A,N: in this chapter Zaira is dueling, so hope you understand that most of the cards she is using is made by yours truly. Her opponent also uses some fictic cards so it fits with Zaira's moves. Just thought you should know.

Normal p.o.v.

A little earlier last night.

A click could be heard. A click from a camera. A young boy with a camera duel disk was in the middle of the duel taking pictures of his opponents. The blitz was shining in his opponents eyes. It was a male, but it really had no importance for the young photograph. His name was Cameron Clix. A fitting name for the young photographer who always loved taking pictures. His opponent sneered.

"Hey cut it out!" He yelled in annoyings. Cameron only laughed a little.

"Some say photos bring back memories of the past" Cameron says "But mine do the opposite. It brings fought the future and the future shows me you will be losing this duel".

He was holding up his pictures that he just had made. His opponent sneered.

"What do you know about the future? That camera of yours ain't even digital" He said.

Cameron smiled evilly and number 25 was shown on his cheek now.

"I can sense the fear behind your voice, and you are right to be afraid, because you see, the future has now arrived" Cameron said and in some mysterious ways he won the duel and claimed his opponents heart piece. Cameron smirked.

"I hope you have learned something today" He said to his unconscious victim "But if your memory are a little fussy when you wake up, then take a look at these. It shows duel down memory lane".

He tossed some pictures at him, showing what exactly happened a minute ago. Cameron smirked and left the area.

Zaira's p.o.v.

A little later, duel carnival's second day still.

I sighed deeply when I walked out of the shower. After Shark had left us at the duel with Trey, Yuma and Astral had brought me home, where Kairi and grandma Haru welcomed me with open arms once again. Or Kairi yelled more than greeting me, but I knew she had only been frustrated and worried about me. I had taken a half hour showering after we had lunch, ( I ate pretty fast and pretty much food at lunch). I felt dirty. I hadn't been granted a shower in my time at Vetrix and his family, so I felt like I really need it. Secondly the water was good at washing memories away. However I still couldn't help worry about Grace. How would her family react? If they really loved her, they would kill her would they? She kind of had betrayed them. I sighed deeply. I changed my clothes of course. I took a plain normal purple t-shirt on, black shorts (I had felt comfortable in Grace's knickers), and my black jacket mixed with purple colors. Well purple and black was always my favorite colors. I sighed deeply and looked down at the clothes I borrowed from Grace. One part of me wanted to burn it, but a second part wanted me to save it. She kind of did save my life and I could at least give her it back, if we ever met again. I hoped we did, I did after all owe her big time. I placed the clothes in the washing machine and returned to the living room. Grandma was out shopping with Lillybot. Something with a great feast at dinner, she I came home or something like that. Kairi was out as well. Something with a deadline or a scoop for the paper or something like that. Yuma and Astral was outside in the garden, together with Tori. They had promised me that we could go together to the carnival. Not because I was scared of going alone, but Grace's warning with that I should stay away from Quinton in 24 hours, was still ringing through my head. 24 hours and I would be fully crest free. I also had a feeling Astral could neutralize Quinton's crest power. Secondly Yuma and Astral was being overprotective. Or mostly Astral. He just didn't want to lose me again. What was he? My dad? Sometimes I really wonder if he saw me as daughter now. I really had to tell him, that I wasn't. We were only friends. I just knew I had a family on my own! I walked out in the garden and saw Yuma sitting on the stairs and was signing a lot. Tori was standing beside him and looked worried. Astral was also beside him, floating like always. He also looked at Yuma.

"You know things are sure crazy right now" said Yuma suddenly and I froze. He sounded so serious "Especially with Shark".

My eyes widened and I hid behind a tree in the garden. I had a feeling Yuma wouldn't say this when I was around.

"Is he really only in the tournament for revenge?" Yuma questioned "I know Quattro and his friends kidnapped Zaira right in front of him, and that Quattro maybe said some terrible things and set him up, but I hoped that with Zaira back he would forget all about that, but no, Quattro still has to pay".

Yuma sighed deeply. My eyes widened. Quattro set Shark up? I could slightly remember, Quinton said something like that. I just hoped he was not a new target for Vetrix or something like that.

"And speaking of Quattro, why did he have to go all maniac at Bronk and Caswell" Yuma said and sighed "I mean they looked up to them. They were his fans. Why aren't people dueling for the right reason any longer. It is either for revenge or to hurt somebody. Don't they get it. We are all cut from the same tree. We are a family in someway".

I sighed a little. Since when had Yuma gotten so poetic.

"I do not know the answer to that question" Astral just replied.

Yuma sighed again. Tori tried to cheer him up, by telling about this awesome airship and asked if she should get tickets for them. Him, her and Zaira. I smiled a little. She hadn't forgotten me. However sadly Yuma was so sad that he kind of got mad at her and yelled at her, without really realising it. So in the end Tori sneered angry at him and left. Yuma didn't even notice it, but Astral sure did. I sighed deeply and decided to go over to him and give him a piece of my mind, when I heard Astral say my name.

"I was wondering Yuma, could you be so kind and give Zaira your key" He said. Yuma looked confused at him. I looked confused at him as well.

"Um and why in the world shall I do that?" Yuma asked. Astral sighed.

"It clearly stakes that I in someway are attached to that key and can't move that far away from it" Astral said "So therefore, analytically speaking of course, if you give Zaira the key, then I could be around her".

I facepalmed a little. Yep Astral was overprotective. Yuma looked at him at first and then was holding around his key.

"No way. It is mine. Zaira may be my sister, but this key was given by my father. There is no way I am giving it up, even though I am getting rid of you" He said.

"But Yuma.. I need to protect Zaira" Astral said. Yuma sneered.

"No. It is mine. If you want to protect her, then find yourself another key and give it to her" he told the ghost.

Astral began on fifty reasons why he should give me the key. It only made Yuma more stubborn and they two was actually arguing. A verbal arguing of course. I sighed deeply and decided to stop this.

"Okay you two break it up" I yelled.

Yuma, who had closed his eyes, opened them by the sound of my voice. Astral, who had been floating around Yuma to get his attention, looked at me now. He flew over to me.

"Tell Yuma he shall give you his key Zaira" He told me.

I sighed again and actually hit his stomach a little. Not really hard, but just a little.

"Astral, look at me. You are to overprotective now" I said "We are just friends. I don't need your protection, and you around me all the time". Astral looked surprised.

"But, but, but..." he began but I cut him off.

"No but's Astral!" I said angry and walked over to Yuma "I can take care of myself. Now to you Yuma".

I looked angry at him. Yuma looked scared at me. Serves him right for screaming at Tori.

"Tori only wanted to cheer you up and..." I never continued the sentence.

I had tried grabbing Yuma's collar in his clothes and I kind of succeed. Problem was I also had touched the key around his neck. It glowed a strong bright light.

"What is happening?" Yuma questioned and closed his eyes. I did the same thing.

Yuma's p.o.v.

Yuma gasped when he saw the bright light from the key. He had to close his eyes or he would end up being blind. However after some seconds it disappeared. He sighed relieved and opened his eyes. However everything was not as it should be. Zaira was gone! She had just been standing in front of him and in the next second, she was gone. Astral was beside him though.

"Wah that was some flashlight wasn't it Tori?" Yuma questioned and looked around. However to his surprise she was not around either. Yuma sneered. Was this disappear on Yuma day? He looked at Astral.

"Have you seen Tori or Zaira?" He asked. Astral looked at him.

"You don't recall? Tori left when you were mean and thoughtless..." Astral began and floated around Yuma, staring at the key for some reason. Yuma waved at him.

"Ahr get real Astral" He said and snort "Me, mean and thoughtless... then what about Zaira, did she also leave?". Yuma apparently didn't believe Astral.

"Observation 17, sometimes individuals speak without listening to what they are saying, this is dangerous, because words are extremely powerful. It can hurt dear friends" Astral mumbled. Yuma looked at him.

"Did you say something Astral... no never mind" Yuma said "We have to find Tori and Zaira again". Astral looked at him for a moment again. Then at the key.

"I think I know where Zaira is" He said "Wait here Yuma, I will find her".

Then Astral suddenly disappeared into the key. Yuma looked confused around. What was that all about?

Zaira's p.o.v.

I woke groggy up and was rubbing my head, not caring where I was at first. I felt like someone had tossed around with me while running in circles. I felt really dizzy. Then I placed my hand at the soft sandy ground. Wait sandy ground? I looked down and found sand around me. I finally looked around and gasped. I was at the sandy ground inside the key. The sky was this weird color I remember, from last time I was inside the key. Secondly the ship thing inside the key was right in front of me. I was differently inside the key. I wondered why I was in here. Secondly I didn't know I could go inside of it, but then again, I never touched the key. I looked up in the sky.

"Okay, how to leave?" I said out loud "Hey I want to leave?".

Nothing happened. I was rubbing my head. Okay, how did we leave last time? I sneered. I didn't notice how we got out last time. I sighed deeply and wondered if I should go inside the giant ship in here, when a voice suddenly shouted my name.

"Zaira! Are you in here?" it said and I smiled happily. It was Astral's.

"Here! Astral I am here!" I yelled. I saw the floating ghost landing beside me now.

"I thought I would find you here, although I have no idea why" Astral said puzzled "You never told me you could go inside the key". I sighed a little.

"Did it look like I wanted to go in here? I mean I am as surprised as you" I said "But wait I can go in and out of the key like you?". Astral shrugged a little.

"Apparently you can, I wonder why?" He said and looked thoughtful for a moment "But since you are here, want me to give you a tour".

I looked at Astral. What was with him? But now I think about it, the key was in some way his home and he kind of never showed it to anybody. Maybe he was just happy to have or now could have visitors? I shrugged and was about to reply him, when I could feel a weird sensation through the air. Then it was followed by this voice.

"Astral? What are you doing? You said you would find Zaira? So what are you doing inside the key?".

I smiled a little. It was Yuma's voice and apparently he hadn't figured out I got transferred in here, when the key glowed. I looked at Astral.

"What about giving me the tour another time Astral?" I asked "He sound worried".

"Sure" he said and nodded a little. I think he was a little happy. I sighed.

"So how to get out of here?" I asked.

Astral looked at me for a minute, then up in the sky. He pointed at a exit up in the sky. A small little light. I looked confused at him.

"But I can't get up there" I said. Astral flew a little up.

"I think you can, you can properly do what you want to do in here. You just need to think that you can" He said and looked puzzled "Where did that thought come from?". I smiled a little and grabbed his hand.

"Come best friend" I said "Let's get out of here".

Seconds later we flashed out of the key. I landed on the ground beside Yuma, who actually didn't notice us at first. Only the light from the key.

"Finally Astral... what took so long" Yuma said and turned around.

He was staring at me. Like someone had done a magic trick in front of him, and he didn't know how.

"Zaira?! Wha... where did you come from?" He said and sound confused.

I sighed and we began explaining where I had been. After many attempts of explaining and jumping in and out of the key, Yuma finally believed us. He was pointing at my cheek and staring at me now. Like I had something in my face. I sneered and pushed him away. He was too damn annoying and close.

"Hey space here" I yelled "What is your problem? Do I have something in my face?".

"No I am sorry..." He began "But if you can go inside the key, shouldn't you be a Astral being like well Astral?".

He was pointing at my arm again. I sneered and pushed him hard to the floor. Astral flew close to Yuma again.

"Believe me Yuma I have been looking into that matter myself, but she is a human being" Astral told him.

Yuma looked at me and then smiled and gave me a little hug.

"Good because one Astral is more than enough" He said. I sighed.

"Well since that is cleared, wasn't the plan that we had too be dueling for the carnival?" I asked "I only have two heart pieces". Yuma grinned and nodded.

"But Zaira it could be dangerous" began Astral but I stopped him.

"Pipe down Astral" I said coldly "I am going out to duel and that's that".

Then without another word, I began leaving towards the centrum of the city. Yuma and Astral quickly followed.

Normal p.o.v.

Kairi was driving around on her motorcycle and sneered. She couldn't believe that her editor had asked her to find some stupid kid named cameron. Apparently worlds on the street was that Cameron was now a pretty popular photography. He had once been at Kairi's editor, trying to sell his, in the editor's eyes, his boring photos, but her boss turned him down. However since Cameron had been coming famous, his boss want him to work for him all of the sudden. Something with that his pictures always made the front newspapers. Problem was he was hard to track down, but rumour has it he was in the WDC. Kairi sadly got the job to find him. She sneered. She hoped this kid really was as good as they said. She arrived at some construction site when she saw blitz of light in the area. It caught her attention and seconds later she found a duel. A guy with a camera was taking pictures of one of the workers, he apparently was dueling. They must both be in the carnival and the guy with the camera, must be Cameron thought Kairi. She walked closer and hit in the shadows.

"Quit with the photos already" complained his opponents "And duel already".

"These are not just photos" Cameron said "These show your future, care to see?".

Kairi looked surprised at him. Future? What did he mean? Cameron was holding up two pictures in front of the worker. Cameron grinned.

"On second thought you will see it first hand soon enough" Cameron said.

Suddenly one of the machine robots who was working on bolting some of the metal bars at the site, suddenly exploded. It fell down together with pipes and other hard things. It fell down on the worker and he fell to the ground. He was hurt pretty badly.

"I warned you didn't I?" Cameron said and laughed evilly "All I have to do is think and snap, and then whatever I envisioned happened. No wonder I never lost a duel".

Kairi looked surprised at Cameron. He had never lost? Cameron snort and tossed the pictures at the opponent. She heard him mumble something about numbers and then he took his opponents heart piece and left. Kairi tried to rush after him, but the hurt man on the ground, needed help more. She bowed down and asked if the man was okay, and as she did, she noticed Cameron's pictures. She looked surprised. The pictures showed the machine falling down and the man lying now unconscious on the ground. Kairi looked shocked. But these are the pictures Cameron took! How is that possible? He took them before any of this happened. Could that mean that Cameron can think of the future and make it come true? Kairi wouldn't have believed it if it wasn't for the fact that she just had seen it herself. However first thing first. This man needed help. Then she would look after Cameron.

Zaira's p.o.v.

"What about this opponent?" said Yuma and pointed at a little boy who just had won a duel from a girl. I snort coldly and began walking away.

"Yeah forget it" I said "I want a challenge or at least someone who can duel decently. Not some little kid or newbie". Yuma and Astral both sighed a little.

"But I think it is a good idea dueling a not too strong opponents" Astral said in a worried tone.

That just made me more annoyed. Astral was still damn overprotective.

"Astral I am not a little kid!" I yelled "Stop being overprotective!". Astral sighed.

"But how can I" He said "You got kidnapped by Trey and these number hunters".

"Yeah, but it won't happen again. Cy and I are more careful this time" I said and sighed "Just trust me on this one Astral and believe in me". Astral sighed.

"Yeah trust in her Astral" Yuma said and grinned "So Zaira what about this guy over there".

I turned towards where he was pointing at. A big muscular guy was walking around. He waved with his one heart piece and sounded like he was king of the world or something. I sighed deeply. He looked like he was all brawl and no brain. However he was at least not some mini kid, although this guy properly wasn't better than a little kid dueling. I decided to take him on anyway. I really needed pieces. I was about to go over to him, when suddenly Yuma's and my gazer was ringing. We both picked up. Kairi's face was shown in both of them.

"Yuma, Zaira, we got problems" she said.

I could see she was riding on her motorcycle and she actually looked really worried. She began telling us about this Cameron clix guy, who was supposedly a duelist who was competing in the carnival, and asked if we had seen him. We both shook our heads

"No we haven't" Yuma said confused "Why are you asking?".

"Because he is dangerous Yuma" She said. "And someone needs to stop him".

"Dangerous? Why?" I asked. Kairi bit her lip and sighed.

"Well I mean he has the power to create the future, and it is a future who is usually not so bright" She said "I know it sounds weird Zaira. I wouldn't believe it myself if I didn't see it with my very own two eyes".

My eyes widened. Create the future? It sounded like something really strange was going on. I just knew it. Yuma reassured Kairi they would look out for him. She sighed relieved.

"Just be careful you two. Cameron said he never lost a duel and I totally believe him after seeing that power of his" She said "Contact me immediately if you find something. Kairí out". Then she hang up. Yuma and I looked at each other.

"This power this boy has" said Astral and looked puzzled "I am certain it may come from a number. Maybe he has been possessed".

I bit my lip. A number host. And he never lost a duel. I clenched my fists. This sounded like a worthy opponent.

"Come on guys" I said "Let's find this Cameron Clix".

The boys looked surprised at me for a minute. However then they followed me.

Normal p.o.v.

In the meantime Tori was as the great air ship she wanted to cheer up Yuma with. She had made up her mind, that even if he didn't want a ride, she could still have one. On the way over there she meet an old friend of hers. Cameron. She had been his model once and her profile pictures had been shown to an art festival. They began talking, and Cameron asked if he could take a picture of her now, like maybe near the air ship. Tori agreed and he took her picture before she left for a ride on the airship. She didn't notice the purple dark aura that was around Cameron when he took her picture, or the evil smirk he was having when she left for the ride on the airship.

Zaira's p.o.v.

"We looked everywhere for this Cameron" said Yuma and sighed deeply.

I did as well. Yuma really didn't have the skills to investigate. Let along being a thief. It required skills of silence and patience and Yuma had neither of them. I sighed again.

"Would you be quiet!" I yelled "How are we supposed to find him, when you are talking my ears off. I need to concentrate". Yuma just snort and ignored my sentence.

"It would properly had helped us better if we had asked Kairi how he looked like" Yuma just said.

I sighed deeply. No wonder Kairi was yelling at him. There were times when nothing went through that thick head of his. Astral looked suddenly at us.

"Did you hear that?" he asked us. Yuma and I looked at him.

"Hear what?" Yuma asked.

Then a lot of rumble could be heard. Astral rushed towards the sound, stating that a duel might have begun. We both rushed after him, into some side alley where a surprised sight was shown in front of us. A giant monster who kind of looked like a camera. I also noticed the number on it's body. It was the number 25. This must be Cameron.

"No way, the images of these pictures you took, they are now coming true" said Cameron's opponent.

It was a guy with some glasses and dressed in a suite. He looked in horror. The guy, called Cameron smiled evilly. He attacked with his number and made his opponent fell to the ground unconscious. Cameron grinned.

"I tried to warn you didn't I" He said and smirked "But you wouldn't listen. Oh well a picture is worth a thousand words. Especially when it is a picture of the future".

I saw the number 25 on his chin as he tossed the picture at his opponent. He took the heart piece and left. The guy Cameron beat, got taken care of his two friends who was standing on the side line the whole duel. However Yuma and I noticed Cameron's pictures. They were really showing pictures of the future. I clenched my fists.

"Cy are you and the deck ready for this" I mumbled in a low voice.

"We are ready mistress. We are gonna take that number host down" I could hear Cy say in my head.

Now that I knew Cy was living inside of me, it was pretty easy to talk to it. I also heard a growl coming from my deck, but I think I was the only one who heard that as well. Yuma, Astral and I rushed after Cameron. Astral was really concerned by this number, and who could blame him. It had the power to create the future after all. Or so it looked like. I didn't believe it fully just yet.

We arrived at the park, when we finally caught up to Cameron. Yuma began asking if he was Cameron and that he had hurt a lot of people. He also asked why he was doing it. Cameron actually turned around and looked at us.

"Why?" he asked "Well that is quite simple. I do it to require number cards of course. You see numbers are rare and not all my opponents have them. So what happens afterwards in the duel is not really my problem. I will do whatever it takes to reach my goal, which is gathering number cards, so my future photos can get even stronger and there be no stopping me". Then he began laughing. A malicious evil laughter.

"Okay he is differently possessed by a number card" Yuma said.

Cameron stopped laughing and looked at him. He was smirking evilly.

"Oh so you two know about number cards do you?" He said. "Does that mean you two have one?". Yuma sneered. I nodded to his reply.

"Yeah that's right, what are you gonna do about it?" Yuma replied.

Cameron smirked. He was about to say something when a motorcycle jumped in here. I sighed deeply. We forgot to tell Kairi we had found him. After some yelling at us, she turned to Cameron, telling him that her editor wanted to hire him. However after Kairi had seen his power in action, she was gonna make sure he would never get any job in any paper ever again. Cameron only smirked and was holding a photo in front of her, showing Tori with a terrified look, and was hugging a even terrified girl.

"Oh you know her?" Cameron asked "It is such a shame what happened, or what is about to happen. I know they say flying is the safest way to travel, but that is not true today. For Tori that's some serious bad news".

I sneered. So did the others. Kairi yelled a little at Cameron. Yuma tried contacting Tori to see if everything was alright. At first everything seemed normal. That until the left engine in the airship exploded suddenly. We all looked in horror. Kairi rushed off on her motorcycle, trying to help these people. She ordered us to have a close look at Cameron. Yeah like we would leave the camera boy. I looked at him. He was smirking.

"Ah finally alone" He said "So who of you would like to go first. I promise you both get a turn with the same result. Losing to me". Then he laughed like hell again.

"I am of course" said Yuma at first, but I walked in front of him and Astral.

"Haven't you heard about ladies first Yuma" I said and looked coldly at Cameron.

"Hu?" said Yuma confused "What lady? I can't see a lady.".

I sneered and slammed him in the head. He could be such an annoying idiot sometimes.

"Me! You imbecile, I want a shot at him" I said in an angry tone.

"No, no, no!" yelled Astral beside me now "You are not gonna duel him Zaira, it is to dangerous. You can end up as one of these people he attacked".

I sighed. He didn't know half of it. If he removed Cy from me, I would die. Like he would vanish if Utopia was taken. I was of course not gonna tell. Astral was already too overprotective as it is. I looked cold at him.

"Astral" I said and the ghost looked at me "We are best friends right?".

"Yes of course we are" He said rather confused over my question. I smiled.

"Then as your friend I am asking you to butt out and let me do this" I said "You are being way overprotective. Friends support each other and helps them through life. However not as I was made out of glass. I have to decide and make my own choices, regardless what others are saying".

Astral didn't look happy by that statement.

"You can do it Zaira!" yelled Yuma and grinned "Show him who's boss and win. If you do then maybe all this chaos would have an end!". I nodded. Astral sighed.

"As you wish Zaira" He said "I will "Butt out" as you call it. Consider me a spectator".

Then he flew over to Yuma who had walked over to the side line.

"I don't know who you are talking to girl, was it Zaira he called you, but you have no chance of beating me" He said and tossed his camera duel disk in the air. I did the same thing with my purple one.

"Duel disk in position. Gazer on target. It is time to shred some fangs" I yelled and the duel began.

Cameron: 4000Lp.

Zaira: 4000Lp.

However the duel didn't start right away. Cameron had to take my photo's of course. I couldn't stop thinking that I had a really bad hair day today. I sneered at him.

"What are you doing?" I asked in annoyed tone. Cameron only grinned evilly.

"What I am doing to all my opponents of course" He said "I am taking your pictures".

He blitzed a lot and then some photos shut out of his camera. He was showing it on the video scanner of the duel disk, which enabled me to see them too.

"See this is what you will have to look forward to Zaira" He said and grinned "But I warn you though, it is a bit of a spoiler".

He was holding a couple of pictures, but only one caught my sight. Me, sitting on the floor at my knees and was clinging to my chest, while Cameron was standing in front of me with a evil grin on and holding a card. I knew instantly it was Cy. I looked in horror. That was not gonna happen.

"As you can see, victory is mine, and so is your number card!" Cameron said "Or close at, so to spare you from any humiliation Zaira, why you don't hand over your number card to me right now". I snort coldly at him.

"Yeah dream on Camera boy. I am not buying into your camera moves" I said "But ladies first. I have the first move".

I drew and looked at my hand. I was holding two trap's, 1 monster and a couple of spells. Not much to do the first turn anyway. At least my monster was a really good one.

"I summon "Armor Wolf" in att mode (lv 4, 1500 att, 1800 def) and then placing a face down card. Your turn Cameron" I said. He only smirked and drew. He summoned "Cameraclops" to the field. I snort. His monster had 100 less att points than mine. However then he equipped his monster with the spell "Telescopic lens". His monster now gained 400 att for every card in his hand. He had 4, so it had 3000 att now. I snort. It still didn't make me worry.

"I activate my "Armor wolf" special eff. Since you have more att, my monster switches to def mode and slams you with 500 points of damage" I said.

"Oh no you don't, I activate the spell "Negative image inversion" Cameron said "This card negates your monster's effect and changes it back to att mode“.

Luckily his monster lost 400 att and only had 2600 att now, but my monster still got destroyed and I got slammed with 1100 points of damage. I had 2900 left. I could hear in the news on one of the billboards that the airship was out of control. I could only guess what was happening to Tori right this moment. I fell to the ground because of the attack.

"Come on Zaira, you can do it, you can save them all. You can make it all good again" yelled Yuma from the sideline. Cameron grinned like hell.

"But is is not" Cameron said "Like I told you before, there is no changing what already happened, and you better believe there is no changing Zaira's fate either. It has already been decided. You will summon number 24 Cyclone beast wolf on the 5 turn Zaira. Then on the next turn you will be defeated by my number card. Face it Zaira your future has already been decided. My photo's don't lie". I sneered.

"Yeah, maybe, maybe not Camera boy" I said "End your turn".

Cameron placed a facedown and ended his turn. I drew and smiled. I summoned "Wolf kid" and with it's eff I could summon "Beast wolf" to the field. Since beast was special summoned, Cameron got hit by 500 points of damage. Cameron only smirked and activated his trap "Camera submission". Since I have two or more monster on my field, the trap instantly destroys the strongest one. My wolf kid got destroyed. So much for summoning an xyz this turn.

"Did you really not think I knew what you was gonna do" Cameron said "I knew you would summon that combo and afterwards you would place the trap "Wolf''s revenge" facedown. This photo is the proof".

He smirked and was holding up a picture. It showed my wolf kid got eaten and the trap wolf's revenge on the field.

"No that isn't true" I said slowly, but I was beginning to doubt myself.

Wolf's revenge, if he had killed my monster, made me possible to summon another monster, and let him get hit by the new monster's att points as damage. However since he kind of knew it was coming. Cameron grinned malicious.

"So just play it Zaira" He said "It is the only move you can make".

I sneered and placed the trap facedown. It was Cameron's turn and of course he destroyed my trap with the spell "Night beam". Then he summoned the monster "Scandal snapper". The only good thing is that since Cameron used two cards, he only has two which makes his cameraclops lose 800 att. It had 2200 now. He attacked with Cameraclops and destroyed my beast wolf and make a direct damage with his other monster. I only had 1200 life points left. I got slammed to the ground. I tried stubbornly to get up and in the meantime, Cameron's Scandal snapper eff activated. Since it made damage it switched to def mode and it gained two lv's. However he was not done yet. He played the spell "XYZ frame" as well. Now doing the next turn, I couldn't attack with monsters who wasn't xyz monsters. I sneered. I had gotten up. He was forcing me to summon a Xyz monster now wasn't he. However his cameraclops att dropped to 1800 now at least. Cameron was laughing malicious again.

"Wasn't that a picture perfect move?" He asked me "Oh and speaking of pictures, we reached the 5th turn, where you will summon out 24 and you will lose in the 6th".

I sneered. There were no way I was gonna lose. I would lose Cy and then.. then.

"Mistress calm down and believe" Cy said inside my head "If we are gonna lose, then we are talking that problem when it happens. Just believe and duel".

I nodded slowly. I drew. I could see Cameron's malicious grin again.

"You drew the spell "Clan's meeting" right" He said and I looked in horror when I found out he was right. Cameron smirked evilly and was holding up another photo.

"You will summon out "Wolf" and then use the spell to summon yet another wolf monster to the field. You can summon as many wolf monsters as it equals my field" Cameron told me "Then you will XYZ summon them to bring out number 24. go on Zaira, play number 24, it is your destiny".

I looked in horror. That just.. that just couldn't be true.

Then suddenly we could see on the broadcast on the tv board that the airships right engine blew up as well and I could hear Yuma talk to Tori over the Gazer. I could hear her scream loudly in it. She sounded scared. It was no wonder. Yuma tried to tell her that Cameron or the number he had, was the reason that there were so much chaos. She hoped we could reverse it somehow. Astral said we should figure out more about this number. Yuma asked Cameron what this number was all about. He told us that he only needed to think and then snap and whatever he thought of happens. He also told us a story that he wanted to make scoops on the frontpage with his photos, but that he never was around to see them himself. That until he found the number card. Then he could make his own reality come true. He made the scoops to the frontpage, with the help of the numbers.

"It is like I said, no one duels for the right reasons anymore" Yuma yelled angry.

"Well that all depends on what you think are the right reasons" Cameron said "You see this number also let's me influence people's perceptions of reality". I sneered.

"Yeah well that ends here Cameron!" I yelled. Cameron grinned.

"Well then let me see you try Zaira" He said and smirked "But let's be honest. You know you won't be able to. After all you saw the photos yourself. You already lost".

I sneered. However I was not gonna give up. Maybe Yuma's feeling the flow thing was getting to me, or maybe since this was my last duel, I just wanted to go down fighting and let this duel be memoral. I could hear Yuma yell at Cameron. Something with choice and stuff. I really didn't listen that much. Then suddenly Astral was standing beside me again. I sighed deeply.

"Zaira, you got to listen to me" Astral said "I know how you can win". I sneered.

"Go away Astral, I don't want your help. Stop being so overprotective and believe I can win" I said.

Astral sighed deeply. Then suddenly I got hit, a weak little punch, in the head. Not hurting that much, but it made me surprised anyway.

"I am sorry" said Astral "But you always hit Yuma in the head when he is not listening, so thought it might work on you too Zaira. I know I have been overprotective, but just listen to me please. You always say I shall believe in you, but what about you believing in me as well". I looked shocked at him.

"We are friends right?" He said "So just trust me on this one Zaira!". I looked at him.

"Fine I trust you Astral".

As soon as I said that a light beam lit up from the key again. Like all the other times, a triangle was created between Astral, Yuma and I.

"A memory now?" questioned Yuma "Why?".

I shrugged. In the triangle I could see an older Astral. Actually he looked a lot similar to the real one beside me. However beside him was a orange haired girl. I knew that was me. However the problem was that I haven't changed one bit, since last times memory. Beside I was dressed in a long base color tunika and a pair of white leggins. I was still walking around in flip flops. I looked at the others before the memory surrounded us.

Flashback:

"Why were you late today?" asked Astral when he and Zaira was walking down through some corridors, inside the Astral world palace.

"Um for no special reason" Zaira said and rushed a little forward "I just overslept that's all Astral".

The Astral being sighed deeply and followed the 9 year old girl.

"You know father would not be pleased to hear you are late again" Astral said worried "He made me educate you after all, but he can quickly take that away because you are late".

"Then please Astral, don't tell him" Zaira begged and stopped up "Please don't tell him, I really want to keep studying with you". Astral sighed deeply.

"Only this one time Zaira" He said "If it repeats again, I have to tell him ok?". Zaira smiled happily and took Astral's hand.

"Yay let's go Astral" she said and they continued walking down the corridors.

They were on their way to the library, where Astral actually teached her. However the library was guarded pretty well. Only people who had privilege from Eliphas, such as teachers, doctors, special people or his son, had access to the library. When they arrived they were stopped by the guards called Zeta and Nebula. Zaira had been here enough time to know about them.

"Ah good day Prince Astral welcome... and your little guest" the smallest one called Zeta said.

"Good day Nebula, Zeta" Astral said and bowed politely "Can you let us in? Father has given me permission today as always". The guards bowed back and looked at Zaira for a moment.

"You gonna take this girl with you my prince?" Nebula asked.

He was a big muscular man, but Zaira knew he was a big softy on the inside.

"Zaira? Well of course" said Astral puzzled "Why shouldn't I?".

The guards mumbled something, he couldn't quite hear. Astral was about to ask what they meant, when Zaira took his arm and walked inside the library. It was giant and of course filled with books. Zaira sat down on the chair near the table she was using. Astral normally would begin to teach now, but he stopped up and looked at the door to the outside.

"What was wrong with the guards just now?" Astral asked. Zaira just smiled a little.

"Who cares Astral, weren't you gonna teach me about the emperor's key today" She asked.

Astral looked at her and smiled. He first flew up and took out a book from the higher shelves. Then he approached her.

"Oh yes that is right. That key has been..." he stopped up and looked at her "Zaira what is that mark you have on your neck". Zaira froze a little.

"Um what mark Astral?" she asked innocently. Astral approached her and touched it.

"This mark" he said.

Zaira bit her lip and one tear fell out her eye. Astral stopped surprised up. He flew around different shelves, looking at book titles, regardless what Zaira said. He returned with a giant old looking book. He was skim reading it pretty quick and then looked shocked at her. Zaira was just looking down in the ground.

"Humans with blue marks. That is a bruise you have on your neck" He said shocked "Why do you have these? Wait do you have more than one?". Zaira sighed deeply.

"Yeah um well my back is kind of filled with them" she said in a low voice, but Astral catched it. He looked shocked at her.

"Why?" he said in a demanding tone. Zaira sighed.

"Um remember the protector test we are having the next month?" she asked "Well I am taking it. Your people don't like that, me being human and all, so they kind of beat me up".

"No!" said Astral in disbelief "I knew they didn't like you, but... no this is wrong. I will go telling father about this".

He was about to leave, when Zaira grabbed his arm.

"Please Astral, please don't tell him, I beg you" She said. Astral looked confused at her.

"Why not? They are hurting you" He said puzzled. Zaira sighed.

"Because your father will only say that I don't have what it takes to be a protector" She said

"He will also say I get special treatment, since I am friends with you". Astral looked shocked.

"But Zaira... why do you want to be a protector? Who is so special to you that you want to be one of our protectors?". Zaira grinned a little and smiled.

"You Astral. The best of the protectors get's the right to go with you on earth right?" She said "I want to be that one".

Astral's eyes widened. He was speechless as first, then...

"Oh Zaira... you are the best friend I ever could wish for" he said "Fine I will not tell, but you are not keeping me from educate you and protect you". Zaira looked surprised at him.

"But Astral it is supposed to be me who shall protect you, not you me" She said.

"Then what about this then. I protect you and you protect me. Is that a deal?" He asked.

"Deal!".

The flashback ended. I looked shocked at both Astral and Yuma. Most Astral. Even though Yuma was in the background I knew he had seen the same thing as us. Like he was standing beside me. Astral was looking at me as well.

"Um does that deal still stand?" I asked slowly and could see that Astral's face lit a little up. Then he nodded.

"Of course, and don't worry I will not butt in all the time" He says "I know you need your space sometimes". I smiled and actually took his hand. Like I did in the past.

"Fine I trust you" I said "Tell me, whatever you wanted to tell me".

Astral was about to say something when a voice, Cameron's voice interrupted me.

"Are you gonna stand there all day" He said "I understand you need to stall as long as possible though. Since you're losing".

I sneered. Apparently time hasn't moved at all when we saw the memory and Cameron hasn't noticed anything new. We were the only ones who was affected. I summoned wolf to the field and used the spell "Clan meeting" and summoned another lv 4 wolf to the field. Cameron grinned evilly.

"That is right Zaira, you only have one more move to make" He said "Bring out number 24, Cyclone beast wolf". I sneered. I was set up to summon Cy, but..

"As a little advice" said Astral suddenly "Yuma mentioned something with that only you control your fate. Cy is a powerful monster, but what is more powerful is free will. You can use that free will to show Cameron that his future photos are not set in stone. But like your said, this is your duel and your choice Zaira. I also know I don't have to remind you what's at stake here".

I looked at Astral and looked at the field. I looked in my hand and in my deck case. Cy was in there..

"I overlay my two monsters to build the overlay network and summon..." I slowly said. Cameron grinned evilly.

"Yes that is right bring out your trump card" He said. I snort coldly.

"I don't think so, I XYZ summon "Diamond dire wolf" (Lv 4, Atk 2000, def 1200) to the field instead" I said. Cameron looked really shocked now.

"You do what?!" he yelled "No this was not suppose to happen. Look at the photos. You were suppose to summon wolf and use the spell clan meeting, which you did, but you were suppose to summon 24 not this monster".

I was pointing my tongue at him. Like I care what he think I should do. I have free will and can chose for myself. Astral nodded in agreement. Now Cameron's photos couldn't be true.

"So let's continue Cameron" I said.

Since the monster now was an XYZ, I could attack. However Cameron used a monster eff from his hand. It negated my attack by sending the camera monster to the grave. I sneered. Then I placed a facedown and ended my turn. Cameron looked actually pissed. He summoned the monster "Paparazzi pest" and by tributing it, his Cameraclops gains two lv's. Then he overlaid his monsters to XYZ summon "Nb 25 Force focus". He attacked with his monster and could possibly destroy mine if it wasn't for the trap I had. It was called "White fur coat". I equipped it to my monster and by sacrificing 400 life points and the top card from my deck, I could negate my monster's destruction once per attack. Cameron sneered. He ended his turn. I sighed. I survived this turn. It was time to kick back. I only had one card in my hand now. Everything depended on my next draw. I drew and played "Xyz treasure". For every XYZ monster on the field I could draw one card. There were two monster's so I got two cards. It was two spells. I activated the spell "Monster reborn" and brought back "Beast wolf" from my grave. Since it was special summoned, its effect activated and Cameron would have taken 500 points of damage. Sadly his number, by eating a Ou could negate that eff. I sneered and activated the card I discarded in my grave last turn. "Exploder wolf". Since it was sent to the grave, by an eff, Cameron now would have got slammed by 1000 points of damage. He used his number's eff again, and that's what I was hoping for. Now he was out of Ou. I smirked.

"I activate Diamond dire's eff. By tributing a beast monster on the field, I can destroy one card on the field, like your number card" I said.

Cameron looked shocked. I destroyed my beast wolf and his number got destroyed. I attacked him directly.

"Haha nice try but I still have life points left little Zaira" Cameron said and grinned.

"Did I forget to mention that if I remove "White fur coat", I can attack again" I said and grinned.

Cameron looked shocked, when my monster attacked again, and made his life points hit 0.

"You did it" Yuma yelled and high fived me. Astral nodded in agreement. I smiled.

"Cy, take his number card" I said and Cy nodded.

It appeared in spirit form, I was sure I was the only one who could see him, and placed a claw inside the chest of Cameron. It drew quick and painless the card out of his soul and flew over to me with it. To others it might look like the card was flying through the air though, but in the end 25 was mine. I smiled happily, until we found out the airship was still out of course. We rushed towards it, when suddenly, I first thought it was a bird, Kite appeared in the sky with Orbital as a glider. Kite jumped in the cockpit and tried to steer the ship and in the meantime Orbital was the engine someway outside. In the end they landed the airship. The passengers was safe and sound. Also a certain Tori.

"Yuma, you saved me" She said. Yuma scratched his hair awkwardly.

"Nah I did nothing. Zai and Kite did it" He said "It is like I always say. Duelists are part of one big family, and they really proved that today".

Kite snort and had equipped him with orbital again.

"Yeah get real Yuma" He said "I only saved them so the carnival was not ruined. See you two in the finals, if you can make it there, Yuma".

Yuma began yelling that of course he could. I on the other hand took a card up from my pocket.

"Here Kite catch!" I said and he catched easily the card. He looked puzzled at me.

"That is the card you gave me after your duel with Yuma" I told him "And now I am giving it back".

Kite looked at me. Then he snort and placed the card in pocket.

"It is a big mistake Zaira" he only said and then actually smiled a little "See you in the finals".

Then he jumped off into the sky. You can believe it Kite. Then suddenly a bitz hits us all and Cameron was standing in front of us. He was apologizing for everything he had done and gave me his heart piece. We forgave him. Kairi even complimented the photo he just made, and said that not all pictures has to be filled with actions. I agreed on that one.

"Yep" replied Yuma "And the best is yet to come. Me as a world duel carnival champion. That is a awesome pic". I grinned a little. Astral floated down beside him.

"Even I don't think Cameron can fake that one Yuma" Astral said. Yuma sneered.

"Yep and we all know who is gonna win this tournament anyway" I said "Because that would be me. You don't have the skills to beat me Yuma". Yuma sneered.

"What! Of course I win over you!" Yuma yelled. Astral looked at me and Yuma.

"I am agreeing with Zaira on this one" he said and Yuma flipped totally out.

I smiled I just hoped the rest of the day would be a little more less excited.