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A/N: A little special. The whole deal about the Suicides and their abilities. Read this before you read the chapter.
Suicides: are the product of a warp resulting of a human trying to kill its soul, which manifest as a monster or Duel Monster as they were later called. Began in Ancient Egypt during High Priest Seto ka's hunt, when there were some unwilling to part with their powerful monsters. Now, it is caused by a misunderstanding or severe depression.
Name: They get their name either by the act that made them or the fact they kill suicidal humans, committing the deed for them. Suicides survive on the life energy of humans, which they receive when they kill them.
Hierarchy
Reaper - Top; Powerful. Only one so far.
Shinigami - Additional leaders. They all answer to the Reaper.
Kelpie - Suicide has finally regain their sanity. Has acquired their chosen form, a mixture of their human and beast personality.
Es - Just became Suicides. Known as Es either for evolution or elimination.
Reaper: The Reaper is the top dog of the Suicides. Has no other name and the mere mention of him inspire fear among them. Not much is known about his abilities or generally himself, for he only appears when there are those needed to be eliminated personally. He is the oldest of his kind, thought not the first Suicide.
Shinigami: Shinigamis are the additional leaders who are led under the Reaper. They rule over certain districts that are assigned to them and give reports to the Reaper. Shinigami are called so because that is what they tell a human when they kill them. It had started as a means to ease the more hysterical humans but later became the name for the leaders. Only the Shinigamis and the Reaper have Chimeras, their equip monster/weapon. They rule over the Kelpies and keep a close watch over the Es.
Kelpies: The name given to a Suicide who has finally passed the ten year period and is accepted into rank by one of the Shinigami. Some who can master Chimera can become Shinigami.
Es "Evolution or Elimination" : The name of the Suicide starting its first ten years of existence. The start of a Suicide has no sense of mind or personality and attacks and kills everything in their paths. They are watched over by the Shinigami personally.
Weapons: Suicides main weapon are scythes in which their hands can morph to. Chimeras are last resort.
Chimera: Chimera can be five things - a special ability, a trap, magic or spell card, an equip monster or equip weapon. The Shinigamis have mostly three or four. The Reaper is the only one who has all five. The equip monster or weapon has a life of its own, with its conscious mind connected to its master. Can manifest as humans or objects.
Human and Monster: Suicides are mixture of both but the Shinigami can shift into either a human version or a monster version of themselves. Both have some resemblance from their past forms in a grotesque way. But there is a Ritual Spell card that is able to summon a Suicide (despite its rank or location) onto the handler's field and split the Suicide into its original makeup. The two are continued to linked together by a chain and shackle surrounding the neck but the human and monster becomes an impregnable defense and offense. it's the closest a Suicide can return to its original form. No one is sure who is the owner of the card, whether he or she be human or Suicide.
Jasdevi and Ascaria: They were born when two human twins committed double suicide by killing each other. Their monster, the two headed dragon known as The Moonlight Crescent Dragon, tried to stop them by having them kill it instead. They are Kelpies who have fled their services of their Shinigami and have come to Yuko with a wish. What it is, probably not even Yuko herself knows.
Alright. That's all everyone needs to know for now. Enjoy the chapter guys!
Answers to reviews:
xenocanaan: Thanks for all the support you've given me. Right now, it's a maybe for either Yusei or Jack to end up with Amaya but remember the story has just begun!
Crystal SoulReaper: Not sure at this point but I'll add lots of scenes with Amaya and Yusei. Oh, and Jasdevi is a really cool character in the series D. Grayman.
Onto the story!
"Goodwin-sama, there's been another disturbing find."
"Is that so?" Goodwin mused silently. "Who is it this time?"
Jaegar raised the automatic computer, typed in a few keys and raised up a digital profile. "A resident of the tops, he had been one of our bodyguards. This is the third this month. If I'm allowed to say, it's' only a matter of time before one of our employees are targeted. Knowing this, are you still going to let Yusei Fudo go?"
Goodwin moved from his desk to the hallways, Jaegar following close behind. "It is true that the stakes have risen," he admitted, "but who said I'm going to let him go free?"
"You're putting a tracker on him?" Jaegar laughed at the cruelty.
"Of course. Even without these murders happening, I wont let even a possibility of a Signer out of my sights." A door opened and they entered the room of buzzing scientists. Running around with data and medical equipment and cleaning supplies. The splash of red covered everywhere, over the monitors and some of the scientists as well.
"How is she?" he asked the lead one, a man with a bushwhack hair named Akutsu.
"The duel took a lot out of both her and our machines. Heck, I don't think we wiped most of the blood off. But the momentum she gave!" the man praised, doing a little dance to express his love for his expertise of work. "She resonated with the boy, taking in his pain and injuries he received from the Chief's little joke. However, the damage to her is severe and she has not received consciousness."
"I see. No matter. As long as we have the information we nee, it's fine. Amaya-san will not die from a simple procedure like this. Besides, the fact that the Sacrifice took such extremes measures gives further evidence that Yusei is probably a Signer. No, he is a Signer." Goodwin's lips curved into a cruel smile. "Where is she now? I think it's time I took her back home."
Akutsu nodded. "Well, after the duel between Yusei Fudo and Chief Armstrong finished, we immediately admitted emergency first aid. Then we placed her in the infirmary. If you would follow me, sir." He led them to a separate room where a dozen nurses continued to work on a thin figure lying on the oversized hospital bed.
"Goodwin-sama!" They stopped and stood at attention, bowing respectively.
Goodwin mildly acknowledged them and made his way to his main concern. With her face so pale and ghastly like that, she looked like a beautiful apparition, the type to cause curses to rain on the misfortunate. However, despite her pallor, she was not dead or dying and that was enough for him.
"Replace her bandages," he ordered and quickly two nurses wrapped up the girl's thin arms, hiding the further evidence of her connection to the Crimson Dragon. "Anything I should know?" he asked as he moved to lift her, the IVs already been taken out.
"The doctor has prescribed a day full of rest and plenty of fluids," one nurse reported. "And she also needs more fiber in her diet."
"Alright then. I shall be going now." Goodwin turned, Amaya in his arms and left the room, unaware of the two pair of cold angry eyes watching his every move. Or perhaps he did and probably it was the reason why he had such a victorious look on his face.
The Next Day
Drip… Drip… Drip…
Heavy breathing, cold air surrounding her. Eyes locked on the horror in front of her, scared to look away, scared to continue looking. Not even the warmth of her grandmother's body she was held against or the warm liquid covering her face could dispel the cold in her heart.
How can it, when a child is staring at the bloody corpse of her own mother.
"M-momma," she whispered and tried to turn her head, flinching at the roar the beast summoned gave.
"No!" Clammy, aged hands forced her head back, forcing her to watching as the creature retreated back into her mother's body, tearing it into shreds of gore. "Watch, child, watch how foolishness pays in this family. Look at the fate of all the Mu women who dared to trifle with fate. If you turn your face away from this grim reality, you are doom to repeat history."
Shall I grant your wish?
"AH!" Amaya jumped and grasped the closest thing in front of her, holding her tightly against her body. Her body quivered and she griped tighter, afraid to let go.
"I wont turn away," she whispered furiously. "I wont turn away!"
"Um, Amaya-san?"
"Huh?" She looked up and saw the worried and confused face of Sagira, still holding a fresh pair of bandages. "Oh! I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, I-Sorry." She let go quickly and tried to quell her trembling, the movements continuing to send trickles of pain through every limb, her body feeling heavy and weak from the previous exertion.
"It's alright. Don't worry about it." Sagira smiled assuring. "May I see your arm?"
Absently, Amaya held it out, ashamed to see it still tremble. It was both humiliating and shameful.
The blue haired woman unwrapped the bandages and let out a gasp. On the girl's flesh were all five marks of the dragon Goodwin had told her about. Only they were all connected and Sagira could see the outline of the dragon on her arm, stopping above the elbow.
Quickly, she replaced the bandages and turned away, trying to gain control over her facial expression.
"He knows. And he knows about the ones I have on my legs. How else did he manage to find me?" Amaya pointed out, figuring out what must have distressed Sagira so. "I am the Sacrifice, through which the Signers summon the dragon. Or did he not tell you that?"
Sagira was silent before replying, "I'm told what I need to know. Nothing else."
Amaya didn't reply and tried to move from the bed, wincing as the pain grew nearly unbearable. She bit her lip, and tried again.
"Please don't get up, Amaya-san. The doctor has ordered a full day of rest for you." The woman moved to gently push her back into the bed. "If you want breakfast, I can prepare something for you."
Amaya thought it best if Sagira left now, so she agreed to her demands. As soon as she left, Amaya turned to the two waiting patiently in the shadows by her bed.
"Thank you for not killing them," she told them quietly. "I really appreciate."
"A wish made of a bleeding heart," Jasdevi started furiously.
"Will not be granted the way you want it to be," Ascaria finished quietly, holding her stuff rabbit close to her. It was a black stuffed animal with a red eye patch covering one eye and a tie surrounding its neck. In a macabre way, it was cute. But there was something about it that gave her an ill feeling. Something that mere words couldn't explain.
"I understand what you're trying to say," Amaya began.
"No. You don't. Really, we don't care what you do. But our payment is tied to yours and if you died our chance for our wish to come true will die with you. And we cant have that," Jasdevi said angrily.
"What is your wish?" she asked.
The two of them looked at one another and shook their hands. "The less you know, the better you should be," they said together.
But why? She wondered, but was distracted when Mokona plopped itself on her shoulder. "Mokona is glad you helped Yusei," it told her happily. "Mokona was about to call on Yuko for help."
"Please don't. I don't want to trouble her further." Amaya moved from the bed and to the hallway door.
"Where are you going?" Ascaria asked.
"Didn't that blue haired lady told you stay here in bed?" Jasdevi asked, lounging back and taking her spot on the bed.
"She did but who is going to make me?" She put her hand on the knob. "Something isn't right here. And I need to find out why." She turned to the two Suicides. "Could you take me towards the Satellite? Not land there just hover around it, please. Do you even have the power?" she added.
They glanced at one another. "Was that really a question directed towards us?" Jasdevi demanded. "We find that offensive."
"But to answer your question, yes. We do have the power. But is it wise to go so soon when you've just been bedridden?" Ascaria looked closely at her, at any waver that she might have.
"Yes." Her answer was firm. She took a stance of dominance, something one did not see often if you were a Suicide. "Take me there, now. Worry about my health later."
Sighing together, the twins stood. "Very well. We'll take you. But what would you do when they come looking for you?" they said together.
"Leave it me. I'll think of something once this is done."
"Fine," Jasdevi yawned.
"Very well," Ascaria replied.
They faced one another and began a rhyme:
"Together we lived through darkness, hatred and madness
Remembering nothing of what brought such sadness
Human nor monster, however we are both
Let us join to reveal our true form."
The window opened and a dark light filled the room as did a strong wind. Amaya shielded herself and Mokona. She looked behind her and gasped, not quite believing what she was seeing. Her mouth parted with disbelief.
A twin headed dragon stood before her, such a beautiful creature it made her wonder how it looked before, before the hideous transformation that made a Suicide.
"Do not be so awed," said one head, sounding female to be Ascaria.
"This is but a mere replica of our true form," the second head, Jasdevi, answered haughtily.
"It's beautiful all the same," Amaya replied and held out her hand. "May I have the honor of riding you?"
"Might as well." Together, they bowed their heads and allowed her to mount. They spread their leathery wings, in the shape of a crescent moon, and flew towards the sky, using the clouds to hide their descent towards the isle known as Satellite.
Outside
"You know what to do. Follow them close but not too close, alright?" A white haired man ordered quietly to the creature beside him. "We don't want the Sacrifice to sense our presence nor our old subordinates."
"Meorw!" In a flash, the creature jumped from the building and followed the twin headed dragon, its intentions or that of its master not quite clear.
Above Satellite
"Is this close enough?"
No but it was enough. The marks on both her arms and legs throbbed horribly, making her feel terribly weak. But Amaya didn't mention any of those, not wanting to test the Suicides worry. "Yeah, it's close enough," she said instead, hoping that her exhaustion did not show in her voice.
"Mokona feels scared, Amaya-san," Mokona told her as it quivered in her arms.
"Something dark is happening that it nearly feels like our brethren. But Walker rules this city and he does so with an iron fist. Perhaps it is just nerves?"
"Yeah right. Get real, Ascaria," Jasdevi scolded his sister. "If something is happening, it's without Walker's notice. Also, it is not Suicide. I'm getting the image of a Spider for some reason."
"I agree. With the last part." Amaya shivered and looked down. And met with these strange, dark blue eyes. They were hypnotizing, like those of a spider. The man's profile was hidden beneath his cloak, yet it gave enough to show his evil smile. Mockingly, he beckoned her towards him.
"I'm here," her mother's voice rang through her mind. "Come to me, my little one. My Sacrifice."
"Brother!"
"I know, I know!"
The dragon's sudden dip broke the connection and they flew back to Tops. Yet Amaya didn't quite feel as she had truly escaped from that man's grasp. She barely got off the dragon's back before she collapsed, exhausted and in pain.
"I told you so," Jasdevi said, reverted back to himself. He helped her up and onto the bed. "You were still too damn weak. And that Spider experience took a lot of you."
"He's right. Rest for now, Amaya-sama," Ascaria insisted and together they vanished, just as the door opened.
"Sagira said you're supposed to eat this," Jack said as he entered.
Amaya took one look at him and fainted, sadly falling off the bed.
