Chapter Four: Intuition

He couldn't help but to gulp as he stood outside the Sakaki household. Sure, Yuzu was right by him to help him out, but it was still...terrible, to act as a person who's missing, especially towards a mother.

Yuzu glanced at him nervously. "Are you alright?" She asked.

He shrugged. "As much as I can be." He replied.

Yuzu stared at him in concern as he pulled gently at his – or Yuya's – new cloak uncomfortably. It wasn't the material that made him so uncomfortable, however. It was the fact that it wasn't his and it would assist in this whole idea. She smiled for a moment before pulling something over the surprised boy's head and onto his neck, messing around with his hair slightly. Yuto could feel something like a strap make its way above his ears, raising an eyebrow. Yuzu finished up with his hair and backed away from him.

Yuto felt for what it was that was just placed on him. He blinked as he felt a familiar shape on his head. "Are these goggles?" He asked.

Yuzu nodded. "Yeah, I thought that it would add to the whole look." She stated. "It fooled me after all."

"Where did you get these?"

Yuzu shrugged. "I make a lot of stage costumes. I pick up whatever I can find. And Yuya insisted that I should buy some, saying that they're 'cool'." She explained.

Yuto just accepted the answer as he pulled the hood over his head, readying himself for whatever could happen. He wasn't sure how this could go. According to Yuzu, she would teach him more about action fields and such the next day for a few hours, and the day after is the day that Yuya was supposed to duel in the championship. So, luckily, he wouldn't be spending unreasonable hours with Yuya's mother, but even so, it would be difficult trying to convince her that he was Yuya.

"Just remember what I told you Yuto," Yuzu began. "Yoko used to be in a gang with a motorcycle, so if you see it, don't touch it, and if she asks you what you want for breakfast, you want pancakes."

Yuto blinked. "It's rather random information..." He told her. Yuzu pouted at him.

"Well, that's all I have for now," She told him firmly, before calming down. "Either way, if you have any problems, you have my number. I'll help you as much as I can." Yuto nodded nervously as Yuzu scratched the back of her neck nervously. "And...I'm sorry about all of this. I know that it's a lot of trouble."

Yuto shook his head. "It's...it's fine..." He replied softly. "I owe it to Yuya. He helped me. I have to repay him for that."

Yuzu smiled brightly and nodded. "Right!" She agreed. They both made their way to the door, to be greeted by the sound of barking. Yuto stopped midway to ringing the doorbell to glance at Yuzu as the barking continued. "Um...did I forget to mention that Yoko has a habit of picking up strays?" She asked, laughing nervously at the boy's stare. Yuto sighed.

"At least it's a dog..." He said so quietly it was almost a whisper, though, Yuzu could still hear.

"And a cat..." Yuzu added awkwardly.

Yuto frowned at the mention of a cat. Not that he hated them of anything, of course. They were great and all, just not around him.

"You don't like cats?" Yuzu questioned.

"They don't like me." He corrected. "They follow a person in Xyz everywhere they go, and they don't really celebrate the sight of me." He finished as he finally pushed the doorbell, hearing the tune go off in the house.

"Wow, I thought you had no faults, but here we are." She told him with a smirk.

"We all have our weaknesses." Yuto stated. "I'm just a dog person..." He trailed off.

Yuzu noticed a sad look in Yuto's eye, but didn't question it. That look explained the whole story. It was better off trying not to pry him about it.

The door finally opened and with that, a small white and brown dog emerged, jumping around Yuto on its back legs excitedly. Yuto couldn't help but to smile at the small dog, and for once, was almost distracted by it. Well, he was distracted enough not to notice Yuya's mother at the door for a split moment before looking back up.

Gang leader? She looked sweet enough. Yuto supposed that was because it must've been a long time ago, possibly having a kid made her set her priorities to other things. But either way, Yuto had to remember to not judge a book by its cover. Whether it was now or in the past, this woman was still a gang leader at some point in time.

"Ah, welcome back Yuzu, Yuya." She greeted warmly. "This must be what En was barking at. He must have really missed you, Yuya."

En? That was the dog's name he guessed, unless there were other dogs hanging around the house that Yuzu forgot to mention.

"Yeah, probably." He said awkwardly with a shrug.

Yuzu then piped in. "We spent a lot of time practicing, so he's still pretty tired from all of that. He gets pretty into it all."

Yoko blinked and folded her arms with a sigh. "Well, don't overdo it before it's your turn to duel. You don't want to pass out in the middle of it." She told Yuto.

He nodded. "Right." He replied. Yuzu gave him a strange look, but Yuto tried to ignore it. He didn't know what to do in such an awkward situation.

Yoko glanced towards Yuzu. "Did you want to come in?" She asked.

Yuto secretly prayed that she would. She was really, really good at making things up on the spot, it would help so much more than just messaging or calling her every time he didn't know what to say.

She looked at the ground below her feet. "Um, maybe next time." She told Yoko. "I need to do a few things. Thanks anyway though!" She said quietly. "Uh, see you guys around!" She called as she quickly spun around and made her way back to the direction of her own house.

Yuto glanced at the direction the she left sadly. She must need a moment alone with her thoughts. It was no wonder why though. His own being there must have reminded Yuzu too much of Yuya, even with the possible chance that he was still around. He decided to leave her be. It would be best if she could let it all out when she needed to, rather than bottling everything up for such a long time.

"Is something wrong with Yuzu?" Yoko asked in concern. Yuto turned back to face her.

"Maybe it's about Sora...?" He suggested.

Sora...?

Yoko sighed. "With him being in the hospital after his duel, and then suddenly disappearing I hear. I hope he's ok. Nothing like that should happen to a kid his age." She said.

Sora was the blue-haired kid that worked for Fusion. Yeah, that seemed right. He recalled Yuya saying his name a few times during the duel that they fought on that night, but he couldn't help but to wonder why it came so naturally to him to say something like that.

"Yeah..." Yuto agreed with a nod. "It shouldn't."

Yeah, brainwashing a kid to card innocent people shouldn't happen. Yuto couldn't help but to wonder how young these people at Fusion were being trained at. It didn't matter. At this point, they're the enemy. It shouldn't matter about their age.

Even so, he didn't want to resolve the problem with violence. That was not the way to go about it, he had to prove that to Shun.

...Shun...

Still not a call from him. It worried him that he wouldn't even send a message or something like that. He would've had to have gotten over it, right? Possibly. Even Yuto wasn't too sure about it. If it involved Ruri, Shun would never stop. Even if it meant...

"Well, come on in, I'm going to start preparing dinner." She told him, changing the subject, and breaking Yuto out of his thoughts. Yuto followed Yoko inside, taking his shoes off at the door and shutting the door behind him once En had followed him inside. He almost jumped when he saw a white cat sitting in the middle of the hallway, but remained calm. The cat looked almost like it was...glaring at him or something?

"Core has been in a foul mood since you left too." Yoko mentioned as she passed the cat. "I guess all the animals miss you, and I, the one who only took them in and gave them shelter, am chopped liver." She joked.

En and Core...

Wait...

That was a pun, wasn't it? Encore, he got it. He had to wonder if Yuya did the naming or if one of his parents were in charge of that. Either way, Core, did not like him.

Then there was En, on the other hand, who couldn't stop jumping all over his legs. Yuto eventually gave in to En's wishes and picked him up. He couldn't help but to smile at the dog. "Hey En." He said quietly. The dog yipped happily at finally getting his way in being picked up. Yuto sighed. Too bad that he was a dog person. He was already feeling an attachment to the little guy.

Core looked as if he was shaking his head and left the hallway to follow Yoko into the kitchen. Yuto let out a breath of air, knowing that Core wouldn't be trying to claw at him. Did he act this way around Yuya? Didn't seem like it. Yoko mentioned something about the cat being in a mood anyway.

While Yuto was in his thoughts, En took the opportunity to lick his cheek, causing Yuto to push his arms out further in order to stop the dog from licking his face more. "En..." He mumbled. The dog tilted his head to the side in confusion.

Great...first that cat was onto him and now so is the dog...that was certainly wonderful...

Not that En seemed to mind too much, as long as he was getting attention, he seemed to be happy either way. And Yuto thought that dogs were supposed to be loyal.

After a moment of En trying to get back to his face, Yuto put the dog down on the floor and gave him a quick pet on the head before making his way to the kitchen where Yoko was.

"I hope you don't mind lamb tonight, Yuya!" She said as she began to prepare the meat. Yuto shook his head.

"That's fine." He answered. Like with breakfast, he would take anything. He just hoped it wasn't something too big. He was so used to rations with the situation in Xyz, that he wasn't sure of exactly how much he would be able to stomach. The breakfast seemed enough for him in his opinion anyway.

He told himself to suck it up and just prepare himself for it. Just eat as much as possible.

"Do you need any help?" He asked. Yoko glanced up from the lamb that she was getting ready to look at Yuto with an odd look, but quickly replaced it with a smile.

"It's fine Yuya." She told him. "Remember the last time you tried to help? You would have burned the house down if I wasn't with you."

Yuto blinked. Of course he wouldn't remember an event that he was not present for. He sighed in defeat. "Sounds fair." He said as he began to walk off.

He wasn't too sure of how long he could pull the whole facade off for. It wasn't even ten minutes and he already felt himself inwardly freaking out. He couldn't pull off someone like Yuya! He knew next to nothing about the kid! Aside from little things that Yuzu told him, Yuto didn't know what Yuya did around the house. Did he have chores? Did he stay in his room a lot?

Speaking of which, where was Yuya's room?

He walked around the house for a short period of time, soon discovering the second floor, which he guessed was where all of the bedrooms were located. He eventually found his way to a semi-organised room and judged by all of the entertainment related things that it used to be Yuya's room. He strolled in and looked around. He was actually impressed. Judging by Yuya's attitude, Yuto would never have guessed for his room to be as tidy as it was, with only a few out of place objects, but nothing too big.

Yuto managed to take the time to sit down on Yuya's bed, trying his best to get comfortable, though that would prove to be difficult regarding the whole thing.

He supposed that he would just stay up in Yuya's room until he was needed. It was...odd not doing anything. He found himself fidgeting uncomfortably. He should be out there getting information. But...

He let out a small sigh. "I'm sorry Yuya..." He whispered under his breath.

By the time that Yoko had finally called him down, it was time to eat. Yuto found himself being unable to eat all of the food on his plate. He felt awful to just waste it, but he just wasn't used to a full plate.

"Hm..." Yoko hummed. "You normally ask for seconds. You aren't getting sick, are you?"

"Uh no..." Yuto answered as he shook his head. "I'm fine, just not hungry tonight."

Yoko gave him a worried look before taking his plate and putting the leftovers into a bowl and began to wash the dishes. Yuto stood up and walked up to her. "Do you want me to do that?" He asked.

Yoko stared at him. Yuto bit his lip nervously at this. Did he say something wrong? He wasn't used to not helping out with anything, it just felt wrong to let everyone else do the work. Yoko placed a hand onto Yuto's forehead which was still covered by the hood. Yuto flinched slightly at the touch but knew if he tried to stop her, she would probably pull it off. She blinked, followed by a sigh as she brought her hand back.

"You don't seem to be sick..." Yoko mumbled. "Are you ok?"

Yuto glanced down at the ground. There was just something about mothers. They always had this...thing that went off in their heads whenever a kid wasn't feeling well, and sometimes it doesn't even have to be their own kid, they just know.

"I'm fine." He replied. "I guess I'm a little nervous..."

Yoko stopped the tap to give Yuto her full attention. "Nervous?" She asked in concern.

"For the tournament, I guess..." He explained. Technically, he wasn't lying. He was beyond nervous for that, even just this was enough to make him a little worried.

Yoko remained silent for a long time before finally speaking again. "Well, how about you get some rest? Maybe that will help you out." She suggested.

"But-"

"Don't worry about it; it's just a few dishes." She assured. "Go and relax."

Yuto uncomfortably shifted away and made his way back up to the familiar bedroom. At least if he did something, he would be able to take his mind off of a few things. But since he did next to nothing, he kept having thoughts in his head. He would normally be used to that, but...it was just different.

"Maybe I do need rest..." He said quietly to himself as he shifted himself onto the bed. It seems like that was just a place for him to think as time slowly passed by him.

Yuto groaned. This was going to be the longest night of his life...

"Yu..."

Yuto rolled onto his side as he tried to block out the noise and hopefully fall back to his surprisingly relaxing sleep. The noise had been bothering him for quite a while, and hoped it wasn't an oncoming nightmare about Heartland again.

"-to! Yuto!"

Yuto continued to ignore the noise that attempted to disturb his sleep. His rest was going so well for once, and something was trying to wake him up or something.

"Yuto! I need you to know that I'm-!"

Yuto's eyes shot open before the voice could finish whatever it was saying. He quickly sat up and looked around the room. No one was there.

Yep. Nightmare.

But that one seemed quite different than to what he was used to. He didn't remember any of that happening. That voice...it was too distorted to figure out. It seemed to be trying to plead with him or something like that.

"Just ignore it." He told himself.

Aside from whatever that was at the end, his rest ended up being quite relieving. He hadn't felt so rested in such a long time, whatever the reason may be for that, he was glad that he woke up with more energy. Not saying he would begin to jump off the walls, just more energy to do things in general.

He threw his legs over the bed and made his way down to the kitchen, grabbing his duel disk that he left at the foot of the bed on the way. He felt as if this was all that he is going to do over these days. Eat and sleep.

"Good morning." He greeted quietly to Yoko, who was preparing breakfast.

"Good morning!" She parroted. "I know what you might say, but you never know when you will change your mind, but what would you like for breakfast?"

Yuto knew the answer to this question thanks to Yuzu. "Pancakes." He answered. "Please."

Yoko smiled a little before bringing a stacked plate to him. "I thought you would say that, so I made them in advanced."

Yuto raised a brow at the food, staring at it as he sat down in a chair. That...that was a lot of pancakes for one person to consume. Yuto began to wonder if Yuya's stomach was a bottomless pit by the way his mother fed him.

"Uh, thank you." He told her, continuing to stare at the amount of food in front of him. There was no way he could bring himself to eat all of that. That just didn't feel possible to him.

Nevertheless, he slowly began to eat his food in silence, Yoko glancing over to him every so often. She spoke up at last to rid the pair of the awkward silence.

"So, do you have any plans for today?" She asked.

Yuto looked up from the food that he wasn't even anywhere close to finishing. "Well, Yuzu and I were planning on practicing again for our next rounds." He answered. "That's ok, right?"

Yoko nodded. "As long as you two aren't exhausting yourselves." She told him. He nodded in response.

"Yeah." He replied, going back to slowly getting through his pancakes.

Yoko glanced sadly at another chair. "It's funny," She began. "I prepared extra thinking that he would show up again for breakfast like he normally did. Though, with him being missing, that would be difficult. I hope he's ok."

She must have been talking about Sora. Yuto decided to pipe back in. "I'm sure he'll be back for food soon enough." He said.

"Even so," Yoko continued. "That person he duelled. It seems like something was going on between them. I wonder if they know each-other? Either way, that is no way to duel someone."

Yuto decided to remain silent at that comment. He didn't want to say anything else about Sora and Shun, there had already been enough damage caused because of the two of them, and who knows if Shun would somehow find out.

And Sora basically spoke for himself in Yuto's eyes. He understood why Shun acted the way he acted.

Even so...

Yuto's duel disk blinked and stared at the screen for a long period of time, thankful that he finally had a way of getting out of eating all of those pancakes. After reading, he looked back to Yoko.

"May I be excused?" He asked as casually as he possibly could.

Yoko blinked at all of the pancakes that were left over but nodded. "Yuzu, right?" She asked.

Yuto nodded back. "Yeah. It's time for practice." He said. "I'll be back soon."

Yoko waved a goodbye as she watched Yuto leave the house in a hurry. She let out a small sigh when she heard the door shut behind him.

Yuto met Yuzu right outside the household who smiled at him. "That was fast." She commented.

"It wasn't to me." Yuto told her as they began walking. She shook her head.

"Not that." She told him. "I meant just getting out here in general."

Yuto sighed. "Well, I wasn't really into eating that much. I was lucky that you came this early."

Yuzu raised a brow. "What?" She asked. "I mean I know that Yuya's stomach has no bottom, but you at least ate a meal, didn't you?" Yuto remained silent at the question, Yuzu furrowing her eyebrows at him. "Yuto!" She scowled.

"Sorry," He apologised. "I'm just not used to it."

Yuzu sighed, calming down. "Well, it's not like I can force you to eat or anything, but make sure that you're getting enough. I don't want you to suddenly get sick."

"If I've survived three years like this, I think I will manage." He replied, feeling a soft touch on his head soon after. Glancing over to Yuzu, he noticed in her hands...a paper fan?

Oh, that. Right.

It didn't even feel nearly as bad as she made it out to be though.

"Don't look too confident," She told him with a mischievous smirk. "I only used my fan lightly on you because you haven't annoyed me."

Yuto blinked in confusion. "Thank you?" He replied, unsure.

Yuzu giggled. "Anyway, other than the food, how was it?" She asked curiously.

Yuto shrugged. "I...I don't know." He answered. "I guess it wasn't too bad. En was well-behaved."

"Spot the dog person!" Yuzu announced playfully. "And the cat?"

"Core didn't like me at all." Yuto replied.

Yuzu looked more impressed than anything else. "Wow! You remembered their names too! I guess I kind of let that detail slip my mind..."

Yuto sighed. "It wasn't anything big."

"And...?" She continued. "What else...?"

"I slept well."

"Oh, now you're just avoiding a proper answer!"

Yuto shook his head. "No, I slept well."

Yuzu seemed to get the picture. "Oh...well then in that case, I retract my statement! I'm glad for you, Yuto!"

The two managed to make it to the You Show Duel School and Yuto watched as Yuzu opened the door. Waiting until she walked in, Yuto quickly followed her inside before she closed the door shut.

"Is anyone else going to be here today?" He asked as he glanced around the building.

Yuzu shook her head. "Nope. We have the place to ourselves today. Dad is busy with the kids most-likely. But that's good, because I'll be able to teach you better this way." She told him with a smile. Yuto nodded. That was probably for the best. After all, Yuya wouldn't suddenly forget how to perform an action duel, so that would have been pretty...odd to watch.

The pair made it into a larger room, where they stopped for a moment. "We will start the lesson here. Pretty fitting since we are in a school and all. I'll just have to turn on the Arc System really quick." Yuzu told him as she ran off somewhere else. Yuto glanced around the room in curiosity. This was definitely going to be different from how they duelled back in Xyz, but he supposed it would probably be useful information.

He waited for a while until eventually the room began to change before Yuto's eyes. It began to look even larger than before and artificial grass, trees and even a sky began to digitalise their way across the room. Everything looked so different, and somehow felt real at the same time.

Yuto wondered if technology would have improved this much in Xyz if they hadn't been caught up in the whole war three years ago. Before long, the whole room was replaced wall-to-wall by the artificial field.

Soon enough, Yuzu ran back in with a smile. "Okay, that's all done now! So are you ready for practice?" She asked.

Yuto shrugged. "As much as I'm going to be, I guess." He answered. He replaced his own deck with Yuya's in his duel disk.

Yuzu smirked in approval. "Good! Then let's start the show!" Yuto nodded in agreement.

"Duel!" The pair shouted.

Yuto: LP 4000 (Cards X5)

Yuzu: LP 4000 (Cards X5)

Yuzu glanced up at Yuto. "I'll allow you with the first move, Yuto!"

Yuto nodded as he scanned the cards in his hand quickly. They were much different to his usual style of duelling, but he supposed that he would have to get used to it if he was to compete as Yuya in the tournament.

"I summon Entermate Discover Hippo in attack mode!"

Entermate Discover Hippo: 800 ATK/800 DEF/LVL 3/BEAST

Yuzu smiled as the familiar pink hippo with its hat appeared onto the field. "I see you're starting off like Yuya too. That's good at least."

Yuto raised a brow before shrugging the thought off. "I set a card and end my turn." He stated as a face down card appeared onto the field.

Yuto: LP 4000 (Cards X3)

"Alright, my turn then! Draw!" The girl drew her card and glanced through her hand and to the monster on Yuto's field. She looked around the field as well and then right back to Yuto.

"Okay, Yuto! I'm going to teach you about action cards this turn!" She declared, getting Yuto's attention. "I summon Aria The Melodious Diva in attack position!"

One of Yuzu's more well-known monsters appeared onto her side of the field, with a lighter shade of pink skin and purple hair.

Aria the Melodious Diva: 1600 ATK/1200 DEF/LVL 4/ANGEL

"I figured that you might have a trap card set, but it still is a good idea to keep your eye out for action cards whenever you're in a jam!" She explained as she pointed to a space behind Yuto. "Make sure that just so you know that you grab yourself an action card this turn!"

Yuto glanced down at his trap card that he had set on his turn, but decided to go with what Yuzu said. It could be helpful every once in a while, though, Yuto wasn't too sure about too much help. Perhaps as a last resort, but, Yuzu had spoken. No point in angering her.

"I attack your Entermate Discover Hippo with Aria The Melodious Diva!" Yuzu declared. Yuto swiftly turned around and quickly grabbed the floating card with the 'A' imprinted on the back. He glanced at it quickly before playing it.

"I play Miracle!" He shouted.

Yuzu nodded happily. "You've got it! Of course, even though your monster is safe, you still take half of the battle damage."

Yuto: LP 4000 – 400 = 3600

"Miracle is one of the more common cards you can find on the action fields. But, on the rare occasion, you will find that there will be a trap." Yuzu explained. "Turn end!"

Yuzu: LP 4000 (Cards X5)

"Definitely last resort then..." Yuto muttered. "Draw!"

"I tribute Entermate Discover Hippo to summon Entermate Hammer Mammo!" He announced as the hippo on his field disappeared and in its place, a small blue elephant with a similar circus style to that of the hippo appeared.

Entermate Hammer Mammo: 2600 ATK/1800 DEF/LVL 6/BEAST

"I now attack your monster with my own!" He called out as his monster destroyed Aria, decreasing Yuzu's life points.

Yuzu: LP 4000 – 1000 = 3000

"Turn end!"

Yuto: LP 3600 (Cards X3)

"Simple, but it gets the job done, I suppose!" Yuzu commented. "My turn! Draw!" She smirked.

"I summon Opera the Melodious Diva in attack position!" She called as the small female monster with pink hair and a large dress appeared.

Opera the Melodious Diva: 2300 ATK/1000 DEF/LVL 4/ANGEL

"I then activate the spell card Sword of Dagla from my hand! This allows Opera to gain 500 attack points!"

Opera the Melodious Diva: 2300 ATK + 500 ATK = 2800 ATK

"I would be able to attack you this turn, however Opera can't on the turn that she is summoned. So for now I will end my turn and see what you come up with Yuto!"

Yuzu: LP 3000 (Cards X4)

"Draw! I summon Entermate Silver Claw in attack position!" The boy called out as another circus styled animal appeared on the field, this time being that of a wolf-like creature with larger than normal claws.

Entermate Silver Claw: 1800 ATK/700 DEF/LVL 4/BEAST

Yuzu took off in another direction, seeming to have spotted something, Yuto deciding to attack whilst he had the chance.

"I attack with Entermate Hammer Mammo! Its ability sends any spell and trap cards on your field back to your hand, allowing it to destroy your monster!" Yuto declared.

Yuzu skidded across the grass and behind a tree, grabbing an action card, playing it immediately. "I play Evasion! This negates your attack, so my monster and spell stays!"

Yuto clenched his teeth together but smirked. Yuzu was a quick-thinker, the past few days that he had been with her were proof enough of that.

"Turn end!"

Yuto: LP 3600 (Cards X3)

"Draw!" Yuzu shouted. She stared at the card for a moment before playing it. "I now summon Freya, Guide to Victory in attack mode!" Another monster in the form of a woman appeared on Yuzu's side of the field wearing black and blue clothing.

Freya, Guide to Victory: 100 ATK/100 DEF/LVL 1/ANGEL

"And now, while Freya is on the field as long as there is another angel type on the field, you can't attack this monster. Also all monsters will gain 400 attack and defence points on my side of the field as long as they are an angel type!" Yuzu explained.

Opera the Melodious Diva: 2800 ATK + 400 = 3200

Opera the Melodious Diva: 1000 DEF + 400 = 1400

Freya, Guide to Victory: 100 ATK + 400 = 500

Freya, Guide to Victory: 100 DEF + 400 = 500

"And now, Opera the Melodious Diva will attack Entermate Silver Claw!"

Yuto glanced at the card that he had set faced down, as if to contemplate whether or not to use it, eventually deciding to let the attack hit his monster instead, destroying the wolf.

Yuto: LP 3600 – 1400 = 2200

"I end my turn!" Yuzu stated. "You'll have to pull out a powerful monster if you want to beat my monster."

Yuzu: LP 3000 (Cards X4)

"Draw!" Yuto stared at the card that he drew before confidently looking back to Yuzu. "From my hand, I play the magic card Cyclone! So I can now destroy your Sword of Dagla!"

"Eh? Cyclone?" Yuzu asked in surprise, her eyes widening. "Since when did...?"

Before long, her Sword of Dagla card was destroyed, and thus, decreasing the attack points of her currently strongest monster on the field.

Opera the Melodious Diva: 3200 ATK – 500 = 2700

Yuto glanced back at the cards in his hand that gave off a familiar presence. All three of them were pendulum monsters. Yuto glanced up at his own field.

"With the Scale One Stargazer Magician and the Scale Eight Timegazer Magician, I set the Pendulum Scale! With this, I can summon monsters with levels Two through Seven! Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear now! My monster! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"

Yuzu stood there with wide eyes and being unable to speak properly as her mouth just opened and closed as all of it took place. She watched as Yuto perfectly set the scale, the monsters chosen for the scale being perfect, the monster he summoned with the scale being perfect. And even the chant, word-for-word, being perfect. All of it was exactly how Yuya would do so. How was that even possible? She was unable to comprehend all of this was possible as Yuya's ace monster Odd-Eyes appeared on the field.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: 2500 ATK/2000 DEF/LVL 7/DRAGON

It was as if time had stopped for a moment as the dragon had let out its battle cry. Neither of the two spoke as they just stared at the dragon. Yuzu shook her head in disbelief as she slowly walked towards it, but far away enough that she wouldn't be able to touch it.

"Odd-Eyes..." She whispered before looking at Yuto who looked just as shocked. "Y-You see this don't you? You just Pendulum Summoned Odd-Eyes!" She told him in a louder voice.

Yuto nodded. "But...did I...?" He mumbled to himself.

He couldn't help but to feel some sort of presence as he summoned the dragon, it was as if something was pulling him along and being told what to do and how to do it. It was like the words that escaped his lips weren't his own. He had only duelled Yuya the one time. There was no possible way that he could work it out so quickly.

"Yuto!"

There was no way...

...Right...?

Author's Notes:

Okay another chapter is done at last! Sorry for being kind of late with this one! I was meant to get it out yesterday but I kinda got a little distracted by watching ZEXAL again and I figured out that it's actually a lot of work to write duels. So props to those who can write them quickly.

I know that the duel in this chapter was pretty bad, and I did use action cards more than I liked (I used them like twice, it's not that many but whatever) but I promise once I get it all down, they should be better. I'm hoping that the duel with Yuto's next opponent is better, but I wasn't planning on putting a duel into a chapter until I realised I still had room for one. And yes, I will be using the Japanese names. This is because of with the poll, reviews and PMs; there were many people who seemed familiar with them. Plus, as I said, it would be better for consistency.

Okay! So, important little thing really quick! I want to notify you all of the progress of a chapter! Because I think that a week for a chapter with a duel is possibly asking a lot. Especially when the duel will take up most of the chapter. This could maybe delay the chapter by a week or so. I also have school coming back soon and I already have assignments and other things I need to work on, I won't be able to write next weekend at all due to an event I'm going to, so who knows when the next chapter is coming out.

So I need to know if you guys would visit a Tumblr page or something like that? Or just put it in my bio? I wasn't too sure about the bio, and I know that other people use Tumblr for updates, story progress and all that stuff. So, just let me know what you all prefer so I can keep you all updated. I might even get your opinions and access to new ideas for stories!

I may write a little cute side series to keep you all entertained on hopefully the Sundays that I don't update this story, but we shall see how it works out. It's less plot-heavy so I want to know what you all think of that too!

So, with all of that finally said, please leave a review! I would love to hear what you all have to say! It means the world to me when I find another lovely review to read! Thank you all for reading and your support!