Zypher: Hey all! Glad you enjoyed the last chapter of Will of the Dragon. So here's another chapter for you all. Enjoy!

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Will of the Dragon

Chapter 2

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Yugi was exceptionally bored in school more than he usually was. After his first day trying out Dragon Drive, he couldn't help but wish the school day was over so they could go back. Jou saw his boredom and had to chuckle but was quite pleased with himself that he was able to find a game for Yugi that kept his interest longer than even the younger teen would've expected. 'Now hopefully, he won't create any rivals while he's there. Some people can be so competitive just to reach the ranked line-ups.' he thought as he continued with his work.

When the bell finally signaled the end of the day, Yugi was up and out of his seat and gathered with the rest of his friends outside. "Ready to go?" They nodded and Jou gave another little chuckle. "You're just eager for this game, aren't you, Yugi?"

"Yeah! I never knew such a game exist! Thanks so much for introducing me to it, Jou!" Yugi exclaimed as he hugged his taller friend. "Aw, it was nothing! Besides, it's about time you found a new game that you can't win within a few hours." he said and Yugi laughed, nodding in agreement. "You're right!"

They soon reached Ryuuguujou and walked inside, gathering into the elevator and went down into the Dragon Drive Centre, making plans about what they were going to do today. "Maybe we can do a few battles, Yugi. We could rack up a few more points and get something nice from them." Diamond said as they walked towards the playing field but they were met with a large crowd. "Wow, is there something going on today?" Yugi questioned.

The others wracked their brain for a possible solution before Reiji whooped in joy. "That's right! The official tournament is today! The big league players from all three blocks should be playing today!" he cheered and tried to make his way through the crowd to reach the front. Also interested with the idea of seeing their first tournament, they followed behind Reiji to get a spot next to him. When they reached the front of the crowd, they saw that most of the seats were empty except for one.

"I can't believe it...it's him..." Maiko whispered.

"Who?" Yugi asked as he looked to the blond haired male sitting in the seat.

"It's Hikaru Himuro. He's one of the greatest players in Dragon Drive but I've heard he's getting an upcoming challenger. Some guy named Atemu Night but in the gaming world, he's known as Yami." Maiko explained. "Seriously? Yami plays Dragon Drive too?" Yugi questioned as he looked back to the field. "Yep. And he's great at it but he has a secret that everyone wonders about."

"And what's that?"

"You'll see." Maiko pointed out to Yami who was walking in with another person. "There he is now." Yugi watched as the two walked onto the field and Hikaru's eyes narrowed as he walked onto the field and sat down in a seat with the other resting beside him. "I wonder what's up with that dragon." Yugi murmured as he looked to the black dragon resting beside Yami's seat.

"We don't know. With the battles we caught with Yami, the dragon has a helmet on too so we make a guess he's connected to Yami's dragon in the game." Reiji spoke. Yugi nodded and soon saw another player walk onto the field.

"Ichiro Sumishiba has entered the game!"

"Man, all the big players are getting into this tourney now!" Reiji said eagerly. "Aww, this makes me want to enter too! Come on, Yugi! We're going in!" he added, taking the other's arm and jumped over the fencing.

"Wait...?! Reiji!"

"Reiji! Yugi's still a beginner!"

L looked over to them and smiled. "Reiji Oozora and Yugi Motou have entered the game!" she called. "Reiji, I'm sure we shouldn't be in here!" Yugi hissed to the other. "Nonsense! Besides, this can prepare us for future matches. Who knows, we might luck out and go against them again!" Reiji reassured, pushing Yugi into a seat before taking his own. "Is that everyone?" L called and they nodded.

"Then let's start the tournament. D-Break!"

The helmet lowered over the player's head, a special connection reaching out and connecting to a metal collar around the dragon's neck as a helmet lowered over his head as well. The game soon started and everyone watched the screen eagerly, mostly wanting to see how the rookies would do with the big leagues.

'Yugi...Reiji...please be careful...' Maiko thought.

Yugi landed on a boat that was docked at a pier and he looked around. 'Well, I'm alone so far. Now I just need to find Uryarion...' Yugi thought as he started calling for his dragon. A roar answered him as Uryarion hovered over the tiny boat. She gave a little smile to him as she lowered a talon down for him to grasp. Yugi grabbed on and soon, she was off into the air looking for the other four opponents.

"We have to be careful, Uryarion. We have three elite opponents and they have plenty more experience than I do so we have to watch ourselves." Uryarion gave a purr, nodding as she kept sharp eyes out for their opponents. It wasn't long before they came across Ichiro.

"Well, well. Look who we have here, Junrashi. New prey." he murmured and the dragon gave a hiss, his crested head looking towards Yugi and Uryarion. Yugi's eyes narrowed as he sized up Junrashi. 'Looks like he may be trouble. He doesn't have sight but he has to get around someway so I'm guessing he uses his sixth sense to catch his opponents.' he thought.

"But, as much as I would want to fight you, I have two others on my list so you're safe for now." Ichiro spoke before he and his dragon was gone in a blur of motion. Yugi watched him go before telling Uryarion to start on her search for the other players and she nodded as she started for the city. Outside, everyone watched apprehensively, waiting for some sort of battle to start up. Diamond and Maiko worried about both Yugi and Reiji.

Maiko still remembered the battle that Reiji had last time with Ichiro and it was only a stroke of luck that Chibi was able to win and knew that Ichiro would never take such a humiliating defeat to mind anytime soon. 'But he also holds grudges against Yami and Himuro so this will be something epic to see.' she thought.

Yugi soon found Hikaru and saw him in a stare off with Yami who rode on a magnificent dragon. The dragon was stylish in appearance with gleaming black scales and sharp crimson eyes. Around its neck was a collar of aquamarine orbs that glowed softly with an aura of white fire surrounding them. Under its wings were intricate paths of ruby red veins that looked as if they were the source of many attacks next to the orbs hovering around the dragon's neck. Yugi was surprised that he came across them and stayed silent as he and Uryarion watched from the sidelines.

"So, we meet again, Hikaru. Have you gotten better than you were the last time we met?" Yami questioned and a sneer pulled across Hikaru's face before his dragon, Kokao, went in for the attack. Yami's dragon also moved into action and to Yugi, everything was a blur, sparks of light being the only sign where the two dragons clashed. "Yugi!" A voice called from below and he looked down to see Reiji and Chibi and commanded Uryarion to land beside the other.

"Who's battling up there?" Reiji asked.

"Yami and Hikaru." Yugi replied and Reiji gaped before he watched the fight. "Yami and Hikaru?! Man this is so awesome! I can't believe we're actually seeing this fight!"

"Yeah..." Yugi murmured before Uryarion caught his attention as she looked off into the distance. "What is it...?" He started but soon saw the black form of Junrashi making his way towards the battle, Ichiro upon his back as he glided over. "I'll end this battle in ten minutes! Just watch!" he called as he entered the fray as well. Reiji and Yugi watched in silence as the three dragons stopped and stared each other down.

"To think I would actually catch up with you two before you decided to duke it out big time amongst yourselves." Ichiro adjusted his glasses as he smirked. "No matter. This time I'm prepared and you both will bow down to me!" A flash of lightning streaked across the sky and soon, two more dragons were at Junrashi's side. Houkoraime and Tatari-Dream were at the ready and in the crowd of people, Maiko was surprised.

'I didn't know Sumishiba was a Pawnbringer!' she thought and started to worry even more since Yugi and Reiji were in the sidelines and could easily be overwhelmed.

Hikaru spared Ichiro a single glance before his dragon turned to face him. Ichiro's grin widened as he watched before he sent his two pawn dragons in to attack. Two twin blades of light extended from Kokao's claws and both Reiji and Yugi thought he wasn't going to do a thing but in another flash of lightning, the two pawn dragons were sliced in half along with Junrashi.

"Holy...! That was quick!" Reiji exclaimed. "But Sumishiba's not done! Look!" Yugi pointed out as Ichiro was found on another dragon right behind Kokao and it made its attacks but when the attack connected, the dragon disappeared.

"Did he win?"

Reiji's answer was confirmed when the real Kokao appeared behind the dragon Ichiro rode on and slashed him once again, knocking Ichiro out of the match. Ichiro growled as he shot up from his seat as the helmet lifted, the announcer announcing his ejection from the game. 'I will defeat you, Hikaru. You and Yami both...' he thought before he walked off.

"Whoa...no wonder Hikaru's the strongest player in Dragon Drive." Reiji whispered and Yugi nodded in agreement. Hikaru turned back to Yami who watched everything with a smirk before clapping. "Well done. At least you got rid of that pest. Always such a nuisance with trying to make himself superior to us." Hikaru's eyes narrowed before he finally spoke.

"But I'll be the one to win this battle by first getting rid of the little watchers then I'm going to deal with you, Yami." Hikaru mumbled as his dragon faced Yugi and Reiji who gasped when they were noticed and targeted. "Oh no! We have to get out of here!" Yugi cried but despite that effort, he couldn't move due to fear. Same with Reiji who only looked to Hikaru, wide-eyed. 'I...I can't move! I'm too afraid now after seeing that battle...that strength that Hikaru's dragon had...' Reiji thought.

Yugi was thinking along the same thoughts and both Chibi and Uryarion were paralyzed with fear as well. The two energy prongs on the end of Kokao's claws appeared and Yami looked down to Hikaru's next victims and saw exactly who was with the other and growled. "Never!" he hissed as he sent his dragon to intercept Hikaru's attack. Kokao reared up in anger as he looked to Yami's dragon before he lunged down, latching his teeth onto the dragon's neck and the other roared angrily, raising a claw up to slash at the other.

The battle commenced once more between the two but once Kokao was given an opening, he flew at blinding speeds at Yugi and Reiji. Their friends outside the field gasped and couldn't bear to watch the outcome. Yami growled as his dragon followed after Kokao. 'This is it...' Yugi thought, looking down and waited for the attack to hit. Uryarion growled before moving out of her own will, standing before Yugi and he looked up in shock.

"Uryarion! You can't handle him! Run away!" he cried.

Reiji watched Uryarion intensely before looking to Kokao. 'Even with the disadvantage she has, she still willing to fight for her Driver...' He glanced down to Chibi. 'But Chibi can never handle him...I don't even know anything about his abilities...but he has to have something...anything...' Reiji thought before glancing up at Hikaru. 'If I'm to ever stand a chance against him, I have to be at his level.' He gripped his mobile tightly as he stood in front of Chibi, spreading his arms out to protect him from the attack.

Kokao gave a roar, unleashing a blast at the two below before he was in a headlock by Yami's dragon.

"Uryarion!" Yugi cried once more.

"Chibi, I'll protect you!" Reiji shouted.

Something reverberated between the two dragons and they gave a roar as well, light engulfing their forms as they transformed into two new dragons. A blazing fire of light surrounded Uryarion. Her eyes, once a crystal blue, were now a vivid silver. Her scales stayed the same and seemed to be radiating the fire that surrounded her. Her fur was a blazing silver and on her head rested a sharp horn of crystal that radiated with a mass amount of power.

With Chibi, his transformation was definitely an improvement from the tiny dragon he was before, now ten times the size he once was. From the plush white fur that Reiji always known him to have, he had plated scales of red, white and yellow and on his head was a yellow crescent with a blue gem at the center. Large wings emerged from his back and piercing red eyes glared at the attacking opponent. He gave a roar as he unleashed a blast of light at Kokao, Uryarion joining his attack with her own prism colored blast. Just as fast as they unleashed their attacks, they both returned back to normal, drained and exhausted from the onslaught of power they used in that one attack.

Back outside the D-Zone and hidden from all but certain allowed officials, a control center watched the battle, making sure that everything was functioning properly. But as the transformation of the two dragons were done, all the machinery overloaded, screens malfunctioning in both the center and the control room and panels frizzing with electricity.

The ones that were watching the entire battle jumped up in surprise. 'No way...there's no way those two dragons alone have that much power to overload the systems...' One of the workers thought as the crowd was surprised that they weren't able to see the rest of the battle.

"Chibi!" Reiji cried, reaching out to grab the smaller dragon before he could hit the ground. 'What in the world was that?! He became a completely different dragon!' he thought. Kokao gave another roar, struggling in the other's grip. "Morrunya, keep your grip on Kokao! If we're going to go down, we're going down in style!" Yami called and the dragon gave a nod. The attacks shot out just narrowly missed each other, heading to their intended targets. Yugi tried to get Uryarion up before the attack hit but it was useless for the other was too tired to move.

Yugi buried his head into Uryarion's fur as the attack hit both him and Reiji, knocking them out of the game. Kokao finally nudged Morrunya enough to escape his grasp and flew higher into the air, avoiding the attack. Morrunya did the same, the blast nicking a wing and he hissed before he looked to Hikaru, the orbs around his neck glowing brightly, and sent another blast at the recovering dragon, knocking him from the game as well.

"Hikaru Himuro, Motou Yugi and Reiji Oozora were defeated! The winner is Yami!" L called. Cheers and murmurs rang through the crowd, amazed by the battle up until the screens went out and some wondering what could've caused such a phenomenon to happen. The rest of the gang jumped over the railing, running over to Yugi and Reiji.

"Yugi, are you alright?!"

"Reiji! What happened in there?!"

L watched the two before placing a hand over her ear, activating the communicator. "Control room, what's going on up there?"

/Everything's been totaled, L! We lost all data of previous matches before the tournament!/ The worker answered. She gave a nod as she looked over to Reiji and Yugi. 'There's something about them and their dragons. The agents need to hear about this new revelation...Chibi was my last concern with his abilities shown before and now this...' she thought.

After assuring their friends that they were alright, they stood and soon left from the field. Yugi and Reiji didn't know that they were being watched. Yami gave a small smirk as he watched Yugi leave before looking down to the dragon sitting beside him. "Looks like we have ourselves a little competition. And that one boy...there's something about him if he could get so much power out of his dragon when he's only a beginner."

"That shouldn't be too much trouble. The boy doesn't even know what we're capable of. Just what Hikaru has under his sleeves and that we can take him on. There shouldn't be any trouble for the champion of B block."

"You're right." Yami said with a soft chuckle. "If we could beat the previous champion of B block and keep him from regaining that position with only a few more wins away from becoming Super-champion over Himuro, I'm sure we can handle a fresh revelation of power with two newcomers."

Hikaru was thinking along the same thoughts as Yami, only his focus was on Reiji. 'What is with that dragon of his...it had no stats or anything as far as L told me. So how could it be so powerful...' he thought as the two watch the group leave. "Reiji Oozora...I'm going to find out about that power and when I do, I will challenge you one on one."

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When he got home, Yugi had a quick dinner and then headed up to his room, looking down at the info card of Uryarion and wondered how she was able to gain so much power. 'Well, all the dragons we battle with are connected to us. But I was scared since Hikaru was so powerful and I know Reiji was thinking the same. We couldn't defeat him or Kokao with the power we had now. But then determination welled up inside me. Could that have been the cause of Uryarion's unlocked power?' he thought before he heard his phone ring and picked it up.

"Hello."

"Hey, Yugi. It's Reiji. I have a proposal for you."

"Really? What is it?"

"When we go to the Dragon Drive Center tomorrow, come with me and we're going to speak with L about private training." he explained.

"Whatever for?"

"Because of Hikaru." Was the soft reply and Yugi knew that Reiji was determined as well. "I can't stand the fact I was afraid. Sure, I had 30 straight losses but I know I can challenge and beat him. I've beaten Ichiro before but I think that was luck. But this, challenging Hikaru face to face was nerve-wracking and I couldn't do anything. I couldn't move, couldn't call out to Chibi. Nothing. I was hoping to get away with you before Kokao could do something but when that attack came at us, I was paralyzed."

"I know how you feel, Reiji. I was the same. Very scared but I was determined. Hikaru is powerful but if we do more training, we may just be able to beat him. I think the determination we both had triggered that power from Chibi and Uryarion."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. I mean, what else could we do that would bring out such power from them? And we're only beginners. Our dragons knew we were scared and they were too. That's why they couldn't run but when Uryarion stepped up to protect me, I knew she was determined to not fail me and I know even now, she still has the determination to get better and be a satisfying challenge against Hikaru as well as Yami. If those two can fight like that, so can we."

"Right! So I'll see you early after school?"

"Yeah. But we're going to keep this between us so if you can, try to make sure Maiko doesn't follow you."

"Same with your group."

"Right. See you then."

"Alright. Night, Yugi." They both hung up and Yugi looked to the info card before placing it on his nightstand and turned off the light. 'Until tomorrow, Uryarion. We're going to train hard and long and maybe if we're lucky, we'll find out a secret to regain that power you had in today's battle and use it to our advantage. We're going to beat Hikaru and Yami and feel proud on the day it happens.'

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In another home, Daisuke was in a rage. "How could that low down imbecile do so much damage?! There's no way that puny dragon can impress my Maiko Yukino!" he roared. A chuckle was heard as another that sat on his bed looked to him. "Oh stop being such a worry wart. If you give it time, you might get somewhere with the girl. Besides, what makes you think the two are together?"

"Because! She always hangs out with him!"

"And where are you when you aren't on the battlefield with Kanpa?"

"Uh...hiding behind pillars or walls." Daisuke answered, anger deflating. The person smirked. "Exactly. You keep hiding so she won't know you much except for what you do in your battles. Maybe if you try getting along with that Oozora kid and join them when they're there, she'll warm up to you a little more." Daisuke gave a huge smile.

"Thank you, Tachibana!"

"It's nothing, you just need to think a little more instead of sending glares at Oozora." The boy known as Kyoji Tachibana spoke before standing and leaving out for the night. 'Why I hang out with this kid is going to be beyond me but he might be my ticket to learning what I want to know about Oozora and Motou.' he thought as he started on his way home.

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Zypher: And there you have it. The end of chapter 2. Hoped you all enjoyed and I'll see you later with another chapter.