Hello everyone! I am matrixnis and here I present to you my first fanfic story ever!

After 4 months reading stories after stories in this big website, especially those of Nox Descious, Frost190, Court Morningstar, Imagine97 and Gentyman, I finally got enough inspiration to make my own one. This story will have all the 4 Dragon Boys as main characters, but I made sure to have Yugo and Yuto more prominent roles, especially the former. I would like to say that the Yugo you see in this story will be very different from what the anime offers us, he will be more serious, more sensitive towards others, especially girls (hehe). In other words, he will still retains some of his stupidity (I'll try) but he will be very different. If you guys are offended by this, I apologize, but this is my story after all.

Also, for update schedule if you wonder, I don't really have one since I am at the final year of high school but I'll try to update once every two weeks.

Big thanks to Gentyman for allowing me to use some of his concepts of the character Yuto that you may or may not see in his own story.

Disclaimer: I just own this story, not the base… (lol)

Update 04-03-2018: Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V and this story is rated T for Violence, Blood, Coarse Language and some Minor Adult Themes like Rape, Death and Implied Torture.

Without further adieu, let's get started!

Chapter 1: The Regretful Fallout

The night began to appear as the sunlight got lighter and lighter, the dim orange and yellow lights illuminated the face of a boy. The yellow bangs that spikes upward, combining with the base blue and the blue part of his hair that flows on the right side did not hide the frowned expression on his face. The watery blue eyes looked at the sparkle of the Stardust River with sadness, wondering about something. This boy, an adolescent boy with tactless issues is regretting, regretting about possibly the biggest mistake he has made recently…

"What can I do now to make up with her…?"

"Wake up, stupid boy! It's already 4 in the afternoon!"

The voice of a young girl spoke up. The boy looked at her annoyingly. Shoulder length aqua green colored hair with two light green side tails and orange eyes, beautiful features that any girls wishes to have, even more amazing for an orphan like her herself. But he inwardly thinks it would not fit the angry look on her face at the moment.

"Dammmittt… couldn't you let me sleep more? It's still early…"

"Yugo, this is the third time you have overslept, the same amount of time you have missed our duel. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Then just leave it for another time, Rin." He grossly replied.

"Another time? You said that countless times already!" Rin briefly breathed out in anger before proceeding:

"Besides, you are too lazy Yugo! You don't cook, you don't clean the house, you don't play with other children and you don't even check our D-Wheel! I don't even know what is wrong with you, you asshole!"

"Asshole? What rights do you have to call me an asshole?"

"I have! Especially with your laziness now! Jerkass! Idiot! Usel…"

"You bitch! You nutter!" Yugo lashed out "You interfere too much Rin! You're not my mother, so stop all of that bullshit nonsense, you shameless C###!"

Yugo repeated that awful word seven more times, each with increasing volume. He did not even know how much more he would growl, but he is forcefully stopped when Rin gave an angry, powerful slap to the left side of his cheek.

Shocked for a moment, he finally grabed his reddened cheek with his right hand and looked at Rin. She seems much more shocked than him, tears are threatening to fall.

"C###? I, even at the worst of times, would never say the same thing to you!" Rin whispered painfully, her orange eyes widen in shock with tears falling down freely "I did everything for the children, for you and for our dream! And now you say those to me like that? You're such a tactless boy, Yugo! Very tactless! Awfully tactless! I can't bear your insensitivity anymore!"

With that, she angrily and bitterly ran out of the orphanage, crying blubberingly, ignoring the scream of Yugo. He chased after her, yelling her name in an attempt to make her stop, but to no avail with Rin screaming "Stop" everytime. Eventually, he gave up and stops, catching his breath.

He tiredly looked at her fading body until it disappeared with wonder: "What the hell did I just do…?"

Unknown to him, a young man was looking at him from behind with a disappointing expression on his face.

The boy continued looking at the small waves of the river, then at the sunset, sadly thinking about himself. He knew Rin was very motherly, she always looked after him and the children in the orphanage. She always cooks meals for everyone, always the first to wake up, never the first to sleep at night unless everyone else has done the same thing. For this, she can be demanding at times and he would sometimes argues with him, however things have never got this far and terrible like today, clearly there has been something wrong about him.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when a voice spoke out from his back:

"You're too childish Yugo! You need to change."

He looked back, not surprised, for he knew the tone of that voice. Low, but clear, mature. Only one person he knew would have that kind of voice. That tall, tan man with the upper layer of his hair juts upward while the lower layer arches down and a yellow line acrossthat marks him as a criminal, or not so much to Yugo.

"Yusei" he said. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here because you just said something terrible to Rin, Yugo."

"…"

Yusei sighed and rested his hands at the safety bars of the river, standing next to Yugo.

"Yugo, I don't know what is bothering you recently, but the way you talked to her this afternoon is very unforgivable"

Yugo listened, not saying a thing.

"She is kind, caring and motherly. She cares for everyone's well-being and most of all, she cares about you. She is like your girlfriend."

Yugo only slightly blushed at the comment, unlike any other times that he loudly denies it with a huge blush and an equally big smile when Yusei or other kids say it. Probably a bad mood will subdue overexcitement, he thought.

"How do you know, and are you sure about the last part?"

"Guess who is the first that she wakes up in the morning? You. Who always smiles when you duel happily with others? Her. Who is always helping you when you construct your D-Wheel and anything else? Her. And remember this, one night when you fell asleep while checking your ride, who kissed your face and helped you get to bed? Rin did it."

A huge blush appeared on Yugo's face for he didn't know the last part but for some reason, he quickly regained composure. He sadly smiled: "Yeah… she's always that amazing. She's always there for me, yet I do not know it and mistook it as messing me up. I uh… I gotta say sorry to her later.''

Yusei smiled and continued: "But a single sorry is not enough. Like I said, you need to change Yugo. You're so insensitive, you definitely have no sense of personal space with all that hugging Rin, you need to know no girls can stand it, even her. You don't know how much sacrifice Rin has made for you, for your dream with her. She endures every hardships because of you, Yugo. I know that you are her reason to live. You must know it Yugo…"

He pauses for a little bit to look at Yugo's stunned face, clearly not knowing how Rin has helped him so much like that.

"And be a real man to her." He finished.

Yugo remains stunned. He froze for a moment before looking down, then facing forward, not looking at Yusei.

"You're right…"

Yusei patted the boy's shoulder: "Don't worry, you're still 16, mistakes happen all the time but there is always room to fix. I'm sure she will forgive you. Just remember to say sorry sincerely and change your personality after that. Man up Yugo, only 2 years left until you become an adult, and a man to her."

Yugo nodded and hugged him. Yusei realized it was not a tight hug Rin has to endure all the time, but a warm and manly one that he can only describes it as a "thank-you" to him. He smiles, remembering how Yugo would usually do the same thing when he was in trouble and Rin could not give him the comfort he needed. He was like a younger brother to him, albeit a foster one. And for Yugo, Yusei is always the big brother of the house, the man he could rely on when life pushes him hard. They are orphans after all, so they find comfort in each other easily.

"Come on, it's night time. I guess Rin is at home now and also Aki is waiting for me."

Yugo chuckled at the mention of Aki, Yusei's girlfriend. She is the most beautiful girl of the orphanage. Red hair, porcelain skin, big eyes and huge "assets" as he usually jokes. She is usually seen with Rin, helping her with the housework and stuff. Also, the four "grown-ups" of the orphanage have the same dream of achieving a better life in the Tops so they are very close to each other. He almost laughs thinking about the times when he tried to hug her, not caring others, especially Rin was nearby.

"OK. Let's go. By the way when will Aki and you get at it?" Yugo joked.

"As soon as you two loudly do the same first!" Yusei played back.

Yugo playfully kicked Yusei in the butt as they returned.

When they returned, Yugo prepared himself mentally before saying: "Rin."

No reply.

"Rin, are you there?" He repeated.

Still no reply.

"She's not here yet Yugo." Came a voice of a girl.

"Aki?" Yugo and Yusei said at the same time. "Do you know where Rin is? I suppose she would be here now." Yugo asked.

"No idea…"

"Aargh" Yugo suddenly groaned out, painfully. Both Aki and Yusei looked on with curiosity.

"Yuugou… yougou… nearby…" A muffed voice. "Rin… danger… ger… rrr…" Another one, though slightly lighter in tone.

The pain and the voices stopped.

"What's wrong, Yugo?" Both Aki and Yusei asked.

"I don't know, but maybe Rin's in danger."

"WHAT?" The older couple exclaimed. "You sure?"

"I don't know, but… I just feel it okay? We need to find her as soon as possible!" Yugo still wondered what had happened to him, but decided to act on his feelings.

Despite the strange situation, Yusei quickly acted: "Okay me and Yugo will look for her, Aki, you stay here watch out the kids."

"K, be careful and bring her back." Aki replied.

And so without even changing into riding duel clothes, they each took their own D-Wheel, a white one to Yugo and a blue one for Yusei and drove away, frantically looking for Rin.

Little did they know, this is just the beginning of the nightmare that they will have to endure, and surely one they will never forget…

So that was the first chapter of the story! I was tired and shocked at the amount of time I took to finish just a single chapter like this! Story writing is as hard as hell! With this chapter, a change to Yugo's personality will definitely happen.

Did I surprise all of you with Yusei and Aki appearing? I have planned for them to appear since when I took concept of the story. I hope Yugo and Rin's fallout is not too chessy to you guys though.

Of course since this is my first story, I am bounded to make mistakes, probably more on the grammar side as English is not my native language. Also I cannot guarantee that every chapter will have good quality, I only tried to make one as good as possible. Any possible errors I have made, please kindly point out. This way, I can learn from them and improve my writing. Trial and error is the best way to learn after all.

This is matrixnis, out!