Chapter 7

BANG.

BANG.

BANG.

The banging noise woke everyone up. The battering sound of metal was ringing in their heads.

Jack got up and grabbed Kiryu's hand to stop him from banging on the pan with a spoon.

"What's the deal Kiryu?!" Jack said, furious at Kiryu's early noise pollution.

"Wake up call. I have news to tell everyone."

"Well what is this news you want to tell so badly?!" Jack hissed.

"Ehem." Kiryu cleared his throat. "I, Kiryu Kyosuke leader of Team Satisfaction, proudly present to all my teammates our newest member, Black Rose Witch." The Witch stepped forward when Kiryu mentioned her name. She just stood behind Kiryu as he introduced her to the team.

"Hooray..." Crow said without any enthusiasm. He was still half asleep and tired.

"That's all?! I thought it was important!" Jack attempted to grab Kiryu's collar but was stopped by Yusei to avoid conflict.

"You woke up on the wrong side of the couch?"

"Well a couch only has one side so I don't really have choice."

Crow yawned and got up and went to the kitchen to find food. They had a small refrigerator where they store perishable goods like meat and veggies. The stove they had was electronic and ran on electricity.

"What's for breakfast?" Jack asked Crow as he entered the kitchen.

"We have cereals with a free toy inside."

"Give some then." Crow handed Jack the box of cereals after he got a handful of cereals and stuffed them into his mouth.

"Good morning." Yusei said to The Witch.

"Good morning, Crab." Realizing too late that she had called him crab.

"Oh how sweet, pet names? My, my, aren't we close?" Jack said as he walked pass between them and sat down on the couch.

Yusei's face got red at that statement out of embarrassment. Come to think of it, he hasn't properly introduced himself to her nor has she given her real name.

"You can just call me Yusei."

"Did I ruin the moment? Oh I know! Why not have a moment in the closet? You can continue where you left off yesterday."Jack said with his voice filled with sarcasm. Jack smirked at Yusei's expression as if provoking Yusei to start a fight.

"Shut up, Jack." Yusei tried to stay calm.

"Just don't do it on the couch, I sleep there." Jack laughed his head off seeing Yusei's crimson face. Yusei grabbed The Witch and lead her into the kitchen away from Jack's green-minded jokes.

"Crow is in there, mind you."

"Shut up." Yusei shouted at Jack.

"What are you doing?" she asked Yusei.

"Getting you breakfast."

"Yusei! Hurry, Kiryu is on fire!" Crow rushed out of the kitchen.

"What? What are you saying, Crow?"

Suddenly Kiryu burst through the kitchen door with his hair on fire.

"Out of my way! Water!"

Kiryu rushed up stairs to the bathroom and opened the shower. The kitchen sink was broken so he had to use the shower. The water was cold but it extinguished the fire on his hair. He was attempting to cook breakfast despite the fact he never actually cooked before.

"Kiryu, you okay?" Yusei asked from outside the bathroom door.

"Yeah, my clothes are wet though. Get me a towel will you?"

"What were doing exactly?" Yusei asked Kiryu as he threw a towel over to Kiryu.

"Cooking."

"Cooking? You never cooked before why start now?"

"Because." Kiryu wiped his hair with the towel. "I wanted to."

"Really? Why the sudden interest in cooking?" Suspicion was evident in Yusei's tone.

"Well, we have a new teammate so I wanted to throw a welcoming party for her."

"So you set your hair on fire just to impress her?"

"No! That was an accident."

"Well you better change your shirt and check if you're bald before going downstairs." Yusei said with a laugh.

"Very funny. You just serve her something to eat. Afterward we'll discuss about our plans."

"Yeah whatever you say, Kiryu."

Yusei went downstairs and saw The Witch sitting oh the sofa, listening to Crow and Jack's conversation in the living room. Its nice to know they're getting along, Yusei thought with a small smile on his face.

"And that time when Yusei tried to jump over the fence, his shorts got caught on the tip of the fence and it got ripped off showing off his underwear." Jack and Crow laughed out loud as they reminisced the past.

Yusei's smile quickly disappeared and was replaced with a look of dread after what he had just heard.

"And that time when Yusei—"

"Enough!" Yusei ran towards Crow tackled him from behind the couch to stop him from further tarnishing his name.

"Yusei let go of me!" Crow struggled to get some air into his lungs.

"Ignore what they had just said, it was all a lie."

"No it wasn't. It was 100% truth." Jack continued to laugh as he watched Yusei strangle Crow.

The Witch was just looking at them. No reactions or comments. Just a blank stare.

"Usually people laugh when we tell them Yusei's embarrassing childhood days."

"Shut up!" Yusei commanded Jack.

"Aren't you feeling hot underneath that mask and cloak? We already saw your face, why hide it?" Crow choked out his words.

"He's right, what's the point of hiding your face? It's not like you're ugly or anything." Jack unintentionally commented on her looks. Crow noticed it.

"Oh so you're saying she's beautiful?" Crow laughed at Jack and felt Yusei's grip on his neck loosened. Yusei stood up and looked at Jack.

"No, I wasn't. I was just saying it's annoying that she's wearing a cloak and a mask on weather like this." He said in his arrogant tone of voice.

"Stop talking as if she's not here." Yusei cut in their conversation.

"Well it seem like she's not here at all. I mean she hasn't said word yet, my insults don't affect her, your life stories don't make her laugh. It's like she's blending with the furniture right now with this silence."

Up stairs, Kiryu sneezed.

"Someone must be talking about me." He said to himself while he was combing his hair.

"As I was saying, don't talk as if she doesn't hear you."

"Why are you being so defensive about her?" Jack decided to taunt Yusei further.

"Well I—"

"Got a crush on her!" Crow finished Yusei's sentence only that he wasn't suppose to say those words.

"What!? N-no that's not it! I was just being friendly."

"Friendly eh? In the closet?" Laughter filled the room. Jack clenched his stomach while Crow rolled on the floor, laughing out loud. (In short rofl)

They watched Yusei squirm. It was Jack and Crow's plan to make Yusei look like an idiot. Why? Because it was hilarious.

Finally, The Witch spoke to them as their laughter died out.

"Yusei."

He felt his heart thumped through his chest as she called out his named.

"Y-yes?" Yusei stammered, surprised by her voice.

The room fell silent. Crow and Jack stopped laughing sensing the serious aura around her.

Yusei gulped.

This wasn't good.

Blueorange: Finished! Have you----

Kiryu: AH!? That's all!?

Blueorange: wait! Let me finish talking first! HAVE YOU'VE SEEN THE ENDING OF SEASON TWO?!

Kiryu: what? What season?!

Blueorange: Carly and Misty are alive! But how come I didn't see you with Yusei and friends?!

Kiryu: wh-what? What are you talking about? Alive?

Aki: Have anyone notice that the bridge looks like an A as in the A in Jack Atlas?

Kiryu: that's not the point! What's up with this chapter? It's been 3 weeks and this all you can come up with?!

Blueorange: I'm sorry but…ya.

Kiryu: But what?!

Blueorange: I was…distracted.

Aki: *sigh* I doubt anyone would review but please do review.