#forhope

Bonus points : Yuma starts to latch onto him as a sort of big brother and Yusei encourages him even when he makes very not smart dueling choices, while he helps Kari get photos for her news reports when he's out and about.

PLEEEEASE 🥺 god yusei and kari would be such good friends in general they are TALKING ABOUT MOTORCYCLES TOGETHER IM CERTAIN!!!! he would be such a kind presence in the Tsukumo kids' lives...

BIG fan of psuedo-big brother Yusei too, REALLY GOOD (honestly yuma and yusei have similar hair too??!? the truth is out there....) Yuma needs all the dueling mentors he can get and Yusei's the perfect guy for the job...

@forhope

Kisara stares up as Blue alerts her to the appearence of the strange floating, glowing man. No one else seeming to take notice.

".... "

He still hasn’t told Yuma. He has no excuse, and that fact alone makes him feel like a traitor, sickens him to his core, but every time he tries, the words splutter and die in his throat and he always, always retreats. Like a coward.

But he doesn’t want to believe it. That he could be... a Barian... is too awful for him to even comprehend. It makes his head spin, both that he might not even be human, and that he might be one of the enemy, one of those despicable beings who’s done nothing but hurt him and Rio and everyone they seem to come close to. What does that make him?

And what does that make them? The self-hatred that feels like it’s choking him does nothing to stop the questions slipping into his mind, uninvited. The Barians... it can’t be that he’s been wrong about them all this time, right?

Astral has always been a mystery to Ryouga. The fact that he fought the Barians felt natural, considering that they were nothing more than evil creatures who’d tried to destroy his world. But now, a part of Ryouga wonders... if there’s more to it than that.

He hates himself for it. He feels dirty, traitorous, evil.

“...Astral.”  It’s reluctantly that he greets the spirit today, finding it strange that Yuma is absent from his side. Everything should be fine, but Ryouga’s heart hammers in his chest, like he’s scared of being caught. “What do you need with me?”

@forhope​ sent: "  Duel-  performances?  Woooah-  Looks  more  like  a  jungle  gym  to  me,  not  that  that'd  make  it  any  less  fun!  How  do  ya'  play?  "

|  From  Yuma  for  Yuya!  (Hello! )  |

“ That depends. Do you want me to start my explanation from the ground up? Or just what me ‘n my friends use all this equipment for? ”

“ ‘Cause if I didn’t know any better, it sounds to me like you come from a place where Entertainment Duels aren’t really that all common yet? ”