Hope in the Shadows

Answers, finally!

AN: Hi!  ^ ^ I'm back with a brand new chapter and as well as a new story called Poison and wine. Please try it. :3

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh Zexal. But in my mind I do.

In the last chapter we learned that Yuma has to drink blood to keep his sanity, that Nasch was there for four days, and Yuma may be able to read minds. And now some real answers, I promise.

It was a few days later and now I've been here for a little over a week. I'm still waiting for Yuma to explain everything once I get stronger. I seem to be getting better fairly quickly though. It could be because I had no real remainder of the injury I got when I was attacked by the Necrophile. I asked Yuma about the wound and he said that he had healed it for me. I really wanted to know how but after that incident with the water I thought it's better not to ask.

My daily diet now seemed to consist of mountain lion meat and nothing else really. Everyday I would eat in the bed to save strength with Yuma right next to me and Astral and Mist sitting near the far wall. Mist would always try to start a fight or something and Yuma would silence him with a look that makes my blood run cold even though it's not directed at me. Astral would continue "observing" me but other than staring a lot didn't try anything so I was okay with it. But I couldn't really complain though. The way he lion's meat was cooked and seasoned actually made it taste amazing and I appreciated the company.

As I was having my little internal monologue I noticed Yuma come into the room. " Hey Shark how do you feel about taking a little walk with me through the caves. A walk through the caves? But wasn't he the one that told me to stay in bed and save my energy to get better? " Yeah I know I told you to stay in bed but it's been a few days and now you need to start trying to get your mobility back. " How does he do that!? " I told you I'd explain things later Shark. Now come on, Let's go. "

We walked for a little while until we came up to some kind of under ground pond. All that laying around and healing left me a little winded when I actually had to walk somewhere. Once I was able to catch my breath I asked, " So Yuma, why are we here? "
" Well Shark You've been here for over a week and haven't had a real bath for a while and you smell really bad. " All I could do was give him a dirty look because as much as I hate to admit he was right. I'm just thankful that he helped me go to the bathroom by taking me to this puddle of stagnant water that wasn't good for much else so I didn't have to use it on myself. " Plus Shark. I thought it would be a good place to talk without the twins around. "

So I ended up going into the pond of water with Yuma coming in right behind me, giving me some soap he said that he made from plants that even though is might sting at first it gets the job done. He didn't even try to hide the fact that he was trying to look me over. When did Yuma become such a pervert? " Actually Shark I've always been a pervert I just didn't show it before. " I didn't know if I should be upset that it turns out my closest friend was always a pervert or glad that something about my old friend was still there. Yuma just shrugged and said, " Take it how you will it doesn't really matter to me. Now Let's get down to business. "

" First, Fledglings. Fledglings are humans that are born with a certain mutation that turns them into Eternals when they die as long as they don't loose all their blood, because that's where the mutation lies. This certain mutation also gives can give Fledglings certain characteristics or abilities like that of an Eternal. Like how I was always a little faster, a little tougher, and healed a lot faster than most people. Not to mention the obvious red eyes.

After saying that he stopped. probably to give me a little time to process the new information. As I was thinking something hit me. He said fledglings can have certain characteristics or abilities. That made me think back to the first time I met Astral and Mist and how Mist created those weird shadows every where. Wait but does that mean that, " Astral and Mist are Fledglings? "

" Well Astral is but Mist technically doesn't exist. " What!? " Mist's , full name Black Mist, is a part of Astral's soul that I removed and placed into kind of a fake body that I created out of compressed shadows. " Why would you separate a piece of Astral's soul? " To keep him from completely destroying the entire world. " Huh? " You see Astral is very smart and is always formulating equations and probabilities and things like that and because of that he can't process emotions like most people. But an effect of his mutation was the raw emotion and instinct that come with being an Eternal and because he couldn't control it he went on a rampage. When I found him a couple years ago he nearly killed me so to stop him I separated the raw emotion from the logic and created Black Mist. " Isn't that name a little on the nose? "Says the guy who likes Sharks calling himself Shark." Touche. " Yeah but as an unknown result neither of them really remembered anything from before they met me and since I just couldn't leave them like that I took them and and they've been with me ever since."

" Well let's move on to Neophytes and Necrophiles. Neophytes are people that an Eternal would drink from and made the mistake of letting their blood mix with the persons which forces their blood to mutate. Since the mutation is forced it creates the weak monsters that you see most often. The only way for them to become stronger is to become Necrophiles, which they do by finding and drinking all the blood of a Fledgling. Which is what that one was trying to do when you hit it in the head. Thanks again You saved my life. Well after life." Did I really save you though? " Hey, don't think like that. I don't hurt people and I've even saved a few. Yours included. " Yeah you're right. I'm sorry. " No problem. " He gave me a warm little smile.

" Last is Eternals like myself. Fledglings who die and full powers awaken. They usually have powers unique to their mutation. The more the mutation shows when you're human is likely to show how strong you'll be as an Eternal. But there is one more thing. The mutation has a kind of time limit. As a fledgling gets older the mutation weakens so if they don't die in a certain amount of time they just die and don't become an Eternal. That's another reason I took in Astral and Mist. I'm hoping if I can keep them safe long enough they can have normal lives. " He cares about them so much. I guess he really is Yuma. To this he gives me a sad little smile.

He suddenly perks up and goes, " Oh yeah! By the way the whole mind reading thing. I can read people's minds because the thought leaves a little shadow as it sits in your mind. Since my ability mainly uses shadows I can just use the shadow to read the thought. Now let's get back to Astral and Mist before they get into too much trouble. "

AN: Wow. Longest chapter so far, I hoped you liked it.  Don't forget to comment for more chapters! ^  ^