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[power_bond]

 Note: Currently, Shou is now from just after his loss to the 'Hell Kaiser' (his brother.

Changes of Note:

• Being a dragon, things are a fair bit more tense between himself and his brother after Ryou is revived, though this is largely because Ryou himself feels responsible for what happened.
• The Headmaster is revealed as the head of the Cyber Style Dojo around this time, as his knowledge ends up integral to putting together a way for Shou to comfortably continue life on the island.
• Daitokuji suggests Shou find a way to broadcast a hologram of himself in solid vision not long after the duel against the Black Scorpion gang.
• During the school festival, despite being told by his brother to not come near the campus, Shou was present regardless. The students largely assumed he was an incredibly realistic, 'life-size animatronic' of Cyber End Dragon, though he unfortunately made himself depressed when he remembered he had no way of communication, nor a way to eat.
• Despite his size and appearance he still manages to hold rivalry against Tyranno Kenzan, using tricks such as spat chestnuts to make up for being unable to actually make contact for say...a punch. That said, he unfortunately gives himself away in the duel he has against Kenzan while Judai is missing, as his exhaustion finally forces his hologram to simply give out.
• Despite Manjoume and Asuka being privvy to the knowledge that Shou is actually a large, metal dragon, this knowledge does not actually come to 'light' so to say-possibly because his form is more of a hindrance than a possible benefit or threat. It in fact takes until the school field trip, where Shou was too upset about the idea of being left out of things and outed himself, before Saiou is remotely aware.
• Somehow, even the fact that they had to plug an enormous dragon into the virtual world, did not allow this fact to become obvious to certain members of the cast (namely Edo)
• During the majority of the Genex Tournament, most students assume that Shou is hiding in things such as trash cans or bushes; in fact, Shou simply stops displaying his hologram for a time, taking advantage of his hidden cave.
• This is somewhat linked to his brother defeating the principal in fact-by totally abandoning the card, Shou feels a greater sense of dread and loss, something he carries with him through the time that Ryou is on the island until their duel.
• His duel against Ryou is in fact where he outs himself to the remaining population of the island; the first clue is that Ryou insists that his brother 'cannot duel at all' (referring to the hologram form, but taken as insult by observers). The duel continues when Shou proves that he can successfully wear the devices-however, the force of the shocks not only cause his hologram to short in various bursts, but transfer the pain to his actual body, resulting in roar after roar of pain until the duel is finally over. The final nail is naturally when Judai bolts for the woods at the end to call for his friend, rather than comfort the crackling and soon destroyed hologram that made up Shou's false body. Judai is followed, and from that point, the many students of the school-including Edo-are very much aware that one of their classmates is not actually human.
• (Notably, Edo seems to be rather intrigued by this matter)
• Now that the campus is wholly aware of who he is, he's encouraged to wander more in his actual form than hologram form, so he's getting better at figuring out how to move his metal body again.

Other Info:

Despite being a dragon, it's heavily implied that Judai can somehow still understand him, along with most of the spirits communicating with humans. Even so, finding a way to broadcast even a synthetic voice, let alone perhaps his old one, is one of the things he's working to perfect alongside a solid vision hologram.

At the moment, a 'nest' has been created for him on the far side of the island's volcano, after first making certain it would be out of harm's way should the great mountain let loose any magma and rock. The structure resembles a combination of a jewelry box and a reptile hideaway; there is a section outside, near a large pond, where Shou can rub or scrape off any dirt (as he has no arms or legs to use for this), and then inside is a large cushioned 'cave' covered in velvet. While he doesn't quite sleep in the same way he normally would, it's easier for him to cope by setting himself a similar cycle, entering a state of hibernation in the evening, and keeping himself awake in the day.

As a mechanized monster, Shou has no need, nor even the ability to eat. He also, despite high resistances to the weather and elements, requires some form of polishing, something that Judai and occasionally the others have opted to do for him. The process generally involves large scrub brushes, some baby oil, and an enormous quantity of soap and water. While he doesn't say anything, it's rather clear he enjoys it.

Now that his identity is known to the other students, Shou is privy to this sort of treatment far more often, and it's a very strange turn around from what he's come to be used to-while the students in the Society of Light naturally pay him no mind, a schedule was suddenly made between the remaining students of the three actual dorms for things such as metal polishing and check-ins. (Shou tells Judai that it's nice, but after a bit of it admits that it's also very creepy!!)

In terms of power so far, he's mostly figured out how to control his strength, though he can still overshoot when it comes to his wings and bite. He's slowly figuring out how to properly release the 'eternal evolution burst' (as the attack is called), but for the most part relies on just blowing or smacking things if he needs to bother with anything. He's also figuring out how to fly, though the action still comes with a fair bit of difficulty, and he's visibly more comfortable on the ground. It doesn't help that he tries to move using his hologram body more often than not.

Shou's body enables him to swim, and as he has no need to breathe, he can stay underwater for lengthy periods of time, making the action a surprisingly fun activity for him in recent times. Despite having had the body for a number of weeks, he's still not entirely used to having three heads however, and often times will use the left and right ones as if they were hands by making gestures with them and similar.

When it comes to his work with voice and hologram, he's having more luck with the hologram however; while unstable, and currently faceless to his dismay, it's at least there, unlike the struggles with vocal projection. He's close, however, and no doubt once he catches it he'll quickly figure it out. As of the second school year, he's managed to not only solidify a hologram projection, but also project a voice from it. However, it's heavily connected to his mental and physical wellbeing; if he's feeling unhealthy, or if he's simply distressed, he can't hold the hologram.

The hologram is in fact strong enough to now handle severe bouts of 'pain'-the trade off however is that it still scatters somewhat, and more importantly, will often transfer pain back to Shou himself. This also only works for a relatively short range-the farther away it goes, the less he can handle the strain, and more importantly, transfer his voice and thoughts. (He'll misjudge distances, for example.)

Interestingly, when asked what it's like to see through the hologram Shou explains that it's sort of like playing a split-screen video game. He can see what he's doing through his real, dragon eyes, but also the hologram at the same time, and has to remind himself to move a particular way so that he doesn't crash into something.