Title: Love x Blessing x Curse

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugi oh GX

Chapter 2:

Something that's Unspoken

"Cool…." Juudai stared in awe the scenery in front of her: an avenue which was full of night light. Full color-animated advertising were everywhere and the lamps looked like it tended to defeat the stars. Juudai ran in excitement to look at the big card shop's display window.

"Yeah, this is sure a big city." Fubuki said. He looked at the white gothic Lolita dress that's displayed on 'Reborn'. "You know, Asuka, that gown suits you. Every man would surely turn their eyes on you."

"Just forget it." Asuka went away and stood beside Juudai, "Juudai, do you want to buy some cards?"

Fubuki heaved a big sigh, "this two ladies…they never regard their beauty. Come on, Manjoume, let's buy some gown to help their beauties show up."

"Manjoume smirked, "I'm sure Asuka have, but I doubt Juudai."

"Manjoume-kun, I won't forgive you if you insult her again!" Asuka reminded him, then she continued in a calmer tone, "Juudai, let's go to that shop! I will buy you some gowns."

"Nope. You not need to do that, Asuka. If you want to buy me something, just buy me some cards so that I can constantly defeat him in every duel." Juudai smiled widely.

"Juudai! I remind you! I almost win!" Manjoume scolded her, "if it's not for your unbelievable irritating luck at the very last turn I would have defeated you!"

"Let's go Asuka." Juudai chirped happily, ignoring Manjoume, pulling Asuka to enter the card shop.

"No! She's going this way!" Manjoume grabbed Asuka's hand, trying to pull her to enter 'Reborn'.

"Manjoume-kun! Release me!" Asuka scolded.

"No! I want to see you in that white dress! You must be looked so beautiful in that outfit! Unlike a certain flat chest who's better to be a boy since she has no girl-shape!" Manjoume refused to release her.

Asuka was going to throw another scolding, but she stopped as Juudai suddenly released her hand. "Juudai?"

"…"

"Juudai?" Asuka asked once again, trying to look at Juudai's eyes that were concealed by her bangs.

Suddenly that girl looked up and smiled strangely, "Ah, just go then, Asuka, he prefers you more than me. I can go alone. Bye." With those words, she ran away, lost in the crowd in second.

"…I hate you!" Asuka yanked her hand away from Manjoume. "Look what've you done? She's…she is your wife! Can't you guard her feeling?"

"Hey, it's an accidental marriage that both of us NOT wanted!" after saying that, Manjoume ran, "JUUDAI! WHERE ARE YOU GOING? COME BACK HERE, SLACKER!" he lost in the crowd in second.

"….anniki…she says she's gonna buy cards, but where is she going? The card shop is here. Anniki!" Sho was going to chase Juudai, but both Asuka and Fubuki held his hand. "Why?" Sho asked innocently.

"I think they both need to talk privately for now. Ah, how if we eat dinner while we wait for them?" Fubuki said calmly.

"… I hope they come back quickly. Anniki has skipped lunch because of dueling Manjoume. She could be pretty bad if she's hungry…" Sho whispered worriedly, "and she forgot her wallet on me".

Juudai ran as fast as she could. But she couldn't take it much longer. First, she's hungry. Second, she's hungry. Third, she tired. So she decided to take a sudden turn in the dark alley in front of her. Scanning that area, she found a big square dump.

"How perfect!" she whispered, opened its lid then jumped in.

"Auch!"

"Ah…I'm sorr—"

"Shhhh…" the brown hair girl that has been there closed the lid," careful, they can hear us." She whispered very softly.

Juudai wanted to ask much, but she stayed quiet as many heavy footsteps came closer to their hidden place. Fortunately they just were passing away.

Not so long after that, another foot step is heard, more lightly but it's accompanied with scream. "JUUDAI! WHERE ARE YOU? JUUDAI! JUUDAI!" fortunately it's just passing away.

Both of the hiding brown hairs sighed in relief.

"I'm glad they go away, I don't want to be caught by them!" the short brown hair girl said. She had the same color hair as Juudai, but different in model, and she wear summer hat. "By the way, why are you running to? What are you running away from?" she asked Juudai.

"Em…that is…uh…" Juudai tried hard to put it into words, "because…he picked Asuka's hand…." Juudai looked ashamed, "well, I think now that I run for a stupid reason. I shouldn't angry. I….I don't like our marriage after all. It's going to be over…soon." She looked at her bracelet then smiled weakly, "and what about you? Why do you run away?"

"Me? I can't stand my parents, that's all!" she looked angry, "they never take care of me! They always work and work and work! They never play or even talk to me!"

"Woa…really? They are parents, right? Aren't they should play with their children? Why don't they?"

"Are you dumb? You ask a stupid question! I don't know what's wrong with me…they just…never talk to me…" a tear threaten to fall from her eyes.

"…really…never…as if they've died right when you were born?"

"No! Not like that…just…lately…"

"Hmm…it's good that they're not dead. You still can do something to make they care to you." Juudai smiled, forcedly.

"Yeah. That's exactly what I do now. I run away and I would never show up until they themselves who look for me. Hey, what's the matter?" she asked Juudai who strangely looking down at her knee, hid her face behind her bangs.

"Nothing…." Juudai looked up again, "good luck for your hide and seek then." She smiled and about to go, but the girl gripped her hand.

"Hey, how if we make this hide and seek more lively?" she purposed, "we exchange our clothes, that way the one who looking for us will face double difficulties."

"…that if he's still looking for me. Maybe he will stop soon. I…doubt he want to find me. But I'll help your plan."

"Great!" she jumped out of the dump, "my name is Risa Clover, and you?"

"Juudai Yuki." She smiled, "let's do your plan then."

Manjoume sat on the bus stop even though he didn't think to take a bus. He just awful tired. Juudai could run fast if she wanted to, hungry or not hungry.

"I should have put a leash with a tracker on her neck! That dork!" Manjoume hissed, made some people stared at him in dislike, "and she has skipped lunch…and she haven't eat at all…and her bag, wallet, plus PDA are on Sho…and she's easy to be lost! Arrggghhh!" he stood up and started to search, screaming Juudai's name again.

Then he stopped when seeing a girl with a red jacket that was the same as Juudai's. At first he felt happy, but then he realized that she didn't wear bracelet, and her hair looked strange.

"You!" he grabbed that girl's back collar, "Why do you wear Juudai's clothes? Where is she?" he asked harshly.

"Hey! Let me go!" Risa yanked his hand off, "so…it's you who is looking for Juudai. Poor boy, you can never find her now." She teased.

Manjoume was about to punch her right in her face, but he stopped as she said, "so you really care about her that much, huh? Then why don't you show it to her while she is around?"

Manjoume put his fist on his side, looking away. "I…do not care of her. You're mistaken."

"…in that intersection." Risa pointed her finger to the west, "she goes to the left from here."

As she finished her sentences, Manjoume darted away to that direction, screaming Juudai's name again.

"Do not care….huh?" she walked away. Looking that there's a boy with blue hair on the corner of the street, asking an old woman, Risa hid right before he looking at her direction.

'It's Johan, this town best duelist. Oh my God…my parents even hire up a duelist to find me! This is bad….' She thought. Then she saw that Johan went to Juudai's direction. 'Oh…but he goes that way. I bet he's told by that woman to go after the girl's description that fits me before. He can't find me. Never.' She smirked and ran faster to east.

Juudai quickly hid in the dump (again ^_^ ;; ) when heard her name was screamed by a familiar voice. She hid there well until that voice faded in the distance. Then she got out from that smelly place, sat, and hugged her knees beside that dump.

'…what have I done?' she smiled in her confusion, 'I'm totally hungry, and my other friends must be worried about me now.' She thought, didn't know that Fubuki was saying to Sho and Asuka that Juudai and Manjoume might be together in a happy heart-to-heart moment now. 'I…should not run in the first place…I shouldn't run. He doesn't want me. It's clear. I know that. I accept it. But….' She remembered when Manjoume held Asuka's hand—not only that time, but also countless previous time before. It's always Asuka. Always…

She knew she should not been hurt. That was Manjoume anyway. She could always shake it off before. She… didn't in love with him, right? But it did really hurt right now—that she had thought of it over and over again. She buried her face in her knees and started sobbing quietly. Not long after that, she fell asleep.

But she slept not too long, as a hand shook her gently.

"Risa Clover? Is that you?" an unfamiliar voice asked Juudai. That girl raised her head half asleep, shook her head, then got back to sleep.

"Hey…since you're not Risa Clover, why are you wearing her dress?" that blue hair boy smiling, looked at the photo given to him: a stern girl wearing red with white lace dress and white summer hat. That's exactly what Juudai was wearing now—minus the dirt and bad smell. And Juudai looked sweet.

"Hey….wake up, would you? Please, I need your help to find this girl, her parents are really worried." That boy shook Juudai softly, "would you help me please?"

"…then tell her parents that they should look for her by themselves… She would show herself if they do so, I'm sure." Juudai mumbled, half asleep, "…I've met her. She only craves for her parents' attention."

"Oh, thanks for the information." The blue hair boy opened his PDA, and sent an email to Risa's parents, "then, how about you? Don't you want to go home? Where's your home?"

"….White Stone island…."

'White Stone island? That creepy island where many people lost and can't be found? Moreover…that's million meters from here.' The boy thought, observing the sleeping girl in front of him. Then he looked at the duel disk on her left hand. "Hey…you're a duelist too. Why do you end up in this Emerald town? This town banned all duelist magic except in the duel arena—the duelist of this town is an exception. So this is not so much fun city for outsider duelist."

"….I…want to look for my friend…we have to go through this town to go to the Land of Frozen Fire…"

"'we'? So you didn't come here alone…where's your friends?"

"…..hungry…." Juudai whispered as a grumbling sound suddenly heard.

"Hmf…Well, if you're hungry, let me treat you, as the reward for your information." The blue hair boy smiled.

"Really?" suddenly Juudai woke up, eyes wide in awe.

"Really. By the way, my name is Johan. What is yours?" he asked, thinking 'Surely this girl is as cute as a lost puppy…'

"Yuki Juudai!" she said happily.

While the two walked and chit chatted to the burger restaurant, a spiky black hair boy spotted them then ran to them.

"JUUDAI! Where have you been? Fool!" Manjoume grabbed Juudai's hand, yanking it off from Johan's grip. "Let's go home!" he walked, pulling Juudai harshly with him.

"Wait. That young lady is going to have dinner with me. I shall thank her properly." Johan stated. Hearing herself called as 'lady', Juudai flushed.

"No! She goes with me! End of discussion!" without looking back, Manjoume dragged Juudai away with him.

"Hmm…ok then. See you later, Yuki-chan." Johan waved his hand, smiling.

"It's 'farewell'!" Manjoume exclaimed, irritated.

Juudai glanced at Johan for the last time; she smiled and waved her hand. After that, she looked up at the spiky hair boy in front of him, and then looked at the black bracelets on their joined hands.

'Manjoume…is it ok for me…to like you more than friend? Or…have I already liked you more than friend?' she was so deep in thought until she stumbled a little.

"Becareful dork. Geez…can't you become more like Asuka—gentle, careful, and smart? At least….fight your carelessness!"

"…..I'm sorry, Manjoume." Juudai whispered sadly.

To be continued

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