Chapter 4:

Sakura choked, careful not to cut her throat on the cold knife pressed to her skin. She could see the gleam of its bright steel, practically blinding her from the light above.

The knife pressed harder to her skin and immediately Sakura stopped breathing, fearing the knife would cut her. She could feel the stinging from the cold metal blade, continuing to press harder, as its weilder laughed.

"Little brat...If you wont tell us...Than we'll have to-" Before he finished his sentence, things grew darker and Sakura could see a purple glow from behind him. There was a man, dressed similar to the others, only with red trimming on his robes. His arm glowed red, with the shape of a spider inprinted on it. The girls eyes widened in fear, and the mysterious man approached.

"Let the girl go..." He growled angrily, in a deep, powerful voice. The gang leader laughed, then pulled the knife away from Sakura's neck, and she let out a deep sigh of releif. Unfortunately, this was stopped by a sharp, intense pain from her arm. She let out a loud, blood curtling scream and tried to jump up, but was stopped by something that held down her arm. She looked over to it, to notice the same knife that was to her neck, was stabbed through her arm and into the ground. She stared painfully at her blood covered arm weakly, and closed her eyes, passing out from the pain.

"Who do you think you are, buddy?" The gang leader asked, laughing confidently. The other man crossed his arms, his spider mark showing completely to the other.

"Your worst nightmare..." He said, reaching into his cloak. He pulled out a duel monsters card, and raised it above his head and a beam of light came from around it. Suddenly all of the gang members disappeared.

"What did you do with them?" Their leader asked alertly.

"They were sacrificed. Come forth, Earthbound God Uru!" A large red spider appeared, and walked over towards the scene, cocking its head towards the gang leader, who began to shake in fear.

"Heh. It just a card. Like it'll do anything to me." He said, clenching his fists.

"Oh really? Attack, my god!" The other shouted. The spider walked over and stepped on the man, crushing him so badly that its master could hear the mans bones breaking under the weight.

Then, putting the card away, the man walked over to sakura and bent over her. He pulled the knife from her arm, then whispered in her ear.

"Live...It is not your time yet, Kyosuke Sakura..." Then stood up and disappeared.

"Hey, do you see that?" Yusei shouted over the loud whipping sounds of the wind. He gripped the steering wheel of his D-wheel and accelerated.

"It looks like a giant spider!" Crow replied, also accelerating. e looked over at Kiryu, ho clenched his teeth in anger. It was by there home...

"Sakura..." Kiryu whispered, speeding up his D-wheel to maximum. He had to get home to make sure Sakura was alright...It was his top priority right now... He stared straight ahead to keep an eye on the large spider like figure, which was walking forward.

then, it stopped and Kiryu could hear a loud screaming noise.

"We gotta get back! Lets go, guys!" Kiryu called out, still going as fast as he could. The youth was practically leaving the others in his dust with how fast he was going, but that didnt matter to him! He had to find his sister!

"Kiryu wait up!" Yusei called out as loud as he could. Kiryu stopped his D-wheel and waited for his friends, gripping the steering wheel angrily.

"Hurry up!" He growled, starting the D-wheel again.

"The spider is gone..." Crow said to his leader when he caught up. In response, Kiryu looked into the distance. Crow was right...It was gone... But still, they had to hurry.

The four of them started to drive again, continuing to move until they hit a series of broken down buildings. They were almost there now, just a little further. They hopped off their D-wheels and began to walk them through the area.

The ground was cracked, and littered with trash from when this area was part of Neo-Domino. Sector security usually patrolled this area alot, so the four boys were surprised that they hadnt had to run for their lives yet.

Silent all this time, Jack finally said something.

"One would think Sector security would be all over the area..." He said, his voice full of annoyance. Yusei especially knew this. Nodding, Yusei closed his eyes as they got closer to the shadows of a nearby alley way.

"Kiryu?" Crow asked, as kiryu dropped his D-wheel and ran forward at full speed.

"SAKURA!" Kiryu screamed out, running as fast as possible. Sakura was laying on the ground in a small pool of blood, her long silver hair stained a deep red. On the ground beside her was a long silve knife, also covered in blood. It was fresh...

As soon as Kiryu reached his sister, he bent over her and put his head on her chest to listen for a heartbeat. It was there, but he could faintly hear it. Her breathing was also very slow. Her chest barely moved. He could barely notice her breathing.

"Kiryu! Whats wrong?" Yusei, Jack and Crow shouted, also running over to the scene.

"I-I'll kill them!I'll kill whoever hurt her! I swear it! I promise it! Even if it kills me! I wont rest until I have them dead!" Kiryu whispered angry, his voice seeming to shake. Yusei rested his hand on Kiryu's shoulder, but it was immediately slapped off.

"Kiryu..." yusei whispered, closing his blue eyes so he didnt have to see the gore. A series of chills went down his spine and he slowed his breathing.

"Please...Calm down..."

"NO! NOT UNTIL I AVENGE HER!" Kiryu screamed, picking up his sister in his arms. He stood up and walked over to his D-wheel and sat on it. He layed her on his lap and began to rev his engine then drove off.

"MARTHA! PLEASE! OPEN UP!" Kiryu yelled, pounding at Martha's door violently. Tears fell down his face rapidly as he tried to keep a grip on his sister. Sakura's long, silver hair fell to the ground below her, stained with her dark blood.

"MARTHA! PLEASE!" Kiryu continued to cry out. his arms were getting tired but he proceeded to knock.

"its me...Kiryu..." He whispered, bowing his head, knocking some more.

suddenly the door opened. A little boy with short black hair and dark skin opened it. He wore torn up clothing, and had a frown on his face. He was about 10 years old.

"K-Kiryu?" He asked, staring up, examining the twins before him. He had a look of shock on his face and he ran upstairs.

"Martha! Obaa-sama! Come quickly!" He pounded up the stairs, stumbling every few feet. Suddenly, a woman of her late forties began to walk down the ragged wooden stairs. She was wearing a long, ragged red dress with a white apron. she had long, straight black hair and a weak smile on her face.

"Whats with all the ra-" she stopped dead and looked over at Kiryu and Sakura horrified. She immediately ran down the stairs at full speed and stopped infront of the twins.

"Kiryu! what happened, m'boy?" A tear fell down her face as she looked at Sakura, unable to pull her eyes away. The girl was completely covered in blood and multiple knife wounds.

"she was attacked...Please, Martha...You have to help my sister!" Kiryu cried out again.

"Come in, child! Quickly!" Martha said, beckoning them inside.