For the first time, I'm actually giving Akiza a starring role, starting with this tale. The plot derives from something I went through last summer (2009), and it wasn't something I wanted to happen, but it had to be done.
A ringing sounds through a desolate lobby that has elevator music playing in the background. Through the door entered a tall young woman with long magenta tinted hair. She took a seat and looked at her watch, which read 12:30pm exactly. "Looks as though I won't have to wait for a while," she told herself. She clasped her hands together and waited. Ten minutes passed until the receptionist called out to her. "Miss Akiza, the doctor will see you now," she told her.
Akiza strolled behind the front desk to an open door not far back. Along the way, she passed several posters and diagrams of teeth. She was at a dentist's office for a routine checkup. The lead dentist stepped out to see if she was coming. "Miss Izinski is it?" he asked her. Akiza nodded yes timidly. "Excellent," he responded, "let's get started." The ordeal took an hour and a half, during which Akiza's teeth were x-rayed, examined, and thoroughly cleaned.
"Well then," the dentist said as he and Akiza were wrapping up, "everything checks out." The magenta haired woman put on a nervous smile and answered, "Looks to be that way. I'll be uh….going now." Before she blazed her way out, the dentist had one thing left to tell her. "Not so fast," he started, "there's one matter that you should have taken care of." Akiza stopped in her tracks and walked backwards so she could see what was happening. She looked up to see the dentist pointing at an x-ray image. "You're long overdue for a wisdom teeth removal," he told her. "A what?" she asked. "In a nutshell, these are teeth that usually come up right about your age, and if they aren't taken out, you'll have crooked teeth," he told her. Akiza went on to, reluctantly, set up the removal to happen in two days.
Akiza left and dashed straight to the one person who she knew wouldn't let her go through the surgery alone. Her parents couldn't help, seeing as they were out of town for a while. "I know he'll help me," she said while walking in a rapid pace.
Out of breath, she made it to the front door where she knocked like she was going to be captured. "Yusei, open up! I know you're home!" Akiza shouted. Inside, Yusei heard her voice, ran up to the door, and opened it to have her fall in his arms from exhaustion. "Help…me," she exhaled. He carried her, bridal style, down to something she could lie down on. She was lowered gently onto a couch that has served as a place for many a nap by Yusei, Crow, and Jack.
"Akiza, are you all right?" Yusei asked in a gentle tone. The woman opened her eyes to see a pair of velvet blue eyes that seemed to say, "Are you OK?" She chuckled, "For the moment, yes." She caught her breath and looked at Yusei. "I need someone to keep tabs on me when I have my teeth taken out," Akiza relayed to Yusei. "What do you mean by 'teeth taken out'?" he asked. Akiza let out a sigh with hints of fear and told what she needed to have done. "After my checkup, the doctor said my wisdom teeth need to removed, and so I scheduled it to happen this Thursday," she told him. Yusei extended his hand to place it on top of Akiza's. "Since you need someone to watch you, you can count on me," he assured her. A wink from Yusei sealed the deal. With her prayers answered, Akiza hugged her savior in appreciation.
It was now 8:00am Thursday morning, and Akiza had decided to stay with Yusei for the time it would take to recover from the surgery. The pair was back at the same office for the wisdom removal. Yusei was in his usual calm demeanor, texting to his friends what was going on. Akiza was frozen in fear to where she wouldn't blink. "Akiza, we're ready for you," one of the assistants called out to her and Yusei. She still wouldn't budge. Yusei snapped his fingers a few times to get her attention. Nothing happened. The Satellite duelist then removed his right glove and covered Akiza's ice-cold left hand with his radiator warm right hand. She thawed on the spot and followed him to the back of the building.
As she was strapped down and put out with anesthesia, Yusei whispered in her ear, "You'll be fine. I'm here for you." Just like that, Akiza was out like a light.
After what seemed like forever, Yusei was called back to get Akiza. He walked in to see Akiza's head wrapped in a sling filled ice-cold gel. "It should be about five to seven days until the swelling completely subsides," the surgeon told Yusei, "plus she'll have to keep these cotton wraps in her mouth to soak up the blood. She'll also have to rinse with salt water twice a day." Yusei was handed a plastic bag filled small cotton wraps. "One more thing," the surgeon pointed out, "she'll have to limited to soft malleable food for the duration." Yusei reached down and grabbed Akiza's hand to pull her up. They left to start day one of recovery.
Well, Akiza has gotten through the worst part. Now she has seven days to bounce back to her normal self. Yusei will be right there with her. Only question is: will the twins, Crow, Jack or anyone else monkey things up? You all can decide that. The second part should come soon.