Meanwhile, Yusho and Yoko were getting very worried. They'd received a call from Yuya's school informing them that he never arrived that day, and he never showed up at the duel school either. It wasn't like him to miss a day of dueling, and he was a very good boy so he would never ditch his normal school without a good reason, either. And he hadn't come home that evening.

Which led his parents to the conclusion that something was very wrong. They didn't think he would willingly get involved in something that would cause him to disappear, at least not without informing them. Certainly if he'd learned of another war or something similar they could understand him getting involved. But after Yusho had returned, the Sakakis had agreed that any future activities that risked them disappearing for some time would be brought to the whole family's attention before anyone got involved from now on. They didn't want another vanishing act to cause stress or trauma for the family.

"I'm really worried," Yoko said, looking out the window at the darkening street in the hopes of seeing her son walking toward the house. "What if something bad has happened to him?"

"I certainly hope not," Yusho said. "I'm going to call him."

He pulled out his duel disc and set it into cellphone mode, and called Yuya's disc. The call went straight to voicemail. "This isn't good... Maybe we should talk to Reiji. I know he has surveillance in the city, and Yuya's mentioned that Reiji likes to keep an eye on him on the cameras. Maybe he'll know where our boy is."

"I hope so," Yoko said. "Oh, I really hope he's okay!"