Chapter 4: The Shadow in my life
Racing to it's duel runner, the mysterious being saw Yukon speeding off to the motor way and decided to chase after him. Trey just leaving the bar saw from his position a black leather-clad biker racing past them, helpless and alone. He headed back into the bar and grabbed another drink.
"Not going after him?" Ryoji sat down next to Trey, curiosity getting the better of him.
"Nope, he's gotta do what he's gotta do and he will get in touch with me when he has to."
"You're a lot more trusting than I am. Considering a hired assassin is chasing after him at this very moment." Trey, on edge now, slows himself mid drink. His cautious nature taking over and his body tenses.
"He will either win or get away. Sacred Beast Triad has got nothing on him if he's not bolted to their machines." This time, Ryoji's muscles tensed up, his mind wavered but he didn't give away his emotions.
"I hope you are right otherwise you will lose your only ally and you will be alone in this venture." Ryoji gets up and leaves the establishment. Trey still sat there, thinking to him self.
"Yukon, you better come back to me alive. I won't forgive you if you don't."
Riding as fast as he possibly can along the motorway, Yukon's heart is in his mouth, his stomach is in his throat, he is fighting back the tears and he is struggling to steady his breathing. He wonders why the Sacred Triad Beasts burned his families restaurant to the ground, even after the hoops they made him jump through and after Trey had paid him the money I owed them. Why they have gone out of their way to make his life a misery. He can never forgive them and he wanted to make them pay with their lives.
His phone rang, and an unknown number appeared on his visor. He answered the phone:
"I'm not letting you help your family, you've got too much information on us and you are going to die." The voice, masked by a pitch modulator to be unrecognisable. "I'm going to duel you here and now, lose and you die, win and you will be free." Yukon accepted the duel immediately. Blinded by anger he wasn't going to let anyone stop him from reaching his Step father.
"I'll go first." The assassin summons Subterror Guru, sets a card and the signal for Yukon's visor to signal that it was his turn lights up with a simple word in the top left hand corner from his visual saying 'draw' lighting up. Sweating beading off his fore head, concentrating on the road ahead of him, seeing in the far distance that the road was gonna take them round the new Kaiba Corp construction site in the distance. He had never turbo dueled before so the physical act of multi-tasking was distracting.
"My turn, I draw." His bike swerved for a moment due to the imbalance of his hand leaving his handle. Stabilising it for a moment he finally makes a move. "I set a monster face down and a back row face down." Ending his turn he sighed in relief and focused on the road. Manuevering through the road, the road was incomplete so there were pot holes all over the place, but the assassin looked like they were an expert at this. Drifting around the bend, the black cladded rider pulls out a remote and presses the first of 3 buttons.
Explosions coming from the ground Yukon immediately panics and drifts into the explosions, finding himself a near miss from being knocked off but feels an the impact like a punch to the stomach.
"Hey, what's the big idea with this set up?!" Yukon's not thinking instead he just see's Subterror Guru attacking his monster as he swerves around to look at his opponent behind him.
Crowned by the world chalice flipping face up Yukon wasted no time to activate 'World Legacy Awakens'. His opponent had other things in mind.
"Chain, discarding Fiendess, targeting Guru to negate your trap card and flipping both Guru and Crowned Face down". His opponent gaining momentum crept on Yukon like a snake, in the grass. Ready to strike at his opponent when the last drop of sand hits the bottom of that hour glass. "I flip Guru back up, his effect triggers allowing me to add Subterror Archer to hand. After normal summ-".
Yukon breaks mid sentence and what appears to be him flying backwards into the assassin, who immediately has to swerve out the way, rides from behind. Trying to take advantage in both the duel and the race to his step father and to avoid anymore surprises. The rider realises this, summons his monster and tries to ram Yukon into the wall.
Yukon avoided him when he hit the breaks to stay behind his killer. Drew his card for turn, looked at his hand and the field. This time growing a bit more confident in his riding skills, he started his turn summoning Lee the World Chalice Fairy. Added World Legacy World Chalice to hand and flipped over Crowned to link summon Imduk right in front of Guru. Tribute Summoning World Legacy World Chalice using Lee, he uses both Imduk and World Chalice to link summon into Aurum The World Chalice blade monster.
"Trigger World Chalice effect chain link 1, Imduk chain link 2. Any response?" The assassin looks at Ash blossom and Joyous spring in their hand but doesn't say a word. Yukon special summons Beckoned out of his hand to the far left link zone, another Beckoned and another Chosen in the middle zones from his deck. Auram's attack increased by 300 after the chain ended due to his effect. Further link climbs into Ib using Beckoned not in the linked zone and chosen to the middle zone,
Rider watching his every move carefully, links the second Beckoned off into another Imduk.
"I activate World Legacy heart from my hand and add two world chalice monsters with different names from my graveyard to the hand. Any response?"
"Yeah, I've got two, see if you can out play them both. First I'll activate discard droll and lock bird from my hand. Meaning you can't add cards from your deck to your hand any further after this card resolves, Also."
An explosion Triggers from the bridge above the tunnel.
"Ohh shit." Exclaiming at the debris flying everywhere from the sky.
Yukon Floors it with the speed now, same with the assassin. The pair loop around each other, tunnel collapsing behind them now. Slamming their duel runners into each other around a bend, gears grinding into each other and the sparks fly everywhere. Blinding Yukon from their brightness, he witness's the corner from his broken mirror the collapsing tunnel slowed down, he slams the break. Iron girder falling narrowly missing him. Drifts a donut around the falling bricks behind the Assassin, speeding past the rider from their right, into the lead and out the tunnel exit.
"That's enough! I've had it with you, I'm finishing this duel this turn." Yukon adds both Chosen and Beckoned back to his hand. Link Summons for the final Time into his signature monster, Ningirsu The World Chalice warrior. "Ib and Imduk's effects' triggers. Special summoning both Beckoned and chosen into my hand."
"You can't draw anymore card's though so how are you going to overcome and finish me with 2 cards in your hand 4 monsters on your field with only spot remover and no negation? Do you really think I don't have the counter to your strategy just because I can't flip your link monsters face down?"
"Found your voice now have you?!"
"As have you it appears. Adrenaline gone to your head? Or has the fear of dying gripped your very fragile heart?" The mystery rider wasn't wrong.
Yukon was terrified, enraged, panicking. All these emotions triggering one by one. He was struggling to keep a hold of his focus, the very statement shook him but he won't allow him self to be shook. He carried on his turn without being able to draw the extra cards he may have needed due to his lock down with droll and lock bird.
"Activating World Legacy Succession, I revive Ib from the graveyard and acthen activate Ningirsu's effect. Sending chosen from the field to the graveyard I can send Archer to the graveyard. Any response prick?!"
"None" feeling agitated from the insult the response sounded forced but Yukon didn't care he was almost home now as well as this duel. Both monsters vanish, and Yukon calls battle. Declares his attack with Ib into Guru, and the black rider responds.
"Activating my trap card, Subterror Final Battle. The attack and defence points of my monster combines bringing Guru up to 3400 attack and defence."
Another explosion hit the field as Ib struck into Guru, smoke gathered and it wasn't for a few seconds before they emerged that Ib was still on the field and Guru was no where to be found. The rider scouring left and right with final setting it self back down due to his effect Guru was actually destroyed by battle.
"But how?" The deepened voice raised a note or two this time in questioning from what happened. Yukon didn't say a word this time and just sent an image of his Graveyard to him and saw World legacy's Lance in there, looked and ahead and see's Auram getting visibly stronger raising its attack to 2600. Sighing, The black rider veers off in a different direction. Leaving Yukon to home front into the streets, his visor saying winner and a message from a blocked number saying 'I concede'.
Speeding through the familiar streets Yukon saw the police heading to the duel highway in the distance, but Yukon's goal wasn't averted it as he reached his step father's restaurant ahead. Flames searing into the sky, the fire brigade, the police and ambulances near by tending to wounded people. It wasn't just the restaurant on fire, but the apartments close to it too. Yukon pulled up to Susunami, not saying a word. Susunami, choking up and trying to hold back the tears.
"Everything, everything has gone. It's all gone, all that hard work that I've tried to build since your mother had passed has been burned down to a crisp." Yukon in utter disbelief couldn't utter a word and bowed his head in shame, feeling helpless and so vulnerable. Turned his bike away and began walking off.
"Yukon! Is there anything you're not telling me?" Susunami's voice rang in Yukon's ears like thunder. He stopped, turned around his solemn look meeting Susunami's petrified gaze and simply replied:
"No"
Yukon woke up the next morning in his bed. Headache there, joints were aching, and tired beyond belief. He didn't want to get out of bed. He checked the phone on his bedside table 3 texts, 5 missed calls, 2 from Kia, 2 from Grey and 1 from Susunami. The first text read from Susunami telling me not to bother coming down to the restaurant until Yukon is ready to tell him what's going on. The second text from Trey saying that he was crashing on his couch and that he was glad to hear and see that he was alive. Also to tell him what happened when they next see each other. The final text from Kia mentioned an apology from what happened last night with the restaurant and said that he can talk to her at any point. Also she was staying over at his too to make sure that Yukon was okay.
"wait what?" 'How in the blazes did they get into my house? I'm the only one with a key'. Yukon decided that he was in too much pain at the moment to question anything right now, so he decided to get up and grab some pain killers. Yukon turned the corner from his bedroom toward the stairs and all he could see was red.
"aagh" two voices simultaneously cried out in pain.
"come on, watch where you are going." Yukon yelled.
"same goes to you jackass. Jeez I come to check on you and that's what you say to me? No apology for head butting me without remorse?!" Yukon reeling from the pain shook his head and brought his vision up to meet hers only to notice that she wasn't wearing any pants and was wearing one of his shirts. This time instead of seeing red. He became red himself? He quickly turned away to avert his gaze out of respect and bashfulness.
"come on dude. I'm just a girl not like you haven't seen naked girls before." that's the thing though Yukon hasn't seen any naked girls. In his life and right now there was one standing half naked before him and he froze. Kia's noticed his beetroot face and smiled, she could have fun with this.
"jackass! Get your ass back in bed, I'll bring whatever you need to your bedroom."
"I need pain killers and why are you and Trey in my house?"
"We will tell you later just go, I'll bring your damn pain killers."
A few agonising moments later, Kia, fully clothed. Walked into his room with his painkillers and sat down on the end of his bed. 'The poor sod doesn't even remember me sleeping in the same bed as him last night, neither does he remember himself sleep walking near enough as he was the one who let me and Trey in as we turned up after he called Trey telling him he was home, safe and sound.' After sitting there in a moment's thought she punched his arm.
"Argh, fucking christ. stop, hitting me." Yukon cried out in anger. "What is the matter with you?" he sat up and glared at her, only to be met with the glass of water and painkillers in each hand. After taking them begrudgingly he felt a little better and explained what happened the night before to her.
"Jesus this mysterious biker, was really out to get you. For what it's worth though I'm glad you and your family are safe." Kia stood up but not without turning back towards him and paused for a moment. Her face grew a smile and Yukon frowned, wondered what was going on. "Oh and by the way. You let me and Trey in last night, and we slept together as you only had 2 rooms." His frown had disappeared, his face beetroot red as she left his room giggling to herself. He face plants his head into his pillow and screamed. "I guess that's revenge for headbutting me." Her laugh grew loud enough for Trey to hear from down stairs in the living room. He was making breakfast for the three of them as she walked downstairs.
"Told him everything?" asking without distracting himself from making full English breakfast.
"yup" giggling her way into the kitchen.
"you're a cruel person, you know?" She changed her expression to disbelief.
"are you kidding me? I'm not the one who headbutted him when I was checking up on him to see if he was okay.
"it was probably an accident." His suit apron swayed as he turned toward her. Trying to stop herself laughing at two idiots she considered his statement. Although he was probably right she thought tormenting the poor kid would brighten the mood further. After all she was forming a crush on the dude, and she didn't want to show it one bit.
"So, down to business. What happened?"
Kia explained everything from the near death experiences to the victory Yukon scored last night against the triad beasts. Even to the burn down of Yukon's restaurant and overall mental breakdown when he got home which explains his amnesia and not remembering about him letting us in the house. Her caring side had a lifted a little.
"do you think we should stay for a while? Maybe until he gets back on his feet?" She asks calmly. Her speech stuttering. Trey didn't miss a note though, turns the heat off. Pulls out his phone and sends a text. Turning around slowly and asks:
"why? Don't you have your own place? I mean I know why I should stay. He's got a spare room and I need to get my money back with his help. Which begs the question, why would you want to stay to look after someone who doesn't need looking after?"
She was nervous this time. Taking a swift breath she explains that he would be better off with two friends close by rather than just one so he is protected since someone tried to kill him.
"okay okay, you make a decent point" he concedes this time in his own personal fun of prod the jackass, be he wasn't going to let her off that easy. Not moment later without skipping a beat Yukon walks in the room grabs his plate and sits down. Trey grabs his plate and sits on the chair opposite leaving Kia the last seat next to Yukon. She mentally glared at Trey but she wouldn't amuse him or give away her secret so she sat down with Yukon and watched the television with him. It was a moment of peace he deserved, and she didn't want to ruin that for him. Neither of them did. Little did they know, their situation was going downhill very soon.
