Book 3. Choices through time and space.

Battles, memories and a lot of water. part 3.

A,N: Hello my dear readers I am back and ready to continue Zexal. All the way to the end of book 3. Lucky you! This chapter is interesting. Mostly because Zaira barely has a point of view in it. But we do see ancient Zaira so hopefully that does make up for that. Have fun reading.

Dumon's p.o.v.

Dumon was staring down the foes he was about to face. It was Yuma and Astral and was a battle he knew would come eventually. Astral was the mortal enemy of Barian world and for some foolish reason, Yuma Tsukumo were fighting for their side. That alone was reason enough to battle them. The only good thing out of all this was that his beloved princess was here to witness it. Sure, Zaira had broken up with him and declared they were enemies, but that still didn't change his feelings for her. Killing Yuma and Astral would surely make her sad and Dumon was not sure he could bear it. To see her sad and maybe accusing face... well he was happy she was not here.

"Are you ready to duel Yuma?" Dumon questioned as he began raising his duel arm and create his duel disk.

"But Dumon, I am not so sure we are enemies!" Yuma shouted back fiercely and made the grey barian stop up for a second.

"Why would you doubt that?" Dumon then questioned.

"Because you saved us. Back there at the underground temple. In the pegasus ruin" Yuma responded quickly "If it wasn't for you, I am not sure we would have made it".

"You misunderstand my actions. From the very beginning it has been our destiny to battle" Dumon responded in a fierce tone "The only reason I helped you at that temple was because of her...".

"Because of Zaira you mean?" Astral hummed slowly "Because she is a barian".

"That is correct. Zaira is one of us. No matter how much you are trying to trick her into fighting for you" Dumon responded in a very cold tone "One day she will remember me and then it is game over for you Astral".

"But Dumon, don't you see, Zaira doesn't want to battle any of you either" Yuma tried reasoning "When she fought Alito, she was not the top of her game, and I understand why. I mean the legends tell me you are all humans. Just like me. So, the way I see it you and your pals should be our friends. Not my enemies. I know you and Zaira feels the same".

"You do not know what you speak of" Dumon huffed back "Yes, I agree that Zaira is not my enemy, but you! I do not think so. Besides, anyone who believes we used to be humans are clearly mistaken. Make no mistake about this Yuma. Barian world is the mortal enemy of Astral world!". At that Yuma looked from Astral to Dumon.

"What is the beef between you two? Do you even know why you are going after each other?" Yuma then questioned in a fierce tone. At that Dumon snort.

"The Why is not important! What's important is my mission to destroy Astral world" Dumon proclaimed rather fiercely. A statement that made Astral glare intensely back.

"I too have a mission. To destroy Barian world" he then stated.

Shark's p.o.v.

In the meantime.

Shark: 200 life points.

Abyss/Rio: 4000 Life points.

Shark groaned slightly as he got up from the ground. Abyss's last attack had left he rather shaken, but then again, he had 200 life points remaining while his opponent still had all of theirs. He really was in deep waters. That last attack nearly wiped me out. That however was the last thought he managed, before Rio's eyes glowed again and he was hit with the same weird sensation.