Chapter 1-

Sitting on a rugged old, brown couch, a middle aged woman held a single crying infant with jet black hair. The room was a bit dark, and she therefore could not see right. Rocking the child back and forth, she hushed the child with her calm, relaxing, reassuring voice. Her long black hair was straightened and falling over her shoulders, and her blue eyes gazing at the child in her arms.

"It's alright, little one...Your mother will be here soon to retrieve you..." She whispered, only for the infant to cry even louder. Suddenly, the door bell rang, so the woman stood up and cautiously peered through the window by her front door. Sighing in relief, she unlatched the door and opened it. It was heavily raining, and the cold air sent a chill through the woman's body.

"S-Sayu-chan?" she asked, in concern looking at the young woman before her. She was on her knees, covered in cuts and bruises. She was holding two newborn babies; one male and one female.

"M-Martha..."The younger woman said weakly, her eyes half closed. She was soaking wet and so were the babies. Martha couldn't help but feel pity for them.

"Please! Come inside!" Martha ushered her, running across the room to put her child down in a crib with two others. The other woman began to crawl inside as Martha ran back and grabbed the children, placing them with them other three.

"Help me...Please, Martha...I beg this of you..." The woman choked, her wet, long silvery-green hair covering most of her face. She grabbed onto the arm of the couch and pulled herself up, then lay down with what seemed to be the remainder of her strength.

"Tell me what happened, Sayu..." Martha told the girl, immediately turning her attention to her.

"The...The Duel gangs...They attacked us...I had to get away...For my children..." Glancing at the crib full of children, Martha asked,

"What are their names?"

"The boy...Is Kiryu...And the girl..." Sayu's eyes closed before she finished the sentence and her breathing stopped. Concerned, Martha put her head to Sayu's chest for a heartbeat. They were fading slowly, and at the last moment, Sayu's mouth opened and she whispered,

"Sakura..." Her heart then stopped and her head fell to the side lifelessly. Trying to force her tears in Martha snapped her eyes shut, and the little girl, Sakura began to scream, like she knew her mother was dying. However, the boy, Kiryu remained silent.

"Sakura!" Kiryu Kyosuke cried out, running up the wooden stairs of his home. He laughed joyfully, running as fast as he could, trying to find his little sister. His short silver hair messily combed, and his yellow-grey eyes wide, Kiryu called out his sister's name once again. He continued running, until at the top of the stairs, he crashed into another blonde boy of the same age. Grabbing onto the railing for support, he growled at the other boy.

"Watch out, Jack!"

"Whatever...I was going to say the same about you, Kiryu..." The other boy replied, walking around and past Kiryu casually and down the stairs. Then, pulling himself back up, Kiryu continued on his way. He walked down the white walled hall, staring at the doors as he passed; his hand sliding slowly on the wooden railing, and his feet dragging as he walked. Sighing he stopped at a door with drawings of Sakura blossoms drawn on it.

"Sakura?" He called out, knocking on the door loudly, multiple times. Nobody answered; how gypical of his sister...she ws always either quietly in her room or clinging onto Yusei somewhere... Kiryu sighed and opened the door. It was a bit dark in there, with a few drawings lining the walls, and a bunch scattered across the floor. Looking down at them, he noticed some really bad kanji on a couple of the drawings, so he picked them up to take a look.

'Kyosuke' they said. The family name. The same name that only he and Sakura shared. He let out another sigh and turned to leave the room. Walking towards the door, he was stopped by the sound of footsteps behind him. He turned to look, but before he realised he had fallen to the ground and had a young girl of the same age sitting on top of him laughing. She had long, greenish-silver hair and large, bright golden eyes.

"Nee-chan!" She laughed adorably. Kiryu growled and pushed her off, then stood up and brushed his arms.

"Stop doing that, nee-sama!" he growled in annoyance. This caused Sakura to look away sadly, almost with tears in her eyes.

"Y-you're so mean, nee-chan..." She whined, pouting her lips and crossing her arms. Kiryu looked at her and laughed.

"You're cute when you put like that...Now c'mon...Lets go find Yusei," Sakura immediately jumped up excitedly with a large smile on her face and nodded her head rapidly. Kiryu laughed again then grabbed her hand and dragged her along behind him.