A,N: Hello dear readers. I am finally back! After three weeks after the operation I finally managed to write this. Takes a while since I still have no glasses (the operation changed my sight so bad; I can't use my old ones and need new ones) and my sight is still changing, but I missed writing so much so yeah. Lol. That is in favor of you he-he. Still slow work so don't expect quick updates. Have fun reading.

Cy's p.o.v.

Cy was very worried. He was very worried indeed. He was always worried when it came down to his mistress after all. She was everything to him. His partner. His friend. His wielder. There were nothing Cy wouldn't do for his mistress. That he knew and to him, it didn't matter that any of the other numbers didn't. Like 96, who understood nothing in treasuring his number wielder. Many numbers didn't understand that. They only used their humans as a tool. The only one who didn't besides Cy was actually Utopia. That Number made Cy proud to be a number, as he protected both Astral and Yuma. There had been cases where Utopia choose Yuma over Astral and that was the rarest any number had gone. After all, every numbers power came from Astral himself. Or so was the legend. Cy was not sure that was the case with him. After all he had been with Zaira forever. Even before she ended up in Astral world. Or so did Cy recall. Many memories still eluded him. Not that it was important, since he was with Zaira and all, but sometimes he could wonder where they came from. After all Zaira was now being revealed as a barian emperor, if they listened to Vector, meaning she was also having barian powers. Did that mean Cy was coming from Barian world too? Cy really didn't have any recollection of that. None of them had. Cy's memories was based on his mistresses, and since she had no recollection of barian world, Cy didn't have that either. Cy however didn't mind at all. As long as he was with Zaira, his life was fulfilled. Right now however, Zaira and Cy were currently heading inside the ship where the numbers were kept, and where her friend Astral currently was. As his mistress had stated to him, she needed to speak with the astral prince. Cy had a hunch it had something to do with this seal she was having. After her talk with Kite, his mistress had been lost in her thoughts a lot. He really couldn't blame her. After all his Zaira should suddenly decide between Yuma and the barians. However, she was not able to as long as she was wearing this seal Eliphas had placed on her. As it was shown in the WDC Zaira would die if Cy was removed or if Astral died. Cy of course didn't like that, but there was nothing he could do about it. His power kept his mistress from dying, but since his powers was a number, that power also came from him, meaning Zaira couldn't really do anything. She couldn't choose. She couldn't even betray Astral world without dying. Something Cy found hardly fair and that was the reason they entered the key now.

"Astral" Zaira mused as she was now standing beside the Astral prince. The ghost spirit of course reacted to his mistress call of his name and turned slightly his head towards her. In his hands he was carrying two number cards. It was the two numbers they had acquired from the ruins just now.

"Oh Zaira, what brings you here?" Astral questioned and send Zaira a little smile.

"Um eh... I was just... You disappeared so suddenly that I got worried about you" Zaira replied rather quickly, which Cy clearly knew as a lie. She quickly added in "What are you doing?". '

Astral went silent for some seconds. He even turned his attention towards the spots in the key where he was keeping the numbers. It was clear that he was struggling with wording his distress.

"The numbers had been calling to me" He then replied slowly "I suspect the numbers we acquired from the ruins are more than what they lead on. They had been showing me visions...".

Cy could see Zaira's puzzled but curious face now. This clearly intrigued her a lot, and so was Cy.

"What are they saying?" she then asked.

"Well they are trying to tell me two tales" Astral said slowly and sighed. He turned around facing Zaira now "I might as well share it with you Zaira, since you went to all this trouble to check up on me".

"Um sure" Zaira responded quickly, but at the same time Cy could feel her guilt. After all she did just lie Astral about all that.

"The first tale tells us about a valiant knight who fell in battle. The winged horse pegasus spend to its master's rescue and those two parted from this earthly realm, with their bonds cemented for eternity" Astral then began explained, making both Zaira and Cy listen carefully to every word he was saying "The second tale tells us of a great warrior who only battles with his hands. Afraid of the warrior becoming too powerful, he was labeled a traitor and was executed...".

"Well yeah that was the legends we discovered in the ruins..." Zaira then mused out in a confused tone "Where are you going with this Astral?". At that Astral sighed.

"Zaira this is not mere legends. These visions. Those people I see..." Astral then began and went silent. I was like he was trying to say this in the right words.

"Please don't take this the wrong way Zaira. Nothing will really change between us. We will still be best friends" Astral then continued and tried to send Zaira a reassuring smile that didn't quite help "You shared with me and the others the story about you being a barian and Vector's sister and I feel grateful for that. It is just, the info the numbers provided me, showed me a time... a time from which the barian emperors were humans. Or at least two of them, for now".

Silence uttered all around them now. Cy could feel how shocked... how emotional, how rather horrified his mistress was feeling over those news. No words could come from her lips now. That was how shocked she were. Cy was trying to send her comforting thoughts through their soul. He was trying to show her that regardless what she was not alone. However it was still much for her to take her in.

"The first legend is with Dumon. He is the valiant knight who rode the flying horse pegasus, while the warrior from the Colosseum resembles...".

"Alito" Zaira then cut off Astral with. She still did look rather shocked, but at least she was able to speak "Which means the other ruins... and the other emperors...".

"Are likely referred to in the other ruins we encounter" Astral then ended and nodded eagerly. Cy had a feeling he wanted to say more, but because of Zaira reaction he contained himself. Zaira had in the meantime sat down on the floor, with her back leaning up at the wall here. She looked rather defeated.

"If the barians were humans once... and according to the legends we know so far, they all died at some point..." Zaira lifted her head and looked up at Astral "Then that means... I died as well. Somewhere. Sometime. In the labyrinth of screams, the girl that the prince held so high, that was me. I got killed on a battlefield somewhere!".

Cy growled angrily inside their shared soul. He didn't like the sadness his mistress was feeling right now. He could even hear the thought of regret she was having in here. My brother died because of me.

"I assume so. If we continue to gather the mytherian numbers, we might run across on how you died in the past Zaira" Astral replied slowly.

Cy could hear how his Zaira sniffed a little before she rubbed away her tears rather fiercely. No one was gonna see her cry after all. She was too prideful.

"Are we barians even alive?" she then questioned but then shook her head a little "Actually I don't wanna know that question. Let's just find the rest of the numbers Astral, so you can gain your memories of the numeron code".

"You are taking this surprisingly well" Astral then mused "I know this must be hard for you hear Zaira". Zaira surprisingly send him a cheerful smile.

"I am your protector from Astral world Astral. Nothing else really matters" she stated. Cy growled angrily inside. Guess his Zaira was not gonna ask him about the seal now at all.

Dumon's p.o.v.

Around the same time. More or less.

Dumon was currently standing in the throne room inside the barian palace. It was here Nash was present all the time once when he was their leader. Dumon, while waiting for his friend's return, was taking over as their current leader of the barians. It was a duty Dumon was upholding with all his might. Just like their leader Nash, Dumon stayed in the throne room while watching things unfold. Or that was what he was supposed to do. A lot of stuff were present on the gray barian's mind. Things he .couldn't forget, or wouldn't forget. Things that happened recently. Things with...

"Zaira..." Dumon mused to himself.

Worry was present in his gray eyes. Then he shook his head a little. He needed to forget about her. He had to because he was the current leader of the barians. Besides, Zaira clearly had chosen her side. She was after all helping Yuma and Astral. Dumon hissed a little as he clenched his fist.

"If it wasn't for the blasted seal, they put on her, I am sure our princess would have returned home by now" He then mused out to himself. He let out a little sigh.

"Then again her current memory loss concerns me. Is that the seals fault too or is there something else at hand here" he then mused slowly "Zaira recalled memories with Mizar, and showed some sort of connection with Vector. That said she didn't recognize Vector or any of us in our human forms. I understand the reasoning with Girag and Alito since they barely meet each other as humans, but she should be...".

Able to recognize me! The last part was only a fleeting thought of his. Dumon just couldn't verbalize his distress. Since the last ruin adventure with her and Shark, he had been lost in thoughts. Of course he was happy Zaira hadn't recognize him when he was undercover, but still his heart hurt inside. They had been in love. He loved this girl so much that he was sure nothing could erase their times together. Sadly, that had not been the case. Zaira had moved on. Sure, she didn't remember that she had a relationship with him in the first place, but it still hurt Dumon a lot. That and her current boyfriend, wasn't exactly flawless. He couldn't believe she would choose him instead of Dumon himself.

"Dumon" A voice then suddenly said and made the gray barian return back to reality.

Mizar had entered the throne room now, and were soon beside him as the faithful friend that he was.

"Dumon" he said again since Dumon didn't show any signs in that he had heard him the first time "I put Alito to rest in the sick bey as you requested. He is still a bit out of it, but the servants are taking care of him as we speak. He should be back to his usual self soon". Dumon nodded slowly as he looked up at the throne.

"That is good to hear Mizar. It would be bad if we lost more of our comrades" he then replied slowly. It didn't surprise him that Zaira had defeated him in battle.

"I concur" Mizar mused. It sounded like something troubled him. "However, I have never seen Alito this much out of it. He was babbling on and on about some stupid legend who was written on the walls in this Colosseum. About a human warrior, I think. Most of his babbling made no sense. Do you know anything that could aid him in his troubles?".

Silence uttered around them. Thunder roars could even be heard in the sky outside along with sparks of lightning.

"I might know some, but I do not believe you would like the outcome" Dumon then replied rather slowly "I told you how I lost sight in gaining the mytherian number from Astral and Yuma Tsukumo. Zaira was of course there too, but that is not the important issue now. You see, Zaira and I along with Reginald Kastle had to survive through this maze of traps in that ruin. We were lucky that we had escaped at all. It was there I found a legend written in stone. When I read it, I felt something inside me awaken. Like a hidden memory".

"A hidden memory? But what has that to do with Alito?" Mizar questioned rather puzzled. Dumon turned his back to him. Guess he had to explain further.

"I have been thinking Mizar; there are eight mytherian numbers and we are eight emperors. Is this simply a coincidence? After Alito reacted so strongly to the legend in that Colosseum. I do not think so Mizar" Dumon then finished.

"Dumon! Are you applying that there is a link between these foolish humans and we barians?!" Mizar uttered rather annoyed. Then he turned around on the heel and began leaving "In any case I will just double our effort in containing the mytherian numbers before our foes collect even more". Then he was gone and Dumon was once again alone with his thoughts.

"I hear you my friend. You won't accept that reality" Dumon mused and sighed inside "But still there must contain some link and if so, there must be a legend about my princess and our missing leaders. If I use that to my advantage, I might find Nash and Marin as well".

Kite's p.o.v.

Kite snort rather annoyed as he looked around on the crew who was inside the cockpit of Astral's ship. Besides Astral and Zaira who went who knows where, the ship currently holds, Yuma, Shark, Tori, Rio and Orbital who was the one who steered the ship at the moment. Including himself that was 6 people in here. That was way too many people if you asked Kite, but then again, he never was good at socializing. Surprisingly, things had been silent around here, since Zaira and Dextra faced up against Alito. Yuma had been rather silent. Especially after both Shark and Astral had a talk with him. Both had been trying to tell him that the barians were his enemies. In their own way of course, but Kite knew, just like he knew with Zaira, that they still saw Alito as a friend. That could be bothersome later on. It had been for that reason he had advised Zaira to choose. If she didn't that might ruin their mission in the end. Even though Kite of course were not fond of dueling Zaira. He had seen what she was capable of in the WDC after all.

"We are beginning our accented in point G1-07. The loc-ation of the 4th mytherian number" Orbital then spoke from the commando central, which of course made Kite wake up from his daydream.

"I wonder what this next ruin would be like" Yuma then questioned and looked up at the globe who was holding the map to the whole world.

"Hey, do you think we might learn of another legend when we find it?" Rio asked.

"If so, I hope it is about rainbows and puppies this time, cause all the others has been such downers" Tori replied in a weird hopeful tone.

At that Kite snort. More to himself than to anyone really. This quest had made one thing sure. Nothing good happens at the ruins. That and they needed to be on their guard. Then something suddenly happened. Kite knew he was the only one feeling it, since there was no reactions from the others whatsoever. His deck began vibrating. To be more specific his Galaxy eyes photon dragon was. Kite was holding the card in his hand now. It was like his dragon was trying to communicate with him. Kite had never been able to see duel monster spirits, but even he knew that Galaxy eyes was giving him a warning of some kind. Kite's eyes narrowed. Could that mean that an important duel was soon in the cards for them?

He had just thought that, when the whole ship began shaking uncontrollable. Yuma had rushed over to grab the steering wheel, while the others were literally holding down for dear life. Kite grabbed around the closest things he could find. They were clearly in for some turbulence. Something Orbital of course also pointed out.

"Everything is going hay-wire. The controls aren't re-sponding. I can't steer the ship" Orbital yelled up in pure distress. All which made Kite hiss in annoyance.

"Then don't. Just land!" he ordered the bot. "It doesn't matter where".

"If-If you are not pic-ky. We are going down!" Orbital shouted.

Time skip.

"That was one lucky crash landing" Orbital pointed out minutes later, as they had managed to land the ship without any casualties. Kite send the bot a cold glare.

"Lucky?!" he then uttered in an angry tone.

"We landed at the exact coordinates on the map" Orbital explained rather proud. All that earned him was one of Kite's silent glares.

"What the heck happened?" they could hear Zaira yell and both her and Astral appeared out of nowhere. Not that it really mattered.

"Turbulence" was Shark's only responds, "The toaster oven managed to land near the ruins though". All which made Kite crack a tiny smile, since Orbital was rather offended by being called a toaster oven again.

"Really? Well what are we waiting for. Let's get exploring!" Zaira uttered in a surprisingly cheerful tone, as she ran outside of the ship, leaving everyone else back at the ship in a lot of confusion.

"Well someone is cheerful" Shark mused "Did something happen?".

Kite only shrugged at that. He didn't think this had anything to do with the talk he had with her earlier this day. Something must have happened when she was with Astral. Not that he really cared. He just left the ship seconds later.

A mountain scenery met Kite and the others as they left the ship. There were literally mountains and rocky terrain everywhere. In front of them was the tallest mountain Kite could see, which only could mean one thing.

"You guys, I bet the number are at top of that mountain" Yuma then stated.

"So that means that we have to climb all the way up there to get it?" Shark asked. He did sound a little worried. All which made Kite snort and 'What a baby'.

"Let's get going" Zaira surprisingly said and took the line he was about to say. She had walked over to mountain and stretched her arms and knees a little "That mountain doesn't climb itself you know". Kite snort coldly at that.

"Yeah, let's" he answered firmly as well.

"About that Mas-ter Kite. I don't think I can climb. That crash landing pulverized almost all of my processor" Orbital now whined.

"Count me out too" Tori added in "Heights aren't my thing. Guess I stay here all alone with Orbital".

"Oh no you won't. I am no fan of rock climbing, so I will stay with you" Rio added in, which of course cheered up Tori a lot.

After some talk back and forth, with Tori yelling at Yuma to be careful and come back to her when he was done, Kite and the crew finally began climbing this mountain. It was of course easier set that done, since this was not an everyday excise and the mountain was tall and huge. Kite was even surprised they managed this far, and even more surprising that Zaira out of all people were in the lead. Not that Kite believed girls couldn't climb. He was just surprised of Zaira's determination. She was almost climbing this mountain, like she was possessed. There were no doubt in that she wanted to the top and that was fast.

"Zaira not so fast!" Yuma shouted in distress as he pulled himself up a little higher "And be careful this is not a race. You could mess up and hurt yourself". All that earned him, was silence, however.

"Geez what has gotten into her" Yuma then questioned rather confused "Rock climbing is supposed to be a team sport. We need to look out for each other".

"Maybe... it was something I said?" Astral then questioned rather puzzled "After that talk we had, I would have suspected her being upset, but instead the opposite happened. Very intriguing". Yuma growled annoyed.

"What did you tell her Astral?" Yuma pulled himself higher "I mean I am happy that Zaira feels better, but how am I supposed to keep an eye on her, when she is way up there?".

Kite rolled his eyes. Instead of complaining, he should be climbing. Something Shark also pointed out.

"Something has her motivated. That's for sure. Maybe this is a barian strength or something?". Kite eyes narrowed.

He didn't think that. After all Mizar didn't show any sign of that. Kite had just been thinking that, when a loud roar suddenly could be heard from somewhere. That of course caught everyone's attention.

"Hey Astral, what was that?" Yuma then questioned worriedly.

"A roar. One from a dragon" Astral mused, just as worried.

Once again Kite's deck case began vibrating. It was even worse than before. Kite hummed to himself. This must be why my Galaxy eyes is so agitated. It wants to face the dragon. He pulled himself up further when suddenly a rockslide happened. Kite was not sure this was caused naturally, but sadly it didn't give him enough time, to grab on to something. Instead he tumbled backwards, and were almost about to fall of the cliff, when...

"Don't worry I got you Kite" He could hear Yuma say, and noticed Yuma had grabbed his hand, and slowly pulled him up to the cliff piece he had been standing on "Like I told you before, we have to look out for each other".

Kite snort rather annoyed and got his arm out of his grip without saying anything. Then he continued forward with climbing up the mountain. If there was one thing Kite knew now, it was that there was waiting a dragon for them at the top, and he and Galaxy eyes were going to defeat it.

Zaira's p.o.v.

I sighed relieved as I finally reached the top. I had climbed so fast that my limbs felt like pudding, and I needed to rest for a good while. Luckily for me Yuma and the others hadn't arrived yet, which gave me plenty of time to recover.

"Mistress are you doing alright?" I could hear Cy ask worriedly from within my soul. "You were climbing so fast, and you didn't even need my help to do so".

"I guess I just felt motivated Cy" I mused out slowly and took a deep breath. "What if this is my ruin, and I didn't make the climb. This is clearly a test to reach the number".

I could hear how Cy growled inside my soul. He really was worried about me. Just like Astral could be sometimes. It did make me a bit relieved. At least I knew I had good friends and were not alone in this.

"Ah, come on body. Just a little bit more" I could then hear someone say and noticed how Yuma and in some way Astral pulled themselves over the edge. Yuma was trying to catch his breath while Astral being the ghost he was, was just fine. Kite and Shark was right behind him by some inches.

"What took you so long?" I said in almost joking matter. Yuma glared at me.

"Well some of us is not as fast as you are Zaira..." he began but then looked around. His curiosity was clearly awoken "Wow look at all this fog. Does that mean we have reached the top?".

I rolled my eyes at that comment. Was there anything else to climb up on at the moment? Then again, I also began looking around now that I have gotten my breathing under control. Just like Yuma had stated, fog was all around us. Kinda like one of those wasteland terrains really. However in the horizon something else, something else unbelievable was shown there. A giant Chinese temple was placed on top of this mountain top. As unbelievable as it was.

"Maybe, but this is not what I expected" Kite then stated. I noticed that I was not the only one who had noticed the temple. Yuma soon did too.

"I think that goes for all of us" Yuma then stated as he was staring at this giant temple "Who would have guessed that after a dangerous climb up an enormous mountain, we would run straight into an enormous door...".

Yuma decided to walk over to this big door and Kite, Shark and I soon followed. Along with a floating Astral by our side. As we reached the door it of course opened up, leading into this giant temple grounds. I was sure this place could hold our school ground twice or even trice in here.

"...Leading into an enormous temple" Yuma continued on rambling "Anyone else picking up on an enormous pattern here? Get it, because everything is enormous".

"Yeah we get it Yuma" I could Shark sneer back.

In case Yuma would start all over and of course begin to explain the joke. It made me chuckle inside. But then again, I was happy Shark did stop him in time. I took a peek around, before slowly entering this place. After what happened with the turbulence and crash landing, it was surprisingly easy to get here. Like we were lured in somehow. It gave me the creeps.

"I feel like we are watched" I mused slowly "Everything happening here couldn't be a coincidence. Stay on your guard". The boys and Astral all nodded.

"But who would be expecting us?" Yuma then questioned slowly.

"I got a hunch, but trust me you won't like it" Shark then mused in a cold tone "I think the barians are here. Be ready!".

At that statement I almost did an anime fall down. Shark always thought it was the barians. Didn't he realize I could sense it if that was the case? Unless he suspected that I, being a barian and all, was laying them a trap. It made me growl rather annoyed. Did my own boyfriend still not trust me? I was about to give him a piece of my mind when suddenly Yuma was acting weird.

"I smell something" he mused in a dreamy voice. "Yeah right over here".

"Yuma, what the hell? Is the barian's taking control of you?" Shark questioned roughly which made me just face palm. This was not the work of any barian.

"It smells to yummy to be a barian" Yuma then stated, which only made us all sigh in disbelief. The case here was that Yuma could smell food, and when he was like that, nothing really could get to him.

Unless that of course was an old man with a staff. Yuma had just reached wherever food that was cooking in that pot, at the other end of the temple, when an old man appeared and send his wooden staff straight down into Yuma's hardcore head. That made him wake up from his hungry dreamy state alright.

"Just stay away from my lunch" the old man shouted and jumped with impressive athletic abilities down the stairs and landed beside Yuma.

As I got a better look at him, he was an old but not tall man. His head went up to around Kite's chest. He was bold, beside the white haired braid he was having at the back of his head, and a long white beard down to the start of his chest. Besides that he was dressed in formal Chinese clothing, and did he have a jacket wrapped around his waist.

"Hey that hurt! What do you think you are doing mister?" Yuma complained rather loudly which earned him another whack from the staff.

"Funny that is what I should be asking. How dare you try to eat my well-cooked soup" the old man sneered back at Yuma.

"Eh... no I was just looking" Yuma tried defending.

"Oh yes. Looking like a foolish raccoon thieving by day" the old man sneered.

"You got me all wrong!" Yuma sneered back, which only earned him another hit.

"You are lying!" the old man stated.

"I am not lying!" Yuma defended which only earned another hit.

"And now you are lying about all the lying you done" the old man sneered and hit him again. As fun as it was to watch Yuma defend his hurt honor, this was leading nowhere, so I decided to stop this foolish discussion.

"If you will excuse our idiotic friend mister" I mused and walked over there "This discussion leads nowhere. Besides my bro here, didn't manage to eat anything, so isn't that enough?". The old man looked up as soon as he hit Yuma with the cane one more time. He was glaring at me for some time.

"And who are you? This thieving raccoon's friends?" the man then asked.

"More or less. We really came here to look for a number card" I told him.

"A number card?" the man sneered, and I was sure his eyes glowed for a moment.

It was like he checked me out. Surprisingly his face expression changed. I was not sure if this was in awe or shock right now. However, he did look like he feared me a bit. Then he suddenly began laughing like crazy.

"Well will you look at that. A girl. A wolf girl arrived up here as the first, defeating three strong males in the process. Now I have seen everything" the man then said and chuckled "No wonder He holds you so dear". He chuckled again.

"You show spirit child, but you are not the opponent I was hoping for. You see, I only have interests in...".

"...In dragons" Kite ended his sentence with, which made the old man look over at him. It was like he first had noticed Kite now of all people.

"Ah yes. That is correct" the man said and chuckled "And I sense you have allied yourself with a dragon. Isn't that right young man?". As he said that an aura resembling Kite's Galaxy eyes, appeared around Kite. Almost as a protection.

"That's right" Kite snort back "And I have a strong feeling that I am not the only one, am I?". He had just said that when another dragon aura appeared around the old man. Just like Kite said, he also were allied with a dragon.

"So you do have a dragon. Just who are you old man?" Kite sneered back.

"My name is Xinglong and I am the guardian of the number here at temple Dragos" The old man introduced himself as "As I told this young girl earlier, to make this climb show spirit. He-he. You remind me of someone I once knew long ago young one". That of course caught everyone's attention. Including mine.

"Who?" Kite then asked which made the old man lift an eyebrow.

"A brave duelist who dared to face the fiercest of dragons. Their savage battles has gone on to become the stuff of legends in these ruins" the old man replied. I sighed deeply inside. After everything Astral had told me, I knew now this was not my ruin. If this ruin fitted on any of us Barian's it would be...

"That duelist he knew was Mizar" Astral then said and caught the others attention.

"Say what?!" Was the only reply the others gave. Funny it had to be Shark of all people. However the others were of course shocked as well.

"I see. So you are familiar with the legend of the temple Dragos as well stranger?" Xinglong then asked, which made me narrow my eyes a little. He could see Astral!

"Wait just hold on!" Yuma then shouted "How can that be? Mizar is a barian. He is not from this world".

"Perhaps not Yuma, but this is what the numbers we retrieved from the ruins have told me" Astral then began explaining "I learned that the 8 mytherian numbers, each tell a story of one of the barian emperors when they were still human. Many centuries ago".

As Astral finished his current observation, I could see how the gears were turning inside their head, and how each of them were progressing those news. At the same time I wondered who was the first to mention me into all of this.

"No way, the barians were humans!" Shark then uttered rather stunned and angry at the same time "Why didn't you tell us sooner?!".

"My apologies Shark" Astral literally apologized.

"Wow, but that means, the legends of the ruins we found so far, has been all about the barians" Yuma then concluded surprisingly and looked at me "Was that the reasons you were so eager to get up here Zaira? Because you thought this was your ruin?". I bit my lip at that. Of all people figuring this out first, it had to be Yuma.

"Yeah it is true. Astral told me this earlier, and if all the barians were once humans, then at some point my ruin would come up" I replied slowly "I wanted to know what my legend was. I had hoped this was my ruin, but guess that is not the case".

"Ah I am sure it will come up soon" Yuma said in a surprisingly caring tone. He would properly have said something else, hadn't Kite interrupted him.

"Yuma, Shark, Zaira. I will be the one to handle this duel got it!".

"How come Kite?" Yuma then questioned surprised.

"Because I don't think it is just a coincidence that I am here" Kite replied firmly as he starred down Xinglong "It is fate. My dragon and I were destined to battle and face Xinglong and duel his beast".

"Very well. If you are able to defeat me and my fearsome dragon, I will hand over this ruins number as your trophy, but if you lose, I take you dragon instead. Is that understood?" Xinglong then said in a firm tone.

"Suit yourself. Just know that there is no way you will win" Kite stated just as fiercely.

All which made me sweat drop. Sometimes I really couldn't understand why rivals could get so worked up over a duel. Even a duel with high stakes. Guess men really was having on to their foolish prides, Mizar sure did. That's for sure.

"It is because they want to prove themselves Mistress" Cy explained and appeared on my shoulder as a mini wolf spirit "That and none of them wants to lose".

I hummed at that. I guess Cy was right about that. Boys really could be boys sometimes. However in the end both of them activated their duel disks, and Kite transformed into his photon mode. Soon the duel began.

Cy's p.o.v.

Cy growled rather annoyed inside. He just couldn't help himself. Something about this place reminded him of something. Something unreal. Something Cy just couldn't figure out. He wasn't even sure this was a memory or if the power of this place just drew him in. Everything just was so confusing. It was for that reason he had materialized himself as a mini Cy onto his mistress's shoulder. He needed to see this duel. He had a feeling that if he did, he might figure out why this place reminded him so much. Only time could really tell. Everyone around, including the two duelists had activated their gazer's now, and Xinglong and Kite had also activated their duel disks. As Kite did the Photon transformation, Cy could however hear Galaxy eyes roar inside the extra deck case. The dragon really wanted to battle.

Xinglong: 4000 Lp's.

Kite: 4000 Lp's.

"Before we begin, I have to know one thing" Kite then said "Was it your dragon Mizar had to battle against Xinglong? If so, did you beat Mizar in his legendary duel?". At that Xinglong hummed slightly.

"Maybe if you win, I will tell you" the old man then claimed and drew.

He started of his move by summoning a level 4 earth dragon monster called "Mythic Tree Dragon" to the field in att mode. It had 100 att points and 1400 def points. Since Xinglong now had an earth monster on the field, he was now allowed to special summon "Mythic Water Dragon" to the field in att mode. It was surprisingly a level 8 monster with 1000 att and 2000 def points. Xinglong wasn't done, however. He now activated the effect of his mystic tree dragon. Since he controlled a water monster, it could double its level, meaning Xinglong was having 2 level 8 monsters on the field. Cy knew what that meant. Xinglong was about to Xyz summon.

"The best has yet to come, because I now overlay my two dragons and build the overlay network and Xyz summon 'NB 46 Dragluon!'" The number guardian then shouted and as he did, the field got enveloped in a bright light.

Cy and the others were of course staring in awe, as a dragon white as the day light itself appeared onto the field. With a shape almost like a Chinese dragon, along with 4 sets of wings, two on each the sides of its back, and two horns, almost as big as antlers on the top of its head, it was a beast to behold. On its forehead it had a shiny green pearl and white hair under its armpits and chest, and on its snout, it was having long hair, almost like whiskers. An extremely long tail was shown at its rear end. It could properly wrap its tail around everyone here and still have enough tail to move about. Properly the reason he didn't use its feet to stand at the field. It uses its tail. With its 3000 att and def it was an impressive monster for sure.

"Look at that. This must be the ruins number" Yuma then stated.

Cy didn't need Yuma to confirm this though. He already knew it was. The radiance Dragluon was using was almost identically to that of 44 Sky pegasus and 54 Lion hart. However at the same time Cy also felt a strange longing from this number. It was like seeing an old friend, you haven't seen in a very long time, but how could that be, since Cy was sure he had never seen this number before. He had after all always been with his mistress. That must he knew. But the number still felt weird to him.

"I'll have your number beat in no time" Kite then stated fiercely.

"I think not. This is the mightiest of all dragons" Xinglong proclaimed.

"Oh really?" Kite questioned in a confident tone "I'll be the judge. Let's see what it can do". The old man of course snort at Kite's arrogance.

"As you wish. I activate Dragluon's effect" Xinglong stated and did just that "When I have no other dragons on my field, besides Dragluon, I can use one Ou to summon another dragon from my hand. Luckily, I know just the one to choose, and I cannot wait to show you. Arise 'Armed protector dragon'".

It was a level 8 monster with 2000 att and 2800 def points. Cy and the others looked in awe as another dragon appeared on to the field. However, that was not all. As the new dragon appeared onto the field, Dragluon disappeared. Just like that.

"What? Your number vanished?!" Kite uttered rather surprised.

"Yeah, where did Dragluon go?" Yuma uttered as well.

"Ha-ha, it is like a chameleon, hiding in plain sight" Xinglong explained "When I have a dragon on my field, my Dragluon's effect, stops you from attacking it or use any effects to do it damage. In other words, as long as I have armed protector dragon around, you can't harm my number. All I have to do, is making sure armed protector dragon stays safe".

As he stated that the old man now activated an equip spell called "Dragon Shield". It protected his dragon from getting destroyed in battle and any battle damage was reduced to 0. Furthermore, now armed protector dragon's effect gets activated. The dragon gains 500 for each equip spell equipped to it and secondly, you can't destroy the equip card with any card effects. All which made Zaira whistle impressed. Cy agreed with her. The old man was not half bad here. After all that the old man of course ended his turn.

"This is troublesome. Both armed protector dragon and dragon shield has effects that defend one another. Played together they become an indestructible defense, and neither can be destroyed" Astral then explained to the rest of then.

Not that anyone was doubting Kite and his Galaxy eyes. It was after all his turn now. Kite drew and summoned 'Overlay Sentinel" who was of course a level 4 monster with 2000 att points. Since he had a monster on his field who had 2000 or more att, he could also special summon 'Overlay Booster' from his hand. Also a monster with 2000 or more att points. Not that they were staying for long since Kite tributed them in order to summon his ace monster. His "Galaxy eyes photon dragon". '

"Here comes a monster who is more savage than a supernova" Kite now chanted as he sacrificed his two monsters "A cosmic storm that vaporizes anything in its path. Meet 'Galaxy eyes Photon dragon'". Everyone was cheering like crazy now.

"Yah. Galaxy eyes!" Yuma uttered at first, but then looked worried over at Kite "But I wonder if it would be enough to find a way around Xinglong's defense?".

"I see a way. Kite's dragon can break through his unbreakable strategy" Astral said.

"It could? How?" Yuma then asked surprisingly. '

"Don't you remember?" Shark questioned rather puzzled "Galaxy eyes has a special ability where it can banish itself and the opponents monster from play. So if Kite removes Armed protector dragon from the field, dragon shield will be destroyed, since it has nothing to guard".

"Yeah, doesn't it ring a bell? Kite used the same move to defeat us once before. Don't you remember?" Zaira then asked as Yuma grinned rather sheepishly. Cy growled rather annoyed at it too. That Yuma was way to clueless.

"I have been eager to see your dragon" Xinglong then commented and smirked.

"Well you wish you have never seen it when I give it a taste of its power" Kite sneered back.

However, it was from there everything went downhill. Because Dragluon had yet another special effect. It could negate the effect of all other dragons on the field. That included Kite's Galaxy eyes.

"No Galaxy eyes!" Kite uttered rather shocked.

"Now like a mouse in a trap you are stuck" Xinglong commented "Without your dragons special effect you cannot break my defense. You might say that I have clipped your dragon's wings". At that Kite of course sneered.

"Think again. You put together a solid defense, I will give you that. it's as if you build a brick wall around your field to keep you safe from being attacked. But what you didn't count on was me being a wreck it ball" Kite stated and activated a spell from his hand.

It was the card "Book of moon" and with it he could change a monster on the field into face down defense position. Since an equip spell couldn't be used on a monster in face down defense position, dragon shield got send to Xinglong's grave instead. Everyone on the sidelines were cheering on Kite like crazy. Even Cy. He found Kite's move pretty good. Of course his mistress could duel better. That and Kite's move caused Dragluon to show itself, since no face up monster was on the field. Cy could even hear Kite growl at the monster.

"Seeing your dragon again reminds me on how bad I want to take it down, and to do that what's left of your defense has got to go" Kite then sneered and made his galaxy eyes attack.

It of course destroyed Xinglong's monster pretty easy now. Even though none of them was taking any damage. Galaxy eyes were putting on the pressure as Yuma stated. Cy hummed at that. He was eager to see what Xinglong was doing next.

"You are completely wide open. Without your wall of defense to hide behind, there is nothing keeping me from beating you" Kite commented.

"Oh I can't say I agree" Xinglong replied and chuckled darkly. As did the eyes of Dragluon. None of them was giving up just yet. "But I will say you are doing quite well. You see this duel is really a test. You faced my wall of defense as you call it and brought it down. I am quite pleased with your performance, so far".

"Yeah like I care" Kite snort back "I don't need you grading my dueling, understand!". All which only made Xinglong laugh again.

"He-he, Okay, okay. Geez boy I think you got to be the goriest duelist I ever faced. You and Mizar really are birds of a feather. Same anger and passion for dueling. Not to mention your egos" the old man then commented.

"Be quiet! I am nothing like him!" Kite sneered back rather firmly.

"Hmm we shall see" Xinglong just replied with and smiled. "Hopefully your actions echo your words. You know what the best part of your test is, Kite? That I get to see if you really have the spirit to go all the way in this duel. Now there is one more obstacle in your way before you get to me. Are you ready?".

"I was born ready to handle anything you can throw at me" Kite stated and tossed down a facedown before he ended his turn.

It was now Xinglong's turn. The old man drew and once again activated Dragluon's effect. By using one Ou he could summon a dragon from his hand. It was yet another level 8 monster called "Soul drain dragon" with surprisingly 4000 att and 0 def, and since a new dragon monster was on the field, Dragluon went into hiding once again. Cy hummed at that. Xinglong and Dragluon was pretty nifty. That was for sure.

"Just like before you can't harm my number with a new dragon on my field" Xinglong explained and chuckled "But to keep things interesting, there is a brand new twist to my strategy this time Kite. Soul drain dragon gains attack points equal to your life points Ha-ha!".

Cy and the others, including Kite was staring in awe. Soul drain dragon was having 4000 att points already and with Kite being at 4000 too, that made soul drain dragon's att 8000 now.

"You can't be serious!" Kite sneered back in disbelief.

"I am afraid so. Since you have 4000 life points my dragon now has 8000 att" Xinglong stated and made his dragon rose up to that in power. "And there is one last thing for you to worry about Kite. Even if you do manage to destroy this monster, you will take damage equal to half of its attack points".

"No, there is just no way" Zaira uttered rather shocked "So if Kite tries to destroy this dragon, he will lose the duel instantly".

"Yeah but if he doesn't end up destroying it, a single attack from it will be enough to annihilate his life points anyway" Yuma added in just as fearfully.

Cy nodded in agreement. This was almost impossible to beat. Only good thing was that Xinglong couldn't attack with this monster on the turn it was summoned, or Kite would have been done for already.

"You played a good duel, but playtime is over" Xinglong then said and laughed like crazy.

As he did, Dragluon flapped around with its wings and created a little breeze. Not that anyone noticed, besides Cy, however. He was a creature of the wind after all and it made the blue chained wolf look confused around. Inside the wind, he could hear a voice talking. Cy had never felt so weird in his entire life. A sensation was literally running through him, along with this longing and familiar feeling. Then he heard it. The words the voice had been speaking. It had first been a lot of incompatible words really that had no meaning, but then the wind changed, and Cy now understood it perfectly.

"Cy. Cy! Come find me. It is very important that you do".

A,N: Dun, Dun, Dun. And with that I am ending this chapter. Didn't think I would ever get here, so I am pretty proud of myself here. Lol. Well the next chapter is of course the rest of the duel. Pretty simple, but then again, Cy is also going on some scouting. Do wonder what that is. The next chapter after that is finally the ruin of Zaira's. Not ready at all there. Sure I can write until the duel and then block. So might take a while before I update after Mizar's ruin. Hope you can wait. Please comment on what you think so far. Can always need feedback.