#vrains fic

[kcuf-ad]

I won't be writing for a while, so enjoy a fic I made months ago about Shepherd making one different move

[shitpostingkats]

Assorted groupchat au headcanons

Yuya is the only one who didn't pick his own screen name. It was a suggestion by the rest of the guys after he couldn't think of one. Eventually, he will change it, and come up with his own nickname.

Jaden can read people's auras/duel monsters energy. Yusaku's is the most calming, being primarily dark and quiet. Yuma's almost hurts him to look at, being complicated and intermingled, like two people standing in the same spot.

Yusei gave Yuma his first driving lessons when he was in Heartland to consult for the Tenjo Corporation.

Yugi has beaten almost all of them in professional duels at some point: him and Yuma met at the second world duel carnival, where he successfully defended his title as king of games. He beat Yuya at a Maiami city exhibition duel, one of Yuya's first duels in the senior division. He won the duel against Jaden we see at the end of GX, and a standing duel against Yusei at Worlds. Him and Yusaku have come to the silent agreement to never duel each other.

Post Jaden finding them in the dark world, Rin and Yugo go to live with Yusei, Yuto and Lulu go to their home dimension, Yuri stays in the world and trains under Jaden, and Celina is adopted by Boyle as a second daughter.

All the yu-bois and the bracelet girls are on a minecraft server together.

Jaden and Yusaku are the only ones in the gc to not hold a regional championship title. However, Playmaker still gets invitations to most digital events as if he were one.

If the standard dimension Jack Atlas and the synchro dimension Jack Atlas ever met, they would try to fight.

Yugi is genuinely friends with Kaiba, who he says "is actually a pretty good guy, deep down."

No one in the gc believes him.

[t4tieflings]

In honor of pride month I’m out here not only supporting YuGiOh characters’ gay rights but also their gay wrongs. 

[ina-bon]

The Neko Christmas Miracle

Pairing: Shoichi Kusanagi x Ryoken Kogami

Summary: It’s Christmas time and Kusanagi is taking Ryoken out on a very special date. He hopes things go as planned and that Ryoken will have a miraculous time with a couple of fluffy little helpers.

Merry Christmas @tarashima! I’m your Secret Santa in our Discord server.

I went all out on this present. It’s both art and a fanfic. This is the first time I made a fanfic so I hope you like it.

It was a cold day in Den City, with temperatures reaching freezing and snow blanketing the streets. Appropriate weather for Christmas time and to spend it with loved ones. Normally Kusanagi would spend his holidays with his younger brother Jin, but this year, he’s doing something different. Wanting Jin to get used to civilian life again after the ordeal with Bohman, Kusanagi arranged for Jin to spend time with Yusaku and Takeru for the holidays. It was for the best; Jin needed to create new joyful memories and the best way to do that was to spend time with friends and Kusanagi knows that Yusaku and Takeru are up to the task to make it happen. With Jin taken care of, Kusanagi can now focus on the person sitting right next to him in the passenger seat in his hotdog truck - Ryoken.

“Alright, where is this special place you wanted to show me,” Ryoken asked.

“You’ll see when we get there. If I told you now, that would ruin the surprise,” Kusanagi answered. Kusanagi was driving and he was close to the destination at hand.

“Hoh, a surprise you say? Now I’m really interested to see where we’re going,” Ryoken responded.

Kusanagi slightly shuddered when he hear Ryoken say that. He quickly calmed himself down when he realized he was still driving. At first, Kusanagi thought that Yusaku and the others were exaggerating about Ryoken’s voice having a certain hold on them, but after spending some time with the young man himself, Kusanagi too found himself enchanted by that voice.

As soon as he relaxed, Kusanagi quickly pulled into the parking lot of the establishment he wanted to take Ryoken to.

You can do this Shoichi. It’s now or never. Kusanagi thought.

This date had to go smoothly. With Yusaku’s help, Kusanagi asked Spectre various questions about what Ryoken liked and wanted feedback on ideas he thought would be best. Kusanagi always wondered why Spectre went by his avatar name and never hid real name, but from what Yusaku told him, that is something Spectre would reveal to only those who he felt he can truly trust. Since Yusaku has an understanding with Spectre on account of their shared past experiences, it was easy for him to act as a mediator for the two men, and eventually the plan for the date was established.

“Alright, we’re here,” Kusanagi said, “now let’s inside before the snow starts to pick up again and we end up like snowmen.”

“Was that an attempt at joking?” Ryoken asked. “It sounds a bit cheesy.”

“You’re right. Sorry about that. Hehehe.”

Kusanagi couldn’t help but laugh nervously. He was worried that he may made himself look foolish in front of Ryoken but then he heard a slight chuckle. That made his ears perk up and Kusanagi lifted his head up to see Ryoken trying to hold back his laughter.

“It’s fine. It might have been cheesy, but it was funny in a very sweet way,” Ryoken responded. “Now, can you lead the way to this special place you wanted to take me?”

Kusanagi was happy seeing Ryoken in good spirits and with seeing the man laugh, Kusanagi held out his hand and replied, “Take my hand and I’ll show you the way.”

Ryoken took Kusanagi’s hand, and the two of them walked towards their destination. It was a small western style building and it was crowded by a lot of people looking at the display windows. Ryoken was surprised to see so many people crowding the windows and wondered what has captured the attention of these people. When the two men got closer, that was when Ryoken saw what has ensnared the masses - cats. There were so many cats by the windows, some playing, some sleeping, and others basking in the attention of their human admirers.

Ryoken quickly turned his head towards Kusanagi and asked, “Is this a cat cafe? Is that where we’re going for our date?!”

Kusanagi felt the excitement in Ryoken’s voice and answered,” Correct. I heard from Yusaku and Spectre that you love cats, but you always had difficulty trying to play with them, so I figured you can try at this place. I’ve been here with Jin many times and the kitties here are super friendly. They always snuggle up to Jin whenever we come here.”

“I always loved cats. I find them so enchanting and I would try to play with them, but for some reason they never approach me,” Ryoken said. “I’m forced to watch them from afar, but I would love for the chance to hold them even for a moment.”

Ryoken felt a bit embarrassed admitting that fact to Kusanagi. For as long as he can remember, Ryoken adored cats and tried everything to get their attention, yet every attempt ended in disaster. He always needed Spectre’s assistance when it came to playing with the elusive felines, but they ended up playing with Spectre instead.

“Well, today may be your lucky day. These are the friendliest kitties in town, so you may get your wish. It’s Christmas time and usually there are always miracles going around. This may be your chance so take it,” Kusanagi said.

Ryoken couldn’t help but grin when he heard Kusanagi say that, so the two of them entered the cat cafe.

Inside the cat cafe, there were various tables and booths decorated with various Christmas ornaments. On the walls, there were a plethora of perches for the cats to lay down. Towards the end of the cafe, there were a few doors that led to additional interior rooms usually reserved for private sessions. In front was the hostess and serval maids greeting the patrons.

“Hello, welcome to Cafe Neko Carnival, home to the friendliest felines in all of Den City,” the hostess began. “Oh Kusanagi, welcome back. It’s been a while since you came last time. Isn’t Jin coming today?”

“Nice to see you again Kaya,” Kusanagi replied. “Not this time; Jin is spending time with some friends today. I’m here with my very special guest today. Did you receive my reservation with my requests?”

“Give me a moment to check,” Kaya answered while checking her tablet. “Ah yes, here it is, one private table with our sweetest cats. Right this way gentlemen.”

The hostess, Kaya, led the two men to one of the interior rooms in the back of the cafe. Kaya was dressed in a long, green maid kimono and her black hair was in a single braid. She opened the door to the back room and inside were several cats lounging around. As soon as the cats saw Kusanagi, they all darted towards him as if to greet him.

“Hi everyone, how have you been? It’s been a while hasn’t it,” Kusanagi asked the various felines approaching him. Most of the cats gave a few chirps or small meows as if to answer the man.

“It looks like they missed you Kusanagi,” Kaya said. “May I take your jackets while you make yourselves comfortable?”

“Sure thank you, Kaya,” Kusanagi answered as he handed her his brown jacket. “Ryoken, hand your jacket to Kaya. Uh, Ryoken?”

Kusanagi turned around when Ryoken didn’t answer and stopped to see the sight in front of him. Ryoken was crouching down with a look of adoration on his face. The man was entranced seeing the various cats staring to surround him. He hesitantly reached his hand out to see if any one of the cats would come near him, but most of them kept their distance. Ryoken started to look dejected when most of the cats started to walk away, and that made Kusanagi panic for a moment.

Oh no. This is bad. I took Ryoken out for a nice cafe date to meet the cats and it’s already falling apart. Is it over before it began? Kusanagi thought.

Just as Kusanagi was about to reach out to Ryoken, there was the sound of a little mew behind them. The two men turned around and saw a small, green eyed gray cat staring right at Ryoken. The cat’s eyes met Ryoken’s light blue eyes and they two stared at one another for what felt like an eternity. Soon the cat walked right up to Ryoken and attempted to paw at the man, as if to ask him to play with him. Ryoken’s eyes lit up and he flashed a warm smile as he held out his arms to embrace the cat, who happily jumped into the man’s arms. It was quite the sight to behold, and Kusanagi couldn’t help but smile seeing such a wholesome moment.

As much as he wanted to stare at Ryoken forever, Kusanagi remembered where they were and cleared his throat.

“Excuse me, Ryoken. The nice hostess would like to take our jackets. You don’t mind that, right,” Kusanagi asked.

“Oh, you’re right. Sorry, I got distracted. I couldn’t help but stare at these beauties before me and I’m just so happy right now,” Ryoken responded. “Umm, you wouldn’t mind holding this little one for me would you Kusanagi,” Ryoken asked while holding up the cat.

“Sure thing,” Kusanagi replied.

Ryoken handed his white jacket to Kaya while she sat the men at the table and handed them their menus. After handing the cat back to Ryoken, Kusanagi proceeded to order the holiday special for the two of them and the hostess took their orders and left the two alone with the cats.

Without the jackets, the two men saw what each of them were wearing.Ryoken was wearing a simple red sweater with black pants whereas Kusanagi was wearing a similar looking green sweater with blue pants.

“What are the odds that we would wear similar outfits,” Ryoken asked.

“Pretty hight actually. I asked Spectre for advice on what to wear for the occasion. I wanted to make sure everything went well and he gave me a ton of advice to make it happen,” Kusanagi answered.

“I see. You can always count on Spectre for planning anything perfectly. But how were you able to make plans with Spectre’s help? He rarely does that for anyone he isn’t that close with.”

“I admit I had a little help with Yusaku. He helped make the arrangements for us to make the plans. I’m amazed at how Yusaku and Spectre are able to get along whenever you are involved.”

“Hehe. Those two always go to great lengths for me. I’m lucky to have both of them in my life and especially lucky to have them help you too.”

The two men couldn’t help but smile as they talked about the people in their lives. In the meantime, the two of them were playing with the cats while waiting for their orders. The gray cat Ryoken met earlier stayed with him, perching herself upon his lap. Ryoken was petting and holding the little one’s paws the whole time, finally getting the opportunity to play with the elusive being he has admired for so long. A sweet smile appeared on the young man’s face, and Kusanagi stared the whole time at the lovely sight, while trying to play with all of the other cats that kept approaching him, especially the little orange one named Ritsuka that has made her way to his lap.

“Your orders are ready sirs,” a pink haired maid said as she approached the men with a dining cart. The maid was dressed in a long yellow maid kimono with her hair in two twin tails and she placed the orders in front of the men. It was two raspberry flavored coffees and a triple berry roll cake in the shape of a Yule log.

“Thank you for the order Aria,” Kusanagi said.

“My pleasure. It’s always nice having you visit us. The cats simply adore you and always try to play with you. All of that attention brings out a lot of customers that we had to set up these reservations now. The demand is that high to see our precious felines,” Aria responded.

Aria looked toward the man Kusanagi was with and she was surprised to see the little gray cat with Ryoken.

“Oh my, I’ve never seen Jeanne take such a liking to anyone before. She’s usually very shy and has difficulty approaching anyone. Sir, you must have that special something that had Jeanne appear to you. It’s a miracle to see Jeanne so happy,” Aria said.

“Are you serious,” Ryoken asked. “But she seemed so sweet when she got close to me.”

“It’s true sir, I’ve never seen Jeanne do that with anyone else before. I guess what they say about cats are true - you don’t pick the cat, the cat picks you,” Aria answered.

Once she finished setting the table, Aria left the room and the men started to enjoy their meal together. The coffee had a sweetness from the raspberries thar was balanced out by the coffee’s natural bitterness, making it a perfect blend of flavor. The roll cake was made out of vanilla but with the various berries used, the flavors went from simple to complex thanks to the rich buttercream used to fuse the ingredients together.

The two men finished their holiday treat and proceeded to play with the cats. Kusanagi was scratching the back of Ritsuka’s head whereas Ryoken was scratching Jeanne’s chin until she started purring. Hearing the sound of Jeanne purring made Ryoken’s heart skip a beat - it was the very first time a cat was genuinely happy with him and that filled him with so much joy.

“This is the most fun I had in ages,” Ryoken said.

“I’m glad you enjoyed yourself. I have a few other things planned for the afternoon. If we hurry, we can reach the next destination early,” Kusanagi said.

“If you don’t mind, can we stay a bit longer? I really want to get to know Jeanne here a bit more,” Ryoken asked.

Ryoken looked at Kusanagi with pleading eyes. He really wanted to spend more time with the cat in his arms.

Unable to say no to such a face, Kusanagi replied, “you know what, sure thing. Take your time and enjoy yourself.”

“Thank you so much, Shoichi!” Ryoken exclaimed.

There was a moment of silence between the two. After that Ryoken’s and Kusanagi’s faces turned bright red. Ryoken just called Kusanagi by his first name - it was something he never done before.

“Sorry!” Ryoken exclaimed. “Your name just came out! I won’t call you by that -“

“It’s fine! You just caught me by surprise! I didn’t mind it at all. In fact, I actually liked that you called me by my first name. It felt really nice,” Kusanagi blurted out.

“Really it’s okay?”

“It is. I mean we are dating now, so isn’t it natural we are on a first name basis?”

Ryoken’s eyes widened when Kusanagi asked that question. Dating? Right, that is what they are doing now. They’ve been close to each other for a while and started going out. So it’s not an issue that they call each other by their first names.

Ryoken let out a sigh of relief and then said, “you’re right, that is natural when dating. Thank you, Shoichi.”

“Anytime Ryoken,” Kusanagi responded. “Oh Ryoken, one more thing.”

“What’s that?”

“Merry Christmas, love,” Kusanagi said in a sweet caring voice.

Hearing that, Ryoken simply replied, “Merry Christmas, Shoichi.”

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

Kidnapper: I have your partner.

Windy: What? I don't have a partner...

Kidnapper: Then who just called me a lowlife bitch and spit in my face?

Windy: Oh my god, you have Ryoken.

[merryfortune]

the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

AiYusa Month 2024 | May 26th-June 1st | Week Three

Prompts: One Last Word | “If I don’t say this, I’d die.”

Title: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

Ship: Aiballshipping | Ai/Yusaku

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

Rating: T

Word Count: 2,540

Tags: Truth Serum, Happy Ending

Day 1. Hour 0.

   “Whoa, Ai, are you okay?” Playmaker asked, he had barely skirted the danger but Ai had gallantly taken the worst of it, anything to protect his one true love.

   Or so he had claimed - and crooned - as the shower of arrows rained down on him.

   The effects of the trap that had been triggered faded. The arrows had been made of light: bright white and soft cyan. The cascading weapons had rained down on Ai and he took them valiantly, with muted and occasional grunts.

   So long as his partner Playmaker was safe, yeah?

   Ai laughed as he turned around, twisting like taffy as he came down closer to 

Playmaker. 

   “Never better.” he cheerfully exclaimed, rubbing the back of his head.

   Already the animated effects of the triggered trap had begun to fade. Its not like Ai looked like a bright and shiny pincushion anymore, just his regular old self. Even so, Playmaker’s brow formed a frown as he examined Ai as best as he could. He gave him a poke and a prod.

   “You sure?” he asked, to be extremely certain.

   “Yes, yes, would I lie to you?” Ai asked.

   Playmaker was quiet. The answer to that was yes, Ai, you would.

   His icy silence made Ai chuckle sheepishly, shrinking in on himself, “Gee, tough crowd.”

   “Alright. I believe you but that’s enough exploring for today. I think we’ve found ourselves in enough trouble today as is.” Playmaker decided.

   “Too true!” Ai cooed and that was that.

   They logged out with little fanfare and little funny business. Kusanagi couldn’t agree more, putting one foot wrong on even the most minor of missions would have unsettled anyone as a thing of more to go wrong. He dismissed them both from Link VRAINS duty as well from hot dog van duties, they may as well have the rest of the afternoon off.

   If only it were so simple.

Day 1. Hour 6.

   Nothing really went awry in Yusaku’s eyes until several hours later when he realised he had quite the mundane conundrum on his hands.

   “What should I have for dinner tonight?” Yusaku asked as he stared down his truest, most longest-time enemy: the sparse insides of a dingy refrigerator. He sighed, “Am I even that hungry…?”

   “What does it matter?” Ai asked, “It’s not like you’ll choose something actually good for your meat bag body or your bank account.”

   “Hey.” Yusaku grouched. He closed the refrigerator with a slam.

   That was… a little mean. Which is fine. Ai was mean sometimes. Heck, he was mean sometimes. Sometimes they were even mean to each other but in this particular instance, it felt more than a little uncalled for. They’d had a big day but was it really so big as to demand a short fuse? 

   Yusaku’s brows furrowed and Ai yipped. He put his hands in front of his face and began to panic.

   “Sorry. I said that without thinking.” Ai apologised.

   “That’s okay, that was gonna be my guess.” Yusaku murmured.

   “Like, it’s just.” Ai stammered. “I care about you. You're my partner! I want to see you take better care of your body. You're not immortal. Like please. Eat a vegetable, any vegetable. Maybe drink some milk for your bones or something, please!”

   His ramblings came across as sweet even if it didn’t go beyond a fond look on Yusaku’s face.

   “Thanks, Ai.” he said. “Let’s go to the convenience store, make some veggie onigiri or something.”

   “That’s better than nothing, I guess.” Ai replied.

   Yusaku hummed but kept this spat in the back of his head. There was just something ever so subtly off about it. It stuck out to him as he collected his wallet and a reusable bag so the two of them could hit the nearest convenience store real quick so he could buy things to make dinner for tonight and things for the next couple of days. He did have school tomorrow.

   And oh boy.

   School.

Day 2. Hour 33

   Thanks to Yusaku going MIA for three months last year, and not having his head in the game academically at all thanks to his activities as an underground hero in the Link VRAINS, he had a lot to catch up on this year and was being made to repeat. That meant Aoi and Naoki were now in the year above him and the peers who were once in the year below him ostracised him worse than his previous classmates but honestly. That was a bonus to Yusaku. No distractions, no nothing. He didn’t mind being the class pariah.

   But even he still had some vain semblance of dignity here and there.

   Dignity Ai was, apparently, in no hurry to preserve.

   They had come to an agreement. Call it love, call it codependence, call it whatever but where Yusaku went, Ai went too and given he was an Ignis, he could go easily under the radar so long as he kept his trap shut.

   If only it were that simple and so far this year, it had actually. Until now.

   It was no secret that Yusaku was the odd one out in his new class. He was slightly older, had a weird aura and an even weirder reputation but he was there. He did his best to stick to the status quo despite very much sticking out as the sore thumb of the group. Yusaku didn’t care either way.

   Not even when his ears (and, heaven forbid, Ai’s) caught whispers of his classmates spreading rumours or gossip. Their words, under their breath or under their desks, were probably meant to be malicious but it didn’t phase Yusaku that much. He had had several years of practice by now to perfect the art of the aloof teenage boy’s nonchalance.

   He didn’t even care if it was the teacher at the front of the classroom who was the one passing on such utterances either.

   Since it was still the beginning of the year, Yusaku didn’t feel an intense urge to study or even focus in class. Maybe he should but it was quite whatever with him. He still had recollection from last year so he just wanted to cruise on through to the last term on a bludge. His teacher didn’t appreciate such a lazy approach, however.

   Yusaku was, admittedly, staring out the window in the most blatant manner possible. He had his chin propped up on his fit, his elbow dug into his desk and his face was pointed out the left of him. He watched as the world idly existed outside his classroom. Birds flitted about trees, ants and salarymen alike scurried around, it was pleasant.

   Until it wasn’t.

   His teacher harrumphed, “Interrupting your daydreams, am I?”

   “Huh?” Yusaku’s eyelashes fluttered as he focused his eyes again, his reverie broken.

   Apparently the  answer to the teacher’s question was yes, but the answer to his other question was not silence either.

   “I said,” the teacher reiterated testily, “are you paying attention? Can you answer the question on the board?”

   Yusaku sheepishly recalibrated. He turned his head and began to frantically scan the board for the answer. This was maths, his strong suit! He should be fine just give him three seconds but his teacher had no interest in mercy. Students who displeased him were not students he showed sympathy to.

   “You may as well quit school at this point if you are going to sleep through it.” his teacher sneered.

   Yusaku fumed vehemently but bit his tongue.

   Ai, having no tongue to bite, didn’t hold back, however.

   “And what do you know, mister?!” Ai piped up. 

   His voice rang through the whole classroom, pausing all the usual clamour. The sound of clicky-clacky keys on tablets, hushed chatter, the sound of pages in books being flicked about. It all ceased eerily as the teacher tried to figure out who had sassed him.

   His face went pink with irritation - but Yusaku wasn’t doing much better. He knew whose voice that was, after all. And its a shame that that voice kept going, had much more to say.

   “Yusaku is the best! He’s smart and works hard, YOU need to provide actually mentally stimulating classes, I’d grade you as an F-minus teacher!” Ai yelled from hiding underneath Yusaku’s sleeve.

   “Are you mocking me, Fujiki-kun?” he snarled.

   “N-No, I have no idea who said that.” Yusaku said.

   “I will be seeing you for reprimand after school, Fujiki!” his teacher snapped.

   Yusaku nodded and clamped his hand over his wrist, as discreetly as he could, too. A reprimand after school, whilst humiliating and scathing, was not the worst thing in the world. He could cop that on the chin but he couldn’t cope with Ai. Not after this, anyway.

   What had gotten into Ai? When Yusaku thought about it, he could really only think of one thing…

   The blush to Yusaku’s face began to recede as he knuckled down in mathematics after this incident. But in the meantime, as he did his arithmetic, his skin crawled and his mind raced. They had talked about this. He and Ai had talked about this exact thing at length and how it was completely and utterly antithetical to the whole staying on the downlow about the existence of the Ignis. 

   Okay.

   Now it was official.

   Things were getting really weird.

   Anyone with eyes could see that there was something sketchy going on with Ai. Let alone Yusaku who spent basically every hour of every day with his partner. It had been bubbling under the surface ever since yesterday but there was just something spotty about Ai. Like he had been hooked up to a coffee machine and was now on the fritz from consuming too much caffeine. He was talking faster, twitching constantly.

   As soon as the class was dismissed for the first break of the day, Yusaku bolted. Since he had a hall pass of the five finger discount variety, he made his way to the most private place in the school: the rooftop. He bypassed its cybernetic security and closed the door behind him.

   All so he and Ai could try and figure things out because that little outburst from earlier crossed the line.

   It was getting on Yusaku’s nerves and of course, it was getting genuinely worrisome.

   “Are you sure you are okay?” Yusaku asked, much heavier in tone than how he had since what he was willing to believe was the precipitating incident from yesterday.

   “N-Never better, beloved.” Ai yapped in reply.

   Yusaku’s eyebrows twinged. He still couldn’t put his finger on it but he let it go for now. 

   He just couldn’t pinpoint exactly what Ai’s problem was beneath the surface of the excessive, frenetic energy he was bubbling with.

Day 3. Hour 72.

   And this energy was a problem.

   Whether Ai wanted to admit it or not.

   It was beginning to drive Yusaku up the wall.

   He had been doing his best to simply ignore it but it was becoming extraordinarily obviously clear that this wasn’t going to go away on its own. Ai was fast coming to that conclusion to as they butted heads together. Or ai tried to stop himself from opening his big mouth. Yusaku wanted to focus on the important things - school, his health, the Link VRAINS - and Ai acting on the fritz was incredibly counterintuitive from that and boxing themselves up in his apartment. Not the solution apparently.

   “I think you need some fresh air.” Yusaku suggested - and that was saying something since he, famously, did not touch grass and Ai didn’t even have lungs to breathe with but he still really needed something.

   It was clear by now - to both Yusaku and Ai - that whatever Ai was going through, it was coming to a head. The afternoon had been so stifling since Ai’s last outburst. It had kept him so embarrassed that they had given each other some space but even then.

   The aftermath was still apparent. Yusaku could hear Ai downstairs with Roboppy, they would bicker and make up and bicker again. Just like with him, really but Yusaku was finished with his homework and it was once again time for him to break fast with a homemade dinner. But first.

   He had to address the elephant in the room with Ai.

   Defeated, deflated, Ai nodded, “Yeah, let’s take a walk.”

   Yusaku agreed.

   Yusaku picked Ai up, Duel Disc and all, and walked him outside. He locked his apartment behind him and felt the chill of an early winter breeze. It was surprisingly crisp for being the inner city but Yusaku adjusted as he began to take his stroll to the park nearby.

   He kept his wrist down but he could all but feel Ai hunkered down in embarrassment until they found a little spot. It was quiet right now. Anyone who was out and about at this hour had likely already made their way home from work or to the nearest restaurant for a night out.

   The city was dim, lit by yellow windows and orange streetlights which seemed so distant as they were plotted along the concrete path that criss-crossed through the park. The green space was perfectly calculated from clipped grass to pruned trees evenly spaced along the path.

   “You ready?” Yusaku asked, his voice low as he stayed to the side of a tree, sitting down on a park bench.

   He heard a grunt and let Ai make his way up. He held his arm like a plank so he could give Ai some semblance of an equal platform. Ai rolled up and began to stretch. The nerves he gave were prickly as he jerked and warmed up to whatever it was he had on his chest until his eyes opened. The yellow of them gleamed with determination which cut through Yusaku’s expectation and was followed by a declaration.

   “If I don’t say this, I’d die.” Ai said. “I - I think, anyway.”

   Yusaku was… dubious to say the least but he could understand the severity and depth of Ai’s emotions, however. He had been in full view of them in the past seventy-two hours, after all. 

   Ai placed his hand, now balled up into a fist, in front of his chest. Where his heart would have been if he weren’t an android. Or an Ignis. He licked his lips and his voice box crackled.

   “I love you.” Ai confessed. “I mean it. From the very bottom of my soul.”

   “I know.” Yusaku replied, a hint of a smile. “I love you, too.”

   Ai blinked. He looked like a refrigerator on the fritz. He also looked like he was beginning to wind down from the virus that had kept him infected for the past seventy-two hours.

   “Is that… everything you wanted to say?” Yusaku asked.

   “I-I think so.” Ai said.

   Yusaku chuckled, “I’m glad you're more like yourself now. You had me worried there for a second.”

   He lifted his wrist closer to his face and let Ai hug him, nuzzling against him in a relieved kiss. The effects of the virus that Ai had clearly been suffering with already became a distant memory as they soaked up the calm that finally followed it.

[chaosmax]

AND SETO KAIBA CREATED DUEL LINKS TO BE A MONOLITH OF DUELING AND HOW IT CONNECTS PEOPLE IN THIS ESSAY I WILL--

[realmsalot]

Hey yall wanna silly little fanfic that has all the yugioh protagonists (that I've seen) in a discord server

[saltiestcoconut]

HAPPY VRAINS-NIVERSARY YALL!!!

I can't believe it's been four years since ai and yusaku invented love... what a wild ride that was here's to hoping for many more years of yusaku and the rest of the cast of this fantastic yugioh spinoff!!!

Gosh I can go on and on about vrains but I mainly want to tell yall that I wrote a fic where ai wins the final duel instead! I've been wanting to write an idea like it for so long so I'm excited to get this one out in the wild

So! Hope yall enjoy and lets continue to celebrate vrains whoooooo

ps if you haven't done so already please get an ao3 account locking my fics have been the only way to protect myself from bots thanksss

[borreloadsavagedragon]

Focus: Homura Takeru/Kogami Ryoken, Jounouchi Katsuya & Kaiba Seto

Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains(with references to DM, 5Ds and Zexal)

Word Count: 3,634

Rating / Warnings: T / Minor Character Death

Tags of Note: Reincarnation, Soulmates, the DSOD Kaiba Died route

Summary:

Soulmates aren’t always romantic. They exist on a balance. Soulmates can find a way regardless of their understanding of their other half. They aren’t always in full understanding either, sometimes they aren’t even kind to one another at all, but they’re bound by just a sense of feeling regardless.

For one pair, it begins simple enough.

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A minor study on reincarnation.

Recoilshipping Week 2023: Day 3: Soulmates AU

[chibi-taylormoon]

vrains au where Yusaku and Ryoken are online friends that play games together online and want to meet in person.

Playmaker and Revolver been friends for years and only know eachother's avatars and voices, neither of revealed what they look like to eachother. Yusaku feels average and uncool as himself, but as Playmaker he has confidence and he talks a lot in a voice chat with "Revolver"

The two of them talked for a while before the fact that they live in the same city came up. Yusaku was stunned to learn that Revolver lived in the city, what were the odds? Yusaku wished he had the confidence to ask if Revolver and he could meet in real life, he almost did. But Yusaku's fingers hovered over his computers keyboard and never was able to bring himself to ask. Meeting someone made Yusaku nervous, he was shy in real life in comparison to his online personality. Revolver would probably dislike him. Yusaku didn't want Revolver to meet him in person and not like him, because as ridiculous as it sounds-Yusaku was harboring feelings towards him. Yusaku felt stupid about it, all he knows is Revolvers avatar and that deep beautiful voice of his. How could he like someone just based one that?

But on his worst of days when Yusaku felt lonely and sad, Revolver was always there to encourage and make him smile. Maybe that's what made Yusaku start to crush on him, Revolver's kindness when they were just chatting and not gaming made Yusaku happy. Yusaku hoped that wasn't just a fake online persona, because of Yusaku meets Revolver in real life and he's the way he is online, that would break his heart. Yusaku has never liked anyone to this degree before, that scared him.

One night though, before Yusaku was about to head to bed, he received a ping for a message. There was only one person that ever messaged him besides Kusanagi. Yusaku stared at Revolver's name and opened the message, waiting a couple seconds as to not look to eager. Yusaku's eyes widen at the message, Revolver wanted to meet him. Yusaku thought he was reading it wrong, but in a formal message; Revolver was asking if he'd ever like to meet up one day. Yusaku's heart was beating so fast he could practically hear it between his ears.

Playmaker: do you know cafe nagi, the food truck is usually in the city square.

Revolver: I know of it, yes. Is that were you'd like to meet?

Playmaker: Yes, I actually work there part time. if you come around 5 pm my shift will be over

Revolver: i'll be there. see you then.

Playmaker: goodnight.

Revolver read his message but didn't respond, Yusaku could see the red light next to his name indicating he had logged out. Yusaku sighed and leaned back into his chair. He was going to meet Revolver tomorrow, he was so nervous yet excited.

Yusaku had barely gotten any sleep that night, he kept tossing and turning and replaying scenarios in his mind about what he would say to Revolver. He was so awkward and bad at small talk, he'd probably sound like an idiot. Yusaku grimaced as he stood at the grill and cooked the hot dogs, Kusanagi had lectured him already about looking so angry. Yusaku felt bad that he was potentially scaring off customers, especially if one customer could be revolver, he could look and sound like anything. Yusaku felt a little panic, the end of his shift was nearing and he peered into the courtyard and at the customers sitting at the tables. Yusaku pouted, what if any of these people are Revolver and he's already made a bad impression. Yusaku was so busy mulling over his thoughts, that he hadn't heard footsteps approach the truck.

"One hot dog, please." came a voice, a deep voice. A very familiar and distinct voice.

Yusaku lifted his head and was met with the prettiest man he's ever seen in his life. Captivating blue eyes and pretty eyelashes, that voice felt almost out of place on someone so handsome. Yusaku was sure he was using some kind of voice changer to mask his identity. But no. Yusaku gripped his cooking utensil and leaned forward.

"Revolver?" Yusaku whispered quietly.

"Revolver" looked stunned for a second, like he was trying to process how he knew his name. Then Revolver smiled at him.

"Playmaker?" Revolver asked in return.

Yusaku nodded, and his cheeks flushed.

"My name is actually Yusaku." Yusaku commented as prepared Revolver's food and handed the bag out for him to take.

"My name is Ryoken." he said as he graciously took the food, their fingers just brushing against eachother.

Yusaku pulled his hand away quickly and so did Ryoken. An awkward moment passed with them just staring at eachother. It wasn't until Kusanagi walked over and slapping Yusaku on the back for him to look away. Kusanagi whispered in his ear that his shift was over and that he can go and enjoy himself. Yusaku peaked shyly over at Kusanagi as he took off his apron.

"Ah-um. Its nice to meet you in person." Yusaku stuttered over his words.

"Like wise." Ryoken spoke simply, but he was smiling. It was a beautiful smile.

Yusaku had left out of the back of the truck and joined Ryoken at one of the tables so they could eat dinner together.

From the food truck, Kusanagi watched fondly with a smile. He was happy Yusaku made a friend in person, and that it seemed to be going well. He'll be there to always support his best friend.

[kcuf-ad]

Ryoken: a cyberterrorist that has commited several war crimes and destroyed the Geneva Convention at least 2 times his entire life, a person that is able to strike fear into anyone he faces and has several weapon dragons at his becking call

A 21 year old very clumsy woman: Whore.

Ryoken: YOU MOTHERFUC-

[jellybeeans]

#YGOrarepairweek2023 Dia 5 - Primeiras Impressões!

Sim, para surpresa geral da nação, eu trago hoje FANFIC! Primeira vez que posto algo em 3 anos, por favor peguem leve comigo.

Algorithmshipping, LIVRE, Comédia e Romance, M/M.

archiveofourown.org/works/49468024

[trixiegalaxy]

a fan fiction story where the two anime series, Show By Rock!! and Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains, are short of fused together. And you, the female readers, take the part of the main heroine from the anime "Show By Rock", Cyan Hijirikawa. (the first name is just replaced with "(Y/N)" which means "You're Name")

this will also be a Reader x Ryoken Kogami/Revolver story!

Story Link - https://archiveofourown.org/works/43978926/chapters/110579403

Story Plot;

(Y/N) Hijirikawa is a girl who loves music and is determined to join her school's band club, but her shyness makes it difficult for her to do so. Besides from that, (Y/N) is just a regular high school girl living in a regular world.

But that was until one day, she was playing a new card app game on her phone and was forcefully transported to another world where the card game "Duel Monsters" reigns supreme.

(Y/N) then finds out that she has been chosen to fight the mysterious "Dark Monsters" that threatens both Den City and the digital world "LINKS VRAINS". And (Y/N) can't return to her own world until she does.

After becoming LINKS VRAINS newest heroine "Cyan", (Y/N) somehow gets pulled into the fight against the hacker organization "the Knights of Hanoi" that also threatens LINKS VRAINS. Is there a connection between the Knights of Hanoi and the Dark Monsters? What adventures await (Y/N) during her mission?

find out all that happens in; YU-GI-OH! VRAINS: MELODY OF VRAINS

"INTO THE VRAINS!"

[ba5tet]

new fic time bbyyy

basically my personal experiences VRAINS-ified and Yusaku Goin Thru Some Shit (trademark)

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

.....I'm sorry