Pookles: Hello everyone! I have a new story for you!

Luna: Oh god what is it this time?

Pookles: Well I read a story a few years ago called "Bonds Between Dragons" by RubySakurai, and I absolutely loved her idea and where she was going with it. She had done a lot of editing on the story but never finished it and hasn't been updated in four years or so. I rediscovered it the other day and decided to take a shot at writing something with a similar theme.

Luna: Pookles doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's and all credit for this story idea goes to RubySakurai.


Of Dragons and Men

Chapter 1: The Clash of Earth and Sky


An adolescent woman sat against a stone pillar within the ruins of an old ballroom. She had short burgundy hair with amber eyes, and wore a short red dress with black leggings and low red heels underneath a dark maroon-colored, hooded robe. A large red and black dragon with petal-covered wings protectively encircled her; ready to leap to the protection of her master at any moment; despite the fact that said dragon was currently sleeping. The girl was meditating; using her psychic abilities to scan the room and the few charred buildings nearby for any intruders: poachers or bounty hunters that would capture her to get the high reward money from putting her behind bars.

In that moment, she sensed a single presence within the range of her powers and her eyes flew open.

"Rose, someone's here," she told the dragon as she put on a while mask with pink facial decorations and pulled her robe around her.

"Would you like me to scare him off Aki-sama?" Rose asked, still slightly groggy from sleep.

"Of course," the girl replied.

The dragon flew out of a hole in the ceiling and roared at the boy, while the girl jumped to the top of the pillar to look down at him.

He seemed to be about her age and had jet-black hair that was spiked similarly to the shape of a crab with gold highlights, and cobalt-blue eyes. He wore light blue armor with navy blue accents and had a sword strapped to his hip. His energy was low, and had a calming effect on her; but she shook herself and summoned her anger and stood tall to address him.

"You do realize that you've crossed into the territory of the Black Rose Witch right?" the girl called down to the young man; her powers amplifying her voice.

"Oh good. I thought I might be in the wrong place," he began. "Do you know where I can find her?"

"How dare he!" she thought rashly as she felt her anger stir in her stomach. "He's another bounty hunter!"

"You're speaking to her," she said through gritted teeth as the wind began whipping around her.

The boy laughed. Yes, he laughed; which only enraged the girl further.

"Why are you laughing?!" she shouted; her voice echoing clearly across the ruins.

"Because you can't possibly be the Black Rose Witch; you sound much too cute to be as scary as the locals have made her out to be," he replied through his laughter.

"How dare you mock me!" she hissed as the wind began balling around her hands.

She launched the miniaturized hurricanes at the boy. He quickly drew his sword and it glowed light-blue before he sliced through her attack, dissipating the storm she had created.

"H-How did you..." she trailed off in shock.

"Well your powers are nothing to sneeze at," he continued, returning his sword to its sheath. "But it doesn't look like you can control them very well."

"How dare you insult Aki-sama!" Rose roared, charging a breath attack to aim at the boy.

A sparkling white wing appeared out of nowhere to deflect the attack and Rose growled in frustration as she locked eyes with the dragon it belonged to.

"I suppose you're going to mock me now as well," Rose snarled.

"You're damn right," the sparkling dragon replied with a smirk.

"Calm down Stardust," the boy told him.

"Yes Yusei-sama," the white dragon answered.

The boy, Yusei, looked to the girl, "now Miss, I would like to offer you a better life than the one you live now."

"And what might that be?" she inquired, curious of his motives for entering her domain.

"My name is Yusei Fudo, and I am the commander of the Guild of Dragon Masters' Second Division," he began. "And I request your presence as a member of the guild."

"What? Were you not good enough to be in the First Division?" The girl mocked him. "Besides that, why should I go with you anyway? Those names and titles mean nothing to me."

"You would be able to eat three square meals a day, sleep in a comfortable bed every night, learn how to control your powers, and be surrounded by caring friends who share in your abilities," he explained.

The girl stared at the boy, searching his eyes for any flicker of dishonesty or deception, but only found sincerity and...concern?

"Why do you want me to join you?" She asked again, knowing that he was getting under her skin.

"Don't let him get through to you Aki-sama!" Rose called.

"Shut up! Yusei-sama wouldn't lie!" Stardust roared.

"Yeah right."

"He wouldn't!"

"Both of you stop it," Yusei ordered. "It's her decision."

The girl stared at the boy from behind the safety of her mask; carefully searching his mind and spirit for any flicker of deceit or dishonesty but only found curiosity and concern. She was unsure of what to make of him, and just assumed the worst.

And she ran.

"Miss? Wait!" Yusei called after her.

Too many times she'd been approached by someone with an aura like his. Too many times had people deceived her. She wasn't going to let anyone do that to her again. She soon heard his footsteps behind her and she threw another blast of wind at him; but she turned, he grabbed her wrist and her power instantly dissipated as he pulled her into an embrace.

"I've been told that people have betrayed you before, but I promise that I'm not trying to trick you, or use you for personal gain," he began. "Give the Guild a chance. If you don't like it, then you can return to...this."

The girl followed his eyes as he looked around the ruins she called home. It wasn't a home. She hadn't had a home for several years, but something was tugging her toward him. Her gut said go, her heart said go, but her mind said no. She'd been using her head for a long time now and she was safe because of it. Safe. But lonely.

She looked at the boy in front of her. Normally the lying would start spotting around the edges of his aura, but she saw nothing. He was genuine in his request and intent.

"Okay," she said softly. "But if this is a trick of some sort, I swear to god that I will gut you and feed you to Rose."

Yusei chuckled, "of course Miss...?"

"Akiza," she finished. "Akiza Izinski."

"Well Miss Izinski, we should probably get back to our dragons before-" he was cut off by the sound of a building being destroyed as Stardust pinned Rose to the ground. "They kill each other."


Pookles: Sorry this is so short, but I am really loving this idea.

Luna: It actually doesn't suck so far. Nice job.

Pookles: Expect this to be a longer story. I can't give you an exact number of chapters yet because I don't have the plot completely figured out, but there will be another chapter.

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Crow: All negative reviews and haters will be sent to Jack Atlas for execution.