Those Who Endure

Chapter 2: Blasts from the Past

Sector Security Headquarters

A woman with short blue hair and gold in a white blouse under a gray-blue jacket that ends in the front abdomen and falls past her white skirt in the back and wore brown heels and blue dangle earrings. She stood in front of the panorama window while thinking about the recent incidents in Neo Domino City.

The Ghost incidents.

Just when the entire city was enjoying peace during these past six moths after the Dark Signers wreaked havoc on them, this happened. Turbo Duelists who were challenged by Ghost had lost and actually crashed afterwards despite of the advanced safety measures. Even Sector Security members fell prey to him.

Including him.

"Trudge."

Tetsu Trudge. Once a regular Sector Security patrol officer stationed in Satellite before the Dark Signers incident, but not the Vice Chief of the Special Investigations branch of Sector Security with her as the Chief. He too felt victim to Ghost early last night after failing to persuade Yusei, Jack and Crow to go after Ghost. Now he's in the hospital and she feels worse for not stopping him.

"Knowing them, those three probably spent the entire night looking for him." The woman said before her phone on her desk rang. "Yes. Uh-huh… What?!" She ran out of her office to the main hub where thousands of CCTV cameras images cut into small squares are managed by the technicians and radio operators. "Status report."

"Chief Mina. Not long ago, we authorized a Turbo Duel around 0400 HRS and there was no registered Duel Runner identification on either of them."

"Them?" Mina asked fearfully. So there are two Ghosts now? "Pull up the images."

One of the technicians pulled up the footage on the main screen where it showed the black clothed figure on Sector Security Duel Runner dueling a teenager on a modified American motorcycle/Duel Runner with two monsters on the Dueling Field.

"Can we ID them both?"

"Checking now, Chief." One of the technicians said before the data came in. "The unknown Duelist is probably Ghost and there's no data on him at all." Mina frowned. "However, we do have information on the kid he's facing: Naruto Ea. Oh… Oh this is not good."

"What is it?"

"It… it says here on the data that… this is Naruto's first Turbo Duel."

Mina was confused by this. "In a while."

"Ever."

Mina's eyes widen before she rushed out of the room with her cell phone on her ear. "Jack, listen."

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The Dueling Circuit

Naruto looked back at his opponent who chuckled at him and the gloomy aura of despair. His Breaker didn't look intimidated by the Mechlord and neither was he.

"I end my turn with another facedown." Naruto declared. "These cards will help me stall for time."

"Good. My turn!"

Naruto: 4000 LP

SC: 2

Ghost: 4000 LP

SC: 2

Ghost looked at his card and chuckled sinisterly. "Machine Emperor Wisel, attack his Breaker the Magical Warrior!" The opposing Spellcaster readied him-self as the giant monster's right hand glowed white, brimming with power as it was about to plow him into the Graveyard.

"Not so fast! Trap Card activate, Negate Attack!" One of the facedowns flipped open as a dominantly purple/red vortex stopped the Machine Lord in its place, saving his monster and upsetting Ghost. "Thanks to this, your attack is negated and ends your Battle Phase."

"You're stalling." Ghost blatantly said. "I set a facedown and end my turn."

Naruto sighed as the circuit took him and his opponent close to the city with the rising sun breaking dawn. "My move!"

Naruto: 4000 LP

SC: 3

Ghost: 4000 LP

SC: 3

The blonde Duelist looked at his hand as his Breaker's ATK and DEF swapped back into their original modes. "Here goes! I summon Summoner Monk (4/ATK-800/DEF-1600) in ATK mode." A light blue-skinned man with long twin tail pink hair on either side of his face in dark purple robes and white trimming vertically in the middle of it appeared next to its fellow Spellcaster and comrade on the field. "However since this monster was Normal Summoned, he switches to DEF mode."

"If you knew that, then why place it in ATK mode in the first place?" Ghost criticized and relished his opponent's annoyance.

"Shut it you!" Naruto shouted back. "Thanks to Summoner Monk's special ability, I can Special Summon a Level 4 Monster from my deck, so come out Engraver of the Mark (4/ATK-1800/DEF-1200)!" The monster appeared wit attire that sleek and silverish/black with armor on the chest as it wielded twin thin swords in each hands. All in all, it looked like Zorro from the movies.

"What are you going to do with those Monsters? They're too weak against my Machine Lord Wisel!"

"That may be true…" Naruto said softly. "But I believe in my monsters and we'll take down that oversized tin can with this! And I'll start with this by sacrificing my Engraver!"

"You just went the trouble of summoning that Monster!"

"Yep, for one that can take that monster of yours down. Now I Special Summon my Silent Magician (4/ATK-1000/DEF-1000)!" A tall, regal looking, long silver-haired female took its place, wearing a blue robe with silver-white trimming vertical in the middle and tri-pointed white hat with a blue sphere in the front of it. "Now her special ability activates: she gains for 500 ATK for every card in my hand."

"Oh no."

"In case you haven't noticed, I have four cards which means my Silent Magician gains an additional 2000 ATK!"

Silent Magician (ATK-3000)

"Silent Magician, attack his monster with Silent Burning!" The monster pointed her blue-silver staff and launched a powerful energy beam of White Magic at the machine monster.

Instead of fear, Ghost shouted with glee. "I don't think so!"

"Huh?"

"I activate Wisel Guard's effect: instead of Wisel being target, this monster is attacked instead."

"They're still separate monsters?!" Naruto thought as his attack destroyed the arm instead of the head. "So that means…" He glanced at the head of the opposing monster. "I switch my Breaker the Magical Warrior in DEF mode and place one facedown! That ends my turn."

"Good. My Draw!" Ghost declared as the Duelists' Speed Counters increased by one once more. "I set a card facedown and since Wisel Guard was destroyed, I can summon Wisel Guard 3 (3/ATK-0/DEF-2000) to take its place!"

A stronger version of the Wisel Guard monster appeared and inserted itself in the 'armpit' of the Machine Emperor Wisel as it let out a eerie screech-like metal growl.

"Now I attack your Breaker with Machine Emperor Wisel. Destroy his pathetic monster."

The giant machine-type monster raised its bladed arm that glowed with white power and slashed at Naruto's monster, but he wouldn't let that happen.

"Activate Trap Card!" One of Naruto's facedowns revealed itself, gaining a surprised look from Ghost. "Magic Cylinder!" The energy wave was directed into one of the two red cylinders that appeared on both sides of Breaker. "This negates your monster's attack and redirect it to your LP and you take damage equal to Wisel's ATK!"

Ghost gritted his teeth after his backfired attack hit him and his Duel Runner as well as the loss of his LP.

"Your move, brat!"

Naruto glanced at his opponent before making a sharp turn on the Duel lane to the main highway.

"With pleasure!"

Naruto: 4000 LP

SC:5

Ghost: 1500 LP

SC:5

"I have three Spellcasters on my field and Ghost has that Machine Emperor who is actually composed of five monsters." Naruto pondered to him-self while Ghost's impatience slowly grew by each passing mile or so. "So I need to take all of those monsters at once and I think I have the card to do so."

The blonde Duelist looked at his deck.

"It's just a matter of drawing it." Naruto muttered before declaring an order. "Silent Magician, attack his Machine Emperor Wisel with Silent Burning!"

The beauty of a Spellcaster fired another beam of attack at the machine monster and once again Ghost laughed, confusing Naruto. His confusion turned to surprise when his monster's attack was redirected at Wisel Guard 3 except there was one difference.

"Wisel Guard 3 wasn't destroyed."

"That's right! Wisel Guard 3 has an effect that prevents it from being destroyed in battle once per turn." Ghost said smugly.

"Damn it. I place one facedown and end my turn."

"Draw!"

Naruto: 4000 LP

SC:6

Ghost: 1500 LP

SC:6

"I activate my Trap Card, Wise A3, which sends my Wisel Attack to graveyard…" The right arm of Wisel disappeared after the card's resolution, surprising Naruto.

Machine Emperor Wisel (ATK-1300)

"Why would he lower his monster's ATK?"

"…and lets me Special Summon Wisel Attack 3 (3/1600/0)." Another stronger version of the card took its place atop of the now previously armless monster as it's ATK points changed.

Machine Emperor Wisel (ATK-2900)

Naruto gulped as a bead of sweat slid down his cheek. "Your monster may have gotten stronger, but it's no match for my Silent Magician's 3000 ATK."

"That may be true, but your other monsters are not as strong."

Naruto wondered of what he meant by that and something tells him that he's about to find out.

"Wisel Attack 3's special ability gives my Machine Emperor the power to inflict Piercing Damage onto your LP!"

"Oh no!"

"Oh yes. Machine Emperor Wisel, destroy his Breaker the Magical Warrior!"

The blonde braced himself as his monster was destroyed into little shards of tattered cards.

Naruto: 2100 LP

SC:6

"And I activate my facedown, Battle Return." Naruto looked back at Ghost. "By halving its ATK by half, my monster can attack a second time."

His eyes widened at Machine Emperor's ATK dropped to 1450, which is lower than his Summoner Monk's 1600 DEF points.

"And I activate my other facedown, Micro Ray: I can target a monster on the field and its DEF are reduced until the end of this turn and I choose your Summoner Monk!"

Summoner Monk (DEF-0)

"Attack his monk!" Emperor Wisel did just that as Summoner Monk was hacked into two before leaving for the Graveyard.

Naruto grunted as his LP dropped to beyond the safety line of Turbo Dueling. When you are in 1000 or above, you're safe but if your LP is under, you're even in more danger than before. He knows this after his LP dropped to 650.

But what's more confusing and even creeping him out was the fact he was taking real damage from the Duel. And so has Ghost but he didn't look fazed in the slightest.

"I end my turn here. I must admit… you lasted longer than the others."

"Others?" Naruto muttered.

"You want to know? I'll tell you."

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(Meanwhile)

Ea Family's House, Fountain Plaza

A crash inside the new Ea household rang out to the outside, drawing the attention of one certain husband.

"Misaki!"

Joshua ran to the kitchen where his wife was standing over a broken cup. He stopped her from touching the shattered object.

"Don't touch it!" Misaki reluctantly did so as Joshua cleaned up the mess before returning to his wife. "What happened?" asked Joshua with concern.

"I-I don't know." Misaka responded reluctantly while being led to the new living room by her husband, then sat down on the couch. "Naruto…"

"What about Naruto?"

"I feel like he's in trouble somewhere."

Joshua tried to wave it off and reassured his wife. "I'm sure he's on his way here right now. In fact, Naruto's probably in the area."

"I hope so." Misaki put a hand on her stomach as she looked out the window. "Naruto…"

"Excuse me!" a boy's voice called out.

"Is anyone here?" It was a girl's voice although she sounded polite. Misaki and Joshua got up as they walked to the door where they found two kids standing there. They were twins with gray-gold eyes and green hair although the girl had hers done up in two high ponytails on each side with shoulder-length bangs on both side of her face while the boy had his hair in a ponytail.

Their outfits were also similar but with differences as well. They both wear short-sleeved jacket over a long-sleeved shirt—white and blue for the boy and light pink and red for the girl—with gold markings on the sleeves in combination with white and purple shorts.

"Yes, how can we help you?" Joshua asked while Misaki thought about how cute the girl was.

"My name is Luna…" Luna introduced herself politely with a bow. She gestured to her twin brother. "and this is my brother, Leo."

"Heya!" Leo greeted gleefully as he held up two fingers. "And I'm older than her by two minutes."

"How is that relevant?!"

Misaki and Joshua chuckled at the twins' bickering. "Well, well, Leo and Luna. I'm Joshua Ea and this is my wife, Misaki." His wife waved at them. "We just moved here from Tokyo. Do you two live here?" Joshua asked as his wife leaned on him.

"No, but our friends do." Leo responded. "They live in the garage on the other side of the plaza. We went there to visit them, but they're not in right now."

Luna then stepped in. "We always go there everyday to hang out. It's fun!"

"Is that so?" Misaki asked with intrigue. "They sound like good people. Perhaps you kids would like to meet our son?"

"But won't your kid arrive later in the year?" Leo pointed at Misaki's stomach before Luna smacked his head.

"Leo, you don't point out a woman's pregnancy ever!" Luna scolded. "It's probably that their son is at the same age as Yusei. Where is your son?"

"On his way from Tokyo." Joshua answered, surprising the twins.

"He didn't come with you guys together?"

"Our son doesn't like change very often and our moving to Neo Domino City was one." Luna nodded before a phone in the house rang inside. "Oh, wonder who that is? I'll get it." Joshua pecked his wife's cheek before going inside.

"Mrs. Ea…"

Misaki looked Luna who frowned a little.

"Is something wrong?" Luna asked with concern. Both Leo and Misaki looked at her with concern and confusion. "I can… tell you're worried about something or someone."

Misaki suppressed her urge to be surprised, but she gave a smile and waved it off. "I'm fine. I'll be a lot better when you kids meet my son. You're going to like him."

Luna and Leo shared a look as they both knew otherwise despite the expecting mother's reassurance. They could only hope whoever the person she's worried about is all right.

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"Guys, we should head in there now."

"No way, Crow. This is that boy's Duel and his alone!"

"But that Ghost is going to win and make him crash, Jack!"

The three Duel Runners of obvious different designs were watching the duel between Ghost and his unfortunate would-be victim on the same lane behind the two Duelists, but kept their distance as well. Two of the party were expecting the Duel to end earlier, but their expectations were quickly shot when the Duelist put up a good fight against someone of Ghost's caliber who managed to take down Trudge.

However, the third member stayed silent and expected something from the stranger. Something else piqued his interest: that is the lack of Tuner monsters or better yet, Synchro Monsters. There was no indication of him summoning Synchros despite of having three monsters on his field earlier.

"Yusei."

"Yeah. But I have a feeling he's about to turn it around in his next turn." Yusei commented.

Crow had to ask. "You sure 'cause it looks like he's about to keel over right now." Jack supported him with a nod.

"Let's watch, but get ready just in case."

"Right!" Jack and Crow responded.

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Ghost chuckled at his prey's silence and that chuckle grew to laughter… malicious laughter with no hint of empathy.

"Don't fret because I'll end your suffering next turn. Now draw your card!"

Suddenly Ghost felt an intense pressure around himself and looked ahead to find Naruto glaring at him through his helmet's visor. How could he feel anything from him? How could he feel anything? None of his prey had this kind of intimidating aura the blonde was emitting.

Seeing himself like this, Naruto did the thing he usually does when his anger begins to rise…

He punches him-self.

"What?!" Crow said in the distance, catching the attention of Ghost and a bleeding Naruto.

"Looks like we have an audience." Ghost said as his eyes focused on the one he wanted to take down. "Yusei Fudo."

"I'd focus on the duel if I were you, Ghost. You will pay for your crimes against the other Duelists. Duel Monsters are not meant for war and inflicting harm unto others. It is meant for fun and bring joy to others!" Naruto said as the shadow figures seemingly nodded as if they agreed with him "Draw!"

Naruto: 650 LP

SC:7

Ghost: 1500 LP

SC:7

"I activate the Speed Spell: Magical Mallet! If I have two or more Speed Counters, I can add any number of cards that are in my hand to my deck and it is shuffled." The deck was shuffled by the Runner's automatic feature as Naruto declared, "Then I can draw the same amount of cards afterwards."

Naruto hesitated to draw and before he did so, the shadow figures dashed inside the deck, causing it to go glow briefly just the blonde drew three new cards. When he looked at them, his eyes widened at them but one really shocked him "What?"

"Well? Get on with it."

The blonde Duelist shook his head and made his play. "Then I play Speed Spell: Ancient Rules! Since I have three or more Speed Counters, I can Special Summon a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand." He raised the monster card that started to shine brightly that caught everyone's eyes. "He whose loyalty is never questioned by his king or allies; whose power is unrivaled by those of his peers or foes and protects the innocent; the ultimate master of magic… Come forth! Dark Magician (7/ATK-2500/DEF-2100)!" He placed the card on his Monster Zone.

Yusei, Jack, Crow and even Ghost gasped in awe as the aforementioned monster appeared for the first time since Yugi's time. The Spellcaster monster was intimidating with its blue and purple robes matching its armor consisted of a collection of shiny, curved plates with sharp edges at the shoulder pads and the signature hat that slightly leans forward. His determined face was shown under the mane of the hat with his purple/blue long hair coming under it.

Ghost actually gulped when the Dark Magician twirled his green staff and pointed it at him.

"So what? You brought out a rare car and suddenly you're king of the world? Please!"

"I'm not done. I place two cards facedown." Naruto said before declaring an order, "Now, my magician, attack Wisel Top with Dark Magic Attack!" The Dark Magician jumped in the air and pointed its staff as a dark magic energy beam fired around the field to take out its opponent.

"As if. Did you forget about Wisel Guard's ability? Your attack gets redirected to it while also preventing itself from being destroyed." Ghost reminded, but Naruto only chuckled.

"Oh I was counting on that and that's why I activate my Trap Card: Black Illusion!" The facedown card revealed itself to show a shield with 'DM' and the Dark Magician's staff laid across diagonally behind. "Until the end of this turn, all DARK Spellcasters with 2000 or more attacks cannot be destroyed in battle, their effects are negated and they're unaffected by my opponent's card effects."

Fear and panic struck Ghost for the first time.

"That means…"

"All of your monsters' effects are negated and your Wisel Top has only 500 ATK! That against my Dark Magician's 2500 ATK…" Naruto pointed a finger at Ghost. "YOU LOSE!"

The terrorizing Ghost screamed in defiance as the head of Wisel was blown off by the beam of dark magic followed by the body's explosion.

Naruto: 650 LP

SC:7

Ghost: 0 LP

SC:0

Just as Naruto was about to take a breather after such as duel, his instincts flared like crazy as he looked back to see Ghost in flames speeding towards him. "Oh crap!" The blonde pulled Kurama into a sharp turn at a upcoming left turn and watched in surprise when Ghost drove off the lane. "Man, what was that?! He drove off the course!"

The rumbling three engines caught his attention as his Dark Magician and Silent Magician disappeared when the Duel ended. Naruto watched the Duel Runners stop near his and saw their owners.

One of them was tanned, average looking and had spiky black hair with gold highlights and royal blue eyes in a long-sleeved blue jacket with a high collar over a sleeveless black shirt and matching gloves. On the left side of his cheek was a gold mark of some kind. His Duel Runner was colored red, which was an unusual color nowadays. It was designed differently and unique overall with the 'arms' connected to the arch from the back that slightly hovers above him.

"You all right?" The boy asked him.

"I'm fine." Naruto responded as he glanced at the other two, specifically the one who's in the white Duel Runner. It was in the design of a monowheel, but looks powerful all the same. As for the Turbo Duelist, he has fair skin, purple eyes and spiked blonde hair like him although two longer strands hand in front of his ears. He wore a white form-fitting motorcycling suit and a white helmet.

"What are you looking at?" Jack asked harshly.

"Just how ugly you are." Naruto deadpanned, causing the third member, Crow, to stifle a chuckle.

"What'd you say?!"

Crow tried to calm his impatient friend. "Now, now, don't let the truth get to you, Jack." Crow has dark-green eyes and brushy-spiked orange hair with a viridian headband embroidered with two rings at the ride side as he wore blue jeans, yellow t-shirt and sleeveless brown cargo vest. A beak-shaped black helmet with plumes and orange eye-shield protects his friends like all other helmets.

"Okay, what should we do about Ghost?" Naruto asked with a raised hand.

That stopped the bickering and the four opted to help the guy even he did crimes against others. Although that stopped when one of them got a call.

"Who's calling me?" Naruto answered the call on Duel Runner while Yusei and his friends checked Kurama. "Hello?!"

"WHERE ARE YOU YOUNG MAN?!"

The four males cringed as they held their heads while covering their ears from the sudden outburst.

"Mom?!"

"WE EXPECTED YOU TO BE HOME BY NOW. IS THIS SOME SORT OF PUNISHMENT ABOUT US MOVING TO NEO DOMINO CITY?!"

"N-No mom. Let me-" Naruto tried to explain but was cut off again.

"YOU COME HOME RIGHT NOW YOUNG MAN!"

"But-"

"NOW!" Naruto cringed as the call ended. He looked at the three who played with their ears to make sure they're working.

"Sorry, guys." Naruto apologized as he revved up Kurama. "I don't want to suffer my mom's wrath anymore than I have to. See you around, I guess."

"Wait." Yusei stopped him. "Sector Security is going to need a statement from you."

"How about this: Ghost challenged me and I beat him. There. Bye!"

With that, Naruto left to subside his mother's anger.

When he was completely gone, Yusei looked at his friends before nodding and headed down to ground level to find Ghost and take him to the hospital. However, when they got there, the three Signers were surprised to find that Ghost was a robot of some kind.

"What's going on here?" The three chorused together.

They don't know it, but the blonde Duelist who beat Ghost was going to be someone of great help.

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The Streets of Neo Domino City

Naruto pondered many things about his first Turbo Duel. It was exciting. Thrilling like a high that you can't get from anywhere or anything. However, there was one thing that puzzled him besides Ghost's maniacal outlook throughout the duel.

"Dark Magician." Naruto said as he thought about the monster. "Where did you come from?" He looked at his Duel Disk slot where his deck was housed. "I never had you in my deck and neither did my parents. So where?"

His mind pondered about this thought while he took in the sights of the city that will be his new home. It was clean, organized and lively with its citizens filling the sidewalks and cars passing by. When Naruto passed by the museum, he was reminded of his trip in Egypt.

And that's when it hit him. Yugi's sarcophagus and atop of it was the Dark Magician among other cards.

"No way. Could you be?" Naruto asked with worry and awe. "But I didn't take the cards. I know I didn't, so how or why?"

Suddenly his Duel Runner's alarms went off once more, but it sounded different. Naruto looked at the HUD and saw a girl in the street and the same course of an incoming truck. "Crap!" Naruto pushed the accelerator as Kurama speeded down the street.

The blaring engine drew the passing citizens and drivers' attention to the speeding Duel Runner and the girl in the intersection. Time seem to slow down as Naruto pushed Kurama to its limits and stretched out his right arm. "Please let me make it in time!"

Meanwhile the girl only looked up in time to see a truck blaring its horn at her. Fear gripped her heart and felt her surroundings slow down with each moment as she watched the truck approaching closer to her with the intent of taking her life.

"Mom… Dad… Haruka… Yuu…"

The girl closed her eyes as she waited for the dreadful impact to slam her into oblivion. Indeed, she felt something, but it was more of pulling her away instead of pushing her gesture. She felt that something slowing down to an abrupt stop with a skidding motion.

"What?"

"Hey you okay?" The girl opened her eyes to find herself laid over the body of a motorcycle. She looked over her shoulder to see a blonde teenager around her age staring at her. "Girl, you're okay?" Naruto asked before receiving an uppercut to the chin, sending out of his seat and landing on the sidewalk. "EHHH?!"

"What do you think you're doing, looking at my skirt?! Pervert!" The blushing girl shouted with a pointed finger.

A shocked Naruto quickly sat up as a crowd began to form around them. "What?! I didn't do that! And is this how you thank someone for saving your life?!" Naruto remarked while observing the girl.

She had blue hair and eyes while wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a brown vest and matching skirt. A pair of headphones covered her ears, indicating she was listening to music. In her hand was a strap for a cell phone; a bunny of some kind.

"S-Still I won't forgive anyone who shows perverted attitude."

A tick mark appeared on Naruto's cheek in annoyance. "I am not a pervert!" He pointed a finger at the blue-haired girl. "And you should be watch where you're walking! You could've lost your life!" Naruto said as he walked back to Kurama while the girl got off it. "Girls."

Naruto revved Kurama's engine and was about to take off when the girl grabbed his sleeve. He looked at her and saw she looked away from him.

"What-what's your name?"

"Why? So you could harass me and call me pervert more?" Naruto deadpanned before the girl smacked him on the head.

"Because I want to know who my savior is and who to dedicate it to!"

"Eh?" Naruto tilted his head in confusion despite the throbbing on his chin and head. "… Naruto."

Like that, the girl's personality turned cheery. "My name is Fuuka Akitsuki!" Naruto couldn't help but smile a little.

"Stay safe, Fuuka." Kurama roared, causing the crowd to part and make way for Naruto to leave for home.

The crowd soon dissipated into formlessness as their attention-getter was gone. However, one person stood there with her head and her eyes were overshadowed. Quietly tears slid down her cheeks from her eyes as Fuuka silently thanked God for sending Naruto to save her life.

"Thank you… Thank you." Fuuka muttered softly. She wiped her tears and her smile came bursting out. "Yosh! Time for the Fallen Moon and their debut!" The blue-haired girl ran down the street with new appreciation for her life and those in it… including her blonde savior.

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(A Few Days Later)

Yusei's Garage, Fountain Plaza

"EHHH?!"

"You're kidding me right?!"

"I wish we were." Yusei responded to those who weren't present at the Turbo Duel: Mina, Leo, Luna, Akiza and Trudge.

Akiza was fair-skinned with brown eyes and dark burgundy chin-length hair while two long, elbow-length bangs frame both side of her face. She wore a low-cut corset with short, light green puffy sleeves and a high collar in combination with a sleeveless magenta trenchcoat, a red choker, and a pair of dark, elbow-length gloves with a pair of gold bracelets above them that match her stockings.

As for Trudge, he was taller than everyone in the room except maybe Jack in equal height. He has black hair and his skin was darker than everyone present with a scar on his left cheek. Trudge sported gray pants and a white short-sleeved shirt with his jacket over his shoulder.

He was feeling better after surgery and his stay at the hospital. Trudge had expected Yusei or any of the Signers to beat Ghost, but to his and Mina's surprise, it was someone outside of their group who defeated the terrorizing robot.

"The blonde kid actually possesses Dark Magician… the Dark Magician?" Leo asked with awe. Yusei nodded, causing his excitement to come out. "Awesome! I want to meet him!"

"Just to see his card? Really?" Luna asked with a raised brow, although she understands her brother's excitement. After all Dark Magician was Yugi's ace monster and now it appears for the first time since the duelist's death.

"Not only that, but from Yusei, Crow and Jack said, the guy didn't summon any Synchro Monsters in the duel." Akiza spoke for the first time since she arrived. "And he had Speed Spell versions of old magic cards."

Mina then stepped in and pulled photos before she displayed them on the table. "These photos were taken after the accident. Ghost was a Duel Bot."

"As Duel Bot?" asked Crow with his fellow Signers thought the same.

"It was meant to crack down on crime faster than Sector Security, but it was also a prototype." Trudge explained. "It was stolen a few days ago."

"Which is around the time Ghost appeared." Jack chimed in.

"Correct."

"We were hoping for more info on the person behind this, but since the damage from the duel was real, the Duel Runner chip didn't survive." Trudge said regrettably. Yusei called his name and looked at the teenager, only to catch something with his hand. "What is this?"

"That's the Duel Runner chip from Ghost's drive. It was programmed to delete everything if it lost." Yusei explained, shocking Trudge.

"Y-you can't take evidence!"

Crow waved it off with nonchalance. "Relax, Trudge. You have more faith in Yusei's skills than anyone else in Sectory Security."

"But!"

"We'll let it by this time." Mina said and Trudge dropped it for his sake, although he agreed with Crow.

"But this means something else." Jack said.

"Yeah, a new threat is on the horizon." Crow filled in for his taller friend.

Yusei nodded as he said, "But no matter what, we'll take them on together like we did against the Dark Signers." His Signers, Mina and Trudge nodded in agreement until the blue-haired woman mentioned something so surprising to them.

"That was his first Turbo Duel actually."

"Whose Turbo Duel?" Leo asked.

"The kid who beat Ghost. That was his first Turbo Duel ever." Mina specified, eliciting shock and surprise from the Signers and Trudge.

"EHHH?!"

"Who is the guy?!" Jack and Crow demanded together.

"I ran identification on the duelist and his name is Naruto Ea." Leo and Luna perked when they heard the last name, which caught Yusei's attention.

"Leo. Luna. What is it?" Yusei asked.

"Could it be?"

"Maybe…" Luna said.

"What?" Akiza asked the twins as their attention was on them now.

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Inside of his new room on the second floor, Naruto sat on his bed after sneezing several times. "Ugh… Who's talking about me?"

Naruto was troubled since his Turbo Duel about the appearance of the Dark Magician and his mother's punishment of withholding ramen from dinner didn't help him either. The last few days, he was busy helping his parents with their stuff into the new house, but Naruto woke up early this morning for one reason: to look at his deck.

When he laid all his cards, Naruto found the ones he knows that weren't there before since he assembled his deck. Of course, one of them was the Dark Magician, but he didn't expect to find the other members of the family—the Dark Magician family—and their related support cards.

"I never had these cards before, so how?" Naruto pondered about this, but it also made him excited. It was like a puzzle or riddle to find out the purpose or answer. "When there's a challenge, I head towards it!"

As soon as Naruto said those words, the laid out cards and his deck glowed briefly, surprising the blonde as the Dark Magician appeared before him in spirit form. "D-Dark Magician?" The famous monster simply nodded as his fellow Spellcasters and the monsters from Naruto's deck appeared behind him. "My monsters!"

Naruto stood up atop his bed. "Dark Magician, why are you and your members in my deck? No wait, the better question is: are you the same card Yugi had? The same one from his sarcophagus?"

A nod from the monster was his answer.

"I'M CURSED!" Naruto screamed animatedly before he fell off his bed, surprising the monsters who stared at him. "I'M SO CURSED!" He heard a purring sound and looked up to see a small monster with brown fur, small claws and feet, and large eyes for its size. "K-Kuriboh?"

Kuriboh nodded happily before its claw and Dark Magician's staff touched his forehead. Naruto gasped as memories of the two monsters flashed into his head before it ended, leaving him panting for air. It was all too fast for him to grasp, but there was one memory that he managed to grab hold of despite the speed.

Serve him well as you did me and Yugi… Dark Magician. Kuriboh.

"That voice… Was that A-Atem?" His cartouche glowed slightly as Naruto looked up to see his monsters had disappeared.

The blonde gathered his cards into a deck with the Dark Magician and Kuriboh in his hand. Naruto stared at them before smiling at him. "Thank you and I'll do the best I can do for you guys and the others… if you'll have me." The monsters in card form blinked before Naruto placed them in his deck and later in the deck box on his belt. "Sweet! I have rare cards in my deck!"

"Naruto!"

"Yeah!"

"You have visitors!"

"Oh?" Naruto was confused as he walked down the stairs to the living room. He didn't really make friends yet after arriving in the city. When he entered the living room, Naruto was in for a surprise. "Eh? What are you doing here?! Are you stalking me or something, you three?!"

"We're not stalkers!"

"Naruto!" Naruto cringed after his mother smacked him on the head for his rudeness with a newspaper. "That is not how you greet guests. Now do it properly." Misaki gently ordered her son.

"But mom-" One look from his mother stopped him from protesting. "Yes. Hello, I'm Naruto Ea. Pleasure to meet you." Naruto greeted his guests who were eight people with two of them are children.

One of the group stood up and offered a hand which Naruto took. "My name is Yusei Fudo. And we need to talk."

"About what?"

"About your Turbo Duel against Ghost." Crow said as if it was obvious. Naruto cringed and gestured him to shut it now while playing it off.

"W-what are you talking about? I wasn't in a Turbo Duel." Naruto gave them a 'Quit talking' look, but Jack didn't get it.

Jack spoke next. "Yes, you were. You dueled against a robot that was putting people into the hospital until you dueled and beat it." Naruto was about lay him out until he heard the 'robot' part.

"Wait, Ghost was a robot?" Naruto asked in surprise, getting a nod from the man with the scar and the blue-haired woman.

His surprise and everyone else grew nervous and scared when a gloomy aura appeared around Misaki who stared at her son, scaring him.

"Darling son, what's this about dueling a maniac that put people in hospital?" Naruto glared at Jack and Crow with 'See what you did' look. "Naruto dear, why didn't you tell your dear old mother?" Misaki asked with a deceptively sweet tone that put everyone on edge, especially Naruto.

The stuttering mess that is Naruto tried to explain, but instead Misaki pulled on his cheeks hard… and stretching them out as far as she could.

"AAAHHH! Mom! Stop!" Naruto cried out with flailing arms and anime crocodile tears.

The guests sweat-dropped at this display with Crow, Jack and Leo growing scared of this woman while Yusei and Akiza felt pity for the blonde.

Little did the Signers and Naruto realize that their signature monsters including the Dark Magician and Kuriboh hovered over them in their spirit forms. The eight monsters of different eras looked at each other before nodding, signifying the unspoken and upcoming alliance between them and their owners.

END OF CHAPTER

Well, this is a record: posting another chapter within three days of the first chapter. The idea was just rolling in my mind and I had fun writing it. The first chapter was all right and I see there were not a lot of reviews, but that's understandable. This is my first Naruto/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover after all. Some reviews are better than none at all. I thank those who gave this story a chance and read it. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and write reviews to see if I improved from the first chapter. Please let me know…

Chapter 1 Q/A's:

BANZAIKEN (July 5): Thank you for reading it. I certainly hope you'd continue to support the story. Did you enjoy the second chapter? Please let me know of any mistakes, opinions or ideas for the story.

Argorok (July 5): I will and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Blackseal84 (July 5): Well, thank you for your support. I'm glad you like the story and I certainly hope you liked the new chapter.

Jebest4781 (July 5): Thanks for your help with the ideas and such. How long has it been since you watched this particular series? Are you talking Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's only or the franchise as a whole? Did you enjoy this chapter?

Darklord98 (July 6): You see, I had that idea to introduce Naruto to the series during the Dark Signers arc, but I thought for the Grand Prix/Arc cradle arcs were better. I see… well I'm sad that you don't like the story so far, but I'm really hoping you change your mind with this new chapter. If not, well, that's your decision and I hold nothing against you. Everyone has their opinions.

Tera12 (July 6): Hope you enjoyed this new chapter.