Inside a large stadium within New Domino city, one of the biggest events is about to unfold!

"Duelists young and old, professional and amateur alike! It's the moment you've been waiting for!" Inside the stadium, the massive crowd cheered loudly as the announcer talked, riling the people up. "So make some noise for the Number One ranked Turbo Duelist in the world, Jack Atlas!" The crowd cheered even louder, if possible, when a white bike with one large hollow wheel shot out from the entrance, shooting into the air before hitting the ground gracefully. "As he looks to add to his unbeaten streak today, one begs the question: Can anyone take this man down?"

Jack drove his motorbike through the arena once, looking out at the crowd and raising his arm and pointing upward. "Let's say we kick this turbo-duel into overdrive!" He exclaimed in a thick accent, riling the crowd up even more.

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In a separate area known as Satellite, a rusty and poverty-stricken area, a boy was riding through the underground with a red and white motorbike. I'm coming for you, Jack… The boy thought, his eyes narrowing. And this time… I'm going to settle the score…

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"With one more warm-up lap to go, the rematch of the century is about to get underway!" The announcer exclaimed as Jack drove through the track, a serious look on his face. "But will the opponent ever show its face?" Everyone looked over as a man in a black motorbike appeared. "And Hunter has finally shown up, eager to regain his title!"

Jack and Hunter stopped at the starting line. "I'll fire things up!" Jack said as he pushed a button on his motorbike in front of his screen. "Duel Mode Engaged." The voice on his screen said as a green field spell card appeared on screen. "Autopilot standing by." Ten spaces, five in two rows, appeared on the screen.

"Ready? Set? Duel." The announcement said. Jack and Hunter took off, driving down the track quickly, both with 4000 life points.

"You're all mine!" Hunter exclaimed with a smirk, drawing a card from his deck.

"Turbo-duel! Turbo-duel! Turbo-duel!" The cheerleaders exclaimed, dancing.

"And Hunter has played a powerful trap. Can Jack Atlas recover?" The announcer asked as the screen showed a large monster from behind him. Jack drew a card and placed it down, suddenly being surrounded by a bright, yellow light. He smirked.

"You've 'ad your fun. But it's time for my vict'ry lap." He said smugly as a large dragon emerged from the light. "Now I'm sure you remember my Red Dragon Archfiend from our last match, Hunter." The dragon roared and flew above Jack. "And since you worked so hard to get back here, you can have the honor of falling to my most powerful beast again!" He turned so he was facing the opponent. "Archfiend, send him back to the junkyard where he belongs with Scorching Crimson Flare!" He exclaimed. The dragon reared its ugly head back, before facing Hunter and shooting a blast of fire at him, taking away his last few hundred life points.

—

One of the pieces of the boy's motorbike blew out, forcing him to stop. The teen sighed and got out, looking at the smoking part. He took off his helmet, showing his dark black hair with golden streaks, and dark blue eyes. He looked up through the crack in the pavement above him at the dark moon. He frowned deeply. I won't rest until I have my revenge… I won't let what you did to her slide.

—

"And Jack's unbeaten streak continues!"

"Who's the one Master of Faster?" Jack pointed to the sky. "Who rules the duels? That's right, it's me!"

—

The dark-and-gold haired teen frowned as he dragged his motorbike through the tunnels. He slowed down when he heard the announcer. "So Jack, can we get a word? Ever since you first started the scene with your first Duel Runner, the competition hasn't been able to keep up." He looked over to see three guys looking at the screen on a computer, where a live feed is playing. "Is it the power in your ride that has catapulted you to the top?" He took the bike and pushed it quietly up the ramp. He set it down next to another laptop and started typing.

On the screen, Jack swiped the mic from the announcer and looks out to the crowd. "Let's get this strait: it's not the power of the runner, it's the rider! I'll take on anyone on any ride and I'll still be victorious! Any more questions?"

"One more." The boy looked at the three talking. "Do you have anything to say to those who one day dream of challenging you?" The boy ignored the announcer as he turned a handle on the bike, revving the engine up before having it die down. This alerted the three boys by the computer.

"Oh! Hey Yusei!" One of them asked, raising a hand. The boy, Yusei, turned to him with a stoic expression. The second boy clicked the computer off.

"Sorry 'bout that… We would've watched the duel somewhere else, Yus, honest. But the cable we rigged wouldn't stretch any further."

"Jack was amazing as always." The third said as Yusei plug a few cabled into his bike.

"Hey, zip it, would ya?"

"What? What'd I say?"

"We don't want to her about how 'amazing' Jack Atlas was!"

"Oh. Sorry."

Yusei decided to speak up. "Only one person should be sorry."

One of his friends nodded. "Right. Jack still owes you for what he did…"

"You got that right."

"So where ya been Yus?"

"The tunnels," Yusei answered, "testing out a new acceleration chip. Sad to say, it didn't work."

"Too bad you ain't got your old Duel Runner…"

"Tank!"

"What?"

"It's fine, guys." Yusei said. He frowned. "But still… what happened to her was unacceptable… I will make Jack pay for what he did."

Footsteps echoed through the tunnels as a boy, who looked like a girl, ran down the stairs and toward Yusei. "Yusei! Hey Yusei!" Said boy looked over as the kid raced toward him.

"What's up, Rally?" Tank asked.

"Wait'll you see what I've found for Yusei!" Rally exclaimed as he ran over to Yusei and held his hand out. "Check this out! A SkyLine 30 Acceleration Chip!"

"That/s a SkyLine?" One friend asked. "Aren't those incredibly expensive?"

The other friend grabbed Rally's arm and lifted it. "It looks brand new. Don't tell me you stole this!"

"I didn't steal nothin'!" Rally exclaimed, breaking his arm free. "It was layin' on the ground! Maybe someone dropped it!"

"Rally, don't take things that don't belong to you! They'll track you down and mark us!"

"Calm down, Nirvin." Yusei said as he stood up. "Rally, let me see that chip." Rally handed it to him, an he switched out the chips on his Duel Runner. "This is just what I needed."

"You can't use that, Yus!" Nirvin exclaimed.

""You gotta make Rally take it back."

"I knew you'd like it! I knew it!" Rally exclaimed happily. "Will it make you faster?"

"Absolutely." Yusei answered.

"We know how you feel Yus," Nirvin started, "but I don't think it's worth the risk… You should just move on and forget Jack Atlas."

Rally puffed his cheeks out angrily at him. "But Jack also took Yusei's best card, remember?"

"And you remember that Jack's in the city, and his kind doesn't bode well with us Satellites."

"Yeah, and? In case you forgot, sometimes you gotta stand up for yourself!"

"Yusei, our Satellites should just stay put." He said, ignoring Rally.

Yusei typed on his computer. "Jack didn't stay, so why should I?"

"Just let him go, bro. Don't risk your freedom over some wheels and a card. He's right, it's time to put the past behind us." Yusei frowned darkly and stood, turning to the three.

"And what about her? Are you just going to give up on her?" His statement made everyone frown. "Jack put her in that state. I'm not going to give up or run away. I will make him pay for what he did to her."

"She betrayed us just like him!"

"But she saved my life. Why would she have done that if she was like Jack?" Yusei retorted, turning back to the screen of his laptop. "No… There's more to that. And I'm going to get my answers." His eyes narrowed as he recalled the last day… The day.

—

"Why are you doing this?!" Yusei yelled. He stood in the tunnels. Behind him a few feet away were Rally, Nirvin, Tank, and Blitz. Standing a few feet away was Jack and… her… Jack was sitting on Yusei's old Duel Runner, sideways, his head turned to Yusei. She was standing with her duel disk up and ready, looking serious and guarding Jack.

"Please, Yusei, just let us leave quietly." The girl said softly. Yusei frowned, his eyebrows furrowed. She looked into his eyes and saw all the hurt he felt at the moment, making her clench her fists.

"It's fine." Jack said, making everyone turn to him. "I've got all I needed." The girl nodded and turned to him and Yusei glared at her back angrily.

"You traitors! How could you?!" He yelled, making her frown.

"Oh shut up, Yusei!" Jack snapped, shocking everyone. The girl walked over to the Duel Runner and was about to get on when Jack none-to-kindly pushed her onto the ground, knotting off the headphones around her neck. She looked up to Jack with wide eyes.

"W-what are you…?"

"Your usefulness has just expired." Jack glared down at her shocked form, then at the others. "I'll see you around, Yusei." He laughed. "Oh who am I kidding, we'll never meet again!" Jack took something from his pocket and hit the button. The entire area shook, and cracks formed from above Yusei. Jack looked at the girl as she slowly stood and took a few steps toward Jack.

"Jack… we had a deal… I go with you… and—"

"The deal's off. You weren't supposed to give them any hints as to what I would be doing, but you had to go and warn them." The girl grit her teeth. "You're no better than them." He turned the motorbike, making her eyes widen as she was slammed into the wall by the back of it, her head getting most of the damage and starting to bleed. He revved it up and raced out of the tunnels as they started to collapse.

"JACK!" Yusei screamed out in anger as Jack disappeared into the darkness, unaware of the cracks above him. The girl turned and saw, making her eyes widen.

"YUSEI!" She called out, standing with every ounce of strength in her now unstable body, and ran toward him. Yusei looked at her in shock as she shoved him away. He stared at her, and his eyes widened as she mouthed one word and smiled, just as the area around her collapsed, making all the rubble that was supposed to crush Yusei actually crush her.

"No!" He yelled out in shock, trying to rush back in but being held by his friends.

"No Yusei!"

"It's too dangerous!"

"Wait until the rubble's stopped!"

They would yell, but nothing mattered to him. He finally stopped struggling, collapsing to his knees and watching helplessly as the dirt and debris buried her. He could hear his friends, but their voices were muffled. He didn't care. All that mattered was the look on her face as their eyes met and the word she whispered before everything crumbled. Yusei saw it. And that was his drive to finding her. Once the rubble came to a halt, Yusei stood quickly and searched frantically, pushing and shoving scraps of the tunnel in order to find her.

His friends watched sadly, "Yusei…" Rally whispered, watching as Yusei tore desperately at the pile of trash. Rally clenched his fists angrily. Why does he even try? He thought. She just used us like Jack did! He looked down…

Yusei kept pushing through until he found something, his eyes widening when he saw raven hair poke out from the rubble. This caused him to dig her out even faster, his eyes wide in fear. No, no, no! Don't you DARE be dead! I won't let you be! He thought to himself. Finally, he was able to pull her out. He looked down at her body. Her legs, exposed from her short jean shorts, were all bruised and cut. Her black jacket with two dark blue stripes going down the sleeves and shoulders was torn up, and her torso was banged up as well, blood seeping from the worst cuts, since she only wore a sports bra, that showed more midriff than Marik, and her jacket was opened. Her face held bruises and a cut here and there, and her silver eyes were closed. Her right arm that the duel disk was once attached to was now twisted in an awkward angle, and her duel disk was shattered. Only the arm band attached to her and the deck holder (along with her deck) were still intact, though it was cracked almost everywhere. Yusei frowned as he brushed some pieces of small rubble trapped in her raven black short hair. This action causing him to realize her black hat must have gone missing along with her headphones.

"Hey. Shinji." Yusei said, shaking her body lightly. "Hey!" He shook her more, but she didn't move. "Wake up! Shinji, wake up!" He pleaded, checking her neck for her pulse and freezing. "Shinji… please… wake up…" He held her close and tight, before screaming in anger.

She didn't wake.

—

Yusei blinked and shook his head from the memory. He stood and revved the engine up, making a loud noise that echoed throughout the tunnel. He grinned in satisfaction.

"Wow! Now that's what I call power!" Rally said excitedly. Yusei nodded at him, and he took out Yusei's helmet. "Take it for a spin! Let's find out what it can do!"

Their celebration was short lived as a bright light shone from the crack above them. They looked up to see a helicopter. "What's that?!" Tank asked.

"Oh no! It's sector Security!" Nirvin exclaimed.

"Identification number 8WX86007, you are in possession of stolen property. Escape is not an option." The officer in the helicopter ordered. "You're surrounded."

Nirvin, Tank, and Blitz, all looked to Rally, who looked at the ground angrily.

"Look what you did!" Blitz exclaimed, raising his fist in the air.

"I didn't do nothin'! I was tellin' the truth! It was lying on the ground!"

Yusei got between them before things could get worse. "It's going to be alright. You four will take the back way." Yusei explained, hacking the device the pilot was using and disrupting the feed. "I've bought you guys a couple minutes." He said, grabbing his helmet from Rally and putting it on, lowering the visor. "I'll take this chip out for a test drive." He turned the motorbike and shot up the stairs and into the moonlight, driving right passed a S.S. motorbike and car. The man on the bike smirked, lowering his visor.

"All eyes on me. I found the perpetrator. Issuing pursuit." The officer said before driving after Yusei, the car and helicopter right behind him.

Yusei scowled as he looked back. Damn… I didn't expect them to get on me that fast… He thought. After a few minutes, he pulled into an open garage, stopping and turning toward the Security officer as he got off his motorbike.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Yusei. I should've put you in the prison years ago." He said smugly. Yusei frowned, but didn't say anything for a moment.

"Trudge, I challenge you to a duel. If I win, you let me and Rally go." Yusei said finally.

"The Sector Security doesn't bargain with criminals—" One officer said, but was stopped by Trudge.

"And what's in it for me if I agree?" Trudge asked, raising a skeptical eyebrow.

The officer turned to him. "But Article 4B clearly states that—"

"Well allow me to clearly state this." Trudge cracked his knuckles. "Get moving or else." He ordered.

"But sir, this is highly improper!"

Trudge glared down at him. "I said move. Or would you rather be working on trash detail?" He threatened.

The officer turned to the others. "Back to headquarters. Direct orders."

Yusei and Trudge stared each other down as the car and helicopter left, leaving the two rivals. That's when Yusei continued,

"Well, should you accept and win, you tell Sector Security to call off their hunt for Rally."

"And what's in it for me if I do? How will that benefit me?"

"Because I'll say it was me who stole the chip. And that I tried to flee the scene but couldn't outrun your pursuit. A statement like that would probably bump you up to Sergeant." Though that won't happen. I won't get caught until I get revenge… Yusei thought to himself. "So what do you say, officer?"

"You've got yourself a deal." Trudge accepted, getting back onto his ride. "Idiot," he muttered. The two lined up, facing the outside. They lowered their visors. "Here we go. I'll activate the field spell." Trudge said, pushing a button on his vehicle.

"Duel mode engaged." The screen said, "Autopilot activated."

"Let's ride!"

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"How do you think Yusei's doing?" Rally asked as they ran into another hideout, panting.

"He'll be fine. Don't worry, Rally. He hasn't gotten caught and he won't get caught if he's really passionate about what he's doing." Blitz answered, trying to comfort the child. They sighed and went into their hideout, a house.

"I think we should check up on Shinji." Rally suggested.

Blitz, Nirvin, and Tank all frowned and looked at each other.

"I don't know… Nothing has changed…" Blitz started.

"And besides, Yusei and you are the only ones who visit her." Nirvin crossed his arms angrily. "I know I still don't forgive her for what she did. She shouldn't have done it."

"But she saved Yusei!" Rally exclaimed, shutting the boys up as he ranted. "If she didn't push Yusei out of the way, Yusei would be in her situation!"

"If she didn't betray us and help Jack, then none of it would have happened!" Nirvin shot back in anger. The two glared at each other in anger. "We're still not sure why you guys bother checking up on her. I'd say she's a lost cause."

That set Rally off. "Well maybe if you guys would just visit her for once you'd realize how bad off she really is! She hasn't woken up since what happened and Yusei and I have to take care of her because you three won't find it in yourselves to forgive her!" The three stared in shock at the boy's outburst. "She was hurt by Jack just like Yusei was! We all saw how he double-crossed her! She's just as much a victim as the rest of us!" Rally breathed heavily, angrily staring at the other boys. Rally looked down. "If you don't want to see her, fine. But I'm going!" With that, he turned and ran off.

—

Yusei drove passed Trudge, finally winning the duel. Good… Now hopefully he'll leave us alone for a while… He thought to himself. He looked down to check the time on his Duel Runner. He turned a corner and drove faster, moving toward a small house. He screeched to a halt inside a garage. Turning off his Duel Runner, he took off his helmet.

"Yusei! You're here!" Yusei turned to see Rally running toward him.

"Hey Rally. Where are the others?"

Rally frowned. "They refused to come, as usual." Yusei sighed sadly and put his helmet down.

"We can't do much about that. It's their decision to stay away." Yusei said solemnly as he turned and walked into the house. Rally walked in with him and closed the door behind him. He and Rally walked down a staircase and stopped at a bookshelf. They pushed the bookshelf to the side and opened a hidden door. They walked into the dark room. "Rally."

"Right." Rally walked over to a light switch and turned it on. The light flickered a couple times before shining brightly, illuminating the room. The walls and floor were gray, and the room itself was small. Yusei and Rally looked sadly at the only inhabitant of the room: a girl with messy, mediam-lengthed black hair under a pure white blanket, asleep. Yusei pulled up a chair next to her bed and sat down, staring sadly at the corpse-like body. She was in her regular clothing, but they didn't fit her anymore. She was thinner, her body pale. This is what happens when you're being taken care of by two orphan boys on a poor island.

"Hey Yusei?" Rally asked, getting Yusei's attention. "When do you think she'll wake up…?"

Yusei shook his head. "I don't know. Hopefully, it's soon."

"I hope so too… But…"

"But what?"

"I just… w-well…" Rally looked down. "What if she doesn't remember us?"

"What do you mean?"

"She hit her head pretty hard when she was slammed into the wall, right? And she was hit by debris. She might not remember us…" He stopped when Yusei's shoulders shook. He frowned. "Yusei…?"

"…Don't think like that, Rally… She has to remember. She needs to remember. After all," He looks at her, "I need to know what happened. And why Jack threw her away just like the rest of us." He looked back down at the girl on the bed, oblivious to the tear he shed.