Unknown p.o.v.

In an unknown place was a boy dueling. However he was about to lose. The boy got slammed to the ground and was looking at his opponent. A weird looking man with Tattoo in his face and was hiding under a creepy hoodie. The boy, who apparently had a number called "NB 16 shark master", attacked this creepy man, but in the end he lost. The boy fell to the ground once again. He looked at the creepy man.

"Hey!" yelled the boy and sounded pretty scared "Who in the world are you?". The other man grinned and walked a little forward.

"Who I am, matters little" the creepy man said "It is who I have sworn my loyalty too, that you should be worried about". The boy looked really scared.

"And who is that?" he asked worried. The creepy man smirked evilly.

"I serve the great Master Kite" the man said and stretched his arm. "It is for him I will take your number and your very being".

He digged into the boys body and in some minutes, he was holding a soul and the number card. The weird creepy man was looking up at some stairs where apparently Kite was sitting on a throne, and spectated the duel. The creepy fortune teller bowed to him.

"Your bidding has been done my master" He said "I have obtained yet another number". Then he grinned like hell.

Zaira's p.o.v.

"And with these two monsters, I build the overlay network. I XYZ summon Utopia!" yelled Yuma.

I smirked. Yuma and I was dueling in the school's courtyard. Since that time in the sanctuary we had dueled a lot. I must admit it is quite fun. Me and the wolf deck had gotten stronger and stronger in our bond. I was actually sure no one could beat us. Or at least Yuma couldn't. Right now Yuma had three powerful beast on the field. Utopia, Leviathan dragon and Dododo warrior. I had Cy on the field and one facedown. The reason we had numbers in this duel, was because Astral had told me, that if they won, he would take away my number. I had just smirked to that. Astral had not been himself, since that day with Kite. He couldn't guide Yuma correctly at all. Yuma had played a spell that made all monsters 1000 points stronger this turn. Then he carelessly attacked. I activated one of Cy's Ou. I could stop two attacks this turn (Note: Cy can only defend on my opponents turn, and can only destroy two cards when it is my turn). Yuma attacked with is monsters. The first two attacks didn't get through of course, but the last would have, if it wasn't for a little detail. I had a trap. I activated the trap "Changing destiny". I could stop one attack, the monster who attacked was switched into def mode, and now Yuma had two choices. He could boost his life points with half of Utopia's strength (3500-1750) or he could damage me with the same amoud. I would have 50 life points left.

"We got to raise our life points" said Astral defending. Yuma snort coldly.

"No way. Zaira would only have 50 life points" He stated and chose the second eff.

I got damaged pretty well. Astral sighed. Yuma placed two facedown's and ended his turn. I sighed a little. I had a feeling they actually could had won, if Astral wasn't so scared. I drew and smirked. I would win now. I activated Cy's last Ou and destroyed two cards. The two number cards, Utopia and Leviathan dragon goes bye, bye. Yuma looked shocked at me. Once again forgotten my monsters eff. I sighed. Then I activated the spell "Heavy storm" all spell or traps was blown away. Then I used the spell "Horn of unicorn" on Cy. It gained 700 more att. Just enough to make Yuma's life points hit 0. I won the duel of course. Yuma sighed deeply. A minute after..

"Lets duel again Zai" He said in his cheering way "Next time I am so gonna beat you". I sighed and shook my head. I walked over to Astral.

"Hey Astral" I said.

Astral was just staring out in the blue. Even though we had numbers on the line,Yuma, Astral and I, had found out some days ago, that in a duel with me, Astral apparently didn't fade away. I sighed. I looked at Yuma's card hand and my eyes widen. Then I looked angry at Astral now.

"ASTRAL!" I yelled. The ghost finally reacted. I sneered coldly at him. "What is wrong with you? You could have won". I grabbed a card from Yuma's hand.

"You know what this spell is right?!" I yelled "It is "Double or nothing", I stopped Utopia's attack, you two could have used it, doubled Utopia's att points and attacked again". Astral just sighed. Yuma looked at Astral now and sighed as well.

"Astral you have not been yourself, since Yuma and I lost to Kite" I said.

I saw Astral quiver, when I mentioned Kite's name. As I figured Astral was still scared of Kite. Yuma and I had beat our fear. Astral didn't! I was about to say something, when a voice interrupted me. I saw Yuma's friends. Caswell, Tori and Bronk was running towards us. It was Tori's voice who had interrupted me.

"Yuma. Zaira. May we speak with you two?" she said, and before we could do anything, she had grabbed both of our hands and dragged us away. Tori could be pretty determined some times. However I quickly got out of her grib.

"What is this about?" I said coldly.

However suddenly Bronk pushed me towards some bushes, where they were leaning towards some of the school's wall. It was a really good secret hiding place. Bronk grinned awkwardly.

"Um sorry about this Zaira, but we need some privacy" Bronk said.

When we arrived and Bronk had stopped pushing me, I sneered and crawled up in the highest three there was. No one was gonna decide what I should do! However I could still hear what they were talking about. Tori looked up in the three at me and sighed.

"Zaira! Come down here!" she yelled "We need to talk!". I just snort.

"Yeah well then begin" I said "I just want to sit up here". Tori sneered.

"Fine!" she yelled back and mumbled "She is so stubborn!".

I ignored that. They gave Yuma the mini pc. I didn't need to see what they were talking about. Yuma was screaming up pretty loud.

"Wah!" said Yuma surprised "What happened to these people?". Caswell sighed.

"We do not know" He said "The only thing we know is that they went missing at one point and when they were found, they had ages or something".

I frowned. This was not a good sigh. Yuma looked in horror at the pictures.

"Well they only had one thing in common" Bronk added "They were all duelists, and after what the rumors states, they all had found a number card".

I bit myself in the lip. Yuma looked shocked and Astral, who was floating beside Yuma, looked really scared. I could understand both of them. All these people must have been people Kite hunted down. Caswell walked towards Yuma now. Bronk was looking up at me.

"Well since you and Zaira has a number card, it stands to reason that you two are in danger as well" Caswell said worried.

I had a poker face and didn't say a thing. Yuma tried to have one as well, but it didn't work out quite as well. Bronk, Tori and Caswell were surrounding Yuma. They wanted to know what he was hiding. I sighed and jumped down from the tree. I grabbed quickly Yuma's hand and began running away. Yuma quickly followed.

"Sorry guys we will be late. Kairi said we should help her with a scoop today" I said and Yuma nodded and waved at his friends.

Bronk and Caswell tried to follow us, but hey being a Ex thief had its benefits. I knew every dark ally and side street in the city. In the end we escaped them. Yuma sighed relieved.

"Phff. We escaped" Yuma said "Thanks sis". I slammed him in the head.

"How many times have I told you not to call me sis!" I said angry. Yuma was rubbing his head and was looking at me with puppy eyes.

"But you are my sis, sis" He said. I just slammed him two times in the head.

"Okay. Okay" Yuma surrendered "Zaira okay. Where are we actually?". He looked around. We were in a dark ally close to the mall. I sighed.

"It really doesn't matter" I said "We have to get away from your friends. You are agreeing on this right. If they knew about the Number cards and Kite, then they would be in much more danger". Yuma looked at me for a minute.

"Yeah I understand. I don't want to drag them into danger" He said. I nodded.

"Okay. We have to be careful for now" I said "They will try this again. I am sure of it". Yuma nodded.

Normal p.o.v.

In a creepy mansion was this creepy guy who worshiped Kite sitting. It was him, who had dueled the boy and got the number card Nb 16. Even know he was a duelist, he was also a fortune teller and right now he was sitting on the floor in the middle of the room. On a throne Kite was sitting and he was staring down on the fortune teller.

"Master Kite" the man said "I bring you yet another number card. Now I will ask my fortune teller's deck, what will happen next".

He was shuffling the cards and was placing the cards around him in a circle. Then he turned one of them around. The card "Sheep token" was looking at them. The fortune teller smirked.

"Ah stray little lamp eh" He said and grinned and turned around another card. "The reaper of souls" was shown now. The fortune teller grinned.

"Ah stray little lambs, who is in the dark looking for answers. The number holder must be friends with them, and the host will bring me another number".

He was about to pack his cards away, when suddenly a card was falling down from the sky. It landed in front of the man. He looked surprised at it. The card lit up in a dark aura, and minutes after the aura disappeared. In front of the man now, was a normal monster card. It was a wolf on it. The fortune teller took the card up in his hands.

"What's this, a guidance from the heaven above?" He wondered. "What does this mean? Are they warning me of a wolf? What kind of wolf? Who?". He was really confused. He shook his head one time.

"Master Kite I am sorry" He said and got up and bowed "I will proceed with the plan". He looked at his deck and began preparing for the upcoming duel.

Zaira's p.o.v.

At the school, the day after.

"Phff. Escaped again" said Yuma and sighed deeply.

Me and Yuma was lying at his favorite spot at the whole school. It was beside the water tower at the school. It was also the highest spot in the whole school, which was the reason I think Yuma liked it here. He could lay up here looking at the skies and just dream. I think I liked this place at well. However being at water was always my favorite place. I wonder why? Maybe it was also the reason I liked being around Shark, because he was a water duelist? I shrugged. It couldn't be that simple. I looked at Yuma who was lying beside me. He looks like he had been in deep thoughts.

"I know we are not supposed to tell the others" Yuma slowly said "However we can not just run away from them every time".

I looked at him, then up at the sky. It was so blue, but still cloudy. One of the clouds looked like a horse I think.

"What are you suggesting?" I asked Yuma. I noticed Astral beside us now. He was also looking at the sky. Yuma looked at me for a moment.

"Well instead of hide and seek. What about we go out there, find Kite and put him in his place and then the problem is solved". I looked at him.

"And how are you suggesting that we do that?" said Astral suddenly "How to put him in his place?". I sighed deeply. Astral was still scared.

"Astral don't tell me you are still afraid" Yuma said and sighed "Zai is right here. You have to stop being scared. How else are you gonna get your memory back".

"We are not Zaira" Astral raised his voice a little "When we duel and loses, Kite will add your soul to his collection and I will vanish". I sighed deeply.

"Well I can't explain why I am not affected. I am sorry" I said and bowed "However maybe that's the reason the door said I should protect you". Astral sighed.

"Maybe" He said and flew over to me "But.. I have this hunch that.. you are in the same risk as we, but I can explain why?". He looked at Yuma for a second.

"Yuma, you wouldn't want to lose Zaira would you?" He asked. Yuma looked confused at Astral. I did as well.

"No of course not she is my s.. part of my family" He said "But that's why we won't lose to Kite".

However suddenly I heard footsteps and covered Yuma's mouth. A head was shown on the staircase now. It was Cathy the cat girl. I moved my hand again and Yuma could breath. Cat looked at us.

"Um what are you doing?" she asked "Why are you covering Yuma Zaira?". Yuma quickly got up and grabbed my hand this time. He smiled at cat.

"Um well we got to go" He said "Forgot we should buy things for grandma. See yer cat". Then we both left. I sighed deeply. I had to learn Yuma, to be more relaxed when he was keeping secrets. He really sucks at them.

Normal p.o.v.

The others were standing outside the school once again. Tori sighed. She couldn't believe that Yuma and Zaira escaped again. Bronk and Caswell looked at her and nodded. They went over to their secret hiding spot.

"Listen Tori" said Bronk "Me and Caswell got a little idea". Tori looked confused at them. They began telling her about their idea.

"Wait what.. the super secret number investigation club?" Tori said confused "What is that?". Bronk grinned a little.

"Um well that's the name I came up with" Bronk began and Caswell continued "The point is that if Yuma and Zaira is not gonna tell us about the number cards, then we just have to uncover the mystery". Suddenly Flip jumped out of the three nearby.

"Did someone say mystery" he said and grinned "I love mystery. I am requesting membership in this club". The others looked at him.

"Well okay" said Bronk confused "Um Flip how did you find this place? Oh Wait you once had a number right". Flip grinned a little.

"I did. And I will be more than happy to tell you what I remember from my experience" He said and grinned. "I remember absolutely nothing".

The others did a anime fall down. Suddenly Cat was standing in front of them too, stating that she also wanted to join there club. In the end they decided to split up and gather informations around these number cards.

They all did that in different matters. Cat gathered her gang of cat to search through the city for informations. Caswell used the computer. Flip was dressed as half a detective and was looking for clues. Tori and Bronk was asking strangers and had decided to split up to do it. Tori was right now in the park asking people, when a familiar voice spoke to her.

"Why are you running around asking people about numbers?". Tori turned around and saw Shark standing behind her. Tori looked at him.

"Oh hey Shark do you know anything about Number cards?" She asked. Shark snort.

"Why are you asking me?" He said coldly "Why aren't you asking Yuma or Zaira for that matter?". Tori looked down in the ground.

"Well they won't tell us" she said in a low voice, but Shark catches it. He snort.

"Well they are right" He said coldly "Numbers are a lot of bad news. You should listen to them. And stop asking random people about them". Tori looked confused.

"Um why not?" she asked. Shark sighed a little.

"It is not a game you wanna be playing Tori. So just give up, and leave it alone" He said and turned his back against her.

Tori sighed. However she was not about to give up. She turned around and was about to leave, when Shark grabbed her hand.

"Wait" He said and looked at her "Since you're here. I need to ask you something. Hows Zaira?". Tori looked confused at her.

"I thought you had her number. Why aren't you asking her yourself?" Tori asked. Shark looked at her for a minute and then suddenly up in the sky.

"I lost her number okay. And even if I didn't, I wouldn't have called her" Shark said and sighed "Miss stubborn is fierce as a wolf. She needs to relax first before I show".

Tori was a little confused by that statement, but she still told everything that had happened (not the part with Kite, and her losing though). Shark was listening. When she was finished Shark was actually grinning a little.

"So they made Zaira go to school eh. I can imagine her look when she found out" He said and laughed a little. "And a protecting beast deck eh. Interesting". Tori just snort a little.

"Well what about you Shark?" she said and smiled "When will you return to school? Actually I think we could need someone like you to keep Zaira out of trouble. She already had three fights in the school. Beating up some bullies, who threatened some of our classmates. The teacher is not really thrilled". Shark smirked.

"Well she is still fierce as ever I see" Shark said "I will think about coming back. But not to keep Zaira out of trouble. I couldn't care less". Tori smiled.

"Whatever you say Shark" She said and left. She had to meet up with Caswell and the others.

Time skip.

At some kids playground, Tori and the others were assembled once again at sundown. They were discussing information, however no one of them had any information regards the numbers. That until Flip showed up. He had apparently found this fortune teller, named Fortuno! He could tell them about the numbers. They followed Flip to an old mansion. However when they arrive, the fortune teller was already ready for them. He lead them into a blue big room and began telling them that the numbers were dangerous and evil. The others looked in horror.

"But then Yuma will end up like one of those people we saw" She slowly said.

The fortune teller smirked and asked who Yuma was. Tori told him, he was their friend and that he had one of the numbers". Fortuna grinned and with some weird power he made the floor crumple away under the others feets. Cat, who was the only one agile enough to get out of the hole in the floor.

"Cat! Go get help!" yelled the others. Cat rushed off to find Zaira and Yuma.

Zaira's p.o.v.

I was sitting at the river and was looking up in the sky. Yuma was lying beside me and Astral was floating beside us. However he was signing a lot. It was really annoying. Yuma looked at Astral. I was sure he was thinking the same thing. Then Yuma looked at me for a moment. It was a really worried look.

"Why is it that you like water so much Zai?" He asked "Is it because you were found on the beach as a kid?".

I looked at Yuma and I sighed as well. Astral did the same thing. Yuma looked at the ghost and clenched his fist. Just a little.

"No I don't think so" I said a minute after "Whenever I see water. It sort of just relaxing you know. I don't know why really". Yuma looked at me. Astral sighed again and I was about to rip off his head. However Yuma was quicker.

"Astral stop signing!" He yelled. Astral just sighed again. We both sneered and was about to say something, when suddenly a voice yelled our names.

"Zaira! Yuma!". We both turned around and saw Cat who was running towards us.

"Cat what are you doing here?" asked Yuma. Cat looked really worried.

"Yuma, Zaira. You got to come with me. Its the others. They are..." she began, but she never finished the sentence. She was suddenly just standing there. I had gotten up on my feets and walked over to Yuma and Cat. This whole scene was weird. Then finally Cat spoke again, but it sounded like two voices mixed together.

"Cat can't hear you right now" She said "My name is Fortuno, a seer of all things and I am sending you a message on behalf of my master Kite".

Yuma, Astral and I was having shocked expressions now. However the one who was most afraid was Astral. He was quivering again. This guy Fortuno continued.

"I have your friends Yuma" they said "If you want to see them again you will have to come to my mansion and duel me. If you refuge my request your friends will be...".

The seers control over Cat broke and Yuma catched her. However he looked really determined. He was ready to go down to that mansion and duel to save his friends. He asked Cat to take him to this mansion, and I was about to follow when Astral spoke to both of us.

"Wait you two!" He screamed "I can't have you two to run into what certainly looks like an ambush". We both looked around and sneered at Astral.

"What do you mean?" Yuma asked "He have my friends. I got to go save them".

"As long as we can not defeat Kite... there is no way we will win" He said.

"You mean I only shall duel when I have a chance to win" He said and sneered.

"Yes that is correct" Astral said "I could fade away".

I sneered and suddenly I walked back towards him. I knew he was a ghost. I knew I couldn't hit him, but it really didn't matter. Astral should realise that I would try to hit him at least. I slammed my hand towards where his cheek was and.. suddenly BAM, a sound of my hand touching some bare skin. I had looked the other way, when I slammed my hand at Astral's face, but now I turned around and looked really surprised at him. So did Yuma and Astral was even more shocked and had rubbed his cheek. I quickly removed my hand from Astral's cheek. I was stunned. I...I...I could touch him.

"How...?" said Astral as stunned as I "How can you... touch me. I can't touch... you".

However 5 seconds later, he tried to touch my hand and 5 seconds later, he was actually holding it. Yuma gasped and tried touching Astral, but he went through him, just like I should. I could touch Astral and he could me. When the shock finally disappeared, my anger towards Astral reappeared. I sneered.

"I don't care why I can touch you suddenly" I said "However I am pretty angry at you Astral. You have to face your fear. Are you really so scared of Kite, that you will run away as that coward you are? Yuma's friends are in danger". Astral just looked at me. So did Yuma and Cat. Well she must be really confused now, but whatever.

"We don't need cowards" I said coldly and took Yuma's hand "We don't need your help either. I will go with Yuma though. I owe him it at least, and even if I didn't, I would go anyway... because he is my brother". I turned around and walked away.

"Zaira. Thanks" said Yuma in a low voice. He sounded really worried.

"Let's just keep going Yuma" I said and followed Cat. We rushed towards the mansion and Astral stayed where he was.

Time skip.

We both rushed into this mansion and arrived in this blue room. In a giant orb I could see Flip, Tori, Bronk and Caswell on a cliff or rock of some sort, and they were surrendered by lava. It didn't look good, but when we tried to walk over to the orb thing, a man with blue marked tattoo's on his face, and was wrapped up in some sheets was looking at us. He looked really weird and he was greeting us.

"Hello boy. You must be Yuma. And who is this? The girl. Well that doesn't really matter" He said and smirked "Have you come to save your friends?".

"Of course I have" Yuma said angry "You must be fortuno. Let my friends go now".

"Of course I will Boy" He said and smirked "If you can defeat me in a duel. And I hope you don't mind that my master Kite will be watching".

He was pointing up at some stars, and on the top was Kite really sitting on a throne and looking at us. I sneered. I had hoped he had lied or something.

"Kite" I heard a voice say and turned around.

Astral was actually floating beside us. He had a frightened look on his face. I sighed a little. At least Astral was not gonna abandon us. He wasn't a coward. I had known that all along. I just said it, to make him think a little. However Yuma and Fotuno's duel began.

Fotuno: 4000Lp.

Yuma: 4000Lp.

Okay this was the most strange and unfair duel at all! First of this seer, could apparently see all Yuma's cards and therefore had all kinds of traps and spells ready to stop Yuma's monsters attack. Then this fortune teller summoned "Nb 16 shark master" to the field. I looked in horror, when he activated his monster's Ou and with it could stop a type of cards for two turns. Yuma couldn't use traps now. He lost his monster and some life points. And of course it got even more bad. When Yuma lost life points, the rock or cliff, Tori and the others were at, began to crumple. So if he lost, it was goodbye to his friend. And when you think it couldn't get worse, Astral was no help at all in this duel. He was so afraid of Kite, who was sitting on that throne, glaring at us. He was actually lost in hid thoughts of fear. Yuma and I had to yell his name over and over, until he actually heard us. However then Yuma and Astral actually made a comeback. In some way they got Utopia to the field, and it destroyed number 16. They even got some traps on the field. Me and Cat was highfiving each other. That until that stupid Fortune teller summoned another number. "Nb 11 Big eye". That creepy fortune teller was laughing like hell.

"Did you really think that I only had one number card. Fools. I have collected many cards for my master Kite" He said.

I sighed deeply. When this freak show guy said Kite's name, it made Astral once again lose focus. He was staring up at Kite again. Secondly it didn't help that nb 11 had a really special ability. By using a Ou, he could control a monster from our field. We could kiss goodbye to Utopia. It even attacked then, leaving Yuma with 1300 life points left. It didn't look good. Luckily big eye couldn't attack on the turn, it uses its eff. So Yuma was safe for now. However the man placed a facedown first. A facedown that on Yuma's turn, made sure neither of them could summon a monster for the next two turns. Yuma had no monster on the field. It was the fortune teller's turn again. He attacked. Luckily Yuma could use traps again. He was able to somehow survive this round by making a combo with monsters from his grave and a trap who cuts Utopia's att down. However they only had 100 life points left. Yuma and Astral got slammed to the ground pretty hard. Astral was beginning to fade away. Yuma was lying hurt on the floor. I rushed over to them and helped Yuma up from the ground.

"Are you okay?" I asked. Yuma nodded but sighed. He looked at his friend. They didn't have many options now, and it didn't help that the seer, used a trap, who prevented them from summoning monsters from the grave this turn.

"I am okay" Yuma said "But what about my friends?". Astral and I looked at him. I didn't know what else to say. Suddenly this stupid seer was laughing like hell.

"There is a way to save your pathetic friends" He said and smirked "Its the only way boy. You surrender this duel and Number card, to me and my master Kite and then I will let your little friends go".

I looked really shocked now. Yuma should give up the duel, but then... Astral would... but if he didn't his friends would die. I sneered. The fortune teller was laughing again. I clenched a fist. I wanted so much to slam his face, then he could use his fortune to buy himself a new set of teeth. However what would that help! Nothing at all. I sneered again and let go of Yuma's arm now. There were only one way to get out of this mess! I sighed deeply.

"I told you that we should not come here" said Astral and sighed. "We can not win. The only thing we are doing, is dooming your friends. We only have one option". I looked shocked at Astral. Oh no he didn't. Yuma looked confused.

"And what is that Astral?" He asked. Astral sighed and smiled a sad smile.

"Hand him the number card" He said.

I sneered coldly. If we did that, then he would vanish. Yuma looked really shocked. I walked in front of them.

"Hey shaman or whatever. Cancel this duel" I scream. Yuma and Astral looked really confused at me. I smiled a sad smile this time.

"You are canceling this duel and letting all Yuma's friend and him go" I said "Then if you do, I will give you this number card instead".

I was holding Cy in my hand. The fortune teller looked at me with a curious look.

"And who are you?" He said. I sighed deeply and looked up at Kite.

"I have one of the strongest numbers there is" I said "If you let everyone go, I will give it to you". Cy suddenly was appearing beside me.

"No mistress. If you do this.. if I am removed then you will die as well" it said "We are one. But if you give me away, then You will die Zaira".

I looked shocked a minute, then I shrugged. If it was for keeping Yuma and Astral alive, I gladly would do it. Yuma was suddenly squeezing my hand really tight. He looked angry.

"No, No, No, Zai!" he yelled "You are not gonna give him anything. There must be some other way".

Astral actually nodded in agreement. He wanted to sacrifice himself instead. Yep we are a bunch of sacrificing idiots! I sneered and looked at Astral and Yuma with a cold look.

"Well you two don't get it" I yelled "You are... or at least you two are my friends. Yuma. Astral. I am not gonna let them get too you". Astral looked shocked for a moment. Yuma looked at us. Then he sneered.

"And that's why neither of you two are sacrificing anything!" He yelled "Because I am fighting for my friends. Astral and Zaira is also my friends".

Astral looked at Yuma as well. He was a little shocked still. Then Yuma looked up at Kite. He was yelling at him. Stating he was too chicken to duel us himself. Then suddenly Yuma was looking at this fortune teller guy. Then he pointed at Kite.

"Hey how can I be sure Kite is sitting up there" He said. The fortune teller looked really confused now. 

"Well... of course it is Kite sitting up there" began the fortune teller to say.

However Cat was not agreeing. She jumped up the stairs and pounded Kite's face. A minute after his head actually fell off and down the stairs. We could all see that his head was made out of wood. I sneered. So this was a statue or in other case a fake Kite.

"Ha I knew something wasn't right" Yuma said and grinned "Kite is more like you Zai. This lone kind of wolf. I couldn't see him as one who relies on minions".

I just nodded and sneered at the fortune teller. One thing was tricking us to come here, and face him in a duel. But too use a fake Kite, to scare my friend Astral, was low. Really low. Astral looked at the wood figure. He was surprised.

"So this is not Kite" He said in disbelief "I was scared of something, who wasn't even there". Yuma grinned a little.

"Well I was scared as well" Yuma said "But that's why you got to step up and fell the flow. Do you know what I mean?".

Astral nodded. We both looked at Yuma. I was thinking back. On that day when I first arrived here. When I met Yuma for the first time. I had no real future. I was a thief. A criminal. But after Yuma risked his life to save me and Shark. When Yuma's family gave me a home. Then I was beginning to dream of this life I wanted for myself. I wanted to have friends. Family. Just be accepted and stuff. Yeah okay going to school was not on the list that time, but it had proven to be fun. I even got a deck and could duel now! I looked at Yuma.

"He has given me... Hope" Astral and I had said that in unison. Then suddenly I felt.. dizzy maybe. My head was spinning and I heard this voice.

"Touch Astral Zaira. You're the key" it said.

I was confused. However this voice was not coming from this room. It was not the voice of the door either. However I had a feeling I had heard it before and that I could trust it. I did as it asked and took Astral's hand. He looked really confused at me. I smiled.

"Listen Astral. I know you are scared of Kite. I know he is a strong opponent. However that doesn't matter now. Me and Yuma will have your back... we are friends" I said and bit my lip. I really had friends. Astral squeezed my hand a little.

"Yes. I understand" He said "You two give me real hope and courage".

Suddenly my head was aching again. I heard this weird sound and suddenly a light beam shut out from Yuma's key. It hit me in the chest. I was really confused. The light was glowing. Minutes after it flew over to Astral and he was glowing. Then back to Yuma's key. It created a triangled out of the light beam. Suddenly a picture was shown inside the triangle. Yuma, Astral and me was looking at it. In it was a boy and a girl. A glowing blue white boy. Wait was that Astral as a Kid? And the girl?

"Wait the girl looks like you Zaira?" said Yuma suddenly "Orange hair and purple eyes". I looked shocked. Then the bright light surrounded us and the same did the picture.

Flash back.

We were all three suddenly standing on a grass kind of field. The weather was sunny and it was comfortable warm around here. I looked around! I had no idea where we were and one look on Astral and Yuma, was enough to see, that they didn't know either. Suddenly the boy we saw in the picture, who looked like Astral was floating, or walking? No he was so close at the ground that it looked like he was walking. Astral was stunned.

"Is that me?" He asked and pointed at the boy "I... is this my memory?".

Yuma and I shrugged. We had no idea either. Then suddenly a voice rang through the open grass field. A girl. My heart skipped a beat. The girl who looked like me! Was this a part of my memories too. Me and Astral looked at each other. Mini me, was dressed in a white little dress and had flip flops on. I was running after Astral.

"Astral! Wait up!"

Astral stopped up and sighed a little.

"Zaira you are too slow" He said "We need to keep going. I can't believe I broke the codeks and brought you here to the human world. Eliphas is gonna be... ".

But he never finished the sentence, because mini Zai had jumped up on his back and Astral fell down in the grass. He had a surprised look on his face. Zai was grinning. 

"I got you!" I said and grinned. Astral was now rolling around with his eyes. 

"Yeah. Yeah. " He said and sighed "Well we have to go back now. He will kill us for sure".

"But we just got here" Mini Zai said and grabbed some grass and tossed it up in the air "I is so beautiful here Astral". Astral got mini Zai off of him and smiled. 

"Well glad you like it" He said and placed himself in the grass. He was looking up in the sky. Mini Zai did the same thing. They were looking at the blue sky together. 

"Hey Astral" Mini Zai asked. Astral looked at her.

"What is it?" He asked. Zaira took his hand.

"We are gonna be best friends forever right?" She asked. Astral grinned and squeezed her hand a little. 

"Sure. Forever and ever" He said. Zaira smiled and tossed some grass at him. Then she began running like hell. 

"You can't catch me!" she yelled. Astral grinned and rushed after her. The real Zaira and Astral was looking at each other. Then the picture began flashing again.

We were back in the mansion. Or I actually don't think we ever left. I looked at Astral. So we have known each other since we were kids? And we were best friends? Why is it no one of us remember? Yuma was smirking.

"Oh Zai you were so cute there" He said "What happened?".

I sneered. However we were still in a duel. The fortune teller was looking at us. Cat as well. Apparently everyone in this mansion could see Astral now. Astral looked at me, and then let go of my hand. He was looking at us both though.

"Let's win this" He said. Yuma nodded and drew. He drew a spell that could make Utopia come back to our field again. Astral had suddenly taken my hand. I felt suddenly weird. A word was stuck in my head. "Chaos".

"Zaira. Stretch your hand towards Yuma" He said "The pact has been made".

I did as he said and my hand suddenly glowed. A card was appearing in Yuma's hand now. It was a chaos number! Utopia could now combine itself with its Ou and evolve. Into Chaos number 39 Utopia ray. They won the duel by using their new monsters eff. By using one Ou, it gained 500 att and the opponent's monster lost 1000 points. Yuma and Astral used all of the Ou. They won over the fortune teller. Yuma's friends where free and Astral absorbed the numbers. Tori and the others rushed towards Yuma or so he thought. They were actually trying to surround Astral, however apparently Me and Yuma could only see him again. He was floating beside us and wasn't even near the others. However Yuma got angry and left the building. His friends quickly followed. 

Astral's p.o.v.

Astral looked after Yuma and sighed.

"Observation nb 13, as long as you have friends, you have hope".

He was smiling a little. Then he looked at Zaira. He was not sure how to react to that fact, that the key maybe had showed them a memory from the past. Where Astral promised they would be friends forever. He was not sure what happened after that. He needed to gather more number cards. However what was Zaira? Astral was floating around her, scanning her from top to heel. She was a human. He was sure of it. So how could a human touch him. How could be friends with her before he arrived here and meet Yuma. It was puzzling Astral indeed.

"Are you finished staring at me Astral" said Zaira suddenly and smirked "I can apparently touch you, so if you are to close you are gonna get it". Astral floated a little away from her now. Then Zaira turned around and looked at him.

"Astral. I am not sure the key shows us a real memory, but actually it doesn't matter" Zaira said. Astral lifted his eyebrows.

"Why?" He asked "Why doesn't it matter?". Zaira grinned a little.

"Well because we are already friends right" She said "So it doesn't matter that we were in the past. Because we apparently still are. Although I don't think I want to be friends forever and ever". Astral was confused.

"Why not?" He asked. Zaira smiled a little.

"Forever is a long time Astral. You never know what happened" she said "What about staying friends as long as we can. And when we are apart, we are friends in the hearts instead".

Astral smiled a little and nodded. Zaira nodded and began leaving the building as well. Astral looked after her.

"Observation 13a Yuma and Zaira are my friends" then he followed them.

Normal p.o.v.

As soon as everyone had left the mansion, the fortune teller had woken up and was crawling over to a place near the stairs to fake Kite's throne. There he had a box, where he was hiding his most precious numbers. They won't stop him for long. Suddenly a shadow was standing in front of him. The fortune teller gasped. It was Kite. It was the real Kite. He was looking down at the man.

"It is really you" the seer said "Master Kite. I will do everything for you. Give you everything". Kite actually smirked a little.

"Well that is good to know. In that case I will take that number" He said coldly "And while we are at it. I will take your soul as well".

A scream filled the air when Kite won the duel and acquired the number, and his soul. Some seconds later he disappeared as well. The fortune teller was lying on the floor and was ageing like the rest of Yuma's victories. All his cards were lying on the ground as well. Also a certain wolf card, the fortune teller got from.. in his eyes heaven. However the wolf kind of card was surrounded in a dark aura and when the aura disappeared, a new card was suddenly lying on the ground. It was an XYZ monster and it was also a number card. However it was difficult to see what it looked like and what number it was.

"Well that was quite useless. However at least I could witness it with my own eyes".

"Maybe I should take care of this myself. This is going to be interesting at least. Maybe the girl even would prove to be useful".