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The pendulum swung back and forth. Yuya looked after the blue necklace and tried to understand the things that were going on right now. Everything went in a total chaos and things seemed so confusing and unbelievable. Especially when he looked at the situation he got himself in. Looking up from his pendant he watched over the three sleeping people besides him. Seriously how did they end up like this? It was unbelievable but he just shared a room with Yuto, Yugo and Yuuri. And with sharing a room he meant the prison of Academia. He sighed.
When Yuto got his body back he thought it would be easier. He thought they just could fight together but then they got absorbed by a mystical power from Academia. They tricked them and they had no chance to flee. But that wasn't the only thing. Academia did the same to Yugo. And if this wasn't enough they even caught Yuuri. Now they were all four together in a little room without any knowledge. Maybe Yuuri seemed to know a bit but he didn't talked that much. Yuya just had him seen once and after he found out that he was the one who captured Yuzu he couldn't do anything but hate him in the first moment. When he found out that he also kidnapped Ruri and this friend from Yugo, Rin, he didn't know what to think. It already was weird. He and Yuzu had three different counterparts. They weren't able to be together when Yuzu or one of the others girls were at the same place as Yuya or the others ones. They had no idea on why and what was going on but that wasn't the point.
What was Academia's aim to catch them? And why did they do this to Yuuri? Wasn't he a part of them like Sora is? There were so many questions and no answers. Yuya tried to not think about the things too much. He stared at Yuto who was sleeping next to him. He was the only one he could talk normal to right now. He didn't know Yugo that much and hadn't the chance to talk much with him these days. He couldn't understand him even though he wanted to. At a point he even wanted to understand Yuuri. That guy was probably the worst but at the same time there had to be a reason he was there with all of them. Closing his eyes Yuya tried to sleep a bit. Since they were here they all lost their feeling for day and night. It were already a few days. Slowly Yuya fell into an anxious sleep. There was this darkness in his heart which he had no idea what it was. It was something that controlled all of them. But it had so much affection to Yuya. The entertainer woke up with a shock. His whole body shivered and for a second he had even forgotten that he wasn't alone until he could feel a hand on his shoulder.
“Yuya? Are you okay?” He looked to Yuto who had a worried expression on his face. Yuya shook his head and tried to forget that dream. “Yes ... I guess.”
“ARGH what do those idiots want from us anyways?! I don't see a point why they keeping us here and treating us like some dogs.” Yugo said in despair as he let himself fall back on the ground.
“I don't have time to be in a prison.”
“Captain Obvious spoke.” Yuuri added annoyed and rolled his eyes. “You aren't really a good company to have. Noisy brat.”
“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAID?!” The hot-blooded teen glared at him.
“See. Loud.”
“Oh you are just pissed because your beloved own homeland betrayed you.” That hit a nerve. Yuuri stood up directly and grabbed Yugo's shirt so he could pull him near to him.
“I swear if you don't shut your mouth I'm going to make it shut forever.” He said with a grin on his face. “You know I have lots of ways to do that.”
Yugo glared back. “Sick bastard. Let me go!”
“Guys please. Stop that ... we finally should get along with each other or else we will never get a way out of here.” Yuya tried his best to convince them but like always they just blocked him.
“Oh come on. Sure that has to come from someone of Standard.” Yuuri rolled his eyes again and let go of Yugo's shirt so the teen fell on the ground. He growled but didn't say anything.
“As if you know things better. You are someone who is involved in this mess and caused a lot of the trouble we have now so you better stop acting like that.” Yuto interfered. Yuya hid himself a little bit behind his xyz counterpart. Sure he wanted to get to know the other two but that was difficult and Yuuri was creepy. The only one he felt safe around was Yuto at the moment.
“Mad little xyz-user? You have every reason.” Yuuri said with a grin.
“I dare you -”
“Yuto don't.” The good thing was that Yuto would listen to Yuya so he stopped the conversation.
A few days in prison. They actually could be proud of themselves that they were still alive and not attacked each other. A bit of time went by when the door to their ceiling opened and one of Obelisk Force came with their food. That guy was probably cursed with his job. But either of them was able to do anything to him. They all had special collars which gave them a terrible electric shock when they tried to break out. Yugo already had the joy to feel that and it was painful. The guy left and everyone sat on the ground with a plate. They had nothing in this room. No tables, no beds – nothing. Just the ground and some blankets. The only thing lead out of the room for them was a door that lead to a tiny bathroom. Yuya looked at them and then on his plate.
“With one thing you are right ... they really treat us like dogs.” Yuya said and looked at Yugo tried to make joke out of this which surprisingly worked because Yugo had a short smile on his face.
They ate in silence. The food was terrible and the atmosphere didn't really ask for an appetite to have.
“Seriously we should stop fighting and hating each other. That's nonsense. We obviously have the same enemy and if we don't get along here this will be even more painful than it already is.” Yuya whispered but everyone could understand him. With a look on each other’s faces they just sighed.
“I know I maybe can't understand this... like you said it. Standard doesn't know anything so I can't understand that hate you have against each other that much but ...” Yuya looked down on the floor no idea what he could say to sound motivational. “I don't know. Sorry.”
Yuya pushed the plate away from him and hugged his knees. What would he give for being able to do anything to make this mess better. But in the end he was just a clueless guy.
“Yuya is right. Fighting here won't do anything good.” Yuya looked up at Yuto and had to smile a bit. He knew how hard it was for Yuto to be here. Academia had destroyed his whole town and brought him so much pain. Being in one room with them here must be hard so he was happy that he tried it.
“Maybe you are right.” Yugo said hesitating and looked at Yuto. “I should ... uhm ... probably” He sighed. “I should apologize that I thought you were the one who captured Rin.” He looked away. “But you are still a weird guy.”
Yuto raised his eyebrow. He never thought that guy would be able to do something like that. “I guess then I have to apologize too. Also for the fact that I confused your name.”
“You better never forget it again.” Yugo said and laid his head on his knees.
“Yuugou. Funny for someone out of Synchro.”
“Stop that Fusion Bastard. As if I would belong here. My name is YUGO.” The boy was very sensitive about his name. “Also I can bring myself to apologize to Yuto and I don't have anything against Yuya but don't believe I will ever say anything nice to you.” He said angry.
“Tch. I never asked for it, idiot. I just want to get out of here and be away as fast as I can from you weirdos.”
“Why in the first place did you do that?” Yuya asked him. “Why are you here? Why are you working for Academia and why did you just listened to their plans?”
“As if I would tell you anything. That doesn't have to care you. I have my reasons.”
“Well those reasons obviously brought you here. Seems like the Professor doesn't think of you that much like you thought he does.”
Yuuri clenched his fists. Usually nothing could bring him in anger that fast. He loved to play with his victims little mind games but that boy was someone he really couldn't stand at all. Nobody of them.
“Let that idiot be an idiot. Jeez. Forget him.” Yuya really would have loved to do what Yugo said but there was something that bothered him about Yuuri. There was something more about this guy. He couldn't believe that he would be as evil as the Professor was.
Was it that secret force? The force that Yuya could feel the whole time. Maybe it controlled Yuuri too? Yuya was afraid of this force. He already had made so much damage with this power. He even nearly attacked his own friends. Yuto was able to stop him once but since he isn't in him anymore Yuya had to fight this thing alone.
He took his pendulum in his hand and stared at it. “Why just ...don't you give me answers?” He mumbled to himself.