Title: Fated Meeting
Character/Pairing/Group: Yusei/Kiryu
Prompt: #64 Passing Through
Rating: G
Genre: General
Pairing: None
Summary: What happens when the two men are fated to meet under very different circumstances?
Notes: Done for Livejournal 5ds_100 challenge. One hundred oneshots on Yusei and Kiryu will be done.
This one shot is an Alternate Universe where Zero Reverse did not happen. Takes place when Yusei is about 14/15 years of age.
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Duel Academia, it was a top class education that had planned trips to points of interest for future pro duelists, such as the Riding Duel Arena where Mukuro Enjo ruled as the Duel King to the Kaiba Corporation where new D-Wheel models are manufactured every day.
But today was different; on this day the Year Nine students had a field trip to the Detention Center, a common place for Satellite residents. Tight Security was present everywhere through guards taking sentry duties on every hallway. Nobody was getting out or in. Even if escape were successful, a yellow mark that was etched on the faces of every criminal would track them down within minutes. Even so, protection of the students during their visit was a priority, and the warden himself volunteered for the job.
The warden only made Yusei uncomfortable then before. An obese black skinned man who gave off a sense of tyranny. He looked even worse then the real offenders!
While walking down the hallway, one particular inmate caught Yusei's attention. This man wasn't thrashing around or scheming their escape like ones that asked for attention. Instead, this man, one with a pale complexion and light blue hair, sat in the corner, curled up like a kick puppy. Life was drained from him, and the bones visible on some sections of his body as if he was starving himself. His mouth moved, but no sound came out. The man was probably whispering to himself.
Yusei wondered if that inmate had given up all hope of living now and simply waited for the time to come where he wouldn't be here anymore. Gruesome yes, but Yusei didn't have time to ponder it before the warden directed the group to another hallway.
As they walked down the next set of cells, the red alarm went off. Someone's tracker had disappeared from their systems, the guards whispered to the warden. This was an emergency, and all of the students were ordered to be evacuated from the site at once, as the prisoner could be anywhere in the area.
They made it outside the detention center, not a single person out of place. This was hardly the end of the city's troubles, as no matter how hard they tried, the inmate's marker never pinged on the radar.
Something far different reacted instead. The birthmark that remained dormant on Yusei's forearm blazed a bright and burning red, as if somebody was branding him with a hot iron. He flinched and kneeled, covering up his mark with a hand. He didn't know what was going on- as his only knowledge of the unusual birthmark was that it had significance, as his father had told him earlier. His classmates and teacher surrounded him, asking for assistance in anything.
Another strange feeling caught his attention, and made his head face up. He could see a man in dark blue robes… and a mark burning an ominous purple.
He was about to learn about the connection between both birthmarks.