Zaira's p.o.v.

"You really love tying me up, don't you Kite" I said and sneered.

Orbital had placed me in some kind of chair and had tied me up with metal bars so I couldn't leave. Kite stood by side and sighed a little.

"You are easier to deal with, when you are tied up yes" Kite said and looked at Orbital "Status report, how is her health Orbital?".

The robot turned it's head around so it was looking at Kite. It was operating a big computer.

"Zaira is less tired from what we are anticipated Ma...ster Kite. So we are good to go" Orbital said and the computer lit a little up. I could see Yuma's golden key in there.

"Good. Place the electrodes on her then" Kite said and began walking away from me.

"Wait what is going on?" I asked "What are you gonna do? Why is Yuma's key in the computer?". Kite stopped up and looked me for some seconds.

"I am trying to opening the key. Apparently it has it's own space in there. I having a theory about that this pendant is from Astral world. You see I heard a rumor about that there should be a messenger from Astral world, who brought the numbers with him to earth" Kite said and looked intensive at me now. "You don't know anything thing about that do you?".

I looked confused at him. However I had a really bad feeling now. He was talking about Astral. I shook my head a little. Kite looked at me.

"Oh really?" He said in a disbelieved tone "So you know nothing eh. Then you properly doesn't know that the keys energy reading and the reading from your experiments are the same".

I widened my eyes a lot. I didn't know that. However maybe that's why I could touch Astral and see him as well? I really didn't know and right now I didn't care. He was targeting my friend Astral. I shook my head again.

"That's a shame" said Kite and shrugged "Because if you did and told me, this experiment would be finished quicker. This is the last one. After this one, I will send you home with your friend's soul".

I sneered inside. So he is trying to make me tell him what I know about Astral eh, well he could forget it. If he ever got inside the key to Astral, he would properly steal his numbers. Not that I didn't have any faith in Astral's dueling skills, but it was Kite we are talking about. He did out duel both Yuma and Astral last time, and if he got the numbers Astral would disappear. I just couldn't let that happen. He was my friend.

"I don't know what you are talking about Kite" I said "But if it is the last experiment, then let's get it over with, so I can get home".

Kite shrugged a little and Orbital placed the electrodes on my body. One on my chest near the heart, two on my cheeks and two in each palms of my hands. I had a feeling I looked stupid.

"You never explained what I am here for?" I said angry and sneered at Kite "Why do I actually have these electrodes on". Kite, who had been staring at the pc for now, looked a me for a little bit.

"Like I said, I am trying to open this key, and since you're reading matches it, you must be the puzzle to open it" Kite said. "The electrodes are provided with photon energy, which properly would make your power protect you, and when it does, you will open the pendant for me".

I looked in horror. I had no intention of helping him here at all. I decided to say nothing for now. Kite looked still at me, but when I didn't say anything, he turn towards the computer again.

"Orbital start the process" He ordered. Orbital saluted and pushed some buttons on the pc. I could feel the electrodes vibrate a little and then they turned blue.

"Use your power Zaira" Kite instructed "Or you and your number won't survive".

I let out a scream. I looked angry at him, but I knew he was right. I let out another scream and focused. Then suddenly something happened. A sensation went through my body and this weird voice was ringing again.

"It is soon time for Zexal Zaira. Are you prepared to do everything to protect them? Or will you be their downfall".

"What do you mean?" I said out loud, but the voice didn't speak again.

"Master Kite... the reading, the pendant... it is reacting" Orbital said in a stunned voice.

I blinked with my eyes and heard some weird vibration. The key was spinning uncontrollably and I felt... kind of stronger. I have never felt stronger in my life, but at the same time I felt so darn dizzy. My head was spinning.

"Master Kite this reading is off the charge. It is also different that the other test" Orbital said "Master...we may lose her".

I was suddenly tired as well. I closed my eyes. Then some seconds later I felt someone shaking me.

"Oh no no. You dare die on me Zaira!" I could hear someone say and knew it was Kite. "I will not be responsible for your dead, before I get your number, or before you have kept your promise to Hart, so pull yourself together Zaira, you are stronger than this right". I looked at him weakly.

"I am sleepy Kite. Let me sleep" I said and closed my eyes. 5 seconds later I felt a stinging pain on my cheek and sneered.

"Aw you damn idiot. It is not polite to hit a girl!" I yelled and looked angry at Kite.

He had just slammed my cheek. Kite shrugged and grabbed the electrode cables and pulled them off. I sneered because of the quick pain. But I got slowly better after he did that. I was not too tired now.

"I can't let you die Zaira. The experiment is called off" Kite said "Hart would never forgive me... and that's the only reason".

I was rolling with my eyes. Kite wouldn't admit that he cared. He was actually as stubborn as Shark sometimes.

"Master Kite... the reading is continuing" said Orbital frantically "It is hitting the climax and the pendant is still reacting".

Kite turned towards the computer and the key. I could feel the vibration from the key as well. It make me both good and bad. Like you are eating something you really like, but you kind of eaten to many of it.

"Have you gathered the energy we got from Zaira?" Kite asked and Orbital nodded.

"Then keep the energy near the key and lets see what happens" Kite said and Orbital did that.

I was looking from the chair in awe. This was kind of interesting at least. Suddenly the key began flashing and a beam got shot out from the key. A worm hole or a vortex or a portal was created and I sighed. I had a good feeling where this portal thing leads too. It leads properly inside the key and to Astral. Kite looked at the vortex and smirked a little. Then he looked at me and then Orbital.

"Orbital stay behind and take care of her" Kite said and pointed at me "Make sure she never follows me or escapes understood". The robot saluted and seconds later Kite jumped into the vortex. I sighed deeply.

"Astral" I whispered "I am sorry". I hoped he was prepared to face Kite.

Yuma's p.o.v.

"Hurry it up Mr. Kay!" said Yuma angry "I need to find Astral and Zaira before it is to late". Bronk and Caswell tried to calm Yuma just a little bit down.

"I am trying" Kay said and sighed "The virus hasn't detected something yet".

Suddenly the pc said a strange bib sound, and Mr. kay quickly entered the computer. One of his crash bugs pointed at a point on the map, showing a big warehouse of some sort, or facility. Yuma was not sure, but he didn't care. The only thing he was interested in was getting his friends back.

"The virus has detected something from a warehouse, in the middle of the city. It is owned by Mr. heartland. I didn't know there was a warehouse there" Kay said confused. Yuma clenched his fists.

"That must be where my key and Zaira is" Yuma said and began rushing off. Don't worry Zaira and Astral, I will come and save you!!

Astral's p.o.v.

Astral was of course inside the key and was confused. The ship in here had stopped moving for quite a bit of time. He wonders what had made it stop. Secondly he couldn't get out of the key. He always could that when Yuma and Zaira was around, so why couldn't he now? And lastly, he had been hearing these weird screams in here. Not really that loud, it was just like a ekko of something, but Astral knew it couldn't be a coincidence. He had a feeling he knew that voice, but couldn't quite remember right now. However he wished that he could get out and make that person stop screaming. It was never a good sign when people were screaming. Then he heard something new. Not a scream this time, but more like a sentence.

"Astral I am sorry" the voice said and Astral knew instantly that voice. It was Zaira's!

"Zaira?" he replied and hoped she would reply as well, but there was no answer.

Astral wondered. Had all the screams been Zaira screaming? If so, what was she screaming about? And most importantly who had hurt her?! She was apparently his friend. That was what Astral knew about her in the memories. However he had also grown a little fond of her, like he is with Yuma. Yeah maybe Zaira could be hard to handle sometimes. These million times she was running away and she could yell and scream at you, for no apparently good reason. She needed to get out with her frustrations some time, and she had a stubborn attitude, but deep beneath all that, Zaira really was a girl with a good heart. Good intentions! Therefore Astral really wished to stop these screams and stop them whoever was hurting her. Suddenly Astral sensed something, and turned around. A boy was standing some meters away from him. Astral's heart skipped a beat. It was Kite. Kite the number hunter. Astral looked at him, and a lot of questions got answered. Why the key stopped, why he couldn't get out and lastly, he must be the one who's hurting Zaira. Or at least Astral thought it was him. The number cards flew around Astral, like a shield, when he looked a little frightened at Kite.

"We meet at last" Kite said and smirked "You must be the visitor from Astral world".

"I should have known it was you Kite" Astral said and sighed.

If he was here, it could only mean, he was here to take away the numbers and his few memories he had gained. Kite looked at him.

"How do you know my name?" he questioned.

"We were opponents in a duel once" Astral told him. Kite was staring at him, and seconds later, his gaze fell on the number 39 Utopia.

"That card," Kite said "Oh so you really have teamed up with that twerp Yuma. I really can't imagining you teaming up with him". Astral looked curious at him.

"Well at least Yuma is not a thief" Astral said "Aren't you the one who stole the golden key?". Kite shrugged a little.

"Oh so that is what that pendant is called" Kite said "Well that is interesting. Wonder how you, that key and the girl Zaira are connected to each other? You know her don't you?". Astral looked at him with a cold expression.

"I do" He said "Are you the one who hurt her? Are you the one who makes her scream Kite? These echoing screams in here".

Astral noticed Kite hesitate just a little. He had been on his way over to Astral, but he had stopped up, when Astral mentioned Zaira's name. It made Astral puzzled a little. What was with him? Then Kite looked at him with a cold expression. He looked determined.

"Yeah I did. I am trying to get my hands on her number. Just like I am with yours now" Kite told him. Astral looked at him. It looked like he was regretting something.

"But you didn't succeed did you" Astral said coldly. He needed to know "Tell me Kite why are you hunting numbers?". Kite looked at him.

"No I didn't. But sooner or later I will" he told Astral coldly "And you first. Why are you hunting numbers". Astral sighed inside. This boy was as stubborn as Zaira.

"Because the numbers are fragments of my memories. I need them to remember?" Astral told him. Kite looked a little skeptical at him.

"To remember eh? That is interesting" Kite said "I want to know the secrets about the numbers. All secrets there is, like the ones about Astral world and Barian world. I also what to know the new secrets about that girl Zaira now to. You see I thought she was one of your kind. A Astral citizen or something like that, since she has such a close connection with her number, but Zaira doesn't look like you. However she can still be one in disguise though".

Astral looked at him. Zaira came from Astral world? Why did he think that? She looked like human and she has nothing whatsoever that made her like him. However he could not be sure, since he couldn't quite remember.

"I do not know. I told you I need the numbers to remember. If she is, a number will have the answer I seek" Astral said. Kite shrugged.

"Well actually all that doesn't matter, because I am here to snatch all the numbers you have" Kite said and smirked "I have a feeling you not gonna give them up by your free will, so how about a duel?".

Astral sneered inside but nodded. He couldn't avoid Kite any longer he had to face him. Kite smirked and did his photon transformation and Astral made a duel disk out of nowhere, and equipped it to his arm.

"Let's duel" they both screamed and the duel began.

Yuma's p.o.v.

Yuma was running towards the city, towards Kite's lap alias warehouse. He was quickly followed by his group of friends, who just couldn't let him go alone on this rescue mission. They was almost there when Yuma felt some weird vibration coming from his deck.

"Um Yuma why is your deck case glowing?" asked Tori confused. Yuma bit his lip.

"I think Astral is using them" He said and clenched his fists "That can only mean that Kite has gotten to Astral in some way. We have to hurry, he and Zaira need our help".

The others nodded and rushed towards the warehouse.

Time skip.

Yuma and his team was standing in front of the warehouse and was looking at a giant shut door. Yuma was knocking on the door to make the people inside open up, but there were no reaction. Then he tried opening it with force. His friends all helped and miraculously they got the giant door open. Yuma was happy like hell, thinking they were so strong. That until they got a call from Mr. Kay who told them he had uploaded a new virus to crash the security in this facility. Yuma sighed a little when he found out it was not them who had opened the door, but he thanked Mr. Kay for the help. Now it was time to save Zaira and Astral, and also get Shark's soul back. They rushed inside the facility.

Zaira's p.o.v.

"Orbital! Let me go! Let me go now!" yelled Zaira and tried getting out of the chair without any success.

Orbital had turned his head back at me and snort a little.

"And end up with you chasing after my master" Orbital said "Last time I took my eyes off you, I ended in a fight with you, and it was even in front of Master Kite and Master Hart. I am so ashamed".

I was sighing a little. I had never heard of a robot who could be ashamed, but whatever. I tried to get loose once again.

"Oh Master... Kite I hope you are okay in there..." Orbital said and looked at the vortex "Because I am not jumping in there to save you... there is just no way".

I was rolling with my eyes a little. What kind of robot was scared as well. If I didn't know it already I knew it now. Orbital was one of a kind robot that's for sure.

"Crash bug. Crash bug" said a sound suddenly and Orbital and I turned towards the computer. On the screen was a weird looking monster and it was tossing around with bombs. Orbital looked in horror.

"AH we are being hacked" he said and rushed over to the computer, trying to destroy the virus, but it was too late.

The whole pc began to spark around and I also noticed that the vortex from the key disappeared. Sadly the chair was not operated to the pc, so I was still stuck. Just great. Then before the computer totally broke the security alarm went on. A blurry picture was shown, but I recognized it instantly. It was Yuma!

"Security break in sector 3" the security alarm told them. Orbital sneered at Yuma and his friends and was wondering how he got in here, but Orbital sneered.

"Master Kite is gonna kill me when he hears about this" Orbital said frightened "Since the electricity is run out and the computer is running on a backup generator, I think I may have to call out for back ups. Calling orbital 5 and 6. to capture them".

I looked in horror. There were more Orbital robot's out there. Why did that never cross my mind? It should have Orbital is number 7 after all. I sneered. I really hoped Yuma and the others were gonna be okay.

Astral's p.o.v.

Back to the duel.

Astral: 4000Lp.

Kite: 4000Lp.

Astral wouldn't admit it, but he was scared. He was scared that Kite would win and take away his numbers. If he did, he would vanish from this world, to who knows where and that was not a thought he liked at all. Therefore he was playing rather defensive this turn. He had placed "Gogogo golem" in def mode, along with a trap card that stopped attacks and protected his monster. Sadly Kite saw through that move in an instance. He summoned a monster called "Reversed buster" in att mode. When it attacked, Astral couldn't use any spell or traps and they were destroyed in the end phase. Secondly def monsters were instantly destroyed and their effects were negated. So Astral lost his gogogo golem. Kite's monster also gained 500 more att and now had 2000 att. Astral looked in horror. If he had another monster, he could summon his "Galaxy eyes". Astral was truly afraid of that happening. He really had to be careful. Kite was truly a strong opponent. Kite smirked and ended his turn with a facedown. Astral looked at him. He had great respect for Kite's dueling skills.

"I must comment you, it seems like your dueling skills are more masterful than I remember" Astral said "You are one of the most greatest duelist I ever faced, but I can not shake the feeling that you are not doing this for yourself, why is that?".

"Wait so we are playing 20 questions now? And if you think flattering would help you lowering my guard you are so wrong. Just continue dueling" Kite told him.

"I understand, but I was hoping we were not meeting as opponents however" astral said "I find you fascinating. You remind me of Yuma and the tough girl Zaira you apparently have in your care. I see much in you, that I see in both of them. Zaira's tough act and Yuma's burning fighting spirit who will try archive everything you set your mind too". Kite looked confused at him.

"Wait you think I am like them?" Kite questioned. Astral nodded. Kite sneered. "Well you are wrong. The only thing matters to me is Hart". Astral looked at him.

"Who is Hart?" he asked. Kite sneered angry.

"Nevermind. Continue the duel" Kite yelled at him.

Astral did as Kite told him. He drew and summoned "Gogogo giant" to the field and with it's eff, Astral got back his golem in def mode. His giant also switched to def mode. Normally the best move now would be to summon utopia, but Astral was way too afraid. So instead he used the spell "Double defender", to defend himself. As a extra caution, he placed another facedown and ended his turn. Kite looked at him and smirked.

"Interesting. I thought you would go and summon that number, but if you did you will take a big risk now wouldn't you. These facedown cards are there to protect you isn't that right" Kite told Astral. Astral had fear in his eyes now. Kite smirked.

"You seem really worried about something" Kite said "Are you scared that I will summon Galaxy eyes photon dragon?". Kite smirked when Astral face expression told him exactly what he wanted to know.

"Oh you are scared" Kite said and drew "As you should be".

He activated the facedown card he had on his field, revealing the spell "Photon hurricane", which blew Astral's facedowns back to his hand. Astral was shocked that facedown Kite had, was really not something he should be scared off. Kite tributed his monster to summon "Photon leo" to the field and activated it's eff. Astral should now shuffle his cards into his hand and draw the same amount of cards, which totally destroyed all his strategies. Kite then destroyed Astral's giant, giving him piercing damage. Kite placed a facedown and ended his turn.

"I think you should give up now" Kite advised him "You don't have the guts to stand up in this duel. You are too scared of losing".

Astral was shocked and realised he was right. He was scared and had only been focusing on protecting himself. Not on how to win. He could hear Zaira's voice in his head, when she once told him, he could have won if he wasn't so scared. Astral clenched his fists. Now he had to beat that fear and win. Yuma, Zaira I will win over him, but I wished you both we're here to help me. The duel continued.

Yuma's p.o.v.

Yuma and the others were running through the hallways when two giant robots appeared. One looked like a spider and the other, a giant. Luckily for Yuma his friends decided to distract the robot's so he could go and rescue Astral. Yuma was surprised by his friends bravery and nodded. He glided under the giant robot, who didn't notice because Caswell had tossed his shoe at the robot.

"You sure gave the bot the boot Caswell" Cat complimented. Caswell turned red.

"Well um thanks" He said and tossed his other shoe at the other bot.

Yuma heard one last line before he left. Caswell said something about that if they run out of shoes, they will sock them, which made Yuma laugh. He could always count on his friends. Zaira, Astral I am coming!

Time skip.

Yuma arrived at a door at the end of the corridors. Of course the door was locked and Yuma began slamming his hands at it, in hope it would open. It didn't. He rushed over to a machine who looked like the lock system to opening the door. He pushed some buttons, but nothing happened. He hit the computer with his hand in pure rage and a picture got shown up on the monitor. One with Kite and a boy with blue hair? Yuma wondered who the boy was? However then he heard some voices from behind the door. Yuma walked closer so he could hear whoever was talking.

"Let me go you stupid robot" could Yuma hear and instantly knew it was Zaira "Let me go so I can go help all my friends".

Yuma was smiling a little. Zaira was at least in there. That was a start. He just needed to figure out how to get in there.

"You know I can't. It is master Kite's order" another voice said.

Yuma was sure he had heard it before, but couldn't remember. However a idea came to him. If he could hear them, then they could hear him. He spit on his hand, made it into a fist and slammed his hands on the door again, while screaming like hell. Words like "Open up you cowards" or "Give me my sister", or "Are you really afraid to face puny me". (yep a master plan from Yuma hehe) He kept up his "plan" and hoped the people inside would get annoyed. Luckily for him, the door opened after some minutes and out came.. that mini wan robot.. Orbital, if he remembered correctly. He was angry.

"Stop slamming boy. You are giving me an annoying headache, not like it could get any worse, with Zaira yelling up all the time, but still, Master Kite is gonna kill me if he finds intruders here" Orbital said and pulled up his hands, like he was gonna fight him any minute now. Yuma looked at him.

"You are that mini mech" Yuma questioned and sighed relieved.

He was not gonna be so tough handling. That until Orbital got angry because he was called mini. He transformed into drill mode. Yuma gasped and began running away, but hit the wall instead. Orbital smirked and was about to attack, when Yuma ducked and closed his eyes. Minutes later and nothing had happened. Yuma opened his eyes and found out that Orbital had gotten stuck. His drills were stuck in the wall.

"Um you couldn't be so kind to give me a hand would you?" Orbital pleaded. Yuma shock his head and rushed inside the open door, Orbital came from.

A,N: well that was part 1 I will update soon!