Me: Okay, this is my first Fanfic ever. Don't flame me!
Aki: Don't worry about people flaming you. The only person to worry about flaming is Jack over there.
Jack: HEY!
Yusei: Kemmeyz does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
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It had been six months since the defeat of the Dark Signers. Yusei and Aki had moved in with the twins: Rua and Ruka. Jack had his own apartment, still living in the tops, and was now dating Carly. Ushio and Mikage were working together, and were still unaware of the other's feelings.
Aki was still trying to find a way to tell Yusei of her strong feelings for him, but whenever the perfect opportunity arouse, she would clam up, and would shy away. Ruka had become aware of Aki's feelings a month ago, and was helping Aki with her feelings. But it still didn't help with the fact she just couldn't talk to him about it. Aki was afraid Yusei would reject her, or laugh at her; if she eventually did tell him the truth. She couldn't live with herself if that happened.
It was a normal Friday afternoon, and the twins had just come home from school. Rua had completely disregarded his homework, and was playing video games in the living room. Ruka was up in the kitchen, working like she should. Aki was reading a book, wondering what they would do for dinner that night. Yusei wasn't home. He had a job of fixing things for people. But he didn't have an office or anything. People would just call him, give him their address, and he'd go and fix their stuff. Yusei had said something about a man's broken down car. He'd been gone for at least three hours, and Aki was expecting him to come home soon.
The phone rang in the living room. Rua was too busy playing games to care, so Aki stood, and walked to the phone. She picked it up and said with a sigh,
"Hello, this is Aki."
"Hey, it's Jack," he said on the other end.
"What's going on?" Aki asked, sitting down on the couch. Jack said something as Rua screamed with excitement, winning the game.
"Rua, keep it down, I'm talking to Jack," Aki hushed him quickly.
"I'm sorry," Aki apologized, "Rua's playing games. What did you say?"
"Is Yusei there?" Jack asked again. Aki looked expectantly to the front door.
"No, he left a few hours ago to fix a guy's car." She explained.
"He was supposed to meet me at the Duel Runner Course." Jack said on the other end.
He sounded irritated. He must have been waiting a long time. "How many hours ago did he leave?" Jack asked.
"Three hours," she replied. "Did you try calling him?"
"He won't pick up." If Aki had been standing with him, Jack would probably be rolling his eyes. Of course Jack tried.
"Call me when he gets back," He grunted, hanging up.
Aki put the phone down and walked back to the kitchen.
"Jack?" Ruka asked, not looking up from her work.
"Yeah," Aki replied, returning to her book. She looked at her arm instinctively. If something was wrong, her mark would be burning. But it wasn't, making her feel a little calmer.
A few minutes later, Aki made Rua turn off the TV and forced him to do his homework. Aki moved to the living room to read, so the twins had more table room. Slowly, an hour passed. Aki finally put her book down, having read enough for the day, and stretched a little. She looked at the clock, and realized Yusei had been gone for 4 hours now. She grabbed the phone and called Jack. Carly answered.
"Hey, this is Carly," She said happily, as usual.
"Hi Carly, this is Aki," She replied.
"I assume you need Jack," Carly guessed, "am I right?"
"Yep," Aki said, pacing uncomfortably. "Hold please." Aki didn't want to wait. Her mark wasn't burning, but she had a feeling something was wrong. She was able to stay still and look out the window. The view of the city was beautiful. The night was creeping closer, the sun already beginning to disappear on the horizon.
"Jack here," He finally said.
"Yusei isn't back yet." Aki said quickly, nervously biting her thumb nail.
"You called me to tell me that?" Jack asked.
"It's been 4 hours! I think something's wrong," Aki said quickly.
"He might have had another call on the way home." Jack sighed, sounding tired. That was true, but Aki couldn't shake the feeling.
"Look, Aki. You can either call Crow, ask him to help you out, or you can let this go for now, and relax." Jack reasoned. Aki sighed, "Fine."
She hung up and began to call Crow.
"Crow Hogan," He answered.
"Has Yusei called you recently?" Aki asked quickly, in no mood to waste time.
"No," Crow said slowly, "Why? Is he in some kind of trouble?" Aki shook her head, "No, at least I hope not."
"Well, how come?" He asked. Aki quickly explained he left on call, and hadn't been home in over four hours.
Crow didn't speak for a few moments.
"Weird that he wouldn't answer his phone…" He finally said. "Look, give me the address, and I'll go check to see if he's there, okay?"
"Crow; that would be great." Aki said.
Crow rode down the streets on his duel runner. Aki had sounded worried, making him feel a little nervous himself. It was highly unlikely that there was a problem. When he met with Yusei, he'd call Aki, calm her down, and then he'd go home. No problem. Besides, he had nothing to do that day. No deliveries, so he was bored. He was silently grateful that Aki had given him something good to do. By the time he found the house, there was barely anything left of the sun, and the moon was clearly visible. Crow parked the duel runner and pulled off his helmet. The house was dark looking, but maybe that was just the shadows from the weaning sun. He walked up to the front door, noticing the poorly taken care of yard. There was a beat up, orange car in the driveway. The windshield was smashed in, the tires were flat, and the headlights were missing, including the rearview mirrors. Crow wondered if that was the car Yusei was supposed to fix… or if there was another car that needed help.
Crow was about to knock on the old wooden door, when it slowly creaked open. Crow hesitantly stepped inside, glancing around for trouble. Inside, it didn't look much nicer than it did outside. There was an old dusty sofa in what could've been the living room. Parts of the roof were missing; debris lay on the ground in random areas. The stairs looked to weak to walk on, so Crow didn't even think about it. A rug lay in front of him; appearing to be eaten at. Crow walked through the rooms, until he came to the back of the house. The kitchen had to be the worst part of the house. The counters were smashed in; old silverware lay on the ground. The refrigerator was laying on its side, spilling… well, nothing. But what really peeked his interest, was a knife on the ground. There was a red stain on the edges. Crow bent down and picked up the knife carefully. It almost looked like… blood.
That's when his arm began to burn.
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Me: Okay, that actually turned out okay!
Aki: Jack, step away from the keyboard.
Jack: I'm NOT going to flame anybody! What's wrong with you people?
Yusei: No one's saying anything, Jack.
Ruka: Please Review, :)
