I don't own Yugioh.
When Jaden got home from probably the most exhausting meeting he had been to since Zero Reverse, the first thing he saw was his angry wife, with a TV remote in hand.
"Your psychopathic lovers are in one of the bedrooms, with all the medical supplies in the house and their partners, good luck." Alexis told him, giving him a dark look.
"We both know this isn't my worst idea ever, and those two have been through more than either of us can possibly imagine, and we went through a whole ton." Jaden told her and her face softened.
"If you insist, if they really were completely evil Neos wouldn't let them within 5 feet of you." She said and walked off.
"I'm going to bed, check on your students before coming up, responsibility never has been your strong point, and now you have to look after those two as well." She told Jaden over her shoulder. Jaden gave a sigh, those two were already getting him in trouble all over the place, kinda like what he did to Yugi when he first became student.
"Hey knock knock you two." Jaden called knocking lightly on the room that Yusei and Akiza had claimed as their own.
"We all know you're going to come in no matter what we say, so why bother knocking." Yusei's voice came from the other side of the door and Jaden gave a grin, the kid learned fast.
"So, you two got me in a shit load of trouble, any reason you didn't go in with stealth?" Jaden asked as he came, and the sight beyond made him feel sick. Yusei and Akiza were each treating their partners who were in human form, but Jaden could see from the extensive number of bandages and blood, it was bad.
"Security give you two a fight?" Jaden asked, handing Yusei the disinfectant he had been struggling to reach for.
"Goodwin." Was all he got as a response.
"What did that buffoon do now?" Jaden complained. Akiza stepped aside from her partner's human form, a girl with deep red skin and pitch black hair, Jaden couldn't see her face because her back was too him, and that was all he needed to see.
The duel spirit had deep slash marks across her back, there were so many it looked like she had been flayed. Jaden also saw her left leg was already wrapped.
Yusei's partner was worse if possible. He was a tall pale skinned boy with a shock of spiked white hair. While he didn't have nearly have as many whip scars, his entire visible body was covered in what appeared to be fresh and poorly given tattoos.
"Turns out branding a duel monster in its most powerful form, causes their wounds to become bloody tattoos when they transform back to humans." Yusei said, wrapping one of his partner's arms in gauze.
"Well, I can assure neither me nor councilman Wheeler had anything to do with this, that I can guarantee." Jaden assured them and Yusei nodded.
"They said it was Goodwin and the fat prison warden who did this too them. Goodwin did the branding on both of them personally and fatso was the whipping." Yusei said, finishing wrapping his partner up, handing him a shirt. Jaden expected for the monster to try go and meet him, but the dragon completely ignored him and set to work helping Akiza wrapping up the Black Rose Witch's dragon.
When the two of them finished, the two duel monsters turned to greet him.
'Tell him our names Yusei, I want to crash soon, so don't drag this out.' Yusei's partner said to Yusei, but Jaden caught every word of it. Part of his unique powers was he could hear any duel spirit when they spoke mentally to anyone.
"Well, I can hear the both of you, so just tell me yourselves, then you can hit the hay." Jaden told Yusei's partner, causing all four's jaws to drop.
'In that case, I am a Stardust dragon, and you may call me Star.' Yusei's partner told him, his deep indigo eyes meeting Jaden's in a serious stare.
'And I am the Black Rose Dragon, Nettle.' Akiza's red skinned partner
'So if you heard me correctly before, I am tired and you are now leaving, goodnight.' Star stated finally and collapsed on the bed, causing both Akiza and Nettle to give a small chuckle.
"Well, we should get some rest too." Yusei said, pulling Akiza into his side and giving her a kiss on top of her head, causing her to giggle lightly.
And with that, the two of them walked out of the room to their own across the hall, leaving a confused Jaden with a sleeping Star and a grinning Nettle.
"Well, goodnight Nettle, I hope you and Star recover fast enough for some training before the Fortune cup." Jaden said politely, but Nettle scoffed.
'The four of us have a plan, you would do well to not interfere. Goodnight.' Nettle told him and collapsed next to Star, digging her head into his chest. Apparently Yusei and Akiza weren't the only couple in the house, perfect…
For the next month, Jaden tried to teach the two of them as many tricks as he could, but they either knew them, or they wouldn't apply to their magic type. Jaden had gotten his best friend from Duel Academy, Syrus Truesdale, to give the two duel runners they had brought a once over, but the tech had confused the very man who invented the duel runner.
Their dragons were better, if only just. They took instructions from both him and Noes, not just immediately ignoring what he said to go about their own devices like their human partners.
When the day of the Fortune Cup began, Jaden pulled his two human partners aside for a pep talk while Neos talked up the dragons.
"Ok you two, I get you don't really care what I say, so I won't go on about how vengeance is wrong, I know you won't listen, but if there are innocent people who enter this tournament, ones who you have never met before, don't go overboard, I've seen what you two can do, and it honestly scares me. So just be careful with the collateral damage, I will step in if innocent people get hurt pointlessly." Jaden warned the two, and Yusei gave a serious nod.
"We know, we have our targets." Yusei answered
"And if you two have to face each other, it would be in the round before Jack, since the two brackets will include one duelist representing each council member" Jaden asked, and the lovers shared a glance.
"Well, our last duel ended in a tie, so it would be interesting to see if either one of got better than the other, and if our dragons play a role in the battle." Akiza commented, giving Yusei a challenging grin.
"Yes, either way, Jack would get his ass handed to him and his ego cut down to side." Yusei agreed.
"Good to know, well, time to head out. I take it you two are going in the mysterious terrifying get up." Jaden double checked, and his question was answered by the couple holding up their creepy masks.
"Although we were thinking we would ditch them after the cup, we'll have made our point by then." Akiza said, giving her mask a loving caress, like Jaden said, creepy.
"Well, that's a relief, they were seriously creeping me out." Jaden joked.
'We are prepared, let us begin our journey.' Star said from behind them, closely followed by Nettle and Neos.
And with those elegant words, the 6 of them departed for the Duel stadium, a special arena designed for people to safely watch their favorite Duelists.
"Welcome welcome one and all, to the Fortune Cup!" The announcer said over the loud speaker, his words bringing cheers from the audience.
"A quick reminder of how the tournament will work. Each of the four council men have entered two fantastic duelists, and we have made two random brackets, each side including one representative duelist from each councilman, and the last one standing has the honor of facing the current dueling champion, Jack Atlas." At Jack's name, the entire arena erupted in cheers as the master of faster himself came blazing out of one of the tunnels, followed by his draconic partner, the Red Dragon Archfiend named Inferno.
"Duels will be held either on Duel Runners, or as a standing Duel, depending on the capabilities of the Duelists." The announcer continued as Jack kept circling the track, giving off bursts of fire to impress his adoring fans, before pulling up in front of the stand where the duelists would be brought up.
"Now let's meet the eager competitors, first, representing Joey Wheeler, we have, from the tops of New Domino city, Leo, and his partner, Gear!" a short boy with mint green hair that was tied back in a ponytail came rising out of the ground, waving with both arms to the audience, a huge smile on his face. His partner, Gear, was more reserved. He was a tall boy, taller than his human, he had a yellowish skin and light gray hair.
"And also representing Joey, the man who was unjustly convicted, then escaped death 5 times, I give you, the Executioner's Bane, and his partner Watcher!" Joey's other representative didn't get nearly as warm a welcome as his fellow child representative. He had long light blue hair and a red execution mark running down the right side of his face. His eyes were a dull light blue, almost white. He stared out the audience with a bored glance. His partner was more alive. She was shorter than her partner by a few inches and had short deep purple hair. Her eyes were what was most noticeable. Her eyes were a dark blue, and they each had multiple pupils, making people flinch away from her, a fact she seemed saddened by.
"Now, the representatives of Senator Izinski, first, an ex-champion on a mission, a man with a need for speed, Hunter Pace and his partner, Lucifer!" the announcer continued, this tame, a pair of biker looking men rose up on a platform, both having tattoos and scars, both with matching arrogant grins.
"His teammate, the man with a plan, the strategist who knows the past, Commander Koda and his partner, Libros!" The other representative of Senator Izinski had olive green hair and glasses, he had a confident smile on his face, his partner was a short man with purple hair, looking slightly like Goodwin's assistant Lazar. His smile was almost maniac, giving people the chills.
"Let's welcome, Director Goodwin's competitors, first, he's mysterious, he's unknown, he's the Ice Lord and his partner Whiteout!" Goodwin's first duelist wore a cloak, but the hood was back showing a teenage boy with white hair. He had deep blue tattoos running down his face, outlining his almost pure white eyes. His partner was nearly identical to him, matching tattoos and eyes, the only difference being gender. They gave off a sense of peace, but some felt uneasy in their presence.
"And the other rep, the fearsome, the strong, the dominating, Greiger and his partner Striker!" the announcer continued his introductions, this time, a mountain of a man rose from the stage, he had long black hair that went well with his darker skin. He wore almost armor like clothing, as did his partner, who was taller than all the other duel monsters present. His partner had pitch black skin and bronze colored hair that was in a clean army cut.
"And finally, the new students of Jaden Yuki, we have, the single most destructive duelist in dueling history, I give you, The Black Rose Witch and her partner Nettle!" the announcer's speech was met with rousing boos as Akiza, dressed in her usual cloak and mask, rose onto the stage, most of the other competitors gave her dirty looks, but both her and Nettle held their heads high, relishing in the hate, soon they would feel the consequences for their actions.
"And finally, a duelist who there was absolutely nothing recorded in the system about, and no information about what so ever, the dueling enigma, The Stardust Demon and his partner Star!" As Yusei rose up, he was met with silence, no one knew what to think of the imposing figure who rose up on stage. Star had his arm crossed and was glaring at the now parked Jack with absolute loathing.
"Well, now that we have met our competitors, let's see the first round match ups!" the announcer continued, shrugging off the negative reaction the final two duelist received.
"On one side of the bracket, we have Koda, the Ice Lord, the Black Rose Witch and Leo! Leaving the Executioners Bane, Greiger, Hunter Pace and the Stardust Demon on the other side."
Yusei glanced over at his fellow competitors and his jaw dropped inside his mask. Standing next to the hyper green haired boy was Kalin Kessler, the only person who had stood by his side against Goodwin, the brother he thought he had lost forever.
"And now for the matchups!" the announcer continued. And the holographic sides of the brackets spun, rapidly, then slowly stopped. On one side, Leo was facing the Ice lord while Akiza was facing Koda, and on the other was Yusei vs Hunter and Kalin facing Greiger.
"And the matches have been decided, tomorrow, we will begin the first round, so good night everybody." The announcer said and the participants were lowered back below the stage.
Like I said, random posting. Next one will be the first two matches. I hope you guys like what I did, and I hope you enjoy what is to come. I'm still deciding if I want Akiza to turbo duel yet, I know Yusei will be as much as he can.
Any and all questions and comments welcomed. Favs and follows wanted as well, you guys all rock.
Happy Reading- Centurion Africanus