Disclaimer: I do not, repeat, DO NOT, own Ryuusei no Rockman or any elements of other anime included in this story.
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"So how did you know that guy, anyway?" Wolf asked.
"Well…"
But before he could continue, the alarm was heard. "ALERT! ALERT! ANOMALY IN THE GENERATOR ROOM! ANOMALY IN THE GENERATOR ROOM!"
"The generator room?!" Shidou shrieked as he ran into the building. The others followed suit and ran with him into the elevator that led to the basement level.
When they got there, the room was lit with crackling electricity. "If any of the system get hit, who knows what'll happen!" Shidou exclaimed as he Denpa-Henkan'd into Acid Ace again.
"Gotta… shut… down… system!" He was then hit by a stray bolt of electricity. "ARGH!"
"Shidou-san!" Subaru yelled. Acid Ace signaled him to stay put. "I got this!", he yelled, smashing his hand on a large button, which caused the electricity to slowly die down.
If that wasn't enough, a strange crackling was heard as a small opening in front of the generator began to form. Two figures fell out of the opening facedown and closed.
One was a small boy with silver hair wearing a highly classy green jacket and dark blue shorts. He appeared to have a string wrapped around the back of his head, revealing to be wearing an eyepatch on his right eye.
The other figure was a tall, grown man in a butler uniform his neck-long raven-black hair.
They were both unconscious.
Shidou exited Denpa-Henkan and walked slowly to the unconscious twosome. The others were in just as much surprise as him and the newly materialized Acid.
"What… the… hell?" was all Shidou had to say.
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Chapter 3: It Was Beyond the Aspect of Understanding
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Shidou Akatsuki was very confused. First, viruses attack random parts of Kodoma Town and vanish without a trace. Then, he was forced to fight an old face from the past, and nearly died in the process. After that, the generator in WAZA's basement was about to explode, but he shut it down. Finally, as a consequence of doing so, he was electrocuted and a small child and an heir-apparent butler appeared out of a random portal, and now he has no idea what to do with them.
Shidou Akatsuki desperately needed a vacation.
But this wasn't the time to dawdle. Unconsciously, he ran to the two unconscious people and picked up the child. Upon flipping him over, he winced as he saw an eyepatch over his right eye. Upon inspecting his clothes, a green suit coat with a blue neck ribbon, a white dress shirt, and charcoal dress shorts, he appeared to be someone not from this area, let alone this time.
There was something else that caught his eye; a ring on his left thumb with a stunning blue crystal.
"Is that…?", he began as Acid came beside him. "Upon inspection, that appears to be the exceedingly expensive blue diamond."
"Blue diamond?! Let me see!", Luna yelped as she ran across the room to beside the boy. She stared long and hard at the ring, unnerving the blue-haired man. Her expression unnerved Shidou and cased both him and Acid to back away.
"This… this is real blue diamond!!" Luna gasped, mouth agape.
"Let me see.", the baby from before, properly introduced as Reborn, said, jumping onto and kicking off Shidou's head, hitting square between the eyes.
"…Yup; this is definitely blue diamond." "Wh-what was that for?!", Shidou yelled, teary-eyed and a large red spot on his forehead.
Reborn turned around with his eyes partially shaded by his hat, a murderous look on his face and pulling out the gun that was made from the chameleon on his hat, Leon. "I'm sorry, did you say something?"
Shidou and Acid let out a "HEEEEEEEEEEE~!" noise, faces stricken with fear. Tsuna expressed the same face. "You're gotta be kidding…"
"Why is everyone picking on me…?", Shidou gloomed, sobbing slightly. Acid pat him on the back with a "There, there." kind of attitude.
"Well we have to get these guys to the hospital floor upstairs…" he pulled out his Hunter-VG, and called the 45th floor.
"This is Ace; send two stretchers down to the generator room ASAP… we got two injured civilians down here… Alright."
Hanging up, he turned to the new group. "So, what's going on, uhhh, Shidou-san, right?", Ichigo asked, leaning in slightly.
"The upstairs hospital wing is going to send some stretchers to pick these two up. I want all of you to go with them and keep watch."
Sure enough, the stretchers came not a moment too soon, and before Tsuna and Ichigo could enter the elevator, Shidou placed a hand on both of their shoulders. "Just a sec. My boss'll want an explanation of what you two are doing here. Civilians can't just be on WAZA grounds willy-nilly." "Okay.", Ichigo replied. Tsuna gulped nervously.
When the door closed, they were off to the 45th floor.
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Meanwhile…
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Fubuki was walking down a small, dark corridor and ended up in a dark laboratory room where the room was illuminated by a single computer screen.
"Well, aren't you all tatters and ruins? I take it they roughed you up some?", came a mature, yet sarcastic-sounding voice.
"Verde, huh? Figured you'd be here.", Fubuki replied drolly. "Oh don't give me that, Fubuki. 'Sides, you're the one who actually got to have all the fun.", the figure named Verde stated.
"Missions are not fun; it's your warped way of thinking. All that scientific prowess of yours going to waste with a psyche like that." The man said while adjusting his glasses, the frames reflecting the eerie blue-white light.
Turning around in his swivel chair, the figure revealed to have spiky green hair going towards the left with long sides, his upper face was obscured by the darkness. His skin was fairly pale. He was wearing a white lab coat with a green dress shirt and white tie. He had a sickening smirk on his face.
"I hacked into WAZA's camera system and saw the whole thing. I knew full well that you stealing back what the Vongola took from me would grab their attention. And if you ask me, the Shinigami kid showing up just makes it more… interesting, to say the least. There's just one tiny quirk with this."
"Oh? That being…?", Fubuki inquired. "They appear to be showing signs of an alliance. This could go either way in our boss's grand scheme. Which reminds me…"
The figure trailed off to flex his left hand over his right middle knuckle, where a glistening dark-silver ring clamped. If one looked closely, there was a gray lightning bolt in the center of an upside-down shield-shaped face.
"I feel that my turn's going to come up soon. Very soon. And I have the feeling that everyone at WAZA won't be the only ones to join the party."
"How so?", he asked, sounding slightly interested, yet sounding very unamused.
"Two things. I just saw that the hospital log at WAZA just admitted two unidentified persons. This was after you left."
"…I see. And the second?"
This was where Verde lifted his head revealing his deep forest green eyes, with a very small pair of glasses pinching on his nose. His smile grew.
"The Signers… they're moving."
"The Signers…", Fubuki began, the reflection of his glasses brightening. "Yusei Fudo… Where are they headed?"
"Here. To Kodoma Town." "!! So soon? Let me guess; Sector Security caught wind of my attack is wants Yusei Fudo and co. to check it out."
"Right on the money. Their arrival can go either way in our boss's plans."
"Well, then. We'll just have to dispose of them, right?" "Although I couldn't agree more, the boss made is explicitly clear not to intercept them on any front. Yet, anyway."
"Well, damn. Shouldn't we at least intercept their travel arrangements? I know they can't ride those D-Wheel motorcycles on a secluded tunnel. I bet they wouldn't know where it is."
"Sector Security and WAZA go way back, Fubuki. If you did more of your homework, you'd know that."
"I've hardly got any time to do some new research, so I would never guessed."
"It doesn't matter, I have access to every camera in WAZA and their modes of transport; figuratively, they got nowhere to hide.…Hm?"
"What?"
"It looks like they moved those two civilians into a room. Luckily it's got a camera."
A devious smile was on his face. "Get some popcorn; I think we're in for quite a show."
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Subaru and his other friends sat in chairs aligning across from four beds. Gonta was covered in bandages and his left leg was suspended by ceiling straps. Tsukasa was hooked to an oxygen tank and IV because of Gemini Black's – Hikaru's- wound. The small boy and the butler were neatly tucked into their beds, resting.
"I wonder who those two are. They don't look like they're from around here.", Subaru asked to no one in particular.
"Ya think?", War-Rock expressed, completely bored. Suddenly the boy started to stir. "Looks like you spoke too soon.", he said as he floated over to the boy.
"War-Rock, what're you—Oh, no.", Luna began. War-Rock had that mischievous look again.
"War-Rock, you idiot, don't you dare!" Subaru began. Cygnus, Juro and Wolf stifled giggles.
Too late. The boy slowly open his un-patched eye. "Where… the hell… am I?" His vision slowly focused to see War-Rock about six inches from his personal space.
"…"
"…"
"…---!!"
"W-WHOA!!!", War-Rock yelled taken aback. Subaru, Luna, Utagai, Cygnus, Juro and Wolf instantly shot up.
"---!! SEBASTAIN!!"
The butler's eyes instantly opened, almost light speed. "Yes, My Lord?... OH, MY."
"'OH MY', MY ASS! WHAT KIND OF DEMON IS THIS THING?!"
"D-Demon?! Now hold on a minute!", War-Rock fumed. Subaru and Luna looked totally flustered. By now, Cygnus, Juro and Wolf were howling with laughter, on the ground.
"Lies! No creature in England that I've ever seen looks like the monstrosity you are!"
"Monstrosity?! WHY YOU LITTLE--!!" Subaru instantly tackled War-Rock and tried desperately to keep him down.
"War-Rock! Stop! You're being ridiculous!!" "Who are you calling ridiculous?!", War-Rock yelled, feeling hurt. "That little punk just called me a demon!! I am so gonna whack him!!"
"Little…punk?", the boy reiterated darkly. "You dead little…"
The butler apparently named Sebastian had a surprised, and slightly – ever so slightly, one couldn't be sure – look of "Oh, no." written on his face, and held him back as best as he could..
Sebastian and Subaru were both trying hard to keep the boy and War-Rock from totally killing each other. Cygnus, Juro and Wolf looked like they were going to get heart attacks from laughing so hard.
Suddenly the door slid open. It revealed Shidou, Ichigo and Tsuna with serious "WTF" faces written all over them.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?", Shidou yelled, catching everyone off guard.
"He started it.", the boy and War-Rock pouted.
Shidou walked to beside the boy's bed. "So, you're awake, huh? What's your name?"
"What do you mean what's my name? And while I'm at it, what is this place? This isn't England at all. I was just on a phone call with Her Majesty. …And… what's with those strange clothes…?", the boy trailed, his eye slowly shrinking. He grabbed Shidou unexpectedly by the collar. "You! Where am I and what year is this??!"
"This is Japan. In the year 22XX."
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It was kind peaceful outside of WAZA. Many birds were perched on the rooftops. Until…
"!?!?!?!"
The birds instantly flew away as the ground began shaking.
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The boy looked absolutely shaken up. He was panting hard. Everyone else, minus the butler Sebastian, was covering their ears in severe pain or in shocked arm poses whilst standing on one leg.
"That… was painful.", Misora complained.
"What?! The year… 22XX?! No way! You mean to tell me I've been thrust 400 years into the future of another country?!", he yelled.
Shidou nodded weakly twice, his eyes bugging out. Today was truly not his day.
"……I need some time to think. You wouldn't by chance have herbal tea, would you?"
"Excuse me?", Shidou asked. Acid left the room. "I'll check."
"Herbal tea has always been how Boucha (Lit. Young Master) calms down. Quite frankly, this is also quite the surprise.", Sebastian stated calmly.
"You're oddly calm for learning about being 400 years in the future. What's your secret?", Wolf asked.
'Ugh. A talking dog.', Sebastian thought to himself. "Well, if you must know…", he began. Everyone, save Ciel, leaned in slightly.
Sebastian revealed a slight, but devious smile. "Aku made… shitsuji desu kara. (Lit. [Because] I am one hell of a butler.)"
Subaru walked to the boy with a large, welcoming smile. "I'm Subaru Hoshikawa. It's nice to meet you, uh…", he said as his outstretched his hand.
The boy, to Sebastian's surprise, shook Subaru's hand back. "Earl of England, Ciel Phantomhive."
"Wait a minute,… Phantomhive? Where have I heard that name before…?" Misora started, placing a finger on her chin.
"It's a popular toy and sweets company from 19th Century Creamland. Back then it was named 'England', hence the different name.", Acid stated as he came floating in his a tray holding a teapot and two porcelain glasses and a small amount of packaged sugar.
"It's Earl Grey; I hope it doesn't offend." "No, Earl Grey is a personal favorite. I knew the man from my late father, actually. I never met him in person, but he has good taste.", Ciel stated as he Sebastian slowly took the tray from the white Wizard and poured Ciel a cup. He slowly sipped the glass and smirked slightly.
"I see that the tea of the future hasn't lost its luster. Although… it's a tad bland…" "It's not the best we have, unfortunately; our newest shipment of food came late."
Ciel's expression showed that of annoyance, which then subsided. "I take it that from what you said, England changed its name to this 'Creamland'?"
"It would seem so, Boucha.", Sebastian said coolly.
"So… what are you going to do with me?" "That's not for me to decide; that would be the Chief's job… how old are you, anyway?"
"…I just turned 13.", Ciel stated. "Wow! He's older than us!" Misora exasperated to Subaru and Luna. "Older than you? And you're all that tall?"
"Speaking of…", Shidou began. "They should be arriving soon…"
Warrock blinked. "'They'?"
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Two WAZA guards and Wizards were standing outside the entrance to the mountain-enclosed LevBus tunnel. One guard was staring at his watch. "Hmmm, the next LevBus should be here right about…"
A ringing noise was heard. "Now." "How do you always do that?", The other guard inquired. "Just good at it, I guess."
Suddenly a loud. "YO-SHAAAAAAAAAA!! We're finally here!" was heard, as the doors slid open. As the guards and Wizards covered their ears, a mid-sized young man with spiked orange wheat-bundle/bush-shaped hair jumped out of the doorway and began stretching dramatically.
His hair was bound by a dark blue-green headband with two large rings on the right side. He was wearing a bright-orange shirt under a brow leather vest, wearing twin tattered clothes and wrist-belts on both arms.
His eyes were purple, and had symmetrical yellow markings on his face consisting of a jagged line and isosceles triangle under both eyes, and a large yellow "M" and dot on its right side were on his forehead.
After him coming out, a tall spiky-haired blonde man with side braids wearing a spike-padded white trench coat and arm/leg leather patting, and a upside "A" necklace and giant silver "A" earrings stepped out, looking very annoyed.
"Damn it, Crow, could you not yell so enthusiastically about arriving to a suspicious location EVERY time??", he asked gruffly and irritably.
"Aw, c'mon, Jack! Don't be so uptight! After all…!" , he started as he rose his arms dramatically, catching 'Jack' and the guards off guard. "This is freaking WAZA! The future of technology is basically here!"
"I had no clue you were such a techie, Crow.", came a voice from inside the LevBus. Out came a mid-tall, rather sexy 16-year old young woman with auburn-red hair in a mop of spiky ends in the back, and two incredibly long braids of thick hair. She was wearing a strange mix between a blouse, a drape-in-the-back ruffled dress, and a female military uniform in shades of cherry- brown and a faded blue-green dress shirt. She had a rather attention-grabbing figure, complete with slim body and rather large… funbags. Her cat-like eyes were a reddish-brown.
"Well, not really. But still, at least I know when to appreciate something, Jack." "And what is that supposed to mean, Crow?!", the man named Jack yelled back, pumping his fists.
"Guys, knock it off!", came a shrill boy's voice. All three turned to see a pair of turquoise-green-haired twins; a boy and a girl. The boy's hair was in one large braid behind his head, and the girl's was in two pigtails in front of her face. The boy was wearing a blue shirt with a yellow hexagonal block pattern and a light blue sleeveless shirt on top of it and blue shorts. He wore two identical bracelets on his wrists. The girl had a similar theme, only in pinks and a long sleeve red shirt under her pink outer shirt.
"You've arguing the entire time on the train! Can't you just go five minutes without aqrguing like a married couple?"
"What was that, you shrimp-boat?!", Jack yelled, his voice catching the four guards and Wizards by surprise.
"Enough!", came another voice from inside the LevBus.
Out came an 18-year old male with black hair and orange-cream highlights in spiked bangs jutting in every cardinal direction. His gear consisted of a black T-shirt with a red design under a blue jacket covered in intricate black-rimmed material and orange bubbles on his shoulders, elbows and shins. His forearms and forelegs were clothed in long gloves and boots rimmed with the same metal-like material that almost reached to their respective joints. He had a Hebrew letter "Lamed"-like mark and a triangle pointing left under his left eye. His eyes were a cold, but inviting blue.
"For goodness' sake Jack, you have been acting like a nagging mother the entire ride.. "And what is that supposed to mean, Yusei?!?"
Yusei winced slightly at Jack's scream. "Is this because we couldn't fit the D-Wheels into the train? You didn't actually believe that this place would allow motorcycles on such a cramped train, did you?"
"Hmph! Like I'd let some shady policemen with horrible fashion sense handle my Wheel of Fortune!"
"Uhhhh…", one guard began. "Is your group the one sent from Sector Security from Neo Domino by any chance…?"
"Yes. We're here on business. I take it your superior is waiting…? ...What happened here? Was there some sort of fight?"
"The guards gulped. "Actually, there was. Some nutjob kid who claimed to know one of our top operatives attacked and critically injured some of our fighters. Luckily no one was really hurt thanks to Rockman and some new strangers, but…"
"Wait-wait-wait! You mean as in the Rockman?! As in the three-time hero Rockman?!", the boy started excitedly. "Oh my God, he's here?!"
"Rua, calm down!" The girl scolded her brother. "People were seriously hurt, and all you can think about is meeting a celebrity??"
"Aw, c'mon Ruka, aren't you the least bit eager to meet him?? I hear he's really our age!"
"Well, yes, I'm eager, but that doesn't—"
"THEN IT'S SETTLED!", Crow yelled. "Let's go see ourselves a celebrity!"
The three, with Rua dragging Ruka, ran off to the WAZA entrance.
"…Kids today.", Jack and Yusei muttered at the same time, before walking towards the entrance.
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Shidou's Hunter-VG went off. "Ace, we just received word that the group from Neo Domino City has arrived. Also, could you send Subaru-kun down? The two children in their group are apparently dying to see him…"
"Is Rockman on the other side?! Holy crap! HIIIII!!" "Ruuuuaaaaaa!"
"Uuuuuuuhhh…", Subaru said surprised.
"Is it—is it true you're part alien?!" Rua, get down from there!! That's not safe!" "Aw, c'mon Ruka! Don't be such a party pooper!" "Rua, get down!!" "You're no fun, Yusei!" "Ruaaaa!!" "Okay, okay! Taku…"
"Oooookay…", WarRock and Subaru said flatly.
"Who is this Rockman you speak of?", Ciel questioned. "Oh. Me and War-Rock, my Wizard can merge to become a hero named Rockman. That's all."
'A hero? Bah!' Ciel thought. "I see… I take it these floating animals are all 'Wizards'…?" "Actually, all of us except Vogue and Acid are aliens from another world!", Warrock bragged. "But we're also called Wizards now, so… yeah."
"…Aliens?", Ciel cocked his eye, slowly getting out of his bed. "You have got to be pulling my leg."
"I believe you.", came a voice from the door later revealed to be Ichigo, with Tsuna and Reborn next to him. "After most of the weird stuff I deal with on a daily basis, it's not surprising."
"Same here, unfortunately." Tsuna sighed. "Ahem." Reborn huffed dangerously. Tsuna looked freaked.
"What, are you saying you deal with weird stuff?" "If you call being heir to a Mafia weird, then most definitely yes." "There's nothing wrong with being a member of the Vongola Family you know; you should be proud." Reborn said with a his trademark smirk.
"Being the boss of a Mafia I want no interaction with is not exactly what I'd call a dream job." "If Gokudera heard you say that, he'd have a heart attack." "THAT'S NOT EVEN REMOTELY FUNNY!"
"Whoa-whoa-whoa, are you saying you're really the boss of a real Italian Mafia??", Subaru asked, his eyes lit with excitement. "That's so cool!" "Really?", Tsuna asked back, surprised.
"They all look pretty strong; how about making them members of you Family, Tsuna?", Reborn asked.
"N-No!! I just met them! How are you so calmly considering adding them to the Family just like that?!"
"So does your position as boss come with anything cool?", Subaru asked. "Uh, well… this, I guess.", he stated as he showed the group his Vongola Sky Ring – the proof of the Vongola Boss.
"It pretty!", Luna and Misora squeled. "So it's a ring. Big deal." "Big deal? Why you little…", Reborn started.
"Actually this ring can do something really cool.", Tsuna said as his right index knuckle captivated everyone in the room as a small orange flame danced on the surface of the ring. "And… Open Box!"
He took out a fairly small orange jewel-studded metal-looking box and plunged the flaming ring into the hole on the center of the jewel-studded side. He then pointed the box away from him and a large mass of orange flame shot out of the box. The flame solidified into a small bright-orange-mixed-lemon furred lion cub with a shining metallic visor with symmetrical indents and a large charcoal-brimmed blue jewel on its forehead with a mane and tail end made of dancing soft orange flames.
Upon fully forming, it opened its beautiful, big orange eyes and let out a strong "GAAAAAAOOOOO~~" noise and nuzzled its master's leg.
Tsuna smiled gingerly and picked up the lion cub nuzzled its face with his fingers, who cooed back. "You guys, meet my Box Weapon; the Leone di Ciele Version Vongola. I call him Nuts." "Gaoo~!"
"IT'S SO CUUUUUUUTE~~!!" Luna, Misora, Harp, Vogue and surprisingly an interested Sebastian who instead screaming had an enlightened smile, squealed and ran up the lion cub, coddling his cheeks with two fingers (or in Harp's and Vogue's case… actually just use your imagination.) each. Nuts blushed slightly.
"He looks so adorable! I could just eat him up!", Luna squeaked. "And his mane is so soft~! It's like Egyptian cotton!" Misora mused. "I know!", Harps and Vogue said at the same time.
"The vibrant yellow fur, the dancing orange mane like a small soft fire. Those big, innocent orange eyes like glistening jewels. That playful, inviting catlike smile. You may not be a black kitten, but you most certainly adorable." "Gaooo~"
War-Rock snaked his way to the cuddled cub. "Aw, it ain't so great. What does this thing have that I don't?", he puffed.
Nuts' ears drooped and dug his face back into his master's arms, letting loose a soft moan.
"Gaoooooo…" "What? Was it something I said?", War-Rock huffed. "Nuts is a total scaredy-cat outside of a battle. Just like No-Good-Tsuna here. They're basically one in the same." "R-Reborn!", Tsuna yelped defensively.
"Waitaminute, battle?! As in fighting?!", War-Rock asked excitedly. "Well, sometimes I fight, but-" "Subaru, did you hear that?? He's a fighter! We so gotta fight him!! We just gotta!!", War-Rock exclaimed excitingly.
Tsuna and Subaru had the exact same exasperated face. 'That waisn't what I/he meant!!'
Shidou laughed. "But I digress; Subaru we got some visitors – best to not keep them waiting." "I hear they're from Neo Domino City; they're pretty big on that one card game. Duel Monsters I think it was called.", Juro spoke.
"Yeah; I noticed that they were all wearing custom Duel Disks.", Subaru stated. "Duel… what?", Sebastian asked. "It's a bulky device someone puts on their opposite wrist in order to play the game using playing cards highly-advanced holograms – fixtures of light that create solid images which is dubbed 'Solid Vision' by players of the game, named Duelists."
"… I see.", the tall butler replied flatly. Ciel and War-Rock were rubbing their temples in pure frustration.
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5 minutes later…
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Rua and Crow were closely inspecting Subaru with highly concentrating faces, who was looking slightly taken aback. Then they looked closely at War-Rock, who was sporting a rather annoyed taken-aback looked. Then back to Subaru. Then at each other. And finally they squealed in joy.
"It is him!" "Ya think?", Ruka sighed.
After that, everyone started introducing themselves to each other.
The Neo Domino group was amazed by WAZA's technology and by the Wizards, especially Yusei, who if not for his calm composure, would look like an excited kid in a candy store.
Aki and Ruka were commenting on how cute Harp, Vogue, War-Rock and Wolf looked, the latter two of which were blushing slightly.
Ichigo and Tsuna were conversing with Ciel and Sebastain about Japan and today's wacky time period.
Shidou and Acid were standing at one of the security camera screens, re-watching the battle with Fubuki.
"Fubuki… what happened to you?" "Shidou…", Acid started worryingly.
Utagai asked, with Cygnus behind him.
"…", Shidou replied, his upper face shaded by his hair. "… I see."
Suddenly the alarm went off.
ALERT! ALERT! SECURITY BREACH! SECURITY BREACH! UNIDENTIFED ENERGY SIGNATURE! UNIDENTIFIDED ENERGY SIGNATURE!
"Oh no!", Shidou began typing explicitly fast on the keyboard to bring up the video feed.
Everyone gathered at the screen to see a lone young man in the middle of the 'courtyard'.
"Is it Fubuki?", Subaru asked concerned. "…No. It's someone else.", Sidou said bitterly.
Upon inspection of the intruder, the figure was approximately as tall as Fubuki. He had flowing curly dirty blonde hair with endless locks and spilt ends in hundreds of directions. He wore a blue and dark blue wave-patterned kimono with his chest revealed, showing a fairly strong chest build. He wore tan sandals and white socks with his right upper leg partially wrapped in a white bandage.
His left eye was blocked from view via a large, thick double-stringed eyepatch with a strange red circular array printed on it. He had a dark-purple mark under his left eye shaped like Yusei's mark, only thicker and without the triangle.
He opened his right eye, which magnified to reveal a metallic dark blue color.
He also appeared to have a strange metallic device on his left arm. Upon closer inspection, Yusei exclaimed "That's a Duel Disk!"
Subaru, Misora, Juro, Utagai and Shidou performed Denpa-Henkan and rushed outside with everyone else.
The Denpa-Henkaners had their weapons ready, while everyone got into a fighting stance, with Sebastian standing in front of Ciel, Ichigo assuming his Shinigami form and, Reborn cocking his gun and Tsuna entering his fighting form, revealing to be called his Dying Will form.
The young man suddenly began to speak. "I knew you'd come out. That's how you people work."
"State your business!", Shidou, as Acid Ace, yelled. The young man noticed that several guards and Wizards were surround the group on each side.
"If you don't tell your men and women to stand down, I'll be forced to show my hand." At that point a small, but noticeable orange aura came from his right hand.
"That's a Dying Will Flame.", Reborn noted. "Not good – it's orange; he's a Sky type!", Tsuna said bitterly.
"If I don't get what I desire, I will be forced to detonate the bombs inside your establishment; the blood will be on your hands."
"Bombs?! What bombs?!", Shidou yelled dangerously. "The bombs my associate planted not too long ago."
"Fubuki…", Shidou whispered. The young man chuckled. "Not quite."
"Who else could you be…… !!!", Acid Ace began as he came to a realization.
"That's right. Kenta Yagi and Hasami Chiyokichi have unwittingly become my associate's Reigan Bakudan (Lit. Spiritual Explosives). If you are the ones to try anything, I'll set them off. End of story. Now lower your weapons.", he concluded darkly.
Everyone was hesitant at first, but realized they had no choice but to comply.
"Good. Now I have a request.", he began as he flexed his left wrist. The Duel Disk on his forearm activated and expanded to activate.
"You shall Duel me, Yusei Fudo, Signer of the Dragon Head. Win, and the bombs are deactivated, and I'll tell you something you may want to know. Lose… and I don't think you want to consider the consequences."
"So you're staking this whole thing on a card game! Screw that!", Ichigo yelled as he pulled his Zanpakuto, Zangetsu to his side.
"No!", Yusei said putting his arm in front of the group behind him. "It's the only given way we can work with."
"Yusei…", Aki said. Jack and Crow grit their teeth, but nodded. Rua and Ruka looked concerned, but accepted the reality of the situation.
Yusie squirmed past Rockman and Harp Note, and readied his Duel Disk. "If I win this, you will promise to uphold your end of the bargain. Got it?"
The man smiled. "I swear by my title as the Acrobaleno Oscuro of the Sky." Reborn's hat covered his eyes slightly. "Acrobaleno Oscuro?"
The young man smirked slightly and Yusei grit his teeth.
"DUEL!!" (Yusei: 4000 Life Points Mystery Boy: 4000 Life Points)
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NEXT TIME: Battlin' On Sky's Doorstep