Hello people of Fanfiction, sorry I've been MIA for a while, I was a POSW (Prisoner of School Work) and still am technically. This is a new story, slightly different from Overcoming the Past. I'm sorry I haven't updated that story in forever, I have a chronic case of writer's block. Well anyway, here's the new story. I'm going to up load the first three chapters becasue the first two are kind of short. So I hope you enjoy this story. Curtains!
Ch.1- Across the Distance
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you," conceded a girl with dark green hair and blue eyes that were obscured by her thick glasses. She had on a blue and yellow striped long sleeved shirt and blue jeans. "His name was Jack." She sat at a table in a small café with four other girls. All of them were about eighteen years old. One of them had chocolate brown hair and emerald green eyes. She wore a pink tank top and white capris pants. Another had light blue hair and brown eyes; they were dressed in light blue pants and a green halter top. The third had red hair and golden eyes. She wore beige capris pants and a blue tank top. The final girl had long twilight colored hair and light grey eyes. She was dressed in a plain, black, form-fitting, turtle neck shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans.
"As in Jack Atlas?" the red haired girl asked in awe, a hand to her mouth.
"Sara, if Carly's first kiss was with Jack Atlas, then Vaith's first kiss will be with Yusei Fudo," the blue haired girl replied. The girl with twilight hair blushed slightly, the rest of the girls giggled.
"Really Vaith, you've never been kissed before?" asked the brunette as she turned to the girl with twilight hair. The twilight haired girl shook her head.
"Nope," she replied. "Does that come as a surprise to you Clare?"
"Yeah it does," the brunette replied, eyes wide, "It comes as a great surprise."
"You knew, right Carly?" the blue haired girl asked the girl with glasses.
"Yes Jessica, I knew. When she told me I was nearly as surprised as Clare," Carly replied with a laugh.
"But now it's your turn Clare," began Sara, "Who was your first kiss with?" Clare blushed at the memory.
"His name was John," she replied, "Someone I went to school with."
"Aww, that's so sweet," Jessica commented, "How come it didn't last?"
"Because we decided to go our separate ways after high school. He was going to study abroad and become a doctor while I studied to be a dancer. It was a mutual decision."
"And now you have Crow," Sara added with a smile.
"Yup, and I'm happy with that." Clare smiled at the thought of her boyfriend.
"Speaking of boyfriends," Jessica began, "Vaith, we think it's time you got one. You work way too hard and take care of everyone else. We think it's time you found someone to take care of you."
"Right, you can't spend your entire life being single you know," Sara added. "I've already told you I'm not interested right now," Vaith calmly replied, "I'm just not ready to be in a romantic relationship with anyone."
"And why don't you think you're ready?" Carly asked. She was truly concerned for her best friend. She had a tendency to push herself too hard and worry about everyone else before she even thought of doing something for herself. She also spent a lot of time alone, which Carly felt wasn't a good thing.
"Because when you truly love someone, you trust them unconditionally. I don't think I can trust someone that much," Vaith replied with a sigh.
"Because of what happened with your aunt and uncle?" Clare asked gingerly.
"Umhm, I still haven't quite gotten over it." Vaith's friends knew that she was born into the prominent Ishihara family and that the Crowfords were her aunt and uncle. They were aware of a rift between them, but didn't know what had caused it; it wasn't something Vaith liked to talk about.
"You're not going to know for sure unless you try," Jessica stated, "But if you don't feel quite ready yet we'll lay off for a while." Vaith gave her a small smile.
"Thanks."
"But we'll have time to scout out more potential candidates won't we girls?" Jessica asked with a wink.
"Yup," the other three replied with a laugh.
"It'll be no easy task, but we will find someone who can make our Vaith grin like a fool," Sara proclaimed. They all laughed.
On the other side of the city was a garage apartment shared by three boys in their late teens. One of them had spikey, raven black hair streaked with blond; his friends often pointed out how his hair resembled a crab. He had mesmerizingly blue eyes, slightly tanned skin, and a jagged criminal marker on the left side of his face. He sat in front of a computer and wore a black sleeveless shirt with a red design emblazoned on the front, black jeans, and brown, calf-high riding boots. He was running a diagnostic on the three runners parked in the garage; one red, one round and white, the third black and orange.
"Well, are they alright?" asked an eighteen year old male with spikey orange hair, criminal markers under each eye and an 'M' and a dot on his forehead. He wore an orange shirt under a brown sleeveless vest and a pair of green pants. He had on olive green gloves that covered his forearms but exposed his fingers; he also had on a blue headband. His grey eyes were trained on the man with blue eyes.
"They're fine Crow," the blue-eyed youth replied. "But yours is going to need a tune up soon."
"How soon?" Crow asked. He didn't like the thought of giving up his runner for an extended period of time, but if Yusei said it needed a tune up, it probably did.
"Within the month should be fine. It'll take me a few hours, so bring it in any time after you finish working."
"Sure thing," the orange haired youth replied. "What are your plans for the rest of the day?"
"I have to work on Jack's runner. Some things are so out of whack I'm surprised it still runs properly."
"What's wrong with it?" asked a blond male of about nineteen coming down the stairs and into the garage. His eyes were violet and he had a serious expression on his face. He wore a plain black sleeveless shirt covered by a white trench coat. His pants were blue and his boots grey. His gaze was trained on Yusei and Crow.
"Well, the thrusters and engine need a tune up, the battery's worn, the-" Yusei began, but the blond cut him off.
"Nevermind, I don't want to know. But do you have to work on it right now?"
"Yes Jack . If I don't the next time you ride it might be your last," Yusei replied.
"Do you have to work on it right this second?" Jack asked. He wasn't one who got overly sentimental, but Yusei was like a little brother to him, and he worked way too damn hard. He seriously needed to get out more.
"If you want to duel Crow tomorrow, then yes."
"Man, putting it off for a day won't kill you. Besides we can have a ground duel, no biggie," Crow said.
"You spend way too much time in this garage as it is, tuning up our runners, fixing things for other people. The only time you leave the garage is when you have a title match, you're going to visit Martha, or you need to buy some more parts. You seriously need to step out of the garage and get a girlfriend.
"We've been over this before," Yusei said facing his friends, his face in its signature stoic expression, "I'm not interested in dating anyone right now."
"Yeah, that's what Crow said until he might Clare," Jack said with a smirk, "Now he tries to spend as much time with her as he can."
"What we're saying Yusei is that you work too hard and you need to take a break and relax once in a while. And who knows, you might meet someone at that thing Trudge and Mina want us to go to on Friday," said Crow. Yusei sighed.
"You two aren't giving me much of a choice are you?"
"Nope," the two replied in unison.
Well, that's the end of chapter one. Please read and review, I want to know what you think of this story, just please no flames. I'll upload the next chapter shortly.