(Note: Storm does the normal singing, while Akira will do the rapping, just for fun... ^^")
(Instrumental) The scene begins as there are 4 D-Wheels on a starting line as while the lights on the track was counting down, a few frames appears such as a hand throttles on, a foot on a pedal, then a duelist's vizor shines and smoke appears from the fast spinning tyres as they began to speed away after the light turns green.
(RaToraTah! RaToraTah! Rata, Rata, RaTora~Tah!) The title appears from the smokes.
(RaToraTah! RaToraTah! Rata, Rata, RaTora~Tah!) 4 duelists, Amber in the lead, Storm at the second, followed by Kira and Akira passed through the title as they summoned out their monsters.
(jouhou kiri ga naku Update utsushidasu Display) The scene shifts to Amber,fixing her ride as she wipes off her forehead with the back of her hand and looks outside, which it seems to be sunset.
(kangaeru koto wasure Never ends, Games that never ends) Kira was leaning against the wall at the alley and biting his sandwiches as he looks to the side, full of people walking by.
(sono maki nukedasou Stand up, Get out) Akira was riding his D-Wheel while racing towards the sunset with a big smile on his face as he shifts his D-Wheel and rides it in reverse.
(Listen up kokoro no koe Oh yeah) Storm was at the bridge while sitting on his ride, looking at the sea and grasp the necklace tightly.
(narihibiiteru siren That says kizukazu doko made No way) Yusei and Bruno are inside the garage, trying to upgrade their engine and testing it.
(modorenai on the freeway You go… don't know why you go) Jack and Crow are on the streets, speeds away as Carly waves her hand happily in her car, making Jack speeds up faster and leaving Crow with a sweatdrop.
(mou tome ni dekiru nara… Back in your life) Aki and the twins are helping out Martha at the orphanege as the kids are playing with Trudge and Mina.
(Hear my voice kikoeru nara Right now) The Signers' Marks glows brightly, warned them about a threat is appearing soon.
(honmono no tsuyosa to wa jibun no tame ni dake ja naku) The scene then shifts at the stadium where the camera zooms in at the opponents of Team Elements, which is Team Ace with their Sacred Beasts, Team Eternal with the Wicked beasts and one other team with a huge shadow beast behind the team.
(dare ni de mo sashidaseru sono te~ (Don't stop, You don't stop…)] Team Elements and Team 5Ds was ready to go for a duel as Storm closes his eyes and the illusion of Kizuna appears at his back with a smile.
[yobisamase~ Yeah! (Always to be brave, brave misete mina The power you have, Just fight…Fight it out)] The Ark Cradle appears above the Combat Lane with the Yliasters and Z-One looking down with their respective monsters and Team Elements, Team 5Ds and Kira rides on their ride and speeds away towards the Ark Cradle.
[Ride on! Right time, Ride on! Right time (hashiri makure Like a Cheetah)] Team 5Ds summons out their ace Synchro Monsters.
[hikari hanachi nagara (unmei notte Acting tough Ooh-huh…)] Amber and Storm summons out their Synchro Monsters while Kira and Akira calls out their ace XYZ monster.
[negau nara miushinau na zatsuon wa shout out shite (tsuyoku nare Like a Lion)] All of their monsters collide as Yusei, Jack, Amber and Storm passed through the Yliaster's defense as the rest of them are catching up.
[Ride on! Right time, Ride on! Right time (nerai makure Like a Tiger)] Stardust Dragon, Red Demons Dragon and Ancient Sacred Wyvern changes to Shooting Quaser Dragon, Red Nova Dragon and Divine Phoenix Maka.
[shinjitsu, kazu ja naku (todoke sora e Shouting loud Ooh-Huh…)] Storm's 4 XYZ glows radiantly as he takes 3 of them out first and dashes forward.
[yume wa hora bureta totan yokubou ni naru (You watch out!)] The rest of Signer's Dragons are entering a black portal as Storm with marks on his face summons out his XYZ trump card and make way towards Z-One's Ultimate Time Lord at the sky.
(RaToraTah! RaToraTah! Rata, Rata, RaTora~Tah!) The scene changes back to the Neo Domino City in peace once again as the sun rises up without the Ark Cradle.
(RaToraTah! RaToraTah! Rata, Rata, RaTora~Tah!) All of the 5Ds characters and Team Elements watching the sunrise as Kira walk towards a portal that leads him back to his time and the music ends.
Chapter 36: Boys' Experiences
(Storm's Point of View)
MC: That is it, ladies and gentlemen! The Wicked monsters have fallen to the power of the will of Team Elements! Despite the odds of facing for the team, they don't seem to bother about it and managed to pulled out a miracle out of nowhere! And because of that, Team Elements will move on to the semifinals! But one question remains… who would be their opponent in the next round? Let's keep tune in to find out! But for now, up next, it will be Team 5Ds will duel against Team Ragnarok to find a place for the semis as well! Be sure to capture that moment!
Wow… I can't believe it that we're actually made it to the next round… the semis… never thought of reaching this far without the help of Amber and my friends. This situation is nearly similar to the one that we attended in the WTGP a few months ago. But things are different from the looks of it, because this time, unlike any normal tournament, for those who are realized the situation that both of our team and 5Ds are facing in, the future is still at stake and the possibilities of getting a different ending is getting more and more of an annoyance and at the same time, a nerve-wracking moment. Will it be our victory and the future is save or will Team New World win this tournament and it will be the end of them all… but there is still one thing that bothers me the most when I think a lot since the day that I've met Kira-san… Z-ONE… I can still remember the story that Kira-san told me…
*flashback*
Kira: Z-ONE… I thought that if I managed to beat him, not only the city is saved for good, but also the world's fate will not change for the worse, everything that I've bet is all for nothing as if he just laughs of my desperate attempt to save the city.
And then, there's a few flashes about the gang's sad faces and the fallen tears from the girls that he knows which that they didn't complete the mission, the Ark Cradle fell onto the Neo Domino City, the city crumbles into oblivion and many people, including Yusei and the rest of the gang fall for their demise, leaving the surviving Kira all alone in that city.
Storm: Kira…
*End of flashback*
Just remembering that makes me think of something that haven't crossed my mind at all before this whole WRGP starts… who the heck is this Z-One? Was he like… the real boss of the real battle that was about to appear if we managed to get through it? I thought that Yliaster is already a nutbar for me to take care of this situation. And let's not forget to mention that some of my members are already have make it personal to these guys, especially Amber and myself. I still need to make a payback from what their Duelbots done to me a few months ago, especially to that Placido.
And also, I know this is an awkward question for me to ask but… is it me or did I just keep forgetting about dropping the honorifics as Kira-san told me to do so? What, is he old or something like that? No offense, Kira-san…
As I continued to ponder the whole thing in the current situation in this infirmary bed, I was failed to notice two things that occurs to me while I'm still in my own Wonderland… one, the duel between Team Ragnarok and Team 5Ds are live and on the TV and it seems like it was an even match between the two teams. And the other…
Amber: *looks at him while crossing my arms and raised my eyebrow* You seem to be in deep thought, Storm…
…I didn't notice that she was right in front of me the whole time. That little information runs towards my brain and hits me hard… really hard.
Storm: *stutters for a bit before surprised to see her* A-Amber! U-um… how long have you—
Amber: Long enough to see you in your 'thinking mode' for the time being. By the looks of it, you seem to be in trouble about something. So troubled, you failed to noticed me walking into this room, and let's not forget that I've to run here to discuss with you about something. Mind telling me what's been through your mind, Storm?
When she asked me about it, she approaches to me as she sits on the chair, which is next to my bed and just keep looking at me with a concern look on her face. Eh, why is it that my face is began to heat up when she looks at me like that? This has never happened to me before… wait, thinking back on what that Yuraq card said to me just now…
*another flashback, thoughts about Yuraq's speeches*
Does it involve you were not able to help out the ones that you wanted to help?
You have been talking a lot about the Crimson Vessel lately ever since that you've used my powers to save her.
And this Crimson Vessel, she really does reminded you of her, doesn't she?
Mortal, do you have any feelings on her?
Think this through and do not ended up regretting it later on…
*end of another flashback*
Amber: *waves my hand in front of his face* Hello~ earth to Storm, are you still in there? You know, if you keep ignoring me, I might have to 'snap' you out of your fantasy world of yours...
Storm: *snaps out of it* Ah! Sorry, Amber! There are times that I tend to lose my focus outside of dueling…
Amber:*sigh* No, it's okay, I can understand what you're trying to say in this kind of stuff. But please, whenever that you have something to think about, be sure to tell me about it, ok? This matter doesn't concerns you alone. That's the reason that we're partners in the first place.
Storm: Amber…
Amber: *takes a deep breath and get serious* Alright, now I can get to the point. Storm, there's something that I wanted to discuss with you. It's about Akira, your friend…
Storm: *confused* Akira? What about him? I saw him duel at the TV and he seems good about it.
Amber: *shakes my head* That's not what I meant, Storm. You know, he wasn't serious about this whole matter that we're currently in. If you notice the whole battle, he lets the other team go first and let his guard down which he thought that it was safe.
Storm: Well, his Steelswarm deck really needed to go second, so I don't see any problems there. That alone will give him advantage over his opponent and—
Amber: *intervenes* Let me finish what I have to say before you can continue on what you're about to say, okay? I just don't want him to screw things up the plan that both of our team and 5Ds are trying to lay out here. Storm, I know that he's your friend, but letting the other team go first and lowering your guard means to lose some serious life points. This isn't another turbo duel that everyone can enjoy to see it. Much to most people doesn't notice the whole situation and the wave those Team New World applied to the people, this is a duel where you put your life is on the line! *clenches fist* If Team New World wins this duel, I will never forgive myself for making such stupid decision by letting him join in our team in the first place!
I guess what she said was right in the first place. This duel is important not only to us, but also the sake of the future. I know that I was partly blame for this for not telling him the whole situation that we're facing at this time. I have my own reasons to do so… I just don't want any of my friends get involved something that is out of their hands but knowing him since the first day, once that he has locked something that he likes to do, there's no way that we can force him to back out from what he wanted to do…there's also another thing about Amber. As much as I don't want to say it in front of her and trying not to hurt her feelings at the same time, I think that she's too tense about this whole matter. If only that she can cool her head down for a bit, maybe she won't be in this tense at all. And with that, Amber continues on what she was about to say…
Amber: I know how he could feel, but we can't allow any options of failure in the WRGP! You know full well what happened to me a few months ago, right?
Just hearing what she said makes my fist tightens up for one bit and if it wasn't for that Earthbound Immortal card that I have in my disposal, there's a possibility that she wouldn't be with us today…
Amber: If Akira gets his grip on the situation that he's facing and take things more seriously more than ever, I'll let him stay in our team. But if he didn't pull himself together… he'll be off the team for good! And you better tell him about this matter, Storm! *looks at him with a serious glare* And I mean it!
Just hearing her shouting at me really threw my guard off for a minute there. Among all of the scolds and warning that I've listened to her, this is the first time that she's really serious about it. Great, how should I reply this answer?
Storm: *looks down for a bit before looking at her* I will, but I won't guarantee that he'll be able to fill in the requirement that you wanted, Amber.
As I give my words to her, Amber seems to calm down for a bit and her expression is back to her normal smile on her face. Well, there's one thing that I have to do now while waiting for the semis to come around… I think I better get back to my ride, head home and explain in the details to him.
Now that is out of the way, Amber helps me out from the bed and since that the pain in my back is decreasing, I think that I can get back on the track and make amends of my absence in the tournament. While we're walking out from the room, a random person suddenly knocked behind me, just rushing out of the way without even apologizing. But that's not the case…
Amber: Hey, Storm, you ok?
Okay, you might wonder why she asked me that question… if you really wanted to know, I actually had her leaning against the wall while I'm facing right in front of her, still holding her hand close to the wall and looked at her directly in her eyes. Man, this is REALLY an awkward situation. I can hear her breathing normally and I can feel it that it was hitting on my neck gently, if you can ignore that she has her confused look on her face when this thing happened all of the sudden and then, my chest had this tight feeling again, but one thing I do know is that I didn't blush, that's for sure. After that little moment that I've faced, the gears continue to rotate to normal to let the awkward moment go away. To tell you the truth, I don't know how to handle things that involves girls. That's right, you heard me right. If it's about normal things related to duel and Riding Duel, I guess that's fine by me... other than that, I'm close to zero since that I'm still not used to this kind of stuff.
Storm: *letting her go* Yeah… I guess so… *realized something and look around* By the way, where did Akira and Kira-san went off to this time?
Amber: *shrugs* I just don't know, Storm… I'm not their babysitter, so let them have their fun for the tomorrow.
I guess she's right. You know, I kinda like this pleasant feeling while she's holding my hand to help me out and drags me out of the hospital while making my way back to the ride at our pitstop, just like in that WTGP tournament with her enthusiastic charisma of having the duel for fun… oh man, I got drifted by my weird thoughts again. I wonder what the others are doing at this time?
*Akira's Point of View*
Oh yeah! What a rush for today! My first debut in the battle and I've managed to defeat 2 of the Wicked monsters before girly took over and puts the conclusion to them for good. At times, she was really tense about the whole thing. I mean, come on… this is just a normal tournament that was all about having fun! I still have no idea why would she work up over a small matter. Come to think of it, Sparky usually thinks the same thing when it comes to this kind of matter and he won't took part of the competition and ended up being another spectator, but in this case, it doesn't seem like it and that usually means that there's something was up. I mean, there's gotta be a reason why he was under assault from those guys in biker suits and not to mention a tall guy and a munchkin with rollerblades in white clothes a few days ago. I just had a feeling that Sparky had his reasons why he joined in the duel in the first place. How can I tell from this current information that I have? I can tell just by the way he's in the situation, just like in the good ol' military days where Zen was trying to recruiting a friend of Sparky's friend in his village and then, you know what happens right after that.
Man, it's evening already and I'm kinda hungry all of the sudden. Well, I might as well head towards some place, get some grub before heading back home. It's a good thing that I have a spare key for Sparky's home or else, I might spend my time outside of the apartment…
When I walked into that restaurant and sits at the place that has TV nearby so that I can watch, I can hear some sort of a conversation from a group of 3 people and they seemed that they aren't getting along well. I mean, come on, a tanned, bald Egyptian guy with a stern look on his face with his Egyptian clothes, all in white and a few gold decorations on his belt and shoes, and then there's another guy that dresses like a cowboy with a straw on his mouth and he doesn't seem to care much about the whole manners and stuff as he placed his feet on top of the table, trying to annoy the other guy who is another average Joe in his late 20s, wearing orange short sleeve shirt, blue torn jeans on the knees and black with gold lines on it as well. One thing I do know is that these guys are not in synchronization…
The Cowboy guy: Hmph, just because that we're sitting in this together, no thanks to that woman, that doesn't mean that we can all get along with this kind of situation alone. I mean, I think I should go solo with all my strongest fusion deck ever! And I, Shira Ryukino, shall be the one who will be the ace of the team and not only that, I shall claim the throne from that guy, Yusei Fudo and make name for myself!
Average Joe: *sigh* Let me remind you that this isn't what they a singles match, Shira. We're in this battle together and if it wasn't for that girl who wanted us to join in this tournament, maybe we wouldn't reached this far. Heck, if we win this battle and defeated Team 5Ds by pure chance, that's a bigger win that just beat the King alone. Just consider ourselves lucky that we've made it this far, isn't that right, Oberon Malketh?
Oberon: *just nodded in silent but still ignoring Shira and taking a sip of coffee*
Shira: *groans* Geez, this guy never seemed to talk much. Just how in the world did you can understand what he wanted to said, Dimon?
Dimon: That's because I ain't that harsh when it comes to talking big and such. And you do know that she has a reason to recruit us in the first place, right?
Oberon: …a reason that only she knows… I can never understand women...
Shira: Hmph, whatever. You two can do things your way, just don't get burned from my flames. *tilted my hat to cover my eyes*
Oberon: …it seems like no matter what we said, he doesn't seem to have interest in it or even to lend an ear about this matter…
Dimon: I agree with you completely… the only one that can take care of him is that girl alone. She knows what she is going to do about him.
Oberon: …the holy phoenix wielder?
Dimon: Nope, not that person… but when you put that thoughts into it, Shira did say that he wanted to duel her in the first place. *sigh* I just don't know where did that girl get him from…
Shira: I just don't get it how in the world would she wanted to have you two in my team in the first place. If it wasn't for something that she wanted from my deck, I don't think that you all could made it to this round. You all lowlifes should thanked me for what I've done in contributing the wins that was hard to maintained our team to stay in the league.
Man, that guy sure have a stuck-up attitude, even higher than Jacky before he lost his title with Yusei. And there's three things that I wanted to know… one, who's the girl that they kept mentioning in their conversations? Two, why do I got a funny feeling that these guys are more than meets the eye? I mean, come on, they don't get along very well, but still managed to pull off some sort of a miracle out of nowhere, just like how Sparky and girly does it in the nick of time… and third… where the heck is my freakin' food? I'm starving right over here! Don't let me get in that kitchen and forcing me to go "hulkster" in there… even I have my limits when it comes to my stomach. I really don't want to do the "Whatcha' gonna do, brother? Whatcha' gonna do when I come for you?" gimmick again, not my kind of stuff...
*Kira's Point of View*
Ah, bakery shop… even in this lovely evening, a man like me couldn't end my day without a NICE, BIG sandwich, like uh... kids waiting for Sunday morning just to watch their favourite cartoons... yeah, that sounds about right in my book. After watching the whole duel of Team 5Ds beating the heck out of team Ragnarok and our team pulls out the impossible with those Wicked monsters, it seems like we've managed to go to the next round after all. And let's not forget that Team New World made it to the next round as well… and of course the other random team that I forgot their name on it. I just hope that during the semis, we won't ended up either dueling against Team 5Ds or even Team New World in the beginning… but hey, anything is possible, right?
When I was looking around for my dinner for the day, I noticed that there was that ONE mouth watering, stacked up neatly sandwich, which it has ham and nice golden egg that was cooked well on it, left in that basket. And as I was about to get it and tried to grab it at the same time, another hand that was also headed for that sandwich as well and I ended up grabbing someone's hand instead. What the heck? This is my sandwich, for crying out loud!
?: Um… excuse me, but is it okay if I could have it?
Wait a minute… the one that spoke to me is a girl. She has a soft tone, her hand is feeling REALLY soft, even softer than Sherry's teddy bear in my timeline (don't try to ask me on how did I know that with the info that suddenly rushes into my head or even getting my chance of holding her teddy bear in the first place before accidentally hitting the wrong "button" without looking on where should I've looked at cause that's the last thing I don't want to remember... man, bad time for me and I have no idea why am I thinking this right now for comparison.) and she was wearing some sort of a trench coat that was made for the women and when I looked at her, man, did I just amazed by the way I've looked at her... a hottie.
With her innocent look, she has the similar long silver hair, just like mine but it was all the way onto her thighs, that blue eyes that displays an aura of kindness and affection. Inside the trench coat that she wears, there is a blue blouse and nice sleek black pants that she wears, the coat has blue lines going down at the edges of her sleeves as a decoration. Man, a hottie just two meters away from my face and at this time, I'm holding her hand. This is the part where a man like me should try to maintain my composure rather than let my hormones kick in that it will ended up going for the 'kill'. Man, I just wish that I'm playing a bad guy around here so that things will go my way…
Kira: *ahem* Uh, sure, you can have it. I can have these normal sandwiches anyways…
?: *gets happy* Ah, thank you very much, um…
Kira: *offers a handshake* The name's Thantos, Kira Thantos.
Yukino: *giggles for a bit before shaking his hand* It's nice to meet you too. I'm Yukino Ayuki. By the way, I wanted to ask you something, if you don't mind…
Kira: Sure, I got no problem with 100 questions that you wanna hit me with. So, just shoot it away…
Yukino: Okay, well, here goes… *ahem* You see, I've been wondering for a while now, I know that you are from Team Elements, yes? Then, why aren't you dueling right after the selection of the top 16?
Whoa, didn't see that one coming… man, this babe sure is sharp and not all about the look when it comes to things that I got myself involve in my team. Well, in this case, I tried to get myself away from dueling from others for the time being until further notice so that I don't have to repeat the same mistakes that I've made in my timeline. But for how long? Only time will tell…
Kira: Well, to be honest with ya', I was only there as a substitute or something that I would like to call a benchwarmer. Another reason of me doing so is because I wanted to get a front view of the battle so that I won't missed a beat.
With that response, she was surprised to hear it and before I knew it, she breaks down into giggles. Man, everytime she giggles out, I had a feeling that I wanted to hug her like a teddy bear or if even possible, eat her up 'til I'm full… seriously, that's how I feel at this time.
Yukino: I'm not sure how I should respond to this matter, but I also planned the same thing as well. *looks at him with a smile on my face* The whole reason I joined in the tournament is because of getting myself a good view from the pitstop as well. Oh my, it seems like both of us have something in common, Mr. Thantos. *smiles*
Kira: Please, just call me Kira. *smiles a bit*
Man, I can't believe it… not only that she wears the same trench coat in black colour, but also having the same interest AND same train of thoughts as I am! Wow, it was like as if, I've met my soulmate… or in this case, my mirror, gender bender self… okay, remind me of NOT thinking like that again. That's just plain creepy, even more creepier than Ryder with his egg sandwich obsession that has no end to it and Lumina's wacky combination of weird ingredients for her new ramen experiment at the same time, combined.
Kira: So uh… wanna go somewhere together? That is... if you're not busy or anything like that... *scratches the back of my head*
Yukino: *smiles* Sure!
Wow, I think I just hit the jackpot... I'm willing to go for a trade. A sandwich that I wanted so much, for a hot babe right in front of me with both looks and brains. Man, I could get used to this new life in this timeline if it's her. Hmm, there's one thing I gotta know… why did she asked me the question earlier? As I ponder for a bit about it, there's just one conclusion that I can think of it… NAH~! I don't have time to think that! I think that she might got eliminated earlier in the tournament and ended up as a spectator, maybe this is the reason that she noticed me? That's a possibility...
Well, there you have it. Three different point of views right after the battle. So now, Storm has to take care of the responsibility that he made a promise with Amber. Just how does he is going to do so? Let's Break It Down to the next chapter!