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Yu-gi-oh! 5Ds after hours
Chapter two: Yusei and friends do Royal Woods
Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan and Kalin Kessler were somewhere in Michigan state, having traveled cross-country on a road trip from their home in New Domino City, a suburb of San Francisco, California. The four roommates/friends were traveling in one of those big Volkswagen vans from the sixties, complete with tie-dye paint job. For a vehicle that had to be at least fifty years old by this point, it was not only in remarkably good condition, but it ran very well. This is because Yusei, the van's driver/owner, takes care of the Volkswagen van as well as he takes care of his Duel Runner.
"So, I was doing some research on this whole 'Link Summoning' business that they're coming out with," Yusei said in a conversational tone to his roommates as he drove into the parking lot of a two-story motel building called 'Royal Woods Motel'. (1)
"Yeah, what about it?" Jack asked, giving Yusei a questioning look.
"Well, let's just say that I may be refraining from playing duel monsters for a while," Yusei replied as he pulled into a parking space a few feet from the motel's office door. Turning off the Volkswagen van's engine, Yusei said as he slipped the keys into his right front pocket, "Well anywho, let's get a room here so we can finally get some fucking sleep. Not counting stops for gas, eating and relieving ourselves, we've been on the road since six this morning according to my watch. And seeing as how it is now…"
Yusei paused to take a look at his wrist watch on his right wrist. "…Close to nine at night, I think it's safe to say that we can use a rest," Yusei finished.
As the four friends walked to the motel's office (which Yusei and the others were eternally grateful was still open), Crow said, "Hoo boy, I still can't believe Akiza gave us the okay to take this road trip so we could go to Music-palooza!"
"I'm just guessing that she was looking forward to the time without any guys in the house," Yusei remarked, "Although now that the subject's been brought up, I can't help but wonder. What does Akiza have planned while we're here in Michigan?"
…
Back in New Domino City, Akiza Izinski was sitting on the sofa in the living room of Jack's penthouse. She was wearing only her bra, underwear, and a really baggy t-shirt that reached halfway down her thighs. Her butt plopped firmly down on the center seat of the sofa, Akiza had a tub of ice cream on the sofa next to her on her right.
Leaning forward, Akiza grabbed the game station controller, turned on one of the video services on the game station, and leaned back once an episode of some anime started playing. Sighing in a content tone, Akiza said, "I finally have the chance to embrace my inner otaku and watch all the anime I want while Yusei and his friends are gone."
Leaning to her right somewhat so that her butt was aimed away from her ice cream, Akiza let out a rather loud, rather long fart. "Hoo boy, I've been holding that one in for days," Akiza remarked to herself as the episode's opening credits started to play.
…
Back in the parking lot of 'Royal Woods Motel' over in Michigan, Yusei shrugged and said to the other guys, "Meh, she's probably just going to keep house." With Yusei taking the lead, the four guys went into the motel's office to get a room.
Eventually, after they checked in and got up to their motel room (which was on the second floor), Yusei and the others all settled in. They even managed to make a quick run for dinner, which was just two pizzas and some two-liters of cola.
"Hey Crow," Kalin began after taking a gulp from his red plastic cup of soda, "You said that you have a friend living here in Royal Woods who's going to help us with getting to Music-palooza. What's this guy's name?"
"It's actually a girl," Crow corrected in a casual tone. After taking and chewing a bite from his current slice of pizza, Crow continued, "Her name is Luna. Despite still being in High School, Luna is one hell of a dude that you can always count on to have your back. She saved my skin the last few times I made trips out here to Royal Woods."
"Wait a minute, you've been out here before?" Jack asked, his expression a mix of surprise and worry.
"Pfft, dude, you and the other guys would be surprised to learn of all of the places I've been to," Crow replied casually, "Over the years, my work has taken me to a variety of dangerous and exotic places. Konohagakure, Magnolia Town, Gullah-Gullah Island…" (2)
"So, this Luna girl is a friend of yours, Crow?" Yusei asked in a casual tone, having taken a friendly interest in learning about Crow's past.
"Yeah, and I've even met some of Luna's siblings," Crow replied.
"This Luna girl has a few siblings, huh?" Kalin remarked, "Not all that surprising. So, tell us, how many siblings does Luna have? Two? Three?"
"Ten," Crow replied.
"…I beg your pardon?" Kalin asked after a few seconds in a somewhat quiet tone, clearly having been caught off guard by Crow's response.
"Luna has ten siblings from what she's told me," Crow explained, "Although I've only met her older sister Leni and younger sister Lynn Jr." Taking a sip from his red plastic cup of soda, Crow said, "Boys, let me tell you that Luna's sister Leni is an absolute sweetheart. You'll never meet a more pleasant girl in your life."
"Wow, Birdbrain," Jack said in a genuinely impressed tone, "That's the nicest thing that I've ever remembered hearing you say about anyone. And before you say anything, I am not counting all of the praise you give to your girlfriend Brianna because everything that you say about her somehow loops back to the fact that the two of you constantly have sex with each other."
"Brianna is my future baby mama, so she's a special case," Crow explained.
"So back to the point of why we came all the way out here to Michigan," Yusei said, "Music-palooza."
"Fuck yeah!" Crow exclaimed, standing up quickly and pumping both fists into the air.
And so, over pizza and cola, Yusei and his friends talked about how they were looking forward to Music-palooza, which would start sometime the following day. After exhausting what energy that they had left, the guys all turned in for the night, and as they slept, they dreamed dreams of the dank music that they would enjoy at the concert to end all concerts.
The next day, sometime early in the morning, Yusei and company drove over to where Music-palooza was being held. Upon getting out of the Volkswagen van, Yusei, Jack and Kalin were somewhat surprised to see all of the tents that have been set up in the large local park. "Holy shit," Jack remarked, his eyes widened somewhat in surprise, "This looks less like a concert camp ground and more like a nomadic village."
"That's Music-palooza for you, Jack," Crow replied with a self-amused grin. Turning to face his friends, Crow said, "Well anywho, we should go in and get our passes for Music-palooza."
"You know, Crow," Yusei began in a concerned tone, "Even though we're doing this about fifteen minutes until six in the morning, I'm not sure if we're going to be able to get our Music-palooza passes."
"That's why I have a plan, my good friends," Crow said to Yusei and the others. Gesturing for them to follow him, Crow said, "Come. Let's go get in line. There's no point waiting around and letting the line get longer."
"There's already a line?!" Jack nearly exclaimed.
"Jack, dude, this is Music-palooza we're talking about here," Crow pointed out, "There was most likely already a line when we pulled into the motel parking lot last night.
Face-palming out of mild frustration, Jack muttered to himself, "Bloody hell…"
…
A few hours later, Yusei, Jack and Kalin were standing in line to get passes for Music-palooza; Crow, who had to go use the bathroom, left the line, with Yusei making sure that Crow can get his spot back upon returning from the bathroom. The guys were doing this for each other whenever one of them had to take a leak or something.
"It's barely eight AM, and we aren't even halfway up the bloody fucking line yet," Jack muttered, pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
"And Crow's been gone for a while," Yusei remarked with just the barest hint of concern in his tone, "Do you think he's okay?"
"He probably just lied about having to take a shit so that he could sneak over to where all of the tents have been set up so he could see what he could steal," Jack remarked in a tone that strongly suggested that Jack firmly believed he was right.
"Oh, come on, Jack," Kalin remarked, "Have a little faith in Crow, will you?" (3) As the three guys waited in line, they saw a teenage girl walk up to them. She had fair skin, yellow-blonde hair that reached a little bit down her shoulders, and wore a green sleeveless dress that reached about halfway down her thighs, a pair of sandals, small red hoop earrings, and a pair of white-frame sunglasses (over her head). She had a cute purse that matched her dress's color with her, its strap over her right shoulder.
"Excuse me, but can you guys help me?" the teenage girl asked innocently, "I'm trying to find the place where all of the cars are parked."
"You mean the parking lot?" Yusei replied, a mildly confused look on his face as he regarded the teenage girl.
"Yeah! That's it!" the teenage girl replied as she nodded enthusiastically. As the teenage girl nodded, Jack face-palmed while muttering something about having finally and unfortunately found girl-Crow.
Pointing in the direction of the parking lot, Yusei said, "If you go straight in that direction, you'll eventually hit the parking lot."
"Oh no," the teenage girl replied in a mildly concerned tone, "I don't want to hit the place where all the cars are parked, I just want to find it."
"Look lady," Jack began in a mildly frustrated tone, "My friends and I aren't really in the mood for this. We've been standing in line for a little over two hours, and I'm not sure about my friends, but my feet are killing me."
Gasping in shock, the teenage girl said, "Oh no, this is terrible!" Reaching into her purse, the teenage girl pulled out a smartphone. "Don't you worry, sir," the teenage girl said to Jack, "I'll call the police right away!"
"Wait, what?!" Jack exclaimed, a shocked look on his face; Yusei and Kalin likewise also looked shocked.
"I'll call the police and have them arrest your feet for attempted murder!" the teenage girl said in a confident tone, "No one's feet are going to kill them on my watch!"
"Oh, for the love of…" Jack said in an annoyed and angry tone. To the teenage girl, Jack said, "My feet aren't literally trying to kill me! I was using a figure of speech!"
"Speech has a figure?" the teenage girl asked, "Is it better than mine? I've been getting diet tips from my older sister Lori because I'm worried that the new dress that I want to get won't-"
"DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND METAPHORS, YOU MORONIC FUCKING RETARD?!" Jack shouted angrily at the teenage girl, cutting her off. The teenage girl just stood there, quiet and unmoving. An upset look appeared on the teenage girl's face as tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, followed by her shaking somewhat. Within a few seconds, the teenage girl turned around and ran away, tears streaming down her face as she cried.
"Jack, what the hell was that for?!" Yusei remarked, a disappointed look on his face.
"Oh, come on, Yusei," Jack defended, "That girl was Crow's stupidity turned up to eleven. I had every right to call her out like that." About a minute or so after Jack's incident with the teenage girl, Crow came walking back over to the guys, accompanied by another teenage girl.
Somewhat shorter than the last teenage girl, this teenage girl had brown hair in a pixie cut, wore paperclips as earrings, had at least three bracelets on each wrist, wore a sleeveless purple tank-top with the image of a skull on it, a purple skirt that almost reached her knees, two white belts over her waist, and a pair of purple boots that came close to reaching her knees.
"So, Crow," the teenage girl said to Crow as the two of them approached Yusei and the others, "Are you and your friends ready for Music-palooza?"
"Damn straight we are," Crow replied to the teenage girl as he offered her a fist bump, which she accepted right away.
"Hey Crow, there you are," Kalin said when Crow and the teenage girl came close enough. Pointing to Crow's guest, Kalin asked, "Who is this?"
"Oh, dudes," Crow remarked to all three of his friends, "This here is my friend that I was telling you about." Gesturing to the teenage girl that was with him, Crow said to Yusei and the others, "Bros, this here is Luna Loud." Turning his head to face the teenage girl, Crow said, "Luna, these are my roommates that I was telling out about. The guy with the dark hair with yellow highlights is Yusei, the blonde guy is Jack, and the guy with white hair is Kalin."
"'Sup, bros?" Luna greeted Yusei and the others with a casual wave, "Are you three ready for the greatest music festival in the history of music festivals?!"
"I'm surprised that your parents would even allow you to attend this event," Kalin remarked to Luna, "I mean, today's Monday. Don't you have school or something?"
"All of the schools here in Royal Woods have the week off," Luna explained, "So not only will I get to enjoy as much Music-palooza as I want, but my parents won't have to worry about me missing any school."
"Everyone wins," Crow said, holding up his right index finger in a gesture one would make when pointing something out.
"Well hurry up and get back in line, Crow," Yusei said, "I can't keep holding a place for you forever, you know."
"Oh dudes, there's no need to worry about that," Crow replied, "As I was walking back to meet up with you guys, I spotted Luna in the line and we got to talking a bit. Before we knew it, were at the front of the line, so we bought enough passes for all five of us." To showcase his point, Crow pulled out and flashed five passes; they were the kind that were attached to lanyards that you wear around your neck.
"About bloody time you did something right, Birdbrain," Jack said as he, Yusei and Kalin got out of line to receive their passes from Crow and Luna.
"Seeing as how we're set for Music-palooza now," Luna began, "You guys wanna go grab some grub?"
"Sounds like a plan," Yusei replied as he and the other guys followed Luna to the area at the festival grounds where all of the concession and souvenir stands were.
A few minutes later, Yusei, Jack, Crow, Kalin and Luna were all sitting on the ground near a tree somewhere in the festival grounds, drinking sodas. Some wrappers from snack cakes were the only evidence that the group had eaten anything at all. "How come we didn't get more to eat than just a few snacks?" Kalin asked.
"My sister Lynn is going to be coming by here with a cooler of snacks for us later," Luna explained, "So there was no need to go overboard on buying some grindage. Besides, this way we save some money for souvenirs."
"Ah yes, Crow mentioned that sister of yours to us," Yusei remarked as he pointed to Luna, "He said she was actually called Lynn Jr."
Nodding once in the affirmative, Luna replied, "Yeah, she's actually named after our dad."
"A man named his daughter after himself?" Jack remarked, a confused look on his face.
"Well Lynn is a unisex name, Jack," Yusei pointed out. (4)
"Yeah," Kalin said to Luna, "Crow said that he actually met your sister Lynn. What kind of girl is this sister Lynn of yours, anyway?"
"She's a major sports nut," Luna explained, "Always active, always trying to turn everything into a sport. She's got a lot of stamina, that younger sister of mine." Taking a bite out of some large cookie, Luna chewed and swallowed before continuing, "Lynn can be a tad aggressive from time to time, and my older sister Lori has called Lynn out on more than one occasion for being too rough with our younger brother Lincoln. But Lynn's a good girl when it comes down to it, and I wouldn't trade being sisters with her for any-"
"Hey Luna!" a young female voice called out, cutting the teenage girl off. Yusei and the others watched as a thirteen-year-old girl came running up to them, dragging a red cooler on wheels by its long handle behind her. The girl wore a red and white sports jersey with sleeves reaching halfway down her forearms, a pair of red sports shorts, white socks and black sneakers. She also had brown hair, same as Luna, but it was longer, at least long enough for the girl to pull back into a tomboyish ponytail.
Dragging the cooler up next to Luna, the girl said, "Here's the grub for you and your pals from California, Luna."
"Thanks, Lynn," Luna said to the girl. To Yusei and the others, Luna said, "Boys, this is my younger sister Lynn."
"Hey Crow," Lynn greeted as she waved at Crow.
"How's school going for you, Lynn?" Crow greeted in response.
"I'm actually able to do somewhat better on my own, actually," Lynn replied in a conversational tone, "Granted, I'd still be in a really bad spot if Lisa were to suddenly stop tutoring me, but my personal skills are improving." Pointing to Yusei and the others, Lynn said to Crow, "So are these your friends that Luna told me about?"
"Yeah," Crow replied, "Going from left to right, their names are Yusei, Jack and Kalin."
"Nice to meet you, Lynn," Yusei greeted in a friendly manner.
"Hey sis," Luna said, "If you got the time, you should totally chill with us for a bit."
"Sounds like a plan," Lynn replied as she sat down on the ground next to her older sister. And so, Yusei, his friends and two of the Loud sisters passed the time, telling stories, cracking jokes, and consuming grindage. At one point, Crow stood up, took out a lighter, lit it, then held it in front of his butt as he farted, causing a stream of fire to appear.
"Good one, dude!" Luna laughed as she pointed to Crow. Quickly, Luna said, "Crow, dude, quick! Hand the lighter over!" Doing as Luna had asked, Crow handed her his lighter. Then Luna stood up, lit the lighter, and held it in front of her butt as she farted, causing a stream of fire to appear as well; Luna's flame was about as big as the one Crow made.
"See, guys?" Crow said to Yusei and the other guys, "I told you that Luna was one rocking dude!" Crow and Luna then laughed; Yusei, Kalin and even Jack (much to Jack's surprise) found themselves joining Crow and Luna in on their laughing.
Sighing, Lynn remarked aloud, "Amateurs." Holding her hand out, Lynn made a gesture with it to show that she wanted the lighter handed over to her. With Crow nodding in agreement, Luna handed Crow's lighter over to Lynn. Standing up, Lynn lit the lighter, held it in front of her butt, and farted. The flame that resulted was far bigger than Crow's flame and Luna's flame combined; one could not be blamed for honestly thinking that the flame was produced by a weapons-grade flamethrower. Having just seen weapons-grade fire shoot out from Lynn's butt, Yusei, Jack and Kalin were stunned, their respective responses as follows.
"…Wow."
"Bloody hell."
"Holy shit."
Tossing the lighter back to Crow, Lynn said with an amused smirk, "That's what meatball grinders will do for you, boys."
"Yeah, word to the wise," Luna said as she turned to face the boys, "Lynn here can pull of some rather powerful Dutch ovens that are nothing short of legendary. Tick her off at your own peril."
"I will do my utmost to refrain from ticking her off," Yusei declared, drawing nods of agreement from the other guys. Seeing all of the men nod in unison like that made Lynn snicker a bit.
A few minutes later, Lynn took her leave, having done the job that she came to the festival grounds for. After Lynn had left, Luna turned to face the guys.
"So, boys, what do you all think?" Luna asked, "Is my little sister one of the most rocking dudes you have ever met in your life or what?"
"I will never invite her over to my place on chili night," Jack swore in a firm yet worried tone.
"Oh, come on," Kalin remarked, "Luna's sister's gas can't be any worse than Crow's."
"That girl farted dragon's fire, Kalin," Jack pointed out, "I don't know about you, but I'd like my penthouse to stay standing!"
"Well then, Crow's blonde friend," Luna said with just the barest hint of annoyance in her tone, "If Lynn being awesome is too much for you to handle, then maybe you wouldn't mind it if either of my two older sisters came over. They're more of the social, classy girl type, if that's your preferred company."
"Your older sisters, huh?" Yusei remarked, "Leni is one of them, right?"
"Yeah," Luna replied as the bare hint of annoyance in her tone faded away, "Leni and Lori both."
"Huh, your one older sister's name is Lori, you say," Jack remarked. Holding a hand to his chin, Jack said, "That name strikes me a familiar, yet I can't put my finger on it…"
"What kind of girl is your sister Lori, might I ask?" Yusei began.
"Well out of all of my siblings and I, Lori is the oldest," Luna explained, "And she uses that fact to boss us around all the fucking time. She's also the only one of us out of my siblings and I who can drive, so she makes us do her chores for her in exchange for rides."
"No offence, but your older sister Lori sounds like a slave driver," Kalin remarked.
"Lori does not just sound like a slave driver," Luna said, "She is a slave driver, not to mention the fact that Lori is the world's biggest bitch. …But still, Lori does have her good points. Lori's way of managing all of us while mom and dad are out actually works at keeping everything from going to hell, and like I said, Lori is not afraid to call Lynn out if she's too rough with Lincoln."
"Mmm hmm," Yusei said as he nodded, "So Lori is a sweet girl at heart, I take it?"
"Lori is a sweet person when it comes down to it, yes," Luna replied, "But if you want a girl who is all sweet all the time, then you'll want my other older sister Leni. She's the second-oldest out of my siblings and I, and she's arguably the prettiest as well. Although to give you all fair warning, Leni is rather slow on the uptake."
"I…take it that it's because she's one of those stereotypical airheaded teenage girls?" Kalin asked.
"Umm, actually…" Luna continued in a mildly unsure tone, "…It's because Leni has a learning disability." Hearing Luna say this put stunned looks of shock on the faces of Yusei, Jack and Kalin; only Crow did not look shocked. "Yeah, Leni's really sensitive about it," Luna explained as she wore a mildly somber expression, "So very few people outside of our family are even aware of it." Her expression suddenly gaining a lot of steeled resolve, Luna said to Yusei, Jack and Kalin, "If any of you three end up meeting Leni, do NOT let her know that you're aware of her learning disability, and do NOT treat her like a special case. Because if you do…"
Seeing Luna standing up as she gripped the neck of her electric guitar, Crow said, "Woah, whoa, easy there, Luna." Standing up, Crow said, "Luna, dude, we of the Atlas Penthouse do not discriminate against those with learning disabilities. Sure, we tell disparaging jokes aimed at different ethnicities, we mock fat people, and every Halloween I dress up as the Grim Reaper and visit the local retirement home. But we do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, mock those with learning disabilities. Personally speaking, I just don't have it in me to do that."
"Umm…yeah," Yusei said to Luna, "What Crow said." Shaking his head somewhat in an attempt to clear it, Yusei continued, "Luna, you and your siblings are always welcomed over at our place. If you guys are ever in the New Domino City area of San Francisco and need a place to stay, feel free to call us up."
"Hold the bloody phone just one fucking minute," Jack interrupted. Turning to face Yusei, Jack said, "It's nice that you're showing the girl and her family such kindness Yusei, but why are you rolling out the red carpet for them to come to MY penthouse?! It's not called the Atlas penthouse for nothing, you know!"
"You, me, Kalin and Crow all cover an equal share of the monthly expenses, Jack," Yusei pointed out with a stoic, bored look, "It isn't so much just your penthouse anymore." Jack looked like he was about to argue, but he then relented, realizing that Yusei actually had a point.
"So yeah, dude," Crow said to Luna, "The bros here and I will treat Leni like we would any of your other siblings. You have my word."
Smiling, Luna said, "Thanks, dude. It's really cool to hear that after so many people believe that they have to act 'careful' around my older sister. And it would mean a lot to Leni as well."
"You guys are welcome," Crow replied, "Now come on. Let's go check out more of the festival grounds before the music starts. I promised my girlfriend Brianna that I'd get her a rocking souvenir of some kind, and I haven't bought one for her yet. I don't suppose you'd know what would be a good idea for me to get her?"
With a sly, amused look on her face, Luna replied, "Tell me about this girl, and I'll see what I can help you find, Crow."
Later, Yusei and his group were wandering the area of the festival grounds with the concession and souvenir stands. Crow was holding a small plastic case that held a chain necklace with a bat-shaped charm, except the bat's body was replaced with the body of an acoustic guitar. "Holy shit, dude," Crow said to Luna, "I bet that Brianna will love this! Thanks again!"
"Anytime, bro," Luna replied as she offered Crow a fist bump, which he accepted. As Yusei and the others wandered around, they heard a female voice call out, "Hey, Luna!" Hearing this caused the group to turn around and see a group of kids of various ages walk up.
The tallest one of the group was a girl of about seventeen years of age, with blonde hair, a teal tank-top, tan shorts and shoes of a somewhat darker shade of teal than the tank-top. This girl was holding an infant in her arms; aside from a tuft of blonde hair on her head, all that this baby had on her was a diaper.
The second girl of the group had brown hair tied back in a ponytail. This girl wore a sleeveless white shirt, a yellow-plaid skirt, yellow socks, and brown shoes. She had three pink flowers on her as ornaments, one on each shoe and one on the upper left side of her shirt.
The next kid was the only boy of the group; he had white-blonde hair, wore an orange polo shirt, blue pants, and white sneakers with red stripes on them. Standing next to the boy was a girl who looked like a stereotypical goth; black hair that covered her eyes, black dress, black-and-white stripped sleeves and stockings, black shoes.
Then there were two blonde girls who were around the same height, but they were dressed completely different from each other; one was dressed like a princess, what with the pink dress, pink dress gloves, a faux pearl necklace (at least Yusei was hoping it was faux pearls) and even a tiara, whereas the other girl was wearing a dark-blue shirt under a pair of overalls, a red baseball cap (worn backwards), and white sneakers with black stripes.
Even those these two blonde girls could not look any more different from each other, Yusei could tell full well that they were twins; having helped to practically raise Leo and his twin sister Luna (not Luna Loud) (5), Yusei knew twins when he saw them.
The last girl of the group was somewhat shorter than the supposed twins; she had brown hair, wore glasses, a green sweater, reddish-colored pants, and brown shoes. Yusei could tell just by looking at this girl that she was one sharp cookie.
"Hey, guys!" Luna greeted the group enthusiastically as she walked up to join them. Turning around to face Yusei and the other guys, Luna said, "Bros, these are my siblings. That's Lori holding Lily, Luan is the one with the white shirt and yellow skirt, Lucy is the dark one, the twins are Lola and Lana, Lisa is the short smart one, and my brother is Lincoln."
"Bloody hell," Jack remarked as he and the other guys all looked at the Loud siblings, "Well isn't this a wonderfully quirky cast of differing personalities and unique lifestyles."
"Yep," Luna remarked, "And I love it!"
"Now hang on," Kalin remarked, "I distinctly remember Crow telling the other guys and I that you have ten siblings, yet I only count eight."
"Yeah, Crow's friend with the white hair as a point, dudes," Luna said to her siblings, "Where are Leni and Lynn?" At that point, Lynn came walking in with the teenage girl that Yusei, Jack and Kalin had met earlier while they were waiting in line for Crow to get back. The teenage girl was holding a necklace similar to the one that Crow had bought for Brianna.
"This necklace is, like, totes adorable, Lynn!" the teenage girl said to Lynn as they walked.
"Don't you already have a bazillion pieces of jewelry at home already, Leni?" Lynn asked, "You're starting to make Lola's collection of play jewelry look anemic."
Gasping in a shocked tone, Leni said with a worried expression, "I made Lola's toys sick? Oh no, that's terrible! I'm so sorry!"
Face-palming, Lynn replied in an unamused monotone, "Forget I said anything."
"Hey Lynn! Leni! Over here!" Luna called out, getting the attention of the other two girls.
When they got close enough, Jack pointed at Leni and said, "Bloody hell, Yusei and Kalin! It's the girl from earlier!"
Seeing Jack, Leni pointed at him and screamed in fear. "It's the man who was mean to me earlier!" Leni cried as tears started to well up in the corners of her eyes.
"Wait a minute," Lori interrupted. Casting an accusing glare at Jack, Lori said, "What did you do to my sister, you bastard?"
"Yeah, what the hell did I miss?" Crow asked as he turned to face Jack.
Sighing in a resigned tone, Yusei explained, "Earlier today Crow, as Jack, Kalin and I were waiting for you to get back, this girl here came up to us and asked for directions to the parking lot. She kept taking everything we said literally, and after the third or fourth time, Jack snapped and yelled an insult at her, making her run away crying."
"What did you call my sister?" Luna asked, giving Jack an accusing glare.
"Jack called your sister, and I'm quoting him on this one, a moronic fucking retard," Kalin said to Luna, causing her expression and the expression of every other Loud sister aside from Leni and Lily to grow murderously angry; Lincoln's expression wasn't so much as angry, so much as it was very disappointed and unhappy.
"He called Leni WHAT?!" Luna exclaimed, steam seemingly billowing out of her ears; the musical Loud sister's anger had clearly reached cataclysmic levels.
Seeing the looks on the faces of most of the Loud sisters, Yusei, Kalin and Crow backed up, leaving Jack alone. "Again, I'm just quoting Jack on this one," Kalin explained as he, Yusei and Crow backed up, "His words do not reflect my own personal feelings on the matter in any way whatsoever."
"You girls have my permission to do to Jack what you see fit," Crow said just before he, Yusei and Kalin got as far away as possible (they backed into the back of a van similar to Yusei's).
Handing Lily over to Leni, Lori said, "Leni, you stay here with Lily and Lincoln." Casting a murderous glare at Jack, Lori continued, "The girls and I have some cleaning up to do."
"Let's fuck him up!" Lana exclaimed angrily as she pulled a large wrench out from her overalls, prompting the other girls to all charge at Jack.
"Hey wait, don't!" Jack exclaimed in alarm as he was charged by eight angry girls of varying age. But it was too late; like a pack of wolves jumping on a lone deer or a group of fat people jumping on an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet, the Loud sisters all jumped on Jack, throwing any and every hit they could think of on the poor blonde turbo duelist.
With looks of horror on their faces, Yusei and Kalin watched as their friend was getting beaten up by eight girls ranging in age from four to seventeen. Only Crow did not look horrified; his expression was one of grim understanding, as if he knew that this had to be done. After a few minutes, the Loud sisters all got off of Jack, but that was mostly due to the fact that he had stopped screaming. Walking over to Jack, Crow bent down and checked for a pulse.
"Yep," Crow remarked as he got back up, "Jack's dead." (6)
"Well it's a good thing we're here at Music-palooza," Luna remarked, "We can just make it look like he died from a drug overdose."
"An excellent point, Luna," Crow agreed, "Go for it." As Luna and her sisters who had a role in beating Jack to death carried Jack's body off to make it look like he died from a drug overdose, Yusei, Crow and Kalin looked to Leni, Lily and Lincoln.
A mildly upset look on her face, Leni asked Yusei and the other guys in a concerned tone, "You…you guys don't think that I have a bad brain, do you?"
In response, Yusei, Crow and Kalin all said a number of things in unison that all stated that they had no such opinion of Leni whatsoever; the only thing that was understandable out of the jumbled mess of the guys talking was at the end where Kalin said, "The nicest girl I've ever had the pleasure to meet, really."
"Aww, thanks," Leni replied in a touched tone before turning around to go follow her sisters with Lily and Lincoln, leaving Yusei, Crow and Kalin alone.
After all of the Loud siblings were gone, Yusei and Kalin turned to face Crow. "Why did we not only allow them to get away with killing Jack, but are also allowing them to dispose of his dead body in whatever way that they see fit?" Yusei asked Crow.
With an indifferent shrug, Crow replied, "Yusei, you've got to learn that what happens in Royal Woods STAYS in Royal Woods."
END, CHAPTER TWO
Author's Notes:
(1) The Royal Woods Motel. You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Approach it with caution.
(2) You do NOT want to know about the business that Crow had at Gullah-Gullah Island.
(3) That's a mighty tall order.
(4) This is true.
(5) The Luna has been doubled!
(6) He'll respawn.
Well, there's chapter two for you. If you're noticing the pattern already, then that's a good thing, as you should know what to expect from the rest of the chapters. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some research on various shows to do.
As a side note, I did some research on Link Summoning; I honestly don't think that it's going to be as bad as most people I know of are making it out to be.