Welcome to my Second Story faithful Readers & Reviews.
For those of you who know I'm doing a sequel please be patient with me because this is not the sequel I said I would be writing. Also if you DO NOT want to see made up characters and cards I encourage you NOT to read this story.
I don't want my time wasted with complaints about made up characters and cards, my time is very precious to me.
This is only a story I felt like writing along with some Ideas I've been playing around with.
Another note I forgot to mention in my first chapter was that If you would like a place in my sequel because I'm accepting OC's for now, please send me the info about them, and please follow these three rules:
1} Please respond when I reply to you because I'm on almost every day (It's not that I don't have a life).
2) Don't overpower your characters or their decks. (I've seen several made up decks that would blow your mind).
3} I've said this before, Please do NOT give your characters relations to the main characters. If you do your character WILL NOT be included.
I don't like repeating myself, please read my first chapter and that will explain all you need to know about why I don't like OC's like that.
Also before I begin this chapter I would like to address some problems I've been having. Apparently there are these extreme Yugioh fan-boys or fan-girls who love certain characters so much they think that having an OC related to them makes them like family to the character they love so much.
I am getting SICK and TIRED of having to explain why I'm not including characters like this in ANY of my stories. I'll give an example of why this is bad:
If your character is Yugi's Son or Kaiba's Daughter or Jaden's Brother then that character will have a deck similar to or will be as powerful as the characters they try so hard to be related to.
Another issue I've been having is that over 7 people messaged me about including an OC that wasn't related to the main character and I had no problem with that, the real issue was that they wanted Main Characters as their character's Love Interests.
I thought about this for a moment and a question I've asked myself was that If you have NEVER seen a main character (Kaiba or Zane for example) express any romantic emotions or qualities they would like to see in a love in another character WHY would they suddenly have an interest in somebody who doesn't even exist in the mainstream of the show or manga.
I've seen a majority of stories where people have done this and they aren't that appealing (No disrespect intended to any authors of these stories)and yet I've seen several stories where the characters and coupling were in perfect resonance with each other, so I'm debating on whether I should include characters like this.
Send me a message with your opinion on this if you're interested because I'd like to have more than one point of view on Main Character and Original Character coupling.
(AND PLEASE don't send something stupid like: Alexis is so hot or Zane is so sexy…I will only reply to opinions that make sense.)
Another issue I would like to address is the lack of communication between subscribers and authors. I feel that if you send a message to me about adding an OC then you should at least respond daily, not whenever you feel like it.
I say this because once I start my sequel to Rise of a Hero I am NOT adding any more characters than the ones I started with or the characters of the authors that responded to my messages.
Another issue I have along with the lack of communication is that people send these boring short messages (I like to call them *Notes*).
I'm not saying that you should have a conversation with me or tell me your life story or anything of the sort, but just know that the authors who don't send *notes* as a message are usually the ones I wind up including.
The last issue I'd like to address is that people act like my point of view on an ORIGINAL character is so offensive. I don't see how making a character up that is related to a main character is original. It's as like making a template for your character's last name and deck. I honestly refuse to include original characters that are related to a main character.
Rakaia the Dragon Duelist's character has a history with the main character but its way better than what some authors do to overpower their characters.
With all of that aside enjoy the chapter.
Also credit goes to the owners and creators of these OC's. I will list them at the bottom of this chapter.
- Chapter Two: Catching Up
"Uhh…guys" Sega said casually, trying to get Lucas and Rose to stop kissing for a moment. It had been five minutes since they kissed in celebration of defeating Allen.
Apparently Sega hadn't had any success in breaking the couple up, so Luna took her place.
"Hellooo" she called, waving her hands. She also had no success until she reached into her pocket and pulled out a silver whistle. She gave it a hard blow in Lucas's left ear, snapping him and Rose out of their kissing session getting their attention in the process.
"Ow…Geez you could've asked" Lucas muttered, rubbing his ear while everybody else laughed at his reaction.
After a few moments of silence, Lucas walked over to Allen who was sulking and pouting.
"A deal's a deal…you have to pay for our meals and never speak to Rose again" Lucas said, holding his hand out for the money.
Allen clenched his teeth and his fists after slapping the money down into Lucas's outstretched hand. He stood up and took several steps towards the cheerleaders who were still hanging around Allen after a majority of the crowd left. He turned around and pointed at Rose and the rest of the Group.
"This isn't over" he vowed, getting the gang's attention. "I swear WILL have my revenge on you…starting with you dear Rose" he said, before he turned and walked away with the rest of the cheerleaders, surprising the rest of the group.
"Wow…Somebody can't take a hint" Rakaia said as he watched them walk away.
"Yeah…Obsessed much?" Rose responded shaking her head in disappointment. "Come on let's go pay for the food" she said.
"Alright let's go" Lucas agreed. "The mall's gonna close soon".
"No it's not…It's open for an extra three hours today" Luna said. "Apparently there's a new Kung-Fu movie playing today" she explained.
"Ok…let's go see it later" Rakaia said, earning nods from everyone.
The gang left the dueling spot and made their way to the diner and payed the owner in the process. After paying the owner of the diner they made their way back to the fountain and each took a seat, discussing their plans for the rest of the evening.
"I wanna go check out the card shop, I think my deck could use a tune up" Rakaia said.
"More like needs it" Sega muttered.
"….I heard that Console" Rakaia replied, causing Sega to casually whistle.
"I'm gonna give Aqua a tour of the mall" Sega said, after she stopped whistling.
"Well…I guess that leaves the three of us Luna" Rose said.
Luna shook her head in response. "Sorry I'm heading over to the card shop with Rakaia" she said.
"Alright then Rose it's just me and you" Lucas said with a smile.
Rose returned his smile with one of her own before bringing her attention back to the group. "So we'll meet up back here when we're done with what we have to do" she said, causing everyone to nod in response before heading to their selected destinations. Lucas and Rose were headed to a café Rose suggested, Rakaia and Luna were headed to the card shop, and Sega was giving Aqua a tour of the mall.
Lucas and Rose made their way to a fancy looking restaurant and stepped inside to find that there were other couples sitting in seats from across from each other, some couples were even older than Lucas and Rose. They took a seat by the corner and ordered drinks for themselves In addition to a bowl of vanilla ice cream each. Lucas was glad to be here with Rose, it had been so long since they were alone together.
"I've always wanted to come here with someone other than my sister" Rose said with a smile, looking around at the other couples for a moment before returning her attention to Lucas. "This place has the best Ice Cream" she said.
"You've been here with your sister before?" Lucas asked. "This doesn't look like the kind of place you go with a sibling" he finished, looking around at all the other couples.
"Well…I used to come here with her and her boyfriend when I was younger" she explained. "That was until they broke up…after that my sister became more competitive and strict, these days I hardly ever see her so much as smile anymore" she finished.
"Sounds like you two used to be close" Lucas said.
"We used to be close until she started obsessing over her duels and my life" Rose replied. "She was supposed to be there for me last year when I made Obelisk, but as usual her title comes before everything else" she said.
"We'll have to fix that someday…me and you" Lucas said causing Rose to smile. The waitress brought them both vanilla flavored ice cream in fancy glass dishes and left after Lucas paid her.
"So you'll really help me with talking to Angela?" she asked, digging in her ice cream with her spoon before she took a bite.
"You got it…And I'll beat her in a duel while I'm at it" Lucas said.
These words caused Rose to cough and choke slightly on her ice cream. After making sure she was okay Lucas went back to his own bowl like nothing happened.
"Lucas no offense but you're good just not as good as my sister" Rose said. "She's on a whole other level than you and me" she finished.
"That just makes me wanna beat her even more…I like a challenge" Lucas shrugged, after taking another bite of his ice cream.
"It's your kind of courage that keeps me going sometimes" she thought, resting her head on her hands and gazing at him.
"Speaking of courage shouldn't you tell her about those dreams you've been having?"asked The Hand of Nephthys.
Lucas paused and put his spoon down for a moment. "I'll tell her…Just not right now, it's been a long time since we were alone together and I don't wanna ruin our moment with me talking about some nightmares" he responded with his thoughts.
"You may want to tell her now before you get the chance…I get the feeling something bad will happen soon" she said.
"What makes you say that?" Lucas asked. "The only bad thing that's happened so far was that Allen guy hitting on Rose".
"What about the person that bumped into you?" she asked. "I felt a strange presence from him…It was somewhat familiar…" she finished.
"Hmmm…I'll worry about that if I ever see him again" Lucas said, making a thinking expression.
"Lucas…Lucass" Rose said waving her hand in his face, causing him to snap out of his daze.
"Is everything okay? You just kinda blanked out" Rose said.
"It's fine…everything's fine" Lucas said with a smile before they both went back to their ice cream.
Meanwhile with Rakaia & Luna
Rakaia and Luna were in the card shop selecting cards to buy. Most of the other customers consisted of teenage boys who had never spoken to a girl in their lives. Rakaia was browsing the shelves choosing the card packs he wanted to pay for while Luna, who had just finished reading a magazine, went to another section of the store hoping to find a particular brand of cards she wanted to purchase. Rakaia picked up several card packs and moved over to the clerk in order to purchase to cards until he ran into a slight problem with the clerk…
"You expect me to pay Twenty Six Dollars for cards?!" Rakaia said in a loud voice that made several of the heads in the shop turn.
"Yes sir that would be the correct total…plus tax" said the clerk.
"There's no way I'm paying this much for a few cards…I only picked up a couple of packs!" Rakaia shouted.
Luna, who was in another section of the store paused when she heard the shouting between her boyfriend and the store clerk. "Uh Oh...this can't be good" she sighed.
"I don't see how this adds up to even ten dollars you nerdy jackass!" Rakaia shouted.
"Maybe a Hack who can barely count would do a better job of seeing it!" the clerk shouted in response. "You either pay for the cards or get out of my store!" he finished.
"Why You—"Rakaia muttered, he was starting to get angry. "I've got an even better Idea, why don't you take these cards and shove them up your—"
"Rakaia!" shouted Luna, cutting him off. "What's going on here?" she asked, putting a hand on her hip.
"He won't pay for the cards! He's trying to say I scanned the price wrong!" shouted the clerk.
"Don't shout at her!" Rakaia shouted at the clerk, who was starting to get scared.
Luna sighed and ran her hand through her hair. "I'm sure we can all make some kind of deal here" she said in a sweet voice, looking at the clerk, causing him to blush and grin in embarrassment.
"Well…I…uh" the clerk stammered, he was unable to find any words to say.
"Luna what're you—"Rakaia began before held up a hand to silence him.
"So how about it could you scan the cards again?" she asked in a seductive tone.
"It's…It's against my policy" the clerk managed to sputter. "I..I never scan the same thing twice" he finished.
"Pleeeaase?" Luna asked, in her sweetest voice adding a wink. This caused the clerk to blush even more than usual.
"I…I suppose I could…" muttered the clerk taking Rakaia's cards as he held them out. He scanned them again and stared at the electronic cash register in shock.
"It looks like I owe you an apology sir" he said to Rakaia who stared in shock. "These cards aren't even worth ten dollars".
Rakaia took a deep breath and sighed in relief, he didn't want to spend a lot of money on cards. "We all make mistakes…It's alright" he said.
"And we'll take these for free" Luna said in her normal voice, shocking the clerk.
"Those cards are all worth more than ten dollars" he said in shock. "I can't allow you to take them for free miss" he said.
"Oh sure you can…After all you don't want me to tell the manager about our little altercation here" Luna said.
"…But…But he…but you…" the manager sputtered.
"Pleasure doing business with you" Luna said, waving the clerk goodbye before exiting the store with Rakaia.
Rakaia and Luna began walking away from the store both of them were laughing about what just took place in the store.
"Way to get us free cards Luna" Rakaia said after opening his first pack with a grin. "These are awesome" he said after looking at the cards.
"No problem…I heard you guys shouting from the back of the store" Luna said, not opening her cards and resting her head on Rakaia's shoulder.
"You can make it up to me by showing me a good evening "she said. They both stopped for a moment to give each other a quick kiss on the lips.
"I'll take you up on that…I know a place you might like" Rakaia said, as he and Luna resumed their walk. They made their way to the café that Lucas and Rose were at and found a table in the middle of the café. Luna looked around at all the other couples in the mall with a smile on her face.
"Nice place…how did you find out about it?" Luna asked, still looking around.
"Lucas told me about it before summer started" Rakaia answered. "I have to admit I didn't think it would be as cool as he told me" he finished. A waiter brought them both the same Ice Creams on a fancy glass dish. Rakaia paid the waiter before he left, which gave him and Luna time to catch up and talk.
"So have you heard from Jaden or Alexis?" Rakaia asked.
"I did…they can't make it, apparently Alexis and Jaden are spending their summer at Duel Academy" Luna answered.
"Only Jaden…" Rakaia sighed. "I love Duel Academy as much as the next guy I'd rather have a summer off once in a while" he finished.
"Yeah It's not everyday we get to relax and spend time with each other like this" Luna said with a giggle, digging into her ice cream.
"Still…I wonder if we'll ever have a year without some weird thing happening to Duel Academy" Luna sighed. "It seems like we can't have a decent school year these days" she finished.
"I know what you mean…Remember last year when Lucas had that duel against Daemon?" Rakaia asked, after taking a bite of ice cream.
"How could I forget? And there was that year we saved the world from Dante and Armageddon" she replied.
"Yeah…We've come a long way" Rakaia said.
"Sometimes it makes me wonder what the future holds for us…" Luna sighed. "I wonder how long we're going to have to continue fighting or worrying about each other" she finished.
Rakaia paused and placed his spoon in the dish. "I don't know Luna…but we'll always have each other…no matter what" he said, placing his hand on top of Luna's who couldn't help but smile.
"I know… And you'll always be the best boyfriend and Dragon Duelist in my eyes" she replied, touching the left side of Rakaia's face.
A few moments later Rakaia and Luna both leaned toward each other for a kiss, not caring who was watching them, they were in a world of their own even if it was for a brief moment. They broke apart, both of them smiling at each other.
"So…what's for desert" Luna asked, causing Rakaia to grin in response. Before Rakaia could respond he and Luna were both greeted by Lucas and Rose, who were about to leave until they spotted Luna and Rakaia. They both pulled up chairs to sit by their friends who didn't object to the Idea.
Meanwhile with Aqua & Sega
Sega and Aqua were in the Library because Aqua wanted to take a break from the tour and to read for a bit. Aqua was flipping through pages at a speed that made it look as though she were skipping pages, while Sega was arranging her deck and thinking of combinations for future use. This had gone on for minutes until a girl with blonde hair and pigtails walked over to Aqua and shut her book with a snap, which got Sega's attention.
"So…I hear you and your little buddies think you're the greatest because you beat my little brother in a duel?" she said, glaring at Aqua who opened her book and searched for her page not even acknowledging that someone was trying to provoke her.
"C'mon you freak answer me" the girl continued. She knocked Aqua's book to the ground which got her attention. Sega walked over to confront the mysterious girl.
"I think your little buddy cheated him, I've never beaten him ever since he got that deck" she continued.
"It's not our fault your idiot brother doesn't have any talent…it must run in the family" Sega responded, glaring at the girl who was looking as though she was about to pull her pigtails out.
"Say that again!"She shouted, raising her fist. Luckily the librarian had overheard them and shouted for the two of them to be quiet or leave the library otherwise.
"You got lucky and so did your little friend" the girl hissed at Sega.
"…Luck had nothing to do with it" Aqua responded, getting both Sega and the girl's attention.
"…People like you are what ruin dueling for everybody…you claim you have so much skill and when you lose it's never your fault or your opponent is to blame if they're just plain better than you…so go ahead and do what you want…but at the end of the day everybody else knows how you lost except for you and the other people like you" Aqua finished before going back to her book. Her speech caused Sega and the other girl to both shut up and gape at her for a moment.
"Aqua…You…you just" Sega began.
"You just made me even madder" the girl said, cutting Sega off. She clenched both of her fists and began walking away. She turned and pointed at both Aqua and Sega with a glare on her face.
"You're lucky there are people around us" she hissed.
"You're letting that stop you?" Sega asked.
"No…I've got other things to do than sit here with a couple annoying pests, but don't worry I'll deal with you later…nobody mouths off to me like that" she replied.
"I think my friend here just did" Sega said pointing at Aqua who wasn't even paying attention.
"I'll be back for you…believe me you'll see me again" the girl replied, turning her back and walking away from both Sega and Aqua.
"I hope she's wrong about that" Sega said, rubbing her knuckles. "She is so annoying" she finished, before Aqua closed her book and stood up, getting Sega's attention.
"You're a fast reader…ready to go?" Sega asked. Aqua nodded and put the book she was reading back on the shelf before leaving the library with Sega.
After they left the library as they were walking Aqua stopped when they were near the card store Rakaia and Luna were previously at, causing Sega who was slightly ahead of her to pause and look back at Aqua.
"You wanna go get some cards?" she asked. Aqua nodded in response before continuing inside without Sega.
"Hey wait up!" she called, before following Aqua into the shop.
By the time Sega had stopped trying to catch up to Aqua and had entered the shop Aqua was selecting a pack of cards to buy.
"She's faster than I thought…She must really like the mall" Sega thought. She began walking around the store looking at cards she might possibly buy for herself.
Meanwhile with the others
Lucas, Rakaia, Luna, and Rose were still in the café enjoying their Ice Creams and chatting among each other.
"So doesn't she understand that you have a life and plans of your own?" Luna asked.
"I've tried talking to her whenever I had the chance, but it's like she never listens" Rose responded with a sigh folding her hands, causing Lucas to put one of his own on top of hers in an effort to comfort her.
"Wow…your big sis sounds like a real pain" Rakaia said.
"You have no idea" Rose responded. "I'd rather face Daemon and the Elemental Six all over again than continue to live with somebody as bossy as her" she finished.
"So when did she start acting like this?" Luna asked.
"It was before she graduated Duel Academy and became a pro" Rose answered. "I miss the old sister I had…now I'm stuck with her and bossy ways for the rest of my life"
"Don't sweat it Rose…I'm sure your big sis just wants what's best for you" Rakaia said, finishing his ice cream.
"I know she does…but I've got my own life to live" Rose responded. "I might be her younger sister but she's not always going to be around me forever holding my hand" she finished, shutting Rakaia's answer down.
"I told you Rose…I'll take care of her" Lucas said, putting another hand on top of hers, causing her to smile and slightly blush.
"Lucas…that's sweet but like I said before, I'm not sure you're anywhere near my sisters level when It comes to dueling…I mean she's beaten pro duelists" Rose said.
"And I was the one who dueled and beat Daemon" Lucas responded.
"Hey we helped too!"Rakaia said.
"You did?" Lucas asked, causing the others to fall anime style in response.
"Of course we helped! If it wasn't for us you wouldn't have even gotten to Daemon, let alone faced him" Rakaia said shaking his fist after getting up.
"Hey hey calm down I was just kidding" Lucas said waving his hands in defense causing the girls to laugh at him for a moment.
"Yeah that was a crazy year" Luna said. "Hopefully we won't have anymore duels like that next year" she finished.
"I heard that something exciting is supposed to happen next year" Rose said.
"Yeah I heard that they're letting a few pro duelists visit the school for the year" Luna answered. Rose and Rakaia both let out heavy sighs immediately after Luna answered.
"That means Sega's gonna be at Duel Academy for an entire year" Rakaia sighed.
"That's nothing…my sister will be breathing down my neck for a whole year…I can already hear her now telling me what I can or can't wear or who I can hang out with or pressuring me for better grades" Rose sighed.
"Better grades?" Luna and Lucas asked at the same time. "Aren't your grades one of the best in the school?" Lucas asked in surprise.
"And that's still nowhere near good enough for her" Rose said.
"Don't worry…She won't be like that after we have our duel" Lucas said, causing Rose to slightly smile.
"Oh yeah… I never asked you guys how you got here to meet up with us" Lucas said to Rakaia and Luna.
"Well I was already coming here to get some cards until I got a message from Luna" Rakaia answered.
"I just wanted to have a successful date with Rakaia here until I got an E-mail from Rose" Luna said.
"So wait…You planned the whole thing?" Lucas asked Rose who smiled and nodded in response to his question.
"Yeah…I did" she answered. "I thought it would be fun to have my first double date" she finished.
"Well I'm glad somebody's having fun" said a familiar voice. The owner of the voice happened to be Sega who walked into the café along with Aqua, Sega looked annoyed which caused several people to stare at her and Aqua.
"Hey there Miss Sunshine" Rakaia said sarcastically, taking a look at the annoyed expression on Sega's face. A moment after Rakaia was done talking Sega hit Rakaia in the back of the head.
"Well hello to you too" Rakaia muttered, rubbing the back of his head without Sega hearing him.
"What's the matter Sega?" Luna asked.
"We ran into some idiot at the library who tried to say Lucas cheated her idiot brother while they were dueling" Sega answered, crossing her arms.
"…It was Allen's sister" Aqua said.
Sega nodded at Aqua. "Right…And when we went into the card store there were these idiot nerds who tried to overcharge us for some cards that Aqua and I were trying to buy" Sega continued, taking the brand new Ice Cream that was put in front of Lucas by the waiter.
"Um…I think that one was mine" Lucas said.
Apparently Sega had not heard him, she was taking an extra spoon from Rakaia and Luna's side of the table and dipping into the ice cream and taking a bite from it.
"I mean whoever heard of somebody just taking from people whenever they feel like it" Sega asked, looking around at them.
Lucas looked as though he was about to say something for a moment, but gave up and closed his mouth as Sega gave him a look that dared him to say something. Immediately after, the waiter brought another Ice Cream to Lucas, except this one had a different flavor and more toppings.
"Hey…I didn't buy this" Lucas said, thinking that receiving the ice cream was some sort of mistake.
"I know sir…It was that man over there" said the waiter, pointing at the entrance of the café, but nobody was there.
"That's funny…he must've left" said the waiter, scratching his head in confusion before he left to attend to another table.
"Wow…it's not everyday you get free ice cream" Luna said casually, breaking the silence in the process.
"Strawberry's my favorite flavor" Lucas said in surprise. "How did that guy even know?" he asked.
"Lucky guess" Rakaia said, shrugging.
"Or it's somebody who knows me…somebody who knows me very well" Lucas responded.
"Like who?" Sega asked finishing the ice cream she took from Lucas.
Lucas stared off into space for a brief moment, thinking about who could've bought him the ice cream, knowing what his favorite flavor was.
"I've only told four people in my life that my favorite ice cream flavor was strawberry…one of them could be here right now…but that's impossible…unless…." Lucas thought, before being interrupted by Rakaia who was waving his hand in Lucas's face, attempting to get his attention.
"Lucas…Earth to Lucas" Rakaia said, as Lucas blinked in surprise. "I need to know something important" he finished.
"Yeah…what is it?" Lucas asked, rubbing his eyes, he felt slightly drowsy.
"Are you gonna eat that?" Rakaia asked pointing to Lucas's ice cream and causing the gang to fall down anime-style.
"Of course I am" Lucas said, causing Rakaia to look as though he was disappointed.
After Lucas finished his ice cream and paid the waiter, he and the rest of the gang left the café and headed towards the movie theater until they stopped, in response to what they saw happening in front of them .
A group of teens Rakaia and Lucas's age were being bullied by what looked like an older group of teens. They were in the center of the mall and looked as though each group was about to fight.
"I've told you before to leave us alone" said one of the younger teens angrily to the older one.
"And I've told you before what happens to people who steal from me and my boss" said the older teen, cracking his knuckles.
"It's not stealing if I'm taking back what belongs to me" responded one of the other younger teens.
"Correction…It belongs to me and my boss now" said the older teen.
Before anyone was able to stop him Rakaia walked over to the side of the younger teens and stood his ground.
"Does anybody know what Rakaia's doing?" Lucas asked.
"I don't know…but I hope he's not doing what I think he is" Luna responded.
"What do you and your little buddies think your doing?" Rakaia asked, the older teen who laughed in response.
"What's this? You pipsqueaks brought a backup punching back?" responded the older teen.
"Hey Nick…It looks like they brought another guy for you to beat" said another one of the older teens who was laughing his head off after looking at Rakaia who was glaring at all four of the older teens.
"I don't know who you think you guys think you are picking on guys younger than you" Rakaia said. "But I think you should all go home before you get hurt" he finished which caused the gang of other teens to laugh even harder.
"I think you should shut up before something happens to you and your little girlfriend over there" he said pointing at Luna.
"You wouldn't dare" Rakaia said cracking his knuckles which caused one of the younger teens to look at him as though he were crazy.
"Hey…You don't have to do this you know" he said nervously.
"I know that" Rakaia responded, taking his jacket off and taking a quick look at Luna, who was standing shocked.
"But he just made it personal" he finished, as he rolled up his sleeves.
"Oh No…Dragon Boy's about to get into it" Sega sighed.
"Well what do you expect…This guy just threatened Luna right in front of Rakaia" Lucas said.
Luna did not say anything or do anything except stare at her boyfriend with a worried expression on her face. "Take him down" she thought.
The older teen named Nick, took another look at Luna and grinned at her. "I see our little hero here has good taste in girls" he said, winking at Luna.
Before anyone could stop him or see him do it, Rakaia landed an uppercut on Nick's chin to everybody's surprise. While Nick was temporarily stunned and caught off balance Rakaia took advantage of the opening and jabbed him in the nose, causing Nick to be stunned for a longer period of time while blood was dripping from his nose. Nick's gang of friends ran towards Rakaia, tackling him to the ground. Rakaia was punching every inch of Nick and his friends that he could get his hands on, he didn't care how many hits he took in return.
"Where the hell are the security guards?!" Sega yelled, causing several others to watch the brawl in the process.
"Somebody help him!" a girl who with the younger teens yelled.
Lucas took off his own jacket and ran into the pile of people pulling everybody off of each other until he saw Rakaia who swung at him and missed by mistake.
Rakaia broke free of the crowd of guys on top of him and ran towards one of Nick's friends who was getting up off the floor, and kicked him in the stomach causing him to cough up spit and hold his ribs in agony, while Rakaia ran towards Nick who was still trying to recover.
Lucas was busy fighting against one of the guys who was part of Nick's gang, Lucas had him in a chokehold while the teens were taking care of the other two guys.
Nobody had noticed that Luna had entered the fight until she had reached Nick before Rakaia did. Luna put Nick's left arm behind his back and tried to twist it, but he was too strong for her. Nick had pushed Luna to the ground, which caused Rakaia to charge at him, knocking down everybody else in sight.
Aqua was looking horrified, while Sega was trying to comfort her. Rose had ran over to Lucas who was being put in the same chokehold that he used, and slapped the teen who was holding Lucas so hard that he fell to the ground.
"Is that all you got?!" Luna shouted, hitting Nick with a hard slap of her own, while Rakaia head butted him and tackled him to the ground.
After about twelve minutes of fighting, both sides had eventually ran out of energy and decided to retreat. Nick and his group had retreated to one side while Rakaia, Luna, Lucas and Rose went to another.
"We'll be back for you" Nick said, pointing at Rakaia who had a slightly bloody nose.
"And as for you…" he said, pointing at Lucas.
"Make no mistake our boss will hear about you and your little buddies trying to be heroes" he finished.
"I could care less about you or your boss...I'm not about to let you and your little group attack whoever you feel like" Lucas responded.
"You'll get yours…I promise you that" Nick said, pointing at Rakaia before walking off with his group of flunkies. While Nick and his gang walked off, Rakaia and the rest of the gang decided to check on the group that Nick and his gang were harassing.
"You guys ok?" Rakaia asked, helping up one of the kids.
"No we're not" he answered, shaking his head. "They stole something important from my brother" he finished.
"What is it? What did they take?" Rakaia asked.
The teen swallowed and took a deep breath before he answered. "They…They took my brother's deck from him…Nick and his whole gang" he finished, causing Rakaia and several other's eyes to widen in shock.
"That's low…" Luna said.
"Yeah tell me about it" the teen said, looking at her.
"What did they want with his deck?" Rose asked.
"I…I don't know" he answered, "They said that we had to pay them for protection from them…otherwise they'd take his deck…I don't exactly know what for" he finished.
"Bastards" Rakaia muttered.
"I can't believe there are people who'd actually steal cards from another duelist" Sega said shaking her head in disappointment.
"You'd be surprised what kind of people there are in this world" the boy said.
He and his friends were about to take their leave until the leader took a good look at Lucas and glared at him.
"You!" he shouted, causing several people to stare in shock. He clenched his fists and charged at Lucas only to be stopped by his two friends who were having a hard time holding him back.
"Hey take it easy" one of his friends said, struggling to hold him back.
"Yeah c'mon…him and his friends helped us out" grunted another friend who was also having trouble holding him back. After a few moments the other friends of the gang of teens had put him in a chokehold to restrain him from attacking Lucas.
"What was that all about?" Rose asked, as they watched the boy being forcefully led away by his friends.
"Friends of yours?" Sega asked Lucas.
"No way…I've never seen that guy before" Lucas answered shaking his head in response.
"You okay Rakaia?" Rose asked. "That nosebleed doesn't look so good" she finished. Rakaia nodded as Luna began to examine his face.
"Yeah I'll be fine" Rakaia answered, rubbing his nose in an attempt to clean his face.
"That was stupid of you" Luna said, dabbing at his nose with a napkin she got from Lucas. Despite what she just said she couldn't help but grin at her boyfriend, even though he had a confused look on his face.
"Well when It comes to Dragon Boy here nobody beats him at stupidity" Sega said.
"Shut it Console" Rakaia responded, as Luna finished dabbing at his nose.
Aqua, Rose, Luna, and Lucas couldn't help but laugh as Sega chased Rakaia and put him in a headlock and rubbed his head against her knuckle.
"Hey guys…I think the movie's gonna start pretty soon" Lucas said, trying to get close to them without getting caught up between them.
"It is?" Rakaia said, not caring that Sega had him in a headlock. As if he had the strength all along Rakaia broke free from Sega's grip with little, next to no effort.
"We'd better get going then" Rakaia said, causing everybody except Sega to nod. Sega was behind Rakaia trying to get him into another headlock, but failed when Rakaia moved out of the way as if he knew she was behind him from the start, causing the rest of the gang to laugh. Without anymore surprise attempts to put Rakaia in another chokehold the group hastily made their way to the movie theater trying to hurry up and get to the movie before it started.
When they successfully paid the usher and entered the theater before it got dark the gang chose six seats in the back row. Lucas sat next to Rose who was next to Rakaia who was next to Luna, Sega and Aqua sat next to them, completely filling up the row of vacant seats. While they were waiting for the movie to start Luna had leaned onto Rakaia while he put an arm around her, Sega made a barfing noise and pretended to stick her finger down her throat causing Aqua to giggle before Rakaia could spot Sega. Lucas yawned and leaned back in his seat. He had been pretty tired this evening, he was hoping that Dueling Allen and eating the Ice Creams from the café would give him some extra energy to stay up a bit longer.
"Lucas…Hey Lucas" Rakaia called, getting his attention in the process. "You alright?" he asked.
"Yeah…I'm just…kind tired" he answered, with another yawn. Rakaia shook his head immediately after Lucas answered.
"Well you'd better stay awake…I heard this movie is gonna be good" Rakaia said, before focusing his attention on the movie screen.
"Where's the popcorn?" Sega asked. "You can't watch a movie without popcorn" she finished, causing Luna and Aqua to nod in agreement and then stare at Rakaia as if he had popcorn he was hiding.
"I'll guess I'll go and get the stupid popcorn" Rakaia grumbled after taking a look at Luna, Aqua, and Sega. He had gotten up and left his seat as quickly as possible, not wanting to miss a second of the movie and wanting to return as quickly as possible.
"How come you're so tired?" Rose asked.
"I think this is the part were you should tell her about those dreams you've been having" said his Duel Spirit in his head.
"This isn't the time for that right now…I'll try to tell her after the movie" Lucas responded with his thoughts.
"I've been busy helping gramps with my brothers" he lied, causing Rose to have a slightly relieved look on her face.
"Oh I see…" she responded, turning to the screen. Lucas put his hand on top of hers, causing her to smile and lean on his shoulder while the theater got dark.
For about at least an hour Lucas stayed awake to watch the movie with the rest of his friends until he closed his eyes for a moment. Before he knew it he was asleep on Rose's shoulder snoring softly on her arm, she blushed and giggled for a moment before returning her attention to the movie. To nobody's knowledge Lucas was having another nightmare…
Meanwhile in Lucas's Dream
Lucas awakened and yawned to find that he was in a familiar room when he saw the room he was in he couldn't believe where he was. He stretched out both his hands to look at them in surprise. He took a look around and saw that he was back in the Slifer Dorm.
Glad to be back at Duel Academy, he smiled to himself, got out of his bed and looked around for his roommates, but to his surprise neither Rakaia nor Jaden was anywhere to be found.
He looked at each of their beds to see if they were just oversleeping as usual, but he saw no signs that the beds were even slept in.
He stepped outside and took a look around to find some other students so he could ask if they'd seen Jaden or Rakaia, but nobody was in sight. He looked up at the sky to find that it was cloudy and looked as if it was about to rain, not wanting to get wet or stay at the Slifer Dorm alone Lucas ran and made his way to the school's main area. He began walking to the classroom hoping that he wasn't late…If Jaden or Rakaia had beaten him to class that meant he was beyond late and would have to make up the work he missed…something he hated doing.
Lucas stopped for a moment to listen at the classroom door for voices. He listened for several minutes but had heard nothing. Deciding to face his punishment he walked into the classroom and took a look around to find that nobody was there. Each seat that was meant for a student was vacant and empty, even Dr. Crowler's desk was completely empty.
"HELLLOOOO" He called, cupping both hands around his mouth, hoping to get an answer from somebody, but he had no success.
"HELLLOOO….IS THERE ANYBODY HERE?" He called again, in the hopes that somebody would hear and respond to him, but had no success once again.
"Weird…maybe they went on a field trip or something" he thought, scratching his head in confusion. Lucas left the classroom and began walking down the hall, making his way to the cafeteria, thinking that at least one person was at Lunch.
When he entered the cafeteria, he looked around to discover that it was also empty.
"There's no way this is happening…I know Jaden and Rakaia would go crazy if the cafeteria was completely empty" Lucas said to himself as he looked around for other people in a vain effort.
He sat down for a moment trying to grasp and comprehend the situation his was faced with.
"This is almost like when Daemon attacked the school…there's nobody in sight" he said, burying his face in his hands.
"Could it be that Daemon came back?" he asked, not expecting an answer. After five minutes of sitting there with his face covered, he decided he would search the entire school before calling somebody to help.
He got up from his seat, made his way outside and sprinted as fast as he could to the Ra Yellow Dorm to find that it was also completely empty and that there was no sign that any people were there.
"Dammit…I'll have to try the Obelisk Dorm before I call anybody" he panted, putting his hands on his knees after he stopped to catch his breath.
After a few moments of resting to recover his energy he began running to the Obelisk Dorm.
As he was making his way to the Dorm he noticed that the sky was changing colors from cloudy and gray to empty and black.
"What is going on?" he thought, as stopped and began walking to the Boys Dorm. He searched the entire dorm to find that nobody was in sight, not even Chazz.
"There's only one dorm I haven't searched yet" Lucas thought. "Please don't be empty" he finished, leaving the Obelisk Dorm to go next door to the one place he didn't search…the Obelisk Girls Dorm. After a few moments of running he arrived at the entrance of the Girls Dorm clutching his chest, trying to catch his breath.
He entered the dorm continued his search for other people and answers as to where everybody else was. The first room he checked was Alexis's only to find that nobody was there. The second was Luna's where there was also nobody in sight. He checked every other room to find that nobody was occupying them. The final room he checked was Rose's room, hoping that she was there.
To his shock, he found that the room was empty. He slumped down on her bed, and sighed in depression.
"What the hell happened here?" Lucas said, knowing that nobody was going to answer him. He looked around Rose's room and sighed.
Lucas stood up and walked over to Rose's dresser and picked up a picture. He took a look at the picture to see Rose who was behind him, had both her arms around his neck and she was laughing. In the picture Lucas laughing while he put his hands on top of hers.
He put the picture back on the dresser and took a look at the picture next to the one he put back. This picture only had one person in it. The person was a girl who looked a few years older than Rose. She had Long Black hair had a face similar to Rose's.
"So this is your sister?" he said to himself, putting the picture back on the dresser. "She doesn't look so scary" he said.
"Looks like I'm gonna have to call gramps for now" he finished.
Lucas took one more look around the room and saw a shadowy figure that streak down the hallway to his surprise.
He headed towards the hallway and took a look down it, to see a glimpse of the figure. After seeing the glimpse of the shadowy figure his eyes widened.
"It…It can't be" Lucas gasped. He ran down the hallway in order to confirm his suspicions about the identity of the fleeing figure.
He left the Obelisk Dorm and sprinted back to the center of the school, hoping to find an answer to his suspicions.
After he made his way to the center of the school he looked around the hallway and noticed the figure, who looked at him for a moment. The figure revealed herself to be a female as she came into the light to reveal herself. She looked a couple years older than Lucas, she had long blonde hair, she was also wearing a black shirt with blue jeans and white shoes.
"No…No way…I thought you were dead" Lucas said, not believing his eyes or who he saw.
The girl smiled for a moment, walked over to Lucas and gave him a short kiss on the cheek before she ran off again.
"W-wait!" Lucas called after her. He began running after her to be lead to the Duel Academy Arena, where he saw another familiar face. It was Rose, who looked as if she was dueling. Her opponent was a second shadowy figure. This one had a man's body shape and was emitting a dark aura similar to the sky he saw outside, the aura was covering the field so that Lucas couldn't see any of the monsters or other cards in play.
"Rose…Is that you?!" Lucas called.
She apparently was unable to hear him, she was busy placing another card down. She looked over at her opponent who was laughing maniacally. When he heard Rose's opponent speak, the voice sounded familiar.
"With this next monster I'm going to do the same thing I did to your precious little friends" spoke the figure.
"Do your worst…" Rose said, breathlessly.
"I summon the final piece of your destruction!" said the figure. "I call upon the Wicked Dreadroot!" said the figure.
Three columns of light came together and vanished, into one large pillar of darkness which revealed itself to be the Wicked Dreadroot.
A few moments after the Wicked God was summoned Rose's side of the field began to reveal itself. The only monster that was present on Rose's side of the field was her Dark Magician Girl, who looked vulnerable and weakened.
"Vanish into darkness along with your friends…Attack with Demons Dance!" he commanded.
The Wicked Dreadroot charged two dark energy balls in it's hands and combined them to launch an energy blast in the form of a gigantic demonic dragon, which charged towards Rose's Dark Magician Girl.
"I'm sorry…everyone" Rose said, with tears in her eyes, as the Dragon made hit it's target causing Rose's favorite monster to be destroyed.
Rose fell to the ground on her knees and was consumed by the dark aura that was surrounding her side of the field.
"Rose!" Lucas shouted, running over to her. He knelt down beside her and tried to help her up but before he was unable to touch her she vanished.
"You…You…I'll make you pay for that!" Lucas shouted. The figure looked at Lucas, apparently able to hear him.
"Upset are we? Well let's see if we can't put you out of your misery" said the figure. "Dreadroot…get rid of my little guest here" he commanded. The Wicked God responded by charging up and launching the same attack he used on Rose.
Meanwhile in reality
"Lucas…Lucas…wake up!" said a voice. Lucas awoke to find that Rose was next to him with a concerned look on her face, while Rakaia was poking him in the head.
He swatted Rakaia's hand away from his face and looked around the theater. The lights were back on and the screen was dark.
"What…What happened?" Lucas asked, rubbing his head and yawning.
"You fell asleep and missed half the movie" Sega answered.
"It was your loss…you missed a hell of a movie" Rakaia said with a grin.
"Come on Lucas it's time to go" Rose said. "I managed to get my sister to get away from the house for a few days…so we can all sleep over there" she finished.
"Alright let's go…then maybe I can beat her when she comes back" Lucas said with a smile, getting to his feet along with the rest of the gang.
The group left and exited the theater together and made their way to the bus stop where Lucas had arrived. They waited about twenty minutes for the next bus to arrive.
"Hey Dragon Boy let's get a duel going when we get to Rose's place" Sega said as she stepped onto the bus. "We never really got to finish the first one we had" she finished.
"Sure…It'd give me a chance to test out these new cards" Rakaia said with a smirk, stepping onto the bus and taking a seat next to Lucas.
"Use whatever cards you like…you couldn't duel your way out of a paper bag" Sega said, sitting next to Luna.
"Maybe after that we can have a tag duel…boys vs. girls" Luna said, as Aqua took a seat on the opposite side of Luna.
"No way" Lucas said, waving his hands. "There are 4 of you against the 2 of us…we'd get creamed" he said, causing himself and the rest of the gang to laugh.
"I see you're still not telling anyone about the dreams you're having" spoke the Hand of Nephthys in Lucas's mind.
"And I see your still being as nosy as ever about them" Lucas responded.
"I'm nosy because I saw the last dream you had Lucas…This is serious" She continued. "Who was that girl you saw in your dream?" she asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about" Lucas responded.
"You're not a very good liar" she said seriously. "Who was she?" she continued.
"She was…somebody who was once important to me" Lucas answered, regretfully. "Don't worry about it" he finished.
"I'll stop worrying once these dreams of yours stop happening" she said. "Like I said…this is serious…we need to handle this before it becomes a problem" she finished.
Lucas was starting to get angry with his Duel Spirit, he was tired of her nagging at him about some nightmares that he couldn't control.
"Look…I'll handle these nightmares when I handle them…stop harping on about it like you're my mother" Lucas said, coldly.
"No…No I'm not…" She responded sadly. "I…I just want to help you" she pleaded.
"Help me by leaving me alone!" Lucas snapped, ending the conversation while the bus began moving.
The exact moment after he had said this he had regretted it, he decided that he'd apologize to her once they reached their destination. He took her and the Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys out of his deck and placed them in his pocket.
He felt unworthy and decided he wouldn't use them until he apologized to his Duel Spirit or her Master.
After half an hour of joking with his friends, Lucas and the others had finally gotten off the bus.
Before they exited the bus one of the friends who was with Nick while they were all fighting at the mall, had gotten off first to nobody's attention. He put up his hood and waited for them to get off the bus.
He pulled out his Cell Phone and retreated to the shadows, unseen by anybody.
"Hey…this looks like MY neighborhood" Lucas said, looking around while the bus had driven off.
"Yeah…I thought we got on the other bus" Luna agreed.
"Leave it to Console here to get us on the wrong bus" Rakaia said, jerking his thumb at Sega, causing her to slap him in the back of the head.
"It's no big deal…we can just go to Lucas's house" Rose said. "That is if your grandpa's okay with it" she said, hopefully.
Lucas smiled and nodded. "I'm sure he'd be okay with it" he said.
After a few moments of the gang walking and the hooded boy trailing them, he made his presence known when he ran at them from out of nowhere and snatched Rakaia's sports bag from his arm.
"What the—"Luna began, staring after him while Lucas and Rakaia sprinted past them to everyone's shock, attempting to get Rakaia's bag back.
"Didn't expect the idiot to follow me" muttered the thief, looking past his shoulder at Rakaia who was hot in pursuit. "No matter…I don't think Nick will mind a little early revenge" he finished, running into an alley, next to someone in a ski mask, who was apparently waiting for him.
The alley only had two ways to go, so Lucas and Rakaia decided to split up when they saw that he had a partner who was wearing a ski mask, accompanying him. Lucas decided to purse the masked man while Rakaia ran to get his bag and his belongings back.
Lucas was apparently having bad luck with his chase he had reached a dead end and was forced to stop. There was no sight of the masked man anywhere to be found, he began walking towards the dead end thinking to himself how somebody could've evaded him when there was nowhere to run.
"First somebody swipes Rakaia's bag and now there's a guy who can apparently walk through walls…this is beyond weird" Lucas said, scratching his head in confusion.
"Nice to see your sense of humor hasn't changed" said a voice. Lucas turned around to see who the voice belonged to, but was hit in the jaw by a fist that belonged to the masked man.
After stumbling for a moment Lucas threw a punch in return, aiming at the man's face, but was blocked to his surprise. The man didn't waste any time in assaulting Lucas with two punches to the stomach and a kick that knocked him into the wall behind him, forcing him to cough up spit.
"You're still too soft" said the masked man. "There were several things you could've done just now to counter those hits" he finished.
"What are you, my sensei?" Lucas said angrily, getting to his feet and getting ready to fight back.
He ran at the man and aimed another punch to the face which was dodged, but the man didn't count on Lucas aiming a kick to his stomach, which caused him to stumble backwards a bit, clutching his stomach.
"You call that a hit?" said the man. Lucas could tell that the man was enjoying the fight between them even though his face was hidden.
The street lights began to shine brighter. The man ran at Lucas with surprising speed and slammed him to the ground. Lucas retaliated with a kick to the man's face, which caused him to fall back on the ground.
Lucas got up as quickly as he could, trying to take advantage of the opportunity. He leapt to his feet and hopped on top of the man with his fist drawn back, ready to punch him in the face.
"Did you enjoy the strawberry ice cream?" he asked with a slight laugh before Lucas could strike.
"Then that was you?" Lucas asked, still preparing his fist to strike. "How the hell did you know I like strawberry Ice Cream when I've only told certain people that" he asked.
"Hehehe…Maybe I'm one of those people you told it to" said the masked man with more of a laugh in his voice.
Lucas was puzzled, but he did not weaken or relinquish his grip. This man's voice sounded oddly familiar to him.
"You're the one who gave Spike that note earlier today" Lucas said in surprise.
"Heheheh…that's right…you're still just as smart as ever" said the masked man. "I didn't know Eugene's new name was Spike…How his big bro is doing?" asked the man with no fear of Lucas striking him.
The man kicked Lucas off him and sent him tumbling to the ground, until they both stood up.
Lucas ran at the man and launched another punch, trying to hit him in the face again, but the man dodged the punch, causing Lucas's hand to hit the wall behind his masked enemy.
"I saw your duel with Allen at the mall by the way…And the fight you got into with Nick" he continued, as he watched Lucas grasp the hand that collided with the wall. "You've gotten better since I last saw you" he continued, getting closer to Lucas.
"Oh and by the way…if you were wondering where the guards were when the fight happened don't waste your time…they were all paid to go to a different side of the mall" he said. "People listen when money talks" he finished with a chuckle.
"Who the hell are you?" Lucas grunted, grinding his teeth in pain.
The masked man took a moment to laugh and reached for his mask. "Since you'll be asleep by the time you wake up I suppose I should remind you who I am" he said, pulling the mask off his face, shocking Lucas in the process.
He had red hair and evil looking blue eyes, this was someone familiar to Lucas.
"It's…It's you…" Lucas stuttered in shock, lowering his fist. "Ryan…" he said with widened eyes.
The man known as Ryan gave a slight laugh. "Yeah kid…it's me" he said.
Before Lucas knew it, Ryan had thrown a speedy, hard punch to Lucas's face that knocked Lucas unconscious. Lucas laid on the ground sprawled out with Ryan over him laughing as loud as he could.
"You should've never let your guard down…Little Brother" he said coldly, before reaching down and taking one of Lucas's most prized possessions…His Deck.
OC Owners:
Rakaia Meiyo and Luna Tenshi belong to Rakaia the Dragon Duelist
Sega Rivera: SegaLovesAnime09
Aqua Illinos: BlueRedRosa23
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