Book 3. Choices through time and space.

Dual duel part 2.

A,N: Well hello dear readers. Here is the next chapter. Just so you know, Zaira is not much in this chapter. Sorry! But this chapter part is important, so sadly can't skip it. But she has a major role in the next one for sure! However hope you still like it. Please comment and tell me what you think.

Yuma's p.o.v.

Ray: 1400 Lp's.

Yuma: 3400 Lp's.

Girag: 4000 Lp's.

Yuma couldn't believe what he was seeing here. Astral had been with him in one minute, and in the next he had collapsed to the ground. Or more like floating since they were inside the sphere, but that was minor details. His ghostly friend was flashing in and out all the time as well. This didn't look good at all.

"Astral! Astral please speak to me!" Yuma uttered in a scared tone.

"I.. I am here" Astral said in a low voice and send him a weak reassuring smile. "Yuma.. I cannot keep dueling by your side. I am very sorry. I must retrieve to the safety of the key at once. The sphere fields effects are too great for me to withstand any more, but know this my friend, I have great fate in that you can win. If you.. Just feel the flow".

That was Astral's last words before he returned to the safety of the key. Yuma were rather shocked by that. However he wasn't gonna let his partner down. That was a promise.

"He-he, Just like Astral, I will say your chances of winning, have disappeared" Girag mocked from his side of the field.

Yuma send him a cold glare at that, but he didn't say anything. Girag didn't seem to care either way. Instead he squeezed his key a little tighter, before he took the necklace off all together.

"What are you doing?" Ray questioned in a puzzled tone. Yuma didn't answer him. Instead he looked down on the spectators down below him.

"Tori, Zaira catch!" He then shouted and tossed the key through the barrier of the sphere field. It went easily through, and soon Zaira were holding the key in her hands. Yuma smiled gratefully back "Take care of the key and Astral for me. Keep it safe until we win this".

He could see Zaira nod, as she soon entered the key and left it in Tori's protective hands. Knowing Zaira, Yuma figured she had gone in there to see if she could help Astral in his recovery. He would need all the help he could get. Yuma turned towards Ray now. The orange haired duelist looked really confused and slightly scared, and who could really blame him? Ray couldn't see Astral and the duel with Girag was not going so well at the moment either. It would be pretty normal for him to be scared. Therefore Yuma send him a reassuring smile.

"Ray, don't worry. I'll protect you. We will get through this duel together" He then said. Girag chuckled darkly in the background now.

"Ha! Impossible! There is no way you can fight and keep an eye on Ray" He replied and chuckled again "I look forward to see you try and fail. Aha-ha-ha!".

"Yuma doesn't have to worry about me Girag" Ray then said and drew "I can take care of myself with this". He started of his move by summoning "Shinning Sly" to the field in att mode. It was a lv 3 monster with 1200 att points.

"With this card, when there is an Xyz monster on the field, I can't get attacked" Ray explained "Now Yuma can take his mind of me, and focus on you". He ended his turn with a face down.

"Yuma, go ahead. It is your move" Ray pointed out and smiled.

"Oh yeah" Yuma replied with a grin and drew.