The last part~

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (c) Kazuki Takahashi

"Right, Goodwin, time to make good on that promise of yours. Get me to the Satellite without the paparazzi knowing about it," Jack ordered brusquely after he hung up.

"Are you going to take anything with you, Jack? You won't be able to move back and forth through this passageway."

"I'll take what's on my back and nothing else," he declared. "I'm a Satellite, I know how to make do. Now take me there."

Goodwin bowed slightly and led him down through the bowels of the building, down through storage rooms and kitchens and secret basements that were marked by cryptic signs on the lift buttons. It was all very cloak and dagger.

When they finally got down into sub-sewer tunnels, Jack let out an exasperated snort. "Goodwin, couldn't we have just come here directly instead of doing all that prancing around through the kitchens?"

"No," Goodwin answered simply. Jack glared at the back of his head as they walked quickly through the empty sewer pipe.

"So where are we? I thought there was only one way into Satellite – and that's a different tunnel."

"Oh Jack," Goodwin replied, a hint of mockery in his voice, "If we advertised all the secret ways in and out of places they'd hardly stay secret, would they?"

Jack continued the glaring contest with the back of Goodwin's head until they had walked for what seemed like hours and Goodwin finally stopped.

He tapped a nondescript piece of iron girder and it rang hollowly like a bell before sliding away to reveal a slice in the wall, intersecting with another tunnel.

"I think you'll recognise that tunnel – it's where Yuusei likes to test his Runner's speed."

Jack looked at the iron girder, the slice in the wall and Goodwin's smug face. "I'm not impressed," he said firmly and ducked through into the other tunnel. Goodwin bowed briefly before the slice was covered up again as if it had never been.

Jack looked at it for a moment, wondering what it said that he was no longer surprised by such things. He glanced down at his arm, where the Crimson Dragon's mark was burned into his skin. "Figures." He muttered, and set off down the tunnel, looking for landmarks he recognised – or better yet, Yuusei. He knew that Yuusei liked to spend time in the speed tunnels when he was upset; and Jack had always been able to find him. He didn't bother calling out, just kept walking onwards and trusting that he would find Yuusei.

And sure enough, he did.

Yuusei was looking up at the sky through a crack in the pipes, Rally sitting vigil beside him. They didn't notice Jack until he was right upon them, and sat down silently next to Yuusei. Rally jumped in surprise and grinned at Jack, and Yuusei slowly turned his head to look at Jack, the light bathing his face and making his marker shine like gold.

"I told you I'd come back to Satellite for you," Jack said bashfully, taking Yuusei's hand.

"I had no doubt you would," Yuusei replied, squeezing his hand and leaning over to kiss him lovingly, a whole wealth of tenderness in his light touch. Jack felt all the tension in his body ooze out and he leaned in to Yuusei, offering his lips up and bowing his back, a slight blush on his cheeks. In answer to his supplication, Yuusei's strong hands cupped his cheek and snaked around his waist, pulling him closer. Jack was like putty in his hands, craving only that sweet touch and wishing to please… he had never felt this submissive before, and he felt like he should fight it but he didn't want to fight it, not anymore, he just wanted to give in and be safe in Yuusei's strong arms.

Neither noticed Rally creeping away with a smile on his face, they were too caught up with each other.

Jack only became dimly aware of his surrounds when Yuusei pulled back, breathing harshly with passion. Jack slowly realised that he was kneeling over Yuusei's thighs with his hands planted firmly in the muck of the tunnel either side of Yuusei's hips, back bowed and head arched up to meet Yuusei's lips; Yuusei held him tightly around the waist and at the back of his neck.

"Why'd you stop?" Jack breathed, eyes glazed with lust as they skidded over Yuusei's face.

Yuusei smiled and gently brushed the back of Jack's neck, making him shiver and press closer, offering himself utterly. "You don't want this in a tunnel, Jack, do you?"

Jack bit his lip, trying to compel some sort of logic into his fluid thoughts. At that moment he just wanted Yuusei to take him, he didn't care where. But a vague memory of biting mud insects cudgelled his brains into something resembling thought.

"Is there anywhere nearby?" he mumbled, aching for Yuusei's lips so close to his own but holding back, wanting Yuusei to plunder them.

Yuusei chuckled and leaned forward so that their lips buzzed together when he spoke. "I know a place. Let's go." His tongue then darted out to taste Jack's lip, making him close his eyes and press his hips right against Yuusei's, wanting to be even closer. Yuusei laughed darkly and lightly tugged on a tail. "No, Jack, we have to get up."

Unsteadily, feeling woozy from the strength of his feelings, Jack allowed himself to be led into a simple shack further down in the tunnels. It was simple, but it had a bed raised off the floor, which was all they really cared about anyway.

Jack fell onto it and began haphazardly removing his clothing until Yuusei made a 'tsk' noise and stepped in to do it instead, with his teeth instead of his hands. By the time he was naked, Jack was burning with need and grabbed eagerly at Yuusei as he calmly positioned himself to push into him.

Yuusei smiled slowly, revealing all his teeth in a luxurious, lecherous grin. Jack felt his bones turn to butter and groaned, then louder and louder as Yuusei thrust into him.

"Yuusei!"

The next morning, they appeared calmly at the breakfast table with innocent expressions, as if everyone half a mile in any direction hadn't heard the groans last night. Under the table they were holding hands, and everyone pretended not to notice. It was awkward at first, but soon they forgot why to be nervous and chatted like they had back in the days before Jack had left for the city, and even made a joke or two about them being a couple.

At one point, Rally sidled up to Yuusei and muttered, "See? They're here for you."

They turned on the news idly, and weren't really surprised to see all the coverage was of the scandal of the duellist couple and their mysterious vanishing act – perhaps, some speculated, they had even dared to elope somewhere.

Angela was rather put out that her story had been completely stolen, and also that Goodwin was taking a lawsuit against her for theft of classified information.

Eventually, of course, the furore died down. With Yuusei and Jack content in hiding, there was no fresh gossip to turn over, and soon everyone got bored and assumed they'd simply gone off somewhere. Occasionally Goodwin made a statement saying that they would be coming back at some point in the future, which seemed to keep Jack's sponsors happy. About half a year after the scandal, Goodwin sent a message saying that they could come back into the city.

Jack got the message first from one of Goodwin's people at the recycling plant, and was taking it back to the shack to share with Yuusei.

Yuusei was lying on his stomach on the bed, smiling faintly down at a piece of paper, like a flyer. He looked up and beckoned Jack over, sitting up and letting Jack sit across his knees, wrapping his arms fondly around the taller man's middle. "Here, Jack, read this. It made me smile. Read it aloud, go on."

Jack obediently took it up and started to read.

"Summoning the Love Card – Better Not Worse. Yuusei, what is this?"

"Just keep reading," Yuusei smiled, kissing Jack's shoulder.

Jack sighed. "Fine. Now we all know about that scandal of a certain Jack Atlas and a certain Yuusei Fudo, champion duellists and secret lovers. But since that revelation, all it's ever gotten is bad press. Sin on that, fie on ye, how dare they be lovers when there are card games to be played. You've all heard that tripe. Yuusei, is this actually going anywhere?"

Yuusei just smiled and stroked his hand along Jack's arm, making him relent.

"But now it's time to look at the other side. Instead of condemning them for daring to want to be together, we should praise them for having the courage to do as they feel right. Sure, they've left a lot of broken hearts behind them now their inclinations have been so publicly – and in such a tawdry manner – screamed out, but this broken heart wishes to simply say, I hope you're happy together, and have everything you could wish for. Carly, editor of The Brighter Side Magazine."

Jack was quiet for a few moments, the carefully folded the flyer and set it down. Yuusei kissed his shoulder again.

"That was very sweet of her," Jack said eventually, leaning back into Yuusei. "We'll have to thank her when we get back to the city."

They were welcomed back with open arms and forced smiles, of course. The sponsors were glad to see them, the stadia managers were even more glad to see them, and the hard-core fans were simply ecstatic they had returned.

Yuusei moved in with Jack, and they soon became known as an unbeatable tag-team duo in Turbo Duels. It would be fair and rather accurate to say that they were rather content with each other – and all as a consequence of one love-bite.

Thank you for reading, and if you could take the time to review this I would really appreciate it C:

And again, once my workload has eased I'll be back to writing more regularly, for those stories I promised on my page C: