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Chapter 20

It was getting late, Leo and Luna had gone to bed, but Pippa and Yusei were still up. "Of all the things that I now been through with you, this has got to be weirdest." She said.

"I don't see how making a pair of kids duel disks is weirder than a bright crimson dragon appearing from you." Yusei replied.

"No, I mean you losing your memory and it coming back in a duel." Pippa said. "You are sweet though,." Yusei looked at her. He smiled,

"Thanks." He said. They finished the duel disks just before midnight. They left them on the coffee table where Leo and Luna could easily find them and left the apartment. 'Sorry to duel and dash you two but the less you know the safer you'll be.' Yusei thought. They reached the ground floor. "Alright get on." Yusei told Pippa.

"What?" Pippa replied.

"You can't ride your runner in the state you're in." He stated, Pippa realised that he was right, she wasn't going to be able to ride her runner for a little while.

"I just got one problem, I don't do bikes." She said.

"Why not?" Yusei asked.

"I'll tell you later." Pippa replied. She hastily got on Yusei's runner behind him. One arm around his waist, the other holding her duel runner.

They got out the elevator, checked that no one was around and sped off. They raced through the streets, but trouble soon came after them. Trudge appeared out of nowhere. "I was starting to think you two didn't like me anymore." He said coldly. "I'm here to take you in."

"Does this guy just not know when to give up?" Pippa said

"An officer of the law never gives up. So are you gonna come quietly?" Trudge asked, Yusei glared at him. He got ready to race away. But a black car came speeding up to them. A small man with a clown face got out the car. "You." Pippa said.

"You know him?" Yusei said. Pippa nodded.

"His names Lazar, he works for Goodwin." Pippa replied.

"Officer Trudge, aren't you supposed to be guarding the out rim mall." Lazar said insultingly.

"I didn't get your name short stack!" Trudge replied.

"Special deputy Lazar, I work for the director Goodwin, and I out rack you." Lazar replied.

"How come I've never heard of you?" Trudge demanded.

"I'm on official business. I would advise you to leave the area immediately." Lazar stated.

"But these punks are a pair of menaces, they stole those duel runners from the impound centre!" Trudge bellowed.

"Officer Trudge, there is very little space in this city for petty street thief cops who don't know their place or when to shut their mouths." Lazar replied.

"This isn't over you two." Trudge told Pippa and Yusei. He rode away.

"So what official business are you on?" Yusei asked.

"Delivery, for Mr Yusei Fudo." Lazar answered, he handed Yusei a small white envelope. "I also have something for Miss Allen too." He handed Pippa another envelope. Inside was a picture of Ann, her friends and the other girls. Yusei opened his and saw an invitation to the fortune cup and a picture of his friends. "We'd like you to participate in the fortune cup, if you refuse the people you see in those photographs will pay the price for those stolen runners." Lazar threatened.

"They'd better be alright, or you're going to have a very bent nose." Pippa replied, half threatening half warning him.

"Temper, temper." Lazar said, before walking away chuckling.

Blister came up alongside them. "Hey, you guy's Ok?" He asked, but one look at their expressions answered his question. "Come on, I got a place where you can hang out till the fortune cup." He'd over heard the conversation they had with Lazar.

Blister lead them to a garage at the back end of town. "This is the place." Blister said as he opened the door, Yusei helped Pippa off his runner. He got her inside and sat her down on a couch that was to the right hand side of the room, before going back for his runner. "You'll be safe here till the fortune cup. Not quite five star, but it's got all creature comforts you can expect for this part of town, cockroaches, mice, stray cat." Blister explained.

"Thanks." Yusei replied. "By the way, glad to see you're ok after that crash."

"I've had a lot worse." Blister said. "Now both of you get some rest, you still haven't recovered from that crash."

"We'll rest when our friends are safe." Yusei replied.

"You're not gonna be a lot of good to anyone unless you've got all your strength. You in particular Pippa, you're gonna struggle with your leg like that." Blister stated.

"Don't worry, I patch up pretty fast." Pippa replied.

Blister walked out the room, Yusei went and sat down next to Pippa. There was a long silence. Yusei could tell something was going through her mind. "Want to talk?" He asked.

"I'm just worried about my friends." Pippa replied quietly. Yusei could understand, he was worried about his friends too. He put a comforting arm around her and she rested her head on his shoulder. Before long, she was asleep. That didn't surprise Yusei, she hadn't slept at all the previous night. He lay her down on the couch, put his jacket over her and started working on his runner. Normally this would get quite loud, but he only did the quiet stuff so Pippa could sleep. As morning broke Blister came back in. "Hey how you are guys..." He started. Yusei put a finger to his lips telling him to be quiet and pointed to Pippa who was still a sleep on the couch. Yusei continued to work with his runner. "Did you sleep at all last night?" Blister asked quietly.

"A bit." Yusei answered.

"If you want to be on form for the fortune cup you're gonna need more than just a bit of sleep." Blister said.

"I'll be fine." Yusei replied.

"They're, they're gone." Leo exclaimed. He started looking around the apartment franticly. "NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!"

"Did the tooth fairy forget you again?" Luna said as she came into the room.

"Luna, they took their runners and left!" Leo said.

"Well did they leave a note or something?" Luna asked.

"No. This is all your fault, you should have been nicer! They were gonna teach me how to be the best duelist ever, they could have been my one key to beating Jack Atlas." Leo shouted running around the apartment.

"Will you calm down. Look at these." Luna said picking up one of the duel disks Yusei and Pippa had made them.

"Whoa, cool." Leo said. He put the other duel disk they had left on his arm. "It fits."

"Now I just wish we could thank them." Luna said.

A little while later Pippa woke up. "Hey." Yusei said. She sat up a rubbed her eyes.

"Morning." She replied. Blister came in.

"Hey you're up, here I found these." He said as he threw her a pair of black riding trousers, to replace the ruined ones she was wearing. "Thanks." She replied. She managed to stand up on her own, and crossed into the other room so she could change.

"So what did that little clown freak say to you about your friends and the fortune cup?" Blister asked.

"It's not what he said, but what he showed me." Yusei said. He handed Blister the picture.

"So these are your friend." Blister replied.

"Yeah and if I don't show up, Goodwin's gonna make them pay for me stealing my runner back. He's made the same threat to Pippa." Yusei explained.

"That sounds like something Goodwin would do. If it's not a bribe or a bargain, it's a threat." Blister sighed. "They're in the satellite right." Yusei nodded "Listen, I want to help you out." Blister said. "I'll check on them, make sure nothing bad happens to them, Pippa's friends too."

"You can get to the satellite." Yusei replied.

"I can get anywhere Yusei." Blister replied. Pippa came back in wearing the riding trousers. "Hey, I plan to get to satellite to check on your buds, you got that picture of them?" Blister asked.

"Yeah." Pippa answered. She threw him the picture. "You might need to show them this too, if you want them to trust you." She threw him a card, it was a Simorgh, Bird Of Divinity that Ann had given her on her birthday. Blister nodded "Don't worry, you'll be back with your buds in no time." He said before leaving the room again.

"How's your leg?" Yusei asked.

"Better than yesterday." Pippa answered. Yusei smiled and got back to work on his runner, Pippa got to work on hers too.

A taxi pulled up outside the garage, and Yanagi stepped out. Blister came out. "You still haven't paid me you know." He said.

"Oh, shove that now, where's Yusei?" Yanagi replied. Blister smiled and lead him inside. Yusei and Pippa were testing the engines and the noise was almost deafening, they had music going as well. When Blister and Yanagi walked in they had to cover their ears. "Would you turn that off!" Blister shouted.

"I can't hear you!" Yusei replied.

"I said, turn that off!" Blister shouted. Yusei turned off the engines and the music.

"Yanagi, you're out!" Yusei exclaimed.

"Yep, when you out duelled Armstrong, I didn't get early release, I got way early release." Yanagi explained. "So who's this?" He asked referring to Pippa. "Oh yeah, intros, Pippa this is Yanagi, I met him in the facility. Yanagi this is Pippa." Yusei said.

"Hey Yusei, you never did tell me who the dragon mage or the other signers are." Yanagi stated.

"How do you know about the dragon mage and the signers?" Pippa asked.

"Oh I know all about the signers, and the crimson dragon, and the guardians, and the dragon mage." Yanagi replied. "So, who is the dragon mage, and the other signers?" Yanagi asked again

"Is it Ok if I tell him?" Yusei asked, just to be sure. Pippa nodded.

"Pippa's the dragon mage. And we got a suspicion that she's a guardian too." Yusei said.

"Whoa a two in one, you're in for a bumpy ride miss." Yanagi stated

"It already is bumpy." Pippa the sound of a duel runner could be heard outside. The garage door opened again and in walked Jack Atlas.

"And getting bumpier." Yusei added.