Chapter 1
A New Story

"Looks like I m almost there!" A young man yelled out while he was running. He was wearing a white shirt with a collar, a black tie, black jeans and red snickers. He had green eyes, spiky brown hair with an ahoge sticking out of the middle of his head. Currently, he was on his way to You Show Duel School, to meet up with his friends. He was an orphan and just came back from his visit over to see his "family". The young man's name was Hiraki Sotari. Sotari was the last name of the lady who took care of him as long as he can remember. While distracted by his own thoughts, he crashed into two people, all of them falling on the ground.

"Ouch..." Hiraki groaned. He had fallen on his butt and was now rubbing it. What he realized next took him by surprise.

"Seriously Hiraki... you just came back and already causing trouble." The girl said as she was getting up herself. "You really need to stop daydreaming all the time."

"It's not daydreaming Yuzu, it's more like... well like eh... like running without paying attention!" He said with a nervous chuckle. 'Nice going Hiraki, hurry and do something!' he yelled at himself.

"Hiraki!" 'Oh yeah, I forgot about Yuya laying on the floor' Hiraki offered him a hand and as soon as he got up they both hugged each other.

"Oh Yuya, I've missed you so much bro" Tears were forming on Hiraki's eyes.

"Hiraki, you're finally back!" Yuya said as he was crying emotionally himself.

"Can you guys cut it out? You're creeping me out, you know?" Yuzu said, as always with her high and mighty tone. "Really, everyone is starting to stare at us"

'Same old Yuzu, huh? Heh, maybe teasing her a bit would be my dumbest choice of the day' He let go of Yuya and started walking towards her with his arms open wide. "Don't worry Yuzu, if you want a hug you just have to ask"

"Come anywhere near me and you'll regret it," She said in a cold voice.

Yuya just gave him a look, and he knew he better back off before this gets a little bit too violent for his taste.

"Relax Yuzu, I was just messing around is all. Jeez, I just got back and this is how I'm greeted? Oh, it hurts me to know that!" He grabbed a hold of his shoulders, sounding as if he was sobbing. She sighed and gave him an awkward hug. 'It really... does seem familiar' He didn't realize he was hugging her back until she smacked him in the head and made him come back to reality.

"You pervert!" she said angrily, as she pulled out her fan and started coming slowly for Hiraki, Yuya stepped in between them and held his hands in sign for them to stop "Come on guys, let's just calm down."

"So anyway, where were you two going?" Hiraki asked as puzzled.

"Crap, I forgot!" Yuya screamed all of a sudden remembering something. "Yuzu and I are in a hurry, we'll talk later Hiraki!" Yuya said practically grabbed her hand and running as fast as they could.

He watched them as they soon disappeared from my view. 'Honestly, you two really need to slow down sometimes' He laughed at that a bit and turned to continue his way.

'Not sure how long I've been walking looking for my apartment, but I finally found it at least 2 hours ago.'Hiraki complained in his head. He finally found the right house, and as soon as he got inside he went straight to his bed. As soon as he laid down, he received a call on his duel disk.

"Hello, this is Hiraki's manager, currently he's attending an important meeting so he cannot speak with you for the time being. Can I have your name please?" He said in a deep voice, trying his best not to crack up.

"Very funny Hiraki. But honestly, you got to try something new if you want to at least make me think you lost your Duel Disk in a duel." The girl said in a bored voice.'Damn, she already found me out. Am I really doing such a terrible job?' He thought.

"Ah come on, I was just messing around with you. You know little old me, just trying to be positive as always" He laughed a bit at his own response. "But really, I'm just glad you called me"

"I just did it to make sure you didn't get lost so don't push your luck too much." She sighed and I rolled my eyes at her response. "So, did you make it over there in one piece?" He groaned at her saying this because she just makes him look like a hopeless kid.

"Come on, I've been here countless times. I know my way around at this point I'm sure. But leaving that aside, when are you coming yourself?" Hiraki made his way to the kitchen and made himself a sandwich while still on the phone.

"I just got here. Currently, I'm looking around for any signs of XYZ users to hunt them down." She said in a determined voice. He knew she meant business.
"I'm supporting you all the way, doesn't matter if I die in the process, it would be worth it if it means helping you," Hiraki stated. He took a bite out of his sandwich and was delighted at how good it tasted.

"Don't say that. You're fine as you are, Hiraki. And never think otherwise." That reply made him stopped from taking another bite from his sandwich. "You're a good duelist Hiraki, it doesn't matter if you're in the secondary union. I've seen how you duel and I also been watching over you as you keep progressing. So don't think like that."

'Secondary Union...' He took a moment to collect his thoughts.

"Hey, earth to Hiraki!" She suddenly yelled, making him almost fell out of his chair.

"Alright alright, I'm on my way, where you at?" He asked. He started running to his room again to go get ready. He opened my closet and started looking around for some sort of jacket or a something with a hoodie on it. His sight fell on a black sweater, which was the only spy-looking thing he had.

"Around some park, it's surrounded by a playground or something" as she said this, Hiraki heard the same song a truck was playing earlier today when he went to buy an ice cream.

"Oh yeah, I'll meet you there. Don't take all the fun for yourself, you hear?" He sang teasingly. 'Aaaaaand she hung up on me'

"Great...shit" He mumbled to himself.

He finished putting on the sweater. It was black and had a zipper, so his hair wouldn't get messy. He looked at himself in the mirror and started doing some poses.

"Looking nice Hiraki, huh?" He said to himself while putting a finger on his chin. After finishing making a fool out of himself, he proceeded to put the hoodie on and to my disbelief, his ahoge was pressing up against it.

"Ah come on, are you kidding?" He knew it wouldn't matter how much he tried, it just won't stay down like the rest of his fair. "Wonder what the others are up to right now?"

Meanwhile, everyone else had gathered up and were happy to see that Yuya finally woke up.

"So Hiraki is really back? But why isn't he here?" Asked Gongenzaka confused at Hiraki's absence

"Huh? Oh, well... Wait a minute, why didn't we bring him along?" Yuya said, causing Yuzu to facepalm.

"Actually I think I saw Hiraki-onii chan a while ago with 2 other people!" Ayu said as she poked Yuya in order to get his attention.

"Maybe he's just buying everything he needs to be set up in his apartment, give it a rest you guys," Shuzo said, putting his hand behind his head.

And so Hiraki found himself walking with not only Serena, but with Barrett as well. He had no complaint by being escorted by him, but he'd imagined that this would have been just him and her. She kept staring at his ahoge and tried to push it down like always, though not even she can succeed at this task. They spent most of their time just walking around until they found this guy who was an XYZ user but it wasn't anything they couldn't control. There wasn't any chatting either since Hiraki was just intimidated by this big guy and well Serena just looked as if she was in a bad mood or something. They later found some other guy that apparently uses XYZ as well so they went ahead and found him in a hallway at the stadium where the championship was taking place. Hiraki stood back again since he already knew Serena was gonna take the lead again, but then the one he expected the least showed up. Akaba Reiji himself appeared before them and let their prey escaped! But Serena wasn't going to let him escape and went after him, but Reiji grabbed her hand before she could attempt anything. Hiraki got pissed at this and went charging at him, causing him to fall back.

"Looks like I've been found out as well," Hiraki said, taking off his sweater. Honestly, he didn't want to see Akaba Reiji at all since he saw me before back in Academia.

"Actually, I'm sorry to say I've known of your presence here for a while now, every time you duel, your fusion summoning is noticed by our system." Reiji said in a calm tone.

'Shit, how can I forget something like that? I've been here for like 2 years now' He cursed in his head, thinking of all the cameras he had missed. "Then why didn't you do anything about it?"

"Because there was no need, as you simply were going to You Show Duel School." Reiji said while adjusting his glasses a bit.
Barrett ended up dueling him because apparently he was assigned to watch over Serena. There's no way he a big guy like him can lose against a skinny guy such as Reiji, right? I mean come on. However, he couldn't be more in the dark. He defeated Barrett and put his gazed upon them. Hiraki stood in front of Serena, walking forward a bit to get ready for this inevitable duel. "I'll handle him, you get out of here and continue on our mission," He said in a serious tone, looking directly at Reiji.

"No way, you don't stand a chance against him, Hiraki. Let me duel instead" Serena activated her duel disk and stood beside him.

"It's okay, I got this really. Come on, we're doing this for you, remember? Please, just trust me on this one." He stared back at her with determination. He could see the hesitation in her eyes but then she sighed.

"Alright, but you better not lose alright?" She turned around and started walking away.

"Wait, Serena!" Reiji said, catching both of their attention. "I have a proposition. If I win this duel, you two stay put and answer all of my questions."

"And if I win?" Hiraki said looking back at him with rage.

"You two are free to go and I won't stop you no matter what you do" Reiji stated, putting his glasses back in place.

Serena turned around, so Hiraki figured he might as well accept his terms.

"Fine then, let's do this!" Hiraki yelled, activating his duel disk and Reiji too.

"Duel!" They both yelled

And that was the end of chapter one, a simple introduction. I'll be answering question that you have and if you have any suggestions, please feel free to share them with me. :P