A/N: Here's something that was randomly going through my head, and so I typed it up. I might continue it. Have yet to decide. Enjoy!
Connections
"Ha ha, yeah, yeah, I hear you!" Laughed a young man as he sat on a porch. "Yeah, that last duel was a lot of fun, wasn't it?"
He seemed to pause to listen to either something, or someone. Or perhaps he was contemplating something. Either way, he was ignoring the people that walked by and gave him strange looks. That's when he came to an idea.
"Alright, guys, time to go have some fun," He said, grinning. With that, he ran off to go find the person he wanted to duel.
Here we are, safe at last
We can breathe a sigh,
Seems the storm has passed
As the group of friends walked around town, laughing and talking, one of them was mostly silent and calm although he had a smile on his face at the antics of his friends. Eventually, they split up to head on to their own homes, and on the way, one of them ended up being practically run over.
"Ow!" Exclaimed the voice of the other person. "Sorry about that! Didn't see you there!"
"It's okay," The first man replied offering to help him up. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm..." The runner paused noticing who it was. "Hey! Yusei!"
"Huh?" The now-identified other man blinked at the sudden enthusiasm, and the way he jumped up.
"I've been looking all over for you!"
"What? Why?"
"My deck and I wanna go against you in a duel!"
Yusei took several moments to make his decision.
"Could you wait till tomorrow morning?"
"Huh?" The other teen seemed to only just realize how incredibly late it was in the day. He grinned sheepishly, rubbing his head. "Yeah, sure... meet you here tomorrow, about noon?"
"Sure," Yusei said, smiling slightly at the teen's enthusiasm.
"Name's John! See ya!"
With that, the other teen ran off and Yusei was left connecting him to Leo as he headed back home. It was then that something clicked.
Wait, Yusei thought, feeling a bit confused. He said that his deck wanted to duel me? How does he know that?
Through it all, no one knew
That all the tears in heaven,
Would bring me back to you
"There you are!" Jake called, waving with a big grin on his countenance when he spotted Yusei.
"Are you ready to duel?" Yusei asked, both of their disks activating at that moment.
"Of course!" Jake said, then he paused and looked at his deck, blinked. After a moment, he smiled to his current opponent. "You plan on using, uhh... what was it... Stardust Dragon, right?"
Yusei frowned slightly. He hadn't originally been planning to, actually.
"Why should I?" Yusei asked, becoming suspicious.
"My deck says that they want to face him, that's all," Jake shrugged. "I don't know why, they just do."
Yusei's frown didn't let up, but he decided to humor the young man and put the dragon in his deck before shuffling again. Jake grinned to his opponent as they drew their hands.
"Duel!" Both exclaimed at the same time.
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 4000 LP
"You can go first," Jake said, waving his empty hand to Yusei, whom nodded.
"First I'm going to summon Speed Warrior to the field in defense mode! Then I'll end my turn with a face-down!"
The smile never left Jake's face as he nodded in understanding, before taking a deep breath... and drawing. He hummed quietly as he thought of what to do.
"Well, me," Jake began, pulling out a couple of cards. "I'll place a card facedown on the field, before summoning Spear Dragon to the field in attack mode and end my turn!"
A dragon looking like it had a nose like a spear appeared. Yusei drew, and after a couple of moments, got an idea of what to do.
"I'm going to bring Junk Synchron to the field, and have him give Speed Warrior a tune-up!"
The tuner pulled the string on his stomach, before vanishing into lights. Quickly, Speed Warrior was changed into Junk Warrior.
"Junk Warrior will attack your Spear Dragon!"
Jake covered his face with his duel disk and arms as the hologram was shattered into many, many pieces, as his life points took a hit.
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 3600 LP
"Then I'll end my turn!"
"My move!" Jake exclaimed, taking the top card of his deck.
People of the Sattelite continued to gather and watch as this young teen kept going, turn after turn, against the current King of Duelists. Yusei Fudo had to hand it to the kid; he'd stopped him from synchro summoning for a few turns, but that had just ended.
"And now," Yusei called out, all of the pieces necessary on his field, and with Jake's expression saying it couldn't be stopped, the King kept going. "I summon Quickdraw Synchron! With him on the field, Quillbolt Hedgehog makes a return! Finally, I tune both monsters with my Sonic Chick to synchro summon my most powerful monster – Stardust Dragon!"
Jake's face broke into a big and wide grin as one of the most majestic dragons anyone had ever seen appeared before them all. The smile vanished when he met the beast's eyes. After a few moments, he smirked and nodded.
"I place one card facedown and end my turn," Yusei said, as another flat hologram of a card appeared near him. Jake nodded, drawing as the smirk never left.
Ah! Jake's mind exclaimed in his head, as he noticed whom he'd drawn. So you're up, huh? Well let's see what the field is, first.
Yusei: 500 LP
Jake: 100 LP
Yusei's powerful Stardust Dragon easily dwarfed the Dragunity Dux on the field, despite the latter being equiped with Dragunity Brandistock. The two cards in Jake's hand, aside from the one he'd just drawn, weren't any help there either. Smirk widening, the young teen made his decision.
"Alright, Yusei, here's how this will work," Jake said as he held up the card he'd just drawn. "First, I remove from play my Dragunity Dux and my Dragunity Brandistock!"
The two monsters vanished, for good.
"That allows me to special summon this one – Dragunity Arma Leyvaten!" The beast, smirking and holding a giant blade, appeared before all. The dragons on the field, instead of roaring at each other, oddly remained silent, and Jake took note of this. "Then, because of her ability, I'm able to bring a Dragunity monster from my graveyard and equip it to her – and I choose Dragunity Arma Mystletainn!"
As a result of placing the second monster just behind the first, Mystletainn seemed to nod to Leyvaten, whom nodded in return.
"Then I place one card face down and end my turn! Your move, Yusei."
The duelist nodded, before drawing.
"Sorry, but it's over," Yusei said. "I equip my Stardust Dragon with both my Silver Wing card and my Fighting Spirit card! As a result, he gains 300 attack and defense points for each of your monsters, and he can't be destroyed by battle. Stardust Dragon, attack with Cosmic Flare!"
Jake threw up his arms in defense as his monsters were destroyed and Yusei finally won the duel. After heaving a sigh and picking himself up from where he'd crashed from the blow, he grinned at his opponent and shook his hand.
"Mind if we chat for a while?" Jake asked. "I wanna talk to you about a few things."
"Sure," Yusei nodded, before they found a good spot to sit and chat and not have listeners. "What's up?"
"May I see your Stardust Dragon card?" Jake asked sincerely. "There's something I'd like to confirm."
Yusei frowned slightly, but he handed over the card anyway. He watched with growing interest as the teen before him closed his eyes and seemed to be really concentrating. After a few moments, the teen looked at Yusei, smiling and handing the card back.
"That's one really loyal friend you've got there," Jake said, leaning over the rail to watch the sunset at the tall building they stood atop.
"What do you mean?" Yusei asked, confused as he looked at the card now in his hand.
"Hmm... how do I put this...? Well, you remember me saying how my deck wanted to duel you?"
There was a nod.
"I said that because of something I can do. I can hear the spirits of my deck. Of any deck. Any card. Not only can I hear them, I can understand what they say, and naturally, they understand me."
Yusei blinked with surprise, before looking at Stardust Dragon in his hand again.
"So that's what you meant," He said. "So when you say that he's really loyal..."
"I meant it, yeah," Jake nodded, grinning. "He told me quite a few things about you."
"Like what?" Yusei was genuinly interested. This interest rose as Jake's grin grew.
"Right now he's telling me to keep quiet, actually," Jake said. "He's too prideful to admit it. He really cares about you, Yusei. You're like family to him, and that's because of his special ability to be the one to take the fall in order to save his friends – and since you'd apparently do the same, he feels quite connected to you. In several years, whether you stay a duelist or not, I'd say you should at least keep him by your side. He'll be sad if you let him go."
Yusei took a moment to think this through, before nodding, smiling softly. Stardust Dragon was very important to him, and so he decided Jake's advice was nice and solid. He watched as the teen put his hand on his deck, before pulling out a card, frowning, and continued to draw a grand total of five cards. Then he laughed.
"What?" Yusei asked.
"Well, considering my connection to my deck," Jake began, chuckling. "I can usually call for a specific card and it'll jump right to the top. I was trying to call for Leyvaten, but she wouldn't answer... hmm..."
Jake put the five cards back, pulled out his deck, and smirked upon finding the card he was looking for at the bottom. He broke into another grin at what she said before putting his deck back and drawing the top card once more.
"Instead of getting Leyvaten, I'm getting Mystletainn," Jake said, shaking his head with exasperation as he showed Yusei said card. "Where these guys exist is the same place as my deck's field spell card – a dragon ravine. Leyvaten is the leader of this one place, and Mystletainn is basically her right-hand lady. So the boss is pushing her assistant to take her place."
"So that means... your Leyvaten must be sick or something, right?" Yusei guessed. He blinked at Jake's snicker.
"I suppose you could say that," The teen grinned. "Even Mystletainn's laughing. I could tell you why, but you'll have to cut a deal with me."
"And what's that?"
Jake asked Yusei to wait a minute, as he talked out a plan with Mystletainn in silence. Then he put her card back, asking Yusei to do the same with Stardust. Once both deck boxes were closed, the teen explained to his new friend what was going on and how it would be dealt with.
No one I know,
Imagined we would make it
But it only matters that we both believe!
Later that night, in the duel monster's world, Leyvaten could be found still hiding in her place in the dragon ravine she was in charge of. Mystletainn, at her mistress' request, had taken over for the rest of the day... and was now plotting with their duelist to make certain things happen.
"Mistress, a dragon approaches from the sky!" Exclaimed a guard to Mystletainn. She raced outside, and when she spotted who it was – despite his confused look – she smirked. The plan was working.
"Welcome to our humble abode, Stardust Dragon," Mystletainn greeted cheerfully, flying up to meet him, opting to leave her weapon behind in the armory. "Mistress Leyvaten awaits your arrival."
"Well, it was certainly a surprise to suddenly be called," Stardust admitted, as he was led to the queen of the ravine's chambers.
Other beasts and duel spirits had helped the dragons to advance their ravine to be both extremelly natural, and yet still have homes and doors and comfortable places for them to live – and a place most suiting for Dragunity Arma Leyvaten, the strongest of the ravine's citizens, and the one chosen to be in charge of them. When Mystletainn told Stardust to go on in, said mistress looked up and found her eyes widen quite a bit. Thankfully her weapon was elsewhere, or someone would be getting a beating. As soon as Leyvaten saw to it that Stardust was comfortable, she excused herself for a minute. At least, she tried to. The door was locked from the outside.
"Mystletainn," Leyvaten hissed through the door. "Open this damn thing. Now."
"I'm sorry, Mistress, but I can't," Mystletainn responded. "These are my orders. I've reinforced the door and the walls with help from our spellcaster friends to keep you from breaking out."
"Why are you doing this? Who ordered you to?" Leyvaten was more than ready to break the punk who did it into dust.
"Ummm..." The second-hand lady paused, and remembered her instructions. "Jake. Our duelist. He recognized your feelings and he's ordered me to keep you and Stardust locked in your chambers until you tell him."
Leyvaten froze for two reasons. First, she was so going to kick her duelist's ass when she got the chance. Second, she was being forced to... no way.
"Umm... did I come at a bad time?" Stardust asked, causing the queen of the ravine to about-face and shake her head.
"N-No, no... you're fine," Leyvaten answered. She fought to keep herself in check. She sensed her assistant's quick departure and silently swore to get revenge.
You and me, we're a miracle,
Meant to be,
And nothing can change that.
"Is it working?" Yusei asked Jake, as he returned from a test run of a new program he'd done for his duel runner. The teen was currently watching their two decks in Yusei's hide-out, particularly Leyvaten and Stardust. The younger man smirked.
"According to Mystletainn, they're in the same room right now," Jake responsed, nodding a bit. "We won't be able to call upon them until I hear otherwise, but some friendly spellcasters have made it so that they can't hurt each other physically."
"Just physically?"
"I can't speak for emotionally or psychologically," Jake answered. Yusei nodded. "But if my gut instinct's right, it won't come to that. And my gut's usually correct."
"I understand that feeling. In the meantime, could you tell me anything else about what my cards say?"
"Well, I could help you learn how to eventually hear them."
"Really?"
"Kinda. There's not much to teach. From our duel, I saw how in tune you are with your deck. The next problem is for you to learn how to listen to them not with your ears or your eyes, but with your heart."
Yusei frowned and wondered what exactly that meant.
Mountains move,
And oceans part,
When they are standing in our way.
"So why exactly did you call for me?" Stardust asked, once they had settled down at the table of food that sat in Mistress Leyvaten's not-so-modest chambers. Said lady paused in her meal for a moment, recognizing another detail of her duelist's plot.
Very smart of you, to make it seem like I did the calling, Leyvaten silently scowled. Apparently her expression changed enough for her guest to pick up on it.
"Did I do something wrong?" Stardust's question snapped Leyvaten back into reality and she noticed the confused and bewildered look on his face.
"No, you didn't," Leyvaten answered, scowling as she said the words.
"Are you willing to explain?"
Leyvaten thought about it for many moments, contemplating on what to do. Then she gave a great, heavy sigh.
"In short, my duelist's a jerk," Leyvaten said as she sighed again. Stardust raised an eyebrow.
"What'd he do, if I may ask?"
"He set this entire thing up, getting help from my assistant!"
Stardust couldn't help it – he laughed. The expression and the way Leyvaten had said it was just too funny. Her face fell at this, but before she knew it, a couple giggles turned into laughter for her as well, even if it died down quite quickly.
"What made you laugh at that, anyway?" Leyvaten asked, admittedly feeling not so bad anymore.
"Just the way you said it and how you looked when you did," Stardust smirked. Leyvaten couldn't stop the blush that appeared on her countenance.
When they are standing in our way
You and me, we're a mircale;
Angels stand watching over
And heaven shines upon us, everyday
"What did you mean to 'listen with my heart'?" Yusei asked, as several more minutes passed. He was still confused about that.
"That's the hardest part," Jake admitted. "I only learned how to do it because I grew up kinda like this. It takes an open heart. Not an honest one, not a good one – an open one. You trust your deck, and it trusts you, Yusei. That's because your hearts are connected. The next thing for you to do... is for you to figure out how you can open up that connection even further so that you can hear and understand them. Personally, I'd suggest meditating or something."
Yusei nodded, and set up to do just that. Jake would keep on listening to Mystletainn's reports of what was going on in her world and such, while Yusei would work on, well... opening up. How he would do that was still a mystery to him.
Everytime I felt near defeat,
You were there for me, oh,
By my side completely.
"So do you know the real reason for why your duelist decided to set this up?" Stardust asked, their meal finished at last, as he stood before Leyvaten, whom was sitting on the edge of her bed. The dragoness blushed and looked away.
"Yeah, I do," Leyvaten said, standing slowly, forcing herself to look Stardust in the eye. Stardust blinked when he realized how many emotions swirled inside her. "And I had no idea he would spot it so easily in me, but..."
Stardust opted to remain silent and listen. After watching Leyvaten have several moments of internal debate, his eyes widened considerably when he suddenly found her lips locked with his own. And then everything became clear as to why he had been called here, why she had been acting so strange. After she finally pulled away, he was still feeling really quite stunned and unsure of what to do. Nobody had ever actually kissed him so out of the blue. In the few moments that passed as she tried to figure out if she was rejected or not, he suddenly realized something.
"Look..." Leyvaten began to say quietly, beginning to slowly back up. "It's alright if... if you don't feel the same way..."
Before she could go anywhere else, she found herself pinned to the majestic creature before her and his lips had taken the liberty of returning her kiss. Not that she minded, of course.
"Don't be like that," Stardust said softly upon releasing it. "I do feel that way."
Leyvaten was frozen, feeling surprised and shocked for several moments, before she smiled sincerely. It was easy for her to tell how geniuine Stardust's statement was. So when she next got them to caress, she was able to pull them both down into a more relaxing position upon her bed, and neither of them objected to it.
You give me strength ohh..
you set me free... hey yeah yeah
Its just because of you ohh..
"Yeah, that's it, Yusei," Jake said softly as the older man continued to meditate. The younger one could hear the King's cards saying the connection was getting stronger and clearer. "You're getting it."
Several minutes passed, before Yusei's eyes snapped open and he looked to his deck before gently drawing a card. Just as he had been asked to – and just as he had been told, Debris Dragon was right there on top. He blinked a few times when he heard some cheering coming from the next card, and when he drew it, he found Sonic Chick right there.
"Clearly she's happy to finally be heard," Jake laughed. Yusei smiled as well.
"Will this connected fade?" The pro duelist asked.
"If you can focus and keep it open a while longer, it'll become permanent. If you stop now, it'll fade and you'll have to re-open it. Just keep talking and listening to your deck."
Yusei nodded, then smirked when he heard something else. The sound of someone tinkering. It had to be a synchron, and he had a feeling he knew which one.
"Junk Synchron, what are you doing?" He asked. Yusei frowned in confusion at the answer. "What do you mean, getting a tune-up?"
Jake couldn't help but laugh along with Yusei at Junk Synchron's embarrassed answer about how he and another synchron were working together to make sure they were up to specs. Plus it helped to make sure their tuning skills were at their best. Jake's eyebrows rose as he heard something from his deck, and that made another question come to Yusei's mind.
"Will I be able to communicate with another duelist's deck?" He asked.
"Given time, yes," Jake replied. "Once I was able to talk with my own as easily as I talk with people, I learned how to talk to other decks. It just takes time. Anyway, Mystletainn says that things must be going well, because nobody's crying. Besides, some of the friendly magic spells on the room show colors on the outside walls the correspond to specific emotions, and right now, well... things are getting quite romantic, apparently."
Yusei nodded, before realizing he still held the two cards in his hand and put them face-up on the table in front of him. Jake glanced at Debris Dragon, and with a smirk, put his hand on his own deck, and called upon Leyvaten's assistant. Upon appearing at the top, once she felt the presence of the other dragon, she seemed to suddenly become silent. Yusei felt interested at Jake's grin.
"Is she alright?" Yusei asked.
"Better than alright," Jake answered, putting Mystletainn back. And after drawing five cards, she didn't reappear, but was found hiding in the center of the deck instead. Jake and Yusei shared a smile.
I'm all that I can be, ohh...
When I'm with you,
The world is ours to reach for,
Together there is nothing we can't do.
"Mmm... Stardust..." Leyvaten found herself moaning quietly, as the one she'd fallen for caressed her neck as lovingly as he did.
It just felt so nice... after several moments, Stardust finally pulled away and matched their lips together, tongues dancing almost automatically. Leyvaten didn't argue one bit, naturally. She had to pull back when Stardust's gentle, roaming hands had found her chest and began to play with her breasts. The moans that instantly escaped her throat just egged him on further. It was when she felt his hands leave that area and start going further south that she snapped to attention.
"Ah! Stardust, wait," Leyvaten attempted to stall him. She didn't exactly succeed.
"Shh," He whispered into her ear, silencing her completely. He let his hand gently rub against her clit, making her moans much louder. He was only mildly surprised to find out how incredibly wet her slit was, but perhaps he could point it out to her.
"Nnn... Stardust..." Despite her earlier objections, she seemed quite pleased by how he was treating her – especially as he dipped a couple of fingers into her innards. "Nnnahh..."
The moans quietly left her mouth as Stardust gently used a couple of his fingers to pump in and out of her slick cunt. As the lust continued to gently grip their minds, Leyvaten spent several moments allowing those smooth fingers of his to fill her. However, at last, she was able to find the strength to gently pull his hand out of her inners. She pulled him into a kiss as she gently interlaced their fingers, utterly ignoring the juices coating those two fingers of his sexy hands.
"Heh... you missed something," Leyvaten whispered to him, once she pulled back, making him slightly confused.
Carefully reaching through the space between their bodies, Stardust suddenly felt intense pleasure rocket through him, and he had to look down to see what caused it. His face went a deep red upon seeing what it was, but that became the least of his worries as the lady's smooth hands began gently pumping his length. As he had been playing with her hole, he had failed to notice the way his tip had begun to poke against her stomach, and now that she was returning the favor, Stardust quickly had his entire length erect and more than ready to fill someone – preferably Leyvaten.
"Mmm... L-Leyvaten..." He moaned into her ear. It was difficult for him to hold back his load as he neared the edge. She stopped when his member had leaked pre all over her hand and stomach.
"Claim me," She whispered gently to him, letting go of his deliciously smooth and wet length.
Stardust opted to not disappoint her. Gently taking hold of her hips, he carefully placed his tip at her entrance, causing them both to moan quite loudly as he ever so slowly used his entire length to fill her. Stars erupted in Leyvaten's vision from the pleasure when he brushed against her cervix, the feeling incredibly intense. Instinct dictated that she then hold him as physically close as possible, allowing them to adjust for a few, torturous moments. Then, upon his own decision, he began to carefully pound against the sexy lady laying on the bed below him.
"Ah... S-Stardust..." Leyvaten panted out softly, as his cock kept hitting that one spot inside her that just seemed to cause everything to be intensly pleasurable. Every last nerve fiber was sensitive, especially around her nethers.
The male dragon didn't say a thing. Not that he really could. After all, the intense feelings threatening to overwhelm them both just forced his instincts to keep him quiet and keep pounding away at Leyvaten. He could feel the base of his member quickly swelling, preparing to tie them together and make the –
"Ahh!" Leyvaten cried out, halting Stardust's train of thought as his knot finally slipped passed his lady's lips and trapped him inside her. "Mmmahh..."
Several moments of grinding against her clit passed, before Stardust grunted as her inner muscles suddenly clenched on his cock and pumped it for all it was worth as her juices coated their intertwined nethers – and it didn't hold back. In seconds, the male held still, holding himself as close and far in her as physically possible with his length as it finally blew its load straight into her womb. Leyvaten moaned happily as the warmth of Stardust's hot seed spread throughout her entire body. Many moments went by as they held each other tightly, not wishing for this to end, even as the afterglow began to finally die down and the male's knot slowly deflated. Once it finally stopped, Leyvaten pulled Stardust into their deepest and most passionate kiss yet. Taking his cue, Stardust gently removed himself from his new lover's innards, them both moaning a touch as he did so.
"Mmm... I do have a question for you," Stardust said softly, after they'd taken the time to prepare for a night's rest.
"Yes?" Leyvaten wondered what he could possibly ask.
"What made you want me as your mate this badly? And after meeting you only once?"
Leyvaten had to admit he had a good question.
"Well," She began. "After being with Jake all this time, I've learned how to really read what kind of character someone is. And I liked what I saw in you."
"So it's not just my looks?" Stardust smirked. One would be surprised how many dragons tried to get him just for that.
"It's just an added bonus to have someone as sexy as you," Leyvaten replied smoothly, smirking at the resulting blush. "I've got people in this valley who try to get me for my looks, too, you know. Why would I do that to someone when I've gone through it?"
Stardust blinked, then smiled softly before hugging her tightly, gratefully. She knew exactly how he felt, and that just made this connection all the more precious as they finally fell into a deep sleep, holding each other close.
The chance was so unlikely
That we would ever win
Two stars among the heavens
"So, Yusei, who's the kid?" Jack asked as he found Yusei helping the teen into an empty bed at Martha's place, where they were staying for the moment.
"He says he's Jake," Yusei answered. "I met him while I was walking around town between our duels with the Dark Signers. He challenged me to a duel."
"How'd he do?" Luna asked.
"I bet he got his butt kicked!" Leo said, being careful to be quiet to not wake the now-sleeping Jake.
They vacated the room before they continued to talk.
"No, he actually did pretty well," Yusei admitted. "Got me down to my last 500 points."
"Not bad," Blister commented. "Anything else special about him? Looks like he fell asleep sitting around doing something."
"He was," Yusei nodded, glancing at his deck and Jake's, both still on the table. His connection to his own hadn't faded yet. "It's kinda complicated."
"We got time," Jack pointed out.
"Then perhaps I should be the one to explain," Jake said tiredly, as he stood in the doorway.
"I thought you were asleep," Yusei said, smirking.
"So did I," Jake chuckled. He shook his head a bit to wake up before going over to his deck and drawing a card. "Mystletainn says they're both fast asleep and we should be able to call on them in a while. Perhaps we should get some rest too."
"What do you mean?" Leo asked, confused. Jake grinned and showed the twin the card in his hand.
"This is Dragunity Arma Mystletainn," The teen said, calmly explaining. He paused and looked at Luna for a moment. "Interesting. Luna, right?"
"Huh? Yeah," Luna said, confused as to how he knew her name.
"Your deck told me your name, don't worry."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I have the ability to communicate with the creatures of any card as if I'm talking to a person," Jake explained calmly. "I heard from your deck your name, Luna, and it sounds like they really like you. Anyway, I can explain later. I'm pretty tired, but I don't want to leave our decks out to be stolen or something. I'll see you guys later, I guess..."
With that, Jake went to grab his deck, then paused for a moment. After making his decision, he went over to Yusei.
"I don't want to get them too far apart, so keep an eye on my deck as well as yours, okay? Thanks."
With that, Jake yawned, thanked Martha for letting him stay the night and went back to sleep in the bed he'd been provided. The rest of the gang looked at him, then at each other, then at Yusei whom shrugged and grabbed his own deck before heading to bed himself. A smirk graced his face at what he heard from how Debris Dragon, after going mysteriously silent, was ranting about how he was worried about his boss – Stardust Dragon. The tuner noticed his duelist's jubilant mood and demanded what was so funny. Yusei just remained silent until he fell asleep, both he and Jake's deck not travelling far from each other until the very next morning.
"Hmm, they're finally awake," Jake said when he arrived in the dining room and Yusei returned his deck. He grinned at getting an earful from Leyvaten, whom he drew just then.
"Getting yelled at?" Yusei smirked.
"And cursed at in some very creative ways. What about Stardust Dragon?"
"Debris Dragon is yelling at him, demanding to know what happened and why he was gone all night long. Stardust doesn't seem too talkative."
Jake and Yusei continued to talk about what was going on with their decks, before Jake excused himself to talk to Leyvaten in private. Once he returned, an evil smirk was on his countenance, and one could practically hear said dragon having the same one.
"Huh?" Yusei said upon hearing what Stardust said suddenly. "Stardust is apparently inviting one of Leyvaten's dragons to his place."
Jake nodded, smirk never leaving his face. Once the specific dragon was gone, he spoke again.
"Mystletainn's coming over for a visit," He explained. "For a few reasons. One, Debris Dragon. Two, I offered to help Leyvaten get her revenge on her asstant, and she agreed by sending her to Stardust's place. Three, they may be planning on merging their... kingdoms? Something like that."
"What, with Stardust as king and Leyvaten as queen?"
"Leyvaten says for me to shut up if I know what's good for me," Jake laughed. Yusei's smirk widened a bit. "Anyway, I got a question for you. Why's Stardust so protective of you? During our last duel, he seemed to be really wary of me at first, until he noticed I wasn't... something. He seemed to be particularly interested in my arms."
Yusei looked at Jake, then drew Stardust Dragon from the top of his deck. After a few moments, he placed the synchro monster down on the table, Jake placing Leyvaten right by him. Yusei began to explain what was going on, getting the feeling that having a duelist like Jake on their side would be very helpful. This is what Jack walked in on.
"Yusei, why are you telling this kid about that? He's not a part of this!" Jack exclaimed.
"I could just ask his deck, then," Jake replied, when Yusei went silent. "If they're willing to say anything."
Jake closed his eyes, and listened closely to Stardust Dragon, whom explained to both him, and everyone else in his deck, what was going on. After several moments, he looked at Jack, and the other now-awake Signers with a raised eyebrow.
"That is a lot of information," He stated. "Sounds like you guys got a lot to deal with."
There was a pause as he listened to someone, and they watched as Yusei raised an eyebrow at the two cards on the table. Jake had a bemused expression.
"What's going on?" Luna asked, confused by the teen's look.
"Leyvaten, and everyone else in my deck along with me, wants to join in the fight," Jake began. "But Stardust doesn't exactly agree."
"Leyvaten, you can't be serious!" Stardust exclaimed to her, as Yusei and Jake heard him.
"I am, and there's nothing you can do to stop me," Leyvaten answered. "Jake and I are fighting with you."
"But... it's too dangerous..."
"Stardust, I'm just as strong as you!" She snapped, making him back off a touch.
"Leyvaten, he just cares about you, don't be so harsh," Jake intervened calmly. A sigh was heard.
"You're right, Jake," She said softly, turning to Stardust. "Stardust, I know how much you care, but I'm with you all the way on this. I care too much about you to let you do this on your own."
Stardust remained silent for a while.
"Just..." He began to say, knowing that he'd lost the argument. "Don't be reckless."
"I should say the same to you," Leyvaten sounded bemused, but grateful.
"Alright, looks like I'm on the team," Jake said. "And no, there's nothing any of you can say that will stop me or my deck."
The rest of the Signers, aside from Yusei – whom nodded his understanding – glanced at each other. Then things went on as they talked about what to do next...
Credits: Song lyrics from the song "We're a Miracle".
A/N: I certainly hope you enjoyed that. I just might continue this. You'll know if I do. This chapter takes place during season 1, when Yusei's returned to the Sattelite, if you wanted to know that.