So, believe it or not, this is my first official sequel story! I've never actually gotten far enough in any fan character story/stories to make a proper sequel, so this is a first for me! If you haven't read my story called "YuGiOh Neo", please do before you read this one, as you will not understand this story unless you read that one!
Quick notes, even though I am done with school, please continue to be mindful about that fact that I cannot update too frequently. I am currently job hunting and hope that I will find one soon. Finally, I made a picture of my YuGiOh OCs based on this story's designs... not drawn, I used a anime character creator, so they don't look exactly right... it can be found here: blackrose767 [period] deviantart [period] com/art/YuGiOh-OCs-683058427
Just replace [period] with . and make sure there are no spaces
Anyway, enjoy the beginning of this new story!
The highway was very clear that morning, with barely any vehicles taking up space on the road. Those that were on the road at least had somewhat competent drivers, as there were no accidents to be accounted for that day, even with the shocking news that was currently blaring on the radio of almost every driver that was out then.
"Reports state that no sign of a struggle was present in the Mayor's office," a female reporter's voice stated. "With the disappearance of the Mayor, it is unknown who will succeed him."
"Previous Mayors would be succeeded by the vice-mayor," a male reporter said. "However, due to our Mayor being a former vice who stepped into place upon the death of Mayor Brown, who was in office for just under a month, there was no active vice-mayor to succeed him."
"Many believe that Supreme Judge Lennox, who has held his position for 31 years, is a very likely candidate to step into office in the place of the missing Mayor, filling as acting mayor for the time being until either the missing Mayor is found, or time is up and an official vote can be held," the female voice stated. "Voting by the Council of Fortune City will take place this afternoon."
"In other news, no sign still of former Union Duel School Professor, Thomas Himura," the male voice reported. "He disappeared a little more than two months ago from his cell on Prison Island. The wide spread man hunt for him still continues, but many declare he must have died in the rough sea during his escape, though there is no evidence that this is the case. Police state they will continue the search for a bit longer before deciding."
The man driving a tan car reached down and turned off the radio, sighing aloud. "As if I needed more bad news today. I swear I'm going to have a field day at work with this missing Mayor scandal." He brushed his white hair from his hazel eyes, refocusing on the road. "Supreme Judge Lennox, if he gets what he wants and becomes acting Mayor, it's only farther proof this city is dead."
"Sweetie, not in front of the kids," his wife, riding in the passenger seat of the car stated. She was combing her aqua green hair, her blue eyes focused on the mirror inside the car visor. She adjusted her black dress, attempting to make sure there was no wrinkles in it, before looking over at her husband. "Sweetie, your tie is off." She then reached over, adjusting the black tie of his tuxedo.
"Thanks, dear," the man sighed, looking into the car mirror into the back seat. "Sorry, kids."
Sitting in the back of the car was Roku and Ruka Nagai, each one carrying a bag on their lap. Roku's white hair was neatly combed, his blue eyes focused on his father from the right-side seat, his white long sleeved colored top was open slightly, revealing a dark blue undershirt. His bag shifted in his lap, wrinkling his white pants. "You don't like Lennox, dad?"
"Hun, please," Mrs. Nagai said.
"It's all right, dear," Mr. Nagai replied. "No, I'm not really a fan of him."
"Why not?" asked Ruka, looking at her father with her hazel eyes, brushing her aqua green hair out of her face, leaning forward and holding her back closer to her no-sleeved light blue shirt, which dragged across her black pants. She tapped her blue shoes on the car floor in anticipation.
"Well," Mr. Nagai thought to himself for a moment. "The man seems to control almost everything now-a-days. He's got Lockwood, the Pro Dueling Manager, in his back pocket, always wants to get involved with the school's business, and even seems to get exactly what he wants out of his court systems. I wouldn't be surprised if he was behind this as well to get a chance at being Mayor himself."
"Please," Mrs. Nagai snapped, a stern look etched on her face. "We don't need the kids believing conspiracy theories."
Roku and Ruka looked at one another, bracing themselves for another one of their parents fighting, but Mr. Nagai sighed. "You're right, darling. Ignore your old man, kids."
"Dad, why don't you try for Mayor?" Roku asked.
"Well, sport, I don't think I got the experience in politics for that," Mr. Nagai said with a sad smile. "I would… but they won't vote for me… anyway, we're at Union kids." The tan car pulled in front of the gates to Union, the hazard lights of the vehicle flashing at it stopped behind another car unloading their children. Mr. Nagai turned in his seat to face his two kids, a serious look on his face. "Be careful, ok? I don't want you two involved in something again that we don't know about."
Ruka turned to her brother with a sheepish grin, remembering the Himura incident. Roku just smirked at his father, "Don't worry, dad, we won't."
"If something happens, call us right away," Mr. Nagai stated.
"We will," Ruka replied, anxious to get out of the car.
"Oh, Ruka," Mrs. Nagai turned to her daughter, a sly smirk on her face. "That reminds me… this Yuga lad that you were talking about, when are we going to meet him?"
"Yes, I am quite curious to meet him as well," Mr. Nagai stated. "Your boyfriend does sound like an interesting young man."
Roku began chuckling, while Ruka blushed a shade of red, "H-he's not my boyfriend!"
"Is that right?" Mrs. Nagai said, sounding shocked. "My oh my, but you talked about him so frequently that I thought for sure that you two were-"
"Heywegottagobye," Ruka quickly said, opening the door and stepping out of the car, taking another bag from the trunk. "I'll call you later!"
"Oh my, I think we embarrassed her," Mr. Nagai chucked, looking at Roku. "Watch over your sister and call me later, ok?"
"Alright, dad," Roku said, stepping out of the car with his bag in hand, taking the final bag in the trunk before closing it. "Have a good day at work, dad. You too, mom!"
"Bye kids," they said in unison, waving as they drove off.
"Ugh, they are so embarrassing," Ruka snapped, storming into main campus with Roku following close behind her, rolling his suitcase. "I swear, Yuga will never meet them if I can help that!"
Well, you did talk about him all summer," Roku pointed out, earning himself a glare from his sister. "Hey, I'm just saying."
"Ruka, Roku!" someone suddenly shouted. Ruka looked over to see Naomi and Asami, both of them with luggage of their own. Naomi was waving, her purple short sleeved shirt blowing in the wind, the same wind threatening to blow up her red skirt. She also wore black leggings and red shoes, and had shoulder length blonde hair and piercing light blue eyes. Standing at her side was Asami, her curly, long blue hair blowing in front of her brown eyes, which she constantly had to uncover with her hand, ruffling her leather jacket. A white no sleeved shirt was underneath it, cut off at the navel. She also wore leather pants and black boots. New to her assemble was a black and white pearl necklace, as well as pink lipstick.
"Finally," Naomi declared, hugging Ruka. "It's been too long since we last saw each other!"
"My parents really wanted to invite you to their summer home, but we couldn't find the time," Ruka explained, returning the hug.
"Aww, that would've been fun," Asami whined, looking over at Roku flirtingly. "I could've seen you in a swimsuit."
"Knock it off," Roku muttered. "Anyone else here yet?"
"Since we need to get our room assignments, we might as well just head there," Naomi said, pointing towards the main building. "Oh man, I hope we got it!"
"Got it?" Roku asked, looking at the girls confused.
"Oh, we requested an apartment dorm," Asami explained, grinning. "These girls wanna spread out and relax more, ya know."
"How ironic," Roku said, grinning. "As it just so happens, I did the same at the end last semester."
"Well, let's see if we got it," Ruka anxiously declared. The group of four headed off into the main building, where many returning Juniors and Seniors noticed them, waving at the face of their familiar peers. None of the freshman were here, as they came in the next day because they needed orientation and other sorts of activities that Ruka barely remembered competing in when she first came to Union. The gym had all the teachers in it, and a ton of students. Roku and Ruka instantly spotted Takada, and upon seeing Roku and Ruka he smiled, waving them over.
"Good, you guys made it." Takada said, grinning. "I managed to pull some strings since you guys saved Union and all… tada!" He held up some keys, each one with a label attached to it. "Managed to get you guys apartment complexes in Union's Park building. Apartment complexes 2a and 2b respectively… I'll trust that you two won't abuse the rules, after all it is still on campus."
"We won't sir," Roku said, taking the key before sighing. "Park, huh? Guess that means Vince is gonna be living with us too since it is four bed room?"
"Yes, but don't worry I already talked to him about minding himself," Takada said, before smiling. "But why are you worried about it, Roku? From what I understand you all seemed to bond with him during your time fighting the Shadow Duels?"
"That doesn't mean we like him," Ruka sighed, before suddenly realizing something. "Hold up… we're in Park too… who's our fourth roommate?"
"That is a secret," Takada chuckled. "She made me promise not to tell to surprise you, but I am sure you will be fine with the arrangements." They all looked at one another before shrugging, bidding Takada farewell and heading off.
"Park Apartments aren't that far from the original dorms," Roku explained. "In fact, I was able to see the building from my window. It looks very nice, and we get balconies outside of the living rooms, which is nice as well."
The walk over was filled with many more students waving at them, some of them even walking up and talking for a few moments before heading off. Ever since Yuga dueled Himura, the secret that they were defenders of the school had come out, turning them all into minor celebrities around the school. After many conversations, some of which were awkward as hell, they finally arrived at Park Apartments, and made their way up the stairs before reaching two doors, one right across from the other, with plate signs reading '2A' and '2B' on them respectfully.
"So, who's place should we check out first?" Naomi asked.
"I literally cannot wait to see who this mysterious roommate is," Asami declared, already putting her key into the lock, and opening the door. They stepped inside and immediately to the left was a kitchen, complete with all the necessary items needed in a typical kitchen, and a small living room father in, two chairs and a couch already included with a coffee table and a TV stand. To their immediate right was another door, which Ruka assumed lead to a laundry room. Two hallways jetted out in different directions, with three doors each, which Ruka knew was two bedrooms and a bathroom on each side.
"This is very nice," Asami grinned, looking around. "Good reward for saving the school and all!"
Suddenly, one of the bedroom doors on the right side opened up. "Hello?" came a voice, and a girl with pink hair tied up into two pigtails that draped over her shoulders stepped out. She was wearing a pink shirt that tied up in the front, yellow booty shorts and pink shoes. Her green eyes finally saw who was in the room, and a big grin came over her face. "Ruka, Naomi, Asami, Roku!"
"Tamiko!?" Ruka gasped in surprise, running forward and hugging the girl, the other girls following suit. "You're our roommate?!"
"Yeah, surprise!" Tamiko grinned, hugging each of them in turn. "I passed the entry exam, and managed to actually skip a year." She winked, grinning. "Knew enough that I am a junior, just like you guys!"
"Makes sense," Roku said. "You are our age, and are very skilled in dueling already."
"How's your mom?" Ruka asked, concern filling her voice. "Did she find a job?"
"Even better, she got Himura's old job," Tamiko said, grinning even wider. "She's gonna be the Advanced Summoning Teacher at Union from this day forward!"
"Congrats to her!" Naomi cheered. "Oh man, I wish we saw her in the Gym, but it was a mad house in there."
"I bet Yuga and the other guys will love to hear the good news," Ruka said, smiling warmly.
"Speaking of, let's put our stuff down and check out the boy's apartment," Naomi said, placing her luggage down. "Roku needs to put his stuff down as well."
"Good idea," Ruka said, putting her luggage down as well along with Asami. They left the apartment and with just a quick few steps, Roku unlocked the door to 2B and stepped inside, which was just like the girl's apartment but mirrored, with the kitchen on the right instead of the left. Also inside, however, they were greeted with a sight of two boys fighting over an object.
"Give me the damn chips," Vince growled, tugging on the bag. The spikey red haired teen had his coal eyes locked on his enemy, each tug of the chip bag wrinkling his black leather jacket and leather pants. His red undershirt was also showing, as the jacket was unzipped from the fighting.
"I bought these myself, you get your own," Shin yelled at him. He had short, blue hair and green eyes currently glaring at Vince. His yellow short sleeved shirt was very wrinkled and his red undershirt looked like it was going to tear. His blue jeans already had two tears in them on the knees, and his yellow shoes were scuffed.
"Perhaps this won't work as well as Takada thinks," Roku mumbled, sweat dropping.
"Vince, if he bought the chips, let him have them," Ruka shouted, glaring.
"Ruka!?" Vince instantly let go, sending Shin tumbling back. The redhead turned, blushing at the sight of the green haired girl. "Ah, Ruka, too long since we've last met. You are as stunning as ever, and I see you bought new clothes."
"I'm not going to be your girlfriend," Ruka declared. "Ever!"
"One date wouldn't hurt?" Vince pouted.
"H-hey, Naomi," Shin stuttered, blushing. "I-I hope you had a good summer."
"I did, thanks Shin," Naomi said, softly smiling at him.
"Hey, looks like you all made it," a voice behind them said. Ruka's eyes went wide as she turned around, finding herself face to face with a grinning purple haired teen. Yuga was wearing a red short sleeved open shirt with a black undershirt, blue jeans that looked worn with red shoes. His golden eyes were looking at everyone, and he was carrying a red bag.
"Yuga," Ruka whispered, before running forward and pulling him into a hug. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too," a blushing Yuga replied, returning Ruka's hug. "I'm glad to see we got the apartment though. I could do with a little more space here at Union."
"Best part?" Asami added, grinning. "We got the complex right across, so we won't be too far."
"That's great," Yuga replied. "Glad to hear that!"
"Yuga," Vince suddenly said, standing up. "Just because we are rooming together, doesn't mean things have changed between us. I still only consider you a rival and nothing more, and this year, I will defeat you!"
"Way to kill the mood," Ruka muttered, still in Yuga's arms.
Yuga, however, seemed more than thrilled at this, grinning at Vince, "Bring it on, Vince... but maybe we can be friends, please?"
"No!" Vince shouted, causing everyone to laugh in response. Ruka and Yuga parted the hug, smiling at one another. Despite spending two months apart and changing in some ways, the group still seemed to be unchanged, and honestly, they wouldn't have it any other way.
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"I'm standing just outside Fortune City Hall where we have just received some shocking news," a female reporter, wearing a black outfit, which matched her black hair said, her grey eyes looking into the camera she was facing. "In response to the Mayor's disappearance, Supreme Judge Lennox had been voted as Acting Mayor! I have also received word that Lennox himself would like to address the public! Thousands have gathered outside of Fortune City Hall to hear this speech, so let's cut right to that, shall we!?"
Several men and women in suits and dresses stepped out of city hall, one of them being Mr. Nagai, who looked unpleased about these results. He stood behind a podium that was set up outside of the building just past where the steps to the hall ended, along with the others. A tall man, with slicked back hair, black and grey in color, stepped forwards towards the podium. He stroked his beard of the same color to make it neat, before reaching into his tuxedo jacket pocket and pulling out a notecard, as though he was ready to give a speech all along. He cleared his throat and began speaking in a deep, official sounding voice.
"Ladies and Gentlemen of Fortune City," Lennox announced, looking out to the crowd, the speakers behind him amplifying his already powerful voice. "I, as acting mayor of this city, an honored that I was chosen to uphold this position until we have reached an official verdict on how the government of this city will procced from here." He paused for a few seconds, before continuing. "Fortune City has been my home since my father moved here when I was but a wee lad. My father moved us here to give us opportunities that he never had, and a chance at a better life for him and his family… but fate had different destiny in store for us. My father was assassinated when I was only three, and I was left to grow up in an orphanage that I will forever resent for the rest of my life. When I turned 18, fate shined upon me finally, and I was bestowed a chance to attend law school on a scholarship, and after graduating with high honors, I entered law enforcement and politics to make sure those that came here would never have it as hard as I did."
The crowd before him clapped, Lennox smiling and nodding in response, letting the applause die down before continuing. "I know better than anyone the hardships that life throws at those that dare venture forth, to raise their chins everyday despite life constantly trying to beat you down. The future of this city and its citizens have always depended on its leaders, but constantly we've been let down…" He paused, his words causing murmurs in the crowd which he ignored, before continuing. "The orphanage I was raised in is not government funded, giving children horrible starts as they grow up there! I've seen roads torn apart for years, schools defunded, and security fail to uphold peace. We pay taxes for a reason! Why are these issues still here!?" Applause greeted this, but he continued. "That is why, as acting mayor, I promise you that I will begin making the necessary steps towards change! Let he or she who take my place continue on the path towards a better future!"
He's lying, Mr. Nagai thought, looking at the thundering crowd that applause Lennox. He's just getting on their good side so he can remain Mayor when he runs! However, with a heavy sigh, he pulled out a book and stepped forward, approaching Lennox. The man turned to him as he held out the book at waist level, and Lennox placed his right hand on the book, raising his left hand into the air.
"I, Damian Patrick Lennox, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution and laws of Fortune City, and all local ordinances, and that I will faithfully and impartially perform and discharge the duties of the office of mayor, according to the law and the best of my ability!"
"By article 92, section 13 of the official Fortune City Constitution," Mr. Nagai said in a forced voice, lowering the book and shaking the hand of the man before him. "I hereby appoint you… Mayor Lennox, Acting Mayor of Fortune City."