Hidden Personality

Chapter 1: From Key to City

I decided to rewrite this story because I didn't like the wording and the way the story was told so hopefully this is better.

(A/N: The story take pace before, during and after episodes 101 and 102)

"Are you going to make a move of what Astral?" Dark Mist asks his friend.

"I'll pass, you can go." Astral replies.

When Dark Mist goes to draw a card from his deck he and Astral become blinded by a white light. When the light fades they're no long in the airship where they were dueling just moments ago.

"What in the world just happened?" Dark Mist asks confused.

"I'm not sure, but somehow we've been taken to the city." Astral replies.

"I'm gonna be late!" A boy cries as he runs past them from the opposite side of the street.

Astral and Dark Mist look to see who said this only to find Yuma racing down the sidewalk trying to get to school as quickly as he can. His own Astral following close behind him.

"We're not at home anymore." Astral says.

Let's follow Yuma to school and when he's alone with his friends we confront him. We'll need to stay with someone until we can find a way back to our own world." Dark Mist replies as he watches Yuma race off to school in the distance.

Both Astral and Dark Mist follow Yuma to school and around lunch time is when he and his friends are up on the school's roof eating lunch.

"Hello Yuma." Dark Mist says to get the groups' attention as he appears before them. He sits in front of a water tank looking down at the high schoolers.

"What are you doing here?!" Yuma says as he quickly gets on his feet, not at all happy to see him.

"I've come here seeking your help, me and my partner need a place to stay until we can get back to where we belong."

"Partner?" Astral questions as he floats slightly above the group of kids.

Suddenly a white aura appears next to Dark Mist then forms into his Astral.

"That would be me." Astral says, sitting rather close to Dark Mist.

Yuma and Astral look at him in shock, they're speechless as they watch this new Astral lay his head against Dark Mist's shoulder.

"What have you done to him Number 96?" Astral asks rather calmly.

"I assure you, he hasn't done anything to me. We live as roommates in the key, we were dueling to pass the time when we were suddenly blinded by a white light that brought us here." The "new" Astral says, now hugging Dark Mist's arm slightly.

"We can understand that you're confused and so are we, but we're not from here. We come from a different world with our own versions of you and your friends." Dark Mist pipes up, not at all bothered that Astral is hugging his arm.

"Well guys what do you say, do we help them?" Yuma turns to look at his group of friends.

"How do we know they're not trying to go after the Numbers." Shark says untrusting of them.

"For starters I have all the Numbers for my world. And that also means that I have all of my memories back as well, so why would I need yours?" Astral counters Shark statement.

"And I have no reason to take them since I have no desire to destroy anything." Dark Mist says rather bored. "And beside I'm actually good friends with Number 39."

Yuma and Astral look at him as if he's got five heads because of the statement he just made.

"They can't be evil if the two of them are just sitting here talking to us. I mean they could be causing trouble around the city instead of being here." Tori says.

"I say we help them find their way back home." Cathy chimes up

"Tori does have on point on that." Bronk chimes in.

Yuma turns to look at his partner to see what he has to say.

"I don't feel any evil intentions coming from them but that doesn't mean they can be trusted."

"We can lead you to the Mythyrian Numbers and help against the Barians." Astral says, as he moves from laying his head on Dark Mist's shoulder to his lap.

"We could always use more help against them." Astral says to Yuma and the gang.

"Then it's settled, you two can come live we me." Yuma says

"I'd keep a watchful eye over them Yuma." Shark says.

"I assure you Shark there's no need to worry about Yuma's safety around us." Astral says as he yawns, feeling tired.

"Speaking of us," Dark Mist says to get everyone's attention. "So no one gets confused on which Astral is which-"

"You can just call me Dicoyua." Astral says interrupting what Dark Mist was saying, he looks half asleep with his head sitting in Dark Mist's lap.

"And I prefer to be called Dark Mist instead of 96." Dark Mist says as if he wasn't interrupted at all by Astral.

Yuma and the others just nod at this, when lunch is over they return to their classrooms.