Yay! *does extremely happy dance* I can finally post the prologue. This is my second Yugioh FanFic, and I've got one more in line to start. I got some pretty good feedback on my GX one, so hopefully you guys will like my 5Ds Fic. I've got the plot pretty much sorted out, and everything is set up, so we'll see how quickly I can keep getting chapters out for all of my stories. But enough of my babbling, enjoy the prologue, and please review! XD (favorite face)


Prologue:

"Yusei!" I whisper-shouted back at the black-haired boy tiptoeing down the tunnel behind me. I could've sworn that I'd heard something that wasn't the two of us, and now that we were this far out we didn't have the alibi of taking a walk and losing track of how far we'd gone, or which way we'd gone altogether. Even if we could've used that, no one would've believed that we just so happened to be walking in the direction of the only connection the Satellite had with New Domino City:

"What? This time I know I didn't do anything—" He whispered as quietly as he could despite his irritation. I turned back to the twelve year old boy behind me (Only a few months older than me, for the record) and cupped a hand over his mouth, which didn't help his aggravation towards me, but when did he ever not find something to twitch his eyebrow at me about?

I could hear him mumble something from behind my hand, but I ignored him since I couldn't decipher his grumbles. I sent a shush back at him, and removed my hand when I could tell that he'd gotten the message. Scooting up to me to gaze in the direction I was staring in, Yusei and I both waited in silence (Even though Yusei had no clue what we were waiting for since he hadn't heard what I had).

Glancing over at him and seeing the confused look in his eyes, I raised an arm and pointed down the tunnel in front of us. "Don't you hear it, Sei? It's…an engine." My hand started to tremble at my own words and I quickly put my arm back down before Yusei had time to notice. I'd tried escaping the Satellite alone before, and I didn't want Yusei to have to feel the pain that I had that first time; I could almost sense the pain surging through me all over again. They might even think that Yusei had been with me that night, and had been hiding somewhere when they showed up. That would mean that they'd dish out a lot more on him than they had on me.

I couldn't stand the thought of Yusei being hurt. I never wanted to see pain in those pretty blue eyes, except for when he pissed me off and I tugged on his ear and made all the adults laugh. And sure, I punched him a couple of times, but I was always careful with him (Well, as careful as you can be when you're punching somebody in the gut). He was used to me beating up on him, though, and the guards wouldn't be as gentle as I was, if I could be considered gentle.

I gulped when I saw a streak of fear dash across his eyes, but it quickly faded, almost as if he were trying to be tough. He'd heard it, and he knew as well as I did that it was getting louder, closer, and that it would only be a matter of time before we would be able to see the bright headlights. If we went back right then, we wouldn't get caught. But I was stubborn; I knew there had to be a way for us to avoid that one guard. If they actually knew we were trying to escape, they would've sent more than one.

Looking everywhere but at the light that had just appeared at the far end of the tunnel, and was drawing ever closer, I attempted to find some way for us to hide. I wasn't going to let them hurt Yusei; if they touched him, I wouldn't think twice about picking up a rock from the dirt under our feet and repeatedly smashing their head with it until they got back on their Duel Runner (Most of the guards had one, and I couldn't help but wonder to myself about how expensive all of the equipment must've been) and got the hell away from us. Or until they were so weak they couldn't even try to run away.

I was pulled from my thoughts when Yusei unexpectedly grabbed my arm and dragged me forward, breaking into a sprint before I had any clue of what he was doing. I could see the light drawing closer and closer, and I thought that I could almost feels its warmth on my skin. But the heat that I imagined and the remembrance of bruises and gashes left me just as suddenly as they'd come, and the dark surrounded both of us again, only brightened for a split second as the Runner raced past us, leaving the both of us in silence again, except for our heavy breathing.

Yusei's hand was still gripping mine so hard it hurt, and even though my hand was crying for me to get him away, I felt a lot better knowing that he was with me, and his mind was clearer than mine and running much faster. But that wasn't any different than usual. Yusei's brilliant mind was just as impressive as the mechanics he could repair and all of the physics that he knew. I was happy to have him with me.

The warmth that his hand gave off left me rapidly. I could've sworn that I could see his cheeks glowing pink he was blushing so hard from realizing that he'd been holding my hand. I stared at the dark silhouette that he made for a minute before shrugging off the incident and returning my attention to seeing if there would end up being someone else following that guy. But I didn't hear anything except for the drone of this engine fading away, and Yusei's light breathing behind me.

After the drone had faded away almost completely, I grabbed Yusei's sleeve and yanked him forward back into the tunnel. I didn't know how much farther we'd have to go to get to the sewer that would lead us to New Domino City, but I knew that it had to be close. That must've been what that man had been watching over; many people in the Satellite had tried getting out through there, or at least talked about it. I supposed that they thought someone might actually try it. Hopefully they didn't have the wall of watchmen that all of the adults who talked endlessly about it had spoken of.

We walked in silence for a while, hearing only the tapping of our feet and the rapid-fire beat of our hearts. Yusei was the first to break the silence, for once. "…Why are you holding my sleeve?" His question almost made me laugh; it sounded so random, so unlike him. I would've laughed had we been somewhere we didn't have to be so quiet.

"…I…like knowing you're here," I replied quietly, turning to glance back at him, trying to keep the blush dusting over my cheeks as hidden as I could keep it. I didn't want him to realize that I had a little crush on him, that would just make all this awkward. He couldn't know. Not ever. "…Thanks for coming with me, SeiSei. I'd be so lost without you." If that doesn't spell out 'I like you, Yusei. A lot' I don't know what does.

But if he'd thought that, the ravenette with bright gold highlights didn't hint towards it. All he did was let out a small 'Mmhmm', almost as if his voice couldn't conjure up anything more than that. But I didn't mind his sudden silent tone; we both should've been listening for anything else in the tunnels, not talking to each other. I figured that it would be okay if we did talk a bit; I thought that one of us would hear something if anything was coming our way.

That was where we made our first mistake.

The Security guarding New Domino City from the rebels of the Satellite was tight, and there was hardly any way for anyone to get through it. They had some of the best technology, and many of their guards were incredibly skilled in dueling. But I'd thought for the longest time now that I was just as tough as they were, and my deck was much more complex, similar to my strategies and techniques.

I'd gone with Yusei and a few others every now and then to the scrap heaps and junkyards all around the Satellite searching for any kind of card that someone might've thrown away. And, honestly, it was incredible what kind of cards someone could throw away without even noticing that they had. We'd found a small amount of incredibly rare cards, it was almost hard to believe.

But that wasn't going to help, no matter how much I might've thought that it would. And that slowly came to my mind when I heard someone shout out of the darkness, "Hey! Who's there?" I couldn't believe my stupidity; I'd never even thought that some of the Security would be on foot so you didn't hear them.

Light from a flashlight suddenly blinded the both of us, but that was only the beginning of our problems. Yusei's mind reacted faster to the light than I did, and he tried to pull me away into the darkness again, but I refused to budge, and currently had no idea why. My hesitation gave another officer that had snuck around from behind us an opportunity to snatch me up by my collar like some kid would pick a cat up by its scruff.

"You're coming with us," The man that was holding me up slightly in the air said with a gruff voice, the kind of tune that you'd imagine from someone who didn't get paid nearly enough for whatever job they were doing. His grip was reasonably similar to the anger in his voice, and very alike compared to the last guards that had caught me.

The one with the flashlight had walked up to the three of us, and shone the flashlight directly in my face, forgetting all about Yusei for the moment. I hoped with all of my being that he'd understand that I wanted him to get out of here before it was too late, before they realized he was here. The man with the flashlight's face twisted into a scowl as he recognized me; it really hadn't been that long ago that I'd tried to get out of the Satellite the first time. "Rei Saemonsaburou, I didn't expect to see your face around this part of the tunnels for a couple more months…" As he slowly moved the flashlight around the rest of the tunnel I caught a glimpse of his face: It was Officer Trudge, the lone guard that had just barely stopped my attempt to get out of the Satellite once and for all. Anger burned within my chest at the sight of him.

However, that wasn't the only feeling that went through me as he scanned the tunnel. All of my hope for Yusei to do what I wanted for once and get himself out of the area to safety before they noticed him crashed and burned; I could feel it in the very pit of my stomach as it died. The beam of dust-particle-revealing light landed on Yusei, the golden streaks in his raven-black hair sparkled in the dim light, and his cerulean eyes sparkled as they reflected the light. He was standing a few feet away, but he was still far too close for comfort.

Trudge let out an amused little laugh as if the two of us having been caught attempting to escape together was all some kind of joke to him, and his groupie joined in, but was silenced when the other officer mocked the both of us with another series of laughs, "Ha, you brought your boyfriend with you for good luck this time, did you? Hahaha! 'Cause something tells me he's not as lucky as you think he is—"

"Shut up, Sludge!" I snapped as loud as I could, but not wanting to shout in case there were any other guards near by that would grab Yusei at Trudge's command or before. I snarled at the Security guard who was still shining a light at my best friend as if he were being interrogated. I didn't like it at all, and I couldn't stop my protectiveness of Yusei from showing through in the strength of my voice and the false bravery that sounded in my tone. "Leave him out of this; I convinced him to come with me, he's got nothing to do with this!" C'mon, please, Yusei. Get out of here already!

Officer Trudge snarled at what I'd called him, ignoring the fact that Yusei's presence here was simply hilarious to him. He turned the flashlight from Yusei to me, holding it up under my chin and forcing my head up to look him square in the eyes, he told me with such coldness in his voice that it sent chills over my skin, "You'll pay for that little remark, Rei. Mark my words—"

"Let her go!" Ignoring my mental pleas completely, Yusei found another way to get into even deeper trouble with the Security than he already had by being here with me. He came up from behind the guard that was still holding me up by the collar of my shirt, and jumped up to kick him square in the rib cage with the toe of his shoe, the impact hard enough to make the officer cry out and drop me immediately, the sudden movements making Trudge jump back with surprise. Despite how dire the situation we were currently in was, I couldn't help but admire Yusei for doing what he had, even though I really would've preferred that he got out of here before it was too late to. But when I looked up into his eyes from my current spot on the ground, I couldn't tell him to go back; the answer was bright in his eyes, he didn't even have to say a thing.

He wasn't about to leave me for the world. Whatever goes through his head sure isn't like other twelve year old boys…

My mind raced when his eyes told me that, and I hoped that I could think of something that would get him to leave. I leapt to my feet, turning swiftly on one of my toes to kick the officer that had accompanied Trudge in the face, sending him stumbling back, colliding with Trudge and making both of them fall on their backs. I sprung over to Yusei, grabbed his shoulders tightly, and spat everything that I could think of out of my mouth to get him to understand why he had to go, why he had to leave me and get away, "I know we're best friends, but as that friend, I'm begging you to do yourself a favor and get out of here, Yusei! You have a future ahead of you that I know you can find a way to pursue after all of this, but I don't! I've screwed up too many times to have one, but if they catch you tonight, your destiny isn't going to be able to help you!

"I'm begging you, Yusei, do something incredible with your life like I know you will, and get out of here before those oafs get back up! Please!" Tears of fear for Yusei were just beginning to stream down my dirt-covered cheeks when he finally consented to my pleading. I could see pain in his eyes as he wrapped his arms around me unexpectedly, holding me tighter than anyone ever had before.

We pulled apart after only a few seconds and just as we were about to turn away from each other, the blue-eyed boy slipped something into my hand: A card. In the dark I couldn't see what it was, but Yusei whispered with strength and belief in my knowing what I was doing (I had no clue what I was doing over half the time, and this was part of that half), "This'll help you whenever you need it. And I…I'll never forget you, Rei. None of us will." I saw a smile cross his lips before he turned and ran from me, though I could see in the way his feet fell and rose again that he wanted nothing more than to turn around and remain by my side.

I couldn't help but wish that he would. Just remember the maintenance hatch, Yusei. Don't forget it.

As I turned to face the two now very pissed off guards, a fist reached out of nowhere and snatched my collar again, dragging me through the dark towards a flashlight that was suddenly lit directly in my face. I could see a black eye beginning to develop on the second officer's face, but the dim lighting made it hard to see if anything had damaged Officer Trudge at all. "You're coming with us, Rei. And this time, you've earned yourself a mark."