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

The Darkness of Yusei's Heart Part II

Chapter 21

(following anime episodes 78 and 79)

Part II

           "Duel board?" Jack found himself in the garage, when Rua paid them a visit, because he was looking for Yusei.

"Yep!" Rua shouted happily, while he kept drawing what he saw at Luciano's place, explaining it to Jack and Yusei, while they were standing before the whiteboard, looking what Rua was talking about, "The machine looked something like this and you could link up your Duel Disk here".

          "Now I get it", Jack said, looking at how Rua pointed at his drawing, "With that, one could have a simplistic version of a Riding Duel!"

"Looks like a cool idea to me!" Hanako suddenly shouted, sneaking below Jack's hand, jumping into their conversation, so Yusei looked at her with a strange facial expression, making Hanako raise an eyebrow at him, "What?" She knew they haven't talked decently for a while; ever since he started controlling her and being overprotective. After she realised how he was looking at her, she got the need to explain herself, "The design is simple and if I remember well, we have enough scrap materials to build this thing tonight!"

          Rua's face brightly smiled at Hanako's words, "So... Yusei, what'cha think?"

"Well", he started, moving his look from Hanako back to Rua, "Baby is right; it's pretty simple and we probably have enough materials to build it without having to go find spare parts to the junkyard", Yusei was calm and wasn't showing any signs of irritation, but Hanako felt he was somehow distant.

          "I wanna beat that Luciano!" Rua shouted angrily, "I wanna win and bring him down!"

"Who is this Luciano anyway?" Hanako crossed her hands, looking at Jack.

          "I'll explain it to you later!" Jack murmured, seeing how Rua was pleading Yusei to do him a favour and build Duelling Board for him.

"C'mon, Yusei! Can you? C'mon, can you? Can you?"

          "No debating it, it seems", Yusei murmured, letting a sigh of defeat, knowing there was not much he could do to stop Rua from his plans.

"C'mon, Yusei", Jack suddenly said with a smile on his face, when an idea popped into his mind, "What's with that face of yours? Building a Duelling Board should be a piece of cake for you after you built your runner all by yourself", he smirked, "Besides, you still have another pair of hands to help you!"

          Hanako looked at Jack, seeing how he winked at her, realising what was on his mind, but Yusei seemed to be left confused, "Another pair of hands?"

"Don't tell me you decided to help!" Rua was shocked.

          "You dumb-heads! I'm talking about her!" Jack tapped Hanako's back few times, so she had to step away in front of the whiteboard, because he hit her harder than she expected.

"Jack?!" She looked at him, trying to scold him with the look from her eyes, but he didn't seem to mind.

          "You'll thank me later, Baby", he just winked at her once again, "I'm going to leave you to do your work!" He added, leaving Hanako to blush in the middle of the garage, while Rua was looking at her.

"So... Are we starting or not?" Rua asked, grabbing Hanako's dungarees and pulling them to gain her attention.

          "Well", she said, not knowing what to do, because the atmosphere in the garage was rather awkward, so she looked at Yusei, feeling like she doesn't want to interact with him if she doesn't have to, "I can redesign your drawing and make a base for your board!"