Rose Petal Rain Ch 6
The Next Day...
Divine sat in the passenger seat of Aki's car while she drove. He had requested that Aki take him to a certain place and while she drove there, Aki began to feel nervous. She was not sure how the person he wanted to visit would react to seeing Divine. She had never asked for the person's opinion on Divine so there was a good chance that this individual would hate divine. Divine was nervous as well for the very same reason, especially considering the subject matter he wanted to talk about. That unnerving atmosphere continued for the entire car journey. When Aki pulled up in front of Divine's destination, she turned to her once guardian.
"Are you really sure about this? I mean I get you want to redeem yourself but..." the rose haired duelist tried to explain. Divine smiled at her.
"I'll be fine Aki, thank you for your concern but I think I'll be fine." Divine said lying in order to make Aki feel a bit better. Aki still looked at him nervously but nodded and Divine got out of the car. She drove off and Divine looked to the manor in front of him, the front of the house had vines coating it with roses blooming on the vines. It almost seemed like a way to intimidate people and it was working on Divine. He walked slowly towards the front door, he looked around in case the person he was seeking was nearby but and possibly avoid the loss of nerve from having to ring the doorbell. He finally gave in and rang the doorbell, the normally welcoming ding dong sound suddenly sounded like Hell's bells.
The door to the manor opened revealing a brown haired man with thick intimidating eye brows and a beard that covered his entire chine with sideburns connecting to them. The man looked at divine curiously.
"Hello, are you Hideo Izayoi?" Divine asked the man. The man said yes.
"Hello, you might know me. My name is Divine." Hideo looked at Divine shocked. divine looked at him worriedly.
"Please let me come inside so I can explain. I know me arriving is unexpected but please let me explain." Hideo looked at Divine suspiciously as anybody would in a situation like this. Hideo reluctantly let Divine inside and the once leader of the Arcadia Movement went inside and Aki's father pointed him in the direction of his office. Divine gulped nervously but obeyed and they went into his office directly to the left of him. the office was a fairly large room with books lining the shelves, books on law, crime dramas all of which made divine uncomfortable considering his past incarceration. Hideo sat at his desk near the window and on his desk at a picture of him with his daughter and another with Aki fully grown, the site of which unnerved Divine further considering who had Aki during the time between those two pictures.
"So tell me now, what is it you want to speak to me about?" Hideo asked in a cold voice with a slight hint of anger. Divine looked down in a depressed manner, Hideo looked at him perplexed.
"I just wanted to say...I apologize." Hideo looked at Divine with more confusion in his expression.
"I am sorry for taking Aki from you for all these years...I was a fool, I didn't care about anyone who had psychic powers But even when I took care of Aki I start to use her for my own gain and...no one should have to go through that. I can't imagine how horrible you must have felt to have your daughter disappear from you all these years. I am so sorry." Divine said to Hideo grimly. Hideo looked at Divine in an emotionless stare for a while before standing up and walking towards him.
"Stand up." Hideo said, Divine obeyed though was worried about what might happen.
" You say you acted like a fool during that time, you say you were prejudice against those who do not have the same powers as you and your followers." Hideo said to Divine as he walked around him. Divine nodded nervously to what he said. When Hideo stood face to face with Divine however you began to look at him in a rather sad manner.
"And yet...you were more of a father to her than me at the time." Hideo wrapped his arms around Divine while the young man looked at the situation confused. When Hideo let go he sighed depressed.
"I was more of a fool, you at least took care of her, not abandon Aki in her time of need. Whenever I apologize to Aki she says it's ok but the thing is, I never feel ok, I betrayed her and feel so horrible about it. I know it's in the past but unlike Aki I can't let go of it." Divine sighed and patted Hideo's back, trying to comfort the man.
"Hey now, we shouldn't dwell on the past, for a while I made the mistake of doing that and now we both should move on. " Divine said smiling to Aki's father. Hideo smiled nervously back at him.
"Yes, you're right we should. Care for a cup of coffee?" Hideo asked the once guardian of Aki to which Divine said yes. Hideo got up and went to the coffee machine near the front door and started the large, chrome machine.
"I must say though, you raised a wonderful daughter when I met her." Divine pointed out. Hideo looked towards him smiling.
"Thank you very much. Actually if it had not been for you she would not have found Yusei."
"You really think so?" Divine asked. Hideo nodded.
"Yes, I have a belief that the most negative event will have some kind of positive outcome eventually." Hideo explained. He handed Divine a finished cup of coffee as they continued to talk.
"Though can I ask you Divine? How exactly did you raise Aki, not to make her sound like a child during that point but...I guess what I mean is how were you as a father to her?" Hideo asked.
"Well I honestly set strict bed times, taught her to respect her companions, the usual stuff."
"I see, I would have done the same actually." The two men clung their mugs in compliment of one another.
"Yes, and with this wedding coming up I am very excited for her. She was like my daughter for a while." Divine said. Hideo smiled.
"Yes, I'm sure things will turn out well for Yusei and his friends."
Meanwhile...
the Paris airport as it was when Bruno and Sherry came a while ago. The sounds of announcers, frustrated passengers to be, planes flying outside, all too familiar. Naturally the rush to get to the entrance to the gates was not a fun one, trying to get through all the people. When Sherry and Bruno finally got approval from the desk they turned around to face Sherry's family the two walked over to say goodbye before they left.
"Well it was very nice to see you again Sherry and meet your boyfriend, he was such a delight. Sherry's aunt complimented. sherry smiled and hugged her aunt.
"Thank you auntie." Sherry said.
"You know we may have not got along at first, but you know, you're a pretty cool guy Bruno. I'm glad someone like you is my cousin's girlfriend." Jaquomo said to Bruno.
"Thanks, glad to meet you too!" Bruno said, shaking hands with Jaquomo.
The rest of the family said their fair wells, there were tears but there were also smiles. As much as they'd like to stay longer it was time to go back to New Domino as they walked to the gate Bruno and sherry started to chat a bit.
"That was wonderful seeing them, and I'm glad somebody finally got along with my cousin." Sherry said.
"Hey well we didn't get along so well at first either." Bruno said chuckling.
"True, same with Yusei and Aki. I honestly can't wait to go to their wedding, thankfully Yusei is holding on to our invitations. Plus we'll be back in time for Yusei and Aki's bachelor and bachelorette parties respectively. " Sherry pointed out. trying to avoid running into the passing flyers.
"Yeah, I wonder what they're planning?" Bruno wondered, Sherry lightly punched her boyfriend.
"Don't let your thoughts get too perverted now." Sherry said chuckling, Bruno laughing along with.
Meanwhile...
It was around the time that the couple began to decide their bachelor and bachelorette parties. Like when they shopped for their attire, they had separate groups as to not let the other be aware of their plans. Yusei with the boys in their garage, Aki and the rest of the girls at Mikage and Jack's apartment. Yusei's group consisted of Crow, Jack, Rua but sadly Kiryu was unable to join due to work on Satisfaction Town while Aki's group consisted of Mikage, Carly, Misty, Ruka and Stephanie was there even. Naturally with this many people, many ideas were thrown across the room.
"Ok, what should we do? We rented a big hotel room for the night, giant lounge, giant hot tub that might as well be a small pool, what are we gonna do for it?" Aki asked the group sitting at the table all the while Stephanie served fresh coffee . The women relaxed at the table to think about what to do. Carly raised her hand, everyone turned to her.
"Well, I think we should put on some ass kicking hip hop music at full blast!" Carly energetically said.
"Problem is there are other people at the hotel so they could probably hear it too so probably not." Mikage pointed out, Carly sat back in her seat frustrated.
"Now now Mikage, a bit of music won't hurt, after all the entertainers might need some music." Misty proclaimed. The rest of the group looked at her confused, as well as Stephanie when she sat down. However Ruka opened her eyes in shock.
"You're not talking about...you know...strippers?" Ruka asked, everyone looking at Misty surprised.
"Why yes, the boys are not going to be there and this is a time to celebrate." Misty defended. Everyone turned to Aki for her opinion instantly.
"Honestly guys, for the night before the wedding I don't want to go insane that night. I want a bit more of a toned down party to be honest. I know that's not how I usually roll but for that night just a bit quieter." Everyone nodded save for Carly in frustration...along with Ruka. Everyone turned to her shocked.
"What? I'm 15 now, a girl gets curious at this age. You people still act like I'm twelve." The rest of the group chuckled and Aki apologized to Ruka.
"Didn't you say there was a hot tub Aki? A giant one? Why don't we have a pool party? I could make some tropical themed food and drinks." Stephanie said.
"That's not a bad idea, and you could do that?" Aki replied. Stephanie smiled delightfully.
"Yep, I learned a lot of recipes for food and drinks from my mom and sometimes they use me as backup at the cafe I work at. Though I want to be a real chef, I still enjoy serving people and seeing the smiles on their faces, hence why I keep working there." Stephanie explained.
"Wow thank you so much! Now girls feel free to wear any kind of swimsuit you like." Aki said.
"Hey what do you think the boys are doing?" Carly asked. Aki stroked her chin pondering.
"Don't know. don't know much about Yusei's party side, but we should focus on our own party for now, like I'm sure they are."
Meanwhile...
"Hey Yusei why don't we go to a strip club for your bachelor party?" Crow asked Yusei while the boy's group stood in the garage.
"No, besides we have Rua here, he can't get into one." Yusei replied.
"Not a problem, we'll just hire some for home. " Rua said. Yusei looked at the group and face-palmed himself.
"If Aki were to find out that I've been fooling around with a stripper, she would kill me." Yusei told the green haired teenager. Rua crossed his arms in a disappointed manner. Jack then raised his hand.
"Yes Jack?" Yusei asked.
"Why don't we just crash the girls' party?" Jack asked.
"How can we do that, we have no idea where they are?" Yusei asked.
"I got someone on the inside just in case." Jack commented. Everyone started to look at each other perplexed.
"Not a bad idea actually, could be really fun." Crow commented.
"Hell yeah, let's do it!" Rua exclaimed. Yusei sighed.
"Well it might be nice to surprise her...actually Jack I just came up with an idea." Yusei said, a sly smile beginning to appear on his face.
"What?" The blonde duelist asked? Yusei walked over to Jack and whispered something in his ear. Jack's eyes widened and his jaw was dropping.
"Are you kidding me? I can't do that!" Jack responded yelling.
"For Mikage?" Yusei asked. Suddenly Jack looked very enthusiastic and nodded his head.
"What's going on guys?" Rua asked.
"Oh, you'll see when we crash the party." Yusei said.
Please let me know what to improve on or comment. Special thanks to Scooby82101 for checking over. The last chapter is next, Yusei and Aki are finally getting married! Now what is Yusei planning you may ask, oh you'll find out.