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WHO: Fudou Yuusei, Bruno and OPEN to anyone around?
WHERE: The park
WHEN: ... Backdated to, uh, last Sunday.
WARNINGS: Robot flailing.
SUMMARY: Yuusei goes to meet that awesome robot that lives in his garage and eats Jack's ramen and has absolutely nothing to do with a certain sunglasses guy who saved his ass back home.
FORMAT: Paragraph to start, then whatever you feel like.

Things were getting complicated.

It wasn't because he'd been kidnapped to some alternate world and not even because Ruka claimed to have spent over a year there while he was positive he'd seen her just a few hours before coming to the City. No, he could deal with those oddities. What made him really concerned was the fact Kiryuu was a Dark Signer. Again. He frowned a little, attempting to put that thought aside. Apparently, Kiryuu wasn't there at the moment (though he'd never made it clear where exactly he was), so the Signer had some time to meet with his friends and possibly explain some things that had happen back in their world to them.

Yuusei stopped walking and looked around the park. He had been trying to familiarize himself with the City for the past few days, so he had a fairly good idea of where was and where he wanted to go. So as for the moment, all that had been left for him was to wait for Bruno to arrive.

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The boy paused a moment, eyes widening.

"Aah-- u--un..." he nodded. "You're Yuusei... right?"

Stupid stupid, someone new from Domino, who else would it have been? He hadn't meant to get involved now that he knew, but now that he had started...

Aaaaa, he was always getting him self into these situations!

"That's me." Yuusei confirmed with another nod. He noticed Bakura's uneasiness, though he had no clue what might have caused it. Come to think of it, the similar thing happened when he introduced himself over the Network. Perhaps it had something to do with his apparent stay in the City from a year ago, but he wouldn't remember that. So the Signer left it for the boy to elaborate if he wished to do so.

The awkward silence that fell for a moment didn't seem to bother him in the slightest.

Awkward was nothing new for Bakura, but it was by no means something he was comfortable with. He hadn't had any trouble talking with Yuusei last time he had been in the City, but he had just been getting to know Kiryuu then, and had had no idea... How do you go about casually talking to someone who had done such horrible things to someone who was now your family?

He stopped his thinking before it could get out of hand, taking a slow, deep breath and focusing. It probably looked a little strange, but really, it was the least obvious of the techniques Ben had taught him and the easiest one to remember. He could do this, it was nothing worth panicking over. After all, if he could deal with Keith...

He gave a small smile. "Been settling in all right?"

Nice generic question. Simple enough, right?

If Bakura had chosen not to explain his reaction, then Yuusei wouldn't press the matter. It probably wasn't anything important anyway.

"Yeah," Came a short reply. In fact, he didn't have much more to say on that subject. There was, however, something he wanted to ask the boy or anyone else who could know something about Kiryuu. And he decided it was worth trying, now that they'd met face to face.

"You said you knew people from my time."

Bakura gave a small nod, trying to hide the growing feeling of impending trouble. "Un! A few of them! When I hadn't been here long, I made a post asking if Duel Monsters was around and everyone came out of the woodwork!" he said with a small laugh, rubbing the back of his neck.

It figured. The mention of either Domino City or Duel Monsters would certainly attract every duelist's attention. Especially while being trapped in a completely different world.

After a moment of silence, Yuusei asked the question he'd been meaning to. "Do you know how Kiryuu's been doing?"

One thing he knew for sure was that his arrival had spoiled the Dark Signer's mood.

Bakura blinked. That... wasn't what he would have expected. Unless...

.. but Kiryuu had said that Yuusei was family...

He was quiet a moment, debating with himself a moment before giving a small nod.

Yuusei wished he could ask Kiryuu that question in person, but he knew doing so wouldn't work out very well. Thus, he was forced to relay on information from other people.

"... Is he alright?"

Bakura was quiet a moment. "Why are you asking?" he finally answered, looking at Yuusei directly. He knew he was no good at reading people, but...

This was the person who had betrayed his brother, someone his brother considered family, that had sold him out and who's reference caused Kiryuu to become so angry...

But he didn't seem devious. It made Bakura wonder.

It didn't come as a surprise to Yuusei that Bakura appeared to be a little wary. After all, they'd just met in person for the first time.

He didn't reply instantly, taking a moment to consider the situation. True, as far as he was concerned, Kiryuu hated him - enough to want to make him suffer, maybe even kill him. Despite that, in Yuusei's opinion one thing was still the same.

"He's my friend." He stated firmly, no trace of doubt in his voice.

"Even now? After..."

Bakura hesitated a moment. Part of him was hopeful. Misunderstandings happened, people did things for reasons that didn't seem to make sense, actions had unintended consequences...

He wanted that to have been the case. For Kiryuu's sake...

Yuusei frowned, wondering how much Bakura actually knew about what had happened between him and Kiryuu. He didn't want to drag other people into that conflict, but when asked directly, he had no intention or reason to lie.

"He's been my friend for years," he answered with confidence, "and will always be one."

Bakura nodded, giving a very small smile. "That's good to hear." If Yuusei still considered him a friend... there was hope that things would work out.

"He's doing well," he answered finally, keeping the details minimal. If Yuusei asked more, he'd probably answer, buy he wasn't going to offer more than was asked.

It was a relief to hear that, but he was far from feeling content. He knew he'd have to do everything in his power to save Kiryuu.

"... Do you know him well?" Yuusei asked, curious if Kiryuu had made friends in the City. In fact, he hoped that was the case, as it would prove a part of the Kiryuu Yuusei knew was still inside the Dark Signer.

Bakura couldn't help but smile at that question, nodding. Despite knowing rather little about Kiryuu's past, he liked to think he knew his brother well. From his actions, if nothing else.