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Yuki's POV

I left Duel Academy in the hands of the others, the Gods said it was in good hands and the new I heard later on made me feel good, they're all good kids but I don't know if I'm really cut out to be a teacher, or at least not like that I prefer dealing with younger kids, teens are so moody.

The Gods were quite for a while so Cleopatra and I took the chance to see the world and explore for a decade or three before they called us, By now I'm probably in my later seventies or early eighties but I'm still looking thirty, it's kinda cool…but also kinda sad. I see pictures of people I used to know getting old and…it hurts. By this point I've started to outlive my old friends and my family and that weighs on me a lot. I can't and I know it sounds awful but sometimes…I just want to stop all this and…you know. I kinda understand a little of Atem's pain now.

The one thing I have liked seeing it the progression of society, the new technologies and styles is fun to watch same with changes in dueling like new types of summoning, Cleopatra and I both have enjoyed that. Eventually our globetrotting brought us to a place called New Domino City where the Gods told us to stay, I had the image in my head of the next Chosen One for another coming crisis it was just a matter of meeting him, until then I had to grab another job as they told me, this one I liked…Cleo hated.

"Good morning." She said as I woke up.

"Hey." I stretched and looked at my sleepy reflection.

"You know another end of the world crisis is supposed to be coming, or so the Gods say." Cleopatra commented "I'm not gonna lie I'm bored so I'm kinda looking forward to it."

"Don't say that." I rolled my eyes and jumped in the shower.

After cleaning up and throwing on a blouse and loose jeans I headed into the living room of our apartment.

"Luna, Leo it's time to get up." I leaned into their room.

For our placeholder job this time Cleopatra and I are the guardians of two young twins, Leo and Luna. Their good kids but their parents both have to work abroad so they needed a live in guardian and I got the job easily enough. The Twins know of Cleopatra but she usually doesn't deal with them unless we need to put our foot down. Recently the two of us have been switching places more and more, it's less ridged and rough when we trade control.

"Morning Miss Yuki." Luna yawned rubbing her eyes.

"Mornin'." Leo jumped out of bed.

"We're having pancakes for breakfast kay." I smiled.

"Seriously?" Leo asked "Can't we have omelets or something."

"Don't complain you brat!" Cleopatra snapped at him.

"Okay let's all relax." I laughed "I can make something else it's fine."

Most of our day was quiet, we mostly just hung around the apartment and relaxed for the afternoon.

"Hmm." I smiled watching the twins play with their cards.

"It's you turn Luna." Leo told her.

"…" she stared at the table.

"Luna?" I looked in from the kitchen "Everything okay?"

"AH!" she grabbed her head and shook it.

She's having another thing like that isn't she…

When I started this job I had been told that Luna had been sick as a child and slipped into a coma for some time, even after coming out of it she's continute to be weak and distant, she's a sweet girl but there's something off about her.

"HMM!" she got up and ran out of the room.

"Luna wait!" Leo ran after her.

"Both of you get back here!" I chased after them.

The two ran out to the front parking garage area and found A crashed Duel Runner, a bike for Speed Dueling, and a young man there.

"This guy…" I looked at his face and saw a mark.

He's been arrested before.

I had a pretty good indication this guy was from the Satellite, a slum like island linked but barred off from the main city.

"Who is that?" Leo asked.

"I'm…not sure." Luna shivered.

"HMM!" I held my hand out but got no read with my Revelation.

I can't read his memories if he has none to read…

I heard commotion from behind and realized this guy was getting chased by security.

"He's the one from our last vision." Cleopatra said.

"Right." I ran forward "Alright come on you two bring him inside I'll hide his bike."

"But-." Luna started.

"Luna sweetie you should always help someone in need." I smiled "And he sure looks like he could use our help, no matter where he's from."

"Okay." She nodded.

I dumped the bike behind some tarps in the garage next to mine and headed back upstairs where the twins were laying our new friend on the couch.

"He's out cold." I covered him with a blanket.

"That mark means he's a criminal right?" Leo asked "I wonder what he did."

"Are we gonna get in trouble for helping him?" Luna asked me.

"Don't worry." I rubbed their heads "It'll be fine. Now he's late you two get to bed I'll look after him okay."

"Yes Ma'am." They both nodded.

"Just who is this boy." Cleopatra hummed.

"We can't read his memories unless he wakes up." I told her "So we'll try again in the morning."

"Very well." She said as I sat in the chair and relaxed "But just incase he's a nutjob I'll sleep here so we can keep an eye on him."


The Next Morning

It took until the next morning for our guest to come to.

"Who are you?" he looked at us.

"Don't you remember, you crashed downstairs last night." Leo told him.

He still seemed lost.

"I'm Yuki, these two are Luna and Leo." I explained "Nice to meet you, are you feeling okay?"

He just grunted a bit and picked up the deck of cards he had with him.

"What's your name?" Leo asked.

"Yusei." He said sitting up "Where are we?"

"Our house." I kept looking at him "A place called the Tops since it's one of the highest places in the city."

"Oh." He put his jacket back on.

"Hey you're duelist, right?" Leo asked.

"Yes."

"Come on Duel me then, it's boring always beating Luna and losing to Miss Yuki and Miss Cleo."

"Stop acting like you're some pro." Luna huffed.

"Huh?" Yusei looked at the poster on the wall.

It was of Jack Atlas, a pro Turbo Duelist Leo was quite fond of. Turbo Dueling is a new thing where you duel while riding a glorified motorcycle I've got a Runner but I don't use it much.

"That's my Shrine to the King." Leo said "I'm gonna be a Turbo Duel King myself someday."

"You can barely ride a normal bike yet alone a duel runner." Luna rolled her eyes.

"Hmph." I snickered a bit.

"Are you into The King too Yusei?" Leo asked.

"No…not really." Yusei said.

"Should we take a look?" Cleopatra asked.

"Revelation!" we peered into his memories.

"I see…he's from the Satellite." Cleopatra hummed "And currently wanted by Sector Security."

"And was betrayed by Jack Atlas…how strange." I sighed to myself.

"See though I could duel against the king." Leo picked up an envelope and showed it to Yusei.

"Oh that's right, that thing." I hummed.

The other day in the mail we got a bizarre invitation to compete in a small tournament being run by Kaiba Corporation, not Kaiba that I knew though.

"There's still something fishy about that." I said "They invited Luna but why, it's not like she's some prodigy duelist or anything, she's just a girl, she doesn't even play in local tournaments."

"I appreciate you letting me stay here but I don't want to get you involved with any of my troubles." Yusei opened the door "I'll be on my way."

"You're not trouble." I said.

"Come on I challenged you and a true duelist always accepts a challenge!" Leo said trying to get his duel disk to fit "Come on please~"

"…okay." Yusei shrugged "Fine, let's play."

We went out onto the patio by the pool.

"There's no one else here?" Yusei asked.

"This is the top so no one but us is allowed up here." I told him "you'll be fine. Luna and Leo's parents work abroad so I look after them. The twins don't get to go out much so thanks for doing this, it's not always fun for them to duel just me, especially since I have a tendency to always win."

"It's no trouble." He smiled.

Luna and I sat on a bench while Yusei and Leo got started. Leo uses a deck of Machine monsters called Morphtronics that have a unique effect based on if their in attack or defense mode. Yusei's deck on the other hand was themed around scrap, junk and speed, he could get a lot out of low level monsters.

Leo seemed to be having a lot of fun, even if he ended up losing, Luna on the other hand just seemed kinda…bored with all of this. Still I was happy that they got to play with someone else and even learn a lesson or two from Yusei.

"Leaving so soon?" I asked Yusei as the sun set "Yusei Fudo of the Satellite."

"How did you-?" he started.

"We have our ways." Cleopatra switched with me "You're going to do something big kid, just make sure you remember that if…no when you need help to call us."

"You might not understand what we are." I explained "Messengers from God would be best, but we are your allies in whatever crisis is coming."

I held up the invitation card.

"Whatever this is, it's more than it seems." I told him "This will be the catalyst for something unimaginable to you now."

"Just what are you, how do you know all this?" he asked.

"I actually know a lot less than I'd like." I said "But I can guarantee you were chosen by heaven for something amazing, just like I was."


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