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Crow really didn't like these two now,

"Actually I'm not 'ok' with that. See she's my friend and I don't take too kindly to people taking my friends. So I'm gonna ask you once to put her down and walk away or I might not be so nice anymore."

To Crow's displeasure the woman just laughed, he had to clench his fists to keep from beating that smile right off her face.

"Crow! Ugh let me go you big lug!" Raven cried, said lug just pressed the knife against her neck drawing blood now. Her eyes widened, she stopped moving.

"Enough! Let's duel lady! I win, you let her go and don't bother us again, you win you get to take her and pray I don't come after your ass." Raven gasped as the woman smiled,

"Very well little boy, lets see what you've got."

They both stood across from each other not far from the shop, Crow shuffled the card Raven gave him into his deck and looked toward the pink haired woman,

"Ladies first!" he said giving a reassuring smile to Raven, 'Don't worry. I'll protect you and get back to the kids in no time.' He thought as the woman drew her first card.

"Very well little boy, I play my White Magician in attack mode and set one card face down!" A small boy in a white cloak appeared on the field holing a small white staff with 1200 attack points and 0 defense points.

Crow drew a card, "I can beat that easy, so how about I bring out my Blackwing – Fane the steel chain!" a black bird-like ninja took the field in a roar of wind with 500 attack points and 800 defense points. "Now because I already have a Blackwing on my side of the field I get to summon this guy; Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind!" another smaller bird creature with green feathers on its head appeared with 1300 attack points and 300 defense points.

"Now go Gale the Whirlwind, so em why you're the best of the birds!" the smaller bird shot forward toward the small magician, before it could reach its destination the pink haired woman stopped him,

"Oh no you don't! I play my Hammer Shot spell card! Now because your little song bird has more attack points than my magician he gets dismissed from the field."

A giant hammer appears over Gale the Whirlwind landing right on top of him leaving nothing but a bunch of flash of light. Crow glared,

"Tch, well now I can activate my Fane's special ability, which means I can attack you directly!" the bird ninja leaped from its place and threw what looked to be feather kunai right at her, she let out a frustrated noise as her lifepoints dropped from 4000 to 3500.

Crow smiled, "But that's not the end! Since my Fane was able to give you damage your little mage gets put in the defense ring!" the woman glared, "Now with that I think I will end my turn!"

"You brat! You'll pay for that!" she drew another card; "Now I play my Gemini Elf in attack mode!" a pair of elves appeared on the field with 1900 attack points and 900 defense points. "Now, I tune my monsters together to summon, Chaos Command Magician!" Another magician appeared wearing long dark green armor and had 2400 attack points and 1900 defense points.

"Now my Chaos, attack this boys little pet! Chaos shot!" She yelled out as her monster jumped up and shot a ball of dark green magic toward Fane destroying him. Crow's lifepoints dropped too 2100.

"And don't think I'm done torturing you; because I have my Chaos Command Magician I can special summon my Chaos page!" A miniature version of the original appeared sporting 1500 attack points and 300 defense points.

The woman got a crazed look in her eyes, "Now attack this fool directly my page!" Raven screamed, Crow just smiled; 'Oh no you don't!' he thought as another Blackwing appeared on the field with black and red wings and 0 attack points and 1600 defense points.

The woman screeched, "How the hell did you do that?!

Crow smirked, "Meet my buddy Ghibil the Searing Wind. See whenever I'm attacked directly I can summon him straight from my hand to give me a little help!" The bird flew in front of Crow and took the hit from her Chaos page; he didn't take any damage from the blow.

"Fine! I end my turn!" Crow narrowed his eyes, 'I've got her now, time to end this!' he drew his card,

"Now I summon my Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North," a small white bird flew out of a sudden blizzard tornado, "Now because of this guy's effect I can summon back my Fane the steel chain from the grave, but these two aren't sticking around for long! Darkened gales become the wings which will soar to heaven! Synchro Summon, Blackwing - Armored Master!"

A light appeared around the two monsters and it faded as giant wind picked up revealing a very muscled man wrapped in black armor and wearing a helmet with a single eye on it,

"And I'm not even done yet! Now I play the magic card; Winged Heart!" the pink haired woman screams again, "Now try and pay attention, this is where it gets complicated, this card has two effects; the first gives my Armored Master an extra 500 points for every monster in my grave!"

Armored Masters Attack points shot up too 4000, "Now use your new power to show that Chaos Magician who the king of the skies is!" Armored Master flew into the sky and came crashing down in a whirlwind of power destroying her monster and sending her lifepoints down to 1900.

"I hope for your sake you keep your word, because this duel is over! Now because I have a Blackwing on my side of the field I can summon Blackwing – Bora the Spear from my hand!" The bird with a giant drill like spear came to the field,

"Now thanks to Winged Heart's second effect it gives my monster an extra 500 attack points and allows me to attack again! Go Bora the Spear, end this!"

The monster jumped forward and jammed its spear right into the pink haired woman and she screamed as her lifepoints dropped to 0, making Crow the winner.


Raven was in awe as the duel ended, she had never seen anyone duel like that. All of the red head's cards worked together to help each other, 'Just like a family.' She thought as said person turned his attention toward her, or rather the lug that was still holding her in the air like a piece of meat. The look in his steel eyes sent shivers down her spine, they weren't from fear but some other emotion she couldn't put her finger on.

"I wouldn't try anything funny there, buddy. We had a deal; now put her down and I won't have to kick your ass." The man behind her growled and looked toward the frazzled woman.

"Let her go, Greg. Mark wouldn't appreciate us not keeping our deal. Pandora always keeps its word." She said through clenched teeth.

Greg-the-lug instantly released her hands sending her falling hard onto the cold concrete; luckily she caught the plant before it hit the ground. Crow was by her side in an instant his hands incasing her shoulders checking for injuries, 'he's like a mother hen!' she thought, but had to suppress a giggle as the man and the woman walked to a car parked not far away.

The woman turned and looked straight at her,

"Don't think this is the last you'll see of us portal. And the next ones may not be so nice next time with your little friends, don't say I didn't warn you." She climbed into the waiting car and it sped away leaving nothing but a cloud of dust and a very confused duo, 'Portal? Why did she call me that…'

Raven shook her head, 'No! I can't think about that now!' she looked at Crow who had a serious look on his face as he stared at the place the two were standing at,

"Crow! We have to get back!" his stormy eyes widened for a second, before looking at her and nodding.

"Yeah…let's go."

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A very short while later, as they had been going way over the speed limit, Raven and Crow arrived back at Martha's and she was happy that although they had a slight detour that everything was going well and was under control. Even Yusei seemed to do well in his job, which was good as it was mostly boiling things in water.

After carefully preparing the plant and combining it with the things Yusei made it was finally ready. Crow complained the stuff smelled like sewer rat, and Raven had to agree, it made her wonder why something so good could smell so bad.

It took a bit longer to get the kids to drink the stuff, as she had made it in a drinkable form; they thought it would make them worse. Luckily Crow was there to make it better,

"It's a magic potion! A great healer heard of your plight and gave it too us to give to you! So you'd better take it and be grateful!"

The kids had luckily believed him and took it with little complaints; about an hour or so later to Raven's relief their fevers were almost completely gone. So while Crow and Martha put them to bed, Dr. Schmidt had thanked her and gone into his office to do something, while Yusei said his goodbyes for the night. Meanwhile, Raven stored the remaining medicine in a water bottle and stuffed it in her bag.

She fanned herself a bit from all the excitement, but she was glad to have helped out. 'Hmm…I wonder why Jack never showed up. He was probably busy with something.' Raven decided since it was probably cooler outside that she sit out there for a bit to cool off.

As she quietly slipped out the door she sat on the fence outside of the house, it was time to think about what happened today as much as she really did not want too. 'Who is Pandora? Didn't one of the gangster's from yesterday mention something about them?' a memory of the gangster came to mind,

"Pandora is watching"

She groaned, 'Just when I get more answers, more questions pop up! Why the heck did she call me 'portal'? Surely she couldn't be talking about that girl I saw in my dream…' Her head hurt immensely as she thought about it, 'Tch! I couldn't be that girl; I'm not special enough for the Crimson Dragon to choose me as its portal anyway. I'm just some dumb girl who had a pretty horrible life.' She was working on the whole accepting her reality thing, like Jack had said and as sad as it was, that was her reality.

With that decided she blew out a sigh, and was surprised when it came out as smoke, there was a bit of wind and she realized how cold it really was. The weather here was so different from the hills where Alturas was, she rubbed her hands up and down her arms. She stood up blowing out more air, she didn't care if she looked like a child the act was interesting!

An icy wind blew sending shivers down her spine, that's when she heard it, like a voice hidden in the wind.

"You must remember….remember…" she turned around in a circle trying to find the owner, but there was no one. 'That was weird…remember? Remember what?' she thought as another gust of wind blew past her, it was colder than the last one and made her teeth chatter.

Still she didn't move from her spot as she thought about things, particularly Crow. She obviously liked him a lot, but that was what it felt like to be friends right? She had never had a friend before so she really didn't have anything to compare it too. She thought about asking him, but that seemed like one embarrassing conversation she did not want to have with him.

"Raven?" Said red haired boy appeared, 'And there's something else I want to tell him.' But as she hadn't spoken about it since it happened could she really reveal all that to him? Could she risk baring herself that much? What would she do if he walked away after finding out the truth? Would she be able to recover from that? From finding a sort of happiness to having it all swept out from under her feet?

"Yes." The same voice from before answered, it was confident where she was insecure. Could she trust this voice? A part of her knew without a doubt that she could, but her rational brain thought otherwise.

"Helloooo? Raven? Is anybody home?" Crow said waving a hand in front of her face; she shook the thoughts from her brain, 'I will tell him…later.' She thought resolutely before turning her complete attention to Crow.

"Sorry, I guess I was just lost in my thoughts. How is everyone?" she blew warm air into her freezing hands to get some feeling back into them,

"They're all doing just fine. Thanks to you. I really don't know what I would have done if you weren't there." She let a small smile grace her lips as she turned from him.

"Now we can help the rest of the people in the city who got the illness too, you're gonna be a hero!" Her eyes widened,

"What do you mean?" she glanced at him; he had a confused look on his face.

"Well we just gotta give that cure over to the other hospitals so we can-"she cut him off with a sharp

"No!" he stared at her.

"Raven! You could help so many people with this and you're just willing to turn your back on them?" she couldn't look at him anymore, if it got out that it was an Alturasian medicine it could put her and everyone she knew in extreme danger, not just from people from Alturas, but the people outside who hated the Alturasian's.

"I'm sorry, I just can't! Please understand!" she wrapped her arms around herself to keep from shaking, but it did little good as Crow spoke again his voice sharp and harsh.

"Are you kidding me?! Your just gonna leave all those people to die? How can you be so heartless?!" he was angry, really angry and every word tore Raven to shreds.

Though nothing as much as what he said next;

"Go die!"

It took Raven a second to realize what he had said; when it finally registered she dropped her hands and let them hand loosely at her sides. She turned toward him; his eyes were as wide as dinner plates.

She wasn't sure why, but she felt herself smile as the words he spoke finally reached him,

"W-wait! I-I didn't mean that…" he stuttered out eyes wide, still she smiled.

"No Crow, I think you've made yourself perfectly clear. Please understand that if it were to get out where this cure came from it would cause great trouble for those around me. And that is the last thing I want." His stormy eyes widened more, he was shocked.

"H-how?" was the only thing that came out of his mouth,

"Crow Alturas may be isolated from the world, but they've still made enemies. Many people hate them because of how they choose to live their lives. If it got out that one was living in a city this big…." 'Why can't I stop smiling? This doesn't feel like a happy smile…'

She started walking toward her runner and slipped on her helmet,

"Crow, if it means that much to you. I will give the cure to a hospital, but then I will have to leave the city." She looked back at him as a tear made its way down her cheek but still she was smiling. "But I guess that would be fine with you. Thanks for sticking around this long, see you." She climbed on her runner and quickly sped off ignoring his voice calling her name.

As soon as Raven was far enough from the place did her smile finally drop, the icy wind in her face froze her tears before they could drop. It didn't stop her heart from feeling like it was trapped in a vice. She wasn't sure where she was going, but she knew she couldn't go back to her apartment; Crow's essence was still there. Thinking about it now made her feel like she was quite literally dying as his words played through her head over and over.

Before she knew it she was off the highway that let back into the city and on a Cliffside road by what she guessed was the sea. As she got closer and closer to the shore she stopped paying attention to the road, and the sign that would have told her what was to come, and more towards the water. She had never seen it this close before.

Raven screamed as the front of her runner suddenly jerked to the right, she tried to go backwards on her back tire but found that also unable to get a grip on the road, she watched as her tires slid out of control down the incline toward the rocky shore ahead.

She closed her eyes as her runner hit a bump and she felt the solidness of her runner vanish from beneath her. As her consciousness slipped away only one thing was left on her mind, 'Not yet…'


And there we have it! Sorry if this chapter is a bit sorter than my usual ones, I'm still trying to get over my cold. Please R&R with any questions, comments or things you didn't like! I always want to improve for all of you!

Till next time! :3