~Recap of Chapter 9~
"Grrr! .. Jack you Yellow haired idiot!!!" Maria said getting off Jack. She wore her shirt back and was about to leave when Jack grabbed her hand.
"You came here not to just to be accompanied in the spa and to argue with me," Jack said "You still owe me a duel."
"Sorry but on what you've said a while ago made me lose my mood." Maria replied but then a card just slide out of nowhere and hit door. Maria had a scratch on her cheek because of the assault.
"What the?" Jack asked looking at the window
Maria went to the door and got the card. The Card has the shape and height of A monster card but different from appearance. It was in color black and A white text of DR~ is at the bottom of the card. "Dark Riders…"
"Maria-chan! You're life is in danger!" A voice then disappeared
Chapter 10: The first rider strikes
Satellite (Friday, 10:00pm)
"Yusei," Maria sighed "You took Jack a little too literally." She said getting up from the bed
"I am just doing what he wants me to do." Yusei replied sitting on the bed
"He didn't said guard me 24/7," Maria giggled "He just said to make sure that nothing bad happens to me."
"It's the same thing." Yusei smiled
"Where will you sleep?" Maria asked
"I won't, I have to do some work on my runner and-.." Yusei was cut off by Maria's pout
"That runner again?" Maria pouted and crossed her arms
"Come on stop that," Yusei smiled "Fine, then I won't sleep because I'm going to look after you."
"I am not a kid anymore and besides nothing wrong will happen." Maria gave a soft smile
"Well let's just wish nothing will," Yusei smiled back "You aren't alerted with the Dark Riders seeking you?"
"Nope I am not," Maria grinned "Why should I? I mean, I got You, Jack, and Crow… And you promised me that you'll be there to protect me right?"
"Yeah I did," Yusei said "You still remember that?"
"I don't forget promises that easy," Maria whispered "You promised that because you have a crush on me back then."
"Well I guess I have." Yusei smiled
"Go to bed now!!" Maria laughed "I'll be fine!"
Yusei got up from his seat and headed out of the room. He left Maria to check the outdoor to see if it's okay to leave Maria alone. While Yusei isn't around Maria's room, the blue haired girl's cross in the chest started to glow. A figure of a person was drawn in the window next to Maria's bed, The girl ignored it thinking it was just someone who just wanna scare her. The figure came closer and closer, by this, Maria felt pissed so she opened the window and looked left and right but she saw no one it made her really scared and it gave her ghost bumps.
"Damn it," Maria cursed in the wind "What the hell is happening to me… Yuseiii!!"
"No you won't." Someone grabbed Maria from the open window
"!" Maria screamed in the top her lungs. It caught Yusei's attention and ran towards Maria's room but he saw nothing. When he looked outside the window he saw someone holding Maria.
"Yusei Fudo! If you want your Little sweet Maria back, give me the 5 signer dragon cards," A man's voice said "I'll be back on Sunday night to pick up the cards, if you don't get them from me then you're Little friend will soon say goodbye to the world." He smirked then vanished
Yusei's face turn to worried to an angry face. The next day, the signers met up on Yusei's hide out now they are complete.
"Why did you called us here?" Crow asked "And where's Maria?"
"That's why I called you here." Yusei replied
"Hm?" Jack asked
"She's the blue haired girl right?" Akiza asked
Yusei got Maria's deck and showed it to everyone.
"So it's Maria's deck?" Crow said "What's with it?"
"Maria was kidnapped… Last night." Yusei said
"What!?" Jack exclaimed he grabbed Yusei using his shirt and pinned him in the wall "What did you said?!"
"Get you grip off my shirt so I can explain." Yusei said
Jack did what Yusei said and released him. Yusei fixed his shirt and took a deep breath.
"I told you to watch her." Jack said
"I just went out of the room for just a minute," Yusei said "She wanted to have some privacy so I checked if someone still around or awake… Just to keep her safe, I heard her scream so I rushed to her room but I saw no one, when I looked outside of the open window I saw someone and he wanted me to give the 5 signer cards tomorrow night or else." He explained
"Or else what?" Akiza asked
"Maria will die." Yusei replied
"May I borrow her cards for a bit?" Luna asked
"Sure." Yusei handed Maria's Card to the green haired girl
"What does her card says?" Leo asked her sister
"They said… Maria is being betrayed…" Luna replied
"Betrayed? By whom?" Crow asked seriously
A card then was threw again in the wall. The card looked like the one that made the scratch on Maria's cheek but this time the card had something written on it.
"Dear Signers,
Yes, I am the one who kidnapped your little sweet Maria. I changed my mind about picking the cards there tomorrow night, instead I'll be there tonight so ready those cards for me okay. If you want to see your precious Maria's condition flip the card and see the picture . That's all take care
"So what did it said?" Leo asked
"He changed his mind about getting the cards tomorrow night," Yusei replied "Instead he's gonna pick it up tonight."
Yusei flipped the card and saw a Maria being hanged on the wall. Chains are around her both wrists and ankles, a big chain is also tied in her body. Maria's head hand down, and her hair covers her head. She looked like she was whipped and tortured because of her night dress torn and blood all over her body. This made Yusei real angry
"What?" Jack asked
Yusei gave the card to Jack. Jack saw the same picture and the same emotion showed up.
"I bet it's bad." Leo said
"They are going to pay…" Yusei said under his breath
-To be continued-