The Broken Doll

Chapter 2

Also, this fanfic will have dueling scenes, but I'll just describe vague things. >.> I still don't know how to go about describing the specifics of the duels because there are so many cards to remember, and all their effects and shit. >~< So don't expect good dueling scenes.

"This room has the same properties as your headset," Shing explained as she took off his headset and set it on a table in the room. "It'll heal the damage done to your brain. Just don't leave this room without it."

"Yes, my queen," Yuma replied mindlessly.

Shing smiled brightly. "Good. Use today to rest. Tomorrow, you will be put through training."

Yuma nodded and went to the bed made for him. In no time, he was asleep.

~.~.~

"Grandma?!" Akari called from upstairs. "Have you seen Yuma!?" She hurried back down to the living room to see if he was just playing a prank.

"No, I haven't seen him today," Haru replied. 

"We go out for one minute, and he's suddenly gone! I can't believe it!" Akari crossed her arms in anger, but the anger quickly turned to worry. "It just doesn't make sense. He should have been here by now."

Haru just shook her head. They both told Yuma to be home as soon as school was out to do chores around the house. While she and Akari knew he would get on the chores later than expected, he was a good kid. He would never just skip out on what he promised to do. "We need to find him."

Akari nodded in agreement. "We should. You stay here. I'll search his friends' houses to see if he went to visit." Without waiting for an answer, Akari rushed to her room, threw on her biking clothes and helmet, ran back outside, and mounted her motorcycle. She revved the engine and sped off into the streets.

~.~.~

Yuma was awake now. Shing watched him explore the building and look at the machinery. She sighed as she rested on her chair with a smile. He was going to be the key to her rule. With him at her side, they would be the most powerful in the city, which would become her new kingdom. She would be happy as long as Yuma was by her side. He was what she was missing this entire time.

She noticed how his hand absently floated to the dull Key around his neck. Shing wondered if she could control the spirit who lived in there. If there was two, even better. From experience in her own world, she knew that the dark one was more of a powerhouse than a duelist. With his strength, she would have a body guard or a castle guard. The pure one, the one named Astral, was able to fuse with Yuma to form a powerful being. No one would defy her with that. Unfortunately, the Key seemed to be unresponsive, as if locked.

"Yuma, are you doing alright?" Shing called.

Yuma looked over and slowly released his grip on the Key. "I'm fine, my queen. Do you require anything?"

"Not at the moment, my knight."

"I am well enough to train, if you would allow me."

Shing stood up and examined her knight physically and mentally via the same machine she used to control him. He recovered surprisingly fast. Of course, the damage wasn't gone yet, but it would go away in time. "Alright, my knight. I'll go show you the training room, then."

She took his hand and led him to the training room, which would help condition his physical and mental strength in case he came across a hard duelist or a powerful foe. While he did that, Shing looked at the pictures of Yuma's friends and thought of how she could use them. They weren't the strongest, that much was sure, so she couldn't exactly use them as soldiers. Well, what else did a queen need? The answer to that was simple. They could be servants. A queen needs servants, after all. Knights weren't the only ones needed.