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Again she snarled, slowly becoming two toned as the blood dripped, her claws scraping the floor as she had to make a choice. Possibly give herself one hell of a concussion or risk her getting out.

The answer was clear enough.

She then smashed her head against the hard ground below her, shaky exhales escaping her that made her body numb with pain as she breathed. But she could feel the other slowly moving away, settling back down as the soul restrains came back altogether. It was one thing she had learned, a blow strong enough to the head for some reason counteracted it, and there was still many mysteries but she hoped to solve that one first.

“....and...that’s why I believe i’m forbidden from the dueling field.” 

was it just her or were there three Yuya’s now, probably the concussion. 

❰ Abyssal ❱

“i’d rather hurt myself…than hurt someone ever again….” was her choked out growl of a response before blood dripped from her jaws as she then grit her teeth, squeezing draconian eyes shut as her tail slammed against the ground.

Every single scar on her body seemed to slowly be cracking back open, to just bleed again as she hissed the words now, a soft whimper managing it’s way through asthen her eyes snapped back open, looking at Yuya but only eyes of blood greeted him, it was as if blood swirled in her eyes from their color alone as the white had become black like the void would be.

Then she slammed her head against the wall, hard, enough to make her momentarily falter, hissing out as she was trying to fight the very thing trying to get out. 

“I will not…let her out…”

“-!” 

The glare that Abyssal shot him should’ve been enough for Yuya to turn and run. It was terrifying; alarming; insane—but as much as Yuya wanted to deny it, it was also a look that he and his counterparts knew and felt all too well. 

Just the thought of remembering the fear and desperation as they fought to hold back Zarc like that was like a nightmare Yuya didn’t want to recall; but it was still fresh enough for him to take a shaky step back at the sight.

“You keep fighting it! Whatever that thing is, remember you don’t have to let it out if you don’t want it out! Just keep believing in yourself, Abyssal, and you can fight it!” 

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“i’d rather hurt myself...than hurt someone ever again....” was her choked out growl of a response before blood dripped from her jaws as she then grit her teeth, squeezing draconian eyes shut as her tail slammed against the ground.

Every single scar on her body seemed to slowly be cracking back open, to just bleed again as she hissed the words now, a soft whimper managing it’s way through asthen her eyes snapped back open, looking at Yuya but only eyes of blood greeted him, it was as if blood swirled in her eyes from their color alone as the white had become black like the void would be.

Then she slammed her head against the wall, hard, enough to make her momentarily falter, hissing out as she was trying to fight the very thing trying to get out. 

“I will not...let her out...”

❰ Abyssal ❱

Nails dug into the wall before she got up, turning away from them before she slammed her fist into the brick wall, a crack ringing out clearly from her bones as she hissed, ignoring the blood that dripped as she slowly panted. 

Pain, the one thing that could stabilize her, allow her to ignore the outside world and dig deep before slowly her human form began to fade away before soon enough she stood on all four claws again, the forbidden dragon standing at 10 feet. But the jet black that was running through her navy blue scales showed something more as her claws dug into the ground, her entire body trembling before she let out a low growl. “etirwer eht kcolc ecno erom, dnid eht nomed luos niaga.” she kept muttering over and over as the jet black slowly began to fade back to navy blue.

The pound of bone shattering claws against brick snapped Yuto’s attention away from his counterpart; the flash of a dragon more then enough for the Xyz native to take a defensive step back. He’d known that something odd was happening with the duel monster spirit, but seeing Abyssal in such a fit of rage after turning his focus away to talk to Yuya was more than he’d expected.

She’d seemed preoccupied with herself, but-

‘—Alright Yuto, that’s it! I’m stepping back in!’ 

Just as quick as Abyssal had changed, so had the boy in front of her. Crimson red eyes seemed to replace smoky grey in a flash as Yuya stood the one facing the dragon instead of Yuto before. 

“Hey, Abyssal! I don’t know what’s going on here, but you need to snap out of it! You’re only going to end up hurting yourself if this keeps up!” 

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Nails dug into the wall before she got up, turning away from them before she slammed her fist into the brick wall, a crack ringing out clearly from her bones as she hissed, ignoring the blood that dripped as she slowly panted. 

Pain, the one thing that could stabilize her, allow her to ignore the outside world and dig deep before slowly her human form began to fade away before soon enough she stood on all four claws again, the forbidden dragon standing at 10 feet. But the jet black that was running through her navy blue scales showed something more as her claws dug into the ground, her entire body trembling before she let out a low growl. “etirwer eht kcolc ecno erom, dnid eht nomed luos niaga.” she kept muttering over and over as the jet black slowly began to fade back to navy blue.

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“i…yes…” was what she managed out as she dug her nails into the old box she was sitting upon, wood cracking as she let out a shaken rugged breath. Again covering her face as her frame shook. “no..more about this subject…please..It hurts talking…about…”

The sickening feeling was rising, kept rising and it felt like her heart was being clawed into, ripped apart over and over with the pain in her chest as it felt hard to breathe, it generally got harder to speak to the point it seemed she was more so about to have a full on Panic Attack right in front of them but that wasn’t the cause.

“..I…it’s hard…keeping her….trapped inside…!”

‘Yuto, you need to let me take back over! Whatever’s bothering her, I think I know of something that can help!’ came a voice from the back of Yuto’s mind; the call just enough to force the Xyz counterpart’s attention away from Abyssal to focus on his other half instead.

“Yuya, now isn’t the time to think you know anything. There’s clearly something going on with her, but as much as you want to help, I don’t think this is a battle we should get involved with. She’s at war with herself, not us.”

‘But Yuto—!’

“I’m serious, Yuya! You remember how Zarc was within us, don’t you? The more we antagonized his existence, the more he challenged the control we had over ourselves. This seems like tha same thing, so before you go charging in, we should watch and wait.” Maybe not asking about the girl’s state of mind right now would give her time to calm down.

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“i...yes...” was what she managed out as she dug her nails into the old box she was sitting upon, wood cracking as she let out a shaken rugged breath. Again covering her face as her frame shook. “no..more about this subject...please..It hurts talking...about...”

The sickening feeling was rising, kept rising and it felt like her heart was being clawed into, ripped apart over and over with the pain in her chest as it felt hard to breathe, it generally got harder to speak to the point it seemed she was more so about to have a full on Panic Attack right in front of them but that wasn’t the cause.

“..I...it’s hard...keeping her....trapped inside...!”

❰ Abyssal ❱

Abyssal hated it, she could feel the sick feeling rising within her and it was like her throat was burning. Maybe it was the requirement of energy finally getting to her but she could practically feel the four dragons weariness and it sent red flags up.

A flicker of red in her eyes as they seeped in through the edges as if trying to take over the calm passive yet intense teal.

“apologies…i must be making your dragons scared…with her…I…” she shut up. “let’s change the subject..” if that would get Crimson Death away from rising she would be rather glad.

‘She’s right, Yuto. It’s not just Dark Rebellion who’s acting like this, but I feel it in Odd-Eyes, too.’

Yuto didn’t need Yuya confirming what he thought to believe it to be true, either. It made sense, though. The four of them were so interconnected that if Dark Rebellion could sense something was off with this girl, then the other three dragons—and by extension, his counterparts—could also feel the same thing.

Abyssal was one of be cautious of; that’s what Rebellion’s warning was telling him.

“You are, but I’m sure there’s good reason. Our dragons are usually pretty attentive of their surroundings and don’t react unless there’s a good cause.” She’d asked him to change the subject though, “You act like you’ve see our dragons before though. Have you?” 

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Abyssal hated it, she could feel the sick feeling rising within her and it was like her throat was burning. Maybe it was the requirement of energy finally getting to her but she could practically feel the four dragons weariness and it sent red flags up.

A flicker of red in her eyes as they seeped in through the edges as if trying to take over the calm passive yet intense teal.

“apologies...i must be making your dragons scared...with her...I...” she shut up. “let’s change the subject..” if that would get Crimson Death away from rising she would be rather glad.

❰ Abyssal ❱

“I…I don’t even know…” was her answer before she took her head into her hands, a soft hiss as a figure momentarily popped up, what Yuto would be able to see due to the faint link he had in this plane possibly as a spirit.

A figure hovered over Abyssal like a grim reaper almost, eyes like that of blood and the very aura it gave off in that split moment was like it was here to kill, not to make friends. But just like it had appeared it vanished as she slowly straightened her posture.

“…all I remember…was being dragged down by some type of enchanted ropes and held there while….while….” while what. It was all shattered fragments but the chill going throughout her body screamed to forget about it and not try to remember.

“I think my mind has locked that away….due to what it possibly could have been. Something just tells me to not remember..even though I want to.”

Yuto thought he could hear Dark Rebellion give a warning of a roar in the background of his mind before a figure appeared above Abyssal’s head. It was dingy and hard to see in the dim alleyway light; almost like a fog, but just like smoke it was there and gone in a puff before Yuto really had a chance to focus.

The only thing that told him that hadn’t been an illusion was the restlessness he could feel from his dragon. Rebellion was nervous, almost frightened; and that translated into Yuto giving the girl a concerned look of his own, too.

“Something tells me it’s probably for the best, too. If it was really as traumatic as you say it was, then nothing could can come out of remembering something like that.”  

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“I...I don’t even know...” was her answer before she took her head into her hands, a soft hiss as a figure momentarily popped up, what Yuto would be able to see due to the faint link he had in this plane possibly as a spirit.

A figure hovered over Abyssal like a grim reaper almost, eyes like that of blood and the very aura it gave off in that split moment was like it was here to kill, not to make friends. But just like it had appeared it vanished as she slowly straightened her posture.

“...all I remember...was being dragged down by some type of enchanted ropes and held there while....while....” while what. It was all shattered fragments but the chill going throughout her body screamed to forget about it and not try to remember.

“I think my mind has locked that away....due to what it possibly could have been. Something just tells me to not remember..even though I want to.”

❰ Abyssal ❱

“precisely….if I were to crack open the door even a little bit….well I have no doubt your dragon would be practically screaming at you in your bond to get out of here. she’s….what happened when…Humanity betrayed me all those years ago…”

a wince as her presence inside only skyrocketed with talking about her, Abyssal finding that this sickly feeling was because as she spoke ‘she’ was breaking more of her restraints, slowly but surely she could hear each individual soul chain shatter inside her.

“…my hatred for Humanity for all those years…..let’s just say I had a good reason since they decided to leave me with such a terrible entity they created.”

“So you know about Dark Rebellion?” 

Though now that she’d mentioned it, Yuto was definitely aware of his dragon’s concern. At first he’d thought it’d just been Rebellion’s own wariness about being around someone new. Abyssal wasn’t human and Rebellion always seemed to looking out for him against anything unusual or strange, especially with things Yuto couldn’t sense himself—but there was something different about the dragon’s apprehension this time. 

“I don’t think it’s my place to ask, but if you got stuck with something like that to guard over, what happened? In a way, it almost seems like unfair punishment.”

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“precisely....if I were to crack open the door even a little bit....well I have no doubt your dragon would be practically screaming at you in your bond to get out of here. she’s....what happened when...Humanity betrayed me all those years ago...”

a wince as her presence inside only skyrocketed with talking about her, Abyssal finding that this sickly feeling was because as she spoke ‘she’ was breaking more of her restraints, slowly but surely she could hear each individual soul chain shatter inside her.

“...my hatred for Humanity for all those years.....let’s just say I had a good reason since they decided to leave me with such a terrible entity they created.”

❰ Abyssal ❱

“….more like a curse….” she said as she looked down at her own hands with a growl, a faint bit of red seeping into the intense teal as she could already see what they could not. The blood that stained, dripped down in pools as if threatening to swallow the area as she squeezed her eyes shut.

“….you have your own demons, but what happens when one lives inside you….just to cause you more suffering and agony through your immortal curse.”

She could feel ‘her’, tugging at her restraints and bellowing her roar within her very soul again. Her own crying out in agony from how much the other was attacking but still she remained strong on the outside. She dared not show how weak she was internally at the moment as she closed her eyes, trying to focus on them but also keep tabs on ‘her’. If she was trying to take control then she would need to leave as quick as possible. 

It was weird. She seemed to be looking at something; something that Yuto couldn’t see, but for some reason, he actually felt like he knew what Abyssal was talking about, too. Though his rage had finally been put to rest, Yuto and his counterparts had had their own ‘demon’ they’d had to deal with in the form of Zarc running havoc through their lives.

Zarc had been the driving force behind bringing all four of them together, but he also hadn’t been nice in his habit of forcing all four of them to the brink with his thirst for power and revenge either. 

“What do you mean? Are you saying there’s some kind of spirit you have to deal with, too?” 

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“....more like a curse....” she said as she looked down at her own hands with a growl, a faint bit of red seeping into the intense teal as she could already see what they could not. The blood that stained, dripped down in pools as if threatening to swallow the area as she squeezed her eyes shut.

“....you have your own demons, but what happens when one lives inside you....just to cause you more suffering and agony through your immortal curse.”

She could feel ‘her’, tugging at her restraints and bellowing her roar within her very soul again. Her own crying out in agony from how much the other was attacking but still she remained strong on the outside. She dared not show how weak she was internally at the moment as she closed her eyes, trying to focus on them but also keep tabs on ‘her’. If she was trying to take control then she would need to leave as quick as possible. 

❰ Abyssal ❱

“let them try. I’m not afraid to fight, besides no one can use my card with force. I’d rather die then live life as a prisoner.”

she’d already lived one life like that, the darkness surrounding her everyday, the chains that shackled her to the floor and kept her there. But she knew what it was like more than anyone could believe before she softly sighed.

“I’m aware Yuto. I’ve dealt with people like that…way too many times..”

Yuto couldn’t help but study the girl after her answer, silently aware that Yuya had fallen quiet to let him take over the conversation. It wasn’t often that he got to talk with another person like this without being in control of his counterpart’s and his shared consciousness. Normally, it was only Yuya who could hear him.

And yet-

“You don’t seem like the type who enjoys looking for war to me, though. You’ve earned your power, but not by force.” Yuto could actually respect that.

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“let them try. I’m not afraid to fight, besides no one can use my card with force. I’d rather die then live life as a prisoner.”

she’d already lived one life like that, the darkness surrounding her everyday, the chains that shackled her to the floor and kept her there. But she knew what it was like more than anyone could believe before she softly sighed.

“I’m aware Yuto. I’ve dealt with people like that...way too many times..”

❰ Abyssal ❱

She looked at Yuto before she cracked up, like he was some sort of comedian here as she laughed, holding her stomach as she giggled in the end.

“Oh my, you really think I dont know that, I’ve seen duels, enough to know theres is bad, ah but i wont dig deep into an example. At least you dont see what happens to monsters in the graveyard.”

“But still, if you think I’ll give up a chance to finally be able to be in a duel at somepoint. Your dead wrong….oops…sorry maybe that was a bit offensive in your case.”

There hadn’t been anything funny about what he’d said? At least, not anything hilarious enough to warrant that kind of response from the duel monster. She might’ve seen things that no human in this dimension could’ve, but Yuto had witnessed his fair share of hard times, too. 

Being tossed into a war for the sake of his home dimension wasn’t something someone could just up and forget. 

“As I’ve said, there are still people here who aren’t friendly toward those with power. As soon as they figure out what you are, they’ll come after you simply because you’re different. You’ll have something they want and they’ll stop at nothing to take that from you.”

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A small pout from Abyssal was their reward as she turned her head away. “and back in my day it was either you learn or you get cut. fun times...” monotoned still but the grip on the hilt of her own sword was nevertheless impressive, relaxed but at a moment’s notice could she take it and do serious harm.

“...well...if you do basics with me then I’m going to treat you like a mere child for a week.” 

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“Not quite close enough. I’m further away than you think I am.” Critias easily blocked Timaeus’ sword with his shield. “From here, I can hit you but you can’t quite reach me.”

“I really can’t see that.” Timaeus grinned and took a step back, taking an attack stance again. “If this was a real battle, you would’ve won ten minutes ago.”

“-which is really impressive, considering you’ve only been practicing for five minutes” Hermos commented, making the other knights laugh.

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“underestimating a girl in battle Critias? shame on you, I’ll sweep you off your feet for that.” she said as she honestly was watching Timaeus. “...I may be a bit rusty....but I’ll make you see stars before you’ll even know your on the ground.” she was seriously challenging him now as she raised an eyebrow.

“Critias are you seriously just toying with him right now, that won’t teach him more if you keep letting him just attack you, you know...and stop leaving your left foot unguarded when blocking, your not allowing your body to fully grip the dirt and make the block a bit stronger.”

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“Not quite close enough. I’m further away than you think I am.” Critias easily blocked Timaeus’ sword with his shield. “From here, I can hit you but you can’t quite reach me.”

“I really can’t see that.” Timaeus grinned and took a step back, taking an attack stance again. “If this was a real battle, you would’ve won ten minutes ago.”

“-which is really impressive, considering you’ve only been practicing for five minutes” Hermos commented, making the other knights laugh.

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My favourite thing with black cats is when they’re watching you with these really intense eyes, but their fur is so dark you can’t see their mouth. I can’t explain, they’re soothing, they’re telling me “girl, I see you, I know things, but I’m not judging you, everything you told me, each tear you shed in secret, I keep all of this for me, silent as the grave”

And this is good.

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Ploink

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Walking out to this was a little surprising for the female as she paused for a moment before speaking up. “had I known it was sword practice day i would have gotten my own sword.” she said as she then looked at Critias piercing teal eyes meeting his as she then walked over to Hemros. 

“I’m so challenging him to a sword match after this.” she said as she then walked off to go get her sword as she eventually in five minutes came back, sheath and all. She then leaned against the wall waiting and watching Critias’s every movement like a hawk, a true warrior studying their opponent. 

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“Not quite close enough. I’m further away than you think I am.” Critias easily blocked Timaeus’ sword with his shield. “From here, I can hit you but you can’t quite reach me.”

“I really can’t see that.” Timaeus grinned and took a step back, taking an attack stance again. “If this was a real battle, you would’ve won ten minutes ago.”

“-which is really impressive, considering you’ve only been practicing for five minutes” Hermos commented, making the other knights laugh.

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“Open up your eyes, see the world where I stand.”

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The small bow felt more right to her than she had imagined, there was a feeling behind it and a memory, back when she was a protector. Of course she could feel her stirr at the thought and quickly disbanded it.

“...it’s a little nostalgic being called that, what has it been, decades since i’ve been called such. But dear Haou, You should know I owe you the most, for allowing me to stay in such a grand place, for someone who has wandered the world for so many years, it’s the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time.”

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“I’m afraid Magic doesn’t usually ‘have’ a taste to it Haou. The wounds should heal fairly quickly however.”

she dared not tell him exactly what she knew, her wisdom in the wrong hands could be dangerous and at this time she’d much rather keep it to herself.

“again, I’m a legend, even if my records have been erased from most history, don’t be too shocked by what I do.”

   “Ok—ay! I get it.” She was right, the magic was working, his wounds were closing more quickly until finally there were only small gaps between his armor and clothes. He felt grateful.

   “Abyssal, you’re amazing!—” He got up to maintain his posture once more and made a small bow for her. —”You have my gratitude, great legend.”