MasakiSora-chan: Here we go again. Thanks for the reviews, btw. So enjoy reading the next chapter!
Yusei: Is this really okay, Sara?
Sara: *sighs* Let it be already, Yusei. However, I have to tell my dad, so see you later!
The Title Match
"You did what?"
Okay, to say that Seto Kaiba was mad was the understatement of the century. Hell, he was way too furious.
"Come on Seto, calm down and let her explain her reasons. I bet she has a good one, she is your daughter after all." Catherine told him but her try to appease him didn't really work.
Seto looked down at his daughter, a dangerous glint in his eyes.
However, Sara remembered now how terrifying her father could be. She took a deep breath before answering. "You know that I don't have to become the Turbo Dueling Champion. Goodwin decided to give up the presidency of KaibaCorp by choice, therefore I don't have to beat Jack in a Turbo Duel."
"You ran away from a duel." Seto's low voice sounded more than dangerous.
"No, I didn't. I don't have a reason to participate anymore, that's all."
"You know how disgraceful that is? For our reputation."
"For Obelisk's sake dad, this isn't about our image anymore! That got crushed after Zero Reverse, otherwise Goodwin wouldn't have been able to get the sponsors on his side and you wouldn't have gotten yourself kidnapped!"
Seto flinched and for a moment Sara thought she had gotten too far so she quickly went on: "I know that Zero Reverse wasn't your fault, that's not what I wanted to say. And in addition my reputation is the only one that gets crushed. But on the other hand, I got what I wanted: you and uncle Mokuba are back and we get our company again. And in regard of the duels: it is Yusei's privilege to duel Jack. Those two have a score to settle, so you of all people should understand that! I mean, that is the same like all the battles you had with uncle Yugi and you never let anyone get in your way!" Sara sighed heavily, both of them turning back to their cold expressions.
Catherine looked from one to the other, while Sara and Seto fought a silent battle, similiar to the one she had had with him the day before.
Of course she could understand her daughter in a way but she wasn't sure if this was also enough for Seto.
It took more then ten minutes in which none of them moved an inch. Catherine opened her mouth to say something but Seto was faster. "We're not done yet."
He then turned on his heels and walked away.
"Where are you going?" His wife shouted after him.
"Work, as you are well aware. Our company never ran itself alone." With that he was gone.
"Say mom, dad really is a workaholic, isn't he?" Sara asked her mother, still looking at the spot where her father had been standing one moment ago.
"Yeah." Catherine answered slowly and sighed.
"I wished he would take a break now and then, especially since you should be the CEO of KaibaCorp. now. This way it's not healthy, neither for him nor us."
"Why don't you say what you really think, mom? You want to spend more time with him, now that he is finally back again."
Catherine smiled weakly. "The title match is about to begin. Let's go back to the stadium and watch it, shall we?"
"Of course." Sara nodded.
The rest of their family and friends hadn't been with them because she wanted to be alone with her parents and Sara really was grateful for not having Joey around that moment. She didn't know where they were right now, though.
Anyway, she and her mother found two seats next to Rua, Ruka and their friends and seated themselves there.
The match itself turned out to be a good one in which none of them backed down a step. But that was only until that weirdness came again.
When both of their dragons were on the field not only Jack's but also Yusei's birthmark began to glow. Then, as Stardust and Red Demon's were attacking each other, the Crimson Dragon appeared again and Sara felt herself being torn apart.
One moment she was blinded but when she was able to see again, she was no longer on her seat in the KaibaDome but rather flying above some kind of lightning road.
Next she recognized Yusei and Jack still in the middle of their duel.
"Where are we?" asked a soft female voice next to her.
Sara turned to her left and saw Ruka, flying in a red bubble. She then felt something on her right where she found Aki, also in a red bubble.
"What's happening?" The red-haired Signer asked, turning to Sara, her eyes suddenly wide.
"What is it, Aki?"
"Above you." The girl answered.
Sara turned around and found herself under a dragon – Reborn of Blue-Eyes White Dragon to be exactly. Well, now she knew what that feeling of being torn apart before had been.
Turning back she heard that Yusei and Jack were arguing over the fact if they should stop the duel to which Jack replied that the only way to get back was to end it.
So they continued the duel during which the four Signers and Sara were firstly shown a vision of the past.
They saw an Ancient Temple, similar to the ones Sara had seen on her mother's studies.
On top of it stood five people, raising their hands to the air, while the persons on the ground crouched down on the ground like they were praying.
It was then that they all noticed the five red marks on the arms of the five people on the temple.
"Are those the Signers from 5000 years ago?" Ruka asked.
Nobody answered her though and soon they left the Temple behind them.
The duel went on but suddenly something else was coming their way and this time it was totally unpleasant.
"What -?" Yusei couldn't hide his horror, Jack of course didn't do much more then flinch a bit, Sara meanwhile clasped her hands over her mouth.
"Is – is that Satellite?" Ruka asked her.
Sara only nodded briefly, unable to speak.
Satellite was covered in a giant spider mark, glowing purple. Everything beneath it was destroyed.
"Don't tell me, this is the future?" Aki murmured.
"Jack, we have to stop this!" Yusei shouted but Jack didn't want to hear anything of it.
"I told you Yusei. The only way to stop this is to fight until one of us wins so go on. It is your move!" Jack replied, turning his D-Wheel back forward.
"Fine!" Yusei spat, resuming the duel.
Meanwhile the three girls looked from the duel back to the vision of Satellite.
Just what was going on?
Finally the duel ended in Yusei's favour thanks to Jack being too predictable. Well, pride could really be haunting sometimes.
As soon as Jack's Life Points went down to zero there was another blinding light and Sara found herself back in her seat in the stadium.
"What happened?" Rua asked his sister. That was when Sara realized nobody except them had seen the end of the duel.
"Yusei won." Ruka finally whispered after Rua had repeated his question.
"I knew it!" Her twin cried out.
"Hey, look!" Himuro now pointed towards display.
There it was, unmistakeably:
Jack: LP: 0
Yusei: LP: 400.
The first to speak again was of course the MC to announce the result: "Everybody listen! Whatever just happened, it seems the duel has an outcome! Our new Turbo Dueling Champion is – Fudo Yusei!"
Some people began to clap others screamed that they didn't want to have a Satellite-born King. But all that didn't bother Yusei one bit.
He got off his D-Wheel and ran over to Jack, who had crushed. Even from that distance Sara could see that he was injured, not that she was able to see how much.
Then her gaze stopped on the bunch of reporters, waiting at the barrier.
For an odd reason Sara couldn't stop to stare at two of them: a tall blonde one, arguing with a shorter one, that had long black hair and big round glasses.
But soon she was taken back to reality when she heard the voices of her friends.
"I think we should go down and help Yusei. I don't want to know what those reporters are going to do with him otherwise." Himuro suggested and everyone nodded.
As they were about to leave, Sara turned back to Catherine.
"Could you please tell dad to look out for KaibaCorp until I'm finished here? It seems something awful is going to happen to Satellite and I have to help the Signers."
"I understand. But I'm not sure if Seto – "
"Thanks mom!" Sara waved at her before catching up with the others.
"Geez, she really is pushing Seto's limits at this rate." Catherine said to herself, shaking her head. But nevertheless she knew that she couldn't stop her daughter.
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After eventually rescuing Yusei they walked through the tunnels under the stadium.
"How's Jack?" Sara asked Yusei.
"I'm not sure. He was bleeding but when I asked how he was they just said they would bring him to the hospital." He answered, fear for his friend displaying in his eyes.
"He will be okay, I assure you. Since when has something like that gotten Jack Atlas down?" Sara teased him.
Yusei cracked a little smile but Sara knew him better. Even after everything that Jack had done, Yusei still regarded him as a friend and he cared for each and every one of them.
"Yusei, was that – I mean, what we saw in that light. Was that really the future of Satellite?" Ruka joined there conversation.
"I don't really know what that means, but if that Spider-thing really wants to destroy Satellite, I'll do everything I can to stop it."
Ruka slightly nodded in agreement. "What are those Signers anyway?" She went on but this time Yanagi barged in. "If it comes to the Signers, let me tell you."
He then went on to tell her enthusiastically about his adventures.
Yusei barely smiled at the sighted of it, something Sara hadn't seen him doing really after Jack had left for the city.
The black-haired Signer then turned to her again. "I have a favour to ask you, Sara." He began.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Can you please stay with us? I think we could need your strength, but now that you got everything back…" He trailed off but looked up abruptly as Sara began to laugh.
"Are you joking, Yusei? Of course I'm staying with you. Believe me, from now on I'm stick with you and you won't get rid of me easily, trust me."
"That's good to hear."
The rest of the way they walked in silence, either trapped in their own thoughts.
When they arrived at Blister's hide out – as Sara was told – they decided to make plans.
They agreed on the fact, that the twins shouldn't be alone, which made Rua enthusiastic again, since he could now spend more time with Yusei, whom he regarded as his personal hero.
When Sara asked Ruka about it, the little girl told her about their first encounter with Yusei and how he had repaired their Duel Disks, so they would fit their small arms.
"So that's what happened." Sara said to herself turning back to the table where Yanagi was drawing something and the same time he told them what he knew about the Crimson Dragon's power being cut and sealed away in five persons – called the Signers.
When he was done, they all looked at it and recognized it at once: "Our birthmarks!" Ruka said out loud and Sara added: "The Crimson Dragon."
Yusei and Ruka looked at their marks, the former's hadn't vanished again after his last duel with Jack.
"But one question remains." Himuro began. "Didn't you say, there should be five Signers? For now we only know four – Yusei, Ruka, Jack and that Izayoi-girl. Who is the fifth?"
"Maybe I'm the fifth." Rua mumbled, searching himself for some kind of red mark. But of course there was none.
"I asked Goodwin but he didn't answer and merely changed the subject." Sara told them.
"Well, we have to wait then." Yanagi said.
"And what the hell was that Spider-mark?" Yusei wondered out loud. "Is there anything you know about it, Sara?"
The girl only shook her head. "Sorry Yusei, but I don't know anything more than the legend of the Crimson Dragon that my mother told me. She never said anything more about the evil that the Dragons had to fight against."
"You think it's the same as back then?"
Sara nodded. "Don't ask me why, but it feels that way."
Yusei raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything to that.
Suddenly Ruka fainted and was caught by Yanagi, her brother and Yusei were of course immediately on alert.
"Are you alright, Ruka?" Her twin asked worried.
Ruka nodded. "I'm just a bit tired."
"That's only natural after everything that had happened the past two days." Himuro stated.
"Well, I think we all could need some rest, so what do say? Let's call it a day, there is also tomorrow." Sara suggested and soon later everyone had found a place to sleep, even if some of them weren't very comfortable.
Sara curled herself up in an old rocking chair until sleep finally washed over her.
That night was the first time she dreamt of the Crimson Dragon.
MasakiSora-chan: Another chapter with not much action but there will be some in the next one. And don't forget to review, please, so I know what you are thinking. By the way, if you have some ideas for what could be happening later on, you're welcome to tell me. xD Hope you enjoyed reading!