Chapter 10: Invitation

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. I only own the OC's.

5D's

Me: My classmates are at a serious disadvantage.

Yusei: Why?

Me: I have to do coursework tomorrow. I have to write 1,000 words and, because I've practiced by writing stories, I can write 1,000 words in a few hours when I'm not distracted (which is quite a lot). And we have 2 days to do it.

Jack: *whistles* That's quite an advantage.

Me: I know! Isn't that great?

Yusei: Yea.

Classmates: *glare*

Yusei: Oh… Not for you, though… Sorry 'bout that…

Me: Oh, they're harmless… Anyway… Please enjoy the story!

5D's

Ah… Fresh air… I'd been in there for too long… TWO WEEKS! SERIOUSLY! Oh well… NO MORE DISINFECTANT!

Yusei and I were in a room in Blister's apartment. So far, neither of us were talking to each other, the memory of Yusei's breakdown at the hospital still fresh in our minds.

Did he really care about me that much? Did he… love me? I had so many thoughts and had no answers to any of them. I looked round at Yusei to see him leaning against a wall, looking at the ground, hands in his pockets. The look on his face was one of confusion. He obviously had as many questions about me as I did about him.

I saw him lift his eyes to look at me and when I realised that we were both looking each other, I felt my cheeks grow hot and looked away. I could still feel Yusei's eyes boring into me as I sat on Blister's sofa.

"H-Hikari…?" stammered Yusei beside me, breaking the awkward silence.

I looked slowly up at Yusei, not saying a word. Yusei shook his head quickly, as if trying to clear it.

"N-never mind…" he said quietly.

I looked at him confused. "Are you ok?" I asked, getting worried about him. It was almost as if he didn't hear me. He just kept concentrating on something on the floor. Searching for a way to rouse him, my eyes rested on something on the floor.

"Hey! Look Yusei! A spider!" I exclaimed. Yusei didn't move. Either he was scared stiff or he really couldn't hear me. After a few seconds, he moved.

"… Oh… That's nice…" he said quietly. His eyes looked blank and full of confusion.

I put my hands on my hips. "Ok, Yusei. Can just tell me what's wrong? You're acting like a zombie, for Ra's sake!" Yusei merely sighed. "That's it! I give-" I stopped as a thought hit me. I grinned evilly and picked up the spider, throwing it at the sulking man.

"ARGH!" he yelled as the spider fell on his jacket. He ran out of the room screaming like a little girl while I was in hysterics.

Blister came down the hall just as Yusei threw the spider off him.

"SHE-DEMON!" he yelled at me.

"ZOMBIE!" I laughed.

"CAN SOMEONE FILL ME IN?" yelled Blister.

"That She-Demon threw a spider at me! It was huge!" he yelled, showing Blister what size it was with his arms, albeit highly exaggerated.

"Oh, for Ra's sake! It was the size of a Skittle!" I laughed.

"It was not!" he yelled.

*I put my hand to my face. "Yes. You're right Yusei. It was huge," I agreed with him. Blister tensed. I could see he knew how women worked. I put my hand that was on my face up to silence Yusei when he tried to speak and shook it to keep him quiet. I got up and walked out of the room and into the hall. I took three steps past him and looked back. "You're a wuss, being afraid of insects…" I walked away.

Blister ran after me. "He's gonna freak out, you know," he told me.

"That's the point," I replied simply as Yusei walked into the room I had just left and shut the door.

10 minutes later…

I could hear Yusei pacing around in the room I had left, muttering about my insult.

"Ha… A wuss… That was the lamest insult I've ever he- I AM NOT A WUSS!" he yelled. I giggled. Exactly the reaction I wanted…

Blister came up behind be. "Yup… Freaking out… Just as predicted…" I muttered, a grin spread across my face.

"You know, you are a She-Demon…" he said, shaking his head.

"Yea…" I smiled. "I wonder where I got it from." I wondered.

"I've been with enough women to know how that works. It's your secret weapon," Blister said.

"What secret weapon?" asked Tanner as he walked down the hall, a glass of juice in one hand.

Blister whispered something to Tanner while I kept a sickly sweet smile on my face. Tanner dropped the glass in shock and it smashed on the floor, spilling juice.

"You fiend!" he hissed.

"Why, thank you!" I replied sweetly and skipped by them, leaving behind two shocked boys and a priss.

I walked down the street, genuinely pleased with myself. It felt good to hurt people emotionally… Wonder why… Oh my gosh! Am I evil?

I didn't have time to ponder on this as I suddenly heard someone calling me. I turned around.

"Well, well! If it isn't the wuss!" I exclaimed loudly earning a few laughs from bystanders.

"Now… is not… the time… for that!" panted Yusei as he finally caught up to me. I saw two envelopes in his hands and stopped, bent over, hands on his knees.

"What's the big hurry?" I asked.

"You'll never… guess what… just… happened…" he wheezed.

"What?" I asked as Yusei finally caught his breath.

"You know the Director of New Domino?" he inquired.

"Yea. What about him?" I asked.

"Well, the Vice-Director just showed up. He wants up to participate in that tournament that's coming up," he explained.

"The WRGP?" I asked.

"No! The other one!" he exclaimed, exasperated by my apparent lack of wit that I was clearly putting on.

"The Fortune Cup?" I asked. Yusei sighed in relief, afraid that he was going to have to spell it out for me.

"Yea. That one. You do realise that the WRGP isn't for another 5 or 6 months, do you? How do you even know about it?"

"I watched the anime. We're not breaking the fourth wall too much, are we?"

(Just roll with it!)

"Ok. Why does he want us to participate?" I asked after our little chat with the author.

"He apparently knows about our duel with the Shadow Drones," replied Yusei. "He thinks that you would be a good candidate and Jack wants to duel me, so…"

"Do we accept?" I asked.

"We have no choice. They've taken our friends back in the Satellite hostage. If we don't fight, they'll hurt them." I gasped in shock. That decided it.

"We have to tell the others too!"

"Of course, but first of all… what do we say?" Yusei teased.

"Hm?"

"Come on. I'm waiting for an apology," he grinned. I sighed in irritation.

"Fine! I'm sorry! Forgive me!"

"Ah, ah! What's the magic word?" I sighed again.

"Fine. Please."

"Well, the magic word was 'stars' but I'll let you away with it," he teased. I raised my fist.

"I'll show you stars!" I yelled and began to chase after him.

5D's

Me: I finally got round to finishing this chapter! By the way, boys, this is how we girls emotionally scar you. Leave when your girlfriend does it. I do it on a regular basis so I know how it works.

Yusei: That's right. With girls, one simple sentence can destroy you!

Me: Aye. As a great comedian said once, we're "brain ninja!" We assassinate you from the deepest recesses of your mind… DEAL WITH IT! Please R&R!