"I really thought I'd at least do one more day of work before I go on my leave… So, can I please just get to work now?" Arianna pleaded with a sweat drop, nervously chuckling in front of Dr. Roy. She was in her uniform, but Dr. Roy sighed and shook his head.
"I thought I told you to go on that leave almost a day ago… Are you sure you're not having a nervous breakdown without work or something?" Dr. Roy face-palmed himself, sighing deeply.
"Erm… I don't think so… I kinda just wanna go to work before I leave!" Arianna flailed her arms before hearing the sound of a motorcycle. She turned, and saw Crow bringing someone on his D-Wheel. "Uh… that's new…" she commented with a sweat drop, before seeing Yusei who appeared badly injured. "Whoa, someone's injured on there!" Arianna was about to take action, but then Crow took Yusei off, and ran up to Arianna and Dr. Roy.
"Guys, my friend here is hurt, and I really need your help!" Crow panicked, looking at Yusei who seemed to have been knocked out, and bleeding in a few areas.
"Arianna, looks like you're on duty!" Dr. Roy instructed before pulling out a stretcher for Crow to put Yusei on. Arianna nodded her head at Crow, assuring him that he'd be in the best of care as the nurse and doctor both ran off with Yusei.
Crow sighed, and scratched the back of his head. "That girl… something's weird about her…" he crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow as he was trying to figure it out himself. He shrugged it off, "Now I gotta stick around here 'til Yusei's all better…" he walked into the building, and the doors closed behind him.
"Finish him off!" Rose barked in serious command. The shadows shifted as if they came to life, revealing the head of a black-scaled dragon with several streaks of crimson all over it. It roared mightily as black flames then shot at her foe, making him scream painfully as his parameters hit a complete zero. The dragon roared as he reverted to pixels, leaving its flames of darkness to burn eternally.
"Y-you witch… ahhh!" the man screamed as the flames continued eating away at his flesh, peeling it off slowly.
"Shut it. You humans don't know what pain is, so allow my flames of hate to show you what pain is like. Suffer, for my flames of suffering will not release you…" Rose spat as she turned away, walking towards the opposite exit of the alleyway where she was dueling that man.
"What an odd, peculiar girl you are" a voice rang from the darkness of the alley. "You're so full of hate. I wonder why that is?" the voice then chuckled lightly.
"I have no business with you, so you shut up as well" Rose snapped at the voice, still walking.
"You talk about suffering as if you're the only one with problems" the voice spoke, as if he were daring to provoke her further.
"That's because what I've been through is something no other person understands… no one understands me, and talks like they can!" Rose argued, clenching her fists tight as she tried hard to not fall into his words.
"My words, they're getting to you, aren't they? They're making you angrier, and making you feel… murderous? Feel like swallowing another victim into the flames of your anger?" the voice chuckled as a dim light suddenly flared at the end. "Follow the light, and the darkness around you fades. Believe in the guide of light, and your anger and hate will be dismissed" the voice offered.
"I don't need a guide. I only need myself, and that's it!" Rose argued, her Duel Disk activating as she readied a card.
"My, my, so you're a Psychic?" the voice sounded sarcastically impressed. "You don't have to follow… but…" the voice trailed off as she approached the light, seeing a candle on the table, burning a bright gold.
"You annoying pest!" Rose shouted, watching as another candle flared to life, revealing the two candles to be on a table. The newly lit candle glowed a bright blue instead of gold, revealing a deck of cards in pale hands. Those pale hands were shuffling the deck of cards, and she looked to see that the man was completely cloaked, except for his face. He had a calm expression on his face, and had two different eye colors. On his left, was a golden yellow eye; while on the right was a bright, baby blue eye color. He also had white, messy hair as if he never combed for a long time.
"Now, would you like me to tell you a fortune? It's for free of course, for you, young lady" the man offered, smiling slyly.
"A fortune?" she raised an eyebrow, watching as the man shuffled his deck of cards once more.
"I will read your fortune through tarot cards, milady. Aren't you curious as to what your fate will be, or who you are destined to battle to end it all?" he asked, grinning as he finally stopped shuffling, and put the deck down in front of him.
"What's your name?" Rose asked, crossing her arms.
"Levis is the name, and fortune-telling is my game. Is it safe to say that you're Rose Marie?"
"How do you know that? I never gave you a name, so where the hell did you get it from!" Rose asked in surprise, in actual shock to be exact.
"The cards do not lie, they tell me of what fate holds in store for everyone, and I've been told that I'd meet you one day. It appears as if that day is today" Levis replied coolly, smiling.
"Humph, as much as I don't care…" Rose pointed at the deck of cards nonchalantly, "Tell me my fortune."
"Oh, I was so hoping you'd say that" Levis almost sounded like a snake when he said that. He simply extracted a card from the middle of the deck, and he lifted it up, it's front well out of his sight. "You are represented by…" he revealed the card. "The Emperor. This is not the time to give into the unconscious, not the time to let yourself be controlled by the wants and needs of others" he smiled once more. "Now, onto your awaited fate…"
Rose listened carefully, despite how little she could really care.
Levis then extracted another card. He then revealed the card to her. "The Strength" he said, closing his eyes once more. "This card is what your fate requires for it to transpire. You must remain vigilant, and continue at your intended goal until you succeed" Levis explained closing his eyes.
"And…?"
"And now, for what the tarot's fortune holds for you…" Levis swiped a card from the top of the tarot deck finally, and his eyes peeked at it lazily. His eyes looked a card with a beautiful artwork on it, and grinned. "The Star smiles upon you, milady… It reveals future peace and settlement. Your hate will be disposed of, and you will be satisfied… however…" he laid the card down for her. "That does not mean that there is no obstacle standing in the way…" he then looked at Rose's crimson eyes with his gold and blue eyes.
"An obstacle you say? Humph, and just what is this obstacle you speak of? Whatever it is, my flames will crush it!" Rose said with fists clenched.
"Your obstacle comes in the shape of a man, a man with navy-blue eyes, and a birthmark etched onto his flesh, just like you do…" Levis smiled.
"You know of the symbol of hatred on my arm?" Rose asked, moving her sleeve to reveal a red birthmark that appeared to be the Tail of the Crimson Dragon.
"Yes… that mark is a curse to those who bear it, and you can only remove it through one mean…" he then pointed at The Star card once more. "In order for your peace to come true, this obstacle must be destroyed…"
"So, one important victim, and all this will be over with? How will that bring Keith back to life?" she demanded to know.
"Keith's soul lies within our presence in purgatory" Levis began to explain, closing his eyes. "Your lover, he is in purgatory, earthbound forevermore. If you want something basic, he's stuck here as a hell on earth" he crossed his arms. "His soul is not satisfied until you have been satisfied. When you've cleared your obstruction, you will be satisfied. Then, he'll live his life in heaven, happy for your soul…"
"That doesn't bring him back though, so what's the point? I may as well just kill you now for wasting my own time!" Rose barked.
"Now hold on. The Wheel of Samsara does not stop spinning. With your satisfaction…" he swiped a card from the tarot deck, revealing The Empress. "You are fated to meet your lover, thanks to your fated satisfaction" he added, and then closed his eyes. "Wouldn't you like for your lover to live peacefully in heaven, rather than be stuck to this hell on earth for life?"
Rose froze for a second. Keith… could you really suffering like that…? Her fists slowly loosened up a little, and she breathed in deeply. "Tell me… who is it that I must kill? I'll do anything for him… just tell me…"
Levis fixed himself, and shuffled his deck of tarot cards once more. "The one you must kill is named…" his voice trailed off into a low whisper. "Yusei Fudo."
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, despite that I'd love to.
Author's Note: Sheesh, I haven't been writing since I finished Nation Novel Writing Month... I promise to update a little more often now.