Vile: Well, this is the first of my Numbershots that I mentioned back in my other story. As you might have seen, the star this time is Tokunosuke.

Tokunosuke: *grins*

Vile: This story starts off before, but transitions to after 39 and 13 means Love, which means that Yuma and Kotori will be together during the story. Feel free to squeal with joy, SkyShipping fans! ^^

Yuma and Kotori: *smile*

Vile: Also, it introduces the girl mentioned as Hikaya from the other story, who is also a main character. But I might as well not keep you guys waiting.

Hikaya: Vile doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, any of its characters, or any of the game's cards. He does own any of his OCs, including me, and any cards he makes.

Vile: Thank you, Hikaya. Now then, on with the fic!

Numbershot 55: Double-Sided

Chapter 1

Humming could be heard as Tokunosuke Omoteura walked through the streets of Heartland. The day was pleasant, and he was enjoying it. He let out a deep sigh. "Such nice weather." He said to no one in particular. "Almost makes one believe that there's nothing else to it, Ura. But I get the creeping suspicion that all is not right today. That could just be me, however. Oh well. If anything does happen, I'll be ready, Ura." Then, he heard a scream come from out of nowhere. "What was that?" Tokunosuke paid attention to where it came from and ran towards the source.

Upon reaching the area, he noticed four boys ganging up on someone. The person was a girl, about his height, with short blond hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a light purple t-shirt with white cuffs advertising Kodoa's Card Shop, jean shorts, and white shoes. "We know you've got good cards on you, girlie. Hand 'em over." One bully said.

"W-What are you talking about? I don't even Duel!" The girl cried.

One of them, who appeared to be the leader, stepped forward. "Don't lie to us. Your dad is Mr. Kodoa, owner of Kodoa Card Shop. How could you not have anything good on you?" His face darkened. "Listen, kid. We ain't afraid to hurt you. So cough up the cards… Now!" The girl merely backed up in fear.

Tokunosuke sighed irritably. Bullying other people for cards was the worst kind of bullying to him. It reminded him of his own experiences. 'Saving a girl from bullying… Man, this is cliché, Ura. But like heck I'm just gonna stand by and let them hurt her.' He thought. He stepped forward from his observation point. He cleared his throat loudly. "AHEM!"

The bullies turned to look at him. "What do you want, pee-wee?" One of them asked.

"Pee-wee. Real imaginative." Tokunosuke remarked dully. "Didn't your parents ever tell you to be nice to girls, Ura?"

The lead bully quirked an eyebrow. "Didn't YOUR mother tell you to stay out of other people's business, runt?"

Tokunosuke sighed. He was in no mood for games. "Look pal, if you're gonna mess with that girl just for cards, then you've just entered my bad list, Ura. But to be fair, let's go with this. You Duel me. I win, you and your cronies take off. You win, I'll let you do what you please, Ura."

The three cronies began snickering. "This kid thinks he can win against Dino." "What an idiot!"

"All right, twerp, you're on." The leader, apparently named Dino, told him. "I'll tell you this, though: no one's ever beaten me."

"We'll just see if you can keep that streak, Ura." Tokunosuke said plainly. "By the way, Tokunosuke's the name."

"Whatever." Dino said.

The blond girl was surprised that someone stuck up for her, but she was thankful nonetheless. 'Take him down, Tokunosuke!'

"Duel Disk, set! D-Gazer, set, Ura!" Tokunosuke readied himself, as did Dino.

"ESTABLISHING LINK BETWEEN A AND B." The voice from the Duel System said, both of their D-Gazers along with Yuma's glowing. "AR VISION, LINK ESTABLISHED." The area around them began to warp into the augmented reality.

"DUEL!"

Tokunosuke LP:4000

Dino LP:4000

"First turn's mine. Draw, Ura!" Tokunosuke said, drawing his card. "I place a monster in facedown Defense Position, then place two Spells or Traps facedown. Turn end, Ura."

"That's all? Lame. My turn. Draw!" Dino drew his card. "Magic Card, activate. Foolish Burial! I can send a monster from my Deck to my Graveyard." The card he sent was Evoldar Cerato. "Now, Evoldo Odochelys in Defense Mode, Shoukan!" Dino's monster was a quadrupedal lizard-like monster with an orange top half, a purple bottom half partially covered by a light gray shell, a few spikes, beady eyes, and a visible DNA strand in its tail: the signature of the Evol series.

Evoldo Odochelys: Lv.2 FIRE Reptile ATK:500/DEF:1200

"And when EvolDO Odochelys is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon an EvolDAR monster from my hand, like Evoldar Ulcanodon!" This monster was a huge blue dinosaur monster, complete with the same DNA strand tail.

Evoldar Ulcanodon: Lv.4 FIRE Dinosaur ATK:1200/DEF:1000

"But that's not all. When Evoldar Ulcanodon is Special Summoned by the effect of an Evoldo monster, I can Summon another Evoldar monster from my Graveyard! So Evoldar Cerato, Special Shoukan!" Dino's first monster re-emerged by bashing through the ground. It was a raptor-like monster with aa yellow-orange body, black scales, and the DNA strand tail.

Evoldar Cerato: Lv.4 FIRE Dinosaur ATK:1900/DEF:1400

"Now for a real powerhouse! Evoldar Ulcanodon, Evoldar Cerato, Overlay!" Both Dinosaurs turned fully red and spiraled around each other in the air. A red spiral portal opened in front of Dino as both monsters flew in. "With these two monsters, the Overlay Network furthers the path of evolution! Xyz Shoukan! From Evoldo, to Evoldar, finally at Evolkaiser Ragia!" The monster emerged as a light blue dragon with six wings, red eyes, and the signature DNA strand tail. Its red Overlay Units circled it.

Evolkaiser Ragia: Rank 4 FIRE Dragon/Xyz ATK:2400/DEF:2000 2 Overlay Units

Tokunosuke smirked. "Trap Card, activate! Black Horn of Heaven! This card negates your Special Summon and destroys your monster on the spot!"

"You wish, twerp. Evolkaiser Ragia's effect activates! If you try to use any Magic or Trap Card, or try to Summon a monster outside of Flip Summoning, Ragia can use both its Overlay Units at once to negate and destroy it!" Ragia caught both of its Overlay Units in its claws, then unleashed a wave of fire by flapping its wings, obliterating Black Horn of Heaven.

Evolkaiser Ragia: 0 Overlay Units

Tokunosuke said nothing, but began giggling his signature creepy giggle. "What a baka-yaro."

"Who you calling baka-yaro, twerp?" Dino yelled angrily.

"You, for failing to see the trick I had planned! My other Trap Card activates, Ura! Hidden Mist!" Tokunosuke's other facedown flipped up. "There's a hidden side to everything, Dino. I laid Black Horn of Heaven knowing you would keep your monster safe from it, not caring about my other facedown, Ura. It will be your undoing! Hidden Mist shows your Evolkaiser the other side of things, bringing it to my side of the field, Ura!" A dark mist began blowing around Ragia, and an evil figure floated above, dropping strings onto it. Ragia roared and dissipated, reappearing on Tokunosuke's side of the field.

Dino growled. "You're gonna pay for that, runt! I place one card facedown. Turn end!"

"My turn! Draw, Ura!" Tokunosuke drew his card. "Flip Shoukan! Reveal yourself, Chew-Bone!" Tokunosuke's monster revealed itself to be one of his signatures, a mouse-shaped skeleton monster with red horns.

Chew-Bone: Lv.3 EARTH Zombie ATK:300/DEF:300

"Flip Effect, activate! When Chew-Bone is flipped face-up, three Chew-Bone Jr. are Summoned from my Deck to your field, Ura!" One of the bones on Chew-Bone's back shot off a total of three times, reforming each time, and transformed into three mini-versions of Chew-Bone, only with horns the same color as the rest of their bones, which landed on Dino's field saying "Chuu!"

Chew-Bone Jr. x 3: Lv.1 EARTH Zombie ATK:100/DEF:300

"Wait, so you're giving me your cards?" Dino asked.

"Not for long. Evolkaiser Ragia and Chew-Bone, attack two of the Chew-Bone Jr., Ura!" Evolkaiser unleashed a wave of fire that incinerated one Chew-Bone Jr., while Chew-Bone merely rammed another with its horns.

Dino LP:1500

"I place one card facedown. Turn end, Ura." Tokunosuke said calmly.

"Way to go, Tokunosuke!" The blond girl yelled without even realizing it. She quickly covered her mouth and blushed. Tokunosuke looked over at her with a tiny blush on his face, but looked back to the Duel.

"You're gonna pay for that, runt. My turn. Draw!" Dino drew his card. "Magic Card, activate! Enemy Controller! By Tributing my Evoldo Odochelys, I get back my Evolkaiser Ragia for one turn!" A video game controller appeared. "Up, down, left, right, B, A!" The commands entered into the controller, and it fired a beam at Ragia, forcing it to move back to Dino's field. "And since I got Ragia back, Hidden Mist goes BOOM!" The card did just that, and the mist cleared.

Tokunosuke then let out his giggle. "Again, you fail to read the hidden side of things! I wanted you to take Ragia back, Ura!"

"WHAT?"

"Trap Card, activate! Trojan Blast, Ura!" Tokunosuke's face-down flipped up. "If you move a monster from my field to yours, that monster is destroyed, and you lose Life Points equal to its Attack Points!" The card glowed purple, and light began shooting out from within Ragia's body. The blue dragon then exploded violently, knocking Dino backward onto his rear end.

Tokunosuke LP:4000

Dino LP:0 – LOSER

Tokunosuke's face appeared with the word WIN as a buzzer sounded, and the augmented reality vanished. Tokunosuke took his D-Gazer off his glasses and walked up to Dino. "That was a good Duel, Dino, but a deal's a deal. Get lost, Ura."

The other three bullies advanced on Tokunosuke. "And since when did you become boss, twerp?" "Yeah, we don't hold deals with someone like you." "Let's get him, boys!"

"Shut your beaks, guys." Dino said solemnly as he got up. "This kid actually beat me. That proves he's something. I doubt any of you would want your butt kicked by him." He walked over to his gang. "If he just wants us to leave, then let's leave. No sense in being idiots." Dino walked off without another word. The other bullies glared at Tokunosuke, who merely looked back at them impassively, then followed their leader.

Tokunosuke sighed. "I really don't get people like them." He said. He was about to check on the girl when he was suddenly glomped from behind.

"Arigatou, Tokunosuke!" The blond girl cried with relief, hugging him pretty tight. "You saved me! Thank you!"

"No problem… but you're kinda choking me, Ura…!" Tokunosuke managed to get out.

"Oh my gosh!" The girl said, quickly letting go of him. Tokunosuke panted to catch his breath. The girl bowed, blushing madly. "I am SO sorry!"

Tokunosuke held up a held. "Don't worry about it. Whew… Are you all right? Did they hurt you at all, Ura?"

The blond girl shook her head. "Mm-mmm. You got here just in time."

"Whew… that's good. You should get back home before something else happens, Ura."

The girl nodded. "Okay. I'm Hikaya. Hikaya Kodoa."

Tokunosuke smiled. "Tokunosuke Omoteura. Pleasure to meet you, Ura." He said, holding out his hand. Hikaya shook it with a smile. Tokunosuke began to leave.

"Hey, wait!" Hikaya called to him, making him turn around.

"What it is, Hikaya?" Tokunosuke asked.

"Would you mind stopping by my family's card shop tomorrow? I need to give you something for helping me."

Tokunosuke thought it over. While he really didn't need anything, it would be nice to accept a gift. "Okay. I'll see you then. See ya, Hikaya-chan, Ura!" Tokunouske ran off for home.

Hikaya smiled as she watched him run off. "Such a nice person…" Her face tinted again as she walked back to her own home.

Vile: I think that turned out pretty well. A small Duel thrown in there helped it along.

Shark: Man, Tokunosuke completely owned that guy.

Tokunosuke: *shrugs shoulders*

Vile: Hey, what can I say? A Duelist that focuses on nabbing his opponent's monsters is prime material for me, and I'm not talking about the cards. ^^

Others: *laugh*

Vile: This story has potential, so you guys might be seeing me again quite soon. Make sure to leave reviews and tell me what you think! See ya later!

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