A/N: Finally have up the next chapter of something! Anyway, in this chapter, we will be in for a bunch of surprises. And some OOCness. Of course, there will also be some music in this chapter as well. If anyone wants to know the title of the songs, I will either PM you them or have the names up next chapter. And many thanks to Findarato's wonderful review~ I feel so loved~!
*OPENING*
Now it's time to raise your hands up! Sing about your dreams now!
Always stand up! Raise your unbreakable flag!
We've made it past so many walls to get here
Now let's head for the future! Hands up!
(The background was completely white. Sketches of the You Show Duelists, Gongenzaka, and Yoko were being drawn. After they were drawn out, they were colored and toned, becoming fully animated as they seemed to be partying at someplace. The camera pans up into the air above the party as the title forms at the blue sky)
I'll just have to move on a little further and I'll reach the answer
(The scene changed to Yuya practicing his Pendulums then to Yuzu practicing with Sora on Fusion Summons)
I pressed on through this new world believing in that
(Gongenzaka was seen meditating under the waterfall, his way of getting stronger)
That's right, the pieces of our dreams have joined together as one
(Bella was at the park, chatting with her 'Pirate' monsters and her Xyz monster)
Connecting our unwavering bonds, let's head for a bright future!
(Qing was sitting on a rooftop with her six deck boxes before her. She looked up and saw her ace monsters of each deck looking down at her with a smirk, which she returned with her own)
Now it's time to raise your hands up! Sing about your dreams now!
(Yuya and Qing both Pendulum Summoned Odd-Eyes, Stargazer Magician, Naturu Butterfly and Naturu Ragweed, and then Fusion/Synchro Summon Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Naturu Parkion)
Always stand up! Raise your unbreakable flag!
(Sora and Bella performed their Fusion/Xyz Summon and had out Des-Toy Scissors Bear and Emperor of Hope, Utopia)
We've made it past so many walls to get here
Now let's head for the future!
(Yuzu and Gongenzaka summoned out their monsters and fused/tuned them into their new ace monsters)
Keep looking up! Keep your head held up high!
(There were quick shots of Hokuto to Masumi to Yaiba to Shingo. Shun was then seen looking up at LDS school with a glare on his face)
Always step up! Jump over the waves!
(Behind him stood a hooded female who seemed hesitant to even get close to him)
Carefully linking our wishes together, now let's head for the future!
(Yuto then appeared behind her and gave her some comfort)
We drift forward, riding the waves
meeting people, saying goodbye, and again,
underneath, this flag...
(The scene changed to Qing being in her home world playing Duel Monsters with many other Duelists, meeting the old and new and bidding farewell to those she never saw again)
I keep the pain I don't want to forget in my heart
on that day, I softly carved it into it
(As Qing got older, her best friends were going away, leaving her the only one to play Duel Monsters in the card shop they usually go to)
A freedom that I won't lose to anyone
I grasp it tight in my hands and go!
(She saw a glowing card before her, showing her all the good times she once had in her world and the times she had in the Arc-V world as she reached out to grasp it, engulfing the scene in bright light)
Now it's time to raise your hands up! Sing about your dreams now!
(She found herself in Arc-V world, in the middle of a duel with her friends cheering for her)
Always stand up! Raise your unbreakable flag!
We've made it past so many walls to get here
Now let's head for the future!
(She Pendulum Summoned her monsters and used those monsters to call out her best cards)
Keep looking up! Keep your head held up high!
Always step up! Jump over the waves!
Carefully linking our wishes together, now let's head for the future!
(The scene constantly and quickly went from good scenes at You Show Duel School to Qing declaring an attack, eventually stopped at a scene where her monsters combined their attacks and created fireworks)
Hands up!
(The scene changed to a screenshot of the You Show Duel School gang plus Gongenzaka and Yoko at the front of said Duel School)
After her duel against Shun, Qing was knocked unconscious by the force of her monster's attack. Her friends found her in the middle of the destruction at the docks and sent her to the hospital, all wondering what happened to her to have her end up in the situation she was in.
"Is she going to be okay?" Yuya asked a doctor.
"Other than the bruises and injuries, she'll be fine," he answered. "So what happened for her to end up like this?"
"That's what we'd like to know," Bella said.
"In any case, with how she is now, it'll take a miracle for her to heal in time for the Maiami Championship."
"And she was looking forward to entering too..." Ayu said.
"It can't be helped. With those injuries, she won't be able to easily get Action Cards," Tatsuya pointed out.
"How fast she can heal is up to her alone," the doctor said. "As for you kids, it's getting late. You should go home and get some sleep."
Reluctantly, the group all nodded and left the hospital.
*IN QING'S DREAM*
The otherworldly duelist opened her eyes to find herself in the middle of a warzone. Buildings were destroyed or in flames as innocent people were running away from the madness. Some were dueling against men in blue blazers, wearing some kind of masks, and losing against them. As she saw the duelists lose, they were turned into cards. Seeing that shocked her more than anything else.
"Noir!" called a familiar voice. She turned and saw Shun running to her side. "What are you doing? We have to run!" Without having a chance to say anything, Shun took her hand and dragged her away from the battlefield. They didn't get far, however, for a few of those blue blazer duelists got in the way of their escape route. "Damn it... Guess we have to duel!" Shun activated his duel disk.
Qing looked down and noticed, not only was she in different set of clothes, but her duel disk was the same model as the masked Xyz users. Not going to bother to question about the situation, she activated it.
"DUEL!" they all shouted.
Shun: 4000 LP
Qing/Noir: 4000 LP
Blue 1: 4000 LP
Blue 2: 4000 LP
"My turn!" blue 1 declared. "I activate the Magic Card, Fusion! From my hand, I fuse two Antique Gear Hound Dog! FUSION SUMMON! Appear, Level 5, Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog!" A two headed mechanicaldog appeared on his field.
Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog: Level 5/EARTH/Machine/1400 ATK/1000 DEF
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"My turn! Draw!" Shun drew his sixth card. "I summon Raid Raptors - Skull Eagle!" A black and white mechanical eagle appeared on the field.
Raid Raptors - Skull Eagle: Level 3/DARK/Winged-Beast/1000 ATK/500 DEF
"Next, I activate the Magic Card, Raid Raptors - Call! This card allows me to Special Summon a 'Raid Raptors' monster with the same name as the one I have on my field!" Another Skull Eagle appeared on the field. "I overlay my two Level 3 Raid Raptors - Skull Eagle!" The two Winged-Beasts became purple lights as they leaped into a portal underneath them. "XYZ SUMMON! Appear, Rank 3, Raid Raptors - Devil Eagle!" A red and black mechanical bird appeared from the portal.
Raid Raptors - Devil Eagle: Rank 3/DARK/Winged-Beast/1000 ATK/0 DEF
"I activate Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog's effect!" Blue 1 shouted. "Once per turn, when my opponent summons a monster, a Gear Acid Counter is placed on that monster!" The Fusion Monster shot out a gear at the Xyz monster. "I would recommend not attacking. Then again, you can't attack anyway this turn."
"However, I'll still be able to do some damage! First, Skull Eagles' effects! When they're used as Overlay Units to Xyz Summon an Xyz Monster, that monster gains 300 ATK!"
Raid Raptors - Devil Eagle: 1000 + 300 x 2 = 1600 ATK
"Next, I activate Devil Eagle's effect! By detaching one Overlay Unit, I am able to inflict damage to my opponent equal to the ATK of one Special Summoned monster one the field! I target my own monster!" The Xyz Monster took one of its units and dealt big damage to their opponents.
Shun: 4000 LP
Qing/Noir: 4000 LP
Blue 1: 2400 LP
Blue 2: 2400 LP
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"My turn! Draw!" Blue 2 drew his sixth card. "I activate the Magic card, Fusion! With this card, I fuse my three Antique Gear Hound Dog from my hand! FUSION SUMMON! Appear, Level 7, Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog!" A monster similar to the Double Bite appeared on the field with an extra head.
Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog: Level 7/EARTH/Machine/1800 ATK/1000 DEF
"Battle! I attack Devil Eagle with Triple Bite Hound Dog! And due to its effect, my opponent cannot activate Magic or Trap Cards when this card attacks!"
"And because your Devil Eagle has a Gear Acid Counter, when it battles, it is destroyed!" Blue 1 added.
"I activate Devil Eagle's effect!" Shun declared. "By detaching one Overlay Unit, I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the ATK of a Special Summon monster on the field! I target your monster this time!"
"Also, from my hand," I spoke in a different voice, "I activate Starter Pokemon, Totodile's effect! When my opponent's monster declares an attack, I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" A small, blue crocodile with red spikes on its back appeared on the field.
Starter Pokemon, Totodile: Level 3/WATER/Reptile/1200 ATK/800 DEF
(Starter Pokemon, Totodile: Effect Monster: When your opponent's monster declares an attack, you may Special Summon this card from your hand. Then inflict damage to your opponent equal to the difference in their ATK and decrease the attacking monster's ATK by that amount.)
"Then I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the difference in its and Totodile's ATK! Ice Fang!"
"What?!" both opponents gasped. Devil Eagle dropped more of its bombs as Totodile's fangs glowed white. The smaller of the two monsters leapt at the three-headed dog and took a big bite out of it, destroying the machine-type. It then spat out the part it bit at the masked duelists, taking out the rest of both their life points and knocking them both out.
Shun: 4000 LP
Qing/Noir: 4000 LP
Blue 1: 0000 LP
Blue 2: 0000 LP
WINNER: SHUN AND QING!
As soon as the duel was over, the duel disks were turned off and Shun grabbed Qing's hand again. "This way!" He then dragged her away from the scene.
After some time of running, both duelists made it to some kind of hideout. Where they were, there wasn't any sort of dueling going on, nor were there any machine-type monsters going around making a havoc.
"We made it," Shun panted. "We'll be safe here. Your sister is worried about you. You should go see her."
"Shun," Qing spoke. The 'Raid Raptors' duelist turned to her. "Thank you, Shun."
The boy seemed to have blushed at her thanks. "N-No problem..."
*REALITY*
Qing woke up from her dream. She found herself on a hospital bed and her friends around her.
"Hey! She woke up!" Futoshi announced. Everyone's attention went to her.
"Hey guys," she greeted.
"Qing, are you feeling okay?" Yuya asked.
"I would be lying if I said 'yes'."
"What happened back there?" Bella asked.
Seeing her face, Qing was reminded of Azuma and the two recent duels she had. "Let's just say that I was dueling."
"At the docks?" Shuzo questioned.
Qing knew what he meant and tried to cover it up. It seemed that there wasn't any need to.
"She was helping us test something," came a voice familiar to her. They all looked to the door and saw-
"Reiji!" Qing gasped in shock.
"A test? For what?" Shuzo asked.
"The LDS Corporation is planning to make Action Duels more public. With how famous it has become, we planned on spreading the Solid Vision technology all over the city. However, it seems there was an error. As an apology, the LDS will take care of Qing's hospital bills," the president of the said corporation explained.
"Oh, so that's it."
While everyone else believed in that lie, Qing narrowed her eyes at Reiji. 'Why did he lie?' she wondered.
"Now then, if I may speak to Qing alone about the matter," the 'D/D' duelist requested.
"Why can't you just say it now?" Bella asked.
"The matter of making Action Duels more public wasn't suppose to be known to anyone but those in LDS. The reason why Qing is involved is simply because she had overheard the matter and volunteered to help us test this project."
"Is that true, Qing-neechan?" Ayu asked the multi-deck duelist. This, in turn, caused everyone to look at her.
Deciding to go along with the lie, Qing replied that it was true. With her reply, everyong, except Reiji, left the room.
"Why did you lie for me?" Qing asked, as soon as everyone was gone.
"Because I saw everything. Your duel with those two Xyz Duelists," Reiji answered.
"Let me guess, you assume I know who they are and want to know where they're hiding. Well, too bad for you. I don't know where they are. All I know is that they appeared out of nowhere and dueled me, assuming that I had something to do with you."
"That's not what I'm here for." The otherworldly duelist raised an eyebrow at his reply. "I'm sure you were told by them. About how there are other dimensions out there."
Qing went silent at his words. One of the many reasons was that he believed there are more dimensions out there. Another being that if he somehow knew she was from another dimension, who knows what he would be thinking.
"Everything they said is true. There are other dimensions out there. I've experienced that myself once." Her eyes slightly widened at his words. "It was also at that time when I realize that all dimensions will be in danger. However, I didn't know when that danger would come. For those masked Xyz Duelists to take down some of my students, it would only mean that it's a matter of time until our dimension becomes a battlefield as well."
"Why are you telling me this?" Qing asked.
"I have a proposition for you. I am currently making an elite group of duelists that will help me defend out Dimension and fight our enemies. So far, out of all duelists I have seen, you are one of the strongest duelists. Not once, but twice you have defeated the two duelists who defeated my students. I would like you to be the first to be an official member."
Qing didn't hesitate to answer. "I'll do it. Not for your reason, but for my own."
"You mean to protect your own dimension?" Those last three words caused Qing to widened her eyes in deep shock. "I've known for quite a while actually. I was watching the video of our duel and was intrigued at how your summon methods released powerful waves, more than even Yuya's Pendulum Summon. Of course, even I have mastered all the Summon methods, but none released waves as strong as your's. This led me to assume that you are not from this dimension, but another dimension." The green-head duelist kept silence at his words, unable to believe that he knew about the truth. "I won't tell anyone else of your situation, but I do advise that for our dimension, you join me." He held out his hand to confirm the deal.
Qing knew he was right. After her duel with Azuma and Shun, there was no doubt they went through something traumatizing that involves dueling. Images of them popped into her head. She wasn't one to turn her back on people, and there weren't any reason for her to not help them. With that, she accepted Reiji's handshake.
"Welcome to the Lancers, Qing Jungle."
*OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL ROOM*
"Those two sure are taking their time in there," Futoshi said.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Tatsuya wondered. "It shouldn't take them this long to talk about the Solid Vision technology."
Ayu gasped as she had an assumption as to what was happening in the room. "Maybe it's more than that!" They all looked at her. "Maybe Reiji has feelings for Qing-neechan!"
"WHAT?!" they all gasped. The doctors, nurses and other visitors around them shushed them.
"It might be possible," Bella admitted. "I can't think of any other reason why they want us out. Reiji offered to pay Qing's hospital bills and came here to check on her instead of sending someone to do so in his place."
"Then what? They're kissing in there?" Sora asked, licking his lollipop.
"UNBELIEVABLE!" Shuzo shouted. "No daughter of mine will be taken advantage as is!" He was then smacked hard by a certain teenage girl with her paper fan.
"Quiet down! And what 'daughter'?! I'm your only child!" Yuzu shouted.
"You said 'quiet' and yet you're being loud," Yuya nervously stated.
Shuzo, however, instantly recovered from the hit. "QING! I'M COMING TO SAVE YOU!" Just when he was about to ram into the door, it opened on him. He didn't notice as he kept running through the room and out the window. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
*CRASH*
Everyone was silent at the scene that had just occured.
"What just happened?" Qing broke the ice. They, except Reiji, all shook their heads as if to say 'you don't want to know.'
"In any case, I thank you for accepting the offer, Qing," the grey-haired teen said.
"Yeah... It's no problem, Reiji." With that, he took his leave.
As soon as he was out of sight, Yuzu, Bella and Ayu got at Qing's face. "So, what did you talk about?" they asked in unison.
"S-Shouldn't we be worried about the principal right now?" the uncomfortable duelist asked.
"He'll be fine," Yuzu assured.
'I don't believe that at all.'
"So, what did you two talk about?" Bella repeated the question.
"Just about the problem with the Solid Vision. That's all," Qing lied.
Of course, they didn't believe her and kept pestering her about her conversation with Reiji.
It was then Qing realized something and changed the subject to save herself. "Shouldn't you guys be somewhere? Like to a duel?"
As she predicted, Yuya remembered that he did have to get to a duel. With the kids coming along to cheer for him, they left the room. As for Sora, he also had a duel to get to and, surprisingly, dragged Yuzu along with him. That left her and Bella in the room.
"Don't you have a duel?"
"I already met the requirements," Bella replied.
"I see. Well, I guess this is okay. I wanted to talk to you about something important."
"Is this about you and Reiji~?" the 'Pirate' duelist assumed teasingly.
"It's actually about you Bella." The atmosphere around them changed instantly.
"What about me?"
"Before you became a Sakaki, did you have a twin?"
"Not that I know of. Why?" Bella heard Qing muttered that something was true. "What's true?"
"Bella, what I'm going to tell you, you can't tell anyone else. Not our friends, not your family, no one."
And so, Qing told Bella the truth of her situation. Her meeting the masked Xyz Users, how there are other dimensions, her duel against the masked duelists, everything.
Of course, hearing what sounds like nothing but nonsense, Bella wouldn't believe in any of it. "You can't be serious."
"I wish I wasn't. But it's true."
It was then Bella's ace card decided to appear. "It may sound strange, Bella, but she doesn't seem to be joking."
"See? Even your ace monster agrees with me," Qing said. She wished she didn't say that though.
"You can see him?" Bella asked, pointing at Utopia.
"As does she to us," Parkion replied for her duelist, as she and the other monsters Qing had used so far appeared by her side.
Qing knew she had more explaining to do and so she told Bella more, even the fact that she was from another dimension and she's older than she really is.
After a long explanation, Bella just sat there in silence.
The scarf-wearing duelist placed a hand on her shoulder. "I know you need time to take it all in, Bella. But you have to believe me that everything I told you are true. And you can't tell anyone about this. At least, not yet."
"Not yet? Then when? And why didn't you tell us this?" she demanded.
"I don't know when. And I didn't tell you, not because you'll think I'm crazy, but because I'm from another dimension. A dimension... where duel monsters is nothing but a game. Solid Visions? Action Fields? Holograms? None of those exists in my world. The summon methods? Everyone knows how to do all of them. Fusion Summon, Synchro Summon, Xyz Summon, even Ritual. And I bet once they're out in my world, even Pendulum Summoning will be easy."
"That's why you said those things to Yuya back during your duel with Reiji..."
"If you choose to not believe me, that's fine. I'm saying this because after what I saw and heard, there has to be more about us and Yuya that we don't know ourselves. There can't be just two of each of us living in different dimensions."
A moment of silence fell on them as Bella thought over what Qing shared to her. It sounded crazy, but Qing's monsters confirmed everything and Utopia was her lie detector. If they said any lies, he would've told her.
"As crazy as this all is, I believe you," Bella said at last.
Qing and her monsters stared at her in slight shock. "You do?"
"Yeah. Besides, Utopia is my lie detector. If you were lying, he would know."
"That's true. Such as the fact that you are well enough to actually be out of the hospital," the said monster pointed out. Qing flinched a bit at his words while Bella looked at him in shock.
"I guess so," the former lightly chuckled. "I guess I have my monsters to thank for that."
"You're lucky they weren't life threatening. Otherwise, you would be here longer and you might not be in the Championship," Rera said.
"She has a point there, Qing," Elder agreed. "Even so, you must remain here until the doctor release you."
"I know that, Elder," the duelist responded.
Bella looked at each of Qing's monsters. "I still can't believe you can use multiple decks though. Not anyone can do that."
"To tell you the truth, I actually have more at home." The 'Pirate' Duelist widened her eyes at that. "I'm a collector! Shut up! And while I was collecting, I just made decks out of the cards I have!"
"I didn't say anything!" Bella shouted back.
"As much as I don't want to interrupt your conversation, I would ask you two to lower your voice," came a voice at the door. They turned and saw a doctor standing out the room. "Besides, it's time for Qing's check up."
"I'll wait outside," Bella said. With that, she left the room and the duel monsters disappeared back in their decks.
After some check ups, Qing was excused out of the hospital. The doctor was shocked at how fast she had recovered from her injuries. The girl managed to cover it up by saying that she just heals faster than normal, which would be an understatement. As they walked, both Qing and Bella were wondering about Shun, Azuma and Yuto with their monster spirits floating by their sides.
"So do you think we should look for them?" Bella asked.
"I did that last time and got ambushed. I'd rather not have that happen to me again," Qing said.
"You say that and all, but I doubt that would happen."
"How would you know? Besides that, I saw what they can do. They're really strong. I can't handle them on my own and I don't know if your pirates can keep up."
"Hey! I take offense to that!" Luffy shouted.
"They're that strong?!" Chopper asked.
"They are," Rera confirmed. "One of them especially have this monster that prevents us from using our effects!"
"EEEHHHH?! Then I'll just be reduced to a normal reindeer!"
"It would also mean that we'd be weaker," Sanji added. "These Xyz Users... Who do you think they are? Not including Bella-chan of course."
"It's not as if they do it for their own entertainment," Songhu corrected. "After all, they actually went through war."
"An even better question is how did they even get here? They're from another dimension after all," Bullkui pointed out.
"The same way Qing got here?" Luffy guessed.
"They're not from my dimension. I would know if there is a war going on in my world," the otherworldly duelist said.
"Argh! All this thinking is making my head hurt!" Bella complained. "Why don't we just sit down somewhere and relax?"
Qing giggled at how childish her friend is acting. "All right, Bella." Just then, she saw a child standing in the middle of a park.
The child was wearing a yellow and blue striped shirt with a light blue hoodie sweatshirt over it and white pants and black, blue and white sneakers. Underneath the hood was a black cap, hiding the boy's eyes. The boy also has a white teddy bear.
"Who's that?" Qing asked.
Bella looked over to the park. "I don't know. Never seen him before."
Whatever instincts she had made Qing walk over to him. "Hi there." The boy looked up at her, revealing his blue eyes. "Where are your parents? Are you lost?" The boy just stared, not willing to speak to her.
"Did he even understand what you said?" Bella asked, bending down to his height. "Hi, I'm Bella. This is Qing. What's your name?" He still refused to speak. Bella got up, uncomfortable with the situation at hand. "Either he didn't understand what I said or he's deaf."
"I don't know. Maybe we just need to show him we're friendly." Qing looked around and saw an ice cream truck near by, giving ice cream to kids. "You want ice cream?"
"Strawberry and pistachio please."
"I was asking the kid, but I'll get you one too. Wait here with him." Before Bella could reply, Qing rushed to the truck.
The actual teen couldn't believe the adult would leave her with a boy. Despite that, she looked at the boy and couldn't help but see herself in him. There he was, standing in the middle of a park, when he could've just played with the other kids around them.
'I wonder if he's like me,' she thought.
"So... Do you live anywhere around here?" she began. The boy just stared at her in silence. "It's okay to talk. I don't bite. Neither does Qing." The boy kept staring, making her feel even more uncomfortable.
Qing returned with three ice cream cones. "Sorry for the wait." She handed Bella her strawberry and pistachio ice cream and the boy chocolate and vanilla, keeping the coffee and caramel ice cream. "Have you had ice cream?" The boy looked and her and shook his head. "Well it's nice to know you do understand us. These are good treats, especially on a hot day." The boy watched as the two girls before him ate and enjoyed their ice cream. He looked down at his own and tried a small bite. His eyes widened at the taste and took a bigger bite.
"Whoa! Slow down!" He stopped at Bella's words and slowed down. "Okay, it's also nice to know you're obedient. You don't want to get a brain freeze when it comes to having cold treats."
"Brain freeze?" the boy spoke at last.
"Ah! You spoke!" He flinched at how loud she suddenly got.
"Bella. You do not just raise your voice to a child like that," Qing scolded.
Bella pouted and decided to have a little fun. "Yes mother."
Of course, it wouldn't work on Qing. "I hope you realize that I do not fall for that kind of trick." That made Bella pout even more so. "A brain freeze is a temporary headache. It's not a fun experience. It's okay to speed up when you're having something cold, just as long as it's not too fast. Understand?" The boy nodded and continued eating his ice cream. "So, can you tell us your name? We told you our's."
The boy stayed silent for a moment. "... Reira..." The two girls gave him a soft smile.
After they had their snack, Qing and Bella offered to walk Reira home. The boy, however, gestured he didn't know where home is. So instead, they walked around to see if he can find his parents, or his parents finding him. Best way doing that? Reira riding Qing's shoulders and Bella shouting if anyone lost a child.
"Is anyone missing a child?!" Like that. "We have a lost child here! Wearing a light blue hoodie and holding a teddy bear!"
"Do you see anyone familiar?" Qing asked Reira, who shook his head no. "Do you remember how you got to the park?"
"... I was running."
"Running? From what? Or do you not want to tell me?" Reira shook his head, stating he didn't want to say. "I see. Don't worry though. We'll get you back to your family."
*MEANWHILE, BACK IN LDS CORP.*
The employees in the control room were all scanning the cameras all over Maiami City, looking for one certain individual. Said individual was suppose to go over an experiment when something went wrong and caused him to run away.
"Hurry up! How hard can it be to find a duelist holding a doll?!" Himika demanded.
"As true as that is, chairwoman, let's not forget that it's one duelist in the middle of thousands of people here," Nakajima said.
"I suppose that's true."
"We found him!" shouted one of the employee. He brought up the recording video to the big screen, revealing Reira on Qing's shoulders with Bella shouting.
"So that's where he is... Get out best duelists over there! We're getting him back," Himika ordered.
"Shouldn't we just approach them normally?" Nakajima suggested.
"After what we've seen, do you really think they can just give him up to us? That Xyz User out of the way, that copycat duelist hasn't yet shown if she's an ally to us. Especially not since we now know the truth about her."
Knowing that she had a point, Nakajima contacted their best duelists and told them of the situation. Well, most of it.
*BACK WITH THE GIRLS AND REIRA*
The three kept walking around asking if people had lost a child and if there were any people Reira knew. So far, all they got were negative replies.
"We've been walking for hours and we still have nothing..." Bella complained. The group stopped their search for a bit and rested on a bench.
"Reira. Are you sure nothing around here seems familiar to you?" Qing kindly asked the boy. He shook his head as another negative reply.
"If only there was some kind of sign..." As soon as Bella said that, a group of duelists approached them.
"Hey!" one of them called. "Hand over the brat and no one gets hurt!"
At that demanding tone, Reira hugged Qing and hid his face in her chest in fear. This caused the two female teens with him to stand and his Reira behind them.
"And if we say no?" the pirate duelist dared to ask.
Rather than answering, the group took out their duel disks and activated them. In turn, Bella and Qing activated their own disks.
From the LDS Corporation's control room, Himika looked at the occurring scene in amusement. "They can't possibly hope to beat so many."
Hours later, somehow, someway, Qing and Bella had managed to defeat the many duelists, much to the chairwoman's shock and the duelists she sent. After defeating around twenty duelists, the two and Reira began to run as fast as they could away from the scene, mainly to get away from more of the on-coming duelist.
"Where did these guys come from?!" Bella yelled.
"How should I know?!" Qing yelled back, holding Reira close to her. "Don't fall Reira, got it?"
"R-right!" he replied, holding on to her coat.
Bella saw an alleyway ahead of them and led the group there. The three hid in the shadows as they watched their pursuers run pass them.
"I think we're safe now..." Qing spoke.
"Thank god..." Bella sighed, slouching down. "Who were those guys? And why were they after Reira?"
"I think I saw one of them have an LDS badge, like the ones those duelists had during our scvgool duel," Qing pointed out as she let the boy down. "Reira. Do you know why those guys are after you?" He shook his head no. "This isn't good. I don't know if we can take you home like this."
"This is indeed quite troublesome," Ifrit said. "Who's to say home is even safe for him?"
"Don't say that!" Parkion snapped at him. "In any case, Qing, you three may have to lay low for a while."
"I guess we should we lay low," the adult-minded duelist agreed.
"I second that," Bella supported. "What about you Reira?" The young boy nodded his head in agreement. "Okay. Then where do we go?"
"They might know where we live, so home's not an option. But I do know one place we could stay at."
Some time later, the three were standing in front of the music store Qing goes to every morning. Before them was the manager. The girls explained to him of their situation.
"I see. Well, if it's for Qing, then sure. Besides, I wanted to show you something the other day," he said.
"Really? What is it?" the girl asked.
"Just come with me." The manager walked into the store with the girls and Reira following.
"He is blind, right?" Bella whispered to her friend.
"I may be blind, but I'm not deaf." She jumped when she saw the guy looking at her when he said that.
"The manager was born with sensitive ears. So he used his hearing to guide him since he can't see," Qing explained.
"That's right. And also Qing, I thought I told you. Just call me Wallace."
Qing chuckled nervously, since she actually forgot what his name was after hearing it only once. "Of course, Wallace."
Not long after, they were in the basement. In the middle of the basement was a piano.
"I wondered why you came in my store so early in the mornings and assumed that it's because you don't want anyone to see you play. I'm blind, so I can't really see. Then I remembered that there was a basement down here and asked some of my friends to help clean up down here. What do you think?" Wallace asked.
"It's incredible," the multi-deck duelist said.
The sound of a bell ringing was heard. "I should be leaving. Wouldn't want to keep the customer waiting." With that, Wallace left the three to themselves.
"You play piano?" Bella asked Qing. "Okay. What else are you hiding from me?"
"You just have to find out for yourself. For now, Let's relax with some songs." Qing sat down by the piano. "So, what songs do you want me to play?"
Bella widened her eyes slightly. "You can play any songs then? Let's see... I'd like to hear-"
"I was asking Reira," Qing interrupted.
"Of course you were."
"So, what song?"
Reira kept quiet. "... I don't know any..."
The two girls looked at him in slight shock. Qing's gaze then softened. "Then I'll play one of my most calming ones. If you don't understand the lyrics, it's okay." And so, she began to play and sang one of her songs.
"Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found,
Was blind but now I see"
Reira walked closer to Qing to get a closer look at her performance while Bella sat down and listened to the song.
"'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear
And Grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'Tis Grace has brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home
The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures
Yet, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall posess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun"
Qing slowly brought that song to an end.
"That was a good song," Bella commented. "And you have a good singing voice."
"Thanks," Qing said. She looked down and saw Reira looking up at her with a small sparkle in his eyes. "Do you want me to play another song?" she asked. Reira gave a small smile and nodded his head. At his answer, Qing played another song and also sang along with it.
"So... With courage, we will make our dreams come true
With an indomitable spirit, let's run toward the future"
A few seconds into the music, one by one, Qing's weaker monsters were beginning to appear, much to Reira and Bella's shock. What shocked the latter even more so was when her own monsters started to appear. Well, only Chopper at least.
"Huh?! What just happened?!" the human-reindeer asked.
"Don't question it, just dance along with us~!" Rera invited, for she and all the other monsters were either used as instruments, playing instruments, dancing, or singing along.
"A strong wish, a strong wish, one that's filled with truth
Have always guides us on our way
We're not going to compromise on things we love
We will seize whatever time we have left
We won't just settle for our fondest memories
With all our might, let's all together just dash ahead
(Chance for me! Chance for you!)
So... Once you've embraced your dreams, just look up
You'll find big changes to your world
So... With courage, we will make our dreams come true
With an indomitable spirit, let's run toward the future"
Soon, both female duelists stronger monsters appeared and were playing, singing or dancing along to the music. Bella gave up on logic and danced and sang along. Reira stood still, not knowing what to do in the situation he's in. That is, until he was approached by one of Qing's monsters.
"Relax kid, we won't bite. Just have fun," Longshijin assured.
Before Reira could say anything, he was dragged over to dance by Naturu Mantis.
"In the midst of our burning anticipation
Let us all sing out our joy
Try to feel the same feelings as me
Just enjoy our limited time
The passion that can no longer be stopped has won
Rather than regret, we'll just keep running
The sky that we see suddenly, it is so blue
It's alright; without giving up we'll keep on running
(Dance with me! Dance with you!)
Yes... That day I dreamed of seeing everyone's smiles
Because I had seen your smile, I had laughed
Yes... That day we painted the same dream
Our sparkling eyes believe in tomorrow"
At this point, all of Qing and Bella's monsters materialized and were having lots of fun. Reira managed to let out an actual smile and was having the time of his life. His world had actually brightened up by the two girls who were nothing but complete strangers to him. His mother didn't care much, his brother showed as much care as he could, but never the way Qing and Bella showed him.
"So... Once you've embraced your dreams, just look up
You'll find big changes to your world
So... With courage, we will make our dreams come true
With an indomitable spirit, let's run toward the future
Yes... That day I dreamed of seeing everyone's smiles
Because I had seen your smile, I had laughed
Yes... That day we painted the same dream
Our sparkling eyes believe in tomorrow
With an indomitable spirit, we'll believe in tomorrow
This encounter is called a miracle
Never forget, our grand miracle"
As the song came to a stop, so did the party the spirits caused. Once everything was silent, the monsters were no longer visible.
"Okay... As fun as that was... WHAT WAS THAT?!" Bella demanded, getting to Qing's face. "YOU CAN MATERIALIZE OUR MONSTERS WITHOUT THE DUEL DISKS?! QING JUNGLE, I DEMAND YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU! LEAVE NO DETAILS!"
As the poor girl was being questioned, she was also being shook hard. "Okay! I'll explain what happened! Just stop shaking me!" At the last shake, Bella pushed Qing out of her seat and to the floor.
"Um... What happened to the duel monsters?" Reira spoke up.
Qing slowly got up and saw nothing but swirls as she tried to explain what happened. "I... don't know how... but I seem to have the ability... to make monsters real... when I play the piano and sing... Do not ask me how I don't know... I just don't."
"Oh. So that's it," the 'Pirate' duelist said.
"Sir, I believe I already told you only authorized personnel are allowed in there," came Wallace's voice.
"And I said, I don't care. According to sources, two girls came here with a boy. I doubt it's only to look at these old instruments," followed a voice too familiar to two of the three people.
'I know that voice,' they both thought.
"We have to get out of here," Qing said. "No doubt, they're here for Reira." The two plus the said boy walked up to a window.
The window was higher than an average person's height and was open. Without having to say anything, Qing got down to her knees and had her hands out. Bella ran and placed one foot on her hands as Qing pushed her up to the window the same time she jumped. To both their surprise, not only did she get the window open, she got out. Qing had Reira to climb on her back and stand on her shoulders. Bella picked him up from Qing and placed him by her side. Qing was about to jump when the door slammed open, revealing Shingo to be the one who kicked it open.
"I knew it!" he shouted.
Qing left no time for hesitation and jumped, grabbing onto Bella's hand as she helped her out of the basement.
"If he's here, no doubt his friends are here too," Bella said. On cue, Shingo's three friends appeared behind them and charged at the three.
"I'll handle them. You get Reira out of here," Qing said, activating her duel disk.
Bella nodded and took Reira by the hand and got the two of them out of there.
"Hey! Stop!" the three demanded. They stopped in their tracks when Qing got in their way.
"You want to get to them, you have to get through me first!" At those words, the three boys activated their own disks.
"DUEL!"
Qing: 4000 LP
Bully 1: 4000 LP
Bully 2: 4000 LP
Bully 3: 4000 LP
"I'm going first this time!" Bully 2 insisted. "I activate the magic card, Reasoning! My opponent calls on a Monster's Level. Then I send cards from my deck to the Graveyard until I get a monster that can be Normal Summoned. If the level of that monster is the one that was called, it's sent to the Graveyard. If not, it will be Special Summoned! So call!"
"I choose Level 6," Qing said without hesitation.
Bully 2 revealed the top card of his deck, which was a Level 5 Monster. "Volcanic Hammer! A level 5 Monster! Since you called wrong, he's Special Summoned onto my field!" And on his field was a gold dinosaur-like monster in yellow armor.
Volcanic Hammer: Level 5/FIRE/Pyro/2400 ATK/1500 DEF
"Next, I activate my Magic Card, Painful Choice! I pick five cards from my deck, and you have to choose which of the five I can keep!" Bully 2 revealed his chosen cards which were three Volcanic Buckshot, a Volcanic Counter and a Volcanic Charge.
'A 'Volcanic' deck... Troublesome one. With those Buckshots, I'll be taking 1500 damage. Add that with Hammer's effect, I'll be taking 600 more. If he has Fire Spirit Technique - "Crimson" in his hand. And that Volcanic Counter is also a problem if I don't get rid of it somehow,' Qing thought. She looked down at her hand. 'I know the deck I'm using, but it has so much mysteries now. More than when I was using the decks I used so far. But... That's what makes things interesting now. Especially since they can help me in my situation.'
"Hurry up already and choose!" the turn taker rushed.
"Volcanic Counter to your hand," Qing decided.
The boy added the said card to his hand. "And now I activate Volcanic Buckshots' effects! Since they're sent to the Graveyard, I can inflict 500 points of damage to my opponent! There are three sent to the Graveyard, so that's 1500 points of damage!" Three red-shelled monsters appeared and shot towards the female duelist.
Qing: 2500 LP
Bully 1: 4000 LP
Bully 2: 4000 LP
Bully 3: 4000 LP
"Then I activate Hammer's effect! I can inflict 200 damage to you for each 'Volcanic' monster in my Graveyard! With three 'Volcanic'monsters in the Grave, that's 600 points of damage!" His monster threw fireballs at Qing.
Qing: 1900 LP
Bully 1: 4000 LP
Bully 2: 4000 LP
Bully 3: 4000 LP
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!" Bully 3 ended. "So start your turn. You may had a drop on us last time, but this time is different!"
"Is that so? Then it's my turn. Draw!"
"And now Trap Card open!" Bully 3 interrupted. "Fire Spirit Technique - "Crimson"! By releasing one FIRE monster I control, I can inflict damage to you equal to its ATK! Of course, I'll be releasing Volcanic Hammer! It's over now!" The lone monster was in flames as it charged at its master's opponent. Once it made contact, the field was covered in smoke.
"All right! Now it's our chance!" Bully 1 cheered.
"We didn't even need to start our turn," Bully 2 happily stated.
The three stooges only took a couple steps forward until they saw the field was slowly being covered in ice.
"From my hand, I activate Protector of the Ice Barrier's effect," came Qing's voice. "When a card effect activates that deals damage equal to or more than this card's ATK, I can discard one 'Ice Barrier' monster from my hand to Special Summon this card from my hand and negate the damage." The smoke cleared and the boys saw the girl still standing with a blue cloaked monk by her side, putting up a force field.
Protector of the Ice Barrier: Level 4/WATER/Spellcaster/1400 ATK/1500 DEF
(Protector of the Ice Barrier: Effect Monster: When a card effect activates that deals damage equal to or more than this card's ATK, you may discard one 'Ice Barrier' monster from your hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card from your hand and negate the damage)
"None of you are going anywhere," Qing told them. "The real duel has just begun."