Hey guys! I have a new one for you. I know the last one I uploaded wasn't great, but it was posted to break me out of the funk. It worked, a few weeks after I started this. I am still working on it, but I'm close enough to the ending I feel comfortable enough to start posting.
A part of this follows Cannon, but not quite, it does change, I didn't go into super huge detail because it's a bit tedious to me to watch the anime scene for scene
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Charlie
"Please Charlie? It would mean so much to me." Begged the girl in the hospital bed. Her eyes were still covered with bandages from the surgery a few weeks prior. Her mother sat beside the bed, a kind, but unmoving look upon her face. I was originally here to visit, with plans to go back to the states after a week or so, but the girl was asking me to extend my stay. She wanted to go see her brother duel in a tournament a short distance away. A friend of his named Tristan had offered to escort her, but her mother wasn't sure about sending the girl with someone she didn't know. I, on the other hand, was family, and another story. I brushed back the long black hair in my face. "Alright Serenity, how long is this supposed to take? I have school starting in August." "Oh not nearly that long! A few weeks at most." Chirped the girl, a bright smile growing. "Alright Serenity, if you promise to stay with Charlotte, you can go." I winced at the use of my given name, but smiled nonetheless. "When do we go?"
"Alright, the train goes this way for two hours, and then we get on another for two more." I said, looking at the map. "Alright! Sounds good." Said the girl resolutely. We sat quiet for a few minutes before she spoke up. "I really appreciate you coming Charlie." "Hey, no problem." I smiled and wrapped an arm around the girl's shoulder. "I hadn't seen you in a while, and I needed something fun to do after graduation." "Did you figure out what college you're going too?" I shook my head, before remembering the girl couldn't see the action. "I put in a few applications before I left. The responses will be there when I get home." "Are you going to stay in New York?" "Not if I have any choice in it." I chuckled and shifted back to cross my lanky long legs. "I'm kind of tired of the city... I sent a letter out to a few schools in Kansas and Oklahoma." "So far? What about your parents?" "I think my parents will be relieved to just have me stashed away in a college." My mind shifted briefly to my mother, who was supportive of anything I did, and to my father, which wasn't so gung ho. "Dad wants me in Harvard, or Johns Hopkins, or Yale. But I don't think I'm quite good enough for those." "You're so smart though!" I snorted. "If you say so... what about you? Any plans after graduation?" She shook her head. "I wasn't sure what my options were, with this..." She reached a hand up and gently touched the bandages still over her eyes. "Well now you can start planning what you'd like to do!" I said, making sure to smile so she'd hear the optimism in my voice. "You've got a few years before you graduate, and until then you can play around with things you like doing." "I did like to draw..." "Imagine what you'll be able to do once those bandages come loose, painting, water color, and the things you'll see." "But... what if I don't?" I frowned and looked over to see a matching one on her lips. "What do you mean?" "I mean... what if I take these off... and I still can't see?" "Oh Ren." I squeezed her and felt her lean into the hug. "I can't imagine how scared you are..." I murmured to her softly. "But..." I leaned back and brushed a stray tear that had leaked under the wraps with the sleeve of my ratty black sweater. "You can't live in fear. We're gonna go, and we're gonna see Joey duel, and we're gonna watch him get to the finals." That bright smile was back, and I couldn't help but match it. "Will you take pictures for me? I want to see everything I miss." I fingered the black camera around my neck. "Of course! You know me, just a little shutterbug." She giggled and I brought the lens up to snap a shot.
My appearance wasn't one that stood out in New York, but in Japan I was a giant pink thumb. Black jeans that were tore out at the knees, and scuffed converse sneakers, usually with some t-shirt that varied from sarcastic comments to American rock bands. My hair was supposed to be a dark brown, but once I figured out how to dye I was in my room every few months with box, darkening it to an inky black and painting my nails to match. I was a walking teenage rebellion, and no matter what, my parents couldn't seem to do much about it. I shouldered my bag and led Serenity off the train and towards the bathrooms for a quick break while we waited for the next train. Most gave me sour looks, or ignored me all together. As we sat down in the station, she spoke. "Hey, do you have your laptop?" "Hmm? Sure." I thumped down the heavy bag and dug around in it a minute before bringing out a silver HP covered in stickers. "What do you need?" "Well Tristan told me about Joey's duels, I guess he found them online." "Oh okay." Linking up with the station's wireless, I did a few quick searches until I found the Battle City website. "Oh okay. Here we go. Looks like... he just won against a guy named... Mako Tsunami." Her smile turned beaming. "That means he has enough cards to make it into the finals! Oh Charlie!" Her arms wrapped clumsily around me and I couldn't help but smile. "Looks like we're gonna be right on time. I hope we can find our way around..." I muttered, flicking around and finding a map. Fortunately it looked like whatever it was the players were using to duel came with a GPS location. "Alright, so it looks like he's on the...north side of town by the pier, I'll check again when we get there." "Wonderful. I'm so excited!" Chirped the girl. "I bet! When was the last time you saw Joey?" "He came before I went into surgery..." She ducked her head and fiddled with her fingers in her lap. "I was a bit scared before I went in." "Your Mom mentioned that... that's okay." I bumped her shoulder as I shut the lid to the laptop. "Everyone gets scared sometimes. You did it anyway." She giggled. "I did." "And look where you are, well, take a big whiff." I did so and coughed. "Wait, no, don't do that." That smile was back as we waited for the next train.
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