Phantom's POV:
I stood up and walked over to her, lowering my hood back down to my shoulders. She stiffened completely as she realized who I was. Is she afraid? Maybe. I did pick her up and jump out a damn window without waring her... A few seconds...
The following image was a request based from Chapter 42 Phantom's POV:
'Yugo immediately tackled me in a hug, clinging tightly even as I toppled to the ground. We both began to laugh. Yuri and Yuto smiled from afar.'
First a sketch, I think it looked its best at this point,
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then some line work, second attempt at trying out clothing folds!
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and then just a smidge of color!
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Not the best, not the worst I suppose ^^'
Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled reading!
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"What do you mean, 'he's gone'? Like, he escaped? Do you know where he went?"
"Yuya..." Yuto said quietly.
"Reiji, ours, had him sent to the 'Incarnates'..." Yuri explained for him.
I stared at the confusion. Who're the 'Incarnates'? Did Reiji get some kind of new henchmen?
"They..." Yugo tried, but even he couldn't speak.
"Okay, so they're bad guys, but who exactly are they? You make it sound like such a bad thing, but I can't be intimidated by something I don't know about."
Yuto looked away from me.
"They're our dragons." Yuto answered finally.
"'Our dragons'? Like Odd-eyes and Athelion?"
"In a way." Yuri said, looking at Yuto and Yugo.
"But they're cards! They-" I stopped.
I'm such a fool... Zarc was possessed by our dragons; that's how Z-ARC was born... A piece of card-stock can't do that...
"Dad always told us they were alive... I guess I forgot he wasn't just talking about G.O.D.." I said quietly.
"What are they going to do to him? Why do they want him? Is there a way to get him back...?" I added.
"They don't just want him, they want you too, but..." Yuto said, looking back to the ground.
"They need all of us." Yuri answered.
"But why!? Why do they want us so much? And what about our dragons? How are they a part of this?" I practically yelled, grabbing my hair.
"Shh, shh!" Yuto hushed, rushing to my side.
"Yuya, there's guards on patrol! If you don't keep it down, you'll get us caught!" Yugo explained, covering my mouth with his hands, pushing me back down to the ground.
I sat back up, giving a nervous smile and sweatdropped, Yugo's hands still on my mouth. Yuto backed up, returning to his original spot next to Yuri. After a moment, my demeanor changes to a more appropriate one.
"So... What are we going to do?" I asked, removing Yugo's hand from my face.
Yuri sighed.
"I don't know. But if we need a good start, getting back home should be a priority." Yuri stated, placing a finger on his chin.
"But what about the other Yuya!? What about his counter-parts? We can't just leave like this!"
"Yuya, his counter-parts are gone." Yugo said quietly.
"But you have their memories! And once we get Yuya back, he'll need-"
"Enough, Yuya!" Yuto burst out.
"Y-Yuto?" I questioned.
He walked back to me again, stopping a few inches away, resting his hand on my shoulder, staring me in the eyes.
"We've seen the kinds of things those creatures can do! To be honest, they're probably done it to him already!"
"Done what!?"
"They want to fuse each of us with our other versions as well as our dragons' DNA.."
"W-why!?"
"They want to make us the next in line successors to this city!"
My eyes widened.
"T-then... Who's in control now? And why do they want us? What are you saying!?"
Yuto lowered his head a moment, then looked back up at me with eyes obscured by a deep, bright, violet light. I looked over and saw Yugo and Yuri in a similar state. I scrambled to get up, but Yuto pinned me down easily.
"W-why would you want this?" I yelled, tears streaming from my eyes.
"Don't you want things to go back to the way they were? We can do that! You just have to give up!" Yuto spoke, his eyes illuminating his tears and a small smile as he hung over me.
"Y-Yuto, have you lost your mind!?
"The Supreme King shall rule all!" Yuto yelled as Yuri pulled out a small syringe.
Yuri stepped closer, pinning my arm down, and injecting the green liquid inside. My eyes blurred the colors around me together as I slowly lost consciousness. The last thing I see, being my brothers' eyes returning to normal, tears flowing from all of them...
