Chapter 9

I've been studying Romeo and Juliet in English right now. Its not my favourite but its not bad. And yesterday evening, i watched the Baz Luhrmann movie of Romeo and Juliet, the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. OMG i LOVED it! I watched it again a few hours ago, so thats why theres a lot of quotes...


They rode in the back of Yusei's car, silent and unmoving. Yusei had picked the two women up and had driven out without a word. Rena had called him the night before and told him what was happening and why. All Yusei could do was stare at Aki's sling in anger and misery.

"W-we can't go to Setsuko's because that is the first place he'll look" Rena whispered, the fear apparent in her voice.

"I have a place you can crash" Yusei said, bluntly. "Hope you two don't mind rats…"

"Baby," Rena whispered leaning forward in her seat. "I know you're angry. I know your upset but please, give me a chance!"

The car screeched to a halt by a red light. Yusei looked back at his mother. She couldn't pinpoint his expression. It was a mix of rage, sorrow and disbelief.

"It's not up to me about your chances! Just do what you have to do! Just come back in one piece! And bring Aki back in one piece too because I am not taking her fathers anger!"

Aki looked away, ashamed she was involved. She had seen Yusei angry, but she had never seen him openly taken it out on anyone. Yusei changed the gear and they continued speeding down the highway.

"Every time we think we get rid of that Movement, it springs up again! This is Sayer's- What? - Third resurrection since he died?!" Yusei muttered to himself.

"I'll deal with him" Aki whispered. "He will die next time! I'll make sure of it! In fact, I'll kill him personally!"

"Not with your arm in a sling, you wont" Yusei said, his voice softer, looking at Aki through the mirror. "That's why you can crash in Blisters place for a few weeks. No-one lives there anymore, but I would keep the door locked…"

"And it's his second… Resurrection I mean…" Aki whispered, as the car pulled into a small dingy garage. There was nothing but a sofa and a tiny kitchen.

"I know its pretty… disgusting" Yusei said, kicking an empty beer bottle. "But it's the best we have, right now."

He handed Rena a key, avoiding eye contact. He slouched back to the car and rolled down the window as he was leaving.

"Mum? Make sure Aki doesn't get hurt, ok?"

"You, Mr. Fudo, are beginning to become just like your father!" Rena said, smiling. "And a typical Romeo, too…"

"Oh great! So you want me to die now?!" Yusei said, sarcastically, a smile gracing his lips.

"Good God, no!" Rena said, waving her arms around. "I just thought-"

"Romeo is a total drip, mum" Yusei said, reversing the car out slowly. "He was married within a day and then died the next! To a girl he only knew for two days!"

"Romeo is not!"

"' Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.'" Yusei quoted. "Meh, I always thought he was a no-brained-teenager. Juliet was smart though! Well… Smarter."

"Romeo was your age"

"And Juliet was thirteen"

"Why are we arguing about this? Night, mum. Bye, Aki"

"' Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.'" Aki whispered, half asleep on the sofa.

Yusei grinned as he pulled out, and drove away.


Sayer laced his elegant, gloved fingers together. His emerald eyes watched one of the many small TV screens. He could see Aki, lying on the sofa and Rena tidying up. Did they think they could hide that easily? Did they take him for some sort of fool?! Yusei Fudo did, that much was certain.

How could Aki be so comfortable? Did she not still grieve for his death? Did she not wish with her heart and soul that he would return? No. Sayer had been replaced. A few minutes after his death, he had been replaced by Yusei Fudo. Coincidentally, Rena's only son.

Aki would pay. She will pay for replacing him. She will pay for not searching for him. She would pay for reuniting with her family and making friends with the 'signers'.

And then Rena.

Rena would pay for not letting him take the head of Arcadia. Rena would pay for trying to let that little girl take her place. She would pay for running away. She would pay for forgetting the Arcadia Movement and getting married and having a son. The son; who would repeatedly be a thorn in his side. The shot in his arm. The stab in the back.

And so, Sayer was treating this dilemma as a garden. The first thing for a garden is to eradicate the weeds.

And in this case, Yusei Fudo was the weed.

Pull him out, by the roots and destroy him. Then the other weeds are a walk in the park. Both Rena and Aki were closely bound to him. They would take the bait quicker than fish bait attracts a fish.

'A glooming peace this morning with it brings;
The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:'

Sayer saw the sunrise. Setting his sights on a different TV screen, he saw Yusei drive back to his home. Fool, he had no idea that he was being followed. He had no idea that he was the one supposed to be in hiding, not Rena and Aki.

'Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished:'

He picked up his phone and dialled.

"It's me. Have you got everything sorted?" he hissed.

"Yes sir, Yusei Fudo shall be captured at midnight tonight."

"Rena Fudo shall be pardoned for now. She is not be obtained, understand?"

"Yes sir. Clearly sir."

"Bring Aki Izinski to me" Sayer said lowly. "I don't care how, just bring her to me! She shall be punished for everything she has done!"

"She will watch every second as I slowly and painfully kill him…" Sayer whispered. "I'll poison him and that will poison her mind! And then I shall talk her into stabbing herself…"

'For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo'


So you may of guessed, Sayer wants rid of Yusei, to lure Aki and Rena to him. BTW, Its not going to be a Romeo and Juliet ending! (At least, i don't plan it)