I still don't own YuGiOh! 5Ds. Please Enoy!
Chapter 4- Confrontations
"Who in the hell is pounding on the door this early?" Rue was woken up by the snarling in her head. You want to know the funny part? You were the one to wake me up… not the pounding on the door. Ooops! Rue growled as she made her way down the stairs. When she opened the door, she saw Danne standing there. She let the door swing open and motioned for him to come on in.
"So what brings you here this early, Mr. Hotshot?" Danne smirked and said softly,
"Did I wake you then?" Rue chuckled and thought for a second as she replied,
"Yeah but it's alright. I needed to get up anyways." She walked into the living room and sat down on the couch closest to the fireplace. Danne followed and looked at her living room. It was huge with three couches in it, they were in a semi circle around the fireplace. Bookshelves lined the walls as well as pictures of the family. Danne sat on the couch across from her and looked at the ornate design of the fireplace. Rue caught the look and said,
"If you think this is nice, you should see the rest of the house!" Danne looked at her and blushed slightly. He was completely unaware that she caught him in awe. Rue chuckled and continued,
"So what brings you here? I'm sure it's not to admire my home." Danne thought for a second then replied,
"I was curious, is your Earth deck your only deck?" Rue looked at him as a flag raised slightly. Be careful Rue… I sense something very primal about him. Rue replied,
"No, but its my primary one… why do you ask?" Danne looked at the fireplace then at her before replying,
"I was just curious, it seems that you aren't as good with tuners and synchros. It's pretty well known that The Hidari's used Fusion monsters." The once slightly raised red flag was now at full mast. Rue picked her answer carefully as she replied,
"How did you know about my family using Fusions, my parents never used them in turbo duels?" Rue got up and stood in front of the fireplace as she continued,
"So Danne, why are you really here?" The dark skinned boy stood up as he did one of his curls fell out of his ponytail. He sighed and replied,
"You know why? Which one are you?" Rue narrowed her eyes at the boy as he continued,
"You've been helping Yusei because it's your job as a Bloodline and I think I have a pretty good idea which one you are… but I want to make sure." Rue snorted and said,
"Why do you want to know?" Danne looked at her and replied,
"It'd be nice to know I'm not the only one." As he said that he took of his leather bracelet that covered a flame on his wrist. Rue looked at it then at Danne. She sighed and looked down as she did she slipped her zip up off. She turned and showed Danne the blood droplet lines running in the shape of wings on her back. Danne looked at it wide eyed then said,
"The Mark of the Gladiator, that explains a lot on why you don't know synchros very well. Your deck doesn't use or need them." Rue put the zip up hoodie back on and turned to Danne with a look of fear in her eyes. Danne noticed it and continued,
"I promise, I will never tell anyone about you as long as you tell no one about me. It's nice to know I'm not the only one anymore." Rue smiled lightly and nodded, holding out her hand. Danne took it and shook. He turned to go but before he did, he looked back to say,
"Just call if you need any help? I'll be here whenever I can." Rue smiled and also replied back,
"Be careful yourself, I sense a threat but don't know where from." The curly hair boy nodded and left. Rue sighed as she sat back down on the couch. She finally had somebody she could trust and confide in but something was still bothering her. Why are there two of us in a city? Normally there should only be one, for their own safety. It might have something to do with the threat you've been sensing. Mmmmm, I dunno. The rest of us Gladiator Beast have been getting restless, we sense something big is coming. That might be why your drawn to that boy, Yusei, he might have something to do with it. Rue sighed, it was never good when the Gladiator Beast got restless. It was always an early warning sign. She shuddered at the thought because the last time they got restless was when her mom and dad died. The thought saddened her as she looked up at one of the picture frames, one with her parents and her. They were at the park by a lake, laughing and playing. That photo was taken two days before they were taken from her, two days before she became the only one from the Gladiator Bloodline left. I just need to be more careful… and at least Danne will be here to help. And we're here to help, quit trying just to protect us. We want to protect you too! Rue smiled at that and got up with a little more pep in her step. She went upstairs to get dressed then headed down to the shop to work on her duel runner.
At Danne's penthouse
Danne walked through the door to find Jack sitting in his living room. He raised an eyebrow and asked,
"How did you get in here?" Jack looked back and replied,
"You left me a key, remember?" Danne face palmed himself.
"Nope, my mind has been elsewhere lately." Jack chuckled and replied,
"When isn't it elsewhere." Danne chuckled as Jack continued, "Plus Goodwin would like to talk to you?" Danne looked over to see Mr. Goodwin sitting at his dining room table with a miniature clown sitting across from him. Danne looked at Jack, who merely shrugged and let himself out. Mental Note: Get my spare key from Jack. Goodwin looked Danne for a second before saying,
"So, what exactly were you doing in The Facility?" Danne turned one of his chairs and sat down as he figured this was going to be a long conversation.
At Rue's Home
Rue jumped as the doorbell rang. Wait! What if it's trouble? Why would trouble ring the doorbell? When they could just bust it in. Good point! But thank you for the concern. A snort echoed though her head, causing her to smile as she made her way to the front door. She opened it, expecting to see Danne, but found Yusei standing there.
"Ello, what do I owe the honor" Rue asked as she gestured for him to come inside. As she walked into the foyer and towards the basement stairs, she could hear Yusei gasp at the size of the place.
"I came here for your help? I need to get my duel runner back from the Sector Security Impound Center." Rue turned and looked at him then nodded. "Well that could be fun? But something I've noticed, you can't seem to avoid Sector Security." Yusei blushed lightly at the comment then replied,
"More like they won't let me avoid them." Rue nodded, remembering the officer she sent into the dumpster. Yusei followed her to the basement, where he saw a dirt bike, a motorcycle and two duel runners. One runner was the one she had been riding when he first met her. The other runner was beat up and dirty.
"What happened to that one?" Yusei asked, walking over to the beat up runner. Rue looked at him and answered,
"That's my stunt runner. I test moves on that one before I do them on my other runner." Yusei cocked his head slightly. Rue looked at him before continuing,
"I can get a bit…showy in turbo duels when I do them. " Yusei nodded and chuckled before asking,
"So how do I get into the Impound Center?" Rue thought for a second before replying,
"You could act as an employee there. All we would have to do is get you fake I.D. and pass card." Yusei smiled lightly at that, then asked the million dollar question,
"How do I get that stuff?" Rue looked back at him before saying,
"Either I can get it for you or I know someone who can." Yusei looked at her. She doesn't look like the type to get illegal papers. Rue looked back then excused herself to go make a phone call. It rang twice before the person on the other end picked up.
"Danne, are you busy at the moment?"
"Define busy…" A puzzled look came over Rue's face.
"Ummm, not able to talk right now."
"Oh, no, I'm not busy right now. Actually I'll be bloody bored for a while."
"Bloody? And why will you be bored for a while?"
"Sorry, picked up one of Jack's mannerism. And I'm on house arrest. Apparently when your as famous as Jack and I you aren't allowed to go into places like The Facility. Who knew!" Rue sighed but chuckled as well at his antics.
"Well, I need to get into the Sector Security Impound Center…got any ideas? And I need a fake I.D. and pass card…" A sigh came from the other end.
"If I was able to leave I could get those things for you but since there is Sector Security out there watching my every move in he…. That's it! Rue winced at the decibels in her ear. "I can distract Sector Security while you and Yusei go get his runner back."
"Awesome, but do you have a back up plan for that?"
"Yeah, all you probably have to do is use your last name… if I remember correctly your uncle was in Sector Security." Rue's eyes widened, wondering how she could have forgotten that.
"You're brilliant, Danne!" She heard a snort on the other end.
"Well gee, I try to be but it's hard to be smart sometimes." Rue chuckled as she said,
"I'll let you know when to start…acting out." And with that she told him good bye and hung up the phone. Smiling she made her back down to the basement. When she got down there, she was surprised to find her stunt runner was almost fixed.
"Dang! It almost looks as good as new," Rue gawked as Yusei finished up the last touches.
"It's the least I could do since your helping me get my runner back," Yusei replied. Rue blushed and commented,
"It's really no problem. This is honestly the most fun I had in a long time." That's the understatement of the century. Don't you mean millennia! Oi! Shush you! I'm not that old. But you saw a new millennia come? Just because I saw doesn't mean I'm that old, I'm sure Yusei saw it as well and he doesn't look over mid-twenties. Nor does he feel over mid-twenties. How would you know if he was over that age. Ummmm, no comment. Rue sighed, rubbing her temple slightly. Yusei looked up when she sighed.
"Are you alright?" Rue perked up a bit and replied,
"Yeah, just a bit hungry. Would you like some lunch?" Yusei nodded as Rue went upstairs to go make them some lunch.
Time Hunter HQ
"You sensed the Gladiator and Dinosaur Bloodlines in the city?" a man asked Atli and his companion. The two Time Hunters nodded. Atli answered,
"I sensed them when we went out. At first I couldn't tell which Bloodlines they were. Later on I sensed that one was the Dinosaur Bloodline and one was the Gladiator Bloodline."
"What about you, Dante? Have you sensed anything?" the man asked. The other Hunter, Dante answered,
"I sensed a Bloodline in a different part of the city, but I can't tell which one it is." The man nodded in approval.
"Good work, now see if you can tell where the Samurai and Monarch Bloodlines are," he said, "I'll call for help when you do find them." Atli and Dante nodded and turned to go.
Rue's house
Rue and Yusei were getting ready for their plan to be put into action.
"Ready?" Rue asked. Yusei nodded and said,
"As ready as I'm going to be." Rue chuckled and nodded.
"Let's go!" Rue was riding on her brown duel runner while Yusei drove her stunt runner. Before leaving Yusei asked,
"Why are we taking two? One will get left…"
"Because I have a friend causing a distraction and he'll need a different runner. That's why there is a duffel back on it, so he can change his clothes up a bit." Yusei nodded as the two left. They made their way to the impound center and parked the stunt bike a ways down and Rue's bike in the alley next to it. Rue and Yusei snuck up to it as she texted Danne. They had to wait about ten minutes before the officers left to help find someone who was on house arrest. Rue snickered as Yusei raised an eyebrow. She gave him a look that said she would explain later. The two snuck in and made their way to where his duel runner was. Yusei was about to open the box holding his duel runner when a spotlight showed on him.
"Really Yusei? Breaking into the Impound Center?" a voice said. Yusei didn't answer and jumped into the box.
"That runner's offline…" Trudge started to say as a duel runner revved.
"Offline? Please!" Yusei said before bursting out of the box and heading for the door. Yusei rode for the stairs. He zigzagged around corners, trying to lose Trudge. The officer stuck close to him not allowing him to get away. Where did Rue go? Did she leave me? His thoughts were interrupted by bump against his back wheel. He looked over his shoulder to see Trudge right there. Yusei sighed, he was not going back to The Facility. He looked back as he heard a crunching sound. When he looked back, he saw Rue had rammed the side of Trudge's runner with hers. Causing Trudge to go off course while she stayed behind him. So she didn't leave me to fend off Sector Security. Another loud crunch brought him from his thoughts. He looked back again to see Trudge ram Rue then ram his back tire. Rue lost a bit of speed with the ram but soon made it back up and rammed Trudge even harder causing him to fly ahead of Yusei. Rue came up beside Yusei as he yelled,
"Nice but now he's in front of us!"
"Not for long," Rue yelled back as she revved the engine and flew forward ramming his back. It dawned on Yusei what she was doing. She was ramming him, making him use her momentum and not allowing him to turn. Yusei sped up next to her.
"Now how do we get out?" he shouted. Rue rammed Trudge one last time before turning a corner. Yusei followed her and turned. She quickly turned down another hall. They soon came to the door, having lost Trudge. They sped toward Rue's house. A person riding Rue's other runner followed them there. When they got there, the rider took his helmet off.
"Thanks for your help Danne," Rue said.
"No problem," Danne replied, "Now I should probably get back before anyone notices I'm gone." Rue nodded but Yusei asked,
"Why would it matter if you were gone?" Rue murmured,
"He's under house arrest." Yusei looked at him for second as Danne added,
"Apparently when your as famous as Jack and I, you're not allowed to pay visits to The Facility. Who knew!"
"Apparently not you," smirked Rue as Danne gave her the bird. Causing Rue to smirk even more. Yusei chuckled and said,
"Thank you for helping me tonight." Danne smiled and nodded a your welcome back. And with that Danne left to get back. Rue and Yusei took his bike into the garage where it was lowered into the basement. Yusei and Rue got out the tools and set to work fixing their runners. A little later, Yusei was done but Rue was still working on it. I didn't know she could fix duel runners. Yusei looked at her and said,
"I'm going for a ride." She nodded in acknowledgment. Yusei wheeled his runner toward the lift.
"Remember, you can always stay here if you need to," Rue said. Yusei gave her a small smile, which she returned before getting back to work. Yusei sped out of the garage and went riding. He was distracted by his thoughts. Why does Rue keep helping me? I can't seem to shake the feeling that it's deeper than the answer she gave me after getting me out of The Facility. And why is she so secretive? It's almost like she's hiding something. Yusei was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't see the crates. He crashed through them and was knocked out. A couple children heard the commotion and came to check it out.
"Who is he?" one asked.