Chii-kun: "I don't own…." (hears scream) "Lavi….."

Lavi: "well… Yuu and Jack were arguing, then Yuu summoned his Hell's Insects and….they are now chasing the 5ds people…."

Chii-kun: (face palm) "I don't own Yugioh 5ds and D. gray-man…"

Chapter 10: Team Gun

"CROW! You ate my ramen, didn't you?"

"DID NOT!"

"You owe me another cup!"

"Do not! What proof do you have that I did it? HUH?"

"Jack, Crow… please calm down," Yusei chided in a mellow tone as he stood in between his bickering brothers.

Allen stared out into the distance out the window. He seemed to be ignoring the bickering as he was lost in thought.

I thought I heard Lenalee's voice the other day…. It couldn't be…. Deep inside, he hoped he wasn't imagining her voice. When he had heard the voice, he went back to the spot where he last heard it. When he arrived, no girl was in sight. He missed her and wanted to see his Chinese friend again. He snapped out of his thoughts when…

"ALLEN!"

Allen almost jumped a few feet, startled from the blonde's shouting.

"H-huh? What?"

"Did you eat my ramen?"

"I…. didn't eat it!"

Jack glanced at his other friends.

"Nope." Yusei shook his head.

"Don't ask me," Kiryu said indifferently.

"Tim…." Jack glanced to the golem beside Kiryu. The golem shook his body motioning a "No"

"Who the hell ate my ramen?" Jack shouted to the ceiling.

"Jack…. Let it go…"

"Dammit, Jack! Quit bitchin' like a spoiled prince!" Kiryu seethed. The room fell silent when…

Burp!

All eyes turned to Timcanpy, who sweated nervously. The blonde growled in his throat and pointed angrily at the golem.

"You…."

Tim grinned showing his bared teeth and seemed like he was laughing like a Cheshire cat. Just as the blonde treaded towards the golem, Yusei gripped his ear.

"Jack, its time for your nap so you can calm down a little!" the raven haired teen chided. The blonde winced as he was pulled out of the room.

"Ow! Yusei! Let… OW!"

Crow chuckled, then burst into laughter. Allen and Kiryu couldn't help but chuckle.

During the past few days, Allen had tag teamed with Crow then Yusei on their missions against other duel gangs. He then dueled against a few members on his own (with one of the Satisfaction members being close by since they've found out Allen had no sense of direction).

As days and maybe weeks passed, Allen felt he was close to home with his new companions and learning something new. However, still deep inside he still missed the old feeling of being with his other friends.

Kiryu entered the room with a map of Satellite in his hands. "All right Team Satisfaction, today's agenda today is….."

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A blast was heard from outside an abandoned building. A man fell to his knees as his life points briskly fell to zero after his duel disk malfunctioned. Yusei stood on the opposing direction with a confident grin on his face. Junk Warrior stood proud by his master before vanishing.

A few more blasts from inside the building were heard as Kiryu, Jack, and Crow finished their opponents.

Allen stood his ground as he faced against three members of Team Gun. His duel disk was linked to his opponents duel disk with a rope tied to handcuffs. Each of the three members had a monster on their field with 1500 attack points, while Allen had one monster and two cards face down.

Allen's monster resembled a clown-Juggler with a face similar to a level 1 akuma. "Magic card: open! This equip spell will raise my chosen monster's attack by 500 times the number of monsters on the opposing field!" A huge claw appeared on the Juggler's hand. "I then open another equip spell to my monster." A silver gun appeared on the other hand.

"What?" the men exclaimed in shock as Allen's monster's attack increased. (1500 ATK to 3000 ATK)

One of the men smirked. "Heh, you think you could defeat all of us with only that monster?" he mocked.

"Attack!" with one swipe, the Juggler destroyed the middle monster. "With the effect of my magic cards, I can attack again and in addition inflict the number of damage to your life points," Allen explained.

"No…way! Argh!" As the men's life points briskly reached zero, their duel disks malfunctioned and exploded.

Allen sighed in relief, then rushed to meet the rest of the team. As he reached the main hall of the building, the team knocked their fists against each other. Just as they were about to leave to their base…

The leader scoffed as he and the rest of Team Gun appeared. "Did you think you won this battle, Team Satisfaction?" As he taunted the other team, he and his members held guns in different shapes and sizes. The leader held a rifle.

"Tch!" Kiryu scowled as he pulled Allen behind him. He never guessed Team Gun would pull a cheap trick of using guns as their last resort.

"The five of you are trapped like rats!" one of the men laughed.

Kiryu, Yusei, Crow, and Jack backed towards the wall guarding their "youngest" member as the men cornered them, loading their guns.

"If anyone of you makes a foolish move, we'll shoot!"

Allen stared in disbelief at the four teens in front and side of him. He held his head low and clenched his fist. He gritted his teeth. What should he do? Kiryu and the others are risking their life for him, while to them he stood helpless. Deep in his gut, he would regret if he lost them and had made a vow to protect his friends and everyone when he became an exorcist.

But… if he used his anti-akuma weapon, what would they think of him?

"This place will be your grave, Team Satisfaction!" the leader declared.

Team Gun pointed their guns at the teens. "Ready… aim…. "

Kiryu, Yusei, Crow, Jack prepared themselves… as tension enveloped the air…

"FIRE!"

"Innocence, activate!"

Bullets hit metal until a few of Team Gun stopped and stared in disbelief. "What the hell?"

The leader scowled. "So what if you have a shield," he exclaimed at the other team. "Keep shooting!" he ordered.

Kiryu, Yusei, Crow, and Jack stared in front of them in disbelief. "Al…len?" they also noticed they were fine and no bullets had hit them.

"Please, stay behind me," Allen advised sternly and calmly without looking behind him. "And stay down."

Allen held his ground and tried keep his anti-akuma weapon as a shield from the numerous bullets from the opposing team. It seemed like an endless cycle as Team Gun refused to give up until Team Satisfaction is dead as they refilled their guns and rifles.

Team Satisfaction wasn't sure want to think as they first saw Allen's arm. Who knew he had such a weapon…..and he kept it a secret from them after many days. Why?

Allen tiredly fell to his knees. The team noticed he had taken in so many shots protecting them. Still, the shootings continued….

"Oi… Allen…"

"I….we…. can still get through this…augh!" he groaned in pain as a harpoon suddenly made a direct hit to the wrist area.

"Allen!"

Anger boiled within Kiryu with a mix of regret. His heart ached as he had watched helplessly watching Allen guarding them on his own free will and getting injured. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. He knew he had to do something….

From the corner of his eye, Kiryu noticed the men loading their guns. "Team Satisfaction, take them down, NOW!" he ordered. Yusei, Crow, and Jack nodded and took the men down physically one by one.

"Allen, you…." Kiryu spoke holding Allen by the shoulders. Allen glanced at him and assured he was all right as he deactivated his weapon. He winced a little as he held his left arm.

"You're an idiot, you know that?" Kiryu ruffled the boy's hair. Allen grinned a bit sheepishly. Kiryu's eyes widened as he heard a "click" behind him.

"Get down!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Allen stared up, eyes widened in almost horror. "Ki…Kiryu…."

Kiryu winced. He smiled weakly. "It's….no problem…"

Allen eyed the older teen's chest where his hand rested. Blood….

Jack, Yusei, Crow looked up as they heard the shots. "KIRYU!" Jack spotted the one responsible standing in the shadows on the second floor. He randomly picked a card from his deck and threw it at the figure. As the figure ran away, the card made a direct hit to his head.

"Kiryu…. Please don't die!" Allen cried. Yusei, Jack, and Crow rushed to their friend's aid.

I need you….

Kiryu whispered softly in the boy's ear…

I've promised to protect you…. Always.

Their sight suddenly blurred…then faded to black.

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