Woo! I'm back baby! Now, wanna know why I haven't been active lately? One word: LIFE. I've been through a lot lately. School was what held me back mostly. But in the past two weeks, I've not been through good things. Two weeks ago, my best friend and I got into a huge fight and now she hates me, all because I called her childish. (She proved my point well by throwing that five-year-old tantrum.) Then last Sunday my dad and I had an accident on his motorcycle, we hit a deer that flew out of nowhere. And this past Thursday was the last day my boyfriend and I got to see each other for some time, we're not sure how long.

But y'know what? Who cares. I may still be recovering from road rash, and my heart may still be a mess because I miss my beautiful lover, but I'll be fine. And writing helps with that. Now, this is my first horror story, however, the horror won't start until at least chapter three. I hope you enjoy the first chapter of the first story with my Arc-V OC, Hisen!

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The sounds of zooming cars and some extraordinarily loud birds were all that could be heard on the street. For Maiami City, this was a rather quiet part, but it wasn't quiet enough to allow footsteps to be heard.

Within the deepest parts of this area was a small apartment complex, consisting of only four apartments, each of which were full and taken completely. Parked directly outside of them were four cars, one for each person that lived there. Each of them, for whatever reason, was a different shade of red, which was tinted orange in the yellow streetlights. Beyond said light was just a bunch of mysterious and deadly looking shadows. Regardless of the color similarities, however, the man who was creeping around knew exactly which car he was looking for. It was a gift, so he called it. Always knowing who his next victims were and how to lour them in. A grin played on his face as he slowly walked up to his chosen vehicle, raising the hood with a strange ker-plunk sound.

"Perfect," hissed the man. "You all shall soon perish."

Seemingly out of nowhere, the gleam of a shining blade reflected into the sky with a flash for just a brief moment due to being exposed to the streetlight. The man chuckled and then cut a few wires within the car with his blade. Seconds later, he used the blade as a make-shift screwdriver, unscrewing things here and there, and then eventually managing to steal a few parts that kept the car going for longer periods of time. His grin increased in size, and he placed the unseen objects inside his pocket. Then, after stashing his blade away, he gently released the car hood, making sure it closed completely, and then simply vanished into the night, almost as though he'd never been there in the first place.

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"C'mon guys! You're slow pokes, I hope you know that!"

"Jeez! You need to slow down!"

"No, you need to catch up."

A few more pointless yells were thrown back and forth as Sora raced around a corner, his blue hair (which was untied at the moment) flowed behind him. Trailing behind him were Yuya and Yuzu, who simply didn't feel like trying to keep the same pace as the Fusion user.

"Sora!" Yuya yelled, trying desperately not to let his goggles fall over his eyes as he ran. "Sora, slow down! If we lose sight of you, we won't be able to go with you and the others!"

Yuzu, even though she was panting, yelled, "Yeah! Won't it be boring without your teacher?"

Sora stopped dead in his tracks. His emerald eyes directed to the sound of Yuya and Yuzu's footsteps, and he sighed. Once they caught up with him, he hung his head, his hair falling in his face.

"...Yeah. Good point. What fun would it be without Teacher?"

At this, Yuya blushed. He was still very uncomfortable with being called "Teacher", but since Sora seemed to be a dedicated fan who was willing to learn, he dealt with it. Shaking it off, the tomato-haired teen simply started walking away, gaining Sora's attention and causing him to take the lead again.

"So," Yuzu started, "how long is this trip going to be again?"

"Uhm...I don't remember," Sora replied, a blank expression on his face. "Oh well."

"Does that mean Hisen didn't mention it to anyone? Because it seems like absolutely no one knows these details..."

"That's Hisen for ya," Yuya stated. "Keeping us in the dark as usual."

It was true. That whackjob was usually keeping everyone else uninformed, so finding out what she had in mind was usually a scary (or at least nerve wracking) experience.

The trio continued on, quickly flying down the streets of Maiami, not daring to stop until they saw a small crowd before them. Yuya's grin formed on his face and he threw his hand up in the air, shouting loudly in attempt to get the people's attention.

A pair of shining yellow eyes darted over toward the source of the yelling. "Oh, great. Here comes Mister Entertainment."

"Yeah, so? Without Yuya this trip would be boring as chiz."

"You say that now. And, oh great! He brought that little brat with him too."

"Don't say shit like that. It's too early in the afternoon."

A huff came from Shun. He ran his hand through his freshly-combed teal, birdlike hair, closing his eyes while doing so.

Soon enough, Yuya, Yuzu, and Sora had joined up with the rest of the group of people. Shun sighed and looked away. The rest of them directed their attention to the trio that had just arrived. Amongst this group was also Yuto, who had taken his cape off but not done much else, and Reiji, who Yuya hoped brought a change of clothing so that he wouldn't get his fancier outfit filthy.

"Well," Yuto stated. "All we're missing now is our host."

Sora looked around, an interested expression now replacing his blank one from earlier and lighting up his emerald eyes with excitement. "Yeah! Where is Hisen, anyway?"

The answer did not come in words. Rather, it came in the form of a rather loud yell, far in the distance of Maiami City. In fact, once given good thought, that actually sounded like a rather feminine cry...of happiness.

"Heeeeeeeeey! Guys! Over here!"

All heads turned. Dashing down the road where Sora, Yuzu, and Yuya had just come from was a young woman, about the same age as Yuzu (maybe a year older, give or take). She was dressed in a skin-tight, V-neck red dress. Her leggings were white, with zig-zagged orange stripes and knee-high orange socks of a slightly darker shade. The woman's boots were red and white, and they went up to the middle of her shins, their shade of red a little darker and brighter then that of her dress. Flowing in the wind behind her was her long, blond hair, that of which had pink streaks in it. The orange eyes she had gleamed in the light, showing off a very gorgeous sort of glow.

"Hisen-chan!" Sora yelled, jumping around a little bit. He had to refrain from purposely jumping into Shun or Yuto while doing this, seeing as the three of them had a severe tension amongst themselves.

"Ah, yay! You all came here! I had started to think you'd bail." Hisen came to a stop directly in front of Yuya, meeting eye-to-eye with the tomato-haired teen and grinning like a child. Yuzu found herself glaring slightly at this, but she brushed it off and instead decided to look at Hisen, demanding answers about this trip she had planned.

Shun eyed Hisen curiously. "So, Hisen," he started, "what exactly do you have planned? Or did you simply call us out here for no reason again?"

A small giggle came from Hisen. She spun in a circle and caught herself with one foot, ending in a cutsie pose and winking. "Of course I have a reason this time. I wanna go on a camping trip, and I think you all should come with me!"

Eye rolls and groans came from the small crowd in front of Hisen. She blinked and stared at them, keeping her pose perfectly as she did so. "Eh? What's wrong? I thought you guys liked to spend time with me..." She then exited her cutsie pose in favor of a pouty one, crossing her arms and staring at them with a hurt expression. At this, Shun and Yuto flinched, unable to withstand that stare for whatever reason.

"Fine," Shun muttered. "We'll go. But it better not be too long!"

"What?!" exclaimed Sora, who had crossed his arms and gained a shrill, whiny voice. "Why do you get to make the decision for us? Maybe I don't wanna go!"

Shun glared at the young Fusion user below him. "Too bad. You're going anyway," he responded blankly.

Yuya grinned. "Now that I give it thought, it does sound kinda fun. Maybe I can make it better!" He then held up his Duel Disk and his deck. "I mean, I am an entertainment duelist. That's my job."

"That's sweet Yuya, but I was kinda hoping we could leave technology outta the question."

"All tech?"

Hisen nodded. "Yeah. Even our Duel Disks."

Sora snarled. "That's just not right," he muttered. "How else are we supposed to entertain ourselves when we're downright bored?"

"I have to agree with Yuya and Sora on this one, Hisen," Yuto said blankly. "Besides, what if we somehow end up in an emergency? We should have something with us that we can call for help with."

Hisen stood there for a minute, thinking it over as she stared at the small crowd before her. Yuya and Sora had pleading looks on their faces, where Yuto, Shun, and Reiji were simply standing there like nothing would affect them. Yuzu was somewhere in the middle. But finally, Hisen sighed, putting her hands on her hips and staring at everyone with a more solemn expression.

"Alright, fine. But just Duel Disks and decks! Absolutely nothing else!"

Yuya and Sora began to cheer, which caused Yuzu to smile a little. Reiji only shrugged, as did Shun, whereas a small, nearly invisible grin crossed Yuto's face.

"Now, when do we leave?" Yuzu asked, the grin she had completely masked now that she was staring at Hisen.

"Tomorrow. We leave tomorrow at one o'clock sharp. That means get up at the proper time, Yuya!"

Yuya blushed a bit. "Understood," he said.

Hisen squeaked in happiness. "Yay! Thanks so much guys!" She then giggled, twirled around a bit, and grinned at them. "See ya tomorrow!"

And with that, the blond went running the same way she'd come, vanishing to wherever it was she went every day.

"C'mon, Yuya!" Yuzu said, grabbing the surprised tomato-haired teen by the wrist.

"Eh? Where are we going?"

"Home! You need to sleep soon in order to get up at the 'proper time'!"

Sora nodded, following after them once they started running. Reiji, who still hadn't spoken one single word, looked at them as they went. Beside him, Shun was staring at him, out of the corner of his eye.

"I hope you come prepared tomorrow, Akaba," Shun muttered. In response, Reiji looked at him, a slightly quizzical expression on his face.

"Oh?" went Reiji. "And why is that, Kurosaki?"

"Because I'm going to whip your ass in a duel," Shun said. He flashed a gin before looking to Yuto, motioning for him to follow as he began walking away. He did, and soon, the XYZ users were gone, just like the others.

That left Reiji.

The CEO pushed his glasses up a little closer against his face and sighed. "Imbecile," he muttered before turning and walking away.

If he was going to keep up with Hisen, he had to come prepared to the max for it.

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"Yuya! Hurry up! We're gonna be late!"

"I know this much!"

So, Yuzu's plan had backfired. Badly. Yuya may have gone to bed early, but he didn't wake up any earlier. And the alarm Yuzu had set just in case hadn't gone off. Something just happened to have gone wrong with the outlet it was plugged into, causing it to lose power to it and, therefor, never go off, resulting to her, Sora, and Yuya waking up at around eleven o'clock.

And that was barely enough time to pack their backpacks and change into their clothes, let alone run off into the inner city to meet back up with Hisen. Yuzu had on a pair of pink shorts with a pair of white leggings on underneath, with a sky-blue tank top on. Yuya was still wearing his red shirt and his jacket, but he had changed his pants in favor of a pair of simple blue jeans. Sora changed his shirt and pants for the colors of one another, but that was it. (Meaning he now wore a gray shirt and black shorts instead of black shirt and gray shorts.)

At the moment, the trio found themselves rushing down the same street from yesterday, heading toward the apartment building Hisen lived at rather then wherever they had been yesterday.

"C'mon! Run faster!" Sora wailed over his shoulder.

"We're trying!" Yuzu yelled back.

Sora payed no mind to them afterwards, flinging himself down the hill and rushing away towards a large building across the busy street. Printed in large, blue, glowing letters on said building were the words Maiami Central Apartments, where Hisen apparently lived.

Hisen stood there, gazing off into space. She wasn't wearing her usual attire. Instead, she had on a pair of green shorts and a white tank top that hung directly over her stomach. Rather then her boots, Hisen had on a pair of light green shoes that had white laces on them. A scarf the same color as her shoes was tied around her neck, and she had on a pair of white knee-high top it all off, her hair was tied in a pony tail, something no one was too used to. To the others, Hisen looked like a girl scout. Her arms were crossed over her chest, a small scowl on her face. Beside her stood Shun and Yuto. Shun looked about the same, only his pants were beige rather then dark blue, and Yuto had changed his shirt in favor of a long sleeved dark orange one. Reiji hadn't changed too much, either. His scarf was tied differently, so it didn't flow around like usual, and he was wearing a blue short sleeved shirt rather then a sweater, along with boots instead of his regular shoes.

"Where have you all been?" Hisen demanded. "We've been here for an hour and a half!"

"Sorry!" Yuya panted. "We got up late..."

Hisen rolled her orange orbs of eyes. "Whatever. C'mon, this trip isn't gonna start itself!" She then turned around and began running toward the parking lot, stopping when she arrived at a rather impressive red SUV. The girl turned around, a small smile on her face. "Get in, dorks."

"I want the middle seat in the back!" Sora yelled, pushing past everyone and opening the door. He turned and looked at Yuya, grabbing him by the wrist and yanking him with him. "You're sitting next to me, Teacher!"

Yuya sighed, then cried out when he was tossed into the seat. This nearly forced Yuzu to go after them, sitting on the other side of Sora. Shun and Yuto hopped into the two seats behind the other three, which made each seat be taken other than the passenger and the driver's seats.

Hisen blushed, realizing that Reiji was the only one without a place to sit. She shook it off, however, and climbed into the car. Reiji was already sitting next to her, so Hisen offered a gentle smile, attempting to avert her mind from the fact her face was obviously still flushing. A slight smile crossed Reiji's lips, but that was all before he decided to look out the window.

"Let's go, let's go! C'mon Hisen!" Sora yelled, crossing his arms.

"Shush, child."

Hisen turned the key and started driving off. She was attempting to keep her eyes focused on the road, rather then the mirror so she could look at her passengers. Only once did she look up, and seeing Sora mess around with Yuya and Yuzu was enough to make her keep her eyes glued to the road for the rest of the drive.

Said drive, however, was not very long.

After about twenty minutes, the car started making some strange noises. Hisen raised an eyebrow, pulling over to the side of the road and unbuckling her seatbelt,proceeding to open the door and get out.

"Eh? What's going on, Hisen?" Sora asked, peeking out his window.

Hisen didn't answer, instead popping the hood of the car and looking around. She was so engrossed in her work that she barely heard the sound of the passenger door opening and closing. When her orange eyes glanced upward, Hisen just about screamed, seeing as she wasn't expecting Reiji to be there. The gray-haired male seemed to get a kick out of scaring his slightly younger female friend, and a small smile crossed his lips as he looked at her.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," Reiji said.

"Ehh, i-it's okay, Reiji," Hisen replied, smiling slightly. She returned her attention to her vehicle, muttering under her breath.

Sora poked his head out the window. "Eh, what's the hold up, Hisen?" he demanded, staring her down.

Hisen rolled her eyes. "Be quiet. There's just something wrong. Let's leave it at that." The blond then slammed the hood back down, frustrated with how this was turning out so far, and sighed. "Grab your stuff! We''re hiking the rest of the way!"

"What?" Yuzu looked out her window. "Why?"

"Who cares why? I think it'll make this better then just sitting around," Yuya replied. He had already stepped out of the car, his belongings slung over his shoulder in his backpack. Yuzu sighed before getting out herself, putting her bag over her shoulder as well. Behind her, Yuto and Shun came, followed by Sora. Each one of them had a rather ticked off expression. They hadn't been prepared for hiking the rest of the way, and considering that distance was still unknown, that was rather annoying.

Then again, it was better then sitting there, expecting a tow truck or a random passerby to happen to come by and help them. Hisen led the way, pulling the others along behind her into the unknown of the forest.

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First chapter, done! So, what'd you think? Please review and let me know!