My Maiden's Number
Chapter 2: My Maiden's Riddle
DISCLAIMERS: This has been beta read and approved by Vile .EXE . However, the owners of Yugioh Zexal have not approved this fic.
Duel Academy Museum:
"Here it is Kotori, something me and Tetsuo planned to go this year."
Kotori and Yuma were admiring the structure of the new museum.
"I decided we could go here this year since this just opened up."
"Yuma?"
"Yes?"
"You can let go of my hand now."
Yuma then exchanged a double take with her face and their hands, quickly letting go and looking away blushing.
"…you wanna go in?"
"Yes."
They then tried ignoring the awkwardness, walking up the steps, entering the large duel academy replica.
"Wow…"
"Amazing!"
Inside the building was a hallway, similar to the insides of Duel Academy, along with decorated posters of every duel, every duelist, and every major card that was ever played in the Academy.
"Look, it's Jaden!"
"Over there's Alexis Rhodes!"
"Oh my gosh, what a beautiful Black Rose Dragon!"
The two were admiring the various pictures, posters, articles, and pretty much some of the augmented reality images and monsters that were statues.
"Cool! I didn't know they had this!"
Yuma and Kotori then found and started heading inside a section of the museum, a card shop.
"H-h-hey! Look at all the cards!"
Yuma looked through the starter deck and booster packs, hoping to see something interesting.
"Wait, Yuma, don-wait a minute…"
She looked around to find a certain part of the card shop. A few seconds later, she saw a cashier with a small beard, spiked brown hair, with a white t-shirt with words that were in bright pink that said 'love makes the world go round' in a bright red heart.
"Excuse me, sir?"
The man then looked to see the greenette looking up from the counter at him.
"Hello Miss, would you like some help on something?"
She then looked at him with a serious expression.
"Are you the one with the Deck of the Maiden?"
The man looked surprised, chuckling as he pulled out a pink deck box with a heart stamp on it.
"Well, looks like word has gotten out. However, this deck isn't cheap to the normal person, $50."
"$50!"
"However, it can be sold at the cheaper price."
Kotori then looked through her purse that she had on her.
"How much?"
"$25, standard structure deck price."
He then leaned on the counter to whisper in Kotori's ear.
"The riddle, I am small, soft, brief or passionate. I am simple, however full of a great meaning, these actions could be done with almost any being, where it could change the tint of their face. What is it?"
The man backed up, pulling out a stopwatch.
"I will give you a few minutes to answer."
Kotori then sat down with her back against the glass counter, pondering on the possible answer.
"Is it a…um…"
She then banged the back of her head onto the case.
"One minute."
She then dropped her head into her hands.
"I can't figure it out!"
"Still got thirty seconds to guess the answer."
She then started looking into the jewel that was on her necklace, where she closed her eyes.
"I wish I knew…"
The jewel flashed, where a voice resonated in the back of her head.
"Kiss…"
Kotori's eyes then shot open, a spark giving her hope.
"The answer!"
The man then looked at her with a smirk.
"The answer, it is a kiss!"
The man then moved the deck towards her.
"It is yours little lady, $25 please."
She then nodded, pulling out her purse and giving the man the $25.
"Thank you."
"No problem, and good luck in your love!"
She then put the deck box inside her purse, looking through the store to look for Yuma.
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the shop, with Yuma:
"Yuma."
Yuma then turned his head to see Astral looking at a certain deck within the shelves.
"What is it Astral?"
Astral pointed at the deck, making Yuma look at the monster on the deck box. It was a female spellcaster that had a green dress, without straps. There were shoulder pads that had been in a shape of a flower petal, along with long pink hair, with some green streaks, and a hair bow that was a daisy, along with a staff that was shaped like a certain flower that it name implies.
"The deck is called 'Longing Freesia'. That is a very odd name."
Yuma was more curious of the card that was on the structure deck.
"Astral, do you know what that card is?"
The spirit shook his head.
"I'm sorry, but for me too, this is the first time I have seen this card. I do not know of it's identity."
Yuma then looked at the deck name.
"Freesia, those, are the flowers that Kotori likes!"
"How do you know?"
"Well…"
Flashback:
"C'mon Kotori, try and get me!"
A young Yuma was running from Kotori, who was starting to look tired.
"Yuma, get back here!"
She then tripped, which it started sending her forwards towards Yuma.
"Oh no!"
Yuma then ran up to her and caught her (to the best of his abilities) in his arms.
"You ok Kotori?"
"I'm fine."
Soon, a scent caught their noses.
"Do you smell that?"
They both let go of each other to use their sense of smell to guide them towards a certain shop.
"This is where they're coming from."
"A flower shop."
As they entered the store, their eyes and noses led them to a yellow set of flowers which had a height between 12 and 18 inches, slender, irislike leaves and long, narrow stems producing delicate, funnel-shaped flowers.
"Do you know what they're called?"
"Those are Freesia."
They looked behind themselves to see a woman in a white sunhat and a pair of gardening gloves.
"Freesia?"
"They have a pleasing scent that is mostly used in things like candles. Their meaning is that they are to symbolize friendship and innocence."
Kotori just smiled as she picked up the handful of the flowers.
"That's pretty nice. Well, I think I would like them in plant form."
Yuma then got an idea.
"How much are they Miss?"
"There's a sale today, so $5 for a bunch or a bouquet for $12."
Yuma dug around in his pocket, finding a few coins that added up to the total.
"Will this work?"
"Most definitely."
He handed the coins to the cultivator, and she walked away with a content smile on her face. Kotori on the other hand was confused.
"Yuma, did you just buy these?"
"Yeah, you can keep them."
Kotori had a look of amusement.
"For me?"
"Course keep them, that lady said it represented friendship. Besides, you like them so much."
She then inhaled the scent of the flowers, making Yuma smile as well with her as they both smelled the flowers.
Back in present time:
"I know what I gotta do."
Yuma then took the deck off the shelf and started running to the cashier.
"Hey, how much for this deck?"
The same cashier who was wearing the specific T-Shirt looked at him.
"Deck's on sale. Normally it's about $25, but today, it's 15 bucks."
Yuma then slammed 2 bills in front of the man, running away with the deck to find a certain green haired female.
"Wait!"
Yuma then turned around, seeing the man holding a flower.
"Each purchase of that deck, you get a free freesia, only exclusive for this week."
Yuma took the flower, stuffed it inside his pocket and ran back in the direction he was heading to see his friend.
"Kotori!"
Kotori looked behind herself, seeing Yuma run up to her.
"Yuma?"
He held out a blue/yellow deck box, showing her the spellcaster that was on it.
"Uh, I got this for you."
"Really? That's very sweet of you Yuma, but I already have a deck."
She then pulled out of her purse the pink deck box, showing a small girl in an orange dress.
"Alright then, if you have a deck, then let's katto-bing! It's time to duel!"
A duel disk then came out of Yuma's backpack, up into the sky.
"Duel Disk, set!"
The thing then descended and attached to the pad on his arm. Kotori on the other hadn had a green/blue duel disk that was similar to Yuma's out of her purse, slipping it on.
"Duel Disk, set!"
Two yellow and green scouter type objects then both flew out, landing in the palms of the two middle scholars hands.
"D-Gazer, set!"
The two objects then flashed.
"AR VISION LINK ESTABLISHED."
The background then started warping them into the Augmented Reality.
"CONNECTING LINKS BEWTWEEN A AND B."
"DUEL!"
Unbeknownst to both of them, the number 13 flashed in blue on the back of Kotori's hand…
I hope people know what i am referencing in this fic. It should be quite obvious. Anways, glad to see to have this fic around. Read and Review people!