Bonds That Can Change the Future (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds)

Satellite Scum

Chapter 1

(following anime episode 1)

          Yusei was riding his D-Wheel through and old subway that was all in ruins an cracks. With the cracked ceiling above his head and the sunlight stretching its light through them, Yusei was concentrating on the speed. It was a test run to check the durability and a tire rotation stability of his D-Wheel. The night was calm and peaceful but Yusei's mind couldn't be at rest; he was thinking about Jack and how he took his Stardust Dragon and his first runner away from him just so that he can escape from Satellite to Neo Domino City. It wasn't because of Jack he was doing this but because of his ace monster; he just had to take his Stardust back to his deck. It wasn't the card itself or Jack who took it but rather Yusei's pride as a duellist that kept him going. He felt deep down inside like he gained something that wasn't there before; it was the connection he gained with his cards and his heart that now believed everything is possible. He finally gathered that confidence and strength that he was missing before and Jack's words were something that made him realize all that.

"A duel can't be won by monsters alone; it can't be won by just Magics and Traps alone either. Only with them all joining together as one will they add up. And what you need most of all to amass yourself victory is right here!"

          As he was thinking about Jack's words and actions more and more, Yusei's runner was speeding up and it looked like it was going to let him down. As Yusei's anger grew, his engine almost could've felt his feelings bursting all his emotions out in the process. After few more meters, the engine couldn't last any longer and it broke, causing Yusei to break and turn his runner vertically to the road he was driving through. He just took off his helmet without any other actions and looked at the sky through cracked ceiling. His look was stagnant and calm but his mind spoke another story. "I'm coming for you, Jack! Just you wait! He thought to himself. "And Baby... I wish you were around now; somehow all this mess would've been easier to handle..." He sighed and slowly started pulling his runner toward his Hideout. It was still peaceful and he was all alone in the subway, so his steps were echoing through its halls. It didn't take him long, as he was already near the place where his friends were living. When he reached his destination, he heard a sound of TV.

"It seemed like you were getting tossed around by the challenger's trap in the start of things, but you managed to stay two, even three moves ahead. Am I right?" it was the sound of duel championship commentator's voice coming from the TV that was playing turned on while Yusei was dragging his runner up the board from the subway tracks.

          Sound of another voice started coming up from the TV, "If a King went all out right off the start, it'd be over in a second!" Yusei knew that voice too well. It was his friend Jack Atlas, the same Jack that left this Satellite two years ago and short afterwards became the Duel King in Neo Domino City. Yusei tried to ignore all this stuff because fixing his runner comes first! He took some tools and started fixing the broken engine. The damage wasn't big, so he had only couple of thing to change... If he only had another chip, all this would've been a lot easier to handle. Right behind his back, his friends Blitz, Nerve and Taka were watching the TV without even blinking, they were so into it that they didn't notice Yusei at all. When he finished with repairing few major things on his runner, Yusei looked behind his back and seeing how no one ever noticed his appearance, he revved his engine just to get their attention.

"Yo, Yusei", said Blitz turning off the TV.

          Taka jumped in as he wanted to explain himself, "Sorry about that, Jack's been bugging us after all. And this is the only place the TV will get reception."

"He sure was something. He's getting even stronger", Blitz added.

          Yusei was silent at first and to his friends it looked like he was too busy with connecting his runner to a computer programme and typing something in.