"What is your desire?"
That question made Nate question at himself.
Not that Nate never thought what is the answer, but he never get at the destination where answer was, he couldn't find the answer, about himself.
"..." Nate couldn't tell
And the figure just stay stoned.
"..." even Heart didn't say anything
But the D-Bike was just going not taking name of stop or slow.
"Fine if you don't want to answer." Figure said
"What?" Nate confused, came hardly called murmur words
As if to hear the words from so far away.
"It won't be fair if you can't do it." It said in same giant And heavy voice.
"My eyes can see what you don't see even if your eyes are open."
"One can only see if eyes are closed huh?"
"We will begin our game now." It said
"But, isn't this the game?"
"No it was just a test to understand you but if you can't do that then don't."
Sigh
But Nate didn't relaxed he wanted to know himself. The himself he himself didn't know.
"The black game will draw the true nature of it's takers and the sacrifice of darkness will make you what you will be." It said like a devoted
"Well the, still scared Azure?" Heart said in sarcastic voice
"No. I will win and not just go out of here but find myself too." Nate said not with expression but with fire in eyes
Heart seemed like he will smile and say something.
"Now let's start it." Nate said
And with that said.
The sky started to roar with lightning falling on land all over heartland.
"Aghhhh"
With the sudden earthquake of ground being forsake, the D-Bike take too much turning and speed up that it made Nate shake.
"Just grab the D-Bike tight!" Heart said
"I know!"
The third guest's red eyes started to glow, blood red.
"Now the game has started."
"Was it that overlord's signal?"
But without another moment it started.
"Now," The slim figure said "My turn from my memories I summon the servant of great dark one, cerberus" a faint voice like whisper but the air become heavy.
From that black field all horns which looked they will go to endless to sky, started to shine and from the pit-less black ground came, with red eyes, serpent-tail and fire dancing on it's body. Three headed diabolic, guant hound.
"Yhooooooooo!"
With roar like it will tear sky.
"What is that thing!"
"It's probably that royal sacrificial game, they can summon servants from their memories." Heart said
"Memories! But this is duel right! How am I supposed to fight that thing! Plus what the hell is royal sacrifice duel?" Nate said so fast like he is not gonna talk again.
"I don't know much myself. As I said I am here to research myself."
"First you tell information about things then you say yoi don't know!"
"Don't panic like today is your last breath. It will be fine just make sure you don't make mistake because of it." Heart said
"Hhm"
Noded Nate
Heart : "Now then, how much darkness can this guy forge? It will be trouble if this guy gets defeated right now. It will bring chaos to me directly. I have to make sure this kid wins no matter how much sweet talk or words need it."
"Now" the figure said "I will attack you with this servant of darkness."
As he declared the creature seemed more wild than before. It made it's serpent-tail high and the serpent's green eyes glowed poison-green and it shot acid like liquid.
"AGGHHHH!"
"Don't panic just use a card! That you consider useful against this"
Without thought for less then a second. Knowing or not knowing he take out a card without looking at from deck.
"BLACK SHIELD!"
'A trap card that block direct attack if control no monster and other card.'
And with a mountain like shield appeared in left side of Nate from where attack was coming. And shield like water was spilled on cloths, the green liquid had painted the black shield. But not a single drop go beyond shield.
"Your turn." With heavy voice like non-destroyable armor it said without opening mouth.
"What just happened!"
"Nothing. it's just power of black. The game duel will become real_ I mean the attacks, damage you take will be real so be cautious. But it was a great choice to use attack blocking card if, it was a attack negate or attack reducing card you would still had take something unchangeable to yourself. Maybe for rest of your life." Heart said like no big deal
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ALL THIS! Doesn't that attack would had killed me and what about black game so sudden you didn't say I will take everything for real! And why are you telling this now! So important!"
"Don't yell at me I am not your enemy and I am just trying to help here you know."
"Hey what do you mean here not me!?"
"Everything is same. It's just which word you choose."
"Then is this on purpose."
"Come on it's what they call rest at danger. Make mind silent to think greater."
"Words won't get us anywhere right now!"
"Yare-yare. Don't worry as long as you play your cards right, you can win. actually there is no need to play cards here in order or draw you can just use them from directly your deck and they will be used as they are in duel."
"Wait, then why did when that guy attacked I was able to use the card and even when I will use my cards wasn't he should just use his own? Then why he said it's my turn."
"Maybe he is just giving you a chance to or I can't think other. Maybe he is just prideful and other name of fairness so he is playing fair."
"Yeah... that could be..."
"Well then you ready it's your turn." Heart said as it echoed little.
"Yeah" Nate still paniced but agreed
"Here I go!"
"From my deck I use "gravity bander" one monster my opponent controls will be destroyed."
"Why did you use spell cards!" Heart seemed angry as he said it fast
"But this is good card. One of few I have and it is effective. I can destroy his monster."
As they talk ground stated to be heavy, started to take away everything on land into earth and the from the field the cerberus didn't even flinched.
"I use the "prayer" pitless cerberus won't fall into earth."
With the long sword looking thing it shone and a symbol appeared on black sky.
White symbol that looked like wind.
The roller-costar road they were going on started to shake and it was near falling but guess it was just good build so it didn't even break for now.
"See! That doesn't matter with this guy. Don't you think he can just counter it if you want to do something just attack that guy somehow!"
"BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH GOOD CARDS! AND WHY IS THAT YOU SAY IMPORTANT THING LIKE THIS LATER I MADR MISTAKE CAN'T YOU JUST SAY AT ONCE! WHY ARE YOU BEING A GUIDE!"
"WHAT! You don't have good cards!?"
"That is what you took?" Murmured Nate and said "look I don't have much cards that are great but I just want to do something."
"Do something? Could it be...' "oi Nate could it be that you still didn't grasp what I told you?"
"What? I don't get it."
"It's not about the card you use, it's about which you use it." He said in a voice that sounded like a mentor
"WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE!"
"I can't go and right everything you do. So just fight."
"This guy! Then now I use the monster "ultra shocker" with it's attack I can attack directly."
And with a buzzling sound, thin shocked waves go to that field.
"Maybe attack "points" won't matter but attacking matters." Nate thought
"I use the cerberus, I can negate the attack for snakes" figure said
And the snakes like a bush of wild plants, started to gather. It looked disturbing and then they tool shock into themselves and disappeared. Even they disappeared looked disturbing.
"Tsk" Nate irritated
"You are not close" Heart said
"Then do something that talking!"
"Yare-yare I can't if it were from where I came from it was different story but you have command right now."
"Command?"
Nate questioned but didn't seek answer for now.
"I use the "high value no use" ultra rare card come monster xyz monster "pitless dweller""
With a flood of black water it rise and eyes shine dark.
"It's effect I can make all cards effect negeted and I have to make sure I have it's related cards to use it but I can use the cards without using them." Nate after understanding show his teeths and they spark
"You are getting into it. Moron." Heart said
"Ha. Well these cards are useless since I don't have cards related to them but I can use them now. It was good that just in case I had added the new bought cards I could use, even if the chance of having them usable was very low." Nate said with smile of happiness like he have already won
But, the monster haven't had disappeared.
"What just happened!"
"Nothing it's just he have already used one more of his powers." Heart said heartlessly
"But didn't you said something about memories and now this power."
"Don't wuther. You can still win as long as you use cards right."
"Well. Now what now?" The figure said voice like a big bell have been hit with hammer
"Agh" Nate thinking deeply like his life depends on it which actually depends.
"From..." He said like murmur "I use this normal monster from deck "memory migrator" "the is a mage that sees memories" now I will see yours and I will use them!" He said
"Even if the monster is normal. Effect-less monster but it can be used for what it is described as." Nate said
Heart : " You finally get it."
"..."
"Now go."
And with shining woosh, weak but bright in this now dark world it shine more brightly go to figure.
"I use "sympathy" I can reverse the effect"
"Tsk"
"Now you read your memories."
And the single light goes to Nate. Nate's own light goes to him.
With fluttering breeze, relaxing feeling Nate saw flood of memories.
"I see" Nate said
"What!?" Heart confused "why do you look like you have found dark truth of how kids are made." Heart said as Nate's expression wasn't confusing nor shocked but straight like depressed.
"I saw myself"
"What did you do?"
With full of the memories he had remembered felt so fresh like they had just happened.
As he look at them he felt again, same what he felt as seeing them.
The boy who is not special. Can't do anything graceful just someone same as everyone in crowd of world.
Parents expecting like world class from their son but nothing comes. But they still expect something.
Friends and relatives, everyone does something they are good at but despite having nothing to show the boy still tries and people just humiliates him in return.
Parents still having high expectations. Even when achieving something so little yet so happy like the boy have fulfilled their dream. But itthat feeling doesn't last long as something more comes with failures boy tries to argue but everyone just takes his words in and out from ears.
Everyone around him done something great or good but despite his efforts nothing good happens to him.
People who made fun of him themselves not having anything to blab about but boy didn't stop, but those people leave boy behind and make their name without efforts like God itself, the world was with them but not with the boy who done everything he could.
Despite their child's efforts not having good reluts taking put pressure and not giving boy money saying you are just wasting it.
Boy just empty and finally lost every little hope from world, God and himself just without caring what people think about him finally after thinking about world and people and his parents did just whatever he pleased. Without caring what people will think of him.
"...it's that..."
"?"
"I just..."
"What happened?"
Nate said like a whisper "I just wanted be recognize by those amazing people."
"..."
"But I couldn't even do that I just failed at whatever I did. I couldn't make myself known I didn't cared about myself but others yet I couldn't do anything."
"..."
"After everything ending I didn't care what people will think about me but,"
Nate gripped the handles very tight as if the hands will crushed.
"?"
"I just wanted to make people know I existed. I just wanted to make my name. I just wanted to do anything i could do.I just wanted to make everyone happy. But I couldn't do anything." Tears started to fall from his eyes to D-Bike
"I couldn't do anything. I thought everything will be alright if I didn't care about anything but it was all lie."
"..."
"I just wanted to make everyone know I am Nate the one with nothing but can also do anything. I just wanted to make them recognize them it's me. That's why even after all this time."
He started to cry with mouth open telling everything while tears falling. With the feel he had sealed long deep within him.
"That's why even after all this time I just do bets and money thing just to make my name. To make people know I am Nate who can do what you can't. Doing what others can't to earn money by myself. It was all to just others know I exist."
"... don't worry." Heart said like it isn't right, in same voice.
"Huh?"
"I know you are here. I know you exists. I know you will do anything to help even if not others but yourself. That's why you are you no one is someone else. And same, no one is Nate but only you are you."
"Heart..." Nate was like before same as he had been always since way long but he is still Nate
"Yeah, no matter what don't worry just be yourself. No matter what you do only you will.do it for whatever reason for whatever only you will do it not anyone else will.
Nate felt like he didn't wanted to let Heart go.
"Yeah sorry." Nate still crying wiped his eyes with his hand.
"No matter how impossible it is here, no matter how hard it is to fight here, no matter how much time even if eternity I will defeat this game and go out of here." Nate said
"Yeah now let's fight" Heart said
And sky seemed bright and normal ground seemed at peace and calm and everything in this dimension seemed calm.
"Looks like even my feeling. I can feel it even in out of my mind." Heart said
"Well done" the figure said
""?""
"You have completed the game."
""... ... ... ... ..."" time passed and passed but they didn't seem to grasp it
""What?""
"You have completed the game." It repeated itself thinking they didn't hear it despite his voice.
""What?""
But yet it didn't reach them. It did reach but they didn't grasp it.
"I said you completed the game." it said again
"How?" As if to broke the repeatation Nate said And Heart after thinking in silence
"..."
"What Heart?"
"No just thought for a second."
"As I said in starting I will as questions and you will answer."
"Yeah."
"But you couldn't at that time but you did now so you have cleared game."
"Questions?"
And Nate remembered
"...My desire."
"Yeah. I was gonna ask questions but you answered all without me saying it each i was gonna ask."
"But I just said..."
"Yeah your feelings, your dreams your thoughts. Everything is same but just name is different."
"..."
Nate remembered something same as this.
"Wait then what I am feeling the sky seemed normal, ground calm and everything calm is not in my head but real!"
"Yeah as game is cleared everything is normal and you can go."
As he said the third guest, the judge of this game the overlord, his eyes now normal and with a blue shine everything shine whole dimension and everything seemed blue.
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[A/N : sorry for the late.]