Last time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Yu defeated Gemma for the second time and saved his school, thanks to the newfound power of his new Link Monster, Null Dragon! Peace has returned to Den Academy, and rest of Den City, but for Yu Akira, his adventure has only just begun and his life became a bit…noisier.
-Chapter 10-
Old and New Faces
"Go, Null Dragon! Omega Null Force!" Yu's new Link Monster, Null Dragon, fired a powerful white energy beam at Gemma, causing her to scream in agony as she fell off from her D-Board and disappeared before hitting the ground.
"And that was so spectacular! Don't you all agree?" Claire Ai asked as the people cheered.
We were now at the Den City's Den-Oh News TV Station HQ, where the news anchorwoman, Claire Ai was doing her special TV interview show.
"In fact, it is still spectacular and awesome to watch it as many times as you want! However, let's move on to the main menu," she decided. "A very special guest is here with us, and he is one of the new heroes of Link VRAINS, the one and only, Codebreaker's alter ego, Yu Akira!"
Yu came into the view of the camera as people cheered so loudly that all of them were standing, and blowing whistle at him. One woman cheered so hard that she fainted out of excitement. Even one guy fainted out of excitement, too. Yu waved at the people, acting very calm despite a lot of people watching him, including ones who were watching the TV as we speak. He sat down on the comfy chair next to Clair, who was sitting on the opposite side.
"Hello, Mr. Yu Akira. Welcome to Good Morning Den City's Special Block, Interview with the Star," she stated as the people gave another round of applaud and cheer.
"Yup. It feels great to be here," Yu answered.
"So, Mr. Akira, or is it fine calling you by Yu-kun?" She asked.
"It's fine by me, but my friends call me by my nickname, Morse, so you can call me that way, too," Yu smiled.
"Oh! Well, OK, Mr. Morse," she complied. "So, we have some questions to ask of you. Some from me, but most of them are from the fans, but first tell us little bit about yourself."
"Well, my name is Yu Akira, but I prefer to be called by nickname, which is Morse like after the Morse Code," he answered.
Oh! So that's what it means.
"I am 16 years old, have orange hairs, and go to high school. And…yeah, that's about it. Oh! And I also like dueling!" He stated.
"Well, that sounds exciting," Claire grinned. "So, the first question that a lot of fan is asking about on Link VRAINS is are you Playmaker's sidekick or are you really on your own?"
"Huh? I'm Playmaker's sidekick?" He repeated.
"Yes, a lot of people has been wondering if you are his side-kick since you helped him in that duel against the Knights of Hanoi not too long ago," she said.
"Oh right!" He remembered. "Well, I am not his side-kick at all, actually."
The people gasped as if they were really surprised by even simple thing.
"Shocking! Could you explain more about it?" She requested.
"Well, you see, I only wanted to ask Playmaker to duel me in the first place, but he was too occupied with dueling that Knights of Hanoi guy, so I just joined in and helped him, that's all. Too bad I didn't get the chance to ask him to duel me," he said.
"I see! Interesting," Claire said. "The next question is would you be dueling against Go Onizuka and Blue Angel?"
"Me? I would LOVE to duel Go Onizuka and Blue Angel! That would be really sweet!" He answered very excitedly. "Although, I don't know their number, so I really can't ask them to duel me."
Claire made a bit of eye roll. "Right…, but I'm sure that either one of them would like to duel you, so maybe you can tell them here and right now that you want to duel either of them."
"Hey, Go Onizuka and Blue Angel! I would like to duel either of you, actually both of you, but not at the same time!" He was already saying it in front of the camera, as Claire just gasped at his blunt action.
Meanwhile, Emoti-chan and Tom were watching the show as they felt a bit embarrassed over Yu's behavior in front of live television.
"Morse sure is, um, happy," Tom stated as he laughed nervously.
"Morse, you freaking idiot," Emoti-chan mumbled.
In other class, Naoki was showing Yusaku the live show of Yu being interviewed, with Yu being dragged back to his chair by the TV news station workers.
"It must be really cool to be interviewed on TV right now. With this, the whole school will be popular because of him going here," Naoki commented. "Don't you think, Yusaku?"
"I'm not interested in that," he replied immediately, showing no interest at all.
"Oh, why I bother to ask," Naoki said as he continued watching it.
"Hee, hee." Yusaku looked down on his Duel Disk, which was AI trapped inside it. "Your classmate is right! Yu Akira's action for saving your school is really the most popular read article of the day! Everybody is commenting about it, and I heard that the Mayor of the city will commemorate him for saving it, and Link VRAINS, as what I am reading about now."
"By the way, did you ask him yet?" AI asked.
"No, and unfortunately, because of his blossoming popularity, it is now difficult to even approach him," he said. "And can't you be quiet. People will notice you."
"Yes sir," he grumbled in response.
Somewhere else at the school, the senior president, Kugo Chuzaimon and her loyal secretary, Kori, were watching the show, too.
"Curse that Yu Akira! Now, the whole media and Link VRAINS like this…this…. slacker! I can't stand it!" Kugo moaned.
So, if you are referring to him as slacker, do you mean Slifer Red Slacker? Which means that you are calling him the best!
"THAT's NOT WHAT I MEAN!" She yelled at yours truly, causing me to flip over on my chair.
"Kogo-sama, remember you temper," Kori said calmly.
"Yes, of course. I got a bit too overwork," She said as she calmed down. "I admit that I appreciate him for saving this school, but that doesn't give him an excuse for being late all the time and skipping all of his classes!"
"I agree, but unfortunately, the popular vote of the student body favors Yu Akira," her secretary said. "Also, this is a rumor, but some part of the student body suggest Yu Akira to be the class president."
While Kogo was drinking a glass of water, when she heard what Kori said, she spurted all of the water out of her mouth.
Back to the Interview…
"And one final question before we end; what is your life goal?" Claire asked.
"My life goal?" He echoed.
"That's right. You know, like something you want that you don't have in life right now," she explained briefly.
"Well…." He looked down on himself for a moment, and then looked back up and smiled lightly. "My goal is to fulfill my father's dream."
Emoti-chan and Tom heard what he said with surprised expression, even though they know what it is. This statement caught Yusaku's interest.
"Your father's dream? What is his dream?" Claire asked.
"My dad was a programmer, the best in the world, but unfortunately…I'm no longer with him because he passed away long time ago, when I was just ten years old. His dream was to find the Legendary Codes, but he never fulfilled it. So, right now I am looking for them, and when I do, I will prove it to the world that the codes do exist, just like my dad always used to say," Yu explained.
"…I see," Claire responded as she held her tears in. "Well, folks. That is all we have for Good Morning Den City's Special Block, Interview with the Star. I'm your host, Claire Rin, and we will see you again next week."
Later that day, after school, Yu met up with Emoti-cha and Tom at Tom's basement, which is their "secret lair".
"Man, what a busy day it is, and the week," Yu said tiredly as he lied on the couch.
"For you at least," Emoti-chan stated.
"And Morse, don't forget that you also have the dinner party with the Mayor tonight," Tom reminded him.
"No way. I don't want to go to some fancy dinner party," he moaned as he rolled on the couch. "I rather have pizzas with you guys. It wouldn't be fun without you guys."
"That's very sweet of you, but you can't just decline something from the mayor, so you HAVE to go to this," Emoti-chan ordered. "Besides, it's only for once."
"According to my calculation, this is 100% important for you to attend, Master," Rosey analyzed.
"Master Yu." Just like at a right time, the head butler, Charles came from upstairs, carrying a suit. "I brought your suit, all iron-out perfectly and ready to be worn."
"Thank you, Charles," he said as he accepted it, looking moody otherwise. He immediately changed to his suit (behind a wall curtain, of course). He got into his suit, but had trouble with putting on his necktie.
Emoti-chan rolled her eyes before she approached to Yu and help with his necktie. "Just feel appreciate that you are meeting with important people who recognizes you a hero."
"Yeah, whatever. The faster it finishes, the sooner I can log-in to Link VRAINS and do my usual thing," he said in more positive note.
"At least you can look forward to that," Tom stated as he made a joke. The trio laughed before Yu headed off to the dinner party.
30 minutes later, Yu arrived at a five-star fancy hotel, where the party is held. As his limousine approached near the front, he noticed other men in suit, and women in dress. Some came with a date.
"Mostly, they are some rich people," he wondered.
"According to my calculation, 65% of the attendee are politician, 35% are business men, and other 10% are special guests and news reporter who were invited to write report about this," Rosey stated as she was currently in her mobile form.
"And, I guess those reporters are also are the ones who didn't get the invitation," he pointed as they looked ready to take pictures.
"Most likely they are here to see you, Master Yu," Rosey said.
"Hey look! Is that Codebreaker's limo!?" One reporter noticed Yu in the vehicle. The hotel bellboy opened the door for Yu. As he stepped out of the limo, he was met by array of flashes from the reporters' camera.
"Aah, too much light!" He mumbled as he walked steadily to the front until he was approached by a man.
"Ah! Mr. Akira, I am honored and glad you've arrived," said the man. "I am the Mayor. Everybody is waiting for you."
The mayor walked with him and entered the building, escaping from the army of flashing cameras. When they went in, Yu gasped. The inner architecture was very impressive with floating crystals that acted as chandelier, musicians playing a piano some wind instruments, like violins for relaxing classic background music on a large white circular stage with tiny stairways on both sides, long stairway to the upper floor, clean wall made up of fine redwood, and some canvas painting for added effect. The diner hall was also connected to outside, where it was a garden and water fountain, including a balcony where you can see the whole city since this hotel was built on top of a hill.
"Wow! This place is fancy," he said as he looked around the surroundings, trying to grasp the excitement and pressure of the place.
"It's quite beautiful, isn't it?" The mayor said. "Come now, Mr. Akira. I would like you to meet some people."
"Um, OK." He just followed the mayor, as he couldn't decline to him now that he was here.
The mayor presented Yu to two people. "Mr. Zaizen!"
The very man turned around and smiled at the mayor. "Ah, Mr. Mayor. It is pleasure to meet you."
"Ho, ho! Thanks!" He chuckled humbly. "Mr. Akira, this is Mr. Akira Zaizen. He is the head security manager of SOL Technologies."
"Hi there. My name is Yu Akira," Yu greeted very casually. If Rosey had arms, she would have slapped it on her face right now.
However, Akira Zaizen didn't find his greeting rude. "Ha, ha, ha. You are very friendly and interesting young man, Mr. Akira," he laughed. "Let me introduce you to my sister-in-law. Aoi."
Just like on cue, a young woman at the same age, like Yu, appeared and walked over to the boys. She had short brown hair, fair skin, brown eyes, and currently wearing a vanilla-colored dress and pearl necklace.
This girl looks very familiar. Where have I seen her…. Meh, it's just a nobody.
Aoi made a frown at yours truly, but shrugged the thought away.
"This is my sister-in-law, Aoi Zaizen. She goes to the same school as you do, Mr. Akira," Akira Zaizen revealed.
"It's very nice to meet you," she said.
"Really?" He said with interested eyes as he then turned to Aoi. "Hey, are you in one of my classes or something?"
"I…" She spoke quietly, too quiet for Yu to hear.
"What did you say?" He asked.
"Why don't you two have some talk while I talk with the Mayor somewhere else?" Akira Zaizen suggested.
"Enjoy the night, Mr. Akira," Mayor smiled as he tagged along with Akira Zaizen.
When he left, Aoi looked a bit worry as if she didn't want her brother to leave her alone.
"So, you go to the same school like me? That's cool. By the way, the adults can call me Mr. Akira or something, but you can just call me Morse, OK," he said, grinning.
"I see," Aoi replied.
"Hey, Aoi," he said. "You know, how about I give you a nickname?"
"Pardon?" Aoi asked.
"I give nickname to whoever I make friend with. How about…Aoi-chan?" He suggested.
"That's not really a nick…"
"Then, it's decided! From now on, I will refer you as Aoi-chan from now on, OK?" He declared already.
You never give her a chance to reply! Little know even her decision!
"So, what kind of classes do you take?" He asked.
For someone like you who misses most of your classes asking her what classes she's taking, you really are that bad student, are you.
"Hey, Mr. Narrator! I'm only just being friendly, man," he countered.
"I take Calculus I, Introduction to Quantum Computing, Security Engineering I, and Advanced VR Engineering I," she answered.
"Those classes sound difficult," he commented.
"Oh yes. I also take History, which is the same subject that you are in, too," she stated.
"Huh? We have a History Class together. Although, I didn't know we actually have history class in the first place," he said.
Like I said before, you are bad student, bro.
"Well, that's cool and all, but enough about school stuff, let's talk about duel!" He decided.
"Duel?" She echoed.
"Yeah! I love dueling! It is my passion. A lot of people says that I am like laziest guy in the world…"
You don't say (with my eyes squinting at him).
"But, one thing I do like to do is dueling. Dueling is just fun, especially that new Speed Duel! Have you tried it before?" he wondered.
"Me? Umm…no," she said. Although, the way she said it sounded like a lie.
Then again, what do I know? This girl doesn't look that important.
"Say, do you have a favorite Charismatic Duelist?" He changed to the next topic, but still duel-related. "Mine is Playmaker! Man, I really wish to duel him someday. Other than that, I also want to duel Go Onizuka and Blue Angel."
When he mentioned the name "Blue Angel". Aoi reacted with her eyes twitched a little and showed a tiny cringing expression.
"Do you like Blue Angel?" She asked.
"Like her? I LOVE her!" He shouted, which made the butler in the background dropped the wine and got some lady's dress ruined. "She is like the cutiest, prettiest, and awesome Charismatic Duelist! I think she is like my number 2 in the list of people I want to duel with. Is she your favorite Charismatic Duelist?"
"Umm, not…really," she replied.
"Oh…" He looked disappointed, but quickly changed to a positive mood. "Well, that's fine, Aoi-chan. I know my best friend, Emoti-chan doesn't like Blue Angel, too."
"I didn't say that I…"
"She always says that Charismatic Duelists, like Blue Angel are just people pretending to be someone else when in fact they are not in the real world. I think that is kind of bit cruel, but who knows I wonder what Blue Angel do in real life. She looks pretty in Link VRAINS, but maybe…. she is really some crazy over-weighted cat lady!" He stated as he laughed at his own joke.
"….Excuse me, but I need to use the ladies' room," she said as she walked away quietly, but surely.
"Well, OK. I'll see you at school then," he said as he waved goodbye.
Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secret
It was near 10' o clock PM. The dinner party was over, and everyone went back to home. We were now at Zaizen's residence. Akira Zaizen was talking with his sister, Aoi.
"Did you found out anything about Playmaker when you were talking with Yu Akira?" he asked.
Aoi eyed down on the table. "I'm…sorry, Akira Nii-sama. I didn't."
"You were supposed to get some information out. Why didn't you?" He said in strict tone.
"I'm sorry, but he is quite…a talker," she said.
Girl, you need to be more aggressive when you want to talk with guys like that. You know what I am saying. Hmf-mmf (I snapped my finger and moved my head with neck from side to side.)
"Well, it's fine for now, but when you see him at school, I want you to do it right," he ordered before he stood up from his chair and headed to the door.
"Where are you going, Oni-sama?" she asked.
"The usual. I will be working overnight again. Call me when you learn something," he said. "Have a nice night."
"Goodnight, Mr. Zaizen," the robot maid stated before he left out the apartment.
Aoi sighed heavily before she stood up and went to the kitchen to get a juice.
"Are you feeling alright, Aoi-chan?" The maid bot asked.
"I'm fine," she replied sadly.
"Yes, Aoi-chan. I will prepare your bed now." The maid bot declared as it moved away to do just that.
She walked up to the window door and opened it. She put on the slipper just outside the door, and went outside to see the illuminating lights of Den City. She looked sad and lonely despites how pretty she looks as breeze flew through her hair.
-Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets-
The next day, it was a regular, old school time…except for the fact that Yu came in early this time, and he was currently surrounded by bunch of fan girls.
"Mr. Akira, please sign here!" "May I have your autograph, too?" "I love you, Akira-sama!"
"Wow. Morse sure is popular, huh," Tom commented as he sweated. "Right, Emoti-chan?"
When he looked over to Emoti-chan, fires were burning around her as dark aura emanated from her body. Tom stepped away from her.
"Never mind!" He said decisively.
Smart move, bro.
Later that day, after classes, lunch time began. Yu got a special meal at the cafeteria due to his popularity and respect from cafeteria ladies.
"Man, what busy weekends I had, and this food looks great!" Yu exclaimed as he had a dish of steak and sweet flan for dessert. "Too bad I barely hang out with you guys."
"Oh, that's OK, Morse," Tom said.
"Yeah, Morse…" Emoti-chan grumbled.
"What's wrong, Emoti-chan? You look kind of mad," Yu said, grinning.
"I am NOT mad!" She replied in angry tone.
Yu chuckled. "You are mad. What's wrong this time?"
You really like to push people's button, don't you?
"You are just an imbecile. That's all I will say to you," she huffed as she walked away.
"I wonder why she is so worked up," Yu wondered.
"Don't worry, Morse. I think she is mad on you because she's most likely…jealous of you with other girls," Tom said.
"Jealous? Why would she be jealous if I'm with other girls? It would be like you are jealous if I hang out with other guys," Yu thought aloud.
"Um, yeah…something like that." Tom sweat-dropped.
You really don't get it, do you? You just never learn about ladies.
"What do you mean, Mr. Narrator?" He asked.
"Yo!" The boys turned to see Naoki, one of their classmates, walked over to them.
"Yo!" Yu replied.
"Mr. Akira, I wanted to show you something!" Naoki exclaimed.
"Show me what?" He repeated.
"Come with me!" Naoki said as Yu complied and followed him.
"And now, it's just me…" Tom sighed.
Yusaku saw Yu with Naoki walking by.
"Hey, are you going to follow him or something?" AI asked.
"I would, but there are three reasons I can't," Yusaku said.
Here we go again…
"One: Due to his popularity, he is now constantly surrounded with fans and other people. Two: Because of that, it is too hard to get close to him. And three: It is not the right time now," he stated.
"What's with you with this whole three reasons thing," AI said in mocking tone.
"Shut up, you," he responded.
Naoki brought Yu to a classroom. The door said "Duel Club" on it.
"What is this place?" He asked.
"Yu Akira, welcome to our…" Naoki opened the door and suddenly, confetti popped out.
"Wooh!"
"DUEL CLUB!" Naoki and other students in the classroom surprised him.
"Welcome to our club, Yu Akira-kun. I'm Hosoda, the President of the Duel Club," Hosoda greeted. "Our member, Shima-san here suggested that we throw a surprise invitation party for you."
"Invitation party?" He repeated.
"That's right," one member said. "We're inviting you to join us."
"Wow! That's very cool of you guys to do this for me. Thanks," he said before he noticed someone familiar. "Hey, Aoi-chan!"
"Oh? You know Zaizen-san?" Hosoda asked.
"Yeah. I met her at that fancy dinner party, but this party rocks better than that one," Yu explained. "What's up, Aoi-chan?"
"Hello…Morse," she greeted.
"Hey! You remember my nickname. That's cool!" He laughed.
"Um, yes. May I ask of you that…"
"So, Yu-kun, could I see your Deck please?" Naoki asked in demanding tone as he interrupted Aoi.
"Shima-kun, don't ask him that. A duelist's Deck is duelist's life. It shouldn't be looked over by someone else," Hosoda scolded.
"Here ya go." Yu just handed Naoki his deck to show it to him.
"Thanks!" He replied.
"Oh! You already showing it to him," Hosoda noticed as he sweat-dropped.
Naoki looked through Yu's Deck with gleaming smile. "Wow! So these are the C# cards! They look so cool."
Yu smiled widely and proudly. "Hee, hee! Yeah, they are actually my dad's Deck."
"Your dad?" Naoki repeated.
"Yup. He gave this to me when I was four years old, and I had been dueling with it since then," Yu answered.
"Wow, that is amazing!" Other male student stated.
"You must have a lot of experience," Hosoda pointed out.
"Well, I wouldn't say that. I still think of myself a noob," Yu chuckled.
Later that day, the school ended. Everybody went to home, relieved from vigorous class lessons they had for 6 to 7 hours. Yu got out of his last class as Aoi noticed that he was alone. She thought this is the chance to get the information she needed.
She walked over to him until he noticed a guy went up to him, making her stop.
"Hey, Tom. What's up?" Morse said.
"Hey, Morse," he replied.
"Where is Emoti-chan? Is she still mad?" He asked as they walked home together. Aoi quickly hid herself behind a tree.
"I think she's settled down a bit. She went to tennis practice," Tom explained.
"Oh, I see. Well, then I guess it is just us guys then!" Yu exclaimed. "Let's get some pizza at our usual place."
Aoi sighed sadly and decided to go back home instead. Meanwhile, somebody else approached and stopped Yu and Tom.
"Oh! It's, um, you," Tom noticed.
"Who's this guy?" Yu asked as he looked at the boy with blue and pink hair.
"Yu Akira," Yusaku said. "I want to talk with you, but only just between me and you."
"Huh?" He looked confused.
"Um, not to be rude or suspicious of you or something, Fugiki-san, but what do you want to talk with Morse about?" Tom asked nervously.
"Don't worry, Tom." Yu spoke in assured tone as he padded his best friend's shoulder. "I will be fine. You go ahead and I'll catch up."
"Um, sure, Morse," he agreed as he went ahead, walking past Yusaku.
"So, what's up, dude," he said. "By the way, have I seen you somewhere?"
"Yeah. I am your classmate and my name is Yusaku Fugiki," he introduced. "Follow me."
Yu tagged along with him casually, but stayed alert as precaution. The place he tagged him to be was a portable Hot Dog Stand truck called "Nagi's Café."
"What is this place?" He asked before a delicious aroma swept through his nostril, making him sniff in. "Is this hot dog? I love hot dogs! Are we here to grab some bite together? You are cool dude, Yusaku and here I thought you're gonna rob me or something."
"Go into the truck," he ordered.
"Wait, what?" He asked.
He pushed him a little to tell him that he was being serious. He complied and went into the truck.
"Yo, Yusaku," Kusanagi greeted. "So, you really brought him, huh? Did you talk to him about it already?"
"Now we will," he said as he closed the door behind him and the cart window, too.
"OK, guys. I don't know what's going on, but to be honest with you all, I don't have any money with me," Yu admitted.
"Master Yu, I don't think that's the time!" Rosey shouted as she automatically transformed into her robot mode and came out of the bag.
"Woah! A talking, transforming robot!" AI gasped.
"What the!? A talking duel disk?" Yu gasped at AI.
"Hey! I told you to stay quiet!" Yusaku yelled.
"Hey, you would be surprised, too!" AI argued. "I mean, look at it!"
"Wow, a talking AI program in a deck-insert duel disk. This looks so cool!" Yu amazed as he looked at AI in Yusaku's Duel Disk.
He poked AI in its eye, which he didn't really like to happen. "Hey! What's the big idea, bud!?"
"Hey, Yusaku dude. Is this what you mean to show me or something? Because I think it's really cool, although its programming needs some work. Maybe I can tweak it for you," he suggested.
"Say what!? Is this your part of the plan, Yusaku? I thought we were friend!" AI cried over-dramatically.
"Calm down, you two!" He yelled, making the two stopped as Kusanagi was trying to stop himself from laughing with his hand over his mouth.
"Anyway, where do I even start?" Yusaku asked as he rubbed his forehead.
"Well, just let it all out, Yusaku," Kusanagi stated.
"Right," he nodded and then looked to Yu. "Yu, I want to talk with you something very important, and you must listen to me very carefully."
"Sure. Hit me," he said straightforwardly.
"He's very straightforward," AI mumbled.
Half hour later…
"Say WHAAAAT!?" Random passerby spook when the hot dog truck jumped up and down by the sheer force of Yu's voice.
"You're the Playmaker!?" He shouted shockingly.
Yusaku quickly covered the boy's mouth. "Hey! Would you not do that? You will blow my cover."
Yu breathed in and out. "OK. I think I'm calm now, but wow, I can't believe it…I can finally ask you to duel me!"
Is that all you think of!?
"This is guy's mentality concern me," AI said.
"Don't mock my master's intellect!" Rosey argued.
"What? I didn't say anything," he joked as he whistled innocently.
"So, Playma…I mean, Yusaku. Could we duel here and now?" he asked, with his eyes twinkling like stars.
"No, I can't," Yusaku replied.
"Huh, why not?" He moaned.
"There are three reasons to that," he said.
"Oh, here comes his famous three reasons thing," AI mumbled as he rolled his "eye". "You better get used to it, new guy."
"Please explain it to me," Rosey demanded.
"One: I did not bring you here to ask you to duel me privately. Instead, I want to talk with you something more important. Two: I only duel against Knights of Hanoi. I duel to fight them, not for enjoyment for myself or others. And three: It is just unnecessary," he claimed.
"Ah, hah. I see," Yu nodded.
"Ho? This guy actually gets it?" AI said.
"Well, if you have three reasons, then here are mine!" Yu exclaimed.
"Say what?" Both Yusaku and AI said at the same time.
"First, dueling is fun. We can talk anything we want even when we are dueling. Second, dueling isn't about fighting against the Knights of Hanoi, or whatever. It is also about having fun and learning about each other. And third, although some duels may look unnecessary, sometimes you just have to do it. So enjoy it at every moment!"
"Well, that's a nice counter-argument," Kusanagi said. "What do you think, Yusaku?"
"I think it is pointless, including this little conversation. Enough about it, here is the important part," Yusaku said.
Another one hour later…
"So, you are saying that…" Yu talked while eating some hot dogs that Kusanagi cooked. "You want me to join you to fight against the Knights of Hanoi."
"That's right," Yusaku said.
"To be frank, Yu-kun…" Kusanagi spoke.
"Oh, just call me Morse, Kusanagi-san," Yu stated.
"Um, right. Well, Morse, as I was about to say, Yusaku had trouble deciding if he should ask you to join us and fight the Knights of Hanoi along with us or not, but he decided to do so in the end. Now, it's for you to decide and we don't mind if you do accept or not."
"Even though I'm not pushing you to join us, you are now targeted by Knights of Hanoi since you have dealt with them before, even on your own, twice in fact. If you do join us and get into some trouble, we can help you," Yusaku explained further.
"I see. Well…sure, I will join!" Yu declared.
"Hold on a sec!" AI stopped as everyone turned their attention to him. "Look, Yu or Morse, whatever you want to call yourself! Think of the consideration and consequence. If you do join us and fight with us, there will be dangers, and you have to keep this a secret from your friends and family. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Hmmmm…" He thought to himself.
"That's right, Master Yu. According to my calculation, if you do decide here and join Yusaku aka Playmaker here, you will face more Knights of Hanoi by increase of 95%!"
"Even if he does decide not to, the Knights of Hanoi will eventually come and get him," Kusanagi pointed out. "It's matter of whether or not he needs an ally."
"And, Yusaku here will always come and stop them."
"Hmmm, so I can't tell this my friends, right?" He asked.
"That's right," Yusaku said.
"Then, I won't join you guys," he responded.
Everyone didn't say a word in response to Yu. "I know that it would be great help and it will be cool if we join forces together and all, like a superhero and side-kick thing, but if it means to keep a secret from my friends, then that wouldn't be right. So, I won't join with you guys."
"…If that is your final thought, then I won't ask you again, but now that you know, you have to keep this all secret and forget that we've ever had a conversation here," Yusaku said strictly.
"But, under conditions!" He revealed.
"What?" He gasped.
"Hmm?" Kusanagi looked surprised, too.
"Conditions!?" AI repeated.
"Three, actually!" He pointed three fingers at them. "One: You have to promise me to duel you someday."
"Duel you?" He repeated as he narrowed his eyes.
"Yup! You have to promise me that we will duel someday. It can happen whenever you want, even right now if you want to," Yu explained. "Two: If the Knights of Hanoi does come after me and duel me again, you let me handle them on my own."
"What? But, that's just reckless!" Kusanagi argued.
"That's what people say, but I always come out OK, but if I were to lose, you can just appear and save me then," he stated. "And finally, three…."
After some hours of conversations, Yu left out of the hot dog truck and walked back home with bags full of hot dogs. He was also eating some on the way, too. Yusaku and Kusanagi just watched him leaving.
"I can't believe you accept those conditions, Yusaku. Nonetheless, you made me lose all of my hot dogs!" Kusanagi complained.
"It is fine, Kusanagi-san. I have to accept his conditions, or else, he might have tattle on us," Yusaku said.
"Still, I just find it weird that his third condition is just free hot dogs. From what I learn so far, he is the most illogical, hungriest human I've ever seen," AI stated.
"I don't think he's that illogical," Yusaku admitted.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" He asked.
"He may be slacker when it comes to school, doesn't listen well to adults or anyone who's lecturing or even scolding him, but because of his pure simple-mindfulness or rather mindlessness, he is actually a good critical thinker, perhaps even better than me," he explained.
"He did mention that he would tweak AI for you, so that would mean he is a programmer, so he would be actually a smart guy or at least have some knowledge on programming," Kusanagi mentioned before he smirked. "He is quite an interesting guy. It's no wonder he caught your interest, Yusaku."
"It looks like Knights of Hanoi or SOL Technologies aren't the only things we have to keep an eye on," he said.
"I really don't comprehend how you humans think," AI said as he sweat-dropped.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, Aoi just arrived back home. She sat on the couch and relaxed as she ate the dinner her robot maid made for her. While eating, she heard the doorbell rang.
"I will get it, Aoi-chan," the maid robot stated as it went to the door.
In few seconds later, the robot maid came back. "Aoi-chan, you have a guest to see you."
"Huh? Someone to see me?" She asked.
She went to the door and saw a tall man in gray business suit and had orange hair, with one bang shaped in crescent moon style.
"Hello," she greeted.
"Hello, Young Miss Aoi Zaizen," he greeted back. "Sorry to intrude you this late, but my name is Wirisu Kigen. I am the head manager of the R&D Branch at SOL Technologies."
"You are from my brother's company?" She said as he looked at his business card, which he handed it to her.
"That's correct! Is it OK if I come in and talk with you for a moment?" He asked.
"Sure," she said as she allowed him to come in.
They sat at the table, with him sitting just across from her.
"What's it that you want to speak with me about?" She questioned.
"Well, Aoi-kun, if that is alright to call you by," he said.
"It's fine," she replied.
"Thank you. You see, Aoi-kun, don't be alarm when I say this to you, but I know that you are Blue Angel."
She widened her eyes, showing an expression of surprise. "Don't worry! I heard it from your big brother, Akira-kun. He and I are close friend, so if you trust him, then you can trust me, OK?"
"I see. Well…yes, I am Blue Angel," she admitted. "And what's about it?"
"Well, you see, I want to ask you a big favor," he said very comfortably and innocently. "I want to ask you to duel Codebreaker."
HEEEEEELLLLOOOO boys and girls! Here is another update to this story. This chapter marks tenth, so now we have ten chapters!
There aren't any Duels in this one, but there will be one in the next chapter. I wanted to get some character development for some OC and canon characters from the anime. Here is another QOTC related with that:
Q. What do you think of Yu Akira aka Morse in general? What do you like about him? What other OC do you like in this story so far?
As always, I hope to see you all soon, but before I go, here is a little preview for the next chapter!
Preview for Chapter 11
The scene showed Codebreaker surfing on his D-Board during a Speed Duel against a female Charismatic Duelist with blue hairs and blue idol dress.
With an unexpected invite during an unexpected, yet expected time, Codebreaker faces against the Charismatic Duelist, Blue Angel! How would his C# monsters handle the lovely, yet deadly Trickstar Deck used by Blue Angel?
Codebreaker: OH YEAH! I am dueling the one and only Blue Angel! I LOVE YOU BLUE ANGEL!
Blue Angel: Hi, everyone! I finally make an appearance in this story!
Did she just broke the fourth wall!? Anyway, next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Crash of Idols!
Yusaku/Playmaker & Yu/Codebreaker: INTO THE VRAINS!