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

Scrap-iron Flower

Chapter 2

(following anime episodes 1 and 2)

          Hanako was speeding through the streets of Satellite occasionally stepping onto the pedal of her ice blue runner because she always wanted to paint her runner in the colours of Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. It was a hybrid she made with a little help she got from Pearson around 3 years ago, so her duel disk could be attached to its dashboard or removed as she needed it while her seat was slightly leaned towards the console. Her handles were joined with the back of her runner and the seat was high enough to reach half of her back while her tires remained the same size with her cowl cover wider than on usual runners. Only her engine was made by Robert Pearson and was unique unlike other runner in the town. She always believed that only Pearson could be able to design an engine like that, so she was proud of her runner. Pearson also installed the programme on it, found acceleration chip and built in a strongbox for the cards she collected. Pearson was an amazing guy (or as such she saw him), kind and selfless, who was always there for other kids trying to make them laugh, so Hanako really looked up to him and promised herself that one day, she will be just like him: designing D-Wheels and bringing smiles on children's faces.

It was a silent night with just the Moon in the sky lightening her way. She was out trying to find some spare parts on the scrap yard. D-Wheel Scrapyard in Satellite (or so it was called), was the place where remnants of Duel Runners were thrown. Every destroyed, incomplete or crashed runner would be transported from Neo Domino City to Satellite via trash pipes to that scrap yard, but not all of them were completely useless; some of them could just be repainted or had other good parts for Hanako's collection. She was going there twice a month just to see what she can find.

          "This Satellite really is a dead city", she murmured. She often found herself speaking her thought up which sometimes brought her more problems than solutions but she couldn't help it, "Well... I guess it's just you and me, Sweetie", she said smiling to her runner. It's not strange for her to talk with things that are not alive, especially when it comes to engines, gears, runners, cars and other mechanic-related parts or vehicles. She was doing this ever since she was a child, so she had a hard time becoming a part of the group or even being accepted by other children. Her deck used to contain only normal monster cards with few spells and traps that she found on the streets, so it was very hard for her to even duel but seeing her passion, Crow decided to make her wishes come true by stealing a bunch of cards that were discarded by some elite from The Tops in Neo Domino City. Those cards were based on Ice Barrier monsters and spells, what reminded him of Hanako, so he thought it'd be a perfect gift for her but she never found out what was the reason behind it. However, she was so happy to have a deck as powerful as that even though it was rejected by The Tops because everyone was making fun of it; monsters were not that powerful in ATK or DEF but Hanako realised that their effect can be very useful and dangerous if they join their power just like she used to do when she had Jack, Crow and Yusei by her side. If they stick together, their bond has the power to conquer the world. Leaded by that thought, she accepted the deck Crow stole for her and upgraded it keeping in mind all those lessons she got from Yusei while she was still hanging out with him.

Enjoying the silence of the night, she remembered the moment she placed her hands on this deck for the first time. She smiled on the thought of Crow's face when she burst out of joy and happiness when she saw her ace monster Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier in that same deck. She immediately fell in love with it but her favourite monster wasn't her ace monster; she had another guy she trusted with whole her heart and that card was Blizzard Warrior (ATK 1 400 / DEF 400) with an effect that allows her to look the top card of her opponent's deck and return it on either top or bottom of their deck. That effect wasn't much but just by seeing the next card her opponent was supposed to draw let her get to know her opponent better, so she felt a strong connection to this card. Just like she can see a glowing light around people, sometimes called auras, and sense their emotions and feelings; that Blizzard Warrior could see into their deck and allow her to see what's hiding inside of it. Remembering all this made her look up for her Blizzard Warrior and take a look at it while she was driving her runner through Satellite. She was sticking to the lower part of the street because she was heading back home under the Daedalus Bridge but then she heard noise that seemed to be an engine from a runner. "A hybrid?" Hanako assumed from the sound of the engine. "I wonder who could be around here at this hour..." She started following the sound but when she came closer, she saw a red runner speeding over her head on an upper highway. It was much faster than hers, so she couldn't see it clearly but the sound of that engine was giving her body goose bumps.