I left Enjo on the ground, and drove back to my garage. The second the door slid shut I grabbed my tools and started tinkering on Justice to make sure that she was still running at full capacity.
A few minutes after I got back, the door opened and Aki walked in, "Yusei? How good is your empathy?"
"Moderately good. Why the sudden interest?"
Nervousness spread over her face, "I just thought that everyone with powers were like the people in the Movement, but lately I've been feeling like something is wrong with the leader of the Movement. I've been ignoring it, but then I met you. The only way to find out if someone IS wrong with him though..."
I started to connect the dots, and nodded, "Is for someone with my talent to find out what they are feeling. How will I know who it is?"
"His name is Sayer Divine. He has brown hair and a toupee."
Putting my tools away, I stood up, "Lead the way."
Together we headed to the area that the other duelists hung out in. We hadn't gotten far when the stupid purple clown showed up, "Director Goodwin would like to talk with you Miss Izayoi."
She opened her mouth but someone else spoke, "I'm afraid that Aki isn't interested."
Chills ran up my spine while I slowly turned around to see a man who matched her description. Before my mind could make a conscious decision, my body reacted to the signals that I was picking up on with my empathy.
Or in other words, I turned around again, and quickly walked away as Aki chased after me, "Yusei!"
My legs didn't stop their quick retreat until I got back to the garage with Aki trailing behind me, and I plopped down on the ground, "Sorry about that. Could you close the door?"
"Yeah, sure. As long as you tell me what that was."
Taking a few deep breaths, I spoke right after the door closed, "I have never, in my entire life, felt that in danger from a person. Keep in mind that I grew up in the Satellite, where Sector Security would dump convicted criminals. Being around that guy literally felt like I was drowning. He is so...I would say obsessed? Yeah, he's obsessed with power, and I didn't feel any compassion coming from him. I would not ever suggest going near him again."
Aki joined me on the ground, "I had a feeling that was going to happen. Good thing I hid my deck and duel disk here when you were dueling."
I smiled at her, "Good thinking. I'm going to need a few minutes to get my breath back from that."
We turned on the screen just in time to hear the announcer talking, "One set of duelists who previously lost will get a chance to duel one more time to get back into the tournament!"
Aki and I exchanged looks, "This can't be good."
For a minute, she paused, glaring at her arm before speaking again, "Have you seen her arm glow? The little girl? I mean, both of us were invited to the competition and our arms glow sometimes."
I shook my head, "Not yet, but I haven't known her for very long and she's pretty reserved. Even more than I am on a bad day. But I know that JACK has always had a red tattoo on his right arm and that it glowed last time we dueled each other."
She stared at me in shock, "You mean the Jack that is also in this tournament, as in Jack Atlas?"
"The one and only. Don't tell anyone, but he's not a city boy."
Just then the announcer yelled out, "Looks like our duelists will be the Professor and Miss Luna!"
I muttered quietly to both of us, "How did we guess that they would be after her?"
At first, the duel seemed odd, but I brushed it off, I'm a paranoid person, so my concern is probably just because of how the duel was forced.
But that thought was blown out of the water as the duel progressed, "Something is wrong with Luna."
Aki nodded from her spot on the ground, "You better go check on her to make sure she's okay."
I rolled to my feet and rushed to the dueling arena, flying up the stairs at an unearthly speed. Pulling to a stop at the top I could now see what wasn't making it through the cameras.
Both Luna and her opponent, a man who called himself 'The Professor' (not an ominous sounding name at all), stared blankly at each other with no emotion.
Carefully, I reached out to feel what was going on. Luna was feeling terrified and confused, while he had the most cockiness that I had ever felt from anyone, and I knew Jack.
Letting go, I felt a feeling creeping through my arms that was getting to be way too familiar. Glancing down I didn't see any light, so I brushed the pain out of my mind.
The rules stated that when a duel was occurring, no one besides the duelists could be on the field. That left me staying on the stairs, helpless to do anything. I quietly watched as they both dueled with absolutely no emotion in their voices, while the duel was actually quite heated. There was no doubt that Luna was no amateur like her brother, but it was equally obvious that she hadn't dueled in a long time.
A wave of emotion swept out from Luna, and suddenly her attacks grew in intensity. I watched in relief as she destroyed all of the spells on the field and took control of the duel, wiping out both of their life points completely. The Professor collapsed to the ground, and I raced to Luna's side.
While I skidded to a stop next to her, she also collapsed. By a stroke of luck, she fell right into my arms, making it super easy to scoop her up. As I carried her away from the duel, I watched a glowing mark on her arm slowly fade away. Once it was completely gone, she started stirring.
We were almost to the stairs when her eyes opened, "Can you put me down?"
I gently set her on the ground, "Are you sure you're alright?"
She nodded and started waving at the crowd, who were cheering her name. I escorted her off the field and down the stairs, "Luna, it would probably be a good idea for you to not go anywhere without an adult for a while. So I need you to go with me to the garage for a little bit."
"Sure, but why?"
Ruffling her hair, I grimaced, "That mark on your arm is the reason you are in the tournament. The Security Bureau is after people with those marks."
Luna looked at me, "Okay. Is it because I can travel to the spirit world?"
Hiding my surprise as best I could, I nodded, "Probably."
We walked into the garage, where Aki was waiting, "What happened?"
I gestured to Luna, "She got the cool power. She accidentally teleported to the spirit world."
Our little fairy looked a little confused, "You two know each other?"
Shrugging, I smiled, "Kind of. My power is that I can tell if someone is trustworthy or not. A side effect of that ability is people always will trust me."
"Your cards told me that you help people. Can we go check on Leo? I'm worried that he might do something stupid if I'm not there to stop him."
A/N: Thanks PipeDream and Let's-Go-To-Vermont for reviewing on the original version of this chapter!
