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Yuya took a step back, staring wide eyed at Yuzu as she approached him slowly, her eyes dull and glassy. “Yuzu!” He tried calling her name again, it was no use, she couldn’t hear him.
“What’s wrong Yuya?” Her voice lilted, skipping over the space between them, yet it held none of the warmth or friendship it usually did. This Yuzu was cold, unforgiving, and about two seconds away from turning him into a card if he didn’t do something in this turn.
“Yuya!” Yuya glanced sideways at the translucent form of Yuto hovering by his right elbow. “She’s not your Yuzu anymore, the Doktor made sure of that.”
Yuya gritted his teeth, placing a shaking hand on his deck. That wasn’t his Yuzu, he wanted his Yuzu back. “My turn!” He declared, “I draw!”
He grimaced, this wasn’t looking good. “I attack Bloom Diva with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Sprial Flame Strike!”
“Oh Yuya, you have always been so predictable.” Yuya’s voice caught in his throat, what did she mean? “I activate Bloom Diva’s effect, when she battles a Special Summoned monster I can negate the attack and inflict the damage I would have taken to you!”
Shit. Yuya only had 1000 LP left, if he took this he would lose. Yuto had to act fast.
“Yuto wait, what are you doing?!” Yuya suddenly cried out, earning a slightly puzzled look from Yuzu as Yuto took over. He gasped slightly as he felt Yuya’s body around him but quickly recovered. Taking the hovering platforms two at a time before reaching for the action card.
“I activate Action Magic – Great Escape!” Yuto yelled, “I end the battle phase.” Yuzu huffed, but smiled as Yuto landed in a crouch.
“Hmm, two on one seems a little unfair don’t you think? Well hello there, it has been a while hasn’t it Yuto.” Yuto blinked, his grey eyes edged with confusion through Yuya’s bangs. “Oh I can tell it’s you, my knight in shining armour. Still think I couldn’t have taken Sawatari on alone?”
Yuto straightened, she wasn’t Ruri. Ruri and Yuzu were two different girls. For Yuya’s sake he had to win this. “I end my turn.”
Yuzu smiled, “Not talking then, that’s fine. I wonder, if I carded you as you are right now, would I be sealing Yuya or Yuto? Or would you still be bound together even in death?”
Yuto grimaced. “Oh well, either way works. Time to die. I draw!” A playful smile spread across Yuzu’s face. “I attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Bloom Diva. Activating her effect, I’m afraid an Action Card can’t save you two now. Bloom Diva is not destroyed and you take damage equal to what I would have taken.”
Yuya forcibly shoved Yuto out of control. Crying out as Bloom Diva’s attack found home. Dropping his life points to zero.
“Yuya!” Yuto called, kneeling by the solid boy, wishing more than ever that he was able to touch him. Yuya coughed, tried to sit up but collapsed.
“Oh dear.” Yuto looked up angrily as Yuzu walked over, “that was a tad anticlimactic. I had hoped you’d show me a more flashy ending to your show.”
“Don’t touch him!” Yuto yelled, forgetting completely that Yuzu couldn’t hear him as she raised her arm with her Academia-issue duel disk at the ready.
“Goodbye. My love.”
Yuto barely had time to react as the violet light flashed but he suddenly felt solid. Felt the presence of a body around him and gasped. Blinking slightly up at Yuzu as she stepped back.
“B—But that’s not possible…” She whispered, but Yuto didn’t hear her. He was staring down at his hands, at the black wristbands, his green shirt and black cloak. He reached up in surprise, feeling his lavender spikes. He was himself. Not Yuya.
Yuya.
Yuto scrambled to his feet and felt his heart drop. Next to where he had been lying was a single, lone card. With trembling fingers he picked it up, bowing his head as he recognised its captive all too well. The orange t-shirt, the green and red hair, the sad smile painted across his former soul-mate and host’s face.
He bowed his head in anger, feeling something roll to a stop at his feet. With a start Yuto picked it up, letting it swing gently before stringing it around his neck.
“Your… Your…” Yuzu was mumbling from behind him. He stood, gripping Yuya’s pendulum in one hand, his card in the other as he swung round to meet the lavender eyes staring at him in astonishment. With an angry snap he slid Yuya’s abandoned Duel Disk onto his left arm, his deck into the holder with a click.
“Your, Yuto? But how? Your dead.”
“Not dead enough to bring you back Yuzu.” He snarled, “I’ve had it with Academia carding the people I care about, had it with them turning my closest friends against me. Now, let’s duel.”