Introduction: This next little story is something I decided to work on due to some writer's block I'm currently having with an SAO fanfic. I actually had the idea for this three-shot while re-watching the hit anime series, Parasyte: The Maxim as part of a modest Halloween celebration a few days ago. Those of you familiar with that anime might be able to figure out what episodes of the series provided the inspiration for this story just from the first scene in part one. The other thing I should mention is that this story is basically an AU from the anime.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.
Part 1: Sometimes a Fantasy
A gentle breeze blew past as Ruri sat on a large rock in the middle of a flower-covered meadow. She had on a crown of pink wildflowers and a simple white dress with long sleeves and a long flowing skirt like some princess out of a fairytale. Happy little birds had flocked from all around; some of them landing on the dark-haired girl's arms and head. Ruri was feeling perfectly content at that moment, but suddenly there was a shift in the wind. The flock of little birds that had gathered around her suddenly flew away as if terrified by something.
Then in an instant, the sky became covered in dark-grey clouds and all of the flowers covering the meadow had died. Suddenly Ruri heard a growling noise coming from close by. She looked, and standing a few feet away she saw a pack of six werewolf-like creatures with yellow eyes and bodies covered in jet-black fur. Ruri screamed in terror and quickly got up from the rock she had been sitting on to flee for her life. In an instant the wolf creatures started to come after her.
Several heart-pounding moments passed as Ruri ran as fast as her legs could carry her. No matter how fast Ruri ran, the werewolves were getting closer and closer to her, and the ridiculously long skirt of her dress had only been getting in her way. Suddenly Ruri tripped on something and fell to the ground face-first. When she turned over onto her back, one of the beasts was standing over her. Ruri let out a blood-curdling scream as the werewold roared. Just as the thing was about to attack, a loud burst of thunder rumbled across the field, starling the creature and the rest of its pack. Ruri noticed that the wold monsters all seemed to be looking at something behind, so she rolled onto her stomach to see what it was and saw that a rumbling dark-purple vortex almost like a small hurricane had formed in the ground.
Rising out of the vortex was a fairly large bipedal dragon with well-developed arms. Much of the creature's body was colored a deep purple, while the underside of its neck was colored a dark-teal. It had an almost eel-like face with small savage yellow eyes and a mouth full of sharp fangs, with the largest ones growing from its jaw. On the front of the dragon's jaw like a tuck was a large metal spike that curved upward, and it had armor on the sides of its head that formed into a pair of horn-like blades that curved back. Covering the front of the dragon's torso were pieces of grey and black armor with curved glowing red lines on the sides of the chest armor, and mounted on the sides of its forearms were two thick flat blades with small round purple gems fitted into the base. The beast's tail was wide at the end and had a pair of long metal spikes that curved upward, and on its back was a large pair of black and purple metallic wings, each with a purple orb fitted into the long metal spike that extended out towards the base of the wing.
Ruri instantly recognized the dragon as a creature from the Duel Monsters card game, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. She also noticed that there was a person standing atop the back of the dragon between its two wings. The person in question was a young man with iron-grey eyes and long spiked hair that was purple at the front and black at the back. The young man had on a suit of black armor with two pieces of spiked grey armor covering his shoulders and a grey chestplate styled to look like a skull. Hanging from his back was a long tattered purple cape. Ruri's heart leapt for joy when she saw the dragon's rider, for he was none other than her true love, Yuto. The werewolves meanwhile all backed away a step and whimpered in fear.
Parts of Dark Rebellion's wings extended apart and fired bolts of purple lightning at the wolf creature that had been standing over Ruri. The purple electricity wrapped itself around the beast and bound its arms to its sides.
"Dark Rebellion! Send that demon back to hell!" Yuto commanded. "Revolt of the Lightning Disobey!"
The spike on Dark Rebellion's jaw crackled with electricity as it flew across the field towards the bound wolf. The other members of the beast's pack ran away on all fours at the same moment the dragon's tusk impaled the werewolf's chest. The creature cried out in pain as its body was shocked by electricity before suddenly crumbling to dust. A beam of sunlight then cut through the dark clouds above and shone down on the spot where Dark Rebellion was now standing. Yuto dismounted his faithful servant and went over to where Ruri was still on the ground.
Smiling, Yuto bent down and held out his hand. "Let's go."
Ruri smiled back and took Yuto's hand. The dragon rider helped Ruri to her feet and suddenly picked her up bridal style, causing her to blush. Yuto climbed back onto Dark Rebellion with Ruri still in his arms, and at his command the dragon took off into the sky towards the ray of sunlight.
"Yuto? Where are we going?" Ruri asked.
"To our castle." Yuto answered simply.
In moments, Dark Rebellion passed through the opening in the clouds and in seconds they were flying through a crystal blue sky. Ruri couldn't help but take in the beauty of where they were. She had long wanted to fly through the sky like a bird, and now it was happening. Then in the distance, Ruri saw a large piece of land floating in the distance like an island. On top of this floating rock was a large white castle with purple roofs. The floating castle came closer and closer, and soon Dark Rebellion was landing right before the castle gate.
Yuto dismounted his faithful dragon with Ruri still in his arms. When they passed through the threshold of the gate, they were instantly transported to a large bedroom with royal blue walls and mint green carpeting. In front of the far wall was a large bed covered in red satin sheets. Ruri also found that both she and Yuto were suddenly nude, causing her blush to intensify. Yuto seemed to pay no attention to their sudden nakedness and simply carried her over to the bed. After gently setting his princess down on the sheets, Yuto crawled onto the bed over Ruri and gave her a fiery kiss on the lips.
Ruri returned the kiss, and soon their tongues were grinding against one another. Once they were forced to break apart for air, Yuto began to kiss and suck on Ruri's neck, causing her to moan with pleasure. After a few moments, Yuto pulled away to look down at Ruri. Ruri took that moment to drink Yuto in. His body was so strong and muscular, almost like that of a god.
Yuto smiled and caressed Ruri's cheek with her hand. "You are truly an angel, my princess."
With that, Yuto got up and pulled Ruri forward so that her legs were off the bed. The dragon rider gently spread Ruri's legs apart, and at that moment Ruri sat up a bit to get a look at what she was about to receive. Yuto's erect manhood was extremely long and tick, and even seemed to give off a warm and dazzling light. Ruri bit her lower lip in anticipation of the wonderful feeling that she was certain was about to come.
Ruri Kurosaki's dark-pink eyes snapped open to find nothing but the ceiling of her bedroom. She could hear the typical sound of morning birdsong coming in through her open window. The sixteen-year-old sat up in her bed and looked at the alarm clock radio on her nightstand. It was only a minute before her alarm was set to go off. Ruri couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh. If there was one thing that annoyed her, it was waking up right before her alarm was supposed to go off.
Only seconds later, her clock's alarm kicked in and turned on its radio. "Good morning! You're listing to KHRT, Heart and Soul Radio! Your local station for today's soft rock hits! We've got another scorching hot day ahead for us in Heartland City, ladies and gentlemen. The high for today is expected to reach a blistering ninety-six degrees. Now for those of you who may be just getting out of bed to start the day, here's Love Me in the Night (Respect Me in the Morning) by Ramona and the Scapegoats."
Ruri got out of her bed and headed for the adjoining bathroom to her room to get ready for school and the sound of the soft rock ballad began to fill the room. As she began her daily grooming ritual, Ruri's mind kept going back to the very steamy dream she had just experienced. The thing about the dream that had really struck Ruri was that the man who had rescued her and taken her to that castle in the sky was no imaginary prince but her boyfriend of the last four years, Yuto Sakaki. Ruri and Yuto had of course become very close, but she had never before had such passionate dreams about Yuto before. The dark-haired girl decided to push the dream from her mind and focus on getting ready for school.
Lunchtime was in full swing in the stuffy Heartland Academy cafeteria as Ruri sat alone at a table by the window. The place was already packed full of students, and the oppressive summer heat hung over the entire room. Ruri meanwhile was simply staring out the window lost in thought. As hard as she tried, Ruri just hadn't been able to shake her dream about Yuto from her thoughts. It certainly didn't help matters that Heartland Academy had been like an oven for the entire day. The school's air conditioning system had unfortunately decided to break down right when the summer heat wave first struck the city.
"Hi Ruri!" a familiar voice spoke, shaking the bird girl duelist from her thoughts.
Standing in front of the table was a young woman about Ruri's age with short light-purple and lilac hair held in place by a pair of almost fruit-like light-green and yellow hairclips, and blue eyes behind a pair of large round glasses. This girl was one of Ruri's best friends, Sayaka Sasayama.
"Oh. Hi Sayaka." Ruri responded. "How are things?"
"You okay?" Sayaka asked as she took the seat across from Ruri. "You seem kinda out of it."
"Well… I had this weird dream last night." Ruri began.
"There you two are!" a voice interrupted.
Ruri and Sakaya looked, and standing before the table with a full tray of food was a young woman with fairly short hair that was red on top and orange towards the bottom. This girl was another one of Ruri's friends at Heartland Academy, Anna Kozuki.
"So, did either of you see Kaito Tenjo's new girlfriend yesterday at the duel school?" Anna asked as she sat down at the table by Sayaka. "The word is she and Kaito were making out right by the front door."
"Oh yeah. I think I've seen her once." Sayaka recalled. "Her name's Droite, isn't it? She's very pretty."
"She looks like a vampire if you ask me." Anna declared. "Still, looks like things are pretty hot between her and Kaito. So, what the heck were you two talking about when I got here?"
"Ruri was just starting to tell me about this dream she had last night." Sayaka answered.
"Actually, I'm not really sure if I should tell you about this." Ruri told them.
"Oh come on! You can trust us." Anna responded. "Spill! What was this dream of yours?"
"Well… if I tell you about this, you have to promise that you won't tell anyone! Especially not Shun!" Ruri requested.
"Of course!" Sayaka replied. "You know you can trust us. Now what is it?"
Ruri took a quick look around to make sure no one else might be listening and leaned closer. "Last night… I had a dream where Yuto and I almost… made love."
"Oh wow! Really?" a blushing Sayaka asked.
"Wow! You lucky girl." Anna remarked. "So how good was he in the dream?"
"Actually, I woke up right before it got that far." Ruri admitted. "The thing is, I don't know why I'd have a dream like that."
"It has been a while since you and Yuto have really spent time together." Sayaka pointed out.
"That's true." Ruri replied with a sad look. "Between Yuto preparing for the upcoming duel tournament and both of us getting ready for the big exams we have in a few days, its been weeks since we've gone out. Still… this is the first time that I've ever had a dream like that about Yuto. I mean it's not like I haven't thought about taking our relationship to a physical level before, but I don't think either of us have ever been ready for that."
"Well, maybe this is your brain's way of telling you that you are ready." Anna suggested. "I say you jump Yuto the first chance you get."
"I… I can't just do something like that!" a flustered Ruri told her. "Besides, Yuto has just too much going on right now. We both do."
"Whatever you say." Anna responded as she got up from her chair. "I gotta go. Oh, if either of you runs into my brother today, would you mind telling him to meet up with me the first chance he gets? I kinda need his help with something when school lets out."
"Why don't you ask Allen for help yourself?" Sayaka asked.
"Because the last time I saw my brother, I walked in on him doing something I can't un-see." Anna informed them. "Later."
It was late in the afternoon, and as classes had ended for the day Ruri had decided to go find Allen as Anna had requested at lunch. Ruri's search had taken her to the school gym, where a basketball game was just starting to wrap up. The dark-haired girl looked to see if any of the players was Allen. It soon became clear that Allen wasn't on either of the teams, but Yuto was. Ruri also quickly spotted a tall young man with yellow-green eyes and straight blue-black hair with light-green bangs in the shape of a wing. This other young man was Ruri's older brother, Shun Kurosaki. It quickly became clear to Ruri that Yuto and Shun were on opposing teams.
Ruri moved over to the bleachers and sat down to watch the game play out. Yuto had the ball, but Shun was standing between him and the basket. Dribbling the ball a few times, Yuto charged across the field towards the basket. Shun attempted to block his opponent's path, but Yuto quickly weaved around him and tossed the ball towards the basket. The orange orb stayed on the rim for a few tense moments before finally falling through the hoop. Ruri couldn't help but cheer at Yuto's victory.
Yuto instantly noticed Ruri and walked over to where she was. "Hi. How long have you been there?"
"Not long. You played pretty well out there." Ruri told him.
"Thanks. I really worked up a sweat." Yuto replied as he suddenly started to take off the grey t-shirt that was part of his gym uniform.
Ruri blushed upon seeing Yuto's sweaty shirtless body. While Yuto wasn't the muscular demigod that had rescued Ruri in her dream from the night before, he was still incredibly fit. Of course between his gym activities and all the running around he did in those Action Duels, it was little wonder that Yuto was in such good shape. As Ruri drunk Yuto in, a trail of blood ran down from her nose.
"Yo Ruri!" Shun spoke as he approached, shaking his younger sister from her lustful thoughts. "What brings you in here anyway?"
"Uh… oh! Right. I was looking for Allen so I could deliver a message to him." Ruri recalled. "Guess he's not here, huh?"
"Last time I saw Allen, he was in one of the private booths in the library studying something on the computer." Yuto recalled. "Probably studying something for the exams we've got coming up."
"We better hit the showers, Yuto." Shun suggested. "After all, we've still got that duel tournament to prepare for."
"Right. Guess I'll have to catch you later, Ruri." Yuto told her.
"Yeah… later." Ruri replied.
Ruri stayed and watched as Yuto and the others headed for the locker room. It had been the first time in days that she and Yuto had been able to exchange more than a couple of words with each other and their visit had been cut short. Ruri wished that she could at least be taking part in the upcoming duel tournament with Yuto, but unfortunately the top ten players from her duel school could compete, and due to a misstep she had made in her final duel for the qualification exam, Ruri had ended up falling below the player who had taken the number ten spot. The bright side to not participating in the tournament was that it gave Ruri more time to prepare for exams, but it also meant that she and Yuto were spending much less time together. Sighing, the dark-haired girl got up from the bleachers and headed for the school library.
After a quick walk across the schoolyard, Ruri made it to the library and began to search for Allen. Remembering what Yuto had told her, Ruri headed for the three small study rooms towards the back of the building. The door to the first room that Ruri came to was open a crack, and from within she could hear the moans of a female voice. Opening the door farther, Ruri saw a young man with spiky red and yellow hair and teal eyes sitting at the table and staring at the computer intently. Ruri had found Anna's brother, and it seemed that he was watching some sort of video on the computer.
"Allen?" Ruri spoke, causing the redhead to let out a startled cry.
Allen quickly paused the video he was watching and turned his chair to face Ruri. "Oh… Ruri. What the hell do you want?"
"Uh, your sister asked me to tell you that she wanted your help with something after school." Ruri answered. "I'm afraid she didn't say what."
Allen let out a heavy sigh as he got up from the chair. "Okay. I better go help her before she storms in here and drags me away by the neck. Later."
Ruri stepped aside to allow Allen to exit the little room. Letting her curiosity get the better of her, Ruri went inside to see what sort of video Allen had been watching on the computer. As soon as she hit the play button, Ruri's eyes went totally wide. The video was of a nude blonde woman with large breasts standing behind a kitchen counter as a muscular naked guy with spiked dark hair plowed her from behind. Ruri knew that she shouldn't be watching such a filthy video, yet she found that she couldn't look away. There was a mesmerizing quality to the whole thing that Ruri somehow couldn't resist.
"Ruri?" a familiar voice spoke, causing her to let out a small scream.
After quickly pausing the video, Ruri turned around to see Shun standing in the doorway to the room.
"Shun! What, uh… what're you doing here?" Ruri asked, her face now a bright shade of red.
"I… just wanted to let you know that I'll probably be home late again." Shun informed her. "What're you doing in here anyway?"
"Nothing!" Ruri answered in a higher pitch than she intended. "I mean… I was just shutting off this computer that Allen left on. Anyway, I'll leave your dinner in the fridge for when you get back, 'kay?"
Shun gave his sister a quizzical look. "…Right. I'll see you later then."
With that, Shun finally left and shut the door behind him. Ruri let out a relieved sigh as she collapsed into the chair. After managing to compose herself, Ruri shut down the computer and decided to head for home. Within only a few minutes, the dark-haired girl was out of the street. As she walked Ruri couldn't help but think of that video and imagine herself and Yuto doing something like that. The thought of it turned her on just as much as her dream did. Ruri was so lost in her fantasy as she crossed the street that she didn't notice that a car was speeding towards her.
Suddenly Ruri felt something pick her up off the ground and carry her back onto the sidewalk just before the car could run her down. It took Ruri a moment to register what had happened, and when she did she realized that Yuto was holding her. In fact, Yuto was holding Ruri bridal style just as he had done when he carried her in her dream.
A look of fright and concern was on Yuto's face. "Are you okay?"
"Uh… yeah. I'm fine." Ruri softly answered, her face once again a bright shade of red. "Um, I think you can put me down now."
"You almost gave me a heart attack!" Yuto told her as he set her back on her feet. "Didn't you even see that car?"
"Sorry. I… was thinking about something else." Ruri sheepishly answered. "Thank you for saving me."
Yuto gave her a small smile. "It's a good thing I decided to go back for that side deck I left in my shoe locker. Just try to be more careful, okay?"
"I will. Thanks Yuto." Ruri replied.
"Hey. Why don't we take a trip to Heartland Amusement Park once things finally settle down?" Yuto suggested as he placed an arm on Ruri's shoulder. "Just you and me?"
"I'd love that." Ruri agreed. "Well… guess I'll see you later then."
Yuto kissed Ruri on the cheek in response and headed back towards the school. Ruri meanwhile continued on her way home. After safely crossing the street, Ruri started to think about how Yuto had just saved her just like he had saved her in her dream. Ruri began to wonder if she would have another dream like that when she went to bed. In fact, a part of her really hoped that she would.
Author's Note: I forgot to mention up at the top that the title for this part comes from the Billy Joel song of the same name. It seemed rather appropriate at the time.
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