//------------------------------// // Treading a new world ... AGAIN! // Story: Duelist of a Different Dimension // by Konami-kun //------------------------------// Pain. That was the only word that described how he felt at this moment. Her whole body felt pain, there was no part that did not, for God could even swear that her hair hurt. He tried to get up off the ground, but his current condition was so weak that he only hurt himself by moving. With no other option, he decided to stay on the floor and rest for a few minutes, with nothing to do but see the night sky in front of him. It was beautiful. He always preferred the night over the day for several reasons, but if he had to choose one would be for the beauty that the sky adopts during the night, the stars that adorned and illuminated it gave him an air of tranquility, something he always appreciated without import the situation I was in. But unfortunately that was not the case now. His mind traveled through the events that occurred recently. Especially, in the way he arrived here. His duel against ZARC had been hard, one of the hardest he had ever had, although this was due to the lack of power he had in the duel over the past few years and also to the fact that he was not prepared to fight with him. Nobody was. Neither he nor the Lancers. It was assumed that all they had to do was stop the invasion of the fusion dimension and rescue Yuzu and the others. No one mentioned anything about having a duel against a being that could be equal to the Egyptian gods and even that could be stronger than them! "Knowing my luck I suppose it was to be expected" At least he already had experience fighting against the gods so he did not do so badly, except for the moments when he received ZARC attacks. His lips curled in disgust and he turned his gaze to her body. It looked like shit. His former blue pants and red jacket were shattered, but still good enough to cover a decent part of his body. His black shirt was full of holes and cuts, and if that were not enough a large part of his body was burned. Continuing to examine his body he saw several red spots on it, blood obviously, it was still coming out of his wounds some very slowly, he could feel that in those areas it was hot, probably the fire had been able to close them, although not completely. Despite all this for some strange reason he did not feel anything. There was no fear. There was no anguish. There was no despair. Only the pain I did not feel any emotion when I saw the state I was in, probably everyone would have cried out in pain and fear, desperately asking for someone to help them. But not him. He knew exactly why he did not feel any of those emotions, he had already gone through this shit several times, so much so that the state he was currently in had no longer surprised him. In fact he had received worse damages in the past, so something like this did not I was going to scare him. "I wonder at what point in my life I stop being afraid, I suppose to face so many dangers and be on the verge of death so many times it really changes your way of thinking and seeing the world" With a small laugh he continued inspecting his body, concentrating this time on his left arm, let out a sigh of relief when he saw that despite the damage his body had received his duels disc was still intact, that was already good news as he did not he would know what to do without him, although he could ask Winged Kuriboh to bring him his original disk but this one did not have the improvements that he currently possessed. With a lot of effort he raised his right arm, it hurt like hell, but he was able to hold it until he reached his dueling disc and pressed a button on it, more exactly the one that kept his deck. The compartment that kept it opened and he quickly took it with his right hand and held it in front of his face. I spent several seconds looking at the main letter in the ... Yubel. He continued to stare at that letter for a few more seconds, those seconds were transformed into minutes and without him noticing he had spent more than 5 minutes observing her, almost as if he was waiting for something to happen. With a sigh of resignation she decided to speak knowing that she would not. "Do you know if there is any way to go back?" Silence was what followed after those words, that silence lasted for a few seconds, thinking that he would get no response from her let out a sigh of resignation and prepared to pass letter. "[No, I do not know any way we can go back and even if I knew and we managed to return you are too weak to continue your duel]" "Even so, we should try, I can not let ZARC triumph is too dangerous" She did not discuss that point, ZARC was a great threat, it was enough to see in what state had left Konami one of the best if not the best duelist in history, of course he had received worse damage, but that was back in the Dueling Academy, at that time he did not have the experience, strength and the cards he has now, god could not even activate the Ghost mode at will. He had seen how Konami faced off against beings that could be cataloged as gods, saw how he faced dozens of Ghosts by himself, how he fought against the strongest duelists of their respective eras, and even though most of the time he was in great disadvantage due to the real damage he received, his long absence in duels or the overwhelming numbers he faced, he always came out victorious. But unfortunately this was not one of those occasions. Konami had lost. While this was not an absolute truth I was sure that Konami felt it that way, after all abandon the duel either by choice or not synonymous with surrender and therefore the loss. She could not imagine how she felt at the moment, but she was sure that she was not feeling well at all, her friends had been seriously injured and practically defeated, Reiji being the only one who gave a decent resistance against ZARC but ultimately a useless resistance. When Konami witnessed the state in which his friends found rage flooding his being, he had decided to make anyone who dared to do this to his friends pay, but all that anger was replaced by surprise and disbelief to see who had been the perpetrator of such a massacre. It was Yuya. Or at least that's what he thought when he saw it for the first time, that person or thing had the same appearance as Yuya but it definitely was not him, after all, since when did Yuya look like a monster? Shortly after, he had learned from Reiji what had happened. Konami had felt guilty for not having been there before to prevent this from happening, he felt that this was a problem caused by his irresponsibility and as such it was his obligation to fix it. So he just faced off in a duel against ZARC. To say that this duel was difficult would be a euphemism, from the beginning Konami was at a disadvantage being its main disadvantage that ZARC already had its monster As on the field. The supreme king Z-Arc. And if that was not enough, for having interrupted in the duel he suffered a penalty of 2000 points of life. Really, fate liked to fuck him whenever he could. But luck had smiled upon seeing the cards he had drawn, with that hand he was going to be able to overcome this duel and have the advantage in his first turn because he could add more cards from his deck to his hand due to the magic letter one day of peace, and not only that, but also avoid damage due to its effect and if we add the monsters that had which would help steal more cards, in a matter of seconds until maybe he could beat him on his first turn. If he had only known what the effects of Z-ARC were, he would certainly have thought of a better strategy. After some shifts he was still at a great disadvantage, but not as much as one would expect, although the effects of Z-ARC ruined his plays did not ruin his desire to keep fighting to get his friend back to normal. While the duel continued, he tried to make Yuya react in all possible ways. Attacking him Talking with him so he could remember what the duels were really about. Even showing him half the amulet they had both bought, the one that symbolized their friendship and that no matter what happened or where they were, they would always be friends. And then there was a reaction. It did not last long since it was quickly suppressed by ZARC but he had seen it. His face had reflected surprise and even ... fear? Why should Yuya be afraid? Was it because he had no control over his body and actions? That would make sense, he had already gone through a similar experience a long time ago so he knew what he was feeling. But still that expression had been different from the ones I had seen from some people who had gone through the same, not only reflected fear, but also terror. Why? Was he so afraid of not being able to control his body? No, it was not that, he felt terror for another reason and he thought he knew what it was. Yuya was afraid to kill him. He was terrified by that. Yuya was aware of what was happening, he was seeing everything and could not do anything to prevent it. And they both knew what would happen if Konami lost that duel. ZARC would kill them all. And Yuya could not do anything to prevent it, no one could. At that moment Konami made a decision. It would activate the Ghost mode. I honestly did not want to do it because I wanted to react to Yuya causing the least amount of damage possible, but I could not allow this situation to get worse, plus he already had experience when he entered that mode so he could control himself for a limited amount of time. But he also knew that probably would not be enough, although Ghost mode increased his dueling abilities by giving him a cold and calculating mind his absence in duels and the lack of his best cards would make this duel a bit difficult. So I made another decision, one that went against everything he liked. He was going to do an entertainment duel. He had not been able to avoid putting a grimace on that thought, he never liked to attract the attention of people and unless you see him as a means of cheap entertainment, but there was a lot at stake at this time for him to doubt. Besides, if he did, there was a small chance that Yuya would react to that. "[By the way, have you already noticed your appearance?]" Yubel's question took him out of his thoughts, gave him a funny look and answered him. "Yes Yubel I already know that I look like shit, but you're not the best person to talk about that" She appeared in front of him with a frown "[I was not talking about that baka]" "Then enlighten me, my friend Yubel" "[You rejuvenated ... again]" Neither of them said anything for a few seconds. "How much? " "[You look like a 12-year-old boy]" Konami let out a moan of frustration. "Well, that's crap Why is fate so determined to keep it from growing? I say I have nothing against being young again but this happening so often is very annoying" "[Many people would be happy to be in your situation]" "If with my situation you mean to be almost killed by a probably divine entity and be thrown into what is probably an unknown dimension and world, then those people have serious problems" Konami did not say anything after that, he just lay on the floor enjoying the cold air moving his black hair and touching his skin. "[What will you do next?]" Instead of answering his question, he simply got up from the floor and settled into a sitting position, ignored all the pain he felt and proceeded to get up completely. "The first thing will be to get some help, in my current state I can not do much, after that investigate a little more about this world and if possible I will look for a way to return" "[You do not seem worried about what is happening to your friends at this moment]" "As I said in my current state there is not much I can do, besides, it does not do any good to worry at this moment, the best I can do is recover from my wounds and trust that Reiji will be able to defeat Zarc" "[I thought Reiji had been defeated]" "Fortunately it was not like that, I told him to stay away from the duel and not intervene unless it was necessary, if we are lucky he will be able to defeat Zarc after all the damage I did to him" With nothing more to say and with great pain Konami began to walk in a random direction in the hope of finding some help and that his friends will get out of the duel alive with Zarc. "By the way, do you know where my hat is?" "[She was burned by one of Zarc's attacks before arriving here]" "Shit" Yep definitely fate liked to fuck him.