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MILLENNIUM KINGDOM:

Yuya didn't know why everything hurt. As he walked back home, every step felt like he was impelling knives into his feet, his chest hurt like he was stabbed, his head ached, and he felt dizzy. He sat down on a bench and tried to clear his head.

Key word here being 'tried to' as he lost consciousness from the pain.

When he woke up the pain still remained he grabbed his head with claws or tried to seeing his arms were too small to reach his head.

Wait. Claws?!

He looked back and indeed he saw claws. Panicking he tried to stand up but fell back down. His legs were too weak to support his body. No it wasn't just his legs it was his whole body that was weak. He felt feverish and ill. He whimpered pitifully

"Hush now"

Yuya looked toward the direction of the voice and almost screamed when he saw a pitch black dragon standing there. He tried to run away but his body gave out again. He was caught by the black dragon before he could fall on the floor.

"wha-!"

"It's okay" the other dragon rumbled before caressing his back rubbing at one spot in particular that made him melt. He almost drifted into sleep had not the black dragon kissed him on the lips, startling him but at the same time revitalizing him, making him fully energized and taking away all the pain away.

When he pulled away, Yuya felt the rush stop. All of the exhaustion coming back but none of the pain.

"Who-?"

"You'll know me soon enough. We'll be together again after so long."

"I don't understand-"

"I'm sorry for leaving you alone, We're sorry for leaving you alone" the black dragon began to fade

"No! Wait! Come back!"

"COME BACK!" Yuya screamed as he woke up to reality. Startling all of the rooms occupants

His mother, Yoko embraced him sobbing. His father Yushou gave a weary smile, one that showed he had stayed up all night. As evidenced by the rising sun he could see glancing at the window and the time portrayed on the clock.

His mother's sobs and his father's words were muffled in his ears as he stared at his hand. His human hands with five fingers each. Not claws with red scales but hands of flesh. He wondered if it was a dream. But it was so real

He wanted to see that dragon again.

He wanted to know what he meant by 'we'

FUSION KINGDOM:

Yuri looked over his cards, placing one in and than removing another. He was supposed to be in class but he never liked the lectures or the tests finding them a bore and complete waste of time. So he skipped classes daily something that got him in trouble with the teachers but no one dared to face him since he sent a good portion of the teachers and almost the entire Obelisk force to the hospital for attempting to put him in detention.

If he practically crippled anyone who tried to give him detention then nobody wanted to know what he would to someone who would try to expel him

They wanted to live, thank you very much

'Knock' 'Knock'

"Come in"

A cheerful face popped out from behind the door. "Hey there Yuri"

Ah, Dennis. One of the very minuscule few that could talk to him without getting scared. If he recalled correctly there was only two others in the Fusion Kingdom that wasn't scared of him. In Fusion anyway.

"What do you want Dennis?" Yuri asked calmly

"Well, your buddy just wanted to tell you where the Dragon Festival is going to be held this year!" Dennis said

Yuri raised an eyebrow "Oh, and where is it going to be held this time? Starlight grotto? Angel mountain?" Both places were reasonable. Starlight Grotto was a place where the stars could be seen even with all the intense light from the festival and fireworks. Angel mountain was a little far off but had been a favorite for festival grounds.

Dennis laughed "Neither! In fact the festival is going to be at, you won't believe it, the sacred Pendulum Gardens! Aren't you glad?"

Dennis heard a rip than turned to Yuri who hid something behind his back. He was about to comment on it when he saw Yuri's face. It looked almost.. haunted

"I suppose I am"

SYNCRO KINGDOM

Yugo stared at the poster

DRAGON FESTIVAL

Location:Pendulum Gardens

Yugo paid no attention to anything else on the paper. He didn't care about the date, about the guests of honor, about the events taking place during the festival, not even the Riding duel matches. All that mattered was the location.

Pendulum Gardens?

The place where he died?

Was this some sorta of

"…sick joke?" Yugo whispered not noticing he spoke out loud. The person standing next to him heard him however misinterpreting his confusion

"It's not a joke! This is real! A chance to visit the Pendulum Gardens! No one has ever been there since the royals cut it off. This is great! I have to tell everyone!"

With that the glasses wearing girl ran as fast as she could probably to spread the news

But Yugo stood staring at the poster before snarling and ripped it down He crumbled it into a ball and tossed it in the trash before getting on his duel-runner

He was going to get some answers

XYZ KINGDOM

Yuto felt sore

Everything ached everything hurt

When he felt that tug in the back of his mind he had retreated into his quarters and closed his eyes.

When he woke he found himself in his old form. A dragon with wings of lightning. Whose roar would strike awe in the hearts of his opponents. Whose attacks could level the earth and shatter glaciers.

He heard whimpers and found the sickly figure of his youngest brother lying on the ground, warmer than what could be considered heathy. He held him, comforted him, took his pain away. But he wasn't able talk to him, the only things he could say before the connection faded were apologies.

When he took his pain it was intense. Too intense for any human to handle alone. If he had remembered his origins as a dragon than he could endure it. Despite being reborn in a human body, Yuto had all the strength he had in his past life. He had to be careful not to overdo it for he didn't want people to become suspicious.

Memories started to flow into him, he must've of taken some on accident when he took away his pain. He played the memories

"Now class does everyone know the story "The Four Kingdom Dragons"?"

"The story where four dragons save the four kingdoms?"

"Yes."

"Where will it be held this time?"

"….Pendulum Gardens"

Yuto froze right there

What-?

His duel disk rang. Seeing the number he picked it up immediately

"Hello?"

"About time you picked up I've been waiting forever!"

Impatient as ever Yuto thought

"What is it?"

"Did you not see-?"

"Is this about the dragon festival?"

"Well duh! What else could this be about?! What are we going to do?"

"Yugo, hold on. We need to contact Yuri about this too"

Second one! Yes! I'm on fire!