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(3rd Person PoV)

"Come out Crow! There is nowhere to hide!" The voice kept saying.

...

Vrooooom!

A Duel Runner drove out and raced away.

It was Crow!

"He's resisting! Chase after him!" A drone appeared and began to chase after him.

Crow drove for a while to escape the drone.

Then he heard a hum of a Duel Runner.

He glanced to see Yusei on his own Duel Runner.

"Yusei?" Crow asked, confused.

"I'll join you," Yusei said.

Crow then smiled. "It has been a while since we teamed up!"

The drone kept chasing after them.

"Wait who's that?" It was Sector Security that was asking. What a surprise...(not).

There were two again! Not the same two though.

"It's Yusei Fudo! He came back to Satellite!" The second Sector Security said.

"If he's resisting then we'll arrest him too. Let's use the newest technology in dueling! I forcefully activate the field spell, Speed World!" The first Sector Security exclaimed.

"Huh?" Crow looked a bit confused.

"We're playing by Tag Duel rules. The two of us share Life Points as well as them. We have to be extra careful this time," Yusei explained.

"Heh, guess we'll play along with them. Let's show them what we can do, Yusei!" Crow said and Yusei nodded.

(Meanwhile: I'm not going to show the whole duel btw)

"It's very shaky," Blitz muttered.

"Well yeah! We're going to a very dangerous place, of course the bridge is shaky," Nerve said.

"Umm why is the place dangerous?" Scar asked.

"A lot of people with markers live here. Not even Security would place their foot in this lawless land," Nerve explained.

"It's a district of hell over here," Blitz nodded.

Saiga seemed to look up over yonder.

"There's the Daedalus Bridge. That's where Crow said his hideout would be," he noted.

"Yeah...not a bad place for a hideout but it's still a dangerous spot," Taka muttered.

"How so?" Scar asked.

"The area over there is known as Barbaric Area After Damage. Also known as BAD. As you can see, it's kind of in the name," Blitz explained.

"But what makes it so bad? Is it the people with the markers?" Scar asked.

"We did say it is a lawless area," Nerve nodded.

"..." Scar looked up at the bridge. It seemed sad and droopy to him but also...it has a sense of hope.

He doesn't know why.

(Meanwhile again)

Grian drove up to the base only to see that it was empty.

Where is everyone? He thought.

He went in to look for potential clues that they could have left for him.

Eventually he found a piece of paper with some writing on it.

It may seem like chicken scratch to others but not to him!

"⍑╎ ⊣∷╎ᔑリ! ||𝙹⚍ ᓵᔑリ !¡∷𝙹ʖᔑʖꖎ|| ᓭᒷᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ∴ᒷ'∷ᒷ リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ∷╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣  リ𝙹∴. ∴ᒷꖎꖎ ᓭᒷᓵ⚍∷╎ℸ ̣ || ⎓𝙹⚍リ↸ ⚍ᓭ ᓭ𝙹 ∴ᒷ'∷ᒷ ᒲ𝙹⍊╎リ⊣ ʖᔑᓭᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ⊣⚍|| リᔑᒲᒷ↸ ᓵ∷𝙹∴'ᓭ ʖᔑᓭᒷ. ᒲᒷᒷℸ ̣  ⚍ᓭ ᔑℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ⚍リ⎓╎リ╎ᓭ⍑ᒷ↸ ʖ∷╎↸⊣ᒷ リᔑᒲᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸ᔑᒷ↸ᔑꖎ⚍ᓭ ʖ∷╎↸⊣ᒷ. Y𝙹⚍ ᓵᔑリ ℸ ̣ ᒷꖎꖎ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ╎ℸ ̣  ╎ᓭ ʖᒷᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷ 𝙹⎓ ╎ℸ ̣  ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ ⚍リ⎓╎リ╎ᓭ⍑ᒷ↸ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ᓭᓵᔑ∷, ||𝙹⚍∷ "𝙹リꖎ||" ᓭ𝙹⚍ꖎᒲᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ

!¡ᓭ: リᒷ ̇/ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᒷ, ꖎᒷᔑ⍊ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸⚍ᒷꖎ ∷⚍リリᒷ∷ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ⚍ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᒷ !¡ꖎᒷᔑᓭᒷ!"

(Yeah this is Minecraft enchantment table language)

Grian sighed at the ending part before placing the note back in his pocket.

An unfinished bridge huh? I think I saw something like that somewhere around here, he thought.

He got back on the Duel runner and accelerated away to look for the unfinished bridge.

As he drove through the empty streets, he could hear some noises. Noises like someone was driving Duel runners like him and dueling?!

Grian stopped to listen and once he had a sure sign of where those sounds are coming from.

He began to follow where the noise was.

I knew it! He thought as he saw the duel that was going on.

"When Armor Master attacks, he leaves a wedge counter. So whenever he leaves the field, the wedge that's left on the monster causes that monster to drop down to zero attack and defense points," the one in the black Duel runner said.

The Gate Blocker 2 seemed to have cracked, making it brittle.

"Go Turbo Warrior! Accel Slash!" The one in the red Duel Runner, who sounded very familiar, exclaimed.

The Gate Blocker 2 was destroyed as Turbo Warrior attacked it, making what Grian assumes is Sector Security to lose Life points.

Not enough to win the duel or so Grian thinks.

"Now take the effect of Ebon Arrow!" The one in the red Duel Runner shouted.

An arrow appeared and got shot at the drone.

The life points went down to zero and the two Duel Runners raced off.

Where are they heading? Grian thought and followed them.

(Later)

Etho and Joel were waiting patiently. They couldn't cross the bridge and leave their duel runners behind so Crow suggested that they wait at a spot until he arrives.

"He seems to be taking forever. Both him and Yusei," Etho muttered.

"I'm sure that they both will be fine," Joel assured him.

Then they heard a whirling noise and the BoatBoys perked up.

"Oh hey. They're finally here!" Joel cheered.

"Yo! Follow me!" Crow raced off with Yusei and the BoatBoys following him. What they didn't know is that they were also being followed by someone else.

When they arrived, a whole bunch of kids came out from some hiding spots and ran over to Crow.

"Crow!"

"We were good!"

"Where's our presents?"

"Now now! I just came back again and you're already asking for presents. I just gave you some this afternoon," Crow explained.

"Please!" The kids begged.

Crow sighed to himself.

"Alright alright. I didn't bring you any presents but I did bring someone just as good. I brought the new King of Games, Yusei Fudo!" He pointed to Yusei as he took off his helmet.

The kids' eyes widen and they ran over to him, praising him, fanning over him and cheering him on.

"Were those kids hiding?" Rally asked.

"That's a handful you got there," Joel noted to Crow who only scratched his head at this.

Then they all heard a noise.

"Crow, what's that?" A little girl asked.

"Get behind me kids," Crow ran over and spread his arms out to shield the kids.

Yusei got off of his Duel Runner and stared in the direction where that noise was coming from.

"It sounds like a Duel Runner," Blitz noted.

"Could it be...Grian?!" Scar gasped.

"Your friend?" Yusei asked and Scar nodded.

The Duel Runner pulled up and Grian took of his helmet to look at everyone.

His eyes widen as he saw Yusei.

"S-Stardust Dragon!" He suddenly cried out.

"What?" Yusei looked confused.

"You have Stardust Dragon right? Can I see it if it's not too much?" Grian asked as he got off the Duel Runner.

"G...are you ok?" Scar asked as Yusei gave him the card, hesitantly though.

Grian stared long and hard at the card.

The familiarity of the dragon scared him. He normally doesn't remember his dreams clearly, much less nightmares.

So why does he clearly remember this one? And what's the connection between Yusei and Stardust Dragon?

Grian handed Yusei back his card.

"Sorry," he muttered under his breath.

"It's alright, Grian was it? Are you doing alright?" Yusei asked concerned.

"I'm fine," Grian assured him but Yusei didn't believe him.

He didn't push for answers though.

A/N: life am I right?

I got plans. Many plans for this book ^^

Cya in the next one -Flare

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