Yu-Gi-Oh! Era-X
Chapter 5: Sarutori...?
It was the beginning of a four day weekend for the students of Suta-Hasha Academy. Some students may have taken this time to go home, but some decided to stay on campus for what ever their reason may be. It was the dawn of a new day and although most students were busy sleeping, one hall in particular was very lively.
"What the heck are you looking for!" Hatsuo yelled from the his lower bunk bed as he dodged a lamp.
Multiple objects were sent flying Ryuuto and Hex's way as they continued to dodge frantically. "Yurai, what's your problem?" Ryuuto yelled.
Hex had took shelter on the top bunk bed to the left of the room, "He's gone insane."
Yurai was busy shuffling through desk drawers, throwing papers and other objects off the desk. He was mute and then out of no where he flipped the desk over. He walked straight pass Hatsuo and pulled out a drawer from the bottom bunk bed.
Ryuuto looked at Hatsuo and they both nodded their heads as if they had come up with a plan instantly, "Go!" they both yelled as they ran at Yurai. Ryuuto grabbed Yurai's left arm while Hatsuo grabbed the right.
Yurai didn't resist their atempt to subdue him, but instead embraced it. "You got em!" Hex replied with glee.
"What's up with the attitude, Yurai?" Ryuuto asked.
"Sexual frustration? Come on you can tell us, we're all men here. Well except for Hex." Hatsuo stated trying to make his roommate laugh.
Yurai flung out his arms and sent Hatsuo and Ryuuto flying across the room in their respective directions. "Hmph." Yurai spotted something and picked up a journal from the bottom of the drawer. He shot a look at Hex.
Hex, almost trembling, stared back seeing a strange red aura around Yurai before he smirked and walked out. "That was weird." Hex said.
Ryuuto was leaning on the wall, rubbing his head, "Yep, definitely sexual frustration."
Hatsuo laughed just alittle bit, "I knew it."
Hex got down from the top bunk, "So what was that journal he took?"
"The hell if I know?" Hatsuo said getting up off the floor of the room.
Ryuuto got an idea, "Maybe Tenshi knows!"
Hatsuo smirked, "Yep, lets just head on over to the girls' dorm. It will be great!" he started to get a little too excited.
"Hex call your cousin, please. I don't think I'd be comfortable putting girls at danger this early in the morning." Ryuuto stated looking at a daydreaming Hatsuo.
Hex pulled out his duel gazer and after awhile of waiting he got no answer. "She's not answering."
"Maybe I could call Tenshi." Hatsuo suggested.
Ryuuto raised both his eye brows, "You of all people have Tenshi's number?" he said a bit skeptical.
Hatsuo looked off to his side trying not to meet his rommates gaze, "She didn't exactly give it to me per se. I kind of bypassed Yurai's D-pad locks and-"
"I don't want to know." Ryuuto said feeling uncomfortable.
Next Door...
"You're going to have to go over there Jun." Arcaine told his roommate.
Jun was sitting on the top bunk on the otherside of the room from Arcaine. He put down a book and stared at his roommate, "I don't think that's a good idea." Jun Hisagi is a pale fifteen year old boy with short spiky teal hair and purple eyes. His body could be described as that of a swimmer, a skinny one. He was in a grey short sleeve t-shirt and long green pyjama trousers.
"But its your job as student concil member to find out exactly what the students do on campus." Arcaine stated.
Jun raised an eyebrow, "You're making me sound like I'm supposed to stalk students..."
"Don't be a coward Jun." Arcaine said, "You heard all that noise over there. Aren't you just a bit curious?"
Jun picked his book back up, "That is exactly why I will not be going over there. Maybe you could check it out."
Arcaine fell to his bed, "No thanks. If I wanted to check out what Yurai and pals were doing over there, I would have gone myself."
Jun put down his book and looked at Arcaine with a quizzical face, "Yurai?"
...
Back in Hatsuo, Hex, and Ryuuto's room they were patiently waiting for the girls to show up as they bored themselves. They were each laying down on their respective beds.
"Who's wants to play a game while we wait?" Ryuuto asked folding a piece of paper.
Hatsuo was on his D-pad messing with something, "No thanks, I'm a bit busy right now."
"Are you tracking Yurai?" Hex asked, his face blissful.
Hatsuo looked at Hex with a wolfish face, "Not exactly."
"Are you connected to the girls' dormatory cameras again?" Hex asked with a bleek expession on his face.
Ryuuto had made a paper airplane and he started observing it, "I wouldn't be suprised if he was."
Hatsuo smirked as he quickly shut off his D-pad, "Heh, no. Why would I be doing things like that... oh forget it. I was totally hacking their cameras."
Almost intsantly the three boys' door caved in slightly creating a loud bang. This caused Ryuuto to jump alittle along with the others and he released his paper airplane.
"Ow! My eye!" Hatsuo yelled.
Suddenly their door opened and walking in was a girl with cherry red hair in a red shirt and black shorts, "We came as soon as we heard the news." Nikki said looking around their room.
Next in was Cloe in her white and pink nightgown and after her was Tenshi in a pink tank top and turquise pyjama pants with pink flowers on them.
"That was fast." Ryuuto stated a little shocked at their arival.
Hastuo was tending to his eye, "What'd you do, fly here? Oh and you owe us a new door."
"Where's Luna?" Hex asked.
Nikki looked behind her and the others, "I guess we left her."
"What about Yurai was the problem?" Tenshi asked.
Hatsuo had focused his attention on the girls getting a better look at them, "You girls couldn't have freshened up a bit for us? Tenshi your hair is a tornado."
"They didn't bother sense they knew Yurai wouldn't be here." Ryuuto laughed.
Nikki crossed her arms, "Like you boys are decent. The rooms a mess and you knew we were coming, yet you kept on your sleep clothes."
Ryuuto looked at himself taking notice that he only had on yellow shorts, "She has a point."
"But Hex's cat pyjamas are cute." Cloe said, causing Hex to blush.
"Do you two always sleep shirtless?" Nikki asked teasing Ryuuto and Hatsuo slightly.
Hex was sitting on his bed, "Well, shouldn't we be discussing about the journel."
"Oh, yeah." Ryuuto started. "Hatsuo, you got a good look at it, right?"
Hatsuo tapped his head, "I could say no and all this would be pointless..."
Nikki put her hands on her hips and glared intensely at the black and white haired Hatsuo, "This is no time for games."
"Oh, yes!" Hatsuo jumped slightly, "It had a grey cover with white letters on it."
"Any ideas Tenshi?" Ryuuto asked.
Tenshi took a second or two to ponder over what information had been given to her. She huffed and puffed and then it hit her, "It's his dad's research!"
Cloe looked puzzled, "Research?"
"Well it was technically his father's dairy, but Yurai finds everything in it fascinating and he treats it as research." Tenshi said as she crossed her arms, "Its the only thing I can see him bringing here that's in the form of writing."
"What was in it?" Hex asked.
Tenshi put a finger on her chin, "I think I read it once... It just talks about experiences and such, but there was something unsual in there about Duel Monsters."
"Do you remember exactly what that part was about?" Nikki questioned.
Tenshi dropped her head, "No..." She then looked at everyone with a sincere look, "I wasn't really interested in Duel Monsters so I didn't pay much attention to it, sorry."
Nikki patted Tenshi on the shoulder and then shot a look at Hatsuo, "Aren't you some sort of Evil Genius Hatsuo?"
Hatsuo smirked, "If its technology, I will abuse it."
"Uhh..." Cloe was lost for words as she was sort of frightened by Hatsuo.
"Well, why aren't you tracking him?" Nikki asked with a smile on her face.
"He was too busy being controlled by his wanderlust." Ryuuto snickered.
...
Ms. Robinson sat calmly at her desk filling out paperwork as the light from her window shined into the room effortlessly. She rubbed her hand through her hair and then put her pen down. She pressed a button on her desk and it buzzed, "Send him in now."
Ms. Robinson's door slid open and almost instantly a man in a silver suit walked in with a blank expression on his face. His eyes were a dull gray and his hair, which reached his back, was a shiny silver with a single blue bang hanging over his forehead. He had a scar across his right eye and was fairly tall with some muscle mass. Word around town is that the women adore him and throw themselves at the thirty-four year old billionaire. He dropped a breif case on Melina's desk and took a seat infront of it.
Ms. Robinson smiled, "Are you ready to do business, Mr. Sarutori?"
"How is my daughter doing?" Kaigara Sarutori asked Melina.
Ms. Robinson put her hands in her lap, "Mu is doing great sir. Now-"
"No one here is distracting Mu correct. I wouldn't won't her to fall behind because of your students influences." Kaigara stated with not hint of glee.
Melina's eyebrow twitched, "Why of cousre not. You did get her a place away from everyone else. I think a little fresh air with regular kids would do her some good anyway."
"Don't be silly. I had no clue you were such a skilled comedian." Kaigara stated. "I've heard about this place you know." He said as he looked at Melina with no emotion. "You and your fiance only picked this location because of its supernatural history. It is the only reason why I would help sponser this school along with someone seen as a competitor."
Melina sighed, "You mean Camaru don't you... You do know he has no intension of participating in the billionaire playboy life style." she said putting her hand on her cheek.
"Precisely, I do not won't my Mu to turn out like him. When someone is given wealth and fortune they tend to not care about the business they've inherited as a whole. You fiance runs around dueling instead of taking on his given role as executive of a industry." Kaigara closed his eyes and smirked, "This is precisely why I make Mu work for everything so she will learn what it means to run my industry. She must not let foolish children like your students to interupt her."
Melina became slightly annoyed, "Blah, blah, blah. This coming from a man who built his empire from the child's game. You surely realise the-"
Kaigara calmly interupted Melina again, "It is not Mu's role to enjoy the game. Yes, she is allowed to duel, but she must not get caught up in such a thing. The only reason she's allowed to duel here anyway is to better improve her average and be at the top of everything."
"Interupt me again and you can kiss that pretty face of your bye." Melina growled. "Now just show me the product you want us here at Suta-Hasha to sample." she said sitting back in her chair.
Mr. Sarutori grinned, "It seems you have a loud bark. Anyway," Kaigara opened the briefcase, "I give you new and improved Duel accessories. They will power the future of Duel Monsters and I'm allowing you all to be my guinea pigs."
...
Nikki, Cloe, Ryuuto, Tenshi, Hex, and Hatsuo were standing outside a fairly large building. It looked like something out of girl's dream or something. It had two stories and even came complete with a balcony overlooking a forest behind them. It was really a sight for sore eyes. "This is were we split up." Nikki stated. "That other location was somewhere in the woods right Hatsuo?"
Hatsuo looked at his D-pad, "Yep. The GPS says Yurai's D-pad is inside this place, but his D-gazer is deep in the woods."
"Hex, Ryuuto, and I can check out this house or whatever and-" Nikki started.
"No way, Nikki!" Hatsuo hindered Nikki, "I've had plans to meet this daughter of a billionaire for some time now and I'm going in there."
"Cool, I guess I can head with Tenshi and Cloe then." Ryuuto said.
Nikki sighed, "Come on Hatsuo. Who am I to get in the way of your manly desires."
"Shouldn't we hurry up?" Hex asked.
Hatsuo had pressed a button on his D-pad, "I've sent you Yurai's D-gazer coordinates."
Ryuuto heard his D-pad beep and nodded before he, Tenshi, and Cloe got a move on towards the woods. "Got ya."
Hex watched their friends dissappear into the woods and then looked at Hatsuo, "This is your field Hatsuo."
"I knew breaking into female's houses were your specialty." Nikki joked.
Hatsuo went up to the door, "Yeah, yeah, laugh while you can." The door then clicked and popped open. "For a rich person's place the security system sucks."
"In we go I guess." Nikki said.
...
Back at the Boys' Dormitory...
"Hey Jay, you wanna see a trick?" Aliq grinned showing a tooth.
"Why not?" Jay replied. Jay O'Conner had raven hair and brown eyes. He was a bit skinny, but most of his muscle was in his arms and legs.
Raiden sighed, "A piece of friendly advice, Jay. When ever Tyson or Aliq ask you if you want to see a trick, just say no..."
"Ah, lighten up Raiden. This is a new trick Tyson hipped me to." Aliq smirked more devilishly.
Jay jerked his shoulders, "What's the worst that could happen?"
Raiden closed his eyes and continued to eat some icecream, "Don't say I didn't warn you."
Aliq held up a card, "Now focus on this here card." Aliq threw the card into the air and it captured Jay's full attention. Jay watched as the card hit the ground, but Aliq had left his position.
Jay turned around to see Aliq standing behind him, "What kind of trick was that?"
Aliq pointed to Jay's feet as he grinned again, "Check it."
Jay looked down and his black jeans were wrapped around his ankle he quickly pulled them up, "At least no one else saw this..."
Raiden looked behind Jay at the open door and the blue haired Luna standing outside it, "I wouldn't say that."
Aliq wiggled his index finger in a circular motion, "Turn around."
Jay swiftly turned around and blushed madly as he feared this girl saw him in only his black t-shirt with 'Were Master' written on it in brown. "I-uh-yeah-duh..."
Luna pretended not to see anything and slowly walked in their room.
"What's up Luna?" Aliq asked.
Luna looked around the room, "Oh, its just you guys here."
Raiden pointed his ice cream filled spoon to a top bunk, "Well, Tyson's up there. He's either A: chatting with some poor girl who'll soon find out she's a pawn in his bigger picture. B: playing online poker. C: Playing with dolls."
Tyson bent over the edge of the bunk bed, "They're luck idols not dolls."
"No," Luna began, "I was wandering if the others would be here or something. I got a message from Hex saying something's wrong with Yurai."
"Okay I'm suddenly interested. What happened?" Aliq asked.
...
Luna had told them about how Yurai lost his cards yesterday and about the Coyote kid.
"I think its time for the Coyote to meet the Wolf." Aliq grinned with his two canine teeth bitting his bottom lip.
"Not possible." Tyson said.
Jay looked at Tyson, "Why not. He doesn't sound like a tough guy from how she described him."
"He's almost always protected by a band of bullies. No way we could get to him, let alone have a 'conversion' with him." Tyson explained.
"I'll find a way, trust me." Aliq said calmly. "But I will need you Tyson, your expertise in stealing will be perfect."
Raiden sighed, "And now here he goes with the pack thing again."
Aliq coughed, "I was not going to mention anything about a pack... this time." Aliq closed his eyes and smiled, "We first do alittle recon. Like a predator stalking its prey."
"Are all teenaged boys this weird?" Luna asked with a weak smile on her face.
Raiden smiled, "Pretty much."
...
Nikki, Hatsuo, and Hex were creeping through the house as they followed the D-pad's directions precisely. Hex heard a small noise and tapped Nikki, "I think someone's home."
Hatsuo smirked, "Yurai you dog." he said nudging Nikki's shoulder. "What else could he be doing in a rich girl's house. Nikki, what do you think is going down in that room over there?" he winked.
Nikki blushed and hit Hatsuo on the head, "Get your mind out the gutter!"
Hatsuo rubbed his head, "It was just a-"
"What are you doing here?" Hatsuo was interupted by a charming voice from behind them.
The trio turned around to see a young lady with silky dark brown hair shoulder-fastened in a ponytail with light golden brown tips. She was wearing a skin tight shirt under a sleeveless Sarutori Towers coat with a fur collar and shoulder pads. Around her neck she wore a studded collar and also she wore white jeans with belts strapped around her shins.
Hatsuo was grinning, "I kind of thought she'd look like a defenseless princess."
"Get out of my place or face the consequences." the girl said.
Nikki walked up to the girl, "So, your Mu Sarutori, right?"
Mu smirked, "Why are you here?"
Hatsuo winked at her, "We have reason to believe your are having an affair with our friend."
Mu raised an eyebrow, "You and your friends are the only trespassers here."
"But my friend's D-pad says there's something here belonging to our friend." Nikki stated.
Hex pointed behind Mu while he was sort of behind Nikki, "Yeah, its right behind that door over there."
"You want to see what's behind that door over there, don't you." Mu began to think. "Well, truth be told I could use some amusment. I haven't had a serious duel in a long time thanks to my overprotective father."
"Are you saying we should duel or get married? I'm lost..." Hatsuo said.
Nikki stepped up, "I would gladly duel you." she said with glee in her voice.
"This should be fun, what is your name anyway?" Mu asked as she put on her D-gazer.
Nikki adjusted her D-gazer on her face, "Just call me Nikki."
AR VISION LINK, ESTABLISHED.
"Duel!" the two girls exclaimed as they drew there cards.
"You can go first." Mu told Nikki.
Nikki drew her card, "I summon Elemental Hero Stratos (1800/300 lv4) and I add Elemental Hero Woodsman to my hand. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Mu drew her card, "So you run an Elemental Hero deck... Interesting." Mu examined her hand quickly before she decided what to do. "I summon Bujin - Yamato (1800/200 lv4) and he will attack your Elemental Hero Stratos."
Yamato then charged for Stratos with an energy charged fist. "Just what are you planning with a move like that?" Nikki asked under her breath.
Mu then showed Nikki a card from her hand, "I now activate Bujin Relic - Habakiri's effect to double Yamato's ATK to 3600." Yamato began to glow intensely as it shattered Elemental Hero Stratos.
Nikki Lp: 2200
Nikki activated her face-down trap, "I use the trap Hero Counterattack! Since you destroyed my Elemental Hero Stratos you choose one card from my hand and if it happens to be an Elemental Hero, I can summon it."
Mu pointed to Nikki's hand, "The card to your far right."
Nikki smirked, "Thanks, now I summon Elemental Hero Woodsman to the field and your Bujin - Yamato is destroyed."
Mu watched as her Bujin - Yamato had shattered to pieces, but she wore no look of worry on her face. "That was fairly impressive. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Nikki drew her next card, "Thanks to Woodsman's effect I can pull out Polymerization from the deck."
"She's preparing a fusion." Hex said with a hint of suprise in his voice.
"I fuse Elemental Hero Woodsman with Elemental Hero Lady Heat from my hand with Polymerization!" Nikki yelled as Woodsman and Lady Heat bonded in a swirl of light. "I Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Nova Master (2600/2100 lv8) and attack you directly!"
Nova had encased its hands in an intense fire before firing the wild flames at the brunette. Mu didn't flench not once as the flames hit her almost as if she embraced the attack.
Mu Lp: 1400
Nikki smirked, "I've got you now." she was a bit happy pulling into the lead of the duel.
Mu simple waved a hand and activated a trap, "I use Call of the Haunted to bring Bujin - Yamato (1800/200 lv4) back to my field."
Nikki started to wonder why Mu would choose now to play that trap. Surely she could have used it earlier to reduce the damage she would've taken. Nikki dismissed this quickly and decided to end her turn.
"What is she planning now?" Hatsuo wondered.
Hex shook his head, "Apparently she needs that Yamato for something. Should we be afraid?"
Nikki looked at Hex with a grin, "Afraid? No way, Hex." Nikki then looked at Mu, "For all we know, she might not be as skilled as we thought."
Mu drew her card as she laughed slightly at the trio, "Maybe I made a mistake, maybe I didn't. The only way to find out is to keep playing this duel through." She quickly gazed upon her hand, "I summon Bujin - Mikazuchi (1900/1500 lv4). I will use Yamato and Mikazuchi to Xyz Summon Bujin Emperor - Kagutsuchi (2500/2000 rk4)." Yamato and Mikazuchi turned into orbs of light as they zoomed into the overlay network, summoning a large warrior clad in armor and wielding weapons.
"Nikki's Nova is still stronger..." Hatsuo pointed out.
Mu then revealed a card from her hand, "I now activate Bujin Relic - Orochi's effect-"
"That's enough Mu." a voice all to familar to Mu stated calmly.
Everyone directed their attention to the open door that revealed Mu's father, Mr. Sarutori.
"Check it out, that's Mr. Sarutori. What are the odds." Hatsuo said with a beaming smile on his face.
"Well, this is his daughter's private place of stay." Hex indicated.
"This won't take much longer father, let me fin-" Mu had started only to be interupted by her father.
"I said that will be enough, Mu. Are you really willing to dissapoint me? Do you want me to lower my expectations for you? Will this duel be worthwhile in the long run? What will this help you to accomplish, Mu?" Mr. Sarutori questioned his daughter.
"Duels are an expression, you know like an art." Nikki said. "They are a pass time and improve our social skills... I guess."
Hatsuo nodded his head, "Yeah, and plus she has something of ours!"
Mu clenched her fist and then slightly losened her grip, "I understand father..."
Mr. Sarutori smiled, "Now don't be too upset. Remember I have the annual Boost Duel Tournament coming up and you should focus on that. This tournament gives you national exposure instead of security cam high jinks." he said pointing to a camera up in the corner.
Mu left to walk upstairs as the duel field deteriorated around the room, "Yes father, I understand the importance of the tournament..."
Mr. Sarutori smirked as he looked at the other three, "Now, you may exit."
"We came here for a reason and we ain't leaving till we get it." Nikki shouted.
Mr. Sarutori closed his eyes as an elegant smile crossed his face, "Guards, take them away." he snapped his fingers.
"Nikki raised her eyebrows, "Guards? What-" she was picked up from behind by a giant man in an all black suit.
Hatsuo and Hex were grabbed just as quick by a bald round man in a tightly fitting black suit as well, "What the heck? Where did they come from?" Hatsuo asked as he wiggled about.
"Perhaps they're ninjas..." Hex stated as he let out a puff of air.
The two big men tossed the three teens out of the door causing them all to tumble to the ground. "Hatsuo picked up his sun glasses, "You guys might wanna shop for bigger suits! This time try the men's department and not the baby gap!" The two men jumped at Hatsuo causing him to flinch and them to laugh.
"Well that was a loss..." Hex said.
A D-pad then fell from the sky and the three teens looked up, "Must've been aliens." Hatsuo said looking up at the sky.
Hex was looking at the D-pad, "It's Yurai's!"
"I found that in the woods earlier." Mu said from her window upstairs. She looked at Nikki who seemed to be slightly irritated by the stop of their match. "I hope you're entering the tournament, Nikki."
Nikki smirked, "Yeah."
"Me too, hello! Rich girl attention here!" Hatsuo yelled.
Mu smirked, "Fine, I will defeat you there and claim victory over everyone I encounter at the tornament." she said before she closed her window.
"It looks like you two have a score to settle." Hex said.
Nikki smiled, "It looks like it. But what about the others..."
"You're right, we can't leave all the fun to Ryuuto and the girls." Hatsuo said.
"Whatever, lets go!" Nikki exclaimed.
Meanwhile In The Boys' Dorm...
Jay, Aliq, Raiden, and Tyson were sitting on the floor in a circle, each with a hand full of cards. They were all staring at each other intensely, meeting each others' gaze and building up suspicion by each passing second.
Aliq squinted his eyes as they peirced through Jay's soul, "Jay... You got any threes?"
Jay raised his eyebrow, "Nope... Go fish."
Aliq through his cards on the floor, "Damn!" he then stood up and stomped on the playing cards.
"How did we end up playing Go Fish anyway?" Raiden asked.
Jay jerked his shoulders, "I have no clue."
Tyson got up and started to stretch, "Its a mystery, one minute we were discussing Aliq's stalker tactics and then wham, you guys owe me money."
"Wait a second..." Jay began. "You tricked us Tyson."
Aliq was speed walking in circles around the room, "Damn, damn, damn!"
Tyson smirked, "And I like my money in ones. I like to have big stacks." he joked, but half serious.
...
Luna was sitting down in the girls' lounge which was basically in the same design as something out of a princess book or something. Everything shined and was expensive to say the least. Luna was on the couch watching the television. On the other side of her was a girl who looked to be fifteen. She had waist length black silky hair, pale skin, and violet eyes. Her attire consisted of a purple long sleeved button down shirt, black pants, and brown high heeled boots. The girl's name was Raven Tsurara and she was reading a book. There was also a third girl in the room as well, but she was at a distance from and not even making an effort to approach them at all. Instead this girl was minding her own business as she slowly consumed a bag of chips. This girl was sixteen year old Plura Tomoshiki. She had long black slender hair down to her knees and her irises were very dull. She was wearing glasses as she looked over her cards indicating that she was a duelist.
Luna had looked over a Plura wondering if she felt lonely or something, "So you're a duelist, huh?" she asked trying to break the silence between them. Plura didn't acknowledge that Luna was speaking to her. Luna sighed and turned around, starring at the t.v. for a moment. "What about you?" Luna asked Raven as she tapped her toes on the floor.
Raven lowered her book and revealed an emotionless face, "No one wants to talk." she said blankly. Raven took out a sucker from a bag beside her and put it in her mouth as she resumed to reading her book.
Luna turned back to the t.v. and quickly went to watching her show as it came off commercial, "Okay..."
...
Ryuuto, Cloe, and Tenshi were approaching an opening in the woods which seemed all too familar to the girls. It was the same place where they witnessed Yurai's duel with Neoki. The trio walked up on a gate with caution tape surrounding it.
"This must be the place." Ryuuto said scratching his head as he looked at a demolished little building. "Wonder what happened here?"
Tenshi and Cloe sighed, "Its complicated..."
"Arrrrgggghhhhh!" The three teens heard screaming from the broken down building and they decided to jump the gate. Once everyone was over they instantly ran inside the sad little place.
"Where do you think that noise came from?" Ryuuto asked as they looked around at the rubble.
Cloe had focused her eyes on a blinking blue light that seemed to be coming from under a large piece of a broken wall. Without any hesitation, she made her way to the light and took a knee. Cloe then heard a faint moan from under the damaged wall and pulled on it, "You guys, someone's here."
Ryuuto and Tenshi had then quickly turned around to help Cloe in pulling up the wall. They seemed to be struggling a bit as they all were straining there muscles. "Just a little more..." Ryuuto grunted. The three had soon, but barely, shoved the disassembled wall to the side. They all gasped slightly at the sight of an injured Yurai. "He is troublesome..."
Tenshi sighed as she pulled him closer to them, his head in her lap, "He's hopeless..."
Cloe had noticed that the blinking of the blue light had stopped, leaving her to wonder where it had originated from, "Maybe we should get out of her." she suggested.
Tenshi and Ryuuto nodded as they pulled Yurai up in between them, "Let's just get out of here. This place creeps me out..." Tenshi said.
The three of them left out with a KO'd Yurai in their grasp, but someone else was watching them. He leaned on a wall in the shadows away from any incoming light. He watched the three teens leave with the body and smirked as he walked to the spot they found Yurai. He kicked a couple of crumbled up stone out of his way and walked down the staircase. The light from the broken ceiling then shined upon him revealing his silver hair and he continued to move rock out of his way until he saw the door. Neoki touched it, making it open up as a response and he went inside.
...
Hours had passed and Yurai laid motionless in the medical room all alone. The others had agreed to meet at the lunch room to have a 'small' discussion. They pulled two tables close together as they began chatting.
"Aside from Yurai's strange behavior, what else did you guys discover?" Luna asked.
"Well, we've found out about an upcoming tournament that's being held by Mr. Sarutori of Sarutori Tower." Hatsuo said.
"Really?" Raiden asked.
Nikki nodded, "After my duel with Mu Sarutori, her father stated something about a Boost Tournament."
"I think that's the tournament that's broadcasted across the world." Jay said as he tapped his chin.
"Good, you're not totally useless." Aliq teased.
Hex swallowed nothing as he muscled up the strength to tell the guys something, "I saw a red aura around Yurai!" as he finished he sighed, not believing he could've kept that disturbing fact to himself any longer.
"I thought we were done talking about Yurai..." Tyson said counting his money infront of everyone.
"What?" Tenshi asked.
Hex nodded, "Usually I'd see a faint blue orb with him, but instead I saw a crimson red aura..."
"You too?" Cloe asked, "I too can see the duel spirits."
"What makes you think their duel spirits?" Nikki asked.
"Well if me and Hex both see duel spirits and we were the only one's to notice that spirit with Yurai, it has to be a duel monster's spirit." Cloe explained.
"That does make the most scense." Ryuuto agreed.
Jay seemed confused, "So why does this Yurai have a spirit following him?"
"Beats me." Hatsuo said.
Tenshi sighed, "But from what we saw from Yurai and Neoki's duel, I wouldn't be suprised if something happened to them."
"What exactly happened?" Raiden asked.
Luna thought for a second, "There was some strange field of light and then an explosion and after that Neoki vanished."
"That is odd..." Jay trailed off.
"Well, its getting late let's go home." Luna said.
...
Back at the medical room, Yurai was trembling in the bed as if he was having a horrible nightmare. He started to grunt and moan as his fist were clenching the sheets. "What are you... w-where's..." he was talking in his sleep. "Idene..." In his mind he was surrounded by darkness as he fell into an abyss. He was panicking as he looked up and saw a giant pair of red eyes looking down on him. "Leave me alone!" Yurai screamed as the eyes turned into a red shadow. Yurai felt himself losing air and started to hyperventilate.
The crimson shadow was laughing demonishly as it swooped down to absorb Yurai slowly. Yurai watched as his arms started to dissolve into thin air and soon his legs followed. After only seconds Yurai was simply a head and his eyes glowed red, sending a jolt of pain to him.
Yurai jerked up from the bed he was in, looking around quickly, and fainted back to the bed.
In another Dimension...
"Are you ready?" Zentax asked a team of four cloaked beings. Watching them nod, he activated the warp hole filled with colors, "This trip will put a toll on your bodies, so we'll have to lay low before our mission begins... And I know exactly what to do till then." Zentax laughed a bit as he and the others were pulled into the warp hole.
...
At the top of Sarutori Towers, Mr. Sarutori sat at his desk sipping his finest wine. He seemed at peace with himself as set his wine glass down. He got up to look out his window and get a glimpse of the night sky, "Soon, very soon, it will be functional... I'll be even richer then anyone could imagine. All I need is time and a patient mind." he smirked. "This year's tournament will be the biggest ever held ranging from multiple countries. All those duelist..." his grin got ever wider. He sighed as he walked back to his desk, looking a picture of his adoptive daughter, Mu. "And if anything goes wrong, my precious Mu can take over in my absense..."
Voice Actors
Yuri Lowenthal/Yurai Reihou
Trina Nishimura/Tenshi Miko
Tom Gibis/Aliq
Monica Rial/Cloe Maxwell
Johnny Yong Bosch/Tyson Remington
Rachel Leigh Cook/Nicolette 'Nikki' Trace
Crispin Freeman/Hatsuo Kotetsu
Marc Thompson/Raiden Sato
Erica Schroeder/Luna Azura
Zach Tyler Eisen/Hex Corin
Ryan Drummond/Ryuuto Hoshikawa
Jesse McCartney/Jay O'Conner
James Beach/Jun Hisagi
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn/Mu Sarutori
Anne Hathaway/Raven Tsurara
Tara Strong/Plura Tomoshiki
Luci Christian/Melina Robinson
Troy Baker/Zentax
Matthew Mercer/Kaigara Sarutori
Oc Cards...
- None...
Hatsuo: This was a strange day.
Ryuuto: You can say that again.
Hatsuo: This was a strange day.
Aliq: Say it again and I'll personally destroy you calmly and slowly.
Tyson: I bet you won't say it again.
Jay: This might be interesting to watch!
Raiden: Do you think he'll say it?
Hatsuo: This was a...
Arcaine: Come on say it!
Hex: I can't look.
Jun: Not the brightest of ideas...
Hatsuo: Stran-
Pow!
Luna: Boys...
Tenshi: Right Nikki.
Nikki: Hit him with a left!
Plura: Next time on Yugioh Era-X: Confrontations
Raven: Can you all please be quiet?!
Melina: My students...
Yep, there you have, the introduction of mister big man and his daughter. Okay so what I've decided to do is switch out characters throughout the chapters as in give everyone some spotlight now and then. While some may play back seat for some chapters, everyone will have a chapter dedicated to them sooner or later. Hope you enjoyed this installment and support me by reviewing, please. It's the only thing I have for life!
- P.S. It not the only thing I have in life... It was a hyperbole... I think...