Did anyone say we needed more of these?

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[Suddenly, there is a Yubel in the Satellite. However, she seems too lost in her own thoughts to notice just quite yet.

So close. So damn close. Juudai was nearly in her arms; she had been so close to having him for herself, as he had promised eons before. It had just been the two of them, and she was all too prepared to make him remember, make him see what he had promised to her-that he would love her and only her.

And then he came. That Johan. He and his Crystal Beasts and that damned dragon. They had drawn his attention away from her, made him forget about her again...then he sent her precious Juudai away, back to the other dimension.

No matter. She would call him back. The Johan boy never made it back to their home, instead trapped in the Dark World with her. Yes, she would use that to her fullest potential...

If he cared for that Johan boy so much...she'd have to dispose of him...but not before using him for her own needs. As much as she hated to admit it, he cared enough for him to follow him anywhere to get him back...even to the deepest, darkest recesses of his own heart.

Yes...if that side of him, that power that he was born with, the power that marked him as someone that could change the world, that she gave up her humanity to protect...if that side came back...

Maybe he would remember. Yes...

She spreads her large, bat-like wings, ready to take off and implement the plan, but...

...this looks nothing like Dark World.]

[ooc: oh my god my first GX pup ever ever ever I've been rewatching episodes JUST to see if I remember her right please let me know if I'm doin' it rite asdfadsfaf]

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[thejewelergem.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey look who's sitting on a fire escape, talking animatedly to - well, it probably doesn't look like thin air to you, although most people would see it that way. He hasn't noticed you yet, although the sound of wings is enough to make him raise his head curiously from his conversation with Emerald Turtle and Amethyst Cat.] Nn?

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[Her expression twists into a snarl when she spots him, before turning into a deceptively sweet smile, lined with malice and cruel intent.]

You.

[thejewelergem.livejournal.com]

[He looks up, taken aback for a moment, then waves. So duel spirits get dragged here, too, even if they don't have partners? Good to know.] Hey!

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[His friendly attitude infuriates her. Did he think he couldn't see through his lies, those deceptively sweet words that had stolen her Juudai away? Did he really think that would work?]

Don't think you can fool me, boy

[The last word is spat with a furious venom, her expression twisting back into that previous furious snarl, anger dripping from her voice.]

[thejewelergem.livejournal.com]

[And he looks incredibly confused. Who is this person and what did he do to piss her off?] . . . I'm . . . . sorry? I don't think I've met you before. Johan . . . . ? [He indicates himself. He's been told before that "you remind me of X," usually with the added comment that everyone has a double somewhere, so maybe she's thinking of someone else? Then again, how many people out there can see duel spirits, and what are the odds that one of them looks like him?]

[corrupted-king.livejournal.com]

[This was the last person he expected to see on the island. Now with her here he could truely awaken]

Yubel! [Haou, or rather a Judai now in control is yelling at you]

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

Ju...Juudai...?

[This wasn't right. He had been sent back, had he not? She had sensed him disappear from the plane, felt the agonizing pain of being torn away from him yet again...

And the power. That power. The one that should have made him remember her. It was there. And he was addressing her with...warmth? This was a dream, it must be...there was no way she would be granted with so much bliss after such agonizing sorrow.]

How...

[corrupted-king.livejournal.com]

[It wasn't warmth, rather it was the fire of determination burning in his eyes]

Yubel... I won't forgive you.

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[Anything, anything directed at her now would be love to her. Any attention. The pain he caused her...it was his warped love, wasn't it? He was showing her how far he would go...

Even now, she's convinced of it. The power of the Supreme King only confirmed her thoughts. So she takes his "warmth" of determination in full stride, smiling back at him with a silky, yet venomous, smile.]

Really, now...

[corrupted-king.livejournal.com]

[He only frowns at her sickening smile]

Damn you, what have you done with Johan?!

[protecthesavior.livejournal.com]

[Who was that... dragon monster? She never recognized any duel monster like it. With little fear in her, she confronts.. herself]

Hey you!

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[!!! Was she seeing things? She had often reflected on the past multiple times, saw herself the way she used to be...remembered what she had lost to forever protect the one who promised to love her always and had forgotten about it.

But this was the first time her memories had talked back...something wasn't right here...]

You...

[protecthesavior.livejournal.com]

[She had no idea who was this duel monster was or what their purpose here. But they seemed threatening to herself]

Who are you?

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[She looks down at this other...dream? Perhaps...

However, she couldn't help but wonder-what sort of trickery was this, to have her memories talk back? Was this a cruel joke?

Or was it a warning?

No matter. She could only defend herself, harming others with the pain that they tried to inflict on her. She would forge through this mockery and get back to her Juudai.]

I am...Yubel.

[protecthesavior.livejournal.com]

[That couldn't be true or was it...

She knew that undergoing an operation required her to take a hideous form. Was this really what the end result was like? Was that boy right about different worlds]

You're me... from after I gave up this form?

[guardians-ally.livejournal.com]

[He's only recently arrived and one of the first sights he sees is an old friend. Or so he presumes, anyway. Johan's eyes light up with joy and he starts towards Yubel.]

Yubel! Hey! I've been worried about you! [Sincere concern colors his voice as well.]

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[This is all wrong. What sort of trick was this? Did the Johan boy think he could take her in so easily, the same way he did her Juudai?]

Stop speaking your lies, thief.

[guardians-ally.livejournal.com]

[He pauses and stares at her. He's experienced other worlds through his visit to the other DR, so he can guess what might be up.]

Let me guess. You think that I've stolen Juudai from you and that he doesn't love you because of that, right?

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[And here, a snarl. So the other Johan's words were true, and that there were more of him around.]

At least you have the decency to not deny your crimes. That won't spare you.

[guardians-ally.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.] The world that I come from is different. You and I have been friends for years, since I was about ten. I've been trying to help you get your body back, and reunite you with Juudai. The last thing I'd ever want is to keep you two apart. [And true sincerity is written all over his words.]

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

He feels her presence as clearly as if Yubel were sitting beside him -- a bright sun rising over this dark, dim, perplexing world, its unnatural, almost furious kind of radiance seeming to dispel the blackness which seeks to assail it.

It's impossible for him to ignore this sensation which awakens such a tempestuous sense of presence within his mind and perceptions -- sending a shiver racing down his spine. Judai knows what this is -- that frail, almost severed and yet still indomitably strong bond which seems to bind together all of those who carry the names 'Yuki Judai' and 'Yubel', intertwining their lives until it becomes utterly impossible to say where one ends and the other begins. Even though the bitterly cold, hollow place within him has been long-filled, some remnant of that external bond still remains, allowing Judai to sense this Yubel's presence with unsettling clarity.

She might not be his own -- yet she is still Yubel all the same.... and if the Light's taint he can feel within her is no mere illusion granted by his beleaguered senses, then she has made the same sacrifices and endured the same vicissitudes as the one currently residing within his soul. That knowledge alone causes something regretful and deeply melancholic to stir in Judai's thoughts.

Quietly, he approaches her -- gloved hands tucked into his pockets, expression kept carefully neutral, for the time being.

"Yubel" Judai murmurs her name, dark eyes studying the painfully familiar shape -- tone of voice warm and gentle, in sharp contrast with his hard features.

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

[Again, shock. Another one of him. Of Juudai. He had come back to her. With warmth-but a different warmth, this wasn't the same love he had given her when she was exiled, the love that burned and seared and never let her forget that he had this effect on her...this was the warmth that he extended to his friends. Did she fall that far in his esteem, to group her with those fools?]

You...Juudai...

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

He can feel the Light flowing through her as if it were burning brightly, right at the surface -- visible to the naked eye. It's a thing of pain and harrowing remembrance for him, yet Judai steels himself and endures it stoically. This is as nothing compared to the pain Yubel herself endured, he harshly reminds himself -- all because of his misguided ideas about what would succeed in 'reforming' her.

"Not your own" he answers quietly, giving the Spirit a look which expresses shades of emotion by the hundreds -- so conflicting and complex in their very nature that they're impossible to even describe in any semblance of sluggish, entirely unsuitable human speech. "Not the one from your world, at least, if I'm not mistaken about the rules of this place."

Yubel.... He can guess some of the emotions flitting through her own mismatched eyes -- and the sight of them makes the Herald feel as if the crushing burden of personal guilt had been dropped onto his shoulders once more.

[itai-yo-juudai.livejournal.com]

This...what sort of trickery is this? What fool thought they could lay this falsity in my path?

[This had to be a trick. This Juudai wasn't shunning her, wasn't causing her pain...wasn't loving her. This wasn't her Juudai. Worlds...what nonsense was he ruminating on? In all the twelve dimensions, there was only one Juudai, one her. It couldn't be otherwise.]

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Ah, Yubel.... If he had been a less controlled individual, Judai would have probably reacted with more than a slight wince at her angry, hurtful words. The whole thing is even more compounded by the fact that he knows precisely what is warping her perceptions to such a frightful degree.... even if he also carries a very significant portion of the blame as well.

"No trickery, Yubel. Only the truth, even if you cannot see it at the moment."

And again, there is regret for his part in all of this. Perhaps, if he had known enough in order to realize that he was exposing Yubel to a mortal danger by sending her up in space.... no. It is far too late for these kinds of tardy, worthless regrets. All that counts is the here and now.

"I would give everything of myself if it would mean that your suffering could come to an end" he murmurs, taking another step towards her, every cell within his body vibrating with the heat of the closeness -- the part of him that is Yubel as well stirring to full awareness. "As would any other Yuki Judai who has realized the meaning of the past and of his mistakes. Pain is not love, Yubel -- it never was."