Road to Top Duelist – Duel 11: That Time Ago
The group at Public Safety Maintenance went back to pretty normal day after the previous events from earlier. Hikari and Kyoya had left to go somewhere else because of other work. Kio was once again downstairs working on his D-Wheeler, he was very dedicated the thing. And lastly, Rex was downstairs trying to fix the Shuffle Feature on his Duel Disk, whatever he tried wasn't working. After every try, Cards just went flying. So, Reiki was the only one in the Office, with the door closed shut.
She was curled up in Rex's chair, gazing out of the window. Reiki looked at a park, far below the top floor of the Sector Security Building. Reiki thought about all the years ago... Before the Public Safety Maintenance Bureau, before the Zero Reverse Incident, before Momentum, before D-Wheelers and Riding Duels... She thought of when she, Rex, and Roman were younger... Growing up in the Satellite Sector before it was separated from Neo Domino City. Reiki remembered when it was better than it is today... It was like Neo Domino City, safe, clean...
"Reiki-chan!" A voice echoed through her head as Reiki remembered their first encounter...
It was a sunny day in the park... Reiki was sitting on a bench under a few trees... In the shade, away from the sun. Reiki was five years old, she was a child genius... There was a bunch of other kids playing on the park equipment, the sand, or just standing around talking.
Reiki's parents had died when she was three years old... She was present at the time they were killed. Reiki saw blood coming from them and it was everywhere... She witnessed those events happen...
Ever since her parents were killed, Reiki remained secluded from everyone and anyone else that would try to talk or even come near her. She would rather keep everything to herself and find things out on her own.
She was staring into the trees above her when two boys saw her on the bench. One of the boys had blond, spiky hair... The other one had longer, black hair. The blond-haired boy turned to the other boy and then said, "Hey... Who is this girl...?"
"I dunno... Never saw her in my life..." The black-haired one said.
"Then, come on!" The blond one ran over to Reiki and said, "Hurry up!"
"C-Coming, brother!" the other one ran over.
Reiki looked at the two of them and said cold-like, "Go away."
"Why?" The older, blond-haired boy, pouted.
"Because I said to," Reiki said, sternly this time.
"Who are you?" The younger, black-haired boy, said cheerfully.
"Reiki Shutuagi. Now, go away," Reiki raised her voice a little.
"I like that name!" The younger boy smiled.
"Who are you?" Reiki asked.
"Rex Goodwin!" He smiled really big. He was being really cheerful boy...
"What about him?: Reiki pointed to the other boy.
"Roman Goodwin! He's my brother," Rex smiled big again.
"So, you two are brothers..." Reiki closed her eyes in thought.
"...Are you here alone?" Roman asked.
"Yea."
"Don't you have any family?" Rex asked.
"No..."
"I see... I'm sorry we asked..." Roman turned away.
"It's okay..." Reiki said.
"Then... Don't be discouraged, we don't have any family either," Roman smiled.
"But... You two have each other... I've go no one else..." Reiki turned away.
"And you... If you wanna..." Rex reached his out to Reiki.
"R-Really...?" Reiki turned her head back.
Roman turned away even more and said, "When forged... A bond could tie all of your friends, us, together... I guess... forever... Doesn't matter what Hope, Fate, or Destiny can even determine. Our bonds are the strongest things of all..."
Rex smiled to Reiki and she reached her hand forwards... And took his...
Reiki looked over to Roman saw a Red Mark coming from under his left arm's glove. She then, curious enough, asked him, "What is that...?
Roman finally noticed that she had asked a question, looked up, and said, "It's a Birthmark I've had ever since I was born..."
"But... I have one... Similar to how that one looks...!" Reiki rolled up her sleeve to reveal the Tail Birthmark she has.
"What?" Roman looked at her arm in utter surprise.
Rex was completely confused as he had no idea what they were even talking about. He didn't have a Birthmark, yet these two had ones almost identical to each other!
"...This is in the shape of a tail, isn't it...?" Reiki asked as she sat up on the bench.
"Y-Yea... Mine is in the shape of a Dragon's Head, though..." Roman said, wiry and confused.
"...Let's not worry about, right now... I hate talking about it, especially with people I hardly know..." Reiki said.
"Yea, let's not," Rex smiled.
Reiki stopped thinking about when she first met Rex and Roman. Instead, she wanted to start thinking about the time when the three of them started working for R.D.D...
"Ugh... Where in the hell are those two? They know we are applying today!" Reiki complained to herself as she was running through tons and tons of Corridors. She was looking for Rex and Roman; this was the day that they would start working for R.D.D.
"There you guys are!" Reiki yelled as she ran through a doorway to where Rex and Roman were.
"Hey, Reiki," Rex turned to Reiki and smiled.
"What are you two doing?" Reiki walked all the way into the room from the doorway.
"The Reactor... The start of the use of Momentum..." Roman stared at the machine.
"Right... It's time to go!" Reiki exclaimed, probably as loud as she can.
"It is? Let's go!" Rex ran off into another corridor.
"Does he even know where we area supposed to go...?" Reiki sighed with the complaint.
"I don't think so..." Roman moaned as he walked down the corridor.
"Let's go get him before we lose him..." Reiki and Roman ran down the same Corridor that Rex ran down.
-/-/-Later...-\-\-
"Let me see their profiles," A Professor said to an Assistant.
"Here you are," The Assistant handed a couple of files over to the Professor.
"Reiki Shutuagi, Rex Goodwin, and Roman Goodwin... All three were born and grew up in the Satellite Sector. And two of them are brothers. But, where have I've seen their last name before...? Rex and Reiki are 27 Years Old and Roman is 31 Year Old. Four Year difference... Ngh, where have I've seen their last name before...?" The Professor trailed off, talking to himself.
"Umm, Sir..." The Assistant started.
"Oh, yea?" He asked.
"Dr. Fudo... Didn't you see their parents at one time?" The Assistant asked.
"That's where! I remember seeing their parents!" He jumped up.
"What ever happened to them?"
"I they died in an accident..."
"How are the two of them alive then?"
"They Parents died when Rex was 4 and Roman was 8."
"H-How did they take themselves?" The Assistant asked in surprise.
"Roman was a child genius, a prodigy, and took care of his brother."
"A-Ahh..." The Assistant turned away.
"Alright! You follow us next we are going somewhere!" Reiki came into the room; holding Rex by his hair.
"Ow, ow, ow! Ouch! Okay, okay! Just let go me!" Rex yelled.
"You two... I don't know what to do with you guys..." Roman came in behind them, laughing.
The Professor turned around and said, "And you three are...?"
"Reiki Shutuagi!" Reiki cheered.
"R-Rex Goodwin!" Rex bowed to the Professor.
"Roman Goodwin," Roman simply said.
"Ah, you three. I've looked over all of your Profiles. You guys are quite extraordinary..." The Professor said to them.
"This System, the Momentum, looks extraordinary..." Reiki said.
Reiki immediately stopped thinking about the past, because Rex just walked into the room. She turned the chair around to face him. Reiki saw a sad look on his face... Something is definitely wrong with him... Or something happened...
She stood up and asked, "Rex-kun... What's wrong...?"
"I just found this picture... It... It makes me think too much about Roman...!" Rex pretty much shouted... Tears started running down his face.
Reiki walked up to him and just hugged him, not saying anything. And then, she started crying and said, "Remember what you said...! We will rescue Roman from Fate... From his Fate, his Destiny...! I don't care what anyone tries to do... We will save him...!"
"R... Reiki..." Rex said softly to her.
This was the first time that Reiki, or Rex, had cried like that about something in a very long time...
"Roman better just wait for us, or so help me... But, we will save him... He messed up in his life, didn't he...? He chose the wring path..." Reiki kept saying...
"We will save him and change all of that..." Rex closed his eyes tight.
"We will... All of us together... You, me, Kio, Kyoya, Hikari, the Signers... We will..." Reiki repeated over and over to herself...
Author's Note: Past-related chapter... =3 I don't have anything to say after this one. :O