I'm surprised, actually XD I upload the chapter that Kaze is a Ghost and bam, I get a bunch of e-mails about the story over night ^-^'' I'm glad you guys all apparently like the plot twist. The breaks aren't really working for me today to indicate new paragraphs, so I'm putting a 'ruler' as its called to indicate the new paragraphs now.
"Sherry... There you are," Zone said as his pod turned towards the blond entering the room.
"I sent Kaze to tell you I'd be here shortly, did I not," Sherry asked. Zone didn't reply, but his one visible blue eye glared slightly towards her.
"Yes... GST-001 did relay the message," Zone said, causing Sherry to clench her hands into fists, which Zone didn't seem to notice. "With that aside... You did tell Yusei, correct," Zone asked.
"Of course I did. He'll probably come regardless... He's that type of man," Sherry said.
"Then why bother to go through the trouble of informing them," Zone asked
"Its the most I could do for a former friend," Sherry muttered. Zone sat there silently, as if expecting Sherry to go on. Once he saw that she wouldn't say anymore, Zone turned back to the screen that allowed him to view Neo Domino, quietly observing the citizens flee the town as Sherry also left the room.
"So, what are we going to do about getting to the Arc Cradle, Yusei," Aki asked.
"If what Sherry said was true... I'll just have to get to the Arc Cradle using a way that she didn't see. That should change what she saw," Yusei said.
"I think its better if we don't find this other way," a voice muttered. I was surprised to see that it was Rua, and so was everyone else. Rua was the last person who wouldn't want to go on a trip like this.
"Rua," I muttered.
"Yusei'll die either way," Rua mumbled. Rua shouted out a curse, causing me to get even more surprised. As much as I'd like to scold him for using words like that, I figured it'd be best to let it slide and not agitate him anymore. "We don't need to do squat to make that happen... Yusei... I... I don't want you to die," Rua shouted as tears formed in his eyes. "Neo Domino won't be saved if-," Rua started as his tears overflowed, but he was interrupted by Jack hoisting him into the air by the collar of his shirt.
"Now you listen here," Jack barked. Jack continued on about how he wouldn't let Yusei die and that he'd make Sherry eat her words, but he used a lot of words that I'm not allowed to say... Let's just say they weren't too nice. Rua started crying loudly, causing everyone else to go quiet.
"Jack," Yusei muttered. Jack quickly let go of Rua's shirt and arrogantly turned away with his arms crossed as Rua ran over to me, still crying.
"Rua... Its.. Its alright," I muttered even though tears were forming in my eyes too.
"Its not gonna be alright! If Yusei dies...! If Yusei dies...! We," Rua trailed off before crying loudly once more. Yusei quietly hugged him as I clumsily wiped the tears forming in my eyes away. If I broke down too, things wouldn't get any better. It'd probably make Rua cry even more. Besides, Yusei has put his life on the line before... When he went against the Dark Signers... Now isn't really any different... Right?
"Ruka... He's... He's gonna be okay... Right," Rua asked without looking up from the blank screen.
"Of course he is... He did beat the Emperors of Yliaster already, so he'll be fine," I muttered.
"What do the spirits say about this...? They're really smart and stuff, right...? What do they say," Rua asked. I remained quiet, pretending to contact the spirits. Even if I actually did, they wouldn't be able to give a serious and true answer about the future, but if lying is what it took to get Rua back into shape, then that's what I'll do...
"They say he'll live a long and happy life," I said and forced a smile.
"Really," Rua asked, instantly getting a spark of happiness back in his eye as I thought it would.
"Yusei! Where do you think your going at this time," Jack shouted, drawing our attentions to the front of the room.
"I'm heading to the Daedalus Bridge, were the entrance to the Arc Cradle will be," Yusei's voice said.
"Why did you hide that from us," Jack shouted as Yusei's image appeared on the big screen.
"I'm really sorry... I'm going to the Arc Cradle alone. Please get out of here while you have the time," Yusei said before he turned off the screen, leaving us silent.
"Yusei," Jack shouted. Crow cursed up a storm before running towards the door.
"Let's go," Rua shouted.
"There he is," Rua shouted and pointed towards a small red object in the distance before returning his grip on Crow's stomach to keep him in place. I was riding with Aki and her D-wheel and Jack was alone on his ride.
"Hey! I'm the person who believe in the hero! Don't pull this moment away from me," Crow called out, causing Yusei to turn to us as we pulled to a stop.
"I'm still going alone," Yusei muttered.
"Yusei. I won't say a single thing about trying to stop you, so in turn, you better not say anything to stop us from going," Jack said.
"That's right! We'll change the future," Aki said.
"We're always going to be together! That's Team 5Ds," Crow said.
"I understand... Let's go then, to save Neo Domino," Yusei smiled slightly as he turned to use. Everyone else nodded, but I didn't not until I mentally added to save Kaze from whatever weird mind trick that Zone was playing on him. Yusei took off towards the bridge and the path beyond it, followed by Jack, then Crow and Rua, and finally Aki and me. Not even five seconds onto the path after the bridge, Rua started screaming.
"Please, Crow! Hurry and get us to safety," Rua screamed. Rua only stopped screaming when we rode up next to the Arc Cradle, and probably like me, took in the destroyed town which most most likely the Satellite. When I heard a change in the D-wheel sounds, I looked ahead and saw Yusei slowing down as Jack, Crow, and Rua pulled to a stop on the Arc Cradle. Aki's d-wheel was much slower than the others and I slowly turned around, surprised to see the path near the bridge started disappearing.
"Ruka," Yusei shouted, causing me to turn towards him, as he was riding next to us now. "Hurry up and jump over to my D-wheel! Its got enough power to get you to safety," Yusei shouted as he lifted up the side bar and held his hand out towards me. My heart skipped a beat as I remembered the duel against Lucciano and Placcido. The one 500 point blow knocked me to the ground and Kaze turned around and held his hand out to help me up... The next thing I knew I was on Yusei's D-wheel as he pulled the side bar down. I slowly closed my eyes and let the memories flow back.
"Ruka," Rua's voice screamed, pulling me out of my memories as Yusei's D-wheel pulled to a stop. Yusei quickly lifted the side bar, so I hopped of his lap. Not even a second after I hit the ground, Rua nearly knocked me over with a hug. "Thank god your safe," Rua shouted as he pulled away.
"Sorry for worrying you any," I said. Rua gave me another quick hug before returning to Crow's D-wheel, in which I returned to Aki's.
"Who are you," Jack demanded, bringing my attention to a man on a blue D-wheel that I hadn't noticed before.
"My memory is spotty, to say the least. I'm here to get them back," the man said.
"Whatever! I don't care as long as your not an enemy," Crow said.
"Let's go, guys! To the heart of the Arc Cradle! Where Zone is," Yusei shouted. Without another word, we all drove down the circle road to the center, which was a large pile of Momentum.
"So... What should we do now...? It doesn't look like there's a way in," Crow said. My eyes widened as the ground disappeared beneath us, leaving all of us screaming as we fell into a hole.
Reviews:
Johan07: Or at least that's what Placcido says in Tag Force 5 xD I'm just going with it, even though its only mentioned once in the games.
bryan102694: Whatever it was, I guess it doesn't really matter.
dragonmanNET: Thanks ^-^ I try to update my stories at least once a week so no one loses interest in it, and since its summer here, I can get lots of writing done. (Hopefully it doesn't bug you that I can't put your correct username since its read as a website and doesn't show up)
Notes:
- Going along with this story, I put up a poll to see who you are going for. Feel free to vote, but as it says, it won't change anything.
- This one is sort of important, but I recently injured both of my hands (because I have such good luck...) and at points, they will randomly start hurting until I don't move them at all for a while, so this may result in me taking a break from writing for a while. Its been going on for about three days, and its much better than it was when it started, but it'll still sting at points, so after I get some rest on my trip tomorrow, I'll see if its any better. If not, I'll take a break until it is.
- Along with the above possible break, my birthday is coming up on the 10th of August, so as that nears, I'm going to get more and more busy (although it should be the opposite) so there might be a break there too. This does apply to this story and Bleach Tower but since I don't have an update, I can't put it there.
- And for a final note, even though Ruka has no idea that the path is called that the path is called Bifrost, I had no idea what else to call this chapter, and since I know what it's called, I'm just going with it...
