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[masterofaster]

「 @universestreasures​​​ 」 issued a challenge:

"Jack, you've truly made me the happiest woman on this Earth, the Earth we now rule together as one." The Dark Signer starts, her head resting on his chest as she plays with his blonde strands. She swears he looks more handsome than he did when he was living like this, sharing the same mark as she on his arm. The dark markings on her arm and face start to glow, seeming to synchronize with his own as her desires seem to just sink into his very being through that bond.

"We're always going to be together, right?" She stares into his eyes with those glowing purple eyes, as alluring and beautiful as those of a siren who charmed sailors to their deaths "Together forever? King and Queen? No one to tear us apart? You feel the same way, do you not, my Jack?"

(DS Carly For The DS AU UWU)

Until death do most part. But that logic didn’t apply to them. They were beyond the rules of mortals, and as such they were allowed a new life where they could be together, truly forever.

❝ I would ravage the world time and time again if it meant being with you. ❞

In his dark eyes reflected the scorched earth beyond their home in the sky. Their kingdom, a place where one who was beyond saving and one who sacrificed it all could finally be together at long last. Their previous life would have only torn them apart. Duty and obligation to opposing sides in the war of Signers would have put their wishes last for the sake of salvation and peace. 

Jack had been willing to die alongside Carly back then. To be together in the afterlife if that was what it took if he truly couldn’t save her. Back then he had been a fool. A incorrigible fool, who would forsake his chances at both being with Carly as well as crowned a king for what he once deemed an honorable end to them both. How lucky he was to have a woman such as Carly in his life to enlighten him.

Now they made their own rules, lived by them and bent the world in line with their desires.

If the world wouldn’t allow them to be together then they’d lay that world to waste and start anew. Create a world without a war to tear them apart. Create the life they’ve only had a small taste of while he was in hiding in her care. Here Jack didn’t need to be hidden away. Here Carly didn’t have to perish for a fate that wasn’t for her to suffer. 

The dark mark on his arm brought a warmth to his otherwise cold skin as it blazed to life with an otherwise subtle glow. His gaze which had been fixed on their kingdom now drawn into the inky depths of his love’s eyes. In them Jack could see himself as she saw him. The newfound King of their reclaimed world. It had brought a smile to his lips, as reflected in her eyes. A wide, tooth-laced grin so sharp it nearly split his face in two. 

His arm ached with the reminder of their shared power. He wanted to share in it more.

And so the Dark King brings his marked arm around to cup her cheek in his hand, fingers dancing along her skin until his thumb grazed her lips and he took a surprisingly gentle hold of her chin. But he dared not drag his queen around by his hand, instead he dipped himself down to meet her in a hungry kiss that spoke volumes in mere seconds.

--I want you. I love you. Together. Forever. My Carly... My Number One--

Something in him seems to come to a sudden halt. 

His Number One... She was there, with him now. So why did it feel as though he had called out to another in his heart? 

He pulls back just enough to look back into her eyes, reminding himself that Carly was indeed right there with him even now. Yes... That’s right. Relief washed over him as he leaves a content sigh against her skin. Jack then wraps his arms around her entirely, bringing her as close to himself as possible. He didn’t want to let her go, ever again. After all, the last time he did he almost lost her completely. He wouldn’t lose her again. He wouldn’t. He... He couldn’t do that to her again. She’d never suffer another harm due to his negligence again.

His resolution and determination is reflected once again in the eyes of his love, his queen. But he’s no longer smiling at himself. For now Jack sees only himself as the dark king would. A man bound to a fate that would bring harm to the woman he loved most in this world and the next. He needed the strength she granted him in order to safeguard this life they now shared. He’d be the man she prided him as, even if it killed him again-- He had to be. 

❝ …There is not a force in this world strong enough to tear us apart now. Nothing... And no one... I swear it to you. ❞

And so the king declares.  With Carly by his side there was no entity that could rival them in terms of strength and conviction. Jack would protect Carly as he always should have, as the right and proper King. -

[masterofaster]

「universestreasures​」

“Oh my gosh! Yuzu Hiiragi?! The duelist who was facing Sergey that crashed!? You’re….still alive!?” 

“Come on! I can’t just leave her here in this condition! We need to help her! Have a heart, Jack!”

“Wow…getting a closer look at her, she really does look like that missing girl from the Commons who disappeared a few months ago from your old orphanage, Jack…I told you that story was worthy enough to report on! Someone owes me a homemade King’s Bento box, and a sunset date!”

The disembodied voices rang in Yuzu’s head, her mind slowly returning to consciousness. What happened after the pain of crashing through that building was all a blur. All she remembers was the surging burning from the bruises and cuts that covered her body. However, Yuzu suddenly then feels the pain seeming to have…lessened? Sapphire blue hues slowly begin to open, pink locks flowing over her shoulders as a hand moves to her forehead. 

“Ugh…What…What happened…? Did someone…Did someone…help me?” She speaks openly. The Standard resident then takes notice of the room around her. It certainly reminded her of the hotel she had been locked into during the tournament, especially with a window looking over The City and the surrounding ocean, but this one was…different. The furnishings, the colors, and the entire feel of it felt…cozy. Expensive, but cozy. It didn’t feel cold or isolating. Just where in the world was she, and who saved her?

Well, soon enough she would have an answer, the door to the bedroom she was in opening to reveal two figures standing in the frame. One was a women with peculiar glasses, long flowing raven hair, and adorned in bright orange and blue hues with a double banded ring on her finger. The other…the other was a man with blonde hair, a tattoo across his right arm with a symbol she had never seen before, and a sleek black tank top on with jewelry adorning his neck, ears, and ring finger. 

“You’re awake, Miss Hiiragi! Oh thank goodness! We were starting to get a little worried for you there there! Hope you’re feeling better! I did my best to help bandage you up, with a little help from my man here! Isn’t that right, Jacky?” 

The woman smiled as bright as the setting sun after saying her words, her body shifting to wrap her two arms round the tattooed arm of the taller man and her head to rest on the arm as well. ‘Jacky’…Hearing that name seemed to speak a realization in Yuzu, her gaze shifting towards the blonde man. Seems like being injured, processing her situation, and the different attire had caused her to miss the identity of who the man standing in front of her was…

“W-W-Wait a second! You’re…You’re the Duel King…The Duel King Jack Atlas!!! You…You and this woman...saved me? B-But why? W-Wouldn’t you get in trouble with Security for saving a loser of the tournament who should be sent underground?”

~

Jack’s stoic expression remained as is as Carly checked in on their unexpected patient and guest. His wife; a stubborn sort of woman who was as persistent as she was kind, was the only one who could twist Jack's arm into a position such as this... His honor and pride as a Duelist would have urged him to act regardless of Carly’s insistence, but perhaps just not by bringing the injured Duelist into his own home. But their home was both private and quiet... it was an ideal place to not only recover from injury but to also conduct extensive interviews. Jack knows from personal experience living with the enthusiast reporter.

He sighs a curt, yet defeated breath as Carly pulled him into the conversation.

❝ That's right, ❞ Jack confirms his status to the young duelist, his iconic stage tone still present even in the comfort of his own home. ❝ But 'this woman'? Show some respect, not only is Carly the one who decided to help you but that's also my wife you're talking about so carelessly! ❞

Truthfully, Yuzu was in no condition to be sent underground. But he also knows the system well enough to know she'd have been sent down regardless of her injuries. And if the crash didn't snuff her light the underground surely would have. Jack was not ignorant to the conditions he’s sent those he’s defeated down to endure.

❝ And me? In trouble with Security? Security will be in trouble with ME if they dare interrupt my wife's work. ❞ He would have crossed his arms in annoyance if it wasn't for Carly occupying one of them, so he settled for resting his free hand against his hip to convey the message instead. ❝ Unless you want to be sent underground for losing, that is. You’re more than welcome to turn yourself in to Security later. But for now you’re welcome to stay in our home until you recover, or until Carly is done with you, for however long that might be. I will warn you now though; she is a diligent and thorough reporter as well as caregiver, so consider yourself our guest for the time being. ❞

So long as Yuzu was the King’s guest she should be untouchable... At least for the moment. No one has come knocking on their door yet, anyway. But if they did Jack had ways of getting his way, especially if it involved Carly, which it now unfortunately did... This was partly why he was trying to get Carly to drop the scoop on his old orphanage. But it seemed Carly also had ways of getting what she wanted at the end of the day.

Jack now finds himself assessing the situation again. Even if Carly did a report on Yuzu, there was no guarantee it’d garner any traction. And that wasn’t at fault of his wife, she was a wonderful reporter. The fault would lie solely with the report’s subject: being Yuzu herself. No one wants to hear the words of someone who couldn’t back them up, especially when victory was just seemingly around the corner for them.

Truthfully he had just begun to take notice of Yuzu's dueling capabilities before her loss. And part of him was disappointed he wouldn't get to face a promising duelist himself. The concern she showed her opponent is what cost her the duel against Sergey though. By underestimating her opponent by thinking of them before herself... Yuzu seemed to be like Carly in that sense. Far too kind for their own good. Kindness isn't what moved one up the ladder though. And being anywhere but on the very Top meant you were as good as nowhere in this world. He knows this better than anyone.

❝ On that note; if you’re feeling well enough to stand I’d like for you to come with me. There’s something I’d like to discuss with you before you sit down for an interview. ❞ -

[masterofaster]

Changing Destiny

Normal Trap Card

When an opponent’s monster declares an attack: Target the attacking monster; negate the attack, and if you do, change it to Defense Position and it cannot change its battle position while it is face-up on the field. Then, your opponent chooses 1 of these effects. ● You (the opponent of this card’s activator) gain LP equal to half the target’s ATK. ● Your opponent (the activator of this card) takes damage equal to half the target’s ATK.

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[masterofaster]

「 @universestreasures​​ 」 issued a challenge:

Jack finds Carly passed out at her desk from staying up all night working on a story. What do?

The very first thing Jack does that morning after finding Carly asleep across her desk was to close her laptop. Thus preventing any and all annoyances from her job from disturbing the peace that only settled over this small shared space when Carly was allowed to rest. There was rarely a quiet moment since he'd gotten here. If it wasn't Carly herself checking on him it was that outright irritating boss of hers making a racket. It took every ounce of willpower he could muster for Jack not to barge into view of their video conferences and give him a piece of his mind each time the man raised his voice at her for not submitting a story worthy of publishing.

It irritated him because she had the opportunity to quiet the obnoxious man if she’d just write about him and what she’s learned about the once great Jack Atlas. Especially if she was to confirm the rumor of him being from Satellite for true. And yet, she didn't take advantage of it. Advantage of him. He pressed down harder on the laptop lid than he had meant to, causing the computer to creak and bend under his palm. He swallowed what he assumed to be anger bubbling up his throat, back down to his core. And there it remained.

He nudges Carly's shoulder, before realizing she wouldn't budge. The quiet sounds of her breathing peacefully seemed to drown out his efforts. Jack finds himself staring down at her for a minute too long, eventually removing her glasses and placing them on the desk not too far from her.

Standing up straight now to remove his trench coat, which was simply sitting over his shoulders, Jack moves to drape it over her as a makeshift blanket. He had no doubts he could carry her, even with only one good arm. But he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't stir her from slumber that way. And he rather not risk this first quiet morning in many.

Jack ultimately decides to make his way around to the kitchen to prepare some hot water for coffee and cup ramen he found a small stash of for them for breakfast. Seems Carly had good tastes in food as well. He respected that, even if her coffee was a rather cheap brand.

[masterofaster]

Whenever @masterofaster comes onto the dash (Esp to drop something for my Yusei or spam my likes), this is the vibe. 

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「 universestreasures​ 」

There is a noticeable gasp on Yusei’s face at the sight of the blood, the subtle smell of iron he knows all to well from his life living on the streets hitting his nostrils. That shouldn’t be possible. Dark Signers are the walking dead, which means they should no longer have things like blood or beating hearts. Did this mean Jack was different somehow? Did that mean he wasn’t as far gone as Yusei first thought?

He can’t dwell on that for now as Jack comes in swinging, arms quick to pull Yusei up and slam him into the wall. His body is crying in pain at the tightness of the chains around his legs while the Dark King spits venom towards him. Being restrained wasn’t new to the Signer. Yusei’s lived his whole life chained in one way or another, whether it’s by his own feelings or by the oppressions he faced. Jack might be trying to bring Yusei down, but in a way, those words made his inner light of hope shine brighter. He would prove Jack wrong and save him, just like Jack and the others helped Yusei during his darkest hours time and time again. 

“Of course I understand, Jack! After all, I feel the same way regarding Kiryu!” Saying his dear friend’s name is hard for the Satellite, visions of the end of his second duel with him flooding in this mind, but Yusei pushes on as he always does in the face of pain and adversity. “I was the reason he became a Dark Signer. I take full responsibility for that, and regret turning my back on him. And in the end….even with help from Majestic Star Dragon, a power born out of my bonds…I couldn’t bring Kiryu back to life…He’s still dead…because of me Jack. So, don’t go saying I don’t understand the pain you’re feeling right now! The pain you’re hiding!”

He remembers the smile on his friends face before he vanished into dust in his arms. He remembers the tears he shed after the savior dragon returned him from the duel of darkness. They were moments that played over and over again in his head, and he knows the Dark Signers are to blame. However, it wasn’t so simple to just simply blame it on someone else when Yusei knows he had some part to play, the same way he still feels guilt regarding the Zero Reverse incident born out of his father’s research…

“And yeah. I did lose that duel to the Dark Signers.” Yusei is not going to give the Jack the satisfaction of saying he beat him, because in Yusei’s mind, that duel wasn’t against his rival. That wasn’t the real Jack Atlas he dueled, just like this wasn’t the real Jack Atlas he was talking to right now. He wouldn’t be real till Jack started to act like himself, until Yusei knocked some sense into him with every fiber in his restrained being. 

“I failed to save the world because I wasn’t at my strongest, because my bonds were weakened, but…even so… I refuse to give up! I refuse to give up hope that our future can be saved! Just like I refuse to give up on you, Jack! I never gave up on you before. Even after you stole my runner and my Stardust, I still refused to give up on you! And I don’t plan on giving up now, like how you’ve given up on the idea that Carly can return to her old self and you’ve settled for an illusion of happiness.”

Yusei doesn’t care if he’ll be put back in the painting for this. At this point, the young adult expects it. However, he felt like he said what he had to. While normally he didn’t talk much, he did when it came to important things like this, when he had words that needed to be said. And he made sure to put his full strength behind every word to hopefully get it through that thick skull of his fosters brothers.

“But… It’s not too late to fix this.” Yusei manages to use his arms to pull off his glove, revealing his Signer mark and moving it as close to Jack’s face as possible. He wanted him to see it. “You and Carly and everyone else can be saved, and our bonds…can be re-linked. So please, please don’t give up Jack. After all, the moment we lose hope…is the moment we lose everything…”

~

Yusei's Signer mark nearly made him recoil. Just the sight of it alone seemed to bring out an intense burning sensation in his own arm. Jack drops Yusei quite suddenly for that, his free hand now gripping at his shared Hummingbird mark as it seemed to resonate in response. It was almost as if the mark itself was making itself known as though it had been challenged by Yusei's display.

❝ This would be so much easier if you just gave up that tough guy act of yours, ❞ The Dark King's expression now twitched from the molten pain searing through his veins. A blinding white-hot ache that made it hard to think again--

Just then Jack had felt the skin on his knuckles break moments before he realized he had lashed out to cope with it all. The newfound pain cleared his thoughts and he realized now that his fist was embedded within the wall next to Yusei's head, shrapnel from the impact cutting neat lines into the criminal mark on the Signer's cheek. Even Jack seemed a bit at a loss by this outburst of his; that much was clear by the second it took to collect himself. But he gritted his teeth and used the opportunity to continue.

❝ But you never make anything easy, that's just like you. ❞

Yusei believed their bonds to be repairable, that even the Dark Signers were capable of being saved.

'P a t h e t i c...' muttered a voice in the darker recesses of his mind. It wasn't the sound of his own.

❝ You're as much of a fool now as I was before being granted true and absolute power. ❞ With a small bit of effort, he pulls his fist free from the wall. He noted once again how his body bled, the blood highlighting the damage he caused. A red to match Yusei’s own. ❝ You couldn’t bring Kiryu back. Just as I failed to save Carly. So you know all too well then that it’s too late for those of us touched by darkness. So why are you still bothering with this nonsense, Yusei? Is that how you lost? You threw it because you didn’t give up on me? ❞

Jack then holds his bloody face in his bloodied hand, stifling a sudden cold laugh, a mockingly cruel smile peeking from behind his palm. Jack doesn’t recall much of the duel with Yusei. His first days and nights as a Dark Signer were a struggle between two powers that caused some blank periods in his memories. But he always remembered waking up next to Carly, who without fail reminded him of his new position in their new world and reminded him of their great feats together. So part of him always wondered how Yusei had lost the one duel he absolutely had to win. Was it due to the overwhelming advantage the Earthbound Immortals granted the now Dark King? Or was it simply because Yusei couldn’t do what needed to be done? The prospect of the later was enough to irritate Jack on a personal level. How dare Yusei usurp his throne as Champion once already under the guise that he had to, but he couldn’t do it when it truly mattered?

❝ Well... Then it’s too bad for you that I’ve already since given up; just on the world and people who failed Carly and failed me. Including you, Yusei. And including the old Jack Atlas. I gave up on all of that the day I became King! ❞ He gestures to the large window behind them, nothing but a burnt wasteland to be seen for miles. ❝ This is no illusion-- There is no going back! The only road to victory is forward! ❞

Then, with only the heel of his boot he smashes through Yusei's chains that kept him close to his painted prison. He’s quick to twist his hand back into the collar of Yusei's shirt and drags him out towards the nearby roof access. The moment they made it outside they were met with air heavy with ash and the nearly unbearable heat of the Earth's burning lands rising to greet them even at this height. THIS was his kingdom with Carly.

❝ This... This is reality... There was no saving Carly then. There's no saving Jack Atlas now. Nothing left for us to fail saving! So give it up, Yusei, my old chum. You lost for nothing. ❞ It’s Jack’s voice, condescending in the way he spoke such a backhanded reassurance. But it is not Jack’s face who’s now looking down at Yusei with a sneer, the Dark King now holding the Signer so his back was to the world.

❝ There's now nothing left to even hope for. The only thing you can do now is await for our rematch. But I assure you the result will be the same. So I suggest you keep your nonsense to yourself from now on. After all.... ❞ With a quick backhanded movement he strikes Yusei, letting his grip on the other’s shirt loose so he’d be thrown back towards the center of the rooftop. A small payback for earlier. The attack was surely personal in that sense. His expression had now turned serious, with no sign of the previously malicious smile that seemed to split across his features. The only feature remaining the same regardless of his behavior being those now lifeless eyes of his; the unpolished amethyst hues as dull as the dark skies that hung above them.

But even then, something reflected in the ink-stained depths of his gaze. Fires from deep within his soul burning far too fiercely to be kept contained within. The sudden thirst for destruction came in strong, and a prime target to vent his frustrations at was right before him. So why not break the Signer further? Surely Carly wouldn’t mind, right? So long as he was kept alive, it shouldn’t matter if he ground Yusei’s spirit into the dirt a little. Jack had to do something to quell the storm Yusei was currently stirring up inside his head.

❝ Our bonds have already been severed, ❞ Jack, who spent his whole life with the wings of the Crimson Dragon engraved on his arm showed Yusei what now lay in it’s place. The dark mark of the Hummingbird flares to life once again, Jack’s eyes wavering as the power poured over into his very soul. And his thoughts instantly turn to Carly; of their duel and the desperate pleas of the one he loves begging him not to allow such a destiny to come to pass. But even that was a once foolish wish, one even beyond his granting. ❝ The only way to ‘fix this’ was to win. But you don’t have what it takes to take victory by your own hand. You don’t have what it takes to defeat Jack Atlas, to dethrone the Dark King! ❞ -

[masterofaster]

Carly’s Wedding Ring 

(HC Developed Alongside @masterofaster​​. Applies to Canon & Arc-V Verses, though might apply to others me and Crix will develop as well!!)

When Carly Nagisa was proposed to by Jack Atlas (End of 5Ds before Jack duels Yusei/Right After Jack Won the Friendship Cup For Arc-V), she was given a special silver double-looped ring that formally belonged to Jack’s mother who he lost at a young age. It was a memento he carried around as a necklace since he was young, but choose to take it off after becoming King, and as such, it is an important item that he wanted to gift to his future wife who he loved do dearly.

[masterofaster]

「 @universestreasures​ 」issued a challenge:

"My beloved dark king, my heart is only worthy of being with yours." She plants a kiss on his lips before sinking down to rest her head on his chest. They were reunited at last in the new world, a world brought by their power that had been foretold would come after his transformation to one of the Dark Signers was completed.

"Our fate is to be together just as the cards foretold. So, there is no need to fear anything. Do you understand, Jacky?"

(DS AU)

He had felt all over numb until Carly's lips met his, sparking consciousness back into his being. The reassuring weight of her against his chest was proof that they were together again, even in death, their hearts belonged to one another.

It was clear then that they had chosen the Change in Destiny that brought him into her shadows. But Jack didn't mind. If he couldn't save her from the darkness, he'd rather join her there. He was sure of that now that he had Carly back in his arms. His arms coiled around her waist, finding no warmth in their close proximity but feeling her form was more than enough to breathe relief into his heavy heart.

Her words weighed on the very core of his being. Each one a nail in the coffin they now shared.

❝ ...dark king... ❞ He plays with the words, testing how they tasted on his own tongue. She declared him her king, and for the first time in a long time the word doesn't sting the way it once had. He was the king and she the queen of this world she promised them together. Jack felt a sharp sort of smile spread across his still tingling lips, and he raised a mighty fist in the air above them where they lay, noticing his clothes were now stained an inky black to match his lover's.

❝ Of course I understand. There's nothing for us to fear when everything is to fear us, ❞

The air, even inside this room seemed to be singed with the burning hellscape found just outside. It made the surface of his skin crawl as if rejecting the world around him. Jack buries the feeling by pulling Carly even closer, resisting the phantom calls of the Crimson Dragon that he knew could no longer reach him. His Signer Mark had since been buried already, replaced with Carly's Dark Mark. In a strange way it made him feel even closer to her. Were the lines beginning to blur, he wondered... He argued so profusely during their Duel that the true Carly wasn’t the Carly he was now holding so dearly. But how could be feel so content in this moment, if this wasn’t his Carly..?

❝ ...A king fears nothing, so long as his queen remains by his side. ❞ He reaffirms, saying so more towards himself in that moment. The fact that he awoken to find himself to truly be a Dark Signer now fully sinking in. For Carly to remain in this world and not be fully lost into oblivion... he’d become a demon himself. No, more than that. He’d conquer hell itself if it was for her sake. It was the only way he could make it up to her, after all. If she was to walk this path he pushed her towards, he couldn’t let her do it alone.

[masterofaster]

📷 “What I truly desire is for you to become a real King, who is loved by all and brings happiness to everyone.”

👑 “ What I truly desire is to save you, to save the woman I love!”

Carly Nagisa & Jack Atlas From Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s loved By Rarity & Crix 

📷 Carly ( @universestreasures )  👑 Jack ( @masterofaster )

[masterofaster]

「 @universestreasures​​ 」issued a challenge:

Carly VC: *yanks Jack's side strands for a kissu because she too smol*

Carly always had a way of catching him off guard, no matter how used he’d think he’d gotten to her constant shenanigans. She caught onto his hair and successfully pulled him down into a kiss. Which he didn’t dislike, of course, but the suddenness of it and the added risk of onlookers made him actively aware of his surroundings, causing a slight blush that only Carly could so easily drag out from under the surface.

❝ Carly, If you wanted a kiss you could have just asked- ❞ He wraps his hands around hers, using his fingers to persuade hers from out of his hair. As he moves to stand back up straight, he brings her knuckles up to his lips to both try and hide his now burning cheeks but also to return the favor if only somewhat for now. ❝ Let’s go home already. ❞ -

[masterofaster]

Jack & Carly: Opposites

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[masterofaster]

❝ ...? How many times do I have to tell you that I don’t know what a motorcycle is? ❞

Yes, he is being serious right now. -

@masterofaster​​ !!!

“Jack…”

~

[masterofaster]

Jack awakens with a jolt, his eyes opening wide and a single sharp breath as if he had been without it the entire night. It had still been dark, save for the occasional flash of lightning making itself known between the curtains to briefly illuminate the scene before him.

He was quick to evaluate the situation; Carly's tears and calls for him, her hand in his, all of it. He tightens his previously lifeless grip to match hers, pulling himself closer to her. There was no warmth to be found under these sheets, but that didn't matter so long as Carly was always to be found in this shared cold darkness of theirs.

❝ I'm here, Carly. ❞ With his free hand, he drags a thumb across her cheek, wiping the tears from one eye while he planted small kisses around the corner of the other in an attempt to quell the flow. ❝ I'm here. And you're here...here with me. ❞

He then rests his forehead against hers. A silent urging for her to look at him and make his statement true to herself. She was calling for him after all, he was sure once she awoke to see him it would calm her down at least enough to talk to him.

❝ Carly, tell me what’s wrong. ❞ -

@masterofaster​ 

You’d think after dying and becoming a Dark Signer, that you wouldn’t be affected by something as fickle as a nightmare. However, when that nightmare is in relation to the traumatic event of your death, then the power of the shadows might not be enough to help. Carly was trapped in her mind, reliving the events of her falling off the Arcadia building over and over again as if it were on loop until the sound of thunder cracking from outside stirs her awake.

Her body is covered in sweat, trembling as reality and the world of her nightmares begin to blur and unblur. Instinctively, she reaches for him, her king who is on the bed next to her for comfort. Carly grasps at his hand, feeling comfort in the cold touch of his own lifeless reanimated corpse. It wasn’t the same as if they were alive. It would never be the same, but him being with her is enough. It’s what fate had granted them. 

“Jack…Jack…!” Carly cries, her breaths heavy as if she was drowning. Her pleading of his name is like a prayer, desperate for a comfort only the man she loved could provide. Tears flow from her eyes for the first time in what felt like an eternity, her human heart still seeming to have a spark remaining amongst the darkness that had consumed her and him. 

~

[masterofaster]

❝ Carly became a Dark Signer because of me, ❞ 

❝ And I became the King of this world because of her. We are together again and that is all we wanted. I was willing to die alongside Carly if it meant being with her again. Fate happened to choose to have us standing upon the ruins of the old world and the ashes of old friends instead. So no, I’m not going along with anything. This is what I truly want. You just can’t accept the fact that you lost. 

-Jack Atlas: The ‘Dark King’ ❞

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universestreasures​:

“Jack…” The situation was dire, that much Yusei knew as he stared down the Dark King. The battle with the Dark Signers didn’t go as planned. Sure, multiple of their group had been defeated in their battles with the Signers, including their leader Rudger, and in the process, the souls of the innocents their Earthbound Immortals had taken were returned. However, all of that progress was halted as soon as Jack, one of their strongest, fell at the hands of the one marked with the hummingbird and thus his tower wasn’t ever sealed. 

Yusei called to the other Signers for help, sensing a tear in their bond the moment Jack lost his duel. Upon arrival, they were shocked at what they saw. Jack Atlas stood before them cloaked in shadows with the remaining two Dark Signers Carly and Misty, having been transformed into the enemy after having been revived from death. Determined to save their foster brother and the world, Yusei, Aki, and Ruka fought bravely against the trio, but…in the end the power of their weakened bond after having lost Jack wasn’t enough…

And what happened next after these heroes failed? Well, the world turned into hell, quite literally. The King of the Underworld ended up returning, decimating and warping the landscape of the Earth in the process. The oceans boiled, the skies turned black, and lava, burning ashes, and destroyed buildings covered the landscape. Humanity became enslaved, their hearts becoming controlled by the Dark Signer’s strings, which left no one able to stop their reign: the reign of the Dark King Jack Atlas. 

As for Yusei and the other two remaining Signers, they in a strange way were spared. They would be needed to conduct the ancient battle of Signer vs Dark Signer once more in 5,000, and thus they had become preserved in individual paintings that adorned the castle of the Dark King. They were prisoners forced to see the product of their failures for all time, and theoretically, they were not to be released until the time of battle came once again. Though, in a twist of fate, Yusei had been allowed to return to the physical world when Jack had let him out to gloat from time to time, giving Yusei the chance he needed to try and talk some sense into his friend since that’s all he could do. He was, after all, still their prisoner. 

Even after death and being transformed into a Dark Signer, Yusei still cared about Jack. He was his foster brother, his best friend, and his ultimate rival in the dueling world. Their bond may have been weakened by the Dark Signer’s influence, but the fact Jack did let him out just like today was proof it was still there. And Yusei was going to cling to that shard of hope, cling to it till his last breath. He wasn’t going to ever give up on a friend. Besides, he had to return the favor for when Jack helped him in regards to his guilt regarding Kiryu.

“Jack, you’re being disillusioned! This isn’t the throne you strove for! You’ve let your guilt and anger over failing Carly consume you!” It had taken Yusei a while to figure out Jack had fallen so far, but he had begun to take notice of things in his painted prison. He saw how deep Jack’s feelings for the Dark Signer who turned him, and how she was the one leading him down this path. However, as soon as he saw a glance of a somber expression cross Jack’s face one day while they were talking, it all became clear as day.

Jack didn’t want any of this. He was only here because he wanted to be with her, in whatever form that took. He felt it was if it was his duty to stay with her, blaming himself for her death. Honestly? Yusei could understand that feeling considering his own guilt towards his close friend and former leader Kiryu, and if things had been different, perhaps Yusei could be the one in Jack’s shoes right now. The Dark Signers targeting those bonded with the Signers to transform into the vanguards of shadows was as cruel a tactic as it could get indeed. 

“Look me in the eyes and say that again, I dare you.”

A spark, a spark of fire he could see that his words ignited in his friend’s eyes. That ignited the hope in Yusei’s own eyes, sapphire hues shining bright with the feeling. Their previous conversations only had Jack dismiss what Yusei had to say, but that’s because until now, Yusei didn’t know what was driving Jack’s actions. But now that he had, that caused a reaction. That caused a chance to occur, and Yusei wasn’t going to waste it. He never wasted any chance.

What he could do in this restricted state the Dark Signer’s power kept him in was limited, his legs shackled and unable to move, but with Jack so close to him, it gave him an opening. Without hesitation, he punches Jack Atlas right in the face with the arm that glowed with his Signer mark just like the other had done to him that day in Godwin’s mansion. It was an action full of feelings, feelings he hoped along with his words would reach Jack’s soul that had been buried in that darkness that consumed him upon his defeat to Carly Nagisa.

“I know now the feelings you have in your heart, old friend. Guilt in the fact she became a Dark Signer due to her desire to keep her bond with you, and anger at yourself for being unable to save her. That’s why you’re going along with all of this, to try and make it up to her. However, is this what Carly… truly would want? Is that what…you truly want, Jack?” 

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Yusei's strike was solid and with purpose. Jack, who had taken Yusei out of his imprisonment often enough without this sort of resistance did not expect the Signer to get violent with him and thusly was caught off guard.

The Dark King's body was of sturdy stature, however. He faltered but a step before catching Yusei's Marked arm by the sleeve, fury flaring in his darkened gaze. A trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his lips, the iron tang making itself known on his tongue.

Yusei dare make him bleed. He did not know it was possible for his reanimated body to spill blood still. It was almost as if Yusei was trying to prove he was still alive, somewhere deep inside that only his old friend and rival could drag out from the depths.

❝ Don't act like you understand, Yusei. You're the last person I wish to hear it from. You, who lets guilt consume them. You, who needs others to pull him from his own inconsolable darkness. Don't think for a second you can save anyone, ❞ The words came out with a dull edge, sounding wrong coming from Jack. Coming from the man who once pulled Yusei out from the depths of his own heart with his own two fists once not too long ago. ❝ You can't even save yourself. ❞

With his other hand now twisted into the front of Yusei's shirt, Jack shoves the Signer back towards his currently empty painting frame. A silent threat that he could put him back at any moment he wished. Yusei was truly making him regret humoring himself by taking him out today. His head was screaming for Yusei's silence, his ears now ringing from the punch. And so his grip tightens in response to the noise.

Jack knew the day would come that Yusei would grow bold. He knew him best, after all. Yusei was predictable; always wishing to get involved in his business. But still, Jack couldn't leave it alone. Something kept dragging his feet back to Yusei's prison, wanting to hear what he had to say. Was it to hear him beg? To witness the despair on his face as he saw the world before him turn to ash? Jack wasn't exactly sure. But whenever the thoughts consumed him, Carly was always there, bringing him back to stability. This world was theirs to rule, and he wasn't about to have Yusei ruin that by putting thoughts of friendship and false hope into his head.

❝ Carly became a Dark Signer because of me, ❞ Jack's violent violet gaze pierced deep into Yusei, confirming Yusei's assumptions. ❝ And I became the King of this world because of her. We are together again and that is all we wanted. I was willing to die alongside Carly if it meant being with her again. Fate happened to choose to have us standing upon the ruins of the old world and the ashes of old friends instead. So no, I’m not going along with anything. This is what I truly want. You just can’t accept the fact that you lost. ❞ -

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👑Signers, Rivals, D-Wheelers🏍️

Indie Yusei Fudo & Jack Atlas From Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s 

Reved By: Rarity & Crix

🏍️ Yusei Fudo  ( @universestreasures ) 

👑 Jack Atlas ( @masterofaster )

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