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Light Of Victory by Luminous107
Anime » Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Rated: T, English, Suspense & Friendship, Words: 51k+, Favs: 13, Follows: 6, Published:Jun 7, 2013 Updated: Oct 13, 2013 57Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot, enjoy!
Chapter 11: Caught In-Between
"So what do we do now?" Yuma asked Shark, who was still bitter over Rio's plan, "do we just wait until another Number pops up?" Shark looked at him, "I don't know, Yuma," he replied, "I'm trying not to worry about her, but not worrying and staying calm at the same time were never my strongest habits."
"She'll be fine," Yuma assured him.
"As far as we know, we only saw her until she walked in the portal," Shark responded.
"If anyone can get to Kite, it's Rio."
"That's what I'm worried about."
…
Kite stood over a building looking over the ongoing events and people walking by, Rio on the other hand stood not far behind him. "Look at them," he told her, "they don't know what life has in store for them, some will succeed…then some will fail." Rio winced at his bogus negativity, at least his eyes weren't glowing in that crimson color. "What's first?" she asked Kite, "I know that my brother and Yuma still have their Numbers so I'm to assume you'll hunto to for more before facing them?"
"One hour under my guidance and already you're catching up," Kite said, impressed, "except this time,you will be the one to get the next Number." Rio nearly gasped, "and if you manage to win, which you will," Kite continued, "I might let you keep it, it will help you get stronger than Shark." The Ice Queen pretended to ponder, how was she going to get out of this one? "But I already got your Number 7: Lucky Straight," she pointed out, "didn't that prove my loyalty to you?" Kite walked up to her, "this is what you do when you work alongside me," he crept closer to her and Rio backed up a little, "if you worked for me instead I'd make you hunt them all by yourself in one day!" The Photon duelist was getting a little aggravated as his aura started acting up. Rio noticed his eyes changing color, she didn't want him to see her look away in fright as that would make him suspicious, instead she did the first thing that came to mind.
"Ummm…you're…cute when you're angry?"
She wanted to smack herself for that. She panicked, that was her only excuse. What else could she do?. Surprisingly, this stopped Kite's aura and he backed off a little bit, "wh-what did you say?" he asked her in an angry tone but Rio quickly switched everything around before he could question her anymore. "Relax," she told him, trying to pass off her remark as a silly nothing, "if you want me to get us more power then that can be arranged, but you're gonna' have to find them first."
"What do you mean?"
"I can sense Barian energy but you seem to be doing a good job hunting Numbers, you find them and I'll take it from there."
Kite smirked, he reached for his deck box and pulled out Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon, "if you can sense Barian power then you can sense these."
…
Dextra walked down the halls of Heartland Tower, there was so much going on it was starting to get too much for her. What started as a visit to old friends had turned into a manhunt, this started to open up old wounds. She noticed that she was right in front of Kite's room, those wounds started hurting again. She walked inside and looked around, the place was trashed, that's when she noticed that no one has entered the room since that one night. "I wanted to help him," she said to herself, "I wanted to save him but how? How when she's always getting in the way!"
The butterfly duelist thought about Rio hanging on to Kite, doing everything that Dextra couldn't accomplish back at the Carnival. She remembered back when Orbital arrived with Rio's face on the screen, her smug, happy-go-lucky face aggravated her, "she doesn't love him," she said angrily, "she doesn't love him, not like I do, she's just a smuggy little girl! Why does she feel like doing all that for him?! I've been watching over him my whole life!" She punched the nearest wall in fury, "don't act like you care, you brat," she snapped, "you don't love Kite, not like I do!"
"Then where does that leave me?" a voice on her left stated, Dextra turned around and saw Nistro standing by the doorway with a forearm brace on his right arm. Dextra stood there speechless, "you didn't answer my question," Nistro said as he walked up to her, "if you love Kite so much then where does that leave me?" Embarrassed, the butterfly duelist turned her gaze away from him, Nistro scowled, "I thought you were over him," he told her, "I…I thought I was too," she replied.
"Well then where does that leave us?"
"Us?"
"Yeah, us," Nistro grabbed her hand and held it in his, "I thought we had something Dextra, but now I can see what changed that." He let go of her hand and let it drop, "I knew bringing you here was a bad idea."
"Nistro…"
"Yuma told me over the phone what was going on with Kite and Faker called not long after with the same news. He requested for me to show up, he didn't say anything about you because he knew how you would react, especially when I told him about us." Dextra was shocked, "I didn't want you coming here without me," she said, "I didn't want you to run into any danger, you know Heartland City is full of it!"
"Bullshit!" Nistro snapped, "now I know why you insisted to Faker on coming, you used this trip as an excuse to see your precious Kite, and you used me for the whole ride here!"
"That's not true!"
"Is it?! I've seen the way you acted when we met up with him, the look on your face and the vibe you'd give out whenever that Kastle girl was around him, I should've asked you why it mattered to you so much and now I can see why, you were never over Kite no matter how many times it's been said to you!"
"Try to understand, he's been through so much, meand him, you know that!"
"I see you've forgotten about me once again! I know you both have been through a lot, I was there with you!"
There was silence, Dextra couldn't find any more words to say, and this time she thought she might never talk again. "When we faced Yuma," he resumed, "I saved you from an attack that would've hurt you." Dextra remembered that day, she also remembered the disappointment she felt after they left that duel, "you know why I faced Kite when I saw the Number on him?" Nistro asked, Dextra stayed silent just as he expected, "I knew I wouldn't stand a chance against him but I couldn't just stand there and not do anything."
He started walking away from her, "but I faced him anyway because I didn't want him coming after you, I've done so much for you and the least you can do is show me at least a shred of appreciation!" The guilt started to consume Dextra, how could she be so selfish about her old needs when she already had someone giving them to her? Her 'schoolgirl crush,' as Vetrix called it, should've died out by now. Dextra tried catching up to Nistro, "Nistro," she called out to him, "where are you going?"
"I'm goin' back to Spartan City," he answered.
"But I haven't packed yet," she said, "I'm not ready."
"I know, I'm leaving without you." Dextra had the look of hurt smacked on her face, "I called for the copter while you were still out," Nistro continued, "I'm goin' back alone, if you wish to join me there then our relationship will strictly be professional, and nothin' more."
"You don't mean that."
"I do and until you realize how Kite feels about you and you deal with your feelings then I have no business bein' here, goodbye Dextra, and good luck." Nistro walked out and down the halls, he half-expected for Dextra to run up to him and plead for him to stay but the fact that he made it far away from where he left her told him that that wasn't happening.
…
Nistro walked up to the launch pad where the copter was waiting for him, Dr. Faker was there to see him off. "How did it go with her?" he asked him, "I noticed she isn't here with you so I take it she's staying?" Nistro nodded, "I really do care about her, a lot, but who am I to stand in the way of something that was never resolved?" He turned to Faker, "I'm sorry I wasn't much help, doctor," he apologized.
"Nonsense," Faker said, "your assistance here was minor but proven useful, thank you for coming here."
"And thank you for having me here, next time I return it'll be on better terms." Nistro headed toward the copter until he turned his head to face Faker, "tell Yuma that I left and to keep me updated on everything here, good luck!" Nistro walked inside the copter and waved at the doctor one more time. Dr. Faker nodded at him as he saw the copter fly off, "if it wasn't for me and Mr. Heartland," Faker said to himself, "he, Dextra and Kite wouldn't be in this dramatic triangle."
…
Dextra took all in what just transpired, Nistro pretty much broke up with her, but from the way the Heroic duelist acted she might as well dumped him. Still, he was right, she couldn't leave without completing what she promised herself years ago. "I will help save you, Kite," she angrily said, "even if it means losing the people in my life, I'm keeping my promise.".
…
Kite and Rio arrived in a secluded area that was once his hideout. It was pretty dark but not too small, it was big enough to fit them in and walk around, although Kite would be the one leaving the place should case be while Rio would be doing the walking. "Stay here," Kite ordered, "why? Are you going somewhere?" Rio asked him, "there's a gang running an area not far from here and I heard their captains are named Scorch and Chills." Rio heard of those names before, they were boys who were running the gang her brother once joined. "Are you going to duel them?" she asked him, "somebody has to," he replied, "their crimes cannot go unpunished and they haven't gone unnoticed from me." He opened his portal to head to his de