I'm currently feeling very lazy about updating my other story Yusei's Past, so I decided to make a new story! I wrote this chapter out today, and I'm already part way through the next chapter. Anyway, enjoy the story!
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Fire. There was fire everywhere, the screams of the villagers rang through the young boy's ears, he didn't know what to do. Fear gripped at him as his heart pounded against his chest and his eyes stung with unshed tears. He forced his legs to move him away from one of the burning wreckages as various people ran around, waving their arms in the air, looking for a safe place to hide. The little boy began to follow some of the villagers, hoping that at least one of them knew a way out of the chaos.
Suddenly he heard a yell, he looked behind him to see a large figure running towards him. "Sonachi!" the young child shouted as relief rushed through him. As soon as the big figure got close to the little boy, it scooped him up into his arms and ran as tears started to gush out of the child's eyes.
"Don't worry; everything will be alright, Yusei…"
Yusei's eyes snapped open. 'That dream again… those memories refuse to leave'. He sat up and rubbed his eyes with one hand as he let out a heavy sigh. He slowly swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up, 'perhaps those memories will haunt me forever…' he shook his head to rid himself of the thought and proceeded to walk out of his room and go downstairs where Crow was already awake and making himself a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
"Morning Yusei!" Crow greeted, looking up from the frying pan and at his blue eyed friend.
Yusei let out a yawn before answering, "Morning Crow." Crow looked his friend up and down before sighing.
"You had that dream again didn't you?"
Yusei turned slightly to face the wall as he lowered his head so his fringe covered his eyes, "Yeah…" He answered solemnly. Crow sighed again before he turned back to the frying pan. He lifted it up off the stove and emptied the contents onto a plate. He took a quick glance at Yusei, who was now looking for some cereal, as he went to sit down at the table.
A few minutes later and Jack was making his way down the ladder to the kitchen, he was greeted with a 'morning' from the two teens who were eating there breakfast. Jack took a look at Yusei, he could see dark patches under his eyes 'he had that dream again…' he thought to himself. He didn't worry too much about it thought as he began to make himself some breakfast just as Crow finished his.
"Aki, Rua and Ruka will probably be here soon." Crow said as he washed his plate, Yusei stood up and walked over to the ladder before climbing it to go to the bathroom. If there was one thing Yusei and Crow had learnt from living together with Jack for so long, it was that it was always best to get a shower before he did, since cold showers really didn't feel nice at all. "Bagsy the second shower." Crow quipped before Jack could say anything. The orange haired teen received a death glare from the former king as he began to snigger, "You snooze you lose, Jack!"
The blonde turned his head away from his friend and continued to eat his breakfast, "Stupid ginger…" he muttered under his breath.
Once all the teens had showered and gotten dressed they went down to the garage, Yusei, as usual began working on the D-wheels as Jack picked up a newspaper to read and Crow started to do a little cleaning around the place. All was quiet, apart from the occasional sound of the D-wheels and the turning of a page. The silence didn't last long however as Aki, Rua and Ruka soon came in to see three boys. "Hi!" Aki greeted as she cheerfully skipped down the steps, closely followed by Rua and Ruka.
The three riding duelists looked up and greeted the twins and Aki, happy to see their friends. Crow took a look out of the window, "How's the weather outside?" He asked out of nowhere.
"It's…good I guess…there's a lot of sunshine and the sky is clear, there's hardly any wind."
Crow clapped his hands together, "Then let's go out on a walk!" He cheerfully declared. Everyone stared at him, "Come on! It'll be good; we can get some exercise and fresh air!" The others looked at each other before nodding.
"All right then. " Jack said as he stood up, "A walk it is."
So the group of friends all went out to walk around the park, Rua kept bouncing around with excitement and running ahead of the group before running back and telling everyone to move faster. Jack and Crow were engaged in conversation whilst Ruka was yelling at her brother to stop running around like a lunatic and Aki and Yusei were making small talk.
Once they had gotten to the park Rua had run off, closely followed by Ruka leaving Jack, Crow, Aki and Yusei alone to sit down and chat. There weren't that many people in the park that day surprisingly, only the occasional family could be seen playing fetch with their dogs and having picnics together. There were many trees around the park and birds could constantly be heard chirping at each other. Jack leaned back on the grass and stared up at the sky as aeroplanes flew by.
"I'm glad you suggested coming out here Crow. " Aki commented, "It really is a brilliant day for it."
Crow smiled as he stared at the trees, "No reason to thank me, I just thought it would be to get out for once."
"What's with Rua and Ruka?" Yusei asked, everyone turned around, Rua and Ruka could be seen running back to the group with a panicked look on their faces. The group stood up and ran towards them but soon stopped in their tracks as they saw a man with a large grin on his face and an evil look in his eye. Rua and Ruka eventually reached the group of teenagers and hid behind them.
"You're back then." Everyone turned to look at Yusei as he took a few steps forward.
The man let out a laugh, "Yusei, you knew that I was going to come back. These your friends then?"
"That's none of your business." Yusei's tone was cold. Jack and Crow began taking a few steps back and motioned to Aki and the twins to do so too, they seemed to understand what was going on.
"Defiant as usual. But anyway, we both know why I'm here, so why don't you save me the trouble of hurting you and give me the answer I've been looking for all these years!"
"I'm never going to tell you!" Yusei lowered himself into a crouching position, he looked like he was about to pounce. Aki looked at Jack and Crow, their eyes were glued to the scene unfolding in front of them.
"Oh really?" The man questioned, I guess I'll have to beat it out of you then!"
Before anything else could be said or done, both men sprang at each other. Yusei tried to deliver a kick to the mysterious man's head but was stopped by the man's hand and was sent flying, thankfully he managed to land on his feet before jumping at him again and throwing a punch at his stomach, this time the attack connected, the man stumbled backwards but quickly got a hold of himself and then attempted to hit Yusei.
"Just tell me where it is Yusei and I will leave you alone!" The man offered as Yusei narrowly dodged a punch.
"You think I'd tell you after what you did?" Yusei yelled as anger burned in his eyes, "You arsehole!"
Aki and the twins gasped, it wasn't like Yusei at all to swear, he was always the quiet polite one of the group, the only time he ever got angry was when the people he loved were in danger, what could that man have done to make Yusei so angry with him?
The fight continued, Yusei unfortunately wasn't able to dodge all of the attacks thrown at him, though the same could be said for the man attacking him. Both people seemed to be extremely angry at each other for some reason, pure hatred was burning in both of their eyes and their mouths seemed to be permanently stuck in the shape of vicious scowls. It was like a fight to the death.
"I'm growing tired of this game!" The man yelled after performing a back flip to escape Yusei's fists.
"You think this is a game?"" Yusei yelled back, pure murder in his tone, "After all you've done? After you F***ed up my life and killed all of those innocent people you think this is all a game?" Yusei was breathing heavily now, he looked like he was about to tear his enemy to shreds, "You destroyed the village Minoru! You killed all those people for your own bloody selfish needs!"
Minoru leant back his head and roared with laughter, "Do I look like I actually cared for that puny village? All I wanted was the aura, I didn't care for anyone who stood in my way! Those innocent people where puny and pathetic, there was no point in keeping them alive. And as for you, why should I care? Sure you must miss all those people but life goes on, get over it you little cry-baby!"
That seemed to be the last straw for Yusei, he stared at Minoru as a flame began to ignite in his eyes and a low growl escaped his lips before a sudden red light began to surround him, "Go rot in hell you scum." He hissed, his voice was covered in a deadly poison, anyone could tell that Yusei at this point was REALLY angry, Jack and Crow began to push Aki, Rua and Ruka back further away. The red light had now completely consumed Yusei's figure and it looked like it was about to be fired at Minoru. The target of the red light seemed to realise that there was no way he could dodge the attack and had started to brace himself for it, he didn't have much time to though as only six seconds after the red light had appeared it was shot at Minoru.
Yusei's friends could only stand and watch as the light moved through the air at lightning speed, nothing would be able to jump out its way, it was impossible. The winner of the fight was pretty much determined.
However, when the light faded away, no dead body could be seen. Minoru had somehow managed to escape. Yusei, who was now leaning forward slightly, panting, stared at the empty space where his foe was standing a few seconds ago. His eyes narrowed before he let out a frustrated cry, grabbed his head with his hands and let out a loud string of curses. His friends stood and watched in stunned silence whilst the teen recited every swear word under the sun. Aki and Crow quickly clamped their hands over the twin's ears to protect them from the vulgar words.
After a minute of swearing Yusei eventually stopped and lowered his hands and clenched them into fists as he stared at the floor. Crow and Jack slowly began to approach their friend to comfort him, but before they could get close enough to talk Yusei ran off. The two teens let out exasperated sighs before turning to Aki, Rua and Ruka. "We should go back home, knowing Yusei, he'll be there by the time we get back.
"What's going on?" Ruka asked. Her brother nodded.
"Yeah! What just happened?" Rua piped up. Jack and Crow just shook their heads before giving them a sympathetic smile.
"It's not our position to tell you, you'll have to ask Yusei." Jack answered, "That is, if he's willing to tell you…" He added on with a sigh. Him and Crow turned around and headed off in the same direction Yusei had gone, Aki and the twins quickly followed wondering what was up with the leader of the group.
The walk home was much quieter than the walk to the park, no one knew what to say and none of them could stop their minds from wandering to Yusei. Thankfully it wasn't long before Poppa Time came into sight and the group began to perk up a little. Crow was the first to reach the door; he slowly pushed it open and peeked in. The garage was a mess, it seemed Yusei had decide to take his anger out on all of the items in his toolbox: spanners, screws, nuts and bolts could be seen all over the floor, the newspaper Jack had been reading before the walk had been ripped to shreds and various items on the counters had been thrown to the floor. Crow stepped inside and walked down the steps to the garage floor. Jack came in next with Aki, Rua and Ruka behind him.
They stood, staring at the mess in disbelief, they could understand Jack destroying things when he got angry, it was normal for him, if Crow got angry he was less likely to destroy things but they wouldn't be too surprised if he did. Yusei however was not the type of person to fly into a rage and destroy things. He was always the level-headed one who could always find a calmer solution to any problem, destroying things was not Yusei's style.
"He's probably upstairs." Crow muttered before walking up to the stairs, the others followed suit. Unfortunately, upstairs didn't look much better than the garage. Once again the floor was littered with things Yusei had thrown at it; this time it was pots and pans. Everyone scanned the small room until their eyes rested upon the corner where Yusei was standing facing the wall, his hands and face pushed up against it as he let out small frustrated sobs. "You alright?" Crow asked out of common courtesy, the sobbing stopped but Yusei didn't move.
They heard the duelist take a small breath before answering rather coldly, "What do you think?" Rua and Ruka flinched at the answer given by their big brother figure.
Jack gave a sigh, "You don't have to get so worked up over this. Just wait until Minoru comes back, wrecking the place isn't going to deter him from his goal you know…"
Yusei banged his fist against the wall and squeezed his eyes shut, "I WAS SO CLOSE!" He screamed, "I nearly killed him! But…but…"
Crow and Jack walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, "C'mon mate, this isn't going to do anything to solve the problem, besides your scaring Rua and Ruka." Yusei lowered his fist and turned around before pressing his back to the wall and staring at the ground; he shut his eyes and sighed.
"Sorry." He mumbled.
"Is anyone going to tell us what is going on?" Aki asked, her patience was nearly all gone and she was desperate for an explanation behind Yusei's odd behaviour. Yusei looked up as Jack and Crow turned around.
"Yeah! Yusei what's going on?" Rua asked copying his big sister figure.
Yusei gave a soft sigh as he smiled at Rua's attempt to copy Aki. "I guess an explanation is in order…" Rua and Ruka both gave enthusiastic nods as they ran to sit down on one of the chairs in the room closely followed by Aki. "I Warn you though, it's a long story." Yusei added as he sat down on another chair whilst Jack and Crow squabbled over who got the last chair, Jack won.
"We don't mind so long as we know what happened." Aki said as she made herself comfy beside Ruka.
"Wait, Yusei." Crow intervened, "are you allowed to tell them?"
"She allowed me to tell you two, so She won't mind me telling them." Yusei answered.
Ruka sat up in confusion, "Who's 'She'?"
"The goddess Semésa. And that is where the story starts, about a hundred years ago."
I usually only like working on one thing at a time, but I feel this little...diversion will help a bit with my lazyness. I'm afraid I can not guarantee when I will update Yusei's Past but I can tell you that it won't be long before I update this story!
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