A/N: Okay, to make things clear, this will have no dueling in it (even tho ik how to duel, it'll still be weird), though there'll be references to the anime, and most characters may be OOC. Don't like what you're seeing? Bear with it. And please forgive me if there are things that're "missing", as I said in my profile, I'm imaginative, but not that creative. This story's main pairing is slowburn predatorship, but i'll do my best with the other characters.

New A/N: This chapter has been edited. I recommend to reread it if you have time as I added some minor but important details. Thanks!

Warnings are at the bottom. It feels kinda wrong to pot 'em up here, so they're at the bottom if you wanna read/know 'em.

Disclaimer: I don't, in any way, own YGO Arc V

Let's go!

"Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter."

-Brad Henry

Yuri sighed. He just came back home from work; he had an overtime (Yugo and Yuto left two hours earlier). His back hurt and his head ached. Even if it's just been around 5 months into this job, it's already exhausting.

He's working as a scientist, and if needed, as the CEO's Bodyguard in Leo Corp. And due to some projects that were going on, their salary was reduced so much.

He put his shoes at a shoe rack then went to find his brothers—Yuto, Yugo, and Yuya. Yuto, the eldest, is also an employee of Leo Corp. He, though, is a boss, and like Yuri, sometimes a bodyguard. He seems to be working on some papers.

"Welcome home, Yuri. Dinner will be ready in a while, I'm just gonna finish this," Yuto said tiredly.

"Thanks, Yuto. I'll just leave my things upstairs," Yuri told him. Yuto nodded and went back to his work.

Yugo, the third eldest, was nowhere to be found. He was probably in the garage, tinkling his motorcycle. Yugo was also working in Leo Corp. as their hacker, and he was exponentially good at it.

Yuya, the youngest, was asleep on the couch. Out of them, he was the only one who doesn't work in Leo Corp. No, he was a magician, an entertainer at children's parties, and a Stand-Up-Comedian and singer at bars. He is also a good guitarist (second to Yuto) and an actor and sometimes works in a circus as a guest.

He woke up. "Welcome home, big bro. How was your day?" Yuya asked while rubbing his head then yawned.

"As terrible as ever, little brother. I took an overtime and damn was it exhausting. But again, we need money." Yuri sighed.

"Aww… do you need a hug, big bro?" Yugo said, finally emerging from his cave known as the garage.

"No, little brother. I have no need for such things, except if it's from Yuya. And if you don't know already, I find affection useless." Yuri smelled something, something like– "By the way, you reek of motor oil," Yuri said in disgust, pushing him away with a gloved finger. He wore rubber ones in the lab, of course, but sometimes wore brown-colored leather or wool ones after. He prefers gloves over mittens as he can grip things easier… and can middle finger people. (Though that rarely happens.)

Yuto laughed, seeing that his brothers were like children again. Memories…

Yuri, now knowing where his brothers are, decided to go to his room.

After he closed his room's door, he put his case down, hung his gray coat on a hook, and placed his scarf over his coat. He also put on a purple hoodie.

It was November right now. November first, to be exact. One of the coldest months of the year. He remembered that it's also almost Christmas, maybe his brothers and he should visit their parents one of these days.

Well, parent, since their mother died when they were nine. They said it was because she had fought someone whom she used to be good friends with. It was said that she didn't know what to do, so her friend—who had become her enemy—took a chance and killed her.

Except… they were not to tell anyone. Not even close friends or family. Only he, his brothers and dad know. Because of it all, they had to make a cover-up for it. Anything, even if considered ridiculous, could be used as a cover up.

A reason why they joined Reiji is because of their mother. Leo Corp. is a corporation that makes weapons of any kind. Be it chemicals or machines. That's where Yuri and Yugo fall under.

That'd bring us to some more insights with their occupations.

As Yuya's was already explained at length, we'll proceed to Yuto who's the chief to the Defense and Security Department of the corporation. Other than being Reiji's bodyguard, he also leads its special forces–the Lancers (AN: The Lancers's members are not the same as the anime's. Its members are the people from Xyz Dimension's Resistance.) if they are needed. They function like the SWAT, although Yuto himself occasionally goes on investigations. Though, he loves chases more often than not. It's always been his thing…

Onto Yugo, he belongs to, runs, and is the chief of the Technology Department. He invents new things every now and then and fixes the corporation's most complex and most important machines, something Reiji specifically assigned him to because of his brains and skills. He also can't trust anybody else but Yugo, anyone said person assigns, and the two other boys.

He's also incharge of keeping hackers, trolls, crackers, and other internet nuisances from entering and interfering with their system. Of course, he also develops programs and fixes any broken strings of code. Yeah, he's also and basically is a hacker.

Yuri on the other hand, like Yugo, runs and is the chief of his own department–the Science Department.

He's also in forensics and autopsy. He loves opening *dead people and uncovering clues, though, at the same time, he's in charge of making chemical-based weapons–such as poisons–and experiments/studies any sort of toxic basically anything and everything, but more on elements.

Leo Corp. also helps the military, but what interests the boys most is because Reiji has an idea of who killed their mother and has the right tools for looking for said person. As long as they work for him, Reiji will continue to look for whom had killed her.

Going back to the boys, Yoko had told Yusho to give each of them a gift.

A little music box for Yuya, her whole motorcycle for Yugo, her old black leather jacket for Yuto, and a yellow ribbon for Yuri. At first, Yuri didn't know why she had given that to him, he was a guy, but she told Yusho to tell Yuri to give it to a girl he'll love in the future. (Though she was probably just making sure that Yuri will find someone.)

Another reason was because it was supposed to be passed on through a girl in each generation, and since there was no girl in the family, that was the only way.

Though all these would seem like simple things I'm the eyes of a random person, each item holds a significant meaning to each boy that owns it.

Their dad was the only one who raised them since.

Their dad, like Yuya, was an entertainer, whilst their mother was a gangster. When they met, as Yuri heard from their father, was like love at first sight. Ever since then, they dated. Some few years later, they got married, and a year after that, Yuto, he, and his brothers, were born. Yuto first, then came he, Yugo, and Yuya.

All four of them had some talent in music when they were kids. Yuto also loved being noble, that's why he's in the security department in Leo Corp. Yugo was good at inventing and making machines. Yuri–as is noticeable with his occupation–is good in almost every field in science, so he's in the laboratory department. He was also good in poetry, grammar, and anything related.

He thought about his parents again, at least they found love through each other. He and his brothers all don't have any sort of romantic relationship. They had no time, and unlike Yuya, nobody in particular ever wanted to be with them.

Yuri thought that this was their life. Boring and bland (not so much for him as he enjoys his job), no relationships, no love, just surviving. They had to feed each other, and since Leo Corp. had to fund big projects, their salary was small for now, so they also can't just have some pet because its needs would add to their expenses. Though for guys in their early twenties (Yuto who just turned 24, Yugo and Yuri being 23 in February–also being the only ones somehow "born" at the same month–and Yuya at 21), their lives aren't all that wasted yet.

He laid down on his bed for a while to let his mind rest. As I said, his head ached, so much so that it felt like a hurricane, whirlpool, and a storm in general were all simultaneously going on in there.

He also remembered that he lived in a house with three other boys, one of which (Yugo), had no sense of hygiene.

It also so happened that it was almost dinner time. He could smell the scent of Miso Soup. Yuto was probably starting to cook.

He should go help before Yuto does something Yuri would consider a mistake.

And so, the sheer will of having good food got Yuri to get up and help him.

"Oh shi—" Yuto yelled, he was about to taste the soup, but it was too hot, causing him to wiggle the serving spoon, making the soup fall on his skin.

"Language, brother," Yuri chatised, observing the scene.

"I know, I know." Yuto looked at him. "What?" Yuri asked.

"Did you come here to watch and mock, or help?"

"As much as I want to do the former, the sheer will of having good food tonight has made me want to help you," Yuri answered.

"You could've just answered, 'Help.' And didn't have to come up with such a long sentence," Yuto said, rolling his eyes and getting back to the food. "Well, why're ya standing there? C'mon."

"It wasn't that long," Yuri said, going beside him to help him out.

"Is the food ready?"

"Not yet, Yuya. We're still cooking it."

'Dang, I forgot to buy some tofu on the way home…' Yuri thought.

"Hey Yuya, can you tell Yugo to buy some tofu? Tell him to be fast as the soup is almost done. Oh, tell him to buy the nice ones, okay?" Yuri asked. "And make it fast."

"Sure!" Yuya said enthusiastically. His enthusiasm was what Yuri loved about him, no matter how tired he was, he was the family's bundle of joy.

Yuya sat on the couch, waiting for Yugo to finish his bath. Yugo decided to do so after Yuri mockingly said he reeked of motor oil, he smelled himself, noticed how right Yuri was, and ran straight to the bathroom.

"Ahhhhhhhh…" Yugo said as he came out, all fresh, clean, and clothed.

"Fusion finally took a bath!" they heard Yuri yell in the kitchen. Yugo went there just to stick his tongue out to him. Yuri gave him an amused grin in response.

"Yugo, Yuri told me to tell you to buy some tofu," Yuya informed him.

"Okay then, Yuya. Anything as long as it came from our precious little brother!" Yugo said happily. "Even though it was him," Yugo points at Yuri. Yuri just rose one of his thick eyebrows. "who told you to tell me."

Yugo then took his cerulean hoodie, wore it, then went out of their shared house. "Ciao, see you later, my bros!" He said, closing (slamming, actually) the door.

As Yugo went to buy some Tofu, he bumped into someone.

Said someone was a girl.

"Oop, sorry ma'am…" Yugo looked at her. She had mint green hair with yellow-green side bangs and orange eyes.

"Nah, it's fine. I'm just looking for someone…" the girl said.

"I'm Yugo, and who is it that you're looking for, Miss…"

"Rin. I'm looking for one of my sisters… Fusion."

"No, as in, Yu-go. Not fusion, Miss Rin, and hopefully you'll find her." Yugo smiled, trying to hide his annoyance.

"Oh, sorry. And thanks, hopefully anyway. She always leaves the house and sometimes won't come home after 3 days to one week, unless she has work, or when she's hungry…"

Yugo grimaced, good thing that doesn't happen with his family. "Maybe I can help, mind giving any descriptions?"

"Nah, it's fine. My other sisters and I can do it on our own, thanks, though."

But Yugo insisted. "Nah… please? Just the descriptions."

"Sigh… Okay then. She has indigo hair, with lighter versions on it on either side of her face, just like mine, but bluish," she said, holding said parts. "She also has green eyes."

"Ohh, okay. Hopefully she's fine." He then remembered how Yuri gets angry if he takes too long. "Well, I've got to go now. Bye!"

"Bye, Yugo." Rin smiled, walking away. 'He has a kind soul.'

"Bye, Rin."

'She looks hot! …If you exclude the clear signs of fatigue and such anyway… okay. It's official. I want to know her more.'

So, he suddenly stopped. He wanted to… uh… help, still. "Wait!"

Rin paused and turned to look at him. "Yes…?"

"Want to meet up somewhere soon?" He asked in quite a rush. 'What's wrong with you!? See, that's why Yuri calls you dumb and idiot! Anyway…' He thought, not hesitating to make fun of himself. "I want to… y'know… help ya find your sister. I mean, please, ma'am?"

Rin laughed at him. "I might've found her by then."

"Yea…" 'Gaah! I'm so stupid…' "Well, I do coding—"

"You code?" This piqued her interest. She practices code as well and is a hacker.

...okay maybe she's more of a script kiddie at the moment, but one day she'll be an official one.

"It's… my… job…?" Yugo suddenly continued, breaking her train of thought.

Rin smiled. "Oh, okay. Maybe next time. Can you teach me a few techniques?"

"Sure! Uhm, c-c-can…" Yugo started.

"Go on."

"I have y-your number?" He continued.

Rin laughed once again. This guy's making her mood lighten up, even just a little bit. "Sure."

With that, they exchanged their numbers, said their permanent goodbyes, and left.

After Fusion-kun came back with the tofu (and four, medium-sized, microwavable burritos), they continued cooking.

"Hey guys, I—"

"Why'd you buy that?!" Yuri furiously yelled at him.

"It can be our dinner, breakfast, or maybe lunch tomorrow?" Yugo answered, a bit angry that he got cut off.

"Let it pass, Yuri," Yuto said. "Fine," Yuri said, glaring at Yugo. Said guy forgot what he wanted to tell them.

After they added the tofu to the soup, they were ready to eat.

"Thank you for the food, Yuto and Yuri!" Yuya said, thanking them. "Thanks…" Yugo smiled. They DID cook the food after all, and through their experience, Yuto and Yuri were better cooks than Yusho, their father, himself. The only one who's better was their mother.

The taste of the soups she used to cook for them would stay in their memory, no matter what. The past years, Yuri was trying to perfect said soup/s, wanting to taste it again. (Yes, Yuri is a man of many talents.) But he could never perfect it.

"Wow, this tastes pretty good!" Yuya complemented.

Yuto smiled. "Thanks, but again, Yuri is our head chef here."

"Hm? No need to flatter me, brother. I know how good the food I cook tastes."

"Oh, hey, guys, on the way of buying these tofu, I met someone who was looking for her sister, so if you see someone green-haired wandering around, that's her."

"Ooohh, you met a girl?" Yuri teased.

"Wait, what do you mean? The green-haired girl was the one who ran away, or the one who told you that her sister was gone?" Yuto asked.

"Yes, Yuri, I met a girl. And Yuto, the green haired girl whose name is Rin, was the one who told me about her sister."

"Oh, okay then."

"Did you like the girl in some way? Come on, tell me tell me tell me!" Yuri asked eagerly, smirking.

"Hey, I just met her!" Yugo yelled. "But I guess I kinda do…" he almost drooled at the last sentence.

"Speaking of girls, I met someone at a bar I worked at…" Yuya said, thinking about the girl. She had blue eyes that shone like sapphires, and pink hair that smelled like flowers…

"Yuya, Yuya! Earth to Yuya!" Yuto said, snapping his fingers in front of the boy (who had trailed off, thinking about the above-mentioned attributes) who was currently poking his food and staring at the table as if they had the most beautiful scene that he has seen.

Yuri dramatically sighed, "Our little brother has grown up, and worse, has found a "mate"."

This somehow snapped Yuya out of his thoughts. "No! I have not!"

"Yuri is somehow *slurp* right, y'know *sluuuuuurp," Yugo said, sipping the noodles.

"As if you haven't either, fusion," Yuri said.

"As I said, I just met her."

"Okay, enough. Tell us about this girl, Yuya. I'm sure all of us want to know who our youngest brother likes." Yuto smiled.

Yuya put his hand over his head. "Eheheh… her name was… Yuzu—"

"Oh, the fruit?" Yuri asked, cutting him off. All his bros gave him a glare. "What?"

"Shut up," Yugo and Yuto said in sync.

"Fine, fine. You may continue, Yuya," Yuri said.

"So anyway, her name was Yuzu. She had blue eyes and pink hair, with strands a bit lighter at the sides."

"Sounds like Rinrin, except she had turquoise-colored hair and orange eyes," Yugo mentioned.

"Rinri—"

"Yuri."

"Yeah, okay."

"Uhh I'm just gonna continue… so she could also play the guitar, like, really well," Yuya continued.

"How about my guitar skills, Yuya?" Yuto asked.

Yuya swiftly waved his hands. "O-Of course yours are good, it's just that, uhh, you both… match! Yeah, match… in skills..." Yuya laughed, albeit nervously.

"And as much as I don't want to admit, Yuri's right, I have, I guess, found a mate," Yuya paused for a moment, he felt REAL guilty about something he's about to say. "I-I have known her for six weeks or more… and uhh… we dated about a month ago… that's… four weeks?"

Everyone was silent.

Until they weren't.

"YUYA HAS A GIIIRLFRIIIEEEND!" Yugo suddenly cheered.

"W-Wow," Yuto said, surprised. Eyes widening as he realized that Yuya, indeed, already has a girlfriend.

"I knew it." Yuri smirked. "What do you mean?"

Yuri grinned happily. "You seem much, much, much happier and cheerful nowadays. You even stay longer by 10-15 minutes."

"How do you know all that?" Yuya asked.

"I have my ways, Yuya."

The rest of dinner was spent on talking about work and their family, debating if they should go visit their father for Christmas (which ended up still being undecided), and Yuya's new girlfriend.

After eating, Yuto did the dishes, whilst all others took their baths, and now the brothers are going to sleep.

Yugo and Yuya shared a room with a bunk bed. Yuri and Yuto both have separate rooms.

Yuri entered Yugo and Yuya's shared room.

"Goodnight, little brothers. Specifically, Yuya," Yuri said to them, grinning.

"Hey…" Yugo wanted to punch him to oblivion, but he was too tired to do so, so he just said, "Never mind, fuck off, Yuri." He yawned, climbed his bed, then slumped on it. "Ahh… exactly what I need after the whole day."

"Good night, Fuuusion!~"

"'Night, cabbage."

"How rude."

"And you aren't rude," Yugo said, getting up to look at him before blowing a raspberry.

Yuya sighed, then smiled. "Goodnight, Yuri."

Yuri looked at him. "Trying to break our fight, Lil' Bro?"

"Yes, and, no…?"

"Meh, it's alright. And good night again, little tomato, and you better sleep early so that you'll look good for your girlfriend." Yuri smirked.

Yuya chuckled in response. "Oh, come on…"

"Kidding, kidding, but you really should. Now go get some sleep."

"Of course." Yuya yawned, covering himself in his blanket like a little burrito. Yuri somehow found it cute.

He closed the door.

As he did, Yuto had just left the bathroom and was now drying his hair.

"They asleep?"

"Not yet, but they're about to," Yuri said, walking to his room "'Night, big bro."

Yuto smiled, walking to his own room. "'Night, Yuri."

Yuri closed the door, and thought that, as long as he had his family and his big and lil' bros, he's fine.

…

…

He sat on his bed and looked out of the window and tried to feel happy, but the feeling of as if something was missing in his life, obviously it's a female (or not), and he knows even his brothers need that. (Well, he and Yuto specifically because Yuya and Yugo seem to have already found theirs.) I mean, even animals need the opposite gender. Most of 'em, anyway.

Hmm maybe he belongs to the category of animals that don't need another. He's quite annoyed he feels like this as he'd definitely be better off alone, and he'd be fine with it if he doesn't feel like this all the time; he really wishes so.

What's with companionship, anyway? Yeah, it's nice for someone to care for you dearly and from the bottom of their heart, but, at the same time… won't that someone just slow you down, and distract you from your goals? Heck, some can't and don't because of that.

He's better off lying to someone and telling them he likes them so much then that someone will do anything he wants for him. From something small to some big things. For him, that's everybody except the few–those being his brothers, his mother (he doesn't like his dad as much), and his so-called best friend only Yuya knew about, Dennis.

All this thinking though made his head hurt again, so he finally decided to lay on his bed and try to sleep it off.

But as everyone else says, your brain just can't shut up, can it?

'Cause now, he wanted to know what it'd be like to have his own relationship and feel what it's like having someone outside his family love and accept him for who he was.

It all but comes with a catch, though. Whoever wanted to be with him had to accept and like him (as is written above,) just the way he was and hopefully he won't have to change so much for said person. An empath would be good, but they can sometimes be boring.

He sighed. For now, he had to rely on the world and his fate that maybe (hopefully?) one day he'll stumble into some person who won't be all that boring at the same time accept him and his… weird likes and hobbies.

So, right now, the main goal he has to achieve is finding who had killed their mother and take his revenge while maybe, just maybe, finding that "someone" on the way.

'At least I know that Yuya and Yugo might have a life with someone in the future…' he thought. He then got up and took his phone and played "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", by Green Day, to help him sleep.

A part of the lyrics stayed in his mind.

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me

My shallow heart's the only one that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

…'Till then I walk alone…

And indeed, without his brothers, he walks alone.

A/N: As I said, this was edited. I added/removed some phrases/words and corrected some mistakes, but I also added some dialogue.

Anyway, warnings: This is rated T (in FFN standards) cause it'll contain strong language use, some blood, violence, and crime together with implied (lol unsuccessful rape and substance use.

That's pretty much it, so cya next time.

~01, out!