I hope you enjoyed this first part.

You see I see these interesting stories and doujins that talk about the Yuus and their struggles with Zarc, but that same love isn't given to the Bracelet Girls.

Also the doujin think inspired me to do this fic was by Yvonne of pixiv.
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"Where... where am I?"

From Yuzu could remember, one moment she was in a tube watching her best friend slowly falling into the darkness, then sleepiness, then she was here... standing in this bright void.

That thought soon reanimated her being, "Yuya... I have to help Yuya! I have to-"

"After just seeing that, you still think you can save him?"

Yuzu jumped a bit at the voice since she had thought that she was alone in this space. "Who said that? Show yourself!" She demanded as she scanned the area for the owner of the voice.

"You must have known that after his first taste that it was the point of no return..."

The movement of Yuzu's head grew slightly sharper as her eyes darted in every direction only to find nothing.

"After all..."

Left, nothing. Right, nothing. Behind her, nothing. In front of her, nothing. Everywhere, nothing!

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing but empty spaces. Where was that voice coming from!?

Then, like a glimmer of light, Yuzu's eyes were locked on one spot in the void. At first, it appeared as nothingness among the abyss until she focused more intensely that she saw a being that seemed like an enigma of soft light with slight flutters of gold. Suddenly, the fluttering enigma was with a breath's inch of Yuzu's face, peering into her soul.

Soon Yuzu's eyes widen as the enigma's image became clearer among the golden flickers.

She saw eyes. Her eyes!

"You are a part of me..."

Yuzu jumped away from the being, slightly in defense, slightly in surprise, regardless she wanted to put as much distance between her and it as possible. Readying herself for a fight in case it was hostile.

Soon the voice, the eyes, and memories of Leo's accounts of the original dimension began to slowly form inside her head a picture of the owner.

"You're Ray, aren't you?" Yuzu inquired of the phantom while maintaining her distance from... her, however, she did not hear the slight hesitates in her own voice.

The phantom was silent and slowly advanced towards the girl until it... she... decided to end it all the while not tearing her eyes away from Yuzu. "Yes, I am Ray Akaba." The enigma answered affirmatively in a strong voice that felt like a driven warrior.

Armed with the knowledge of the being, Yuzu decided to press her for more information, "Where am I!? How do I get out of here!?" She demanded as kept her stance.

"That is an unimportant questi-" Ray replied rather flatly until Yuzu interjected. "It's important to me! I have to help my friends!"

"No, you don't hav-"

"Yes I do! I have to help them, I have to help Yuya!" Yuzu proclaimed as she turned to search for a way out of this abyss.

Like a flash of lightning, the feeling of a hand gripping her shoulder and forcibly spinning her back until she was gazing back into Ray's eyes.

Then in a calm but authoritative voice, Ray spoke these words.

"You were not created to save him, none of you were meant to save anyone... you and your other counterparts were only created to prevent Zarc from being reborn..."

Yuzu's eyes widen at this statement, but soon regained her mental fortitude and sharply removed the "hand" from her shoulder. "I don't care what I or anyone else was created for, I know who I am and I'm going to find a way out of here and help my friends!"

The phantom of Ray observed her fragment with a slight look of knowing disappointment as if she predicted this response would come soon or later. Her eyes had softened as the golden light still shimmered occasionally.

"You are truly like me during that time, clinging on to a comforting thought despite what had happened that was breaking it..." Her eyes soon resumed their original hard gaze "And lacking in true hindsight."

"So what! I'm Yuzu! Not you! And neither are Serena, Ruri, and Rin!" The Standard fragment barked as she backed away from her predecessor, however, a twinge of pain from her shoulder halted her footsteps as she touched the sore area.

Ray still continued her path towards Yuzu, her movement painfully slow as she decided to speak again, "You know nothing of your other counterparts or of yourself."

The light of the enigma started to ripple as though it was like water. Then the being soon began to transfigure into a human shape, then came detail, then color, and then...

Yuzu felt like her heart had stopped as she stared on in shock.

"...Ruri?"

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