Luca quickly took another bite from her pop tart while she blushed at her own recklessness. He could have killed someone. Finally Luca's face drained of all color as she stared at the boy in front of her.
"You…didn't kill anyone…did you?" She gulped. Yusei snickered and shook his head quickly to get his bangs out of his eyes. Then he turned away from the small fairy child as he stared up at the ceiling fan.
"Would that make you mad…Luca?" Yusei said, Luca felt her heart stop. The way he says her name made her feel so...wrong. It was dark and cruel the way he taunted her. She wanted to smack him right then and there. But, knew that he was going to tell her, he had to.
After a minute of silence of Luca staring intently at the boy while munching her pop tart Yusei looked back at her.
"No" he said quietly. The words sounded forced like you could see the weight of them hit the young man in the face. However, he still kept an eye on her as she took another bite of her poptart. Yusei then shifted to get closer to the girl and reached for the poptart to take it away, but Luca was to fast and pulled it away from his grasp.
Luca laughed but then stopped herself; she didn't want to give him any reason to stay. If she laughed then he might see that as a sign that everything was normal. If you laughed then they might both get caught up in the moment and forget that this isn't like it used to be way back when. Beside the only reason he was here was because of her. He wanted to talk, he wanted a reaction, he wanted her to play his games, and Luca didn't want to lose herself within the maze that was Yusei's current mind. But yet, while she was laughing he had stolen the food right from under her nose.
Luca looked up at him and glared,
"Hay, give that back." She said shortly. She wasn't mad, but she was really hungry and was too lazy to get another one. But Yusei just added more to the battle as he and leaned back in the chair. He added more flame to the already growing fire in between the two as he slowly brought the pop-tart to his face. Luca wasn't even thinking when she got her foot wrapped around one of the chair legs that was on the floor. She wasn't thinking when she pushed it inward, making the chair fall with the young man in it, and she was definitely not thinking when she jumped out of her chair and sat on him.
It wasn't a logical thing, Luca knew that, but even so, she did it. So, there she was in her sundress sitting on the boy. She must have been a sight with last night's curls being all over the place and untamed. But, even as Luca's dignity was being carried away she still felt proud as she crossed her arms and started at the awe stricken boy.
Luca isn't a child anymore.
Luca leaned over and took the pop-tart out of the man's hand and took a bite out of it. "This isn't lady like princess." Yusei said out of breath. Luca then realized what she had just done. She would have quickly jumped up and apologized, that would be her reaction since it was Yusei after all, but this isn't Yusei. This "New" Yusei wouldn't understand why she would apologize or why she would be flustered. Luca knew that "this" Yusei has no idea what anything is. He had no idea if actions had either a wrong or right, or whether that really did matter. He was fine with saying that he wanted to kill her just as much as he would be fine saying that he "loved" her.
Luca figured this out with subtle hints and her own theories; of course she could be wrong. While Luca thought Yusei quietly rolled off the chair and rolled on top of the girl. Luca finally noticed as she saw the boy on her and quickly glared.
"Careful Yusei, I will scream…" she said, her voice sounded much more sure of itself than her actual thoughts. The boy stared blankly at her and Luca knew that he was debating. Luca used this as an advantage as she used her feet to try to get out from under the boy. It was a good thing that his weight wasn't on her because all hope would be lost.
Luca had only gotten her upper part of the body away from the boy when he quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her up to a sitting position with him.
"YUSEI!" Luca yelled in shock. Her startled face looked back a boy's blank expression. Shortly after Luca could hear a slight commotion coming from the other room.
"Tsk, tsk, Luca… you shouldn't have done that." Yusei said calmly. Yet Luca knew all too well that he was mad with her, either that or he was fearful of what to come once Jack or Crow had their hands on him. Without a thought Yusei shoved Luca away, making her hit the ground. "Ow…" Luca said not out of pain but out of surprise as the door flung open. Luca turned as she saw Jack looking really ticked in the doorway before glancing over at her and glared back at Yusei. Luca saw Yusei make a side glance at her.
"Sorry" he mumbled as he picked himself up and glared back at Jack.
Without a second later Jack threw himself at Yusei, and Yusei causally dodged. Jack crashed into the table which made Luca flinch as the man almost fell on her. Quickly Luca got up and ran to the fridge. Jack turned around and made a fist and Yusei began to smirk at him. He then angrily ran over to his old leader and tried to strike a punch only to have Yusei only grab it, mid air making Jack more than surprised. "How-" Jack couldn't even make out another word once Yusei quickly kicked him to the ground. Yusei's once smirking face had little to no emotion expressed on it as he walked over to the dazed Jack. Yusei lifted his foot over Jack's ribs and quickly Jack caught on catching the bottom of Yusei's foot. Yusei added pressure and Jack seemed to sweat as he tried to force the foot away from him or his much needed ribs. There was a small gasp over near the doorway which forced Luca to look away from the display in front of her. Luca looked over at Crow who had wide eyes. His eye finally met up with Luca's as he mouthed "should I join the fight or Break em' up?" Luca gulped and shook her head and quickly turned to the boys.
"Yusei, stop." Luca's small voice carried and Yusei automatically stepped away from his prisoner.
Jack let out a sigh in relief as he relaxed on the floor, trying to regain strength. Crow looked over at Luca surprised but then smiled knowingly as he started to walk over to Jack to help him stand up.
"If you boys must fight… do it on the track." Luca said trying to regain control. She didn't want to see them fight, she didn't want them too, but she knew that they had to get it out of there system. So, she decided to go for a happy medium, at least Jack and Yusei wouldn't die if it's just them playing a children's card game, right?
Crow helped lift Jack up and Yusei snickered.
"Sounds fun…" Yusei said while shoving his hands into his pockets and walking over to the glass door, then shoved it open. Jack watched bitterly, he hated him so much. But, having a chance to beat his rival sounded like a better option than many. Jack had to force down a smile, this should have been a friendly competition between the two yet it was more like an enemy blood bath instead. Luca put a hand over her heart as she saw Yusei breathing heavily as he left. She felt drained all of a sudden, but yet she shook it off. Jack reluctantly followed. Crow walked over to Luca and calmly placed a hand on her shoulder. Of course, Luca look up at him and forced a smile.
"Did he hurt ya?" he asked. Luca shook his head. "Did he lay a figure on ya?" he asked as his stare started to get more intense. Luca nodded and Crow quickly took back his hand and turned away.
"That hoodlum, I'ma gonna' kill em." Crow said sharply as he ran ahead into his hair.
Luca smiled and shook her head at the man. She knew that he was just mad, but he didn't mean it. Crow turned around to her with a curious face "You don't think he's a threat do ya?" he asked, and Luca's smile widened as she shook her head once again. Crow let out a deep breath and smiled "Phew, I thought I was the only one…" He said as he scratched his head. Luca gave him an understanding look before heading out to the race track "Someone has to keep them from killing one another." Luca thought. Crow followed the girl even if he didn't think it was the best idea to watch the two go at it.
Luca and Crow entered the observation deck that allowed them to see the whole race track. The two boys were already getting on their bikes, preparing to race. Luca pulled out her phone and set up the life points and their decks.
"So, ya keep'n track, and I watch?" Crow asked the girl curiously.
"I guess so." Luca said while she played around with the set up. Crow looked at the view, the place was amazing but in the center of the track there was huge glass dome that caught his attention. Crow poked the girl beside him as he kept his eyes on the dome.
"What's dat?" he asked. Luca looked up curiously and then smiled when she saw what he was asking about.
"My flower nursery, or greenhouse, whatever you call it." Luca said quickly.
"Oh…" Crow said in amazement.
The boys finished getting set and Luca shouted "ON YOUR MARKS!...GET SET!...GO!" She yelled for them to hear. Quickly the two sped up and were off.
"Jack is first…" Luca said quietly. He was shaking he knew what Yusei would do but this "new" Yusei was foreign to him. This guy could easily do anything. Jack calmly pulled out a card and murmured how much his luck sucked. Yusei was easily gaining the lead which made Jack feel like this was a bad dissection, and his life points haven't taken a beating yet.
(3rd person POV 'Jack')
"Who are you really Yusei?" Jack yelled over the the man. Yusei's smirk could be seen through his visor.
"Who are you?" Yusei asked as he pulled out a card Junk destroyer.
"SHUT UP!" Jack yelled angrily. "Why didn't you kill Luca!?" He yelled in frustration. Jack was getting ahead of himself, almost forgetting it was his turn. That sly smirk made him more furious. Yusei's tactics were simple and easy to read. His deck was based on swarming and the way he did it was always the same. Jack thought that this time he would win, he did it before but this new Yusei might be different. Jack pulled out another card Barrier Responder. Jack sighed in relief and placed the card down. He doesn't want to make it too easy for Yusei to gain the upper hand.
"Why would I want to kill her?" Yusei remarked coldly. Jack scoffed and sped up. He was so tired of him, maybe all this time he never learned to let go. They were friends, and Jack in some ways looked up to Yusei but yet, this time it was different. All the anger that Jack had towards his friend, all the envy was coming out.
"Why didn't you?" Jack yelled back. He didn't understand any of it and that just made him madder.
"If you kill her she would turn her into a dark signer right? Why wouldn't you want to do that!?" Jack yelled again as Yusei synchro summoned a group of monsters already. "How?" Jack thought as he felt himself losing control over the battle.
"You're pathetic," Yusei scoffed as he glared over at the man. Jack widened his eyes and looked over at him. At first he swore that the glare held more than just anger, it was slightly empathetic? Jack couldn't tell. As soon as Jack was about to do his turn he couldn't help but feel a shock of fear as the monsters that Yusei seemed to be summoning multiplied. It had been about 10 turns for each of them and Jack was blinding drawing out cards and trying to make sense of what Yusei was planning. It got harder to steer as the track was overrun by monsters.
"What do you want with us!" Jack yelled over to Yusei. Yusei locked eyes with him for a short second and then sped off.
"I plan to kill you all, but I also plan to save you all. How can I put this so you would understand?" Yusei breathed. Jack's knuckles turned white as all he saw was some type of smoke come from nowhere. Jack heard a chuckle from Yusei that sounded like he was right next to them which made him lose control for a short moment and Jack couldn't get back on the course.
Jack felt his tire spin out of control as his bike slid and rammed into a tree causing it to snap and brake. Jack's head was spinning he felt like he had been drained. HE felt his vision become unfocused as all he heard was a roaring of Yusei's bike and a small voice say "I'm not a dark signer, I'm a demon. What I do and what I have or want to do are completely separate things. It all depends on what he wants what I want is out of the question, or is it?" Yusei's voice rang through the race course and Jack's senses went totally blank.
Luca and Crow watched as the field started to fill up with small monsters like crazy. "He's flooding the field…" Crow said observing. Yusei was doing his best to make it hard for Jack to Synchro summon any smaller monster, which is what Jack uses to sacrifice and give more attack points to his Red Dragon Archfiend.
"Yusei…" Luca sighed. Yusei was messing with him, he was doing something like he would normally do, but he had less of a care for Jack's wellbeing at this point. But, then the life points started to shift.
"Something's… wrong." Crow said as he brought a hand to his face. Luca turned over to look at him and then back at the two boys fighting and her eyes widened. The whole arena was laced in a heavy fog she couldn't see a thing.
"I HEARD BIKES!" screamed a cheery and playful voice which made Luca fidget.
Luca turned and saw her brother make his way to them with a huge smile on his face.
"I heard them so I came, who's racing?" Leo said still smiling. Luca looked at Crow who looked at her and gulped. Luca was about to tell Leo but he quickly ran over to the edge of the observation deck and made a face that Luca couldn't read.
"Why is their purple smoke all over my field…" he said simply. His innocence about the whole thing made Crow frown.
"Well, we have no idea why there's smoke, but Yusei and Jack are play'n." Crow stated.
Leo's once clueless face shifted to one of terrier as he quickly looked at his twin and then back at the field. Almost not comprehending until he heard Jack's death wrenching scream. Leo wasn't thinking when he jumped over the railing. Leo wasn't thinking when he remembered that the observation deck was about 30 feet up in the air. Luca's heart stopped as she saw her brother jump over the ledge "What was he thinking!" her mind screamed, but she quickly caught the boy's arm before he fell to his death.
"LEO YOU IDIOT!" Luca screamed the loudest that she had ever screamed. Crow didn't even think that such a big voice could come out of such a tiny thing until he realized why she was so loud.
"Crap!" Crow yelled and started to help Luca pull the boy up.
"Leo what in the lord's name gots ya throw'n yourself recklessly off buildings!" Crow yelled. Leo's whole body shook as Luca and Crow finally placed him on the ground.
"I… We have to save him." Leo said quickly struggling to focus on what his thoughts are. Something hit Luca in the face.
Her dear brother was acting out of his emotions; he wanted to see what was going on so he went in the direction Jack's scream came from. Leo wanted to chase after the voice to make sure Jack was okay, his first thoughts were to help. Of, course he almost got himself killed but neither less Luca understood why. Luca nodded and started to run down the spiral staircase to get down to the track. Leo followed shortly after but Crow was just there yelling at them to get back.
Then something hit once the girl once again, Yusei is a dark signer… he actually could hurt Jack. This made her run straight into the track.
"I can't see them!" Leo yelled. His voice was strong as he was determined to find the two. Luca pulled out her phone and two things caught her eye, Jack was down to 2 life points, and his vehicle stopped moving. Luca tried to piece things together; he must have spun out of control or lost control on his bike. There were so many monsters on field that it made it hard to steer without hitting one. Jack's tern was almost over. Luca gulped and saw that Yusei was almost to the finish line, he probably needs one more synchro summon to finish Jack off.
Luca hates it when she loses control of herself, her body was already trembling, she was getting so tired after running down endless flights of stairs and the adrenalin didn't help. "Luca! What are you doing?! get off the track!" Leo yelled. He was the voice of reason now and Luca knew that. What was she thinking? Did she even have time to think? Luca started running towards Yusei's bike and she saw him get closer and closer. She could see his lights appear from the fog. It would be a close call; he might not be able to see her in time.
That's not a good idea, Luca…
Luca closed her eyes as she heard the engine of her old friend's bike and her Brother running after her. She only opened her eyes when she heard the engine slow to a small roar. Yusei had calmly stopped 2 feet in front of her and he lifted his visor to see her face. Leo finally caught up and once he saw Yusei he stepped in front of his sister protectively. Yusei rose an eyebrow as Leo silently glared at him.
"Why did you stop me Luca?" He asked her even if he was still watching her twin in front of him. Luca felt extremely tired now, what time was it anyways?
Luca bit her lip and put a hand on her brother's shoulder comforting. "You're going to kill him." Luca's voice was strangely icey. She wanted him to give her as much information as she could bear so she could prove her theories right. Of course there was also the issue that he was going to kill one of her good friends which worried her sick.
"Yes" Yusei said without any emotion his red eyes were totally empty. Leo shivered and stepped backwards which forced Luca to gain distance with the hungry dragon in front of them.
"Why?" Luca asked him shortly.
"Why are you asking him something like that he should know why! It's murder!" Leo scolded his sister as he looked over his shoulder questing his sister's plans.
Yusei started to smirk and looked over at Luca.
"She wants something…" Yusei said clearly. Luca shot him a glare but blushed, he had caught her.
"Yusei, why would you kill him? What do you gain?" Luca stated while she figured out a change of topic, he doesn't see wrong in killing but he doesn't see why he should kill him unless he had something to gain. Yusei chuckled and took his helmet off.
"I gain nothing from his death, but I do gain something from him. It isn't his time yet, I have better plans." He said maliciously. Luca couldn't wrap her head around anything he said.
"C…Call it off, the duel, make it even." Luca said forcefully. Yusei's smirk changed to look a bit hurt but then changed back into a soulless glare.
"As you wish, I forfeit then." He said and the fog quickly left the field.
"Why does he listen to you?" Leo asked irritably. Luca didn't answer but watched as Yusei walked away. She was left without answers and she hated it. Why was he here? Why did he show up? How did he die? What did he mean? He doesn't care about human life, but yet he wants to know more. Luca couldn't help but feel ashamed, this was her fault. She told them to duel this out but yet, it ended up like this. What was she thinking?
Luca was pushed away from her thoughts when she heard Crow yelling for them. Yusei had left his bike and disappeared into the forest trees.
"Why the heck did he leave his bike?" Crow asked.
"He probably wanted to leave dramatically like all villains do." Leo said while gritting his teeth. "Come on guys, we need to help jack." Leo said heroically. He was really starting to sound like an adult, but Luca knew that was just his pride fuelling him.
It took a while for all three to pull Jack out of the rubble, just like Luca predicted he crashed. Jack was completely out of it and Luca still couldn't help but feel like she was the cause of the whole disaster. She should have been better than that. It took longer for the team to pick up the man and carry him to the house. On their way Luca had time to think. Yusei said sorry to her when he threw her to the ground. Knowing him he probably thought it was safer that she was seen as a victim and not as a girl that succumbed to the dragon talens. It was better if Jack saw her thrown to the ground then being cradled by Yusei. "He still puts his friends first." Luca thought. He even said sorry when she yelled in pain. But, he probably did that because he felt accustomed to do so.
Luca looked over at her brother who seemed to have become more upbeat and loud once Yusei left. Him and Crow were having a heated argument about the changes in appearance everyone had gained. Luca found herself listening to them even if she wanted to think more about what had just happened.
"Aki didn't grow, Luca is still short, well… Luca is 1 inch shorter than Aki but still. At least I look like a man." Leo said quickly as he put a thumb to his chest.
"Oh, really? I doubt you even have armpit hair…" Crow said jokingly. Leo smirked and kicked up so dirt with his shoe.
"I'm Asian, if I did… I'd be worried." Leo said feeling good about himself .
Crow smiled sheepishly knowing that the kid had a point and carried Jack awkwardly. "What a'bout ya sis? She's grown too." Crow said with a smile. Luca perked up and turned to the two, she had grown but like her brother said, she was still considered short and small. After going through a phase of being super skinny Luca tried her best to gain weight by working out. Even if she was toned like her brother she still looked smaller than most. Even her face had a more mature look but still was considered a baby face. "Well at least you have curves Luca, most girls don't, you are just petite." Leo said knowing that his sister didn't like to talk about her small frame as much. Leo smiled and put an arm around the girl's shoulder and nuzzled her cheek with his face.
"And she's so cute." He added.
"Oi, why don't cha help this old man with this big guy." Crow whined as he started to lose his grip on Jack.
"You're going to regret calling yourself that, old man." Leo joked as he walked over to Crow to help carry Jack. Crow mumbled irritably but didn't mind the extra hand while Luca watched to two and waited for them to start walking once more.