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Possible(?) OOC in this chapter
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Yuya woke up from his sleep, unrested and still tired from the events of the other day. Looking at his clock, it was already ten in the morning and the public was already outside doing their business. With a groan, he slid out of his bed and began going through his morning routine with an unusual lack of vigor. After showering, changing into some fresh clothes, and breakfast, Yuya went on his computer and dug through his email. One was from the Yugioh Dueling League, telling him to meet at HQ to talk about the other day. As much as Yuya didn't want to talk about it, he had to let them know how it went. After all they did sacrifice their time to get him there in the first place. "Guess I should just go now…" Yuya thought as he looked at the clock.
Once putting on his shoes, Yuya began making his way to the Mutou Arcade to recount his experience. Along the way, Yuya had met some… Resistance in the form of Sanctuary's media network. Bombarded with questions, Yuya hastened his strides and put the goggles over his eyes in attempt to ignore the crowd, but it was not very effective. Journalists, news casters, everything in between and more began accumulating behind Yuya into an uncomfortably large crowd. If only Yuya ran into that one guy who hated crowds, maybe he would have a chance to be at peace to think as the man bit the crowd to death. But no, the universe could only grant so many miracles in one week and could not spare any for Yuya. So without a moment of hesitation, Yuya took out and activated his duel disk, set it to battle mode, summoned Entermate Whip Viper, and used the monster to start escaping the crowd by whipping his way up buildings.
It took a while, but Yuya noticed that he lost the news media crowd in one of the more cluttered streets of the Commercial District. So with this knowledge, Yuya continue to swing his way around the city until he landed on the roof of the Mutou arcade. "Let's see if the roof access is… Of course it's locked…" Yuya thought as he tried to open the rooftop trapdoor. "Time to send a message…" Yuya said as he deactivated his duel disk. A few minutes after sending his message, the trapdoor clicked and opened, revealing Yugi. "How did you get on the roof?" Yugi asked, curious as to why someone is on the roof of his building. "I'll tell you when we get in." Yuya said as he climbed down. Going to the lounge as Yugi locked up the roof access, Yuya saw Yuma and Judai playing chess while Yusei is reading the day's paper. "I never thought I see you two play chess. So who is winning?" Yuya asked as he looked at the board. "It's hard to say, I think Yuma has better positioning despite having fewer pieces…" Judai answered with an uncharacteristic tone of intelligence. "Judai was bragging that he could beat me in any game, so I challenged him to a game of chess. The winner gets five silver coins, and the loser has to eat a bag of jellybeans." Yuma explained after making his move. "That's not much of penalty for losing…" Yuya commented as Judai moved a piece. "Not when they are the worst possible flavors in existence. One is enough to vomit out your breakfast… And Lunch… And ruin dinner, forever." Judai answered.
It was only after Yuma put Judai into check that Judai nudged the table from underneath, hoping the pieces would be knocked over, but that didn't happen. "This is a magnetic chess set Judai, you're not getting out of this one." Yuma said with a smirk. "You bastard! You did this on purpose!" Judai yelled. "Hey you accepted. You just didn't know I was forced to play chess against my much smarter friends to get my deck back." Yuma replied. "What story is that?" Yuya and Yugi asked, giving Yuma a curious look. "It just involves me studying my ass off to pass an important test. And then playing chess to prove I am still not an idiot. It went well." Yuma replied. "I'd say worked in his favor, I nearly lost to Yuma in a game." Yusei said, throwing in his two cents. "Checkmate. Now pay up." Yuma said as he moved his queen into position. "I will accept my defeat with dignity…" Judai said as he gave Yuma his coins. "Now that Yuya-kun is here, shall we delve into his experience yesterday?" Yugi asked. "Sure… Just don't mind my attempts to not throw up…" Judai mumbled as he began snacking on the jellybeans.
"First off, were you chased by the news media this morning?" Yusei asked as he closed his paper. "Yes, I had to take the long way around by building jumping." Yuya answered, remembering the annoyance he felt. "Thus the roof." Yugi said, piecing it together. "You should have been more careful on how to make your appearance, you're all over the paper. 'Action Duelist Star Sakaki Yuya makes over the top appearance at concert'." Yusei said as he placed the article down on the table. "Your publicity stunt just blew out all subtlety out the window…" Judai commented before eating a handful of jellybeans, hoping that he could finish it faster. "It's either go big or go home… But I see your point, I'm going to be harassed by journalists until they grow tired of the story." Yuya said as he began planning a new routes to every location he visits. "Don't worry about it, the press will pass eventually. The point is, one, did you enjoy yourself? And two, did you manage to talk to Yuzu-san?" Yugi asked. "Yes I did enjoy myself. The concert and the duel. But things went sour really quick when I revealed myself. Yuzu ran and I wasn't able to get a good conversation with her. I did however leave my number with the head of security so Yuzu can call me whenever she feels up to it." Yuya replied. "And how do you know this guy won't just toss it away?" Yusei asked.
"I know the guy, Yuto keeps his promises." Yuya replied. "Who is the guy anyway? It sounds like you two go back a bit…" Judai asked as he ate another handful, finally finishing the bag. "We don't know each other personally, but we fought together in the other world. Yuto is a rebel soldier fighting a war with an organization that destroyed his home city. Me, Yuzu, and a few of our friends were pulled into that world to end it. We won, but… you know the rest…" Yuya answered, not wanting to delve back into that portion of the story. "So this guy took care of your friend after the whole war thing?" Yuma asked. "Yes, Yuzu even married the guy and possibly had a kid or two. And though I felt… replaced, I'm glad that Yuzu has someone who is more competent at protecting her than me. I can trust Yuto like a brother, he has yet to let me down." Yuya explained, feeling his heart sink as he explained. "Dude, don't be too hard on yourself. Life just doesn't go the way we hope for it to go. We all know that feeling. Maybe not Yuma because of the whole Numeron Code miracle bullshit. But definitely me, Yugi, and Yusei." Judai said with reassurance and a slight joking tone. "Hey! I definitely can empathize with Yuya!" Yuma yelled. "Alright you two, don't start arguing now. But Judai-kun is right, it was out of your hands. Just try to bring closure to your relationship with Yuzu-san, and everything will get better, I promise." Yugi said, agreeing with Judai. "Guys…" Yuya said quietly with a small smile.
It was then that Yuya's phone began ringing, the tune of the Entertainer filled the room. "The Entertainer?" Yusei asked. "What? It's a nice tune. Hello?" Yuya replied before turning his attention to the call. There was no response from the other end of the line. "Hello?" Yuya asked again, this time with a concerned tone. "Oh! I'm sorry! Wrong number!" A voice squeaked quickly before the line went dead. "Well who was it?" Yuma asked. "I think that was Yuzu…" Yuya answered, unsure as he put down his phone. "You did give her your number." Judai replied. "Then why won't she talk to me?" Yuya asked, distressed at the situation. "I had a theory, that last interaction just proved it. Yuya, the girl cannot face you after what she did. She is afraid that you might lash out at her, and by creating distance, she will be far from your words, whether they had good or bad intentions." Yusei explained. "But I said I won't hold it against her… Should I call back?" Yuya asked. "No, she probably turned her phone off to stop you from reaching her now that you have her contact number." Judai replied. "Then what do I do? Sit around and do nothing?" Yuya asked, obviously uncomfortable at the entire situation. "There is not much else you can do. It all depends on her Yuya, she will open up eventually." Yuma replied. "I hope she does…" Yuya said as he slumped onto the table. "Come on guy, we have all of eternity to wait. I'm pretty sure she will come around." Judai said cheerfully.
Yuya didn't respond, signaling Yusei that the guy had enough for one day. "Come on Yuya, I think I should bring you home, you probably had enough for today." Yusei said as he stood up. "But it's only noon…" Yuya groaned. "Then spend that time thinking on what to do when she calls. Remember, think before you say anything and try to listen more, it won't help the situation if you don't let her talk." Yusei said as he picked up Yuya. "I'll try…" Yuya moaned as he got dragged off by Yusei. "We wish you the best of luck Yuya-kun!" Yugi yelled. "Remember Kattobingu! It will get you going!" Yuma yelled. "Also try to keep it PG! We wouldn't want this whole situation to get difficult and sexy!" Judai yelled. Yugi, Yusei, and Yuma gave Judai incredulous looks, trying to make him change his words, but to no avail. "What? Those kinds of things make storytelling interesting." Judai replied. "Anyway, we'll be going now. See you guys later." Yusei said as he and Yuya left.
After putting Yuya onto his D-Wheel and making sure he won't fall off because of his current zombie like state, Yusei activated the vehicle and drove off.
The silence has yet to be broken… Yet no one is willing to speak… All in due time…
And that is chapter eight. We are almost to the half way mark, a long time has passed since then. But we are not out of the woods just yet.
Before I continue with information on Sanctuary, let me explain just what Battle Mode was in the story. Battle mode is a setting in which all monsters, magic, and trap cards become tangible and are capable of doing a variety of things, mostly to fend off any danger that duelists would find themselves in. Just like in Arc V where Yuto and Yugo clashed in the flashback of episode 18, monsters can be summoned and fight without the round-a-bout delay of a summoning mechanic. Bonuses will be awarded if the monsters were summoned through its original mechanic (i.e. Xyz monsters summoned through Xyz summoning will have overlays as opposed to having none). Magic and trap cards work in a similar way except what it does in battle mode may differ from what it does in a duel. Certain Pendulum monsters will have their pendulum effects change in battle mode as well.
Now onto Sanctuary and the continuation of Nonexistium.
Nonexistium has a unique effect on the souls of Sanctuary as it acts as a power limiter. What that means is exactly what it sounds like, it restrains the strength of the denizens there. How much power the Nonexistium restrains is determined by how powerful the person was in life at the peak of their strength. Whether the person was a superhuman, had supernatural powers, or a regular human, they all experience the restrain differently. For example, Superman would lose a few of his super powers while Batman will only have a slight decrease in strength and reflex. There is a way to temporarily remove the limiter, but it can only be permitted by the Lord of All Sanctuary as removing the limiter will also make any Underworld Rebellion stronger and much harder to deal with. The only way to this short frame of power restoration is through the burning of a small sprite called Humanity. These strange, human shaped sprites are safe guarded by one of the Capital's armies, the Elite Knights. Forever keeping the balance that Sanctuary has cast upon its powerful and diverse denizens... Only awakening their true strength in the face of the greatest challenges that threatens them.
And that is all there is to this chapter. Plenty of OOC here, or at least I believe there is. As much as I could try to justify it later on, I need you guys to be alert and tell me if you are understanding what I'm getting at. But that is all for the chapters to come. Right now, tell me how I did with this chapter and all that stuff. Remember, reviews is worth more than gold on this site, so a few would be appreciated. Anyway, I kept you here long enough with my ramblings...
Until next time... T1