It now is years after Yuma and Astral had returned peace to both The Human World and Astral World. Yuma and Tori have been dating since then, and now are in collage, they live together in an apartment near the campus. Astral has been living in The Golden Key while in The Human World, and going back to Astral World to continue keeping the peace as a job.

Yuma and Tori are studying together in the sitting part of their apartment. Astral is hovering on the other side of the space. It is dark outside, and it's close to 10:00pm.

"Lastly, name a few words that qualify an idea," quizzes Tori.

"Let me see," says Yuma in thought. "There's seem, every, appear and might."

"Correct!" cheers Tori. "You are ready for the test tomorrow."

"You've done an excellent job on Tori's test Yuma," complements Astral. "I wish you the best of luck tomorrow."

"Thanks Astral," replies Yuma as he and Tori puts their books back in their backpacks. The two of them goes to bed, and Astral goes back into The Golden Key to get the airship he stores up in there ready to take him back to Astral World. Neither of them noticing an ominous being at work.

A week later

They two love birds are checking their scores on the computer, Astral is hovering behind them and looking over their shoulders. In the reading textbook test Tori got an 85%, Yuma got a 70%.

"What! That can't be right!" freaks Yuma.

"I don't know what went wrong either," agrees Tori. "You did way better on my quizzes the night before."

"That doesn't matter now," breaths Yuma. "We now have to study very hard for finals for the rest of the week."

"Yeah," agrees Tori. "We have a whole week of back-to-back final exams starting Monday."

"Then I propose I stay at my parents' until after that week," exclaims Astral.

"Well, okay," agrees Tori slowly.

"Astral," exclaims Yuma. That's all Yuma is able to get out, but one look into his eyes and Astral sees what else is on the young man's mind.

"Don't worry Yuma," smiles Astral. "I promise to be back the day after your last final exam."

The next day Astral leaves for Astral World. Yuma and Tori focuses on their studies for the exams.

On the night before Monday Yuma is studying alone while Tori has went to sleep two hours ago. As he's reading his math textbook he hears an evil chuckle.

"Who's there?" asks Yuma, creeped out.

"Long time no see Yuma," says a familiar voice. Yuma looks and sees a puddle of black, tar-like ooze a foot away from him on the floor. He crouches down in time to see a face appear in it. Its left eye is gold and the other eye is all black. It also has red and light green markings in various places.

"You're…. familiar," exclaims Yuma.

"I should be," says the puddle. "It's been so long, I can understand you not remembering me completely. So I'll jog your memory. During your time fighting The Barians I almost killed dear Astral by throwing myself into his chest."

"Number Ninety-Six," gasps Yuma as he jumps up. Suddenly a tentacle shoots from the puddle and wraps tightly around Yuma's neck, effectively silencing him.

"Not so loud, do you want to involve your dear girlfriend," says #96 with an evil grin. That scared Yuma more, but he still is able to shake his head to signal that he doesn't want to put Tori in danger. The tentacle slackens, but doesn't completely come away from the young man's neck.

"What do…. you want…. Number Ninety-Six?" pants Yuma as he gulps down air.

"I want your help," answers #96. "And you need me."

"Name one reason I need you," spats Yuma with venom in his voice.

"You need me to not mess with your memory," replies #96.

"Continue," responds Yuma.

"After Astral expelled me from his body I was too weak to fight off Vetrix from taking my power," begins #96. "But I managed to get away from him before he took too much from me. Since that day I've been like a parasite in The Human World, draining the energy of every one of my hosts dry. Sometime later I've gained enough energy until just one victim remains until I've regained my basic form. I chose that one to be you Yuma. Not long later I had found you, you had just started the school you're in now. But I had a problem, how am I going to make you my last victim? Your key protects you from harm and possession, but I remembered that during the time you competed in a tournament one person was able to make you forget how to 'feel the flow'. So I decided to do the same thing except in a way to benefit my plan. So I made you forget some of what you just studied for that last test, enough to make your grade dip a bit. Now you have to make a choice. If you refuse to give me your energy then I'll make you fail all of your tests for the rest of your life, then you'll be left behind from your friends and Astral will continue to live in Astral World, leaving you all alone. But, leave your key on the desk and accept my offer, and I'll even make it so that you'll get an A, then if you survive, everything will return to what it was." It took ten seconds for Yuma to hang his head in defeat, take off The Golden Key and set it on the desk next to him.

"Say ah," exclaims #96.

"Wha-" Yuma tries to say. But he is interrupted by the sudden tightening of the tentacle around his neck. #96 jumps into Yuma's now wide open mouth with the tentacle around the young man's neck being the last part of him to go down. Yuma falls to his hands and knees coughing and gasping for two minutes before his body calms down. Then he stumbles to his bed and collapse on it, in seconds he is asleep.