. It absorbed Yuma and Shingetsu, and Astral. Kotori and Sarah ran back away from it.
"T-They're going to be okay up there, right?" Sarah asked.
"We just have to believe. We just have to believe in them." Kotori said. Sarah yelped and jumped back when the Sphere Field began rumbling again, and Gilag transformed into his Barian form.
"Okay, okay, Gilag's a Barian, and Yuma and Shingetsu can beat him, they can, they'll probably be able to…" Sarah muttered. "They can do it, they can do it, oh why am I here! I just wanted to live a regular life! Not watch people go into sorta life-threatning situations because of card games!"
Kotori looked at her, then back at the duel. "This isn't going to be easy for Yuma and Astral. Hopefully they can do it."
They watched as Gilag summoned his own Numbers, Number 106: Giant Hand. It was a giant hand made out of rock, with lasers on its fingertips and in the middle of its pam.
"Oh my god. An Over-Hundred Numbers." Kotori stared.
"Another card I don't know. Over-Hundred Numbers shouldn't exist. This is making less and less sense." Sarah stared. "I don't know who's Alit, I don't know Over-Hundred Numbers, I don't know this Gilag dude, I don't even know how you guys are able to duel here! Shingetsu what are you doing!" She screamed at him as both his and Yuma's lifepoints dropped.
"Yuma!" Kotori yelled.
"H-Hey. Yuma and Astral aren't supposed to be arguing, right?" Sarah said. "They're partners. They're friends… So why are they arguing? This isn't supposed to happen…" She trailed off as both her and Kotori stared, horrified as Astral dropped, flickering.
"Astral!" She screamed.
"W-What?" Sarah mumbled as Astral disappeared back into the Emperor's Key.
Yuma looked at the Key, then took it off. "Kotori! Take it!" He threw the Key at her, which she caught in her hands. Kotori looked up at him.
"Please take care of Astral! I can't lose this duel!" Yuma yelled. The hole where the Key had gone through sealed up, and then the Sphere Field began spinning faster, the red cards it was made up of more visible. It blocked up their view off the duel.
"W-What's happening in there?" Sarah said. "Yuma! Shingetsu! What's going on in there!" She got no reply.
Kotori held the Key tight in her hands. "Yuma… Astral…"
"Damnit! So… all we can do is wait and hope for the best?"
"Yeah…"
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Finally, the rumbling of the Sphere Field stopped, as it shrunk. Yuma and Rei appeared from it, landing on the ground.
"Yuma!" Kotori yelled happily rushing over to them, as Yuma waved at them.
"You did it!" Sarah breathed out. "Oh good you did it! I though you would, blow it or something!"
"Ahehe…" Shingetsu laughed nervously. "I guess I made a lot of amateur mistakes, and Yuma-kun had to help me get through all of them, but we did it in the end!"
"Huh, y-yeah!" Yuma nodded. "We beat him!"
"Did you find out why he was all angry at you?" Sarah asked.
"Nah, he kept going on about some Alit person, which didn't make sense." Yuma sighed. Kotori handed him the Key, and he took it thankfully. "Thanks Kotori."
"You're welcome. Just be careful with Astral." Kotori said.
"Yeah." Yuma put the pendant back around his neck, and gazed at it, no doubt thinking about Astral.
"W-Well, let's not stay all depressed!" Sarah said. "Celebrate the win!"
"That's right! Let's just all think positively and we'll be fine!" Rei added.
"Yeah exactly! I'll get some Chinese take out for dinner, you guys head back. Rei, you wanna go with them?"
"Yes!" Rei nodded. "Come on Yuma-kun!" He grabbed Yuma's arm, and began pulling him down the street away, with Kotori following.
And as they eventually ran out of sight, Sarah stopped waving to them, turned around, and took a few deep breathes.
"Oh my god what's happening…" She mumbled to herself before walking down the sidewalk.
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"One mocha cookie crumble Frappuccino please." Sarah said at the front of the line of the Starbucks line. She got her drink, and took a long sip from the cold drink, trying to hopefully freeze everything in her brain. While it didn't work, it did taste great. She sighed, then took another long sip.
"What has my life turned into." She mumbled, beginning to walk out the store. "Things are not supposed to turn out like this, this is getting out of hand…"
And then she crashed into a man. "Ack!"
Her drink fell out of her hand, and the man caught it before it dropped onto the ground, as well as catching her with his other hand, pulling her up. Sarah rubbed her head.
"Ugh, sorry sorry sorry!" She yelled, bowing her head.
"N-No problem." The man said. He handed her the Frappuccino, and she took it.
"I'm really sorry, I wasn't looking!" She continued.
"Don't worry about it…." The man said. He looked strange, around 16, with dark clothes and spiky hair, the bangs black and the back spikes pointed downwards a pinkish-red. "You wanna sit down together?"
Sarah stared at him. Her face turned red slightly. "S-Sure…"
"I'm sorry for bumping into you. What's your name?"
"Sarah Walker…"
"Nice to meet you Sarah." The man held out his hand, and she shook it nervously. "I'm Novem Ennea, but everyone calls me Force."
Me: HA HA HA! I'M SO EVIL!
Astral: . . . I'm going to Yuma now.
Me: Huh, oh, sure, bye Astral! And now, my usual tradition of karaoke!
(GO WAY GO WAY / FoZZtone)
Tsumaranai no wa sekai no hou ka
Honki janai jibun no hou ka
(Do you understand?)
Do I understand?
Sudeni kotae wa sorotteiru yo
Ugokadashitara tomaranaide
Makenagara demo kangaerunda
(Do you understand?)
I understand!
Gyakuten no houteishiki wa sorotteiru yo
Kanawanai koto ga fuan?
Tameshiterunda ne, kono ore o
Tsumaranai to itte kamawanai
Shippai wa konna toko de tomaru koto
Come on! Ga, ga, ga, guys and dolls
Go, go, go, gō my way
Oh, oh, oh, ōver ray!
Tobira wa jōji kimi no tame ni hirakareru
Chikara awase gō way gō way
(I understand!)
Namida wa nō way nō way
Chikara no kagiri way gō way
(I understand!)
Mō yūki wa desorotteru
(You understand!) hazu da
Gō Way Gō Way
Kawaranai no wa sekai no hou ka
Ganbatte iru jibun no hou ka
Do I understand?
Dare ga kotae o wakatteru darou
Ugokidashitara tomaranai de
Makenagara demo kangaerunda
You Understand Kimi wa
Taisetsu na tomodachi dakara
Kanawanai koto ga fuan?
Tameshiterunda ne, kono ore o
Tsumaranai to itte kamawanai
Shippai wa konna toko de tomaru koto
Come on! Ga, ga, ga, guys and dolls
Go, go, go, gō my way
Oh, oh, oh, ōver ray
Tobira wa jōji kimi no tame ni hirakareru
Chikara awase
Gō way gō way
(I understand!)
Namida wa nō way nō way
Chikara no kagiri way gō way
(I understand!)
Mō yūki wa desorotteru
(You understand!) hazu da
Gō Way Gō Way!
Me: I'm honestly not sure if that's the full version or not, since I found two versions of it. One is 3 minutes, and the other one's eight. This is the lyrics for the one only 3 minutes. On another note, my little sister finds this song weird while I enjoy it very much! But anyways, I pat myself on the back for getting this far!
Eat some cake, have some cookies, I have leftovers from math class! They give out cookies in my math class and I find that awesome! Review and see you next chapter!