Yugioh ZEXAL: A New Utopia

[wolfrunner]

"No!", shouted Regina going to flip over a card. But her hand stalled and instead she used it to shield her eyes from the bright light ring. First to go were the two facedown she had set as the Stellarknight's ability erased everything it touched. Regina watched her monster screech as the light passed over it and, seconds later, the shark monster was sent back to her hand. "How dare you!"

[InfectedHau]

The power of the cosmos is infinite," Yolei said, "and its wrath is without equal. No force can stand against the might of the universe, not even your numbers. Triverr! End this!" The words weren't hers, she wasn't really sure where they came from, but they felt right to say. Her monster seemed to agree, raising its sword and charging the defenseless duelist.

[wolfrunner]

The teen took a step back then another. This wasn't happening. This just simply was not happening! There was no way she could be defeated, not with her Number under her control! Sure they had weakness that could be exploited if done correctly, but the fact that someone was actually able to do so was unimaginable to the green haired teen! "No!"

'Leave unless you want to duel!'

'Mother! Family! Forgive! They abandoned you from the gate and lied to me! They're not family!'

'I can forgive her because I don't see the person who abandoned me. I see the the one who finally came back for me.'

'Nibbles please let me explain..'

'.....get out.'

"I said no! Stop it, make it stop!" The girl grabbed her head against the noises running through it. "They're nothing but liers! They can't be trusted!"

'Attack Regina directly and end this duel with Rising Sun Slash!'

Regina's eyes widened as Yolei's knight disappeared before her eyes. Now, instead of a knight named for the stars in the night sky, another Xyz Monster loomed over the teen slashing down at her with a glowing blade. A monster that was similar in appearance but a Number just like her own. A Number clad in white and gold armor with a large pair of white wings on his back... Regina's arm holding her duel disk fell to her side as she stared at the opposing incoming monster. When Triverr brought his attack down on her, the green haired young duelist screamed collapsing to her knees struck down by the armored knight. Her last few remaining life points cut down to zero as the AR field dispersed fading away. The glowing ruin number 37 fading into the top of her hand.

[CorvusSchnee]

"So....," Shikio hesitated, trying to find the right words for what was on his mind. For everything he wanted to say, for everything he felt. It had to be just right; it was only fair that his mother understand what he was trying to say without misunderstanding a single word. It wasn't as hard as he thought to find them, not hard at all.

"Does that make me Shikio Kastle-Arclight?"

Those words carried numerous emotions with them. Hesitation, a reluctance to fully open up to his mother just yet. He may have hurt a good friend just to have this time with the woman before him, but that didn't mean he was ready to truly forgive what had happened to him. There was still that chasm he needed to cross, a darkness he could not yet fly over. He was, after all, just a fledgling starting to grow into his wings. There was also acceptance, one echoed by the warm glow in his eyes, those seas of crimson that had once been such a beautiful shade of pink. It was a love that radiated from his being, the sort that could only be felt by a child towards their mother or father.

It all meant one thing in the end. Shikio was ready to go home, to say goodbye to Silvers House. It was......it was an odd feeling. Was this what the other orphans had felt when their times had come? Even though he had an inkling of where he belonged, Shikio was still attached to that building he had grown up in. There were so many memories connected to it. Those times he had fallen out of trees, times when the matron of the orphanage would clean fresh scrapes caused by his various misadventures. She was as much a mother to him as Rio was, but he needed to leave someday. Whether it was due to his age causing him to set out to forge his own way in life or a miraculous adoption, Shikio knew he would have to leave someday. He just never expected it would come so soon.

"Can I......can I really go home with you? I've always wanted that, you know. More than anything in the world."

[wolfrunner]

The blue haired women laughed, "That is a bit complicated and will be explained when you meet everybody, but your name is Alser and Shikio Arclight. Shikio Arclight is the name everyone'll know you by though. Thought I could help you out with the long last name by just using your father's and he agreed. You're welcome." The women's breath then got caught in her throat at the boy's next question. Home. Shikio had asked Rio if he could go home with her. No. Not just could he go home with her but added it was what he always wanted. After all this time and what he'd experianced, here Shikio still wanted to go home with the women. He was meeting a complete stranger yet wanted to go with her....return with her where he belonged. Where the blue haired teen should have been from his first breath of air. After all this time the love in his eyes was unmistakable, a love that mimicked her own. "We shouldn't have left you.", sighed Rio hesitating to get to her feet fighting the urge to stay at the edge of the bed with her son, "I'll be right outside at the desk talking to the staff where you can watch me so we can get you discharged. Then we'll head over to Silvers House to fill out the necessary paperwork. I may be your mother, but I can't just take you with me that easily. Thats unless you'd rather stay with the others while I make that particular trip."