Chapter 9: Building Towards the Future

(3 years later)

"Man what a good night's sleep that was" Yuya said as he stood up from his bed and stretched a bit. He then looked at his alarm clock and noticed it was a little bit past seven. "Huh I woke up a bit earlier today usually I at least wake up around seven thirty" Yuya said to himself. He then smiled "I guess I can't help myself I am pretty excited because today is the day that Rin and I are one step closer to our goal". Yuya then got up from his bed and started to go to his closest and grab his clothes and get ready for this very important day in his eyes.

"Since Rin won't wake up until about an hour and a half from now I probably got the time to take a shower and make a special birthday breakfast just for her" Yuya said. Once Yuya gotten his clothes he started to make his way out of his room and headed straight to the bathroom. Once he was inside the bathroom he turned the shower on and took off his night clothes. Yuya then grabbed a small washcloth and got into the shower and let the hot warm water run down through his entire body. "It's hard to believe that's it been three years since Rin and I made our promise to each other a lot of changes sure has happened in the city since then" Yuya said as he began to wash himself with the soap in the shower.

As Yuya mentioned before it has been three years since Yuya and Rin saw the championship match between Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas and Yusei becoming the new duel king to replace Rex Goodwin. Since then Yusei did everything he could to bridge the gap between the tops and the commons with his dueling. So far for the next couple of months it has been working and it looked like the tops and commons were finally getting along with another. Until one day a man name Jean-Michel Roget came and took over as head of security and made the situation much worse by treating the commons much worse than when Goodwin was head of security. He was practically ruining all of Yusei's hard work during his time as the duel king.

It didn't really help that last year Jack had finally defeated Yusei and became the duel king and many commons believe Jack is a traitor since he seemly is catering to the tops unlike Yusei who was trying to be the bridge maker of both sides. Currently from what Yuya has heard since Yusei is technically a top citizen now he spends most of his time living in the tops and in the commons trying his best to help out both communities and hopefully bring them together. That is why today was important for Yuya not only that he and Rin was one step closer in having a better future for themselves but he wants to help Yusei in united the city together and one day their won't be no such thing as tops and commons.

It was going to be hard no doubt about that but unless he has sensei and most of all Rin by his side then Yuya knows he can accomplish anything. After about twenty five minutes of washing himself in the shower Yuya finally got out of the shower and went to grab a towel and started to dry himself off. Once he dried himself off Yuya wasted no time and started to put on his clothes and once he put on his clothes Yuya took a good at himself. Yuya due to being fourteen now has gotten taller and older now he is wearing a red and black turbo duel suit (the one that he wore when he turbo duels in the synchro dimension arc) and he is wearing his signature goggles on top of his head. He then put his hand on his chest and sighed a bit.

"I wish I still had my pendant with me" Yuya said in a bit of a sad tone. The reason why Yuya mentioned this is because his father gave him the pendant when he was little and he wishes he still had it as a reminder that is father and the rest of friends and family back at his former home was still with him in his heart. Yuya quickly shook those thoughts out of his head trying to at least move on with his life since he knows his parents wouldn't want him to feel depressed all the time. So with his eyes filled with determination Yuya had left the bathroom and headed straight towards the kitchen to start this very important day in his life.

Once Yuya went into the kitchen he pulled out the items he was going to use for breakfast turned on the stove and began cooking. During the past three years Yuya and Rin had continued dueling in tournaments in the city and continued winning with the prize being money and so what they did was they began to save up their money and eventually Yuya and Rin moved out of the orphanage and bought a small house that was a few houses down from the orphanage so that they wouldn't live too far from sensei and can visit her whenever they wanted too. If there was one thing that living in the commons has taught Yuya was he became a lot more independent and he was force to grow up at a early age due to the struggles of living in the poor conditions.

It was due to this that Yuya had somewhat took his old life for granted he was living a nice and peaceful life but since he arrived here. He was reminded of our harsh reality is and that some people really had to scratch and claw their way up to achieve their goals. Yusei, Jack and Goodwin were prime examples of that they came from the poverty of the commons and over the years they worked their way up and became one of the most powerful duelists the city has ever seen. That gave all of the motivation Yuya needed to prove that anybody can become successful if they tried hard enough and he was going to do it with the dueling style his dad taught him. After about over an hour Yuya was almost finished making some breakfast until he heard a door being opened and somebody making their way towards the kitchen.

Yuya then turned to look and found out it was just Rin who was walking towards the kitchen wearing a green night gown. To Yuya Rin had grown a lot the past three years she pretty much the same height as him maybe a bit taller (something he was a bit mad about). She has gotten a bit more mature and started to act a bit towards motherly towards Yuya in a way which he didn't have a problem with. But there are a couple of things that hasn't changed about Rin despite being a teenager now. She still the same kind hearted girl Yuya gotten to know in the past seven years and she still looks out and cheers Yuya on with anything he doing especially his duels. Yes Rin has been by Yuya side ever since he arrived in the city and he honestly wouldn't know what he would do without her. Yuya hasn't told her this but Rin has been one of his motivations on why keeps working hard in trying to achieve his goals.

"Hey birthday girl good morning" Yuya said as he smiled at his friend Rin smiled back at Yuya and said "thanks Yuya and good morning to you I see your cooking breakfast". "Yep I'm making a special breakfast just for you Rin since today is your birthday it should be done in a couple of minutes" Yuya replied as he went back to cooking the food. Rin blushed a bit at that and rubbed her head "Yuya you really shouldn't have went all of that trouble just to do that for me" Rin said. "Maybe but I'm doing this because I want to Rin you're my friend after all besides I can't let you cook all the time I need to pull my weight when it comes to kitchen duty as well, I would advise you to hurry up and get ready you don't want me to eat up all the food from you do you?" Yuya said in a teasing tone.

Rin giggled a bit at Yuya's joke knowing that Yuya wasn't really a heavy eater compared to Yugo so she wouldn't have to worry about him eating up all of the food. "Alright Yuya I'll be back in a few minutes just leave a plate out for me on the table alright I can't wait to see if your cooking skills are as good as always" Rin said in a cheerful tone. Rin then started to make her way into the bathroom to take her shower leaving Yuya once again by himself in the kitchen so he can finish cooking. After about ten minutes Yuya has finally finished cooking and started to put some food on his plate and once he did that he put his plate on the table and began to put some food on Rin's plate. After he did that Yuya then started to sit down on the table and started to eat some of his breakfast which consisted of blueberry pancakes which was Rin's favorite eggs and bacon.

About more than ten minutes later Rin came back into the kitchen although she was wearing a different outfit she was wearing a blue and white jacket with pink pads on the shoulders and the elbows, pink shorts and pink and white boots that reached up to her tighs. Yuya noticed Rin while he was eating and swallowed his food and said "I swear Rin you and Yuzu love the color pink so much it's ridiculous" Yuya said with a bit of a smirk earning a punch from the shoulder from Rin as she sat down next to him on the table. "For you information Yuya pink is an awesome color and I'm sure Yuzu would share my opinion on that matter. Besides pink is my second favorite color besides green of course" Rin said. Yuya then chuckled "sure Rin whatever you say" he replied.

Rin then took a look at the food and gasp "no way, you cooked blueberry pancakes Yuya you shouldn't have!" Rin said excitedly. Yuya just laughed a bit and said "well think of it as an early birthday gift from me remember I haven't gotten you your main present yet". Rin looked at Yuya and smiled already knowing what he was talking about "thanks I know the day has started but this is already been one of the best birthdays I had in my entire life and its all thanks to you I promise that I will make it up to you on your birthday next year" Rin said. "Don't worry about it Rin I'm just glad that your happy and smiling that's really enough for me now come on lets finish eating and head out" Yuya said "right" Rin said as he nodded.

After that the two would then finish eating their breakfast and then washed their plates and the rest of the dishes. After that Yuya and Rin started to head out outside and once they did that the two looked at each other. "So where do you want to go first?" Yuya asked the green haired teen "Why don't we head to the junkyard first I'm sure they would have most if not all of the parts we are looking for and after that maybe we can go to the hardware store next" Rin said. "Alright that sounds like a plan let me just get our cart and we can head out" Yuya said as he grabbed a huge cart that was outside their house and once he did that Rin and him started to make their way towards the junk yard. The junkyard wasn't that far from where they live so it only took Yuya and Rin twenty minutes to reach the place.

Once they did that Rin and Yuya took a good look around the junkyard "wow look at this place Yuya I see some parts that looks they are in pretty decent or good condition" Rin said. Yuya nodded "that's the tops for you they throw away what they already have in order to get new and better ones sometimes they don't even care or appreciate what they even have its disappointing really" Yuya said. "I agree with you there Yuya but hey what their trash is our treasure now come on lets go find what we are looking for" Rin said with a smile."Right Rin" Yuya said after that the two started to look for the parts they were looking for in the junk yard. It took Yuya and Rin almost an hour to find all the parts they needed and they were a bit surprised that they managed to find all of them.

They then decided to go to the owner of the place who was in a small house inside the junk yard. Rin then knocked on the door and about a minute later the owner came out of the small house. "Welcome what can I do for you kids today?" the owner asked Rin and Yuya. "Hi were here to collect these parts" Rin told the owner. The owner looked at these parts "I see you kids building a D-Wheel then?" he asked. "Yeah we are when we build this D-Wheel one day were going to compete in the friendship cup together" Yuya said causing the owner to chuckle. "I see well then I'll have a look at these parts and how much it will cost you" the owner said. The owner then took a good look at the parts and once he did that he told Yuya and Rin how much the parts were going to cost.

"Alright we expected as much here you go sir" Rin said as she and Yuya paid the man by splitting the cash they have. The owner then said "alright then thank you for coming here I hope you two can build that D-Wheel of yours". Yuya and Rin smiled "don't worry sir we will thanks for everything" after that moment Yuya and Rin left the junk yard and started to head back to their house with the parts they bought. Once they got to their house Yuya and Rin was now standing in front of their garage "Rin you think you can open the garage door while I carry the cart inside" Yuya asked his childhood friend. Rin just nodded "sure no problem" Rin then grabbed a remote from her pocket and opened the garage door with it. Once she did that Yuya then carried the cart inside the garage with Rin following right behind him.

After that Yuya and Rin looked at each other "so this it Rin our dream and our promise to each other is coming to a reality are you ready to get started?" Yuya asked the green haired teen. "Yuya I never had been more ready in my entire life I'm so excited that we finally accomplish our dreams together and on my birthday no less" she said the last part with a bit of a giggle. "Well I wanted to make this day special for you Rin now come on let's get to work" Yuya declared. After that Rin and Yuya had gotten to work and started working on building their D-Wheel together. The process was long and hard but it took Rin and Yuya about almost week to finish building their D-Wheel and safe to say they were pretty happy. "Wow look at it's so awesome" Rin said as she was staring at the D-Wheel they built. "Yeah all our hard work really paid off Rin though are you sure you really wanted to make it red?" Yuya asked the synchro duelist.

"It's fine Yuya I told you already I think you're going to go farther in the friendship cup then me so I didn't mind that we painted it Red" Rin said. "Besides I'm just happy that I was able to share this moment with you the color of the D-Wheel doesn't matter to me one bit" Rin said. "Rin...ok then I understand so do you want to ride the D-Wheel first?" Yuya asked his friend. "Hmm about we have a duel it's been awhile since we dueled each other I want to see how well we improved as duelists" Rin suggested. "Hey that's not a bad idea Rin lets do that" Yuya said with a smile after that Yuya and Rin grabbed their duel disk and deck and went outside while taking the D-Wheel outside as well.

Rin and Yuya then stood opposite from each other with their duel disks on their left wrist. "Alright Rin no holding back!" Yuya said as he activated his duel disk which was orange in color. "I should say the same to you Yuya try to keep up will you" Rin said with a smirk as she activated her duel disk which was light green in color.

"Duel Mode Standby"

"Duel Link Activate"

"DUEL!" both Rin and Yuya shouted at the same time

Rin LP 4000

VS

Yuya LP 4000

"I'll go first" Rin said as she scanned her five cards she held in her hand "I summon Wind Witch-Ice Bell" Rin said as she swiped the card onto her duel disk. Ice Bell then appeared on Rin's side of the field (LV 3: ATK/1000). Rin then raised her arm "when Ice bell is summoned you lose 500 life points Yuya I hope you like the instant breeze" Rin said as Wind Witch-Ice Bell raised her warn and waved it creating a whirlwind and struck Yuya pushing him backwards a bit "Gah!" Yuya said as his life points decreased (LP 4000-500= LP 3500) "I'm not done yet Yuya when Wind Witch-Ice Bell is summoned I get to summon another Wind Witch Monster from my deck come Wind Witch-Glass Bell!" Rin said as a card ejected from her deck and she grabbed it and swiped it onto her duel disk. Wind Witch- Glass Bell then appeared beside Wind Witch-Ice Bell (LV 4: ATK/1500).

"When Glass Bell is summoned I can add another Wind Witch monster from my deck towards my hand" Rin said as he took a card from her deck and added it towards her hand "I summon another Wind Witch-Ice Bell" Rin declared as she swiped the card onto her duel disk and another Wind Witch-Ice Bell appeared on the field (LV 3: ATK/1000). "Amazing Rin summoned three monsters in just one turn" Yuya said although he knows Rin's deck it still amazes him how powerful of a duelist she really is. "My other Ice Bell effect now activates you take another five hundred points of damage!" Rin declared as Wind Witch-Ice Bell raised her wand and created a whirlwind that struck Yuya again causing him to lose more life points. "Tch" Yuya said as he covered himself (LP 3500-500= LP 3000).

"Now I tune my level four Wind Witch-Glass Bell with my level three Wind Witch-Ice Bell!" Rin said as Glass Bell separated into four orbs that traveled upwards and expanded into rings. Ice Bell moved through the rings and gained a yellow outline. A beam of light shot through the rings "Synchro Shokan!" Rin yelled.

LV 4 + LV 3= LV 7

"Come forth Wind Witch -Winter Bell!" Rin said as she swiped the card onto her duel disk and Wind Witch-Winter Bell appeared onto Rin's duel disk. "So you brought out one of ace monsters on this turn your amazing Rin!" Yuya said with a smile. "Thank you Yuya but I'm not finished yet Wind Witch-Winter Bell effect activates I can target a Wind Witch Monster in my graveyard and inflict damage equal to that monster level x200 and I choose Wind Witch Glass Bell" Rin said. "Go Winter Bell strike Yuya down" Rin ordered as Wind Witch-Winter Bell created an orb of energy as it spiraled into a beam of energy and struck Yuya down. "GAHHH" Yuya said as he fell on the ground. (LP 3000-800= LP 2200) "Yuya are you ok" Rin asked hoping she didn't go too far in hurting the boy she deeply cared about.

Yuya however stood up "I'm fine let's just continue the duel" Yuya said assuring Rin that he was ok "alright then I set one card face down and end my turn" Rin said as she swiped a card face down and the face down card appeared on the field before it disappeared again. "Alright it's time for the fun to began Ore no Turn!" Yuya said as he drew his card. "I play the spell card double summon" Yuya said as he swiped the card onto his duel disk "with this I can summon two monsters at once so come on out Performalpal Whip Viper and Performalpal White Tiger!" Yuya declared as he swiped both cards onto his duel disk.

Performalpal Whip Viper appeared on the field (LV: 4 ATK/1700) along with a white tiger that was wearing a top hat and a red bow tie. (LV 4 ATK: 1400). "Now I tune my level four White Tiger with my level four Whip Viper" Yuya declared. As White Tiger separated into four orbs that traveled upwards and expanded into rings. Whip Viper moved through the rings as it gained a yellow outline. A beam of light shot through the rings "Synchro Shokan!" Yuya yelled.

LV 4 + LV 4= LV 8

"Level 8 Enlightment Paladin!" Yuya shouted as a figure dressed in black and black who had brown like spiky hair appeared in front of Yuya. The figure seemed to be carrying large daggers Enlightment Palidan let out a battle cry and held his daggers ready for battle (LV: 8 ATK/2500). "There it is one of Yuya main monsters" Rin said in amazement. To be honest she was impressed that Yuya had managed to master Synchro Summning in such of a short amount of time when he first arrived here. Years ago after sometime Yuya first arrived at the orphanage Rin took it upon herself to teach Yuya how to Synchro Summon but what amazed Rin was that he mastered it in only a few months. That time showed Rin that Yuya was destined to become a great duelist.

Rin smiled "Yuya you never ceased to amaze me" she said to herself "Battle! Enlightment Paladin attack Wind Witch-Winter Bell!" Yuya said as Enlightment Paladin followed his master's orders and jumped up in the air once he did that Enlightment Paladin used his daggers to slice Winter Bell clean in two causing an explosion. Rin covered herself from the explosion (LP: 4000-100= LP 3900). "Enlightment Paladin effect activates when he destroys a monster by battle you take damage equal to its attack points. "Oh no" Rin said. Enlightment Paladin then released an energy wave from its daggers and the wave struck Rin knocking her back "Ahhhh!" Rin said as she was knocked to the ground. (LP: 3900-2400= LP 1500) "Rin are you ok!" Yuya asked his close friend. But Rin quickly stood up "I'm fine man you really are amazing Yuya you were able to turn the duel around in just one turn I swear I never get tired of dueling you" Rin said.

Yuya blushed a bit "Thanks Rin I set one card face down and end my turn" Yuya said as he swiped a card face down onto his duel disk and the card appeared face down on the field before it disappeared. "Watashi no Turn!" Rin said as she drew her card "I activate my trap Descending Lost Star!" Rin said as her face down flipped up revealing the card. "This card allows me to summon a synchro monster back on the field from the graveyard however it loses all of its defense points and its level is reduce by one so return Wind Witch-Winter Bell" Rin said as Winter Bell repapered back on the field (LV 6: DEF/0). Rin then took a card from her hand and swiped it onto her duel disk "I summon Wind Witch-Snow Bell" Rin said as Wind Witch -Snow Bell formed beside Rin.

"A tuner monster no way could she…" Yuya said but Rin confirmed his suspicions by saying "I know tune my level one Wind Witch-Snow Bell with my level six Wind Witch-Winter Bell" Rin said as Snow Bell shifted into an orb and then it expanded into a green ring. Wind Witch-Winter Bell moved through the ring as she gained a yellow outline "The winds shifts a new tone as a breath taking breeze soars; sweeping its foes off their feet!" Rin said as she gained a green aura around her. "Synchro Shokan Come forth my very soul Level 7 Arctic Avalanche Dragon!" Rin said as she swiped the card onto her duel disk!

Arctic Avalanche Dragon eyes flashed as its ice tinted tail slowly strafed outward. Its light blue chest covered in shards of ice glowed as the dragon as the dragon braced its fists and roared. (LV 7: ATK/2600) "Their it is one of Rin's ace monsters and favorite card" Yuya said while looking at the dragon that stood behind his master. "Here I come Yuya Battle Arctic Avalanche Dragon attack Enlightment Paladin!" Rin said as Arctic Avalanche Dragon released a blizzard like beam from its mouth and spiraled toward Enlightment Paladin. "I activate my trap Synchro Deflector!" Yuya said as the card flipped up face on the field. "With this card I can negate a monsters attack that targets a synchro monster that I control and it destroys that attacking monster. "Maybe but Arctic Avalanche Dragon can't be destroyed by card effects due to Snow Bell being used as material" Rin explain as Enlightment Paladin blocked the incoming blast with its daggers.

"However I activate its effect you take damage equal to half of your Enlightment Paladin attack points go Avalanche storm!" Rin said as her dragon released a blizzard like blast from its mouth and struck Yuya sending him back on the ground. "Ahhh" Yuya said as he fell as his life points fell. (LP: 2200-1250= LP 950) "I end my turn with that" Rin said as there was nothing she could do at the moment. Yuya then stood up "Ore no Turn!" Yuya declared and drew his card "Ladies and Gentlemen it's time for the conclusion of this fantastic duel!" Yuya declared with a smile. Rin smirked "oh really and how are you going to win this duel" she asked Rin. "I'm glad you ask Rin and I'm going to show you right now by activating this card" Yuya said as he swiped the card onto his duel disk. "I activate the spell card Megamorph with this card I can double the attack on one monster unless I have life points lower than yours and I choose Enlightment Paladin!" Yuya said.

"What!" Rin said in a surprising tone as she widen her eyes Enlightment Paladin gained a yellow glow as his attack points went up. (LV 8: ATK/2500-5000) "Now go Enlightment Paladin destroy Rin's Arctic Avalanche Dragon and end this duel!" Yuya said as Enlightment Paladin flew the air and swiped both of his daggers and chopped the dragon in half causing a explosion. Rin stood her ground as her life points went down to Zero. (LP: 1500-0).

Rin LP 0

VS

Yuya LP 950

Winner: Yuya

The field then cleared as Yuya deactivated his duel disk and went up to Rin once he did that he held his hand out for Rin "Good game Rin looks like I won this time" Yuya said with a smile. Rin looked at Yuya's hand however instead of shaking it she pulled him towards a hug "yeah you did but you know what I'm still happy because I'm spending the best birthday I ever had with one of the people I care about the most. "Rin" Yuya said softly but Rin pulled away from the hug and said "well you won so are you going to drive our D-Wheel or what" she said with a smile. "R-right sorry" Yuya said snapping out of his daze and he and Rin then went up to their D-Wheel and both of them got on it.

Yuya opened up a container and took out both his and Rin's helmet and gave Rin's helmet which was a pink a white one which matches her pink and white turbo suit she currently had one. Yuya then put on his helmet and goggles and adjusted his goggles while Rin put on her helmet behind Yuya. "You ready Rin?" Yuya asked "Of course now hurry up and start it already" Rin said in an exciting and impatient tone. Yuya nodded and started up the D-Wheel he smiled when he heard the engine running. "Alright! here we go Rin its time to ride!" Yuya said as he drove off with Rin on their D-Wheel. "Finally they were one step closer into reaching our goal Yuya said as he drove. Yuya then turned and looked at Rin who was smiling as the rode he smiled as he focus his attention back on the road knowing that both his Rin's are looking brighter than ever.

A/N: Finished I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, don't really have much to say this time expect leave a review or follow or fav this story as if you want. Until next time guys see ya.