Chapter 2
Queen strode down the hall of SOL headquarters, it had been a day since they had acquired the Earth Ignis and once she was done looking over the Earth Ignis's data she had ordered a status report on there current situation with the Ignis, which had apparently been completed and Queen was going to the command room in order to hear the report, she was hoping it at least provided some good news.
As soon as she entered the command room the two workers she had ordered to make the report, who seemed to be having a casual conversation straightened up immediately, Queen however payed it no mind, there were more important things to deal with anyways ''status'' she ordered.
''Yes ma'am, as you know we've acquired the Earth Ignis, now there are six Ignis all together, Fire, Water-'' started the first worker.
''Let me stop you there, I didn't come here for you to tell me things I already know'' stated Queen ''now we have the Earth Ignis, what do we know about the other Ignis's''
''Well, we don't know anything about where the Light and Wind Ignis's are and though Go Onizuka found the Water Ignis with the Earth Ignis the Water Ignis was able to escape while the Earth Ignis dueled Go Onizuka'' said the first worker.
''And the Dark and Fire Ignis's are with Playmaker and Soulburner'' said Queen.
''Yes ma'am'' said the worker.
''We know they defiantly have a way to track the Ignis's thus Playmaker being on the scene when Go Onizuka began his duel with the Earth Ignis, is it possible to use that?'' Queen asked.
''Uhh, we don't know ma'am we're currently analysing the Earth Ignis's data and seeing what we can do with it'' said the second worker.
''You sent all the information it had to me, wouldn't that mean you've already analysed the data?'' Queen asked.
''Uhh, no ma'am we merely just separated it's memories from the rest of its data'' said the second worker.
Queen gave a sigh and massaged the bridge of her nose ''how much have you analysed so far?'' she asked.
''W-well ma'am, it's a complicated process, this is unlike anything we've seen before'' said the first worker.
''Noted, which is why I won't hold it against you for having not much done on it while your having a nice conversation waiting for me to come in'' said Queen ''now I will ask again, how much have you analysed so far''
''10% at the most, but we swapped with another team and they're currently analysing it, I can check there progress if you want'' said the first worker.
''Please do, if they're at 20% tell them break time has been canceled until they get to 60%'' stated Queen.
''Yes ma'am'' said the first worker, running out of the room.
Queen turned to the second worker and was about to continue when they heard the door open behind them loudly, like someone had thrown it open, turning around Queen saw Go Onizuka had entered the room ''Go Onizuka? What do you want here?'' Queen asked confused as to why he was there.
''I need to speak to you now!'' Onizuka growled ''and I'm not going to take no for an answer!''
This was unexpected, he had never acted like this before, but then again, they didn't know how the chip was affecting him personality wise so maybe this was the new normal for him, Queen weighed her options here, she could call for security and order him out, but then again maybe this was worth listening to.
''Get back to work'' Queen ordered, the worker nodded before running off ''alright, I'll humour you, lets go to my office to talk this out''
''Very well'' Onizuka grunted.
Queen led Onizuka down the halls of the building to her office, once they got there she sat behind her desk calm as always, but looking on Onizuka he clearly wasn't calm, he had heavy bags under his eyes, he was breathing heavily and his body that usually looked muscular looked so skinny like he had been starving himself.
''Are you alright?'' Queen asked.
''I'm fine!'' Onizkua cried out loudly, startling Queen.
''Alright, what do you want?'' Queen asked calming herself down ''if this is about-''
''The Earth Ingis, I want it!'' Onizuka demanded.
This startled Queen a little, she wasn't expecting this, but she quickly got herself together ''Onizuka that is now the property of SOL technology'' she stated.
''I know, but I want you to give it to me'' said Onisuka.
''Why would I give you the Earth Ignis?'' Queen asked ''I'm assuming you mean you want me to merge it with your Duel AI chip''
''That's right'' Onizuka growled.
''Well, then you can defiantly forget it'' said Queen, noticing how Onizuka's hands balled into fists ''I'm actually thinking about pulling the plug on the project, look at you, the chip is starting to have an effect on you and I'm getting worried that if this continues you could die, we have no idea what could happen if we transplant an Ignis into you''
''I DON'T CARE!'' Onizuka roared slamming his fists onto the desk, to her credit Queen kept her cool here, but she was panicking inside at what he could do ''do you realise what I could do with the Ignis''
''Your Brain Hack has already captured an Ignis, I don't see what the point of putting said Ignis into the chip would do'' said Queen.
''Think about it, with it I'd be a more powerful duelist than ever before, by combining it with me you'd never need the other Bounty Hunters again you could use me and only me I'd be all you would need, I could capture all the Ignis and defeat Playmaker and Soulburner with ease and take there Ignis's!'' Onizuka cried ''give me the Ignis and I'll do anything I swear it to you!''
Queen was silent for a moment as she began to think about this, there were some points mixed in there, the most illusive of the Ignis were the Fire and Dark Ignis's as they had already found there partners and as of such had proven immensely difficult to capture, all the Bounty Hunters had failed so far, but this could give Onizuka an edge to finally succeed and then there was the matter of her one true goal, finding her son with that this could make that process go much faster and she could find him much easier, she could use Onizuka as a tool in order to look for him, she was sure he was a Lost Incident victim, so there was the possibility that he was Playmaker or Soulburner.
Queen pressed a button on her key board and then looked over at the monitor ''what is the status of the Earth Ignis?'' Queen asked.
''We're about 55% finished ma'am'' said the worker on the other line.
''Do we need to fully analyse it in order to transplant it into something?'' Queen asked.
''No ma'am'' said the worker.
''Excellent then, prepare it for transplantation'' said Queen, before looking back to Onizuka who's face had mustered a wide grin seeing as she had agreed with him ''if you have a death wish, fine there its granted to you''
''Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!'' he cried, almost breaking into tears ''you won't regret this''
-A FEW DAYS LATER-
Yusaku sat in the Café Nom food truck with him was Ai, Kusanagi, Takeru and Flame, they were trying to track down Lighting, they had been at it all night, ever since they had gotten back, once Lightning had defeated Blood Shepard and caused him to disappear before retreating, the group had agree to split up for now and to try and track Lightning, Blue Maiden and Ghost Girl would do it from there location and they would do it from there location and as always once they were there Ai had to be a loud mouth.
''I still can't believe Ghost Girl and Blood Shepard are siblings, he fought Lightning to help his sister only to fail… its so sad, now that they apart I wonder if they'll see each other aga-'' it was then that Flame cleared his throat loudly, causing Ai to look at him confused, until Flame nodded in Kusanagi's direction and Ai understood ''oh, sorry Kusanagi''
''Don't worry'' he replied not taking his eyes off the monitors he was working at.
Yusaku looked down in thought, Ai's had been going on about Ghost Girl and Blood Shepard being siblings since they had come back and the constant talking about siblings was probably making Kusanagi think about his younger brother, it was making him think about it and how bad he felt that they still hadn't saved Jin, but it made him think about more than that, it also caused him to think about his mother, he hadn't seen her since he was taken by the project, he missed her dearly and just hoped she was ok.
''Hey Yusaku'' those words took him out of his thoughts, he turned to Takeru ''you ok?''
''Yeah, just- just thinking'' he replied.
''About what?'' Ai asked.
''My mother'' Yusaku sighed, causing everyone to look at him.
''Your mother?'' Ai asked ''come to think of it, you've never talked about her before, I've never seen her in your house or any of your family''
''I don't live with any of my family, I'm actually not even sure I have a family anymore'' said Yusaku.
''What do you mean?'' Takeru asked quirking an eyebrow.
''Well, once the Hanoi Project ended I was immediately taken into child services and sent to an orphanage just like that*'' said Yusaku snapping his fingers.
''Wait, they didn't even try to find your family?'' Takeru asked.
''No, I was just taken by child services immediately, they did ask for my mothers name, but at that time I didn't know her name, I still don't really remember her name, at the time I just knew her as mum'' said Yusaku.
''That's terrible'' said Takeru.
''Yeah, looking back on it-'' Yusaku started.
''No, I mean they didn't even try to find her?'' Takeru asked.
''Nope, they did nothing**'' said Yusaku ''I can still remember my mum though and what she was like, I just really miss her''
''Ok then, go on, what was she like?'' Kusanagi asked taking his eyes away from the monitors for a second.
''She was amazing, my father ditched her with me before I was born and she raised me herself, it probably wasn't easy for her because she had me really young, I think she was in her twenties at the time'' said Yusaku ''she wanted to be a pro duelist, but thanks to me she couldn't so she got a job she could work from home to look after me, she sacrificed a lot for me and I really miss her''
''Wait, if you live on your own with no support from your relatives? Then how do you afford that house?'' Ai asked.
''And how are you able to go to school?'' Flame asked.
''Simple, Child Services since I have no since and I was involved in the project they pay for school, at least until I'm out of high school, as to how I have that house, I left the orphanage a couple of years ago, so they gave me 3000$ to stay off with, additionally I do have a job, I'm a hacker and people pay me to do just that, nothing illegal of course, they mostly pay me to look at there security***'' stated Yusaku.
''Oh, is that why you refused my offer when I said that, I could lend you some money'' said Kusanagi.
''Yeah, but even if I needed the money I'd still refuse your offer'' said Yusaku ''I'd feel like I was just bumming off you and I don't want to do that''
''Wow, that's pretty cool of you'' said Takeru smiling.
''Sorry to bring this up, Ai's constant talking about Ghost Girl and Blood Shepard being siblings just made me think about my mother'' said Yusaku, this caused Flame to give Ai a look, making Ai slump.
''Hey it's fine buddy, if you need to talk about this stuff with us talk about it, don't bottle it up that's not good for you'' said Kusanagi, before turning his attention back to the monitor ''hey, check this out, it's an Ignis Algorithm''
-LINE BREAK-
Queen was watching her computer screen, Onizkua had recently finished the integration process with the Ignis and was eager to go to LINK VRAINS and duel Playmaker, they had advised against this and told him to spend some time adjusting to the change that they had just completed, but he refused, he had told them about something called the Ignis Algorithm.
Basically a way the Ignis's used to message each other, these Algorithms also held a signal as to who the inis's were, so the plan was simple, use this to draw Playmaker and Soulburner out and catch them off guard, Queen smiled if everything worked out they would have captured two more Ignis and there partners, she smiled as she saw Playmaker and Soulburner appear on the screen, but as she began to watch she heard a knock on the door ''enter'' she said and Akira walked in ''yes Zaizen?''
''Playmaker's team has appeared in LINK VRAINS'' said Akira.
''Yes, I know, I'm watching them now'' said Queen.
''Your planning to send Onizuka out aren't you'' said Akira.
''Now that Blood Shepard is gone, Onizuka is the only one who has the best chance to defeat Playmaker'' stated Queen.
''It's too dangerous!'' Akira protested.
Queen had been expecting this, she rolled her eyes as he started to talk about how it was dangerous for Onizuka's mental and physical state to keep doing this, Queen knew what Akira was saying was right, but she honestly didn't care anymore, if Onizuka wanted to throw his life away, she was perfectly fine with him doing that, all she cared about was getting the Ignis, those would likely get her to her son and the quicker she did that the better.
''I need data and Go Onizuka is the only piece I have who can collect it'' stated Queen ''I'll use the Ignis's data and Onizuka's test subject data to grow the company''
Exactly how she had rehearsed it, she didn't care about Onizuka, she didn't care about the Ignis or the Data or SOL, she just wanted her son, all this was an excuse to use SOL to find him, but she couldn't risk any of the other higher ups know that, if they did it was likely they'd conspire against her, which is why she couldn't be more open when looking for Yusaku, her thoughts were disturbed by Akira.
''Onizuka has already captured the Earth Ignis that alone has contributed to out company'' stated Akira.
''I know, that's why I gave it to him'' Queen smirked.
''W-what do you mean?'' Akira asked.
''No further queries, besides its too late'' said Queen, taping a few buttons on her her key pad the screen on the wall turned on showing Onziuka in the pod ''he's already left to LINK VRAINS''
Akira gave a little growling ''very well, I will go monitor the situation'' he said and with that he left the room.
As Akira left Queen turned her attention back to the monitors to see the Duel was about to begin, Onizuka was dulling Playmaker, but as she watched something was… familiar about Playmaker, she didn't know why but something seemed special about him, maybe it was just because he was the hero of LINK VRAINS or was it something else, she was just going to have to watch and see.
''Alright Onizuka, you asked for it, now show me your strength'' said Queen.
So there, I hope that was a good chapter, I know again no duels in this chapter, we're probably going to have to wait a while, I do plan for it to happen soon enough, but I don't want to just write duels we can easily just watch in the anime, I'm trying my best here but hopefully one more chapter then we can start to diverge away from the anime.
Again doing my best on this I reeally am and if any of you have suggestions for improvement just let me know.
*a reviewer previously asked if they had rescued the children then why didn't Queen get Yusaku back, this is my explanation, we never see Yusaku's parents so that's always been my interpretation as to why we never saw them.
**ok for the record, I don't want you to think I think child protection or any other child services are evil, I think they do good work for the most part and I don't want it to come across as I think they're evil monsters, look I really don't know anything about them ok.
***again, we've never seen his parents its possible he lives with them, I don't know, but if he is an orphan going to high school this is the explanation I have for how.