Episode 4: Ambush

After the incident, Yuji dropped Yumi off at her her home. Her apartment was one floor above the bar/restaurant "My Pleasure." To say the teens were a little shaken up would be an understatement.

"That was... a bit thrilling, wasn't it?" Yumi asked as they stopped in front of the pub.

"True," Yuji replied after removing his helmet. "I'm just glad you're safe, Yumi."

Yumi blushed brightly before saying, "Thanks for protecting me, Yuji-sempai." She then climbed off Yuji's bike.

"Of course I would protect you, Yumi. You're a good friend."

"Am I just your friend?"

"What do you mean?" Yuji asked curiously.

She gave him a flushed look while shuffling her feet, "Yuji-sempai...I've been thinking about this for a while now...and I want to tell you something."

"You can tell me anything, Yumi," he encouraged.

She smiled at the encouragement and continued, "Well...we've only known each other for a few months, but you've been a great sempai and an even greater friend. So...(she looked down) what I wanna say is..."

"Yumi?"

Yumi took a deep breath and said, "I really like you, Yuji-sempai!"

Yuji was taken aback by the sudden declaration. He knew Yumi was one who would state her opinion, but he didn't see this coming. But then again, he did receive similar confessions like this from the other girls in his class; except from Rachel. his sister, and Jasmine.

"I see..." Yuji spoke. "So how long have you felt this way?"

"For a while now," she admitted.

"Well, how about I take you out this Sunday?"

Yumi's eyes lit up, "You mean it?!"

Yuji nodded, "Of course! After all, I have to admit that I've been feeling the same way about you for a little while, now."

"How long?"

"Remember that time during gym class?"

*Flash Back*

Yuji's class was having a game of volleyball and the game was pretty much a stale mate, with each team tied by 4. Setsuna jumped up to spike the ball from her side of the net, but Yuji intercepted the ball and popped it up.

"Yumi, it's all yours!" he called. He turned to Yumi who charged at him as he knelt down and put his hands together. She stepped onto his cupped hands and launched herself into the air .

"IKE!" she yelled as she pounded the ball into the opposing team's zone, scoring the winning point.

"GOAL!" the cheerleaders cheered.

"Yatta!" Yumi cheered. She didn't notice that she was still several feet in the air and quickly falling to the ground "W-W-Woah!"

"Yumi!" Yuji called as he quickly got under her to catch her.

However, instead of landing in Yuji's arms, Yumi landed right on top of Yuji. Everyone gasped, fearing that their fellow students may be hurt. But that wasn't the case since said students had their lips crushed together and Yumi's breasts were crushed against Yuji's chest, both of them blushing like cherries.

"Hey, you guys can make out later," Rachel teased. "Let's get ready for class!"

Everyone giggled before making their way to the locker rooms to get changed. Yuji and Yumi, however, were still on the ground and blushing.

"Are... you OK...?" Yuji asked.

"Uh-huh..." Yumi nodded. She got up and pulled Yuji up by the hand. "We...better get ready for class..."

"Right..." he nodded, still red in the face. They went to their respective lockers and got changed for class.

*End Flash Back*

Yumi rubbed the back of head, "Oh yeah..." She said shyly, "So, was that your first kiss...?"

"Yeah..." Yuji blushed. "That was pretty awkward."

"Same here!" she nodded.

"But...it didn't feel wrong though," he continued, "After that happened, I was a little embarrassed at myself and I didn't know how to confront you about it."

"I'm also surprised at how far you were able to lift me up," she added.

"My dad trains me a lot." After a brief moment of silence, "So, would you like to go out this Sunday?"

Yumi responded with a kiss to Yuji's cheek, "Come and get me around 12:00!" She then ran into the pub before turning to him and waving, "Bye!"

Yuji returned the wave and smiled before riding off into the night.

With a bright smile on her face, she ran into the pub and saw her father by the bar, dressed in the restaurant's uniform.

"Hey Yumi," Nekoi grinned. "How was school?"

"It was great dad! And I got a date!"

"Really?!" he smiled. "Well that's good to hear? So who's the lucky guy?"

"My sempai, Fudo Yuji! I'll be right back down after I figure out what to wear!" She made her way to the back and up the stairs to their appartment leaving her father with his thoughts.

"Hmm, Fudo Yuji... Now where have I heard that name before?" he pondered.

"We're ready to order." a couple called.

"Ah, my pleasure!" Nekoi greeted.

"Tadaima!" Yuji called as he opened the door to his apartment.

"Okaeri!" Rachel, Lua, and Sakuya, Lua's girlfriend, called in unison as they kept their eyes on the Halo 3 game on the HDTV.

"Okaeri!" Jasmine and Yuki said in unison, while reading a book together on the couch.

"Hey, Yuji!" Crow greeted from the dining table.

Aki sat at the other end with Luca. her hair was slightly longer and her pig tails were more spiraled.

(A/N: This is a supposed future of 5D's, so Luca and Lua are grown up. As for Luca, she now looks like an older Amy from Soul Caliber with green hair)

"Okaeri!" Luca greeted with a smile.

"Okaeri, Yuji," Aki smiled.

"Tadaima, Luca-neechan, Crow-niichan, Kaa-san." Yuji then walked over to give the two women a hug before making his way to the kitchen. "Tadaima, Tou-san!"

At the sink was a young man with black spiky hair with yellow streaks in his hair, shaped like lightning bolts. He had tanned skin, blue eyes, and a yellow line tattoo on his left cheek. He wore a black sleeveless shirt and dark blue jeans.

"Okaeri, Yuji," Yusei greeted with a smile.

Yuji looked around and saw that three people from their family were missing.

"Where's Uncle Jack, Hattori-san, and Carly-neechan?" Yuji inquired.

"Jack and Carly are still on that job they accepted a few days ago," Crow answered.

"And Hattori-kun is away in Tokyo, doing some business," Luca added.

Yuji nodded, "Then I'll be out in a minute once I get set up for Sunday."

"Something planned, Onii-sama?" Yuki asked.

"I've got a date."

"Say what?!" Rachel, Lua, and Sakuya shouted their attention focused on Yuji.

"Oh, how wonderful!" Aki smiled.

"So who's the lucky lady?" Crow grinned.

Yuji blushed, "Yumi..."

"Your kohai from school?" Luca beamed.

"Yeah. We're going out this Sunday."

"Called it!" Rachel cheered.

Yusei nodded approvingly, "That's good, Yuji. So get ready, cuz dinner's almost ready."

"Hai!" Yuji then made his way to his room, contemplating on what to wear for his date.

Sunday...

Yuji pulled up to "My Pleasure" on his Ebon Vajin and removed his helmet. He was dressed in a black button-down shirt that had an image of the Monkey King, rocking out with an electric guitar, embroidered on the back of his shirt, black jeans, with a chain around his waist, and shoes. He hefted his body off his bike and walked towards the front entrance, sliding the wooden door open.

"Oh, welcome," Nekoi greeted from the bar, "What'll you be havin'?"

"Actually," Yuji spoke, "I'm here to pick up a friend."

Nekoi grinned, "Ah, so you must be Yuji! The kid who's stolen my daughter's heart!"

"You're Yumi's father?" Yuji assumed.

"Omura Nekoi," he introduced, shaking Yuji's hand. he then got a quick look at Yuji's face and his eyes widened with disbelief. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know a Fudo Yusei, by any chance, would ya?"

"You know Otou-san?" Yuji blinked.

Nekoi almost choked on his cigarette, "You're Fudo's kid?!" Yuji nodded. "Oh this is too much," Nekoi laughed, "My little girl's fallen for the Dueling Prince!"

Yumi came down from the rear stares, hearing her father' laughter. She was dressed in a red sweater, jean skirt, and beige boots. "Hey dad, what's so funny?" She saw Yuji and her smile widened, "Yuji-sempai!"

"Hi, Yumi," Yuji greeted with a smile.

Nekoi chuckled, "Yumi, you should've told me your date's the son of the Duel King!"

Yumi's eyes widened, "Sempai, your dad's THE Fudo Yusei?!!"

"That was a long time ago," Yuji dismissed with a blush, "He actually thought people would forget about that."

"Not when the Fortune Cup was a big time in Dueling History," Nekoi laughed, "I was in the audience during that time and the duels he was in was the stuff of legend." Nekoi sighed, "Ah, "The Shooting Star of Satellite". Now those were the days." He then patted Yuji on the shoulder, "Best of luck on your date today, kids. And try not to be late when you come home."

"OK, dad," Yumi smiled as she took Yuji's hand, "Let's go, Sempai!"

"Hai, Yumi," Yuji smiled as they left the restaurant and departed via the Ebon Vajin.

Yuji and Yumi were at the movie theater, figuring out what to watch.

"How about that one?" Yumi pointed to a horror flick.

"Sure," Yuji nodded. As they walked in, they didn't notice three females close behind them.

"I still don't see why we have to follow them," Jasmine complained.

"Well, it's not like we're spying on them," Rachel said, "We're just going to see a movie."

"But this is Onii-sama's date, and we shouldn't interfere," Yuki explained.

"And I repeat: We're just going to see a movie."

"For that, why are you here when Yuki and I could be on our own date?" Jasmine said indignantly.

"I wanted to see the new zombie movie that came out."

"You just want to spy on them," Jasmine deadpanned.

"Details, details," Rachel waved off as she ran into the theater.

"(Sigh) That girl's gonna be the death of me."

"Don't worry about it," Yuki assured, "You should know that once Rachel is set on something, she won't stop." She then took Jasmine's hand and gave a small smile, "Let's just go in and enjoy the movie, OK?"

A smile also appeared on Jasmine's face, "Alright, Yuki!"

So, the movie went on for about an hour and a half. Yumi would fake a scream and embrace Yuji's arm and the boy blushed whenever a scary part came up. Rachel laughed at the victims that were eaten alive or killed in some other fashion. Jasmine had an arm around Yuki's shoulders and they cuddled into each other.

Their second destination was an ice cream parlor. Yuji and Yumi shared a chocolate and hot fudge sundae. A few tables away from them, Jasmine and Yuki shared a vanilla sundae with hot fudge and sprinkles. Rachel had a double cone of chocolate and vanilla with sprinkles.

Yuji and Yumi went into an arcade, on Yumi's request, and played a few rounds of "Street Fighter X". Rachel was going wild with "Time Crisis: Nexus" while Jasmine and Yuki played "Marvel X Capcom 7".

(A/N: This is the future so I just added some games for the story).

2 Hours later...

"That was awesome," Yumi sighed, while stretching out her arms. She and Yuji walked out of the arcade and some of the game were smoking from stress on the controls.

"You're very good at video games," Yuji complimented.

"You're not so bad yourself," she returned with a smile.

"Having a sparring partner, like Rachel, helps."

"Now that you mention it, I could have sworn I heard Rachel-sempai laughing back in the arcade." Yuji could only shrug. "By the way, we've only gone to places that I know. Isn't there somewhere that you wanna go, Yuji-sempai?"

Yuji took a minute to ponder about where he can take Yumi. He then broke his concentrating face with a smile. "I know just the place."

Yuji and Yumi arrived at a certain location on the Ebon Vajin. But Yumi couldn't see since she was blindfolded.

"Ne, Yuji-sempai, are we here?" the girls asked excitedly.

Yuji got off his bike and removed his date's blindfold. "Open your eyes," he answered.

Yumi slowly opened her eyes to see a lush green park surrounded by trees and a crystal clear lake in the center of the park.

"Yuji-sempai... It's amazing!" Yumi gasped.

"My mother took me here when i was young. How about a boat ride," Yuji offered.

"You bet," she beamed.

The two rented a boat and Yuji paddled out to the center of the lake. Rachel, Jasmine, and Yuki were on the shore watching them.

"It's kind of romantic, don't you think?" Rachel sighed.

"I'm not too good with open water," Jasmine shuddered.

"But you're fine with the pool at home."

"There's a difference!"

"It's good to see Onii-sama happy like this," Yuki smiled.

Back on the lake...

"So, Yuji-sempai, what are your parents like," Yumi asked.

"Well," Yuji started, "Tou-san is super smart and trained me in dueling since I was, practically, a baby. Kaa-san is very powerful, but very kind as well."

"What do you mean 'powerful'?"

"Oh, she's a psychic."

"What's her name," Yumi inquired.

"Izayoi Aki."

"Your mom is THE Izayoi AKI?! The woman who was once revered and feared as the "Black Rose Witch"?!"

"They were all just a bunch of bigots," Yuji frowned.

"How did your mom deal with that kind of abuse?"

"Before my parents met, my mother was very distrusting of people due to abuse from her own parents. Her psychic powers manifested when she was little and many people were afraid of her. She joined an organization called the Arcadia Movement when she was a teenager. After that, she and Tou-san dueled fiercely during the Fortune Cup. The dueled again a while after that, and they later fell in love,"

Yumi started tearing up from the story. "That's... so beautiful."

"A while after the W.R.P.G., my parents settled down and Yuki and I were born."

"So where did you lean how to use a sword?"

"Oh, Uncle Jack taught me."

"Uncle Jack?"

"Jack Atlas."

Yumi bugged, "You mean that Fudo Yusei and THE Jack Atlas are BROTHERS?!!"

Yuji shook his head. "No, that's just what we call him. He more like my godfather."

"Sounds like the interesting family." She then had another thought, "So that means that Jasmine-sempai is Jack's daughter?" Yuji nodded. "Who are Rachel-sempai's parents?"

"Crow Hogan."

"You mean "Crow the Black Bullet"?!" Yuji nodded again. "What about her mother?" Yuji then looked down at the boat's floor. "Sempai?"

"It's... not my story to tell," he sighed.

"I'm sorry..." Yumi apologized.

"Well, let's get back. It's getting late."

Yuji then paddled back to shore and took her home on the Ebon Vajin. They didn't notice, however, that several figures were following them from the rooftops. As Yuji sped down the street, several needles came raining down on the pair.

"Kyaaa," Yumi screamed.

"What's going on?!" Yuji yelled.

He then popped a wheelie and the bike screeched to a halt in front of them was a tall, lanky man wearing a white leather jacket and pants, and had long black hair, and an eye patch over his left eye.

"Yo," the man greeted sinisterly.

"Who are you, and what do you want," Yuji demanded.

"You don't need to know who we are," the man dismissed. "As for what we want... We want that fancy belt of yours, Faiz."

Yuji's eyes widened with horror as Yumi was as equally surprised.

"Y-Yuji-sempai..." she stuttered. "What does he mean?"

Before Yuji could answer the question, an Orphenoch, that looked like a spider, appeared behind them, armed with a spiked chakrum.

"Yumi, run," Yuji ordered.

"I'm too scared, sempai..."

The spider Orphenoch shot webbing from its mouth and ensnared Yumi, pulling her off the Ebon Vajin and into its arms.

"Sempai!"

"No, Yumi!!" Yuji called. He charged at the man with sword drawn and slashed down, but the man merely blocked with a forearm and kicked Yuji in the gut, sending him flying into a store's window.

"Ha ha ha ha," the man laughed, "If you wanna see your girlfriend again, bring the belt to the docks in Satellite at midnight. I'll be waiting." The man disappeared as quickly as he appeared.

Yuji crawled out from the broken window and growled.

"Damn it..." he cursed. He then took out his phone and dialed a number. "This is agent Faiz. We have a situation..."

To Be Continued...

Bushido: Uh-oh, Yumi has been kidnapped! What's going to happen to her? Who is the man that ambushed Yuji? Is he after more than Faiz's belt? What is Yuji gonna do about it? Find out next time! R+R everyone! I would really appreciate it!

Next Episode: "333 Delta!"