[Muto Town - 7 AM]
It was such a peaceful morning for a certain boy with short, straight dark brown hair...except that his alarm happened to go off at that moment, jolting his dark blue eyes awake, and then slowly regressed to a tired and almost 'in denial' mood. However, he did reach his hand over to shut his alarm up. Then he got up, and just started to dress himself in his school uniform.
"Get it together, Yuki...Mom and Dad aren't around to wake you up for a while..."
He told himself, and looked out into the hall of his home to the empty room. His parents were away on overseas business, but it didn't really concern him right now. Although he heard the knocking on his door, and a familiar girl's voice.
"Hey! Yu! You awake yet? You're gonna be late if you sleep in, you know."
The voice said, and Yuki just put on his dark blue jacket, since that wasn't against school rules, and opened the door, greeted by a girl with shoulder-length light brown hair, and light green eyes.
"I'm awake, Hayato, I'm awake..."
Yuki said, and don't let the girl's boy name fool anybody, she WAS in fact, a female.
"Well, let's get going, then. We don't want to be late. I heard Kouki and Julia were gonna duel during the Duel period, and I don't want to miss that."
She told Yuki, before walking off, him following behind.
All these years, and you never change, Hayato...
He thought to himself, He knew his friend had a fire in her heart for dueling...Although as they were walking, they then noticed a puppy walking around lost and confused, and the two just looked at each other.
"...I ain't in a hurry to be on time to math."
Hayato said, and Yuki nodded in agreement, as they both walked up to the puppy, who seemed to acknowledge the two.
"Hey there little guy...You lost?"
Yuki asked, and the puppy then suddenly seemed to have a realization...before looking around, and then...going back into a robotic state? A robot puppy. This was happening, and Hayato and Yuki's eyes slightly widened at the sudden change.
"Well...yes, I actually AM lost..."
The 'puppy' said, and Hayato and Yuki seemed even more surprised.
"Did...you just talk?!"
Yuki asked, and the puppy just seemed to 'shush' him with a paw.
"Keep your voice down..! Okay, yes, I spoke, and yes, I'm a robot puppy...look, I need to ask a favor from either of you if you happen to be a duelist...I'm desperate, here..!"
The robot dog said, before literally getting down and begging.
"Must be desperate if you showed yourself to a couple of strangers, huh...What exactly do you need?"
Hayato asked, and the puppy just perked up.
"I just need to hide with someone, is all."
They said, and Hayato blinked, and looked over at Yuki.
"Hey, Yu, I can't exactly hide a dog at my place, but...your parents are out, yeah? Maybe you can take this guy with you...after all, It's not every day you see a robotic puppy..."
She said, and Yuki just looked at the puppy, who was literally begging with artificial 'puppy-dog' eyes...and Yuki just sighed.
"Alright, but...uh, what do I call you?"
He asked, and the puppy just blinked, before answering.
"I am designated as project 'F.L.U.F.F.E.R.S'."
Yuki then just blinked.
"I...am just going to call you Fluffers for short. Since that's what your name spells."
He told the puppy, and Hayato just blinked.
"Wow...they designated you as a Fluffers? Sounds like a joke on whoever made you's part..."
He commented, but before they could say anything else, a man in a mask themed after a black heart walked up to the three.
"...So, this is where the mutt went off to."
He said, and the puppy just went behind Yuki, which the masked man took note of, before putting a duel disk on.
"That mutt is coming with me, kid. It's not some toy. It's a failed project, and it will be dismantled."
The man said, and the puppy seemed to flinch, and so did Yuki and Hayato.
"Dismantled..? What's wrong with it...?"
Yuki asked, and the Man shook his head.
"I've said too much, now either hand the mutt over, or I will take it by force."
They demanded, and Yuki just glanced at the puppy, who looked frightened...well, for a robot they did, anyways.
...I'm getting myself into something heavy just by seeing Fluffers, aren't I...well, I guess I don't have much choice...
"I won't let you take him."
He decided, before taking a light blue duel disk out of his bag, and tossing it up before it landed smoothly on his arm. It seemed to be a card-insertion model in comparison to the masked man's.
"Whoa! Yu, are you sure? You're still new to this whole 'dueling' business...Why not just let me handle them?"
Hayato asked, but Yuki shook his head.
"I agreed to keep Fluffers, and I'll do my part to keep my end of the bargain."
He said, and Hayato just blinked, and Fluffers just looked up at Yuki.
"In that case...I can see parts of your deck from here...It's no good, let me see it."
They said, and Yuki just blinked, but handed the deck to Fluffers, who...ate it?
"Huh..? What are you doing?!"
Hayato asked, before suddenly a flash of light came from Fluffers, who dispensed a new deck, including an Extra Deck. Yuki then just slowly accepted it and put it into his duel disk.
"Let's go, boy."
The masked man then declared, as he turned his duel disk on, and Yuki did the same.
"DUEL!"
[Yuki LP - 8000]
[Opponent LP - 8000]
