Ariette: Hi guys! Since I love you so much and I have free time, I decided to leave you chapter 4! So please enjoy! Because you are so special and you always make me happy!

"Talking"

"Thoughts"

Mysterious Person that only appears at the end of the chapter (XD)

Note

Yu-gi-oh Zexal does NOT belong to me! I wish! LOL

Note Four: How can I glare…?

Yuma was running to his other class. He was late, again. But this time he didn't care. The only thing he wanted to do was cry. Cry because he felt really awful. He wanted to say he was sorry. He wanted to run, but away, really far away from everything…

But he can't. He has to stay. He has to smile. He has to be the always energetic Yuma Tsukumo. He has to act normally, so he doesn't worry his friends. He stopped running when he saw the door to his next class. He calmed himself, so nobody would ask him something he didn't want to answer.

He breathed and enters the room. He was greeted by his strict teacher's look. He smiled nervously, knowing his teacher doesn't like students coming late.

"What took you so long, Mister Tsukumo?" The teacher asked with a frown.

Yuma looked at his friends who were trying to tell him something like: 'We tried to tell her, but she didn't listen' or 'Is not our fault'. Yuma sighed mentally.

"You did not answer my question, Tsukumo. What took you so long?" She asked, again, still with the frown in her face.

"Sorry Miss Lucca. I was changing my clothes, and I didn't expect to take so long. My most sincere apologies." Yuma bowed. He knew his Science teacher was a tough one. He didn't want to get the bad side of her.

She stayed a little time looking at Yuma deciding what would be best to do. "Fine, you can enter. But I warn you Mister Tsukumo, do NOT come late again." Yuma nodded and entered the room.

Yuma sat in his place and took his notebooks out. The teacher continued with the class. Yuma was having a little problem following everything she says. It always happened, since he met her.

This teacher was a very good one. She was straight, strict, eloquent, had many knowledge, but she talked very fast. And she was also from another country. So it was double hard to understand her. At least for Yuma.

But it was okay, he could always ask for a notebook from one of his friends. The teacher didn't think the same way, though. She decided she wouldn't let Yuma have an easy afternoon. How? Of course, asking questions.

"So, as you must already know, the sciences that study the stars are…?" She asked, waiting for a student to answer. There were a couple of students that raised their hand, knowing the answer. But no, she decided to ask Yuma.

"Well, maybe Mister Tsukumo knows the answer." Yuma looked at her not knowing what to say. "You did do your homework, did you not Tsukumo?" Of course he did the homework, but he was so tense he couldn't think straight, not with everything that has happened.

"I… I did do my homework Miss Lucca. The answer is… Um… Astrology and Astronomy…?" More than an answer it was more like a question.

"Correct. I was afraid you would not answer the question, but I was proved wrong…" She continued with the class. Sometimes asking some kind of question, and of course, almost all of them were directed to Yuma.

True was, Yuma knew all this answers. He had one time to explain them to Astral. He saddened at the thought of Astral. Again, Yuma felt the urge to cry. He breathed, calming himself, but it wasn't easy. He knew Astral was hurt, he had seen it in his expression when they were in the changing room.

He felt horrible for being so cold to his best friend. But he knew he wouldn't tell him anything, anyways. So, he was just being sincere to Astral, wasn't him? Then, why it felt so bad? Why did it hurt every time he thought of it?

Astral didn't deserve this. Astral is still so innocent and he knows so little about human's mind. How could Yuma be so stupid?! How could he do that to Astral?! To his best friend?!

He would have slapped himself in the face if he could. But then everyone would look at him strangely, not that he cared that much. Now he knew he made a big mistake. He felt so awful, so guilty, so evil. He felt the same pain he felt when the entire Vector thing happened.

"Shingetsu…" Yuma started thinking about every moment he spent with Rei. Doing those weird things, laughing, having duels… "No. No, no, no, no… I mustn't think of that. He's Vector, he's not my friend. He never was…"

He felt so awful, so bad. He made a horrible mistake that time, when he lied to Astral. He didn't want that to happen again. He knew he needed to apologize to Astral. But, now he felt so ashamed of himself. For being so stupid, for hurting Astral, for making mistakes…

Then, how? How could he apologize to Astral? How could he return everything to normal? How could he, forget all the things that happened, that are happening?

He didn't know. He was so confused. He had so many emotions inside him, trying to take control of him. He didn't know what was right and what was wrong now. He wished everything was just a bad dream, that he was going to wake up soon. But he wasn't. It wasn't a dream. It was real.

"Why? Why did this have to happen? How did it happen? I don't understand!" Again, he wanted to cry. He wanted to scream, to leave all his emotions out. All his frustration, all his anger, all his sadness, he wanted to let them out.

But he couldn't. He won't let himself do that. He didn't want to worry his friends. Astral was enough for him.

"It's all my fault…" Again, he blamed himself for everything. "If I were more careful… If I could just hide things better…" He really though the solution was to hide everything from everyone. Everything that was on his mind, everything he was feeling, every little piece of pain and bad memories, of self-destruction.

"No, Astral doesn't deserve this. He doesn't deserve more pain; he doesn't deserve me to hide things…" Yuma thought Astral had the right to know, but something made him change his mind. "But, if Astral knows what's happening… Then, wouldn't I be hurting him? Wouldn't he be in more pain? I have to hide this, I can't tell him…"

Yuma was so concentrated in his thoughts that he never noticed his friends calling him.

"Yuma… Yuma! Yuma! Yuma!" Kotori was calling to him, but Yuma didn't hear her. "YUMA!" After a loud scream where Yuma's friends covered their ears and Yuma literally fell, Yuma was able to hear Kotori.

"K-Kotori! Man, you scared me!" Yuma noticed a worried look in Kotori's eyes.

"Are you ok, Yuma? You got me worried…" Kotori asked with concern in her voice.

"I'm fine! What makes you think I'm not?" He asked, chuckling a bit out of awkwardness.

"Well…." She started, but then Tetsuo talked for her.

"We have noticed you a bit weird than usual." Yuma looked at him with a frown.

"Not them. Please not them too…" He repeated in his mind.

"I-I mean, don't get me wrong! We're not trying to insult you or anything! It's just…" Tetsuo trailed off, but then Cathy talked.

"What Tetsuo is trying to say is, that you've been acting very distant lately nyan~" She said holding her hands together.

"To summarize, we've been really worried. Is there something bothering you Yuma?" Takashi asked with concern.

"Y-you guys! Why do you think something's wrong?! There's nothing wrong with me! I'm just really into thinking right now. Can't I think for a while?" Yuma said with a false anger in his voice, just to make sure his friends didn't notice the truth.

"Oh, no! I mean, yes, yes! You can think all you want! It's just, this isn't very usual of you nyan~" Cathy said believing Yuma's words.

Yuma sighed mentally. "At least they didn't notice…"

"Then, what are you thinking so much? What's in your mind?" Kotori asked, knowing Yuma was hiding something.

"I totally forgot about Kotori! She's going to make me tell everything! I better start thinking of something!" Yuma looked around, searching for an excuse to say, and soon noticed no one was in the room. "Um, guys… Why there's no one in the room?"

Kotori narrowed her eyes and was ready to tell something but Tetsuo interrupted her. "That's why we've been calling you. Class finished. The bell rang and you were still there sitting like an idiot. No offence."

"Oh! I was?" Yuma looked around again and smiled sheepishly. "I guess I really was sitting like an idiot here all alone. Thanks guys!" Tetsuo, Cathy and Takahashi smiled in return, but Kotori was with a frown in her face.

"Yuma… Why-" Yuma saw Kotori was about to speak and interrupted her.

"Oh! I totally forgot! I have to search some info for Akari! I have to leave!" Yuma stood, pick up all his stuff and ran to the exit. "Bye guys! And thanks for everything!" He left the room leaving a confused face in all her friends. (OMG, I changed Yuma's sex! XD)

Yuma ran until he was sure he was half a mile away from school. When he was sure he stopped running and took a moment to breathe. He then remembered he had to come back.

"Man! I totally forgot about punishment! I'm supposed to stay with Mr. Kay…" Yuma returned again, walking slowly to school not wanting to come back.

He entered school and looked everywhere to see if his friends were there. After confirming they weren't, he started walking towards Mr. Kay classroom. He entered and was surprised when he saw Ms. Lucca instead of Mr. Kay.

"Miss Lucca! What are you doing here?" He asked confused.

"Can I not be here, Mister Tsukumo?" She said, looking at him directly at his eyes.

"N-no! I mean, yes! You can. You're the teacher after all…" Yuma said a bit nervous.

"Good…. Mister Tsukumo, what are you doing here?" She asked, turning her sight to the window.

"Well… I'm here on punishment… I came to school late…" He admitted ashamed.

"I see… Well then, you can leave." She said still looking at the window.

Yuma widened his eyes. "What? I mean, Miss Lucca I'm here by Mr. Kay orders. So, I can't leave…" He explained the teacher.

"I know. Mister Kay told me about a certain student who always came late. He asked me to be here on his place since he had to do some errands. And I decided to let you leave, but do not think I am going to do this again." She said looking at Yuma through the reflection of the window.

"I don't know what to say…. Many thanks Miss Lucca!" Yuma bowed and leaved the room. He didn't notice the little smile in his teacher lips.

"You are welcomed… Yuma…" The teacher stayed watching the window.

Yuma ran outside again. This time he was directed to the Central Library, where he thought he could find the information he needed.

"I hope I can find the info Akari wants…. They always been rumors that the Central Library knows everything we need if we know how to search it…" He stopped at a red light, waiting patiently for the light to change.

He started thinking about everything that happened that day, since he woke up until now. His sister, Mr. Kay worried expression, Astral, his friends and Miss Lucca. He could stop himself about thinking that Miss Lucca and Astral had a weird resemblance. The two of them were eloquent, good-speaking persons and had the same strict and kind looking eyes.

"Astral…." Yuma notices that he hadn't seen Astral since their 'fight'. He still felt really bad. He was so deep in thought he didn't noticed the light changing. When he felt the people passing around was when he noticed and started walking again.

He reached the Library after a while and decided to find the information he needed quickly. As the time passed Yuma was beginning to stress out. He couldn't find anything, not even a little. It was really late when he decided to stop searching and return home.

He picked up his stuff and leaved the section he was in. He started walking towards the exit when he notices it started to rain outside. With a sigh he leaves the Library and starts walking home.

He felt the cold breeze but didn't care, he needed to get home, it was already dark enough to scare anyone. He hugged himself in an attempt to get warm while he was walking. When he reached his house he was received with a bear hug from his sister.

"Oh, Yuma! I was so worried! Where the hell have you been?!" She asked taking Yuma inside to make him feel warm.

"I was in the Central Library, searching for the info you asked." He responded gaining a surprised look from his sister.

"Yuma…. Y-you did this for me? Oh, lil' bro! I'm sorry, if I knew you will come this late I would have never asked you to do it!" She said hugging Yuma again. Yuma didn't understand, it wasn't the first time that he came late doing something for her.

"Let's leave Yuma get some rest Akari. He must be tired. I'll give him something warm to drink. You can go upstairs Yuma." Haru came and touched his granddaughter's shoulder, letting her know that she needed to let go of her brother.

"Ok grandma." She separate from her brother and smiled at him. "Go upstairs Yuma. Take a shower and then wait for grandma to bring you something warm."

Yuma nodded and leaved to go upstairs. He went to his room and search for his pajamas. He then leaved to the bathroom and took a warm shower. When he finished he returned to his room and went to the attic. He sits in his hammock and waits patiently for his grandmother. While he was waiting he started thinking again about everything that happened that day.

"Astral…" Again, his thoughts were directed to the blue alien. He couldn't stop the sadness he began to feel inside his heart. He felt so awful, so guilty, he felt evil. He had become a liar. He had told so many lies those last days, when he never had before. He was ashamed. Ashamed of his lies, ashamed of making mistakes, ashamed of hiding things from his best friend.

But he wasn't going to talk. He wasn't going to tell what was happening. He was going to hide everything and mask himself with smiles. That was the only way, the only way to not worry his friends. The only way to protect Astral.

"Astral… I'm sorry, but this is the only way…" He thought, knowing no one had heard that.

"Yuma…" Yuma looked above him, seeing his friend looking at him with worried eyes.

"Astral… What are you doing here?" He looked away, not wanting to see his friend's eyes.

"I heard you calling…" Astral responded. Yuma was surprised, he never called Astral. "Yuma, why are your eyes wet?"

Yuma touched his eyes only to find out he was crying. "I-I don't know…" He answered, but never looked at Astral.

"Is that a way for humans to express their feelings?" Astral asked, knowing Yuma was sad.

"Yes. We cry if we're sad or if we're very happy…" Yuma responded and cleaned his eyes. Astral nodded understanding. He made a mental note, not wanting to tell it aloud.

"Yuma, can you come down?" Haru's voice was heard.

"Coming, grandma!" Yuma quickly went down to his real room where he found his grandmother with a cup of hot chocolate.

"Here, sweetie. Drink this; it's going to make you warm." She gave him the cup of hot chocolate.

"Thanks grandma." He started drinking the chocolate.

"Are you going to eat Yuma?" She asked. Yuma finished the chocolate and gave her the cup.

"No grandma. I'm really tired; I just want to sleep, 'kay?" He said smiling at her. Just another mask.

"Well, ok sweetie. Sweet dreams Yuma." She gave Yuma a little kiss in the cheek.

"Sweet dreams grandma." Yuma said with another smile. You keep masking yourself.

Haru smiled back and leaved the room. Yuma turn out the lights of his room and jumped again to the attic. He lay down on his hammock, but couldn't find a way to sleep. He saw Astral was still there watching him. He turned over just to evade Astral's gaze.

"Why do you keep ignoring me?" Astral said after a couple of minutes. It is true, are you that scared?

Yuma closed his eyes, trying to organize his thoughts. "Astral I… I'm not ignoring you." Yuma said but didn't turn over. Then why didn't you turn over?

"Then, why are you not facing me?" Astral said with hurt in his voice. Told you.

"Astral…" Yuma stood and searched for his backpack. He took out all his notebooks and searched for one in specific, the science notebook. He took a little piece of paper from the notebook and shows it to Astral.

How can I glare at your eyes when I'm completely ashamed?

Astral opened his eyes wide and looked at Yuma. Yuma looked away. Pathetic.

"Yuma you…?" Astral starts but Yuma interrupts him with a nod.

"Just… Give me some time, 'kay? I'll find a solution for this." Yuma said and lay again in his hammock. A solution? Don't make me laugh!

"Alright, Yuma. I trust you. But, if you need my help, please just ask." Astral said getting near Yuma. Oh, he will Astral! He will!

"Thanks Astral…" Yuma yawned. "G'night Astral…"

"Good night Yuma." Astral said in a whisper before Yuma fell asleep.

Ariette: Since you all guys voted to have Black Mist in the story I will make him appear soon. Muahahaha, you just make Yuma's life miserable!

To the reviewers:

NurdBurger: Here's the chapter! Hope you like it!

thor94: Muahahaha, I'm evil! Don't worry, you'll know soon. BTW, you just inspired me to do a new story. Muahahaha

Keyshipping-Jenny: New chapter! Especially for you! Hope you like this chapter. And sorry for my last behavior, it must have been really embarrassing. X'D We think very alike! Black Mist is sexy :3

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Lime Gap: Hahaha, indeed. Black Mist is the thing that possesses Astral. It's like, physically speaking, his twin X'D Please continue reading!

Don Justice- 100: Yeah, it was sad... But don't worry! Things are going to get better! Although not soon XD Thank you! I already have an idea, I just hope you can all like it...

Well, that's for today reviews! See you on chapter 5! Which I hope to publish this weekend. Enjoy a nice week!

PS: Muahahaha, I have such an evil plan, Muahahaha!