A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!
Chapter 36: The First Meeting with Team Unicorn
Era's POV
The next day, Yusei, Jack, Crow, Akiza, Bruno, and I were in the garage making sure the improved duel runners would be okay.
"Think they'll be good to go?" I asked.
"We'll be practice running them tomorrow. We'll be able to tell then," Yusei responded.
Suddenly, the door burst open and we turned to see Leo and Luna running in. "We heard the duel runners are finished," Luna stated.
"Are they good to go?" Leo asked.
"Should be," Yusei answered.
"Nice new outfits, guys," Leo complimented.
"Thanks," Yusei responded.
"It's a bit uncomfortable, in my opinion," Jack stated. "I'm used to wearing my old clothes."
"Don't say stupid things like that. You're wearing the same clothes you always have!" Crow retorted.
"No fighting," I stated sternly making the fight cease before it began.
Luna looked at the name on the suits. "5D's?" she questioned. "Is that the team name?"
"Yeah," Crow answered. "Jack chose the name himself."
"Crow suggested it. It's better than using some other common name," Jack retorted.
"What does '5D's' even mean?" Leo asked.
"It means there are five D's. Like devil, destroy, dead hit, dark, daisuki Bruno," Bruno listed off but stopped as Jack hit him on the head.
"It starts with this," Jack stated and showed his mark.
"The five marks of the Crimson Dragon?" Luna asked.
Yusei nodded. "Our bonds were called together by the Crimson Dragon," he explained. He looked at Era. "Even Era. She's just as much connected to us through the Crimson Dragon as us."
"And even though I don't have a mark, Luna and I came to know everyone because of Luna's mark," Leo commented.
"You two are part of the team too," Jack stated shocking them.
"My name isn't there. Maybe we should call the team 'Bruno and 5D's'," Bruno suggested prompting Jack to hit Bruno on the head again.
I sighed. "Jack, stop hitting him," I ordered calmly.
"I think it's a good name," Akiza stated. We all put our hands together and Yusei grinned at me.
"From today onwards we are Team 5D's," he stated.
. . .
The next day, I stood with everyone at the stadium to check the preliminary match-ups for the World Racing Grand Prix.
"Are the preliminary round like a league?" Luna asked.
"There are thirty-two participating teams in total," I explained. "And they're divided into blocks."
"Is the first team we face Team Unicorn?" Leo asked. "They're the guys we met at the opening ceremony."
"Team Unicorn won the Atlantis Tournament and are rumored to be strong candidates to win this one," Yusei remarked.
Leo sighed. "It would have been nicer to not have to face opponents like that in the same block," he stated.
"Candidates to win or not, we'll defeat whoever stand in our way," Jack cut in.
"If we're aiming for victory, we'll have to face strong opponents sooner or later," Yusei agreed.
"Exactly," I agreed. "There would be no way to avoid it."
"This just means that time came sooner," Crow commented calmly.
"I guess that is true, but…" Leo began but was cut off by Bruno.
"Yusei, it's almost practice time," he told the leader of the team. Yusei nodded and he, Jack, and Crow departed for practice.
"What did they mean by practice?" Luna asked me.
"It's just a practice run," I told them.
"Why don't we watch from the stands?" Akiza suggested.
We all agreed and walked towards the stands. We near the circuit and a mechanical voice called for the lane to be used by Team 5D's for practice and asked for other teams to leave. We walked a bit farther when we spotted Trudge at the bottom of the stand at the opposite side of the wall. We walked down and greeted him respectfully.
"Did you guys come to support Yusei, Jack, and Crow?" Trudge asked.
"Yeah," I answered.
"Why are you here in your Security uniform?" Leo asked.
"See the lanes?" Trudge replied and we looked at them. "Teams are using them for practice and rotate as time passes. Since they're not using auto-pilot, I'm here in case there is an accident."
"Here they come!" Akiza alerted us and we turned as Yusei and the others came out.
They rode passed us, giving us a wave. I gave a small wave back and Yusei smirked. 'He really does enjoy riding duel runners,' I thought.
Inside the lane, I heard Yusei say to the others, "The performance of the duel runners have upgraded well."
"Yeah," Jack agreed.
"Now that it can go this fast, I'm going to win the tournament for Pearson and Bolton," Crow stated and I grinned in approval. "Why don't we test the speed?"
"Practice time for Team 5D's is now over. Please leave the lane," the voice called.
"The other team is probably not even at the lane," Crow stated and sped up.
"Crow, wait!" Yusei called as he and Jack stopped off to the side.
I grew alert as I heard the motor of another duel runner coming from the course entrance. Suddenly, another turbo duelist entered the course as expected. Crow didn't have enough time to stop and ended up crashing along with the other duelist.
I ran up as Crow and the man stood up. Yusei and the others were quickly by me. "Are you guys okay?" I asked.
"I am," Crow answered.
"I'm fine," the other duelist followed. The other two teammates from the man's team came out. The seeming leader came up and I recognized him as Andre.
"Good to see you again," he told me.
I noticed Yusei struggling not to glare protectively at the man again. "It's nice to see you again, too, Andre," I responded to try to cool down the heat that was forming. "So you're the team who's practicing next? You make up Team Unicorn, right?"
"That's right," he answered. "This is my team, Jean and Breo." We each gave a nod of respect, though I felt Yusei subtly grab my hand and I looked at him for a quick moment.
"Were you trying to sabotage us?!" Jean yelled at Crow, angry.
"Calm down, Jean. Everything's okay," Andre tried to calm his teammate, which worked.
"Is there something we could do to make up for this?" Yusei asked.
"How about a duel?" Andre suggested.
"Fine with me," Yusei accepted. They each got on their runners. They activated Speed World 2 and took off like a bullet.