Chapter 8: A Rock'n Speedy Birthday
Yusei P.O.V.
Mission surprise birthday party was ago. And probably had been ago for a few months now, but everything was being put into action now. "Hey, Chloe wanna go pick out your birthday dinner at the market with me?" Chloe came into the room dressed in an outfit similar to Akiza's, except where Akiza's was red, hers was blue. The girl never wore anything but blue.
"Sure. But can I prep your duel runner this time?" She said, trying to give me the puppy dog eyes and a charming smile at the same time.
"We're not going on my duel runner today. I thought we would walk. When's the last time we had a nice stroll through the Satellite?" She looked a little disappointed, but that wouldn't be a problem soon.
"Oh, okay."
"Let's get going. I want to be back here before 10 am. It's 6 am now, so we have 4 hours to shop."
In the other room I heard Crow loudly whisper to Jack, "We only have 4 hours to get everything ready? What does Yusei think we are? Magicians?" After that I heard what was probably Jack, clamp a hand over the other duelist mouth.
"Sshhh, you twit! What if she heard you?"
Luckily for them, Chloe went outside when I told her that we needed to head out. I quickly followed her out, leaving Jack, Crow, Akiza, Leo, and Luna to ready the party and her gifts.
"Hey, Yusei, I'm sixteen today. That means I'm old enough to try and get my turbo duelist license. Maybe you and I can start building my duel runner and then I can go get my license. I know I'll be good enough to get it on my first try! I watch you all the time, and I practice on my normal bike. I know it's a lot different then the real thing, but I still think I could get it in one try." Her eyes bored into mine, begging for a yes. Boy, was she going to be surprised when we got home. But she was a smart girl, she could just be playing along or trying to get me to spill.
I shook my head as I smiled a little. "We'll see Chloe. We'll see."
"But I got straight A's during the school year, and I've been good. I've practiced my dueling and turbo dueling on my normal bike. Why wouldn't you say yes?"
"I just need to make sure we have enough supplies and money to build you your duel runner."
"Oh."
We walked around the market shopping for her birthday dinner, which she had told us what she wanted before hand. By the time we had found everything it was about 8, I needed to give them more time. "Hey Chloe, I think I see an Egyptian God card over there."
"Is that Obelisk the Tormentor?! He's the only Egyptian God card I don't have! Can we get it Yusei?" I breathed a sigh of relief. Preoccupying her with cards had worked. I just wish it hadn't been Obelisk I'd pointed out. He was expensive. But today was her special day, I would work with it. We looked cards over until 9:30, then we headed home, and I had a much lighter wallet.
"Ughh. My arms ache." I complained when we were almost home.
"You're the one who decided not to take the duel runner and then stick around the market for an extra hour and a half." Chloe chided.
"Be quiet or I might just accidentally drop all your brand new cards onto the dirty ground." I teased.
"You wouldn't!" she faked shock and worry.
"I would."
"We're home anyway, so I guess you don't have deal with my chitter chatter any more, and I don't have to deal with you carrying my new cards."
"Yeah, sure." I said opening the door.
"Surprise!" The gang shouted as soon as Chloe was in the door and turned on the lights.
The place looked like it had been decorated by monkeys, but it still looked sort of nice, and the gifts had been placed in the center of the room. One specific gift stood out to Chloe and I heard her gasp.
Chloe P.O.V.
The duel runner Yusei and I had built together stood on its kick stand. My duel runner had the same exact build as Akiza's, but was bright dark blue where it was red. Also, there was a small ice blue rose on the nose of it along with my duel disk which was now mounted on the bike.
"You have been collecting and studying speed spells for a while now, right?" Yusei asked with a mysterious grin on his face.
"Yeah?"
"The I think it's time I took you to get your duel license."
"Really?" I asked, pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
"Absolutely. Grab your duel runner and we'll get over to the Licensing Company."
Two hours later we made it to the testing track.
"Yusei, you sure you want to have her tested now?" Trudge asked. Man, couldn't he just trust Yusei. Yusei and I knew what we were getting into and could handle ourselves.
"Why would it be a problem to for her to try and get her license now? She's seventeen and you have to be at least seventeen in order to get a license."
"Yeah, but not a single seventeen year old who has tried has even gotten out without a scratch, much less actually passing."
"Trudge, I know she can do this. After all, she is my little sis."
"Fine, have it your way. I hope you have an ambulance on speed dial because I'm going to treat like any other duelist I would face."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." I said, interrupting the argument before it could get any farther. "Can I please take the dueling test now? I've passed the written exam, I've been practicing on the track. I managed to actually get a few laps in, you two were arguing for so long." Trudge looked at me in surprise.
"Most duelist your age never make it past the first turn."
"Well I'm not most duelists. Come on, let's just do this thing!" I said as I placed my duel runner on the track, placed my gold and blue helmet, that also had a small ice blue rose on it, and revved my engines. "Come on Trudge! Or are you chicken?" I taunted Trudge.
That snapped Trudge out of his stupor. "Oh, you're on thin ice girl!" He said getting on his runner.
"But if I'm the Ice Blue Rose, how can I be on thin ice when I am the ice?!" I continued taunting him. I didn't want him to hold back at all. I wanted to earn my license and prove to him that I deserved it.
"Let's just get this over with." He obviously was trying to mask his anger.
We played our Speed World 2 cards on our disks. "Activating Speed World 2!" We shouted in unison.
Soon we were speeding our way around the track, I laughed as I easily turned the first corner and I felt the rush. My hair flew wildly behind like a horse's mane as it ran. The wind blew across my ears. As we dueled, I attempted and completed flips, turns, and driving backwards just to show off. And to show him that I could handle the pressure of being a turbo duelist and be good under pressure too. The duel ended with Trudge losing and my life points being at 3750.
"Congratulations!" Yusei called as I got off my duel runner.
"Told you I could do it on the first try."
"Yes you did."
"Congratulations Miss. Fudo." Trudge said as he trudged towards us. "Here is your duel license and registration papers. You are now officially a turbo duelist."
"Wohoo!" I shouted as I held my license in my hands for the first time.
"Just remember to get it renewed every five years. You were right Yusei. She certainly is your little sister, but I think she has been hanging with Jack a little to much. His show boatingness is starting to rub off on her."
Yusei and I then rode home, both of us on our own duel runners.
