Before I knew it we were all taken out for a meal, I thought that this place was gonna have some kind of weird futuristic food, but luckily they had spaghetti and meatballs.
"So, why exactly were you dueling Yuya?" Yuzu questioned further.
"Because he asked me to." I shrugged it off before continuing to eat.
"If you were going to battle Elliot, Yuya-oniichan, why didn't you use the Solid Vision?" Ayu asked.
"Iiiii've never really learned how to work it properly." Yuya admitted.
"Solid Vision? What's that?" I asked.
"You know, the technology for Action Duels." Tatsuya said.
"What are Action Duels?" I threw the question out before inhaling another mouthfull, when I looked up they were all staring at me as if I had three heads. "...What?"
"You don't know what Action Duels are?" Futoshi asked.
"No." No sooner had the words left my mouth before they all fell over comically. 'Woah, that really happens?'
"How can you call yourself a duelist and not know what Action Duels are?" Yuzu sighed.
"They're the best kind of duels." Sora added.
"They...are?" I continued dumbly.
They all huddled up and whispered to each other out of my earshot. 'Did I say something wrong? I wonder if Action Duels are really big here?'
They all quickly returned. "Allow me to explain." Yuzu said. "Action Duels are where Duelists roam freely on a duel field whilst a Field Spell is in play, it's all thanks to the Solid Vision with mass developed by the Leo Corporation."
"Solid Vision with mass? Leo Corporation?" I repeated stupidly.
"See that tower there?" She pointed to a huge tower with 'LDS' written on it. "That's the Leo Corporation's headquarters, where they made Solid Vision with mass WHICH-" I shut my mouth. "-Is holograms that actually have mass, and can be touched and interacted with."
"So wait, holograms...you can touch?" 'This sounds cool! But waaaaay too advanced, ah well, it's anime.'
"Exactly, an example can be Yuya riding his Hip Hippo." Yuzu nodded at the guy.
"You can do that?" I gaped.
"Yeah, it's really fun being able to fight next to my monsters." Yuya grinned.
"And now back to Action Duels." Yuzu came full circle. "In an Action Duel, the duelists can use the entire field, a Field Spell, to run and dodge attacks until they can play a counter. They can also use this time to look for Action Cards."
"Action Cards?" I echoed.
"Spells and Traps scattered around the field. You can only hold one at a time. Action Spells can give you a boost, but Trap cards will be bad for you. Apart from that it's like a regular duel."
"There are different kinds of Action Duelists." Sora continued. "Yuya is an Entertainment Duelist, that focuses on putting on a show for the crowd."
"So is that why you acted like that during our duel?" I asked him.
"Yep." He confirmed before having another mouthfull. "If people want to watch me duel, I want them to enjoy it and have fun. Isn't that what dueling is about?"
"I guess your right. Still, I don't think I could take anyone laughing at me." I admitted.
"They're not laughing at you if you laugh too." Yuya reasoned.
"Sooooo Elliot, Why're you here?" Shuzo leaned forward, creepily close. "What's the deal with you travelling?"
There was a smacking sound and a flash of white, afterwards Shuzo had gained a bandage on the back of his head. '...Teleporting bandages?'
"Dad, you shouldn't get up in his face." Yuzu tic-pulsed, holding a smoldering paper fan.
"No, it's alright." I said. 'Convincing story, convincing story! C'mon Elliot, your a fanfic writer!...Ah! Got it!' "The thing is, I've been travelling all over the place for a while now. I didn't really like the place I came from."
"Why? Was it bad?" Ayu asked.
"It was an orphanage." They all stopped and stared at me. 'I don't wanna lie...but what should I say? 'I come from another world where card games aren't ridiculously advanced?'' "Don't worry, I never really knew my parents, so I don't miss them. That place was just so down, so one day I packed my stuff and left. Lost my bag along the road." Had to think up that last part quickly.
"I'm sorry Elliot, I didn't know." Yuya apologised.
"I said not to worry, right?" I said. "Besides, I've never really had any trouble before. But I admit this town looks really nice, I'd like to stay here for a bit."
"I'd like you to stay too Elliot." Yuya said thoughtfully. "...Hey, if you haven't got a place to stay, why don't you stay at my house?"
I nearly spat my last mouthfull out at his openness. "St-Stay at your house? Won't your family mind?"
"Nah, it's just me and my mum, it'll be fine if you stay." He smiled. "Besides, your my friend, right?"
My jaw dropped. I could be a mugger or a psychomaniac or something, and after 3 hours at most of knowing me Yuya was inviting me to stay at his house!? That's just unnaturally kind...now I feel guilty about lying to him.
"I don't want to impose." I insisted.
"Don't worry about it, trust me." He said.
"...Okay. Thank you, Yuya."
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