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I don't own Yugioh 5D's or any of their characters, plots, etc.

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Chapter 2

It was hot out. Really hot out.

She and Yusei had gone to the twin's house for a swim since they had a pool in their amazing apartment. She was planning on tanning all afternoon while watching her friends in the pool, but Yusei seemed to have other plans.

"Come in, Aki!" he called.

She shook her head, thinking that would silence Yusei. Obviously this wouldn't stop him.

"Come on! The water is perfect!"

Again, she refused. This time, Yusei got out of the pool and pulled her out of her chair. She struggled against him as he tried to push her in the pool, laughing and screaming the whole time.

Yusei finally managed to get her in the pool, but he fell in with her. Once she overcame her initial shock, she started splashing Yusei. He laughed and splashed back and this continued for what seemed like hours on end.

This memory replayed in her head as she drove onto the main highway back to Neo Domino. She didn't know why it had come up, but it was comforting her. The image of Yusei's smile was calming her as she sped towards her home and away from Adam and the danger he had put her in.

So many questions were circulating in her head as she pictured the splashes from that hot, summer day. Where would she go first? Would she have to move? Would Adam come after her again?

"AKH!" she groaned. She felt a stinging where Alaina had bit her and it was starting to spread across her skin. She tried putting a hand over the bite mark which seemed to help.

She reached the city and tried to decide where to go when she came to an intersection. She figured she should go see her parents first and change out of her blood-stained dress, but something in her head was telling her to go see Yusei and the others.

Left or straight?

The stoplight turned green and she went straight.

It was about 10 more minutes before she would reach Yusei's house. Once she did, she pulled into a parking spot and ran to the door.

She didn't even knock, she just barged in. When she entered, she saw Crow and Jack's heads turn to her and Yusei pull out from under a D-wheel he was working on. The looks on their faces were a cross between shock, relief and curiosity. It was then that she realized she was crying and bleeding heavily, so much that there was a small, light red pool of liquid at her right foot. There was probably a lot of sweat coming off of her too, but she didn't notice it due to her wound.

After a few more seconds of letting the shock set in, she ran – more like limped quickly – down the stairs and into the arms of the now-standing Yusei.

"Yusei." She whispered in-between sobs.

Everything after that was a blur to her; she must have passed out from the pain of her wound.

Yusei had been holding her for about 5 minutes before he could even produce a word. He looked to his friends in desperation, eyes pleading them to tell him what to do.

"What do I do guys?" he choked out.

Crow was equally unable to do or say anything, but Jack, the man of stone he was, had overcome the side-effects of shock and started telling them what to do.

"She probably hasn't gone to her parents yet, so get them over here now. She's in no condition to be leaving anytime soon unless it's to a hospital-"

"No." Yusei blurted.

Jack and Crow looked at him, confused.

"She hates hospitals."

Jack nodded. "Well then we'll have to bandage her wound ourselves. When we contact her parents, we better tell them to bring some fresh clothes for her, that dress doesn't look comfortable. Right now, let's get her cleaned up and put her somewhere comfortable."

Crow, who had regained his ability to move and talk, nodded and called Akiza's house. Yusei brought her to his bedroom, bridal-style and laid her down on his bed, not caring if his sheets got drenched in her blood. He got a clean cloth and started cleaning the mound of blood that had compiled on her neck. It took about a half hour to get her cleaned up and bandaged, but before he put the bandage on her, he noticed how odd her wound was. She had two, small holes punctured in her neck. How did so much blood come out of those two tiny holes?

He would worry about it later, after she got better. He put the bandage on her neck and took a moment to take her in. She looked so… fragile. Like she did in their duel from the Fortune Cup, except worse. She was pale and clammy and sweating like crazy.

He absentmindedly started petting her head and let a single tear shed. He had never seen her like this before. So weak and sick, physically. He couldn't help but feel horrible for not keeping a closer eye on her before. It was miracle she had come back from wherever she had been kidnapped to.

"Oh, my goodness! Akiza!" her mother cried. Her parents had entered the room and looked just as shocked as them when they first saw her.

Yusei stood up and looked Akiza's father in the eye.

"She lost a lot of blood, which is why she's so pale. She's also been sweating a lot."

Her father nodded while her mother starting sobbing.

"We didn't want to take her to the hospital. She hates it there."

"How did you find her?" her father asked.

Yusei shook his head. "She stumbled in here. We didn't find her."

Her father nodded again, this time, her mother joining him.

"I'll leave you two alone for awhile."

Akiza's father nodded once again as Yusei exited the room. He shut the door behind him and returned to the garage to find Leo and Luna there. Luna ran to Yusei and hugged him while Leo walked to the middle of the room and faced everyone.

"Me and Luna want to know exactly what happened. We don't want you guys to sugar-coat it. We want the truth." Leo announced.

Yusei looked down at Luna and she nodded. He looked back up at Leo and nodded to him.

"She stumbled in the garage. She was wearing a black dress that looked really expensive. She was crying and sweating a lot and had a puddle of liquid at her feet. There was a lot of blood. She fell into my arms and passed out. We cleaned her up and changed her. She's still sweating and the bleeding is really bad still. She's very pale from the blood loss-"

"Where was the blood coming from?" Leo blurted.

Yusei was hesitant about telling everyone that she was bleeding from two little holes, so he decided to go with the general area. "Her neck."

"What did the wound look like?" asked Luna.

Jack and Crow leaned forward a little, curious to hear the answer.

Yusei looked nervously at everyone and sighed. "She has two holes punctured in her neck."

Jack and Crow looked confused.

"Two holes in her neck?" Crow asked.

Yusei nodded.

"Hey, maybe she got bit by a vampire!" Leo joked.

Crow chuckled. "Ha ha, maybe."

"Yeah," Yusei pondered, "Maybe."

END

Voila! Chapter 2! Please Review!