Disclaimer: see previous chapters
(English Smile Bomb)
Running in crowd in a faceless town, I need to feel the touch of a friend.
In the countryside I wander far and wide, the isolation gets me again.
I don't know where to go, when I feel like crying oh my, its time to open myself, do something new, I want to stop-and grow up a bit.
Then suddenly my power and confidence starts swelling up magically erupt, and it's all because of kindness that I feel, from people I don't even know.
Then suddenly my intuition and my wisdom grow and then I know, that most of all I sense compassions wield into strangers wherever I go.
Thank you for waking up!
Chapter 10
The next morning at 7am, Syrus was the first one to wake up and he got down from his bed. He glanced at Jaden, who was still sleeping.
"Ah! Come on, Jaden wake up you're going to make us late." Syrus said, shaking Jaden to wake up, "Huh! What?" Jaden asked, sleepy
"You have to wake up!" Syrus said
"Okay!"
After getting ready, Jaden and Syrus ran out their door and closed the door. They ran towards the Ra Yellow Dorm and meet Yusuke by the side, lying on the wall.
Yusuke walked towards them, "Hey guys, ready!"
While they were walking, Yusuke told them the reason for his behavior the previous day.
"Oh so that's what happened!" Jaden said
"Yeah, I was trying to avoid her and I don't even know or care why she's even here. She's not that much into being the best duelist in the world, that's something that the Great Urameshi would know." Yusuke said, "All I care about now is not wanting to see her, except for class."
"Hey Yusuke, why didn't you tell us that you and Kari are related to the King of Games?" Syrus asked
"Well Sy, that would mean that I'd be bragging and people would expect more from a relative of a celebrity. Besides, I just want to be treated like everyone else and Kari feels the same way as I do." Yusuke replied, "I mean before I came here, not only I was a street punk, I was a neophyte in dueling, even though I was related to Yugi."
"A neophyte!" Syrus exclaimed, "But, you've defeated two Obelisks while you were here!"
"Yeah, I had help, Kari, Yugi, a friend of mine, Kazuma Kuwabara and her!" Yusuke said when he saw a certain brunette in front of him and the Slifers, by the entrance door, with her arms crossed and had a serious expression on her face. The hate inside of Yusuke had resurfaced, when he glared at her and clenched his fists, 'Damn it, I forgot that when a class starts, she wakes up at 7am.' He thought
"Hey! Good morning, guys!" Keiko said in a cheerful tone
"Morning Keiko!" Syrus said and eyed at Yusuke, who was showing some hostility when looking at the brunette Slifer, walking towards them and looked at Yusuke, "Good morning, Yusuke!" she said. Yusuke used his bangs to cover his eyes, "Let's go guys!" he said in a hateful tone and starts walking past Keiko, with the others following.
Keiko glanced at Yusuke, who was walking away from her, 'Yusuke, why won't you even talk to me? Do you hate me?' she thought following them
When they got to the class, no one was there they were the only four there.
"Wow, it's like a ghost town in here!" Syrus said
"Yeah no kiddin'!" Jaden added
"Hey guys, why don't we duel to pass the time!" Keiko suggested
"Hey that's a great idea, Keiko!" Jaden said and looked at Yusuke, "How about it, Yusuke?"
"Huh!" Yusuke said
"You heard me, get your game on!" Jaden said, getting out his duel disk
Yusuke smiled, "Sure!"
Keiko grimaced at this, 'No, this wasn't what I had in mind, I was hoping that Jaden would duel Syrus, while I try to talk to Yusuke!' she thought, "Hey Jaden, why don't you duel Syrus?"
Yusuke was going to protest, "What!" Syrus exclaims, "Oh no! No way! I can't duel Jaden, I'm not even on the same level as him!"
Yusuke looked at the blunette, "You sure you want to watch, Sy?" Yusuke asked, getting out his duel disk
"Yeah, besides I want to see how Jaden does against the relative of the King of Games."
"Thanks Sy! Okay Jaden, let's duel!" Yusuke said (4000/4000) the duel disks are activated
Back at the school, Dr. Crowler is walking at the side of the school and just saw a duel between Yusuke and Jaden, "A duel between a Ra and Slifer, and Yusuke is dueling that damn Slifer Slacker, Jaden. Show that slacker in his place, Yusuke."
Yusuke draws and looks at his hand, 'To duel a duelist like Jaden, I'd have to start out big.' "I'm going to activate the spell card, Reinforcement of the Army, with this card I can bring one warrior card to my hand from my deck." Yusuke searches for a good monster card in his deck, picks it, puts it in his hand and shuffles his deck, "I'm going to summon a familiar monster, Jaden! Now, by activating Polymerization to fuse both Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater to summon Cyber Blader! (2100/800) then I'll summon Queen's Knight in attack mode (1500/1600). Next, I'll activate the spell card, Allied Forces!"
"What another new card!" Keiko exclaims
"With this spell card, Cyber Blader and Queen's Knight gets an extra 200 ATK points for each warrior I have on the field!" Yusuke said, "Which means that Cyber Blader is at 2500, while Queen's Knight is at 1900! Finally, I'll place a facedown!"
Jaden smirked, "Time to throw down!" he said while drawing, "Okay Yusuke, since you summoned a fusion monster, I'll summon one by combining my Elemental Heroes Sparkman and Clayman, with the spell card, Polymerization to summon the Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!" a giant with yellow and purple armor appears (2400/1500)
'No! Not that monster!' Dr. Crowler thought
"It's Thunder Giant!" Syrus exclaimed
"What kind of power does he have?" Keiko asked
"When it summoned, it can automatically destroy a monster, whose original attack points are lower than his." Syrus replied
"Since my giant was summoned, it can destroy any monster, whose original attack points are lower than his and the monster I choose is Cyber Blader!" Thunder Giant shoots electricity at Cyber Blader and destroys it. Yusuke grimaced at this, "Now, Thunder Giant attack Queen's Knight with Voltage Thunder!" the giant shoot another bolt of electricity at Queen's Knight.
"Not so fast, Jaden, I've got a trap, Negate Attack!" a swirl swallows the attack
"Yusuke saved himself for now." Syrus said
'Yusuke is doing a lot better than before.' Keiko thought
"Okay then, I'll play two facedowns for now." Jaden said
"My draw!" Yusuke declared then drawing, "Now, I'll summon King's Knight (1600/1400) and when both Queen's and King's Knight are out, I can special summon Jack's Knight! (1900/1000). And thanks to my Allied Forces' magic, it gives them a power bonus." (2100) (2200) (2500)
"With those kinds of points, Yusuke would wipe Jaden out!" Keiko exclaims, with happiness
Dr. Crowler smiled at this, "Finally, that Slifer Slacker will meet his match."
"Now Jack's Knight attack with Comet Slash!" Yusuke commanded
Jack's Knight charges towards Thunder Giant, "Not so fast, go Hero Barrier with this trap out, your attack is negated!" Jaden declared, as a blue barrier is formed in front of Thunder Giant and Jack's Knight's attack is negated
"What!" Crowler exclaimed quietly, "Damn that Jaden!"
"You've saved yourself from that one, Jaden!" Yusuke said
Jaden draws, "Now I'll equip my Thunder Giant with Fusion Weapon to increase his attack by 1500!" The Giant's right arm is transformed into a laser blaster (3900/3000)
"3900 points!" Yusuke yells
"This is bad!" Keiko added
"Now Thunder Giant attack Jack's Knight with Trident Blast!" Thunder Giant shoots at Jack's Knight and destroys the knight at impact, "Yusuke!" Keiko cries
The smoke clears with Yusuke's arms in a defense position (2600/4000)
"Since Jack's Knight is gone, both of your knights lose 200 points from their attack power!" Jaden declared (1900) (2000)
Yusuke grimaced, 'Damn it, now my knights are weaker and that Thunder Giant is stronger none of my monsters can compare to its strength. What would Yugi do at a time this?'
Flashback
A six-year-old Yusuke is dueling a short teenager with multi-colored hair and he's losing.
"I give up!" little Yusuke said
"Don't give up, Yusuke!" said the teenager
Yusuke looked at him, "But Yugi, none of my monsters have enough power to take down your Dark Magician!"
"Stop talkin' like dat, Yus!" said a blonde haired teen who was watching
Yusuke looked at the teen, "But Joey…"
"But nothin', you gotta believe in your deck, kid!" said the teen, Joey
"Joey's right, Yusuke!" Yugi said, "More importantly, believe in yourself and I'll find a way to win!"
"Okay!"
End Flashback
Yusuke clenched his fists, "Hey Jaden, if you think I'm going to give up just because your monster has 3900 attack points then you have another thing coming. My move!" he said drawing, "I'm going to summon Marauding Captain in defense mode (1200/400). In addition, Marauding Captain's special ability prevents you from attacking any warrior type monster and I'll switch my two knights to defense mode. Finally, I'll place two cards facedown."
Jaden drew his card, "Alright, I'll summon the Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in attack mode!" (1200/800) "Now Burstinatrix attack Marauding Captain with Magma Comet!" the girl hero shoots a barrage of fireballs at the captain, incinerating him, "Now Thunder Giant, attack King's Knight with Trident Blast!" Thunder Giant blasts King's Knight, "and that would do for now!"
Yusuke looked down to his deck, 'Come on, Heart of the Cards!' he thought as drawing his card, "Alright I'll play the equip spell card, Lightning Blade, which gives any warrior a power bonus of 800 and I'm equipping it to your Thunder Giant!"
That surprised Jaden, Syrus and Keiko, 'Why would Yusuke increase the attack of Jaden's monster? It doesn't make sense.' Syrus thought
Dr. Crowler was pulling his hair out, 'No Yusuke, you're going to make that slacker win!'
"Yusuke, what the hell are you doing!" Keiko spat, "That would boast that Thunder Giant's power!"
Yusuke glared at the brunette, "Hey, if I wanted your opinion, I'd think about asking you, you got that!" he snapped
Keiko yelled, "I was only trying to…"
"Trying to teach me how to duel, right?" Yusuke yelled, "I've been doing perfectly fine, without your interference, now would you please LEAVE ME ALONE!"
When Keiko looked at the blackette's eyes, it was filled with anger and hate, once again. It was like, he didn't want her around him, anymore. She couldn't believe that he would snap at her like that. Sure back at home, they would have arguments and most of the time it was his fault. She remembered all those times that she yelled at Yusuke, for his immature and perverted actions. She wondered why her, why would Yusuke look at her with those cold brown eyes of his? Keiko bowed her head to cover her eyes with her bangs, so she would have to look at his eyes, any longer, "Okay!" she said
Yusuke 'humphed' "Okay, now I believe that would do it."
"Okay, if you say so!" Jaden said drawing, "Since you've equip my monster his power is increased to 4700, now Burstinatrix attack Queen's Knight with Magma Comet!" Burstinatrix destroys Queen's Knight, "Now Thunder Giant attack Yusuke directly with Lightning Blade Strike!" Thunder Giant charges towards Yusuke.
Yusuke smirked, "Sorry Jaden, I've got a trap, Ring of Destruction!"
"That's why you equipped my monster!" Jaden exclaimed
"That's right, with this card it can destroy one monster and both players take damage, but I won't because I'll activate my face down spell card, Ring of Defense, which would block any damage towards my life points!" Yusuke explained
Keiko realized why Yusuke would increase Thunder Giant's points to get to Jaden's life points.
"Oh man, Jaden is going to lose!" Syrus exclaimed
Dr. Crowler was smiling, 'Yes, well done Yusuke, that slacker is going to lose finally!"
Jaden smirked, "Too bad that your spell card isn't going to help you this time, Yusuke!"
"Oh why's that?" Yusuke replied/asked
"Because I've got a trap out, Magic Jammer, which negates any spell effects!"
"That would mean…" Yusuke said
"Both of us take damage!" Jaden said, as the fan shield is disappeared and the auto kill ring destroys Thunder Giant (0/0)
"It's a tie!" Syrus exclaimed, "Someone actually tied with Jaden!"
"Curses!" Dr. Crowler said, "I wanted to see that Slifer Slacker lose, alone!"
"Tight duel, Yusuke!" Jaden said
"Thanks Jaden!" Yusuke replied
"Yusuke…" Yusuke eyed at Keiko, "I'm s…"
"Save it, 'cause I don't want to hear it!" he said, with anger as he walked away
"Wow, I guess he's pretty mad, right now!" Syrus said
Jaden nodded and 'uh huh!' in reply
Keiko, who had all she can stand from Yusuke's cold behavior for the time, ran up without a word. In a blur, she swiftly caught up to Yusuke and stopped in front of him.
"Do you hate me that much, that you don't even want to see me?" she stared at him hard. Yusuke looked right back at her unaffected and walked past the brunette, mutely. Keiko then grab hold of Yusuke's right sleeve "Can't you at least speak to me, for a minute?" Keiko asked, but no response from him.
The brunette sighed in frustration and looked at Yusuke, "Yusuke, I…" she managed to say, before he cut her off by a cold glare, "Look, I have nothing to say to you, so get lost…at least until I have to see you again," Yusuke snapped, as he yanked his sleeve from Keiko's grip and walked away again.
As Keiko looked at Yusuke, who was walking away from her and to Duel Academy, thought about how Yusuke was still cold. What was driving her crazy was that she didn't know why Yusuke would act like a jerk towards her. Just then, she remembered what the Ra Yellow duelists told her the previous night, about a fields test that students here take to be promoted in the dorms. She would have to study hard enough for her to be promoted to a Ra Yellow duelist, so she could get to Yusuke a little easier.
Hey there, Alexis Rhodes here! On the next chapter, the reason why Keiko came to Duel Academy is finally revealed, after she gets a chance to be promoted into Ra Yellow! Would this work or would Yusuke try and mess things up for her? Don't miss the next chapter of The New Yusuke Urameshi!
(English The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow)
When my letter reaches you, please don't break the seal. Just wait a little while, give it time to heal.
And I believe you'll understand, just exactly how I feel. This is my last and my most loving request.
With a restless innocence, our hearts began to race, with one thing in our minds, we foolishly embraced.
Now as twilight closes in, I see you from a distant place, and I wish for you all the courage that you'll ever need. To be your best!
And though it storms and it's raining outside, all the people of the city still believe in the existence of the sun.
And a forgotten melody, and the birds in our hands. A life is a life without joy, without fun!