Here we go with chapter nine! This chapter will start off first with the Order of Shade and their new predicament, but we'll also get to see another familiar character that is also involved in the Order of Shade. Then we'll switch on over to see how Yusei's going to take to living surrounded by these crazy characters as well.


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Also I'll be eventually adding in an OC that another writer created because I basically made a bet with her and she won. Anyway, look forward to meeting her. And here we go with the chapter.


Chapter Nine: Silent Guardians


The entire Order was gathered just outside the room that had served as Yoko's hospital room. The door was shut and the dozen or so members were gathered in the hall outside. Jesse glanced up silently towards the door. Yoko had insisted on talking to Hakase alone, and now everyone was waiting. Everyone had tried to ask Jesse what had happened, but he would say nothing yet. Yoko had wanted to keep it a secret until she had talked to Hakase.

Hakase inside the room was leaning down next to his wife's ear, listening as she whispered something to him. His eyes were wide with confusion, but any time he looked up at the screen he couldn't deny that this boy was his son. There was no other explanation for it. He agreed with Yoko, they had to protect their son. He'd been consumed with grief with the thought that he had failed his son and wife. He'd thought that his son had been dead and now his wife was dying. However his son was alive, and he knew that he had to fight for him.

Hakase was listening to his wife tell him a secret, something he had to pass on to his son someday. His eyes were clouded now with grief as he listened, knowing well what this meant. He was tall and thin, and his hair was shaped oddly like a crab and black. However the bangs were parted over his right eye, leaving only his left visible. Having heard what his wife had to say, he nodded.

"I'll be sure and tell him someday," he promised.

His wife smiled, and he took her hand, managing a smile for her. She'd always loved to see him smile. He was glad though she had find the strength to smile again. He hadn't seen that smile of hers in years. Hakase kissed her hand and closed his eyes. He couldn't believe he had found his son, only to lose his wife. The man froze as he heard the heart monitor flat line.

Hakase Fudo felt tears rolling down his face. He had no idea how he could such extreme sorrow and such complete joy at the same time. The two conflicting emotions rolled around inside the man, threatening to burst forth with every breath that entered and left his lungs. He opened his eyes and looked at his wife's face.

Her eyes were open slightly, clouded with pain but filled with joy at the same time. There was a smile on her face, and tears of happiness were running down her cheeks. He felt her death was a bitter sweet one. She had lived long enough at least to see the young man her boy had become. Now it was up to Hakase to be the protector Yusei needed, even if he didn't meet his son for a long time.

Hakase turned to again survey the face of his son. He seemed to have been forced to grow up too fast, but from what he knew of the Satellite he wasn't surprised. Now that they had a face to go with the name, finding things out about his son and his past would be much easier. His eyes fell then to the sling that the boy's right arm was in and the man frowned.

Why was he hurt? Had he been attacked by something? The thought made Hakase angry and he could think of only one person who would have done such a thing. It had to be Roman, somehow or other he had concocted up a plan to hurt his son. Hakase wasn't going to stand for that. He felt anger and love welling up in him at the same time. He had to protect his son. And that meant he was going to have to keep an eye on him. Luckily for him, he had two people who were always at Duel Academy that could watch over him pretty much twenty four seven.

Hakase quickly wiped the tears away, forcing them back for now. There would be a time to mourn later, but right now he had a mission. If they didn't stop Roman and whatever he was planning then there wouldn't be a time to mourn at all. He stood and turned to Yoko, closing her eyes and brushing the tears away. Then he laid a single kiss on her forehead and silently promised her that he wouldn't let their son get hurt. He then folded her hands across her chest and turned.

He took a moment to look at the screen again, drinking in his son's face as if he would forget and wake up to find out this was just some dream. He then pulled out his tablet and quickly flipped through the latest news on a local news website. He found another picture where his son's face was clearly visible. He knew he'd have to prove it to everyone else. He paused though as he looked at the picture. The mark on his face was also changing colors in this shot, and the girl with white hair behind him with the same mark was clearly visible. What was his son's Partner?

Unable to listen to the machine behind him any longer he clutched at his tablet and quickly exited the room. He shut the door behind him, looking up to see that everyone was gathered here. There was silence suddenly as they all looked up at him. The grief in his eyes was enough to tell them what happened. They looked at him, looking for confirmation. He just shook his head, unable to voice what he was feeling. They all looked down as sorrow washed over them as well.

Zane stepped forward. He was older than Hakase, but he had been pretty good friends with him and his wife. He also taught a class at Duel Academy, and he hated to see his friend in such pain, even if they had known it was coming. Zane had longer blue hair and blue eyes. He was tall and thin as well but had wider shoulders. Behind him was his Partner, a man around the same age wearing a gray jacket with blue running through it and gray pants. His hair was also gray and he had gray eyes. This was a Cyber End Dragon called Cyber.

Zane had once worked with Hakase and Yoko on the Ener-D Reactor, and he was one of the few that had managed to escape that explosion. He had settled down again as best as he could to teach students, feeling that he somehow owed it to the younger generations whose parents had been lost in that explosion, and he surprisingly found he liked it. However when Yoko and Hakase had appeared and told him that Roman was alive he had instantly joined them again. Dragons and machines were Zane's specialty at the school.

"Hakase," Zane said quietly. "I'm sorry. But we need your leadership right now. I know it's hard, but you're going to have to let Yoko go for now."

Hakase let out a sigh, and it was a broken sound. No one had ever wanted to hear such a sad and despairing sound from the man. However to their surprise he soon seemed to shake himself out of it and clutched at his tablet more as if his life suddenly depended on it. Everyone glanced towards it suddenly, wondering about the change in the man. He looked up though with determined eyes and met Zane's gaze.

"Zane," he said. "Jesse, I need your help." Zane was confused, but Jesse gave the man a knowing glance.

"I understand," Jesse said.

"Of course," Zane replied to the man.

Hakase nodded then, satisfied with their responses. Then he handed Zane the tablet. It was open on a picture, and as the man looked down he froze at what he saw. His eyes widened as he tried to convince himself that what he was saying wasn't somehow faked. It was obvious who this was though even by looking at him. He looked like his parents.

"This is..." Zane gasped.

"Yugi Moto's new student," Jesse answered for everyone with a nod. "a young man from Satellite. Yusei Fudo."

At the sound of the name the entire order suddenly gasped and was asking questions that couldn't all be possibly answered at the same time. However when Hakase held up his hand for silence they all did so, looking at him. He looked absolutely exhausted now, and they felt a little bad for him. He had just lost his wife, to suddenly find out that his son was alive somehow. Hakase looked up at Zane, who was studying the scene in the picture with a frown.

"Is that his Partner?" he asked. "They have the same mark, but I can't tell what she is. I would say she's a dragon though, looking at her eyes. Some have similar eyes."

"A female dragon?" Hakase asked, knowing that Zane was the one to know about dragons. That was one of his fields of study after all, and Cyber was a dragon. "She can't be happy right now."

"I'd say she's being overprotective of him at the moment," Zane nodded. "He's hurt after all. I wonder how he got hurt that badly though?"

At the news that the boy had been found but hurt, an uneasy silence fell over everyone as they thought about what it could mean. Why would the boy be hurt? The Satellite wasn't a dangerous place anymore, and also it wasn't the place for an attack to happen. They'd heard of course of the attack of the Shadow Spirit and that it had been beat back by a single boy and an unidentified Duel Spirit.

"That must be it," Hakase said, speaking aloud. "He must have been the one to fight that Shadow Spirit. The question is why he would do it with the odds stacked so heavily against him. That's probably how he got hurt. And I'd bet anything that the girl is the Duel Spirit who helped him, his Partner."

"An unidentified dragon," Jesse said thoughtfully. "and a fight against a Shadow Being? Sounds familiar doesn't it? Jack Atlas and his Partner Blaze met on similar circumstances didn't they?"

"Are you saying they barely know each other?" someone gasped. "And they already made a contract?"

"If they have," Hakase growled. "then there's no doubt. That's too coincidental for comfort. These two pairs have been targeted, and I think we all know by who."

The Order of Shade did indeed know by who. Roman had to be behind all of this somehow, but why or how they weren't sure. They'd seen far too much strange magic from Roman to believe that these events weren't connected. They didn't have too much information at the present, but they knew too that with time they'd find out more, even if it was a great cost. Zane handed Hakase his tablet back, and their eyes met. They both had the same determined look. They weren't going to let Roman get away with he had done, even if it killed them.

"We'll have to put a watch on the Satellite," Hakase suddenly said. "If anything else like this happens again, I want to know instantly. Also we need to keep an eye on the City again, eyes on everything. Jesse and Zane will keep an eye on Duel Academy."

The two men nodded knowingly, understanding that he meant that he wanted them to especially keep an eye on his son. If Roman knew that Yusei was alive then he was going to go after him. Roman wanted his own revenge against Hakase and they all knew it, and taking his son from him after he had just found out he was alive would be worse than anything else. They were as determined as Hakase was to keep the boy safe, and they both silently vowed to Yoko that they would do just that. They both owed that to them.


Yusei was standing silently in the back of the elevator as they rode it up to the top of the building that Yugi called home. The small elevator seemed suddenly crowded, but he supposed that it usually was. The doorman hadn't seemed surprised to see Yugi arriving with so many people, and acted like it was perfectly normal. Star was again standing to his right side, purring to him as quietly and comfortingly as she could.

Yusei just stood there, lost in thought. He wasn't sure what he expected, other than the fact that he expected it to be extremely different than what he was used to. This was the Tops, the place where the richest people in New Domino City spent their lives and lived in luxury. He had expected that Yugi would probably live here, but he wasn't sure what he was going to do here. He was just some kid from the Satellite after all.

The elevator gave a ding as it reached the very top floor, causing Yusei to look up. The doors opened and the eight people within filed out (though eight was kind of a relative term since people would only see six coming out). There was a small foyer that led to a door. Yugi walked up to it and paused, hearing yelling from within. He let out a sigh. Luna and Leo were at it again. They loved each other but they argued a lot. How could two such opposite people be twins? He pulled out the key to open the door and smiled at Yusei.

"That would be Luna and Leo," Yugi explained. "They're twins and about ten years old. However they argue a lot. They're Jaden's students."

"They're not bad kids," Jaden laughed. "Just a little out of control. Maybe you'll be a positive role model for them."

Yusei was too confused about the whole situation to do much more than nod with a slightly perplexed face. He hadn't heard that Jaden's students had been so young, but he supposed they could start as early as they wanted to in getting their education. Yugi sighed and unlocked the door, then stepped inside the neat and well furnished house. Yusei entered and looked around somewhat nervously, wondering what on earth he'd just gotten himself into.

"Hey you two," Yugi called. "Be a bit quieter. We have guests!"

"Behave you two," Jaden added.

Upon hearing the voice of Yugi and their teacher the twin's squabble ceased as they came to see who their teacher had brought with them. Yusei blinked at the sight of the two twins, both with blue hair styled differently and amber eyes. It took him two seconds to guess who was Luna and who was Leo. Their Partners came in soon, a boy in brown and in a girl in blue pink and gold. They paused and looked up at Star with a greater interest than before, and she suddenly seemed very interested in the two of them.

Luna took a step back, looking almost like she was scared of Yusei. Leo on the other hand smiled widely as he looked at Yusei. Both Yugi and Jaden suddenly felt pity for the boy from the Satellite, knowing that he was about to receive and earful from Leo. However Yugi also needed to talk to Anzu as well. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the letter, showing it to Jaden when Yusei wasn't looking then sliding it back into his pocket. Jaden nodded.

"Can you two take Yusei to the living room and play with him a while?" Yugi asked. "Jaden and I need to talk to Anzu."

Slightly confused the twins nodded as Yugi, Merlin, Jaden, Neos, Yubel and Yami all filed past farther into the house. Yusei silently closed the door behind him, ignoring Yubel's whispered "good luck" as she passed. He turned then to look at the twins again and offered them a little smile.

"Hello," he said gently to them.

"Hi," Leo instantly replied. "I'm Leo, and this is my Partner Quake. He's a Life Stream Dragon. That's my twin sister Luna and her Partner is Monarch, an Ancient Fairy Dragon. What's your name? Is that your Partner?"

Yusei just smiled wider. Leo reminded him suddenly of Rally. He was so hyperactive and talkative. He couldn't help but let his eyes soften a little, and Star started giggling a little. Though Yusei hadn't ever heard of a Life Stream Dragon or Ancient Fairy Dragon he wasn't too surprised. After all he hadn't heard of a Stardust Dragon either. Upon seeing Yusei's smile Luna seemed a little less wary of the boy and stepped forward just a little.

"My name is Yusei Fudo," he replied. No sense in hiding anything. "And this is Star. She's my Partner and she's a Stardust Dragon."

"Oh Fudo?" Leo suddenly asked. "Isn't that the guy who caused the Zero Reverse?"

Yusei's smile fell and his face returned to its usual impassive one. Leo seemed to pause, as if wondering what he had done wrong. Luna on the other hand seemed to grow angry. Yusei wasn't sad or hurt by the words. He had never really known his father. However it wasn't really something that he felt like discussing.

"Leo don't be so rude," Luna cried. "You don't know that for sure!"

"Well why are you so scared of him?" Leo countered.

"Well," Luna said, pausing and looking down. "He's from Satellite. There are supposed to be bad people there."

"Yeah but you don't know that Yusei's bad," Leo countered. "Besides Jaden and Yugi said he was on Team Satisfaction, which got rid of all the bad people in Satellite." Then Leo seemed to gasp and turned to Yusei with huge starstruck eyes. "Whoa that's so cool! You're like a real life super hero!"

Yusei couldn't help but start to laugh then. It was a quiet laugh, but a genuinely amused one at the same time. Star smiled when she heard it, grateful to Leo for having made her Partner be able to laugh after everything he'd been through. Luna couldn't help but smile a little as well, and Leo's grin just widened as Yusei continued to laugh.

"I suppose you could look at it that way," Yusei said after he recovered from his laughing. "Do you mind if I come in?"

The twins finally seemed to realize that they were still standing in the foyer of the house, so Leo grabbed Yusei's uninjured hand and dragged him right to the couch in the spacious living room. Yusei just smiled a little and sat down on it in about the middle, which is where Leo had dragged him. Leo hopped up next to him, and Quake sat on the boy's other side. Star sat on Yusei's injured side, as usual, and Luna sat about as far away as she could on the same side of her brother.

That was, until Monarch came in. She looked up at Yusei carefully and seemed to be watching him for a moment. Then she reached up and pulled herself up into Yusei's lap, careful to not bump his injured arm. She just sat there and seemed quite content. After that Luna scooted over closer and seemed much more open to Yusei. She trusted her Partner after all.

Leo started firing off questions again, one after another and barely giving Yusei time to answer even one. He asked things about Yusei's life before and what he had done in the Satellite. He seemed extremely interested in the fact that Yusei was so good with his hands and liked to work to fix things, calling him a superhero once again when he mentioned he did it without charge because the people of Satellite were so poor. This put Star into a fit of giggles. Once she calmed down Luna crossed her arms and reached past Quake to bump her brother.

"Will you breathe for a second?" she asked. "Let him talk too Leo."

"Oh yeah," Leo said. "You can ask us questions too! So what do you want to know?" Yusei shrugged.

"I don't know," he replied truthfully. "I guess how do you like being Jaden's students?"

"It's great," Leo replied. "He's really nice."

"He wanted us because I can talk to Duel Spirits like him," Luna explained. "And well he couldn't just take one of a set of twins so he took us both."

"Hey are you going to Duel Academy?" Leo gasped. "We got there too, though we're a few years junior to you. Maybe we'll see each other around?"

"Maybe," Yusei agreed with a smile.

"A few years may be an understatement," Star said, getting a giggle from Luna.

At that point the door opened and everyone else came pouring into the living room. Yugi was followed by a woman with blondish brown hair and brown eyes, who was smiling widely at him. She was the kind of woman who would have made the perfect mother and been kind to everyone. Jaden looked around the room in mock shock.

"Whoa," he said. "Yusei you might be our savior. I don't think Luna and Leo have been so quiet in a long time."

"Hello," Yugi's wife greeted with a huge smile. "My name is Anzu, and I want you to call me that, okay? Would you like some cookies? Or something else? I can make you something sweet if you'd like."

She couldn't help herself from trying to be kind to the poor boy. He'd been through so much, and now she knew what had happened with her father she couldn't help but be so nice to him. His father and mother were dead, and he didn't quite know or understand yet how it had happened, and none of them knew why. He was also injured and had suddenly been taken from his home into a new place, even if it was by good people.

Anzu noticed Yusei's eyes flash for just a second. He had recognized that she was trying to be nicer to him, perhaps out of pity. She paused a moment, surprised by how sharp he was. But she soon smiled again like nothing had happened and waited for him to answer. The twins silently watched the exchange with some confusion.

"I've never really had either," he admitted as if nothing had happened.

"Never had cookies?" Leo gasped as it it was a crime to say so. Luna sighed and shook her head.

"I'll make some cookies then," Anzu replied sweetly, returning to the kitchen to start baking.

Anzu turned and returned to the kitchen then, with Yusei's intelligent eyes following her as she went inside. There was silent suddenly, and Monarch turned to look at Yusei. She watched him for a moment before turning to look at Luna.

"He's so sad," she said. "But he was forced to grow up in a world where he had to be strong to survive. That's why his face shows so little emotion."

Luna turned to look at Yusei too then, watching his face. But she too saw no emotion passing through it now. It was as if it had been etched into stone, and she felt sorry for him. She had seen him show emotion, but somehow Anzu had said something to make him retreat into his shell again. Star met her gaze sadly with her own as she curled up against his injured side. Luna silently made a vow then to help him be able and smile as he had done more often.


Aww, the twins are so cute! And look at Luna, trying to help Yusei out and all of that. But also we've got some (basically for lack of a better word) secret agents fighting to keep Yusei safe since there's a maniac trying to catch him for whatever reason.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, even if parts of the chapter were really sad.