LMG talking on the phone: Where is he? What do you mean he's gonna be running late? But he promised he would come visit the 10th chapter... I see... Tell him thanks anyway...
LMG mutterings to self: I was really hoping he could come... *notices readers* Aaaahh... Hi... *small wave* Did you hear all that? I see... Well I'm guessing you guys want an explanation for that? Let's see... Ahem.
This is the tenth chapter of this fanfic. In the past I would have easily stopped writing a fanfic when I would see few to none reviews. Making it this far with this fanfic, such a feat I'm very proud of. I've learned a lot about writing from this and I hope to continue to learn more and improve. Thank you for all the readers, reviewers, and everyone who put this story on their favorites list. Thanks to those who deemed my writing worthy enough to list me as their favourite author. Thank you all.
About earlier's phone discussion. I was hoping in celebration of this fanfic's tenth chapter I could have a guest from the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. But he's running late. Something about monster traffic. Emphasis on monster. Well I guess we'ill have to start without him. I hope you enjoy reading the tenth chapter of Rua's Thoughts!
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's belongs to the awesome Kazuki Takahashi.
WARNING!: SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 51! THE ON SCREEN PARTS!
Note: On Screen means it's in the anime. Off Screen means my speculation of what may have happened. (Silly short is a comedic scene you may choose to not read)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Episode 51
Demak's Demise
A New Dark Signer's Rise
On Screen
Ancient Fairy Dragon shone brightly high up in the sky. The monkey god was unable to save itself from the light. The intensity of the light was so strong the wind blew following it. The monkey god moaned disintegrating into a shower of sparks. The ground quaked as Ancient Fairy continued her attack now aiming for Demak. The wind knocked Demak's hood down revealing his face. Demak hollered in pain at the light as his Life Points depleted to 0. The fire of the geoglyph slowly died down signaling the duel's end. We did it… It took me sometime to let the thought fully form in my mind. We won… Ruka and I won… "We did it, huh, Ruka?" I asked Ruka tiredly still unsure if the duel was really done.
"Thanks to you, Rua." I smiled contentedly seeing that Ruka would no longer be harmed. She was safe from Demak. "Now the Spirits will all be…" Suddenly Ruka took a step back in shock and gasped. I heard a loud footstep. No it couldn't be! I thought frightened. I looked to the other end of the duel field and made a strangled noise of surprise and fear. I saw Demak steadily coming towards us as he slowly crumbled into ashes. I stood shock still for a moment afraid of what he was becoming but as I saw him just a few meters away before Ruka I ran in front of her blocking Demak from Ruka. I won't let you hurt Ruka anymore! But all too soon that courage was slowly turning into fear as Demak continued to come near us. I stepped back truly frightened at what he might do to us. I felt my body shaking as fear wrapped around my heart.
"How…could I…lose here!?" Demak muttered angrily at himself. His eyes truly shadowed black by his need for vengeance. Ruka and I gasped in true fear for our lives. No matter what… I can't… let him near… Ruka. "Rudger-sama, forgive of me, Demak, for being no help!" But my mind was completely covered in fear. I couldn't think anymore. I couldn't move. "Glory to the Dark Signers!" He proclaimed his never ending loyalty. His hands reached for us. I didn't know what to do. I shut my eyes tightly completely covered in fear. What do I do?
I felt a hard push moving me and Ruka away from Demak. I opened my eyes and saw Yusei holding Ruka and me closely and tightly in his arms. I gaped out to where he was starring and saw Demak turning to dust disappearing from our lives forever. I just continued to stare at the spot, fearing the lingering image of the Dark Signer's death. And those shadowed black eyes.
Off Screen
"Rua, Ruka." I heard Yusei's worried voice call out to us. We looked to him still frightened to the bone. I opened my mouth and tried to say something. No words would come out. It was the same for Ruka. We couldn't speak. I could barely think. "Rua, Ruka get a hold of yourselves!" Yusei yelled now panicking. He held us closer to his chest. "It's okay he's gone." Yusei murmured softly to our ears trying to calm us down. "He won't come back anymore." I closed my eyes burying my face to his chest trying to block the image of Demak's disintegrating body from my mind. "You guys are safe now." I could hear Ruka's own soft cries and her breathing growing ragged along with my own. "He's gone. You're safe." He kept repeating those comforting words to us.
I don't know how long Ruka and I cried on Yusei. I just know he kept talking to us, saying that Demak was gone and that we were safe. When I finally stopped I looked to Ruka and saw that she was still crying. I reached for her hand and held onto it. She looked up slightly startled but relaxed seeing that it was only me. Tears kept raining down her cheeks. "Ruka…" I spoke; my voice barely audible from all the crying. I squeezed her hand lightly in an attempt to comfort her. "Stop crying…'kay?" I said smiling. Her tears stopped and slowly her lips curved up forming a smile. She then nodded wiping the rest of her tears away.
"You guys feeling better?" Yusei asked with care.
"Yeah." Ruka and I said together. He smiled hearing our response.
He stood up while Ruka and I stayed knelt down on the ground as we wiped the rest of our tears away. Yusei then held out his arms grabbing onto our hands. He slowly helped us to our feet. The sun began peeking out casting out the shadows from today's battle.
On Screen
We watch the sun rose beginning a new day in Satellite. I smiled contentedly knowing that Ruka was finally safe from having to battle against a Dark Signer. "Ruka-chan, you okay?" I heard Ushio-san ask. At the question I looked at Ruka worriedly. She smiled simply nodding. Is she really okay now? How badly hurt was she? A weight on my shoulder disrupted my thoughts.
I looked to Yusei questioningly. "Rua…" I saw him smiling. "Good job out there." He said proud of what I had done. Yusei… I couldn't help but cry at those words.
As I continued to cry I heard the gentle voice of Ancient Fairy Dragon. "Ruka…" I hurriedly stopped my crying to hear what Ancient Fairy Dragon had to say. "Ruka…" I wiped my tears away with my bare arm then I looked up and saw a slightly faded form of Ancient Fairy Dragon accompanied by an orange maned white armored lion.
"Ancient Fairy! You too, Regulus?" Ruka exclaimed excited to see them. The white lion- Regulus must be the one who took care of Ruka in the Spirit World.
"What the-? All the Solid Vision hasn't gone away yet?" Ushio-san said surprised to see the duel monsters.
"No, what you see of us is not an illusion." Ancient Fairy Dragon spoke finding some amusement at Ushio-san's words.
"Then they're real!?" I heard Ushio-san say with deep shock and disbelief. Then I heard him scream and a loud thump. I looked behind me and saw Ushio-san had fainted from the shock of seeing real duel monsters up-close.
"This is why adults are hopeless." I said annoyed at Ushio-san's reaction. Hadn't he had seen enough unbelievable things to not be surprised by anything anymore?
"Ruka, you fought well." Ancient Fairy Dragon said proudly. "We have you to thank for saving the Spirit Realm. The spirits captured by the Earthbound God were able to safely return to their home, the Spirit Realm."
I smiled, proud at Ruka for keeping her promise to protect the Spirit Realm. "You mean everyone was rescued!?" Ruka said eager to know her Spirit monster friends were safe.
"Yes, thank you, Ruka."
"But, it wasn't all thanks to me." Ruka began. "It was thanks to Rua" Ruka looked to me mentally telling me that she couldn't have done it without me. I made a sound a little embarrassed. Then we looked to Yusei the one we looked up to as he gave great support in this battle. "and Yusei, supporting me all the way."
"Thank you, Rua, Yusei."
Yusei stopped smiling looking very seriously at Ancient Fairy Dragon. "Ancient Fairy Dragon, will you fight the Dark Signers with us?"
"Yes, of course." Ancient Fairy Dragon answered the tone of her voice said we didn't even need to ask for it. "Should the Dark Signers run rampant, the Spirit Realm is sure to come under danger once again." Ancient Fairy Dragon said with a hint of anger in her voice. "I shall fight with you, transcending five thousand years time…" Ancient Fairy vowed to fight along side us, continuing her eternal role as a Signer's dragon. "…should it mean I be laid to waste."
"Likewise for me! Till my life comes at an end!" Regulus voice resonated with deep loyalty to help us.
Ancient Fairy Dragon and Regulus turned to spheres of shimmering cerulean luminosity. They merged into a single orb. Strands of light flew out of the orb flowing into Ruka's cupped hands. They gathered into a small pool of shining azure shaping into two duel cards. "Ancient Fairy Dragon…Regulus…" Ruka uttered holding her new duel cards close to her heart. You finally got Ancient Fairy, Ruka.
Off Screen
After everything that just happened I guess I shouldn't be surprised that my body would collapse in exhaustion. "Oowww!" I yelped falling on my butt. "Ow, ow, ow..." With all the adrenaline rush gone and no more things to distract me I could feel every pain my body has just endured; the burns from the attacks and the aches from falling a few times. I saw Ruka collapsing soon after me.
"Ouch." Ruka yelped as she sat on the ground.
"Ruka, are you ok?" I asked worried taking a close look on all her injuries. She had cuts and scratches covering her entire body from head to toe.
Yusei knelt down and began examining our injuries. "Where does it hurt the most?" He asked concern pouring in his words.
"Mostly my legs." I said as I tried moving them doing so just sent a sharp pain. "But everything seems to hurt right now."
"How about you Ruka?"
"Mmm. My head." Ruka held one hand onto her head closing her eyes. "It feels like something's pounding on it."
Yusei nodded and got up. "Stay right there." We looked up at him a little scared at being left alone especially remembering just what happened. Sensing our anxiety he said "I'm just going to get some medical supplies I packed in my D-Wheel." He explained slowly.
(Silly short)
"Ushio is with you guys. You'll be fine." We all looked at Ushio-san's unconscious form. Feeling more distressed at being left alone with him as he is right now. Ruka and I then looked at Yusei incredulously. He flinched at our stare. "Okay forget that idea."
(End of silly short)
"Look my D-wheel is just right there." He pointed to the D-Wheel which was just x meters away. "I'll be back before you know it." We nodded a little uncertainly. And saw him running to his D-Wheel. We kept our eyes on him as he got there and quickly he was already running back carrying a large first aid kit almost as big as a toolbox.
Yusei knelt down on the ground opening the first aid kit. He pulled out a few bottles. One was obviously just a bottle of water. The others I'm guessing were medicine. Yusei took off his gloves then grabbed one of the bottles as he turned to Ruka. He uncapped it and poured some of the medicine in the cap. "Here, drink this." He said holding the medicine towards Ruka. "It should get rid of the headache." Ruka nodded and took the medicine gulping it down quickly.
Ruka made a face of disgust at the medicine "It doesn't taste very good." Yusei then handed to her the bottle of water which Ruka took graciously drinking to get rid of the bitter taste of the medicine. Yusei took out another bottle from the first aid kit this time it had a nozzle. "I'm going to spray your cuts with this disinfectant." Ruka nodded. Yusei then sprayed the medicine on all of Ruka's cuts and scratches. She winced as the medicine took effect. "Hold on almost done." Ruka nodded refraining from moving away from the medicine. With a few more sprays he was done. "How's the headache?" He asked getting up.
"It's gone now. I feel really." Ruka yawned. "tired though."
"It's the medicine. Why don't you rest for the mean time?"
"Mmm." Ruka then laid down on the ground taking a nap.
Yusei then knelt down facing me examining my injuries frowning as he did. He took out a tube from the kit and unscrewed the cap. He squeezed some of the gel-like medicine onto his palm then rubbed his palms together. "These are for the burns." He said then applying the gel on the burns on my legs. Immediately I felt the gel's cooling effect. "Good. Your legs are not broken." Yusei said relieved. He then moved on to the burns on my arms and palms. "Your arms seem fine too." Yusei then moved on to the burns on my face. "Does anything else hurt?" He asked as he was applying the medicine.
"My whole body is aching."
"Hmm." Yusei frowned sounding dissatisfied at my answer. He then took out another bottle from the kit. And like with Ruka he poured some of it in its cap. "Pain reliever." I took it from him and drank it quickly barely able to stand the taste. It made me want to puke. "You guys should feel better in a couple of hours." Yusei said as he stood up.
"Thanks Yusei. Sorry you had to put up with all these."
"It's fine. Though I was hoping I wouldn't have to use these." Yusei said sadly and tiredly. To which I instantly felt guilty.
"Sorry." I said looking down on the ground dejectedly. I guess I really shouldn't have come.
"It's not your fault." Yusei said simply. He looked towards me with caring eyes. "I would have done the same if I were in your place." He then ruffled my hair. "You've really done well Rua." Yusei… just then my stomach grumbled. Which woke Ruka up.
"I'm going to get some of the food I had packed up." Again Yusei went off to his D-Wheel to get said item. He got back carrying some sandwiches and rice balls. We ate quietly and also tried to wake Ushio-san up at the same time. We even made a contest on who could at least make him move. He really was out cold. As even with me poking him repeatedly on the ribs wouldn't wake him. I suggested to ahem "doll up" his face. Ruka was against it saying it would be impolite. To which Yusei agreed. They can be really boring sometimes. But it's good to see Ruka to be a bit like her usual self again. That reminds me I have to ask her later how it was in the Spirit Realm. But before I could ask her Yusei spoke.
"Since you guys are feeling better" Yusei said looking at our now scratch free bodies. "Ruka we should activate the safety switch in the Monkey's tower." Yusei stood up then walked towards the tower.
"Hmm." Ruka followed Yusei and as I quickly swallowed the last bit of food I got up to follow them.
On Screen
Yusei took the lead and Ruka and I followed walking towards the monkey's tower. Reaching it Yusei touched the doors. They slid open at the touch revealing a room.
"Mikage-san said that four towers were controlling the rotation of the Old Momentum, but…" Ruka said unsurely.
We walked into the room where we found a pedestal. "This is it." Yusei spoke upon seeing it. My eyes hardened at the image. The pedestal had a slot in the shape of a duel monster card and an image of the monkey framed itself around it. Demak's mark. "Ruka, put the card here." Yusei said stepping away from the pedestal signaling Ruka to step forward and place the card in.
I looked to Ruka remembering how hurt she was because of it. Ruka nodded and hummed in affirmation. "Ancient Fairy Dragon," Ruka held Ancient Fairy close to her. Us, being in here, this was true evidence that Demak wouldn't be coming back to hurt Ruka. "lend us your strength." But then… I thought thinking that this seemed too easy. Ruka placed the card in the slot. He endured far long even after his defeat to try and harm Ruka. There has to be-
The tablet gleamed at receiving the card. We heard beeping telling us that the card was delivering the code to activate a safety switch of the Old Momentum. As the beeping progressed the card glowed along with the tablet in increasing intensity. The tower shook violently. I can't believe this!
"Hurry and get out of here, you two." Yusei said hurriedly. I didn't need to be told twice running to the doors right away. I've had enough near death experiences to last me a lifetime thank you very much! I thought running out screaming to get further away from the collapsing tower.
Reaching a far enough distance I stopped running and looked back in time to see the tower slowly being swallowed up by the earth. Dust clouds rose as the tower continued to shrink away. Finally it was gone. Even as it disappeared I continued to gape at the spot. So shocked I was that it took me sometime to understand Ushio-san's words.
"What!? What happened!? That dragon-!" Ushio-san asked not understanding what had just happened. "Wha. It's gone. What went on!?"
"Geez, nothing!" I said finding it annoying and weird to see that Ushio-san slept through the sound of a collapsing tower.
"So, I was just hallucinating…" Ushio-san said tiredly falling to his knees. Yusei held a look at him that was saying something along the lines of: Are you kidding me?
Ruka and I looked to each other at disbelief then slowly smiled that then grew into laughing at Ushio-san's ridiculousness. It's good to know that despite what's happened we haven't forgotten how to do that. Yusei speaking got us out of our laughing. "There's only three towers left." We all looked to him hearing him speak. "This time I'm up." That's right Yusei still has to duel- "Kyosuke Kiryu, I'm going after the tower of giant, where you'll be!"
Off Screen
Yusei then dashed to his D-Wheel whilst I and Ruka ran to the car. "Ushio-san hurry up!" I called back to him. I saw him looking dumb founded for a moment but soon ran catching up to us. Yusei was already on his D-Wheel driving it following our pace to get to the car. When Ruka and I finally found it we jumped to our seats seating side by side. Ushio-san got on and turned the ignition powering up the car. And soon we were going full speed to Yusei's fated duel.
On Screen
We began our trek to the tower of the Giant. Where Yusei's duel against a Dark Signer will take place. A duel against his own former friend, Kyosuke Kiryu. Will it be really ok for Yusei to duel against him? Yusei…
Lightning streaked the sky illuminating the Dark Sign of an Earthbound God. The Giant.
Off Screen
There was a tense silence in the car. Ushio-san was keeping his eyes on the road. Ruka was tensing up again but this time she was more angry tense than worried or scared tense. What brought this change to you Ruka? It's not that it's a bad thing. It's just… I'm not used to a braver Ruka.
"Neh, Ruka." I called to her getting her attention. "What happened when that light took you?"
"Ahh… That. Well…"
Ruka then began telling me the story of her visit to the Spirit Realm. The light apparently brought her to a forest that looked a lot like her field card. Ancient Forest. There she woke up to Kuribbon's cries. She also saw a mountain where Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed in, like a fossil.
"At first I was really scared when I got there but then I heard your screams as you were fighting Demak. It made me more determined to save Ancient Fairy so I could then come back and stop your dueling with him." Ruka. To think you were dueling Demak to save me? Thank you Ruka.
Ruka continued her story telling how she finally found a village where she thought to get some help on how to free Ancient Fairy Dragon from the slab of rock. And to look for Regulus, the white lion from earlier.
"In the town every one of the Duel Spirits kept running from me so it was hard to find help. It was tiring and discouraging that everyone kept running away. But I kept going and eventually found out why everyone was running away."
Ruka told of how she saw a ball bouncing up a flight of stairs and leaves going back to a tree. She thought that maybe it meant everything was reverse in that world. Then she noticed a staff by the tree.
"I've been seeing those everywhere. I didn't understand what they meant. But I found out soon enough. I heard the Duel Spirits telling to each other to run and hide as someone was coming to capture them."
She explained that she saw a black fog much like the one we saw that surrounded Satellite making its citizens disappear.
"Knowing that it meant trouble I ran and hide myself in an alley. Every one of my Duel Monsters was scared and frightened. Then the Monkey Soldiers appeared. They turned Sunshine Unicorn, Kuribbon and Sunny Pixie into stone tablets. That's when I ran away. I ended up in a dead end. If it wasn't for Torunka finding me I would have been captured."
"Torunka? Who's Torunka?" I asked scrunching my eyebrows in wonder. I don't know of any Duel Monster card with that name.
Ruka explained Torunka is a Duel Monster Spirit that helped her get away from the monkey soldiers.
"He looked a lot like Miracle Flipper."
"Hmm…" I tried to imagine a Miracle Flipper protecting Ruka from a bunch of monkey soldiers. I deadpanned at the image that I came up with. Was it really safe to have a weak card like that keeping her safe? I am never letting Ruka go back to the Spirit Realm unless I'm there with her!
Torunka explained the town's situation. Apparently the Monkey Soldiers turned the Duel Monster Spirits into kids. Every one else who couldn't get away were turned into stone tablets.
"With the staff they would cast the Minus Curse to do all those things."
The mention of the staff rang a bell in my head. "This sounds familiar…" I put my hand under my chin hoping the action would stimulate my mind to remember. When it failed I looked to Ruka. "What did it look like?"
"It had 2 golden horns at the tip and a black needle in the middle."
"Why does it sound so familiar???" I yelled scratching at my head. I gave up hanging my head down. "I can't remember…"
"Maybe you're just imagining it?"
"Hmm…" I continued to try to search my mind to where I've seen something like that before. I know I've seen it somewhere. … My mind didn't offer any answers. I looked up hearing Ruka continue her story.
"Thinking the only way to help them was to free Ancient Fairy I asked Torunka where I could find Regulus. Regulus had been acting strange and wild at everyone that came near Torunka warned. But I had to save Kuribbon and the other Spirits that were caught so I got him to tell me where Regulus was at the time."
Ruka along with Torunka went to the Forest of Pojar to look for Regulus. Along the way Ruka would use the Minus Curse to get the monkey soldiers to stop following.
"When we finally got away Torunka was too tired to move any further so I offered to carry him. While I was carrying him Torunka commented that he felt a heroic strength from me. I told him that was actually someone else's strength." I looked to Yusei as he continued to concentrate on riding his D-Wheel. Eyes focused to his destined duel. Ruka, did you mean Yusei?
"I was thinking of you when I said that." At Ruka's words my eyes widened threatening to tear up.
"Ruka…"
On Screen
Ruka took a sharp intake of breath. She was looking to the sky with surprised eyes. I looked up as well and saw a new geoglyph appeared in the sky. Different from any we've seen. But aren't there only 5 Dark Signers? The Giant, the Humming Bird, the Lizard, the Spider and the Monkey. None of them resembled it. It looked more like a fish. Maybe a dolphin? A whale? "That's the killer whale geoglyph!" Yusei said with slight surprise.
"But there shouldn't be a Dark Signer with the Killer Whale's Birthmark." Ushio-san stated not worried at all of what the image could mean.
"Does this mean a new Dark Signer's cropped up!?" I looked to Yusei shocked at the words. Does this mean Ruka might still have to fight a Dark Signer on her own?
"It's weird, though! My birthmark isn't throbbing!"
"Then, it's not a Signer fighting?" I asked wondering…
"Let's hurry!" Yusei shouted speeding past us. Ushio-san followed suit stepping harder on the gas pedal to keep up with Yusei.
Who might have survived from the black fog of Satellite? Whoever it was I hope they stop. They have no idea how tough a duel against a Dark Signer is.
Author's Notes:
First of the On Screen script was made possible by-
Rua: shriekV and TnKP!
LMG: Ahh! Rua! You were able to make it!
Rua: Of course! I can't let down my most dedicated fan! Making 10 chapters of this just for me. Must have been hard.
LMG: -_-U It was... You didn't appear much for about half of the episode so I had to make some stuff up. -_-
Rua: And you did real well! *Reads* Hey wait! *points* Why did you write me always crying!?
LMG: 0_0 Because that's just how you are. ?? You cry at least once almost every episode you're in. ^_^ Personally I liked the first Off Screen scene I wrote of you. ;-; Had me in tears when writing and reading.
Rua: *pouting*
LMG: ^_^U Though I might rewrite this someday since I'm not all too happy with it. It's was so hard to write this since it was a (sadly for me) pretty boring episode. -_- Not like your duel. ^_^
Rua: *cheers up* My duel was pretty exciting right? *poses heroically*
LMG: ^_^U Let's just get to the reviews.
Review Replys
volcaniclord I can't help but put it up real close together since I wanted to really catch up with the story. Now do you guys understand why you can't put spoilers? The new subbed episodes act as an incentive for me to not get lazy. The only reason why I was able to put this up was because I saw that 52 gots subbs now. Actually I still find it hard to describe scenes well. As my brother put it I keep using the same words. *stabbed* My weak point. But I found a thesaurus site. SO hopefully my writing gets better. Not so much word repeating anymore I hope. Good luck with your duel chapter.
Isumo 1489 I think I already sent you a review reply but just in case... Good point about the advance technology. That's also the most likely reason as to why Rua and Ruka healed within a few hours time. Physically I mean. Psychologically... Rua looked like he was seriously afraid of being buried alive in that tower. But maybe that's just my biased thinking. Ruka... she has other issues that I hope to post later when i edit it a bit. Put up some Rua and Ruka conversation as you suggested. But had to cut it short. Maybe I'll continue it next chapter. Or rewrite that Off Screen Scene.
DreamsDragon Thanks! I hope you like this one too!
Darkrairules Ooh! A new reviewer! Hmm...
LMG: Rua I have great news!
Rua: Nani, nani? (What, what?)
LMG: You'll receive your Signer powers in a couple of episodes! ^_^ Congratulations!
Rua: Aahh... *shocked still*
LMG: Rua? *poke*
Rua: *falls on the floor like a statue*
LMG: Ah! Rua! You still have the next episode to appear in! *Looks at readers* Ahem! -///- This is the end of this chapter's Author's Notes. Please press the review button on your way out. Next chapter will appear in a week's time. Do leave a review on your way out. Thank you for reading and supporting me all through this fic. *bows as curtain closes on stage*