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

Old Friends, New Friends Part I

Chapter 12

(following anime episodes 54 and 55)

Part I          

          "Yusei and Kiryu are finally going to settle things in this duel", Crow said to Hanako while they were riding their D-Wheels and following Yusei alongside Ushio, who was driving Rua and Ruka in his car. Silence has taken over them before Crow spoke up, so Hanako moved away from her thoughts straight into reality. With Crow on her right side, it was easier to turn the attention to him, so she looked at his eyes worriedly.

"Yeah", she saddened her face, "Can you imagine what this means to Yusei?" She looked up at the tower seeing Kiryu patiently waiting for his prey.

          "It's like it was yesterday", Crow murmured, "Our precious gang, our Team Satisfaction was destroyed just like that...!"

"To think it will all come to this..." Hanako got lost in her thoughts; she didn't know much about their gang and why they split up, because Crow and Yusei never wanted to talk much about it. Well, Yusei being Yusei, he didn't talk much at all, while Crow just wanted to forget everything and start all over again. While she was wondering what really happened between them and why Kiryu held so much grudge on Yusei, Ruka and Rua were arguing in the car.

          "I wonder if Yusei will be OK", Ruka said worriedly.

"Yusei will win for sure!" Rua shouted happily to cheer up his twin sister, so she just nodded giving him a smile in return.

          "Well... He can't afford himself to lose now", Ushio added when Kiryu and Yusei rushed with their runners to each other and it looked like they are going to crash frontally.

"What are they doing?!?" Rua shouted almost jumping from the car.

          "Just leave them!" Crow smiled.

"It's their own way of communication", Hanako said suddenly stopping her runner in the middle of the road and, since no one was expecting that, they just passed by her but managed to break few meters farther.

          "Baby, what's wrong?" Crow asked looking behind his back to catch Hanako's eyes.

"I don't think we should god any farther..." She shook her head, "It's too dangerous!"

          "She's right, Crow!" Ushio shouted.

"Well... We can't stay here either", Crow shrugged looking at Yusei, who stopped his runner just before meeting Kiryu's and turning it to the side, while Kiryu did the same. Standing next to each other now, they both started their conversation.

          "It would seem that it's finally time for us to settle the scores!" Kiryu shouted to Yusei while they were standing runner to runner, looking at each other's eyes.

"Kiryu..." Yusei murmured looking back at him.

          "I see you brought our fourth musketeer!" Kiryu laughed looking at Crow when he saw Hanako on her runner right next to him, "Even our little sister is here!"

"I'd say I'm glad to see you alive, Kiryu", Hanako started, "But I'm not even sure if you're even living!"

          "Smart little girl", Kiryu hissed, "I'm glad you're here, so that you can see me crushing Yusei to death!"

"Sorry to disappoint you, Kiryu, but not gonna happen!" Yusei shouted to move Kiryu's attention away from Hanako when his thoughts started rushing through his mind, "You would never abandon your friend, Kiryu... Just what happened to you?" Yusei remembered that one time that Kiryu saved his life while he was looking Death straight in the eyes, hanging from the building and struggling to save himself. Yusei remembered that day, when they tried to take over the last Satellite district, M. They were duelling another gang, so that they can be true leaders of duelling, but one of the guys Yusei encountered, managed to pull Yusei over the fence, almost killing him by fall, "You were never like that! You were my friend! And that's why in this duel, I'm going to save you!" It was Kiryu that saved him, not wanting to abandon his friends, Kiryu gave his best to pull Yusei up and save his life, but Kiryu from before wasn't the same Kiryu Yusei was facing right now...