YxJ fanfic Chapter 1
??? (Still needs a title)
By Voltanis
“Finish it, Junk Warrior! Attack!”
As Yusei Fudou called this attack, Junk Warrior raised its fist. Fire blasted it forward and the fist landed on the target that it was aimed for. The opponent’s Life Points dropped and hit 0. That was the end of another championship. Yusei cheered on the crowd watching his duel and the crowd responded and cheered him back. It’s true; ever since he got his “Stardust Dragon” card back from Jack Atlas, he was a champion. His Dragon would help protect his monsters, then come back to life to take the opponent down. It was almost too easy. Yusei looked around and saw that which his eyes seaked: his best friends, Blitz, Taka, Nerve, and Rally. They were overjoyed that Yusei had won his duel again. Yusei could tell that this duel was just the beginning of a grand adventure, as with this victory, he moved one step closer to the title of King. However, at the top of that hierarchy was Jack Atlas, the toughest duelist around. He is a ruthless duelist with many powerful cards. Most who speak of his skills, speak in a fearful tone as to help show its power. This is the title that Yusei, as many say, can obtain for himself, but many others believe that Jack is the only true King and Yusei stands no chance against Jack.
As the water finishes running down the drain, Yusei steps out of the shower. He grabs the nearest towel, soft and warm, from the hanging bar on the side of the wall. He dries himself off and takes a robe hanging from the back of the door and puts it on. ‘This is the life,’ Yusei thinks to himself, as he sits down on the soft fabric of the couch. His mind wanders back to the times where he lived in the Satellite Area and how he used to build everything he could from scratch. He thinks about the time when he was low in the hierarchy of life, when he was referred to as scum. Yusei’s thoughts are interrupted by a loud banging sound on his door. “Who is it?” Yusei groans as he opens the door.
In the doorway, stand his friends: Blitz, Taka, Nerve and Rally. “Great job out there, Yusei! Now you just need to defeat a few more opponents to face Jack and become King!” Blitz exclaimed.
“You’re getting a little too excited about this,” Yusei commented. “It’s just a duel. Anyone with trust in their cards can win.”
“Yeah, but you can do this. Once you defeat Jack, you will be King and will be the most respected!” Rally couldn’t hold in his excitement. He had been the one who sparked the events in Yusei getting back his “Stardust Dragon” card that Jack had stolen from him so long ago. He had given him the chip to modify his Red D-Wheel. Rally’s hopeful eyes looked into Yusei’s; he couldn’t steal this happiness away. “Fine. I will continue. I will defeat Jack and become King!” Cheers echoed the room from Yusei’s friends. Soon they left to go to their houses, leaving Yusei alone in his room yet again.
His thoughts were soon drifting again to the point where he found it hard to keep his eyes open. He soon fell into a deep sleep leaving his mind only open to the possibility of a dream.
He was in a room, luxurious and elegant at the same time.’ It seemed like a room fit for a king,’ Yusei thought. As if that was a cue in a play, the door burst open revealing none other than a man with blonde, spiked hair and deep purple eyes. The man wore a black tank-top covered partly by an opened white jacket that floated down like a cape at the bottom. He wore black pants and over the bottom of them, black boots. “What are you doing here, Yusei?” the man asked, demandingly.
“Jack.” Yusei’s eyes filled with determination as he wanted to defeat the man and become the King. However, something was also alluring of this sight. Yusei was starting to notice how the tank-top was wrapped tightly around Jack’s body, revealing exactly how muscled other man’s body really was. He also noticed that Jack’s eyes were not as cold as he thought; they had a tint of caring in them. Yusei began to search his mind for a reason why his eyes were hooked on Jack and couldn’t come up with anything. ‘What is it that makes me like the sight of him so much?!’ Yusei asked himself. Soon, he felt the environment he was in start to fade; he was starting to fly away until darkness plunged into view and covered his eyesight entirely.
Yusei finds himself awake and feels the friendly rays of the sun drifting in through the window adjacent to him. He rubs his eyes and then remembers the dream he had the previous night, about Jack. Still puzzled, he decides to take off the robe he is still wearing and jump back into the warmth of the shower’s water. As the water runs down his now slick body, he tries to identify what it was about Jack that made him stare. Was it jealousy or something more?
To be continued…