Yay! A long awaited update! So, this is the second history chapter. There may be one more after this, then the actual story should start. I realize that Jaden was a little OOC in the last chapter, so I tried to fix that a little bit here. Also, there's a little hint about the plot, so keep an eye out for it! Hope you enjoy!

The Past Part II: Yusei Fudo

"I'm going all the way back to the beginning. 18 years ago I was born into the Fudo family. We were at one point a large scale company that produced duel supplies, cards, tables, rulebooks, etcetera. Then Kaiba Corp. came in and ran our family out of business. My parents went bankrupt and were shoved into the Satellite."

"Geez, that sounds like crap," Jaden commented.

Yusei nodded. "True. Actually, at the time the Satellite wasn't terrible. For a few years it was still able to function as a regular city, but then New Domino stopped sending as many supplies and started sending more junk. Things were starting to go downhill when I was born.

"Shortly after I came around, my parents had to begin sorting through all the trash and junk that came in from the city. When I was six, they were killed in an accident down at one of the "junk farms" as we call them," Yusei trailed off. The memory of that day still haunted him.

"So what'd you do?" Jaden asked. He felt bad for the guy, losing your parents that young had to have been hard.

"Me and some of my friends who had lost their parents joined together and we all lived together, providing for each other. It's how we learned to survive. It's also how I met Jack.

"Jack has been my best friend since my parents died. We learned how to duel together, creating decks out of discarded cards. We practiced together and eventually we worked on building my first duel runner together. It-"

"Dude, you built your own runner! That's awesome!" Jaden exclaimed, his face revealing his excitement. Yusei internally sighed. Yep, definitely an older Leo.

"It was a lot of work, but yes, I suppose it is awesome. At least it was. Jack ended up turning on me and the rest of our friends a few months later."

"What do you mean he turned on you? Come on, what he do? Steal the runner and run off with your best card? That only happens in the movies." Jaden said, grinning. His face fell when Yusei looked away and didn't respond. "Oh. Sorry man."

Yusei shrugged. "Eh, it's in the past now. Me and Jack made up and he's my best friend again. Anyway, Jack ran off and ended up becoming the turbo dueling champion, living in a penthouse here in New Domino while the rest of us were stuck in the Satellite. I found some spare parts and a few months later built my current runner. I ran test run after test run, searching for a good speed chip so that I could get out of the Satellite and find Jack, get revenge, and get my card back. The Stardust Dragon."

"You…you had the Stardust Dragon! That card is super rare!" Jaden exclaimed. Yusei nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I did. Jack gave it back later. I don't use it often, since I reorganized my deck after he took it, and I realized that winning didn't depend on a single card. My deck got me through some rough battles."

"A true duelist can win a duel without his best card," Jaden said thoughtfully. Yusei raised an eyebrow. When did he get so wise? "It was a quote in one of the classrooms at DA," he explained with a shrug.

"So I built the runner. I had gotten back from a test run when Riley, one of my friends, came to me with a brand new, up to date speed chip. I put it in and turned on the runner, ready to try it out. The moment I turned the runner on though, Sector Security showed up. Riley had stolen the chip and it had a tracker on it. Actually, Riley never stole the chip. She found it and gave it to me. It had been planted to draw me out. I had been in trouble with Sector Security quite often back then.

"I hopped on the runner and sped off hoping to draw them away, and to get out of the Satellite. You see, that night, a garbage tunnel linking the Satellite to New Domino would be emptied out for maintenance until midnight and I could slip through and get into the city. But on the way, Officer Trudge with Sector Security followed me and overrided my duel technology and forced me into a turbo-duel."

Jaden let out a low whistle. "Wow, dueling with the law. How'd that go?"

"I've done it more than once," Yusei said and Jaden's eyes grew to the size of saucers. "On this particular instance, I was afraid that Trudge would keep me in the Satellite forever. But, using my deck of "junk cards" as he called it, I managed to beat him and make it through to New Domino. From there, I headed straight for Jack.

"I found him down at the stadium. I challenged him to a turbo-duel. If I won, he had to give me my Stardust Dragon back. If I lost, I'd go back to the Satellite and never contact him again."

"So who won?" Jaden asked, sitting on the edge of his seat.

"We never knew," Yusei said with a shrug. Jaden raised an eyebrow. "During the duel, towards the end, our arms began burning and all of a sudden a large, red dragon appeared without notice. We later learned that this was the legendary Crimson Dragon and that somehow we had inherited the task of being the Signers of the Crimson Dragon."

"What's a signer? And what's the Crimson Dragon?" Jaden asked, head cocked to the side.

Yusei sighed and removed his jacket. He stuck out his right arm and Jaden leaned forward to get a better look. Yusei pointed at the red tattoo on his arm.

"Another tattoo? Geez, do you have a thing for major ink?"

Yusei shook his head, eyes serious. "This is the Sign of the Head of the Crimson Dragon. There are six of us, choosen from birth, with a few exceptions, to bear the duty of the Signers. Together we can summon the Crimson Dragon and use its power."

"What are the exceptions?"

"Orginally, me, Jack, a girl named Akiza, and another girl named Luna were the Signers along with two men named Rex and Roman Goodwin. The sign regarding the Goodwins was…complicated. Roman was the original fifth Signer and there wasn't a sixth. He later turned to the dark side and Rex assumed his role before turning himself."

"Welcome to the Dark Side, we have cookies," Jaden muttered with a grin. Yusei couldn't help but laugh.

He cleared his throat before continuing. "Anyway, when the Goodwins became Dark Signers, the Head Sign came to me and my original mark, the Tail, was passed on to my friend Crow. Luna's twin brother, Leo, was given a new, sixth mark, the Heart. We each have a specific dragon card or monster, whichever way you want to think about it, that is bound to us and protects us in battle."

"What's a Dark Signer?"

"Hang on I'll get there. Actually I'm getting ahead of myself. I didn't know about all of this Signer stuff until after the Fortune Cup, which was after I was in the Facility."

Jaden perked up. "Hey, I remember watching the Fortune Cup! But, that was two years ago so I don't remember too much about it." He laughed uncertainly and scratched his head.

"It was Rex Goodwin's way of uniting the Signers," Yusei said shrugging.

"Wait, what's the Facility? Does it have something to do with that mark on your face?"

Yusei nodded. "The Facility is basically a high security prison. After the first battle with Jack when the Crimson Dragon appeared, Trudge found me. He arrested me for escaping the Satellite, confiscated my runner, and locked me up. Then they put this on me." He pointed at the mark. "It's a mark that identifies people in or who have been in the Facility. It also serves as a tracking device for those still in prison. I wish I could get rid of it."

"I think it's cool," Jaden said smiling. "Ya know, kinda gives you a rebellious feel."

"I never thought about it that way," Yusei said.

"I see things differently than other people," Jaden said shrugging. "I've always been that way. A lot of what I said about DA and Slifer, I never really believed. I always thought that being a Slifer was pretty nifty and that we were no different from the Obelisks, just not a lot of other people saw it that way."

"That's a good outlook," Yusei said with a smile. "I wish I had been able to think like that before."

Jaden smiled. "Thanks Yus."

"No problem. Well, back to the story. So, obviously, I got out, or rather escaped, from the Facility. I competed in the Fortune Cup to protect my friends, found out I was a Signer, and defeated Jack, becoming the new turbo-dueling champion. I still hold that title."

"Niice," Jaden said, drawing the word out.

"Thank you. So, you wanted to know about the Dark Signers?" Jaden nodded. "The Dark Signers are basically our enemies. They are aligned with the Earthbound Immortals, creatures sealed within the Nazca lines. We've been fighting them for two years. We haven't heard from them in a while, which worries me."

"Dang," Jaden said. "When do you think they'll come after you guys again?"

Yusei looked out the window at the Satellite. "I don't know. I really don't."

This wasn't as long as I thought it was when I wrote it...oh well, it's an update right? I created Yusei's childhood, so if it's wrong don't hate me! Let me know what you think in a review please!